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HomeAll IndiaHuge Gap In Demand, Supply Of Organs For Transplant: AIIMS Chief
He was speaking during a webinar where the country's largest paramilitary force -- the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) -- handed over a total of 79,572 organ donation pledges undertaken by its personnel to Union health minister Harsh Vardhan.
All IndiaPress Trust of IndiaUpdated: November 27, 2020 9:55 pm IST
There is a "huge gap" in the demand and supply of human organs, Randeep Guleria said.
There is a "huge gap" in the demand and supply of human organs and tissues for transplant in the country, AIIMS Director Dr Randeep Guleria said today, adding that the myths prevalent in this domain must be busted to ensure that lives are saved by timely availability of vital body parts.
The country is observing the 11th Indian organ donation day on Friday.
Mr Vardhan urged people to come together for this noble cause, saying it was time for everyone to "bust the myths" and realise that the act of donating organs is not against "religion or religious customs".
"There cannot be a bigger godly work than organ donation," Mr Vardhan said.
Guleria said the AIIMS was working to "very soon" start a lung transplant programme even as it has facilities available for transplantation of heart, kidney, liver, pancreas, cornea, heart valve and bones.
The AIIMS chief said the premier medical institute at present has organ banks for eyes, heart valves, bones and "in future a skin bank will also be operational".
"I am sure a time will come when there is no shortage (of donated organs) and people will not die while waiting for an organ," he said.
The Union minister said India was moving fast in this domain over the last few years and occupies the third position in the world but still many people in the country die due to unavailability of organs.
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Study shows older divorced women more likely to work
On Behalf of Teller Law Firm, P.C. | Nov 3, 2016 | Divorce
People older than 50 in Texas and throughout the country were more likely to get a divorce in 2010 than people of the same age were 20 years earlier. However, research shows that women may be particularly affected by divorce from a financial standpoint. According to a 2012 report by the Social Security Administration, both widowed and never-married women over the age of 80 were less likely to live in poverty than divorced women. The poverty rate for each group respectively was 15 percent, 17 percent and 22 percent.
Researchers at Bowling Green's National Center for Family & Marriage Research looked at data on 56,000 women. They found that women who divorced when they were older were more likely to be working between the ages of 50 and 74 than women who divorced at a younger age or not at all.
Some women may struggle to reenter the workforce and may have less earning power after years of caring for children at home. However, researchers also found that women in bad marriages tended to invest more in themselves and fare better after divorce than women who were in marriages that appeared to be more stable.
Texas is a community property state, and this means that property acquired during marriage will for the most part be divided equally by the court unless the parties can otherwise agree. However, it still does not necessarily mean that a person has nothing to worry about regarding financial matters. Estranged spouses might want to speak to their respective attorneys about a strategy for property division. Some people are able to reach a satisfying outcome through negotiations. However, if the other spouse is uncooperative or there are additional issues in the marriage such as abuse or efforts to hide assets, litigation might be necessary.

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A smart debut sends Jackson Oliver, head of online gambling casino VegasVegas, headquartered in San Jose, Costa Rica, to a New England village where he suspects someone has gotten away ...
A smart debut sends Jackson Oliver, head of online gambling casino VegasVegas, headquartered in San Jose, Costa Rica, to a New England village where he suspects someone has gotten away with murder—and used VegasVegas as part of the clever con. Jackson not only feels like a chump for accepting a bet that will cost VegasVegas a hundred grand, he's exposed the casino to blacklisting by the Offshore Gaming Association, which could ruin it.
How did this happen? It's a celebrity-obsessed age. VegasVegas posts novelty propositions so its customers can bet on the outcome of TV shows like The Voice and The Bachelorette, and on political elections and celebrity murder trials. VegasVegas customers don't want to bet on speeding tickets or misdemeanor theft. They're star-obsessed. Athlete, musician, actor, socialite—the more the victim or alleged perpetrator shows up on TMZ, the more money bettors fork out. So VegasVegas offered odds on various outcomes in the trial of a movie director accused of murdering his wife. The trial comes fourteen months after Andrew Marvel's arrest, and conviction seems certain. When a customer bets $1,000 that all charges will be dropped—an outcome so unlikely that the odds are 100 to 1—Jackson takes the bet.
Audrey Marvel was killed in the couple's lakeside summer home in Greensboro, Vermont. Audrey's blood was all over Andrew's clothes, which the police found at the bottom of the lake. Andrew's wild account that he'd been drugged with Doxepin and hijacked sounds like it was ghostwritten by the prosecutor. Yet two days after the bet made at VegasVegas, an unshakable video alibi for Andrew surfaces, proving the director was three hours away at the time of Audrey's murder. And all charges are dropped.
Jackson suspects the bettor, a Greensboro resident, had inside information—or worse—making the bet fraudulent and letting VegasVegas off the hook. With no time to lose proving his theory, Jackson hops a plane to Vermont. There, working undercover, he begins to investigate the Marvel murder. A ring of antique weathervane thieves and an attractive crime blogger with movie scripts in her past figure in.
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VegasVegasCasino.com posted the movie director's murder trial on its entertainment page alongside odds on The Bachelorette and The Voice.
Will Kristen chose Jake or Richard? Will Ian or Tina land the record deal? Did Andrew murder Audrey?
Too many customers were betting "Yes, Andrew did," so Jackson Oliver, the VegasVegas owner, asked his linemaker to adjust the odds to attract acquittal money.
"No time for your sideshow bets," Kenny said.
Which was his derisive term for celebrity trials, political elec- tions, reality TV shows, and all the other novelty propositions that defiled the purity of sports wagering.
"Maybe your next prop you can ask if Jake and Tina are having a boy or girl? Or what color wedding invitations they're going with? Fuchsia, 5 to 9. Mint green, even odds."
Jackson resisted the urge to antagonize Kenny by pointing out her name was Kristen, not Tina, and actually the smart money had her choosing Richard over Jake.
"BigFatJackpot.com made more off the Michael Jackson trial than the World Series. Twenty-eight percent of their bet- tors on the Phil Spector murder trial were new customers who stuck around to play casino games. Andrew Marvel's a big-time Hollywood director, and we've got unlimited space on our site. Why shouldn't we get in on the action?"
"My uncle finds out I'm setting odds on celebrity trials, he'll never talk to me again."
"Save you the hassle of remembering inmate visitation hours."
This didn't offend Kenny. If anything he'd repeat it to his uncle, who'd actually been out of prison for over a year.
"Maybe I should thank you for posting your murder trial. I already moved the numbers twice, and wasting time on this thing is giving me a killer headache, which is making me forget about my ulcer, which has been driving me nuts. So, thank you." Like most online casinos, VegasVegas was located in San Jose, Costa Rica. The long, rectangular betting room was formerly a restaurant. A blue seascape with colorful fish still covered the walls. More than one of the bet-takers had likened the writhing sailfish with the hook in its mouth to the bettors on the other end of the computer and phone lines.
Kenny had on his Yankees cap, circa 1961. He might live in Costa Rica now, but he'd never give up his New York Yankees citizenship. Dark hair curled out the bottom of his cap. His pale skin was untouched by the Costa Rican sun. The circles under his eyes, pushing outward like ripples on a pond, gave the illusion he only slept a few hours a night when in reality he never slept at all.
Baseball and soccer games with muted volume played on a row of TV monitors bracketed to the wall. The streaming broad- cast of day one of the trial was on the monitor farthest from Kenny's workstation. It looked like the prosecutor was about to deliver his opening statement, so Jackson unmuted the volume. The prosecutor hunched his shoulders and lowered his head like an angry bull. If he had a tail, it would be twitching. "Audrey Marvel returned to her home in Greensboro, Vermont, from an antique fair in Chelsea. She was excited to call a friend and send pictures of a vase she found. She never made that call. The call she made was to 911. But loss of blood from eight knife wounds made her too weak to say anything when the dispatcher answered. The police arrived seventeen minutes later and found Audrey dead on the living room floor, phone beside her hand.
