SURVEY SAYS! What are Clients' Pet Peeves About Mediation?
The popular game show "Family Feud" has been on television since 1976. It continues to entertain viewers today–sometimes several times a day–challenging teams of family members to guess how one hundred audience members answered several questions about topics of general knowledge.
Imagine a game show where a team of lawyers and mediators guess the most popular answers that would be given if mediation clients were surveyed on the following question: "What are your pet peeves about private and court-annexed mediation?" This imaginary game is not likely to become a hit TV series, but the exercise may help to solve a few real and perceived problems with mediation.
Here are my best guesses about what the top three client answers may be, as well as some thoughts about how to address them.
1. MEDIATION IS TOO EXPENSIVE.
Mediation certainly adds expense to already costly litigation. But "too expensive" ordinarily means more than just "high priced". The phrase "too expensive" invites a comparison of price versus value.
On the "price" side, the mediator's hourly rate may seem high, but the fee is shared among two or more parties. Care can be taken to assure that the cost of mediation pre-work is kept to a reasonable minimum. For example, written statements prepared for submission to the mediator may consist of pleadings or motions already filed in the case, with a brief memo explaining key issues, such as litigation status, expected trial date, settlement history, summary judgment potential, and other issues of importance to the mediator. Telephone conferences with the mediator, either with all counsel and or simply ex parte, may help to get the in-person mediation session off to a better start. Further, counsel can often work with a mediator to reduce expense through flexible or flat fees based upon case value.
Free Discovery. It is common in commercial cases that parties will voluntarily exchange important documents‒on the spot‒to show confidence in their case. And in caucus, the mediator is often able to get answers to the parties' questions about the documents or other case facts.
The opportunity to observe an opponent's nonverbal communication. For example, with Party A's consent, the mediator disclosed in caucus with Party B, that Party A had been in contact with Mr. X, a former employee of Party B, and that Party A expected to depose Mr. X soon. The mediator observed the instant visceral reaction of Party B's manager to this apparently troubling news. Even assuming that the manager's reaction will not be directly disclosed by the observant mediator to Party A, the mediator has gained useful information that will likely affect the course of the case. Would that powerful nonverbal statement have occurred outside of mediation?
Opportunity to meet and talk with the opposing party, not just counsel. Such opportunities are rare in litigation. The face-to-face meeting of opponents, in a relatively non-adversarial setting, can be helpful even if the dispute is not resolved in the mediation.
Finally, what is the "value" of the ultimate prize, a mediated settlement? The goal of the advocate and mediator is to help the client decide whether needs and interests are best served by a negotiated settlement‒or by the other alternatives to settlement. In mediation, the client will learn realistic estimates of pre-trial and trial costs, as well as the inevitable non-monetary costs involved in keeping any litigation alive. Many clients will be attracted to the immediate relief from the stress of ongoing litigation that will hopefully follow from settlement. When mediation forces clients to think about these things, it is a very valuable process.
2. THE PARTIES DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN GOOD FAITH.
The legal problem of "good faith" has generally been resolved to avoid the need for courts to make decisions about a party's state of mind. Thus, courts typically require that parties and their counsel show up at a scheduled in-person mediation session and to participate in some, often minimal, way. In legal terms, good faith does not require a party to make an offer to settle. See ABA Resolution On Good Faith Requirements For Mediators And Mediation Advocates In Court-Mandated Mediation Programs (2004).
Advocates and mediators should be mindful of negotiation strategies and their potential effect on clients who are not knowledgeable about negotiation. For example, an individual client facing an experienced corporate representative may feel disadvantaged no matter how the representative behaves; that feeling can be exacerbated by the company's apparent reluctance to settle.As another example, the perception of bad faith arises when one or more hard negotiators meet in an early joint session, a procedure that often leads to anger on the part of the clients. Accordingly, many counsel and mediators discourage early joint sessions, hoping to prevent negative emotions from taking hold of the negotiations.
Advocates who know their opponents well, can sometimes prepare their clients for expected negotiating strategies that seem to be bad faith. Likewise, mediators will try to distinguish true "bad faith" from valid strategies by purposeful questioning of the parties in caucus. The goal is to give all parties as much assurance as possible about their opponents' willingness to try to resolve the dispute.
3. MOST MEDIATORS DO NOT WORK VERY HARD TO SETTLE CASES.
What do clients want from the mediator? The words "mediator" and "medium" share a common root, suggesting both a person who is a channel of communication for others and a person who settles disputes between them. Clients may not understand the mediator's role as "medium," i.e., a facilitator of communication, if they expect the mediator to be an evaluator, i.e., an adviser or decision-maker about specific settlement plans.
The mediator's work as a 'medium" is most appreciated when the mediator constantly shares information, questions, and a sense of optimism, with the parties. The mediator's communication role is often the key to keeping the process going. When each visit from the mediator generates a new idea for consideration by the parties and counsel in caucus, the parties may begin to see a path to resolution.
Clients' expectations about the mediator's work can be shaped in pre-work when the mediator explains his/her style of mediation. The Agreement to Mediate may recite the mediator's "default" plan for the mediation, subject to the parties' approval. Alternatively, the parties may be entitled to choose a mediator whose style better suits their needs. See e.g., Rule 2.4 of the Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct (2010), Comment .
In sum, there are many ways to address the three top client "pet peeves" about mediation. No, you did not win any amazing prizes in our imaginary game, but undoubtedly, there are more client "pet peeves" yet to be revealed. We hope you can guess them the next time we play the Feud.


