I am indeed thankful to Punjab & Maharashtra Bank and to the All India Bank Depositors Association for conferring this award. I feel humbled. R. Pai was the Royalty of Activism. He was known as a consumer activist but beyond consumers he was really an idol who inspired a whole lot of people. I did not have the good fortune of meeting Mr. Pai, but around 18- 20 years back I had once called him. We had a very lengthy telephone discussion where he gave me his suggestions and gave me very valuable guidance.
I perceive we are heading for a very serious problem with respect to our banks; particularly the nationalized banks. I don't think they are aware of this, therefore I will take the liberty of putting across my viewpoint about what is happening.
Today I would like to share with you some information about this Reserve Bank judgement by the Supreme Court and some related matters. I had given my orders in 2011 and 2012. RBI and others got stays from High Courts and in 2015 the Supreme Court took all these eleven cases itself. Ten of these had been decided by me, and one had been decided by Mr. Satyananda Mishra. Before this landmark judgment of the Supreme Court on 16 December 2015, upholding the Information Commission's to disclose information in eleven cases, there is only one instance of the apex court ordering information to be disclosed.
What did this judgment cover? Citizens using RTI had sought information primarily on 5 points: Investigations and Audit Reports of bank by RBI; warnings and advisories given to banks; minutes of meeting of governing boards; top defaulters and grading of banks. These were some of the things which had been denied in RTI and this came to me in a host of different cases. RBI does Audit Reports but they are considered to be secret. Who are these Audit Reports for? Who does Reserve Bank of India represent except citizens of India? When I had dealt with each case, I could see no reason for denial as per the Right to Information Act. The banks and the Reserve Bank were of course claiming that disclosure of this will lead to economic deprivation of this nation's interest. I had written there, and I repeat that if the economy of this nation is going to depend on whether we expose the truth or not then I think our economy must be in very bad state. Even then transparency is our best option.
If you hide all this, and Reserve Bank makes a mistake or is corrupt the entire nation will pay. To believe that the citizen who is mature enough to elect this government,- who gives legitimacy to the government, which Reserve Bank represents – is incapable of making mature judgment is flawed. The argument that the citizen is incapable of understanding the financial sector and hence must not be given the truth is unacceptable. The denial of information to citizens has to be covered by the exemption of Section 8 of the RTI Act. These are in consonance with Article 19 (2) of our Constitution which defines reasonable restrictions which can be imposed on our fundamental right of expression. The claim to keep the information secret was not covered by the exemptions in the RTI Act and the Supreme Court has upheld this view.
Let us look at this a little closely to unravel what is happening to our nationalized banks and their health. Why is there a reluctance to share the truth? In 1994, Reserve Bank of India had issued a circular which directed banks "to make public the names of the borrowers who have defaulted and against whom suits have filed by banks". This required all banks to expose defaulters so that everybody would know and defaulters maybe shamed. This followed the basic principle that the bank's primary responsibility is to safeguard the interests of its depositors. Then slowly we find the change coming for which we must question our regulator as well. From 1993 to 2002 the Non Performing Assets (NPA) of the bank,- which are likely bad debts,- were in the range of Rs. 38,000-50,000 crores. They would go up and come down and then a funny thing happens: Reserve Bank and other banks began to see that these bad debts were rising. The Non Performing assets have to be written off in next three years Profit & Loss so that the true financial position of the banks is known.
When they realized that the truth was looking bad, they came up with an interesting label called Corporate Debt Restructuring (CDR). They said instead of calling it NPA if you should think the business is good,-basically a large, well connected borrower,- refer the case to a CDR cell. What is the CDR cell? CDR cell is no legal entity. It does not report to the Reserve Bank of India, and is a collective of banks which takes a decision on which NPAs should be labeled CDR to avoid the label of NPA. This CDR group of people who are beyond RTI, beyond laws of this nation, claim they are an informal club with nineteen employees. It is housed in IDBI and sixteen of the employees are on deputation from public sector banks. They have until now converted 4 lakh crores of NPAs into CDRs, just by labeling them thus. These loans are rescheduled and at times the interest is forgiven.The Non Performing Assets of banks are about 3.6 lakh crores. The Khap Panchayat of CDR has 'restructured' 4 lakh crores NPAs by labeling them as Corporate Debt Restructuring. Out of this only Rs. 60,000 crores have actually come back.
They began to feel a little uncomfortable, as some of us started questioning the CDR cell and insisting that they are covered by RTI. My appeal is pending with the Central Information Commission. Since the CDR label had been used for over 4 lac crores of NPAs, they felt the need for a new label. Innovatively they called it Strategic Debt Restructuring (SDR). What is Strategic Debt Restructuring supposed to do? The debt is restructured by all the lenders and upto 25 years the loan can be extended to the borrower! Initial installments may be waived so that there is no default on books. Interest can also be reduced. Depositors pay money because they get interest for that. There is a cost that bank incurs, interest is not profit. Therefore if interest is written-off something is going wrong. There is no official estimate of the amount of NPAs mislabeled as SDR. Rough estimates are there that this may be already between Rs. 1-2 lakh crores. Today we don't talk even of tens of thousands, we talk of Rs. 1 lakh crores, Rs. 2 lakh crore One lakh crores has twelve zeroes.
About 12 years back the total Non Performing Assets and there was only one name for likely bad debts: Non Performing Assets. Banks were expected to write these off in their books in three years, unless the borrower paid during this period. These were about 4% of the total deposits of the banking sector. Primarily most of these bad debts are with the nationalized banks. Now if I count the CDR which has not come back and the SDR and what is recognized is Non Performing Assets, the total is somewhere in the region of about Rs. 8-9 lakh crores which represents over 9% of the total deposits of the banking sector. Out of about 9 lakh crores of likely bad debts only about half are being acknowledged. The rest are being swept under the carpet in the name of restructuring. How is the Strategic Debt Restructuring happening? Loan repayments are being extended to 25 years and interest reduced. At times the loan repayment is postponed so that only in future will it have to be recognized as a bad debt. More dangerously the bank is often expected to swap the debt for equity shares in the defaulting company. We have accepted that the public sector should not get into business, but under SDR PSU Banks are supposed to forget the loan amount and take equity in a company which is defaulting on repayments!
Let me give you a recent example to illustrate the Himalayan blunder of this route. On 31 March 2016 the under construction Vivekanada flyover collapsed in Kolkotta killing 21 people. Who will have to pay for that collapse and for the people who died? The citizens of India will have to pay because just 6 months back 51% of the equity has been swapped for debt with the company IVRCL using the smart label of SDR. Primarily business is a concept where an entrepreneur risks his money, borrows from elsewhere. He may tap the equity market where those who participate are looking for high rewards, but are also conscious of the risk. If you make a windfall profit, the profit is yours, if you make a loss the loss is yours. We have now come up with this brilliant economic theory. It says borrowers of Rs. 5000, 50,000, 5 lakhs, 50 lakhs, 50 crores must repay. If they are unable to repay due to any reasons,- personal illness, death, loss of job, non-payment by debtors,- steps should be taken immediately to safeguard the banks money. The bank's primary duty is towards depositors firstly, and secondly to its shareholders. But if you borrow over Rs. 2,000-5,000 crores then the bank must make a judgement of whether you made a mistake in your calculation, forecasts, or whether it is just bad luck. You are an honest person but you are hit with bad luck then the bank must restructure all the loans. It's the bank which is supposed to see that you succeed in business. Windfall profits are for the entrepreneur, losses must be shared by the depositors of banks.
If we continue with this game of mislabeling the bad debts of our public sector banks with more innovative labeling in another decade our bad debts, -with various labels,-may become 18-20% of the deposits. The entire PSU Bank sector may be finished. It will become like Air India, which you can't sell, or make it viable. The nation will pay for it through taxes. Every citizen and the poorest man in this nation,-including the little girl in Vidarbha who is probably starving or dying,- will pay to ensure that the large borrowers over Rs. 5,000 crores will continue with their jets and villas, because they are such nice and elegant people. This is a matter of grave concern for this nation. Transparency everywhere will lead to accountability and citizens as monitors will be the watchdogs.
I was very thrilled with the new year's message given by Reserve Bank Governor. It almost reflected what I and the Supreme Court had said. The Supreme Court judgement came on 16th December 2015, and the Governor sent the new year message after a fortnight saying: "It has often been said that India is a weak state. Not only are we accused of not having the administrative capacity of ferreting out wrong doing, we do not punish the wrong-doer – unless he is small and weak. This belief feeds on itself. No one wants to go after the rich and well-connected wrong-doer, which means they get away with even more. If we are to have strong sustainable growth, this culture of impunity should stop. Importantly, this does not mean being against riches or business, as some would like to portray, but being against wrong-doing. …. … there is a sense that we do not enforce compliance. Are we allowing regulated entities to get away year after year with poor practices even though these are noted during inspections/scrutinizes ? Should we become more intolerant of sloppy practices at regulated entities, so that these do not result in massive scams years later? Should we haul up accountants who do not flag issues they should detect? My sense is that we need a continuing conversation about tightening both detection as well as penalties for non-compliance throughout the hierarchy….. Finally, we are embedded in a changing community. What was OK in the past is no longer all right when the public demands transparency and better governance from public organisations. …. Transparency and good governance are ways to protect ourselves from roving enquiries – everyone should recognise that an effective regulator has enemies, and like Caesar's wife, should be above all suspicion." I wrote an article praising the Governor and saying RBI is acknowledging and accepting the truth and its responsibility to citizens. Three months later the tune has changed. Information which was ordered by the Supreme Court to be disclosed is not being given by the Reserve Bank of India. When a major institution and regulator of this nation does not follow Supreme Court's order, it's a very sad and disturbing situation. I had asked them for information which the Supreme Court had ordered to be given and they have replied that the matter is before the Supreme Court. There is no review petition filed by the Reserve Bank of India. When the Reserve Bank of India was asked for the list of defaulters by the apex court, they have given it as a sealed envelope and said this should not be released but they have not challenged the Supreme Court judgement. Is this the way the largest regulator in India should conduct itself by defying the orders of the Supreme Court?
I am not blaming the current Governor. Perhaps everyone feels he is inheriting a set of problems created by someone else. During his tenure he doesn't want the problem to come so he postpones it but this is not the way you can run a nation. We will really come to deep sorrow if we continue thus.
No, this is not a laughing matter my friends it's an insult to my nation's parliament. It's an absolute insult in public of my nation's parliament and India, and nobody is bothered. The other members of parliament did not even raise an objection. Praful Patel said "har paanwadi or chaiwallah is asking for information in RTI". Do we need to tutor these people that this is a democracy run on our behalf? We the people of India own this nation. Democracy is a rule of the people, for the people, by the people and these MPs don't understand this. Rajiv Shukla of the Congress also supported it and the government minister also said they will consider these views. I happened to be on the TV debate after that and there was somebody from Nitish Kumar's party who kept saying that they want to strengthen Right to Information. I kept pleading: 'We don't want any strengthening, just leave it there'. But it may not be easy and I am suggesting that all of us will have to do something actively on both these issues. I think it is upto citizens to put pressure on Reserve Bank of India and the political system to move towards more transparency and accountability.
Active Citizenship is the fundamental basis on which a nation can grow. Let us stop complaining about our leaders and expect them to deliver everything. The citizens of this nation who must take responsibility. We use the word Lok Shahi to describe our democracy. Lok Shahi means logon ki shahenshahi. Each one of us must feel and believe he is a badshah or a begum but then the responsibility is also ours. Unfortunately most of us have abdicated our responsibility. Most times we just crib about what is wrong. I am suggesting to all of you that we need to take up Active Citizenship. And if we do this, we can change this nation. We can make this a nation that everybody will be proud of: a fairer, equitable and prosperous nation. But if you don't do that it will not happen. This will not happen until we take the responsibility. I am hoping a lot of us will start taking this responsibility.
And my final appeal is to your patriotism. Patriotism is not a question of merely standing up when the national anthem is being sung or saluting our flag. These are useful symbols. Patriotism is something deeper. We must feel for our nation and decide to do something actively to make it better. I the sovereign citizen of India am responsible.
Thank you friends. Thank you.


