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I Had A Back Injury At Work From Lifting, Could I Claim Compensation?
By Joanne Jeffries. Last Updated 13th January 2022. Welcome to our guide on making a back injury at work from lifting claim. In it, we describe different types of injuries caused by manual handling and discuss in which situations you could claim for an injury from lifting at work.
Have you suffered a back injury at work from lifting that you believe could have been avoided if the proper health and safety measures had been in place? Back injuries could be very painful and could lead to you having to take time off work while you are recovering, which may mean you lose out on income, as well as having to cope with your injury.
Claiming For Different Types Of Injuries Caused By Manual Handling
If your employer has been negligent in taking care of your health and safety at work, and you are injured, did you know you could be in a position to make a workplace injury claim against your employer for compensation for your injury itself and any financial harm it has caused you?
Back injury at work from lifting
This guide offers some useful information regarding making a claim for a back injury from lifting at work. In the sections below, you will find guidance on the responsibilities that an employer has towards staff health and safety, as well as some useful guidance on making a compensation claim against your employer. If you would like a free, no-obligation eligibility check for your case, we'd be delighted to help you. We could even provide you with a personal injury solicitor from our panel who could help you claim compensation for such a workplace injury. If you'd like to take advantage of this, please do call us on 0800 073 8801.
A Guide To Claiming For A Back Injury At Work From Lifting
What Is A Back Injury Caused By Lifting At Work?
What Are the Causes Of Back Injuries From Lifting At Work?
Correct Manual Handling Techniques To Prevent Workplace Back Injuries
What Responsibilities Does Your Employer Have For Your Health And Safety?
Examples Of Unsafe Lifting Practices Leading To Lifting At Work Injuries
Types Of Injuries At Work Caused By Manual Handling
Compensation Calculator For A Back Injury At Work
Special Damages Which May Be Claimed For Different Types Of Injuries Caused By Manual Handling
No Win No Fee Claims For A Back Injury At Work From Lifting
Why Choose Us To Help You With A Claim For An Injury From Lifting At Work
Start Your Back Injury At Work Claim
Essential References To Types Of Injuries Caused By Manual Handling
Let's delve deeper into making a back injury at work from lifting claim. Whether lifting is part of your day-to-day job, or you are asked to lift workplace items only occasionally, your employer should make sure you know the correct manual handling techniques to avoid suffering a back injury or another musculoskeletal injury at work. If they do not, and you sustain a back injury at work from lifting, you may be entitled to claim compensation for this type of workplace injury.
Your employer has a legal obligation to look after your health and safety at work, and if they fail to do so, this could leave them liable for any avoidable harm that occurs to you because of their negligence. This guide explains more about the type of injury you may have suffered, how it may have occurred, and what action you could take if your employer was negligent in their health and safety responsibilities and it caused you to suffer such an injury.
Also included in the sections below are guideline settlement amounts for a back injury, along with the types of damages you may be able to claim. We also offer guidance on finding a solicitor to help you claim for an injured back from lifting at work.
Could I sue for a back injury due to lifting at work?
Yes, you can. However, you need substantial evidence to support your claim. This could include the environment being hazardous, the item being too heavy for one person, and also a lack of adequate training.
While back injuries at work could be caused by sitting in the wrong position or performing repetitive movements, a major cause of back injury at work is from lifting. According to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), 19% of non-fatal injuries at work in 2019/20 were caused by handling, lifting or carrying accidents. According to UNISON, 300,000 people a year suffer from back pain because of accidents sustained during manual handling.
Manual handling tasks are not limited to construction and delivery/warehouse environments. Whether you are working in an office and take delivery of supplies, work in a hospital and have to lift patients, or are loading vehicles for a living, you may be asked to perform a task that involves lifting and handling. You should be trained by your employer in proper manual handling techniques, which should help you avoid injuries. Lifting and handling tasks should be risk-assessed before it is undertaken, and where possible, lifting aids should be used.
The HSE has provided a wealth of information on safe manual handling techniques for those who have to perform manual handling tasks at work.
If you sustain a back injury at work, this could cause you severe pain and could mean you may need physiotherapy or other treatments such as pain relief and rest. In more severe cases, you may require more invasive treatment. We take a further look at the types of back injuries from lifting at work you may have suffered in a later section.
[Source: https://www.unison.org.uk/get-help/knowledge/health-and-safety/manual-handling/]
There could be a variety of ways you could suffer a back injury at work from lifting. And any of these could lead to you filing a back injury at work from lifting claim. However, some of the common causes of such an injury could include:
Back Injuries Caused By Using Too Much Force
If you try to move a heavier object than your body can take, then this could cause you to suffer a back strain from lifting. Where possible, with heavy loads, lifting aids should be used, and in accordance with the HSE, each lifting job should be risk assessed to see if it could cause injury, and risks of injury should be minimised as much as could be considered reasonable. You can see an example of what such a risk assessment could look like on the HSE website. Also, you can see whether a risk assessment would be required for a manual handling task in this guidance document, which has been produced by the HSE. If your employer fails to reduce the risks of lifting a heavy load reasonably, and you are injured, you could claim compensation for your workplace injury.
Using An Improper Lifting Technique
You should receive manual handling training if you are required to perform such tasks as part of your job, which should show you the proper lifting techniques. If you do not employ these, despite having been shown how to lift correctly, you could sustain an injured back from lifting at work. However, if the improper technique was your own fault, you may not be able to claim compensation.
Lifting Injuries Caused By A Lack Of Training
As we have mentioned, your employer is required by law to provide you with training if you are required to lift items at work. If you do not receive manual handling training and sustain a back injury at work from lifting, this could lead to you being able to make a back injury at work from lifting claim against your employer due to their negligence.
According to the HSE, the correct manual handling techniques include:
Risk assessment of lifting jobs
Avoiding lifting jobs where possible
Employing lifting aids where possible
Making loads smaller/easier to hold
Breaking up larger loads into smaller ones
Ensuring carrying distances are reduced where possible
Avoiding twisting movements where possible
Avoiding the necessity to lift above shoulder height or from the floor where appropriate
Some jobs cannot be avoided or aided with lifting machinery. If they cannot, then the following techniques should be followed:
Plan the lifting job carefully.
Get in a stable position.
Make sure you have a good grip – as close as you can to the body.
Sustain good posture – slightly bend the back, knees, hips rather than stooping or squatting.
Do not flex your back while lifting the load.
Keep your load as close as possible to the waist.
Avoid twisting and leaning where possible.
Keep your head up.
Try to move smoothly.
Put the load down before adjusting its position.
Your employer has a duty of care towards you as an employee to protect your safety and your health as much as could be considered reasonable. If they fail to do so, and you suffer a workplace injury, this could lead to you being entitled to pursue a back injury at work from lifting claim against them for the injury itself and any financial costs associated with it.
Some pieces of legislation lay out your employer's responsibilities towards you concerning lifting health and safety. These include:
The Health and Safety At Work Act 1974 – This sets out the responsibilities that employers have for employees' health and safety. It includes risk assessing tasks, ensuring the workplace is as safe as can be considered reasonable, removing hazards where appropriate and providing training where required to ensure you can work safely.
The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 – This piece of legislation concentrates on what responsibilities your employer has towards you in terms of manual handling operations. It includes details of when your employer should perform risk assessments, how they should lower risks, and what training they should provide.
You might be wondering how to prove a back injury at work was caused by employer negligence if you had been trained in manual handling techniques. Training provision may not be enough to absolve an employer of their liability if you suffer a back injury at work from lifting. Risk assessments should also take into account the safety of the work environment. If your employer has given you manual handling training but has forced you to work in a space that was too small to adopt proper lifting techniques, for example, they could still be held liable for a back injury at work from lifting.
In addition to this, they should also ensure that they do not force you to lift more than the basic health and safety guidelines deemed to be safe. In other words, they should not ask you to lift an object weighing more than 25 kgs without lifting equipment or assistance from another worker.
There are a variety of different types of back injuries at work from lifting you could sustain. Here, we look at some of the most common injuries resulting in a back injury at work from lifting claim.
Back strain – If you have a sore back from lifting at work, it could be caused by a back strain. If you pull and strain the ligaments and muscles in the back this could cause them to strain. The symptoms typically experienced by those with this type of injury could include:
Pain that is worse on movement
Spasms or cramps in the muscles
Difficulty moving comfortably (bending, stretching, twisting etc.)
Depending on the part of the back that was under the most strain, this could cause symptoms in the upper, middle or lower back.
Herniated disc – Sometimes, if you use your back muscles to lift a heavy object instead of using your leg muscles, this could cause a herniated disc. Herniated discs could also be caused by twisting and turning while you are performing a lifting motion. Symptoms of a herniated disc could include:
When a disc herniates (pushes out of a tear in the part of the spine called the annulus), it can press against nerves in the spine. This could cause you to experience symptoms in the arms and legs.
These are just two common back injuries from lifting. Whatever type of back injury you've sustained at work due to lifting, if it has been caused by your employer's negligence, you could be entitled to claim compensation.
'I hurt my back lifting at work; how much could I receive in compensation?' This is one of the most frequent questions that many claimants may have. While a personal injury claims calculator would not be able to give an accurate sum for your compensation payout, and nor could an advisor, we have come up with a solution that could give you a rough idea of how much your injuries could be worth.
In the table below, you will see figures that we have collected from the Judicial College Guidelines. This publication, updated yearly, offers guideline payout amounts for various injuries. However, we should also mention that your back injury at work from lifting would have to be assessed by an independent doctor to collate evidence relating to your injury, your medical condition and your prognosis. Therefore, the amounts below would only be approximations of how much you could receive for your back injury at work from lifting claim.
Compensation Bracket (Guideline)
Severe Back Injuries Where there is severe damage to the spinal cord of the injured party, as well as the nerve roots. This could lead to very serious consequences, which would not usually be associated with a back injury. Incomplete paralysis could be present, as well as significant function impairment of the bowels, bladder and sexual organs. Up to £151,070