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Bunker Boys 14/12
1st Tony Scambler (16) 40 points
2nd Daryl Vernon (24) 38 points
3rd Neil Carter (11) 36 points
4th Gordon Melia (20) 36 points
Near pins Kob Glover, Michael Brett, Neil Carter X 2.
For some reason, we had a lower than expected turnout of fifteen for today's round at Crystal Bay, some of our locals just didn't play, some are overseas, and tourist numbers in Pattaya are lower than in previous years. Possibly Brexit plus an all-time low exchange rate may also have an influence. The course was surprisingly damp in parts, overnight rain may have been much heavier in the area than in Pattaya. The day was overcast with temperatures much more benign than in recent days. Despite another group checking in just before us, there was no delay and pace of play was fine.
Tony Scambler produced the round of the day chipping in on the last for a birdie to record a score of forty points. Even on this course which is generally regarded as one of the easier, this was a very good score. Second place went to Daryl Vernon on thirty-eight points, Daryl is appearing in the winners circle regularly so we may soon see a cut in his handicap. Third place with thirty-six points went to Neil Carter beating Gordon Melia on countback. Kob Glover and Michael Brett had near pins while Neil Carter took two, Neil now has a substantial lead in the number of near pins for the year. Life is full of surprises and today was no exception, back at the M Club after his fine win Tony Scambler rang the bell, could that be a first. Even more surprising John Hughes arrived at the club too late to avail of a free beverage, who would have thought?.
Eastern Star
1st Neil Carter (11) 38 points
2nd Tony Robbins (18) 31 points
3rd Michael Brett (13) 30 points
Near pins Michael Brett, & Neil Carter X 2.
Since our last visit a month ago the course has deteriorated markedly, just about all tee boxes were in shabby condition, greens which had recently been sanded unevenly were very variable in speed and made putting a bit of a lottery. Also, the new cart paths which have been completed for some time have yet to have the ground beside them restored. Another gripe for almost all golfers was the caddies who seemed disinterested and very slow. All in all, it was disappointing to see the course slide backward like this and with the higher than most green fees it no longer represents value for money.
Our numbers were down again today, the lowest high season number we have seen with only eleven showing up to play. This was made worse by the early retirement of Keith Hemmings who succumb to a back strain and retired after three holes. Scores were very disappointing with only Neil Carter putting up a fight to take first place with a solid thirty-eight points. Seven points adrift Tony Robbins took second place while abysmal putting confined Michael Brett to thirty points in what otherwise could have been a decent score. Near pins went to Michael Brett and two to Neil Carter.
Greenwood A & C
1st Les Cobban (8) 35 points
2nd Michael Brett (13) 34 points
3rd Neil Griffin (25) 33 points
4th Keith Hemmings (22) 32 points
Near pins Peter Allen, Neil Carter, and Michael Brett
Following Wednesday's round of low scores, there was an expectation of better today but sadly the improvement was only marginal. Given that it normally takes in the area of forty points to win at Greenwood and the course was in good condition it was a surprise to see such low scores take the winners circle. The wind did blow all day which may have adversely affected some but nevertheless one would expect higher scores. One noteworthy factor was the caddies who were of a much higher standard today. A field of eighteen was in attendance.
First place went to Les Cobban with a score of thirty-five off a low handicap of eight, second went to Michael Brett on thirty-four. For much of his round Neil Griffin was on fire and looked like he would sweep all before him only to fade badly on the back nine, nevertheless, he took third place with thirty-three leaving Keith Hemmings to bring up the rear with thirty-two. Near pins went to Neil Carter, as usual, ( five for the week). Peter Allen and Michael Brett. As is usually the case Peter Allen got his near pin using the driver from the tee. A shot that ran along the ground most of the way up the fairway onto the green and obligingly stopped near the pin was enough for Michael Brett to get his near pin, but the shot of the day went to Neil Griffin. On the parr five C 4, Neil hit his shot to the green into the creek in front of the green, the ball hit the wall on the green side of the creek and rebounded all the way back to land at his feet.
Today we bade farewell to Gordon Melia who is returning to the UK for the festive season before returning again in January. Also on a similar journey was Keith Hemmings. We were pleased to welcome back Gerry Cooney after a long absence in the UK for shoulder surgery, Gerry is now doing physiotherapy and expects to be back on the golf course in about a month.
Tony Scambler
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You know what Twitter needs to Fix?
I know, it's a loaded question but it's simple really. It's the one area that needs attention and really hasn't received much of it. See if you can figure out. I apologize for using my page as the example.
The Bio section. If we've been saying that numbers don't matter and that it's all about quality and not quantity, then that notion pretty much renders alot of what you see on the bio section as useless. Right?. Here's a really quick suggestion. Since we have the ability to publish content across multiple social platforms at once, perhaps we should see what networks one is a part of. Twitter needs to empower it's users and allow them to take advantage of a new bio design that leverages more of who they are and not their "personal numbers". The current bio section was cool when Twitter first launched 5 years ago. Right now it only serves to answer the most rudimentary of questions-that most frown on anyways.
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6 thoughts on "You know what Twitter needs to Fix?"
Angela on April 6, 2011 at 12:43 am said:
Perhaps you are right. But what I enjoy about Twitter compared to other social networking sites is that here I can relate to people with similar interests. On Facebook, for example, I have tons of obligatory "friends" because they are family, coworkers, former classmates, friends of classmates, friends of family, friends of friends, friends of neighbors (do you get the point yet?). On Twitter, however, I can keep all those people out and interact with people of my choosing based on content and the value of the conversations that interest me, without regard to personal relationships. If all of a sudden all of my Facebook "friends" started cluttering up my Twitter timeline, it would no longer be valuable to me. I am glad that my other networks are not visible to Twitter followers. The hint of "anonymity" adds value in my opinion.
Cindi @ Chiropractic Marketing on April 6, 2011 at 8:57 pm said:
Does anyone really look at how many people follow another person? I would like to see something that would refer to something other than how many I follow, how many follow me. However, even if twitter makes changes and you could see networks or keywords…you still have to get people to fill out their information correctly.
I mean really, most don't effectively utilize what is there right now. I am amazed.
marc meyer on April 7, 2011 at 2:42 pm said:
@Cindi I agree, numbers don't matter right? But you're also right, I see so many bios that are done wrong starting with not adding URL's.
@Angela, I agree but I'm focusing more on a design flaw slash user experience issue though. 🙂
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Juan | Vender en internet on April 25, 2011 at 2:06 pm said:
I agree with Angela. Twitter, while sharing some important aspects of Facebook, is an entirely different animal, and with good reason. Twitter is used exclusively for status updates, but unlike Facebook, Twitter is about connecting people with similar interests, ideas, and thoughts… not necessarily with your family and friends (although they can follow your "tweets" as well). I like more twitter than facebook.