They found a knife and Andrew Marvel's clothes, with traces of Audrey's blood, at the bottom of the lake behind the house. They found Andrew Marvel's footprints near Audrey's body. What they didn't find was Andrew Marvel."
Kenny didn't want to show interest in a novelty prop, but he couldn't help himself. "I don't know about murder, but the guy's guilty of being a stupid fuck. Like the cops won't check the lake." "If someone framed him, the lake's perfect," Jackson said. "Make it look like he tried getting rid of the clothes, but pick a place the cops will check."
The prosecutor jerked his head at Andrew and pawed at the floor. "…Andrew rode up to the house on his bike the next morning and told the police a story. If he tried to sell this story to his Hollywood studio friends, they'd laugh him out of the room. His lawyer is going to try to sell the story to you, ladies and gentlemen. He's going to tell you Andrew was having a drink on the porch waiting for Audrey to get home from the antique fair. When he went inside to use the bathroom, a mystery person drugged his drink. After a few more sips, Andrew passed out and came to the next morning in an abandoned barn on Barr Hill, a mile and a half away, his bike leaning against the wall. He rode home and found the police waiting for him.
"When he told the police this story, they gave him a urine test and guess what they found? He was drugged with a sleep- ing pill called chloral hydrate. Andrew Marvel had a bottle of it in his toilet kit. His doctor had prescribed it for insomnia four months prior to the murder.
"It didn't take the police long to piece together the true story. Audrey Marvel returned home from Chelsea. She and Andrew had a fight, and he murdered her. He used his kayak to dump the knife and clothes in the lake. But he didn't have an alibi. So he invented a story about a mystery person who drugged his drink and framed him for the murder. He rode his bike to the abandoned barn and took his chloral hydrate so it would show up the next day when they tested him.
"Andrew Marvel's legal team had fourteen months to locate this mystery killer, but they couldn't do it. Of course they couldn't. Ladies and gentleman, the killer of Audrey Marvel is no mystery. He's sitting right in front of you. Her husband, Andrew."
The camera cut to the forty-three-year-old Andrew Marvel, his hands folded on the table, his head tilted like he was watch- ing an actor audition for the part of prosecutor who wanted to put him away for life.
"Shattered Worlds was a pretty damn good movie," Kenny said. "I liked Frontier Zero best."
"What's a Hollywood director doing in a little town in Ver- mont anyway?"
"Most of the houses on Lake Caspian are owned by summer residents. It's an exclusive place. Greta Garbo used to have a house there. William Rehnquist, too, not on the lake, but nearby."
"That guy killed it in Jackie Brown."
"He wasn't in Jackie Brown. He was a Supreme Court justice." "My bad."
Kenny got a text that lit up his eyes like a kid handed an autographed baseball. "Can you believe it? Fucking Van Gogh left Stinton's. He's the new linemaker at ParadiseCoastCasino." Vincent Belasario, nicknamed Van Gogh for his linemaking artistry, was a fixture at Stinton's sports book and an icon among linemakers like Kenny. It pretty much summed up the status of online gambling that the arrival of a guy with two racketeering convictions under his belt had boosted the industry's legitimacy.
Of the twenty-two VegasVegas bet-takers who worked differ- ent shifts, two thirds were locals, with about a fifty/fifty split of students and adults. The rest were Westerners, either expats or travelers on an extended pit stop from the Lonely Planet caravan. Over ninety percent of the bets came in on the Internet. Kenny or his assistant Jorge monitored incoming bets, adjusting the line whenever they started taking in too much money on one side or the other. Periodically, one of the bet-takers would call out to Jackson or Kenny, asking if a customer could exceed the betting limit.
Maria sat at her terminal importing bets. She worked part time to help pay her tuition at the Universidad de Costa Rica, where she was studying literature and probably inspiring it, too.
Jackson picked up the book off her desk. The Idiot. "You know Dostoyevsky was a huge gambler."
"Yeah, I do know that, Jackson. It almost ruined him."
Wait…was her tone saying he indirectly shared some of the responsibility for Dostoyevsky's gambling habit?
"It's a good thing he lost. He might have written How to Win at Blackjack instead of all those classics."
"Ha ha." She tossed her hair back and smoothed the outer tip of her right eyebrow with her finger.
She toggled to another page. "Twenty-eight 'guilty' bets came in during the prosecutor's statement. Total of seventeen hundred dollars."
"Hopefully the defense attorney earns his money and gets us some 'acquittal' bets."
The latest odds were at the top of the screen.
No murder trial equals no action
Will be found guilty 2 to 5
Will be acquitted 7 to 4
Trial will result in mistrial 11 to 1 Charges will be dropped 100 to 1
Kenny's contempt for novelty props was understandable. When linemakers favored North Carolina over Middle of Nowhere State by twenty-four points, people thought they had to be pulling an arbitrary number from the whiskey fumes of some back room. But after the final whistle, they were almost always within one or two points if they didn't nail it exactly. With sports, you knew everything, from the scoring average of the star to the free throw percentage of the back-up point guard in the last minute of a tied game.
But you could never take a peek at the ethical makeup of a juror or project the group dynamics of twelve strangers thrust together in a cramped room and forced to stare at each other's expanding sweat stains until they reached a unanimous decision. Or as Kenny put it, "I'm a basketball encyclopedia, but we don't know jack shit about dumb fucks who can't get out of jury duty."
To guard against too much exposure, which was the maxi- mum amount of money a casino could lose on a given proposition, VegasVegas had a five hundred-dollar betting limit on novelty props. The objective here was to balance the "guilty" and "acquittal" betting so VegasVegas took in more than it paid out, regardless of the verdict.
A photo from Andrew Marvel's IMDB profile was pasted beside the odds. With his dark tortoise Hugo Bosses and lips pursed into the near-smile of ironic insight, Marvel looked like he made independent, boundary-pushing character films far outside the mainstream. In reality, he was known for movies where aster- oids and other oversized objects blew up, usually in slow motion. Jackson recalled watching the "making of" portion of Frontier Zero. He'd expected a brash loudmouth, but Andrew Marvel was quiet and precise, almost shy. He spoke in a soft voice you had to strain to hear. He had so little to say that most of the sound bytes came from the assistant director and special effects crew.
Was this the face of an unlikely killer? Was there any such thing as an unlikely killer?
Maria's phone rang, and she used the eyebrow-smoothing hand to shove Jackson away. "Actually, Sir, the run line is a combination of the money line and point spread. So you're betting one-twenty to win one hundred, but you're also getting
1.5 runs. So if the Brewers lose by a run, you still win your bet. Does that make sense?"
Probably not, but the "sir" on the other end of the line wouldn't acknowledge betting-related ignorance to a woman.
He'd end up doubling whatever he intended to bet, in the hopes of earning back the status he'd lost through imperfect knowledge of the run line.
One seat over from Maria was Jeremy, formerly Jake, who'd left his home in Albuquerque in a big hurry one day ahead of something—a warrant-bearing marshal, angry spouse, deterio- rating sense of self-worth, Jackson wasn't sure and he didn't ask. It was time for the opening statement of the ambulance chaser Andrew Marvel hired to the shock of the world, or least to the TV legal-commentator part of the world. The lawyer stood in front of the jury box, his suit uncreased, his hair frozen in neat layers. "I was listening to Mr. Damron's statement, and I kept wait- ing for him to get to Andrew Marvel's reason for killing Audrey. But he never did. Maybe he felt he'd already gone on too long. Maybe he's saving the reason for later in the trial. Or maybe he realizes Andrew Marvel never had a reason for killing the woman he loved.
