2.1.5 Deciding to Accept or Refuse an Application Updated policy.
2.6.10 Reason 4 - Income of the Child Updated 2019 significant income figures.
2.10.2 Electing to End an Assessment Clarified policy.
5.2.11 Departure Prohibition Orders Clarified policy and updated examples.
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6.3.7 Restricted Access to Certain Information (deleted) Removed information.
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3.4.3 CPI Indexation for Cost of Living Added September 2018 CPI figures.
5.2.4 Employer Obligations for Collection from Salary or Wages Updated protected earnings rate.
5.2.5 Collection from Social Security Pensions & Benefits Removed references to obsolete payments.
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A record high number of immigrants were ordered to be removed from the U.S. in 2018, a new report shows.
The report comes after President Trump made immigration a central focus of the midterm election campaign.
Immigration officials ordered 287,741 new deportations in the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, according to a new report from Syracuse University's Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC). TRAC obtained the data from the Department of Homeland Security through Freedom of Information Act requests.
It's the highest number of new removal filings since the group began tracking deportation orders in 1992.
The most common reason for new deportations was "entry without inspection," accounting for 42.5 percent of new deportees, according to TRAC's data. This group includes people who entered the U.S. without declaring themselves to immigration officials.
Immigrants from Mexico were the most frequently expelled nationality, accounting for just over 26 percent, or 73,339, new removal filings, according to TRAC.
Migrants from Central American nations — including Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras — together accounted for nearly half of all new deportation filings, or 130,667 cases, according to TRAC's report. Those countries, wracked by violence and economic hardship, are the source of the migrant caravan currently making its way north through Mexico to the U.S. border.


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Microsoft defends the throne
Singing the praises of the Microsoft-Intel NetPC, Microsoft's Steve Ballmer says that heat from NC advocates "keeps us motivated and focused."
December 4, 1996 5:45 AM PST
Advocates of the network computer have had a major, positive impact on Microsoft (MSFT), the principal target of NC proponents, a senior Microsoft executive says.
"It's fantastic that there are pretenders to the PC throne," Steve Ballmer, Microsoft's executive vice president of sales and marketing, told an audience of major Hewlett-Packard (HWP) customers yesterday. "It keeps us motivated and focused."
With HP officials, Ballmer sang the praises of the NetPC, the Microsoft-Intel alternative to the network computer.
"When you start with a more powerful device [like a personal computer], it's easier to dumb something down than to smart something up," Ballmer said. He contended that NC proponents, and Oracle (ORCL) CEO Larry Ellison in particular, "don't understand what people do with PCs."
Ballmer offered a thumbnail comparison of the PC and the NC: "One can run PC programs and one can't." He and Duane Zitzner, a Hewlett-Packard vice president, scored the NC camp for having multiple and incompatible definitions of the NC. Ballmer also predicted a $500 PC within two years.
But Ballmer acknowledged the "total cost of ownership" issue, which looks beyond purchase prices of PC hardware and software to support and administration costs too, must be addressed.
"Total cost of ownership is just another challenge that we need to attack head on in Windows. It makes it far easier to take the PC and enhance it than to throw everything out and start over," he said.
Microsoft's Zero Administration initiative, unveiled this fall with its NetPC plans, addresses cost-of-ownership concerns. Automatically updating software and installing new applications centrally will be one feature of Microsoft's zero-cost administration strategy, which Ballmer said won't be confined only to PCs.
"All these things will work not only on NetPCs but on a lot of other Windows PCs too," he said.
Discuss: Microsoft defends the throne

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Gordon James GIBSON
GIBSON, Gordon James With sadness, the family announces the passing of Gordon Gibson, due to complications of Parkinson's Disease on Friday, November 15, 2019 at Trinity Village Care Centre at the age of 82. Beloved husband of Jane for 52 years. Loving father of Tracy (Ken) Astley. Proud Papa of Zachary and Madison. Predeceased by his infant daughter, Jennifer, parents, James and Mary, brother, Ken, sister-in-law, Joanne, and brother-in-law, William. Gordon was an employee of Sears for over 30 years. He was involved with the KW Y's Men's Club at the local, provincial and international level. Gordon was a member of the Kitchener Amateur Radio Club - VE3 NQK. After retirement, he and Jane were able to enjoy travelling together. A special thank you to Dr. Michael Casey and the staff at Trinity Village - Maple Bush for the care and support shown to both Gordon and his family over the last year. As per Gordon's wishes, cremation has taken place and a family interment will be held at Belsyde Cemetery, Fergus. Arrangements entrusted to the Henry Walser Funeral Home , 519-749-8467. In lieu of flowers, donations to Parkinson Society of Southwestern Ontario would be appreciated by the family (cards available at the funeral home). Visit www.henrywalser.com for Gordon's memorial.
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21 Aug 09: "U.N. takes a look at the human rights of Australian Aboriginal people."
21 Aug 09: "U.N. special rapporteur on Indigenous rights Professor James Anaya speaks with Aborignal people in Mparrentwe / Alice Springs."
22 Aug 09: "Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin has cancelled a visit to a remote Northern Territory community with the United Nations rapporteur on indigenous rights. ... Today he [Professor James Anaya] is expected to meet with representatives from the Northern Land Council and the Laynhapuy Homelands Association in Yirrkala."
21 Aug 09: "The United Nation's special rapporteur on indigenous human rights has toured some of Australia's most disadvantaged Aboriginal communities. Professor James Anaya is investigating complaints that government measures to fight child abuse in remote settlements are racially discriminatory. More than 70 indigenous townships in Australia's Northern Territory have been taken over by federal authorities."
21 Aug 09: "The United Nations special rapporteur on indigenous human rights has toured some of Australia's most disadvantaged aboriginal communities to investigate claims of racist federal government policy. ... He has travelled to the heart of Australia, Alice Springs, to learn more about the unrelenting poverty that makes Aborigines by far the country's most disadvantaged people."
21 Aug 09: "The United Nations has been briefed on the death of an Aboriginal man in the back of a prison van in Western Australia's Goldfields. ... The Deaths in Custody Watch Committee's chairman, Marc Newhouse, met the UN's Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous People, James Anaya, this week."
20 Aug 09: "The Uniting Church in Australia has taken its vehement opposition to the Northern Territory Emergency Response to the United Nations. The Uniting Church has written to the United Nations special rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of Indigenous People, currently visiting Australia, to draw his attention to the concerns being expressed by Indigenous members of the Uniting Church."
20 Aug 09: "THE Uniting Church has told a UN Special Rapporteur on human rights that the Northern Territory intervention is the nation's most pressing human rights concern. The church has written to James Anaya, currently touring Australia, about its 'vehement' opposition to suspension of the racial discrimination act and 'inadequate consultation' with communities under the intervention."
20 Aug 09: "The United Nations special rapporteur on Indigenous rights says he has heard both good and bad reports about the treatment of Aboriginal people in central Australia. Professor James Anaya held talks with organisations and government agencies in Alice Springs this morning. He later met with about 40 people, many of whom were from Aboriginal town camps and remote communities."
20 Aug 09: "The United Nations' Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Rights will meet Aboriginal organisations and government and welfare agencies in Alice Springs today. ... A resident of the Mount Nancy Aboriginal town camp, Barbara Shaw, says she hosted a dinner for Professor Anaya at her house last night. ... He will tour the town camps this afternoon."
17 Aug 09: "Anaya, an American professor of human rights law, said suspending anti-discrimination laws to apply the measures appeared to be a discriminatory act. "On its face yes, but I'm not expressing a conclusion about whether or not that's justified at this time," Anaya told reporters. "I'll talk about my views at the conclusion of my visit." "
17 Aug 09: "A United Nations representative is visiting Australia to investigate complaints that a government crackdown on child abuse in Outback settlements is violating Aborigines' human rights. ... Activists say these measures violate human rights because they target Aborigines only."
13 Aug 09: "THE United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of Indigenous Peoples will visit the Alice Springs town camps next week as part of his visit to Australia. Prof James Anaya will also meet with government representatives, Indigenous communities and civil rights groups in Adelaide, Perth, Darwin, Groote Eylandt, Cairns, Sydney and Brisbane."
13 Aug 09: "Claims by the West Australian Government that native title legislation will 'block' it from building new houses were false and misleading, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Tom Calma said today. Commissioner Calma said he was disappointed to read in today's media that the WA Government was blaming native title for holding up housing under the $496 million funding agreement with the federal government. "The Native Title Act does not block the building of homes for anyone - Indigenous or non-Indigenous," Commissioner Calma said."
