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99designs was established by Matt Mickiewicz and Mark Harbottle as a side project of Sitepoint, a site began in 1998 as a gathering for web engineers and creators. Creators on its discussions started arranging challenges dependent on anecdotal customer briefs.[5][6][7] The originators chose to test charging an expense to post briefs for genuine ventures, in the end making 99designs as a different organization for the contests.[5][8][9]
In 2008, the organization opened a San Francisco office, in light of the fact that most of the stage's underlying customers and originators were in the United States.[10][11] It later moved its U.S. base camp to Oakland, California.[4] By 2012, the site had 175,000 planners in 192 countries.[12] By 2016, it had around 1,000,000 enlisted designers.[13] The stage was later overhauled to permit clients to straightforwardly look for and recruit architects, outside of plan competitions.[14][15][16] marketplace
In 2012, the organization procured an European contender called 12designer, situated in Germany.[12][17] Its office turned into the European base camp of 99designs.[18] In 2013, the organization gained LogoChef, a Brazilian competitor.[19] In 2017, the organization migrated back to Melbourne.[20][21]
The organization was procured in October 2020 by Netherlands Cimpress.[22]
In 2011, the organization got US$35 million in financing from Accel Partners and other investors.[23][24][25] It consequently brought another $10 million up in 2015.[13][20]
The organization got beneficial in 2017,[14] and in February 2018 revealed $60 million per year in revenue.[20]
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Cooper, J. Melissa (19 May 2015). Independent Nation: Work When You Want, Where You Want. Instructions to Start a Freelance Business. Preferred position Media Group. ISBN 9781599325316.
Suhr, Hiesun Cecilia (21 August 2014). Online Evaluation of Creativity and the Arts. Routledge. ISBN 9781317748724.
Li, Ronald (25 March 2015). "Computerized plan startup moves base camp from S.F. to hot Oakland area". San Francisco Business Times. Recovered 31 January 2019.
Craig, Elsie (21 May 2012). "Xconomy: 99designs Crowdsources Its Own New Website Design". Xconomy. Recovered 26 July 2018.
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Obama prevails on Iran deal
Sen. Barbara Mikulski says she will back the president's nuclear pact.
By SEUNG MIN KIM
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Sen. Barbara Mikulski's announcement Wednesday that she'll be the decisive 34th vote for President Barack Obama's nuclear deal with Iran shifts the battle to the next major front: Whether the president will need to wield his veto pen in the first place.
The administration needed to stop opponents of the Iran deal from reaching a two-thirds majority to override a presidential veto of legislation to scuttle the deal. But the momentum to preserve the Iran accord moved dramatically in favor of Obama over the August recess — with Democrats from red states, in key leadership positions and of the Jewish faith coming out in favor of the nuclear accord. Now the question is whether the president can get to 41 votes, which would stop a disapproval resolution from getting through Congress.
Mikulski, a retiring senior Democrat, clinched it for Obama Wednesday, declaring in a lengthy statement that while no agreement is perfect – "especially one negotiated with the Iranian regime" – she has nevertheless decided to back to the deal.
"I have concluded that this Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action is the best option available to block Iran from having a nuclear bomb," she said. "For these reasons, I will vote in favor of this deal."
In addition to the crucial 34th vote in the Senate, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California has indicated that she's confident there will be enough Democratic support in her chamber to sustain a veto of a resolution disapproving the Iran deal, should Obama issue one.
Her announcement secures a major foreign policy victory for Obama in his second term, despite vocal opposition from the GOP-led Congress and a small handful of Democrats worried that Tehran would still be able to build nuclear weapons.
After producing one version of an Iran review bill opposed by the Obama administration earlier this year, lawmakers crafted a review legislation later signed into law that would allow Congress an up-or-down vote on the nuclear accord.
But even with the handful of Democrats who oppose the deal, the Iran issue in Congress had sharply turned into a partisan one. No GOP lawmakers are expected to support the Iran deal in Congress, and a letter drafted by freshman Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) to Iranian leaders earlier this year dismissing any deal from Obama as "nothing more than an executive agreement" helped push the issue into a political one.
Opponents had been banking on the August recess – with boisterous town halls filled with constituents opposed to the Iran deal and an avalanche of ads -- to turn the tide against the agreement. But that strategy largely failed, with enough support in Congress now to protect the deal.
On Wednesday, Republicans continued to criticize the Iran deal, even as they acknowledged it will survive.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said the Iran deal would be sustained "with the tepid, restricted and partisan support of one third of one House of Congress over American' bipartisan opposition."
"The fact that the administration has sought to reduce this important national security matter to a partisan contest raises even more serious questions about its durability and merits," McConnell said.
Cory Fritz, a spokesman for Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), said: "Forcing a bad deal, over the objections of the American people and a majority in Congress, is no win for President Obama."
"The White House may have convinced just enough Democrats to back an agreement that legitimizes Iran's nuclear program, trusts the regime to self-inspect and offers amnesty to terrorists, but this deal is far from being implemented," Fritz said.
The announcement from Mikulski came as her fellow Maryland Democrat, Sen. Ben Cardin, was speaking at a forum with students at the University of Maryland on the Iran deal. Cardin, the ranking member on the Foreign Relations Committee, is perhaps the most high-profile Senate Democrat who is still undecided on the Iran deal.
"I think it is clear that the agreement will go forward," Cardin said, referring to Mikulski's decision. "It doesn't change my calculus."
Though Mikulski's announcement relieves some of the pressure from Cardin and other undecided Senate Democrats from bearing the political pressure of being the deciding vote, the public push on other swing Democrats isn't likely to let up.
Illustrating that pressure, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee will hold an event Thursday with former Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) – a fervent opponent of the Iran deal – in Livingston, N.J., to urge Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) to reject the deal in Congress.