"Here's a statistic that will tear your heart out. I know it does mine. 34.6 percent of female murder victims are killed by husbands or boyfriends. The police know this statistic. So do prosecutors like Mr. Damron. Going after the husband improves their conviction rate. Does that sound cynical? I'm sorry. But I'm angry. This man suffered the loss of his wife and now he's being unjustly accused of killing her."
"How's he doing?" Jackson said.
Maria checked incoming bets. "Two for acquittal. Fifty bucks and twenty-five."
"This lawyer sucks."
Kenny called out from his work station, "Where the fuck's Johnny Cochran when you need him? 'If the motive isn't worth shit, you have to acquit.'"
"I know the facts are against him," Jackson said, "but don't our bettors have any faith in the incompetence of juries?"
The defense attorney gestured at the prosecutor. "Mr. Damron said I had fourteen months to track down the person who murdered Audrey and framed Andrew. Mr. Damron had those same fourteen months to interview all Audrey's friends, all Andrew's friends. Were there problems in the marriage? Dark hidden secrets? Fights? Squabbles? No, no, and no. Andrew and Audrey Marvel had a happy marriage. The kind of marriage we all want to have.
"The prosecution isn't obligated to prove a motive. And that's a fortunate thing for them. Because there is no motive. Mr. Damron is quick to ridicule Andrew's story. But if someone wanted to murder Audrey Marvel and he didn't want to be found out, doesn't it make perfect sense to frame the person the police always suspect first? How hard is it to take some of Andrew's clothes from the bedroom and soak them in Audrey's blood? How hard is it to dump the clothes in the lake? How hard is it to walk into the Marvels' bathroom and take some of Andrew's chloral hydrate? The Marvels didn't lock their doors. Nobody in Greensboro does.
"Ladies and gentlemen, if there's one thing I've learned in this sad business, it's this: people kill for a reason. They don't kill for no reason. They kill for a reason. And the man sitting in front of you didn't have a reason to kill the woman he loved." Jackson muted it again.
Maria said bettors placed another two hundred dollars' worth of "acquittal" bets. "I'm surprised, that's all," she said. "The lawyer's right. He's the husband, but he still needs a reason."
"Shattered Worlds was like ten years ago," Kenny said. "He hasn't done shit since. Maybe that pisses him off and he took it out on her."
Jeremy pulled his headphones off his ears. "He could have a reason nobody sees."
Jeremy seemed a bit too familiar with undetectable homicidal impulses. It squelched the conversation.
A little black cat trotted up to Jackson. "¿Tienes hambre, Tomás?"
Sometimes he said "Are you hungry?" instead. He liked the idea of a bilingual cat. Tomás was a stray who'd wandered in a few months after they opened and lived there ever since, though judging by his appetite, he would have preferred the all-you- can-eat buffets of the Vegas casinos.
Kenny cursed an incoming text. "Got to pull the Reds game off the board. Carne's a scratch. How the fuck do you strain your back getting in the shower? I've been taking showers over thirty years and every one's been injury-free."
Jackson fed Tomás in his office and watched a gray tour bus stop in the middle of Calle 3 outside the Teatro Nacional. The door in front swung open and a slow line of people with that weird American combination of obesity and wanderlust filed out and stood in a circle beside the bus, blinking in the heat. The American package tour crowds loved the Teatro Nacional. They'd go in with their sandals and straw hats, camcorder strap sunburns and worldviews lifted straight from the lyrics of a Jimmy Buffet song. They considered countries like Costa Rica just another of America's many theme parks, the only difference being there were natives instead of costumed characters and they needed their passport to get in instead of a coupon from a soft drink cup.
Maria called out from the betting room. "Well, this is inter- esting. One of our customers lives in Greensboro, Vermont. His name is Cass Gallaway, and he wants to know if he can bet more than the limit on the trial. He's on hold."
"How much?" Jackson said. "A thousand."
"On guilty?" "No."
"Take it. We need all the 'acquittal' money we can get." "Not that, either. Dropped charges. 100 to 1."
Jackson had heard of charges dropped in the middle of a murder trial when an eyewitness testified the police instructed him to lie. And no doubt charges were dropped in other trials when important witnesses died. But the Marvel trial didn't rely on witness testimony. The DA would never drop charges.
"A 'dropped charges' bet balances out the 'guilty' bets, too," he said.
He didn't want to lose money on their first celebrity trial and have to listen to Kenny say, "I told you so."
Maria shifted into conspiracy-theory mode. "A local. What if he knows something?"
"That the cops and DA don't?"
"Maybe a new witness came forward who saw the real killer dump the clothes in the lake."
"They'd recess the trial."
Kenny snapped his fingers. "I know who the real killer is. It's the same guy who murdered Ron and Nicole. He's older now, but he keeps in shape. That's how come he could carry the passed-out director to his car."
Maria wouldn't let go. "Maybe the witness hasn't come for- ward yet, but our bettor knows he's about to."
"Do you really believe that?" Jackson said.
"No. But now that I hear myself say it, kinda maybe." "The DA's had investigators crawling over that town for over a year. He wouldn't let a murder witness fall through the cracks." "I grew up in a small town. People know secrets. The bettor could be dating a secretary in the lawyer's office. Or his niece cleaned the Marvels' house. Or he was sitting on a bar stool beside someone who saw something that didn't make the news." "Or he was sitting on a bar stool and got hammered and he has no clue what he's doing."
Kenny squinted like he was deep in thought. "So before I flunked out of junior high, I took this subject called math. One of the things I learned, a thousand at 100 to 1 equals a hundred grand."
"You've got to turn down the bet," Maria said.
But Jackson wasn't in the business of turning down free money from fools. "The murder was fourteen months ago. Nothing stays hidden that long. We should tell Cass Gallaway we're having a two-for-one special on dumb ass bets. Dropped charges and the Sixers to win the NBA championship."
"Take the bet?" Maria said. "Take the bet."
"Jackson Oliver, the hero of Moss's thoroughly enjoyable first novel and series launch, owns a Costa Rica–based online betting site, VegasVegas. In addition to sporting events, VegasVegas is giving odds on the outcome of the trial of Hollywood film director Andrew Marvel, who's charged with murdering his wife: acquittal, guilty verdict, and—at 100 to one—dropped charges. When a punter logs on asking to place a $1,000 bet on dropped charges, Jackson obliges, convinced there's no chance that he'll have to pay out. A few days later, a video supplying an airtight alibi for Marvel turns up. Thinking that the timing is just too pat, Jackson sets off for Vermont, the scene of the murder and the place where the bet was made. He has only three days to discover if his bettor is a murderer, an accomplice, or just lucky. After that he must pay up or be blacklisted from the gambling industry. This winning debut offers insights into gambling odds, antiques, the raising of buffalo, the film industry, and small-town morality."
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Lizzie O'Shea...
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Lizzie O'Shea declared "Hero" for mobilizing the Australian public against the government's anti-encryption legislation
8 June 2019 | 1:22 pm
Today, Access Now announces its selection of Lizzie O'Shea, an Australian human rights lawyer, broadcaster, and writer, as a recipient of this year's Human Rights Heroes Award. O'Shea is recognized for leading work to highlight, analyze, and protest expansive surveillance laws in Australia.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet will present the award to O'Shea, as well as this year's four other winners, at RightsCon Tunis (June 11-14, 2019).
After a more than a year in development, in September 2018, the Australian government introduced legislation expanding law enforcement's powers to break encryption protocols. Despite widespread public dissent, Parliament rushed to pass the bill in December 2018, with the promise it would be further reviewed in 2019.
Frequently working in coalition, O'Shea has led the campaign against the Assistance and Access Bill and other threats to secure communications in Australia. This has included building an alliance across technology companies, civil society organizations, academics, and activists, and fronting media, public events, and parliamentary inquiries. Despite the laws being passed, the campaign had a huge mobilizing impact, with a strong coalition committed to working together and thousands of Australian citizens sparked to take action.
