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A 'Gay Wedding Cake' Battle Is Heating Up In Northern Ireland, Too
The laws differ, but the issues at heart are very similar.
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Court fights over cakes for same-sex couples in the United States and Northern Ireland are just the icing on a deeper debate about gay rights and whether services can be refused to certain people, experts said on Tuesday.
In Belfast, a bakery was found guilty of discrimination for refusing to make a cake with the words "Support Gay Marriage," while the U.S. case before the Supreme Court on Tuesday concerns a baker refusing to sell a cake to a gay couple for a wedding.
Both cases feature a bakery, a cake and a refusal to sell to a same-sex couple although laws in the two countries differ - but experts say the real issue is whether it is permissible to refuse a service to some.
"This is a very slippery slope," Sarah Kate Ellis, head of GLAAD, an LGBTQ rights group, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation, ticking off incidences such as medical care where being turned down could have drastic consequences.
"I'm a gay mom and having my children refused being treated in an emergency situation is terrifying ... This is way more than about cake."
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in the 2012 case of a baker at Masterpiece Cakeshop in Colorado who said selling a cake for a gay wedding violated his religious beliefs.
His lawyers argue his cakes are artistic endeavors protected as free speech and expression - but the gay couple argue it was a case of unlawful discrimination based on sexual orientation.
"One thing we are trying to figure out in these cases is what counts as discrimination," said John Corvino, a professor of philosophy at Wayne State University and co-author of "Debating Religious Liberty and Discrimination."
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He said a key difference is that in Northern Ireland, Ashers Baking Co. was refusing to make a certain design so would not be guilty of discrimination under U.S. law because it was a "design-based refusal," not a "user-based refusal."
"We wouldn't expect a baker to make a swastika-shaped cake ... they should be able to refuse designs," he said.
In April, Britain's Supreme Court will consider whether the Christian-run bakery found guilty in 2015 of unlawful discrimination can refuse to make a cake backing gay rights. Northern Ireland is the only part of the United Kingdom where same-sex marriage is not allowed.
In the United States, sexual orientation is not protected by law in all 50 states but is protected on a state-by-state basis.
"In 29 states in America, you can be fired from your job for being LGBTQ," Ellis said.
At Human Rights Watch, Boris Dittrich, advocacy director for its Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights Program based in Berlin, agreed the two cases mark a dangerous slippery slope.
"Where do you draw the line?" he said. "Could a baker also invoke the freedom of his religion to refuse to put a slogan on a cake in support of a mixed race relationship?"
But Sarah Warbelow, legal director at Human Rights Campaign, cautioned against drawing comparisons as both countries have very different legal systems, constitutions and histories.
"While we can look to international law as a thought process and an assessment of how other countries are handling a variety of issues, it's dangerous to compare a potential legal outcome in the United States to a case from a foreign country," she said.
Jennifer Pizer, director of law and policy at Lambda Legal, an advocacy group, said a decision in favor of the U.S. baker would "blow an enormous hole" in civil rights laws.
"If the civil rights laws can be evaded that easily, then they really become meaningless in many circumstances and that takes us down a very dangerous and hurtful path," she said.
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The use of branded content is gathering pace quickly everywhere. In Europe, the UK is still leading, followed by France. Both started early with branded content. Germany, Italy and Scandinavia are catching up, but for different reasons in each region: Scandinavia has mobile as 'the tool'; Italy is traditionally good in design and fashion, and produces stylish branded content; Germany is good at conducting studies and using relevant data – several key market research projects are done there; Austria and Switzerland are latecomers, but they're starting to do experiential outdoor executions, mainly through our German office.
What is 'good video content' and where do you distribute it?
From the early days of video, we've been involved in what good content looks like. In the past year alone, we can see how much the structure of video has changed.
Today's audience will watch your video most probably on a social platform like Facebook. So this means it's in a very busy environment, it's autoplaying and silent. Therefore, a good video today has to capture the interest of your audience without using sound, in a very cluttered environment. That's very different to the heyday of TV; it's about being loud in a different way and it influences everything from the actual execution to how it will be distributed.
Where do you put your video to make it a success? If it's good, you can promote it using just a press release, or believe in viral engagement. If it's not very good, you have to put it up on places such as YouTube in a 'must-see format' like a pre-roll, which you can't skip. Non-skippable is the solution of choice when the content is poor.
How does storytelling work best nowadays?
It's a very interesting area, because again this depends on what's seen as 'good content' and the impact it has on how you tell stories.
The traditional storytelling curve of a Hollywood movie, which has been adopted by many other stories, means that you build tension that peaks about 70% of the way in and then develops the resolution for the rest of the story. It's the classic storytelling curve.
In videos today, in social on the smart phone, you have to engage people from the very first second. And we also know from all our research, if you want people to engage with your content and to share it with their network, you have to be on a high at the end as well. So that's a transformation of the storytelling curve.
How do you predict or measure which content really works?
We use emotional recognition tools and technology, such as Unruly ShareRank and Realeyes, to help us predict shareability. We then use this data in combination with our own data to inform our approach to content distribution.
Emotional recognition through webcams shows us how people react: are they happy, are they sad, are they curious, or what are they? We track that and then we use it to inform our creative composition and also to inform our distribution. This measurement method has a bigger impact on distribution.
Sandra Freisinger-Heinl is the joint editor and co-author of BOBCM 2015 DACH book, Managing Director, MA Media and contributor to Branded Entertainment Online (BEO). This interview was originally published in the BOBCM DACH Region Edition (2015) co-edited by Sandra Freisinger-Heinl and Greta MacFarlane.


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Asia | North Korea
Let them eat Juche
What the world's most repulsive regime has in store for its people
May 8th 2008 | tokyo
A DECADE after a famine killed 500,000-1m people in North Korea, recent news from the benighted country suggests it is once again on the brink of mass starvation. The state food distribution system seems to have broken down everywhere, including the capital, Pyongyang, which usually gets special treatment from Kim Jong Il's regime. In the absence of public distribution, North Koreans rely increasingly on informal or illegal markets for grain. There, a new paper by the Peterson Institute for International Economics (IIE) in Washington argues, recent extreme price rises appear consistent with the onset of famine (see chart).
Good Friends, a Buddhist human-rights group in South Korea, says that in rural areas families are again adding tree-bark and grass to their diet, and foraging for food in the wild. It says that in South Pyongan province in west-central North Korea, people are already dying of starvation, while listless farmers ignore officials' calls to plant this year's rice. Last month the World Food Programme (WFP) called for urgent help to avert a "serious tragedy".
North Korea, admittedly, has a chronic food crisis. The 23m-odd population is large for the country's arable land, and the weather is often unfavourable: late-summer floods in 2006 and 2007 caused widespread damage. But North Korea's neighbours, China and South Korea, share similar features without going short of food. By contrast, North Korea is both international ward and pariah. Its reckless foreign policy hinges on nuclear blackmail, which deters foreign donors, and the regime frustrates efforts to ensure aid goes to those who most need it. It has suppressed agricultural markets while failing to spend on rural infrastructure or even fertiliser. Crucially, an unreformed economy means inadequate exports of goods or commodities that could pay for food imports.
Calculating North Korea's food needs is a politicised game of inadequate data. The IIE paper, by Stephan Haggard, Marcus Noland and Erik Weeks, reckons that the country needs 4m tonnes of grain a year (one-fifth less than estimates by the WFP). The authors conclude that, in the absence of the massive food aid that was supplied in the years after the famine, there is now less than 100,000 tonnes to spare.
