Pictures of a victim of brown reclusive spider bite-Unproven! - Truth or Fiction?
Pictures of a victim of brown reclusive spider bite-Unproven!
Pictures of a Victim of a Bite From the Brown Recluse Spider-Unproven!
This eRumor includes a series of pictures of what is says is the hand of a man who was bitten by a brown recluse spider. It also claims that the brown recluse is the most dangerous spider in the U.S.
We've not found the source of these particular pictures, but they are consistent with what other victims claim to have experienced from having been bitten by a brown recluse spider. CLICK HERE for a site that has hundreds of stories from, and pictures of, alleged brown reclusive bites.
Brown recluse spiders are primarily found in the Southern United States and portions of the Midwest. According to the Department of Entomology at the University of California at Riverside, bites from the brown recluse spider are relatively rare and most people who are bitten do not develop nasty symptoms.
The pictures of reported spider bites commonly show a "slow healing necrotic lesion." Experts warn, however, that not every case of gruesome pictures may be from a reclusive spider bite. There has been a lot of publicity, especially on the Internet, about the effects of the bite of the brown reclusive spider but doctors caution that an injury should not be classed as a spider bite unless the spider has been seen doing the biting. In Canada, for example, there have been several cases reported of brown reclusive spider bites even though there are no brown reclusive spiders that live that far north. Robert G. Bennett and Richard S.Vetter are professional entomologists. In an article in Canadian Family Physician magazine in August, 2004, they said that 80 percent of spider-bite diagnoses are in error and that when someone gets a necrotic lesion, it is easy to think it might be from a spider. In reality, according the article, many of the wounds are from other kinds of infections and could even be the result of cancer, which would be important to diagnose correctly.
This guy was bitten by a Brown Recluse spider.
The following illustrates the progression of a brown recluse spider bite.
The affected skin actually dies on his body.
but take a look at the last one — it is a picture of the spider itself.
A person can die from it's bite.
We all should know what the spider looks like.
Send this around to people you love.
doing yard work, spring cleaning, and sometimes in their attics.
Spider bites are dangerous and can have permanent and highly negative consequences. They like the darkness and tend to live in storage sheds or attics or other areas that might not be frequented by people or light. If you have a need to be in your attic, go up there and turn on a light and leave it on for about 30 minutes before you go in to do your work.


Dubai Marina Mall Festival is back with an exciting line-up this year, including a host of new talents and crowd favorites from 2016. Expect also Open Mic, DJ sets and street performers and various local and international talent. The best bit? Food trucks and a music bazaar for music lovers to browse and purchase original music, music equipment and memorabilia. It's the season of joyful music in the desert city!


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/* global describe, it, before, after, beforeEach, afterEach */
const expect = require('chai').expect;

const createMockActionContext = require('fluxible/utils').createMockActionContext;
const MockService = require('fluxible-plugin-fetchr/utils/MockServiceManager');
const modelsResponse = require('test/fixtures/models-response');
const ModalStore = require('application/stores/ModalStore').ModalStore;
const ContentStore = require('application/stores/ContentStore').ContentStore;
const serviceData = require('test/mocks/service-data');
const mocks = require('test/mocks');

describe('modal action', () => {
  let mockActions, modalStartAction, modalStopAction, modalUpdateAction,
    calledService, context, params;

  before(() => {
    mocks.interface.begin();
    mocks.settings.begin();
    mockActions = require('application/actions/interface');
    modalStartAction = require('application/actions/modal').openModal;
    modalStopAction = require('application/actions/modal').closeModal;
    modalUpdateAction = require('application/actions/modal').updateComponent;
  });

  after(() => {
    mocks.settings.end();
    mocks.interface.end();
  });

  afterEach(() => {
    delete mockActions.test;
  });

  beforeEach(() => {
    calledService = 0;
    params = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(modelsResponse.Settings));
    context = createMockActionContext({
      stores: [ModalStore, ContentStore]
    });
    context.service = new MockService();
    context.service.setService('page', (method, params, config, callback) => {
      calledService++;
      serviceData.fetch(params, callback);
    });
  });

  describe('start', () => {
    const expectedError = new Error('should have received an error');

    it('should update the ModalStore', (done) => {
      context.executeAction(modalStartAction, params, (err) => {
        if (err) {
          return done(err);
        }

        const modalStore = context.getStore(ModalStore),
          component = modalStore.getComponent(),
          props = modalStore.getProps(),
          isOpen = modalStore.getIsOpen();

        expect(isOpen).to.be.a('boolean').and.equal(true);
        expect(component).to.be.a('function');
        // this is content, models from service-data
        expect(props).to.be.an('object').with.property('content');

        done();
      });
    });

    it('should update the ContentStore', (done) => {
      context.executeAction(modalStartAction, params, (err) => {
        if (err) {
          return done(err);
        }

        const contentStore = context.getStore(ContentStore),
          content = contentStore.getCurrentPageContent(),
          models = contentStore.getCurrentPageModels();

        expect(content).to.exist.and.be.an('object');
        // this is models from fixture
        expect(models).to.eql(modelsResponse);

        done();
      });
    });

    it('should not make service call if data in ContentStore', (done) => {
      const contentStore = context.getStore(ContentStore);

      // make sure content for params.resource is there
      if (!contentStore.get(params.resource)) {
        contentStore.receivePageContent({
          resource: params.resource,
          data: serviceData.createContent(params.resource)
        });
      }

      context.executeAction(modalStartAction, params, (err) => {
        if (err) {
          return done(err);
        }

        const models = contentStore.getCurrentPageModels();

        expect(models).to.eql(modelsResponse);
        expect(calledService).to.equal(0);
        done();
      });
    });

    it('should handle customAction failure after service call', (done) => {
      let calledAction = 0;
      const localParams = Object.assign({}, params, {
        action: {
          name: 'test',
          params: {}
        }
      });

      delete localParams.split;

      mockActions.putAction('test', (context, payload, done) => {
        calledAction++;
        payload.emulateError = true;
        return mockActions.settings(context, payload, done);
      });

      context.executeAction(modalStartAction, localParams, (err) => {
        expect(calledService).to.equal(1);
        expect(calledAction).to.equal(1);

        if (err) {
          return done();
        }

        done(expectedError);
      });
    });

    it('should handle customAction failure no service call', (done) => {
      let calledAction = 0;
      const contentStore = context.getStore(ContentStore);

      // make sure content for params.resource is there
      if (!contentStore.get(params.resource)) {
        contentStore.receivePageContent({
          resource: params.resource,
          data: serviceData.createContent(params.resource)
        });
      }

      const localParams = Object.assign({}, params, {
        action: {
          name: 'test',
          params: {}
        }
      });

      delete localParams.split;

      mockActions.putAction('test', (context, payload, done) => {
        calledAction++;
        payload.emulateError = true;
        return mockActions.settings(context, payload, done);
      });

      context.executeAction(modalStartAction, localParams, (err) => {
        expect(calledService).to.equal(0);
        expect(calledAction).to.equal(1);

        if (err) {
          return done();
        }

        done(expectedError);
      });
    });

    it('should fail as expected', (done) => {
      context.executeAction(modalStartAction, {
        emulateError: true
      }, (err) => {
        if (err) {
          return done();
        }

        done(expectedError);
      });
    });

    it('should fail as expected with no data', (done) => {
      context.executeAction(modalStartAction, {
        noData: true
      }, (err) => {
        if (err) {
          return done();
        }

        done(expectedError);
      });
    });
  });

  describe('stop', () => {
    it('should update the ModalStore', (done) => {
      context.executeAction(modalStopAction, params, (err) => {
        if (err) {
          return done(err);
        }

        const modalStore = context.getStore(ModalStore),
          isOpen = modalStore.getIsOpen();

        expect(isOpen).to.equal(false);
        done();
      });
    });
  });

  describe('update', () => {
    beforeEach(() => {
      params = {
        resource: 'key',
        component: {
          test: 'hello'
        }
      };
    });

    it('should update component', (done) => {
      context.executeAction(modalUpdateAction, params, (err) => {
        if (err) {
          return done(err);
        }

        const modalStore = context.getStore(ModalStore);

        modalStore.modalStart({
          component: params.resource
        });

        const component = modalStore.getComponent();

        expect(component).to.eql(params.component);
        done();
      });
    });
  });
});

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<?php

namespace Minsal\Sipernes\NotasBundle\Admin;

use Sonata\AdminBundle\Admin\Admin;
use Sonata\AdminBundle\Datagrid\DatagridMapper;
use Sonata\AdminBundle\Datagrid\ListMapper;
use Sonata\AdminBundle\Form\FormMapper;
use Sonata\AdminBundle\Show\ShowMapper;

class EnfDominioAdmin extends Admin
{
    /**
     * @param DatagridMapper $datagridMapper
     */
 protected $datagridValues = array(
        '_page' => 1, // Display the first page (default = 1)
        '_sort_order' => 'DESC', // Descendant ordering (default = 'ASC')
        '_sort_by' => 'fechaIngresoDom' // name of the ordered field (default = the model id field, if any)
    );

    protected function configureDatagridFilters(DatagridMapper $datagridMapper)
    {
        $datagridMapper
            //->add('id')
            ->add('codDominio',null, array('label' => 'Código'))
            ->add('nombreDominio',null, array('label' => 'Dominio'))
            ->add('estadoDominio', null, array('label' => 'Activo'))
            ->add('usuarioDom', null, array('label' => 'Creado por'))
            ->add('fechaIngresoDom', null, array('label' => 'Creado el'))
        ;
    }

