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Darhel Anthony's Budding Atelier, Coup de Grâce, Celebrates the Beauty - and the Pain - of Process
By Joe Strider
Darhel Anthony inside his atelier, Coup de Grâce.
After spending nearly two hours with Darhel Anthony at his midtown atelier, Coup de Grâce, I found myself waiting in line at The Strand bookstore with the latest edition of Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist in my hand. I hadn't planned on purchasing a new book that day, being perfectly content with the one that was already perched on my nightstand at home, but after hearing Darhel passionately recount the classic tale during the course of our conversation I left his shop feeling utterly compelled to pick up a copy as soon as I could.
The story, as it turns out, is about a young shepherd who leaves his home in Andalusia for the distant pyramids of Egypt, searching for a hidden treasure which has appeared often in his dreams. Along the way, he is faced with the difficult decision to either turn back, remain where he is, or continue onward toward his goal. Ultimately, the young shepherd carries on and reaches his destination, but not before the owner of a glass shop tests his will to succeed with sad tales of his own failures, having big dreams himself but refusing to ever act on them.
As I listened intently, trying not to swivel back and forth too much in the small desk chair which I had borrowed from one of Darhel's sewing machine stations, I waited eagerly for the point of this unexpected synopsis to be revealed. How, I wondered, will a bespoke tailor from New York relate to the story of a wandering shepherd from Spain? Finally, Darhel delivered.
"Whenever I consider my place in the world," he concluded, "I always think about that book and I say to myself, I never want to be like the guy in the glass shop."
Garment patterns hang beneath a worktop in Darhel's shop.
Armed with a needle and thread, as well as a fierce love of classic men's tailoring, giving up was never an option for Darhel, who officially opened his first shop in New York City's Garment District roughly ten months ago. Here, evidence of his bespoke tailoring services are on full display, with dozens of client patterns dangling from beneath a busy worktop, rolls of color-coded thread arranged neatly on pegs, and countless fabric books filling the shelves of the modest one-room space. From the walls, finished and unfinished garments hang like portraits just waiting to be discovered by the right collector. I pointed to one of them shortly after entering the shop, a handsome brown linen jacket which closely resembled a safari jacket, and asked him to tell me about it.
Casually, Darhel removed the jacket from its hook, politely acknowledging my simple observation about the garment's appearance, then tossed it on the carpet in front of me and proceeded to point out all the ways in which it was not, in fact, a safari jacket. His explanation, which provided me with a thorough schooling of the various aspects of different jacket constructions, immediately indicated the true nature of Darhel's artistry, both as a designer and as a craftsman. "I just wanted to make something that could be worn as a top layer, like a jacket, but without actually creating a traditional jacket," he said, explaining that he prefers to reinterpret rather than duplicate. From there, equipped with a basic concept in mind and having both the creativity and the skill set to execute it, he started from scratch and let his imagination lead the way, resulting in a finished product which is not only beautiful, but is also completely unique in all of its details and characteristics. The final combination of these features, which prevent it from being classified as any one particular pre-existing style, ultimately presents a garment that cannot be found anywhere else in the world. In other words, a garment which is solely Coup de Grâce.
Bespoke Coup de Grâce outer garment, in brown linen.
At the moment, Darhel's latest creation can be found on his website in the form of a linen summer shirt, offered in blush, citron, and mint. Again, his inspiration for the piece was simple yet effective, motivated by a desire to make a light-weight and versatile shirt for the summer while also adhering to the timeless code of classic tailoring which he so greatly admires.
The Coup de Grâce summer shirt, in blush.
Expanding on his love of classic menswear and its accompanying silhouettes, Darhel adds that he appreciates garments with history and that are born from purpose. "I want to make pieces that are timeless," he says. "Garments that are new, but at the same time feel like they've always been there." Again, Darhel reiterates his desire to always reinterpret instead of recreate, and says that he likes to start with a blank page, not a template, when it comes time to create something new. Doing so, however, requires a high level of technical skill - a talent which Darhel did not always have - so in order to gain the knowledge and expertise that was required to start, he attended the Art Institute of New York, where he learned the basics of pattern making and tailoring. From there, he continued his education from home, honing his craft in a self-taught manner which consisted of nothing more than practice, practice, and more practice. Considering the exquisite style and quality of his garments, I was highly impressed to learn this.
As Darhel scooped up the jacket from the floor and placed it back on the hook, I came to admire the same cool and calm demeanor that I had recognized in him when we first met over seven years ago. I had just started as a sales rep in SoHo, my first real job out of college, and while the rest of my colleagues whirled around the shop floor like headless madmen, trying their best to keep up with the hectic pace of New York City retail, Darhel stood out as someone who prefers to move at his own speed. Not slowly, by any means, but never rushed either - always operating with thoughtful purpose and clearly valuing the quality of the interaction over the sale itself. Over time, I also noticed a certain nature about Darhel which prevents him from becoming overly-excited, consistently acting and speaking in a manner which was calm, direct and deliberate. This quality certainly lends to his level-headed personality, and, in a day and age when so many people meaninglessly refer to every little thing as "crazy" or "the best", his honest and low-key way of communicating is actually incredibly refreshing. Knowing all of this, it made perfect sense to see Darhel now, doing the quiet and mindful work of a bespoke tailor, and seemed to me like he was exactly where he needed be.
Darhel inside his atelier.
Rather than setting up shop in a more fashionable neighborhood, such as SoHo or West Village, Darhel decided upon the grittier Garment District for the home of his atelier for a very simple and practical reason. "Everything I need is right here," he said. Taking full advantage of this historic section of Manhattan, which has celebrated and supported the clothing industry since the 1920's, Darhel can access supplies, such as thread, buttons and fabric, in an instant, requiring him to wander no more than a just a few blocks whenever he needs to stock up. The area also provides him with the unique opportunity to acquire some impossible-to-find fabrics, with overstock from certain top designers popping up in local textile stores from time to time. When asked if he knew of any other bespoke tailors in his building, though, he said that he did not. "There are a lot of designers in New York," he said, "but not a lot of tailors." I mentioned some of the other young and relatively new sartorialists in the city that I knew of, like F.E. Castleberry and J. Mueser, and while Darhel's approach is very different from theirs, he agreed that it was promising to see a new generation of clothiers find success in the space and carry on a rich legacy of tailoring.
Feeling as though I had taken up far too much of Darhel's time, I concluded our meeting by asking him about the name of his atelier, Coup de Grâce. Translated from French, the phrase literally means "stroke of grace", though it is most commonly used to describe the act of putting something out of its misery, like delivering a final blow. Darhel, however, was quick to inform me that he doesn't interpret the phase to mean the end of something, but instead views it as the culmination of a long process which then allows something to move on to the next phase of its life. Like hammering the last nail into a house, rather than firing a shot to the head. "After all", he says, "even though my journey with the garment ends once I'm finished with it, its true purpose as a piece of clothing has really only just begun." Harping back to the common meaning of the phrase, Darhel does admit that a certain violence exists in the process of creation (metaphorically speaking). The cutting of fabric, for instance, or the pricking of fingers whilst sewing. He even revealed that the logo he chose - a rose - is meant to represent the pain that must be endured in order to admire the true beauty of something, suggesting that one must hold a rose's thorny stem in order to enjoy its sweet smell. He also referenced some of his own personal sacrifices, which have been required for him to do what he loves. "I've gone broke like five times," he admitted shamelessly toward the beginning of our conversation. It's clear, though, that such setbacks haven't bothered him all that much, sharing later that he views money as no more or less important than thread - being simply a resource that's needed in order to keep moving forward and to keep creating. "Good or bad, it's all part of the process," he says. "And the process is the most beautiful part of it all." He doesn't forget to mention his family, though, acknowledging that nothing he's achieved thus far would be possible without their support.
Darhel presenting one of his fabric books.
A few days after our meeting, I finished reading The Alchemist for myself and realized that the story can and should inspire all of us. It's a tale about never giving up on your dreams and also realizing that so often, the journey is the destination. Witnessing the satisfaction that Darhel now receives from his work, it's clear that true success lies in the freedom of following your own path and creating your own process, while also realizing that failures are a small price to pay when compared to settling for unfulfilling or meaningless work. Not only is Darhel an inspiring example in this regard, but the clothing he creates is truly remarkable, proving as well that practice really does pay off. After our chat, I emerged onto 36th street feeling happy and excited for Darhel, eager to see how his atelier would progress. With his skill as a craftsman and creativity as a designer, I walked back to the subway with the utmost confidence that Coup de Grâce would continue to bloom. However, being a relatively slow reader and having decided already that I would be picking up a copy of The Alchemist on my way home, I left the Garment District also feeling greatly relieved that Darhel's example of inspiration hadn't come from Tolstoy's War and Peace.