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Frequently used in the treatment of tumours Cytostatic agents. Melphalan and cyclo-phosphamide are particularly well-known in the treatment of myeloma. "Alkylating" refers to the manner in which the chemotherapeutic agents cross-link the DNA of malignant cells and thus block their division and reproduction.
Allos, Greek = other, different. In this context, transfer of the bone marrow from another person. A precondition for this is that the tissue characteristics of donor and recipient are largely identical.
Blood deficiency, reduction in the number of red blood cells, the haemoglobin or the overall blood volume.
History of illness; nature, beginning and course of the (current) complaints discussed with the patient during medical consultation.
Medicine with destructive effect against bacteria. Antibiotics are used to treat infectious diseases caused by bacteria.
Integral part of the body's own defence system. Antibodies bind foreign and the body's own substances, for example, toxic substances and viruses and render them harmless. In medicine, antibodies can be used for diagnostic and treatment purposes. So-called monoclonal antibodies can be produced in the laboratory and used therapeutically for the treatment of tumour cells.
Specific structures on the cell surface of bacteria, viruses or fungi. If the body is attacked by such pathogens, the plasma cells developed from the B-lymphocytes form antibodies.
Medicine that prevents or reduces nausea and vomiting. Used especially in the treatment of side effects of chemotherapy and radiation treatment.
With cancer patients: Condition with very poor blood count, attributable to chemotherapy and radiation treatment.
Illness without symptoms or complaints.
Autos, Greek = developed by the body itself, not brought in from the outside. Here: return transfer of own bone marrow, cleaned following removal.
Benign or malignant state of a growth. Benign tumours are not threatening to life or health. Malignant tumours are cancerous and tend invade normal tissue and recur after removal.
Tissue is removed using an instrument (for example special cannula, forceps instrument or scalpel) and examined under the microscope. Description either according to removal technique (for example needle biopsy) or according to the place where tissue is removed (e.g. mucous membrane biopsy).
Medicine that slows down the activity of the bone phagocytes and is thus also used for treating the life-threatening Hypercalcemia crisis , in addition to soothing pain and reducing the risk of bone fracture.
Immature precursors of the white blood cells.
Constituent part of the blood (55 percent of the total blood) that is made up more than 90 percent of water and protein.
Sub-group of the lymphocytes that mature in the bone marrow, the lymph glands, the spleen and in other lymph organs in humans. Upon contact with a specific antigen, B-lymphocytes develop into antibody-producing plasma cells or into so-called memory cells. The latter again become active upon renewed contact with the same antigen (with the help of the T-lymphocytes) and forward the information stored to the plasma cells that then form specific antibodies ( Specific defence system).
Transplant of blood stem cells taken from the bone marrow or the blood. A fundamental distinction is made between transplantation of the patient's own bone marrow ( Autologous bone marrow transplant) and that of a family or third party donor ( Allogenic bone marrow transplant).
Tissue that fills out the inside of the bone; place of blood formation.
Three symptoms frequently occur concurrently with tumour illnesses: high temperature, night perspiration and loss of weight. These three signs of illness are summarised using the term B-symptoms and signs.
Treatment with chemical substances that inhibits the growth of tumour cells in the organism. The term is mostly used to refer to cytostatic chemotherapy, i.e. the combating of tumour cells through the use of medicine that hinders cell-division ( Cytostatic agents).
Visible carriers of the hereditary information; constituent parts of the nucleus that can be dyed intensively.
Computer-assisted x-ray diagnostic procedure for the creation of sectional images (tomograms). The computer calculates the sectional images from the absorption of fine ex-ray radiation sent through the layer to be examined.
Messenger substances, with which, for example, the body's own defence cells communicate with one another.
Medicine that primarily inhibits the growth of tumour cells but which also damages healthy cells to a certain extent. In this respect, division of the cells is frequently hindered ( Chemotherapy).
Collective term for all examinations leading to the diagnosis of an illness.
Percentage coding of the white blood cells.
Toxic chemical compounds (the best known is the so-called Seveso poison) that result as undesired by-products of certain technical processes; they are extremely water-insoluble, volatilise very slowly and largely penetrate into the environment bound to dust and soil particles; can cause cancer.
Fractionating of protein in an electric field. It enables both the calculation of the myeloma protein amount, as well as evidence of the M-apex (monoclonal immunoglobulin). Electrophoresis is used in diagnosis, as well as for the monitoring of the therapy.
Proteins in the human body that have very different tasks. Enzyme mixtures are produced for example by the gastro-intestinal mucous membrane, by the liver, the gallbladder and the pancreas and serve to break down or process nutritional substances.
Red blood cells that are responsible for the transport of oxygen in the blood.
Here: division of radiation series into individual sessions.
Sub-group of white blood cells that are very important for the actual combating of infections.
Medicine that can accelerate the increase in the blood cells, for example following chemotherapy.
Red colouring in the red blood cells, responsible amongst other things for the transport or binding of oxygen.
Abbreviation for "Human Leukocyte Antigens". This describes tissue characteristics. These are pre-determined in the genotype. The HLA typing is important for the preparation of allogenic transplants. The greater the similarity of donor organ and recipient organ, the greater the chance of a successful stem cell transplant.
Messenger substances found in the body. Even in very small concentrations, they influence the metabolism of the body. They regulate processes such as growth, sexual behaviour or the metabolism of foodstuffs and reach their point of effect through the blood or the lymph tract.
Excessively high level of calcium in the blood; this complication can be remedied though a course of therapy with bisphosphonates.
Ability of the body's own defence system to combat antigens, i.e. foreign bodies such as bacteria and fungi.
A synonym for antibodies, i.e. proteins with antibody characteristics. Polyclonal immunoglobulins, i.e. immunoglobulin mixtures from a donor, are administered to treat weak immune systems. The paraprotein occurring with multiple myeloma/plasmacytoma patients is a monoclonal immunoglobulin.
Literally: leaking, here: loss of urine control, unintentional passing of urine.
Invasion and reproduction of sickness-producing organisms in the body.
The organism's defences against infection through bacteria, viruses or fungi. The defence against the infection is made up of the intact skin (acid coating and natural germ flora) and mucous membrane (mucous membrane secretion contains substances that can kill off pathogens), as well as of the Specific and Non-specific defence system.
Introduction of liquid (for example saline solution) into the organism, in particular via the blood ( Intravenous).
Messenger substances, with which the body's own defence cells communicate with one another. Today, these substances can be produced artificially and are used in the treatment of various forms of cancer.
Administering of medicine or of a liquid substance directly into the veins.
White blood cells. These play the main role in the body's fight against infection. These cells are sub-divided into three main groups: Granulocytes, Lymphocytes, Monocytes. With healthy people, only a small portion of the leukocytes present in the body are found in the blood; most leukocytes are to be found in the bone marrow or in various organs and tissues. An increase in the number of leukocytes in the blood is an indication of an illness.
Sub-group of the white blood cells that assist in the combating of illnesses and foreign substances, with the two sub-types B-lymphocytes and T-lymphocytes. Only a small portion of the lymphocytes are found in the blood, the remaining lymphocytes are found in the lymphatic organs (such as thymus gland and spleen), where they multiply.
Phagocytes of the tissue; together with the Monocytes they form a defence system against firm particles from outside the body.
Belonging to one and the same clone. The multiple myeloma/plasmacytoma develops from one single malign plasma cell and all cells stemming from this are the same. The mother cell and all of its daughter cells form a cell clone.
Sub-group of the white blood cells; monocytes and Granulocytes kill bacteria by eating them up. In the event of a deficiency of these cells, the Non-specific denfence of the body is impaired.
Morphine derivatives are substances with similar effects to morphine.
Phagocytes (macrophages), Monocytes and neutrophils Granulocytes serve the non-specific defence against foreign substances. The granulocytes move to the scene of the action following penetration of pathogens and absorb the pathogens in order to subsequently destroy them.
Nuclear spin tomography or magnetic resonance tomography is an image-generating process that makes use of the electromagnetic vibration of tissue constituents in an artificially created magnetic field. It illustrates structures inside the body in high resolution and thus provides precise sectional images. Nuclear spin tomography is frequently unsuitable for patients with heart pacemakers, for particularly anxious patients and for people who can only be subjected to a very short examination time.
Also referred to as bone phagocytes, because they reduce the bone substance. The counterparts of osteoclasts are the osteoblasts; these help build up the bone substance.
Place in the bone at which bone substance is reduced. With multiple myeloma/plasmacytoma, this reduction occurs as a result of excessive activity of the osteoclasts.
Ailment of the skeletal system with a loss or reduction of bone substance and structure and increased susceptibility to bone fractures.
Without a stay in hospital.
Collective term for monoclonal formed Immunglobulins and immunoglobulin fragments. They are formed by the plasmacytoma cells and can occur in high concentrations in the blood.
Penetration of tissue through plasma cells.
Particular kind of lymph cells. Normal plasma cells produce antibodies against foreign pathogens such as infection pathogens. With multiple myeloma/plasmacytoma, there is unhindered multiplication of sick plasma cells that produce atypical and ineffective antibodies.
Opposite of Monoclonal; not belonging to one and the same cell clone.
Predicted further course of the illness.
Removal of body fluid from (blood) vessels, body cavities, hollow organs or tumours by means of a hypodermic needle.
Treatment with ionising rays, aimed at a precisely determined area of the body using a special device (usually linear accelerator). These radiation fields are planned and calculated in advance in such a manner that the dosage in the target region is sufficiently high and, at the same time, healthy tissue is protected as well as possible. A distinction is made between internal radiation therapy (spiking/after-loading with radioactive elements) and external radiation therapy.
"Recurrence" of an illness, in the narrower sense, its reoccurrence following complete healing.
The alleviation of chronic signs of illness; nevertheless, a remission is not necessarily synonymous with healing. In addition, clinical terminology also distinguishes between full and partial remission.
Infection caused by micro-organisms and affecting the entire body.
In terms of pathogens, a distinction is made between non-specific hereditary immunity and specifically acquired immunity. Both systems are inter-linked with one another. Carriers of the specific defence system are above all the Lymphocytes.
Blood precursor cells, from which the red and white blood cells and the blood platelets develop. These stem cells are to be found in the bone marrow and, in part, also in the blood. They can be removed from here for a transplant, treated and returned to the donor ( Autologous stem cell transplant)or transplanted into an identical HLA recipient ( Allogenic transplant).
Treatment of illness, curative treatment.
Blood platelets; one of the main constituent parts of the blood that produce clots, in order to close wounds and to prevent serious bleeding.
Gland situated behind the sternum; it belongs to the lymphatic system and is part of the body's own defence system.
The T-lymphocytes are differentiated in the thymus, a small organ behind the sternum. The T-lymphocytes carry a protein complex on their cell surface that can recognise and bind antigens. The protein complex only reacts with the antigen specific to it, like to a key that only fits a specific lock. This results in activation of the T-lymphocytes. A distinction is made between cytotoxic T-lymphocytes that can bind and dissolve cells recognised as foreign, i.e. antigen-bearing cells, and the T-helper lymphocytes. By means of the production of various growth factors, these enable the differentiation between B-lymphocytes and cells producing antibodies.
Proliferation of cells growing out of control that can occur throughout the entire body.