    /**
     * @param ListMapper $listMapper
     */
    protected function configureListFields(ListMapper $listMapper)
    {
        $listMapper
            //->add('id')
            ->add('codDominio',null, array('label' => 'Código'))
            ->add('nombreDominio',null, array('label' => 'Dominio'))
            ->add('estadoDominio', null, array('label' => 'Activo'))
            ->add('usuarioDom', null, array('label' => 'Creado por'))
            ->add('fechaIngresoDom', null, array('label' => 'Creado el'))
            //->add('fechaModificacionDom')

            ->add('_action', 'actions', array(
                'actions' => array(
                    'show' => array(),
                    'edit' => array(),
                )
            ))
        ;
    }

    /**
     * @param FormMapper $formMapper
     */
    protected function configureFormFields(FormMapper $formMapper)
    {
        $formMapper
            //->add('id')
            ->add('codDominio',null, array('label' => 'Digite el código de Dominio','max_length' => 5))
            ->add('nombreDominio',null, array('label' => 'Digite el nombre de Dominio','required' => True))
            ->add('estadoDominio', null, array('label' => 'Activo','required' => False))
            //->add('fechaIngresoDom')
            //->add('fechaModificacionDom')
            //->add('usuarioDom')

        ;
    }

    /**
     * @param ShowMapper $showMapper
     */
    protected function configureShowFields(ShowMapper $showMapper)
    {
        $showMapper
            //->add('id')
            ->add('codDominio',null, array('label' => 'Código'))
            ->add('nombreDominio',null, array('label' => 'Dominio'))
            ->add('estadoDominio', null, array('label' => 'Activo'))
            ->add('usuarioDom', null, array('label' => 'Creado por'))
            ->add('fechaIngresoDom', null, array('label' => 'Creado el'))
        ;
    }

    /*
     * Método que se ejecuta antes de realizar una inserción.
     * Recibe como parámetro una entidad; en este caso de tipo EnfDominio
     * con los valores del formulario.
     *
     */

    public function prePersist($EnfDominio) {
        $user = $this->getConfigurationPool()->getContainer()->get('security.context')->getToken()->getUsername();
        $EnfDominio->setusuarioDom($user);
        $EnfDominio->setfechaIngresoDom(new \DateTime());
    }

     /*
     * Método que se ejecuta antes de realizar una actualización.
     * Recibe como parámetro una entidad; en este caso de tipo EnfDominio
     * con los valores del formulario.
     *
     */
    public function preUpdate($EnfDominio) {
        $user = $this->getConfigurationPool()->getContainer()->get('security.context')->getToken()->getUsername();
        $EnfDominio->setusuarioDom($user);
        $EnfDominio->setfechaModificacionDom(new \DateTime());
    }

}


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Civil Antitrust Litigation
Criminal Antitrust Investigations & Litigation
Civil Antitrust Investigations & Internal Audits
Antitrust Recovery
Antitrust Counseling Practice
Health Care Antitrust Practice
Antitrust E-Discovery
Antitrust & Intellectual Property
European Competition Law
Antitrust & Technology
Procurement Collusion Strike Force Resource Center
Practices › Antitrust › Health Care Antitrust Practice
Crowell & Moring is proud to have one of the nation's leading health care antitrust practices. Our lawyers have extensive background in government health care antitrust law enforcement and in the antitrust and health law bars. Our health care antitrust team integrates exceptional antitrust capability with our longstanding preeminent national health care practice, and represents a broad range of health care organizations. We routinely handle important health care antitrust matters and issues of the day.
We recently represented Gwinnett Medical Center in its merger with Northside Hospital, clearing the deal through Federal Trade Commission review after a year-long investigation; Coventry, in connection with its $5.7 billion merger with Aetna; and Humana, in connection with its proposed $37 billion merger with Aetna. Other high profile matters described below range from provider mergers and joint ventures (e.g., ACOs) to successful defenses of industry leaders like Kaiser Permanente, Cardinal Health, and Owens & Minor in antitrust litigation.
Our antitrust practitioners provide practical and insightful advice and forceful representation in the full range of health care related antitrust matters including litigation, mergers and acquisitions and other transactions, as well as representing clients in connection with investigations by the FTC, Department of Justice, and state attorneys general. We work with the full spectrum of for-profit and not-for-profit health care entities, including providers, payers, and pharmaceutical and medical device distribution companies. We have attorneys with deep industry knowledge to help provide practical, business-focused advice in diverse areas of the health care industry and government programs, including extensive experience in the Affordable Care Act and health care reform, and attorneys who have testified before Congress, the FTC, and state health care bodies on health care competition policy issues.
Our Antitrust Litigation Practice has experience in both defending and pursuing antitrust claims. We have defended managed care organizations in provider network exclusion and boycott claims, and provider class actions challenging discrimination in contracting and payment terms. We have also defended hospitals in conspiracy and rate-setting litigation, and pharmaceutical companies and distributors against monopolization, restraint of trade, and price discrimination charges. We have also represented health plans as plaintiffs in lawsuits to recover overcharges.
Our integrated Health Care-Antitrust Practice makes us particularly effective in providing antitrust counsel to clients in this highly regulated industry. Delivering optimal advice requires sensitivity to the complex interplay of the market and regulation in health care matters, such as structuring joint ventures among service providers and payers, responding to investigations by the antitrust enforcement agencies, and helping clients protect themselves from the anti-competitive practices of others.
In handling the full range of antitrust litigation, transactional, and counseling matters for healthcare clients, we take pride in providing practical advice and effective representation. Typical engagements include the following:
Transactions: Representative Engagements
Represented Humana in its proposed $37 billion merger with Aetna, including in the related litigation brought by the DOJ and state attorneys general, as well as its acquisitions of Arcadian Management Services, Curo Health, and the Kindred-at-Home business of Kindred Healthcare.
Represented Gwinnett Medical Center in its merger with Northside Hospital, including compliance with a full second request and advocacy to FTC Commissioners.
Represented CareFusion Corporation in its acquisition by Becton Dickinson for $12.2 billion, accelerating Becton Dickinson's expansion strategy in medication management and patient safety solutions.
Represented Siemens Healthcare in the sale of its global health information technology business unit to Cerner, and the divestiture of its clinical microbiology business to Beckman Coutler.
Represented Coventry Health Care in its $5.7 billion acquisition by Aetna, including successfully persuading the DOJ to allow the combination of two of the largest health insurance companies without any remedy.
Represented Fletcher Allen in connection with its affiliations with Central Vermont Medical Center, Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital, and Alice Hyde Medical Center.
Represented a vertically integrating multi-hospital system in its sale to a large multi-hospital health care system.
Represented vertically integrated health plan in connection with an FTC investigation of a merger involving a vertical integrated health plan and a health care provider organization.
Represent multi-hospital MSO formed to increase operational efficiencies, reduce costs, and enhance quality of care in key services lines.
Represented Humana Inc. in its acquisition of Arcadian Management Services. The acquisition increased Humana's health plan membership by approximately 50,000 Medicare HMO members.
Represented multiple payers as third parties before the FTC in pharmaceutical, hospital merger, and pharmacy investigations.
Litigation & Enforcement: Representative Engagements
In re Blue Cross/Blue Shield Antitrust MDL Class Actions (Ongoing): In what may currently be the largest antitrust class action in the country, C&M represents eight BCBS companies in defending a nationwide antitrust class action by physicians and others, who allege a conspiracy to limit competition through exclusive service areas.
Northbay Healthcare v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan (Ongoing): Secured dismissal on the pleadings for Kaiser in district court; case is before the 9th Circuit.
Suture Express v. Owens & Minor: C&M prevailed on summary judgment for Owens & Minor, the nation's leading distributor of medical and surgical products, in an antitrust tying and exclusive dealing lawsuit alleging more than $400 million in damages brought by a competitor. In two earlier federal antitrust lawsuits, we defeated conspiracy and monopolization claims in both cases at the pleading stage, then prevailed on summary judgment on the remaining tying and exclusive dealing claims.
Prime Healthcare Services, Inc. v. Service Employees International Union, et al.: We represented Kaiser Permanente. Kaiser was sued for alleged antitrust violations with plaintiffs seeking damages in excess of $100 million. We prevailed on a motion to dismiss in district court, and that order was appealed to the Ninth Circuit, which affirmed. The Supreme Court denied the petition for certiorari.
PharmaRX Pharmaceutical v. Cardinal Health: We won dismissal of all PharmaRx's claims under rule 12(b)(6) for Cardinal, whose business includes the leading chain of nuclear pharmacies in the U.S., of all antitrust claims. The Ninth Circuit affirmed.
Litigation Note: Crowell & Moring Wins Appellate Victory Affirming Summary Judgment on Tying and Exclusive Dealing Case
Henry Ford Allegiance Settles Antitrust Claims Alleging Coordinated Marketing Scheme
Multi-Agency Report Emphasizes Importance of Competition in Health Care
ViroPharma's Escape From Suit Could Limit FTC Enforcement
"Antitrust Hot Topics in Health Care Transactions." 2019 AHLA Health Care Transactions Conference, Nashville, TN