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We began the week feeling wonderfully relaxed after a session of Baby yoga on Monday. We are delighted to be able to introduce some weekly sessions from Rugby pups who have branched into offering yoga sessions for young children. The children were extremely engaged with the session as we tried all kinds of positions and stretches in a fun way. The staff even managed some of them, although they weren't all quite as supple as the children!!
On Tuesday the children enjoyed their usual Jolly Jo session with a wonderful variety of games to support their communication, listening and physical skills.
Our theme of "All about me" is continuing and the children have been engaged in a variety of activities planned to help them think about their strengths and to build their self awareness and confidence. Our special tree is taking shape so please take a moment when collecting your child to read all of the lovely comments the children have made about why they are special. The display of self portraits is almost complete so you might like to see if you can recognise your own child from their interpretation.
The cogs and wheels has been a popular game this week. This gives the children the opportunity to fix pieces together and to work out how to turn the wheels to create different patterns. It supports their creative skills and also develops their ability to problem solve by trying different fixtures to see which works the best.
· Ask your child to draw a picture of you and talk about your features, eg how many eyes, what colour hair etc. It is interesting and fun to see how a child perceives themselves and others.


Pati, Central Java - Today, (Friday / August 24 2018) PT Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indonesia (TMMIN) and PT Toyota Astra Motor (TAM) along with Toyota Astra Foundation (YTA) show their commitment and seriousness in developing national education through CSR activities. "Industrial Culture Class Program" which was inaugurated at SMK Tunas Harapan Pati. The program inauguration program planned to be launched nationally, was attended by the Regent of Pati Distric H. Haryanto, SH. MM. M.Sc., Director of Vocational Development Dr. Ir. M. Bakrun MM., Center for Secondary and Special Education Control (BP2MK) Region II Pati Santoso SH, MH., Head of Central Java Education Office Drs. Gatot Bambang Hastowo M.Pd, Executive Director of Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KADIN) Rahardjo Djamtomo, President Director of PT TMMIN Warih Andang Tj., PT TMMIN Administration, Corporate & External Affairs Director Bob Azam, and PT TAM Director Darmawan Widjaja.
The Toyota Indonesia Industrial Culture Class Program is the first initiative carried out to be part of an effort to enrich the skills of young generation of SMK graduates so that they are more easily blend-in in the business world. This background that build the Industrial Culture class program that will further sharpen the character building and industry culture of these vocational graduates.
In the "Industrial Culture Class Program" participants receive knowledge of industrial culture that expected to meet the criteria of job skills that emphasize the mentality of working systematically, efficiently, and effectively to build a 'Ready' graduates. Which means students who join the Industrial Culture Class are expected to apply certain technical skills specific to the type of job that will be handled in the industrial world.
"In line with Toyota Indonesia's vision to contribute to national education, we hope that this "Industrial Culture Class Program" can help improve the student's skills and abilities. So that it will increase the quality rate of SMK graduates who can meet the needs of skilled workers in the automotive industry that continues to grow," said Darmawan Widjaja, Director of Toyota-Astra Motor, today, on the same occasion.
The plantation of the industrial culture class mentality will be carried out by integrating consistently the insights of industrial culture which include the principles of 5R (Concise, Neat, Clean, Care, Diligent), Work Safety (Suspiciously Dangerous), Group Cooperation, Orientation on the quality of the process and work , 'Kaizen' (continuous improvement/improvement), and systematic problem solving.
As the Premiere Program, Toyota Indonesia through YTA will conduct trials on 15 Vocational Schools in West Java, Central Java and East Java. This selection is based on the commitment shown by the Vocational School in improving the quality of learning in each school. The trial of the Industrial Culture Class will be conducted in 2 years, starting in the 2018/2019 school year in class XI and starting in the 2019/2020 school year onwards in class XII. The first thing that was done was the basics training 5R, the basics of the Toyota Production System and work safety for all principals and the teacher's officials to then be socialized to their students.
The class will be carried out using the official Industrial Culture class curriculum which is a combination of the current national curriculum and industry culture content. Industrial Culture Classes can be applied in various departments in the school. Curriculum and insight into industrial culture will be taught directly by 68 teachers from 15 Vocational Schools that YTA has trained intensively in the period of January-June 2018. Evaluation will be conducted periodically by the YTA Evaluation Team to measure the effectiveness of learning, especially lesson of the industry culture content in producing student behavior changes that become a benchmark.
Industrial culture classes are carried out to increase the chances of vocational graduates to meet the needs of human resources in the industry through ownership of industry characters, especially having perseverance and mentality of thinking like an engineer who puts forward the analysis.
"The formed of the habit of working systematically, efficiently, and effectively becomes the main objective of the Industrial Culture Class program. The mentality that is built among SMK graduates is expected to make this generation able to be selected properly in real employment. Industrial Culture Class is present to enrich the insight and character of the industry for HR so that they are ready to become skilled workers," said PT TMMIN Director of Administration, Corporate & External Affairs Bob Azam."
For almost 5 decades (48 years) in Indonesia, Toyota has tried to provide full participation and support for the development of Indonesia's industrial progress. One of them is through improving the quality and qualifications of vocational school graduates to meet the high demand of the industrial world. All of these commitments are summarized in the spirit of Toyota Berbagi (Together Building Indonesia) which consists of three pillars, which are product and technology development, automotive industry development and corporate social responsibility.


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Meet the editor of... Aslib Proceedings
An interview with: David Nicholas
In this interview
Journal vision and mission
Readership and editorial objectives
Publishing issues
Professor David Nicholas is the Director of the School of Library, Archive and Information Studies at University College London (UCL), where he is also Professor of Library & Information Studies and Director of the UCL Centre for Publishing and the research group Centre for Information Behaviour and the Evaluation of Research (CIBER). His chief research interests are the digital consumer, the digital transition and the virtual scholar. He has been Editor of Aslib Proceedings since 1996.
Aslib Proceedings: New Information Perspectives is a Thomson Scientific (formerly ISI) ranked international journal, over 60 years old, devoted to issues in information work. As such it contains articles on a wide range of issues from e-government, heath informatics, electronic publishing, search engines, knowledge representation and the technology of information retrieval systems, to the trustworthiness of TV news. Its aim is to provide research and comment in a form that is easily and quickly understood, and it champions writing in a fresh, rigorous, but unfussy writing style.
How would you describe Aslib Proceedings' vision, and what makes it unique?
It's interdisciplinary, with wide-angle vision, and without any particular professional baggage or philosophy. Many journals have a very precise audience, but we think that with the Internet all subjects bang into one another, for example perspectives from publishing are as valuable as those from librarianship.
It's also fresh and current – many journals take about 12 months to publish of which 6 is getting responses from referees, but we say that if you can't publish before 15 months then your message is irrelevant. We want to reflect the changes that are going on all the time, so we need a turnaround that is relevant to today's world; we aim for about six months and tell the author within a month if something's OK, or requires changes. We keep our refereeing within the editorial advisory board, or, if necessary from the information school I head, so we get a quick response.
In some way, Aslib Proceedings in similar to the Journal of Documentation. Would you say that the difference is that whereas the latter has been described by the editor as "totally a research journal in the sense that we would not publish an article that was not grounded in research to some extent", Aslib Proceedings is more practitioner oriented and with the objective of developing evidence-based practice?
JDOC is a traditional, high impact factor journal, with a good name and people like to park their research there. We are just not in the same game. As the name "Proceedings" suggests, we are more of a rapid talking shop. JDOC is very formulistic with lots of references, and its articles have an academic structure that is typical of a scholarly journal. We wouldn't want to be constrained by that model, our authors wouldn't have that many references as much of the stuff is coming out of their brains, or something they are doing at the time. David [Bawden] is a colleague and we work closely together, discussing and exchanging ideas and articles, it works well as his journal is more theoretical and ours is more practical.
What is Aslib Proceedings' position with respect to other journals in the information science field?
We lie half way between highly academic journals like the Journal of Informaiton Science and JDOC on the one hand and Library World and the more magazine type journals on the other; we are half way to being a practitioner journal.
How is the journal linked with ASLIB?
