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Malmström weathers the storm
Parliament put Swede's nomination to the vote after a hearing that showcased how intensely political the EU's trade relations with the US have become.
By Andrew Gardner
October 2, 2014 4:00 am CET
Cecilia Malmström had appeared likely to pass comfortably through the European Parliament's hearing on her nomination to be the next European commissioner for trade.
She is a former MEP; she is Sweden's serving European commissioner (for home affairs); and MEPs view her as a good commissioner. The emerging trade agreement with the United States, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), was certain to be the focus of her session, but the probable questions – and the answers – have been repeatedly aired for many months.
The past Commission's challenge was getting people to listen to those answers; and part of the rationale for Malmström's selection was that she is an able communicator. In the event, the hearing turned into a gruelling experience for Malmström. The issue that was most "toxic" – her word – was the question of whether the TTIP should decide how disputes between investors should be arbitrated.
The issue of an investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) mechanism became much more toxic when Malmström disowned the most controversial statement in a text that had briefly emerged in public: "no investor-state dispute settlement mechanism will be part of that agreement". That clause, she said, was written by someone else.
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Later, it emerged that the author of the disowned phrase was none other than Martin Selmayr, the right-hand man of the incoming president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker. It was a telling "accident" – the word used by Malmström – that adds to the sense that ISDS, an important element of the TTIP for the US, is on death row.
There was, though, no accident involved in what proved to be Malmström's biggest problem: the emergence of an e-mail on Sunday (28 September), the eve of the hearing, that suggested Malmström's private office had "reached out" to the US embassy in Brussels to express "concerns similar to those" of the US about an EU data-protection proposal.
The e-mail, obtained under a freedom-of-information request in the US, also indicated what was no secret: that there was little love lost between Malmström and Viviane Reding, the then-European commissioner responsible for drafting the laws. Reding, who is now an MEP, took to social networks before the hearing to apply pressure on Malmström. Malmström seemed not to realise during the hearing quite how difficult this issue would prove for her, failing to use her closing statement to try to put the issue of data protection to rest.
The socialists and Greens called two votes in the trade (INTA) committee the next day, and demanded a written statement from Malmström, which she used to give the type of statement on data protection that she had failed to give during her hearing. Malmström survived, but she will probably have learnt some lessons about Juncker's Commission and the complications that its more overtly political approach to EU matters could bring. She will be very clear about some of this Parliament's priorities: its desire to have as much information and influence over trade policy as possible as well as its wish to get ISDS out of TTIP, part of a broader desire for a different approach to TTIP.
But that knowledge only sharpens the immediate dilemma for Malmström: how to keep an ISDS clause in the EU's newly agreed trade deal with Canada, while removing it from the emerging TTIP? Malmström had started the hearing by claiming that it had long been a "dream" of hers to handle trade policy. By the end, she must have realised that trade policy is a poisoned chalice.
But there were more general and far more important lessons to derive from this hearing. The first is that chefs are stampeding into the kitchen to cook TTIP. The danger is that the result will be a dog's breakfast.
A compensation for the European public is that the process could end up being more transparent. But it was not easy to see the transparency in the process that produced Malmström's written statement to the Parliament. Who actually is the commissioner for trade? That question will linger. Nor did the underwhelming quality of the questioning and its narrowness prove that MEPs are likely to boost the quality of transparency and debate about TTIP to a significant degree.
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Why football can be a powerful force in education
A footballer who became a teacher explains how the sport is being used to drive educational success
By Vincent Docherty
Perhaps I, more than most, can see the similarities between education and football. As a youngster I had various offers from senior clubs and played football all the time, but it was when Arthur Cox – a longtime manager of Derby County in the '80s and '90s – offered me a YTS (Youth Training Scheme) rather than a full contract that I knew my future lay elsewhere.
It was my experience of coaching younger players that led me to consider a career in teaching. I thought: I can connect with people, I'm good at engaging them and I'd really like to inspire people. I started out teaching maths and physics at a secondary in Easterhouse, in the East End of Glasgow, and utterly loved it. Pupils there were passionate about football and it meant so much more to them than anything school had to offer.
Since then, for me, football has never been far away. My brother Tony Docherty, who is now assistant manager at Aberdeen Football Club, continued as a player for a number of years before going into coaching. I follow whichever team he is with and go to as many games as I can. I have been mesmerised by some managers he has worked with, in their ability to inspire players, and I continue to be fascinated with how we can best drive young people to succeed in their learning in a similar way.
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When a legendary manager returned to his old school: 'Sir Alex was here, it's absolutely massive'
If you can find a way to motivate people, they can learn anything.
When my colleague Avril Nicol – a self-confessed Dons fanatic – came to me with an idea to partner up her community learning and development (CLD) team with Aberdeen FC's community trust and deliver an alternative curriculum to some of our most challenging pupils in one of our most challenging schools, it was a no-brainer.
As a headteacher in Glasgow, I had helped to set up a soccer school in Maryhill, the John Paul Academy, so I instinctively knew it could work in Peterhead. The attraction of football always seems enough to access that initial engagement of most young people.
Our PeterDeen scholarship programme means it goes a step further than just being a soccer school, though. We've just come to the end of our first academic year of the programme and already it has been recognised as the SPFL (Scottish Professional Football League) Trust's Community Project of the Year.