In one sense the situation is more critical than in earlier years. In 2005, after a decent harvest, the regime sought to stamp on burgeoning markets, redirect grain supplies through the public-distribution system and get people to return to their work units: male vendors were banned from markets and then, last year, women under 50. Yet the public system is under strain. Andrei Lankov of Kookmin University says that some cities have not accepted ration coupons for food since last year. It is not just grain itself: electricity and fuel for threshing and transport are also short. People are forced on to the black market, where rice has shot up from 860 won (about $6) a kilo a year ago to 3,100 today. Income per head is perhaps $500 a year.
In theory, America is ready to assist with big supplies of aid, but that could take time and, possibly, a satisfactory declaration of North Korea's nuclear programmes. The WFP struggles to raise money and awareness over North Korea's plight. Yet since late 2005 North Korea has restricted its operations in the country.
Grain can come fastest from China and South Korea. But China is concerned about its own food supply, imposing taxes and quotas on exports as global prices rise. China is coy about food donations, but North Korean ingratitude probably reduces the potential amount. After last summer's floods, China refused to ship UN grain by rail until North Korea returned at least some of its 1,800 missing wagons.
As for South Korea, previous levels of aid are now in doubt under the new administration of Lee Myung-bak. Mr Lee has tied future South Korean assistance to the North to denuclearisation and human rights. Emergency aid is exempt from such conditions, he says, but the North must request it. Having reacted furiously to Mr Lee, Mr Kim's regime will be loth to do so.
Tens of thousands of North Koreans escaped the previous famine by fleeing to China. Covert cross-border trade also helped alleviate some misery. This year, ahead of the Beijing Olympics, China wants no trouble, while North Korea has also cracked down at the border. Good Friends says that in February 13 women and two men were executed for planning to cross into China. The regime calls the first famine the "arduous march" under Mr Kim's glorious leadership. If there is to be a second march, it seems no North Korean is to be allowed to escape its rigours.
This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline "Let them eat Juche"
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State Bank of India Vs. Km. Chandra Govindji [2000] INSC 545 (8 November 2000)
D.P.Mohapatro, S,Rajendra Babu L.I.T.J RAJENDRA BABU, J. :
The respondent is owner of a premises at Kasia Road, Deoria which was tenanted to the appellant-Bank. The land in which the said premises is situated measures approximately 12,000 square feet and the built area under the occupation of the appellant-Bank as a tenant is approximately 2,933 square feet at a rent of Rs. 300/- per month. In the said building the appellant-Bank had located its branch for several decades. Subsequently the rent was sought to be enhanced at Rs. 1,350/- per month from 01.10.1984 to 30.09.1989 with a further renewal on increase of rent @ 25% on the rent of Rs. 1,350/-. However, this proposal of the respondent was not accepted by the appellant. The respondent apart from filing a civil suit for eviction of the appellant also filed an application for enhancement of rent under Section 21(8) Proviso I thereto of U.P. Urban Building (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972. The respondent relied upon a valuation report given by Shri J.P. Aggarwal dated 11.12.1985 assessing the market value of the building at Rs.
16,50,000/-. On the basis of this report the respondent claimed a rent of Rs. 13,750/- per month from 01.01.1986.
The appellant-Bank resisted the said claim by contending that the premises in question was 70 years old and was in dilapidated condition and its depreciated value would not exceed Rs. 1 lakh. The respondent filed her own affidavit and that of Shri J.P. Aggarwal, the Valuer, in support of her case. On 29.10.1992 the appellant-Bank sought for an adjournment by filing an application on the ground that the Advocate had to go out of station for medical treatment and consequently the matter was adjourned on payment of costs. Next date fixed for hearing was 11.11.1992, when the Rent Controller did not hold the sittings and the matter was adjourned to 13.11.1992. On that date certain documents were produced alongwith photostat of the Valuers report dated 11.7.1988 showing the value of the building at Rs. 1,76,000/- and the matter was adjourned for further hearing to 24.11.1992. On 24.11.1992 Advocate for the appellant filed an application stating that on account of compelling personal reasons he had to go out of station and sought for an adjournment. However, the adjournment was not granted on that application and the same was dismissed 24.11.1992. However, the matter was set down for orders on 30.11.1992. In the meanwhile, on 28.11.1992 the appellant-Bank filed an application seeking to recall the order made on 24.11.1992 on the ground that the Advocate having taken ill had gone to Gorakhpur for medical examination on 24.11.1992. However, this application was not taken note of by the Rent Controller. On 30.11.1992 the appellant-Bank filed application before the Rent Controller which was kept on file and the matter was set down for arguments on 1.12.1992. The applications filed earlier were not heard. By its order made on 21.1.1993 the Rent Controller allowed the application filed by the respondent and fixed the rent at Rs. 13,750/- per month. Against the said order an application was preferred to the District Judge who dismissed the same and affirmed the order of the Rent Controller. The matter was carried to the High Court.
The High Court also dismissed the civil miscellaneous writ petition filed by the appellant-Bank. Hence this appeal.
Shri Harish Salve, the learned Solicitor General appearing for the appellant-Bank, submitted that in the facts and circumstances of this case there is hardly any justification for the Rent Controller to have refused to adjourn the case on 24.11.1992 which was explained to be one beyond the control of the appellants Advocate as he had fallen ill and had to go to Gorakhpur for medical examination on 24.11.1992.
Shri Yogeshwar Prasad, the learned Senior Advocate appearing for the respondent, submitted that the Rent Controller, the learned District Judge and the High Court having examined the matter and having found that the appellant-Bank had not availed of the reasonable opportunity provided from stage to stage and having not adduced evidence, it was not permissible now to contend that they did not have reasonable opportunity to put forward their case.
The High Court in the course of its order noticed that the application for adjournment on 24.11.1992 having been dismissed, fate of another application filed on 30.11.1992, need not be examined. It further noticed that the authority had given a clear finding that repeated opportunities had been given to the appellant but it had not availed of the same to adduce any evidence. In view of this, the contention to the contrary has no merit.
In ascertaining whether a party had reasonable opportunity to put forward his case or not, one should not ordinarily go beyond the date on which adjournment is sought for. The earlier adjournments, if any, granted would certainly be for reasonable grounds and that aspect need not be once again examined if on the date on which adjournment is sought for the party concerned has a reasonable ground.
The mere fact that in the past adjournments had been sought for would not be of any materiality. If the adjournment had been sought for on flimsy grounds the same would have been rejected. Therefore, in our view, the High Court as well as the learned District Judge and the Rent Controller have all missed the essence of the matter. In that view of the matter, we set aside the order made by the Rent Controller as affirmed by the District Judge and the High Court and remit the matter to the Rent Controller for a fresh consideration from the stage when the matter was set down on 24.11.1992 and after notice to the parties proceed to dispose of the matter as expeditiously as possible.
The appeal is allowed, but in the circumstances of the case there shall be no orders as to costs.


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The Psychology of Greed
By Neel Burton | October 6, 2014 October 27, 2014
Greed (or avarice, cupidity, or covetousness) is the excessive desire for more than is needed or deserved, not for the greater good but for one's own selfish interest, and at the detriment of others and society at large. Greed can be for anything, but is most commonly for food, money, possessions, power, fame, status, attention or admiration, and sex.
The origins of greed
Greed often arises from early negative experiences such as parental inconsistency, neglect, or abuse. In later life, feelings of anxiety and vulnerability, often combined with low self-esteem, lead the person to fixate on a particular substitute for what she once needed but could not find. The pursuit and accumulation of the substitute not only seems to make up for her loss, but also provides comfort and reassurance, and distracts from frightening feelings of emptiness and meaninglessness. As far as she can see, life is a simple choice between greed and fear.