Severe Back Injuries Cases outside the usual bracket for orthopaedic back injuries, which could include damage to the nerve roots, where there is sensation loss, mobility impairment, unsightly scars or bowel and bladder function impairment, for example. Up to £82,980
Severe Back Injuries Where there are fractures or lesions of discs/vertebral bodies, or where there are severe injuries to the soft tissues where disabilities could include agility impairment, pain, change of personality, impaired sexual function, or even the risk of descending into unemployability or alcoholism. There would also be a risk of developing arthritis. Up to £65,440
Moderate Back Injuries Where residual disabilities are less severe than above. This bracket could cover a number of different types of injuries such as crush/compression fractures to the vertebrae (lumbar)which cause significant risk of osteoarthritis and constant discomfort/pain. Another example could include a case where there is traumatic spondylolisthesis where the injured party suffers from continuous pain and may need spinal fusion. Prolapsed intervertebral discs that require surgical treatment could also be included here. Up to £36,390
Moderate Back Injuries Frequently, injuries to the back could include those in this bracket. Disturbance of muscles and ligaments leading to backache could be included here, as well as those injuries where prolapsed discs lead to laminectomy being required, or causing repeated relapse of the injury. Up to £26,050
Minor Back Injuries Less serious sprains, disc prolapses and strains as well as fractures and soft tissue injuries that do not require surgery. The severity of the initial injury would be assessed as well as the effect on the injured party's ability to work and requirement for further treatment, along with other factors. Up to £7,410
If your injury is not included above, or you're unsure as to which category it could fall into, we'd be happy to give you some assistance with this, so feel free to get in touch.
The above section provides information on what kind of general damages you could claim if you have sustained an injury, and your employer could be held liable. These are damages for the loss of amenity, suffering, and pain caused by your injuries. However, there are other damages you could claim for, which are known as special damages. These are designed to compensate you for the financial harm that the injury has caused you. Special damages could include, but are not limited to:
Care costs – If your back injury has meant you've needed help at home with washing/dressing and other daily tasks you would normally have been able to do alone, care costs could be included as part of your claim.
Loss of earnings – If your back injury from lifting at work has led to you having to stay away from work while you recover, you could have lost out on some of your income. Back pain and work absence often go hand in hand, particularly if your job involves lifting regularly. If this is the case, you could include loss of earnings as part of your back injury claim. Should your injury have been so severe that you could not return to work at all, future loss of earnings could also be added to your claim.
Medical/travel costs – Have you incurred prescription costs, parking fees from hospital appointments, public transport fares from seeing your lawyer or other medical or travel costs relating to your injuries? If you have, these could also be included within personal injury claims.
It is absolutely imperative, however, that you can prove these financial costs and losses. Therefore, it would be wise to put receipts, payslips and bank statements relating to these expenses safely. If you cannot provide proof of costs to your lawyer, you may not be able to include them within your back injury at work from lifting claim.
If you would like some assistance with a back injury claim from an experienced lawyer, you may be under the assumption that you would have to pay them a retainer to begin working on your claim. However, with lawyers that work on a No Win No Fee basis, you would not have to pay anything upfront or during the process of your claim.
Instead, you would be required to sign a document called a Conditional Fee Agreement, which would promise to pay your lawyer a small percentage (legally capped) upon successful completion of your claim. You would only have to pay this success fee if your solicitor could negotiate a compensation settlement for you. If they did not manage to get you any compensation, you wouldn't have to pay these fees.
We are aware that you might have further questions about claiming in this manner. We'd be happy to answer any concerns if you get in touch with our team.
Why Choose Us To Help You With A Claim For An Injury From Lifting At Work?
Getting some help from a personal injury lawyer could be beneficial when it comes to making a personal injury claim of this type. A solicitor could help put together a legal case for the liable party to answer and fight for the compensation your case deserves. They could also advise you on any offers for settlement that you may receive. You may be wondering whether to accept the first offer of compensation to make the process easier. Still, an experienced lawyer may advise you that an offer would not be appropriate for the type and severity of injuries you've sustained. They could then fight for a higher settlement on your behalf.
Finding a lawyer for different types of injuries caused by manual handling?
Finding such a lawyer could be a stressful process. After all, you may not know where to begin looking or how to find a lawyer that will work to a No Win No Fee agreement. We could help you with this. Not only do our team have the knowledge and experience to answer any questions you may have about claiming a back injury from lifting at work, but they could also assess your eligibility to claim for free. If we feel that you could have a valid claim, we could then connect you with a lawyer with the capabilities to fight your claim for you.
We believe our service is a great option for claimants, as it allows them to benefit from free actionable advice and guidance on claiming a back injury at work from lifting. Our advice and eligibility assessment does not come with any obligation for you to use our service either. We want to help you with your back injury at work from lifting claim.
Evidence to support a back injury at work from lifting claim
You might think that claiming injury at work compensation will be tricky in respect of back injuries caused by lifting. In a lot of cases, you may be right. That's why we suggest letting our specialist solicitors work for you. If your case is accepted, your solicitor will represent you throughout your claim and provide evidence to try and ensure you're compensated correctly. You could help with this by taking action to secure evidence. To do this you could:
Photograph the cause of the accident. For example, if you were lifting heavy weights from above shoulder height, take a picture of the shelving to show this.
Report the back injury to your employer. In an accident at work claim, report forms can go a long way to confirming that the accident took place, where it happened and what injuries were reported at the time.
Keep copies of any emails or text messages you sent to your employer about your concerns. For instance, messages showing that you requested training, lifting devices or more rest breaks could be helpful.
Get medical treatment. Medical records could be used to help show the extent of your back injuries and the length of treatment required.
Get details of any colleagues who could provide a witness statement detailing working conditions.
We will happily review any evidence you have that could help in a back injury at work from lifting claim. Therefore, please get in touch when you are ready to begin your claim.
If you are ready to make a claim or have questions about your eligibility or the claims process, why not get in touch with the Accident Claims UK team on 0800 073 8801. If you'd prefer to let us contact you, you could fill out the contact form instead or email office@accidentclaims.co.uk. Alternatively, if you'd prefer to use our live chat service, you could chat with us right away. However you'd prefer to get in touch, our advisors are ready to help you.
Back injury at work from lifting claim- FAQs
I hurt my back at work; what should I do about different types of injuries caused by manual handling?
The first thing you should do if you've suffered a back injury at work is to report it in your work's accident book. This will confirm all the accident details, from when and where it happened to what kind of injuries you've sustained from it. You must fill this out as soon as possible to keep the details of the accident fresh in your mind and ensure that the report is accurate.
As well as reporting the accident in your workplace accident book, you should also seek medical attention as soon as you can following an injury. As well as making sure that you get the medical attention you need, this will ensure that there's a record of your injuries following the accident. This could strengthen your claim down the line.
How much compensation could I be owed for a back injury at work?
It's difficult to put a value on your back injury at work from lifting claim without knowing more about your individual circumstances. This is because each claim is assessed individually, and the amount you receive will be determined by several factors.
The general damages part of a claim will be paid to you based on the severity of your injuries and how they affect your quality of life. You'll usually be invited to a medical appointment where the prognosis of your injuries can be determined.
Special damages will be paid to you based on any expenses you've incurred because of your injuries. This includes things like loss of earnings through time off work, travel to and from medical appointments and any treatment you've had to pay for yourself.
Can I sue my employer for stress and anxiety as well as different types of injuries caused by manual handling?
You can do this, but please note that you must have the medical evidence to support your claim.
When should I sue my employer?
You could take action right after you are injured, or when you discover your injury is related to your work and employer's negligence. However, we should let you know that there are time limits in place when it comes to making a claim. You may prefer to claim as soon as possible to ensure you do not fall foul of the limitation period so your claim doesn't become time barred.
How long do I have to file a claim?
Usually, you'd have up to three years from the date of knowledge or the date of the accident. However, if you're under 18 at the time of the accident, this could give you up until your 21st birthday, if no one makes a claim for your before you turn 18.
Must I receive legal advice for a claim?
You don't legally need to take advice from a solicitor. However, many claimants reap the benefits of having their case put together professionally. Not only could a lawyer advise you on steps to take, they could also take on all the legal legwork of claiming.
Should I settle out-of-court?
It saves a lot of time and expenditure to settle before a trial, though you may receive larger compensation amounts in court.
How long must I wait to receive my settlement for Different Types Of Injuries Caused By Manual Handling
A settlement should be paid within 14-28 days of the agreement being reached between both parties.
Statistics Relating To Workplace Accidents Involving Lifting
When it comes to lifting injuries, you might be interested to know that the HSE statistics from 2020/21 showed that 470,000 people suffered new or longstanding musculoskeletal disorders relating to their work. In terms of the areas of the body affected, 45% suffered with their neck or upper limbs, with 16% suffering lower limb problems and 39% with their back.
You can see how the number of musculoskeletal injuries year on year has changed in the graphic below. The industries where workers suffered most were construction and social and human health work.
To chat with someone about your claim and see how much compensation you could be owed, don't hesitate to contact our team.
Back Injury Claims Against Employers – Here, we offer general advice about claiming compensation from an employer for a back injury.
Self-Employed Work Accident Claims – If you suffered a back injury at work from lifting and you're self-employed, this guide could offer some useful information.
Injured On A Building Site – Here, we look at making claims for accidents on building sites.
Back Pain – Here, the NHS provides actionable advice on back pain.
Musculoskeletal Injuries At Work – The HSE provides useful information on injuries at work that affect the musculoskeletal system.
How To Avoid Hazardous Manual Handling – More guidance from the HSE on avoiding hazardous manual handling.
Article by JJ
Edited by MM.
Final Words On Claiming For Different Types Of Injuries Caused By Manual Handling
Thank you for reading our guide on making a back injury at work from lifting claim. Now you'll know about different types of injuries caused by manual handling and understand in which situations you could claim for an injury from lifting at work.