The 18 S3 pupils – aged around 13-14 – who have taken part have enjoyed two days per week of specialist input from Aberdeen FC; gained professional coaching qualifications and that essential push on exercise, which drives your mind as well as your body; two days studying core subjects at school such as maths and English; and one day a week enjoying a variety of activities with our Work With Young People team.
Another local professional team, Peterhead FC, were able to provide training facilities this year and Peterhead's Score Group – which provides services to the North Sea oil and gas industry – stepped in with sponsorship for kit and training opportunities.
The involvement of local football clubs has been a real hook for the students. Every young person is entitled to a curriculum that meets their needs; the confidence, the sense of purpose and achievement this programme has given our PeterDeen scholars so far has been incredible.
The programme has proven to be a real success on paper, too, with attendance rates from participating pupils going from less than 40 per cent to more than 90 per cent.
I see a lot of similarities to my experience in Easterhouse in some of those young guys: breaking through that "hard man" facade and realising it is OK to achieve things, and to be part of something good. Some have picked up volunteer work through the programme and one has even got his foot in the door as a chef in training with a local restaurant.
Where do we go from here? We're setting up in Fraserburgh – like nearby Peterhead, a fishing town that has its share of social problems – after the holidays and the end game is more football, more education and more passion for helping local young people to succeed.
The other close connection education has with football is that the most important aspect of its continued success is teamwork – you don't win a match without working together.
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Summer 1941 Young Adelia Montforte flees fascist Italy for America, where she is whisked away to the shore by her well-meaning aunt and uncle. Here, she meets and falls for Charlie Connally, the eldest of the four Irish-Catholic boys next door. But all hopes for a future together are soon throttled by the war and a tragedy that hits much closer to home. Grief-stricken, Addie flees-first to Washington and then to war-torn London-and finds a position at a prestigious newspaper, as well as a chance to redeem lost time, lost family.and lost love. But the past always nips at her heels, demanding to be reckoned with. And in a final, fateful choice, Addie discovers that the way home may be a path she never suspected.


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SCHEDULING ORDER - This Discovery due by 8/1/2013. With the consent of both parties made during the scheduling conference, the Court now sets August 1, 2013, as the deadline for completion of all permitted discovery. Counsel indicated their understan ding that production of documents and any court rulings on privilege matters will need to precede depositions which have been permitted and will schedule those events to make completion of discovery by August 1, 2013, feasible.Signed by Magistrate Judge Michael R Merz on 01/24/2013. (kf)
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO WESTERN DIVISION AT DAYTON JONATHON D. MONROE, : Petitioner, Case No. 2:07-cv-258 : District Judge Edmund A. Sargus, Jr. Magistrate Judge Michael R. Merz -vsWARDEN, Ohio State Penitentiary, : Respondent. SCHEDULING ORDER This capital habeas corpus case came on for telephone scheduling conference at 10:30 A.M. on Thursday, January 24, 2013. Jerome Linneman and Laurence Komp participated on behalf of the Petitioner; Brenda Leikala participated on behalf of the Respondent. On September 21, 2012, the Magistrate Judge granted in part and denied in part Petitioner's Motion for Discovery and Respondent's Request for Reciprocal Discovery (Doc. No. 82). That Decision set the parameters of discovery and adopted a deadline of December 21, 2012, for completion of the allowed discovery. No appeal was taken from that Decision and it accordingly establishes the law of the case for what discovery is allowable. On November 16, 2012, the discovery deadline was vacated in light of the impending substitution of new counsel for Petitioner, Mr. Linneman (Doc. No. 84). With the consent of both parties made during the scheduling conference, the Court now sets August 1, 2013, as the deadline for completion of all permitted discovery. Counsel indicated their understanding that production of documents and any court rulings on privilege matters will 1 need to precede depositions which have been permitted and will schedule those events to make completion of discovery by August 1, 2013, feasible. During the conference, the Court discussed the possible need for a ruling on privilege waiver by Petitioner. Having reviewed the prior Decision and Order, the Court notes that it already ruled as follows: Monroe explains that his appellate counsel have declined to speak with habeas counsel in the absence of a waiver of attorney-client privilege. By law, filing a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel constitutes a waiver of that privilege as to communications about the claims of ineffective assistance of counsel made. In re Lott, 424 F.3d 446 (6th Cir. 2005); Tasby v. United States, 504 F.2d 332 (8th Cir. 1974); Randall v. United States, 314 F.2d 800 (10th Cir. 1963); United States v. Ballard, 779 F.2d 287 (5th Cir. 1986); Laughner v. United States, 373 F.2d 326 (5th Cir. 1967); Crutchfield v. Wainwright, 803 F.2d 1103 (11th Cir. 1986). The Court finds that Monroe has waived the attorney-client privilege as to all his claims of ineffective assistance of counsel, both trial and appeal. (Decision and Order, Doc. No. 82, PageID 5664.) January 24, 2013. s/ Michael R. Merz United States Magistrate Judge 2


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CIOs, Nokia needs a new CEO
Applications sought
By Nancy Gohring
Struggling to keep up with newer and more inventive rivals, number one phone maker Nokia is looking for a new CEO, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal on Monday.
