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Judge releases recount results of 3 statewide races; including contested Arizona AG race
Published: Dec. 29, 2022 at 9:22 AM MST|Updated: Dec. 29, 2022 at 10:57 AM MST
PHOENIX (AP) — A recount of votes has confirmed Democrat Kris Mayes narrowly defeated Republican Abraham Hamadeh in the Arizona attorney general's race, one of the closest elections in state history.
The highly anticipated results announced Thursday in Maricopa County Superior Court are among the last in the country to come out of November's election and solidified another victory for Democrats who shunned election fraud conspiracies in what used to be a solidly Republican state.
Mayes finished 280 votes ahead of Hamadeh. Mayes lost 231 votes in the recount.
Hamadeh attorney Tim La Sota declined to comment after the hearing ended. Mayes and Hamadeh were not in court during the hearing
Shortly after, Mayes released a statement on Twitter.
My statement on the recount results. pic.twitter.com/Fo1vFVEkXo
— Kris Mayes (@krismayes) December 29, 2022
Judge Timothy Thomason, who also announced the results of recounts in two other races, said Republican Tom Horne prevailed in the race for state superintendent of public instruction and Republican Liz Harris won a state legislative seat in the Phoenix suburbs.
The automatic recounts were required because the races were so close.
Hamadeh, who hasn't conceded to Mayes, had filed a separate challenge of the results in his race, but a judge dismissed that case last week.
Hamadeh alleged problems with ballot printers in Maricopa County had led to a series of issues that disenfranchised voters and that his race was affected by improper handling of ballots that were duplicated or adjudicated by people because they could not be read by tabulators. In throwing out the lawsuit, a judge concluded Hamadeh didn't prove the errors in vote counting that he had alleged.
In the race for superintendent of public instruction, Hoffman had previously conceded to Horne, a former schools chief who served one term as attorney general before losing the 2014 primary.
Harris won a seat in state House District 13, which includes parts of the Phoenix-area suburbs of Chandler, Sun Lakes and Gilbert.
Although Republican Kari Lake filed an unsuccessful lawsuit challenging her loss to Democrat Katie Hobbs in the Arizona governor's race by just over 17,000 votes, the governor's race wasn't close enough to trigger an automatic recount.
Recounts are required in Arizona in races where the margin between the leading candidates is 0.5% or less. Hobbs defeated Lake by 0.67%.
The judge who dismissed Lake's case rejected her claim that problems with ballot printers at some polling places on Election Day were the result of intentional misconduct.
Lake, who has not conceded to Lake, is appealing the dismissal of her lawsuit with the Arizona Supreme Court. Hobbs takes office as governor on Monday.
Once a Republican stronghold, Arizona's top races went resoundingly for Democrats. Republicans had nominated a slate of candidates backed by former President Donald Trump who focused on supporting his false claims about the 2020 election. In addition to Hobbs and Mayes, Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly was reelected and Democrat Adrian Fontes won the race for secretary of state.
Some of the issues include the possibility of censuring the Republican-controlled Maricopa County Board of Supervisors for certifying the 2020 and 2022 elections and demanding a "do-over" of last year's elections.
Arizona Republicans will vote on a new party chair plus various resolutions that will likely decide which direction the party is going heading into 2024.
Updated: Jan. 27, 2023 at 7:00 AM MST
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A new bill in the Arizona Senate would have drug dealers be charged with first-degree murder for overdose deaths linked to fentanyl.
By Briana Whitney
Some say the bill may actually criminalize the wrong people and be difficult to prove intent.
Arizona GOP lawmakers vote to change rules on keeping emails, texts
By Jason Barry
Republican leaders insist the new policy strikes a balance between disclosure and privacy and was badly needed to replace their old retention policy for emails and texts.
Arizona Democratic party preparing to elect new leader as race narrows
The race is down to two candidates, Steve Gallardo and Yolanda Bejarano.
Arizona Democratic Party chair race will decide the future of the party
Steve Gallardo and Yolanda Bejarano are competing to become Arizona's Democratic Party chairperson. Gallardo is supported by Gov. Katie Hobbs, while Bejarano is supported by Sen. Mark Kelly, Congressman Ruben Gallego, Rep. Greg Stanton, Secretary of State Adrian Fontes and Attorney General Kris Mayes.
Arizona GOP lawmakers vote to allow deleting emails, texts after 90 days
The new policy calls for all emails, to and from House and Senate members, to be destroyed after 90 days. In addition, text messages can also be deleted.
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Advocates want improved care for foster kids after teens found dead in Mesa basin
The proposed legislation would create new mandates for DCS to improve care for foster kids.
The Senators believe there is little difference between the JR-15 and an AR-15.


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The widespread controversy surrounding US congresswoman Ilhan Omar's criticism of the influence of the lobby-group American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) on policy-makers in the United States has sparked a big debate in the U.S.
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PROFIBUS & PROFINET International (PI) has concluded its annual notarial count of the installed base of devices with interfaces using communication technologies from PI. As in previous years, the numbers from 2018 indicate a positive trend.
In the case of PROFINET, the 5.1 million devices brought to market in 2018 represent an increase of 0.6 million over the previous year's record. By the end of 2018, a total of 26 million PROFINET devices were working to automate production. This means that the annual number of PROFIBUS devices installed – 2.4 million – even rose slightly as compared to the previous year. Reaching nearly 61 million, the overall number passed yet another threshold. The total of the two annual values of 7.5 million also represents an all-time high number.
PROFIBUS's trend in process automation also remains stable. Though the annual value reached in 2018 – 0.8 million – was slightly less than the previous year, a total of 12.3 million PROFIBUS devices (i. e. 20% of the overall total of 61 million) are now being used in process systems.
With 2.2 million PROFIsafe nodes brought to market in 2018, which corresponds to growth of nearly 25% as compared to the previous year, PROFIsafe also saw its highest annual gain ever. In total, PROFIsafe passed the 10-million hurdle by a considerable margin with its 11 million nodes.
As in the previous years, IO-Link likewise achieved a record in two regards in 2018. On the one hand, 3.3 million IO-Link nodes were brought to market, which amounts to growth of more than 40% compared to last year. An overall count of 11.4 million IO-Link nodes means that the 10-million hurdle was passed by a considerable margin here as well.
For Karsten Schneider, Chairman of PI, these figures confirm the validity of decisions made over the past few years with regard to the development direction of PI technologies.


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Childish Gambino Denies He's Too Busy to Work on 'Deadpool,' Shares Series' Script
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Childish Gambino has a lot on his plate, but he wants everyone to know that he didn't pull out of the Deadpool series due to his busy schedule.
FX released a statement that the the Awaken, My Love! rapper, Marvel and FX were parting ways due to "creative differences," ultimately announcing the show's cancellation. Some outlets reported that Gambino left his duties because of his busy schedule, but the meta script he shared on Twitter earlier today (March 28) may share some hints that tell the real story.
Posting pages of the script for the "Finale" episode one by one to Twitter, Deadpool questions why his own series was canceled as he tries to protect the world's last male northern white rhino, Sudan. The superhero even wonders if the series was canceled due to racism.