Greed is much more developed in human beings than in other animals, no doubt because human beings have the unique capacity to project themselves into the future, and, in particular, to the time of their death and beyond. Throughout our short life, the idea of our mortality haunts us. Not only that, but it conflicts with our strong survival instincts, giving rise to anxiety about our purpose, meaning, and value. This so-called existential anxiety, though it may be mostly subconscious, yet manifests in the form of compensatory behaviours, and, of course, greed is one such compensatory behaviour.
To help cope with our existential anxiety, we inhabit a larger culture which elaborates a narrative of human life and death, and, through that narrative, furnishes us with the purpose, meaning, and value for which we yearn. Whenever existential anxiety threatens to surface into our conscious mind, we naturally turn to our culture for comfort and consolation, and, in doing so, embrace it ever more tightly. What other choice do we have, if we are not strong or educated enough to question our culture?
Now, it so happens that our culture—or lack of it, for our culture is in a state of flux and crisis—places a high value on materialism, and, by extension, greed. Our culture's emphasis on greed is such that people have become immune to satisfaction. Having acquired one thing, they are immediately ready to desire the next thing that might suggest itself. Today, the object of desire is no longer satisfaction, but desire itself.
Can greed be good?
Another theory of greed is that it is programmed into our genes because, in the course of evolution, it has tended to promote survival. Without greed, a person, community, or society may lack the motivation to build or achieve, move or change—and may also be rendered more vulnerable to the greed of others.
Greed, though an imperfect force, is the only consistent human motivation, and produces preferable economic and social outcomes most of the time and under most conditions. Whereas altruism is a mature and refined capability, greed is a visceral and democratic impulse, and ideally suited to our dumbed down consumer culture. Altruism may attract our admiration, but it is greed that our society encourages and rewards, and that delivers the goods and riches on which we have come to depend.
Like it or not, our society mostly operates on greed, and without greed would descend into poverty and chaos. Indeed, greed seems to be the driving force behind all successful societies, and modern political systems designed to check or eliminate it have invariably ended in the most abject failure.
In the film Wall Street (1987), Gordon Gekko says,
Greed, for the lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right, greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms; greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge has marked the upward surge of mankind.
The 20th century economist Milton Friedman has argued that the problem of social organization is not to eradicate greed, but to set up an arrangement under which it does the least harm. For Friedman, capitalism is just that kind of system.
While greed may be good for economies, it may not be so good for individuals. A person who is consumed by greed becomes utterly fixated on the object of his greed. Life in all its richness and complexity is reduced to little more than a quest to accumulate and hoard as much as possible of whatever it is that he craves. Even though he has met his every reasonable need and more, he is unable to adapt and reformulate his drives and desires.
If the person is embarrassed by his greed, he may take to hiding it behind a carefully crafted persona. For example, a man who craves power and runs for political office may deceive others (and, in the end, perhaps also himself) that what he really wants is to help others, while also speaking out against those who, like himself, crave power for the sake of power.
Deception is a common outcome of greed, as is envy and spite. Greed is also associated with negative emotional states such as stress, exhaustion, anxiety, depression, and despair, and with maladaptive behaviours such as gambling, scavenging, hoarding, trickery, and theft. By overcoming reason, compassion, and love, greed undoes family and community ties and undermines the very values on which society and civilization are founded. Greed may fuel the economy, but, as recent history has made all too clear, uncontrolled greed can also lead us unto a deep and long-lasting economic recession. Moreover, our consumer culture continues to inflict severe damage on the environment, resulting in rising sea levels, more frequent extreme weather events, deforestation, desertification, ocean acidification, and species extinctions, among others.
Greed and Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
The 20th century psychologist Abraham Maslow proposed that healthy human beings have a certain number of needs, and that these needs are arranged in a hierarchy, with some needs (such as physiological and safety needs) being more primitive or basic than others (such as social and ego needs). Maslow's so-called 'hierarchy of needs' is often presented as a five-level pyramid, with higher needs coming into focus only once lower, more basic needs have been met.
Maslow called the bottom four levels of the pyramid 'deficiency needs' because a person does not feel anything if they are met. Thus, physiological needs such as eating, drinking, and sleeping are deficiency needs, as are safety needs, social needs such as friendship and sexual intimacy, and ego needs such as self-esteem and recognition. On the other hand, Maslow called the fifth level of the pyramid a 'growth need' because it enables a person to 'self-actualize', that is, to reach his fullest potential as a human being. Once a person has met his deficiency needs, the focus of his anxiety shifts to self-actualization, and he begins—even if only at a subconscious or semiconscious level—to contemplate the context and meaning of life.
The problem with greed is that it grounds us on one of the lower levels of the pyramid, and thereby prevents us from acceding to the top level of growth and self-actualization. Of course, this is the precise purpose of greed: to defend against existential anxiety, which is the type of anxiety associated with the highest rung of the pyramid.
Greed and religion
Because greed keeps us from the bigger picture, because it prevents us from communing with ourselves and with God, it is strongly condemned by all major religious traditions.
In the Buddhist tradition, craving holds us back from the path to enlightenment. In the Christian tradition, avarice is one of the seven deadly sins. It is understood as a form of idolatry that forsakes the love of God for the love of the self and of material things, forsakes things eternal for things temporal. In Purgatory, Dante has the avaricious bound prostrate on a hard rock floor as a punishment for their attachment to earthly goods and their neglect of higher things.
This neglect of higher things is the mother of all sin. For St Paul, greed is the root of all evil: radix omnium malorum avaritia. Similarly, in the Hindu Bhagavad Gita, Lord Krishna calls covetousness a great destroyer and the foundation of sin.
It is covetousness that makes men commit sin. From covetousness proceeds wrath; from covetousness flows lust, and it is from covetousness that loss of judgment, deception, pride, arrogance, and malice, as also vindictiveness, shamelessness, loss of prosperity, loss of virtue, anxiety, and infamy spring, miserliness, cupidity, desire for every kind of improper act, pride of birth, pride of learning, pride of beauty, pride of wealth, pitilessness for all creatures, malevolence towards all…
The Fear
A modern, secular version of this tirade is contained in The Fear, a sarcastic song by the English singer and songwriter Lily Allen.
Here are a few choice lyrics from The Fear by way of a conclusion.
I want to be rich and I want lots of money
I don't care about clever I don't care about funny
And I'm a weapon of massive consumption
And it's not my fault it's how I'm programmed to function
Forget about guns and forget ammunition
'Cause I'm killing them all on my own little mission
I don't know what's right and what's real anymore
And I don't know how I'm meant to feel anymore
And when do you think it will all become clear?
'Cause I'm being taken over by The Fear
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Kathryn Sullivan-Trainor says:
I really enjoyed this article. You say greed, "distracts from frightening feelings of emptiness and meaninglessness", but I would argue that it is not actually emptiness and meaninglessness that are painful feelings, it is the fear of these feelings. Therefore greed, or any compensatory emotion such as arrogance or narcissism, all exist because of our intolerance to fear.
Arthe says:
I think that we can change word: greed in to addiction without losing the sense of the whole article.
"Greed, for lack of a better word, is good."
Every vice has it virtue, and every virtue taken to the extreme becomes a vice.
Can we change greed in to a virtue?
I dont mean as a sleight of hand, as it seems necessary for flourishing of society, how could we transform greed, for a lack of a better word in to a virtue?
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Different emission standards have been set for petrol and diesel engines. The permitted level of NOx emitted from a diesel engine has been drastically reduced by 55% from 180mg/km to just 80mg/km. In contrast, the NOx limit for petrol engines has not been altered from the Euro 5 standards and remains at 60mg/km.
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What is the Science?