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Celebrating Leaders Creating a World of Impact
The YPO Global Impact Award is our highest honor to members that recognizes their impact outside of the organization, celebrating CEO impact that is both significant and sustainable.
YPO has expanded this award program and scaled it across our 14 defined regions around the globe with nominations being submitted by the YPO community. In each region, five finalists were selected and then from this group, a regional honoree was named. The recipient of the 2020 YPO Global Impact Award will be announced live onstage at the YPO EDGE, YPO's annual thought leadership summit, in San Diego, California, USA, 5-6 March.
2020 Global Impact Award Regional Honorees
Discover how our regional honorees made impact by clicking on their photos below.
JAMIN ARVIG
Jamin Arvig is the Founder and CEO of WaterFilters.net, which was built on the premise that every person should have access to affordable clean water and air. Through a "Water Filters for Charity" initiative, the company donates a portion of online sales to provide clean, safe drinking water for people in developing nations through charity: water.
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RODRIGO BAGGIO
Rodrigo Baggio is the President of Recode, the first non-profit organization to fight the digital divide in Latin America. For the past 21 years, CDI has established a presence in seven countries and 642 "centers of digital empowerment," with an estimated 1,281 educators and 1,682,573 young individuals (from 12 to 20 years old) impacted worldwide.
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YANN BORGSTEDT
Yann Borgstedt is the Founder of The Womanity Foundation, an enterprising organization at the intersection of venture philanthropy and social investment dedicated to a world where men and women have equal rights and opportunities. Since 2005, Womanity has reached more than 5 million people, supported 16 social ventures through its WomenChangeMakers program and provided more than 35,000 girls with quality education and vocational training in Afghanistan.
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JIM ESTILL
Jim Estill, CEO of Danby Appliance, provided refuge to families fleeing from the civil war in Syria. He spent CAD1.5 million of his own money to relocate 50 families to his home city of Guelph, Ontario, under the Private Sponsorship of Refugees Program, which allows private citizens to settle refugees in Canada if they commit to covering the expenses of the new arrivals for the first year.
ALIA EYRES
Alia Eyres is the CEO of Mother's Choice, a local charity serving the many children without families and pregnant teenagers in Hong Kong. Over the past three decades, Mother's Choice has helped more than 51,000 pregnant girls, cared for over 3,600 babies, assisted with more than 1,400 adoptions and provided over 510,000 students, parents and teachers with relationship and sexuality education.
Read how Alia Eyres is creating impact
WILLY FOOTE
Northeastern U.S.
Willy Foote is Founder and CEO of Root Capital, a nonprofit that invests in the growth of agricultural enterprises so they can transform rural communities. Root Capital has loaned more than USD1.4 billion to 700+ agricultural businesses in Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia, and provided training to 1,500 enterprises. Through this work, Root Capital has improved incomes and opportunities for 6 million people in the world's most remote, marginalized areas.
SIMON GRIFFITHS
Simon Griffiths is the Co-Founder and Head Honcho of Who Gives a Crap, which makes all of their products with environmentally friendly paper products and donates half of its profits to build toilets to the millions of people without access in developing communities. To date, Who Gives a Crap has donated USD2.5 million to improve access to hygiene, water and basic sanitation in developing countries, and saved a tremendous amount of trees, water and energy.
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SUNIL LALVANI
Sunil Lalvani is the CEO and Founder of Project Maji (Swahili for water), which is bringing sustainable access to clean water across rural sub-Saharan Africa through the power of solar technology. The nonprofit foundation currently serves more than 50,000 people with 60 million liters of clean water per year.
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ROBERTO MILK
Pacific U.S.
Roberto Milk is CEO of NOVICA, which was founded with a dream to create a better world for artisans, because a better world for artisans is a better world for all. NOVICA impacts the world by purchasing handmade products directly from global artisans. To date, NOVICA has sent more than USD95 million to artisans around the world.
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CODY NATH
Cody Nath is the CEO of Refined Technologies (RTI). His company is a committed partner of World Vision, a humanitarian organization dedicated to working with children, families and their communities worldwide. Over the past three years, RTI has partnered with World Vision to bring clean water to approximately 110,000 Hondurans. Cody also is a founder of CrossWalk Center, a centralized, safe re-entry hub for citizens re-entering life in Houston after incarceration.
Read how Cody Nath is creating impact
PATRICIA NZOLANTIMA
Patricia Nzolantima is the founder and CEO of the International Working Ladies Group, which helps women utilize their full potential, emancipate themselves and use their leadership to bring positive changes. Out of that work, she also created the Working Ladies WIA Hub, the first female accelerator in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Read how Patricia Nzolantima is creating impact
GV PRASAD
GV Prasad is CEO of Dr. Reddy's, an integrated pharmaceutical company with the belief that "Good Health Can't Wait" inspires them to delve deep into understanding the needs of patients and do all that it takes to fulfill them. The Dr. Reddy's Foundation develops and tests innovative solutions to address complex social problems and leverages partnerships to scale up impact.
Read how GV Prasad is creating impact
BUDDY TEASTER
Southeast U.S. and Caribbean
Buddy Teaster is the CEO of Soles4Souls, which creates sustainable jobs and provides relief through the distribution of shoes and textiles around the world. Since 2006, the organization kept 51 million pounds of shoes and clothing out of landfills and instead created opportunities for people in need around the globe.
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TERESA YANG
Teresa Yang is recognized for her sustainable work as Vice Chairman of Esquel, a textile and apparel manufacturing company that embraces a vision of "Making a Difference." Ethics, environment, exploration, excellence and education form the foundation of the company's culture and approach. About 55,000 people work for Esquel, producing more than 100 million garments annually.
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Zip World
Our reputation on the line
Zip World opened in 2013 at Penrhyn Quarry, drawing fearless visitors to North Wales to brave the world's fastest zip line. Now a hugely successful and popular attraction, it still has ambitious growth plans, and brought us in to help - initially on a short contract to make the most of the final three months of 2018. On the back of some roaring successes, Zip World then appointed us to shape its digital strategy for 2019. And that's when things really took flight.
Visitor numbers for April were up 30% on last year. We're now planning to launch several new and unique adventures at our sites in North Wales, and push ahead with our ambitious growth plans for South Wales and beyond.
Andrew Hudson Sales and Marketing Director
Bringing added zip to the local economy
First, a bit of background. Zip World offers 12 unique adventures across three North Wales locations, with plans to expand to South Wales. It's a major employer in the area – with 95% of employees living locally – and a major draw. In fact, a 2018 report estimated that visitors to Zip World contributed over a quarter of a billion pounds to the North Wales economy since 2013 – and 80% of Zip World visitors plan to return within the year.
Picking up the pace…
For the end of 2018, we made the most of seasonal themes to boost what's usually a quiet time of year. We ran Zip World's first Halloween promotion, the Fear Forest. This increased ticket sales 10% on the previous year's half-term – offering a night-time horror-based experience to adrenaline junkies, focusing on people within a two-hour drive. Then came Christmas. After strong gift voucher sales in 2017, Zip World had set demanding targets for 2018, yet our stand-out social media and paid search campaigns increased voucher sales by 25%.
…to get a jump on 2019
With our reputation cemented, we've become Zip World's full-time digital agency. Now, our focus is less about one-off campaigns and more about shaping the digital strategy for 2019 and beyond. We created a plan that covered always-on activity, micro campaigns, and larger projects – all designed to keep audiences engaged and the momentum up.
We restructured the Zip World PPC account, too. That meant prioritising budget for top-performing campaigns and restarting lapsed campaigns that still had potential. We also made some small, but valuable, changes to search terms. The results? We increased clicks by 40%, conversions by 47%, and revenue (always the most important metric in our book) by a whopping 57%.
By the end of May, we'd reached 65% of our online sales target for the whole year.
By the end of May, we'd reached 65% of our online sales target for the whole year. And this was before hitting the busy summer period. We're especially pleased as it means we can re-visit our strategy from a position of real strength, looking to expand the target audience and test new content strategies.
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A number of academic researchers are committed to helping develop OGC standards, but the vast majority are not. Why do some get into it, and why don't more? For the past several years I've been looking for ways to stimulate academic involvement in geospatial standards development. I'm starting to see some potential, but the cultural & institutional barriers still dominate.
Btw, I'll be using "involved" and "committed" in the sense of the old line about ham and eggs: the chicken's involved, but the pig's committed (you can google that phrase for an interesting history).
Basically, geoscience researchers are committed to mastering their science, but generally not to mastering data management, standards development, or other "translational" matters for making their research results accessible across domains. Such efforts present whole new learning curves of concepts and processes that have much less potential to advance a scientist's career. The measure of a scientist's career seems to be an index based on the number of written scientific publications and the number of citations of those publications in other publications. This is an arbitrary measure with a number of issues, but widely followed.
Even so, there's a growing, bubbling, emergent force in the sciences that's making interdisciplinary research more important, achievable, and professionally rewarding. The concepts and problems for understanding and modeling the Earth's climate, weather, water cycles, carbon flux, and many other interrelated subjects, are requiring increasing cooperation across subject domains. We're seeing major, long-term initiatives in the US, Europe, Australia and elsewhere now, starting to poke holes in the walls between subject domains, and between science domains and cyberinfrastructure development. I want to review a selective history first for context, then show how the pieces are starting to fit together.
Going back to the early 1990s, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), OGC and ISO TC211 started their work about the same time, with distinct but complementary missions to improve information sharing across nations, subject domains, and industries. These are just a few of a veritable ecosystem of formal, international standards development organizations (SDOs) and industry consortia that have gradually strengthened their alliances with each other over the years to better accomplish their goals (e.g., see recent article about OGC & W3C). One of these consortia, the Federation of Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP Federation) which started in the US in the late 1990s, has been focused on collaborative research for Earth and space sciences. An international, all-sciences consortium (not just geo) emerged in 2013, the Research Data Alliance (RDA). Initial sponsors for RDA were the Australian government, the European Commission, and the US National Science Foundation (NSF); NIST and Japan are now getting involved. More about OGC, ESIP and RDA later.
Internetworking among the geosciences goes back much farther, to the World Data Centres and Federation of Astronomical and Geophysical data analysis Services established by the International Council of Science (ICSU) to manage data generated by the International Geophysical Year (1957–1958). It became clear after the International Polar Year (2007–2008) that these bodies were not able to respond fully to modern data needs and they were thus disbanded by the ICSU General assembly in 2008 and replaced by the ICSU World Data System in 2009.
Another international networking initiative, started in 2005 by the Group on Earth Observations (GEO), is the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS). This is being developed to provide tools for data discovery, access, and decision support, with tasks organized by societal benefit areas (SBAs): climate, weather, water, agriculture, energy, health, biodiversity, ecosystems, and disasters. Through the development of a web-based broker that distributes users' queries across dozens of Earth observation catalogues hosted around the world (e.g., Global Change Master Directory, Pangaea, and many others), you can now reach over 14 million data collections through GEOSS; this number is growing rapidly as more agencies' catalogues are registered, week by week. This may seem paltry compared with a Google search, but we're talking about qualified data-searching with geographic and temporal filters, as well as the ability to select specific authoritative international data catalogues.
This is just a small sampling of efforts around the world to publish and internetwork Earth observations and geoscience data. But the consortia and initiatives just mentioned have emerged as key drivers in yet newer initiatives seeking to "bridge the bridges". The more some folks find out about the world, the more other folks want to be able to relate those findings with someone else's. And as computational and network technology have advanced, it's become both easier and harder: easier to find lots of data, but harder to know what it means, and how to relate all the pieces.
Efforts in driving standards to better support geoscience research have varied globally, with three big players emerging: Europe, Australia and the US. Geoscience research in Europe is largely funded by the European Commission through initiatives like the Framework Programme (FP6, FP7) and now Horizon 2020. These programs have helped implement a European Directive called INSPIRE (Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community). This actually defines and mandates use of international standards for geospatial and geoscience information. Much of the core support for GEOSS has also resulted from FP7 projects, some of which are still underway, and more to come from Horizon 2020. Geoscience Australia and CSIRO are the main drivers for the Australian research program.
I can't say much more about European or Australian research programs, as I've been most involved in the US. But the US situation is what I really want to talk about now. We have some catch-up to do, and it's starting to happen.
Next: About the NSF EarthCube initiative and its potential relation to standards development.
Thanks to Mark Parsons and Ingo Simonis for contributions to this segment.
The thoughts and opinions expressed here are those of the contributor alone, and do not necessarily reflect the views of EarthCube's governance elements, funding agency, or staff.
Thanks for a nice overview, David.
Thanks for your insights. Looking forward to working with you to articulate how standards can enable open geoscience!
** I store everything in Angstrom for searching on some of the systems, even when it was in GHz or keV.
Joe, you are right on about most domain scientists. Occasionally one finds an inspiring person who is not just good at his/her domain science, but appreciates and takes care to understand enough IT & data management to come up with science that works in the real world on a large scale. It's really an ecosystem; we don't all have to be excellent at everything, or even very many things.
IMO, we can't and don't need to engage the "typical researcher" in data management. But the research funding agencies can make it easier by supporting initiatives that build the bridges, so data mgmt and interoperability become more and more transparent to the typical researcher. We need to make it better for those few inspiring folks who can bridge science and cyber work.
We actually have plenty of scientists involved. SPASE, FITS and WCS (World Coordinate System, not the OGC one) are likely 90% domain scientists ... which is part of why I know about some of the issues when the scientists develop the standards.
... they were focusing on defining data models & defining metadata fields ... I cared about actually trying to implement it, so tried to get them to define date interchange standards. They agreed on XML and ISO dates, but I lost the argument on handling enumerations as XML elements. (so they're strings, making it difficult for me to extend SPASE by overlaying the specific info that we need for VSO ... and so we got no benefit out of it, and have never actually used it as it only added to our workload).
In my opinion, a large part of the problem is that the IT folks are typically seen as 'science support', and more like secretaries than people who contribute important skills. As such, it's much harder for us to get approval to travel to scientific meetings where we can talk with other people who are implementing systems.
... I shouldn't have to fight a PI team for months, calling into their telecon week after week trying to get them to put checksums in their data. we're using RAID6, we'd have to lose 2 disks for it to be an issue (completely ignoring the mirror sites and/or their tape archive) ... and thus the only reason they have checksums is because their power center had a massive power outage 2 weeks before launch, and around 1/3 of the arrays lost 2 disks.
I'm going to stick with the 'get the requirements from the scientists, and not tell them how you implemented it' model ... it's so much more efficient.
"A few months later, Jonathan presented Larry with a product plan that was a manifestation of the gate-based approach at its finest. There were milestones and approvals, priorities, and a two-year plan of what products Google would release and when. It was a masterpiece of textbook thinking. All that remained was for him to receive a rousing round of applause and a pat on the back. Sadly, this was not to be: Larry hated it. "Have you ever seen a scheduled plan that the team beat?" he asked. Um, no. "Have your teams ever delivered better products than what was in the plan?" No again. "Then what's the point of the plan? It's holding us back. There must be a better way. Just go talk to the engineers."
"Talking to the engineers" isn't a substitute for a plan; I don't see how we'll get away from planning & management (certainly not for NSF grants). But "talking to the engineers" also reminds me of the story about Toyota buying a failing manufacturing plant in Fremont California from GM. This auto plant was notorious for high defect rates. Toyota was made by the union to hire all the same workers. Within just a couple years, they were getting close to zero defects. It was done by listening to the workers on the production line, when they said something wasn't working, and how things could get better. The most remarkable thing about this story wasn't that Toyota turned the plant around, but that GM didn't learn from the experience. They kept on doing manufacturing the same top-down way.
So how do we get this form of crowdsourcing (listening to the engineers, IT, etc) recognized by research leadership? How can EarthCube help with this?
David, Thanks for this entry and I look forward to the next part.In response to the other comments about engaging academic scientists, I believe that one responsibility the academic community has is to TEACH its students about using standards and data management techniques even if the scientists themselves are not interested in contributing to their development. The informatics community and those rare individuals that bridge the informatics and domain science divide need to help develop best practices to be shared with domain scientists. This is how we will instantiate these ideas into the science community.