22 Aug 09: "Jim Davidson was sacked as the head of the Northern Territory's Strategic Indigenous Housing and Infrastructure Program (SIHIP) on August 18. Davidson was fired after revelations that SIHIP's administration costs would absorb a great deal of the program's $672 million budget. The program was launched 18 months ago with the promise to build 750 houses for remote Aboriginal communities. So far, no houses have been built."
21 Aug 09: "INDIGENOUS Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin has insisted she will not rush into delivering housing to Northern Territory indigenous communities without securing land leases and agreements for proper payment of rent."
21 Aug 09: "FEDERAL Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin has promised to make public the report from a review of the embattled $672 million Strategic Indigenous Housing and Infrastructure Program (SIHIP). Ms Macklin says she expects to receive the report next week."
20 Aug 09: "THE Federal Opposition has called on the Rudd Government to release straight away a report from a review of the Strategic Indigenous Housing and Infrastructure Program (SIHIP). The program has failed to build even a single remote house in 18 months. The review report is expected soon, possibly tomorrow."
20 Aug 09: "Money earmarked for desperately needed homes in remote communities across Australia could be used to prop up an embattled housing scheme in the Northern Territory. Hobbled by soaring costs and ''appalling mismanagement'', the Strategic Indigenous Housing and Infrastructure Program is yet to produce a single new home in almost 18 months."
20 Aug 09: "The independent Northern Territory politician Gerry Wood says he is concerned the original budget for the Strategic Indigenous Housing and Infrastructure Program was out of touch with reality. ... Mr Wood also wants a faster review of the program."
19 Aug 09: "The Northern Territory Housing Minister, Rob Knight, has launched a stinging tirade against previous housing projects to defend his handling of a controversial $672 million Aboriginal housing program. ... Mr [Jim] Davidson says the promised houses will not eventuate unless the budget goes up to $1 billion."
19 Aug 09: "The Northern Territory Government says only about $120 million dollars of the controversial $672 million Aboriginal housing program have been allocated so far and the project will still build the 750 new homes it promised. ... The Northern Territory Housing Minister Rob Knight says the program is being remodelled to make sure all promises are met within budget."
Aug 09: "The month old protest camp at Ampilatwatja is still going strong. ... Other communities are now preparing to join the campaign against the Intervention. Richard [Downs] reported, "We're talking about getting together, forming a united approach, getting together in Yuendumu, Ti Tree, calling in Anmatyere people, the Kaytetye and just do a strong letter to the Prime Minister ... "
19 Aug 09: "Ron Monaghan - Tiga Bayles spoke with Queensland Councils of Unions General Secretary Ron Monaghan. They spoke about Queensland Councils of Unions Stolen Wages campaign, legal action and how to get involved."
21 Aug 09: "Australia's government says it will not comply with a United Nations recommendation to compensate indigenous victims of the so-called Stolen Generations. ... The Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement submitted a formal complaint to the UN Human Rights Committee in March, highlighting the lack of funding for Aboriginal legal aid in Australia."
20 Aug 09: "An Aboriginal elder has launched a legal battle for the return of wages he claims were stolen by the Queensland government. Conrad Yeatman lodged a claim in the Brisbane District Court on Thursday seeking the return of money he earned while working as a carpenter and labourer in the north Queensland community of Yarrabah, where he was born in 1940."
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Another bleeding hearts character! Why do we allow so many outsiders to pass comment on matters that don't concern them, and who have no idea of political conditions in Australia.


This all started because I had a UNIX dude at an interview pronounce "/etc/init.d" as "etsy-eye-nighted." I had to ask him to repeat that. So I've decided to put together this pronunication guide for UNIX terms.
anything ending in a -d (like routed, crond, hald, hidd, etc.) is pronounced as WORD-dee. Examples: routed is ROWT-dee. NOT ROWT-ed**. crond is KRON-dee. NOT krond**.
Please let me know if you think of any others or if you have a correction. Note that many of these are specific to the U.S. and could vary by region.
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fsck should include "eff-ess-check" as an acceptable pronunciation.
Also, I think you should consider making "deh-bee-an the primary pronunciation of Debian. Debian is a portmanteau of the name of founder Ian Murdock, and now ex-wife Debra.
Agreed on both parts. I've yet to find an acceptable pronunciation of "fsck." I once had an entire tech department at the university going at it over how to pronounce it.
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You got it wrong. It's sys-FIVE, not sys-vee! Check wikipedia etc.
The Lucent Tech folks that serviced our AT&T 3B2 for the USAF always said "sys-vee." Though I will agree that the CORRECT pronunciation is sis-FIVE.
Actually, X-Windows is an acceptable pronunciation for the X Windowing System. Same for plain old ecks-eleven.
I can't believe you're missing the elephant in the room when it comes to pronunciation of Linux distro names, Ubuntu. ooh-boon-too.
What? No. HP-UX is pronounced HP-UX.
Debian is a combination of the names Debra and Ian.
Lance Davis proclaims that the pronunciation of CentOS is sent-oss (like mentos with a c).
Kabir Singh interviewed with FLOSS Weekly and he pronounced CentOS as sent-oss (as Brendan mentioned above).
> There has been controversy over the meaning of the name itself. In early versions of the UNIX Implementation Document from Bell labs, /etc is referred to as the etcetera directory, as this directory historically held everything that did not belong elsewhere (however, the FHS restricts /etc to static configuration files and may not contain binaries). Since the publication of early documentation, the directory name has been re-designated in various ways. Recent interpretations include backronyms such as "Editable Text Configuration" or "Extended Tool Chest".
Your grammer "annoys my grammer self," you smug twerp.
Don't forget "daemon" as dee-mən. It's a normal English word, but I hear people pronouncing it all kinds of crazy ways.
Pretty much all of these should have sources cited. Just because one group pronounces something one way does not mean its developers do. I'd like to see "official" pronunciation from the dev team, with citations, with allowances for "common pronunciation" in cases where there is no official example.
This isn't Wiktionary. It was for teh lulz.


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Analysis of fumonisins B1, B2 and their hydrolysed metabolites in pig liver by LC–MS/MS
A liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry method for the quantitative determination of fumonisin FB1, FB2 and their respective hydrolysed metabolites HFB1 and HFB2 in pig liver has been developed and validated. The method was based on an easy extraction procedure followed by SPE purification. Chromatographic separation of the analytes was performed on a C18 column using 0.3% of formic acid in water and acetonitrile as elution solvent. The mass spectrometer operated in the positive electrospray ionisation mode (ESI+) using multiple reaction monitoring (MRM). An intralaboratory validation was carried out with fortified samples for determining precision, trueness, specificity, limit of detection (LOD) and limit of quantification (LOQ). The method showed good performance characteristics and proved to be sensitive, selective and reliable. The LOD was 0.05 ng/g and the LOQ was 10 ng/g for all the analytes. The developed method has been applied to seven pig liver samples in order to test its applicability to evaluate exposure of food animals to fumonisins.
Titolo: Analysis of fumonisins B1, B2 and their hydrolysed metabolites in pig liver by LC–MS/MS
Autore/i: GAZZOTTI, TERESA; ZIRONI, ELISA; LUGOBONI, BARBARA; BARBAROSSA, ANDREA; PIVA, ANDREA; PAGLIUCA, GIAMPIERO
GAZZOTTI, TERESA
ZIRONI, ELISA
LUGOBONI, BARBARA
BARBAROSSA, ANDREA
PIVA, ANDREA
PAGLIUCA, GIAMPIERO
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2010.10.009
Abstract: A liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry method for the quantitative determination of fumonisin FB1, FB2 and their respective hydrolysed metabolites HFB1 and HFB2 in pig liver has been developed and validated. The method was based on an easy extraction procedure followed by SPE purification. Chromatographic separation of the analytes was performed on a C18 column using 0.3% of formic acid in water and acetonitrile as elution solvent. The mass spectrometer operated in the positive electrospray ionisation mode (ESI+) using multiple reaction monitoring (MRM). An intralaboratory validation was carried out with fortified samples for determining precision, trueness, specificity, limit of detection (LOD) and limit of quantification (LOQ). The method showed good performance characteristics and proved to be sensitive, selective and reliable. The LOD was 0.05 ng/g and the LOQ was 10 ng/g for all the analytes. The developed method has been applied to seven pig liver samples in order to test its applicability to evaluate exposure of food animals to fumonisins.