While still the biggest phone maker in the world, Nokia has been losing market share in the growing smartphone segment. A March report from Canalys gave the company a 39 per cent market share in the smartphone sector, down from 41 per cent a year earlier in the face of competition from companies like Apple and Google. As a result, some analysts have been suggesting that a leadership shakeup might help reverse market share declines and stagnating revenue at the Finnish giant.
In June, Nokia warned that its second quarter earnings report, due out Thursday, would be lower than expected. It blamed competition at the high end of the market, a shift in product mix toward lower margin products and the depreciation of the euro.
Olli-Pekka Kallusvuo, president and CEO, has been with Nokia since 1980, when he joined as corporate counsel, according to his biography on the company web site. In 2006 he took over as CEO, replacing Jorma Ollila[cq]. He had a tough act to follow. Ollila was so beloved, that some people called for him to run for president of Finland.
Nokia declined to comment on the report. The Wall Street Journal cited unnamed people who said the company had launched a search for a new CEO.


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Hi as another example id like to add music,and probably in a few ways,even down to a listener putting on music for different reasons,people choose "the music of there day" by how they feel at the time,then even at there lowest level people invest there ego and feelings into that music as it plays,maybe its through the duality of doing that that some insight can come in them moments,anything with a different view point can have enlightening moments and insights.
Music, Art, Nature - all are cool examples of where imagination with an Imaginal eye can yield great clues into one's inner side (Higher Self). I really think they are useful to gain insight to allow the Intuitive mind to also develop. I like these a lot.
whether a rose (in music or art or nature) evokes the emotional insight of Love is a good example of the Imaginal thinking process. It also can symbolizes the Heart as well (another symbolic image).
Yes, I agree with you. Your music experiences would be a good thread to follow. That is a long time writing songs about Love. The symbols (sound evoking images of feelings) to trigger Imaginal thinking processes must be plentiful!
So then i knew ill have to join and write a blog or two lol about love since at the moment the subject is coming up all over my life in many diferant ways and since i am also being asked by younger people,so i feel its a duty to test any thery im volunteering to them,with people who may understand and help me gather it together,since i already know its a dangerous subject to mislead people.
Well, any insight on images (Imagination, Imaginal, Magical) on Love would be good to know !
I agree, fun to think about.
How about something like the plates in Walter Russell's "The Physics of Love"
Not sure, why but I've always had the images from "Music of the Whole Earth" stuck in my head. - Musical analogies presented in lots of visually interesting ways.
Or the notebooks of Paul Klee: "The Thinking Eye" and "The Nature of Nature."
Films of Oscar Fischinger, radionics, music visualization, pattern-making in musical form and structure, Sonics, generation of timbre, Cymatics.
There are lots of other interesting examples of "vision/music" too, IMO, if you want me to keep on going ... personal hobby of mine.
I actually kind of consider "music/vision" as more or less the same thing, but experienced perhaps a bit differently.
To me this includes both raw, direct experience, as well as how we individually infer meaning and then attempt to communicate or describe it somehow to one another.
That "description" - whether considered in visual, aural or meaningful dimensions, expresses a characteristic creative aspect: personal, volitional, participating.
The act of expression also causes simultaneous arising of apparent and observable, subjective individuality participating.
There is a mystical creative dimension to be considered in just that.
Plus all the different forms of subjective identification we can consequently have about ourselves and others expressed with terms like musician, artist, creator.
Instinct and talent. combined with ideation and feeling: Express forms of intention through skill and means. Causing manifestation of apprehendible, sharable forms of human experience and value.
I think there are lots of reasons why people make music or create, that have nothing to do with fame or fortune.
Some people are soul surfers or shamans, not necessarily in it for the competition. or the commerce.
Music is fire connecting heaven and earth.
That said, I also think there are lots of new and different ways to connect and get heard, especially nowadays and that new technologies and online tools are creating changes in how people can make, share, experience and interact with music and those who make it.
Now go eat something! You're too skinny, young man!
OM pronounced is a four syllable word: A, U, M and the silence that surrounds and supports it, out of which it comes, back into which it resolves, moving like a great breath.
Here is an example of one of my attempts.
I use "exoteric" as a c/Contrast to "esoteric," or vice versa, in the same way I would refer to monad as a c/Contrast to Monad, but I don't think of the x/X as exoteric, per se, in that I think of it as a reference to an o/Overview (or an "esoteric perspective"), rather than as a reification or the "rather literal" interpretation.


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PH, Kuwait sign deal for better OFW working conditions | Global News
PH, Kuwait sign deal for better OFW working conditions
Philippine Daily Inquirer / 07:02 AM May 12, 2018
Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter S. Cayetano and Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khalid Al Hamad Al Sabah sign the Agreement on the Employment of Domestic Workers on May 11, 2018 in Kuwait. Labor Secreatry Silvestre Bello III and other Philippine officials witness the signing. DFA PHOTO
The Philippines and Kuwait have signed a landmark memorandum of agreement aimed at ensuring better working conditions for Filipino workers in the Gulf state.
Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano and Sheikh Khaled Al-Sabah, the Kuwaiti deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs, signed the deal on Friday in Kuwait.
Cayetano, along with Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III, presidential spokesperson Harry Roque and Special Envoy to Kuwait Abdullah Mamao, led the Philippine delegation.