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Marcus J. Susen, Board Certified Civil Trial Attorney and Lead Counsel of the Bayer/Essure Mass Tort in PA, Settled Nationally for $1.6 Billion, Launches Susen Law Group in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
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Fort Lauderdale, FL, January 11, 2021 – Marcus J. Susen, Board Certified Civil Trial attorney and Lead Counsel of the Bayer/Essure mass tort in Pennsylvania, has launched the Susen Law Group in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The firm focuses on women's healthcare advocacy through mass tort and class action claims, along with other cases representing plaintiffs who have been harmed by dangerous drugs and medical devices.
Susen is credited with filing the first Essure lawsuit in 2014 and, at just 36 years old, was appointed Lead Counsel for the consolidated Essure litigation in Federal Court for the Eastern District of PA. The Bayer/Essure national litigation settled for approximately $1.6 billion, one of the largest mass tort settlements over the past year, and the largest involving a birth control device. He has been representing Essure victims for the past seven years, standing side-by-side with victims fighting for justice, both inside and outside of the courtroom.
"My professional focus as an advocate for women's health issues became clear to me eight years ago when I was approached by a local woman in Miami, along with thousands of other victims of the Essure product, who was looking for someone to take on a case that no other attorney thus far would touch," said Susen. "This case made me realize that women are so often short-changed in healthcare, often from having products heavily marketed to them that have been fast-tracked through the FDA approval process."
Susen now represents plaintiffs in cases against Paragard (Intrauterine Copper Contraceptive), Allergan (breast implants), Johnson & Johnson (Talc-based powders); victims of Sexual Abuse (Boy Scouts, Church & Clergy, others); and several other dangerous devices and drugs, including Embolization Coils, Zantac (heartburn drugs), Truvada (anti-HIV medication) and 3M (earplugs.)
About Susen Law Group
Marcus J. Susen's practice area is principally Civil Litigation, primarily involving women's health advocacy issues, including dangerous medical devices and drugs, along with sexual abuse cases and catastrophic injury accidents. He has tried a substantial number of cases to verdict as lead counsel, and in 2018, earned his Civil Trial Board Certification, a privilege awarded to fewer than 2% of Florida attorneys. Susen received his B.A. in International Relations from Boston University, and his Juris Doctorate from Nova Southeastern University, graduating Magna Cum Laude in the top 4% of his class.
Susen's Bar Admissions include The Florida Bar (2009); all Florida State Courts; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida; U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida; and the First Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals (covering Puerto Rico, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island). He is also a member of the Trial Lawyer's Section of The Florida Bar.
Mr. Susen and his cases have been featured in several national publications including Forbes, Reuters, and Yahoo! Finance, and serves as a speaker on mass tort at several annual industry events.
Susen Law Group is located at 110 E. Broward Blvd., Suite 1700, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 33301. For more information visit susenlawgroup.com or call 954-316-3815.
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I'd like to set a flag so that I do not waste a lot of time, on Virtual machine that load-run-drop many times a day. I keep my patch level of the QE/QA machines at the same level. I can understand on physical machines and machines that are ipl'ed once a week or more checking each ipl for updates could make sense, but on machines that are loaded many many times a day it's a PITA.
So could we have a flag that says don't run this check please.