Booker is still undecided on the Iran deal, as are several other key Democrats who could decide whether an Iran disapproval measure ends up advancing in the Senate – such as Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, Gary Peters of Michigan and Michael Bennet of Colorado.
Only two Democrats in the Senate – Chuck Schumer of New York, a member of leadership, and Bob Menendez of New Jersey – have publicly declared they would reject the agreement that aims to curb Iran's nuclear ambitions.
Obama's Iran deal got an especially potent shot of momentum earlier this week when Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware, a Democrat who had voiced concerns with the agreement between six world powers and Iran, announced that he would support the accord.
But on Wednesday, Cardin – a lawmaker in a position of influence himself – dismissed the impact that one senator's decision could have on another member.
"I've talked to every single, just about every member who has yet to make a decision and many, many, many who've made decisions," Cardin told reporters on Wednesday. "And I haven't found a single member who is waiting for anyone else to make a decision before they make a decision."
Top Republicans have mulled forcing a vote on a resolution of approval – instead of a disapproval measure – on the Iran accord, essentially to have it fail and show the lack of support in Congress for the deal. So far, there has been no change in strategy, one GOP aide said Wednesday.
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As I write this from 36,000 feet en route to Texas, I guess this pretty much makes it official: we've said our official farewell to San Francisco, and are saying hello to our new city Austin.
We've spent the past month and a half saying "see you later" to as many of our San Francisco friends as possible (though I swear this ain't goodbye!). We're lucky in this age and career of technology that we'll get to see our Norcal friends regularly, but I can't tell you how much we'll miss just being able to spontaneously meet for a drink or break some bread together. As excited as we are about the move, "our people" is what we'll miss the most (and The City, Napa and Lake Tahoe aren't too far behind).
This morning, we walked around our house one last time, then drove to SFO to catch this flight. In a few hours, we'll land in Austin, and the proverbial new chapter begins. Stay tuned. We certainly will be!


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import android.content.Context;
import android.content.res.TypedArray;
import android.os.Parcel;
import android.os.Parcelable;
import android.util.AttributeSet;

import static com.github.florent37.materialviewpager.Utils.pxToDp;

/**
 * Created by florentchampigny on 29/04/15.
 *
 * Save attributes given to MaterialViewPager from layout
 */
public class MaterialViewPagerSettings implements Parcelable {

    //attributes are protected and can be used by class from the same package
    //com.github.florent37.materialviewpager

    protected int headerLayoutId;
    protected int pagerTitleStripId;

    protected int logoLayoutId;
    protected int logoMarginTop;

    protected int headerAdditionalHeight;

    protected int headerHeight;
    protected int headerHeightPx;
    protected int color;

    protected float headerAlpha;
    protected float parallaxHeaderFactor;

    protected boolean hideToolbarAndTitle;
    protected boolean hideLogoWithFade;
    protected boolean enableToolbarElevation;
    protected boolean displayToolbarWhenSwipe;
    protected boolean toolbarTransparent;
    protected boolean animatedHeaderImage;

    /**
     * Retrieve attributes from the MaterialViewPager
     * @param context
     * @param attrs
     */
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        try {
            TypedArray styledAttrs = context.obtainStyledAttributes(attrs, R.styleable.MaterialViewPager);
            {
                headerLayoutId = styledAttrs.getResourceId(R.styleable.MaterialViewPager_viewpager_header, -1);
            }
            {
                pagerTitleStripId = styledAttrs.getResourceId(R.styleable.MaterialViewPager_viewpager_pagerTitleStrip, -1);
                if(pagerTitleStripId == -1)
                    pagerTitleStripId = R.layout.material_view_pager_pagertitlestrip_standard;
            }
            {
                logoLayoutId = styledAttrs.getResourceId(R.styleable.MaterialViewPager_viewpager_logo, -1);
                logoMarginTop = styledAttrs.getDimensionPixelSize(R.styleable.MaterialViewPager_viewpager_logoMarginTop, 0);
            }
            {
                color = styledAttrs.getColor(R.styleable.MaterialViewPager_viewpager_color, 0);
            }
            {
                headerHeightPx = styledAttrs.getDimensionPixelOffset(R.styleable.MaterialViewPager_viewpager_headerHeight, 200);
                headerHeight = Math.round(pxToDp(headerHeightPx, context)); //convert to dp
            }
            {
                headerAdditionalHeight = styledAttrs.getDimensionPixelOffset(R.styleable.MaterialViewPager_viewpager_headerAdditionalHeight, 60);
            }
            {
                headerAlpha = styledAttrs.getFloat(R.styleable.MaterialViewPager_viewpager_headerAlpha, 0.5f);
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                parallaxHeaderFactor = styledAttrs.getFloat(R.styleable.MaterialViewPager_viewpager_parallaxHeaderFactor, 1.5f);
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        dest.writeInt(this.logoMarginTop);
        dest.writeInt(this.headerAdditionalHeight);
        dest.writeInt(this.headerHeight);
        dest.writeInt(this.headerHeightPx);
        dest.writeInt(this.color);
        dest.writeFloat(this.headerAlpha);
        dest.writeFloat(this.parallaxHeaderFactor);
        dest.writeByte(hideToolbarAndTitle ? (byte) 1 : (byte) 0);
        dest.writeByte(hideLogoWithFade ? (byte) 1 : (byte) 0);
        dest.writeByte(enableToolbarElevation ? (byte) 1 : (byte) 0);
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    public MaterialViewPagerSettings() {
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'Hell On Earth': Humanitarian Crisis Worsens as Political Drama Unfolds in Venezuela
Recent events show Venezuela's corrupt socialist regime may finally be ousted. It's long overdue, say aid workers who share firsthand of their life-saving work.