"Do you think they canceled the show because of racism?!" Deadpool asks in the script. "Yeah, all the writers were Black. The references were pretty Black, too. I heard they went over lunch budget ordering Jamaican food at least once a week."
If you recall, the multi-talented entertainer previously signed on with his brother, Stephen Glover, to write, executive producer and serve as showrunners for the now-canceled animated series. Last week (March 24), FX released a statement regarding them parting ways with Glover, his brother and Marvel over the series.
"Due to creative differences, FX, Donald Glover, Stephen Glover and Marvel Television have agreed to part ways on Marvel's Deadpool animated series," the network stated "FX will no longer be involved with the project. FX and Marvel have an ongoing relationship through our partnership on Legion, which will continue."
It looks like there were definitely some disagreements over the series' direction, but maybe it's best for Gambino to lighten up his work schedule. The hip-hop star will be heading out on tour in the near future. He's also starring in the upcoming Star Wars movie, Solo: A Star Wars Story.
Check out the the meta script that Childish Gambino posted for the canceled animated Deadpool series in the tweets below.
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Coronavirus: Premier League return subject to 'constructive meetings', says UK government
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Discussions relating to the return of Premier League football have been held in "constructive meetings", according to the United Kingdom government's foreign secretary Dominic Raab.
The Premier League has been on hiatus for almost two months due to the coronavirus pandemic, which has impacted much of the world and brought professional sport to a standstill.
'Project Restart', as it has been dubbed, is being planned by the Premier League, as decision-makers look to determine the best way to resume matches.
According to reports, numerous ideas are being considered, such as playing the remaining matches behind closed doors at neutral venues, while Professional Footballers' Association chief Gordon Taylor has suggested matches could even be shortened.
Raab confirmed the government has already held talks with sporting bodies with regards to allowing athletes and players to resume training, and while he suggested discussions are going well, he stressed safety is the priority.
"I think it would lift the spirit of the nation," Raab said in the government's daily briefing on Tuesday.
"The government has had constructive meetings with sports bodies over plans for athletes to resume training when it's safe to do so.
"The culture secretary has also been working on a plan to get sports played behind closed doors when we move to the second phase.
"We can only do it when the medical and scientific advice is that it can be done safely and sustainably, but that is certainly something under active consideration."
The UK has had almost 195,000 confirmed cases of the virus, while the death toll has reached 29,427, the largest total in Europe.


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Edge contributors say it's time to retire the search for one-size-fits-all answers.
The 2014 Edge Annual Question (EAQ) is out. This year, the question posed to the contributors is: What scientific idea is ready for retirement?
As usual with the EAQ, it provokes thought and promotes discussion. I have only read through a fraction of the responses so far, but I think it is important to highlight a few Edge contributors who answered with a common, and in my opinion a very important and timely, theme. The responses that initially caught my attention came from Laurence Smith (UCLA), Gavin Schmidt (NASA), Guilio Boccaletti (The Nature Conservancy) and Danny Hillis (Applied Minds). If I were to have been asked this question, my contribution for idea retirement would likely align most closely with these four responses: Smith and Boccaletti want to see same idea disappear — stationarity; Schmidt's response focused on the abolition of simple answers; and Hillis wants to do away with cause-and-effect.
This article was written with Ellen M. Martin and Tobi Skotnes. Dr. Feldman will deliver a webinar on this topic on September 18 and will speak about it at the Strata Rx conference.
Cheaper, faster, better technology is enabling nearly one in four people around the world to connect with each other anytime, anywhere, as online social networks have changed the way we live, work and play. In healthcare, the data generated by mobile phones and sensors can give us new information about ourselves, extend the reach of our healers and help to accelerate a societal shift towards greater personal engagement in healthcare.
Despite considerable progress in prevention and treatment, cancer remains the second leading cause of death in the United States. Even with the $50 billion pharmaceutical companies spend on research and development every year, any given cancer drug is ineffective in 75% of the patients receiving it. Typically, oncologists start patients on the cheapest likely chemotherapy (or the one their formulary suggests first) and in the 75% likelihood of non-response, iterate with increasingly expensive drugs until they find one that works, or until the patient dies. This process is inefficient and expensive, and subjects patients to unnecessary side effects, as well as causing them to lose precious time in their fight against a progressive disease. The vision is to enable oncologists to prescribe the right chemical the first time–one that will kill the target cancer cells with the least collateral damage to the patient.
Big data is enabling a new understanding of the molecular biology of cancer. The focus has changed over the last 20 years from the location of the tumor in the body (e.g., breast, colon or blood), to the effect of the individual's genetics, especially the genetics of that individual's cancer cells, on her response to treatment and sensitivity to side effects. For example, researchers have to date identified four distinct cell genotypes of breast cancer; identifying the cancer genotype allows the oncologist to prescribe the most effective available drug first.
Genomics is making headlines in both academia and the celebrity world. With intense media coverage of Angelina Jolie's recent double mastectomy after genetic tests revealed that she was predisposed to breast cancer, genetic testing and genomics have been propelled to the front of many more minds.
In this new data field, companies are approaching the collection, analysis, and turning of data into usable information from a variety of angles.
What business leaders need to know about data and data analysis to drive their businesses forward.
A couple of years ago, Claudia Perlich introduced me to Foster Provost, her PhD adviser. Foster showed me the book he was writing with Tom Fawcett, and using in his teaching at NYU.
Foster and Tom have a long history of applying data to practical business problems. Their book, which evolved into Data Science for Business, was different from all the other data science books I've seen. It wasn't about tools: Hadoop and R are scarcely mentioned, if at all. It wasn't about coding: business students don't need to learn how to implement machine learning algorithms in Python. It is about business: specifically, it's about the data analytic thinking that business people need to work with data effectively.
In his role as chief scientist at Atlanta-based consulting firm Revenue Analytics, Jon Higbie helps clients make sound pricing decisions for everything from hotel rooms, to movie theater popcorn, to that carton of OJ in the fridge.
And in the ever-growing field of data science where start-ups dominate much of the conversation, the 7-year-old company has a longevity that few others can claim just yet. They've been around the block a few times, and count behemoth companies like Coca-Cola and IHG among their clients.
We spoke recently about how revenue and pricing strategies have changed in recent years in response to the greater transparency of the internet, and the complex data algorithms that go into creating a simple glass of orange juice.
Sophisticated algorithms are not going to write the perfect script or crawl YouTube to find the next Justin Beiber (that last one I think we can all be thankful for!). But a model can predict the probability of a nominee winning the Oscar, and recently our model has Argo overtaking Lincoln as the likely winner of Best Picture. Every day on FarsiteForecast.com we've been describing applications of data science for the media and entertainment industry, illustrating how our models work, and updating the likely winners based on the outcomes of the Awards Season leading up to the Oscars. Just as predictive analytics provides valuable decision-making tools in sectors from retail to healthcare to advocacy, data science can also empower smarter decisions for entertainment executives, which led us to launch the Oscar forecasting project. While the potential for data science to impact any organization is as unique as each company itself, we thought we'd offer a few use cases that have wide application for media and entertainment organizations.
A deconstructed web analytics report shows what the dashboard missed.