In order to reduce the NOx produced by diesel engines, extra technology has been developed so that new vans are able to meet the new Euro 6 emissions standards. Three methods have been invented to ensure new diesel engines are compliant:
Exhaust Gas Recirculation (ERG)
Used by Fiat, ERG reduces NOx emissions by recirculating a percentage of the engine's exhaust gas back to the engine cylinders.
More likely to be used in smaller vans, the DPF works by capturing soot particles in the exhaust gas which are automatically burnt under high temperatures periodically to regenerate the filter and maintain exhaust gas emissions.
Most medium size vans and above, including pick-ups, are choosing to use SCR which uses a solution called AdBlue (also referred to as diesel exhaust fluid). This helps to convert nitrogen oxide intro nitrogen and water.
How Does AdBlue Affect Your Van?
As most manufacturers are choosing to use Selective Catalytic Reduction to fall in line with Euro 6 standards, you will need to know what effect AdBlue could have on your next new van.
Firstly, your van or pick-up will need an extra tank to store the AdBlue solution in order for it to break NOx emissions down into less harmful nitrogen and water vapour. The tank is around 10-20 litres in volume and can take from 30kg up to 80kg of a van's payload.
It will also be your responsibility to keep the AdBlue levels topped up and cover the costs just like oil and water. Prices do vary, but it typically costs around £8 - £20 a litre and can be purchased from certain retail outlets, service stations and dealerships.
Euro 6 Isn't All Bad News
Although it seems like you're going to have be paying out a lot more to have a Euro 6 van; that really isn't the case. With more refined engine technology you get increased engine efficiency which means better fuel economy and less frequent trips to the pumps. Euro 6 engines are typically more powerful than their Euro 5 counterparts as well.
The main aim of the Euro 6 standards is to reduce NOx, but the newly developed technology also reduces CO2 emissions. This could be helpful should the Government decide to change the road tax system for LCVs from the current fixed rate to one based on CO2 emissions as has been discussed for 2018. Similarly, if you run a fleet, decreasing your company's carbon footprint could also help with taxation.
Finally, there is London's Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) which will to come into effect from 8th April 2019. All vehicles that do not meet the exhaust emission standards (ULEZ standards) will be subject to a daily charge when travelling in central London in addition to the Congestion Charge. Unlike the Congestion Charge it will operate 24 hours a day, every day of the year, including weekends and public holidays. Fortunately, Euro 6 engines meet the ULEZ standards, so you will not be subject to any additional charges.
If you travel into the ULEZ with a van that is not Euro 6 compliant, you will be charged an additional £12.50 per day. This means that vans travelling in central London during the business week could face an extra £62.50 per week, which equates to £3,250 per annum.
Even if you don't travel into London on a regular basis, or at all, having a van that is not Euro 6 compliant is very likely to have a dramatic effect on the value of that van because you are limiting the market that the van can be sold to - i.e. no business that travels into London. Therefore, purchasing a Euro 6 van now eliminates the risk of the van's potential drastic loss of value in 2019 and means that you can travel in the ULEZ without incurring any additional charges.
Do You Need To Do Anything To Meet Euro 6 Standards?
The simple answer is no. Euro 6 legislation only applies to new vans, so you don't need to make any modifications to your current van in order to be compliant. Euro 6 vans have been in production from several manufacturers for some time now, so when you need to buy a new van, there will be a whole range of compliant vans to choose from.
Euro 6 Compliant Models at Loads of Vans


HD Video | Tonga Islands - 4 years old boy snorkels with whales!
Tonga Islands - A four-year-old boy snorkels with giant humpback whales!
25th of July 2010. Humpback whales have arrived in Tonga, marking the beginning of the mating season.
US filmmaker Darren Rice was so impatient to shoot them that he took his four-year-old son and his three-year-old daughter with him. For their first dive, these kids were lucky enough to swim with 15m-long whales. A killer!
Tonga is a small kingdom in the midst of the South Pacific. It's an archipelago that extends southeast of Fiji and has an area similar to that of Japan. It consists of 171 islands, including Tongatapu, where Haapai, the capital city, can be found, and three other main islands, Haapai, Vava'u and Niuas. It's world renowned for whale watching, especially between July and November.
Darren Rice has launched his own resort in Tonga - check the Matafonua Lodge website. If you want to know what's going on while scuba diving, check out another Darren's video by clicking here.


The District is pleased to announce Preacher Lawson and his Get To Know Me tour coming to Sioux Falls, SD on Wednesday, May 1.
The Swiftel Center is pleased to announce the PAW Patrol Live! The Great Pirate Adventure, August 10 and 11 in Brookings, SD.
The Denny Sanford PREMIER Center is pleased to announce Cher: Here We Go Again on Thursday, May 16 in Sioux Falls, SD.


Why do I sometimes worry about my body?
We might also start to feel that, if we changed our appearance, we could have a 'perfect' life. It's easy to forget this is just an illusion. Studies show that we are much more dissatisfied with our own appearance after being shown TV ads featuring exceptionally slim and beautiful people.
Magazine photographs of super-thin models can promote feeling of depression, stress, guilt, shame, insecurity and body-dissatisfaction. The things that we see in print or the media have been altered to perfection. If you saw your favourite celebrity on a week day in a supermarket they would look nothing like that picture in the magazine. Images are often airbrushed and what you see in the media is rarely completely real.
Be more critical of what you see in the media and less critical of yourself.
It can be really hard to see past the airbrushing, the fake tan, the plastic surgery or the full time stylist. There are things you can do to help yourself.
• Think about how media and social media makes you feel. It's ok to stop following someone (or take a break from social media) if you're finding it makes you upset or unhappy.
• Try and stay aware of how you feel when you are reading magazines or looking at adverts. Are you making comparisons?
• Make a list of your achievements and everything you like about yourself (not just about how you look!).
• Most of us remember insults and reject compliments. Next time someone pays you a compliment, say thank you and try to remember it. Writing the compliment in a diary on the date it was said can help.
• Is there anyone in your life who puts you down or makes you feel bad about yourself? Do you really need them as a friend?
• Recognise when you are being negative about yourself and putting yourself down. It's easy to get caught up in insulting yourself.
• Talk to people around you about how you feel.
Need a body confidence boost? Rise Above has tips, videos, quizzes, celeb stories and more to help boost your body confidence.
• Don't focus on what other people's bodies are like.
• Do focus on the things that you like about your appearance.
• Each day, say one thing that you like about yourself.
• Focus on accomplishments that have to do with who you are as a person, not what you look like.
• Understand that things we see in print or in the media have been altered to perfection, everything is not as it seems.
• You don't need validation from anyone else to feel good about yourself.
• No one is perfect, so embrace that you have differences and love the things that make you unique.
• Surround yourself with people who support you and make you feel good about yourself.
• Love yourself the way you are right now, not what or who you could be.
This Girl Can – National campaign to inspire girls and women to get active, no matter how well they do it, how they look or even how red their face gets!
Body Gossip – Charity that inspires people to be creative and proud their bodies and what makes them unique! Read and share inspiring stories.
SYEDA – Local charity that helps anyone who feels that their relationship with food or body image dominates their lives. Men, women, girls, boys, young and old, all access our services.
Beat – UK eating disorder charity which can help you work out if you may have an eating disorder and offers support.
NHS Choices – Ways to identify and raise your self-esteem.


Sony continues to shake up the market by re-introducing the PS Vita line with brand new colors. Not only will the new vita have new colors but it will be thinner and 15% lighter than the original. The battery life has now been extended by an hour giving your PS Vita experience 6 continuous hours of game play!
Check out the video and photos below for more details!


