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Simple Shared Motifs (SSM) in conserved region of promoters: a new approach to identify co-regulation patterns
Jérémy Gruel, Michel LeBorgne, Nolwenn LeMeur, Nathalie Théret
BMC Bioinformatics , 2011, DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-12-365
Abstract: Here, we propose a different approach based on the compilation of Simple Shared Motifs (SSM), groups of sequences defined by their length and similarity and present in conserved sequences of gene promoters. We developed an original algorithm to search and count SSM in pairs of genes. An exceptional number of SSM is considered as a common regulatory pattern. The SSM approach is applied to a sample set of genes and validated using functional gene-set enrichment analyses. We demonstrate that the SSM approach selects genes that are over-represented in specific biological categories (Ontology and Pathways) and are enriched in co-expressed genes. Finally we show that genes co-expressed in the same tissue or involved in the same biological pathway have increased SSM values.Using unbiased clustering of genes, Simple Shared Motifs analysis constitutes an original contribution to provide a clearer definition of expression networks.A major challenge for modern molecular biology consists in deciphering the complex regulation of gene expression. During the two last decades, numerous experimental and computational approaches have been developed to identify functional regulatory domains in genes. Binding sites for transcription factors (TFBS) are central elements in the modulation of transcriptional activity. These short DNA sequences are cis-regulatory motifs usually located in the proximal promoter region of target genes and bind trans-acting transcription factors [1]. Transcription factors have been shown to act cooperatively [2], leading to the emergence of the CRM (cis-regulatory modules) concept.In silico approaches designed to uncover regulatory elements in gene promoters are based on this understanding of gene regulation. A possible binary categorization of these approaches is based on the fact that they use or not previously described TFBS, stored in databases such as TRANSFAC [3] or JASPAR [4]. Both strategies have advantages and drawbacks.Although TFBS databases are adm
In silico investigation of ADAM12 effect on TGF-β receptors trafficking
BMC Research Notes , 2009, DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-2-193
Abstract: We extracted qualitative biological observations from experimental data and defined a family of models producing a behavior compatible with the presence of ADAM12. We computationally explored the properties of this family of models which allowed us to make novel predictions. We predict that ADAM12 increases TGF-β receptors internalization rate between the cell surface and the endosomal membrane. It also appears that ADAM12 modifies TGF-β signaling shape favoring a permanent response by removing the transient component observed under physiological conditions.In this work, confronting differential models with qualitative biological observations, we obtained predictions giving new insights into the role of ADAM12 in TGF-β signaling and hepatic fibrosis process.During chronic liver injury, the sustained wound healing response leads to fibrosis and cirrhosis. Among the molecular components involved in fibrogenesis, the transforming growth factor, TGF-β is the most potent profibrotic cytokine. Indeed, several authors have shown that alteration of TGF-β dependent signaling pathway is associated with liver fibrosis [1,2]. In this system, the first cellular control point is at the membrane. TGF-β transmits its signal through a heteromeric complex of two types of transmembrane receptors, TβRI and TβRII. TGF-β binding to TβRII induces recruitment and phosphorylation of TβRI, which activates R-Smad intracellular signaling [3]. At the membrane, an important feature of TGF-β signaling is the continuous internalization of receptors and ligand-receptor complexes through two endocytosis pathways: the clathrin-coated pit endocytosis, mediating R-Smad signaling cascade, and the caveolin mediated endocytosis, leading to degradation of receptors through the proteasome pathway [4,5].We have recently demonstrated that ADAM12, a member of the disintegrin and metalloproteinase family associated with liver fibrogenesis [6,7], facilitates TGF-β signaling at the membrane [8]. ADAM12 interacts
Knowledge based identification of essential signaling from genome-scale siRNA experiments
Armand Bankhead, Iliana Sach, Chester Ni, Nolwenn LeMeur, Mark Kruger, Marc Ferrer, Robert Gentleman, Carol Rohl
BMC Systems Biology , 2009, DOI: 10.1186/1752-0509-3-80
Abstract: We use PIPA to analyze genome-scale siRNA cell growth screens performed in HeLa and TOV cell lines. First we show that interacting gene pair siRNA hits are more reproducible than single gene hits. Using protein interactions, PIPA identifies enriched pathways not found using the standard Hypergeometric analysis including the FAK cytoskeletal remodeling pathway. Different branches of the FAK pathway are distinctly essential in HeLa versus TOV cell lines while other portions are uneffected by siRNA perturbations. Enriched hits belong to protein interactions associated with cell cycle regulation, anti-apoptosis, and signal transduction.PIPA provides an analytical framework to interpret siRNA screen data by merging biologically annotated gene sets with the human interactome. As a result we identify pathways and signaling hypotheses that are statistically enriched to effect cell growth in human cell lines. This method provides a complementary approach to standard gene set enrichment that utilizes the additional knowledge of specific interactions within biological gene sets.The ability to study a gene's contribution to phenotype through RNA interference (RNAi) has provided unprecedented insight to the essential biology of mammalian cell lines. RNAi knockdowns inhibit messenger RNA translation leading to changes in protein concentration, protein interactions, transcription, and ultimately an effect on phenotype [1-3]. Genome-scale siRNA phenotype screens consist of thousands of targeted perturbation experiments to identify significant effectors on a phenotype of interest, such as cell growth. As these high-throughput screens become more automated and less expensive, there is a growing demand to associate siRNA hits with the interactome.Unfortunately, the interpretation of genome-scale RNAi phenotype screens is complicated by several sources of experimental variability. Off-target effects arise when the change in phenotype is not a result of a targeted mRNA knockdown, but ra
flowCore: a Bioconductor package for high throughput flow cytometry
Florian Hahne, Nolwenn LeMeur, Ryan R Brinkman, Byron Ellis, Perry Haaland, Deepayan Sarkar, Josef Spidlen, Errol Strain, Robert Gentleman
Abstract: We developed a set of flexible open source computational tools in the R package flowCore to facilitate the analysis of these complex data. A key component of which is having suitable data structures that support the application of similar operations to a collection of samples or a clinical cohort. In addition, our software constitutes a shared and extensible research platform that enables collaboration between bioinformaticians, computer scientists, statisticians, biologists and clinicians. This platform will foster the development of novel analytic methods for flow cytometry.The software has been applied in the analysis of various data sets and its data structures have proven to be highly efficient in capturing and organizing the analytic work flow. Finally, a number of additional Bioconductor packages successfully build on the infrastructure provided by flowCore, open new avenues for flow data analysis.Automation technologies developed during the last several years have enabled the use of flow cytometry (FCM) to generate large, complex data sets in both basic and clinical research applications [1]. A serious bottleneck in the interpretation of existing studies and the application of high throughput FCM to even larger, more complex problems is that data management and data analysis methods have not advanced sufficiently far from the methods developed for applications of FCM to small-scale, tube-based studies [2]. In particular, the data often need to be organized into groups of samples based on combinations of additional covariates and similar operations need to be applied to these groups in a transparent and reproducible manner. Furthermore, the growing depth of knowledge in the field of immunology, for instance the characterization of distinct human T-cell sub-population [3], clearly argues for more systematic approaches.Some of the consequences of the lag of efficient software solutions are difficulties in maintaining the integrity and documentation of large dat
Edgar Morin, Pierre Nora, Michel Onfray, et al., Des Intellectuels jugent les médias
Nolwenn Mingant
InMedia : the French Journal of Media and Media Representations in the English-Speaking World , 2012,
Abstract: Des intellectuels jugent les médias is a collection of interviews published in French magazine Médias over the past five years. The 'intellectuals' in question are renowned philosophers (Daniel Bougnoux, André Compte-Sponville, Régis Debray, Yves Michaud, Michel Onfray, the Spanish Fernando Savater), historians (Marcel Gauchet, Pierre Nora), sociologists (Edgar Morin), and essayists (Philippe Sollers, Paul Virilio). In publishing these interviews, Mordicus Editions aims to help people to 'bet...
Hollywood's Global Outlook: Economic Expansionism and Production Strategy La perspective mondiale d'Hollywood : expansion économique et stratégique de production
Revue LISA / LISA e-journal , 2009, DOI: 10.4000/lisa.1615
Abstract: Depuis le milieu des années soixante, l'importance du marché extérieur pour les majors américaines a beaucoup varié. Marché mineur à la fin des années soixante-dix et dans les années quatre-vingt, il prend de plus en plus d'importance depuis le début des années quatre-vingt dix. L'arrivée de nouvelles technologies ainsi que l'ouverture de nouveaux territoires sont les deux phénomènes qui expliquent ce regain d'importance. Depuis le début des années quatre-vingt dix, les majors se sont donc lancées dans une nouvelle vague d'expansion économique mondiale. La question centrale de cet article est alors la suivante. Le désir qu'ont les majors hollywoodiennes d'expansion économique mondiale a-t-il une influence sur leurs choix de production, et, en particulier, a-t-il une influence sur le caractère national des films produits? En suivant pas à pas la fa on dont Hollywood observe le marché extérieur depuis quarante ans, puis sa tendance croissante à prendre en compte dans les choix de production les go ts du public étranger, nous nous poserons inévitablement la question des conséquences culturelles de ces pratiques économiques, autour des notions d'universalité, d'internationalisation et d'identité nationale, jusqu'à ce que finalement se révèle à nous une nouvelle identité hollywoodienne: Glocalwood.
Global Film and Television Industries Today: An Analysis of Industrial and Cultural Relations
Nolwenn Mingant,Cecilia Tirtaine
Abstract: Globalization has led to an increase in contacts between the film and television industries of different countries, particularly within the English-speaking world. The aim of this set of articles is to highlight specific issues brought about by globalization through different methodological approaches. The internationalization of film and television industries, linked to globalization, has had far-reaching consequences, from an industrial point of view, notably with the development of "runawa...
Blog : un journal intime comme mémoire de soi
Nolwenn Hénaff
Conserveries Mémorielles : Revue Transdisciplinaire de Jeunes Chercheurs , 2011,
Abstract: Tenir un journal est devenu, pour un individu, une manière possible de vivre, ou d'accompagner un moment de sa vie (Lejeune, 2006). Les usages sont donc multiples : construction d'une identité narrative, fixation du temps, libération du moi, introspection, outil de contr le, de soutien, méthode d'organisation de la pensée, plaisir d'écrire. Si l'écriture papier reste la forme la plus courante du récit biographique, d'autres supports médiatiques comme la télévision ou la radio sont venus offrir de nouveaux terrains d'expérimentation de ces récits de soi. Plus récemment, l'avènement d'Internet et de ses outils simplifiés de publication ont fait émerger des formes biographiques innovantes. Pourtant, qu'il s'agisse de traverser une crise, de garder la mémoire d'une expérience forte, ou, plus ordinairement, de relater ses vacances et ses voyages, le journal se positionne avant tout, et résolument, comme un espace de liberté : on écrit quand on veut, comme on veut. Le Souci de soi comme dirait Foucault, l'espace dominé par les sensations, et la temporalité marquée par la notion d'instants, de moments ayant une connotation expressément personnelle sont autant d'indices révélant la pratique de l'écriture intime en ligne. Le blog appara t à des moments de vie et accompagne souvent des tournants biographiques (ruptures, questionnement mais aussi nouveaux apprentissages, nouvelles rencontres, etc.). Nous proposons dans cet article d'analyser le blog en tant que support de mémoire personnelle et d'étudier à travers des exemples concrets les stratégies développées par les blogueurs pour se créer via ce dispositif communicationnel innovant un espace de conserverie de soi en ligne. Keeping a journal has become a way of live, or to moment a moment in one's life (Lejeune, 2006). It has multiple uses: construction of a narrative identity, marking time, liberating the self, introspection, self-control, self-support, organization of thoughts or the pleasure of writing. If paper writing is still the most common form of biographical narrative, other media like television or radio have offered new areas of experimentation with these stories of self. More recently, the advent of the Internet and its easy publishing tools have triggered the emergence of innovative biographical forms. Yet, whether to overcome a crisis, keep the memory of a powerful experience, or, more generally, recount his travels and his vacation, the journal is positioned above all as a space of freedom: one writes when one wants to and the way she wants to. The "Care of the Self" as Foucault would s
Holobiont–Holobiont Interactions: Redefining Host–Parasite Interactions
Nolwenn Marie Dheilly
PLOS Pathogens , 2014, DOI: doi/10.1371/journal.ppat.1004093
Modeling synthetic lethality
Nolwenn Le Meur, Robert Gentleman
Genome Biology , 2008, DOI: 10.1186/gb-2008-9-9-r135
Abstract: In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, we identified multi-protein complexes and pairs of multi-protein complexes that share an unusually high number of synthetic genetic interactions. As previously predicted, we found that synthetic lethality can arise from subunits of an essential multi-protein complex or between pairs of multi-protein complexes. Finally, using multi-protein complexes allowed us to take into account the pleiotropic nature of the gene products.Modeling synthetic lethality using current estimates of the yeast interactome is an efficient approach to disentangle some of the complex molecular interactions that drive a cell. Our model in conjunction with applied statistical methods and computational methods provides new tools to better characterize synthetic genetic interactions.Two genes are said to be synthetic lethal if mutation of either alone leaves the cell viable, while simultaneous mutation leads to death. In this case, we say that one gene buffers the effect of changes in the other, that is, compensates for the effect of its deletion. The implications of synthetic lethal screening have already been discussed in the context of anticancer therapies and drug development in general [1,2]. Indeed, synthetic lethal pairs could be used to selectively kill cancer cells, but leave normal cells relatively unharmed. Although several cellular processes might give rise to synthetic lethality, none are yet well understood. Kaelin [1] proposed that synthetic lethality in loss-of-function alleles can arise from at least four different mechanisms (Figure 1). The cellular organizational units might be uniquely redundant and their roles are essential (type A; direct surrogacy), subunits of an essential multi-protein complex (type B), interconnected components in an essential linear pathway (type C), or they might participate in parallel pathways that are together essential (type D).In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, previous analyses of synthetic genetic datasets have mainly rel