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Vice President Dame Joan Collins officially opens shop
Global superstar Dame Joan Collins brought her trademark glitz and glamour to Cobham.
Dame Joan Collins officially opened Shooting Star Children's Hospices newest shop, located on Cobham High Street. Joined by staff, volunteers and supporters of the charity, she showed them first hand some of the beautiful items she had kindly donated – from designer hats to shoes, dresses and tops.
Dame Joan has donated nearly 300 exclusive items from her own collection allowing shoppers in and around Cobham a chance to own a unique piece of history, whilst supporting their local children's hospice charity. Items available include a Mont Blanc zebra handbag, a stunning Jackie Palmer animal print dress and even some Donald Pliner shoes signed by Dame Joan.
Dame Joan Collins, Shooting Star Children's Hospices Vice President said; "I began my association with Shooting Star Children's Hospices in 2003. Sixteen years on, I'm delighted to still be part of such a special charity and very happy to be officially opening their newest charity shop in Cobham. It's an honour to be able to donate clothes, shoes and accessories from my own personal wardrobe to help Shooting Star Children's Hospices continue their wonderful work in supporting all those families who need them now and in the future. I wish their Cobham shop all the success that their other charity shops have achieved."
Karen Sugarman, Executive Vice President at Shooting Star Children's Hospices said; "It's an honour to have Dame Joan open our new Cobham shop. It's exciting for Cobham to have such an iconic global star visiting the town. Dame Joan has been a truly fantastic support to our work, embracing the families we care for, whilst helping on so many levels with our critical fundraising. Dame Joan has been a wonderful friend and support for nearly 30 years in my work and her compassion and care is incredible."
Nigel Harding, Chief Executive of Shooting Star Children's Hospices said; "We are truly honoured that Dame Joan took time out of her busy schedule to officially open our newest shop and, what's more, donate some beautiful items for us to sell. Shooting Star Children's Hospices receives very little financial support from the government so we rely heavily on fundraising to continue to provide a vital lifeline for families across Surrey and London – and our shops play an important role in helping us fund this service. Our new shop in Cobham will be a significant source of income for the charity and will mean that families living in and around the area, and beyond, get the support they need."
A stalwart supporter of Shooting Star Children's Hospices, Dame Joan Collins' visit to the Cobham shop is just the latest in a number of generous activities she has undertaken as Vice President of the charity. Alongside regularly donating items from her personal wardrobe to the charity's retail shops, she has treated supported families to exclusive afternoon tea's and special breakfasts. She officially opened the Fulham and Weybridge shops and has appeared on Celebrity Deal or No Deal and Celebrity Who Wants to be a Millionaire to raise vital funds for the charity. She received her Damehood in 2015 for years of charity work.
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The Boss Baby is on Netflix. It is actually a great movie with a sweet message and will keep everyone entertained for family movie night.
The Boss Baby was our movie night choice last week and it was surprisingly great. Give it a chance!!
Hey guys!! Now that Sam is a bit older and can sit through a movie, we have started having family movie night every Friday night, They get to pick their favorite dinner, we all pile in the big bed and find whatever the latest kids movie on Netflix is.
Some nights they have no interest in the movie and wrestle and sometimes they are both completely engrossed and we get a good 90 minutes of peace lol.
The thing with movies on Netflix is if your kids like one you can bet you will be watching that movie daily, so not only will I be telling you what we watched and if it was entertaining enough to keep parents interested but also how likely you are to go crazy if you have to watch it more than 5 times.
Last week we watched The Boss Baby. I will tell you I did not have any interest in seeing it, but the boys picked it, so I settled in figuring I would get about 20 minutes in before I started browsing Pinterest or scrolling through memes.
At first glance it seems like just your normal kid fodder movie, probably some fart jokes and a few adult lines to fly over the little one's heads.
I was surprised!! This movie is great!! I love it! It might have to do with the fact that I have 2 boys roughly the same age apart as the boys in the movie.
I am not one to fall in love with every kid's movie I see. Yes I love Moana but please do not make me watch Frozen or Inside Out, bleh lol, so you can trust my opinion.
This movie has some depth, on the surface, it looks like just a fun movie to keep the kids quiet while you doze off but it is really sweet. I think I have seen it probably 7 times now and it never fails to choke me up at the end.
I think on some level all kids struggle when they get a new sibling, babies do require so much and it is big change, especially when you kid goes from being the only child to suddenly having to share his parents. This is the real premise of the movie, Tim's struggle with getting a baby brother. He has an overactive imagination which is responsible for the events in the movie but underneath that it is just how he feels and deals with getting a brother.
Of course it is a kids movie so it's a happy ending with a speech by Tim that makes me blink back the tears thinking of my boys.
This is the absolute perfect family movie, your kids will be entertained, you will be entertained, the overall message is sweet and it's on Netflix which is always a plus in my book.
It is not annoying, so if your kid insists on watching it 3 times in one day it won't drive you crazy.
So this Friday order some pizza, load your kids up in the bed and pop on The Boss Baby, everyone will love it!