O'Shea is a board member at Digital Rights Watch and recently published a book on the politics and history of digital technology.
We live in an era where rapid developments in digital surveillance threaten to erode universal human rights, such as our right to privacy, freedom of expression and association. In 2013, several NGOs, criminal attorneys, human rights and privacy advocates worked together to introduce 13 Necessary and Proportionate Principles. Signed by 600 organizations and 300,000 individuals, the Principles provide a framework to evaluate whether current or proposed surveillance laws are compatible with human rights.
In celebration of these principles and the work of people around the globe to protect human rights in the digital age, every year Access Now names "heroes" and "villains" who have either protected the principles of freedom online or worked to undermine them.
Previous heroes recognized by Access Now include UN High Commissioner Navi Pillay, President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff, Professor Kyung-Sin Park, and Supreme Court of Justice of India Rohinton Nariman. Read more about this year's Heroes here.
If you would like to arrange an interview with one of our staff or are interested in additional information on any of our areas of focus, please contact Melody Patry, Advocacy Director at Access Now, at +44 7474 043103 or press [at] accessnow [dot] org. You can subscribe to receive media alerts by email here.
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«Criminal Minds» season 9: premiere date
When does «Criminal Minds» season 9 start? Renewed or cancelled? What is known about premiere date?
TV-channel: CBS
Pilot episode: September 22, 2005
Creator: Jeff Davis
Season 1 episode 1: 19,57 million U.S. viewers
Already on March 27 CBS announced the list of the projects, which would be financed for the new Seasons, however the drama television series «Criminal Minds» wasn't among them. But there is no reason to panic, since the delay of its renewal constitutes in the agreements with the cast. Thomas Gibson and Joe Mantegna aren't confirmed to extend their contracts with the rightsholders yet, that's why the premiere date for Season 9 of «Criminal Minds» TV series will be announced after all the arrangements are done.
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UPDATE 1 (09.05.13): CBS announced: «Criminal Minds» renewed for Season 9. With all actors reportedly signing new two-year contracts. Premiere – September, 2013.
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It has loads of veggies in it and ground turkey and pasta and beans. My kids eat this... they don't complain about it. It is the same for the Ratatouille I make which is a completely vegetable dish. It is possible to feed veggies to children instead of chicken nuggets and fries every night. It took battles in the beginning to get them to try new things but then they figured out that they had no choice and over time... it happened... they like fruits and veggies now. It makes my heart happy when they eat like this.
This was AN ENORMOUS HIT in our house. Aarti Sequeira is the author of this fabulous recipe. I did sub chicken breast, which is lower in fat and gets drier in the cooking, but it was still awesome! Try it for yourselves and see what the kids say.


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National EIP Registration Day
On November 9, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced a reminder for National EIP Registration Day. The IRS designated November 10 Economic Impact Payment (EIP) Day to encourage all eligible Americans to register prior to the November 21 EIP deadline. Any eligible American who registers prior to November 21 could receive an Economic Impact Payment. The payment is $1,200 for an individual or $2,400 for married couples filing jointly. If there are dependent children, there is an additional $500 payment for each qualified child.
The IRS and partner groups are reaching out to low–income and underserved communities. The IRS sent nine million letters to individuals who potentially qualify for the Economic Impact Payments, but do not file tax returns. The letters urged individuals to use the Non-Filers: Enter Info Here tool on IRS.gov.
IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig stated, "Our partner groups have been vital to our efforts to reach many underserved communities. Already, millions of Americans have successfully used the Non–Filers portal and received their Economic Impact Payment. Registration is quick and easy, and we urge everyone to share this information to reach as many people before time runs out on November 21."
These partner groups have translated EIP publications into 35 different languages. The IRS also has a mounted a multilingual effort on social media.
The Non–Filers tool has been a success. Over 8 million people who normally do not file tax returns have registered for Economic Impact Payments. The Non–Filers tool is designed to assist individuals, who are not claimed as a dependent on another person's return, with incomes under $12,200 and married couples with incomes under $24,400.
The IRS urges the individuals using the Non–Filers tool to select direct deposits to their checking or savings account. Within two weeks of registering on IRS.gov, individuals may track the status of their EIP with the Get My Payment tool on IRS.gov.
The IRS.gov website also has a helpful frequently asked questions (FAQ) section. It is available on the Economic Impact Payment Information Center section.
IRS Guidance on SALT Deductions for Partnerships and S Corporations
In Notice 2020–75; 2020–49 (November 9, 2020), the IRS issued guidance that permits partnerships and Subchapter S corporations to report deductions for state and local taxes.
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act passed Sec. 164(b)(6) and limited individuals' deductions for state and local taxes (SALT) to $10,000 ($5,000 in the case of a married individual filing a separate return). The limitation applies to payments for "(i) real property taxes; (ii) personal property taxes; (iii) income, war profits, and excess profits taxes; and (iv) general sales taxes."
There was a business interest exception for the SALT deduction limitation. It did not apply to taxes described in Section 164(a)(3) that are "paid and incurred in carrying on a trade or business or an activity described in Section 212."
Congress stated that the Section 164(b)(6) limit with respect to "taxes imposed at the entity level, such as a business tax imposed on passthrough entities that are reflected in a partner's or S corporation shareholder's distributive or pro-rata share of income or loss on a Schedule K–1 (or similar form), will continue to reduce such partner's or shareholder's distributive or pro-rata share of income as under present law."
The Notice recognizes that some jurisdictions are creating a "corresponding or offsetting, owner–level tax benefit, such as a full or partial credit, deduction, or exclusion."
The purpose of the Notice is to explain there will be future regulations that clarify Specified Income Tax Payments will qualify for deduction. The deduction is permitted for a "direct imposition of income tax by a Domestic Jurisdiction."
This deduction is permitted "without regard to whether the imposition of and liability for the income taxes is the result of an election by the entity or whether the partners or shareholders receive a partial or full deduction, exclusion, credit, or other tax benefit that is based on their share of the amount paid by the partnership or S corporation to satisfy its income tax liability under the Domestic Jurisdiction's tax law, and which reduces the partner's or shareholder's own individual income tax liabilities under the Domestic Jurisdiction's tax law."
The proposed regulations apply to Specified Income Tax Payments made on or after November 9, 2020. There also will be an exception in the regulations for certain payments made subject to a law enacted prior to November 9, 2020.
Editor's Note: The State of Connecticut has enacted a law that may permit partnerships to receive a state credit workaround. This credit essentially allows a deduction for state and local taxes. Following the publication of Notice 2020–75, it is probable that more states will enact partnership workaround provisions.
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In Anthony M. Kissling et ux. v. Commissioner; No. 19857-10; T.C. Memo. 2020-153 (Nov. 12, 2020), the taxpayer had contributed façade easements on three commercial buildings in a historic preservation district. While the local law mandated extensive restrictions on the historic properties, the Tax Court permitted a charitable façade easement deduction.
Real–estate developer Anthony Kissling acquired three properties in the Allentown Historic District of Buffalo, New York. All three buildings were designated as historic properties and therefore qualified for a charitable easement deduction for a façade easement. See Reg. 1.170A–14(d)(1)(iv).
Kissling deeded façade easements to the National Architectural Trust on December 13, 2004. The façade easements covered the exterior of all three buildings and included multiple requirements that created obligations for Kissling. The Trust conducted an annual property inspection and requested modest changes consistent with the easement.
Kissling obtained an appraisal and reported a charitable deduction of $770,310. This amount reflected his 90% share of the $855,900 "before and after" valuation. The Commissioner audited Kissling and denied the deduction. The IRS claimed the easement produced no additional valuation differences due to local law restrictions placed on buildings in the historical district.
Easement charitable deductions are normally based on a "before and after" approach. The valuation may be based upon a comparable sale comparison, income capitalization or replacement cost.