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Q: Can't store dates from input value UPDATE blogs SET start_date = '11/27/2012 00:00',end_date = '11/27/2012 00:00' WHERE id='9'

This query won't store start_date or end_date values for blog id 9 unless I set them to varchar type.
Tried with timestamp and date time but the query allways will return that 0 rows where affected
the thing is I need to be able to check for rows in a interval of time, and with varchar it makes very complicated.
What am i missing?

A: Try this:
UPDATE blogs
SET start_date = STR_TO_DATE('11/27/2012 00:00', '%m/%d/%Y %h:%i:%s') --cast string to date in correct date format
,end_date = STR_TO_DATE('11/27/2012 00:00', '%m/%d/%Y %h:%i:%s')--cast string to date in correct date format
WHERE id = 9 --removed quotes as this field's probably numeric

If using a timestamp column instead of datetime I think you need to do something like this:
UPDATE blogs
SET start_date = UNIX_TIMESTAMP(STR_TO_DATE('11/27/2012 00:00', '%m/%d/%Y %h:%i:%s'))
,end_date = UNIX_TIMESTAMP(STR_TO_DATE('11/27/2012 00:00', '%m/%d/%Y %h:%i:%s'))
WHERE id = 9

A: As stated in Date and Time Literals:

MySQL recognizes DATETIME and TIMESTAMP values in these formats:

*

*As a string in either 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS' or 'YY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS' format. A "relaxed" syntax is permitted here, too: Any punctuation character may be used as the delimiter between date parts or time parts. For example, '2012-12-31 11:30:45', '2012^12^31 11+30+45', '2012/12/31 11*30*45', and '2012@12@31 11^30^45' are equivalent.

*As a string with no delimiters in either 'YYYYMMDDHHMMSS' or 'YYMMDDHHMMSS' format, provided that the string makes sense as a date. For example, '20070523091528' and '070523091528' are interpreted as '2007-05-23 09:15:28', but '071122129015' is illegal (it has a nonsensical minute part) and becomes '0000-00-00 00:00:00'.

*As a number in either YYYYMMDDHHMMSS or YYMMDDHHMMSS format, provided that the number makes sense as a date. For example, 19830905132800 and 830905132800 are interpreted as '1983-09-05 13:28:00'.

Therefore, the strings '11/27/2012 00:00' and '11/27/2012 00:00' are not valid MySQL datetime literals.  You have two options (in some vague order of preference, without any further information of your requirements):

*

*Provide your literals in a recognised format:
UPDATE blogs SET
  start_date = '2012-11-27 00:00:00',
  end_date   = '2012-11-27 00:00:00'
WHERE id = 9

*Use MySQL's STR_TO_DATE() function to convert the string:
UPDATE blogs SET
  start_date = STR_TO_DATE('11/27/2012 00:00', '%m/%d/%Y %H:%i'),
  end_date   = STR_TO_DATE('11/27/2012 00:00', '%m/%d/%Y %H:%i')
WHERE id = 9

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Могила непобеждённых () памятник Второй мировой войны в парке революции, Прилеп, Республика Македония. Памятник и мемориальный комплекс был построен в 1961 году в честь павших бойцов народно-освободительной борьбы в Македонии. Автором мемориального комплекса является сербский архитектор Богдан Богдановик.

Комплекс состоит из мемориальных урн и братских могил погибших воинов. Мемориальные урны изготовленные из мрамора, внешним видом они похожие на античные урны. На вершине самой большой урны, есть символ Вечного огня, который символизирует македонскую народную борьбу за свободу. Во второй части комплекса — склеп, в котором хранятся останки 462 павших партизан из Прилепа и близлежащих мест. Их имена высечены на мраморных плитах.

В 2007—2008 комплекс был полностью восстановлен.

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Парк революции находится в южной части города, по периметру комплекс, окруженный вечнозелеными растениями. В 1961, в парке были установленные памятники в честь всех погибших воинов и участников народно-освободительного движения Македонии. В комплексе расположен курган полукруглой формы, внутренняя часть которого вымощенная мраморными плитами. На них высечены имена погибших 462 партизан из Прилеп и близлежащих мест. Перед курганом установлены восемь мраморных мемориальных урн, символизирующий формирование первых партизанских отрядов в Македонии, и их дальнейшее превращение в мощные боевые единицы.

Парк революции был объявлен памятником культурного наследия в 1989 году. В парке находится аллея народным героям, официально открытая в 1961 году. На аллее расположено девять бронзовых бюстов павших народных героев, которые родились в Прилепе: Киро Гавриловськи, Илья Йовановськи, Иордан Чопела, Борка Талеськи, Кузьман Ясифовськи, Мирче Ацев, Борка Валевски, Левков Рампо и Крума Волнаровськи. С 2012 года был  принят проект установки еще четыре бюстов народных героев с Прилепа — политиков социалистической Македонии: Вера Ацева, Доре Дамевськи, Борко Тамелковськи и Крсте Црвенковський.