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De Stichting Heidelberg Appeal Nederland (stichting HAN) was een organisatie die tussen 1993 en 2008 actief was en zich bezighield met het publiceren van artikels die kritisch zijn tegenover het Nederlands milieubeleid dat het vaak afdoet als onnodig. De organisatie was de eerste echt georganiseerde vorm van een tegenbeweging tegen de milieubeweging en werd tijdens zijn bestaan steeds vaker afgedaan als pseudo-wetenschappelijk. In 1997 telde de organisatie zo'n 700 donateurs.

In 2008 ging de stichting op in De Groene Rekenkamer.

Ontstaan
In 1992 schreef de libertarische journalist Karel Beckman, toen nog doctoraalstudent in de Engelse literatuur, het boek Het broeikaseffect bestaat niet dat het belang van milieuproblemen zoals zure regen of het ozongat in twijfel trekt.
Dit boek inspireerde Rob Meloen, deeltijds hoogleraar moleculaire herkenning aan de Universiteit Utrecht om iets te doen aan de berichtgeving over wetenschap in de media.

Als gevolg werd de Stichting HAN opgericht, met Karel Beckman als coördinator. Rob Meloen werd secretaris en de Utrechtse hoogleraar parasitologie Albert Cornelissen voorzitter. Andere betrokkenen waren o.a. Frits Böttcher, Aalt Bast en Jaap Hanekamp. Tevens telde de vereniging twee ex-presidenten van de Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, met name David de Wied en Piet Drenth.

De stichting ontleende haar naam aan het internationale Heidelberg Appeal, een roep om meer wetenschap in het milieudebat.

Activiteiten
Volgens de eerste nieuwsbrief behoorde tot de eerste daden o.a.
 het indienen van een klacht bij de Reclame Code Commissie tegen de dierenbescherming met betrekking tot een poster tegen biotechnologie
 het installeren van lokale betrokkenen in de verschillende universiteiten en onderzoeksinstellingen en het opzetten van een internationaal netwerk van gelijkgestemde organisaties
 het oprichten van een werkgroep Landbouw en Milieu

De eerste nieuwsbrief bevat voorts een artikel van het door Fred Singer opgerichte Science & Environmental Policy Project.

De Stichting HAN had stevige wortels in de agrarische wereld, met de Nederlandse vakbond varkenshouders als een van de belangrijkste geldschieters, maar rond de eeuwwisseling zou de focus meer verschuiven naar extern gefinancierde research. In deze periode was directeur Jaap Hanekamp professioneel verbonden aan de stichting.
In het begin werden door de lange staat van dienst van de betrokkenen de artikelen van de stichting HAN welwillend onthaald door de academische wereld. Dit zou echter langzaam verbrokkelen, zoals bijvoorbeeld wordt aangehaald in het artikel Twijfel te koop van Martijn van Calmthout dat in 1999 in de Volkskrant verscheen.

De vereniging kreeg kritiek dat ze weliswaar en niet altijd onterecht stevig inhakte op de eenzijdige berichtgeving van de milieubeweging, maar dat ze zelf ook aan preoccupatie en eenzijdige benadering leed door steeds opnieuw te beweren dat er helemaal niets aan de hand is.

Hierdoor zou de kritiek op de Stichting HAN verder toenemen en bovendien werden er vragen gesteld over de onafhankelijkheid tegenover de opdrachtgevers die de studies betaalden. Daarenboven wordt de Stichting HAN politiek/maatschappelijk gebiast genoemd, zoals in het verwerpen van het bestaan van een menselijke invloed op het broeikaseffect.

De stichting HAN zou in de loop van zijn bestaan nog verschillende figuren rekruteren die ontevreden waren met het huidige milieubeleid en de milieubeweging. Hiertoe behoren onder andere Hans Labohm en de professoren Rob Kouffeld en Frans Sluijter die beiden bekendstaan om hun stevige pro-kernenergie standpunt.

Een andere nieuwkomer was professor Huib van Heel, voormalig directeur van de fosfaat-producerende fabriek Hoechst Holland, een firma die direct betrokken (en benadeelde) partij was toen toenmalig minister van Volksgezondheid en Milieuhygiëne Irene Vorrink maatregelen nam tegen fosfaten in wasmiddelen om zo de oppervlaktewateren van verdere eutrofiëring te behoeden.

Opgaan in De Groene Rekenkamer
In 2003 zou de Stichting HAN verbreding van haar activiteiten zoeken voor de oprichting van De Groene Rekenkamer. Er ontstond een kortstondige samenwerking met de Edmund Burke Stichting en het Platform Nederlandse Luchtvaart die mee instonden voor de publicatie in 2003 van een "groenboek" dat als een van de eerste publicaties van De Groene Rekenkamer wordt beschouwd.

De Groene Rekenkamer raakte echter niet onmiddellijk van start en de oproep werd opnieuw gelanceerd door Theo Richel in 2005 op de website libertarian.nl Richel, die webmaster en personeelslid zou worden, activeerde De Groene Rekenkamer in 2008 opnieuw. De oprichtende organisaties waren:
 Stichting HAN
 Stichting Klimaat
 Chlorofielen
 Stichting Kernvisie

Hiermee kwam er een einde aan de stichting HAN.

Externe link
 Archief van de Stichting HAN

Milieu

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не фиксируется на одном месте, а плавает вместе со страницей?

A: Fixed работает относительно вьюпорта. А ещё относительно контекста, который создаётся трансформацией (свойство transform).
На разное поведение в хроме и в файрфоксе можно напороться в бутстраповской карусели, потому что для файрфокса там анимируется свойство left а для webkit - анимируется transform (или -webkit-transform).
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Извините, кого ввёл в заблуждение ответом:
Это фича хрома и браузеров на его основе. Fixed он должен быть фиксированным по отношению к viewport, смотреть надо спецификацию css. Но Хром стал делать поправку на контекст родительского блока, это когда у родителя есть свойство absolute или relative. Правильное поведение можно посмотреть в Файрфоксе. Лечится это множеством разных способов реализации, я бы например, такую важную штуку как фиксированный элемент выносил поближе к открывающему или закрывающему тегу body.

A: Попробуйте так, должно работать.
position: fixed!important;

A: В моем случае было css свойство will-change: transform; оно ломало правльную работу fixed, как я понял блок прилипал вместо верха окна браузера к верху родительского блока у которого было прописано данное css свойство