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I don't have all the facts of what happened this week at Publix. Winston made a statement indicating he forgot to pay and officers involved in the investigation indicated that they believed him to be telling the truth. I have no clue. In my opinion, the kid made a mistake by leaving the store without paying and made a bigger one by not going back when he realized what he had done. Though I rarely do this, on this one I will defer to the police. Considering the backlash on law enforcement for their handling of the sexual assault allegations against Winston last year, I can't imagine they would be willing to cut him a break. The police believed that he didn't intend to steal the items and as such, cited him civilly. At the end of the day, in order to prove a crime has occurred, all elements of said crime must be proven.
With respect to Winston being in possession of stolen property, there could be no proving a charge of dealing in stolen property under Florida Statute 812.019 without first proving that Winston stole the item. For the reasons mentioned above it is at least questionable as to Winston's mental state when the items were taken. Without proving that the item was "stolen," one couldn't say that Winston possessed property he knew was stolen. Say that three times fast!
Everyone, including Florida criminal defense attorneys, will have their opinion on this situation. Whether Winston is to be believed is up you. As a Tampa criminal attorney it seems to me that there are many angles to this situation. I believe the police got this one right.
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Happiness Is Practice, Not Pleasure
Matthieu Ricard is helping us redefine happiness in a culture convinced that it's a passive experience. The French-born Tibetan Buddhist monk reframes happiness not as pleasure but as practice that requires discipline — akin to marathon training or learning chess. He asks, "What are the inner conditions that foster a genuine sense of flourishing, of fulfillment?"
Matthieu Ricard is the author of Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill and Altruism: The Power of Compassion to Change Yourself and the World.
Krista Tippett, host: I've had hundreds of big conversations, and my conversation partners share wisdom I carry with me wherever I go. I've never thought about happiness the same way since I spoke with the French-born Tibetan Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard. I like his language of human flourishing as the real aspiration — that happiness is not a sensation or a feeling; it's a state of being that can encompass all of the things that happen in life.
Ms. Tippett: You're worldly, wise, and rational. And we also live in this culture where the word happiness gets completely watered down. So I want to talk about how you define happiness, because we have to put a lot of preconceptions to the side.
Matthieu Ricard: Yeah, it is very important, because that's why, also, this word is so vague.
Ms. Tippett: Yeah, it's a problem.
Mr. Ricard: That you can use it — "buy this toothpaste, and you'll be happy" and — OK, good luck. I think we should clearly see, what are the inner conditions that foster a genuine sense of flourishing, of fulfillment, that the quality of every instant of your life has a certain quality that you appreciate fully. So you see, it's very different from — people sometimes imagine that constant happiness will be a kind of euphoria or endless succession of pleasant experiences. But that's more like a recipe for exhaustion than happiness. Even the most pleasurable thing — you eat something very delicious. Once, it's delicious. Two, three times, OK. And then ten times, you get nauseous. The most beautiful music, you hear it five times, 24 hours, it's a nightmare.
If we think of happiness as a way of being, a way of being that gives you the resources to deal with the ups and downs of life, that pervades all the emotional states, including sadness. We think of sadness as incompatible with pleasure, but it's compatible with what? With altruism, with inner strength, with inner freedom, with sense of direction and meaning in life — those aren't sad things. But if you don't fall in despair, still you maintain that wholeness and that sense of purpose and meaning.
Ms. Tippett: So happiness also, the way you describe it, it's something that can encompass sadness and grief.
Mr. Ricard: Can what?
Ms. Tippett: Encompass, contain these things.
Mr. Ricard: Encompass every mental state except those who are just opposite, which is like despair, hatred, precisely the mental factors that will destroy inner peace, inner strength, inner freedom. If you are under the grip of hatred, you are not free. You are the slave of your own thoughts. That's not freedom. Therefore, this is opposite to genuine flourishing and happiness. So we have to distinguish mental factors which contribute to that way of being, the cluster of qualities — like altruistic love, inner freedom, and so forth — from those who undermine that, which is like jealousy, obsessive desire, hatred, arrogance. We call that "mental toxins" because they poison our happiness and also make us relate to others in a poisonous way.
Ms. Tippett: So I imagine that people ask you, "How do I become happy?" What do you say? How do you respond to that?
Mr. Ricard: Well, clearly, by first saying, yes, outer circumstances are important; I should do whatever I can. But I should certainly see that at the root of all that, there are inner circumstances, inner conditions. What are they? Well, just look at you. If I say, "OK, come, we'll spend a weekend cultivating jealousy," who is going to go for that? We all know that, even say, "Well, that's part of human nature," but we are not interested in cultivating more jealousy, neither for hatred, neither for arrogance. Those will be much better off if they didn't have such a grip on our mind. There are ways to counteract those, to dissolve those. I mean you cannot, in the same moment of thought, wish to do something good to someone or to harm that person. Those are mutually incompatible, like hot and cold water. So the more you will bring benevolence in your mind at every of those moments, there's no space for hatred.
That's just very simple, but we don't do that. We do exercise every morning, 20 minutes, to be fit. We don't sit for 20 minutes to cultivate compassion. If we were to do so, our mind will change, our brain will change. What we are will change. So those are skills. They need to be, first, identified, then cultivated. What is good to learn chess? Well, you have to practice and all that. In the same way, we all have thoughts of altruistic love. Who doesn't have that? But they come and go. We don't cultivate them. Do you learn to piano by playing 20 seconds every two weeks? This doesn't work. So why, by what kind of mystery, some of the most important qualities of human beings will be optimal just because you wish so? Doesn't make any sense.
I have a friend who is 63 years old. He used to be a runner when he was young. He gave up running. Now a few years ago, he started again. He said, "When I started again, I could not run more than five minutes without panting for breath." Now last week, he ran the Montreal Marathon at 63. He had the potential, but it was useless until he actualized it. So the same potential we have for mind training, but if we don't do anything, it's not going to happen because we wish so.
Ms. Tippett: Matthieu Ricard's books include Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill and Altruism: The Power of Compassion to Change Yourself and the World.
Becoming Wise is produced at On Being Studios, which is located on Dakota land. Our team is Marie Sambilay, Lily Percy, and Chris Heagle. And our theme music is provided and composed by Zoë Keating.
Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill
Author: Matthieu Ricard
Artist: Daniel Goleman
Altruism: The Power of Compassion to Change Yourself and the World
Happiness as Human Flourishing
A French-born Tibetan Buddhist monk and a central figure in the Dalai Lama's dialogue with scientists, Matthieu Ricard was dubbed "The Happiest Man in the World" after his brain was imaged. But he resists this label. In his writing and in his life, he explores happiness not as pleasurable feeling but as a way of being that gives you the resources to deal with the ups and downs of life and that encompasses many emotional states, including sadness. We take in Matthieu Ricard's practical teachings for cultivating inner strength, joy, and direction.