Data prodotto definitivo in UGOV: 2013-06-18


As a business in Wingham, being part of the Wingham Chamber of Commerce gives you a voice in your community.
Wingham is a regional hub in the Manning Valley on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales. Community and business support for the township assists the town to prosper, diversify and grow.
The Chamber is always looking for new members with fresh ideas and dreams for the future. We know that we do business in a wonderful town, with a great community, and we want to tell the world! We can help you to promote your business, learn new skills and meet other business people.
Our next meeting is 4th Wednesday of each month for dinner and 6.30PM start at the Wingham Memorial Services Club.
Executive meetings – 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month.
Winner of the North Coast and The Legendary Pacific Coast Tourism Awards in 2016, Festivals and Events, The Wingham Akoostik Festival features local and national artists each October. The event attracts visitors and locals to listen during a packed full weekend of fun with a laid back feel.
The 2017 event is supported by the Chamber of Commerce and being held on 13 to 15 October at the Wingham Showground.
A tradition to Wingham, the Bonnie Scottish Festival is supported by the Chamber of Commerce and run each year in May by a dedicated group of volunteers through the Manning Valley Historical Society. Bagpipes, shortbread, tartan, haggis and whiskey all feature in this festival!
Wingham Beef Week is a week-long event based on all facets of the beef industry giving students, juniors and producers a rare opportunity to participate in live assessment, carcase assessment and evaluation, meat judging, beef appreciation workshops, parading and judging competitions.
The event aims to educate at ground level the next generation of our future junior beef enthusiasts in a hands-on environment to increase their knowledge/exposure to the Australian Beef industry through education and competition.
The heart of Killabakh's close-knit community is its heritage hall. It is here the valley comes alive with the annual 'Day in the Country'. Killabakh is in the hinterland of the Manning Valley, on the NSW Mid North Coast, and just a 4 hour drive north of Sydney. Set against the backdrop of Mt Goonook and the Comboyne Plateau this outstanding event helps raise funds to look after the hall and its beautiful surrounds.
Mount George Public School's annual Billycart Derby is held in conjunction with the Back to Mount George Festival.
Design it , build it and race it, the event encourages kids to get creative. There's markets, fun activities and live music – a great day out for the whole family.
Clydesdale Horse demonstration, raffles, plus fun activities and games for the kids.
When in Wingham, we do hope you will visit the many shops, dine in our cafes, and visit our clubs and pub, while you do business in one of the most friendly towns in the region. Don't go home too soon though, there is much to see in this township, with its historical significance, environmental icons, and those flying foxes that we love to embrace. You can park all day in our town with no parking limits. So stay a while!


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China's stealth jet: How does it tie in to geology? !!
The purported Chinese stealth jet, J-20. Source of photo unknown.
Reported here.
News has been circulating on the WWW that China has tested a prototype stealth jet. "Stealth" refers to a complex set of technologies used to make these jets relatively invisible to detection, not many of which are relevant to geologic processes! However, it is being said that the Chinese aircraft resembles the US F-22 supersonic jet, and supersonic flows are relevant to geology.
U.S. Navy photo of an Air Force F-22 Rapter,
June 22, 2009 in the Gulf of Alaska.
The F-22 is a supersonic aircraft (good Wiki summary here). Its roots date back to 1981 when the USAF developed a requirement for a new and superior fighter to replace the F-15 series. The production model was unveiled in April, 1997 and it first flew in September of that year. There is a contract to Lockheed Martin for 183 jets by the end of 2011. Export of this plane is banned.Supersonic aircraft travel at Mach 1 or higher speeds. The Mach number is the ratio of the speed of the aircraft to the speed of sound in the medium through which it is flying, in this case, air. At room temperature, the speed of sound in air is about 343 m/s (about 760 miles per hour)--at high altitudes where it is colder, the sound speed would be slightly lower because it depends on the square root of the temperature.
From http://www.f-16.net/f-16_forum_viewtopic-t-8338.html
When an aircraft is flying at speeds much less than the speed of sound, it creates disturbances that spread out in all directions, like ripples on a pond. The picture on the left of the graph on the left shows a limiting case when the jet is not moving at all. As the speed of the aircraft increases, the circles become distorted into ellipses, stretched away from the direction of motion, as shown in the middle picture. When the jet reaches Mach 1, no disturbances radiate out in front of the aircraft--one major factor in making it stealthy. No one on the ground hears it until it is "too late".
As the aircraft accelerates beyond Mach 1 (some aircraft can attain Mach 3-4) the circles of disturbance coalesce to form shock waves that stream off the nose and wings of the craft. When you are on the ground and hear a "sonic boom", these shocks are sweeping across you. The illustration on the right shows the nose and wing shocks from an F-22. For stability, the craft cannot fly above speeds that would cause the shock from the nose to intersect the wings. The shocks from the wing have a different shape than those from the nose because the angle of the wing is different than the angle of the nose, as illustrated in the graph on the right.
How does this tie into geology? Some fluids, such as boiling water, bubbly magma, and dusty gases have very low sound speeds (here's a pdf of a paper that I published on this phenomenon). The sound speed of boiling water can be as low as a few meters per second--this means that a fast track athlete could potentially run at speeds greater than Mach 1 if immersed in boiling water! Shock waves would be streaming off that runner like those in the photo above of the F-22!
Another way to envision the aircraft is from the pilot's view: he's not moving, but air is moving past him at Mach 1,2,3 or 4. The same applies to geologic situations. Imagine that a fluid that has a low sound speed is flowing past an obstacle--a rock or a ridge, for example. Shock waves will be generated around this obstacle that make the flow field very different from that created by low speed, subsonic fluids. This fact has been under appreciated in general in the geologic community, and only over the past few decades have studies begun that include the possibility of supersonic flows. I discussed one observation of shock waves earlier on this blog here. Shock waves were observed by a number of people during the eruption at Eyjafjallajokul earlier this summer, for example, this You-Tube video.
Labels: Chinese stealth jet, F-22, Mach number, supersonic


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Unforgettable Amy…
Amy Winehouse's last recording with idol Tony Bennett on one of her dad's favourite songs, Body and Soul.
Today it's been one year without Amy Winehouse. No matter how predictable it was for some, the music community as a whole was shocked at the news of Amy's death due to alcohol poisoning on 23 July 2011. Her admirers all around the world spared no tears for the 27 years old wondergirl. As is often the case with the tragic event of a young person's loss, what was truly sad was the mere fact of the farewell to such a great potential and future productivity.
Amy Winehouse was more of a living legend, on account of being highly and repeatedly acclaimed as a striking artist, an amazing voice, an incomparable talent of the kind that hopefully comes along once every other decade. Our generation had found at last its own landmark vox, hoarse and brassy, personified by a brilliant musician that created new trends out of the old times. All of a sudden soul-jazz sounds, vintage clothing, and beehive hairdos were everywhere. Once you've heard her particular music, you would probably end up indulging or singing along accidentally. Her deep contralto vocals also had this compelling power that made you want to listen more and more. To me, she was the only representation of the retro attitude that I allowed myself to enjoy.
Born in 1983, Amy Jade Winehouse was raised in Southgate of North London by a jazz-influenced family. By the age of ten she formed the music band Sweet 'n' Sour; later on she attended a private school aimed at performing arts, while at her fourteen she unfolded noticeable composing and songwriting skills. So it seemed quite natural when her debut album Frank received triumphant criticism in 2003 and, soon after, her raspy voice was compared next to some of the most extraordinary voices of the 20th century. In 2006 Back to Black was released, containing legendary tracks like the titular song, You Know I'm No Good, and Rehab, which earned her historically mainstream success and plenty awards of worldwide significance. Many British singers like Adele, Lily Allen, and Duffy have admitted the staple influence she had on building their career. Amy became a dashing rebel at her own music vision in no time.
Amy Winehouse at Bowery Ballroom, 13 March 2007. Photo: Daniel Arnold. WikiCommons.
Unfortunately she wasn't so resilient. Whether her dysfunctional marriage, substance abuse issues, or the tension of being under the public eye is to blame, the thing is that somehow she found herself in tatters. Posthumously, it became apparent that her potent autobiographical lyrics were a big cry for help, or better, an unambiguous reflection of a perpetual struggle with her inner demons. Young and vulnerable people do not necessarily cope with stardom at ease. It's no secret that behind the sparkling lights of the stage there is often a suppressed fragility well hidden that can come out in numerous ways of self-destructiveness.