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Benfica - Bayern Munich
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Benfica beat Barcelona 3-0 in their last home game of the group, not even allowing them a single shot between the three bars. Add to that a 0-0 draw in Kiev and you have a pretty solid start to the competition. This weekend in Portugal there was "only" the cup on the schedule, so coach Jesus let some players rest. As far as the league is concerned, the home side are in first place with a 7-0-1 score. But the Champions League is a completely different competition and Bayern is a tough opponent, especially when they are on a fire.
On Sunday, Bayern beat Leverkusen 5-1 on his own field! A decent pre-game for the match in Lisbon. The goals scored per game average in the Bundesliga is an impressive 3.63. They defeated Barcelona with ease and Kiev at home = 6 points, score 8:0 in group. One big ride under the new coach Nagelsmann. Robert Lewandowski (33 years old) is growing up like a wine, he has played 11 games this season and has scored 15 times. Three years ago, these two teams also met in Lisbon in the group stage and Bayern won 2-0. The same result can be expected now - Bayern will win.
Asian Handicap: Bayern Munich -1.5 @ 2.10 (bet365)
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FT: Benfica 0:4 Bayern Munich
Sane (70', 84'), Everton O.G. (80'), Lewandowski (82')
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This weekend, Jo Barrent competed her first 5k this year, in preparation for a 10k swim in mid summer.
Bill Oddy will also be taking on a 10k for a particularly special reason, please read his story here and show your support. Bill is a incredible person defining all odds. Bill is a strong competitive pool swimmer, the open water has offered up a few challenges and RFS will be behind him every stroke.