Funnily enough it isn't at all. I was asked to bale the journal out in 1996, when it had lost its way and had very little copy coming in. It had a great brand name in our profession for getting practitioners to talk about scholarly topics. Although at one time ASLIB had about six journals, effectively Aslib Proceedings no longer has any connection; but we kept the name because at the time ASLIB was the driving organization of our profession. No one really cares that it's not run by ASLIB nor is it proceedings, they just remember that it's something they had to read, it's a sort of blast from the past.
How has the journal changed under your leadership?
When I took it over, it needed resuscitation. Many new journals were entering the field including ones published by Emerald, and AP had completely lost it – when you are dying, no one will send you articles. We used the brand to get back the qualities that it had had before – I couldn't have done this on my own, but I had my CIBER research group which I was able to use to populate the first couple of issues with high class research. I also used CIBER's influence to get in names, and as a result if you look at the first issues you have editors of newspapers writing, to give back its aura of hey, big fish write in this journal. It took about two and a half years before articles came in on their own – I had loosened the blockage.
How would you describe your subject range?
We cover librarianship and information science (LIS), but also scholarly publishing, computer science, and news and media – the information rainbow. In my information school, we teach records management, information science, librarianship, publishing, electronic communication – subjects keep bumping into one another and the journal personifies this. We aren't-self contained little units, we have our strengths, but there's a big information domain and the journal is moving its coverage into that domain – we are repositioning ourselves in the new realignment.
From what disciplines and professions are your readers and writers drawn?
What helps us is the way that people search – on digital databases. They put in a query and see what comes out. That benefits us as people are not just looking in odd corners, they are saying, I'll have it, wherever it's published. The high usage figures reflect this – we pick up other constituencies through the Emerald database, which is global. We are not just in the part of the library where the librarianship journals are.
Over the past four years special issues have been particularly important to you. What is your strategy here and what plans do you have for special issues over the next couple of years?
You can talk to any editor in the LIS field, and they will tell you that the quality of submitted material can be pretty low. It's not a high flying discipline like nuclear physics, and there is a lot of quite descriptive stuff – someone's account of what they have done in a particular rural library that's of no interest to anyone. If we just sit and wait for material to come in, we won't get the stuff we want, so we have to be proactive.
So, we try and have every second or third issue as a special issue, which means that I can approach people, which keeps the quality up. I therefore approach library schools and ask them if they want to showcase their stuff for the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE). Their boss says, right, articles, Aslib Proceedings, now. For the Abersytwyth issue which we have just published, it seemed that nearly every member of the department submitted, people were very keen.
On other occasions, I've approached someone to ask them to be guest editor, and they can approach people they know, it's using your social network. Lots of other editors are moving to a similar kind of model, because it helps improve quality. It's a more proactive sort of publishing, where you don't just look at your in-box or in-tray. This approach is mirrored elsewhere, the research councils don't just wait for good proposals, they also have their own programmes, and invite contributions, so it's happening everywhere in academe.
But does that make it more difficult for the younger researcher or someone in an academic related area like librarianship to get published?
Not so much for the library schools issues, because that involves everyone in the school. But yes, for special issues on subjects, it does make things more difficult. But if a young person has quality then you can see it. We don't mind working with them, so they are not on their own. Some of the boring stuff is produced by the older people; some of the young people have a fresh take. What they usually do is find a relatively low level journal, because they know that they can get published there, they learn the ropes on that because referees tell them things, then they move up the hierarchy. It's happened to us all, none of us published in the best journal first.
Where it is difficult sometimes is in some parts of the world where they just don't have the resources, certain parts of Africa for example, although the Web should be helping here, but I haven't seen that happen yet. It tends to be very parochial, based on very old data. There is a demand from places in India and Africa to be published, but they just don't seem to be connected, they are referencing material that's 10 or 15 years old. The world's changed. Their stuff tends to be parochial, just about their organization. But what happens in a particular organization is only relevant if it relates to what's happening somewhere else.
Last year, you deliberately put the spotlight on two LIS schools to showcase their research, and you say you have plans for others. Is this an attempt to help increase their profiles in the light of the forthcoming RAE, an attempt to increase their subject output?
Yes, there is. Coming just before the RAE it's an excellent opportunity to show peer evaluated material. The subject also needs visibility, so the more schools get higher ratings, the better!
Are your future plans for special issues around library schools?
Most library schools are keen to take part, so it would be nice to do them all. We shall have some more subject-based special issues, but at the moment there's much mileage in the school-based special issues – people like reading them, schools can give them to their visitors, tell their students to read them, they're good for the archives. We seem to have found a nice little niche.
You have a very eclectic Editorial Advisory Board, which is both international and with healthy practitioner representation. Does this reflect the aspirations of the journal?
It's based on the same collaborative approach that underpins my CIBER group – we don't just work with academics, but with a whole network. Academics do all the basic digging, etc., but they are surrounded by a core of practitioners, policy makers etc., who look at what we are doing, give advice, and may be help with funding. Having the interdisciplinary and cross-sector approach, mixing things up, but having a common theme – that's what gives that freshness, that liveliness. So yes, it really does reflect the aspirations of Aslib Proceedings.
You say that you welcome articles with a "fresh, vigorous but unfussy writing style". Can you elaborate on this, perhaps with some examples?
The point is, if we can't read it and understand it, then who can? In some journals, it doesn't really matter because you are just simply parking knowledge. But we are also communicating and disseminating, so we want something lively.
If you want some examples, Robin Hunt, who set up The Guardian website, did four articles for us, Peter Cole, the Deputy Editor of The Guardian, wrote a couple, and there's also Robert Withey, a librarian. They all write so brilliantly and beautifully, the manage to convey great ideas really simply, they are really aspirational figures in trying to change the tortuous prose that is often typical of our field.
I'm intrigued by this notion of research here because when you talk to a lot of editors, they insist that research is grounded in the theoretical background.
The only problem here is when you are doing really forward-thinking stuff on the cutting edge, it's more a case of blue skies thinking. In a way we've had a kind of paradigm shift, the web has so fundamentally changed things that what preceded it is actually irrelevant. In fact, it's dangerous. I understand what they are saying, and we certainly need a rigorous approach, but you really have to be careful now about insisting on always being grounded in references to theories etc. because new theories are emerging now. Do you tell these authors, sorry, but there's no references, we can't publish it! We want these breakthrough pieces.
How did you become ISI listed, and how important to you is ISI listing?
I don't know, I believe this was sorted out by ASLIB. But it's useful, not just with the UK RAE; in other places like Korea, Singapore and South Africa, they have a similar system, so they have as part of their contract to produce one or two peer reviewed articles in ISI listed journals. ISI is a kind of author vote not a reader vote.
Of course, there's lots of good journals that haven't got ISI, and Emerald now has quite a nice little metric that includes usage, because you can have a journal that's highly used but is not highly cited. But, yes, it's good for us to have ISI listing because it can make us attractive to authors.
How important is the actual impact factor?
We are a bit limited because we don't publish stuff that people will necessarily cite, which is what impact factor is built on. I always look at the impact factor as a way of benchmarking us with other journals, such as New Library World, Interlending & Document Supply – are they below us or above us, and why? I'm not after beating JASIST or JDOC as we are in a different ball game.
Can you describe the refereeing process? What are the referees looking for?
Everything comes to me personally, or to my Deputy Editor, Ian Rowlands, who is a colleague so we see each other all the time. If they are clearly no good at all we send them back. If they look as though they are good we determine which two members of the EAB should get them. If there isn't the expertise there, or if they've been over exposed, we then go to departmental or research colleagues of mine – always people we know and trust to give rapid feedback.
We don't have a pro forma approach to refereeing with boxes to tick – I couldn't get boxes to fit all the articles we publish! We ask for an opinion, and they are familiar with the journal's aspirations. Usually they just send it back in an email which gives and open-ended response, saying what the strengths and weaknesses are.
How do you see the discipline of information science, and the information professions generally, developing over the next five years?
Shrinking! Why? Because of this thing called disintermediation, whereby people can now do things themselves, rather than asking other people to do it. It's happening in the travel industry: I do all my holiday bookings online. There is a sense in which we are all librarians now. So, librarians should be moving into publishing, media, newspapers, etc.
There will be a small group of individuals who will be experts, but the library profession as a whole will actually shrink. There's always going to be a great job for university librarians, but in lots of other sectors, such as special libraries, apart from the area of law, there's considerable shrinkage – people are searching for information by themselves. Public libraries have been a relative failure, largely because of lack of vision: and they don't know how to work with, say, local bookshops, Amazon, Waterstones, etc., they have a diminishing market as people are buying their own books.