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The 11 bestest best apartments in gaming
Gorgeous gaffs and where to find them
Rather than marvel at digital houses we couldn't even dream of owning an armoire to put in IRL, let alone the whole building, we've turned our attention to the world of videogame apartments. These chunks of partitioned living are often just modular, nondescript spaces designed to house clues or bolster the sense of people living in a city, but occasionally there are apartments which offer up a real sense of their owner's character or palatial penthouses which ooze nouveau riche luxury.
We've handpicked a selection which stuck with us as beautiful, effective, weird, crass or some combination of all of those as we amble through the property pages of gaming. Use the arrows to navigate or the left and right cursor keys on your keyboard. Don't forget to wipe your feet as you come in!
Adam: It probably says a lot about me that one of my favourite fictional apartments might actually be a hotel room. And whether it's an apartment or a hotel room is kind of a moot point because it's actually one of many stasis chambers decorated to resemble an actual living space, and it's tucked away deep inside the Aperture Science facilities, adjacent to a whole bunch of deadly test chambers.
I like temporary places, so I probably naturally prefer hotel and motel rooms to apartments, though most of the apartments and flats I've lived in have only been familiar in passing. Six month leases seem long when you sign them, but when you find yourself preparing to move on and don't even have to repack all those still-packed boxes, you don't really think of those places as 'home'. Or at least I don't.
And that's why I probably enjoy watching Portal 2's introductory domestic demolition. By the time Portal 2 begins, Chell has apparently been in stasis for around 27 years, longer than I've ever lived in a single place, but her 'home' is wrecked within minutes of awakening. And all of that destruction is in service of a good laugh.
Quadrilateral Cowboy
Brendan: Like the secret back room where heists are planned in Thirty Flights of Loving, there's a hideout here too. It has computers and machines and a radio and friends working with cogs and wires. But the apartments of those friends and your own gaff is just as interesting. At different points in the game you get a glimpse at these places, just enough to peep into your heistmates' lives. Lou lives in a tiny box of a room (actually, they all do) where she has a dozen photos of the three of you hanging on the wall. Her engineering certificate is there – she got it awarded at night school. A single mattress on the floor acts as a bed and a dirty mirror tries to make the place look bigger than it is.
Poncho's apartment is bigger, but only vertically. Because it houses two giant chalkboards one on top of the other, both filled with neatly-written code. To get to the bed in this room you'd have to clamber up a desk filled with clunky machines and computer equipment. There's three cameras on the desktop and bottle after bottle of developing fluid. But overall this room is tidier than your mate Lou's. Except for the clothes strewn across the floor and the semi-naked man snoring in the bed.
I think I like these rooms because I've slept in a number of tiny London boxes over the years. Twice I've had a room with a cabin bed, with my computer and miscellaneous papers gathered beneath it. Adults shouldn't have to do these things. So when I see the Nuevos Aires homes of QuadCow's hacker gang I have sympathy for them – but I'm also impressed. They manage to make such a small space look good.
Adam: As Brendan said when he heard this was one of my picks, "the giant hole to a blood-besmirched reality really ties the room together". He's not wrong. Well, he is, because that giant hole to a blood-besmirched reality actually pulls the room apart, and that's the kind of room I like. One that's unsure of itself.
I've never been one to leave many traces of myself around the places I inhabit, and that goes for bric-a-brac, posters and art as well as the kind of things that a blacklight might reveal. I'm not exactly neat and tidy, but my local footprint – as opposed to my global carbon footprint – is small. Whatever the opposite of a hoarder is, I am that thing.
Even though I don't believe in them, I'd rather live with whatever ghosts a building holds than eradicate all traces of them with a couple of prints and a throw from Dunelm. Silent Hill 4's room might be taking that to extremes, but for all of its scares and supernatural space-shifting, it looks a lot like a real place. The old complaint about Friends – how did they afford such large living spaces in New York on their wages? – doesn't apply here. The Room isn't extravagant or massive; it's small, worn and entirely convincing.
Alice: Bestest best balcony in video games, this one.
Ah, but how cosy the rest of the place is too! Whenever the sprawling murder case got on top of me, I'd return home to reset my brain. Land my spacecar on the roof, walk through the rain to the lift, bop the button and ride down to apartment 88F, be greeted at the door by my dog — the best gal I'd ever seen! — and feed her, then through the bedroom to the balcony for a few moments' reflection, and back inside to collapse into bed. Wake up, wash my face, and I'm ready to pound the streets again.
I didn't realise how much this home meant to me until I was evicted by The Conspiracy. I wandered the streets, not knowing where to go. I wasn't sleeping any more. My life had dropped out from beneath me.
Sure, Ray McCoy's apartment is a knock-off of Deckard's gaff but that was my home.
Alice: Elvin Green is blessed, really. Some might consider coming loose from reality and tripping across alternate worlds something of a curse, but who among us can open up a whole extra spare bedroom, add a breakfast bar, or even put in a balcony simply by spacing out?
It's his first (real?) apartment I like most, a slump of a home. His writing desk is surrounded by scattered papers and scrunched balls. Bottles, toppled mugs, and ash trays cover surfaces. Books stack up and tumble over. Crumpled boxes of a lost love's possessions sit in corners. Bin overflows. Rug askew, blinds bent. Tired Californian afternoon sun beats down. It's so lived-in it hurts. I adore this carefully-modelled mess.
Looking out the windows is smashing too. Peer through the crooked blinds to stare into the overgrown courtyard out back, palms and trees fenced-off between a squash of buildings. Out the bedroom, through the rungs and railings of a criss-crossing fire escape, is a shut-down cinema with a police car parked outside. From the lounge, a lovely view of the diner opposite, the record shop, cars cruising past, and- oh god, is that my landlady staring up at me?
Apartments should be in communities.
The apartments in electroworld and on Mars aren't half-bad, mind. Great domed balcony on Mars with views over the neighbourhood, spacetrees on spaceroofs.
John: I think this has to be the greatest apartment in all of gaming. I mean, it's literally the only gaming apartment where I've thought that thought without feeling ridiculous. (What IS this feature?) The first time I played the wonderful claymation and cardboard adventure I was utterly blown away by how real this place felt.
That was in no small part thanks to the relationship between the husband and wife living there, and the sparsity that accompanies all gaming abodes was justified here by their having just moved in, unpacked boxes all over. There are neighbours to meet, a basement to eventually discover, and the apartment is of course the key element of the game's fantastical setting. If anything, the apartment here is a crucial character. The more you play, the more you realise the building itself is so integral to what you're experiencing.
Fine writing, good excuses for sparsity, and the exquisitely hand-crafted real-life sets all add up to by far the best gaming apartment I've seen.
Pip: I'm not sure if I actually own an apartment in GTA Online. I know I've been in the apartments of friends because that's how you begin heists, and I've spent the amount of obligatory faff time while people install updates or fail to connect or struggle with servers and whatnot snooping around those. They're these hyper-luxurious, spacious non-homes. It's pretty much characteristic of the game, to be honest. You have floor-to-ceiling windows, views to die (or at least kill) for, televisions the size of a double bed…
They're these idiotically show-homey spaces where it's all about clear surfaces and monumental, conspicuous consumption but nowhere you'd actually cosy up with a book and a blanket. There are bookshelves populated with the same books everyone else has, the same plants everyone else has, the same clothing on display as everyone else has… I know that apartments have been added as well as other bits and bobs via DLC but my abiding memory is of these nothingy impersonal places. Because of how GTA screenshots work I don't have access to any of mine at the moment so I had to settle for an official image – apparently Rockstar don't like putting out pictures of the apartmentswhen there are cars to be looked at so the image above is the only one I could find and it's not really in keeping with my recollections but you get the idea.
Impersonal personal space is generally a problem in gaming. Homes are denoted by the same object-based shorthand – you have beds, sinks, fridges, some knickknacks, maybe some paintings on the walls. They're intended to show that a person lived here and had some vague preferences about wall decorations but this stuff turns into a real resource drain if you aren't careful so you use the same assets over and over in different configurations.
You might do some custom work for plot-specific homes or give players tools to customise their space if you're building that kind of game, but there's a lot of repetition. In GTA Online that feels right, somehow. If you're chucking money at stuff like homes and clothes, in the real world you might well end up using the same high-end stylists and designers and their signature style starts to shine through even if they don't mean it to.
I like to think of GTA Online as this weird bubble where there's only one or two stylists people go to for their interior decoration and they can only use furniture and decor from one department store and so the world has turned into this bizarre, samey apartment factory where everyone has the same decorative books.
Fahrenheit / Indigo Prophecy
John: Fahrenheit really goes to some effort to manage to earn a place on both a favourite and least favourite apartments list. In the latter is Tyler and Samantha's place, a seemingly deliberate (is it maybe worse if it weren't deliberate?) exercise in racism, with the game's black character living in a 70s Shaft-a-like monstrosity of stereotypes and lava lamps. It also has an entry for a middling list with Carla's ludicrously opulent digs, but the positive entry goes for Lucas's place.
It's barren, but it's believably barren. Lucas is a pretty broken man, recently dumped, exuding bachelordom. But stuff works! The taps fill glasses, the TV switches on, the exercise machine can be used, the stereo plays music. And he'll pick up and twiddle with his guitar. It feels a little showroomy, but at the same time is far more interactive than your average gaming flat.
Of course later you use that guitar to minigame your ex into bed, because Fahrenheit can't miss a chance to be gross.
BioShock 2 Multiplayer
Pip: I never played BioShock 2 (there was an injection in the first one which ensured I was never going to go near either of them ever again) but in looking at an old article about places to live in games I saw some screenshots of the multiplayer apartment for BioShock 2 – a space steeped in the game's characteristic art deco aesthetic and with little fish swimming past the lounge windows.
Obviously THAT was the catalyst for me immediately installing BioShock 2. I did nearly close it all down immediately on seeing a syringe onscreen but thankfully nothing came of that.
It's a ghost town as far as the multiplayer itself goes so I can't tinker with it to see what effect playing actually has on the space if any. But I spent a really lovely few minutes just wandering round and enjoying being in the apartment. A significant part of that is because of how different BioShock's aesthetic is to most games. I've seen any number of tedious shacks/sheds in any number of post-apocalyptic survival games containing the same metal-framed beds with grim-looking mattresses, but it's rare to see anything like BioShock 2.
In the fiction the rooms are on loan to you while you test things out for Sinclair Solutions which would explain the impersonal nature of the furnishings. It's more like a hotel than a home. A hotel where you can look out of the window and see kelp waving and bubbles rising.
Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments
Pip: The apartment at Baker Street stuck with me from when I saw footage of the game before it even came out, which tells you I must have found it pretty eye-catching as in-game flats go!
It's an apartment furnished with all manner of Holmes's paraphernalia as well as lots of general detail. There are net curtains which actually provide a bit of texture, bundles of newspapers crammed onto shelving, all manner of information pinned to the wall above the analysis desk, a bed with the covers drawn down to air it out a Philodendron in the peak of condition near a window, and lots, lots more. It's a place which manages to give the impression that this particular man actually lives there.
I really like how rich and over-the-top it seems in comparison to so many other in-game homes. It's messy but not dirty (presumably thanks to Mrs Hudson's feelings on the matter) and positively bulging with tributes to Holmes' ridiculousness, hints at his virtuosity and references to his esoteric interests. It's a shame that the rest of the game turns out to be an awkwardly implemented riff on a hidden object adventure with no true hidden object scenes but it has a delightfully furnished apartment.
Pip: Sunset uses the idea of visiting an apartment just before sunset to perform tasks in your role as a housekeeper. It's through little interactions you have with the objects and changes you observe from the window that your character forges a relationship with her unseen employer and the game tries to pick into ideas of privilege, resistance and power along the way.
Taking the real estate mantra of "location, location, location", you might not be entirely convinced to move to Anchuria what with the military coup going on in the city, but the game juxtaposes that with this hyper-stylised, absolutely over-the-top bachelor pad inspired by a 1970 edition of Playboy.
It's an absolutely decadent place, filled with gorgeous period detail and the fact that you always visit just before sunset means everything is bathed in warm evening light. You also see it change gradually over the course of the game which means you start to feel shifts in the atmosphere of the space as a result.
[Disclaimer-ish: friend of the site, Leigh Alexander did some consulting on this game. I didn't know that when I wrote about it previously but I do now.]
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Our payroll services are fully HMRC compliance and linked. We use latest software & secure stationery to print payslips. We email reports & ePayslips to the employer each month and also advise the PAYE liabilities each quarter.
If your payroll requirements are fortnightly or weekly we are more than happy to cater these services too with slightly higher charge.
Auto enrolment – Pension: Payroll services have been associated with auto enrolment requirement now. It has been mandatory under government pension regulator.
The environment surrounding HMRC compliance checks has changed and, from 1 April 2009, HMRC's powers have increased dramatically. They are now able to make inspections and investigations unannounced.