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GoodRx Holdings, Inc. Class Action Lawsuit
GoodRx Holdings, Inc.
GDRX
September 23, 2020 to November 16, 2020
Central District of California
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP filed a class action charging GoodRx Holdings, Inc. and certain of its executives with violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, seeking to represent purchasers of GoodRx Class A common stock between September 23, 2020 and November 16, 2020, inclusive (the "Class Period"). The GoodRx class action lawsuit was commenced on December 18, 2020 in the Central District of California and is captioned Terenzini v. GoodRx Holdings, Inc., No. 20-cv-11444.
GoodRx provides consumers with free information and tools that allow them to compare prices and save on their prescription drug purchases. GoodRx provides its users with these services via apps and websites that display prices and discounts at local and mail-order pharmacies for both insured and uninsured Americans.
On August 28, 2020, GoodRx filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") a Form S-1 Registration Statement (the "Registration Statement") for its initial public offering ("IPO"), which was declared effective by the SEC on September 22, 2020. On September 24, 2020, GoodRx filed with the SEC its Prospectus for the IPO offering to sell to the public over 23.4 million Class A shares by GoodRx (excluding the underwriters' option to purchase an additional 5.2 million common shares) and 11.2 million common shares by certain selling stockholders. On September 25, 2020, GoodRx closed its IPO. In the offering, GoodRx and certain existing stockholders sold over 39.8 million common shares for $33 per share, including the full exercise of the underwriters' option, generating over $1.3 billion in gross offering proceeds.
The GoodRx class action lawsuit alleges that, at the time of the IPO, unbeknownst to investors, Amazon.com, Inc. was developing and would soon introduce its own online and mobile prescription medication ordering and fulfillment service that would directly compete with GoodRx. Defendants timed the IPO so that it was priced before Amazon announced its online pharmaceutical business to facilitate the IPO and create artificial demand for the common shares sold therein, as well to maximize the amount of money the Company and the selling stockholders could raise in the IPO. According to the GoodRx class action lawsuit, given defendants' knowledge of Amazon's intention to enter the online pharmaceutical business, their statements in the Registration Statement and during the Class Period about GoodRx's competitive position were materially false and/or misleading when made and caused GoodRx Class A common stock to trade at artificially inflated prices of more than $64 per share during the Class Period.
Then on November 17, 2020, just weeks after GoodRx completed its IPO, Amazon announced two new pharmacy offerings, a Prime Rx plan and a discount card program, which, among other things, would compete directly with GoodRx's platform by making it "simple for customers to compare prices and purchase medications for home delivery, all in one place." In response to this news, the price of GoodRx Class A common stock declined 23%, from $46.72 per share to $36.21 per share by market close on November 17, 2020, damaging investors.
The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 permits any investor who purchased GoodRx Class A common stock during the Class Period to seek appointment as lead plaintiff in the GoodRx class action lawsuit. A lead plaintiff is generally the movant with the greatest financial interest in the relief sought by the putative class who is also typical and adequate of the putative class. A lead plaintiff acts on behalf of all other class members in directing the GoodRx class action lawsuit. The lead plaintiff can select a law firm of its choice to litigate the GoodRx class action lawsuit. An investor's ability to share in any potential future recovery of the GoodRx class action lawsuit is not dependent upon serving as lead plaintiff. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff of the GoodRx class action lawsuit or have questions concerning your rights regarding the GoodRx class action lawsuit, please provide your information here or contact plaintiff's counsel, Brian Cochran of Robbins Geller, at 800/449-4900 or 619/231-1058 or via e-mail at bcochran@rgrdlaw.com. Lead plaintiff motions for the GoodRx class action lawsuit must be filed with the court no later than February 16, 2021.
Class Period: September 23, 2020 - November 16, 2020
ROBBINS GELLER RUDMAN & DOWD LLP FILES CLASS
ACTION SUIT AGAINST GOODRX HOLDINGS, INC.
San Diego – December 18, 2020 – Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP (https://www.rgrdlaw.com/cases-goodrx-holdings-class-action-lawsuit.html) today announced that it filed a class action seeking to represent purchasers of GoodRx Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:GDRX) Class A common stock between September 23, 2020 and November 16, 2020, inclusive (the "Class Period"). This action was filed in the Central District of California and is captioned Terenzini v. GoodRx Holdings, Inc., No. 20-cv-11444.
The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 permits any investor who purchased GoodRx Class A common stock during the Class Period to seek appointment as lead plaintiff in the GoodRx class action lawsuit. A lead plaintiff is generally the movant with the greatest financial interest in the relief sought by the putative class who is also typical and adequate of the putative class. A lead plaintiff acts on behalf of all other class members in directing the GoodRx class action lawsuit. The lead plaintiff can select a law firm of its choice to litigate the GoodRx class action lawsuit. An investor's ability to share in any potential future recovery of the GoodRx class action lawsuit is not dependent upon serving as lead plaintiff. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff in the GoodRx class action lawsuit, you must move the Court no later than 60 days from today. If you wish to discuss the GoodRx class action lawsuit or have any questions concerning this notice or your rights or interests, please contact plaintiff's counsel, Brian E. Cochran of Robbins Geller, at 800/449-4900 or 619/231-1058 or via e-mail at bcochran@rgrdlaw.com. You can view a copy of the complaint as filed at https://www.rgrdlaw.com/cases-goodrx-holdings-class-action-lawsuit.html.
The GoodRx class action lawsuit charges GoodRx and certain of its officers and directors with violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. GoodRx provides consumers with free information and tools that allow them to compare prices and save on their prescription drug purchases. The Company provides its users with these services via apps and websites that display prices and discounts at local and mail-order pharmacies for both insured and uninsured Americans.
On August 28, 2020, GoodRx filed with the SEC a Form S-1 Registration Statement (the "Registration Statement") for its initial public offering ("IPO"), which was declared effective by the SEC on September 22, 2020. On September 24, 2020, GoodRx filed with the SEC its Prospectus for the IPO offering to sell to the public over 23.4 million Class A shares by the Company (excluding the underwriters' option to purchase an additional 5.2 million common shares) and 11.2 million common shares by certain selling stockholders. On September 25, 2020, GoodRx closed its IPO. In the offering, the Company and certain existing stockholders sold over 39.8 million common shares for $33 per share, including the full exercise of the underwriters' option, generating over $1.3 billion in gross offering proceeds.
The complaint alleges that, at the time of the IPO, unbeknownst to investors, Amazon.com, Inc. ("Amazon") was developing and would soon introduce its own online and mobile prescription medication ordering and fulfillment service that would directly compete with GoodRx. Defendants timed the IPO so that it was priced before Amazon announced its online pharmaceutical business to facilitate the IPO and create artificial demand for the common shares sold therein, as well to maximize the amount of money the Company and the selling stockholders could raise in the IPO. Given defendants' knowledge of Amazon's intention to enter the online pharmaceutical business, their statements in the Registration Statement and during the Class Period about GoodRx's competitive position were materially false and/or misleading when made and caused GoodRx Class A common stock to trade at artificially inflated prices of more than $64 per share during the Class Period.
Then on November 17, 2020, just weeks after GoodRx completed its IPO, Amazon announced two new pharmacy offerings, a Prime Rx plan and a discount card program, which, among other things, would compete directly with GoodRx's platform by making it "simple for customers to compare prices and purchase medications for home delivery, all in one place." In response to this news, the price of GoodRx Class A common stock declined 23%, from $46.72 per share to $36.21 per share by market close on November 17, 2020.
The plaintiff is represented by Robbins Geller, which has extensive experience in prosecuting investor class actions including actions involving financial fraud.
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP is one of the world's leading law firms representing investors in securities litigation. With 200 lawyers in 9 offices, Robbins Geller has obtained many of the largest securities class action recoveries in history. For seven consecutive years, ISS Securities Class Action Services has ranked the Firm in its annual SCAS Top 50 Report as one of the top law firms in the world in both amount recovered for shareholders and total number of class action settlements. Robbins Geller attorneys have helped shape the securities laws and have recovered tens of billions of dollars on behalf of aggrieved victims. Beyond securing financial recoveries for defrauded investors, Robbins Geller also specializes in implementing corporate governance reforms, helping to improve the financial markets for investors worldwide. Robbins Geller attorneys are consistently recognized by courts, professional organizations and the media as leading lawyers in the industry. Please visit http://www.rgrdlaw.com for more information.
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP
Brian E. Cochran, 800-449-4900
bcochran@rgrdlaw.com