By Josh Shepherd Published on February 3, 2019 •
Josh Shepherd
Over the past year, widespread starvation, escalating violent crime and a health care system in shambles have devastated Venezuela. These conditions are linked to a complex political drama, which has played out over the past two decades in the South American nation.
"The socialists came into power 20 years ago," said Ana Quintana, senior policy analyst at The Heritage Foundation. "Yet the situation has worsened over the last five years, since Maduro took control of the corrupt, inefficient government." The crisis now threatens peace and stability across the region. On Tuesday, the State Department ordered all non-emergency U.S. citizens to depart Venezuela due to security concerns.
"Today, there is no greater humanitarian crisis in the world than what's going on in Venezuela," said Vernon Brewer of World Help in a phone interview. The nonprofit group he founded in 1991 provides aid in more than 70 nations worldwide.
"People are digging through trash cans and dumpsters for food. One of our partners on the ground told me he hadn't eaten in three days."
Corrupt Dictator Faces Uprising of the People
Millions of Venezuelans have taken to the streets in recent weeks. Most support their nation's democratically elected National Assembly in its efforts to depose socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro.
Ana Quintana
"Maduro is running out of finances, running out of time and running out of loyalists," said Heritage analyst Quintana. For over a decade, she has worked on rule of law issues in Latin American nations.
"His regime in Venezuela has produced the largest refugee crisis in Latin America's history," she added. "If it is not stopped, this is going to destabilize the entire hemisphere."
Early this year, Maduro attempted to solidify his power after last summer's fraudulent elections. The National Assembly looked to their Constitution for how to respond. On January 23, their leader Juan Guaidó took a public oath to serve as interim president. Most Latin American nations, the U.S. and the E.U. now recognize Guaidó as Venezuela's lawful leader.
This week, the Trump administration issued an ultimatum to former president Maduro and his military allies. They must leave the nation or face consequences, according to U.S. national security adviser John Bolton. The offer has been echoed by interim president Guaidó.
I wish Nicolas Maduro and his top advisors a long, quiet retirement, living on a nice beach somewhere far from Venezuela. They should take advantage of President Guaido's amnesty and move on. The sooner the better.
— John Bolton (@AmbJohnBolton) January 31, 2019
"These past days have been very tough," stated Miguel Romero, a Venezuelan priest reached via e-mail. "Many innocents have been killed that are not covered by the media. We have even seen violent actions against our churches.
"The repression from the government has escalated."
On the Front Lines of Humanitarian Crisis
"Nonprofit and religious groups are the first line of defense right now," said Quintana. "The Maduro regime has destroyed civil society. These aid groups on the ground are helping to mitigate the damage and alleviate all that is being done internally."
Father Miguel Romero
In 2010, Catholic priest Miguel Romero started a nonprofit group called FUNDASE to serve needy children and the homeless. It is based in Valencia, the nation's third largest city. This past December, FUNDASE provided food, clothes and a limited number of toys to over 500 local children.
"On Christmas Day, I met a father raising five children in a very poor neighborhood," stated Romero. "Only a month prior his wife had passed away from breast cancer, because she was not able to get treatment. She was only 32 years old."
Agonizing over the family, Romero offered what he could. "It was very difficult seeing a father alone with five children, the youngest being two years old," he continued. "But we shared dinner, I invited them to pray and the children celebrated Christmas."
Such accounts are tragically common over the past five years in Venezuela. Vernon Brewer of World Help comments on the sacred mission he and Romero share. "We're not just helping Christians in Venezuela, we're helping everybody," he said. "Hopefully, they will see the love of Jesus Christ shown in that compassion."
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The founder of World Help elaborated on current conditions in the nation. "Electricity is cut off most of the day," said Brewer. "There is no water. Even if they could afford it, there's no food on the shelves.
"Three million Venezuelans — that's ten percent of the population — have fled the country because of starvation."
Rubio and Trump Administration Take A Stand
In American politics, foreign policy is rarely a populist issue in either party. Yet, since entering office in 2011, one leader on Capitol Hill has spoken out consistently on behalf of Latin American nations.
"People should not have to abandon their homelands," said Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) in a recent floor speech on Venezuela. "[They] undertake dangerous journeys to other countries, for fear of their lives. Rather, they should be able to stay in their country if they so choose and raise their families."
This week, his Senate office released a short video that recaps the current crisis and opportunity in Venezuela. It highlights how Rubio has spoken out for human rights over several years.
Heritage analyst Ana Quintana confirms the advisory role Rubio has with President Trump. "Senator Rubio has kept up this steady drumbeat, making sure people pay attention to Latin America," said Quintana. "With the White House, he has earned their trust and really has the President's ear on Venezuela. We're seeing evidence of that right now."
Mainstream media outlets often critical of the administration have praised America's direct yet cautious approach to this crisis. The Atlantic called recent actions on Venezuela "a well-oiled diplomatic campaign, closely coordinated with allies and rigorously on message."
The lines of the conflict have been clearly drawn, stated nonprofit leader Vernon Brewer. "It's obvious that those in favor of democracy are supporting Guaidó," he said. "Those that lean socialist or communist are supporting Maduro." Members of Congress echo his remarks.
Check out this map from @axios. Why do Democrats seem to support the rouge Maduro regime in #Venezuela? They are standing with countries like Russia, Iran, and China. @POTUS is absolutely right to stand up for the people of Venezuela and demand change. pic.twitter.com/3cMUGxF5G6
— Rep. Bradley Byrne (@RepByrne) January 29, 2019
Quintana stresses how U.S. national security interests are at stake during this volatile time. "We're trying to help find a peaceful settlement to the Venezuelan crisis," she said. "Yet the Maduro regime has close relationships with U.S. adversaries like Russia and Iran — along with Hezbollah and other terrorist groups."