On September 14th 2011, date of the late singer'Äôs 28th birthday, her family launched the Amy Winehouse Foundation, a charitable organisation devoted to young people in need. Music heritage certainly seems insufficient without its defining talents, such as Amy Winehouse. A gifted girl, a warm-hearted person, a promising artist, a memorable figure…
Long Sing Amy!
-Magda Repouskou


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Sorry for the hiatus, as JVistes are well aware of, it's Flu season. We've been a bit under the weather but luckily Nascar 2009 has kept us entertained.
Since we last wrote... Bravo Matt Kenseth who won both the Daytona 500 and again in Fontana last weekend. Can he make Nascar history and win 3 in a row? Best of luck Matt.
I was so happy for Jack Roush who finally has a Daytona 500 win.
In the meantime, Kyle Busch kept us on the edge of our seats last weekend in Fontana. He won the Camping World and Nationwide races and Nascar fans around the World were hoping he'd win the third jewel of a triple crown weekend.
Obviously, it didn't happen but the best is yet to come!
While waiting for a pleasant surprise all day, I couldn't help but feel good about the future.
A reliable source didn't bring home a surprise for our Anniversary(which he completely forgot about again lol), he came home with confirmation that Jacques Villneuve would NOT be participating in the Daytona 500.
No Nascar 2009 so far.
En francais, Jacques Villeneuve confirmes qu'il ne participes pas au Daytona 2009.
Mais, gardons espoir et revez grand les JVistes.
I don't mean to tease but that's the reality. Hey, we've been waiting this long. lol Just a few more hours or days.
When the news hits the fan, they'll be Jacques-talk around the WWW, Wire services, print, radio, television, JVWAP, and personal responses to e-mail interviews. If there's a press conference, it would have to be in Daytona?
JVistes... The Nascar 2009 Season has begun. It's Daytona baby!
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Feb. 3, 2009) – Amid much anticipation, the Nascar 2009 Sprint Cup Series officially returns to the track Saturday night.
The 31st annual Budweiser Shootout At Daytona – the non-points precursor to the season-opening Daytona 500 on Feb. 15 – snares the spotlight first at Daytona International Speedway.
This year, the event will have changes in its format, with a slightly longer distance and an expanded field designed to showcase the four manufacturers competing in NASCAR's premier series.
And come Saturday, no one will be more eager to mash the gas than the Budweiser Shootout's defending winner – Dale Earnhardt Jr. (No. 88 AMP Energy/National Guard Chevrolet).
Doing so may be especially important this season, given NASCAR's 2009 suspension of testing at tracks that hold NASCAR-sanctioned events. Instead of the usual January tests at Daytona and Las Vegas Motor Speedway, NASCAR Sprint Cup teams concentrated energy in shops and engine rooms to prepare for the season.
For the Budweiser Shootout's 28 eligible participants, Saturday night's race means the first opportunity to gather data under race conditions, a crucial component for Daytona 500 preparations.
Last year, Earnhardt used his victory to jump-start his first season at Hendrick Motorsports. The momentum carried over to a victory in the first of two 150-mile qualifying races for the Daytona 500 (the Gatorade Duel), and an eventual ninth-place finish in the Daytona 500.
He cites a "good car; good motor; being in the right place at the right time," for his 2008 Budweiser Shootout win – his third overall.
A New Format for Nascar 2009 … The Budweiser Shootout race distance has been increased from 70 laps to 75 laps for 2009. That's a total of 187.5 miles on Daytona's high-banked, 2.5-mile layout.
As has been the case since 2003, the event will be run in two segments; only the first segment increases in distance from 20 to 25 laps.
Following the first segment, a 10-minute "pit stop" gives crews the opportunity to make normal adjustments to their cars. That means tweaks they would do on a normal pit stop during a regular NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event.
All work must be done on pit road or in the garage. Teams may not change springs, shocks or rear-ends. All green- and yellow-flag laps in both segments will count. Following the 10-minute "pit stop", the event's second segment remains a 50-lap sprint for the win.
A New Field … As announced last August, the Budweiser Shootout field now includes the top six teams from each manufacturer based on the final 2008 car owner standings. Another change announced on Jan. 16: Each manufacturer also has a "wild card" entry, which increases the field from 24 to 28 teams.
Any owner outside the top six for each manufacturer, whose driver is a past NASCAR Sprint Cup champion who attempted to qualify for all 2008 events. Each manufacturer is permitted only one of these positions, which will be based on the most recent champion per manufacturer.
If an owner/manufacturer doesn't have a past NASCAR Sprint Cup champion, the next highest eligible owner outside the top six, per manufacturer, in the final 2008 owner standings, will be eligible to fill that manufacturer's wild-card position. Note: This year's 28-team Budweiser Shootout field is the largest in event history. Last year's 23-team field was the previous high.
The Nascar 2009 field includes five former Daytona 500 champions – including one three-time winner in Jeff Gordon (No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet), one two-time winner in Michael Waltrip (No. 55 NAPA Toyota), 2007 winner Kevin Harvick (No. 29 Shell/Pennzoil Chevrolet), 2004 winner Dale Earnhardt Jr. and 2006 winner Jimmie Johnson (No. 48 Lowe's Chevrolet), also the reigning and three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion.
First-time Budweiser Shootout Nascar 2009 participants include AJ Allmendinger (No. 44 Valvoline Dodge), Robby Gordon (No. 7 Jim Beam Dodge), Joey Logano (No. 20 Home Depot Toyota), Paul Menard (No. 98 Menard's Ford), David Ragan (No. 6 UPS Ford), David Reutimann (No. 00 Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota), Scott Speed (No. 82 Team Red Bull Toyota) and David Stremme (No. 12 Penske Racing Dodge).
Participants with previous Budweiser Shootout experience include Greg Biffle (No. 16 3M Ford), Jeff Burton (No. 31 Caterpillar Chevrolet), Kurt Busch (No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge), Kyle Busch (No. 18 M&M's Toyota), Carl Edwards (No. 99 AFLAC Ford), Denny Hamlin (No. 11 FedEx Toyota), Kasey Kahne (No. 9 Budweiser Dodge), Matt Kenseth (No. 17 DEWALT Ford), Bobby Labonte (No. 96 ASK.COM Ford), Jamie McMurray (No. 26 Crown Royal Ford), Casey Mears (No. 07 Jack Daniels Chevrolet), Elliott Sadler (No. 19 Stanley Tools Dodge), Reed Sorenson (No. 43 McDonald's Dodge), Tony Stewart (No. 14 Old Spice/Office Depot Chevrolet) and Brian Vickers (No. 83 Red Bull Toyota).
The Schedule … The NASCAR 2009 Sprint Cup garage at Daytona will be open from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Thursday for inspection of Budweiser Shootout cars. That's followed by the traditional draw party at 6:30 p.m., which determines the starting lineup. On Friday, teams will practice twice – from 4:15-5 p.m. and 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Distance: 75 laps/187.5 miles (25 laps in first segment; 50 laps in second segment).
2008 Winner: Dale Earnhardt Jr.
I can't think of any single sporting event in America that has a bigger build-up than the Daytona 500.
Preliminary activities in general are very important. When I go on a movie date, for instance, I always want to show up at the Cineplex early so I won't miss any of the coming attractions. There's something about schlepping through the theater lobby, checking out the 3-D displays and the movie posters so large that you can count Brad Pitt's pores, hauling your vat of Diet Coke and your 16-pound box of Junior Mints around, that enhances the experience.
It builds anticipation. It makes you excited about Clint Eastwood, albeit not all that optimistic about the prospects of whomever he is squinting and shooting at this week. It's fun.
The more trailers they show before the movie begins, the better I like it. I can munch my popcorn, settle into my seat and get myself into the proper mindset, so when the feature film's opening credits roll at last, I am pumped up and ready for some major action.
And all that groundwork is just for the sake of watching a movie starring the same folks I saw in a similar movie on cable two weeks ago. Can you imagine what I would feel like if I'd been forced to wait two months or more between matinee dates with my favorite stars?
Oh wait; forget I asked. We're NASCAR fans, and we know exactly how that feels. Bad. Lonely. Dull.
But there is light at the end of this tunnel. Speedweeks is almost here.
Even the higher-ups at the NFL, bless their hearts, get into the act by staging a little football game to serve as a nice preamble for the advent of each new NASCAR racing season. I think it's called the Super Bowl or something like that.