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Musings about Sony's PS3 backwards compatibility news
Posted on February 23, 2007 by Adrian Spender
I'll start with a disclaimer. I'm not a fanboy of any console/manufacturer/brand. I'm just a gamer. I currently own an XBox 360, PS2 and a Nintendo DS and have owned an XBox, Gamecube and another PS2 from the last generation of consoles. I'm not considering buying a PS3, but there is a possibility one may fall into my lap, as it were. I do fancy a Wii right now, fnar fnar.
I've been following the run up to the European launch of the PS3 with a little interest. Not in terms of the technology, the games or indeed with a view to buying one, but simply to try and ascertain whether or not Sony have really lost their marbles. Amongst the hardcore console gaming community Sony have really been on a downward track in Europe ever since the huge delay in getting the PSP to these shores. Pricing policy has been a sticking point with Euro and Sterling prices not in parity with those in the US and Japan. What's more Sony's stance of grey imports has been authoritarian to say the least, and their behaviour over the whole Lik-Sang affair was diabolical.
So the run up to the European launch of the PS3 on 23rd March has been interesting to watch. We've had discontent over the fact that despite the initial fanfare of a worldwide launch, we were later told that Europe would get it months later than the US and Japan. Then there has been the pricing issue. In Japan the 60GB version of the console is openly priced, allowing retailers to set their own price. In the US it retails for $599 (£305 with the currently generous fx rate) whilst those in the UK will have to pay £425. This is even slightly more than the rest of Europe (unless you happen to live in Greece in which case you will get royally done over)
However, today news comes about the fact that the hardware Europe will get is actually different to the rest of the world. One of the things Sony have always played up is that their consoles will play games from the previous ones. The PS2 played PSOne games, and the PS3 plays PS2 and PSOne games. They've always gone down the hardware route of backwards compatibility. That is, they include the old CPU in the new console. As such, the PS3 contains the emotion engine from the PS2. Except in Europe it won't.
It appears that Sony have redesigned the chassis of the PS3 to remove the older PS2 hardware to reduce costs and allow them to introduce pricing discounts earlier in the product's lifetime. They will now take an emulation based approach to backwards compatibility as Microsoft did with the XBox 360. As such, the number of PS2 games which will work on the PS3 is quoted by GamesIndustry.biz as being "a limited range". Now that doesn't sound like it is going to be too many to me 😉
Now I don't happen to think that back-compat is a terribly important aspect of a console. If I had PS2 games I still wanted to play I'd keep a PS2 to play them on. I do also think that it makes sense to do it via emulation and that MS have done a pretty good job of it with the 360. Certainly they took a lot of abuse from Sony fanboys and indeed Sony execs who lauded the seemingly impeccable back-compat capability of the PlayStation. However, what does this mean for us in Europe? Suddenly we are getting a more expensive product that is actually more feature limited than our friends in the US and Japan. Judging by the comments being made on the thread about this on Eurogamer, Sony's image in Europe just took another body blow.
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andyp on February 26, 2007 at 09:25 said:
I've pretty much given up gaming in the past few years through lack of time. I'd love a Wii though – looks really good fun 🙂
This news sucks. I'd previously had a PS 1 and got my PS2 on launch day in the UK… I've been a solid Sony supporter in the past, but it sounds like European consumers have really been screwed over here. It all makes me think that if I was to buy another console, it would be an XBox 360.
Dom on March 6, 2007 at 17:23 said:
No doubt they intended to take an emulation-based approach all along but didn't have it ready in time for the US/Japan launches. I expect the emulation to be pretty good for games that adhere to Sony's development guidelines – which probably covers most of the top games from the top development studios (probably the only ones you'd want to keep around anyway). I wouldn't be surprised to see a version revision released in the US/Jap markets that adopts the same software emulation to save money.