You even hear vice chancellors saying, why do we need a library, what about the Internet, not realizing that library resources extend beyond the libraries themselves. This will certainly affect the quality of information search – there will be a dumbing down, and information literacy will be a big issue. But it will have to happen before people react.
Articles by Robin Hunt in Aslib Proceedings
Dumbing down: the only way is up (Vol. 51 No. 2)
Creative charades: playing with music, films and books (vol. 53 No. 4)
Going for the burn dreaming of the short walk (vol. 54 No. 1)
Route ROI: the hard news highway (vol. 54 No. 6)
Articles by Peter Cole in Aslib Proceedings
Dumbing down: bottoming out? (vol. 51 No. 3)
What chance serious debate in the modern media? (vol. 53 No. 4)
Articles by Richard Withey in Aslib Proceedings
The convergence of convergence (Vol. 53 No. 4)
(Mis)understanding the digital media revolution (Vol. 55 No. 1/2)
The British Life and Internet Project: inaugural survey findings (Vol. 55 No. 4)
The British and their use of the Web for health information and advice: a survey(Vol. 55 No. 5/6)
Broadband in Britain: how does it compare with narrowband? (Vol. 56 No. 2)
Developing and testing methods to determine the use of web sites: case study newspapers (Vol. 51 No. 5)
Digital information consumers, players and purchasers: information seeking behaviour in the new digital interactive environment (Vol. 55 No. 1/2)
Consumer trust in health information on the web (Vol. 56 No. 6)
Publisher's note:
Professor Nicholas was interviewed in December 2006.
Visit the information page for: Aslib Proceedings

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Details Of Millions Who Visited Thailand In Last 10 Years Leaked Online
The Southeast Asian nation is a popular tourist destination, drawing nearly 40 million visitors in 2019 before the pandemic shuttered borders and seized up global travel.
More than 106 million travellers to Thailand had their personal details exposed online in August, a cybersecurity research company that discovered the data said Monday, but the leak was quickly plugged by authorities.
Britain-based consumer security company Comparitech said in a report that its head of cybersecurity research Bob Diachenko found a database in August containing the personal information of travellers to the kingdom.
He said "any foreigner who travelled to Thailand in the last decade might have had their information exposed in the incident", including their name, passport number and residency status.
Comparitech said Diachenko also found his own name and details about his entries into Thailand on the database, which contained information dating back to 2011.
Thai authorities were informed on August 22 and secured the data the following day.
"However we do not know how long the data was exposed prior to being indexed," said the report.
Thai authorities "maintain the data was not accessed by any unauthorised parties", it added.
Thailand's Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau said it was unaware of the incident but was looking into it.
While Thais are largely internet-savvy, their government is no stranger to data leaks and information breaches.
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I've been piddling around today, working on the computer and doing laundry. We don't do a lot for the Fourth Of July. I know a lot of you all do, so I want to wish you ALL a very happy Fourth Of July. I hope that you are spending this Independence Day with family and friends.
We are REALLY known for not doing anything on the Fourth. Our wonderful neighbors, who I honestly adore, brought us over barbeque to eat. I didn't even plan on cooking anything today. We were just going to eat leftovers. Our neighbors know that we pretty well stay in today so they were so sweet and shared food.
We are animal lovers, we just are. We aren't staying in because we are just snobby or don't want to be around anyone. The dogs are very protective, so they are on high alert because everyone has company. I'm glad that our dogs are extra protective of Gracie and me. They aren't that bad usually when Michael is home but the subdivision is full of a lot of extra people today.
Fireworks are LOUD. The dogs can not stand the noise. It scares them and they don't know what is happening or where it is coming from. They are out to protect their home. The Fourth, we usually just hole up in the house and just relax, watch movies (or Chicago P.D. for me today) and piddle around.
I do hope your Fourth is super. I hope you and your family have a great day! Welcome to a glimpse of our crazy life, I just don't think that you could find any family that were bigger dog lovers than us 🙂 If you do love your furbabies- Check out this key chain freebie that I found the other day.
That was very kind of your neighbors to bring you over some food! I understand not doing much for the fourth, we don't either. We appreciate and value the day, but the fireworks hurts my ears and my youngest son's ears.
I'm glad there are other people like us. Our dogs are family. We do really talk Independence Day and what it means, but I don't think fireworks and shotguns need to be a part of it.
My dogs just can't handle it and these animals are my babies.


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SitcomsOnline Digest: The Simpsons Comes to FXX in Style; New Fox MOD Releases; Welcome Back, Kotter on DVD?
Welcome to SitcomsOnline Digest! Today, we've got news about a marathon that will break all marathon records, an opportunity for you to become a sitcom legend at NBC (maybe), Fox MOD releases, and news of a possible Welcome Back, Kotter DVD release. Let's get going!
HIGHLIGHTS FROM SITCOMSONLINE.COM AND AROUND THE WEB
If you're a true fan of The Simpsons, then hopefully you have twelve days to spare at the end of August, because that is when FXX will air their twelve day record-breaking marathon featuring every episode of The Simpsons ever aired. (Entertainment Weekly)
Earlier this week, Deadline takes a look at the major broadcast networks and the series that are on the bubble for renewal, complete with a full analysis. (Deadline)
Bill Lawrence's series Undateable is set to debut on NBC at the end of May, which is a traditional dumping ground for series that networks have given up on before they even debut, but Lawrence remains upbeat anyway. (Deadline)
If you would like to have your own summer (or even fall) series on NBC like Bill Lawrence, then NBC would really like to know, as they're reaching out to fans to help them create their next big sitcom. (Huffington Post)
David Letterman's replacement has been named, and it turn out that it'll be Stephen Colbert. It will be quite a change for Colbert, though, as he will no longer be in character for his new gig. (SitcomsOnline)
HOME MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS
Fox announced several DVD releases this week that would be exclusives to Amazon.com. The most notable of these releases is the Tim Allen sitcom Last Man Standing and NBC's one-season series The New Normal, both of which have not seen any DVD releases. On May 13, fans will see both seasons 1 and 2. The same day will also see releases for American Dad - Volume 9 and Bob's Burgers - The Complete 3rd Season. It is expected that all of these will be MOD releases.
Warner has slowly been warming up to the idea of licensing series out, but did they license Welcome Back, Kotter to Shout! Factory for them to release? There was a complete series listing that briefly appeared on Amazon.com last weekend that suggests that.
Shout! Factory will, for certain, be releasing Newhart - The Complete Fourth Season on August 19. The release will put the series just past halfway to completion.
Shout! will also be releasing the TV Land series The Soul Man on DVD for the very first time on July 8, with their release of The Soul Man - The Complete First Season.
RECENT REVIEWS ON SITCOMSONLINE.COM
Here's Lucy - The Complete Series: MPI collects every episode of this series in this collection, along with one of the nicest collections of special features ever featured in a DVD release.
APRIL 15 HOME MEDIA RELEASES
Anger Management - Volume 3 (DVD, $34.98; Blu-ray, $34.97): Charlie Sheen is "winning" again with another release of his FX series on DVD.
The Beverly Hillbillies - The Official Fourth Season (DVD, $29.98): The Clampetts return to DVD on this set (which was available as a Walmart exclusive for months), the very first DVD release featuring color episodes of the series.
Petticoat Junction - The Official Third Season (DVD, $29.98): Another release of a DVD that was previously a Walmart exclusive, and also the very first DVD release featuring color episodes of the series.
Who to Follow: Keshia Knight Pulliam (Twitter), "The OFFICIAL twitter of KESHIA KNIGHT PULLIAM"
Claim to Fame: We're continuing with our Cosby Show theme this week with another star of the classic series. Of course, Keshia Knight Pulliam played the youngest member of the Huxtable family, the five-year old (at least at the beginning) Rudy Huxtable. As it turns out, though, the series is 30 years old this year, which means that she is now 35 years old, very much an adult. She didn't leave the entertainment industry following that series, though. In recent years, she has appeared on the Tyler Perry series House of Payne in a regular role, and has also appeared in several movies.
Pick of the Tweets: "Thank u for everyone who came out to support us at Pie Face!!! It was such a success & we raised soooo much money for charity!!!" (March 25, 2014)
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PUTAMEN INSULA - INTERVIEW
1. The beginnings of Putamen Insula back to the year 2008, at that time Sovannak, Vincent VDM and Fred Criss, decided to form the band, what do you reason to create Putamen Insula and why choose this name?