The eight-page document, titled "Agreement on Employment of Domestic Workers between the Government of the State of Kuwait and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines," consists of six articles covering, among others, areas of cooperation, responsibilities of both nations and settlement of disputes.
Valid for 4 years
The agreement will be in force for four years and can be renewed automatically, unless either party informs the other through diplomatic channels of its desire to terminate it six months prior to the end of its validity.
The deal provides for the creation of a joint committee, composed of senior officials from both governments, that will follow up on the implementation of the agreement through annual meetings, and make recommendations to resolve issues on the Filipino workers' employment.
The Kuwaiti government will ensure that the employer shall provide the worker with food, housing and clothing, and register the worker in the state's health insurance system.
Under the agreement, the employer will not be allowed to keep the worker's passport.
Workers will be allowed to keep and use cell phones and other means of communication with their families and government. Employers are prohibited from confiscating these.
Employers who have records of contract violations or of abusing workers will be disqualified from recruiting Filipino domestic workers.
Worker's bank account
The employer is also required to open a bank account under the name of the worker and to allow the worker to remit wages to the Philippines as provided for in the employment contract.
The Kuwaiti government will facilitate the repatriation of domestic workers upon the contract's completion, or violation of the labor contract, and will provide legal assistance to workers concerning violations of the labor contract or existing laws on domestic workers.
The Kuwaiti government will also strictly enforce the agreed wage in the contract and minimum age requirement, as well as establish a mechanism for 24-hour assistance to Filipino domestic helpers.
For its part, the Philippine government will, among other duties, ensure that prospective workers are well trained in housework and have received orientation on Kuwaiti laws, customs and traditions, and the terms and conditions of the employment contract.
The Philippines will also ensure that the recruitment of domestic workers shall be through licensed recruitment agencies.
It will also ensure the access of domestic workers to legal assistance from concerned offices in Kuwait, and impose sanctions on Philippine recruiters that commit recruitment violations. —JULIE M. AURELIO
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Remembering JFK
Personal Memories of John F. Kennedy
At 43, he was the youngest man to be elected and the only Catholic President of the United States. His youth and religion were issues in 1960 when he won the office by quite a bit less than a landslide. After his assassination in 1963, at age 46, those issues became irrelevant - and 64% of those polled at the time claimed to have voted for him when he was elected, though his margin of victory was just over 50%.
Yes, John F. Kennedy was charismatic and handsome, but as impressive and more important were his intelligence and cool head, major assets as he was drawn into intense Cold War world politics during his three years in office.
I was very young then. I remember reading in My Weekly Reader, a newspaper for grammar-schoolers, about him and other Democratic candidates in an article on presidential primaries. Little did I know that his candidacy would actually make primaries relevant to election politics. Later, when he'd won the nomination and was campaigning in Southern California, my parents took us to Lindbergh Field, San Diego's airport, where Kennedy was to land and say a few words before delivering a major speech downtown. Dad had gotten a pass of some sort through political contacts that gave us admittance to the area on the tarmac where Kennedy would arrive. The enthusiastic airport audience was contained within a small fenced area where we awaited the candidate. Kennedy landed in a private plane and spoke briefly from a raised podium nearby. Then he began shaking hands with the crowd. I'd already moved from the back of the crowd, where my family was standing, to the front so I could hear better and get a good look. As the handshaking began, I climbed on top of a fallen papier mache donkey in front of the podium and reached for his hand. Success! I was thrilled. I'd been captivated by his eloquent words and magnetic presence. Now I'd shaken his hand.
Two months later he was elected. His iconic inaugural address and the grand inaugural ball (partly orchestrated by Frank Sinatra) followed in January. Soon came the Bay of Pigs fiasco, for which Kennedy took full responsibility – while learning just how much to trust the CIA and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. There was a triumphant trip to Paris with Jackie – and it seemed the U.S. had at last attained a stature in the world that, until then, had seemed the sole province of Europe. The Peace Corps was established and 'physical fitness' (the 50-mile hike!) was promoted. Kennedy's frequent televised press conferences and speeches proved him to be the true 'great communicator' among modern American presidents. He spoke out and proposed a bill on civil rights, he signed the first limited nuclear test ban treaty with the Soviet Union and the UK…
And then he was gone.
It was the morning of November 22, 1963, sometime between 10:00 and 11:00am, Pacific Standard Time. I was in the language lab which was in the school's library building. I began to hear what sounded like a radio or TV at loud volume coming from the library. I wondered what was going on. My next class was gym and while I was changing clothes I began to hear rumors that shots had been fired at President Kennedy. I knew that someone had tried to shoot Harry Truman when he was in office and assumed this was the same kind of thing – an attempt. It was basketball season and we girls were on the court when the school principal's voice suddenly came over the public address system and announced that President Kennedy was dead. My best friend was in the class with me and I remember that we sat on the court, hugging each other and sobbing.
That night, mother didn't feel like cooking, so we went to a local Mexican restaurant for dinner. It was packed with families like ours. Apparently a lot of other mothers didn't feel like cooking that night either. The eerie thing was that as we sat there in that restaurant full of people, no one spoke, not anyone at any table. The room was completely silent and it stayed silent.