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No longer rich on oil, Alaska may ax money to universities. Lawmakers are 800 miles apart
Max Cohen
The University of Alaska could lay off more than 1,000 and cut dozens of programs, thanks to a dramatic slash in money it gets from the state – a 41% cut from a line-item veto by Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy.
University officials say the $130 million cut could prove disastrous for Alaska's future, endangering local economies, school employees and rural programs for Alaska Native students. They have pleaded with the Legislature to override the veto but say they have little hope that will happen.
Higher education observers have been watching the fight in Alaska closely. To some, the budget cuts represent an attack on the value of college.
On June 28, Dunleavy, a Republican, vetoed more than $400 million in items in Alaska's budget, seeking to balance it. A third of the cuts came from higher education spending.
The Alaska Legislature met on Wednesday to vote on whether to override Dunleavy's line-item vetoes. Only 38 lawmakers convened in Juneau, the state capital, not enough to reach the necessary 45 votes to stop the cuts. The Legislature has until Friday to take action and avert the cuts.
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But the remaining 22 legislators support the governor, making the override unlikely. On Wednesday, they were meeting in a middle school in Wasilla, some 800 miles from the capital, for a special legislative session called by Dunleavy.
The groups are at odds over how to deal with Alaska's money troubles. Alaskan oil production and worldwide oil prices have declined in recent years, so the state has used billions in savings to balance its budget. But it's running out of money, and Dunleavy wants to send Alaskans $3,000 dividend checks from oil tax revenues.
"Everyone can clearly see that the state of Alaska can no longer afford to continue down the path of oversized spending, outsized government, and out-of-line priorities," Dunleavy said in a June 28 speech. "These are difficult times that require difficult decisions."
At the University of Alaska's Anchorage branch, Chancellor Cathy Sandeen predicts around 700 layoffs and 40 programs eliminated if the Legislature fails to override Dunleavy's veto. UAA employs 1,562 people and has 162 degree and certificate programs.
Higher education activists have warned the cuts could send Alaska's brightest students out of state for college. UAA would try to keep programs tied with in-demand jobs, such as health care, business, engineering and aviation, Sandeen said.
"It's clear that the voters and our elected officials want the university system to be smaller," she said. "That's our job if we don't receive the override, is to figure out how do we maintain highest-quality, best level of access for our students within a smaller footprint."
Protesters in Wasilla on Wednesday were fighting against that notion. At the middle school where Dunleavy's allies met, a group of protesters disrupted the session, sitting in lawmakers' assigned seats and breaking out in chants of "Don't hide, override."
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"The governor keeps talking about how we need to make Alaska friendly to business and we need to grow our economy," Nagaoka said. "That will not happen if we cut our university by almost half of the state funding."
At the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Chancellor Dan White said the cuts would reach far beyond the classroom. While White said the campus's leading Arctic research program would suffer, the biggest impacts could be to the role UAF plays in the local community.
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Fairbanks is Alaska's third-largest city, yet its fairly isolated location is valuable for contact with rural Alaska Native populations.
Evon Peter manages all six of the University of Alaska, Fairbanks' community campuses, satellite schools in some of the most remote areas of the vast state that serve a large number of Alaska Native students – and two-thirds of the state's geography.
"These cuts will disproportionately impact Alaska Native and rural students and people from low-income and first-generation college students," Peter said. The college may have to cut programs and services for students and even close some of its remote campuses.
"We have a lot to lose if the Legislature doesn't override the governor's vetoes," Peter said.
At the Fairbanks campus, White said he expects "significant reductions" to programs and a drop in student enrollment, but maintained the university would work with existing students to attain their degrees.
The Alaska university system has already sustained budget cuts as the state's economy has changed. Despite lobbying for an override of the latest cuts, University of Alaska officials are prepared for the worst.
"While we are still hoping and optimistic of the override to the governor's vetoes, there is a strong possibility that that won't happen," Sandeen said. "We'll do our best to mitigate, and it's still a great place. We'll be pruning limbs to keep the others strong."
"In reality, it is difficult to stay positive as we wait to see what the Legislature will do," said Robbie Graham, a spokeswoman for the university system. "With fall semester starting in about four weeks, students need to know what the university will look like going forward."
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Alloy Wheel Repair Ashkirk Scottish Borders: If your car has alloy wheels that have been cracked or gashed, it could be about time to head on down to your local Ashkirk alloy wheel repair company. These days, numerous cars are kitted out with alloy wheels, and though they undoubtedly make your prized car look stunning, they're also at risk of damage and discolourations. Keeping your alloys in good shape is essential if you are to keep your car looking fantastic whilst driving around Ashkirk, so routine care is the best way to do this.
Though it is quite possible to maintain you alloys yourself, it's not so straightforward to mend damaged areas, so you may be better off getting a bit of professional advice and getting your alloy wheels repaired or refurbished by an established company in Ashkirk. You'll find a lot of firms offering alloy wheel restoration and alloy wheel repairs on the web, though if you can, you'll want to get a local Ashkirk company, so you can easily drop off your wheels and pick them up yourself.
If there's not an alloy wheel repair centre close by in Ashkirk, you will need to find the nearest one in the region. Have a look at online reviews and ask family and friends, in order to find the most recommended repair service, somebody that will look after those costly wheels and give them back looking like new.
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I did not see him again for nearly a week. Then he fetched me soon after seven one evening and took me out to dinner. He was dressed in the deepest mourning, and on his bowler was a broad black band. He had even a black border to his handkerchief. His garb of woe suggested that he had lost in one catastrophe every relation he had in the world, even to cousins by marriage twice removed. His plumpness and his red, fat cheeks made his mourning not a little incongruous. It was cruel that his extreme unhappiness should have in it something of buffoonery.
He told me he had made up his mind to go away, though not to Italy, as I had suggested, but to Holland.
"I'm starting to-morrow. This is perhaps the last time we shall ever meet."
I made an appropriate rejoinder, and he smiled wanly.
"I haven't been home for five years. I think I'd forgotten it all; I seemed to have come so far away from my father's house that I was shy at the idea of revisiting it; but now I feel it's my only refuge."
He was sore and bruised, and his thoughts went back to the tenderness of his mother's love. The ridicule he had endured for years seemed now to weigh him down, and the final blow of Blanche's treachery had robbed him of the resiliency which had made him take it so gaily. He could no longer laugh with those who laughed at him. He was an outcast. He told me of his childhood in the tidy brick house, and of his mother's passionate orderliness. Her kitchen was a miracle of clean brightness. Everything was always in its place, and no where could you see a speck of dust. Cleanliness, indeed, was a mania with her. I saw a neat little old woman, with cheeks like apples, toiling away from morning to night, through the long years, to keep her house trim and spruce. His father was a spare old man, his hands gnarled after the work of a lifetime, silent and upright; in the evening he read the paper aloud, while his wife and daughter (now married to the captain of a fishing smack), unwilling to lose a moment, bent over their sewing. Nothing ever happened in that little town, left behind by the advance of civilisation, and one year followed the next till death came, like a friend, to give rest to those who had laboured so diligently.