We can all agree that in 2013 web analytics is still a nightmare, right?
The last few years have brought about an enormous expansion in the top of the web analytics information overload funnel, and today I can discover just about any aspect of my web traffic that piques my curiosity.
I know how much traffic I'm getting, who told them to come here, how they got here, how long they're staying, what they're looking at, what they're using to look at it, where they're from, and just about anything else I want to know about them. If I don't like what I'm looking at, I can customize everything from my dashboard to reports to parameters within those reports.
What none of this tells me is how I can be more successful at turning the words I put on the Internet into dollars in my pocket.
In-memory data storage, SQL, data preparation and asking the right questions all emerged as key trends at Strata + Hadoop World.
At our successful Strata + Hadoop World conference (including successfully avoiding Sandy), a few themes emerged that resonated with my interests and experience as a hands-on data analyst and as a researcher who tracks technology adoption trends. Keep in mind that these themes reflect my personal biases. Others will have a different take on their own key takeaways from the conference.
Interactive or real-time query for large datasets is seen as a key to analyst productivity (real-time as in query times fast enough to keep the user in the flow of analysis, from sub-second to less than a few minutes). The existing large-scale data management schemes aren't fast enough and reduce analytical effectiveness when users can't explore the data by quickly iterating through various query schemes. We see companies with large data stores building out their own in-memory tools, e.g., Dremel at Google, Druid at Metamarkets, and Sting at Netflix, and new tools, like Cloudera's Impala announcement at the conference, UC Berkeley's AMPLab's Spark, SAP Hana, and Platfora.


Noda Kyūho, given name Dosan, was born in Tokyo in 1879. He studied Japanese-style painting with Kogyo Terazaki (1866-1919) and Western style painting at Hakubakai (The White Horse Society). He attended the Tokyo School of Fine Arts for a year around 1896 where he developed the sketching ability that allowed him to earn his living as an illustrator for the Osaka newspaper Asahi shinbun. In Osaka, he also did book illustration and became a friend of the nihonga and woodblock artist Tsunetomi Kitano (1880-1947). In 1917 he returned to Tokyo where he remained, concentrating on nihonga paintings with cultural and religious themes.
He exhibited at the government sponsored Bunten (Fine Art Exhibition of the Ministry of Education) and his work Tsitji Seppo (Roadside Preaching), won an award at the first Bunten in 1907.1 He was one of five artists working for the Asahi shinbun who contributed to the 1916 series Pictures of famous places in Osaka and Kobe (Hanshin meisho zue) (see below) and to Supplements of the Complete Works of Chikamatsu Manzaemon, 1922-1925. Several of his paintings are held by The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo.
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John Hume and 'The Boys of St Columbas'
Reading of the death of John Hume I was reminded of an RTE documentary I saw some years ago called 'The Boys of St Columbs' which chronicled some of the many figures both central to the narrative of modern Ireland who also achieved global prominence. As RTE say on their outline of the piece it is:
"The story of the school which educated the first generation of Catholic students in Northern Ireland, producing many who went on to become important figures in recent history.
In 1947, a British Act of Parliament granted free secondary education to Northern Irish children for the first time. This film tells the story of eight schoolboys from this first generation who were born into social division and low expectation. This new era of education changed their country forever and led them to become some of the most important figures in Irish culture in recent history. St. Columb's is the only school in the world that can count two Nobel laureates as past students."
The documentary narrative focuses on several figures including John Hume, Seamus Heaney, Paul Brady, Seamus Deane, Phil Coulter, James Sharkey and Eamon McCann however the school produced other notables not least Brian Friel ('the Irish Chekhov') the writer and dramatist.
I hope that as part of ts remembrance of Hume RTE will rebroadcast the programme (it is available on DVD).
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Image: 'The boys of St Columbs' (L-R) Paul Brady, Eamon McCann, James Sharkey, John Hume, Phil Coulter
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Linda is a mother, teacher and multimedia artist who moved to Barnard in 2001 from New Orleans, where she earned her MFA in Drama and Communication and studied and worked as a writer, art photographer and aerial trapeze dancer. She joined the board of BarnArts in 2012 and led the development of the Teen Touring Company and created the Masquerade Jazz and Funk Winter Music Carnival, now a cornerstone of BarnArts programming. Linda began working as BarnArts' Program Manager in January 2015, and became Executive Director in January 2016. While expanding her performing arts experience (Glory in BarnArts' Almost Maine, Cora in Death & Taxes), Linda also continues her fine art career – still laboring in the darkroom – and engaging in community art, particularly sculpture using recycled materials. She teaches at the Community College of Vermont as well as ArtisTree and the Mash-Billings National Historic Site. She is inspired and nurtured by the blending of community and creative expression she finds at BarnArts, and strives to continually support the interactive conversation sparked by both creating and viewing for citizens of all levels of experience.
Anne Marie has a distinguished record of service to cultural organizations and other nonprofit institutions. She has served on the Board of Imaginary Beasts Theatre Company, The Hopkins Center for The Performing arts, Cincinnati Mental health Association and the Upper Valley Youth Council. Anne Marie spent ten years coordinating support services for the renowned Scullers Jazz Club in Cambridge Massachusetts and has been a long standing member of The Essex Art Center fundraising committee. Anne Marie currently serves as Vice President of Operations for American Crafted Spirits.
James grew up in Arkansas in Bill Clinton's hometown, Hot Springs, where he discovered his love of choral music and theater in high school, getting his 'big break' as Captain Hook in Peter Pan. After graduating from college, he set sail for graduate studies in England where he subsequently met his wife, started a family and began a teaching career that continues today at Hanover High School, where he teaches in the Social Studies Department. James and his family moved to Barnard just as BarnArts was founded (2011), and he is excited to have joined the Board in the autumn of 2015 to help build the momentum for local arts programming that BarnArts has nurtured, particularly for younger members of our community.
Ted moved to Barnard from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in 2003 after a career spent almost entirely abroad. A Vietnam veteran and honors graduate of the Northwestern Law School, he was posted in the Middle East in legal, program management and leadership capacities from the mid-1970' until his retirement from government service and move to Vermont. For many years he was a leader in the large expatriate community in Saudi Arabia where his interest and skills in community organizations were developed. BarnArts is both an extension of these efforts and an opportunity to contribute to the continued enrichment of our cultural base' plus it's great fun!
Tom has been the director of BarnArts Summer Youth Theatre since the first production of Oliver!. He has also directed productions for Chandler Players, Geneva College, Kimball Union Academy, New Woolhouse Players, North Country Community Theatre, Ohio University, Pentangle Art's Council, and Woodstock Union High School. He earned an MFA in Theater Directing from the Professional Director Training Program at Ohio University where he had internships with Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Northern Stage, and Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough England where he observed Alan Ayckbourn direct.
Carol performs the important role of Music Director for BarnArts Summer Youth Theater. She has been a general music, band, and choral director for over 30 years, currently teaching vocal music K-12 in the Windsor schools. Carol brings a wide range of experience in the theater. She is the musical director for the Trumbull Hall Troupe, and has taught in the Revels Kids! program. Carol has been active with the White River Valley Players and North Country Community Theatre as a singer/dancer/actor, and more recently playing keyboards and synthesizer in the orchestra pits for local productions. Carol lives in WRJ, VT, with her husband, Neal; her adored dogs, Bear and Bella; and tuxedo cats, Richard and Mooshi Mooshi.