Washington (CNN) -- A December 22 briefing, prepared by the top U.S. intelligence official in Afghanistan and obtained by CNN, maps out the strategy and strength of the Taliban and their allies in Afghanistan, and concludes that the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan is increasingly effective.
• The Taliban's continuing ability to recruit foot soldiers based on the perception that they "retain the religious high-ground," and factors such as poverty and tribal friction.
A chart in Flynn's briefing notes that security incidents -- which include improvised-explosive attacks, ambushes, mortar and missile assaults -- routinely hit 500 a week in the second half of 2009. That compares with a weekly average of no more than 40 five years ago. Even in the generally slower winter fighting season, incidents have not fallen below 300 a week.
The 23-page briefing predicts that "Security incidents [are] projected to be higher in 2010." Those incidents are already up by 300 percent since 2007 and by 60 percent since 2008, according to the briefing.
One section of the briefing is based on findings from the interrogations of captured insurgents. Those insurgents said the Taliban saw 2009 as the most successful year of the war, because violence had expanded and because the Afghan presidential election on August 20 was marred by low turnout and fraud.
Detainees also told interrogators that the Taliban see al Qaeda as a handicap -- a view that is spreading as the Taliban try to present themselves as a nationalist group seeking to liberate Afghanistan from foreign forces.
The Flynn briefing also says, however, that al Qaeda "provides facilitation, training and some funding" to the Taliban and predicts that "perceived insurgent success will draw foreign fighters" into Afghanistan. A map of insurgent groups operating in Afghanistan -- part of the briefing -- shows that an Uzbek militant group, the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, already has a presence in five provinces in northern and southern Afghanistan.
The briefing also says the Taliban maintain a "mutually supportive relationship" with Chechen and central Asian fighters and will seek to "manage" their relationship with al Qaeda so as not to alienate the Afghan population, but still "encourage support from the global jihadi network."
• Crime and corruption are pervasive amongst security forces.
Detainees also said Taliban leaders strategically aim to portray their insurgency to Afghans as fair and uncorrupted.
Part of that strategy is a "code of conduct" that Taliban leaders published in mid-July 2009. It advises foot soldiers to "keep good relationships" with locals and warns them against mistreating civilians, forcing people to pay donations, searching homes, kidnapping people for money and using child soldiers.
A U.N. report released this month shows that the new Taliban code has not translated into the insurgents killing fewer civilians. The United Nations found that the Taliban killed 1,630 civilians in 2009, representing a 40 percent increase over the previous year.
According to the Flynn briefing, the Taliban have largely re-created the command structure they had before the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in fall 2001. The new structure consists of the "inner shura" (inner council), an 18-member group headed by Taliban leader Mullah Omar that arrives at decisions based on consensus, but "within Omar's guidance." Those decisions are then communicated to regional shuras of up to 20 members, then to provincial shuras and the Taliban's "shadow [provincial] governors."
The Flynn briefing suggests that the Taliban are effectively creating a parallel government, in competition with the Kabul government.
One measure of that, the briefing says: Eleven provinces had a Taliban shadow governor in 2005. The number was 33 by 2009.
Can Taliban deliver justice better than Karzai government?
The Taliban's strategy in 2010, as described by Flynn, includes expanding into the north and west of Afghanistan, where the Taliban traditionally have had scant support; continuing aggressive operations during winter, when warfare has traditionally eased in Afghanistan; and increasing Taliban influence around the key cities of Kabul and Kandahar.
The Taliban's overall strategy is not to defeat international forces in Afghanistan, but to "outlast international will to remain in Afghanistan." That is to be achieved partly with more improvised-explosive attacks.
Improvised explosives caused 80 percent of U.S. casualties last summer, according to senior U.S. Marine officers in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan.
The explosives do for the Taliban what surface-to-air missiles once did for the Afghan mujahedeen fighting the Soviets -- somewhat equalize the fight against a superpower, Flynn says.
The number of casualties from improvised-explosive attacks in Afghanistan has risen from 326 in 2005 to 6,037 in 2009, according to the briefing.
The size of the insurgents' explosives has dramatically increased, according to Flynn. In May 2008, most weighed less than 25 pounds. As of December, more than three-quarters weighed more than 25 pounds.
In the past, the report says, improvised explosives were made mainly from military ordnance, such as shells. They are increasingly made from homemade explosives. About 85 percent of improvised explosives in Afghanistan are made with ammonium nitrate, a common fertilizer -- the same ingredient used in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
On Friday, Karzai banned the use, production, storage or sale of ammonium nitrate.
The Flynn briefing also outlined Taliban weaknesses, including disagreements among local Taliban leaders, the group's dependence on marginalized ethnic Pashtuns, and over-reliance on "external support," an apparent reference to Taliban havens in Pakistan.
The briefing concludes that the United States and its allies have a key advantage -- the Taliban have not yet reached the level of a popular movement.
A senior U.S. military official in Afghanistan called CNN's account of the report accurate.
The official also cited what he called "fundamental positive change": significantly fewer civilian deaths caused by U.S. and NATO forces, improved counter-insurgency efforts, and more effective partnering with Afghan security forces.


A word of caution to people who find swearing offensive: You might not want to read the following blog post!
Vireo owner and designer-developer Jordan Mears came across this amazingly bare-bones website awhile ago: motherfuckingwebsite.com.
Even if you don't understand all of the technical points woven in with the potty-mouthed humour, it still makes some really great points about web design; namely, that all the problems we have with websites are ones we create ourselves.
We visit The Motherfucking Website often for a laugh, but also to remind ourselves about the importance of simplicity.
From a design perspective, The Motherfucking Website is over-the-top bare, but from a content perspective, other than the foul language, it's nearly perfect. Note the use of short snippets of text, paired with easily legible subheads, and how it varies the page with a list, a quote, and a line break at the end.
Also, the rhythm of the rant — and probably the swearing, too — reminds me of two of my favourite movie monologues: Samuel L. Jackson's "Ezekiel 25:17" speech in Pulp Fiction, and Ewan Mcgregor's "Choose life" speech in Trainspotting. (Side note: Can you believe these movies are 20 years old?) Enjoy!


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 Suvo Grlo dans la commune de Srbica ;
 Suvo Grlo dans la commune d'Istok.

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The League's main sponsor is the Promotion's wing of Sheffield United FC, Super Draw Lotto and the League believes it is unique in the fact that it is sponsored by one of England's famous club's.
Sheffield United have always been very supportive of grassroots football and this sponsorship is a further demonstration of that policy. The sponsorship allows the League to play its League Cup Final at the Blades superb Bramall Lane stadium and it also offers financial rewards to member clubs through the club's Super Draw Lotto lottery.
The Blades Super Draw League is excited to announce a new associate sponsorship agreement with twentytwo. The agreement, will see the League's League Cup renamed the twentytwo League Cup. The agreement will see Kitlocker.com supply a matchball for each club and matchballs for the semi finals and finals of the Kitlocker Cup. twentytwo also sponsor the League website's Clubs section.
Sheffield Trophy Centre are the new sponsors of the League's Leading Scorer Award and they will present a trophy to the League's Overall Leading Scorer. The twentytwo League Cup final at Bramall Lane will also have a Sheffield Trophy Centre Man of the Match.
Blades Super Draw League clubs will also be able to take advantage of special discounts on sports clothing and equipment from Kitlocker.com.
Monday night is results night in The Star, and as well as featuring reports of all the area's top professional teams it also features results from the Blades Super Draw League and many other local leagues. The Star's weekly Grassroots pull-out on Fridays features reports and previews of the forthcoming Sunday's action and regularly features a report and pictures from a feature game.
Mark's portfolio extends well beyond just sports photography and his corporate and brochure photography expertise is much sort after. Mark takes the action shots of all the League's League Cup semi finals and finals and also takes the shots at the League's Merit and Peak Performer Awards.


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package org.elasticsearch.xpack.watcher.actions.logging;

import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
import org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchParseException;
import org.elasticsearch.common.SuppressLoggerChecks;
import org.elasticsearch.test.ESTestCase;
import org.elasticsearch.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
import org.elasticsearch.xcontent.XContentParser;
import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.watcher.actions.Action;
import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.watcher.execution.WatchExecutionContext;
import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.watcher.watch.Payload;
import org.elasticsearch.xpack.watcher.common.text.TextTemplate;
import org.elasticsearch.xpack.watcher.common.text.TextTemplateEngine;
import org.elasticsearch.xpack.watcher.notification.email.Attachment;
import org.elasticsearch.xpack.watcher.test.WatcherTestUtils;
import org.junit.Before;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.time.ZoneOffset;
import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

import static java.util.Collections.emptyMap;
import static java.util.Collections.singletonMap;
import static org.elasticsearch.xcontent.XContentFactory.jsonBuilder;
import static org.elasticsearch.xpack.watcher.actions.ActionBuilders.loggingAction;
import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.instanceOf;
import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.notNullValue;
import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.containsString;
import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
import static org.hamcrest.core.Is.is;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;

public class LoggingActionTests extends ESTestCase {

    private Logger actionLogger;
    private LoggingLevel level;
    private TextTemplateEngine engine;

    @Before
    public void init() throws IOException {
        actionLogger = mock(Logger.class);
        level = randomFrom(LoggingLevel.values());
        engine = mock(TextTemplateEngine.class);
    }

    public void testExecute() throws Exception {
        final ZonedDateTime now = ZonedDateTime.now(ZoneOffset.UTC);

        WatchExecutionContext ctx = WatcherTestUtils.mockExecutionContextBuilder("_watch_id").time("_watch_id", now).buildMock();

        Map<String, Object> triggerModel = new HashMap<>();
        triggerModel.put("scheduled_time", now);
        triggerModel.put("triggered_time", now);
        Map<String, Object> ctxModel = new HashMap<>();
        ctxModel.put("id", ctx.id().value());
        ctxModel.put("watch_id", "_watch_id");
        ctxModel.put("execution_time", now);
        ctxModel.put("payload", emptyMap());
        ctxModel.put("metadata", emptyMap());
        ctxModel.put("vars", emptyMap());
        ctxModel.put("trigger", triggerModel);
        Map<String, Object> expectedModel = singletonMap("ctx", ctxModel);

        String text = randomAlphaOfLength(10);
        TextTemplate template = new TextTemplate(text);
        LoggingAction action = new LoggingAction(template, level, "_category");
        ExecutableLoggingAction executable = new ExecutableLoggingAction(action, logger, actionLogger, engine);
        when(engine.render(template, expectedModel)).thenReturn(text);

        Action.Result result = executable.execute("_id", ctx, new Payload.Simple());
        verifyLogger(actionLogger, level, text);

        assertThat(result, notNullValue());
        assertThat(result.status(), is(Action.Result.Status.SUCCESS));
        assertThat(result, instanceOf(LoggingAction.Result.Success.class));
        assertThat(((LoggingAction.Result.Success) result).loggedText(), is(text));
    }

    public void testParser() throws Exception {
        LoggingActionFactory parser = new LoggingActionFactory(engine);

        String text = randomAlphaOfLength(10);
        TextTemplate template = new TextTemplate(text);