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Our Air Hockey is always a blast, and is one of our favorite challenges. Have hours of competitive fun, with back-and-forth action over the smooth playing surface ensuring non-stop excitement. Can you beat all your friends and reign supreme as the air hockey champ?
Step inside and get blown away, without the worry of physical danger in Hurricane Simulator With each simulator, players get to experience what a Category 1 Hurricane feels like, without the danger of flying debris, rising tides, horizontal rain or other dangers. An LCD screen shows animations of hurricane destruction while also showing the current MPH of the wind effect.
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The Nashville Area ACL User Group will sponsor a workshop and case study conducted by PIA consulting. This training will build on the participant's knowledge of ACL features by applying them to complex data analysis tasks. This training will help participants better understand the process of data analysis, including understanding the objectives of data analysis, identifying the processes necessary to obtain these objectives, and developing a plan to execute the processes necessary to meet the objectives. Other topics will include identifying and gaining access to appropriate data, verifying the integrity of the data, and preparing data for presentation and reporting.
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Architecture diploma (NTUA, Athens), Masters in Philosophy: DEA en philosophie et culture, ULB (Bruxelles), Phd in philosophy with the thesis: Le concept "répétition du possible": Heidegger, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, ULB (Bruxelles).
Scholarships: IKY, National scholarship foundation (undergraduate), Michelis Foundation (DEA), Onassis Foundation (PhD).
He has participated in conferences and round tables in Greece and abroad.
4, 6, 7, 8; Architectural Triennale (KAM) Chania: 4, 5; Panorama of Greek Architecture (DOMES): 2010, 2011, 2013; Imagine the city: Aegina 2014, etc.
Prizes in PanHellenic architectural competitions: Town hall of Agia Paraskevi: first place, Town hall of Ioannina: second place, Lighthouse in Volos: second place; Prizes for built work: Domes 2011: first place; Domes 2013: first place; Architectural prizes (EIA) 2013: finalist; for unbuilt projects: Domes 2010: third place etc.
Publications: Blueprint, Metalocus, Architecture in Greece, DOMES, Architectones, EK magazine, Apartments etc.; Internet magazines: Archdaily, Dezeen, Architizer, Design world, etc.
His practice is based in Athens.


The band is directed by Sydney Ware. The middle and high school band has improved very well from last year. Senior Dylan Piveral said he most enjoyed "helping teach new kids and the friendships made each year." Piveral's personal favorite thing about band is playing on Friday nights during halftime of football games. Piveral stated, "Band teaches you discipline, self motivation and working with others to make good music." The students had been practicing harder, been more competitive, and gotten closer as a band this year. In October, the band competed in the Pleasant Hope Competition and placed fourth out of 12 bands; they were the youngest band there as well as being one of the smallest. During the competition, the marching band's technique has increased 42%, playing technique has improved by 65% and their overall score increased by 212 points since last year. The high school band will compete in State Small Group and State Large Group in March/April 2019. The Middle School students will compete in Large Group in April and Solo/Small Ensemble Contest in May. If you are interested in music, competing and making new friendships, talk to Mrs. Ware to join band!


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 Michel Polac (1930-2012),  journaliste français ;
 nom albanais de la ville de Poljance (Kosovo).

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Oral health is not just a human concern. Animals need to be able to consume food in order to undergo cellular respiration. Without the ability to eat, animals die. Without a healthy mouth, this could ability could be undermined.
Most herbivores keep their teeth clean by gnawing and chewing on certain objects, like bone or branches. Domestic pets do the same, but often need our assistance.
Then there are of course animals like sharks and gators that have more teeth than they could ever run out of. But did you know there are animals out there with their own 'dentists'?
Off the coast of Tulamben—a fishing village on the northeast coast of Bali—nearly 2 dozen meters below the surface, there are fish who have their own oral healthcare.
This is no joke. It's a beautiful example of mutualism, a specific type of biological symbiosis. It occurs between white grouper fish and cleaner shrimp.
The interaction is classified as a service-resource relationship. The white grouper has a mouth full of food debris and parasites. The shrimp literally enter the fish's mouth and 'clean' the teeth by consuming the particles and organisms.
Davide Lopresti, a 33 year old Italian photographer, took breathtaking photos of this relationship in action. The area where he dived he's described as the "Holy Grail" for underwater photographers.
The white grouper is a patient creature, allowing the shrimp to go about their business. When the grouper has had enough, it makes a slight motion, which signals to the shrimp to stop. The cleaning's done and they leave.
This kind of 'dental' mutualism is fairly unique. Mutualism, however, is very prevalent in nature. Even 'cleaning' mutualism is a very common relationship. Cleaner fish consume the dead skin and parasites on bigger fish.
Other service-resource relationships include pollination. The bees receive the food resource: pollen or nectar. They provide the service of pollen dispersal for the flower.
In the vast savannas of Africa, impalas often find themselves infested with ticks. Luckily, they too have their own cleaners. Birds like the red-billed oxpecker pick off the ticks for their meal ticket.
Humans, of course, too have mutual relationships with different species. On a microscopic level, bacteria in our gut help digest certain foods that our digestive system cannot do alone. They provide a service, we the resources.
On a macroscopic level, one only has to look to man's best friend. The domestication of dogs is an example of service-service/resource mutualism. They perform tasks like helping in herding in exchange for food and protection.
And, the most obvious level of mutualism, is between humans. In a very relevant service-resource relationship, one human provides a resource—money—in exchange for an almost invaluable service—dental treatment.