REGIONAL— Last week's collapse of the U.S. Forest Service's new online Boundary Waters permit reservations system has put the federal agency back in the hot seat with dozens of resort owners and area outfitters who had hoped to line up permit reservations for the coming season when the system went live on Jan. 30.
For now, the Forest Service has offered no date certain when a workable reservation system will be up and running, which has sparked plenty of anxiety for area businesses that rely on serving wilderness users for their livelihood.
Reichenbach said the Forest Service will give the public and businesses that rely on Boundary Waters reservations plenty of advanced notice before the system goes live.
Outfitters and resort owners have expressed displeasure for months with the change in the reservation system, which eliminated the use of a lottery to allocate the limited number of motor use permits issued between May and September each year. Local resort owners, especially, feared that too many of the permits would be snapped up within minutes by users with faster Internet connections than are typically available to most businesses in northern St. Louis and Lake counties.
Instead, the new system all but collapsed within minutes of going live and was quickly shut down by the Forest Service. The agency has since rescinded those permits that some users were able to obtain in the hour before the Forest Service shut the system down.
The Vosburghs typically outfit many parties of anglers with motorboats on the chain of lakes and the few other BWCA lakes that allow motors. "All I ask is that they give us back the lottery system or the two-thirds of the permits they took away from the chain of lakes area back in 2004," she said.
Ross Petersen has been a fishing guide in the Ely area for the past 18 years and works closely with several resorts in the area. "This permit reservation system is their livelihood," he said.
Petersen was hopeful that the region's legislators were going to put a stop to the roll out of the reservation system before it went live last week. "Everybody but the Forest Service knew the new system would probably not work. It was a very dumb idea," he said.
Forest Service officials and representatives of the private company that designed the reservation system listened to the concerns of just over a half dozen area cooperators during a meeting in Ely this week. They provided an explanation of the technical problems that plagued the system but left plenty of questions in the minds of business owners now affected by the breakdown.
Zabokrtsky, who took part in the meeting, said he wasn't satisfied with the contractor's explanation of what went wrong. He said the contractors cited a defective caching system, but later blamed the collapse of the system on a "cascading problem of other things," without providing details.
So will the Forest Service allow cooperators to test the system before it goes live? Reichenbach said the idea is "being discussed." But she declined to say whether the contractor will face any repercussions for the flaws in the system. "Right now we're focused on getting it running the way it's supposed to," she said.