The taxpayer obtained appraisals from Jan Baronholtz, Darrell Lloyd and Kevin Mahoney. The IRS appraiser was Gregory Klauk. Baronholtz initially used a percentage reduction in value of 11% for one property and 12% for the other two. Lloyd used an income capitalization approach. Klauk used an income capitalization method and also a comparable sales approach. Based on the comparable sales approach, Klauk concluded that there was no reduction in value due to the façade easement.
The Tax Court rejected the comparable sale comparison. The comparable properties were not in the historic district and required adjustments of 43.9% to 56.6%. The Klauk comparables were rejected because they were not similar to the easement properties.
Based upon a detailed analysis of the properties and the 8.5% capitalization rate selected by Lloyd, the Tax Court determined the easement values. The Tax Court rejected the capitalization rate by Klauk because it was nearly 3% higher than the national average.
The Tax Court determined that the easement restrictions and historic preservation standards were substantially similar. However, in an avigation easement appraisal by Klauk, he determined that there would be moderate reductions in value and the Tax Court determined similar reductions could occur with a façade easement. Based on the potential increased operating costs due to the façade easement, the Tax Court determined that the valuations by Lloyd were reasonably correct. They reduced the charitable deduction by $97,798 to $672,512 and denied any penalty under Section 6662(a).
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CGF confirm Victoria, Australia as host of 2026 Commonwealth Games and the Inclusion of Netball
The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) has confirmed that the 2026 Commonwealth Games will be hosted by the State of Victoria in Australia.
The announcement follows a successful exclusive dialogue period between the CGF, Commonwealth Games Australia (CGAus) and Victoria, where an exciting proposal to stage the major multi-sport competition across the State was agreed.
The proposal capitalises on the 2026/30 Strategic Roadmap, which provides renewed flexibility to be innovative and creative in delivering the Games.
In what will be a first ever predominantly regional Commonwealth Games, Victoria 2026 will be staged in March 2026 across multiple cities and regional hubs including Melbourne, Geelong,
Bendigo, Ballarat and Gippsland. The Opening Ceremony will take place at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground. The approach will showcase the best of what the State has to offer and ensure a uniquely Victorian experience for the athletes and spectators.
There will be a phased approach in creating the sports programme for Victoria 2026. An initial 16 sports have been put forward for the Games, including netball, with further sports to be added later this year.
World Netball President, Liz Nicholl CBE said:
"I am absolutely delighted that netball has been confirmed as one of the 16 sports at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Australia.
Our netball athletes have always relished the opportunity to compete at this unique multi-sport Games that brings the Commonwealth together and creates a very special atmosphere. As netball participation and its reach continues to grow across the globe, I know that this news will also delight our fans and will attract capacity crowds."
The CGF, CGAus and Victoria entered an exclusive dialogue period in February 2022. A CGF and CGAus visit to Victoria took place later that month. This was followed by a Victoria 2026 delegation presenting their 2026 Games Proposal to the CGF Executive Board in Birmingham, England in March 2022. The Proposal has now been approved by the CGF Executive Board, with the Host Contract to be signed in Victoria today.
CGF President, Dame Louise Martin said:
"The Commonwealth Games Federation is absolutely delighted to award the 2026 Commonwealth Games to Victoria. Commonwealth Games Australia and the Victorian Government have set out a bold and innovative vision for hosting our major multi-sport event.
In Victoria, we believe we have found the perfect partner for the next stage of our journey. This a very special moment for the Commonwealth Sport Family and on behalf of the entire Movement, I would like to congratulate Commonwealth Games Australia and Victoria on their successful Games submission. We now look forward to a bright future as we work together to stage a Commonwealth Games like no other."
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Just kidding. I've known I'm callous for ages.
The most tasteless thing Glee could have done with Cory Monteith's death would have been to recast Finn.
So at least they get some points for not doing that.
And, surprisingly, this episode isn't the melodramatic buzzkill bash I had braced for.
And I even shed a tear or two. They were made of ice and they came directly out of my pupils, but they still count.
TL;DR The season's plot comes to a stop as the cast farewells Finn. But as a tribute, it's impressively underplayed. And knowing it's basically the real cast "acting" for the death of their real friend, well, it doesn't get more authentic than that.
It's sad. Actual sad, not derisive sad.
The plot doesn't bother with anything from the past 2 episodes. Most of the Glee cast (not Quinn, for some reason) converge on McKinley to console each other in their time of grief. We get some scenes of Kurt at home with Burt and a distraught Carole. Mercedes sings a tribute, but is otherwise uninvolved with the plot. Santana gets the most play, shedding her bitchy outer shell to let fly some righteous indignation at an obstructive Sue. Later, she breaks down during her own tribute performance. Puck has a similarly difficult time, indulging in some anguished vandalism of Finn's memorial tree. Bieste calms him down, though. Rachel turns up and is as stoic as possible. And the episode ends with Will, having been tear-free throughout the episode, completely breaking down.
Pretty depressing stuff.
But like I said, I'm impressed with how the level of melodrama was kept under control. I'd posit that this is due to some genuinely shocking composure from Kurt. I thought for sure that he'd be queening around, making everything about himself. But apart from a small scene with Carole and Burt (where Carole's heartbreak is much more focal), Kurt keeps his alien mouth shut.
I could not fucking believe it. Thank you, Glee.
They avoid saying how Finn actually died, which is kind of a cop-out. If they were going to have the balls to not only kill Finn off, but to devote an entire episode as a tribute to him/Cory Monteith, they should have at least given the "how." I'm still of the opinion that they should have just found a more natural, low key way to write him out.
Unfortunately, there are 2 hints as to what the cause of death might be which suggest it was the same thing Cory Monteith did IRL. In his opening narration, Kurt says everyone is interested in talking about how Finn died, implying it's something controversial. Like a drug overdose? Later, Burt talks about the last time he saw Finn. Finn was feeling down about some bad exam results, and Burt has a spiel about how he should have hugged Finn more and supported him better. Which implies suicide. It just made me feel icky that they'd make a point of not saying what it was, then slyly hint that it was the same as what happened to Cory.
Mercedes' performance of I'll Stand By You devolves into the most overblown ad-lib wails of her Glee career. Too much.
Santana's "assault" of Sue is disappointing.
Brittany isn't in it, but nobody cares about that.
Oh, and Quinn isn't in it. What the fuck is Dianna Agron doing that's so goddamn important?
It's actually quite good. I really am thankful that Kurt didn't hog the spotlight.
What really makes the episode work is Santana. She gets 2 of the most emotional scenes. First is when she cracks it at Sue after Sue tries to have the candles on Finn's memorial extinguished. Santana finally lets loose all her hatred for Sue, culminating in shoving her (Santana was making a threat against the secretary for going to call the police, and Sue says "that's assault," and Santana is like "No, this is assault!"). Santana later goes to apologise, but Sue stops her and admits everything Santana said was true, and how she regrets not being able to rectify things with FInn.
The saddest moment of the episode comes during Santana's tribute song. If her sobbing breakdown doesn't get you, then her shrieks when they try to comfort her will. Absolutely captivating.
Puck carries some of the emotional burden, too. He can't imagine going on without having Finn to support him. His subplot with Bieste is the perfect representation of masculine grief.
It's not all morbid, though. There's still some comedy. Sue makes some of the best barbs of the series, and this one is my personal favourite (and the episode's best line):
Bieste: "How can you even joke at a time like this?"
Sue: "Take it easy, post-op Michael Chiklis."
Fucking gold.
While going through Finn's room, Carole, Burt and Kurt stumble upon the "faggy" lamp from Kurt's appalling bedroom makeover from season 1. The boys want to keep it, but Carole isn't convinced: "No, it's not okay with me. That thing is awful." Finn was right!
Bree and Santana have a brief run-in, and Figgins directly compares them. Good.