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An Analysis of Persistent Symptoms in Acid-Suppressed Patients Undergoing Impedance-pH Monitoring
Neeraj Sharma, Amit Agrawal, Janice Freeman, Marcelo F. Vela, Donald Castell
Background & Aims: Despite proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs), patients may have persistent symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). We aimed to identify symptom types and frequency experienced by patients on PPI therapy, and to identify the type of reflux, if any, associated with these symptoms. Methods: A retrospective review was performed of 200 patients on PPI with GERD symptoms during ambulatory impedance-pH testing. The symptom index (SI) was determined for each symptom, and an SI of 50% or more was considered positive. Patients were divided into 2 groups: those with exclusively nonacid reflux (NAR) episodes and those with mixed-acid and NAR episodes. Symptom profiles were compared between these 2 groups. Results: A total of 415 symptoms were reported by the 200 patients on twice-daily PPIs. Throat clearing was most common (24%). A total of 110 (27%) were typical symptoms and 305 (73%) were atypical. Typical symptoms were more likely to have a positive SI than atypical symptoms (48% vs 25%, P < .01). Eighty-four patients (42%) had a positive SI, and 116 patients (58%) had a negative SI. One hundred patients (50%) had only NAR; the other 100 had mixed acid and NAR. Heartburn (21% vs 63%, P < .01) and nausea (8% vs 44%, P < .01) were more likely associated with reflux in the mixed-acid and NAR group. Conclusions: Patients on PPIs still experience GERD symptoms. Impedance-pH monitoring identifies similar symptom associations with all types of reflux and also clarifies symptoms not related to any reflux.
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Electric Impedance Medicine & Life Sciences 100%
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Sharma, N., Agrawal, A., Freeman, J., Vela, M. F., & Castell, D. (2008). An Analysis of Persistent Symptoms in Acid-Suppressed Patients Undergoing Impedance-pH Monitoring. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 6(5), 521-524. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cgh.2008.01.006
An Analysis of Persistent Symptoms in Acid-Suppressed Patients Undergoing Impedance-pH Monitoring. / Sharma, Neeraj; Agrawal, Amit; Freeman, Janice et al.
In: Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Vol. 6, No. 5, 05.2008, p. 521-524.
Sharma, N, Agrawal, A, Freeman, J, Vela, MF & Castell, D 2008, 'An Analysis of Persistent Symptoms in Acid-Suppressed Patients Undergoing Impedance-pH Monitoring', Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, vol. 6, no. 5, pp. 521-524. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cgh.2008.01.006
Sharma N, Agrawal A, Freeman J, Vela MF, Castell D. An Analysis of Persistent Symptoms in Acid-Suppressed Patients Undergoing Impedance-pH Monitoring. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2008 May;6(5):521-524. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2008.01.006
Sharma, Neeraj ; Agrawal, Amit ; Freeman, Janice et al. / An Analysis of Persistent Symptoms in Acid-Suppressed Patients Undergoing Impedance-pH Monitoring. In: Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2008 ; Vol. 6, No. 5. pp. 521-524.
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"DeVos Wrong, East Hartford Strong!" That was the chant from more than 200 teachers, paraprofessionals, students, parents, and community members gathered on the front lawn of East Hartford High School this morning. The East Hartford community came together to protest remarks made by U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos last week criticizing the East Hartford Public School System despite never having set foot in any of the district's schools.
Emceeing the protest was Dr. John A. Langford Elementary School third-grade teacher and East Hartford Education Association President Annie Irvine, who said she was overwhelmed by the community response and grateful for the opportunity to "stand together and tell our collective story." Irvine noted, "Mrs. DeVos has pointed out that she has no idea about the learning happening in our classrooms in East Hartford and across the country."
CEA President Sheila Cohen echoed Irvine's remarks, adding, "We are here this morning because we cannot ignore the inexcusable and unforgivable attacks against our public schools and against our students. Betsy DeVos's uninformed assault on East Hartford Public Schools is reckless, and it is irresponsible."
East Hartford Education Association President Annie Irvine talked to WTIC radio this morning before the rally.
East Hartford students also lent their voices to the rally, having written letters to DeVos decrying her negative portrayal of their schools. Dozens of students biked, walked, and drove to school early and held up signs, chanting, "DeVos Wrong, East Hartford Strong!" Eleventh-grader Jadah Daley invited the Secretary of Education to visit and see for herself the outstanding work of public school teachers.
Joining the rally was U.S. Congressman John Larson, who graduated from the East Hartford Public Schools 50 years ago this June and worked there as a teacher. (His daughter currently teaches at East Hartford High School.) Larson encouraged students to continue writing letters to DeVos and pledged to personally hand-deliver every message. "East Hartford is symbolic of public education everywhere, so stand proud! You attack one of us, you attack all of us."
Irvine, Cohen, Larson, and others implored their elected and appointed officials to support public education and provide the funding and resources students need to succeed.


The correct understanding of international relations should start with the concept of "international relations". There are a great number of thought and opinions about the definition of international relations. And according to authoritative ideas, Hans Morgenthau thinks that the international relations are the relationship among nations in the struggle for power, and the essence of which is the political power (cited in Williams, 2004). Therefore, the study of international relations is important, which is pointed to be the important relationship in the world system. The article focuses on the recent event of "moving from EU" of Britain and discusses its effects on the individual, international relationships and international trade and international development.
Realism refers to our understanding and perception about objects, and the objects are independent of actual existence of things outside our hearts, and it is also the same as thr thing. Generally speaking, realism cares about reality and rejects idealism actually. Jack Donnelly (1993, pp.85) pointed out that the realism is not only unable to provide a general theory, and it basically is inconsistent, the realists are often inconsistent in the interpretation of the same event. Due to the fact that the reality of the same issue is changing, of course, the explanation is not the same as the realism, otherwise it is not realism. Realism became established in the common theory assumption, a bit of a loose connection of inconsistent theory model (Donnelly, 2000).
And the Institutionalism is another theory about international relations (Walt, 1998). It tries to explain the things with rational mind. And the final result is the interactions between preferences of subject and the rule in the institution. In other words, the institutionalism is the product of rational choice. In addition, there is another school about institutionalism, which involves the political outcomes. The institution has incentive of pursuing power.
Jean Piaget is the first one who proposed the concept of constructivism, and he is the one of the most famous psychologist in the field of cognitive development (Smith et al, 1994). First of all, the theory is applicable in the Children's cognitive development, which was known as the Geneva school. Piaget insisted on materialistic dialectics when explaining his theory and he studied the Children's cognitive development from the interaction between internal factors and external factors (Tudge and Winterhoff, 1993). The constructivism theory can be also used to study the international relation as a reference, Emile Durkheim and Max Weber contributed a lot to the constructivism theory (Palan, 2000). About the concept, and Durkheim and Weber believed that the Kantianism separate the spirit of the world and the whole world, which will be far from the scientific approach. But the pragmatic think that the spiritual life is meaningless, the scientist's mission is to uncover the surface of the material and dig deep into the core of the object. Durkheim also proposed the other ideas, they believed that the concepts have their own characteristics, and it is also a whole, which cannot be reduced to other factors. At the same time, the concept is "natural" which the same as physical reality is. The constructivism is interest in the concept.
In terms of ontology, realism, institutionalism belongs to rationalism. In the realism, the country is defined as a selfish with the method of microeconomics, which mainly defined individual and company. And in the realism, the unicity of rational behavior in international relations, national interests and identity are all the internal factors, which has nothing to do with activities in the international community. Keohane (1989) focused on the position of multiple international actors, and then admitted the existence of rationalism assumption about state actors. However, the constructivism is anti-rationalism. And the constructivism believes that the social structure of international political does not only influence the behavior of the actor, what is more important is that it also influence the identity of the actors and interests (Johnston, 2001).
From the aspect of the world view, realism, institutionalism all accept materialism theory, and both of them does not recognize substantive significance of the concept. The basic concept of realism is the international system structure, which refers to the distribution of national material power in the international system. Although the system in the realism is not material, its function depends on whether the system can provide the material reward or not. Constructivists do not deny the objective existence of materials, but they against the view point that the existence of the substance could explain the behavior and acts as the only and the main reason (Adler, 1997). Constructivism is an idea that the power is mainly constructed by the concept and the cultural context. The significance of the distribution of power is constructed by the distribution of interests to a large extent,extent; what is more, the content of the benefits is constructed by the concept to a large extent. That is to say, the reason that the power and the benefit have the function which they actually have isthat the role of the idea of creating the power and the interest.
Their theories are all adopting scientific positivism epistemology, but the interpretation of these models are different, the realism and institutionalism are the inductive pattern, and the latter one is personalization mode. Inductive pattern means that the researchers will regard event as an example of one kind of things, it is an inevitable thing in an accident. For example, Jack Snyder made the explanations for why the cold war ended in peace. He said that a country's foreign policy is formed by the idea of how to secure their own country.Expansionism doesn't work in a democracy, but it is prevailed easily in the highly centralized political entity; a country's domestic political structure is formed from its schedule of modernization. These are summarized, and explain to them the peaceful evolution of the Soviet Union at the end of the cold war.
It is hot topic that the Britain falls out of the EU. Since the late nineteenth Century, the Britain has been pursuing a policy of non-intervention on Europe, which is called "glorious isolation". And this policy is formed due to some historical and geographical reasons. Britain is not the euro zone countries, and it can issue their own currency. So it is easier for Britain to maintain its export competitiveness with independent financial policy. But it makes it difficult to really participant in the European. Especially in the critical period when there is debt crisis in BU. Due to the different interests, the Britain is gradually losing its status and participation in the EU.
And at the same time, the people of other European Union countries also have growing discontent to British, and believe that the British people are "not reliable" as a member of the European Union, they are negative and always play a role of foot-dragging in the process of European integration. it not only rejects the policy of Euro, but also not to participate in the EU crisis rescue plan, and they do not contribute to alleviate the crisis and against all the financial regulatory policy, so the "out" may be good for the development of the European Union.
PEST analysis is a tool for strategic consultants to help enterprises review the concept of external macro environment. Factors of the macro environment are affecting all kinds of industries and enterprises. And the macro environment analysis is different according to their own characteristics and management needs, the basic content of analysis includes Political, Economic, Social and Technological.