Murray Ngoima is a visual artist and art educator who has engaged in community theater for over 40 years. As a set designer, decorator, prop builder, costume maker and stage manager, she has joined theater groups in Boston, Nairobi and Vermont. In the 90's, she was immersed in the magic and hard work of YOH Theater Players, enjoying the mentorship of Harriet Worrell. Currently she works with YOH, creating sets in collaboration with students and director Marcia Bender. For BarnArts, Murray made costumes for Summer Youth productions of Grease, Willy Wonka, and Jungle Book and has provided set design support for many BarnArts productions. She co-directs BarnArts Teen Touring Company and has great fun hosting the mask-making table at every Masquerade Jazz and Funk Winter Music Carnival.


It's our first birthday and we're expanding!
We're celebrating our first birthday by expanding into a second property! The new studio, which will open the first week in September, is adjacent to our current premises. With the expansion of space we can now also increase our class list. We will be offering Zumba, Reiki, Yoga and an intermediate adult ballet class. There will also be a new drama class for children - Oakham Drama Studio! More details will be published on our website and Facebook page shortly.
The growth of the studio means we can also hold our popular dance and pot painting parties on Saturdays as well as Sundays.
We're very excited about our new project - the latest, our wonderful new dance floor from Kings Road Flooring has been an amazing success. (See picture). Once renovations are complete we'll post more photos, but hope to see you at one of our many classes!


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This photo ended up in a lifestyle magazine in the US, which had a bow&arrow theme edition.
A ship sailing out on Isfjorden towards some pretty spectacular weather.
This one I shot from our kitchen, with the window open. Snow was blowing in through the window. Still better than being outside.
Fredrik joined me this fine morning, and we set out to capture the sunrise together. Walking in the soft sand in his bare feet is his favourite mode of transportation on Gran Canaria.
Closeup of Roque Bentayga. The landmass on the horizon is Tenerife.
Getting ever closer to sunset. The mist is getting thicker and the shadows longer.
The sun is setting behind Tenerife, with the characteristic volcano Teide looms above the clouds. Roque Nublo in the foreground.
Pro tip: Do not ask people to look into the camera.
Thomas, looking at the "pictures-of-the-owner-together-with-famous-people"-wall.
Elderly couple reading by the beach.


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Progression to the Masters level is dependent upon completion of the Postgraduate Certificate in Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Education and the Postgraduate Diploma in Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Education. It is possible to register for each stage separately, but if you do so, timetabling may result in some delay between stages.
After the Certificate and Diploma stages, students will complete a research dissertation to gain the MA EEE.
Enterprise and student entrepreneurship support is becoming increasingly important role in educational contexts. This programme will provide you with knowledge, practical skills, and an increased awareness of the policy context for enterprise and entrepreneurship education in a range of settings.
International experts will input into the programme where possible. There is also scope for students to set their own learning agendas through the pledges they make and these can include an international element.
Visit the Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Education - MA/PGDip/PGCert page on the Coventry University website for more details!


Taking Wittgenstein at His Word closely examines three concepts in Wittgenstein's philosophy: rule-following, private language and the philosophy of mathematics. The book is divided into two sections: rule-following and private language are examined in Part One, and the philosophy of mathematics is examined in Part Two. In particular, Fogelin stipulates that he is conducting a close textual reading, and - therefore - chooses not to engage at length with the vast secondary literature. The result is a book that asks, "what does Wittgenstein actually say on these topics?"


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Loimulohi or loimutettu lohi (Finnish lit. "blazed salmon") is a Finnish fish preparation, in which salmon (or rainbow trout) is nailed to a plank with wooden pegs and cooked over the radiated heat from an open fire. Wooden pegs are used instead of regular nails because if used, the regular nails would get too hot and sear the meat around them, and in worst case the fish could fall to the ground. The planks are positioned vertically around the edge of the fire at an angle. Loimulohi has also been served as street food.

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The CAMEX-4 JPL Laser Hygrometer dataset contains water vapor volume and mixing ratio concentractions collected during the CAMEX-4 campaign to study tropical cyclones. The Laser Hygrometer measures in situ water vapor content using a tuneable laser emitting at 1.37 microns. Absorption at that wavelength is a function of water vapor content, thus measuring the amount of absorption in an open path beyond the aircraft boundary layer, a value of water vapor pressure is made. The maximum sampling rate is 8 Hz, but the instrument is normally configured through the software for a 1Hz sampling rate.
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President Trump says process to replace Kennedy on Supreme Court will 'begin immediately'
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President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he would move quickly to nominate a replacement for Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, who announced that he will retire on July 31.
Trump told reporters the process would "begin immediately ."
The president said he would review an existing list of 25 candidates for the opening. The list was put together to fill the seat now held by Justice Neil Gorsuch. It was developed in consultation with conservative legal scholars.
"It will be somebody from that list," Trump said.
Among the front-runners is Judge Brett Kavanaugh of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Also potential replacements: Thomas Hardiman of Pennsylvania, who serves on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, and Raymond Kethledge of Michigan, who serves on the 6th Circuit.
The retirement of Kennedy, who turns 82 next month, gives Trump the chance to further cement the court's conservative bent. Kennedy, appointed by President Ronald Reagan, has been a swing vote on issues like abortion and affirmative action to gay rights and capital punishment. On those issues, he has often sided with the court's liberal justices. Trump has made clear he wants to nominate justices with staunch conservative credentials.
More:Justice Kennedy to retire, opening Supreme Court seat
Opinion:Anthony Kennedy retirement latest reason Democrats risk losing Supreme Court for generations
Kennedy's retirement is likely to elevate the issue of the Supreme Court in the Nov. 6 midterm elections, in which Democrats are seeking to wrest the House and Senate from Republican control.
Republicans have a 51-seat majority now, giving them the ability to withstand Democratic opposition. The traditional 60-vote threshold for high court nominees was abolished last April when Democrats threatened to block Gorsuch's confirmation, prompting Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell to push through a rules change allowing justices to be confirmed with simple majority votes.
More:Supreme Court deals major financial blow to nation's public employee unions
More:Supreme Court upholds President Trump's travel ban against majority-Muslim countries
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The impact of ObamaCare on doctors and patients, companies inside and outside the health sector, and American workers and taxpayers
Supreme Court Term Mixed Bag for Health Care Industry
Last year, healthcare leaders had their eyes trained on one big case – King v. Burwell – and they celebrated when the justices voted to uphold a key provision of the Affordable Care Act.
This year wasn't nearly so straightforward for healthcare leaders watching the Supreme Court, which wrapped up its latest term last week. At least half a dozen notable cases fragmented healthcare wonks' attention. The outcomes of those cases left some in the industry cheering and others wringing their hands.
Healthcare-related cases focused on abortion, the ACA's contraception mandate, patents, unions, claims data and the False Claims Act, among other topics. And the mid-term death of Justice Antonin Scalia looks to have affected the outcomes of some of those cases.