Santana makes some glorious fat jokes at Finn's expense.
Tina goes to see Emma for what Emma thinks will be grief counselling, but Tina is only upset because she's sick of wearing black (which is connoting a regression to her goth fashion phase). Emma presents her with the pamphlets you see up the top of this post.
Rachel's song is beautiful.
Blaine barely gets a syllable in the whole episode. Praise the fucking lord.
Oh, and there's a subplot involving Puck and Santana both wanting Finn's jacket, which goes missing. At the end, it turns out Will stole it, and then the final scene of the episode shows Will finally allowing himself to grieve. It's just really sad.
Just kidding. He's actually going in for a stealth boob nuzzle.
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17 responses to "Glee Season 5 Episode 3 – TV Review"
CW Wright says : October 12, 2013 at 8:27 pm
Thank you. I come here for the snark (and to punish myself for being as invested in glee as I am). The tone and sentiment of your post is just right for this episode.
ijusthateeverything says : October 13, 2013 at 1:35 pm
I'm still stunned that Glee was able to pull their shit together well enough to carry this off. I'll give credit where it's due, and they earned it.
Alisha says : October 12, 2013 at 11:57 pm
Diane made a statement saying she wasn't invited to participate in the episode. WTAF???
Alisha says : October 13, 2013 at 12:23 am
*dianna
Yeah, the official PR word is that she had scheduling conflicts, which is true. But Dianna does have that kind of bitch vibe, and she's the only Glee cast member who seems to be having a decent go at getting movie roles.
They're all just jealous of her beautiful, blonde hair.
alisha says : October 13, 2013 at 8:10 pm
Well she is perfect in every possible way…
Scott says : October 14, 2013 at 12:18 pm
I thought it was a little tasteless the way they dealt with things at times.
ijusthateeverything says : October 14, 2013 at 12:21 pm
If Glee can get their decency to even half of what they need to, then it's a win.
steffchef says : October 17, 2013 at 5:30 pm
I absolutely agree with your critic that they did not at least once name the (story) cause of Finn's death.
But having "Seasons of Love" from Rent as the opening number, which mourns the death by overdose of one of the protagonist in the musical/film, said it better than 1000 words for me.
Given Ryan Murphy's Broadway affinity it had to be that one.
ijusthateeverything says : October 18, 2013 at 11:52 am
I need to check my not-having-watched-Rent privilege.
Excellent detective work, baby.
steffchef says : October 18, 2013 at 12:04 pm
After having seen more than just the first scene, your review sums it up pretty perfectly.
The only thing which struck me as odd was Mr Schuster taking the jacket and being all "I didn't say you took it, but if you did give it back" towards Puck.
I get the whole, he's keeping back his grief plot line, but that seemed totally out of charactere. But might be because I had my bets on Sue 😛
Yeah, I think he went a little too far in keeping the heat off of himself.
I had my bets on Sue, too.
Anonymous says : July 21, 2018 at 7:51 am
I think he died in real life.
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Coworking: A Successful Mix Of Community And Privacy
February 9, 2015 in Coworking Philosophy
When it comes to designing a coworking space, we believe in offering members a variety of workspaces. While coworking in a large, open space builds community, people and businesses have varied needs—and we try to meet all of those.
"I think it's important to offer a mix of different work environments to match the types of work individuals do throughout a given day," says Platform Coworking owner Jeff Park. "While our members often have a single job title, they fill multiple roles, so their tasks change and our goal is to provide them with the proper space for all of those."
Toward that goal, we offer three types of spaces: unassigned spaces in a communal setting, assigned spaces (a dedicated desk), and private offices. It's key to have a good balance between these three styles and, going forward, we'll be focusing on creating more shared private areas so that our members can use them for a phone call or a meeting.
Varied Workspaces Are Key
When it comes to coworking, sound privacy is the most important in our experience. Break out spaces and phone booths are effective ways to provide privacy. We're working to make these areas into something more like mini lounges or mini conference rooms. "We're approaching these like they're a cross between your living room and a library, both comfortable and inviting," says Park. "I see some spaces that are entirely open and there doesn't seem to be much dedicated to focus-based work. It's important to have a balance."
While we do offer private offices, we think it's important for these types of spaces to be available to all of our members. They're a public resource and are first come, first serve, so they're different from a private office. We find that sound privacy is usually more important than visual privacy. So, in addition to private phone booths and mini conference rooms, we put a premium on semi-public breakout spaces throughout our space where members can make a quick phone call and/or simply change their working environment to suit their needs.
"Providing these areas is a fundamental part of how our current and future spaces are and will be conceptualized in terms of different working styles and the actual flow of the space," says Park. "People get calls randomly throughout the day, it's not something you can plan for, so those private or semi-private spaces need to be close to communal areas. Even in one day people differ in their working patterns, from needing to be on a call with other team members and clients, to executing whatever was decided on that morning call, so we're trying to model our spaces to closely follow people's actual work patterns."
Coworking In Private
Some people simply prefer a dedicated, private workspace. Perhaps they are on the phone constantly throughout the day and don't want to subject others to their daily business. As many do prefer private offices, it's key to provide enough of those to meet demand.
Our coworking space in Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood is composed entirely of private offices. Still, we see members building community and benefitting from the traditional aspects of coworking. "Our members in Wicker Park acquainted themselves with their neighbors very quickly," says Park. "So that community component is still there, regardless of whether they're working in private offices or shared space. I think that happens because it's the same people working in that space every day and they become accustomed to each others' routines and work styles." That's different from Platform Coworking in Ravenswood where members come in at different times, on varied schedules, and without as much consistency. Both models seem to work and we'll continue mixing and matching them as we expand into new spaces.
The Future Of Coworking Space & Office Design
When we look at a properly designed coworking space, there are many intangibles and it's something that's hard to quantify, but it can be done. It's evident when you haven't taken the research into consideration. We're constantly looking toward the future when it comes to the design of our spaces. "I think incorporating research-based design will drive the direction of how future spaces are built and I think it's still early in that process," says Park. "There are design companies out there doing really good work in taking a quantitative approach to design and how it influences work flow.
"In the past, office environments were organized by hierarchy. The whole framework of cookie cutter offices and cubicle farms is thankfully becoming extinct but there is still a lot of room to try and establish what the office of the future looks like," Park continues. "We're trying to collect as much data as we can and those poised to do this successfully are standing in a convergence of anthropologists, sociologists and designers who take a quantitative approach. It's been neglected on a widespread scale and finally it's starting to evolve."
These are all thoughts that have been on Park's mind since he first helped pioneer coworking in Chicago. "This is how we're thinking today but it might change tomorrow based on feedback, it's fluid in nature," he says. "We're constantly making incremental changes to see what works and what doesn't, but adding more work environments into the mix is definitely a priority."
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Danfox Davies : School's Out: A Transhuman Education
Written by Danfox Davies on 6 October, 2015 - 14:12
In the film trilogy of The Matrix, knowledge was downloaded straight from the files the Zion people had obtained, via a hefty and creepy jack plug and somehow into the brain. "I know Kung Fu," said Neo, a few seconds after he had not the faintest clue about it. Whilst the methods and scenarios in The Matrix are as heavily stylised and wide of the mark as Leonardo Da Vinci's flying machine concepts were from working heaver-than-air craft, they nevertheless represent what for all intents and purposes could be a viable general idea for the fast assimilation of information into the brain: that obtained by careful union of (for example but not limiting this to) genetic engineering and preparation, nanobots and Big Data.
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Written by David Elston on 23 April, 2015 - 11:55
Back in 2008 I worked for Swansea University in a department called DACE – Department of Adults Continuing Education. I lost this job. Government cuts saw to it that this department was closed. It was my first job, I was a website design assistant. It seemed such a huge injustice to work so long and hard in academia, from the age of 5 until 21 and graduate only to lose my first job in a matter of weeks. To add pressure, my son had just been born, so I had to find alternative employment quickly.