Aid Efforts Overwhelmed by Needs
Those striving to save lives day to day confess their capacity has reached a breaking point. "We've started 2019 taking care of the largest number of children, homeless and elderly, since we were founded," stated Father Romero in Valencia.
Meanwhile, World Help works primarily through Caracas. The groups covertly ships containers of food and medical supplies into the capital city.
Vernon Brewer
"In a crisis like this, one of the greatest needs is to make sure aid gets to where it's supposed to go and doesn't get confiscated," said Brewer. "Otherwise it could get into the wrong hands or even sold at alarming prices."
Used to stealth operations from serving in North Korea, the nonprofit leader offers scant details. "We have a network we've worked with for many years in Venezuela," explained Brewer. "These are people we have vetted and can trust. They are helping us provide immediate food, water and hygiene items to sustain many lives in need."
Health care may be the nation's most severe need. The infant mortality rate has recently risen to far surpass other nations in the region. A recent report decried Venezuelan hospitals as reverting to 19th century standards.
"The health system is chaotic to the point of being nearly nonexistent," summed up Romero. He links it to people's inability to afford to buy food. "Hyperinflation makes nourishment lower every day in terms of quality and nutrients." The IMF predicts the inflation rate in Venezuela will reach 10 million percent in 2019.
Brewer laments how generations are being affected. "What's perhaps most tragic is the sight of women who are lining up at sterilization clinics," he said. "They don't want to have any more children that they can't afford to feed."
Why Venezuela Matters
The fate of American lives also hinges on the outcome of this crisis, according to Ana Quintana. She points to drug trafficking across the U.S. border.
"People think, 'Venezuela doesn't matter' — but it actually does," says Quintana. "If you are in Maine and have a friend die of a cocaine overdose, you don't know where it came from. Corrupt Venezuelan officials likely had a role in trafficking that cocaine into the U.S."
Vernon Brewer implores Americans to see the bigger picture. "What would we do if our children were going through hell on earth?" he asks. "We need to pray for Venezuelans as if they were our own families. And, for a few dollars, we can provide enough food to feed one person. That's a small price to save a life."
"What would we do if our children were going through hell on earth? We need to pray for Venezuelans as if they were our own families." – Vernon Brewer, World Help
Tensions between the collapsing Maduro regime and democratic forces persist. "Nobody can predict what will happen next," said Quintana. "At any moment, we could get a tweet that Maduro decided to get on a 747 and leave for Cuba. What we do know is leverage is on our side. Those nations that want to see Maduro gone have the economic and diplomatic power."
Interim president Juan Guaidó has promised to hold free and fair elections in the coming months. Many U.S. leaders are monitoring the situation, notably Florida's senior Senator.
"This is an opportunity to do the right thing in Venezuela," said Senator Rubio in a recent address. "It's [also] an opportunity for a new Latin American reality. It allows us to live in a hemisphere that is free and prosperous."
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Fame Confederate Monument
View complete article and references at Commemorative Landscapes of North Carolina at: https://docsouth.unc.edu/commland/monument/67
Description: A bronze statue of the muse Fame supports a defeated and dying soldier who clutches his gun; Fame, a winged figure dressed in robes and wearing a laurel wreath atop her head, holds a second wreath high into the air as if to place it on the soldier. The statue stands on a pink granite pedestal. From the bottom of the pedestal to the top of the bronze grouping, the monument measures almost 23 feet.
The United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) chapter decided on the statue in 1901. The completed statue arrived in Salisbury in 1905, but the land that the monument sits on wasn't deeded to the UDC until 1908 by the Salisbury Board of Aldermen and Mayor.
Contemporary view |
View from the intersection of West Innes and Church Streets |
Rear view |
Front inscription |
Left inscription |
Right inscription |
The muse and the soldier |
With St. John's Lutheran Church in the background
Southeast (front) base:
IN MEMORY OF /
ROWAN'S /
CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS /
THAT THEIR HEROIC DEEDS /
SUBLIME SELF-SACRIFICE /
AND UNDYING DEVOTION /
TO DUTY AND COUNTRY /
MAY NEVER BE FORGOTTEN /
Northeast (right) base:
THEY GAVE THEIR /
LIVES AND THEIR FORTUNES FOR /
CONSTITUTIONAL LIBERTY /
AND STATE SOVEREIGNTY /
IN OBEDIENCE TO THE TEACHINGS OF THE /
FATHERS WHO FRAMED /
THE CONSTITUTION /
AND ESTABLISHED THE /
UNION OF THESE STATES
Southwest (left) base:
SOLDIERS OF THE /
CONFEDERACY /
FAME HAS GIVEN YOU /
AN IMPERISHABLE CROWN /
HISTORY WILL RECORD /
YOUR DARING VALOR /
NOBLE SUFFERINGS AND /
MATCHLESS ACHIEVEMENTS /
TO THE HONOR AND /
GLORY OF OUR LAND
Northwest (back) base:
DEO VINDICE / R.I.P.
Dedication date: 5/10/1909
Creator: Johnpaul Harris, Sculptor
Mike Roig, Sculptor
Materials & Techniques: Bronze statue, pink granite base.
Sponsor: Robert F. Hoke Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy
Cost: $11,500 total ($10,000 for the bronze grouping, $1,500 for the granite base)
Unveiling & Dedication: Frances C. Fisher Tiernan, a Salisbury native, writer and novelist, and daughter of Col. Charles Fisher, composed a poem for the unveiling.