My brother and I were glued to the TV through the rest of the weekend and, on Sunday morning, watched together in disbelief as Lee Harvey Oswald was shot and killed while in police custody. Then, on Monday, there was no school – it was the day of the President's state funeral – and with it came all those never to be forgotten images…a widow heavily draped in black, heads of state from all over the world walking in the street with the family behind the coffin-bearing caisson, a riderless horse, the doleful sound of the funeral march as it played on and on, a little boy saluting his father's casket.
As I've watched some of the 50th anniversary specials about JFK's life, presidency and death this past week and mulled over my own memories and all that has transpired since, I've realized that so much more than innocence was lost 50 years ago today.
Posted by The Lady Eve at 12:17 AM
Labels: John F. Kennedy, The Lady Eve (author)
FlickChick November 22, 2013 at 3:09 AM
Patty - well said. Anyone who lived through that day will never forget it. I was in the 5th grade and I still can see Mr. Umbria coming into the classroom and telling us that we were all being sent home because the President had been shot. I was a little young to understand the full importance of it, but the images of my girlfriend's mother uncontrollably weeping, Walter Cronkite's stricken face and Jackie's elegant stoicism are forever a part of me.
The Lady Eve November 22, 2013 at 8:39 PM
Marsha, Jacqueline Kennedy's ability to sustain her innate grace and stage manage a funeral steeped in historic tradition while at the same time suffering what must have been the most horrific pain and grief imaginable is beyond admirable. What a woman she was and what a pair they were.
Jacqueline T. Lynch November 22, 2013 at 4:16 AM
Jacqueline, This was the first time I've shared my experiences of that time - in writing - for nearly 50 years. It was no less difficult this time than it was the first time.
Melissa Clark November 22, 2013 at 6:15 AM
Thanks for sharing your memories of President Kennedy and of the day he died. I was born 12 years after the assassination, but I've loved and admired JFK since I was a teenager.
Watching the 50th anniversary coverage this week has been very emotional for me. He was so young, beautiful and brilliant, and I believe he would have become an even greater president if he'd been granted more time. It's heartbreaking to wonder what might have been.
Melissa - We will never know what JFK might have achieved had he lived but we do know what his vision was - world peace. A revolutionary goal then and now.
Motorcycle Boy November 22, 2013 at 10:55 AM
November 22, 1963 has got to be the most traumatic day in american history - traumatic to the american psyche, more so than 911 or Dec. 7 1941. It has to be worse than even Lincoln's assassination. In the new television age, the american public felt they knew JFK and his beautiful young family - there was a personal connection that couldn't have been made during an earlier time. JFK was a politician but this was before everything had to be dumbed-down so that the candidate wouldn't be considered an elitist. He knew history and he had the extended vision that comes from that, along with the ability to articulate his vision. He was a human with flaws, but to the young generation he was a heroic ideal.. The events of Nov 22 were truly Shakespearean in their dimensions - plus the unfolding of these events on television were like some surreal nightmare - too dark too seem real - but real it was. Your personal memory of JFK must have made it all the more poignant. For me it felt like having my guts torn out.
MCB - All that you say about that day, that tragedy, and about JFK is true. When I think back on that time, especially those four days, it's never easy or without emotion (though that may not be obvious since I seem able to write with some distance). What it felt like then was unending, excruciating pain. I'm sure I was, as was the entire country, in shock for days. I suspect that only the arrival of the Beatles and their joyous music in America just 2-1/2 mos. after JFK's assassination was responsible for beginning to lift me (and my generation) out of the depths of despair.
John/24Frames November 22, 2013 at 2:55 PM
Beautifully done Eve. I have been watching a few of the TV shows and documentaries and what struck me was wherever JFK went and crowds gathered the people in the audience all felt JFK was waving or looking directly at them. He had that kind of intimate charismatic personality where it became personal. Three dates that I'll never forget where I was at the time. JFK's assassination, the death of John Lennon and the 9/11 attack. In the scope of things Lennon's death may not seen as important but both JFK and Lennon were dreamers that life, our world,could be a better place.
Thanks for sharing your personal memory of JFK.
Thanks, John. Looking back on the nine presidents who succeeded JFK, I don't think any of them - including Reagan, Clinton and Obama - were/are his match in terms of charisma, eloquence and extemporaneous wit. Clinton and Obama may be his equal in terms of vision and intelligence and having a sense of history...but the sense of American greatness and bright promise JFK projected died with him. I don't mean to imply that he was without blemish, but, my god, he was something else. We were lucky to be alive then and old enough to comprehend what he was trying to accomplish.
John Lennon's death was most cataclysmic for our generation. It was, after all, The Beatles who had much to do with lifting the young out of the gloom that persisted after the assassination and he did, like JFK, represent ideals of a better, more peaceful world.
SKW December 7, 2013 at 12:51 PM
As someone who did not live through the assassination it is interesting how the obvious and understandable trauma his death provoked seems to prevent very real examinations of who Kennedy was and what he accomplished.
He has high points, to be sure, such as the creation of the Peace Corps, the success of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the economic restructuring (which included tax cuts on the wealthy) and his correct attention to civil rights. However, the man's reelection was no sure thing when he died. He was barely elected and remained deeply unpopular in many states. And then, of course, there are the women, the now well-established predilection for prescription drugs, the unwise foray into Vietnam ... and a host of other issues...