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2019 A's 25-man roster prediction 1.0
Predicting the A's Opening Day roster
Oakland Athletics' Khris Davis, right, celebrates his two-run home run with Matt Chapman (26) during the first inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
By Martin Gallegos | mgallegos@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group
PUBLISHED: February 11, 2019 at 8:00 am | UPDATED: February 25, 2019 at 9:39 pm
MESA, Ariz. — When it comes to predicting the 25 players who will line up along the third base line at the Oakland Coliseum on Opening Day, two-thirds of the equation can pretty much be locked in.
Things don't change much when most of your roster is returning from a previous season that featured 97 wins and an appearance in the American League Wild Card game. A's manager Bob Melvin should have a lineup he can feel confident throwing out there on an everyday basis, and with a strong supply of arms in the bullpen, the only real struggle will be who slots into the sixth, seventh and eighth innings as the bridge to Blake Treinen.
But there is one area of the roster that is somewhat of a concern — starting pitching.
Multiple pitchers are expected to battle for two, maybe three spots in the starting rotation. It's a similar situation the A's faced last spring. But by the time that camp ended, injuries depleted the group of would-be competitors and resulted in the final five healthy starters getting a starting job by default. The A's are hoping things will play out differently this time around.
New roster projections will be updated every two weeks, but before the A's have even played a single inning of Cactus League baseball, here's the first crack at trying to figure out which 25 guys will make the big league club.
Mike Fiers
OAKLAND, CA – SEPTEMBER 22: Mike Fiers #50 of the Oakland Athletics pitches against the Minnesota Twins during the first inning at the Oakland Coliseum on September 22, 2018 in Oakland, California. (Photo by Jason O. Watson/Getty Images)
In a starting rotation expected to be filled with uncertainty, Fiers will be counted on to be the anchor. It's a role he held down nicely upon his arrival via trade from the Detroit Tigers last August, going 5-2 with a 3.74 ERA in 10 starts with the A's as he allowed three earned runs or less in eight of those starts. It was a strong year overall for Fiers, finishing 12-8 with a 3.56 ERA over 30 starts in 2018.
Marco Estrada
A guy coming off a season in which he posted a 5.64 ERA wouldn't normally be so highly thought off, but there were different variables that led to Estrada's struggles.
Chief among those variables were injuries. Estrada dealt with a hip injury throughout most of 2018, yet decided to pitch through it instead of shutting it down when he had every right to with a Blue Jays squad that was going nowhere. Estrada is now fully healthy from the injury, and the A's expect his health along with moving over to a more pitcher-friendly Coliseum will help the 35-year-old right-hander bounce back closer to his 2016 All-Star form.
Daniel Mengden
Mengden's 2018 was quite a wild ride. The right-hander was dominant at times, like his month of May where he posted a 1.51 ERA and nearly earned pitcher of the month honors. He also struggled mightily the next month, posting an 11.57 ERA in June. But Mengden's finish to the season was solid as he gained comfort as the technical long reliever on days when Liam Hendriks would start out as the opener for most of September.
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With Sean Manaea, AJ Puk, and Jharel Cotton still a few months away from even being in the conversation for a rotation spot, Mengden has to be considered a strong candidate at this point.
Jesus Luzardo
Even without injuries to the three pitchers mentioned earlier, Luzardo would likely still be in competition for a spot in the rotation this spring given his quick rise from Single-A to Triple over the 2018 season. Now that the A's are short on reliable starters, Luzardo's case to make the team out of spring training is only stronger. The left-hander did struggle at Triple-A last year, posting a 7.31 ERA over four starts, but that may have been more due to creeping up on his innings limit of around 120. With a fresh arm this spring, a strong performance by Luzardo gives him a good shot to make the big league club come Opening Day.
Relief pitchers
Blake Treinen
Treinen was not only dominant last season, but he was also downright historic as he became the first reliever in MLB history to record at least 30 saves (39), 100 strikeouts, and a sub-1.00 ERA. Leading all relievers in 2018 with a 0.78 ERA, Treinen enters this season with a stronghold on the closer job.
Lou Trivino
Trivino began to hit a wall in his rookie season over the final two months of the regular season, but his three scoreless innings in the Wild Card game at Yankee Stadium last year held him re-establish himself as one of the top options in the A's bullpen. Treinen has the closer job secured, but Trivino will likely slot right in as the set-up man as long as he still has that nasty cutter at his disposal.
Fernando Rodney
With 325 saves under his belt over 16 big league seasons, Rodney returns to the A's bullpen as a key figure in that back end to serve as a bridge to Treinen.
Joakim Soria
What the A's lost in Jeurys Familia's departure in free agency they may have gained back in Soria. The 34-year-old veteran spent part of the 2019 season as the closer of the White Sox and has amassed 220 saves over his 11 big league seasons.
Yusmeiro Petit
Petit quietly got the job done all season last year, and while his role is more of a middle innings-type, he's still a reliable option for A's manager Bob Melvin.
Ryan Buchter
Not only can Buchter be used against tough lefties, but he also proved his worth against some right-handers over the 2018 season. The left-hander will be depended on as a valuable piece in the A's bullpen this season.
Jerry Blevins
The A's have been missing a true situational left specialist all last year and Blevins fits the bill. He comes into camp on a minor league deal, but Blevins should be able to lock down a spot in spring with a solid performance.
Liam Hendriks
A valuable piece for the A's not only in the bullpen but also as the opener at times, Hendriks has a pretty secure spot on this roster.
Frankie Montas
Montas pitched well at times as a starter last season, but his value this year could come in a long relief role.
Chris Herrmann
The A's remain in discussions with free agent catchers, but as of right now, Herrmann has a major role on this A's squad as the main backstop.
Josh Phegley
A right-handed batter, Phegley complements the left-handed hitting Herrmann in a platoon role at the catcher position.
Matt Olson
Coming off a year in which he won his first Gold Glove while crushing 29 home runs, Olson can easily slot in as the everyday first baseman.
Jurickson Profar
New A's second baseman Jurickson Profar. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Once considered the top prospect in all of baseball, Profar struggled to live up to that hype, but he did show something with the Rangers last year as he blasted a career-high 20 home runs. Profar will enter the season as the everyday second baseman.
Marcus Semien
Showing much-improved defense as he finished the year a finalist for a Gold Glove at shortstop, Semien can be counted on as the A's regular shortstop for 2019 as long as he remains healthy.
The rehab on his left shoulder is taking longer than expected, but Chapman is expected to be ready for action shortly after the start of Cactus League play. A darkhorse candidate for AL MVP, the third baseman's value to the A's is unquestioned.
Chad Pinder
Given his ability to play all around the infield and outfield, Pinder has earned a spot on this A's roster, though Franklin Barreto may be a challenge for that utility role this spring.
Khris Davis
Yes, he's more of a DH-only type these days, but Davis has been the most prolific power hitter in the game over the past few seasons. It's a toss-up between him and Chapman as far as team MVP.
Ramón Laureano
Oakland Athletics' Ramon Laureano (22) reaches to catch a fly ball hit by Detroit Tigers' Nicholas Castellanos (9) in the first inning of their MLB game at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, Aug. 3, 2018. Laureano was called up today and this was his first major league play of his career. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
Laureano burst onto the scene last August and quickly established himself as the everyday center fielder. He provides a spark at the top of the lineup and figures to start the year with that same role.
Stephen Piscotty
He may not get the publicity of a Khris Davis or Matt Chapman, but Piscotty quietly mashed a career-high 27 home runs last season. He enters 2019 with the right field job firmly in hand.
Mark Canha
It's unclear what the A's will do in left field. Maybe it's Nick Martini's job as it was for most of September, maybe it's a platoon with Canha. One thing is clear, Canha and his 17 homers last season give him a spot on the roster this early in spring.
Nick Martini
A career minor leaguer in the Cardinals organization for seven years, Martini got his major league shot with the A's in 2019 and took advantage. He was an on-base machine and enters spring with a good shot to keep that big league dream going.