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Woman, 45, nearly dies after her own fat LEAKS into her body during liposuction: Patient is first in the UK to develop fat embolism syndrome
The 45-year-old was treated at Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospital Trust
She became ill around 36 hours after having the drastic fat removal treatment
The woman is thought to be the first in the UK to develop fat embolism syndrome
Liposuction is considered safe, but complications are becoming more common
By Rosie Taylor for the Daily Mail
Published: 04:48 EDT, 26 September 2017 | Updated: 07:17 EDT, 26 September 2017
Doctors have warned of the life-threatening complications of liposuction after a woman nearly died following the procedure.
The 45-year-old was treated in intensive care at Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospital Trust after falling ill around 36 hours after having the fat removal treatment.
While liposuction is usually considered safe, complications are becoming more common because of rising numbers of obese patients having the treatment, who are more likely to experience problems.
The woman is thought to be the first person in the UK to develop fat embolism syndrome (FES) after liposuction.
The 45-year-old was treated in intensive care at Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospital Trust after falling ill around 36 hours after having the fat removal treatment
Denise Hendry, the wife of former footballer Colin Hendry, died in 2009 from complications caused by a botched liposuction operation in 2002)
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The rare but serious condition is thought to be caused by dislodged globules of fat which travel through the body and block blood vessels. This can lead to organ failure as the blockages cut off blood supply to vital organs such as the lungs and brain.
Symptoms can come on rapidly and include extreme breathlessness, pain in the chest, fever, rash and a high heart rate.
While liposuction is usually considered safe, complications are becoming more common because of rising numbers of obese patients having the treatment
WHAT IS LIPOSUCTION AND THE DANGERS?
Liposuction removes fat from areas such as the abdomen, arms, buttocks, calves, chest, back, hips, thighs, neck, and very occasionally breasts.
The procedure reduces the number of fat cells in a specific area. The amount of fat removed depends on the appearance of the area and the volume of fat.
HOW IT'S DONE:
There are a few ways of doing it.
The most common is 'tumescent liposuction':
Surgeon injects a sterile solution (salt water to help fat removal, anesthetic to relieve pain, and epinephrine to constrict blood vessels) into the area that's being treated. The fluid causes the affected area to swell and stiffen.
The surgeon then makes small cuts into the skin, inserting a thin tube called a cannula. The cannula is connected to a vacuum sucking fat and fluids out of the body.
Patients can later be given an IV drip to replenish their body fluids.
RISKS:
If done in the wrong hands, liposuction can carry a number of risks, many life-threatening.
Patients can suffer heart problems, like Diana, due to a shift in fluid levels as fluids are being injected in and suctioned out.
Depending on the location of the operation, there could be a risk of puncturing an internal organ with the cannula.
Some botched operations have led to fat embolisms - when pieces of loosened fat might break away and become trapped in a blood vessel and gather in the lungs or travel to the brain.
Skin infections are also possible, though rare.
Aesthetically, surgeons with little or poor experience could leave patients with bumpy, wavy or withered skin due to uneven fat removal, poor skin elasticity and unusual healing.
They could tamper with nerves, causing permanent numbness in the affected area.
Patients may also suffer disorientation, confusion and seizures, and can go into a coma.
The woman, who was obese, also had lipoedema – a condition where parts of the body become enlarged due to a build-up of abnormal fat cells.
She had liposuction surgery with the aim of removing some of the bulk from her lower legs to enable her to become more mobile and start to lose weight. She had previously had a gastric bypass and suffered from depression.
The surgery went well and saw doctors remove between 10 to 13.5 litres of fat and fluid from her legs.
But around 36 hours later she became drowsy, had difficulty breathing, a rapid heart rate and rash.
She was rushed to intensive care where she was put on a breathing support machine and given various drug treatments.
After 12 days in intensive care, she was moved to a normal hospital ward and allowed home two days later. She fully had recovered after two months.
Writing in BMJ Case Reports, medics who treated her said doctors should be on the lookout for signs of FES, although they stressed that it was unusual.
They said: 'Fat embolism caused by liposuction is a rare complication with few case reports published worldwide and none to date in the UK.'
But they added: 'Liposuction is a procedure that is growing more common worldwide and is being done in higher-risk patient groups with more comorbidities [multiple health problems].
'While generally a safe procedure… In a small number of cases patients go on to develop the uncommon and potentially fatal FES.'
The condition can also be triggered by injuries like fractures and severe burns, or by pancreatitis. In rare cases it has been seen in patients who have hip or knee replacements, as well as those who have liposuction.
Research into deaths caused by liposuction has found the risk of dying from the procedure is between 0.003 and 0.1 per cent.
Denise Hendry, the wife of former footballer Colin Hendry, died in 2009 from complications caused by a botched liposuction operation in 2002.
She suffered nine punctures to her bowel during the procedure, which caused bacteria to spread from her stomach to her brain causing meningitis.
She died during complex surgery to correct some of the problems caused by the procedure.
Birmingham woman, 45, nearly dies during liposuction