The GOP's Obamacare Replacement: Better Than Good
Last week, the GOP kept a promise to the American people by delivering a replacement plan for Obamacare.
The plan — part of the party's "A Better Way" campaign — was unveiled by House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisc. "What we are laying out today is a first-time-in-six-years consensus by the Republicans in the House on what we replace Obamacare with," he said.
The plan is a good one. House Republicans have laid out several core reform proposals their party can rally around. As I note in my new book The Way Out of Obamacare, a plan like this one would be a vast improvement over the unmitigated disaster that is Obamacare.
Yet Another Way The ACA Pays Providers To Restrict Access To Healthcare
A while back, I explained how the ACA's Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) uses Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) to encourage healthcare providers to deny healthcare to seniors and disabled Medicare beneficiaries. To summarize: ACOs are paid bonuses if they "reduce costs" in the fee-for-service system, which they can do only by providing fewer services. The system encourages hospitals, physicians and potentially other providers to merge, to make it easier to "make sure" that patients don't get "extra" healthcare from unaffiliated providers.
This week, in a National Bureau of Economic Research working paper with the clever title, "Moneyball in Medicare," authors Edward C. Norton, Jun Li, Anup Das and Lena M. Chen reveal yet another ACA Medicare provision which encourages providers to merge in order to reduce healthcare services provided to patients.
A Behind-The-Scenes Look At The House Republican 'Better Way' Proposals
When he was chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, Paul Ryan was frustrated when decisions about tax and other legislation under his committee's jurisdiction emanated from the House leadership offices rather than from his committee. When he was elected Speaker last fall, he promised to change that, and, in the "Better Way" package of policy proposals, he has delivered.
House committee chairmen drove the process, and their staffers have been working intensely with their bosses and with members for months to put ideas to paper for each of the six task forces—poverty, health care, national security, the Constitution, the economy, and of course, tax reform. In the separate events releasing each of the reports, Ryan put the committee chairmen forward to give them credit for the work they had done in developing the proposals.
The House Republicans' Health Plan
The House Republican's health plan represents a real milestone. It is the first proposal released since the enactment of the ACA in 2010 that legitimately can be called the Republican alternative. If Congress were to take up legislation in 2017 to roll back the ACA and replace it with something different, the starting point for drafting the legislation would be this plan. It builds on plans authored by Sen. Richard Burr, Sen. Orrin Hatch, and Rep. Fred Upton as well as the plan introduced by Rep. Tom Price. These precursors were built on the same set of common principles and objectives: repeal and replacement of the ACA; more choices, lower costs, and greater flexibility for consumers; protection of the most vulnerable Americans; incentives for innovation and high quality medical care; and preservation and protection of Medicare.
ACA's Risk Adjustment Hammers Small Plans Again
Small, regional health insurers and upstart co-op plans again incurred large charges under the Affordable Care Act's risk-adjustment program, according to new data the CMS released Thursday. Calendar year 2015 marks the second year of risk adjustment, and many smaller insurers have had to pay into the program both years.
The data also show payouts for the ACA's reinsurance program. For ACA plans sold in 2015, the reinsurance payments total $7.8 billion. The temporary reinsurance program, which expires at the end of this year, protects health insurers against costly claims.
Obamacare Insurers Are Looking for a Taxpayer Bailout
Insurers helped cheerlead the creation of Obamacare, with plenty of encouragement – and pressure – from Democrats and the Obama administration. As long as the Affordable Care Act included an individual mandate that forced Americans to buy its product, insurers offered political cover for the government takeover of the individual-plan marketplaces. With the prospect of tens of millions of new customers forced into the market for comprehensive health-insurance plans, whether they needed that coverage or not, underwriters saw potential for a massive windfall of profits.
Six years later, those dreams have failed to materialize. Now some insurers want taxpayers to provide them the profits to which they feel entitled — not through superior products and services, but through lawsuits.
A Big Step Toward Repealing and Replacing Obamacare
For six years, it has been abundantly clear that Americans want Obamacare to be repealed—but only if a well-conceived conservative alternative is positioned to take its place. That's why the recent release of the House GOP health care plan is a big deal. The new plan would of course repeal Obamacare. But it would also fix what the federal government had already broken even before the law was passed and made things so much worse.
The proposal pairs an Obamacare alternative with Medicaid reforms and the crucial Medicare reforms (amounting to a kind of "Medicare Advantage Plus") that Speaker Paul Ryan and House Republicans have long championed. As Ryan put it after the proposal's release, "The way I see it, if we don't like the direction the country is going in—and we do not—then we have an obligation to offer an alternative….And that's what this is." He called the plan not merely "a difference is policy" but "a difference in philosophy."
Why Lamar Alexander Wants a Deal on Obamacare
Sen. Lamar Alexander says he's more than happy to strike deals with Democrats — even on Obamacare.
"Whoever the president is in January, we're going to have to take a good, hard look at Obamacare," the powerful chairman of the Senate HELP committee told POLITICO's "Pulse Check" podcast. "It can't continue the way it is."
Alexander laid out several changes that he'd like to see in health care: Less government "management," more support of private sector innovation and more flexibility for states on Medicaid. He also credited House Speaker Paul Ryan's recent white paper that summarized Republican health care proposals as a "helpful" starting point, though he didn't explicitly endorse the House GOP's insistence on replacing the whole law.
In A Politically Polarized Year, Poll Finds Wide Agreement Among Voters On One Health Care Agenda
A new poll of voters in battleground states finds a rare opportunity for bipartisan agreement on healthcare, with Americans strongly favoring action on public policies that support medical discovery into new treatments and cures. The poll was jointly commissioned by the Galen Institute and Center Forward, center-right and center-left think tanks.
Purple Insights interviewed 800 registered voters earlier this month and found that nearly all those surveyed believe it is important for the United States to continue to develop new treatments and cures for diseases and believe these new discoveries are an opportunity to help the United States maintain its competitive edge.
A strong 78% say that fostering policies that support medical innovation should be a top priority for members of Congress and candidates for Congress.
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Maine senators have sharply different takes on Trump's executive actions
Sen. Susan Collins criticizes congressional Democrats for blocking the extension of unemployment benefits, while Sen. Angus King says the president has moved the country closer to an 'elected monarchy.'
By Rob Wolfe and Dennis Hoey Staff Writer
Maine's U.S. senators struck a dramatically different tone in their responses to President Trump's executive actions this weekend to unilaterally free up funds for coronavirus relief.
Some critics accused the president of usurping Congress' constitutional power of the purse in his actions Saturday, which included a memorandum that would extend enhanced unemployment benefits that expired in July, albeit at a lower rate – $400 weekly rather than $600 – and with states picking a quarter of those costs. Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., called the move "unconstitutional slop."
Angus King, Maine's junior senator, said the president's actions moved the country closer to an "elected monarchy." Republican Sen. Susan Collins, meanwhile, criticized congressional Democrats for blocking the extension of unemployment benefits and called on them to negotiate in earnest.