I remember feeling shocked but not just because my job was cut. The University lost many highly qualified and experienced staff, some holding PhDs, experienced lecturers and other valued support staff. There was the knock-on effect of the community centres in places like the Rhondda who leaned on Swansea's DACE for support, were now also going to suffer.
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We would like to see trial programmes across the UK in which young people are paired with older people and provided with an opportunity to start a business with state support through the provision of space, legal advice and accountancy, preferably in a startup incubator-like space. This would give both young people the opportunity to start a business and work with people who have long term experience, and would support older people who want to start a business but don't have the up-to-date skills required.
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Our current alcohol education methods create the negative response to drinking alcohol. An evidence based approach to educating young people about alcohol and the impact it would both improve education and make it more likely for those who find that alcohol has a negative impact on their lives to seek help.
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We will trial a programme where 16-year-olds are encouraged to set up a small business as part of a work experience programme during or at the end of their final year of school. The programme would aim to actually establish viable businesses and provide the skills and experience required to run a small business.
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We will investigate making education after the age of 14 voluntary. An initial trial where any 14-year-old who can pass a GCSE in Maths and English should be permitted to pursue a job or apprenticeship offer, with the option of returning to school if they lose their placement or would prefer to return to education.
This would allow young people who want to start working early or specialise as apprentices to remove themselves from classes, freeing up time and resources for those who would prefer to continue in education.
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The BBC, National Archives and other appropriate groups should be asked to establish a national media library for educational establishments. A large catalogue of material for students and teachers to make use of would diversify and increase the quality of media material available in education and would save money by centralising administration and technical costs.
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Schools should have the freedom to spend their budgets as they see fit and should be encouraged to invest in knowledgeable, enthusiastic and well qualified teachers. Over the last decade we have seen vast sums wasted on expensive school IT systems, often with maintenance, software licensing and other excessive or unnecessary costs attached. To make matters worse, schools are often locked into these costly systems for long periods, reducing schools' abilities to adapt to new technology and provide the best education to their students.
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The best time to learn is in the earliest years, but for many people life events can mean that they miss out on education, or due to personal issues they may be incapable of taking full advantage of the education available to them up to the age of 18. We are committed to providing easy access to both basic education and higher education for all; we believe that the UK can build on the excellent foundations already laid by the Open University. University tuition fees should be frozen and eventually scrapped.
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Vendetta Red – "Quinceañera" (Cleopatra Records)
After spending 13 years in relative anonymity, Seattle's Vendetta Red have returned from the void with Quinceañera, their first full length since 2005. And much to their credit, and seeing as how only half of the band remains from 2005's Sisters of the Red Death, they don't sound like a band that hasn't written and recorded a record in well over a decade.
Quinceañera finds the veteran outfit shedding most emo/screamo/post-hardcore affiliations they may have once been tagged with in favor of straight up alt-rock ("Wild and Dangerous," "Encantado"), though if you know anything about Vendetta Red, it's that any sonic form they take is going to be awash in all things alternative. Opener "Swim" is about as close to "Shatterday" era Vendetta Red (check out their excellent album Between the Never and the Now) as Quinceañera gets, though there's a deliciously noisy interlude near the finish of "The Dreamers." "Where There's A Will, There's a Pinche Guey" is a manic number driven by punchy riffs and Zach Davidson's spastic vocal delivery and while "West of Birmingham" is fun as hell and leveraged to the hilt with 'woah oh's,' the album hits a bit of a lull midway through. It recovers nicely after a short down period with a trio of strong tracks late in the album - "Acquiesce" delivers Quinceañera heaviest guitar-drum breakdown in between angular alt-rock hooks, "Til You Have Forgotten Me" drifts into The Killers territory with a bit of electronics introduced into the mix and big guitars return to close Quinceañera out on album highlight "The Circle."
Quinceañera isn't always perfect, nor does it need to be honestly. At times its gritty, at times it's relatively seamless, but it never sounds out of place, especially given today's alt-rock renaissance. Vendetta Red isn't the same band they were in the mid-oughts and truthfully, they're better off.
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Celso Ramos är en ort i Brasilien.   Den ligger i kommunen Celso Ramos och delstaten Santa Catarina, i den södra delen av landet,  km söder om huvudstaden Brasília. Celso Ramos ligger  meter över havet och antalet invånare är .

Terrängen runt Celso Ramos är huvudsakligen kuperad, men den allra närmaste omgivningen är platt. Terrängen runt Celso Ramos sluttar västerut. Den högsta punkten i närheten är  meter över havet,  km sydost om Celso Ramos.

I omgivningarna runt Celso Ramos växer huvudsakligen savannskog. Runt Celso Ramos är det glesbefolkat, med  invånare per kvadratkilometer.  Klimatet i området är fuktigt och subtropiskt. Årsmedeltemperaturen i trakten är  °C. Den varmaste månaden är februari, då medeltemperaturen är  °C, och den kallaste är juni, med  °C. Genomsnittlig årsnederbörd är  millimeter. Den regnigaste månaden är juni, med i genomsnitt  mm nederbörd, och den torraste är november, med  mm nederbörd.

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Real-money and social casino games developer High 5 Games (H5G) has rolled out a selection of free-to-play apps for iOS and Android devices, including new variants of its popular High 5 Casino and Shake the Sky products.
H5G has launched High 5 Casino for Android devices and rolled out its Asian-facing casino Shake the Sky for iOS and Android, as well as launching dedicated video poker apps for each brand on both operating systems.
The launch of the Android High 5 Casino app follows the release of the iOS version in September 2013, featuring more than 55 of the titles available on its Facebook app including popular slots like Dangerous Beauty and Shadow of the Panther. H5G said it will continue to add titles to the app, alongside brand-new content.
The launch of Shake the Sky on iOS and Android marks the first time the app has been released on mobile platforms, after first going live in December last year. Since then it has grown its user base to 400,000 monthly active users on Facebook.
The roll-out of dedicated video poker apps for each brand comes as part of a major push by H5G to establish itself in the mobile social casino space.
Video poker games first went live on High 5 Casino and Shake the Sky in August as part of the company's roll-out of its Universal Game Platform.


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VOA: Can Syrian Refugees Be Safely Resettled in US?
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CAPITOL HILL— A House of Representatives Homeland Security subcommittee held a hearing Wednesday on the possible security risks involved with resettling some of the estimated 4 million refugees from the brutal civil war in Syria in the United States.
Most lawmakers at the hearing agreed there is a need to balance very real humanitarian and diplomatic concerns about Syrians who have had to flee to neighboring countries with legitimate security concerns in the West.
The subcommittee chairman, Republican Peter King of New York, said the United States has a long and proud history of providing a haven for refugees, including the late Tom Lantos, who was a congressman and champion of human rights, and iconic scientist Albert Einstein. King also pointed out that four years of conflict in Syria have made this one of the biggest refugee crises in history, with no end in sight.
"I think continuing to send humanitarian aid to the region is extremely important. Because the fact is that the huge majority of refugees — not just Syrians, but all over the world — are not going to be resettled. They don't qualify for that sort of protection.
— Daryl Grisgraber
But King and other lawmakers from both parties said they had heard government officials and security experts express concern that the self-proclaimed Islamic State and other militant groups might try to use Syrian refugee programs as a gateway to carry out terrorist attacks in the United States and Europe.
Gaps in intelligence
Seth Jones of the Rand Corporation said there were two main reasons why refugees from the conflict in Syria could pose a greater risk than refugees from past wars.
"First, [there are] more foreign fighters than we have seen in any modern battlefield, and second, our intelligence picture is clearly much worse," he said.
All of the witnesses at Wednesday's hearing agreed that the U.S. has a void of human intelligence sources in Syria and no partner in the Syrian government to help vet Syrian refugees.