"My father wished me to become a carpenter like himself. For five generations we've carried on the same trade, from father to son. Perhaps that is the wisdom of life, to tread in your father's steps, and look neither to the right nor to the left. When I was a little boy I said I would marry the daughter of the harness-maker who lived next door. She was a little girl with blue eyes and a flaxen pigtail. She would have kept my house like a new pin, and I should have had a son to carry on the business after me."
Stroeve sighed a little and was silent. His thoughts dwelt among pictures of what might have been, and the safety of the life he had refused filled him with longing.
"The world is hard and cruel. We are here none knows why, and we go none knows whither. We must be very humble. We must see the beauty of quietness. We must go through life so inconspicuously that Fate does not notice us. And let us seek the love of simple, ignorant people. Their ignorance is better than all our knowledge. Let us be silent, content in our little corner, meek and gentle like them. That is the wisdom of life."
To me it was his broken spirit that expressed itself, and I rebelled against his renunciation. But I kept my own counsel.
"What made you think of being a painter?" I asked.
He shrugged his shoulders.
"It happened that I had a knack for drawing. I got prizes for it at school. My poor mother was very proud of my gift, and she gave me a box of water-colours as a present. She showed my sketches to the pastor and the doctor and the judge. And they sent me to Amsterdam to try for a scholarship, and I won it. Poor soul, she was so proud; and though it nearly broke her heart to part from me, she smiled, and would not show me her grief. She was pleased that her son should be an artist. They pinched and saved so that I should have enough to live on, and when my first picture was exhibited they came to Amsterdam to see it, my father and mother and my sister, and my mother cried when she looked at it." His kind eyes glistened. "And now on every wall of the old house there is one of my pictures in a beautiful gold frame."
He glowed with happy pride. I thought of those cold scenes of his, with their picturesque peasants and cypresses and olive-trees. They must look queer in their garish frames on the walls of the peasant house.
"The dear soul thought she was doing a wonderful thing for me when she made me an artist, but perhaps, after all, it would have been better for me if my father's will had prevailed and I were now but an honest carpenter."
"Now that you know what art can offer, would you change your life? Would you have missed all the delight it has given you?"
"Art is the greatest thing in the world," he answered, after a pause.
He looked at me for a minute reflectively; he seemed to hesitate; then he said:
"Did you know that I had been to see Strickland?"
I was astonished. I should have thought he could not bear to set eyes on him. Stroeve smiled faintly.
"You know already that I have no proper pride."
"What do you mean by that?"
He told me a singular story.
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A father of two walked into Perth's Crown Casino last Thursday and changed his life forever when he turned a $10 bet into a $2.7 million win on a game of Texas Hold'em poker. Nigel Williams was dealt a royal flush, the best possible hand in poker, a win which he says was based purely on luck and not on skill.
The dealer had already flopped an ace, queen and jack when Mr Williams was holding a 10 of diamonds, with three diamonds on the table in front of him. He hoped for a diamond of any value in order to earn him a lucrative flush, when suddenly he was dealt a king of diamonds, securing him a royal flush and the $2.7 million win.
If he'd taken the $15 bet, the jackpot would have been $3.8 million.
The first thing Mr William did after the reality of his win sunk in was call his wife and give her the good news – which was met with an unexpected scalding.
Channel Seven reporter Geof Parry asked Mr Williams how he planned to spend his winnings, and was met with a surprising response. Mr Williams broke down in grateful tears, saying all he wants to do is spend more time with his children. As a self-confessed workaholic, he intends to now cut back his working week to just five days and use the money to focus on his family life.
Although Nigel Williams attests that his multi-million-dollar win was due to nothing more than luck, poker is a game that also fundamentally relies on a certain level of skill and strategy in order to win. With land based casinos around Australia often having poker tables with high buy-ins, it can be a difficult and expensive game to get your head around.
This is where online casinos really come in handy, as they offer the option of playing poker for free in practice mode. You get the chance to sharpen your poker skills and try out different strategies with no risk to your bankroll, so online play can be as entertaining as it can be educational.
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Kevin started his professional career in 2003 at the Hank Haney Golf Ranch in McKinney, Texas after playing his colleg golf at Drake University (1998-2000) and the University of Iowa (2000-2003). He quickly realized his passion was going to be helping junior golfers reach their goals and dedicated his career to doing so. He served as Director of Junior Golf for Hank Haney Golf from 2003 - 2006 when he then took the same position at the D.A. Weibring Spring Creek Golf Learning Center. Kevin returned to work for Hank Haney Golf in the spring of 2011 and is currently the Director of Junior Development at the Hank Haney Golf Academy @ WestRidge. From 2006 - 2008, Kevin was named a U.S. Kids Golf Top 50 Kids Instructor in America. In 2009, he became the first North Texas instructor, and only 31st nationally, to be named a U.S. Kids Golf Top 50 Master Kids Instructor.
Besides teaching, Kevin also takes great pleasure in running junior golf tournaments. In 2008, he was named the U.S. Kids Golf Dallas Local Tour Director. One of the nation's biggest U.S. Kids Local Tours, Kevin and his staff run 3 tours (8 tournaments each) a year and average over 80 players per event. In 2009, he helped manage one of the courses for the U.S. Kids Golf World Championships, hosted at Pinehurst Resort in North Carolina. Kevin also helped establish the Junior Golf Championships, a series of tournaments that have been played in Georgia, Texas, Oklahoma, Arizona, Colorado, and Illinois. During his career, Kevin has run over 100 junior golf tournaments.
Kevin was born and raised in Urbandale, Iowa and will always consider Wakonda Club to be his home course. He currently lives in McKinney, Texas with his wife, Jamie and their 3 children: Kaeden (3), Addisyn (3) and Graesen (1).
"Ever since I started running tournaments, my dream was to come home and run a tournament at my favorite course of all-time, Wakonda Club. I've played all over the country at some of the best courses there are, but Wakonda will always be special to me. I'm very excited to be able to start this great new tournament with an extremely accomplished group of guys who love golf as much as I do. With our many years of golf experience, there is no doubt we are going to deliver a professional tournament atmosphere for the best players from all over the Midwest."
Bo played his golf college at the University of Iowa from 1998-2003, where he was a 3-time team captain. During his college career, he won the Iowa Amateur Championship in 2001 and 2002 and also recorded a 3rd place finish in the Big Ten Championship in 2001. After his college career, Bo moved to Florida and competed on The Golden Bear Tour, The Hooters Tour and the Gateway Tour.
Bo now resides in Des Moines with his wife, Erin and their two children: Dewell (4) and Elijah (2) and works as a senior financial advisor for HK Financial Services. Bo is a member at Wakonda Club, where he is the current Club Champion.
Scot enjoyed a great junior golf career while starring at Dowling High School. Scot played at a very high level nationally while having multiple top 3 finishes on the AJGA and at the Pepsi Little People's. While at Dowling, he led his team to 2 state championships, a runner-up finish and a 3rd place finish while playing in every varsity tournament. After high school, he earned a scholarship to Ohio State University where a wrist injry set him back. He eventually transferred to Iowa State University and then to the University of Iowa, where he finished his college career.
Scot is currently the Marketing Director for Karl Chevrolet in Ankeny, Iowa. He still enjoys playing golf and plays competitively througout the summer. Scot lives in Ankeny with his wife Lindsay and their two boys: Hunter (10) and Carson (7). His other hobbies include coaching both of his son's basketball teams.
"Golf has always played a big role in my life and I'm excited to be part of this great new tournament. Going back to Wakonda, where my brother and I played some many rounds, is going to be a lot of fun. This will be a tournament to remember for all of the players!"