Me (Sovannak) & Vince played music for a short lived grindcore band, and after the split up, we decided to start our own band with the help of Fred, who has always been a very good friend of ours. We used to do everything together all the time at some point in our lives, so creating a band together seemed like the natural thing to do, even though we each had different music tastes.
2. In 2011 you editáis your debut, an album that contains a direct issues where you can see a black metal influenced by punk, how was the recording process of this album and how has sat over time?
By the time we recorded this album, we had a new drummer, Mark, that we met a few times in local punk shows. I don't remember much from that time. I know we found him on myspace, because we posted an ad saying we needed a drummer who was into black metal, and didn't have a problem with fist fights and drugs. He was the only one who answered our ad and he did a very good job on the album. We recorded the whole thing in a friend's basement, and paid him with vodka and beer. Later, our drummer had to quit for uninteresting reasons but we always remained good friends.
3. In 2013 "Sourez" comes an album where they began to appreciate the variety of your sound, the songs become more mature and you can see more styles, like jazz doom, without losing sight of the punk part of your you sound, consider this album as the most important race of Putamen Insula?
I'm not sure what you are asking, but after the first album, we quickly starting experimenting more with music and broke free from any restraining (sub)genres. Our new drummer J loved to create atypical drum patterns, thus the main reason, I think, why we sound so different from the rest of the black metal bands out there. We also moved our rehearsal space in a dark basement, outside of Montreal, with no other bands jamming around us or interfering, which I think helped a lot for the writing process.
4. And this brings us to 2015 "Condoléances" an album with incredible guitars with a darker atmosphere, how you describe the sound of this album for yet or who has heard?
Condoléances starts out very slow and depressing, but gradually becomes more and more enraged. By the end of the album, what you hear is total hatred, and the conclusion of the album is this simple thought; the lesser Evil is human genocide.
5. After various line-up changes how was the process of writing and recording of "Condoléances"?
I don't remember how any of those songs were invented except for the first one. I started playing those riffs the day I wanted to announce to my ex post-punk band that I wanted this project to end. I was very stressed out and was going through a lot of different emotions.
6. Although the atmosphere is dark, almost depressive, your music revolves around social criticism, sarcasm and ecology, not to mention certain nihilism. Topics them all away somewhat from the classic current within the black, why consider interesting these issues?
I need to stay true to myself as much as I can, and I can't write about forests or Satan, it's simply not part of my daily life. What I go through everyday is struggle in an overpopulated capitalist world that has absolutely no respect for Gaia. The feelings of depression and anxiety you hear on the music are natural secondary effects from this modern life, in a big city such as Montreal. But to be fairly honest, living in the big city has always been a love/hate relationship, but I don't feel the need to express positive emotions, I just live them.
7. What bands and styles they are a benchmark for Putamen Insula?
I can't talk for the others but I am very much into coldwave, goth rock, post-punk, as well as second wave black metal, dsbm, post-black metal... I think they all blend in together very well. When Putamen Insula first started, we had this very strong crust punk sound but that was mainly because of the other members, i've never really been fond of this type of music except for a few melodic anarcho crust bands. An easy exemple to throw out there is Contravene.
8. From the pictures is to attend a concert Putamen Insula must be at least a very intense experience, how do you face the execution of a concert?
We don't play too many shows but we try as much as we can to play in a DIY and BYOB environment, and from what people say, I think we do give a good show. Whenever I feel like the energy exchange is very good, I get a little too excited and start mutilating myself on stage. I also made myself vomit a few times.
9. Erimha, Dagaz, Valknacht or Menace Ruine, to name a few, come from the same area as Putamen Insula, what happens in the area of Quebec to come out so many good good extreme bands? Are you in touch with other bands and what you think about the scene?
All of those bands are terrible except for Menace Ruine, which I adore. We have many different metal scenes that don't mix together or get along. However, I always considered Putamen Insula to be outcasted from all those metal scenes... But maybe we are part of one and not aware of it.
10. How did you get started in music and why did you decide to become a musician?
This is gonna sound very cliché but I started a one man black metal band, back in the golden days of MySpace. At first I was just programming the drums and synths, and asked my friends to play the guitars for me. Later I taught myself how to play guitars and started recording them myself. I've been doing this for a few years and one day a friend of mine asked me to play guitars for his grindcore band, which I accepted. It didn't last long but just enough to give me a slight idea of how to be in a band, book gigs, deal with musicians, etc.
11. Your three albums have finished edited tape format by Haineuses Productions, why this format and this label?
Productions Haineuses is a label I founded. I'm a 90's kid, so cassettes have always been a huge part of my life. They are also cheap to produce and release in small batches, almost unbreakable, they never skip, and the list could go on and on... It's just a very good format and if people don't agree, that's their problem. They can find a way to download our music if they hate tapes so much.
12. What can you tell us of your other two groups Oppression and Sovannak Ke?
Oppression is a blend of Punk, Oi and Black Metal.
Its lyrical content focuses on war, our inner beast, and urban violence. We released 2 tapes and we have a 3 way split coming soon. I don't know what the future holds for Oppression, hopefully more stuff will come out but as we speak I am focusing on other projects for the moment. Just like Putamen Insula, Oppression played mostly in DIY spaces, in people's basements, private parties in rehearsal spaces, etc. and it's happened a few times that we'd played for bigger shows in real venues but I always instantly regretted them.
Sovannak Ke is obviously a solo project of mine. I wrote some songs that couldn't fit with any other bands I was in, so I decided to teach myself how to drum and then recorded everything myself. The result came out okay, but I used very bad recording equipment. The other members of Putamen Insula learned the songs and we performed one show of Sovannak Ké's Dites non à la vie (Say no to life). It was a great night.
13. Is it true that this "Condoléances" will be the last release of Putamen Insula? Why have you made this decision?
It doesn't have to be such a big deal, every member of Putamen Insula will keep playing black metal. Condoléances is a very solid way of saying goodbye, people should just enjoy the tape.
14. Mark the final point of Insula Putamen concert next July 31 with Antediluvia, Volah and Black Anvil?
Yes this show will be our last show, we were supposed to end this earlier but when we were asked to play with Volahn we decided to stretch it a little bit and only split up after that gig.
15. Thank you very much for taking the time to Black Metal Spirit, if you want to add something for the followers of Putamen Insula, this is the place. I hope the questions are to your liking.
Please kill yourself.
Contact Order: productionshaineuses (a) gmail punto com
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Doombringer - The Grand Sabbath 16,00 €
In recent years, Doombringer has been responsible for some of the most unholy emanations from the bleak region of Poland. After several magnificent demos and 7" releases, Doombringer now unleashes its debut full-length, "The Grand Sabbath." This album is a triumphant exaltation of darkness. The band, which features members of Bestial Raids and Cultes des Ghoules, has spent considerable time arriving at this point, and their dedication is manifest. Doombringer imbue the cacophonous intensity of Death Metal with the unconstrained evil of Black Metal, exploring the nexus between the raw, oppressive darkness of Goatlord and the ecstatic and transcendent evil of bands like Varathron and Mortuary Drape. The high level of composition is immediately apparent, and against the backdrop of the band's tremendous songwriting is a tendency to enhance their sound with unanticipated sonic and vocal flourishes that accentuate the unique character of the songs. The use of varied vocal styles in particular is immediately arresting and provides a welcome departure from the usual monotonous vocal delivery of most other bands. To bring the album together as a whole, Doombringer sought Marko Marov to provide his uniquely demonic vision for the artwork. Regarded as a whole, "The Grand Sabbath" is a manifesto of the future direction of Black/Death and is destined to expand and epitomize the perimeters of extremity inherent in both genres.