The Lady Eve December 7, 2013 at 2:19 PM
This post wasn't intended to examine the Kennedy presidency in detail nor to analyze him as a man, it is about what he symbolized and what his assassination meant on a personal level as well as a recollection of the impact his murder had on the country at the time.
I do think he would have been re-elected had Goldwater been the opposing candidate (as he was to Johnson), Goldwater being considered extreme at the time. I think you will see, if you examine each president who has come and gone from the office since, that there are negatives and positives and character issues with each of them. Kennedy inspired, few have done that since.
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It seems like it was about two weeks ago that my Rheumatologist was trying to get in touch with me and we were playing phone tag for days. It was about lab results so I was curious as to what was so urgent that he was calling me about labs now? But it was nice to think that any doctor would take the time to go over his patients labs with them after the initial visit. It ended up that he was reading my labs results that my Nephrologist ordered. He will always send a report to my PCP and Rheumatologist. So my Rheumatologist received those reports I had just gone over the previous week with my Nephrologist. The labs showed that the protein being filtered through my kidneys had greatly reduced and my kidney function went down a little. This is after restarting Plaquenil 200 mg/ twice a day, another 1,500 mg (full dosage 3,000 mg) of CellCept and Prednisone 60 mg and taper down 10 mg every two weeks until I get to 10 mg and I would see him again on February 4th I believe. He initially said he had just placed labs and to do them today. It was to measure protein and kidney function again but when he realized these labs were just done a week ago he told me to totally disregard the labs. Not even do it before our next visit, he hasn't ordered anything more than the labs he ran on me the day I first saw him in November. The reason I mention these things is because he wanted to base his decision about changing my treatment plan due to labs looking a little better overall that was done a month apart and I don't see him again until February. So at the time there were still about 1-2 times that I could do it and I bet it would go up and down just like my Nephrologist said. Since we were looking at reports from my Nephrologist- let's call him Bob, I asked my Rheumatologist if he received Bob's message about who was going to set up the Infusion because if no one was doing it he would set it up for me. My Rheumatologist sounded confused and asked, "But your labs are better. Why would you still want to go through the chemotherapy." He proceeded to tell me that we could continue with the CellCept (you know- the one that "failed"), and throw another medication in the loop. Oh the perks! I said I was still considering it because when I went over these labs with Bob, he said that he would still go with the chemotherapy because my labs go up and down all the time from month to month. I asked him in a couple different ways if I should continue on this course since we seen an improvement and monitor the progress or results and make changes as needed or if he would still strongly suggest the Cytoxan. Bob asked me on that visit why the long wait? And asked me what my issues with Cytoxan was. I said there were a number of things but what I realized is that if I have the possibility for my kidneys and maybe even my Lupus to go into remission then I have to take it. It's been a long time and I know it can be even longer. Even if my kidneys only go into remission for a couple of years or less, that's still better than the protein destroying my kidneys on an almost daily basis. I didn't want to waste any more time. I just wanted to do it already. I felt like I had the luxury to process a lot of what chemotherapy entails to me. I am not one to deal with anything negative. I would rather suppress it. But I knew I needed to process this one the right way or I might end up feeling like I'm going to have a breakdown later when I'm going through it. So my Rheumatologist said he would write a message to Bob and tell him the course of treatment he thinks I should do. So until I actually see him again on 2/4, I will not know what I'm doing. And if it is Bob that needs to talk to me about that then I have to wait until around 2/16. It makes the baby issue more unsettling to me. I mean sure I don't want to go through Chemotherapy. Nobody does. But when I have three doctors telling me that they agree, the benefits outweigh the risks including getting cancer (which runs in my family). So it upset me that we had this in depth conversation about it and he kept acting as if it was so dire and I had to do this or it would be a shame to be on dialysis at 50 years old. And then the use of Prednisone among other things in one month makes him think they will continue to get better? I had no protein in my urine for the first time I knew of since 2001 just a few months ago and my kidney function was down but that's still a good deal. Then the next time I saw him within maybe 3-4 months, my protein was high again and still bad kidney function. If there is a way that doctors can stop saying the worst things and are so quick to prescribe chemotherapy and then when there's a slight improvement there's all of a sudden another option that was clearly not an option before. I was crying everyday even if I shed a few tears as a thought crossed my mind or I remembered something for over a month. And what? Was it just not as serious as he made it sound? You can't just throw these kinds of things at people as their only option unless they are sure! It's not fun and games. I was referred to an Oncologist when I lived in Las Vegas, my doctor said it was because, "I think you might have cancer." And with family history of all types of cancer run in my mom's side of the family our generation has been lucky so far- knock on wood.
I did so bad on the Prednisone this time. I started at 60mg and my PCP brought me down an extra 10 mg early because I was having problems breathing, I never really got to lose all the weight or hardly any of it since I got off Prednisone over a year ago. I don't have any more room to "grow." My face: cheeks, chin, eyes, look swollen. Next Wednesday I can go down to 20 mg. I'm still on 30 mg now. I was soooo grouchy, emotional, I started to have the crazy vivid dreams again. I wonder if it's the CellCept? I felt like I was having possible issues with that med too. They make me feel horrible and there are so many of them.