Галерея

См. также
 Список памятников Народно-освободительной войны Югославии в Северной Македонии

Примечания

Здания и сооружения, построенные в 1961 году
Памятники по алфавиту
Памятники Второй мировой войны
Памятники Северной Македонии

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SILICON VALLEY—Magdalena Carrasco, former second in command as Vice-Mayor of the City of San Jose, is throwing her hat in the ring for the District 3 County Supervisor election in Silicon Valley in 2020.
Carrasco is a firebrand in local politics who some claim will inevitably run for state legislature. She has served as an independent Vice-Mayor, at times with a progressive streak on development issues regarding labor.
In 2014, Carrasco was elected after running on a campaign platform of transparency and ending corruption at City Hall.
Having served as Vice-Mayor for the second half of the Mayor's first term, Carrasco was seen as a reliable vote for the impoverished, often forgotten east-side, while still being mindful of local business growth.
Sources close to this publication claim that Carrasco will formerly announce her candidacy in the coming weeks, after having filed her campaign finance paperwork with the Secretary of State on Friday.
Carrasco is already viewed as the front runner with an incoming campaign war chest, including support from prominent statewide democratic leaders, such as Senate President Kevin de León. De León and Carrasco were once married and have raised a family together.
Carrasco for Supervisor Campaign Finance Filing. Courtesy of the CA Secretary of State.


How can you tell real diamonds from synthetics?
Do you know the difference between genuine diamonds and synthetics? And can you spot a fake when looking at engagement ring or wedding bands? If not, then you need to read this practical advice from Ruth Donaldson, jewellery concierge at Heirloom London, on what to look for when you go diamond shopping.
The facets cut on the stone are often a give-away; a diamond can only be polished by another diamond, and therefore its facets usually have much sharper edges than a synthetic. In addition, there is much more fire reflected from a diamond. A cubic zirconia doesn't have a brilliance of its own, but this is often more apparent when light is shone on it. A good diamond will still have a fire to it, even when not in direct light.
A cubic zirconia will look more perfect. Naturally occurring cubic zirconias are not large enough to be used in jewellery. As a result, all stones are synthetic, and they are formed to be perfect. A diamond is like a snowflake, each one with its own individual cut and personality generated through the microscopic inclusions which makes it unique.
While a cubic zirconia will wear away and in time the stone will look dull, a diamond does not wear and will stay sparkly for the lifetime of the ring. You'll quite often see with cubic zirconia jewellery, that after a few years the stones have lost a bit of their original sparkle.
If you really aren't sure, the majority of good diamonds carry certification which you can ask to see. Any reputable retailer is going to offer you a genuine diamond, the cost to their business reputation would be fatal otherwise.
Finally, if the price seems too good to be true, it may be that the diamond you are buying is not as good as its marketing hype.
But what are the alternatives if you simply can't afford a diamond this time?
Cubic Zirconia – a clear stone, it has a brilliance sometimes higher than that of a diamond, but they don't have the same fire. It is mass-produced and a one carat cubic zirconia should not be more than a few pounds!
Moissanite – promoted as a diamond alternative in many countries and like all gem quality stones, it is synthetically produced. Much harder than cubic zirconia, they also cost a lot more to produce and most stones will have some colour to them.
Zircon – similar in brilliance and fire to a diamond, although colourless, these stones are more rare. Not recommended for everyday rings as they are quite a soft stone.
Dementoid Garnet – bright green stones, which are very rare, and seldom found in larger sizes than one carat. They have higher brilliance and fire than diamonds, but again are unfortunately very soft and can blunt the edges of their facets.
Heirloom London is a personalised jewellery buying service which combines the convenience of a concierge, with the support of a personal shopper and the buying advantage of an industry insider.
For more inspiration when looking to buy your wedding rings, read our previous features with beautiful designs from Laings and Aurus here and top tips from Vashi Dominguez here.


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Daily Archives: 13 Mar 2019
Accountability, Hugo Swire, Neil Parish
How did our 2 MPs vote this evening?
In spite of several Cabinet Ministers abstaining to avoid being seen as definitely not following Theresa May's firm whipping orders, our MPs did exactly as May had ordered them to do, and were in the minority on all votes.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/mar/13/mps-reject-no-deal-brexit-by-majority-of-four
Accountability, Affordable and Social Housing, Austerity cuts, Developers/ Development, Planning System
Today's promise of 30,000 housing association dwellings put into perspective
Owl says note that the "affordable" hoysing will still be 80% of market value … making these homes still unaffordable for those on low incomes.
Chancellor Philip Hammond has today committed £3billion in extra borrowing to deliver 30,000 new affordable homes in England.
In the Spring Statement, the Chancellor announced that the Government will guarantee the extra borrowing by housing associations to support the delivery of the homes, but did not supply a timetable for delivery.
The Chancellor also announced that £717million from the £5.5billion Housing Infrastructure Fund will be used to help 'unlock' up to 37,000 homes at sites including Old Oak Common in London, the Oxford-Cambridge Arc and Cheshire. …"
BUT IN THE SAME ARTICLE:
"In November This is Money revealed that local councils have fallen over six years behind their own house building targets.
Councils' own figures revealed that development across the UK is moving at such a glacial pace that 316 sites will have fallen short of targets by 889,803 homes within the next eight years. …"
https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/mortgageshome/article-6804561/Spring-Statement-Housing-associations-borrow-3bn-build-new-affordable-homes.html
Health and Social Care (local), NHS (local)
How Japan deals with an ageing population: keep them working and adapt housing
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/stories-47490097/how-japan-is-helping-pensioners-stay-happy-and-have-fun
Accountability, Axminster, Consultation
Have your say on Axminster's future
"Community group Light Up Axminster is inviting people to have their say about the town's future development during a programme of 'Community Conversations'.
Funded by an Awards for All grant from the National Lottery the group is exploring the things that matter to those that live, work and visit the town.
The aim is to highlight the highs and lows of community life and how the town can shape its future together.
The 'Community Conversations' will take place at a range of venues and times throughout March and early April and will be led by Light Up Axminster's Cindy Furse with film-maker Rich Tomlinson and Actiontrack's Nick Brace.
Anyone attending is asked to take a photograph, picture, poem, drawing or description of their favourite thing about living in Axminster and the thing that they would most like to change.
These will be used to create a picture of what is important in the community. For anyone who can't attend the themed sessions there will be a number of drop-in sessions, too.
Contact Cindy Furse on 07930 800225 or email cindy@lightupaxminster.co.uk for more information, or join the conversation on Facebook/LightUpAxminster
Sessions are:
Thursday March 14: The Light House (formerly Marle Gallery):
9am to 10am: drop in; 10am to 12pm – regeneration, development and growth; 1pm to 3pm – education and employment; 3pm to 4pm: drop in.
Friday, March 15, Axminster Guildhall: 9am to 10am: drop in;
10am to 12pm – sport and leisure; 1pm to 3pm – arts, culture and heritage; 4pm to 5pm – drop in.
Tuesday March 19: The Light House: 12pm to 2pm – spaces, places and facilities; 2pm to 3pm – drop in; 6pm to 7pm – drop in; 7pm to 9pm – health and wellbeing.
Wednesday March 20: Millwey Community Hall: 12pm to 1pm – drop in; 1pm to 3pm – education and employment.
Wednesday March 20: The Light House: 5pm to 7pm – drop in; 7pm to 9pm – sport and leisure.
Friday March 29: The Light House: 9am to 10am: Drop in; 10am to 12pm – health and wellbeing; 1pm to 3pm – spaces, places and facilities; 4pm to 5pm – drop in.
Tuesday April 2: The Light House: 7pm to 9pm – arts, culture and heritage.
Thursday April 4: Millwey Community Hall: 6pm to 7pm – drop in; 7pm to 9pm – regeneration, development and growth."
https://www.midweekherald.co.uk/news/community-conversations-planned-to-help-shape-the-future-1-5934595
Accountability, Austerity cuts, Democracy, Health and Social Care (local)
Bojo says historic child abuse inquiries are a waste of money (he wasted at least £940m as London Mayor)
Maybe because several abusers appear to have been MPs or others (still) in power? And he's the man whose failed Mayor of London projects cost an estimated £940 million!
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/aug/18/bridge-940m-bill-boris-johnsons-mayora-vanity-projects-garden-bridge-routemaster-bus
"Boris Johnson has declared money spent on non-recent child abuse investigations had been "spaffed up a wall", prompting immediate criticism from Labour for making reckless and inappropriate comments.
The current favourite to succeed Theresa May as Conservative leader was arguing police time and resources were being wasted on crimes committed years ago as he was questioned on an LBC radio phone-in on Wednesday morning.
But he went on to complain: "And one comment I would make is I think an awful lot of money and an awful lot of police time now goes into these historic offences and all this malarkey.
"You know, £60m I saw was being spaffed up a wall on some investigation into historic child abuse and all this kind of thing. What on earth is that going to do to protect the public now?"
Louise Haigh, the shadow policing minister, said Johnson's remarks were insulting to victims of abuse.
"Could you look the victims in the eye and tell them investigating and bringing to justice those who abused them, as children, is a waste of money?" she asked. …"
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/mar/13/boris-johnson-under-fire-over-remarks-about-child-abuse-inquiries
Accountability, EDDC, Exmouth, Grenadier
Exmouth: what do they know that they don't want you to know? You can't know!
Through the Looking Glass – Queen Alice in Council
An Alice Through The Loking Glass response to a request about the EDDC/Grenadier agreement!
"Thank you for your request for information. Please find the response to your query below.
Q. In the first instance, I wish to know what information you hold about the signing of the agreement between yourselves and Grenadier in regard to the Queen's Drive development Exmouth.
A. There is a development agreement involving the Council and Grenadier in relation to Queen's Drive dated 23rd August 2017. This is being dealt with under your other FOI request 101000873196.
Q. Your Council News of 7th March 2019, reported that the agreement was due to be signed in the coming week but, in a social media exchange yesterday, 9th March 2019, Cllr Stott said that it had been signed but then appeared to backtrack and then appeared unwilling to clarify. So, at present, in the absence of anything on your website or from Cllr Stott, residents are still in the dark. If there have been further delays, then we should know. You should be aware that it has been a matter of concern to the community that a considerable amount of work has been done and considerable expenses have been incurred all without the agreement having been signed off.
Can you confirm that the agreement has been signed and, if so, when and by whom (names of all parties signing please). As the requested information must be already known to EDDC I expect this FOI to be answered promptly as the Act requires, not to take the usual 20 working days that many to EDDC do. Why Cllr Stott suggested this way to obtain the information is unclear and in respect of the question of whether it has been signed or not seems an inappropriate use of the FOI but, as she has declined to clarify the matters I must make this request.
A. No information held. You are effectively asking for an explanation of the current position and this is outside the scope of FOI. If you would like to email Richard Cohen at [email address] who will provide an answer to your questions.
I hope this information is helpful but, if you feel dissatisfied with the way we have responded to your request, please contact our Monitoring Officer, Mr Henry Gordon Lennox, to request an internal review [email address]"
You may also approach the Information Commissioner for advice at http://www.ico.org.uk
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/the_agreement_itself_and_i_wish?nocache=incoming-1327721#incoming-1327721
Accountability, Austerity cuts, Inequality, Poverty
"Millions in Britain at risk of poor-quality later life, report says"
"A landmark report on the state of ageing in Britain has warned that a significant proportion of people are at risk of spending later life in poverty, ill-health and hardship.
Britain is undergoing a radical demographic shift, with the number of people aged 65 and over set to grow by more than 40% in two decades, reaching more than 17 million by 2036. The number of households where the oldest person is 85 or over is increasing faster than any other age group.
But although we are living longer than ever before, the report warns that millions risk missing out on a good later life due to increasing pressure on health and care services, local authorities, the voluntary sector and government finances.
"Ageing is inevitable but how we age is not. Our current rates of chronic illness, mental health conditions, disability and frailty could be greatly reduced if we tackled the structural, economic and social drivers of poor health earlier," said Dr Anna Dixon, the chief executive at Centre for Ageing Better.
"Our extra years of life are a gift that we should all be able to enjoy and yet – as this report shows – increasing numbers of us are at risk of missing out," she added.
The Centre for Ageing Better's report, The State of Ageing in 2019, warns that today's least well-off over-50s face far greater challenges than wealthier peers and are likely to die younger, become sicker earlier and fall out of work due to ill-health.
The research brings together publicly available data sources to reveal vast differences in how people experience ageing depending on factors such as where they live, how much money they have or what sex or ethnicity they are.
While people aged 65 can expect to live just half of the remainder of their life without disability, those in less affluent parts of the country will die earlier and be sicker for longer. Ill-health is a major cause of people falling out of work prematurely and can affect quality of life and access to services such as healthcare.
The poorest people are three times more likely than the wealthiest to retire early because of ill-health: 39% of men and 31% of women compared with 6% of both sexes in the highest wealth quintile.
Although we are living far longer, a significant and increasing proportion of people are managing multiple health conditions and mobility problems from mid-life onwards, the report says. Of people aged 50 to 64, 23% have three or more long-term health conditions.
Meanwhile, the poorest men in society aged over 50 are three times more likely than the wealthiest to have chronic heart disease, two times more likely to have Type 2 diabetes, and two times more likely to have arthritis.
The report reveals that pensioner poverty is rising for the first time since 2010 and is more prevalent for women and black, Asian, and minority ethnic groups.
At least 1.3 million over-55s live in homes hazardous to their health and one in four 50- to 64 year-olds have three or more chronic health conditions.
The Centre for Ageing Better is calling on the government, businesses and charities to "rethink their approach and avoid storing up problems for the future".
"This report is a wakeup call for us all – many people in their 50s and 60s now, particularly those who are less well-off, simply won't get the quality of later life that they expect or deserve," Dixon said.
"We must act now to add life to our years; to make sure that everyone has the opportunity to make the most of a longer life. Without radical action today to help people age well, we are storing up problems for the future and leaving millions at risk of poverty and poor health in later life."
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/mar/13/millions-in-britain-at-risk-of-poor-quality-later-life-report-says