Post dedication use: It has been suggested that the monument be moved, as more than one car has run into the granite base. It was restored in 1991 by the Hoke Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC). The repairs cost $14,000 and were completed by Karkadoulias Bronze Art Co. in Cincinnati. The UDC also celebrated the monument's centennial on May 9, 2009. The monument is occasionally used by the Hoke chapter of the UDC to commemorate specific Confederate soldiers by placing wreaths at the monument.
Subject notes: The dying soldier in the bronze grouping was modeled from an 1861 photograph of Confederate Lt. Henry Howe Cook of Franklin, Tennessee.
Location: Located at the intersection of West Innes and Church Streets, facing southeast. Access is limited due to traffic.
City: Salisbury
County: Rowan
Subjects: Civil War
Commemorative Landscapes of NC, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.
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Folks, when you read the
Permalink Submitted by George M Jones (not verified) on Tue, 06/04/2019 - 19:41
Folks, when you read the inscription quoted by "Chuck" on May 24, 2019, understand that the "constitutional liberty" is not a reference to any liberty granted by the US Constitution rather it refers to the Constitution of the Confederate States of America which enshrined the institution of Slavery and declared black persons naturally inferior to white. So, there is a clear and forthright connection between the erection of this statue to racism in its ugliest form - chattel slavery. There can be no justification for this statue to remain in its setting; it should be moved to a Confederate cemetery.
Also, know that the "Fathers" in the inscription are not the "Founding Fathers" of the American Republic, the USA; rather, it is a reference to those who led the Secession and formed the CSA.
The soldiers of the CSA, as brave and gallant as they were, fought for a shameful cause in an unnecessary conflict. They gave their lives, their limbs, and their futures to defend the establishment of a nation based upon racial inequality and chattel slavery. [See "The Cornerstone Address" by Alexander Stephens, VP of CSA,]
George Jones, where do you
Permalink Submitted by Buck Peacock (not verified) on Mon, 07/15/2019 - 18:58
George Jones, where do you get the notion that the quote is referring to the Confederate Constitution? It is not. Apparently you are not aware that the conflict which led to the war included a desire by the North to change the 1787 Constitution. The South was fighting for that original Constitution, and its protection of Constitutional Liberty & States Rights. The South never framed a Constitution, per se. They just copied the US Constitution that they believed was correct, and added a few things to it. It's true that the original Constitution protected slavery, but there was a whole lot more going on to create the schism between the two. The Fame statue and others from that period were created for the profound sorrow that came about from so many war deaths, North and South. The memorials in the North were not aggrandizing the re-formed Union. They were memorializing the men who died for that effort. Memorials in the South not aggrandizing slavery. They were to memorialize men who died for the myriad of reasons that caused men to give their lives defending them. It is beyond ludicrous to suppose that 260,00 men gave their lives to defend slavery. They just did not want to be under the thumb of the North.
Dont move Fame it's over 100
Permalink Submitted by Chuck (not verified) on Fri, 05/24/2019 - 20:05
Dont move Fame it's over 100 years old true artwork. DOTR
Permalink Submitted by keubank on Fri, 05/24/2019 - 17:19
Thank you for contacting us with your comment. You may be interested in learning more North Carolina monuments at this website: http://ncmonuments.ncdcr.gov/
Kelly Eubank, Government and Heritage Library
Funny, i see nothing in the
Permalink Submitted by Debbie Redington (not verified) on Fri, 05/24/2019 - 00:21
Funny, i see nothing in the inscriptions that gives any hint or notion of racism . There is no distinction made in white soldiers or black soldiers, or slavery being mentioned as the reason for the war. There is no mention here of oppression as a goal. Why remove it for any reason? It is a beautiful piece of art.
This inscription needs some
This inscription needs some explanation. One can not read it with the view that the inscription refers to the "constitutionally liberty" enshrined in the US Constitution nor that the "Fathers" are those associated with the founding of the United States of America following the Revolutionary War.
The "constitutional liberties" and "state sovereignty" alluded to are those specified in the Constitution of the Confederate States of America while the "Fathers" referenced are those leaders that formed and established the government of the Confederacy. Thus there is a clear connection to the issue of racial subordination as the Constitution of the CSA firmly established slavery as a state-sanctioned institution: Art. 1, Sec 9.4 reads "No bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law denying or impairing the right of property in negro slaves shall be passed." Other relevant sections of the CSA Constitution: Article 1, Sections 9.1, 9.2 and Article 4, Sections 2.1, 3.3.
The CSA "founding fathers" were equally supportive of slavery and led the rebellion against the Federal government of the USA specifically over the issue of slavery and its expansion as seen in the various declarations of the cause of secession published by the various Southern states.
So, is there a connection to slavery and racial inequality, "YES," just as there is a connection to rebellion and disunion.
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Suggested Citation:"9 Chronic Venous Insufficiency." Institute of Medicine. 2010. Cardiovascular Disability: Updating the Social Security Listings. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12940.
This chapter recommends revisions of the chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) listing (4.11) in the following areas: documentation of the presence of CVI, criteria for establishing the severity of CVI, and appropriate therapy and duration of therapy for CVI. The listing should require documentation that the visible leg abnormalities assumed to be CVI are caused by underlying venous disease. The listing should require documentation of venous reflux or obstruction using the current diagnostic standard—that is, duplex ultrasound. The terminology for skin changes in the lower leg secondary to CVI should be updated. The trial period of therapy in attempting to heal a venous ulcer should be longer. Three hospitalizations within a year for CVI should meet the functional limitation criterion, consistent with other listings.
Chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) is a common disease and cause of debility in the United States. It can be defined as a pathological condition of the skin and subcutaneous tissue secondary to prolonged stasis of venous blood flow (Fowkes, 1996). CVI often may be associated with changes in skin pigmentation due to venous hypertension, and venous ulceration of the skin can occur. Physical manifestations include trophic changes, such as hyperpigmentation, induration, lipodermatosclerosis, and venous ulcers (Criqui et al., 2003). Leg symptoms associated with CVI include aching, itching, heaviness, fatigue, and swelling (Langer et al., 2005).