Trump attempts to wrest tax and spending powers from Congress with new executive actions
"I hope the President's actions will prompt Democratic leaders to negotiate seriously to reach a much-needed agreement to help struggling families, seniors, schools, businesses, municipalities & the USPS with this persistent pandemic," Collins said in a statement Sunday, referring in part to the U.S. Postal Service. "Three times, Senate Democratic leaders blocked extending extra unemployment benefits to prevent their expiration during the negotiations."
Collins acknowledged the constitutional concerns, calling for Congress to pass legislation soon.
"Congress must act quickly," she said. "There are constitutional limits on what the President can do to help through executive orders."
Collins did not say that Trump had violated those limits. Her spokespeople said she was not available to answer questions about the constitutionality of the president's actions.
Sara Gideon, the speaker of the Maine House of Representatives, who will challenge Collins for her Senate seat in November, issued a statement criticizing both Trump and Collins Monday morning.
"These actions are yet another sign of Washington's failures," Gideon said. "For months, Susan Collins and Senate Republicans have refused to do what's right for the American people during a pandemic. Donald Trump's political theater does nothing to provide relief to states and municipalities, help schools, or expand testing – instead, it puts Medicare and Social Security at risk."
The spokeswoman for Democratic Gov. Janet Mills did not respond to requests for an interview regarding the president's proposal to extend unemployment benefits with states picking up 25 percent of the cost.
King, an independent who caucuses with Democrats, was sharp in his criticism of Trump's action.
"If the President's unconstitutional executive orders are allowed to proceed, they would accelerate the erosion of Congress's fundamental powers and lead us further down the path to the undermining of the American experiment in self-governance," King said in a statement Sunday. "This maneuver effectively ignores our system of checks and balances – and Congress retaining the power of the purse – and instead is moving us toward an elected monarchy. I wonder if those who cheer this action now will feel the same when a Democratic president wields these kinds of powers based upon this precedent."
King went on to criticize the substance of the plan Trump put forward on Saturday. It would extend $400 in weekly benefits to those unemployed during the pandemic, but asks states to pay 25 percent – money some states say they don't have. The plan also would re-route money from disaster relief funds – an idea King called a "shell game" that could leave the country unprepared in the next crisis.
The president stepped in on Saturday after prolonged negotiations stalled in Congress. Democrats in the Senate are declining to support a Republican-backed relief bill, saying it contains too many giveaways to corporations and the ultra-rich. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., so far has not taken up a House-passed bill from May that would advance the Democratic-controlled chamber's aid plan.
The president's actions also drew critical responses Sunday evening from Maine's members of the U.S. House of Representatives. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-1st District, called the actions a public relations stunt and Rep. Jared Golden, D-2nd District, accused the president of taking actions that could in the long term harm Social Security and Medicare.
Pingree said Americans are facing the most grave public health threat and economic crisis of their lifetimes. She said Mainers need their government to act swiftly to support families, workers, teachers and health care providers. She accused McConnell of prioritizing Trump's wishes over Americans' needs.
"President Trump's announcement is a PR stunt, not real relief," Pingree said in a statement. "It does not assist our schools and teachers struggling to reopen, nothing to feed the hungry, nothing to extend the eviction moratorium, nothing to stop cuts in essential municipal services, and nothing to shore up the Post Office to ensure the integrity of the election."
Pingree said the president's "scheme" to aid the unemployed will take weeks to implement and "robs from disaster relief." She said Congress must extend the current $600 weekly bonus for immediate relief. She urged Senate leaders to come back and negotiate with the House on the basis of the comprehensive Heroes Act.
Golden called the president's executive orders a serious overreach of the executive's authority.
"Even worse, he comes up short on addressing our nation's public health crisis and recession," Golden said in a statement. "Instead, some of these actions could actually hurt Americans in the long run, like his proposed permanent payroll tax cut, which would lead to cuts to Social Security and Medicare."
Golden went a step further, blaming McConnell and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat, for the predicament the country finds itself in.
"The theatrics and political games we've seen from McConnell and Pelosi represent a failure of leadership and show the American people that the political establishment's leaders in Washington don't understand the depth of the crisis millions of families face right now. Pelosi and McConnell need to stop playing games and lead their respective caucuses to a thoughtful compromise with the White House."
Such a compromise would provide enhanced employment benefits to laid-off workers, extend federal support to state and local governments and provide help to small businesses while they weather a prolonged economic crisis, according to Golden.
"The nation should not be hanging in the balance waiting for party leaders to get out of their partisan corners," he said.
Trump's suite of executive actions on Saturday included an executive order that directs federal agencies to "consider" continuing a suspension of housing evictions during the pandemic. Other presidential memoranda, which carry less weight than an executive order, call for the continuation of jobless benefits and the suspension of the payroll tax through the rest of the year for Americans making less than $100,000 annually. The tax would still be due at a later date.
Though some Republicans, such as Sasse, decried what they perceived as the unconstitutionality of the president's actions, the response in Congress largely fell along party lines.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Pelosi, D-Calif., called Trump's plan "meager" on Saturday, adding that it shows he "still does not comprehend the seriousness or the urgency of the health and economic crises facing working families."
McConnell blasted Democrats for having "sabotaged backroom talks with absurd demands that would not help working people."
"I support President Trump exploring his options to get unemployment benefits and other relief to the people who need them the most," he said in a statement Saturday.
Struggling Americans need action now. I am glad that President Trump is proving that while Democrats use laid-off workers as political pawns, Republicans will actually look out for them. My full statement: https://t.co/5uEu6PSUGH
— Leader McConnell (@senatemajldr) August 8, 2020
Instead of putting in the work to solve Americans' problems, Pres. Trump chose to stay on his golf course to announce unworkable, weak & narrow policy announcements to slash the unemployment benefits that millions desperately need and endanger seniors' Social Security & Medicare pic.twitter.com/QNwu3HEcbi
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) August 9, 2020
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This life offers only a window of time to work for the Lord. Youth and old age both offer their own hindrances to service. In many ways, though not entirely, youth should be spent in learning, middle age in doing, and old age in teaching. Many of the greatest servants of the Lord found in scripture began their journey in youth by learning of the Lord and His ways (1 Kings 18:12; Psalm 71:5; 2 Chronicles 34:3; Job 29:4; Ecclesiastes 12:1). As they approached the prime of life, they put their learning to use by serving the Lord (Numbers 8:24-25). As they passed their prime, they would pass their knowledge on to the next generation in hopes the work of God would go on (2 Timothy 4:1-8).
Discipleship lesson on how to get answers from God through prayer.
How does one go about fasting, and what are the different types of fasting?
The way I understand this passage is that the Lord heard Cornelius' prayers. I don't know if He answered them, but I am in a quandary about the Lord hearing the prayers of unbelievers. I do not take from this passage that Cornelius was saved - it just states that he was a devout man that feared God. Can you shed some light on the subject for me?
I was wondering if I am praying to God in Jesus' name: I was under the impression that they are the same. So if they are the same, why differentiate between the two, (i.e.: Jesus / God created the heavens and the Earth)?
I am new to the bible and all I want to do is learn the common prayers. I do not know the names, but for example the now I lay me down to sleep, etc.
I would like to know where the custom of praying in church came from. As I try and find it in the Bible, it says that we are not to pray publicly, but we are to go to our closets and pray in private.