Regardless, once the final seconds have ticked off the clock and that particular game is over, a new one begins. It is long. It will not end until mid-November. It gives new meaning to the phrase "Never a dull moment." It is the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, and Speedweeks, to give a nod to the terminology of those aforementioned football folks, kicks it off in style.
Speedweeks is the single name given to the nearly three weeks of activity leading up to and culminating with the Daytona 500. It's a whirlwind of sensory overload, similar to what Dorothy might have felt when she stepped out of that black-and-white farmhouse into a new and exciting Technicolor world.
Initially, after NASCAR hits Daytona, you have lots of practice. This is when you focus on housekeeping items like the condition of Jimmie Johnson's finger (he accidentally cut a tendon with a kitchen knife during the running of the Rolex 24 Grand Am race Jan. 24 and 25), and aesthetic stuff like how Mark Martin (driving the No. 5 Kellogg's car this year) looks in red.
On Saturday, Feb. 7, we will hear those four little words that have been missing from our lives for far too long -- "Gentleman, start your engines" -- and hallelujah, we will get to hear them twice in the same day. The earlier race will be the ARCA/Remax Series event, followed by the super-exciting and ultra-competitive Budweiser Shootout.
The format for the Shootout has changed. In past years, the field was composed of pole winners from the prior season plus former champions. This year, each of the four auto manufacturers will enter their top six cars from last year, plus one wild card entry.
Long story short, even though Tony Stewart will be driving a Chevrolet rather than a Toyota in 2009, by virtue of the wild card rule, he will still be competing in the Budweiser Shootout.
On Sunday, Feb. 8 we'll get to see first-round qualifying for the Daytona 500. These are the only time trials of the season that last five days. No one really seems to fully understand the intricacies of Daytona 500 qualifying, but no one seems to care, either, because the first round on Sunday is followed up with the fabulous Gatorade Duel at Daytona. This pair of no-holds-barred 150-mile races on Thursday afternoon sets the final starting grid for the big race. They are barnburners, to put it mildly.
The NextEra Energy Resources 200 NASCAR 2009 Camping World Truck Series race hits the track on Friday, Feb. 13. On Saturday the Nationwide Series drivers, including defending champion Clint Bowyer, will battle it out in the Camping World 300. This race will be run on Valentine's Day; I can practically smell the love already.
You have to hand it to NASCAR. They know we're hungry, and they don't make us wait another few months for a rib-sticking dinner. Instead, they bring us directly to the flashiest restaurant in the Sprint Cup Series chain and serve us the best meal in the house – Nascar 2009 Speedweeks and the Daytona 500. It's show time, and Heaven forbid we should miss even a single second.
What a great first date.
Paul Morris wants Jacques Villeneuve.
Everyone's talking about Jacques Villeneuve racing in V8 Australian Supercar series in 2009.
Are we excited? What about Nascar 2009?
Personally, I'm excited that Jacques will be in Daytona at the end of the month... or at least Barry Green will be there. Paul Morris of Super Cheap Auto Racing will be in town for his participation with Boris Said in the Daytona 24-Hour Sportscar race and he's hoping for further discussions with the JV Team.
Don't get me wrong, V8 Australian Supercar series is fun, alot of fun. Even more fun are Nascar series races and that remains his priority. Is it getting down to the wire?
Yes, of course but when times are tough, the tough get going.
The fourth annual Bodine Bobsled Challenge - Lake Placid, New York, January 2 - 4, 2009.
I love Lake Placid. A great place and what a fantastic idea for Speed TV to televise 4 hours of the event later this month on January 18th at noon and on the 25th at 2PM.
Bravo Bodine who was the fastest qualifying and he did go on to win Race 1. He finished 2nd in Race 2.
A great race was had by all.
Recently-crowned NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Champion Johnny Benson heads a list of 8 NASCAR drivers set to slide into bobsleds this weekend. Todd Bodine, Joey Logano, Brian Loftin, Philip Morris and Boris Said will round out the Nascar 2009 contingent.
The event will once again be sponsored by Whelen Engineering, title sponsor for three of NASCAR's weekly and touring series – the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series, the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour and the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour.
"We take great pride in being a longtime sponsor of the Bo-Dyn Bobsled Project, Inc.," said Phil Kurze, Vice President of Motorsports for Whelen Engineering and President of the Bo-Dyn Bobsled Project. "When the title sponsorship of this event became available, we were very excited about the opportunity to support such a wonderful event."
The Bodine Bobsled Challenge will see NASCAR drivers pilot specially-made bobsleds down the track in Lake Placid's Olympic Sports Complex, site of the 1980 Winter Olympics. In Race 1, all the drivers will be compete against the clock as they take two runs down the track. Race 2 will feature head-to-head racing between NASCAR and NHRA drivers, with the winner from each division set to square off in the final heat for bragging rights. The NHRA will be represented in the challenge by POWERade Pro Stock Champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. and Top Fuel drivers Morgan Lucas, JR Todd, and Bob Vandergriff.
Also set to compete in the event is road course racer Eric Curran and Sprint Car driver Tom Tolbert.
Said, a part-time NASCAR driver and analyst for ESPN's NASCAR coverage, will enter the event as the favorite. A five-time Bodine Bobsled Challenge winner, Said's only loss in the first three years of the event, either during the timed or head-to-head portions, came in a match-up against Kevin Lepage in 2005.
Benson, who captured his first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series title in 2008, will compete in the Bodine Bobsled Challenge for the second year in a row. The same can be said for Logano, who will be a NASCAR 2009 Sprint Cup Series Raybestos Rookie of the Year contender.
Todd Bodine, brother of event founder and former NASCAR driver Geoff Bodine and 2006 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion, has competed in the Bodine Bobsled challenge each year of its existence.
Champion drivers Loftin and Morris will represent NASCAR's touring and weekly ranks. Loftin captured his first NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour title in 2008 and will make his debut at Lake Placid this weekend. Morris, who also participated in the 2007 Bodine Bobsled Challenge, earned his second career NASCAR Whelen All-American Series crown this past season.
"Getting to compete in the Bobsled Challenge was one of the highlights of my 2006 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series championship," Morris said. "To be able to go to Lake Placid and run the same courses that the Olympic guys do and experience what they experience is pretty outlandish for me."
NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Champion Ted Christopher was extended an invitation, but will not participate due to prior commitments.
The Bodine Bobsled Challenge is geared to raise money for the Bo-Dyn Bobsled Project, which was started in 1992 by Geoff Bodine. The Bo-Dyn Bobsled Project has built American-made bobsleds for United States athletes competing in the World Cup, World Championships and Olympic Winter Games. Funds raised from the Bodine Bobsled Challenge go directly to this project.
Don't miss it on Speed TV January 18 and 25, 2009.


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At an old little farm lived a farmer and his wife. They looked after pigs and one pig have an adventure to come. Crip, the youngest pig, walked out of his sty and said to himself," What a heavenly morning with the sun shining in the blue sky". Then Crip heard a dinga ling and he knew it was breakfast time. He smelt lovely cabbage. Crip gobbled his breakfast. While he was eating his breakfast he heard a 'Pop' and then an other pop. Crip Stopped eating his breakfast. Something felt odd. It felt like he had two more legs. "It's me being silly", said Crip but he still felt puzzled. He had a look too see if he had extra legs. He did and Crip fainted.
Crip woke up in a cave by the sea. It felt cold and he wanted to go home. Then he couldn't feel his tail. He looked behind him and he had a fish's tail. Suddenly he couldn't breath! Also the tide was coming in.
When the tide did come in and went over Crip and magically he could breathe. "Maybe I'm be coming a fish", said Crip curiously. He started swimming about the deep blue ocean and passing loads of fishes that. He passed a big group of fishes that were laughing at him. Crip felt offended and he said something rude back. One of the fishes punched Crip and he punched back. Crip swam away from the group as fast as a car to the cave.
When Crip got to the cave he lay down and cried." Why are you crying little fishy?", said an old fish. Crip stopped crying.
"I had a fight with some mean fishes ", whimpered Crip.
"I don't want to go", said Crip sacred.
"Are you a coward", shouted the old fish.
"No!" said Crip angrily. Then the two fishes swam out of the old cave.
Crip saw the mean fishes. Crip and the old fish swam over to the big group. "Hello gentlemen I've heard that you have been mean to the king", the old fish. Crip looked up in surprise. "Are you saying I'm the king?", Asked Crip. The old fish nodded.