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The bottom line is that agencies and associated professionals should be accountable and the best way to do this is to publicise these cases.
There is no reason why anyone should not stand by their opinions and defend them.
There is too much trial by expert and experts do get it wrong. I have been on cases where I got one social practitioner to admit under cross examination the the Mum was " a good enough parent" yet the court found against us.
Section7(4) tells us that the court may order expert reports ( sorry that is very paraphrased). The Judge doesn't necessarily need to take on board what the "experts" say.
However the Judges do take on board what the experts say. The same experts are used over and over again and the same experts meet the same Judges and Lawyers in the same courts.
More expose's are needed .
Maybe the legal inaccuracies were there to be thought provoking. For too long not much in our family court system is thought provoking. I try to be.
It seems to me that parents are deemed "guilty" before they ever set foot in a court room , not least because most cases go the Social Services way. SO if this program helps redress the balance and gives hope to innocent parents, long may it continue.
It seems you have not read and/or understood Pink Tape's comments on the Ward Case.
In this instance, the decision was that the legal threshold for the making of a care order was not made out by the Local Authority. That is not the same as saying the case should never have been put before the court in the first place.
The child, only a few weeks old, sustained a spiral fracture of his leg in circumstances that were not explained. That was an extremely serious event, for both child and parents, that required detailed examination and consideration by experienced medics, social workers and lawyers. That is precisely what occurred. The alternative would have been to do nothing, which is untenable. The baby was never removed from his parents' care, and the gramdparents were fortunately able to live with parents and child and provide 24 hour supervision until a final decision was reached.
The system is not perfect – none is – but it worked. And it worked because the welfare of the child was at all times regarded as paramount.
The child's parents were never "deemed guilty", or innocent. Those words have no place in care proceedings, the task of which is to establish the facts on the civil burden of proof (balance of probabilities), determine whether on the basis of the facts so established the threshold for the making of a care or supervision order set out in s 31 Children Act 1989 is made out and, if so, whether it is necessary in the welfare interests of the child to make an order, and if so of what type.
In the Ward case, the court decided that, on the basis of all the evidence, including expert evidence, the Local Authority had failed to establish the threshold had been made out. As Pink Tape says, this is unusual.
You say "most cases go the Social Services way". With respect, that is to approach matters from an incorrect perspective. Courts make decisions on the basis of the child's welfare interests, not on the basis of the "way" of the adult parties, whether social Services or parents.
Independent research indicates that about 25% of applications for care orders do not result in any orders being made by the Court. Some of these will be cases, like the Ward's, where the threshold is not established. Others, and I suspect the majority, will be where it is established but that no order is deemed necessary by the Court, because, for example, the parents have taken on board the concerns about their care and parenting ability and have brought about the necessary change and improvement.
You imply professionals and judges are not accountable unless cases are publicised. This is simply not accurate. What you mean is that they are not exposed to comment from the public and media. There is a well defined structure of accountability within the various professional bodies invloved in the family justice system. Trial by media and public opinion is no suitable replacement or addition and will do nothing to advance the interests of the children involved in these cases.
Your assertion that professionals do not stand by their opinions and defend them is also inaccurate – that occurs evert time they give evidence to a court. The whole point of giving evidence in a family court is to assist the court in reaching a decision in the child's best interests – it is not to persuade a largely uninformed and unqualified media and public that one party is right, or wrong.
What is needed instead is an information campaign to educate media and public alike about the legal and factual complexities of these cases, so as to enable a more informed understanding of what actually occurs in practice, whilst maintaing the confidentiality of information relating to the most intimate and private aspects of children's lives. Again, independent research shows that children who have been involved in care proeccedings do not want details about them and their familes being made known to all and sundry, and that if when asked during the proceedings about their experiences and wishes/feelings for the future they had been told those would be made public they would have refused to provide any information, thus hampering the court in coming to a fully informed conclusion about the best decision to take for their welfare.
Experts are instructed on behalf of the court to assist the judge to make a decision, but experts themselves do not make any decision at all.
Section 7 children Act 1989 refers to welfare reports from probation (now CAFCASS) or Social Services, not experts of the type to which you are referring. The provisions relating to the latter are contained within the Family Proceedings Rules 1991.
You are correct to say the judge doesn't have to take on board what the experts say, but you need to ask yourself why any court would go to the time and trouble and expense of directing the parties to agree and instruct an expert if no attention is to be paid to that expert's opinion when it is provided. Doing so does not mean the judge will accept expert opinion without question. Expert evidence is part of the totality of the evidence provided, and is taken into account. Sometimes experts provide conflicting evidence, and the judge has to weigh one against the other, and come to a conclusion if possible.
As for your comment that the same experts meet the same judges and the same lawyers, well yes, what would you expect? All are professionals who specialise in this very specialist field. By definition there are not many of them (and legal aid cuts will mean that shortly there will be many fewer around). It takes years of training, qualification and experience to become an expert or specialist in this field, so the people involved are not ten a penny. It is the same in any other field you may care to think of, and it should be like that shouldn't it? Surely you do not want such serious and complex matters decided by people who are not properly qualified?
i have specialised in representing both children and parents (not in the same case, obviously) in care proceedings for over twenty five years. I am still learning, and my thoughts have been constantly provoked throughout that time, contrary to your assertion. You say you try to be thought provoking. If your interest in care proceedings is that strong, I urge you to find a way to become a Solicitor or Barrister so that you may represent children and parents and help them in a much more effective way than is possible as a Mackenzie Friend (I assume that is what the initials MF after your name signify).
If you do a consequential benefit is that you will relaise there is no concept of "guilt" or "innocence" in care proceedings, and that all parties begin from the same place as far as the court is concerned, i.e. the whole purpose of the proceedings is to do what is best for the child.
I've just read this judgment. I will be quoting it when representing parents who are criticised for being hostile to social workers as if this were in itself poor parenting.
Julie she is right but best if she explain that her findings should reffered to different incidents to avoid chaos and confusion. Julie some times parents are wong. But the SS cannot get it right.


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Coroner's dire warning after man's drink and drugs death
Bolton Coroner's Court
Published: 11:34 Tuesday 28 November 2017
A coroner has highlighted the dangers of illegal substances after a man's life was "tragically cut short".
While Ryan Maguire had problems with alcohol, there was nothing to suggest he would turn to drugs, an inquest at Bolton Coroner's Court heard.
The 36-year-old was found dead in the bathroom at his home on Malvern Avenue in Atherton on Sunday, July 16.
Police found snap bags containing traces of brown powder, thought to be street heroin, in the bathroom and another snap bag of brown powder in his bedroom.
Tests carried out after his death showed that Mr Maguire had high levels of alcohol in his body and substances including cocaine and morphine from heroin.
Following a post-mortem examination, the pathologist recorded the medical cause of his death as mixed morphine (heroin) and alcohol toxicity.
The inquest heard Mr Maguire had told his GP in 2015 that his relationship had ended after four years and he was sleeping in his car, as he did not want his parents to know.
He was diagnosed with general anxiety disorder, given anti-depressants and referred to mental health services.
He also had issues with alcohol, described by the coroner as alcohol dependency syndrome.
He had started to receive support from the charity Addaction and other services.
Several professionals involved in Mr Maguire's care told the inquest that he repeatedly said he did not take drugs and there was nothing to suggest he would.
His parents also told the hearing that they had no idea he was using illegal substances.
The inquest heard that Mr Maguire was last seen by a friend on Monday, July 10, and a neighbour thought she had seen him two days later.
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Assistant coroner Timothy Brennand decided to record the date of his death as Wednesday, July 12, as no-one saw or heard from him after that day.