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A $20 deposit is all that is required to rent this item. The balance is collected when you pick up the item at the store.
Rental rate includes Skis, Boots and Poles.
Rental fleet is made up of the Volkl RTM 7.4 RTL (not pictured) as well as the RTM 8.0 RTL shown.
Note: Approximate return date is acceptable, rentals can be extended at any time.
Skier/Rider Type * -- Select -- I II III What's This?


With increasing numbers of people going out for evening drinks and a meal. It's not always easy to plan against the accidents that could happen when you're busy running a restaurant, pub, bar, cafe or bistro.
We are able to carry out a full risk assessment of your premises and advise where improvements need to be made in accordance with recommendations by the HSE and inline with insurance policy terms and conditions.
As we are living in increasingly litigious times, IMS have a range of insurance policies that can provide against Public liability where claims regularly run into many thousands of pounds, meaning if you do not have adequate insurance cover this could be fatal to your business.


Evan Alexander Wisdom was born on 29 September 1869 at Inverness, Scotland. At the age of 22 he migrated to Western Australia and went as a prospector to Southern Cross on the Yilgarn goldfield. In 1892 he joined the goldfield at Coolgardie and opened a store. He then joined the goldfield at Kalgoorlie acquiring extensive mining interests and establishing the Exchange Hotel. In October 1901 Wisdom was appointed lieutenant in the Western Australian Mounted Infantry and in 1908 was brigade major of the Western Australian Infantry Brigade. He was mayor of Cottesloe in 1908-13 and member for Claremont in the Legislative Assembly in 1911-1917. On the onset of war in 1914 Wisdom was in charge of the Karrakatta training camp. He transferred to the Australian Imperial Forces in March 1915 and served in the Gallipoli campaign and the Western Front commanding the 18th Infantry Battalion, 7th Infantry Brigade and the "Liaison Force". Wisdom returned to Australia in December 1919 and on 21 March 1921 he succeeded Brigadier General Thomas Griffiths as military administrator of the Mandated Territory of New Guinea. His first task was to convert the administration to a civil one and on 9 May 1921 a civil government was established and Wisdom became a civil administrator. In 1930, at the onset of the depression, the fall in copra prices and gold production led to reduced government activities. In March 1932 Wisdom opened the Bulolo Gold Dredging Co. After eleven years as administrator, Wisdom left Rabaul in June 1932 and retired in June 1933. He returned to his gold mining ventures and travelled between Melbourne and Perth. Wisdom died in Melbourne on 7 December 1945.


Singapore-based commodity trading company Rhodium Resources has acquired three secondhand supramax bulk carriers, marking the company's entry into the shipowning sector.
According to the latest shipbroking report by Advanced Shipping & Trading, Rhodium Resources has bought Chinese-built 57,000 dwt bulk carriers Smolensk, Sibai and Saratov from Russian owner FESCO at a price of $11.9m each.
Rhodium Resources mainly trades iron ore, coal and agricultural products and it operates chartered vessels via its fully owned shipping unit Bluefield Maritime.


In the heart of the Gold Coast, this uniquely designed commercial building lines the iconic shopping area with beautiful architecture and luxury brands. Convexity completed a full renovation of the building in 2011.
Tenants of 1009 N. Rush include Shinola, Ted Baker, Jellyfish, Dimitra's Bridal Couture, Amber Gold Spa and Nancy Agelair Salon. 2,320 square feet on the second floor is available immediately.