"Their all yours my majesty", said the old fish.
"Guards take these fishes to the dungeons", shouted Crip!
That my friend is how the first ever Sea Pig was created!
AMAZING! I wondered what will happen next which is good. You just hooked me!


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In this courtroom sketch, Elon Musk appears in federal court in San Francisco, Friday, Jan. 20, 2023. Musk took the witness stand to defend a 2018 tweet claiming…
In this courtroom sketch, Elon Musk appears in federal court in San Francisco, Friday, Jan. 20, 2023. Musk took the witness stand to defend a 2018 tweet claiming he had lined up the financing to take Tesla private in a deal that never came close to happening. The tweet resulted in a $40 million settlement with securities regulators. It also led to a class-action lawsuit alleging he misled investors, pulling him into court Friday. (Vicki Behringer via AP)
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A self-proclaimed guerrilla fighter for ideas, Baruch Kimmerling was an outspoken critic, a prolific writer, and a "public" sociologist. While he lived at the center of the Israeli society in which he was involved as both a scientist and a concerned citizen, he nevertheless felt marginal because of his unconventional worldview, his empathy for the oppressed, and his exceptional sense of universal justice, which were at odds with prevailing views. In this autobiography, the author, who was born in Transylvania in 1939 with cerebral palsy, describes how he and his family escaped the Nazis and the circumstances that brought them to Israel, the development of his understanding of Israeli and Palestinian histories, of the narratives each society tells itself, and of the implacable "situation"—along with predictions of some of the most disturbing developments that are taking place right now as well as solutions he hoped were still possible. Kimmerling's deep concern for Israel's well-being, peace, and success also reveals that he was in effect a devoted Zionist, contrary to the claims of his detractors. He dreamed of a genuinely democratic Israel, a country able to embrace all of its citizens without discrimination and to adopt peace as its most important objective. It is to this dream that this posthumous translation from Hebrew has been dedicated.
Baruch Kimmerling was Professor of Sociology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His many publications include The Invention and Decline of Israeliness (University of California Press, 2001); A History of the Palestinian People (with Joel S. Migdal, Harvard University Press, 2003); and Clash of Identities: Explorations in Israeli and Palestinian Societies (Columbia University Press, 2008).


The more things change… Friedman and Nichols react to a new version of the MMPI : The National Psychologist ..
Personality assessment is predicated on the empirically supported proposition that under similar circumstances, individuals will behave in a predictable manner. Friedman and Nichols's recent article in The National Psychologist, "MMPI-3: Revision of MMPI-2 or Marketing Hype," is a case in point. The prospect of a new MMPI version has triggered behavior nearly identical to their reactions to release of the MMPI-2 almost 30 years ago and to the MMPI-2-RF in 2008.
In an APA Monitor article (Adler, 1990) Friedman likened the newly released MMPI-2 to the "New Coke," and Nichols deemed the MMPI-2 norms unsuitable for use in state hospitals (his place of employment). Drawing on Friedman's analogy, the article concluded with a prediction that the MMPI-2 would suffer the fate of the New Coke (a spectacularly unsuccessful attempt by the Coca Cola Company to update the beverage's flavor).
Friedman and Nichols's MMPI-2-RF critique consists of complaints they and a handful of like-minded MMPI traditionalists have made repeatedly. Conspicuously absent from their article is any mention, let alone consideration, of the numerous rebuttals of their arguments, which one would expect to find in a serious and intellectually honest analysis. The interested reader may find detailed treatment of these issues in my 2012 book Interpreting the MMPI-2-RF.
*Argue that "the MMPI-2 was less an evolution than a new creation, with the original empirical, contrasted groups, scale construction strategy abandoned in favor of a factor-analytic construction strategy" (p. 1). This statement fails to acknowledge that the original scale construction technique did not achieve its aim – a direct differential diagnostic test. Although the scales were salvaged, the method used in their construction had no bearing on how the MMPI Clinical Scales came to be used (i.e., code types).
*Complain that the construct-driven MMPI-2 changed with the MMPI-2-RF into a content-driven face valid instrument. In reality, MMPI-2 interpretation has been largely atheoretical since Day 2, when the original diagnostic constructs were abandoned in favor of theory-free code types. In contrast, as detail-ed in chapters 2 and 3 of my book (just mentioned) the substantive MMPI-2-RF scales are linked conceptually and empirically to psychological constructs that are the focus of current work in the fields of personality and psychopathology.
*Assert that an MMPI-3 based on the MMPI-2-RF is not an "authentic successor" to the MMPI because the code-type correlate literature cannot be applied, but ignore the unprecedented quantity and quality of empirical correlate data included in the MMPI-2-RF Technical Manual and the over 380 peer-reviewed MMPI-2-RF studies published over the past decade. In doing so, they create a misleading impression that MMPI-2-RF interpretation is not empirically guided.
*Claim the RC Scales "lack sensitivity" and express concerns about implications of this "shortcoming" for assessing police officer candidates, while ignoring numerous empirical refutations of the "low sensitivity" assertion (cf., Tellegen et al.., 2006) and several recently published studies documenting empirically the utility of the MMPI-2-RF in identifying police candidates at increased risk for subsequent counterproductive behaviors. References to these and the hundreds of other peer-reviewed MMPI-2-RF studies can be found at: https://www.upress.umn.edu/test-division/MMPI-2-RF/mmpi2rf-references.
*Cite Williams and Lally's misleading comparison of MMPI-2 and MMPI-2-RF sales and fail to mention that in my corrective analysis (Ben-Porath, 2017) the most accurate estimate of the MMPI-2-RF use rate in 2015 was 45 percent, and the trend lines for sales of the two versions are moving in opposite directions and will likely soon intersect.
Friedman and Nichols' protestations that the MMPI-2-RF is unrelated to the MMPI-2 are difficult to reconcile with Friedman's first authorship and Nichols co-authorship of a 2015 book titled Psychological Assessment with the MMPI-2/MMPI-2-RF, which includes a chapter that provides detailed interpretive guidelines for the MMPI-2-RF. If the MMPI-2-RF is unrelated to the MMPI-2, and it is the psychometric disaster they proclaim, what is it doing in the title and a dedicated chapter of the third edition of their MMPI book?
Friedman and Nichols also raise questions about the process followed by the University of Minnesota Press in funding research intended to modernize the MMPI. Development of the MMPI-3 is addressed in a statement issued by the Press (https://www.upress.umn.edu/test-division/mmpi-3-announcement).
Friedman and Nichols assert incorrectly that I am the sole developer of the MMPI-3. My MMPI-2-RF coauthor (and mentor), Auke Tellegen, is a co-developer of the MMPI-3. It is worth noting in this context that Tellegen was a member of the committee that developed the MMPI-2, that he was responsible for some of the major innovations introduced with the MMPI-2 (e.g., the consistency scales and uniform T scores), and that he and I are co-authors of the current MMPI-2 manual.
Freidman and Nichols seek to create the impression that work toward the MMPI-3 is being conducted by an isolated researcher. In reality, Tellegen and I and the University of Minnesota Press have been fortunate to receive input and assistance from many active MMPI researchers and users. MMPI-3 development has been discussed regularly at our annual research symposium attended by dozens of researchers and practitioners.
In closing, Friedman and Nichols's forewarnings about the MMPI-3 are consistent with an enduring pattern of behavior characterized by one-sided, hyperbolic alarmism that in the past evolved (sometimes rapidly) into acceptance of improvements to the inventory. Will this round be any different?
Disclosure: Dr. Ben-Porath serves as a paid consultant to the MMPI Publisher, the University of Minnesota and distributor, Pearson. He receives research funding from the University of Minnesota. As co-author of the MMPI-2-RF he receives royalties on sales of the test.
Yossef Ben-Porath, Ph.D., a Professor at Kent State University, has been involved extensively in MMPI research for 32 years. He is co-developer of the MMPI-2-RF and co-author of dozens of test manuals, books, chapters, and articles on the MMPI instruments. He is editor-in-chief of the journal Psychological Assessment and a former member of APA's Committee on Psychological Tests and Assessment. His email is: ybenpora@gmail.com.


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CAM REGULATION CRITIQUE BEING HEARD BY GOVERNMENT
Over the last 15 months, since the Medicines Control Council published its regulations for Complementary Medicines (CAMS) in November 2013, there has been little or no dialogue afforded between a growing number of aggrieved stakeholders and the Medicines Control Council (MCC), despite a plethora of requests for urgent clarity on matters affecting the manufacturing industry, health practitioners and consumers.