He ruled that Mr Maguire's death was drug and alcohol-related.
He said: "What is significant to me is that the recreational use of cocaine, in combination with the quantity of heroin, demonstrated that Ryan was clearly experimenting with the use of class A drugs.
"That was a lethal foray into the world of class A drugs.
"Heroin brings about death, can bring about degradation and brings abject misery to those who are left to pick up the pieces."
Mr Brennand offered his sincere condolences to Mr Maguire's family.


Mark Duplass says that early on, he and his brother Jay wanted to be the Coen brothers. After 10 painful years of failure and self-doubt, he realized they were much better off being the Duplass brothers. Sticking to their shared gut got them promoted to Hollywood, where Mark found that success came with too many strings–and meetings–attached. That's when his creative genius (he calls it "fear of making a bad movie") turned to the business itself. What emerged was a model for making films exactly the way he wants to, while earning enough to keep making them. As they say, if you want something done right (not to mention better, faster, and cheaper) do it yourself. Could he be any happier? Yeah, probably– if we stuck him in a grimy old 110-degree shed with a drum kit and a Walkman.


Ecommerce Templates shopping cart software works perfectly with all versions of Dreamweaver, from 3 right through to the CS versions. We have regular Dreamweaver themes with the shopping cart already integrated as well as desktop / tablet / smartphone friendly Responsive Designs and Premium Responsive Designs.
Below we outline the steps to get started using your Dreamweaver shopping cart.
The first thing to do when you've opened up Dreamweaver is to define your site - go to Site > New Site from the top menu of Dreamweaver.
Give your ecommerce template site a name and browse to the folder you extracted the template to. For getting started you won't need to fill in any other information.
You'll find the package has some sample pages, the store .asp/php pages and a file called Main.dwt in the Templates folder. To make site-wide changes to the design, adding your company name, changing the menu etc. you'll need to work from this file. The news sections are often library files and these can be found in the Library folder. Once you've made the changes, save the file and you'll be prompted if you want to update all the files using this template or library file - agree to the prompt and you should be able to see the modifications you've made.
Now you can upload all your site to your server - you can do this through Dreamweaver itself or using a specialist FTP program.
If your pages don't update after making a change to the dwt file, make sure your site has been defined as in the steps above. You can also go to Site > Advanced > Recreate Site Cache to make sure that Dreamweaver is recognizing all your files. Another option would be to close Dreamweaver, copy your store files to a new location and set up the site definition again.
If you are seeing code in design view it probably means that Dreamweaver is picking up the coding of the include files from the vsadmin/inc/ folder. You could remove the vsadmin folder from your local site but perhaps a better solution would be to go to Edit > Preferences > Invisible elements > uncheck the "server side includes" box - and show dynamic text as recordset field.
Remember that editable regions will need changing on a page by page basis. Typically the main content in the center of the page is editable but also the title / meta tags section at the top of the code - it's important to have unique content there on each page, reflecting the content so you wouldn't want that to be a global setting in the dwt file.


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Home » Business » California May Use "Emergency Brakes" As Rapidly-Evolving Coronavirus Outbreak Worsens: "We Will Do What We Need To Protect The Health Of Californians"
California May Use "Emergency Brakes" As Rapidly-Evolving Coronavirus Outbreak Worsens: "We Will Do What We Need To Protect The Health Of Californians"
On Friday, California's Director of Health and Human Services summed up his 45 minute press conference in three words: "I am worried."
Dr. Mark Ghaly then tried to underline the urgency of his words by saying, "This is an important, immediate situation."
Ghaly's cohort Dr. Erica Pan outlined the numbers behind those sentiments.
The acting state health officer revelaed that there were 6,893 new cases COVID-19 recorded on Friday. That's higher than the 7-day average of 6,773.
The 14 day test positivity rate is now 4.0%. That's 1 point higher than just 2 weeks ago.
Coronavirus-related hospitalizations are up 34% over 2 weeks.
Patients with COVID-19 in the state's ICU units have risen by over a 3rd in the past two weeks to 931.
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"This isn't positive news," noted Ghaly before revealing that this rise in hospitalizations, when compared with the previous big spike in July, is a "early 20% more rapid rise."
Given that, "We are actively discussing this with our local health officials and internally about what we can do with this rapid rate of rise and what we could do with the 'emergency brakes' we built in from the beginning," said Ghaly. "Our concern with this rapid rate of rise is that the peak could be higher [than in July] if we don't restrict."
When pushed on what those "emergency brakes" might be, the HHS director focused mostly on increasingly rapid movement for counties back into more a restrictive status in the state's tiered reopening blueprint.
"Now may be the time when counties move back after only 1 week [instead of waiting two]," proposed Ghaly. "To date, we've had counties move back only one tier at a time," he continued before imagining that counties might jump back multiple tiers at once.
He also announced state guidelines for holiday gatherings. That came on the heels of a morning announcement from Newsom that the state had issued a travel advisory and travel quarantine recommendations.
Earlier in the week Ghaly presided over the announcement that 11 of the state's counties would be sliding back into more restrictive coronavirus tiers. It was the first time since Governor Gavin Newsom announced his Blueprint for a Safer Economy (see chart below) that none of the state's counties moved forward, according to Ghaly. The director also offered a preview of what's to come.
"As we look forward to next week and we see which counties may have missed their current tier threshold this week, we anticipate if things stay the way they are, that between this week and next week over half of California counties will have moved into a more restrictive tier," Ghaly said. "And so that certainly is an indication that we're concerned and that we have to keep a close watch on what's happening."
That would mean that next Tuesday's tiering announcement will see at least another 19 of the state's 58 counties move backward into a more restrictive tier of the governor's reopening blueprint.
But what of those counties — like Los Angeles, San Diego, Riverside and San Bernardino — already in the most stringent Purple tier? And what if the majority of the state's counties soon fall into that tier?
"Purple is our most restrictive tier," said Ghaly. "Many are already there. We're going to work with counties. If additional changes to the Purple tier are required, we're going to work with our local counties to see what's there. We are not looking today at a statewide stay-at-home order. We know Californians are fatigued."
Ghaly said that during the shutdown in March, the state used "blunt tools" to control spread. "Today we have good information about the activities" that spread the disease, he observed, before implying that the state would look to use a scalpel rather than a club when implementing restrictions.
"That said," Ghaly added, "this is a quickly, rapidly evolving situation and we will do what we need to make sure to protect the health of Californians."
Those assessments would not just be made the night before press conferences or even just on weekdays, said the director in what may have been a bit of foreshadowing. "We're looking at situation not just during the week, but over the weekend, as well."
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Meghan Markle movie to explore if she made 'biggest mistake' joining Royal Family
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex
·Royal Correspondent
8 July 2021, 9:36 am ·3-min read
Harry and Meghan during their last royal duty in March 2020. (PA Images via Getty Images)
Meghan Markle's character will question whether she made the "world's biggest mistake" marrying into the Royal Family in the latest Lifetime TV movie about her and Prince Harry.
Harry and Meghan: Escaping the Palace is the network's third film about the royal couple, covering their decision to step back from their senior royal duties, move to the US and make their own money.
In a dramatic trailer shared on Instagram, Harry's character says he wants to protect his family, while Meghan questions the decision she made.
The film, due out sometime this Autumn, follows 2018's Harry & Meghan and 2019's Harry & Meghan: Becoming Royal.
In the trailer Harry, played by Jordan Dean, says: "I will do everything in my power to keep my wife and son safe."
Kate, played by Laura Mitchell, says: "This is the life we signed up for. Here we value dignity above all else."
Sydney Morton, playing Meghan, says: "I never thought this would be easy, but I wanted to make the Queen proud."