        XContentBuilder builder = jsonBuilder().startObject();
        builder.field("text", template);
        String category = null;
        if (randomBoolean()) {
            category = randomAlphaOfLength(10);
            builder.field("category", category);
        }
        LoggingLevel level = null;
        if (randomBoolean()) {
            level = randomFrom(LoggingLevel.values());
            builder.field("level", level);
        }
        builder.endObject();

        XContentParser xContentParser = createParser(builder);
        xContentParser.nextToken();

        ExecutableLoggingAction executable = parser.parseExecutable(randomAlphaOfLength(5), randomAlphaOfLength(3), xContentParser);

        assertThat(executable, notNullValue());
        assertThat(executable.action().category, is(category));
        assertThat(executable.action().level, level == null ? is(LoggingLevel.INFO) : is(level));
        assertThat(executable.textLogger(), notNullValue());
        assertThat(executable.action().text, notNullValue());
        assertThat(executable.action().text, is(template));
    }

    public void testParserSelfGenerated() throws Exception {
        LoggingActionFactory parser = new LoggingActionFactory(engine);

        String text = randomAlphaOfLength(10);
        TextTemplate template = new TextTemplate(text);
        String category = randomAlphaOfLength(10);
        LoggingAction action = new LoggingAction(template, level, category);
        ExecutableLoggingAction executable = new ExecutableLoggingAction(action, logger, engine);
        XContentBuilder builder = jsonBuilder();
        executable.toXContent(builder, Attachment.XContent.EMPTY_PARAMS);

        XContentParser xContentParser = createParser(builder);
        xContentParser.nextToken();

        ExecutableLoggingAction parsedAction = parser.parseExecutable(randomAlphaOfLength(5), randomAlphaOfLength(5), xContentParser);

        assertThat(parsedAction, equalTo(executable));
    }

    public void testParserBuilder() throws Exception {
        LoggingActionFactory parser = new LoggingActionFactory(engine);

        String text = randomAlphaOfLength(10);
        TextTemplate template = new TextTemplate(text);
        LoggingAction.Builder actionBuilder = loggingAction(template);
        if (randomBoolean()) {
            actionBuilder.setCategory(randomAlphaOfLength(10));
        }
        if (randomBoolean()) {
            actionBuilder.setLevel(randomFrom(LoggingLevel.values()));
        }
        LoggingAction action = actionBuilder.build();

        XContentBuilder builder = jsonBuilder().value(action);
        XContentParser xContentParser = createParser(builder);

        assertThat(xContentParser.nextToken(), is(XContentParser.Token.START_OBJECT));
        ExecutableLoggingAction executable = parser.parseExecutable(randomAlphaOfLength(4), randomAlphaOfLength(5), xContentParser);
        assertThat(executable, notNullValue());
        assertThat(executable.action(), is(action));
        assertThat(executable.action(), is(action));
        assertThat(executable.action(), is(action));
    }

    public void testParserFailure() throws Exception {
        LoggingActionFactory parser = new LoggingActionFactory(engine);

        XContentBuilder builder = jsonBuilder().startObject().endObject();

        XContentParser xContentParser = createParser(builder);
        xContentParser.nextToken();

        try {
            parser.parseExecutable(randomAlphaOfLength(5), randomAlphaOfLength(5), xContentParser);
            fail("Expected failure as there's no text");
        } catch (ElasticsearchParseException e) {
            assertThat(e.getMessage(), containsString("missing required [text] field"));
        }
    }

    @SuppressLoggerChecks(reason = "mock usage")
    static void verifyLogger(Logger logger, LoggingLevel level, String text) {
        switch (level) {
            case ERROR:
                verify(logger, times(1)).error(text);
                break;
            case WARN:
                verify(logger, times(1)).warn(text);
                break;
            case INFO:
                verify(logger, times(1)).info(text);
                break;
            case DEBUG:
                verify(logger, times(1)).debug(text);
                break;
            case TRACE:
                verify(logger, times(1)).trace(text);
                break;
            default:
                fail("unhandled logging level [" + level.name() + "]");
        }
    }

}


Another award nomination for the Parker Design team, this time for our work on a customer retention marketing campaign for Thomson Reuters.
The Thomson Reuters & Parker Design table at The Drum Marketing Awards. The Parker team, from left: Creative Director Mark Bowers, Senior Account Manager Lauren Parker, Director Simon Hallows, Art Director Tom Hubbard. Parker Design's Account Director for Thomson Reuters Chris Lees not pictured.
We're celebrating with our client Thomson Reuters after being nominated at The Drum Marketing Awards in their Finance and Professional Services Marketing Strategy of the Year category.
The Thomson Reuters Elektron Data Platform marketing strategy formed the start of a fresh approach within our client's marketing team to put customers first, closely followed by product. It directly informed one of the most extensive campaigns the global team had run to date, with the aim of improving retention rates amongst a large section of their customer base.
Have a look at our detailed case study to see how we helped our client achieve these historic results.


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Adult social care and support
Births marriages deaths and citizenship
Blue Badges Coronavirus
Children and family support
Roads pavements and streetcare
Help with food and fuel
Welcome to our new site. Please give us your feedback
If you need assistance with getting food due to the coronavirus we can help.
For details of free school meals provision during this national lockdown visit our Free school meals page.
If you have any queries please contact Solihull Connect on 0121 704 8001.
Help with food for your family
In response to the challenges the pandemic is causing for many families, Solihull Council is extending its support to families during the winter period.
This is intended to provide additional help and support to households with food, utility bills and other essentials up to the end of March 2021.
Call Solihull Connect on 0121 704 8001, for information and advice on how to access local community support, food or financial assistance. Solihull Connect can also refer and connect families to local food networks, as well as to the Council's Discretionary Crisis Fund (DCF).
The DCF can provide financial and fuel assistance to any household experiencing severe financial hardship. This includes access to food, fuel top-ups and, if needed, essential white goods.
Our Supermarket toolkit has information about supermarkets that deliver food, different ways to place an order, supermarkets that offer food boxes, setting up an account plus help with payment and voucher options.
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Fuel vouchers are available for families and households who are using pre-payment meters. There's also help available to people who pay for their gas and electricity via direct debit, in receipt of paper billing or paying directly to a fuel supplier for oil or LPG.
Anyone who has seen a drop in income due to COVID-19 or is in receipt of benefits should check the eligibility criteria and complete a self-referral form here. Alternatively, call the Freephone line on 0800 988 2881 (Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm with an answering service for out of hours).
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One of the great things about the Intellectual Property (IP) profession is its ability to adapt to and change with the times. Bringing us to Brexit… which will undoubtedly bring some legislative changes… and again we will adapt. What it won't change is the opportunities available to people working in this thriving industry. It will continue to grow, after Brexit, which is why it shouldn't affect your decision to get into an IP career or move jobs. Quite the opposite.
The patent profession has changed since its inception and is an industry that will always evolve. Since the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA) was set up in 1882, the world of invention and creativity has changed. And as inventions, new technology and innovation will always be at the forefront of the UK's economic strength, there has never been a better time to become a patent attorney or further your existing career.
The rapid rise in technological advancements across the world, including China, India, South Korea and the United States, point towards a recession proof global industry, and many opportunities for patent attorneys in the UK and further afield.
Intellectual Property (IP) is big business, and always will be. The future of the profession is affected by legislative changes in the UK, but also in Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zealand the United States. The world continues to recognise the UK IP sector as a world-leader, with UK Chartered Patent Attorneys held in high regard.
The IP sector in the UK is strong with a bright future. The industry is thriving both at home and abroad, and whether you are starting out, looking for a support position or are an attorney changing firms, Brexit and its legislative changes should not affect your decision.
IP firms are working to meet Brexit challenges and develop solutions to the potential changes. Shortly after the referendum vote in 2016, the EU commission released a position paper on IP rights, and it's likely the UK government will follow soon.
A UK patent attorney's status as a European Patent Attorney will not change once Brexit has been concluded. The European Patent Office (EPO) is separate organisation to that of the EU, and the UK's membership of the EPO will not be affected. UK-based European Patent Attorneys will continue to represent their clients before the EPO, and granted European patents will be able to be registered in the UK in the same way.
The changes that will come into force following the decision of the UK to leave the European Union may well affect legislation in this sector, but it won't fundamentally change this dynamic and thriving area of law, or the career opportunities it offers.
Whatever happens within IP after Brexit, this sector of law will remain one of the most interesting, diverse and specialist in the UK. As such it shouldn't affect the career path of anyone in the industry, or anyone considering joining.
For more on career opportunities within intellectual property, contact Dawn Ellmore Employment here.