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Salary & benefits for a professional boxer
Dan Ketchum - Updated August 07, 2020
Getting by as a professional boxer is a struggle, one that hinges on building a reputation. Salaries vary widely -- from less than £650 for a fight to millions of pounds per fight -- and the fact is, it's an extreme rarity to break into even the mid-level salary range. The risks of professional boxing don't end when the fight is over; pro fighters contend with uncertainty, a non-uniform pay scale and a lack of security benefits such as pensions or retirement plans.
Low-End Salary
Local fighters without huge followings or impressive records generally see low purses. For instance, in 2011 Lonnie Smith -- who had an 11-2 record at the time -- made only £520 to fight Jose Gomez for ESPN 2 Friday Night Fights. Early in their careers, fighters can expect about £650 to £2,600 per fight, or from £3,250 to £6,500 per fight in the mid-range. Most boxers have only about four fights per year, so the salaries here are not staggering. Based on a sampling of salaries from across the country, job search website Simply Hired estimates the average salary of a working professional boxer at £20,800 per year as of 2011.
High-End Salary
The salary of a pro boxer skyrockets when he reaches high-end venues, such as fights featured on premium cable. For instance, Mike Jones and Jesus Soto Karass each received £48,750 for their match on HBO World Championship Boxing in February 2011; on the same card, Nonito Donaire received £162,500. At the highest end, world champion fighter and then-BWAA Fighter of the Year Manny Pacquiao earned £26 million in 2008. In 1990, James "Buster" Douglas defended his heavyweight title against Evander Holyfield for a price of about £13 million. As a fighter becomes more famous, the number of fights per year usually goes down as each matchup requires more planning, training and promotion.
Though it's virtually impossible to pin down a monetary amount average for benefits, pro fighters do receive numerous perks. From the smallest match to the biggest, most matches come with bonuses for the victor. At the high end, boxers may earn extra income from sponsorships, endorsements and licensing fees. In some cases, a fighter may receive a percentage of ticket sales or income generated from pay-per-view events.
The salary of a professional boxer varies greatly on experience, reputation, venue and location. Taxes, insurance, travel expenses, equipment expenses, training costs and -- at the high end -- staff salaries drain income. Boxers get paid only for competing, not training. Training is an investment and a risk; an injury in training can lead to big financial losses if a fighter has to pull out of a contract. Negotiations have a big impact on pro fighter pay. For example, in March of 2011, Ricardo Mayorga got paid only £32,500 while his opponent, Miguel Cotto, received £0.6 million for a pay-per-view fight; rumour has it that Mayorga, however, negotiated a percentage of the pay-per-view sales while Cotto did not.
Simply Hired: Professional Boxer Salaries
Bloody Elbow; Examining Pay Structure in Boxing and MMA; Brent Brookhouse; March 2011
Cyber Boxing Zone; The Economics of Professional Boxing Contracts; Rafael Tenorio
Forbes.com; The World's Highest Paid Athletes; Kurt Badenhausen; June 2009
Yahoo! Sports; More Money Than Meets the Eye in the UFC; Kevin Iole; April 2011
Dan Ketchum has been a professional writer since 2003, with work appearing online and offline in Word Riot, Bazooka Magazine, Anemone Sidecar, Trails and more. Dan's diverse professional background spans from costume design and screenwriting to mixology, manual labor and video game industry publicity.


perception is never neutral but based on interpretation.
To the only entrance of the exhibition space, there was adapted a special architectonical element, a kind of platform. The public was advised to step over it by the use of an ordinary crowd control system. While the spectators entered the exhibition space, my body was laying in a cavity under the indicated path, complementing the image, but visible only from the inside of the gallery.


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Pelosi: House Ethics Committee should 'probably' investigate altercation between Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and AOC
byBrigid Kennedy
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) suggested the House Ethics Committee may need to investigate Wednesday's altercation between fervent reader Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.)
At her weekly press conference on Thursday, Pelosi addressed Greene's shouted and tweeted comments calling Ocasio-Cortez a "terrorist sympathizer." Pelosi labeled the incident a "verbal assault," adding that it was "so beyond the pale of anything that is in keeping with bringing honor to the House."
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says Ethics Committee should "probably" look into Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's (R-GA) "verbal assault" and "abuse" of Rep. @AOC (D-NY) yesterday at the Capitol. pic.twitter.com/hV3HX3EYoM
— The Recount (@therecount) May 13, 2021
According to eyewitness accounts from two Washington Post reporters, Greene yelled after Ocasio-Cortez as she exited the House chamber. When AOC didn't respond, Greene "continued shouting while asking [Ocasio-Cortez] why she supports antifa and Black Lives Matter, claiming they are 'terrorist' groups," writes The Hill.
Ocasio-Cortez never stopped walking, "only turning around once and throwing her hands in the air in an exasperated motion," reports the Post. Greene later tweeted she had in fact "talked" with the New York representative, who she claims is "too scared to debate" the Green New Deal.
Just talked to @AOC again.You chickened out bc you are too scared to debate me about your Socialist Green New Deal.You are also a hate-America terrorist sympathizer.#JihadSquad Members of Congress do NOT support terrorism & shouldn't be afraid to debate their legislation.
— Marjorie Taylor Greene (@mtgreenee) May 12, 2021
Ocasio-Cortez' office is now "calling on top lawmakers to ensure that Congress remains 'a safe, civil place' for members and staff," writes The Hill. Greene later responded by calling her a "fraud and a hypocrite." The Ethics Committee has not yet commented on whether it will investigate.


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Limited tests of the visualization module. Right now it just makes
sure that passing custom Axes works.

"""

from mpmath import mp, fp

def test_axes():
    try:
        import matplotlib
        version = matplotlib.__version__.split("-")[0]
        version = version.split(".")[:2]
        if [int(_) for _ in version] < [0,99]:
            raise ImportError
        import pylab
    except ImportError:
        print("\nSkipping test (pylab not available or too old version)\n")
        return
    fig = pylab.figure()
    axes = fig.add_subplot(111)
    for ctx in [mp, fp]:
        ctx.plot(lambda x: x**2, [0, 3], axes=axes)
        assert axes.get_xlabel() == 'x'
        assert axes.get_ylabel() == 'f(x)'

    fig = pylab.figure()
    axes = fig.add_subplot(111)
    for ctx in [mp, fp]:
        ctx.cplot(lambda z: z, [-2, 2], [-10, 10], axes=axes)
    assert axes.get_xlabel() == 'Re(z)'
    assert axes.get_ylabel() == 'Im(z)'

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Kirby's Lane: A Place for Readers and Writers: Awesome Austin!
We freshened up at the hotel and then headed downtown to the historic -- and haunted!-- home of Cynthia Leitich Smith and her husband, Greg. The house is so lovingly restored to its 1920s glory that the original owner's ghost stops in from time to time to show her approval. And it was full to the brim that night with Austin area writers and illustrators, all enjoying yummy food and drink. We made it a rather early night as I was Tricia was set to pick me up at 6:45 the next morning.
A bit weary but armed with a latte Neil had found for me in the hotel coffee shop, I was ready to go when Tricia arrived. I rode over with Lisa Graff-- for whom Thursday was her last day at FSG and on Monday will begin her life as a full-time writer (be sure to read The Umbrella Summer; a favorite of mine) -- and Stacy Cantor, the sharp, savvy and articulate Walker editor. After a light breakfast at the conference site, and a quick tech-run through (Jim Seippel is a saint!), the festivities were ready to commence. With outgoing RA Tim Crow emceeing the conference, the air was festive indeed. (I understand he lends his gorgeous voice to many charity events when he isn't busy with SCBWI activities and his 6th grade class.) Mark McVeigh kicked off the day as agent provocateur, raising my blood pressure with his predictions that books are going the way of the music CD. I know he's a savvy guy, and I admit to being a dinosaur but I hope, if he's right, I'm dead and gone before such a thing happens. He won back my affection, however, by reciting Emily Dickinson's "Will There Ever Be a Morning?"
The day was so full and such a blur -- I overheard one woman comment that she was attending a 2-day workshop in 1 day -- that I can't fill everything in. But I can share my highlights, beginning with Anne Bustard, former co-owner of the much beloved and now gone Toad Hall bookstore and currently teaching at the College of Education at the University of Texas. I happened to sit next to her and while rummaging through my bag, realized I'd forgotten anything to take notes in. I no sooner said it aloud than she popped out of her chair, returning minutes later with an SCBWI Ideas and Images journal -- which she gave me! Is that not the kindest thing you've ever heard? She explained away my thanks with the comment she'd been born in Hawaii -- what a tribute to the spirit of Aloha.
During the day, I learned from Scholastic Senior Editor Cheryl Klein -- who I think stays thin as a rail by talking as fast as a New York subway. Brilliant sound bites from Cheryl included, "A good picture book is like a silent film," and Laurie Halse Anderson's Law, "Plot equals compulsion vs. obstacles." Cheryl also reminded us that we're not our characters' mother. For the last bit of her talk, she was joined on stage by author Sara Lewis Holmes, whose Operation Yes Cheryl edited. In a fascinating exchange, they shared what the editing process had been like for each of them.
It was a treat to meet her in person as she is my dear friend, Mary Nethery's agent. Agent Nathan Bransford spoke, too, about finding the right agent and I loved him for giving us permission to engage in "productive procrastination."
Marla Frazee always gives me food for thought; she said she feels the words and the illustrations of a picture books should "dance together." She talked about puzzling out manuscripts in order to illustrate them to the best of her ability and said something that really spoke to me as a writer: "The way in is to mine the scene for emotion." I'm going to write that out and pin that to my wall as I begin the forthcoming revision. She and Liz Garton Scanlon joined forces to create the amazing, and Caldecott Honor Award winning, All the World, and they joined forces at the conference to give a hilarious and poignant behind the scenes look at how that book came to be.
The last "panel" of the day featured local authors and illustrators who shared their favorite tips for success. It was the best one of this type of panel I'd ever heard! Tricia Hoover urged us to think outside the box by throwing away the first couple of ideas that come to mind; go deeper to get beyond the cliche. 2010 Newbery Honor awardee, Jacqueline Kelly, told how a challenge to look at how she used her time made her realize she was frittering away a lot of it. She now writes on a computer not connected to the internet and has unplugged her TV.
Shana Burg (A Thousand Never Evers) said to "have a daredevil attitude when it comes to revision," reminding us that daredevils don't "tinker on the edges." Chris Barton (The Day-Glo Brothers) revealed that his 2010 Sibert Honor award winning title was rejected 23 times! He said being hard-headed is essential to getting published.
Liz Garton Scanlon encouraged us to find our community, since writing was such a lonely profession and Patrice Barton (no relation to Chris) said she shakes off a creative slump by getting back to basics (for her, as an illustrator, that means lots of sketching), stretching in some way (like taking a class) and getting messy -- she highly recommends making homemade marshmallows. Jessica Anderson shared a wonderful acrostic for dealing with rejection, but I couldn't get it down fast enough. I'll ask her to share it with us all soon.
I was rummy by the time the 6 o'clock book signing rolled around but got my second wind talking to all the attendees I hadn't chatted with so far. Then Jessica drove Neil and I to the barbecue at Meredith and Clay Davis' stunning lake front home -- we saw a shooting star and a gray fox enroute! --where we prolonged our good-byes to this amazing, talented and big-hearted group of folks.
For the next few days, Neil and I are playing in Austin (brunch at the South Congress Cafe this morning, boot shopping -- successful!--, touring the State Capitol and the LBJ library; dinner at Vespaio tonight) so I may not make any more posts until I arrive home. Y'all will forgive me, I'm sure!
Me with Mark Mitchell and the mirror he designed for the silent auction -- the mirror Meredith Davis bought for me because I mentioned buffalo in my keynote!
What a great recap. Sounds like you were in good company.
It was so fantastic meeting you Kirby! My kids love NUBS. Now if only I can get through reading it aloud without getting all choked up. I'm such a sap.
I hope you have a wonderful time in Austin and a safe trip home!
It was so great to meet you in person. Your talk was phenomenal. We all hope you'll come back soon.
I miss you already. Can't wait till you come back down to Austin.
It was a JOY to meet you!!!!!
We told you in person, but now I'm putting it in writing---Fabulous Keynote Speech!! Thanks for coming to Austin.
What a great recap of our conference, Kirby!
One of the highlights of it for me was meeting you and eating barbecue next to you and (new honorary Texan) Neil.
I know you're still here in town but please come back soon and often. Did you find your camera case?
Where did you find your boots? Sure would love to see a photo!!
Kirby, I loved meeting you. You said everything in your speech that I needed to hear. You are MARVELOUS....and think of me saying that in my Billy Crystal voice.
I LOVED your presentation, Kirby! It was such a busy day, I didn't get to say hi, but just know you've inspired this girl! Thanks for coming out!
Thanks for coming to the conference, Kirby. I hope you are having a great time in Austin.
Great recap - and new boots too? Love to see a photo, where did you get them? Come on ladies, you know we're all about the shoes.
It was a delight to meet you and Neil! I enjoyed your recap, but most of all, I enjoyed spending time together!
Mark, I found my camera case; thanks. And thanks too to Jessica who first found the camera -- in the grass by the car.
I love Austin. Wish I could have been there.