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Part of the comment echoes the words Meghan said to Tom Bradby during their Autumn 2019 tour in South Africa, where she said: "I never thought that this would be easy but I thought it would be fair."
William, played by Jordan Whalen, says: "Let everyone understand it, the monarchy is at stake."
In a talking head style moment, the Queen, played by Maggie Sullivan, says: "The monarchy will always survive."
The trailer ends with Morton asking: "Have I made the world's biggest mistake?"
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Deadline previously reported that Lifetime wanted this film to "detail Meghan's growing isolation and sadness, their disappointment that 'The Firm' was not defending them against the press's attacks and Harry's fear that history would repeat itself and he would not be able to protect his wife and son from the same forces that caused his mother's untimely death".
While the film is highly fictionalised, particularly in terms of exact dialogue, the filmmakers will have plenty of the couple's own side of the story to base the movie on, because of their sit down interview with Oprah Winfrey in March.
A teaser two weeks ago showed the latest film would include a recreation of that interview.
The third film in the series has not gone down well on social media, with comments under the trailer suggesting it should not have been made.
Jordan Whalen, here in 2019 in LA, is set to return as Prince William. (FilmMagic)
One said: "I will do everything in my Power not to watch."
Another added: "This is laughable. Way to make a bad situation worse."
The real life Harry and Meghan announced plans to step back from senior royal life in January 2020, and were denied their plans to work and represent the Queen.
They confirmed in February 2021 that they would not be returning to working royal life. They live in California with their two children, Archie, two, and Lilibet, one month, and have contracts with Netflix and Spotify to produce programmes and podcasts.
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Q: Get extent on every zoom or pan of map map.getView().calculateExtent(map.getSize())

I am able to get extent using the above but I want the extent on every zoom/pan of map.. do we have any functions that can do it? i looked at zoom interactions and zoom to extent but none of those do what i want.

A: try:
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as suggested by M.Moraca

A: The correct way is this:
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Bennet signs as co-sponsor for DOMA-repeal bill
Senator Michael Bennet today signed on as a co-sponsor of a bill to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act.
President Obama announced in February that his administration would no longer defend the Act–calling it indefensible. Shortly after that, a bill was introduced to repeal the Act, with Rep. Jared Polis as an original co-sponsor. Then Speaker of the House John Boehner announced that he was leading a group to [defend the Act with private funds.](http://coloradoindependent.com/Senator Michael Bennet today signed on as a co-sponsor of a bill to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act.)
"The federal government should no longer pick and choose which legal marriages to recognize," Bennet said. "Married same-sex couples deserve the same federal marriage benefits that my wife and I enjoy. No married couples should be denied these marriage benefits, and they should not have to worry that their spouses will be denied Social Security surviving spouse benefits or equal family health benefits."
The Respect for Marriage Act would allow married same-sex couples to receive federal marriage benefits, including filing joint federal income taxes, Social Security spousal benefits, family health and pension benefits for federal employees and other benefits heterosexual married couples enjoy.
Currently, five states and the District of Columbia grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples and provide equal state benefits to all legally married couples. The bill would not require states that do not recognize same-sex marriages to do so. But legally married same-sex couples living in states not recognizing their marriage would still receive federal marriage benefits.
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SEA GAMES – Vietnamese ace upset by Singapore youngster
Serla Rusli
Loh Kean Yew stole the limelight at the qualifying round of SEA Games 2015 when he beat Vietnam's top men's singles shuttler Nguyen Tien Minh. Loh advanced to the quarter-finals of his first major international tournament after an incredible match, 21-16, 15-21, 21-17.
Serla Rusli and Seria Rusli, Badzine Correspondents live from Singapore Indoor Stadium. Photo: Seria Rusli
It was a very tight match from the start. Loh Kean Yew (pictured) got the home ground crowd celebrating in the first game when he convincingly took Nguyen down 21-16. However, Nguyen Tien Minh (pictured below) was not to be defeated easily and with his aggressive attacks, the Vietnamese managed to snatch the second game from the Singaporean youngster.
During the third game, Loh really showed what strong will, motivation and a dose of spectator's support could do. Every point was a hard-fought battle with long rallies, with both players refusing to give up.
Loh, who seemed to get fired up with every single point he won from the Vietnamese, eventually managed to edge out the former world #5 and a player 14 years his senior out of the tournament.
"I'm super super super super happy about winning the match," said the excited Loh who was clearly still running on adrenaline from the match. "We both had difficulty killing each other in the match, but my strategy was to keep outpacing his speed.
"In the second half of the final game, I just kept telling myself not to let him catch up. I know that for experienced players like him, once he gets close to his opponent, he will gain confidence and finally overtake. So I just tried to win every single point."
Loh's victory meant that Singapore still maintains full force in the men's singles event. A few matches earlier, Derek Wong, Singapore's #1 shuttler breezed through his first individual match in the tournament by beating Cambodia's Phor Rom Cheng, 21-10, 21-7.
Derek will face none other than the SEA Games men's singles defending champion Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk (pictured) in the quarter-finals. They have faced each other once in this tournament during the men's team event, with Derek winning the match.
"Tanongsak is the number 1 seed in this tournament so it will be a tough match. I managed to try out a few variations of shots that I will be using to face against him in my match earlier."
Tanongsak also had a relatively easy win today against Meksavang Phommaly from Laos, 21-11, 21-17.
"I hope I can defend my title and I will do my best. I do feel a little bit of pressure in this tournament as the defending champion."
Tanongsak will be joined by his compatriot, who is also one of the favourites in the tournament, Boonsak Ponsana (pictured). Boonsak once again overcame young Indonesian Firman Abdul Kholik whom he had faced the day before in the finals of the men's team event against Indonesia. He advanced to the quarter-finals with a 21-14, 21-13 win.
"I was a little bit nervous during the game, but I knew I had to control the match. I'm still very tired from all the team matches, and I'm feeling some pressure after not winning the gold medal yesterday. But I will focus on playing well, have fun and take it one day at a time."
Boonsak is set to face Mohamad Arif AB Latif from Malaysia, who had a much easier win against his opponent Fongmalayseng from Laos.
Singapore's glory in men's singles event was extended to their three other compatriots. In women's singles event, Liang Xiaoyu booked her spot to the quarter-finals in just 15 minutes after outclassing her opponent Yee Le Le from Myanmar and bagged the match, 21-4, 21-5. In men's doubles, Danny Chrisnanta / Chayut Triyachart advanced to the next round after beating Aniloud Keophithoun / P. Fongmalayseng from Laos, 21-12, 21-15.
Liang's teammate, Grace Chua failed to advance to the quarter-finals as she was stopped by Fanetri Lindaweni from Indonesia, 21-11, 21-19.
Grace joined the long list of Singaporean doubles who were all halted by their opponents.
Danny Bawa Chrisnanta / Vanessa Neo Yu Yan (pictured below) bowed down to Malaysia's Chan Peng Soon / Goh Liu Ying (pictured) 18-21, 16-21.
"It was a wasted chance," said the dejected Vanessa. "We had a chance to win the match, but we did not keep our momentum during some points. We never really controlled the game while the Malaysians were really good at controlling their shots and executing their strategy. We also made a lot of mistakes today."
Vanessa faced her second defeat for the day when she and her women's doubles partner Shinta Mulia Sari was beaten by Indonesian duo Anggia Shitta Awanda / Ni Ketut Mahadewi, 21-11, 21-15.
Afterwards it was Hendra Wijaya / Terry Hee who had to surrender to their much stronger opponents. The Singapore men's doubles team was beaten by Ronel Estanislao / Philip J. Escueta, 21-18, 21-15.
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