Q: I'm guessing that some types make better friends than others?
Q: I'm also guessing that friends would help me understand the types?
You can use the Enneagram to understand what is necessary in friendships; if you are puzzled as to why a friendship ended; or why you do not click with certain people.
Saturn type – deeper meaning. What holds the friendship together?
Now examine your present and past friendships.
Do or did they have all these elements? Which ones are/were missing?
If the friendship is now, can you add what's missing?


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Born from her experience of everyday living in France, Sharon Santoni reveals the gracious, easy French way of entertaining guests at her countryside home, year-round. Santoni creates lush bouquets from her garden and utilizes resources from surrounding nature to lay gorgeous tables both indoors and outdoors. Venues range from a Sunday morning breakfast on the patio, to a ladies lunch in her lush garden, a formal dinner in her dining room, and a picnic by the river. Santoni also shares 15 favorite recipes utilizing seasonal foods.


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Went in search of the Great Grey Shrike on Hutton Roof. But on reaching the Trig the weather turned bad with visability down to almost 10 metres and at best 20 metres, so that turned out a bit of a washout. It was reported to me yesterday that the Shrike was seen yesterday (16th March 2011) but had crossed over the boundary into Lancelot Clark Storth.
On Way up to trig after leaving Dalton Woods, there where lots of Meadow Pipits crossing over the Dalton (deforested area - rotting Woodpiles), and they were going in a South to North direction, with just one party heading in a more North West. I counted plenty and estimated that they where going through at about 40 birds per hour. Most of the birds I saw were singles with just odd pairs. I did have one party of 15 birds and another of 7, but did suspect these to be passing "blogging" parties that had been held up somewhere further South because of the poor visability and had decided to recommence their journeys. Also there was Alba Wagtails, Linnets and Chaffinch on the move also.
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Baig Asks 5 Questions To CM; Says Omar Insult to People of J&K
7:17 pm March 4, 2013
Senior Peoples Democratic Leader (PDP) and former deputy Chief Minister Muzaffar Hussain Baigh has accused Chief Minister Omar Abdullah of working on daily wage basis. Baig further told the media that Omar had lowered the prestige and value of his position.
"He is an insult to the State of Jammu and Kashmir and has brought Chief Minister's position into disrepute", he said.
According to the statement, Baig was not allowed by the speaker to speak on his party's Adjourment Motion, and later he held a press conference in the Assembly premises. In the press conference, Baig asked some questions to the Chief Minister in the light of Afzal Guru's hanging and role of State Government.
While alleging Omar of being responsible of Afzal Guru's hanging, Baig said, "the Sheikh family has been given the job of hangman exclusively as is established by the execution of Afzal and before him Maqbool Bhat."
Baig said, the Chief Minister in reply to the debate on the Adjournment Motion ironically claimed credit for clamping curfew, banning news papers and unleashing repression in Kashmir. "As if he has done a favour to all us, it looks", Baig added.
Referring to the process which culminated in Afzal's hanging, Baig said, "it was not an execution but a murder."
He said the Constitution of India and the Supreme Court's decisions of the subject had been blatantly violated.
"Omar Abdullah facilitated this process in his family tradition just to be able to stick to power," Baig added.
Baig's 5 Questions to Chief Minister Omar Abdullah:
"1. On February 10, 2013 you claimed in your interview to CNN_IBN, that the Home Minister of India had informed you only on February 8, at 8 PM that Guroo would be hanged in Tihar Jail on February 9, at 8 AM . In reply to a specific question, you asserted that Home Minister had, a week or ten days earlier informally and non-specifically asked you as to what would be the fall out, if Guroo was hanged. Our question is this "Is it not a fact that Home Minister had actually informed you well in time that Guroo would be hanged that he had taken you into confidence in advance. Were you not aware well in advance before 8th of February that Guroo was going to be hanged? On the evening of 8th of February you had been furnished only the balance information indicating the date, venue and time of hanging. Have you not spoken only half truth about this matter? Have you not been unfair to Home Minister?
2. Even if it were that the Home Minister had some time back only informally informed you about the hanging of Guroo to elicit your view on its likely fallout, was it not your duty, as Chief Minister of the State, to honestly, objectively and courageously inform him that it would have adverse impact on the National interest in Kashmir?
In your interview to CNN-IBN, you have, inter alia, highlighted, expressly or by necessary implication, the following features which are according to you incongruous and objectionable in the way Guroo's hanging was carried out.
a. Guroo's hanging and the way it was " Will alienate two generations of Kashmir youth:. ( This assertion can be interpreted as suggestive. It also sounds like an ominous threat or self-fulfilling prophesy).
b. Guroo's hanging was " selective" and "out of turn". Murderers of Former Chief Minister of Punjab Shri Biant Singh and the Former Prime Minister of India Shri Rajiv Gandhi though convicted earlier have been spared so far. Goroo's hanging raises questions about GOI's intent and impartiality. ( This statement may have sent as subliminal message to Kashmiris especially their youth suggesting unjust prejudicial behavior of " India towards Kashmiri Muslims").
c. With tongue in cheeks and a flavor of bitter sarcasm, you pointed out that the Supreme Court in its judgment had revealed that penalty of death was necessary in Guroo's case to satisfy " the collective conscience of the Nation". You rightly implied, though sub-silentio, that judgment should be delivered on dispassionate grounds of justice and not to satisfy anyone's desire or hatred. These arguments are substantial and genuine only if they were made bonafide and in time! However, they were made only after the damage was done and not in time to prevent the damage. Our questions:
When the Home Minister of India ' sacually' informally or academically informed you about Guroo's hanging did you discuss with him the arguments raised by you in post facto TV interview and which have been enumerated above.
3. If, however, you failed to make these points to the Home Minister, as most likely appears to be the case, then what was the point and purpose of raising these agitating issues one day after Guroo's hanging? How will you answer those people who believe that your performance on TV Channel was scripted and devious-that your plan was and is to deflect people anger with you inaction or complicity away from you and towards GOI, and at the same time to carve out a soft corner for yourself in the hearts of those who you describe as " alienated youth"?
How you deal with GOI is their and your concern. Our question is on the matter that concerns us: How long will you perpetuate the age-old policy of National Conferene to mislead and exploit the emotions of Kashmiris? How long can you fool and rule us? How long can you enjoy Congress's protection against people wrath? How long can you pass the buck: How long can you find alibis? How long can you take advantage of Kashmir problem and bargain for NC rule by speaking in different languages? How long?
4. On the other hand, if we are native enough to assume that you presented all your arguments and apprehensions before the Home Minister but he rejected them then will you tell us why didn't you take this case before Higher authorities, like Hon'ble President, Hon'ble Prime Minister and Hon'ble Chairperson UPA Smt. Sonia Gandhi who is known for her compassionate heart.
5. Our next question is a basic question that a common man would ask:-
If it is true, as you claim, that you were virtually and substantially kept in the dark by the Home Minister or if he rejected your arguments. Then who are you?
If you were amiss or reluctant to take your case to higher authorities, mentioned above. Then who are you?
If you are not taken into confidence by GOI on matters relating to Kashmir which have adverse implications for the security of India. Then who are you?
If you are too casual or too callous to discuss with GOI the question of their policy that may alienate " two coming generations of alienated youth" Then what are you?
Please ask your conscience if you are conducting yourself in a manner that would behove the Chief Minister of J&K, which though electorally a rather insignificant State is politically and strategically quite important.
You may answer all these questions by saying that you are the Chief Minister of the State and you are doing your best, but doing your best is not good enough in Jammu and Kashmir."
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hussainshah 8:40 pm March 4, 2013 At 8:40 pm
I am now tired by saying thousands of times that Umar Abdula has broken all the records of telling lies I again repeat that he is a damn lier.He is a black spot on Kashmirwhich we must remove.Sheikh dynasty has always befooled us.Rightly said that by clamping curfew,banning media publications etc Umar Abdula has tried to safeguard the people as if he has done a favour to the people .