In the United States, 3 to 4 percent of the population suffer from CVI (Coon et al., 1973). Approximately 1.5 percent of adults will be affected by venous ulceration. In 2007, more than 500,000 individuals in the United States had venous stasis ulcers.
Risk factors for CVI include older age, family history, multiple pregnancies, standing occupation, obesity in females, history of leg trauma, and prior deep venous thrombosis (Adhikari et al., 2000; Criqui et al., 2007). The annual incidence of varicose veins in the Framingham study was 2.6 percent in women and 1.9 percent in men. The prevalence of changes in skin pigmentation varied between 3 and 13 percent in the population. The presence of active or healed ulcers varied between 1.0 and 2.7 percent.
DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA AND METHODS
CVI is often diagnosed by a visual inspection of the lower limbs to identify the presence of characteristic trophic changes of the skin, such as hyperpigmentation, edema, and ulcers (Criqui et al., 2003). Duplex ultrasound has become the standard for diagnosing the underlying venous reflux or obstruction, and is a procedure that is noninvasive and highly accurate (Neglen and Raju, 1992). The duplex ultrasound examination can detect reflux, or reverse flow of venous blood through a valve, and the probe can detect incompressibility of a vein, indicating obstruction from a prior blood clot. Other diagnostic techniques include contrast venography and plethysmography (Meissner et al., 2007).
Visible changes in the lower extremity consistent with CVI should not be assumed to be caused by CVI without documentation of venous reflux or obstruction (Criqui et al., 2003). Other conditions, such as right heart failure, can produce leg edema. In addition, distal leg swelling can reflect impaired lymphatic rather than venous drainage, a condition known as lymphedema. Lymphedema can be congenital, postinfectious, or posttraumatic, or can result from cancer or other surgery (Rockson, 2010). It is associated with functional limitations and reduced quality of life comparable to that reported by patients with venous leg ulcers (Augustin et al., 2005). There is no listing for lymphedema but the current introductory section of the cardiovascular system stipulates that it can medically equal the CVI listing in severity. Nevertheless, the committee believes that an accurate diagnosis should be made before granting disability for lymphedema.
Seven clinical categories have been developed to help clinicians understand and categorize the nature of chronic peripheral venous disease (see Table 9-1). The etiology of these disorders may be described as congenital, primary (i.e., not associated with an identifiable mechanism of venous dys-
TABLE 9-1 Clinical Classification of Chronic Venous Disease (CVD)
No signs of venous disease
Telangiectasias or reticular veins
Skin changes secondary to CVD without ulceration
C4a—Pigmentation or eczema
C4b—Lipodermatosclerosis or atrophie blanche
Healed venous ulcer
Active venous ulcer
NOTE: The 0–6 clinical classification in this table is part of the CEAP (Clinical-Etiologic-Anatomic-Pathophysiologic) classification system developed by an international ad hoc committee of the American Venous Forum and is widely used in clinical research on CVD. In this classification system, chronic venous insufficiency indicates more severe disease. "The term 'chronic venous insufficiency' implies a functional abnormality of the venous system, and is usually reserved for more advanced disease, including edema (C3), skin changes (C4), or venous ulcers (C5–C6)" (Eklöf et al., 2004:1249).
SOURCE: Eklöf et al., 2004.
function), or secondary (i.e., the result of an antecedent event, usually an episode of acute deep venous thrombosis).
Effective preventive and curative treatments for CVI are currently limited. The recurrent nature of the disease places the cost of care at more than $1 billion annually.
The main treatment for CVI and venous ulceration is compression stockings, leg elevation, and intensive skin care (Korn et al., 2002). An extensive review of clinical trials indicates that compression stocking therapy increases healing of ulcers; multicomponent systems are more effective than single component systems; and multicomponent systems containing elastic are more effective than those with largely inelastic components (O'Meara et al., 2009).
Some drugs have shown efficacy in helping ulcer healing, including pentoxifylline (Jull et al., 2007). Various surgical interventions have also shown efficacy in many patients (White and Ryjewski, 2005).
CVI is associated with pain, physical function and mobility limitations, and depression and social isolation. Assessments of quality of life correlate
directly with the severity of disease (Comerota, 2009; Kaplan et al., 2003). In addition to the discomfort caused by CVI, patients require leg elevation and avoidance of prolonged sitting or standing, which can impair participation in activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living.
CURRENT LISTING
Currently, the listing is for CVI of a lower extremity, with incompetency or obstruction of the deep venous system and either extensive brawny edema or superficial varicosities, stasis dermatitis, and recurrent or persistent ulceration that has not healed despite 3 or more months of treatment (Box 9-1).
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATION
CVI results from either venous reflux or obstruction. The committee suggests replacing the outmoded term incompetency with reflux. The listing should also require the presence of symptoms as well as evidence, ideally by duplex ultrasound examination, of venous reflux or obstruction.
The requirement that reflux or obstruction should be in the deep venous system should be revised to refer to the venous system more generally, including the superficial, perforating, and deep veins, because research
BOX 9-1
Current Listing for Chronic Venous Insufficiency
4.11 Chronic venous insufficiency of a lower extremity with incompetency or obstruction of the deep venous system and one of the following:
Extensive brawny edema (see 4.00G3) involving at least two-thirds of the leg between the ankle and knee or the distal one-third of the lower extremity between the ankle and hip.
Superficial varicosities, stasis dermatitis, and either recurrent ulceration or persistent ulceration that has not healed following at least 3 months of prescribed treatment.