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A time before E.ON
30 March 2017 Uncategorizeddeath, grief, humanityChris
Channel 4, home of Posh Pawn, My Big Fat Diet Show (?) and Three Wives One Husband, where three women shit onto a bloke watching the rugby. The other night I accidentally landed on Channel 4 when whatever I was watching on catch-up ran out, and made the fatal error of not hammering desperately at every button within reach.
It was a programme about the royal family, I think. At any rate there was lots of Diana in it and she died. There were clips of plebs exhibiting mass grief outside a palace they weren't allowed in. A huge, blatantly hard man shuddered as his beetroot-red face leaked onto the pitbull tattooed on the bingo wing of the 'woman' consoling him.
Where is he now, I wonder? How does he remember that day? Nobly, one suspects, with gnarled fists brandished if his manliness is ever questioned. But the TV doesn't lie, matey. No matter how many fat people it exploits while promising Baked-Off strudels are good for you, Channel 4 doesn't lie. You bawled like a smacked infant at the death of a rich woman you didn't know, who'd have treated you like a 17th-century peasant with a large red X on his door had she met you, and we all saw it.
It's not grief that baffles me, not exactly. I can understand people might be sad when someone dies. It manifests itself as sadness on behalf of the departed, who can feel nothing and need no sympathy, when we all know it's selfish misery that Granny won't be around any more to tell you what a special little boy you are. Nobody else does, after all.
But somebody needs to explain the ritualisation of tragedy to me.
Last week a nutcase drove a car into a pile of pedestrians in London, punting one into the river and another onto his head on a pavement below. He then went crackers with a knife and an unfortunate policeman found his stab-proof vest wasn't worth the cardboard the Met had 3D printed it on because 'efficiencies'.
These are miserable events for sure. Indeed, had I not been sucking on a Magners tap like an Irish baby the previous night I would have been about 200 metres away when it happened, and therefore had a much more harrowing tale to tell. They wouldn't let us out of the office for two hours, it was total lockdown. They told us nothing, and all we had was Twitter. It was like a tube station during the Blitz, but twice as scary. Really, I nearly died.
It is quite key, though, that the people who did die in this hearty display of psychopathy will not, can not, know anything about the public's subsequent lapse into unified woe. There are vigils for people who during their lives would never have intended to be the subject of such a bizarre gathering. As corpses lie oblivious, cuddly toys are sellotaped to lamp posts. Flowers are piled up on pavements as though their plastic wrappings will simply swirl away on a breeze that signifies life's transition, not skitter to the Thames to suffocate the one seal dumb enough to venture into its horrible brown depths.
Anger upon tragedy is understandable, as is the loss of those connected to victims. But turning a lone goon with a car and a knife into a festival of despair – who does that help? Please, explain it to me, why are you lighting a candle and leaving it on a bridge?
I mean, really think about what you're doing there for a moment. It's a candle. Wax and fire. Keeps a room lit when the 50p coins run out. And a bridge. A way to cross a river. These two things have no business being combined. People once used candles in conjunction with grief because they didn't have any other way to make sure the local thatcher was sufficiently upset that his wife had fallen down the well, and that he hadn't helped her on her way. Candles don't actually symbolise grief – they symbolise a time before E.ON.
Importantly, the dead can't know they're being insulted, either. I can't think of a good reason to, but I can posit that 'retired window cleaner Leslie Rhodes, 75, from south London' was shit with a shammy. Your reaction might be horrified outrage at my disrespect for the dead. Disrespect for the what was that? Oh yes. Dead. If I'd insulted Leslie during his life I would have rightly expected a squeegee jammed into my face such that Harry C. Browne could have milked it for lyrics. I wouldn't have done that. Now, it just doesn't fucking matter.
But the families! Yes, there are those left behind to defend the honour of those they've lost. I'd argue they have their hands full with the aftermath of losing a relative, but if a family wants to take offence at something a stranger says to make a point, I will accept my disgrace with head dipped and hands aloft. I would, however, recommend they stay off social media. Compared to that, I'm Gandhi.
Perhaps it's religion; three words with a lot of explaining to do. It's possible that the diminishing number of people who think PC Keith Palmer is 'looking down on us from heaven' are responsible for the curious collective notion that he somehow cares what we do once he's passed through the incinerator.
But let's pretend for a moment that's true, and we don't show sufficient respect after death. Isn't it likely he's enjoying the afterlife and bestowing glowing forgiveness on all, including maybe even the arsehole who stabbed him? Or do you think it's more likely he's spending his time in paradise castigating humanity for their lack of wreaths?
Yes, wreaths. These have become the standard method by which you show you're a good human who cares about someone who can't respond that they thought you were a bit of a prat when they were alive. Witness the chief constables and superintendents placing rings of flowers at the foot of a revolving sign outside an office block. Then pause for a moment, clear your mind, and wonder how that's simply accepted as normal.
The crowning moment came, naturally, at a football match. Thousands of people stood in silence, pausing their braying and insults for a full minute, while four dignitaries of unspecified provenance walked a wreath each from the sideline into the centre circle of Wembley Stadium. When the minute had passed, they walked off. As they left the pitch, four different people came on. They each picked up a wreath, and carried it away. These people wore lanyards so it all made sense.
The theatricality of it is so predictable as to render displays of public grief utterly worthless. There are two purposes to it. First, for every one of us to pretend that we will be missed and lauded like a war hero when we die. Look, look how I show my respect for an American tourist caught up in a random act of violence! You'd do the same for me, right? You would, right? Please don't forget me. Please?
Second, to avoid standing out. If you're not seen to be sufficiently upset at something like this, we as a race can surmise that you are a sociopath who wants every one of us dead. You are the man laughing at the funeral, because you always hated the bloke, you're not a hypocrite and you're genuinely pleased he's gone. You have the integrity of Jeremy Corbyn, and you'll get about as many votes.
I don't know why the sight of flowers on a grave bothers me. Maybe it's that whoever left them could have given them to the recipient while they had the capacity to be grateful, and made them happy. Maybe it's the fact that every time we honour the dead we miss a chance to honour each other, the living.
If we didn't always look back with so much selfish guilt, perhaps we could numb death's sting a little and appreciate lives well lived. And maybe if we shook a hand instead of lighting a candle, or bought someone a pint instead of a wreath, humanity wouldn't hate itself so much it drives cars into window cleaners.
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Aerial Imagery of the North Carolina Coast: 2019-09-08 to 2019-09-13, Post-Hurricane Dorian
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Remote Sensing Coastal Change (RSCC) project collects aerial imagery along coastal swaths, in response to storm events, with optimized endlap/sidelap and precise position information to create high-resolution orthomosaics, three dimensional (3D) point clouds, and digital elevation/surface models (DEMs/DSMs) using Structure-from-Motion (SfM) photogrammetry methods.
Laboratory Observations of Variable Size and Shape Particles: Artificial Sand and Oil Agglomerates
Following marine oil spills, weathered oil can mix with sediment in the surf zone and settle to the seafloor to form mats up to hundreds of meters long. Wave action fragments these mats into 1 to 10 cm diameter sand and oil agglomerates (SOAs). SOAs can persist for years, becoming buried in or exhumed from the seafloor and/or transported cross-shore and alongshore (Dalyander and others, 2015). The
Aerial Imagery of the North Carolina Coast: 2019-08-30 and 2019-09-02, Pre-Hurricane Dorian
Sediment Core Microfossil Data Collected from the Coastal Marsh of Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Mississippi, USA
To aid in geologic studies of sediment transport and environmental change of a coastal marsh, 1-centimeter (cm) foraminiferal subsamples were taken from seven sediment push cores collected in the Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (GNDNERR), Mississippi (MS), in October 2016. The push cores were collected along two, shore-perpendicular transects at 5, 15, 25, and 50 meters (m) from the
Seafloor Elevation and Volume Change Analyses from 2016 to 2019 Along the Florida Reef Tract, USA
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center conducted research to quantify bathymetric changes along the Florida Reef Tract (FRT) from Miami to Key West within a 939.4 square-kilometer area. USGS staff calculated changes in seafloor elevation and volume from 2016 to 2019 using light detection and ranging (lidar)-derived digital elevation models (DEMs) acquire
Coastal Land-Cover and Feature Datasets Extracted from Landsat Satellite Imagery, Northern Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana
This data release serves as an archive of coastal land-cover and feature datasets derived from Landsat satellite imagery at the northern Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana. To minimize effects of tidal water-level variations, 75 cloud-free, low-water images acquired between 1984 and 2019 were analyzed. Water, bare earth (sand), vegetated, and intertidal land-cover classes were mapped from Hewes Point t
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The National Assessment of Coastal Change Hazards project exists to understand and predict storm impacts to our nation's coastlines. This data release defines the alongshore extent of overwash deposits, determined from aerial photograph analysis, attributed to coastal processes during storm events. Note: This data release was versioned on September 16, 2021. Please see the Suggested Citation sect
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Single-Beam Bathymetry Data Collected in March 2021 from Grand Bay and Point Aux Chenes Bay, Mississippi/Alabama
Scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center in St. Petersburg, Florida (USGS - SPCSMC), conducted a single-beam bathymetry survey within Grand Bay and Point Aux Chenes Bay, Mississippi/Alabama, from March 3-6, 2021. Efforts were supported by the Estuarine and MaRsh Geology project (EMRG), and the data described will provide baseline bathymetric infor
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Local Radiocarbon Reservoir Age (Delta-R) Variability from the Nearshore and Open-Ocean Environments of the Florida Keys Reef Tract During the Holocene and Associated U-Series and Radiocarbon Data
Holocene-aged corals from reef cores collected throughout the Florida Keys reef tract (FKRT; Fig. 1) were dated using a combination of U-series and radiocarbon techniques to quantify the millennial-scale variability in the local radiocarbon reservoir age (delta-R) of the shallow water environments of south Florida. delta-R provides a measure of the deviation of local radiocarbon concentrations of
Cold-water Coral Microbiomes (Acanthogorgia spp. Desmophyllum dianthus, and Lophelia pertusa) from the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean off the Southeast Coast of the United States-Raw Data
The files in this data release are the raw 16S rRNA gene amplicon DNA sequence files from 28 samples of deep-sea corals Acanthogorgia aspera, Acanthogorgia spissa, Desmophyllum dianthus, and Lophelia pertusa, as well as an extraction blank for the Qiagen PowerBiofilm kit used for DNA extraction. The samples were collected during four research cruises from various locations in the Gulf of Mexico an
St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, Coral Microbial Ecology Laboratory
Shorelines Derived From Continuous Video-Imagery at the NASA-Kennedy Space Center, Florida From August 2011 to July 2012
In 2010, a video camera was installed near the northern boundary of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration-Kennedy Space Center (NASA-KSC) property along the Atlantic coast of Florida. A region extending 1 kilometer (km) to the south of the camera was established as the region of interest for the video image observations. During every daylight hour of camera operation from August 8, 201


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It's true what they say about birds of a feather flocking together, and about a month back when we met with Ericka Reagor (owner/Executive Chef) of THRIVE to discuss a dine-out event to benefit TCC, all the feathers started flapping.
THRIVE and The Curriculum of Cuisine share a commitment to wellness, whole foods, empowerment, and social justice. More than just buzzwords, it's easy to see how THRIVE and TCC illustrate these ideals through our shared ethos and day-to-day practices.
For THRIVE this looks like using locally sourced ingredients and treating farm animals right. They know that their 100% house- made sauces and selection of seasonal produce make a difference not only in how their food tastes, but also in how it makes you feel. (You know, like the importance of empowering youth with essential culinary skills so that can create a lifetime of wellness and success). THRIVE stand's behind supporting their farmers and partner with local businesses (that's TCC!)to create a sustainable community from which we can all– Thrive!
THRIVE Sauce and Bowls began in 2012 as a food truck featuring a number of different international rice bowls. From there, it was really about making healthy food taste good.(Yes!) Erika believes in taking a raw ingredient and letting it shine with proper cooking and seasoning. (Sure sounds like a familiar mantra to TCC!)
Please join (and add to!) the synergy between TCC and THRIVE this THURSDAY, MARCH 16th at THRIVE where 15% of the day's sales will be donated our efforts in high schools.
Dine-in or take-out from 11.30am-8pm, 3/16 at THRIVE, 4641 NE Fremont, Portland, Oregon
"I don't think you ever stop giving. I really don't. I think it's an on-going process." – Oprah Winfrey.