c1890s/1914. Consisting of 60 vintage silver gelatin photographs in a leather-bound album with gilt text and marbled endpapers, annotated in two hands and dated in ink on second page, each photograph captioned in negative or in letterpress label on image lower left, 23.8 x 28.9cm to 27.5 x 35.1cm. Minor silvering or scuffing, 55 photographs laid down full-frame back-to-back.
Described as "the 'doyen' of the American Trade Commission", Mr John Kirby Jr and his wife visited Australia in 1914, representing the National Association of Manufacturers (USA).
Views in this album would have been personalised for the Kirbys based on their tour in Australia, and include Sydney Harbour; the [Royal] National Park; the Bellinger River; cattle, sheep and dairy industries; coal, tin, silver and gold mining; and the Burrinjuck Dam, Murrumbidgee. Ref: Wiki; The West Australian, 16.3.1914.


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Fifty years later, a jazz funeral for Dr. Mary
Jul 17, 2014 • Extra/ordinary, Reflections
On Monday, two threads in New Orleans' long and sometimes twisted historical tapestry will intersect, giving us one of the most unlikely events of the summer.
It's a traditional jazz funeral, being held for a woman murdered 50 yeas ago, who, some say, had a mysterious connection to the man who assassinated John F. Kennedy.
Only in New Orleans.
"Mary Sherman was a beautiful, educated, and successful woman, beloved and respected by those who knew her," says Ed Haslam, whose book about the woman's murder, "Dr. Mary's Monkey," has been something of an underground classic for 20 years. "It is time we gave her a better send-off than the vicious rumors that swarmed around her death in 1964. Here in New Orleans, the dignified way to show respect is with a jazz funeral. This is only a 'faux funeral,' but the jazz and the respect are real."
Haslam, a former New Orleanian who now lives in Florida, will be on hand for the jazz funeral. On Monday evening, he will talk about his book and his years of research at "An Evening with Ed Haslam" at the Jefferson Parish library (details below).
Here's the backstory, as outlined by Haslam in his book. You should dive into the tome itself if the storyline intrigues – and why would it not, with this provocative subtitle: "How the unsolved murder of a doctor, a secret laboratory in New Orleans, and cancer-causing monkey viruses are linked to Lee Harvey Oswald, the JFK assassination and emerging global epidemics."
Mary Sherman was a brilliant doctor in an era that gave few women access to the upper registers of medicine. An orthopedic surgeon and cancer researcher who published and traveled internationally, she worked at Ochsner Clinic and taught at Tulane Medical School.
On the morning of July 21, 1964, her badly burned body was discovered in her bedroom in Apartment J of 3101 St. Charles Ave. The 51-year-old widow had been stabbed repeatedly and, according to the autopsy report, half her right side and arm were charred to the point that bone had burned to cinders and her vital organs were exposed. Yet there was minimal fire damage in her apartment.
Rumors surfaced quickly about the gruesome murder. There were whispers of a lesbian lifestyle gone wrong on the one hand, reports of a bold burglary attempt on the other. Contradictions and inconsistencies in both public and police reports followed: the door had been forced; the door had not been forced. Jewelry was stolen; the jewelry box was intact. The fire didn't spread, but merely smoldered; yet it would have taken a 500-degree conflagration to cause the damage to Sherman's body.
Haslam spent years researching the woman and the crime, and what he found makes the JFK conspiracy theorists look like amateurs.
According to Haslam's book, Dr. Sherman worked in a secret Uptown laboratory devoted to mutating viruses in monkeys. Her intent: to find a vaccine for cancer. But a more nefarious purpose was a government-backed plan to create a biological weapon that could be used to kill Fidel Castro.
To that end, believes Haslam, Sherman was involved in work at a second, smaller, even more secret laboratory in the basement of David Ferrie's home in New Orleans. Ferrie was an ex-pilot who had served in the Civil Air Patrol with Lee Harvey Oswald, and who, along with FBI agent Guy Bannister, was accused by New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison of conspiring to assassinate JFK. That story was told by Oliver Stone in the movie JFK.
Sherman's story, according to Haslam, had more to do with Cuba and Castro. The doctor was pulled into a plan to use her cancer research to develop a lethal virus that could be used on the Cuban dictator. The work involved a high-voltage linear particle accelerator installed clandestinely on the grounds of the old U.S. Public Health Hospital Uptown. The device was used to mutate viruses, which were then injected into mice in Ferrie's basement.
Haslam postulates that, on the night in question, there was an accident in the secret lab involving the particle accelerator. The doctor was burned severely. As Haslam conjectures, "The massive electrical current and intense heat literally blew her arm off." Unable to revive her and desperate to keep their project confidential, her co-conspirators ended her misery with a knife stab to the heart, moved her charred body to her apartment, and faked a murder scene.
Originally published in 1995 as "Mary, Ferrie and the Monkey Virus," Haslam's book was released again in 2007 as "Dr. Mary's Monkey" — with an additional chapter. In contained an interview with Oswald's self-professed girlfriend, Judyth Vary Baker, who corroborated much of what Haslam had written about Sherman, her clandestine lab research and association with major players in various Kennedy assassination conspiracies. She and Oswald, she confided, had been lab assistants at Ferrie's house.
Now the book is being republished in a hardback addition, with 25 additional pages of new information, original crime scene photos, and documents from the FBI, CIA, CDC and NOPD.
Whether or not you believe Haslam's theories, his book is diligently researched and annotated, and has all the elements of a good pot-boiler: assassination plots, biological weapons, secret government labs, and a 50-year-old unsolved murder.
In New Orleans, of course, people love a good tale and a good conspiracy, filled with odd characters. Haslam produces them all.
JAZZ FUNERAL FOR DR. MARY SHERMAN
When: Monday, July 21, 10 to 11 a.m.
Where: On the sidewalk in front of 3101 St. Charles Ave.
What: Clive Wilson will lead a performance of jazz funeral music in tribute to Dr. Sherman. It's free and open to the public.
AN EVENING WITH ED HASLAM
When: Monday, July 21, 7 to 9 p.m.
Where: Jefferson Parish Library, 4747 West Napoleon
What: The author speaks about his research and what's new in his book, "Dr. Mary's Monkey." It's free and open to the public.
Read Stuart Bramhall's review of "Dr. Mary's Monkey," with a good synopsis of the medical underpinnings, here.
Read DA Jim Garrison's interview in Playboy magazine, in which he revealed that Ferrie had been experimenting on mice in his basement, here.
Read Haslam's blog and more about his theories here.
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'Ay Amor' is lead single for La Tropa F from upcoming album 'Preservando Nuestra Cultura'
The award-winning group released the cover art for the lead single from their upcoming album.
VMB Music Group released the cover art for "Ay Amor" on Wednesday, the lead single for La Tropa F from their upcoming album "Preservando Nuestra Cultura."
Tejano Nation caught up with the award-winning band at the Tejano Unites For Cancer Benefit last month and Jesse Farias Jr. shared details on the upcoming album scheduled for release in early 2020.
"The name of the CD is called 'La Tropa F – Preservando Nuestra Cultura'," he said. "Preserving our culture, basically. We took it back, did a lot of old school stuff, kind of keep Tejano and our sound going with the new generation."
"Ay Amor" will be available at all digital music platforms on Nov. 22 and is hardcore Tejano, according to Farias.
La Tropa F wants to instill Tejano culture into the next generation of Tejanos.
"Keep your kids involved, this is our heritage, this is our culture, this where we grew up at, Conjunto, Tejano music," Farias said. "It's good to keep the kids involved because they are the future, they are the next generation. That's what it is, that's what we're trying to do, just keep everybody involved."
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"Tars," said Deacon Hays, "is probably the last ship I shall ever build, and I intend to have her as perfect as possible."
So he selected a beautiful model, and, knowing that the owner wanted something very superior, he spared no time or money in procuring the best timber to be had, and the best workmen to be found; and then he watched over every stick as it was hewn and fitted in its place, every plank that was spiked on the timbers, and every spar that was prepared. When they came to put the copper sheathing over the bottom of the ship, the deacon watched it very closely. At one spot he found that the head of a copper nail which fastened the sheathing was split. The deacon's eyes were be-coming rather poor, but he saw the broken head.
"Jim Spiker, I see a nail broken; isn't there a little hole by its side!"
"Not a bit of it, I'm sartin. There couldn't a drop of water get in-there in a century."
So the word of Jim was accepted, the ship was finished and launched, and made two or three prosperous voyages. During one of these she lay at a wharf in Calcutta. Now, these waters swarm with that little pest, the ship-worm. They crawled all over the ship, but could not get through the copper sheathing. At length Mrs. Teredo lit upon the broken nail, found the little hole, and squeezed her-self in. Then she began to eat the timber and lay her eggs in it. Soon they hatched and increased, till that timber was full of little teredoes, and then the next and the next, till every stick in the whole ship was very badly worm-eaten. Still, the ship looked sound, sailed well, and made her long voyage.
At length, when in the middle of the great ocean, a terrible storm met her. The wind howled through the rigging as if singing a funeral dirge.
The waves rolled up and writhed as if in agony.
Every spar was bent, and every timber and spike strained to the utmost. The cargo, which filled the ship was of immense value. The crew was large and the passengers were many. Worse and worse grew the storm, till at last a huge wave struck her with all its power. The poor ship staggered, groaned once, and crumpled up like a piece of paper. She foundered at sea, in the dark night, in that awful storm. The rich cargo all went to the bottom of the ocean. The drowned men and women sank down, down, miles before they rested on the bottom. All done through the neglect of Jim Spiker, who was too unfaithful to mend the hole made by the broken nail.
Herod, not long after Peter's deliverance from prison, went down from Judea to Caesarea, and there abode. He there made a grand festival, designed to excite the admiration and applause of the people. Pleasure-lovers from all quarters were assembled together, and there was much feasting and wine-drinking. Herod made a most gorgeous appearance before the people. He was clad in a robe, sparkling with silver and gold, that caught the rays of the sun in its glittering folds, and dazzled the eyes of the beholders. With great pomp and ceremony he stood before the multitude, and addressed them in an eloquent oration.