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Q: Dart google_maps issue i have a weird behavior of Google maps using dart !! here
as you see the link responsible for making th map appears is "Géolocalisation" until now i have no problem! but when i reclick, or when i visit another link then returning back to "Géo.." it gaves me this  and i really don't know what to do! this is my first try at GMap so i need a littel bit of help please.
i must mention that the page doesn't refresh when i click at the link it's only delets the old content from the container div then add the new elements also i must mention that i'm using bootstrap3,this is the code for the page géo
import 'package:google_maps/google_maps.dart';
import '../view.dart';
import 'dart:html';
//view Map
class viewMap extends View{
  panelCoreBuilder(){
    //creating the container layout and it is a div row
    DivElement layout = new DivElement()..className="row";
    //adding a style element for the map element inside the container
    layout.children.add(new StyleElement()..text="#mapblock{margin: 0;padding: 0; height: 500px; width: 100%;");
    DivElement cellone = new DivElement()..className="col-md-3";
    //naming the block that contains the map
    DivElement celltow = new DivElement()..className="col-md-9"..id="mapblock";
    //adding the cells to the layout
    layout.children.addAll([cellone,celltow]);

    //creating the map
    visualRefresh = true;
    final mapOptions = new MapOptions()
    ..zoom = 8
    ..center = new LatLng(34.034453, -5.885925)
    ..mapTypeId = MapTypeId.ROADMAP;
    final map = new GMap(celltow, mapOptions);
    //returning the layout to the MainContainer...
    return layout;
  }
}

so that's it i hope you can give me any solution ,hypotheses ,or even a hint
and if i fond the solution first i'll post it here!

A: This is likely that your <div> has an empty size (or not displayed) when the new GMap is called. The map is not aware of the <div> container resizing by default. You have to manually trigger a resize event when you display it on the screen with :
event.trigger(map, 'resize', []);

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OK, and again, what? "Dail"? No, "Dáil", with a fada.
What does it do? It changes the pronunciation.
And the correct pronunciation would be? Doyle.
As in Mrs Doyle? From Father Ted? So you do know something about Ireland then.
Ah go on go on… Can we get back to the proper topic please?
Right you are, Ted. So after "what?" comes…?
I'm not sure we've actually finished "what" yet. Ah, right. The first Dáil was the self-declared parliament of the Irish Republic, which met in Dublin after the British general election of December 1918, instead of the elected MPs going to the House of Commons.
What, all of them? No, only the Sinn Féin candidates who were returned. MPs from other parties (the Unionists and the Irish Parliamentary Party) took up their seats in Westminster.
Why? This had been a Sinn Féin manifesto promise. For the background you should probably have a look at some of the other articles on this website, such as this one. Or read my book.
When? The first meeting was on 21st January 1919.
Ah ha, another centenary then. There's a lot of them about. Two on this day, in fact.
What's the other one? The Soloheadbeg ambush.
Are you going to talk about that too? Not here.
And who was at this first Dáil? Well, a few people, but not as many of them as there should have been. Among the better-known attendees were Eoin MacNeill, Eamonn Duggan, Cathal Brugha, and (Count) George Plunkett. All in all, 27 attended the first meeting.
And where were the rest? In prison or on the run from the British authorities.
I'll spare you the cracks about a few of today's politicians also deserving to be in prison. That would be appreciated.
And what was actually decided at this first meeting? Quite a lot. They adopted a new constitution, elected someone to lead the Dáil, issued a declaration of independence from United Kingdom, and appealed to the nations of the world for support.
Not a bad day's work. Certainly puts today's arguments over water rates and the like into perspective.
And what did the British authorities think about this? The view of Lord French, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and therefore the UK government's top man on the island at the time, was that Sinn Féin were playing make-believe and it was better just to ignore the whole goings-on. People, he thought, would some come to their senses.
And if there was a first, was there then a second, third and so on? Yes. At the minute they're on the 32nd. But before that there was the Irish War of Independence, the negotiations over the Anglo-Irish Treaty and plenty of other stuff.
So no end to all the anniversaries then? Not for a few more years at least.


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New law mandates doctors tell Medicare patients about 'observational' status
Under a new federal law, hospitals across the country must now alert Medicare patients when they are getting observation care and why they were not admitted -- even if they stay in the hospital a few nights. For years, seniors often found out only when they got surprise bills for the services Medicare doesn't cover for observation patients, including some drugs and expensive nursing home care.
The notice may cushion the shock but probably not settle the issue.
When patients are too sick to go home but not sick enough to be admitted, observation care gives doctors time to figure out what's wrong. It is considered an outpatient service, like a doctor's visit. Unless their care falls under a new Medicare bundled-payment category, observation patients pay a share of the cost of each test, treatment or other services.
And if they need nursing home care to recover their strength, Medicare won't pay for it because that coverage requires a prior hospital admission of at least three consecutive days. Observation time doesn't count.
Letting you know would help, that's for sure," said Suzanne Mitchell, of Walnut Creek, Calif. When her 94-year-old husband fell and was taken to a hospital last September, she was told he would be admitted. It was only after seven days of hospitalization that she learned he had been an observation patient. He was due to leave the next day and enter a nursing home, which Medicare would not cover. She still doesn't know why.
"If I had known [he was in observation care], I would have been on it like a tiger because I knew the consequences by then, and I would have done everything I could to insist that they change that outpatient/inpatient," said Mitchell, a retired respiratory therapist. "I have never, to this day, been able to have anybody give me the written policy the hospital goes by to decide." Her husband was hospitalized two more times and died in December. His nursing home sent a bill for nearly $7,000 that she has not yet paid.
The notice is -- as of last Wednesday -- one of the conditions hospitals must meet in order to get paid for treating Medicare beneficiaries, who typically account for about 42 percent of hospital patients. But the most controversial aspect of observation care hasn't changed.
"The observation care notice is a step in the right direction, but it doesn't fix the conundrum some people find themselves in when they need nursing home care following an observation stay," said Stacy Sanders, federal policy director at the Medicare Rights Center, a consumer advocacy group.
[Also: 55 hospitals sue HHS over two-midnight rule, payment cuts]
Medicare officials have wrestled for years with complaints about observation care from patients, members of Congress, doctors and hospitals. In 2013, officials issued the "two-midnight" rule. With some exceptions, when doctors expect patients to stay in the hospital for more than two-midnights, they should be admitted, although doctors can still opt for observation.
But the rule has not reduced observation visits, the Health and Human Services inspector general reported in December. "An increased number of beneficiaries in outpatient stays pay more and have limited access to [nursing home] services than they would as inpatients," the IG found.
The new notice drafted by Medicare officials must be provided after the patient has received observation care for 24 hours and no later than 36 hours. Although there's a space for patients or their representatives to sign it "to show you received and understand this notice," the instructions for providers say signing is optional.
Some hospitals already notify observation patients, either voluntarily or in more than half a dozen states that require it, including California and New York.
Doctors and hospital representatives still have questions about how to fill out the new observation care form, including why the patient has not been admitted. During a conference call Feb. 28, they repeatedly asked Medicare officials if the reason must be a clinical one specific for each patient or a generic explanation, such as the individual did not meet admission criteria. The officials said it must be a specific clinical reason, according to hospital representatives who were on the call.
Atlanta's Emory University hospital system added a list of reasons to the form that its doctors can check off, "to minimize confusion and improve clarity," said Michael Ross, medical director of observation medicine and a professor of emergency medicine at Emory. Emory also set up a special help line for patients and their families who want more information, he said.
The form also explains that observation care is covered under Medicare's Part B benefit, and patients "generally pay a copayment for each outpatient hospital service" and the amounts can vary. But Ross said "this wording may be antiquated." Medicare revised some billing codes last year to combine several observation services into one category. That means beneficiaries are responsible for one copayment if the observation stay meets certain criteria.
The new payment package also includes coverage for some prescription drugs to treat the emergency condition that brought the observation patient to the hospital, said Debby Rogers, the California Hospital Association's vice president of clinical performance and transformation. Other drugs for that condition will be billed under Part B with separate copayments, she said.
But patients will have to pay out-of-pocket for any medications the hospital provides for preexisting chronic conditions such as high cholesterol, and then seek some reimbursement from their Medicare Part D drug plans for any covered drugs.
Yet, Ross said, most observation visits are less expensive for beneficiaries than a hospital admission if they stay a short time, which the inspector general's report also concluded. Doctors should "front load" tests and treatment so that the decision to admit or send the patient home can be made quickly. "If you get them out within a day, they are more likely to go back to independent living as opposed to needing nursing home care," he said.
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Last summer, Judy Ehnert's 88-year-old mother had a bad fall and broke her wrist. Following surgery, and additional complications, hospital officials told the family she would be kept for observation but she would need to go to a nursing home to recover. When the family learned what observation care meant, said Ehnert, a retired bookkeeper who lives in West Fargo, N.D., "that's when we blew a cork."
Then, after a few days in observation, Enhert's mother contracted an infection and she was admitted to the hospital. "Her care was totally the same, in the same room, with the same doctor, the same nurse." And Medicare covered her nursing home care.