Frederic Louis Norden (22 October 1708 – 22 September 1742) was a Danish naval captain and explorer.
Also known as Frederick, Frederik, Friderick, Ludwig, Ludvig and Lewis, the name used on the first publication of his famous Voyage d'Egypte et de Nubie (Copenhagen, 1755) is Frederic Louis Norden. His name is often shortened F. L. Norden.
Norden made a voyage through Egypt all the way down to Sudan in 1737–1738, on the request of King Christian VI of Denmark. Norden made abundant notes, observations and drawings of everything around him, including people, pharaonic monuments, architecture, installations, maps etc., all of which was published in the posthumous Voyage d'Egypte et de Nubie.
On 8 January 1741 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society of London, where his name was registered as Frederic Lewis Norden.
Lee, Sidney, ed. (1895). "Norden, Frederick Lewis" . Dictionary of National Biography. 41. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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Bicyclists are in a unique (and uniquely dangerous) position on the road. They share most of the same rights and responsibilities as car drivers, but when it comes to traffic accidents, bicycle riders are in the most vulnerable of positions -- with no vehicle shell, airbags, or seat belts to protect them. This section covers key issues that arise in injury claims and personal injury lawsuits related to bicycle accidents.
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What are some of the best surf spots in the world for learning to Surf?
Portugal has some of the world best beaches for learning to surf, because lots of the beaches and waves break over a sand bottom, which makes for safe learning for beginners. The Algarve region and Peniche region have tons of beaches with gentle beginner waves. As a results there are tons of surf camps and schools to choose from. Some cater for people that have never surfed before, whilst other focus on intermediate to advanced surf coaching.
May to October are good times to visit Portugal on a Surf Holiday. Do pack a wetsuit since the water temperature is always a bit chilly, a 3/2 mm will do.
More known for the all inclusive hotels than a top surf destination. The North Coast of the Dominican Republic has great surfing beaches, such as Playa Encuentro where you can find genttle beginner waves 350 days out of the year. There's no development on the beach and as such it still has an un-spoilt feel to the place. There are a few budget places for lodging but the place we can highly recommend for a learn to surf holiday in the Dominican Republic is Swell Surf Camp. They teach with top quality surfboards and employ qualified surf instructors.
One of the best places in the world for surfers of all levels, from complete beginners to advanced experts, Indonesia offers it all. The sandy beaches in Bali are ideal for people that have never surfed before. The Bukit further south is an ideal place for people that are more confident in bigger and longer waves, but be carefull the waves break over sharp reef.
Kuta, Seminyak and Canggu all have loads of surf schools on offer so shop around for the best learn to surf course.


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Chuck Vere is not an invisible woman in politics
Posted on October 2, 2011 by brightonpoliticsblogger
The Tory Party began their conference in Manchester today. And one of the themes for the week will be the role of women in the Tory Party. In fact, in today's Sunday Times, David Cameron apologised to women for his behaviour in the past which had been misunderstood. New Man Cam admitted making a 'terrible mistake' in parliament by using words that could have been interpreted as being sexist – the "Calm down, dear" slight to Maria Eagle and the "frustrated" innuendo towards Nadine Dorries. (If you want to line Murdoch's pocket, you can read the article behind this paywall).
Invisible Women in Politics
I saw this cartoon recently and it made me think that this is how it has been for several generations in all major parties. Hopefully, though, this is now changing. Labour in Brighton and Hove has had Gill Mitchell as its leader for almost 5 years, the former Conservative Leader of the Council was Mary Mears, and all four candidates from the major parties at the last general election in Brighton Pavilion were women.
Which brings me on to one of my favourite Tory women of all time, the universally popular Charlotte Vere. Chuck managed to find a way to upset so many of her opponents in Brighton Pavilion, but she was nevertheless an awesome candidate. I am sorry she moved onwards and upwards following her defeat. Brighton is a poorer place without her. After her defeat she was a leading light in the very successful "No" campaign against the pathetic Lib Dem proposals for voting reform. No doubt she will get a safe(r) seat at the next general election and will prove to be a very effective Member of Parliament (regardless of what you think of her politics).
Chuck is part of a new breed of Tory Ladies, feisty and independent. And we should recognise that the Conservative Party has changed. Gone are the days when (as quoted yesterday in the Guardian profile of another feisty, independent Tory woman, Louise Mensch) an aspiring Tory candidate was asked what her husband would do for sex if she was away in London for 3 nights each week.
Chuck's latest recognition comes in a profile in the Huffington Postwhich begins "Charlotte Vere is not a feminist, thank you very much. The former Conservative candidate and mother-of-two last shaved her armpits "this morning" and she's definitely wearing a bra." Too much information already, but this profile, which has the serious intent of exploring the Conservative Party's (and specifically David Cameron's) approach to women. Chuck is quoted as saying: "The Prime Minister needs to change policy urgently and apologise for what he has been doing not just what he's been saying."
Chuck has always been something of an Action Woman and has now set up Women On, a new think tank, an "independent, non-partisan think tank that aims to transform the debate around women. Women On … researches the issues facing women today, and promotes ideas and policies which enable all women to reach their full potential – economically, socially, culturally and politically."
I wish her well (although I think it is a shame she treats the word 'feminism' as a dirty word). I hope that she can link with other women who are interested in seeing an end to the "Miss Triggs syndrome" which, after all, is as relevant today even if it is done far more subtly!
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Paul Perrin, on October 2, 2011 at 10:35 pm said:
Charlotte Vere would make an excellent conservatie MP because she will sacrifice all principle to advance herself. So she would make a good labour MP too… And I guess a good LibDem, but only if she started to self harm as soon as she appeared to have got what she had wanted…
The leaders of the 'no2av' campaign have no place in public life – they lied, they know they lied, and they don't care that they lied.
The only question is over any individuals who choose to pretend that its 'OK' because 'thats politics' so 'anything goes'.
Is that how you think BPB ? I do hope not.
Clive, on October 3, 2011 at 12:07 am said:
"Chuck managed to find a way to upset so many of her opponents in Brighton Pavilion, but she was nevertheless an awesome candidate"
and turned a handily placed second into a lousily placed third.
Virginia Bottomley lite.
Baroness Cummerbund, on October 3, 2011 at 11:12 pm said:
Jacqui Smith's husband provided one – rather unsavoury and career-ending – answer to the question referred to in your post. Then again, Edwina Currie is only one of a number of women MPs to show that it cuts both ways. I'm sure John Prescott could name another!
And maybe Chuck Vere might wish to acquaint herself with Caitlin Moran's modern analysis of feminism before disavowing the term. I suspect our Chuck is a feminist but, for some misguided reason, associates it only with the words and deeds of her political opponents.
What timing! Just as she appears on newsnight as part of an 'all woman' audience with Pax The Man.
What a tragic group of people that they thought it appropriate to attend such a patronising event. Offensive on so many levels.
(BTW: Yes it offended me, I don't do the 'offended on behalf of others' nonsense).
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Watch This Space: Some thoughts on managing teams of engineers and engineering-team leaders.
Some thoughts on managing teams of engineers and engineering-team leaders.
- Let your reports figure out the resourcing needed to execute. Do teach them how to be as efficient as possible, but too few developers on a project is almost as bad as too many. (The work will get done, eventually; but timelines for delivery will stretch to unacceptable lengths and your too-small team will eventually wear-out).
- Accountability as personal responsibility and pride in the work -- not as an instrument of fear: fear of failure, fear of losing their jobs, etc.
- Tools for planning of work, tracking of work, measurement of success (as defined by the product team), tools for forensics and for quick and efficient recovery from failure.
Everyone should think and lead with solutions, not problems, especially in communications.
"Moving these systems will cause a whole bunch of tasks, which we'll identify and estimate."
"There are a lot of problems caused by moving these systems. We don't know what we'll run into."
- Recognize and teach the difference between proactive and reactive responses to change.
The answer is always "Yes".
- The answer to (almost) every request for work is "Yes - and it will take [time] and [resources] to deliver by [date]."
- Create a few options for the stakeholder: split the project into pieces, add or change some resources, etc.
- You may need to teach your teams (and yourself!) how to more accurately estimate work. Estimation is a challenge for most developers to get right with regular frequency.
- Help find the most effective teaching method that works for them.
- Tell them what needs to be done. Do not tell them how to do it.
- Trust your team-mates; start from a position of trust and respect and go from there.
Nothing happens if it is not planned, executed, and measured.
- Get the plans from the Product team. Ask questions, discuss, and agree on deliverable(s) and date(s). Plan!
- QA (Quality Assurance) is an engaged part of the product development process; "execute" isn't just programming, it's quantitative QA (automated QA testing and automated execution of test-scripts), qualitative QA (testing by human beings), and "UAT" ("User Acceptance Testing") by the representatives of the stakeholders: the product manager(s).
- Measurement of product-related key-performance indicators.