Most of Syria's refugees have fled to Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan.
King asked if it would make sense for the U.S. to focus on vetting refugees who have settled in Jordan. The witnesses agreed that Jordan most likely has the best vetting system to make sure refugees do not have terrorist ties, but said the U.S. would still need to conduct its own time-consuming, multilayered process, which would include personal interviews with would-be asylum seekers.
The United States has taken in only about 1,000 Syrian refugees so far, while Germany has taken in an estimated 30,000. The experts at the hearing pointed out that Syrian refugees are arriving in Germany by taking the North Africa-Mediterranean route, and Germany decided to carry out a special program for Syrians.
Humanitarian aid called vital
Daryl Grisgraber of the relief organization Refugees International, based in Washington, told VOA that while the resettlement process is slow, the U.S. is the world's No. 1 provider of humanitarian assistance to Syrian refugees.
"I think continuing to send humanitarian aid to the region is extremely important," he said. "Because the fact is that the huge majority of refugees — not just Syrians, but all over the world — are not going to be resettled. They don't qualify for that sort of protection."
Grisgraber said the U.S. and the international community should also step up efforts to forge a political solution to the bloody conflict, so that Syria again becomes a safe place for its citizens to live.
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The new PLCnext Store extends the PLCnext Technology ecosystem with a marketplace for apps. This open store offers software solutions, which are specifically for industrial automation technology and extend the functionality of your PLCnext Control.
Speed up your application development or transform the PLCnext Control into a controller for specific automation solutions, without any programming.
Benefit from the offered apps in the PLCnext Store or upload your own apps and profit from a new digital business model.
Hi, With which software I can make modifications in the PLC with RFC 470S PN 3TX, Ord. No 2916794?
Hello Carlos, that PLC is not a PLCNEXT, it needs PCWORX, you can find it in www.phoenixcontact.com search for PC WORX DEMO - 2985725, but you will surely need a license the basic or the pro... you can test with the demo though.


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Forest logging propped up by conservationists
Everyone knows the environment and the economy are in conflict; that any effort we make to protect the environment comes at the expense of profit and jobs.
So, for instance, everyone knows that if the community wants to see restrictions on the logging of native forests in Tasmania, it's only reasonable for the government to compensate the industry and its workers for their loss of livelihood.
And this is precisely what the federal government has been doing for years. As long ago as 1989, the Tasmanian forestry sector received $42 million under the Helsham agreement. Under the Tasmanian regional forestry agreement of 1997, it got $110 million and under the Tasmanian community forest agreement of 2005, it got $203 million.
Under the Tasmanian forestry agreement - negotiated by the industry, unions and conservation groups, and finalised earlier this year - it will get another $300 million. Two weeks ago, as the battle for Tasmanian votes hotted up, Labor announced that the release of some of this money would no longer be conditional on the preservation of certain forests.
The national native forest industry has been doing it tough in recent years. Over the period from 2009 to 2011, removals of "roundwood" (logs) were 30 per cent below the average of the previous 18 years. And woodchip exports fell by a third between 2008 and last year.
The fall in production and exports has bankrupted the native hardwood industry's largest producer, Gunns Limited, and led to the closure of numerous processing facilities around the country.
State forest authorities have also recorded substantial losses. Forestry Tasmania recorded a net loss before tax and other items of $64 million over the four years to last year, an average of $16 million a year. The Forests Corporation of NSW recorded a total loss of $85 million over the same period, an average of $21 million a year.
The way the industry likes to tell it, it was hit by the banning of logging in certain forest areas and the tightening up of forest management practices. But while it was recovering from this blow, it was hit first by the global financial crisis and then by the high dollar (which has reduced earnings from exports and reduced the price of the imported forest products it competes against).
Talk about bad luck. Clearly, the industry just needs a bit of government help to keep it on track until things get back to normal.
And, indeed, all of the parties to the latest Tasmanian forestry agreement believe it will deliver "an ongoing, vibrant forestry industry in Tasmania based on native forests and, increasingly in the future, plantation".
There's just one problem: this is wishful thinking. The industry's story uses the environment as a convenient whipping-boy to draw attention away from its long-term structural decline - and probably demise.
The chequered story of the native forest industry and the way it has sucked ever-growing subsidies from governments can be deduced (as I have done) from a report prepared earlier this year by Andrew Macintosh, of the Australian National University, for the Australia Institute, The Australian Native Forest Sector: Causes of the decline and prospects for the future.
It's true the industry has been adversely affected by conservation measures, the global financial crisis and the high dollar. But they're secondary to its underlying problem of declining demand for its products and increasing competition both from other products and other, overseas producers of its products.
When you look at it, you see that the logging of hardwood native forests is under pressure from every direction.
To the extent that people still want hardwood, they increasingly prefer it from plantations, not native forests. But demand for hardwood itself is declining in favour of softwood, most of which comes from plantations.
Demand for wood is being reduced by demand for other products such as steel, by engineered wood (where thin bits of wood are glued together in different ways) and by wood-saving innovations.
And all that's before you get to increased competition from wood producers in other countries - competing in our domestic market and competing in our export markets.
The supply and future supply of plantation wood has been greatly expanded by another government subsidy, managed investment schemes, in which misguided punters overinvested in crazy pursuit of tax breaks.
Where the native forest sector can't sell its logs for use in building construction - as increasingly it can't - it sells them to be chopped into woodchips for papermaking. Naturally, woodchips are worth less. But even the native forest woodchip market is facing reduced demand and increased competition.
Macintosh concludes that "with sluggish demand in many key markets, strong competition from Asian, South American and African producers, and a distinct market preference for plantation-sourced products" and "in the absence of additional government assistance, the sector is likely to continue to decline and, in some areas, it could collapse entirely".
See what's happening? Our perception that protecting the environment is always in conflict with the economy and jobs is being used by the industry, its unions and the politicians as a cover for continued handouts to the industry, handouts that will do nothing but delay the inevitable.
And the conservation groups, having been convinced the industry's problems are all their fault, are running cover for an industry that doesn't want to face the truth and politicians trying to buy Tasmanian votes.
The result is that taxpayers are paying to allow an industry that probably would have collapsed to continue doing damage to native forests. It's getting help other industries wouldn't get, partly because it's doing something most other industries don't do: destroying the environment.
This makes sense?
If the conservationists had more sense they'd joint the economic rationalists in urging governments to stop giving subsidies - explicit and hidden - to an industry trying to defy market realities.
Environmentalists would do more good if more of them knew a bit of economics.
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D.C. Council Approves Several New Bills
Stacy M. Brown Follow on Twitter Send an email June 26, 2018
**FILE** The D.C. Council chamber at the John A. Wilson Building in D.C. (Courtesy of dccouncil.us)
The D.C. Council on Tuesday honored the NHL champion Washington Capitals before getting down to business and tackling a slew of legislative issues that had most watchers refer to the meeting as a red-letter day.
And although it wasn't on the agenda, many council members again expressed opposition to Initiative 77, which voters approved earlier in June by a 55 percent to 45 percent margin.
The initiative would raise the minimum wage for tipped employees from $3.33 per hour to $15 per hour by 2026. Mayor Muriel Bowser has also expressed opposition to the initiative because city officials fear that it will result in higher costs at restaurants and a loss of jobs.
Council and the mayor must approve it and the law is also subjected to a 30-day congressional review.
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I've worked for the Daily News of Los Angeles, the L.A. Times, Gannet and the Times-Tribune and have contributed to the Pocono Record, the New York Post and the New York Times. Television news opportunities have included: NBC, MSNBC, Scarborough Country, the Abrams Report, Today, Good Morning America, NBC Nightly News, Imus in the Morning and Anderson Cooper 360. Radio programs like the Wendy Williams Experience, Tom Joyner Morning Show and the Howard Stern Show have also provided me the chance to share my views.
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