The majesty of his appearance, and the power of his well-chosen language, swayed the assembly with a mighty influence. Their senses were already perverted by feasting and wine; they were dazzled by his glittering decorations, and charmed by his grand deportment and eloquent words; and, wild with enthusiasm, they showered upon him adulation, and proclaimed him a god, declaring that mortal man could not present such an appearance, or command such startling eloquence of language. They farther declared that they had ever respected him as a ruler, but from henceforth they should worship him as a god.
These people had refused to acknowledge Christ, whose coarse and often travel-stained garments were worn over a heart of divine love, rich with that inward adorning, a meek and gentle spirit. Their eyes, blinded by sin, refused to see, beneath that humble exterior, the Lord of life and glory, though his mercy and divine power were revealed before them in works that no man could do. But they were ready to bow down and worship, as a god, the haughty king, whose splendid garments of silver and gold were worn over a corrupt and cruel heart. They did not attempt to penetrate his vain display, and read the depravity and deceit of his character, and the wickedness of his daily life.
Herod knew that he deserved none of this praise and homage; yet he did not rebuke the idolatry of the people, but accepted it as his due. The glow of gratified pride was on his countenance as he heard the shout ascend: It is the voice of a god, and not of man! The same voices which now glorified a vile sinner, had, but a few years before, raised the frenzied cry of, Away with Jesus! Crucify him, crucify him! Herod received this flattery and homage with great pleasure, and his heart bounded with triumph; but suddenly a swift and terrible change came over him. His countenance became pallid as death, and distorted with agony; great drops of sweat started from his pores. He stood a moment as if transfixed with pain and terror, then, turning his blanched and livid face to his horror-stricken friends, he cried in hollow, despairing tones, He whom you have exalted as a god is struck with death!
He was borne in a state of the most excruciating anguish from the scene of wicked revelry, the mirth, and pomp, and display of which he now loathed in his soul. A moment before, he had been the proud recipient of the praise and worship of that vast throng--now he felt himself in the hands of a Ruler mightier than himself. Remorse seized him; he remembered his cruel command to slay the innocent James; he remembered his relentless persecution of the followers of Christ, and his design to put to death the apostle Peter, whom God had delivered out of his hand; he remembered how, in his mortification and disappointed rage, he had wreaked his unreasoning revenge upon the keepers of the prisoner, and executed them without mercy. He felt that God, who had rescued the apostle from death, was now dealing with him, the relentless persecutor. He found no relief from pain of body or anguish of mind, and he expected none. Herod was acquainted with the law of God, which says, "Thou shalt have no other gods before me," and he knew that in accepting the worship of the people he had filled up the measure of his iniquity, and had brought upon him the just wrath of God.
The same angel who had left the royal courts of Heaven to rescue Peter from the power of his persecutor, had been the messenger of wrath and judgment to Herod. The angel smote Peter to arouse him from slumber; but it was with a different stroke that he smote the wicked king, bringing mortal disease upon him. God poured contempt upon Herod's pride, and his person, which he had exhibited decked in shining apparel before the admiring gaze of the people, was eaten by worms, and putrefied while yet alive. Herod died in great agony of mind and body, under the retributive justice of God.
"And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoarfrost, on the ground. And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna; for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, this is the bread which the Lord hath given you to eat. This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man according to the number of your persons; take ye every man for them which are in his tents.
"And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less. And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack. They gathered every man according to his eating. And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning. Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms and stank. And Moses was wroth with them. And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating, and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.
"And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one man. And all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses. And he said unto them, This is that which the Lord hath said, Tomorrow is the rest of the holy Sabbath unto the Lord. Bake that which ye will bake today, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over, lay up for you, to be kept until the morning. And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade, and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein. And Moses said, Eat that today; for today is a Sabbath unto the Lord. Today ye shall not find it in the field. Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh-day, which is the Sabbath, in it there shall be none."
The Lord is no less particular now in regard to his Sabbath than when he gave the foregoing special directions to the children of Israel. He required them to bake that which they would bake, and seethe (that is, boil,) that which they would seethe on the sixth day, preparatory to the rest of the Sabbath. Those who neglect to prepare for the Sabbath on the sixth day, and who cook food upon the Sabbath, violate the fourth commandment, and are transgressors of God's law. All who are really anxious to observe the Sabbath according to the commandment, will not cook any food upon the Sabbath. They will, in the fear of that God who gave his law from Sinai, deny themselves, and eat food prepared upon the sixth day, even if it is not as palatable. God forbade the children of Israel baking and boiling upon the Sabbath. That prohibition should be regarded by every Sabbath-keeper, as a solemn injunction from Jehovah to them. The Lord would guard his people from indulging in gluttony upon the Sabbath, which he has set apart for sacred meditation and worship.
"If you should keep some of the tiny eggs that the butterfly lays, and watch them, would you see little baby butterflies with tiny wings come from them, expecting to be fed with honey? No; little insects not at all like their mother,-little grubs or caterpillars,-would crawl out, eat up the shell of the egg, and begin at once to feed greedily upon the leaf where the eggs had been laid. For although the butterfly herself feeds only on honey, and knows nothing about caterpillars and their food, she always lays her eggs in just the place where the little caterpillars will find the very food that they want.
This is very wonderful, for different kinds of caterpillars feed on different plants, some on cabbage leaves, some on the leaves of the nettle, and some on other plants. But the mother never makes a mistake; she always leaves the eggs where the young ones will find the right kind of food ready for them. See how carefully and lovingly she provides for the young ones whom she will never see; for almost as soon as the eggs are laid, the butterfly dies.
How can she have such wisdom and intelligence, you will perhaps wander. But this wisdom belongs not to the butterfly, it belongs to the life that she has, which is not her own, but God's life in her, as it is in all His works, guiding each one in the right way. It is the life which holds the earth in its place and guides it in its path round the sun, that guides it in its path round the sun, that guides each tiny insect in just the works that God has appointed for it.
We have been learning about the plants that they are not perfect at once, but come forth, "first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear." And it is just the same with these little insects; there is first the grub or caterpillar, then the chrysalis, and at last the perfect creature,-the butterfly.
The caterpillar is a very hungry little thing, and spends nearly all its life feeding, for it needs a great deal of food to enable it to do the work for which it is getting ready. It grows very fast, and when its coat gets too small, it casts it off and appears in a new and larger one that has been growing underneath.
After living in this way for some weeks or months, the caterpillar builds or spins a little house for itself like a tiny coffin, and wrapping its body in a beautiful silken shroud that it spins for this purpose, it passes into the state of rest called the chrysalis state, in which it eats nothing at all, and shows no sign of life. Some even bury themselves under the ground, but others fasten their little houses to the leaves or twigs of plants.
Those that pass into the chrysalis state in the autumn, stay in this condition all the winter. But when the warm sunshine comes back again, the time of their rest and burial is over, the little prison houses burst open, and out come,-not the old creeping caterpillars, but beautiful soaring butterflies, with large painted wings covered with delicate feathery scales, able to soar like the birds, and as beautiful as the flowers.
What a change! What a wonderful transformation! Think, then, of the glorious possibilities wrapped up in each little creeping caterpillar that you see. When its short life of toil is over, it passes from sight, and there seems to be an end of it. But is it so? Oh, no; when its appointed times comes, it awakes clothed with a more beautiful garment, with new powers, to a new and fuller life.
A SINGLE WORM KILLED THE TREE.
the summer of 1853, I was staying at Sudbrook Park, near Richmond, in Surrey. One day I was walking with some friends through the "wilderness," when Dr. Ellis drew our attention to a large sycamore tree, decayed to the core.
"That fine tree," said he, "was killed by a single worm."
In answer to our inquiries, we found that about two years previous the tree was as healthy as any in the park, when a wood-worm, about three inches long, was observed to be forcing its way under the bark of the trunk. It then caught the eye of a naturalist who was staying there, and he remarked, "Let that worm alone, and it will kill the tree." This seems very improbable, but it was agreed that the black-headed worm should not be disturbed.
After a time it was discovered that the worm had tunnelled its way a considerable distance under the bark.
The next summer the leaves of the tree dropped off very early, and in the succeeding year it was a dead, rotten thing, and the hole made by the worm might be seen in the very heart of the once noble trunk.
"let us learn a lesson from that single tree. How many who once promised fair for usefulness in the world and the church have been ruined by a single sin!"