"That's what I expected at her age," Enhert said. "I always thought that's what Medicare was for."
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by Jeremy Nichols
Photo Caption/Credit: Fracking in the Greater Chaco landscape of northwest New Mexico. Photo by Mike Eisenfeld, San Juan Citizens Alliance.
New Mexico governor's hydrogen plans nothing short of a giveaway to the oil and gas industry, assault on the climate
There's no denying it. New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham's plans to "kick start the hydrogen fuel industry" is nothing short of a scheme to subsidize oil and gas companies and keep the state dangerously reliant on fossil fuels.
"Dirtier Than Coal"
In her proposed "Hydrogen Hub Act," which was unveiled last month, the governor claims that producing hydrogen would represent a climate and clean energy "solution." Unfortunately, the only thing hydrogen stands to fuel is the climate crisis.
For one, hydrogen is currently produced using methane gas. In other words, the "gas" in oil and gas. Converting methane to hydrogen not only promotes more oil and gas extraction (i.e., fracking), but in doing so creates carbon dioxide as methane molecules are split into carbon and hydrogen. To boot, converting methane to hydrogen requires enormous amounts of energy, energy that today mainly comes from the burning of fossil fuels.
It's a filthy process that scientists have found is dirtier than coal. Worse, by promoting more fracking, this method of manufacturing hydrogen stands to perpetuate environmental injustice, air and water pollution, and damage to public lands and sacred landscapes in New Mexico.
It's no wonder that opposition to the governor has been resounding.
In comments spearheaded by the Western Environmental Law Center and joined by WildEarth Guardians and dozens more health, Indigenous, climate, and community organizations, the message was clear: the governor's "Hydrogen Hub Act" is "fatally flawed."
In statements offered last week, Tribal, community, and climate groups condemned the governor's push for hydrogen as an unjust scheme to prop up the oil and gas industry. The groups specifically highlighted that the state's move to promote hydrogen threatens the sacred Greater Chaco landscape, a region the Biden administration has sworn to protect.
"Green" in Name Only
While it's true that hydrogen can be produced using water (often referred to as "green hydrogen"), the notion that New Mexico would literally burn away its dwindling water supply is outright insane.
Most importantly, the amount of energy required to convert water to hydrogen is astronomical, requiring far more energy to create than even fossil fuels. Adding injury to insult, energy today is still largely fossil fuel-derived, meaning the energy required to turn water into hydrogen would inevitably fuel massive amounts of coal, oil, and gas consumption, leading to more climate pollution.
Boosters of hydrogen, like Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, claim this energy problem can be solved in one of two ways: 1) hydrogen can be created using renewable energy and 2) carbon emissions from fossil fuel energy production can be captured and stored underground.
On the latter, carbon capture and sequestration is still a failed fantasy and at best has yet to achieve any level of commercial viability. Critically, however, the energy required to capture carbon emissions from fossil fuel burning and permanently store them underground is itself astronomical. More energy means more fossil fuel burning, perpetuating the cycle of climate destruction.
New Mexico's governor has argued that renewable energy could simply be used to meet all the energy needs of creating hydrogen, whether it's powering direct production of the gas and/or energizing carbon capture and storage operations.
Of course, this is where the concept of hydrogen production veers from lunacy to an outright assault on the climate.
Climate Killer
That's because calls for renewable energy to power the creation of hydrogen are essentially calls to slow, if not halt, our world's transition away from burning fossil fuels for electricity. Essentially, every bit of renewable energy used to create hydrogen is a bit of renewable energy that is unable to replace coal, oil, and gas-fired power generation.
This where the insidiousness of Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham's push for hydrogen really comes into focus. Her plan wouldn't just promote more fracking, it would slow the New Mexico's efforts to move away from coal and gas-fired power, effectively stalling the build-out of clean renewable energy to replace dirty fossil fuels.
This is shocking, but it's all the more shocking coming from a governor who proclaims herself to be a leader in confronting the climate crisis.
As scientist warn that an expeditious move away from coal, oil, and gas consumption and production is needed to avoid the worst impacts of the climate crisis, New Mexico can't afford to slow down a transition from fossil fuels.
The prospect of New Mexico building out a hydrogen industry is about as anti-climate as you can get. By pushing her "Hydrogen Hub Act," Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham isn't just promoting a false climate solution, she's promoting a climate killer.
With the New Mexico Legislature set to begin in early 2022, it's more critical now than ever to fight back against the "Hydrogen Hub Act" and ensure the governor backs down from the idea that hydrogen is a climate solution. If the governor and Legislature are serious about climate action, then they need to get serious about transitioning the state away from fossil fuels and to 100% renewable energy ASAP.
You can help deliver this message, send an e-mail today to hydrogen.feedback@state.nm.us, tell the governor to abandon her "Hydrogen Hub Act." Tell her to get behind making New Mexico the first state to commit to a future 100% powered by renewable energy and 100% free of fracking and energy injustice.
Jeremy Nichols is the Climate and Energy Program Director at WildEarth Guardians. Learn more at www.WildEarthGuardians.org.


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Notice is hereby given that CV Trading Limited has applied to Wandsworth Council for a premises license at Yumchaa, 116 Putney High Street, London, SW15 1RG for the Sale of Alcohol between the hours of 12:00pm - 00:00am from Monday to Sunday. Any person who wishes to make a representation in relation to this application must give notice in writing by 28th February 2018 stating the grounds for said representation to : Head of Licensing, Wandsworth Council, Administration Department, Environmental Services, Public Health, Town Hall, Wandsworth High Street, London, SW18 2PU or by email: licensing@wandsworth.gov.uk. The record of this application may be inspected Monday to Friday (Except Bank Holidays) by prior appointment at the offices of Wandsworth Council, Customer Centre, Ground Floor, Town Hall, Wandsworth High Street, London, SW182PU between the hours of 10:00am - 16:00pm. Information on all new and variation applications received by the Licensing Authority can be viewed on the Council website www.wandsworth.gov.uk. It is an offense, under Section 158 of the Licensing Act 2003, to make a false statement in or in connection with this application. Those who make a false statement may be liable on summary conviction to a fine of any amount.
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"Please don't buy mince again. I just don't like it." Danny grumbled out of the kitchen.
The last comment wasn't exactly true. I wanted to make another cottage pie and Danny had somehow sensed this in the ether.
My mum always says that I thrive on a challenge. I was determined to make something utterly delicious with the offending pack of mince. Meatballs sprang to mind and I looked up one of our old recipes immediately.
Danny's brother Donagh taught me the secret of melt in the mouth meatballs. He soaks the fresh breadcrumbs in milk before they are added to the mince. This guarantees that they are soft and delicious.
I made the sauce in the slow cooker/crock pot. I just simmered the ingredients for about three hours – even with the lid on the sauce gradually reduced and thickened. The meatballs were added towards the end of the cooking time, as there were over 30 I had to cook them in two batches.
Having made the sauce, I was rushing about making the meatballs and I made a mistake. I added the breadcrumbs to the mince without soaking them in milk. So I took a chance and sloshed in some red wine instead. Oh happy, happy mistake, these new recipe meatballs were out of this world. They were even better the next day so these would be perfect for making a meal in advance.
In a large bowl mix all the ingredients together. Set aside for at least half an hour to let the flavours infuse. Then form the meatballs – make them a little larger than a big walnut. Put them in the fridge until they are needed.
Add all the ingredients to your slow cooker/crock pot.
Stir well and set the dial to high.
When the sauce is bubbling (about an hour) set the dial to low. Leave to simmer for two hours.
When the sauce is ready decant the sauce into a sauté or deep frying pan. Add enough meatballs to cover the surface of the sauce with a little space between each one. Bring to simmering point and cook the meatballs gently for 10 minutes – lid on. Carefully turn them over and cook for a further 20 minutes. You should be able to cook them at the lowest dial setting if you keep the lid on your pan – too much heat will harden the meatballs so beware.
Heap the spaghetti on warmed plates, add the meatballs and sauce and sprinkle with a decent amount of Parmesan/Parmigiano Reggiano – we use the latter, it's cheaper and tastes fine to us.
Incidentally these meatballs freeze and reheat really well.
I did some meatballs recently with turkey mince, lemon and thyme- and without the tomatoey sauce, but served with salad and coleslaw and rice. It was a suprisingly nice meal. Lower in fat than beef and quite tasty. Hope you are both well, the blog is looking lovely as usual. All the best, Kg.