Psalm 107 is an amazing Psalm with an amazing end. The last verse of this Psalm says, "Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD." On the surface, you would expect this Psalm to deal with the sweet times of blessings and gifts from God, but the opposite is true. The chapter gives five examples of troubles or trials in the lives of people. Some experience troubles because of sin and some because the Lord led them into troubles and some just because of everyday life. Two verses are repeated four times each. One of these verses is repeated in verses 6, 13, 19 and 28 and it says, "Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses." The other verse is repeated in verses 8, 15, 21, and 31 and it says, "Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!" These verses demonstrate not only a purpose for trials in the lives of men and women, but it also builds on the idea of the lovingkindness of the LORD. The lovingkindness of the Lord seems to be connected to His dealings as a Father. He allows or causes trials and troubles in our lives to bring us to a point where we cry out to Him and then He delivers us. When He delivers us, He desires praises from our lips. Through these trials we are drawn closer to Him and are strengthened in faith. This truly is the lovingkindness of the Lord.
What does it mean to exercise faith? Is it praying about something and doing nothing until the answer comes? Is it foolishly walking through life with absolutely no answers?
Can the blood of Jesus be rebuked by the Devil?


A control chart is a significant tool applied to monitor and improve quality. It is one of the effective seven basic statistical tools often applied in Six Sigma along with scatter diagram, flowchart, pareto chart, cause-and-effect diagram, check sheet and histogram. All the tools are used to evaluate business or manufacturing process in an effective way.
Before knowing about control charts, let us discuss little about six sigma. Six Sigma is an effective business management strategy applied to identify and deter the causes of defects and miscalculation in manufacturing and business processes of an organization. It is capable of creating an effectual infrastructure of people within the organization using a set of quality management and statistical methods. Each project of Six Sigma executed by small or large venture follows a distinguished sequence of processes, and all the processes can be evaluated statistically with the control charts.
• Central Line: A central line is drawn at the process mean. Control chart omits specification targets.
• Upper Warning Limit: An upper warning limit is drawn two standard deviations above the centre line.
• Upper Control Limit: An upper control limit is drawn three standard deviations above the centre line.
• Lower Warning Limit: A lower warning limit is drawn two standard deviations below the centre line.
• Lower Control Limit: A lower control limit is drawn three standard deviations below the centre line.
• Select the process you would want to chart.
• Choose your process sampling plan.
• Collate data from your process.
• Compute the control chart precise statistics.
• Decide your control limits.
• Construct your control chart.
If the entire process of a venture is evaluated with control chart to figure out whether the manufacture or venture is in control, all points would be plotted within the control limits. Any observations deviating from the systemic patterns in a process suggest that its demand or introduction of a new source of variation. Increased variation implies increased quality costs, a control chart signalling the presence of a special-cause requires immediate investigation and if possible adopt strategies to tackle them. The control limits highlights the process behaviour and have no fundamental relationship to any distinguished targets.
Control charts help discern process variation due to assignable causes from those due to unassignable causes. On a control chart, both these types of process variations are depicted. Assignable causes are significant factors of a process and are not always normal. Such variety of causes can be avoided and should be scrutinized. Unassignable causes or chance causes are factors that occur by chance and not always present. These types of causes are normal and expected within a process as they are inevitable.
Control chart omits specification target because of the tendency involved within the process. It is usually done to make a process simple. Typically, control charts use a distribution chart or histogram as well as X bar (mean), and R bar (range), charts. Meanwhile, if a special cause does occur, it may not be of sufficient degree for the chart to produce an instant alarm condition. If an unusual cause crop up, one can depict that cause by assessing the change in the mean and/or variance of the course in question.
Control chart is not free from criticism. Scholars have criticized the control chart on the condition that it contrasts the likelihood principle. However, supporters of control charts argue in general, it is impossible to specify a likelihood function for a process not in statistical control, especially where knowledge about the cause system of the process is weak.


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Lashkar-e-Tayiba operations commander Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, the 2008 Mumbai terror attack mastermind, was on Tuesday summoned by a Pakistani court to appear before it in the next hearing on the government's appeal against his bail in the 26/11 case.
A two-member bench of the Islamabad high court headed by Justice Shaukat Siddiqui admitted the government's plea against the anti-terrorism court's decision to grant bail to Lakhvi.
"The court summoned Lakhvi for arguments in the case on next hearing and issued a notice to him in this regard," Prosecution Chief Chaudhry Azhar told PTI after the hearing.
Azhar, a special prosecutor of Pakistan's federal investigation agency, said the court office would fix the next date of hearing. The prosecution informed the court in its petition that an anti-terrorism court ignored the testimony in the 26/11 case while granting bail to Lakhvi.
On December 18, 2014, the ATC granted bail to Lakhvi, who was involved in planning, financing and executing the Mumbai terror attacks in November 2008. Next day, he was again detained under the maintenance of public order.
However, Islamabad high court judge Noorul Haq Qureshi suspended Lakhvi's detention under the MPO, evoking a strong reaction from India.
Just before he was to be released, Lakhvi was arrested on charges of kidnapping Afghan national Muhammad Anwar Khan. The police kept him at the Shalimar Police station in Islamabad for a two-day physical remand before a magistrate sent him back to Adiala Jail on Monday for a 14-day judicial custody.
Lakhvi has been detained at Adiala Prison for the last five years or so. He will be produced before the magistrate on January 15.
Lakhvi and six others -- Abdul Wajid, Mazhar Iqbal, Hamad Amin Sadiq, Shahid Jameel Riaz, Jamil Ahmed and Younis Anjum -- have been charged with planning and executing the Mumbai attacks in November, 2008 that left 166 people dead.
The government has already challenged the high court's order to suspend Lakhvi detention in the apex court. On the other hand, Lakhvi has also challenged his detention in the abduction case in the Islamabad HC.
Lakhvi was arrested in December 2008 and was indicted along with the six others on November 25, 2009 in connection with the case. The trial has been underway since 2009.
"The fact remains that such like cases of defunct terrorist organisations are not so easy to be conducted and especially the prosecution in such cases is the most difficult job in our country for the last many years. In this case, the learned trial judge (of the anti-terrorism court) after the terrorist attack in Islamabad courts (of March 2013) refused to visit Adiala Jail for a long time due to security reasons," the prosecution said.
"Even the prosecutors of this case have been receiving threats through cell phones during the proceedings which were duly conveyed to the concerned authorities. The witnesses are also not secured, and reluctant to depose against the accused persons in the given situation.
"A major part of the evidence has been recorded and the rest will not take more than three months to record and therefore the observation of the ATC's judge that the trial may take years to conclude is not correct," the prosecution said.
It further mentioned in their plea that the the trial has not been delayed because of the prosecution but "multiple applications filed by the defence counsel hampered progress of the case."
"The prosecution had moved several applications for an expeditious trial but the trial court did not properly examine these facts," it said.
The appeal further pointed out that the confessional statement of Ajmal Kasab, the lone terrorist arrested by Indian authorities after Mumbai attacks, was still part of the evidence and it was at no stage discarded and that statement clearly established Lakhvi's link to Mumbai attacks.