There is always a little niggle in the back of my mind when I make something for the first time. Much as I love pattern hacking I mostly avoid major pattern tweaks on a first try. I follow the rules of the pattern on my initial attempt. I do this mostly so I can discern whether an un-altered pattern will fit me as-is and to be certain the pattern makes sense. It's very logical but it means I forgo any alterations I want to make. That can make me eager to stitch up a second option soon after the first. Most of the time, this doesn't make a ton of practical sense. Why have two different colors of the same shirt when I really only need one? You know. But, it bothers me, hence the niggle. I have these fun alteration ideas and have to walk away from that particular brain wormhole, leaving behind all these adaptations that never come to be. The urge was too strong with the Sanibel Romper, though. I was compelled to try out a summer-y version; I couldn't resist the wormhole so down I went. Enter, the fancy pants summer romper. (There is also a dress version disaster but I'll share that later because oof..of course, if you follow me on IG you may have some idea).
I strayed from my handmade summer wardrobe plan (already!) but I'm glad I did it. I mean, this is cute and still wearable.
In Liberty of London fabric no less! Who do I think I am? I happened to have just the right amount and was even able to match the lines created with the peacock feathers. It was harder than it looks to match everything up given how the feathers change size!
I've had this beautiful fabric for such a long time, though, and it felt great to finally use it. My husband bought it for me on a trip to London. He actually went inside Liberty of London to get it. Oh man, I'm still so jealous he has been there and not me. It is the kind of luscious fabric I am prone to hang on to and I kind of had to take a deep breath and very carefully cut it up. There were definitely times I realized I was holding my breath, worried I would mess it all up.
But, here it is a new fancy pants romper! To tweak the pattern, I mostly only altered the top with one exception from my previous version. Whereas before I drew the top from a medium to a large and made the shorts size large, this time I kept the top a straight M and phased the shorts from medium to large at the hips. It's a much better fit. My juicy bottom has the space it needs without over-crowding at the elastic waist.
As for the top, I eliminated the collar and sleeves adding a subtle scoop neck in the process, and added straps to hold it all up. On the romper back, I designed it straight across with elastic, to add some ease and extra comfort. One of the benefits of designing this myself was I was able to place the straps right over my bra strap. It doesn't hide everything but at least looks intentional.
Just like the other Sanibel, I stitched with french seams wherever possible and enclosed all my seams to make it as easy as possible to wash and wear. Well, at least wash and wear without fraying…it remains to be seen if it will require ironing.
For some reason, it came out shorter than my original Sanibel, I guess by making the top a medium I reduced some of the length. I don't exactly mind but it makes it a wee bit less of a mom-wear romper than my first version.
Aren't they a fun trend! I guess everything comes back eventually. I've seen some adorable ones with long legs!
You look great in this romper, it looks like it fits you perfectly and I love that fabric, I've just cut into Liberty for the first time (ahhhh) so hope the sewing goes to plan and it is wearable, I've put it off for ages which is just silly so took the plunge. I'm glad yours has worked out so well.
Ooh, good luck with your Liberty project! Fabric doesn't do much for us sitting in the stash, right?! Hope it works out beautifully!


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Haslam, McWherter to Debate on Oct. 7 at UT Knoxville
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KNOXVILLE — Gubernatorial candidates Bill Haslam and Mike McWherter will debate on Thursday, Oct. 7, at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Sponsored by WBIR, the News Sentinel and the University of Tennessee and its Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy, the debate begins at 8 p.m. in the Cox Auditorium in the Alumni Memorial Building on the UT Knoxville campus.
The debate is free and open to the public. For media credentialing information, contact Amy Blakely at amy.blakely@tennessee.edu.
Free parking will be available in Staff Lot 9 on Phillip Fulmer Way, across the street from the building.
The election will take place on Nov. 2, and the two-week early voting period begins Oct. 13. McWherter, the Democratic Party nominee, is a businessman; Haslam, the Republican, is the mayor of Knoxville.
During this debate, the candidates will face questions from a panel featuring Hallerin Hilton Hill, radio talk show host on News/Talk 98.7 WOKI and television talk show host of "Anything is Possible" on WBIR-TV; Tom Humphrey, Nashville bureau chief for the Knoxville News Sentinel and author of the knoxnews.com blog, "Humphrey on the Hill;" and a UT student. WBIR anchors John Becker and Robin Wilhoit will emcee the debate and provide the candidates with some questions solicited from viewers.
The first debate was held Sept. 14 in Cookeville; the third gubernatorial debate, on Oct. 9 in Memphis, is being sponsored by WREG, the Memphis Commercial Appeal and MPACT Memphis.
If you have a question you'd like the candidates to answer, send it to debate@wbir.com.
C O N T A C T :
Amy Blakely (865-974-5034, amy.blakely@tennessee.edu)
Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy


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Holger Møller Hansen (26. juli 1915 – december 2000) var en dansk elektroingeniør og opfinder, som i 1951 indgav patent på fiberskopet, det som i dag kendes som endoskopet. I 1933 konstruerede han desuden en kryptograf anvendt i det danske forsvar. I 1953 optog han desuden patent på bobleplasten, som han dog ikke formåede at markedsføre. Denne opfindelse tilskrives derfor i dag fejlagtigt to amerikanske ingeniører, som fik den samme ide i 1957. Holger Møller Hansen opfandt gennem livet en en lang række forskeligartede opfindelser, som han dog aldrig forsøgte at markedsføre. I hans senere år fokuserede han på opfindelser af urologiske apparaturer, som blev benyttet på danske hospitaler.

Princippet
Fiberskopet er et endoskop – altså en bøjelig kikkert som man kan bruge til at undersøge maven, tarme osv, som består af et bundt optiske fibre, som kan videreformidle et billede inde fra kroppen til en person i den anden ende af fiberskopet.

Interessen
Fiberskopet blev fremvist for en række større virksomheder og institutioner, men ingen var interesseret. Ideen blev overtaget 20 år senere af det japanske firma Olympus og sat i produktion. Olympus er i dag førende i udvikling og produktion af endoskopisystemer.

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 Endoskopi

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Opfindere fra Danmark
Ingeniører fra Danmark


Kirei's layout uses the same background paper as I used on my second layout and she's made some gorgeous bunting and a really lovely ribbon flower out of the trims. Check out her blog for more details on how she made it.
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A girl whose family members have been murdered, is all alone in the city of Hasakah. In order to show her protest to the ongoing massacre, she decided to burn herself in front of a webcam.
MOHAMMAD FARAHANI (Tehran, IRÁN, 1985). Licenciado en Ingeniería Industrial por la Universidad de Ciencia y Tecnología. Se graduó en la Universidad de MBA. Ha realizado más de 30 trabajos y cortometrajes como ayudante de dirección. Productor y director de diversos documentales y cortometrajes.
MOHAMMAD FARAHANI (Tehran, IRAN, 1985). Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering from University of Science and Technology. Graduate student at Tehran University in MBA. Active in more than 30 feature and short films as assistant director. Producer and director of several documentaries and short films.