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I have always made meat balls with the addition of bread either soaked in milk, water or wine. I also sometimes add some pancetta and a little grated lemon zest to ring the changes a little. If you want something even more exotic you could try a small cube of mozzarella in the centre of each meat ball then rolled in seasoned flour and gently pan fired. These are good either hot or cold and with or without sauce.
I loved your coment about to much heat hardens the meat balls, we love the taste of chorizo but have found that it goes hard when added to a dish or sauce. However having just started to use a slow cooker the chunks of chorizo stay soft and the flavour seems even better.
Keep up the good work, you are on my reader list and almost always the first to be read.
They sound delicious. I have to say though, that I never quite like cottage or shepherd's pie made with raw mince. It *should* be made with cooked meat left over from a joint and then minced. And eaten with ketchup, by the way!
But I've posted it anyway so you can be making this tomorrow night!


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Today, Aug. 27, 2013, EA Sports celebrates the 25th anniversary of its Madden NFL video game franchise by releasing Madden 25 for PS3 and Xbox 360. The game will be released for the PS4 and Xbox One in November. It will run on EA Sports' new Ignite engine, allowing faster processing for features like a playing field that wears down in high-activity areas and player tracking that predicts collision paths for more realistic hits. Madden 25 also incorporates big improvements to the running game—particularly while running the Pistol formation or Read-Option plays—giving running backs the ability to use variations of stiff arms and spins with the Precision Modifier.
Madden 25 can be purchased on-line at the EA Sports website for $60.
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Reasons Behind the Maintenance of Tax Substance
Labuan companies are enjoying the favorable working environment in Labuan. You must be wondering why is Labuan. So, the major reason behind its operations in Labuan is the beneficial tax treatment that is offered by the host country. In this article, we will highlight the reasons for maintaining tax substance in Labuan.
The era when an offshore company could use a mere registered address are about to become a practice of the past, because the local and international tax authorities have modified the offshore businesses maintenance and Income & Profit Laws to bring more transparency in taxation systems.
The increasing importance of business substance is a consequence of the implementation of Automatic Exchange of Information (AEOI) by the Organisation for Economic Co- operation and Development (OECD). The tax authority is also vigilant as it is in continuous monitoring of the tax evasions. Till date, more than 200 tax authority firms are constantly taking interest to reflect their tax systems by sharing the information regarding financial accounts (like brokerage accounts, mutual funds and banks). This will ensure in the transparency of accounts as all your foreign entity accounts will be presented to your local tax authority.
Very often, the company might encounter double taxation when tax resident based in Labuan lacks of economic substance/ tax substance. The company is considered for doing the tax residency with more tax substance's areas. As a consequence, the Labuan company is subjected to paying tax in foreign corporate and Labuan income tax.
A Closer View at The Business Substance
Some might have not known the business substance clearly so they may encounter following questions:
From where the business is controlled and operated in Labuan?
What is the nature of the business and whether it is working in Labuan or not?
Where are the higher management functions and their roles and duties in the host country?
When and where the meetings of directors are conducted?
Where is the physical appearance of the company, warehouse and its associated establishment?
Do they have hired staff in Labuan?
What are the financial assets of the company in Labuan and its jurisdictions?
Where are the bank accounts of the company?
The business substance is described as the working reality of the corporate structures comprising of office, bank account, personnel, sale proceeds and top management's decision making (Dig1). It reflects and the legitimacy of the business is proved. The corporate structure is related to these measures in relation to the level of real economic activity or in another way. The business substance is more importantly about the having of the infrastructure and personnel in the perfect place on the right time as well as with the doing of proper things.
Maintaining tax substance is very important for Labuan entities in order to mitigate exposure to foreign tax jurisdiction authority. Companies founder should be aware with missing substance run the risk of (1) double taxation of income within a cross country value chain, and (2) challenges from tax authorities with the risk tax audit, penalties and court cases.
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#48 RP / Chi. Cubs / EXP: 6YRS / MINORS Height: 6-0 Weight: 240 lb Age: 36 College: None Bats/Throws L/L
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Cubs' Mike Zagurski: Won't make Opening Day roster
The Cubs reassigned Zagurski to their minor-league camp Saturday, Jordan Bastian of MLB.com reports. After a four-year hiatus, Zagurski resurfaced in the big leagues last season for the first time since 2013. He was lit up in two relief appearances for Milwaukee but fared better with the organization's Triple-A affiliate at Colorado Springs, logging a 3.20 ERA and 1.24 WHIP in 45 innings. Zagurski will likely open 2019 with the Cubs' Triple-A affiliate in Iowa.
Mike Zagurski: Signs with Cubs
Zagurski agreed to a minor-league deal with the Cubs on Wednesday, Brandon Warne of Zone Coverage reports. Zagurski only appeared in a pair of games for Milwaukee last year before getting designated for assignment in July and sent back to the Triple-A level. He logged a 3.20 ERA and 1.24 WHIP with a 66:17 K:BB across 45 innings of relief for Triple-A Colorado Springs, and will provide more depth to the Cubs' bullpen.
Brewers' Mike Zagurski: DFA'd by Brewers
Zagurski was designated for assignment by the Brewers on Sunday. Zagurski struggled in two appearances since having his contract purchased June 28 and allowed seven runs on five hits and two walks for an unsightly 63.00 ERA. The 35-year-old left-hander could return to Triple-A Colorado Springs if he clears waivers, but he seems unlikely to garner another look from the Brewers given his performance this season and sub-par major-league track record.
Brewers' Mike Zagurski: Joins big-league club
Zagurski had his contract selected by the Brewers and was recalled from Triple-A Colorado Springs on Thursday. Zagurski signed a minor-league contract with the Brewers in December and posted a 3.90 ERA and 1.33 WHIP with a 48:12 K:BB over 30 innings with the Sky Sox. The 35-year-old hasn't pitched in the majors since 2013, and has a career 7.05 ERA and 1.74 WHIP across 75.1 innings, covering parts of five major-league seasons. The veteran left-hander should serve a low-leverage role out of Milwaukee's bullpen, and seems likely to have a relatively short stay with the club.
Brewers' Mike Zagurski: Inks minor-league deal with Brewers
Zagurski has agreed to a minor-league deal with Milwaukee, Jerry Crasnick of ESPN.com reports. Zagurski has bounced around throughout his career, spending time with four other teams before signing with the Brewers. He last saw an opportunity to pitch in the major leagues back in 2013, tossing just 6.1 innings and accruing a 17.05 ERA. Zagurski will look to find his niche in Milwaukee, though he'll likely start the season at Triple-A Colorado Springs.
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Mike Montgomery on ESPN 1000 right now.
Espn 1000 programming update: Mike Montgomery will be on with the guys at 1230 CT, SALT at 130.
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2013 PIT-NYY 7 0 6.3 0 0 0 5 8 11 17.7 3.11
2012 ARI 45 0 37.3 0 0 0 34 19 37 5.58 1.50
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Mafia is a 2002 Egyptian action film directed by Sherif Arafa.

Cast
 Ahmed El Sakka - Hussain / Tarek Zidan
 Mostafa Shaban - Hossam
 Mona Zaki - Mariam
  - Rafat

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On 20 February 2018, Mrs. Thippawan Supamitkitja, Chargé d'Affaires a.i., Royal Thai Embassy, together with Group Captain Angkharn Indra, Defence and Air Attaché, Colonel Nithi Chungcharoen, Army Attaché, and Captain Pitak Niyaso, Navy Attaché organized the Royal Thai Armed Forces Day 2018 at Sala Thai, Royal Thai Embassy. More than 150 guests attended the reception including ACM Mark Binskin, Chief of the Australian Defence Force as Guest of Honour, Vice Admiral Tim Barrett, Chief of the Royal Australian Navy, representatives of the Chiefs of the Australian Air Force and Army, senior officers and defence attaché (SAAG's members) and the diplomatic corps.
There was a video presentation about the Royal Thai Armed Forces. Chargé d'Affaires a.i. gave a speech on the cordial relationship between Thailand and Australia, especially in defence cooperation, and proposed a toast to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the people of Australia, the Australian Defence Force and the long-lasting friendship between the two countries. The Chiefs of the Australian Defence Force also gave a speech and proposed a toast to His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun and the people of Thailand. Lastly, Thai Defence and Air Attaché gave a speech about the significant of the Royal Thai Armed Forces Day.
Thai foods and desserts were served at this event.