"The prosecution has sufficient evidence against Lakhvi thereby requesting the court to cancel his bail," it said.
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The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Department of Children, Seniors and Social Development contributes annually to Kids Eat Smart Foundation. Kids Eat Smart Clubs play a key role in the provincial strategy to improve the health and wellness of children and youth throughout Newfoundland and Labrador. Thank you.
Breakfast Club of Canada is a national charity dedicated to providing services and funding to school breakfast programs. They do this with the help of individual and corporate partners, all committed to the cause of feeding our children's future. Thanks to the Breakfast Club, 130,000 students have access to a nutritious breakfast each morning in 1,266 schools across Canada. Thank you to BCC and their national partners for your support of KES Clubs in Newfoundland and Labrador.
President's Choice Children's Charity PC Children's Charity believes nothing will create better conditions for success than nourishing our kids, which is why we've committed $150M over the next 10 years to tackle childhood hunger and deliver nutrition education to children across Canada. Well-fed kids will change our world for good, and we pledge to provide them with the nourishment to learn, to grow, and to succeed.
PC® Children's Charity school grants provide funding to educate and empower communities to deliver school-based student nutrition programs across Canada, helping children and youth realize their full potential in life.
Individual Credit Unions have been supporters of Kids Eat Smart Foundation from its earliest days. We share the values of community. In 2012 Atlantic Central, Eagle River Credit Union, Hamilton Sound Credit Union, Public Service Credit Union and Reddy Kilowatt Credit Union aligned resources to collectively become the Credit Union Platinum Partnership. Thank you Credit Union!
Since 2000, Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro has been supporting Kids Eat Smart Foundation through financial and volunteer support. Their support, through employee contributions, KES Gala Sponsorship and an annual Partner contribution, helps fund KES Clubs throughout our province. Thank you NL Hydro!
Trades NL represents 16 craft unions in the construction sector, totalling 20,000 workers throughout the province. Since 2004 they have been supporting Kids Eat Smart Foundation NL with an annual gift in support of our KES Clubs. Thank you Trades NL!
TD has been supporting Kids Eat Smart Foundation as the title sponsor of the TD Kids Eat Smart Province-Wide Walk to Breakfast since 2005. Every October, during Kids Eat Smart Week, thousands of children throughout Newfoundland and Labrador participate in the TD Walk to Breakfast to raise funds and awareness of their KES Clubs. Thank you TD!
Telus Corporation is a Canadian national telecommunications company that provides a wide range of telecommunications products and services. They believe in giving back to their community. TELUS is a proud supporter of our Fruits and Veggies First program. Their support ensures children get a daily serving of fruits and veggies in their KES Clubs. Thank you TELUS!
Kids Eat Smart Foundation Newfoundland and Labrador is truly grateful for the initial gift that NAPE gave to start a school food program in Newfoundland and Labrador that would feed children nutritious food at school at no cost to children or their families. Today we are extremely grateful for the generous support that NAPE and its members continue to give in support of our Kids Eat Smart Breakfast Clubs so we can provide a healthy breakfast to children so they are well nourished and ready to learn.


Dr. Balch's educational background includes a B.S. in Physics, M.Ed. in School Counseling, and a Ph.D. in Educational Administration (School Administration focus) all from Indiana State University. Dr. Balch is a licensed school counselor in the state of Indiana.
Dr. Balch's teaching responsibilities and interests include Introduction to School Counseling, Supervised Field Work, Research and Program Evaluation, Organization and Administration of Guidance Programs, Practicum, Internship, Multi-cultural Education, Career Development, and Professional Seminar. Her professional interests include leadership relative to counseling, school drop-out prevention, and action research in PK-12 schools. Dr. Balch is strongly committed to providing and supporting professional development for practicing school counselors. She has been integral in developing and growing Counselor Day on Campus at ISU. Additionally, she serves as a liaison for the Professional Development Schools partnership. She is currently the Coordinator for the School Counseling program. She serves regularly on site visitation teams for AdvancED, accrediting schools throughout Indiana. Dr. Balch is a member of many professional organizations including American School Counseling Association, Indiana School Counseling Association, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Chi Sigma Iota, and Delta Kappa Gamma Society International.
Dr. Balch's personal interests include traveling, skiing, both water and snow, gardening, and reading.
Dr. Roberts-Pittman earned a B.A. from Indiana University in Psychology, M.S. in Marriage and Family Therapy and PhD in Counseling Psychology from Indiana State University. She completed her pre-doctoral internship at Quinco Behavioral Health Systems in Columbus, IN. She holds license as a Marriage and Family Therapist, a Licensed Addiction Counselor, and a Psychologist as well as endorsement as an HSPP in the state of Indiana.
Her teaching responsibilities have included courses in Treatment of Substance Abuse Disorders, Groupwork, Marriage and Family Therapy, and Diagnosis Across the Lifespan. Her research interests include bullying among college students and the implementation of effective interventions to address bullying among school-age children.
Dr. Roberts-Pittman's interest include swimming, scrapbooking, gardening, and anything Disney.
Dr. Viviani had a B.S. in Social Services and Psychology and a M.A. in Community/Agency Counseling from Bradley University. She earned her Ph.D. in Counselor Education & Supervision at the University of Iowa (with an emphasis on School Counseling). She has worked as a community mental health counselor in in-patient, partial-hospitalization, out-patient, and private practice settings with a specialization in childhood sexual abuse and eating disorders. She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Indiana, a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in Illinois, and an Approved Clinical Supervisor through NBCC/CCE.
Her teaching interests include techniques/microskills, career development, assessment, and supervision. Her professional interests include childhood sexual abuse, trauma, and related unresolved grief. Her research interests include childhood sexual abuse and its ramifications throughout the lifespan. She also has interest in counselor training specific to violence against women and children, trauma related grief, and practice issues. Dr. Viviani is a member of ACA, Association for Counselor Educators and Supervisors, and Chi Sigma Iota (CSI). She serves as the chapter faculty advisor for the CSI Sigma Iota Tau chapter.
Dr. Viviani enjoys spending free time with family and friends, traveling, gardening, and reading.
Dr. Wagner received a B.A. in Psychology from Bryan College, an M.A. in Community Agency Counseling from East Tennessee State University and a Ph.D. in Counselor Education & Supervision from the College of William & Mary in Virginia (with a cognate in Marriage and Family Therapy). He has worked as a community mental health counselor in a residential facility for adolescents and as an out-patient therapist with children and families. Licensed as a Mental Health Counselor in Florida and Indiana, Dr. Wagner is a generalist who has worked with clients and their families dealing with a wide variety of struggles.
His teaching and professional interests include counselor identity development, research methodology, ethical issues, and supervision. His research interests include gerontological counseling issues, issues that affect the family and family therapy, and issues and ethics in counselor education. Dr. Wagner is a member of American Counseling Association (ACA), Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES), North Central Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (NCACES), and the Association for Adult Development of Aging (AADA). He serves on the older adult task force on AADA and is an ad-hoc reviewer for the Counseling and Values Journal.
When not working, he spends the majority of his free time with family and friends, cycling, hiking, juggling, solving puzzles, photography, traveling, and having conversations about random topics.