On SUnday, the New England Patriots won their sixth Super Bowl 13-3 in the lowest scoring NFL championship game in history while Tom Brady, 41, became the first player ever to win six Super Bowls, 17 years after leading the Patriots to his first title way back in 2002.
The total of 16 points scored in the game was the lowest ever in a Super Bowl, surpassing Miami's 14-7 win over Washington in 1973. The attritional season-finale was swiftly dubbed the "SuperBore" by critics on social media.
"We've been this far and lost which is really tough. We had a lot of resolve the last couple of weeks I wish we played a little better on offense but we won. Super bowl champs" a jubilant Brady said.
Brady also re-stated his desire to play at least another season. "How could this not motivate you? It's what it's all about," he said. Patriots head coach Bill Belichick meanwhile said the team had been determined to dispel suggestions they were a dynasty in decline. Brady who is already widely regarded as the greatest quarterback the National Football League has ever seen provided the decisive moment to break open the game midway through the fourth quarter at Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium.


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The Tibet Institute in Rikon is the only Buddhist monastery founded outside Asia by order of the current Dalai Lama.
The Dalai Lama is visiting Switzerland on a four-day trip beginning on Friday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Tibet Institute near Zurich. No meetings with the government have been scheduled.
The Tibetan spiritual leader will not be received by any of the seven-member Federal Council during his 15th visit to the country.
"It is particularly incomprehensible that the government is not receiving the Dalai Lama this time," Thomas Büchli, president of the Swiss-Tibetan Friendship Association, told the news agency Keystone-ATS. According to him, it would have been mere "politeness" to welcome the Nobel Peace Prize winner "with dignity" on the occasion of the jubilee.
The 83-year-old will instead participate in the 50th anniversary celebration of the Tibet Institute in Rikon, in canton Zurich. It is the only Buddhist monastery founded outside Asia by order of the current Dalai Lama. Inaugurated on November 9, 1968 under the name "Monastery of the Wheel of Education", the place is officially called Tibet Institute because at the time the Swiss constitution did not allow the founding of a real monastery. As a result, the Dalai Lama was unable to attend the festivities: the Federal Council had forbidden him to come to Switzerland. It was only in 1973 that he was able to visit the Rikon Institute for the first time.
Currently, the monastic community comprises seven Buddhist monks and one abbot. They represent the four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism: Nyingma, Kagyu, Sakya and Gelug. Together with the institute's employees, they organise events dedicated to Tibetan culture and religion. In addition, students from around 20 to 30 schools visit the site each year. The institute also hosts one of the largest Tibetan libraries in the world with around 11,000 books and documents.
On Saturday, the Dalai Lama will take part in the official celebrations of the institute's jubilee at a sports hall in the city of Winterthur. On Sunday, he will deliver a spiritual discourse at the Hallenstadion in north Zurich. On Monday, he will participate in a symposium at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences in Winterthur.
On October 7, 1950, the Chinese under Mao Zedong invaded Tibet.
A week after a failed bloody uprising in 1959, the 24-year-old Dalai Lama crossed the snowy Himalayas into India, followed by around 80,000 Tibetans.
The first refugees arrived in Switzerland in 1960, at the Pestalozzi Children's Village in Trogen.
In 1963, Switzerland allowed in 1,000 Tibetan refugees. They were the country's first non-European refugees.
Around 7,500 people of Tibetan descent live in Switzerland, constituting the largest Tibetan exile community in Europe.
The Tibetan community in Switzerland is worried about the increasingly close relationship between Bern and Beijing.
Dalai Lama will not meet officials during Swiss visit Sep 21, 2018 - 10:06 The Dalai Lama is visiting Switzerland on a four-day trip beginning on Friday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Tibet Institute near Zurich. No meetings with the government have been scheduled. The Tibetan spiritual leader will not be received by any of the seven-member Federal Council during his 15th visit to the country. "It is particularly incomprehensible that the government is not receiving the Dalai Lama this time," Thomas Büchli, president of the Swiss-Tibetan Friendship Association, told the news agency Keystone-ATS. According to him, it would have been mere "politeness" to welcome the Nobel Peace Prize winner "with dignity" on the occasion of the jubilee. The 83-year-old will instead participate in the 50th anniversary celebration of the Tibet Institute in Rikon, in canton Zurich. It is the only Buddhist monastery founded outside Asia by order of the current Dalai Lama. Inaugurated on November 9, 1968 under the name "Monastery of the Wheel of Education", the place is officially called Tibet Institute because at the time the Swiss constitution did not allow the founding of a real monastery. As a result, the Dalai Lama was unable to attend the festivities: the Federal Council had forbidden him to come to Switzerland. It was only in 1973 that he was able to visit the Rikon Institute for the first time. Currently, the monastic community comprises seven Buddhist monks and one abbot. They represent the four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism: Nyingma, Kagyu, Sakya and Gelug. Together with the institute's employees, they organise events dedicated to Tibetan culture and religion. In addition, students from around 20 to 30 schools visit the site each year. The institute also hosts one of the largest Tibetan libraries in the world with around 11,000 books and documents. On Saturday, the Dalai Lama will take part in the official celebrations of the institute's jubilee at a sports hall in the city of Winterthur. On Sunday, he will deliver a spiritual discourse at the Hallenstadion in north Zurich. On Monday, he will participate in a symposium at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences in Winterthur. Tibetans in Switzerland On October 7, 1950, the Chinese under Mao Zedong invaded Tibet. A week after a failed bloody uprising in 1959, the 24-year-old Dalai Lama crossed the snowy Himalayas into India, followed by around 80,000 Tibetans. The first refugees arrived in Switzerland in 1960, at the Pestalozzi Children's Village in Trogen. In 1963, Switzerland allowed in 1,000 Tibetan refugees. They were the country's first non-European refugees. Around 7,500 people of Tibetan descent live in Switzerland, constituting the largest Tibetan exile community in Europe.