It is rumored that various officials and sub-committee (CMC) members of the MCC received instructions from high up in Department of Health not to engage with parties who oppose the regulations. Even the Allied Health Professions Council (AHPCSA), which has members serving on the Medicines Control Council's non-representative Complementary Medicines Committee (CMC), wrote to all its registered petitioners on the 16th of July last year, informing them that the should not, as practitioners oppose their Council's unwavering support for the regulations. This communication came soon after the TNHA and it's long established elder practitioner members, many of whom have served on the AHPCSA Council and Professional Boards in the past, realised that the current regulations will hinder practitioners from obtaining innovative, integrative formulas for their patients, which they rely on for treating their patients. Most manufactures and importers who supply professional range products are now now under the threat and may have to withdraw their products from the market due to excessive, costly and onerous regulation.
Despite the threat issued by the AHPCSA and requests from the Homeopathic Association leadership (same persons who serve on the AHPCSA) to boycott certain ranges of practitioner-only products, the TNHA currently have 252 AHPCSA practitioner members, and new applications for membership on a daily basis as the word spreads about our campaigns, and how their businesses and patients will be affected.
Letters written by aggrieved stakeholders to the Minister of Health, the Director General of the Department and senior MCC officials from various stakeholders have remained unanswered for over a year, adding to frustrations. Correspondence from the TNHA addressed to the Minister of Health and the MCC requesting meetings or clarity on issues have received acknowledgements, but with no substantial replies. This is unacceptable.
In January and February 2014, there were two workshops hosted by the MCC in Pretoria and Cape Town just after the CAMS regulations were published, where officials tried to explain the 2013 – 2019 'Regulatory Road Map'. It was widely reported that many attendees left these meetings with more questions than answers. Some officials apparently did not have answers for many questions posed to the MCC and CMC, which has frustrated the industry. This was that last time the MCC were prepared to answer questions to the industry, or engage in a meaningful and transparent manner.
One would think that stakeholders from this R8billion sector would have been invited to participate in the deliberations leading to the drafting of the regulations before they were passed into law, but sadly this did not happen. In other democratic countries where similar regulations for natural health products have been promulgated, there was open dialogue, transparency and many public engagements in order to democratise the process.
For many decades the MCC have been a law unto themselves, making arbitrary regulations by degree, based on their 'current thinking' models. or on a whim This is due to the principal Act (the Medicines and Related Substances Act 101 of 1965) containing an overly broad definition of what constitutes a 'medicine'. The original drafters of the Act intended the MCC to have broad-sweeping powers, and the Act to have wide general application. The late Hon. Mario Ambrocini MP, described the Act as 'concertina legislation', meaning it is purposefully vague and vastly open to interpretation, so that it can be expanded to encompass anything under its provisions as a medicine, even water if it is claimed to relieve dehydration.
Section 35 of the Act, allows the Council (MCC), in consultation with the Minister of Health (in reality the Minister merely rubber stamps these provisions) to publish regulations for new categories and classes of medicines without passing through the legislature and open democratic law making process.
After 1994, other national legislation with similar enabling clauses to allow regulators to create sub-legislation were redrafted to limit these activities, as they were too often abused. The TNHA believe there is no place for 'legislation by regulation' in an open democracy.
Although the Act was never intended by the legislature in 1965 to regulate products and substances like natural health products, cosmetics or even health foods, the regulator has over the last two decades begun seriously looking at bringing these substances and products it's control, and to be regulated as quazi-drugs should they sport any health claims.
The TNHA have studied international trends in this regard, and have concluded that these 'third category' regulations (substances between foods and drugs) are merely a first step in subsuming these products into eventual pharmaceutical drug regulation, and a means to enable their expropriation by the pharmaceutical industry.
The regulatory process we have been subjected to over the last year is not dissimilar to the highly restrictive European Directives for Dietary Supplements and Herbal Medicines , which are similarly threatening the industry in the 27 block union.
Over the last 15 months the Department of Health have continued to publish a raft of regulatory amendments and new regulations which negatively affect Natural Health Products without stakeholder engagement. These include the –
The Roadmap for Registration (15 November 2013)
The Amendments to the Foodstuffs, Cosmetics and Disinfectants Act (29th May 2014)
Labelling Compliance Notice (11th August 2014)
The General Regulations Relating to Bonusing and Sampling (22nd August 2014)
The Complementary Medicines Amendment Regulations (15th September 2014)
The Upper Limits of Nutrients Regulations / Health Supplements (28th October 2014)
The Complementary Medicines QSE Guidelines (15 November 2014)
The Registration Licence & GMP Certification Fee Regulations (19th March 2015)
The Scheduling Regulations for Probiotics (20th March 2015)
THE MEDICINES CONTROL COUNCIL FORCED TO LISTEN
As a result of the unacceptable manner in which the MCC and Department of Health officials have neglected serious matters arising, there is now industry-wide defiance and non-compliance with the new CAMS regulations. To date the TNHA are not aware of any single product having been registered as a 'Category D' Complementary Medicine or Health Supplement, despite being a year into regulation. In a recent query by the Health Products Association (HPA) to Ms. Joey Gouws, the Registrar of Medicines, asking for a list of registered CAMS since the regulations were gazetted more than a year ago, she stated that assessment is a process, and could not cite a single registered 'Category D' CAM.
This crisis has also resulted in the HPA seeking a court review of the procedural errors made by the government in passing the CAMS regulations.
The TNHA are in the final throws of drafting their Constitutional Court case to have these regulations repealed on various grounds, if and when they are enforced.
SINCERE ENGAGEMENT OR JUST WINDOW DRESSING?
Various stakeholders, including the TNHA, who presented their regulatory proposals on the Medicines and Related Substances Amendment Bill (Bill 6 of 2014) in Parliament late last year and earlier this year, highlighted to the Portfolio Committee on Health, the crisis the industry and consumers face if the mooted new regulator which will replace the MCC continues to attempt to regulate natural health products as they currently intend.
On the 25th of February the Committee chastised the Department of Health and MCC for allowing this crisis to develop and to fester, without prior and post regulatory engagement with stakeholders, including the Complementary Medicines and African Traditional Medicine sectors.
Almost immediately, following these Parliamentary presentations, both the Department of Health and MCC offered piecemeal engagements with some aggrieved role-players, in order to avert further critique from the legislature.
A hasty meeting between the Department of Health and the Traditional Health Practitioners Interim Council (THPC) was arranged in Boksburg on the 23rd of April, just one hour after two members of the THPC tackled Department officials and the MCC at a Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Health meeting two weeks prior.
Stakeholders who submitted written comments on the Complementary Medicines Amendment Regulations and Upper Limits of Nutrients Regulations on or before December 2014 and January 2015 respectively, were hastily invited to attend 'hearings' at the MCC's head office in Pretoria with only 5 working days' notice on the 25th of April.
It appears the efforts of the TNHA and our alliance partners have created a cause for concern at higher levels of government and the MCC are now attempting to disentangle itself from the deepening crisis.
The TNHA remain skeptical of the spurious timing and reasons for these meetings, considering the MCC having historically ignored criticism and proposals by industry.
Whether these engagements were an attempt to genuinely hear and consider genuine grievances and consider regulatory proposals, or were just an exercise of going through the motions while under duress (from the legislature) remains to be seen.
FUTURE MCC ENGAGEMENT – THE CAM WORKING FORUM (CWF)
Over the last two months, various national associations which have members affected by the current CAM regulations have formed a unified front, where common issues and problematic regulations have been identified and will be presented to the MCC and Department of Health. This task group is called the CAM Working Forum (CWF). Presently the CWF is comprised of the following national associations –
The Health Products Association of South Africa (HPA)
The Traditional & Natural Health Alliance (TNHA)
The Health Shops Association of South Africa (HASASA)
Pharmaceutical Made in South Africa (PHARMISA)
Self-Medication Manufacturers Association (SMASA)
The Direct Selling Association of South Africa (DSA)
The CWF is officially the largest stakeholder group, representing all links in the natural health chain, vis a vis manufacturers, importers, retailers, practitioners (medical, allied and traditional) and the public.