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The Journey: Kentucky Brothers, Book 1
by Wanda E. Brunstetter
Titus Fisher liked horses, dogs, and shoofly pie. What he didn't like was a cat that scratched, and a woman he couldn't trust. Today he'd dealt with both.
Gritting his teeth, he grabbed his horse's bridle and led him into the barn, wishing he hadn't gotten out of bed that morning. The day had started on a sour note when Titus had come to the barn to feed the horses and accidentally stepped on one of Mom's cats. Five of the irksome critters lived in the barn, and every one of them liked to bite and scratch. Whiskers, the smallest of the five, was the most aggressive. The crazy cat had been so miffed when Titus stepped on her tail that she'd clawed her way right up his leg, hissing and yowling as she went. When Titus had tried to push Whiskers off, she'd let him have it --- leaving a nasty scratch on his leg.
Titus pulled up his pant leg and stared at the wound, still red and swollen. It reminded him of the time when he and his twin brother, Timothy, were six years old and had found a wild cat in the woodpile behind their barn. The mangy critter had bitten Titus's hand, and when the bite became infected, he'd started running a fever. Mom had taken him to the doctor's, where he'd been given a tetanus shot and an antibiotic. Ever since then, he'd had an aversion to cats.
"In my opinion, except for catching mice, cats are pretty much worthless," Titus mumbled as he guided his horse into one of the stalls. When he patted the horse's ebony-colored flanks, the gelding whinnied and flipped his head around to nuzzle Titus's hand. "Not like you, Lightning. You're worth every dollar I paid for you. You're dependable and trustworthy." He grimaced. "Wish I could say the same for Phoebe Stoltzfus." Titus poured some oats into a bucket, and as his horse ate, he replayed the conversation he'd had with Phoebe on his way home from work that afternoon. . . .
"I'm not ready to join the church yet, and I'm too young to get married." Phoebe flipped the strings of her head covering over her shoulders and blinked her blue eyes. "Why do you have to put so much pressure on me, Titus?"
"I–I'm not," he stammered, "but I've been waiting a long time for you, and I'd thought that when I joined the church two years ago, you'd join, too."
"I wasn't ready then. I was only sixteen and had other things on my mind."
"How well I know that. You were too busy runnin' around with your friends and tryin' out all sorts of worldly things." Titus groaned. "Figured you'd have all that out of your system by now and would be ready to settle down."
She shook her head. "Maybe in a few years I'll be ready."
"You said that two years ago."
"Things have changed." She placed her hand gently on his arm. "My friend Darlene Mast is planning a trip to Los Angeles, and she's leaving in a few days, so ---" He held up his hand. "Please don't tell me you want to go with her."
"I think it would be fun, and I've always wanted to see the Pacific Ocean." She looked up at him and smiled.
"You're full of adventure and like to try new things. Wouldn't you like to see California?"
He shrugged. "Maybe someday, but not right now.
What I want is for you to join the church this fall so we can get married." She shook her head. "I just told you --- I'm not ready for that."
"Will you ever be ready?"
"I don't know." She pushed a wisp of soft, auburn hair under her white organdy head covering and turned her gaze away from him. "I --- I might not join the church. I might decide to go English."
"Are you kidding?"
"No, I'm not. I don't know if I want to be Amish."
Titus's jaw tightened as the reality of the situation set in. If Phoebe went to California, she might never come back. If she didn't join the church, they couldn't get married. Titus had been in love with Phoebe since he was seventeen years old, but she'd been four years younger than him, and their parents had disapproved. He'd waited patiently until Phoebe turned sixteen. Even then, his folks had been opposed to him courting her because she seemed so unsettled and ran with a wild bunch of kids.
Now Titus, at the age of twenty-two, still wasn't sure he and Phoebe would ever get married. If she did go English, the only way they could marry would be if he broke his vow to the Amish church, which he did not want to do.
"Can we talk about this later?" he asked. "After you've had a chance to think about this some more?"
"There's nothing to think about. I'm going to California." She tipped her head and stared up at him. "If you don't want to come, then I guess it's over between us."
"You can't do this, Phoebe. Are you just going to give up on us like this?"
She shrugged.
"Don't you love me anymore?"
"I --- I'm not sure. Maybe we're not meant to be together." Titus flinched. He felt like he'd been kicked in the stomach by one of his dad's stubborn mules. He had a sinking feeling that once Phoebe left home she'd never come back. All his years of waiting for her had been for nothing.
Titus's horse whinnied and nudged his hand, pulling his thoughts back to the present.
"Stop it, Lightning. I'm not in the mood." Titus kicked at a bale of straw and winced when Lightning whipped his head
around and bumped his sore leg. Lightning whinnied again and stomped his hoof. Then he moved to the other end of his stall and turned his backside toward Titus.
"It's all right, boy. I'm not mad at you." Titus stepped up to the horse and reached out his hand. "I'm upset with Phoebe, that's all."
As though accepting his apology, Lightning nuzzled Titus's neck.
Horses and dogs --- that's about all that ever held my interest until Phoebe came along, Titus thought. If there was only some way to get her out of my system. If I could just tell myself that I don't care anymore.
Excerpted from THE JOURNEY: Kentucky Brothers, Book 1 © Copyright 2011 by Wanda E. Brunstetter. Reprinted with permission by Barbour Books. All rights reserved.
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9:34pm — January 21, 2022
Trump ends family separations, maintains 'zero tolerance' policy
More by Sarabeth Henne
Posted Jun 21, 2018, 10:33 am
Sarabeth Henne Cronkite News
President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered immigration officials to keep undocumented immigrant families together, after weeks of mounting criticism over his administration's "zero tolerance" policy that led to the separation of families at the border.
His executive order does not reverse the zero-tolerance policy, and adults caught at the border will still be referred for criminal prosecution or held while their asylum claims are assessed. But for now they will no longer have their children taken away from them – families will instead be held together in custody.
"We're keeping families together, and this will solve that problem," Trump said, according to a transcript of the signing event. "At the same time, we are keeping a very powerful border and it continues to be a zero tolerance. We have zero tolerance for people that enter our country illegally."
But Democrats – who rallied against the family separations by bringing children from immigrant communities to the House floor earlier Wednesday to put a face on the crisis – were not satisfied by the executive order.
"I don't care how much lipstick you put on this pig. You're not going to turn it into a silk purse," said Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Tucson. "There was a huge backlash on this policy, and I think it got to the point where you didn't have a choice, he took it back, accepted the fact that he was responsible for it."
The zero-tolerance policy, announced in April by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, calls for the criminal prosecution of anyone caught trying to enter the country illegally.
An offshoot of the policy was the separation of families that showed up at the border, since immigration officials are only allowed to hold families for 20 days before they have to be released. Rather than do that, they have been separating families and holding children in detention centers apart from their parents.
Customs and Border Protection officials said Tuesday that, from May 5 to June 9 they had taken 2,342 children from their parents after attempted crossings at the Southwest border.
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Images of children being taken from their parents have made headlines and stirred opposition from a growing number of Republicans as well as Democrats.
"It is psychological torture what this administration is doing, and the Republicans in Congress are tolerating it," said Rep. Joe Crowley, D-New York, at a rally Wednesday morning. "They are promoting it, promoting psychological torture against these young children, and it's a scar not only on their lives but on the country we love."
Bills have been introduced in both chambers and from both sides of the aisle with the goal of reversing the family separation policy. The Democrats who rallied Wednesday were there to support a bill by Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-New York, campanion to a Senate bill, while in the Senate 27 Republican senators – including Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell – have signed onto a bill to keep families together.
Both Flake and fellow Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain have blasted the policy of family separation, and called on Trump to end it.
But Trump continues to insist that Congress caused the problem in the first place, by failing to act on immigration legislation that would have addressed what he called problems in the current law that put his administration "in the position of separating alien families to effectively enforce the law."
The president said Wednesday he was not backing down in the face of criticism, but "affording Congress an opportunity to address family separation," as the order was titled. The order said it is the administration's policy "to maintain family unity, including by detaining alien families together where appropriate and consistent with law and available resources."
"We will be going through Congress. We're working on a much more comprehensive bill," Trump said. "A lot of good things are happening toward immigration, and proper immigration. But we have to have strong borders."
Rep. Debbie Lesko, R-Peoria, who was at the White House to discuss border regulation Wednesday, agreed that it is Congress' responsibility to "permanently repair our broken immigration system and prevent this from happening in the future."
"No one wants to see what's happening at the border continue," Lesko said in an emailed statement. "I joined President Trump today at the White House to discuss legislation that will secure our border, fully fund the wall, close immigration loopholes, and allow children to remain with their parents."
Grijalva isn't hopeful, especially with midterm elections coming up in November.
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"Unfortunately, we will continue on this path until the American people give clear direction in November as to needing this to be resolved," he said. "The issue that Republicans are going to grab on to will be this issue, and they're hoping that somehow it's can to help them retain the power they have in Congress."
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Speaker of the House, Yakubu Dogara, read letters from the lawmakers announcing their resignations from the APC at the plenary on Wednesday.
While Babatunde joined the Peoples Democratic Party, Kazeem did not name his new party in his letter.
Both lawmakers, however, blamed their resignations on the APC over how the party managed its primaries and fielded its candidates.


Top left + right: typical Shaw.
Bottom left: the PE teaching Shaw.
Bottom right: the Shaw stink-eye.
Mom - "Ray, did you put your slippers in the car?"
Dad - "Triple 8 Pizza"
Mom: "Carey, did you hear who was pregnant? No one is supposed to know."