"Being disappointed I didn't medal is a new feeling" is how Brendan Kerry summed up his first international competition this season after placing 4th at the US International Figure Skating Classic in Salt Lake City on the weekend.
Decimating his personal best from the World Championships back in March, Kerry advanced by 12 points scoring a total 222.40, landing three quads along the way and raising his performance scores across the short and free programs.
"Achieving a PB at an ISU event is a huge confidence booster. I'm ecstatic about that," Kerry said.
Eight years since his debut as a 13-year-old on the Junior Grand Prix series in 2008, Kerry now has a real sense of belonging on the world figure skating stage.
The Men's US International Classic was won by USA's Jason Brown (254.04) followed by Takahito Mura from Japan with 252.20 points. In third was Adam Rippon who scored 248.24.
Australia was also represented by Queensland's Andrew Dodds who placed 12th with 160.54 followed by his brother, Jordan on 139.44.
What are the odds of a young man from Rooty Hill with Aboriginal heritage becoming a world-class Pairs figure skater, and doing so with a 16-year-old from Moscow?
Over the past two days in the Czech Republic at the Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating, Harley Windsor and Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya skated for Australia, putting their more experienced competitors on notice with a 6th place in the short program and 8th overall in their international competitive debut.
High-level, high speed and to the casual onlooker - scary elements, were delivered by Australia's newest pair skaters who, against all the odds, have achieved quality technical prowess in less than eight months training at whatever time they could in either Sydney or Moscow.
The unlikely pairing of Harley Windsor - could he have a better name – and Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya was a brainwave by Harley's Sydney coaches Galina and Andrei Pachin late last year in a desperate bid to keep their talented young student in the sport he loves.
It is entirely possible in the not-too-distant future that Harley will have quite a story of his own to tell.
The real beginnings are in the Dreamtime and could culminate in the fulfilment of his personal dream to not just represent Australia at the Winter Olympics but to be good. Very, very good.
"I don't want to just go the Olympics. I know I can be good at this and do really well," Harley said in March this year.
19-year-old Harley's heritage spans across NSW. His mother Josie is from the Weilwyn and Gamilaraay people, whilst father Peter is from Moree of the Gamilaraay and Ngarrable people. His great grandparents were both full blood Aboriginal people, neither of whom ever spoke English. The history and the stories goes back and back and back.
It was a wrong turn forcing Josie to drive into a Macca's at Blacktown over ten years ago, that starts Harley's story.
With coaches Galina and Andrei Pachin, Harley made it through the singles divisions with reasonable success but his heart and natural build made pairs the real target. Australia has not fielded a successful pairs team since three-time Olympians brother and sister team Stephen Carr and Danielle McGrath in the 1990s.
Finding a partner with skill, guts, commitment and determination in equal measure is not the easiest of tasks, notwithstanding the normal difficulties faced by all teenagers in the process of growing and maturing.
His Australian coaches took a broader view and looked to Russia to find Harley a partner.
The odds of finding a suitable partner was low, the odds of that girl wanting to skate for Australia was lower still. Could it work? Would it work? Critically, how could such a partnership work for two young people from such a differing cultural heritage? Then throw in language for good measure.
Andrei Pachin took his student to Moscow in the hope of finding a partner. It was a desperate move by motivated coaches at their own expense to keep this young man in the sport.
Enter Ekaterina (Katia) Alexandrovskaya. A 16-year-old only child, whose father sadly passed away last year.
Katia, as she is known, was part of the Moscow-based Pairs training school but there was no available partner. Her legendary Olympic gold medal winning coach Nina Mozer saw the possibilities and liked what she saw in Harley. They were a match made in heaven for any coach. Mozer was instrumental in securing a release for Katia from the Russian Federation after Australia's formal request.
It was a generous gesture by a respected coach who cares about the sport and her students.
To make it this far has been a logistical achievement between which visas allow the couple into either Australia or Russia and when.
Today, Harley and Katia have made their mark on the world figure skating scene at their first attempt. There were no glaring errors, falls or major mishaps. This unlikely pair is suddenly on the radar for their power and technical strength. Now it's a matter of experience and performance.
What were the odds of that outcome seven months ago?
Harley and Katia are partly satisfied.
These guys have big expectations.
This story has many twists and turns to offer up. It hasn't been easy so far. There's probably more difficulties to come, so – watch this space.
IMAGE: Harley and Katia training their triple twist at Canterbury Ice Rink, Sydney.


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Новоягодное — деревня в Юргинском районе Кемеровской области России. Входит в состав Юргинского сельского поселения.

География
Деревня находится в северо-западной части области, к западу от реки Искитим, на расстоянии примерно 3 километров (по прямой) к югу от районного центра города Юрга. Абсолютная высота — 155 метров над уровнем моря.
Часовой пояс

История
Основано в 1910 году. По данным 1926 года имелось 31 хозяйство и проживало 160 человек (в основном — русские). В административном отношении входило в состав Зимниковского сельсовета Юргинского района Томского округа Сибирского края.

Население

 Половой состав
По данным Всероссийской переписи населения 2010 года в гендерной структуре населения мужчины составляли 55,6 %, женщины — соответственно 44,4 %.

 Национальный состав
Согласно результатам переписи 2002 года, в национальной структуре населения русские составляли 76 % из 46 чел.

Улицы
Уличная сеть деревни состоит из одной улицы (ул. Луговая).

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Населённые пункты Юргинского района (Кемеровская область)

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