The Department of Health, Pharmacy Council and MCC have committed to open dialogue with this task group going forward. On the 17th of April the CWF will meet with the Dr Anban Pillay the Deputy Director General of the Department of Health, Ms. Joey Gouws the Registrar of Medicines (MCC), and tentatively, Amos Masngo. the CEO of the Pharmacy Council.
Feedback from this meeting, which will be attended by the TNHA, will be carried in our next newsletter, on our website and Facebook page.
HEALTH MINISTRY SENDS DELEGATION TO CANADA TO STUDY THEIR ELECTRONIC MONOGRAPH REGISTRATION SYSTEM FOR NATURAL HEALTH PRODUCTS
In February the TNHA proposed a monograph-driven registration system and new Directorate for Natural Health Products, similar to that employed by Health Canada, to replace the current regulations which are practically unworkable. This was made in our written and oral submissions to the Portfolio Committee on Health on the 25th of February. Our alliance partner, the HPA have also been calling for such a system for a number of years.
We have recently learned that a small team of MCC officials were sent to Canada a few weeks ago to explore the Canadian 'Natural Health Products' registration system on the instruction of the Ministry of Health. We hold thumbs that a similar system will be adopted in South Africa, which will liberate the industry and allow consumers to continue to have freedom of choice.
BOILING THE FROG SLOWLY WITH CAM REGULATORY CREEP
GOVERNMENT INTENDS REGULATING AFRICAN TRADITIONAL HEALERS AND THEIR MEDICINES


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FLIPPED OUT SCIENCE! LAURA THOMAS
UNIT TOPICS
Unit 1 - How does Science Work?
Unit 2 - What are we Made of?
Unit 3.1 How is Balance Achieved? >
Unit 3.2 Earth's Balance
Mid-Term Review
Unit 4.1 What are Celestial Cycles?
Unit 4.2 What are Earth's Cycles?
Unit 5 What is your legacy?
Unit 6 - Are We Alone?
STAAR Review
End of the Year Assignment
Science Skills Help
Labs and Lab Reports
IB Skills
Content Recovery
Science Video and Website Links
Science in the World
Archives - 2016-17 year
Step 1 - Our dependence on plastic and the damage it causes
Plastic is a toxic material that is severely affecting marine creatures and the marine ecosystems and ultimately humans. We only see the stuff that floats. But it can sink and/or float depending on the environmental conditions of the ocean. Because the specific gravity of much of it is roughly that of the ocean water, it can rise in rough seas and sink during the calms. Sunlight, which has very limited penetration in the water, breaks it down into continuously smaller particles until it reaches molecular size.
Some of the plastic debris has taken a fifty-year voyage in violent seas since it was first produced. And it doesn't appear to be breaking down into something that is even close to the natural materials of the earth they once came from.
Over a few decades, humans have managed to dump tons upon tons of garbage into the ocean. Of the most devastating elements of this pollution is that plastics takes thousands of years to decay. As a result, fish and wildlife are becoming intoxicated. Consequently the toxins from the plastics have entered the food chain, threatening human health. In the most polluted places in the ocean, the mass of plastic exceeds the amount of plankton six times over. This is a large piece of evidence that leaves the problem of polluted oceans undeniable.
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, also know as the Pacific Trash Vortex or gyre, is located in the central North Pacific Ocean and is larger than the state of Texas. There are also garbage patches in the Indian and Atlantic ocean. The patches are defined as containing a higher amount of plastic as compared to surrounding oceans. To date, five patches in total have been discovered.
As far as plastic entering the ocean, about 20% of the trash comes from ships and platforms that are offshore. The rest sources from litter being blown into the sea, picked up by tides on the beach, or intentional garbage dumping. The worse part is, these plastics don't biodegrade, so they brake up into tiny pieces that are consumed by fish and sea mammals. Plastic is killing more than 100,000 sea turtles and birds a year from ingestion and entanglement. Chemicals in plastics are released into the water as well as the atmosphere. Fish easily become contaminated from the chemicals in the water.
Different plastics spread throughout the ocean. As Styrofoam breaks into smaller parts, polystyrene components in it sink lower in the ocean, so that the pollutant spreads throughout the sea column. In fact, not only do the toxins in plastic effect the ocean, but acting like sponges, they soak up other toxins from outside sources before entering the ocean. As these chemicals are ingested by animals in the ocean, this is not good for humans. We as humans ingest contaminated fish and mammals.
Step 2 - Images (Not pretty - but real)
Step 3 - Infographic Data and Statistics
Step 4 - Nurdles Video
Step 5 - World Wide Map
1. Plastic Pollution (website)
2. National Geographic Article


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"Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement!" – Jim Horning
I attended an all-day seminar earlier this month. It was chock-full of nationally known speakers and business people. Many of these folks were over-the-top capable in communicating their message. One man's message, although delivered in a quirky style, packed a real punch.
He suggested that most of us are bored stiff and often uneasy being around very successful people. We rarely admit it, but we don't appreciate or identify with their stories. We are uncomfortable listening to or sitting next to someone whose job is great, marriage is great, kids are great, portfolio is great, health is great…heck even their in-laws are great. Successful people make many feel inadequate, less-than and largely incapable.
We don't like being with the "down and outs" either. These people elicit condemnation and judgement from many of us. You'd think that seeing these people struggle would make us feel somewhat superior, as though we have it all together inside. Interestingly, it doesn't.
Earlier this week, my attention was drawn to a radio interview on ESPN's Mike & Mike with former NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf. Leaf was the number two draft pick in the 1998 NFL draft, taken just after future Hall of Famer, Peyton Manning. For those who might not know it, Ryan Leaf's professional football career was cloaked in failure from the outset and he is considered the sport's biggest washout.
I will spare you the details of the train-wreck that had become Ryan Leaf's life. Suffice it to say that the twelve-year period following his having been drafted was a dizzying combination of conceit, entitlement, abuse, recklessness, excess, betrayal, laziness, meanness, despair, ingratitude, delusion and crime.
He ultimately hit rock bottom in his life and spent 32 months in jail for selling narcotics to a minor and for burglaries he committed to feed his addition to Vicodin. He failed in several attempts to commit suicide and by grace, was willed into a faint survival mode by his parents and family. His life is a cautionary tale and he eventually broke under the weight of all the poor decisions that he had made.
The interview and his story are raw and touched on several key aspects to recovery and redemption:
He maintained transparency – It can make many uncomfortable, but I like it when a person reveals what life was like before their breakthrough and then how things are for them once they've found "found religion." I love it when Glenn Close's character in the movie The Natural said, "All of us have two lives: the life we learn with and the life we live with after."
He took responsibility – Leaf owns his past. In fact, he claims that the unbearable pain and suffering was his true pathway to peace. He said he asked God to save him and within minutes the sheriff arrived…with handcuffs! He would not trade his life now for anything.
He beat the odds – So many people in Leaf's situation never make it back from the brink. They remain mostly bitter and it's rare for them to ever get better. He is reconciling himself to others on both micro and macro levels. He is making amends whenever he can. He has abandoned the long-held resentments that almost ruined him. He is learning that, "Life isn't fair, but it is how you deal with it that matters."
He knows it's not about him – What others think about Leaf is no longer his business. He readily admits to having been an emotional man-baby for most of his life and to having been completely self-absorbed. Now he wants to use his story to help others struggling with addictions through an organization called Transcends.
He is on-boarding long-standing spiritual disciplines – Recovery is hard but it is not complicated. Leaf has surrounded himself with people who will hold him accountable and who want what is best for him. He said "The best ideas I ever came up with landed me in jail. If I want a different outcome, then I need to adopt a different way of thinking!" Wisdom is truth lived–it was inspiring to hear Leaf share his struggles and his daily-triumphs too.
My writing here does not do the story justice. Nor am I claiming to have a grasp on Leaf's entire past, present or future. Hopefully though, by relating his story here, you too will be drawn in enough to want to learn more about his ongoing transformation.
Have a read of his "Letter to My Younger Self"— I have included a link to the piece here: Read His Letter Now!
By now, in my mind I too have started countless letters to my 16, 18 and 20-year-old self. Hearing this man's story was a great blessing. It gave voice to some of the regrets that sometimes still visit upon me when I forget that I am both broken and redeemed. His truthful witness encouraged and affirmed me.
I paid a high price for my good judgement and so did many others who knew my younger self. However, all my experiences, the good and the bad have contributed to the man I am today. Like Leaf, I would be unwilling to exchange who I have become for a more sterling reputation or a regret-free past. Every day and in every-way, I am learning to love and own the life with which I have learned.