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Dow Rockets but 'Big Short' Recession Oracle Warns: 'It's a Bubble'
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is set to open 250 points on Thursday after China and the US scheduled new trade talks for October. But don't be fooled, the inflated stock market is a bubble, according to Michael Burry. Burry, portrayed by Christian Bale in…
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The longer the bubble, the worse the crash will be, warns 'The Big Short' analyst who called the 2008 recession. | Source: Regency Enterprises and Paramount Pictures
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is set to open 250 points on Thursday after China and the US scheduled new trade talks for October. But don't be fooled, the inflated stock market is a bubble, according to Michael Burry.
Burry, portrayed by Christian Bale in the movie The Big Short, famously predicted the housing bubble and subsequent recession in 2008. His biggest concern right now is passive investing in index funds, like Dow Jones exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Speaking to Bloomberg, Burry didn't offer a timeline for the collapse but warned:
"Like most bubbles, the longer it goes on, the worse the crash will be."
Dow to open 250 points higher
At 8.31 am ET, Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) futures jumped 244 points pointing to a strong open on Wall Street. The move higher was mirrored by S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq Composite futures.
Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) futures climbed 244 points in early trading Thursday, but 'Big Short' investor Michael Burry warns it's a bubble. Source: Yahoo Finance
The early rise was triggered by news that China and the US will sit down in October to hash out the next round of trade negotiations. China's Ministry of Commerce confirmed that talks were ongoing with a view to meeting in Washington DC in early October.
It's "very much like the 2008 bubble"
Despite the spirited rally in stocks this week, Michael Burry sees a different outcome. He said the true valuation of the stock market is completely distorted by the trillions of dollars flowing through index funds. A total of 50 percent of stock allocations are now in passive funds.
In other words, Wall Street is no longer picking stocks based on rational, fundamental valuations. Instead, they're allocating trillions to passive funds which track the entire market as one.
Michael Burry, played by Christian Bale in 'The Big Short', famously called the 2008 mortgage crisis. Source: Regency Enterprises and Paramount Pictures
"This is very much like the bubble in synthetic asset-backed CDOs before the Great Financial Crisis in that price-setting in that market was not done by fundamental security-level analysis."
Burry famously saw the housing bubble before anyone else and profited by shorting the CDOs. In the same way that CDOs disguised the true values of US mortgages, today's ETFs disguise the true valuations of the underlying stocks.
Dow at risk of collapse?
Burry isn't the first money manager to express concern over the inflated stock market. As CCN reported, there are nine recession alarms flashing red, while Wall Street giant UBS advised clients to wind down their stock positions.
With the stock market in bubble territory, where does Michael Burry see value? In small-cap stocks. Since they don't feature heavily in passive funds and ETFs, they're undervalued in his opinion.
This article was updated at 8.31 am ET to reflect updated price movements.
Last modified: September 5, 2019 12:34 PM UTC
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Ben is a journalist with a decade of experience covering financial markets. Based in London, UK, his writing has appeared in The Huffington Post and he was Chief Editor at Block Explorer, the world's longest-running source of Blockchain data. Reach him at benjamin-brown.uk or on Twitter at _Ben_Brown. Email ben @ benjamin-brown.uk.
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S.C. Senate, House Panels Advance Dueling Police Body Camera Bills
April 21, 2015 - 12:00am
The State | By John Monk
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday afternoon unanimously passed out a bill that, if passed by Legislature and approved by the governor, would require state and local police officers in South Carolina to wear body cameras.
The bill now goes to the Senate floor for consideration. If passed into law – and with proper funding – body cameras might start to be implemented in state and local law agencies around the state sometime next year. Both bill shave been fast-tracked since and April 4 citizen video captured a North Charleston police officer shooting an unarmed African-American man in the back.
Within an hour, the House Judiciary Committee passed its own version of a police body camera bill. It basically approves the concept of police body cameras, but calls for a law enforcement study committee to examine existing practices in the 20-odd S.C. law agencies that now use body cameras and report back to the General Assembly in six months.
The Senate bill also calls for a detailed study by a panel of top law enforcement officials, but it would let that group write and implement regulations for implementation without coming back to the General Assembly.
Both bills now head to the floor of their respective chambers. Both may be amended. Senators said they will seek funding – estimated at more than $21 million the first year – through an amendment in the Senate Finance Committee. Where the money would come from has not been determined. The House bill contains no funding provisions.
Rep. Todd Rutherford, D-Richland and a House Judiciary member, said he preferred the Senate version because, he said, the House version unnecessarily delays implementation.
"We absolutely can't keep kicking the can down the road," Rutherford said. He said he hopes the bill will be amended on the House floor to more match the Senate version.
Jerrod Bruder, executive director of the S.C. Sheriffs Association, represents a coalition of state and national law enforcement groups that have been working on the Senate bill, which also includes a requirement that a law enforcement task force study the best ways of handling various police body camera issues.
Bruder said his group – which besides the sheriffs' association includes the Fraternal Order of Police, the State Law Enforcement Division, S.C. Law Enforcement Officers Association and the S.C. Police Chiefs' Association – supports the Senate version but doesn't oppose the House bill.
However, several House Judiciary members said they preferred their bill.
Rep. Kirkman Finlay, R-Richland, said the House bill requirement that a law enforcement task force study current practices and come back to the General Assembly with a report will "give us feedback on how best to" implement the cameras. A delay, Finlay said, "is the unfortunate side effect but my hope is that we do a good job with it."
Rep. Rick Quinn, R-Lexington, said while, "We'd all like to move forward with it," the issues presented by body cameras – such as invasion of privacy – are so important and complex a study with a report back to the General Assembly is the best way to do it.
"What we don't want to do is hurt the very people we are trying to protect," Quinn said.
In a robust discussion in the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday, senators supporting the bill said it strikes a balance between law enforcement, victims' concerns for keeping certain videos confidential and press groups' push for transparency.
The bill would make police videos taken in public places subject to the S.C. Freedom of Information Act; videos taken in private places, such as homes, would not be.
"We tried to strike a balance between the public's right to know and a person's right to privacy," said Sen. Brad Hutto, D-Orangeburg.
Hutto said he expected further amendments addressing the public-private parts of the bill once the bill reaches the Senate floor.
Sen. Shane Massey, R-Edgefield, said he still had concerns that too much privacy might be violated. "I'm not sold yet."
Sen. Gerald Malloy, D-Darlington, the bill's primary sponsor, said, "By and large, I think you are going to find out how good a job officers are doing."
Malloy introduced his bill in December, and although a Senate panel held hearings on it, there was not a significant push for passage until a video shot by a bystander captured the April 4 shooting of an unarmed black man running away from a police officer in North Charleston.
"North Charleston brought this to global attention," Sen. Brad Hutto, D-Orangeburg, told the Senate Judiciary panel Tuesday.
Bill Rogers, S.C. Press Association executive director, warned that any final version of the body camera bill needs to have transparency standards. "For oversight, there has to be public access," he said.
Who is shaping the body camera bill?
Law enforcement groups. They include the Fraternal Order of Police, SLED, the S.C. Law Enforcement Officers Association and the S.C. Sheriffs' Association. They are advocating for guidelines governing the use and funding of body cameras.
Transparency groups. These include the S.C. Press Association, which is seeking to classify body camera video as data subject to the S.C. Freedom of Information Act.
Victims' rights and privacy advocates. These include the ACLU and the S.C. Crime Victims Council.
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