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A mass arrest occurs when police apprehend large numbers of suspects at once. This sometimes occurs at protests. Some mass arrests are also used in an effort to combat gang activity. This is sometimes controversial, and lawsuits sometimes result. In police science, it is deemed to be good practice to plan for the identification of those arrested during mass arrests, since it is unlikely that the officers will remember everyone they arrested.

Historical examples
The Japan Farmers' Union and Japanese labor-farmer groups were hit by mass arrests in the 1920s. On April 16, 1929, several thousand members of the farmers' movement were arrested. Following World War II, mass arrests (over 120,000) of actual and suspected Quislings occurred in Norway. Totalitarian regimes have sometimes conducted mass arrests as a prelude to a purge of perceived political enemies, sometimes through executions.

On March 10, 2010 a mass crackdown was initiated to thwart a planned peaceful 'million march' to be conducted in a South Indian state capital of Hyderabad demanding formation of a new federal unit, more than 100,000 Telangana people were taken in to custody by a police force controlled by the coastal 'andhra' elites.

The 2010 G-20 Toronto summit was witness to the largest mass arrest in Canadian history.

Mass arrests of protesters in the United States
In December 1964, the University of California, Berkeley was disrupted by a mass student sit-in in the administration building and by mass arrests of 700 students.

Beginning on May 3, 1971, three days into the 1971 May Day Protests - a series of large-scale civil disobedience actions in Washington, D.C. - massive arrest sweeps begin. In a few days over 12,000 are arrested - the largest mass arrest in U.S. history.

Former American President Jimmy Carter said in regards to the racial conflicts of the time, "I would be opposed to mass arrest, and I would be opposed to preventive detention.  But I think that the abuses in the past have in many cases exacerbated the disharmonies that brought about demonstrations, and I think that arrest or large numbers of people without warrants ... is a contrary to our best systems of justice."

A famous mass arrest occurred on September 27, 2002, in Washington, DC in which several hundred anti-World Bank/International Monetary Fund protestors, journalists and bystanders were systematically arrested by police and charged with failure to obey a police order. A class action lawsuit against the government ensued. Pre-emptive mass arrests have also sometimes been criticized.

Over 1,700 protesters were arrested during the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York City.

On October 1, 2011, more than 700 protesters with the Occupy Wall Street movement were arrested while attempting to march across the bridge on the roadway.

On January 28, 2012, more than 400 people were arrested at Oakland.

During a seven-day span on Capitol Hill, from April 11 through April 18, 2016 police arrested approximately 1,240 people (300 arrests were made on April 18 alone) who were demonstrating for reforms to how Americans vote and campaign in elections.

War crime
Indiscriminate mass arrests were designated a war crime in 1944 by a commission on war crimes created by the London International Assembly. Thar was one of two items added by that Commission to the list of war crimes that had been drawn up by the Commission on the Responsibility of the Authors of the War and on Enforcement of Penalties in 1919.  Specifically, "indiscriminate mass arrests for the purpose of terrorizing the population" were designated as war crimes by the commission.

At the Netherlands temporary court martial in 1947, several members of the tokkeitai in the Netherlands East Indies were accused of the war crime of indiscriminate mass arrests. The applicable legislation, used by the court, was the NEI Statute Book Decree #44 of 1946, whose definition of war crimes paralleled the commission's list.  Specifically, item #34 of the enumerated list of war crimes under the NEI legislation was "indiscriminate mass arrests for the purpose of terrorising the population, whether described as taking hostages or not". The court understood the definition of such unlawful mass arrests to be as "arrests of groups of persons firstly on the ground of wild rumours and suppositions, and secondly without definite facts and indications being present with regard to each person which would justify his arrest". It added commentary on indiscriminate mass arrests that are for the purpose of terrorizing the populace by stating that they "contained the elements of systematic terrorism for nobody, even the most innocent, was any longer certain of his liberty, and a person once arrested, even if absolutely innocent, could no longer be sure of health and life".

See also
Arbitrary arrest and detention
January 2021 arrests of Hong Kong pro-democracy activists

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Belarus (OCP) - Belarusian journalists finished the work on a new pro-life movie called "Athos – pro-life! The legacy of Saint Paisios of Mount Athos". The first copy of a movie created by Artem Mahakeev and Matvey Rodov was given as a present to a First Lady of Serbia during her visiting of a cathedral church in Minsk.