SOURCE: SSA, 2008.
shows that disease of the superficial and perforator veins can also cause CVI and associated disability (Shami et al., 1993).
The listing should require documentation of reflux or obstruction with duplex or equivalent diagnostic techniques.
The committee recommends that the current (A) criterion, "extensive brawny edema," should be changed to trophic skin changes below the knee consistent with severe CVI, such as brawny edema, hyperpigmentation, or lipodermatosclerosis, that is not responsive to compression therapy. The current (B) criteria should be limited to recurrent or persistent venous ulcers. "Superficial varicosities" should be deleted because alone they are not indicative of CVI. "Stasis dermatitis" should also be deleted because this is a generic term referring to the trophic changes suggested for the new (A) listing above. Requiring a minimum of 6 months or more of unsuccessful prescribed therapy in attempting to heal a venous ulcer is a more definitive criterion than a 3-month trial. Finally, a third criterion (C) should be added: three hospitalizations for CVI within a year.
RECOMMENDATION 9-1. Listing 4.11 should be revised to require symptoms attributed to chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) as well as reflux or obstruction in the venous system, documented by duplex ultrasound or comparable technique. The documented symptomatic venous reflux or obstruction should be coupled with a requirement of the following:
Trophic changes of skin below the knee consistent with severe chronic venous insufficiency (e.g., hyperpigmentation, lipodermatosclerosis, brawny edema) and unresponsive to compression therapy;
Recurrent or persistent venous ulceration that has not been responsive to prescribed treatment for at least 6 months;
Three hospitalizations for CVI during a 12-month period.
Also, if the committee's recommendations are adopted, the current introductory text to the cardiovascular system relevant to the current listing 4.11 would need to be revised. For example, the discussion of trophic changes required in the listing, which currently includes only brawny edema, should also include hyperpigmentation and lipodermatosclerosis.
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The Social Security Administration (SSA) uses a screening tool called the Listing of Impairments to identify claimants who are so severely impaired that they cannot work at all and thus immediately qualify for benefits. In this report, the IOM makes several recommendations for improving SSA's capacity to determine disability benefits more quickly and efficiently using the Listings.
Front Matter i–xxvi
Executive Summary 1–4
Overview 5–34
1 Introduction 35–38
2 Social Security Disability Programs and Procedures 39–52
3 Cardiovascular Disability Trends 53–62
4 Approaches to Revising the Cardiovascular Listings 63–76
5 Heart Failure, Cardiomyopathy,and Right Heart Failure 77–96
6 Heart Transplantation 97–100
7 Ischemic Heart Disease 101–132
8 Peripheral Artery Disease 133–156
9 Chronic Venous Insufficiency 157–164
10 Congenital Heart Disease 165–182
11 Pulmonary Hypertension 183–190
12 Valvular Heart Disease 191–198
13 Arrhythmias 199–208
14 Aneurysm or Dissection of the Aorta and Peripheral Arteries 209–218
15 Comorbidities 219–230
16 Future Directions for Improving the Listings 231–234
Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff 235–246
Appendix B: Literature Review 247–268
Appendix C: Review of ACC/AHA Clinical Practice Guidelines 269–278
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Risk and resilience: compliance in 2023
Published: Tuesday, 20 December 2022 09:11
With new regulatory frameworks on the horizon, compliance has never been higher up on an organization's GRC agenda. With this in mind, Continuity Central asked various experts for their thoughts on how compliance might evolve over the year ahead…
Legislated resilience
In both the UK and the EU, Government authorities are getting serious about operational resilience. For example, "the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), focusing on ICT risk management in the financial sector, was passed at the end of November 2022", notes Jakub Lewandowski, Global Data Governance Officer at Commvault. "Brussels also kicked off work on the Cyber Resilience Act that will introduce mandatory cybersecurity requirements for manufacturers and retailers of products or software with digital components".
This has been a change from the previous EU regulations, in which compliance centred around protecting customer personal data from bad actors. There is now a new emphasis on protecting the digital infrastructure so that these bad actors can never reach sensitive information in the first place.
Asha Palmer, Senior Vice President of Compliance Solutions at Skillsoft explores this theme, predicting that: "In 2023 we're likely to see the increasing digitisation of compliance. Compliance has long lagged behind other areas on this front, with tight budgets and an unwillingness to alter 'tried and true' methods stalling the process. However, as new generations move into the sector, change is coming".
Palmer continues, suggesting that "areas likely to be high on the compliance radar next year are AI, data protection, supply chain, and ESG. With the use of AI rising rapidly, discussions around ethical AI abound. How we develop AI, how we use AI, how we consume AI, and how we monitor the use of AI are all questions with hard answers that we see being debated daily and will have to make significant progress on in the coming year".
"We are likely to see high-profile cases of hefty fines for those financial institutions that fail to successfully demonstrate their ability to recover from stressed events", adds Gary Lynam, Director of ERM Advisory at Protecht. In order to avoid this, "it is well advised to get ahead of the game in building accountability and tolerance against potential operational disruption, not only to meet incoming new legislation but to be ready for potentially disruptive events that could be on the horizon".
By starting to prepare early, David Tattam, Chief Research & Content Officer and co-founder of Protecht expects that "businesses will start to realise the tangible benefits a holistic actionable view of risk provides. Smart businesses will track a measurable baseline of risk efficiencies over time, in line with their profit and returns strategy, to demonstrate the ROI of their risk management program".
Some legislation may have complicated and far-reaching impacts. Lee Biggenden, COO and Co-Founder of Nephos Technologies has noticed that "there are ongoing discussions in the European Union about open data platforms which, if passed, could revolutionise how data is used, shared and owned. Anticipated to come into force in 2023, it will have a huge impact on businesses who will need to put the controls and visibility in place over their data regardless of what industry they're in. Although on paper this may seem like a step in the right direction, it does raise concerns about personal privacy as third-party data sharing is a key part of the proposed act. We are all guilty of clicking privacy boxes without reading the full terms and conditions".
Biggenden also suggests that "this law gives little thought to the actual people whose data is being shared, although it claims to give ownership back to the citizen. There should absolutely be a mandatory law about using data without consent, especially those who are under the age of 18. With the boom of TikTok and other social media apps amongst the younger generation, many of whom are barely teenagers, we need to protect them from data profiling – this is what the government should be prioritising in 2023, rather than ways to share their data for profits."
UK-EU: Compliance across borders?
GDPR is a concept that most Brits will understand, but as Alev Viggio, Director of Compliance at Drata points out, the period of adjustment between compliance with EU regulations and the new British Data Protection Bill (once passed into law), will be confusing. She notes that "the challenge here is this can create confusion and complexities in any compliance program, especially when considering the consequences of fines and violations if they fall out of compliance. Managing this manually facilitates the chances of human error, so implementing compliance automation can vastly simplify the process for following data protection rules and understanding the overlap between various regulations to avoid redundancies."
However, it's not just the European continent that is bolstering its legislation. "Gartner predicts that, by 2023, 65 percent of the world's population will have its personal privacy covered by modern Privacy Regulations", explains Vicky Withey, Head of Compliance at Node4. "Lawmakers will continue to enhance privacy rights and set legal precedents whilst regulatory bodies continue to monitor and impose fines on organizations that breach data subjects' rights. As a result, there has been a significant increase in IT consultancy services in the public and private sectors to support data strategy through digital transformation and meet customers' needs who want more products and services delivered online. Data security is paramount to ensure data confidentiality, integrity, and availability; thus, businesses continue to increase their dependency on systems and IT services to protect data."
Don't wait - get secured!
Gal Helemski, CTO and Co-founder of PlainID notes that "there is a growing trend to provide advanced data access controls that are identity-aware, dynamic, fine-grained and governed by policies". Rather than wait for legislation to dictate how you protect your workload, "I encourage data owners to think of identity-first security as part of their data access control strategy and to research their options. This is crucial for securing the organization's most important asset, its data".
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About the International Public Health Research Group
The International Public Health Research Group is a multidisciplinary network of researchers, authors, teachers and practitioners. Our connection is our expressed commitment to service user perspectives. Our work connects Members of Parliament, high profile scholars, investigative journalists, service providers and campaigners for service users. Our professional training, experience, and expertise are in medicine, politics, policy development, child protection, psychology, epidemiology, medical journalism, law, social work, sociology and criminology.
The work of the group intersects academic, policy, political, service provision and media dimensions. We coordinated the Service Users' Joint Statement on Child Protection which influenced policy development by the Government and across the political spectrum. We work with the All Party Group on Abuse Investigations [APGAI] and contributed to the parliamentary conference on Miscarriages of Justice, held by the APGAI. More recently we coordinated The Open Letter on Shaken Baby Syndrome and The Courts, which expresses concern by international experts that the hypothesis of Shaken Baby Syndrome is contributing to miscarriages of justice in the criminal and family jurisdictions.
Much of our work has come to be focused on Child Protection, for two reasons. As we became aware of the role of Child Protection discourses in depriving Health and Social Care Service Users of their ability to access desired services for themselves as adults and for their children, and in coercing them into regimens of 'captive consumption', we realised that Child Protection discourses were having an extensive impact on the needs and rights of service users and so we came to focus more on the misuse of Child Protection powers. The evidence grew of a widespread incidence of Miscarriages of Justice in the criminal jurisdiction, in Public Family Law and in Private Family Law, relating to Health and Social Care provision.
Therefore the group is now significantly focused on Miscarriages of Justice in Child Protection. Inaccurate targeting in Child Protection results in cases in which the serious abuse of children is not effectively addressed and cases in which children are wrongly taken into state 'Care'. The misuse of Child Protection powers in agendas that are harmful to children and disempowering of service-users is disquieting and it now triggers a significant part of our research. We have worked on most of the prominent cases of Miscarriages of Justice in Child Protection that have arisen in the 21st century.
Dr Lauren Devine (Director) and Stephen Parker (Co-Director) established the Interdisciplinary & Expert Evidence Network at the University of the West of England, Bristol to research and investigate the role of expert evidence in miscarriages of justice. The Network has attracted major research funding to investigate child protection and safeguarding processes and is working on the project, The Safer Initiative to support families facing social work assessment.
We connect the significant networks who are working on Miscarriages of Justice in Child Protection in the international arena. However we have also become aware that many of the practices in Child Protection are also being used in relation to adults with disabilities and the elderly and so our work is now also expanding in these areas.
Our critical analysis in support of service users has been well received in the media and in academic citation. For example, Flo Bellone, investigative journalist with RTBF, Belgium's National Radio, won the European Commission's Lorenzo Natali Prize for Radio in 2011 for her report: Great Britain: The Stolen Children. Dr Lynne Wrennall's paper in Clinical Medicine Insights: Pediatrics is one of the 'most read' articles and interviews with Dr Wrennall have received accolades on UTube as a Top Rated video in the category of Non-profits & Activism. She debated the Head of the College of Paediatrics on BBC's Women's Hour, indicating the group's central place in debates on Child Protection.
Members are admitted to the group on the basis of two criteria. First, that they have demonstrated a commitment to service user perspectives. Second, that there is evidence of good interpersonal skills, demonstrating an ability to work harmoniously and productively with other people.
Candidates seeking to join the group should contact Dr Lynne Wrennall, The Executive Director on IPHRG@Outlook.com
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