When Tibetan refugees traded the Himalayas for the Swiss Alps half a century ago and against the backdrop of the Cold War, they found a warm welcome.
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Cork city townhouse from 1800s split into three gorgeous apartments after being jazzed-up
'This protected building has been expertly divided in to three individual apartments, each with their own door access and private outdoor, living space'
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Townhouse from 1800s split into three gorgeous apartments after being jazzed-up
Take a look at this city townhouse which is currently on sale as a three-apartment package deal after being done up.
The stunning five-bed Abbey House is now on the market for a whopping €1,150,000 and once you see inside you'll see exactly why.
The apartments are described as the "perfect marriage of period character and modern technologies" as have wooden sash windows and shutters which have been "restored to their former glory".
Sellers Savills say: "This protected building has been expertly divided in to three individual apartments, each with their own door access and private outdoor, living space.
"This two-year renovation was completed in 2019 and is a superb example of what apartment living in the city, can represent.
" Each apartment has a hugely impressive A3 energy rating, underfloor heating, a new roof, dividing concrete floors, high grade fire alarm system and individual intercoms to the front door.
"The entire building has also been rewired and replumbed. UCC, Apple and the Mercy hospital are all within a short stroll. Abbey House, North Mall represents an ideal investment or owner occupation opportunity."
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PHOTOS – Zari Hassan's New Mansion as She Prepares to Move Out of Diamond's House
By Richard Kamau / Friday, 19 Jul 2019 06:46AM / Leave a Comment / Tags: Diamond, house, South Africa, Zari
Ugandan born businesswoman Zari Hassan is nearly cutting all ties with Diamond as she prepares to move out of his crib in Pretoria, South Africa.
The mom of five has been getting a lot of stick from fans of Diamond in Tanzania for continuing to live in the house she received as a birthday 'present' from Diamond in 2016.
Late last year, Zari was forced to respond to the pressure as she challenged her haters to go kick her out themselves.
Read: Defiant Zari Refuses to Surrender Mansion Bought by Diamond
In a few months, however, Zari will be out of the posh upmarket mansion and into a newer one, also located in a serene upscale neighbourhood in Pretoria.
The new purchase takes her tally to four houses having owned three others with her late husband Ivan Ssemwanga, said Zari during an interview with Millard Ayo.
She insisted that Diamond's house – which the Bongo star claimed he bought for Sh46 million – is not really his even though it is not in his name.
"First of all let me clarify, the house belongs to our kids. People should stop referring to the house as Naseeb's (Diamond). That house belongs to my kids especially now with how things have been with Naseeb. Even though it is in his name, I was smart enough to seek investments that our kids can look on to considering the fact that they are in a foreign land. They need something they can look at and count as theirs in the future. He can claim it, he has a right, if he wants to," said Zari.
"I'll move out probably in September because it takes six to eight weeks to register and transfer the title deed. It might come early or later," she added.
Zari also noted she already has homes she can easily rent out or decide to move back into if she pleases.
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Osman Kavala, Turkish Human Rights Activist, Has Prison Term Extended
October 13, 2021 Topic: Human Rights Region: Middle East Blog Brand: The Buzz Tags: TurkeyErdoganPrisonOsman KavalaHuman Rights
The European Court of Human Rights has requested that Kavala be released—a request that Turkey has ignored, possibly hurting its diplomatic standing in Europe.
by Trevor Filseth L
A Turkish court decided in a Friday hearing that Turkish businessman and philanthropist Osman Kavala, who has been imprisoned since 2017, should remain in jail until his trial takes place, based on the seriousness of the charges against him.
Kavala, a long-time human-rights activist, has been accused of belonging to a "terror" group and attempting to violently overthrow the Turkish government. He is being tried alongside fifty-one other defendants; the decision to merge their trials has been criticized by human-rights organizations, which have argued that doing so prevents the defense from examining any individual case in detail.
Kavala was also charged with helping to organize and finance Turkey's 2013 Gezi Park protests, which drew millions of Turks to protest against the perceived authoritarianism of Turkey's then-Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, before the park's occupants were dispersed in a crackdown. Erdogan, who was elected to the presidency in 2014 and dramatically expanded the post's powers in a constitutional referendum, also faced an unsuccessful coup attempt in 2016. In its aftermath, thousands of dissidents and other members of Turkey's political opposition were arrested and charged with aiding the coup, including Kavala.
The hearing was observed by representatives from the European Union, as well as American and other European diplomats. The European Court of Human Rights has requested that Kavala be released—a request that Turkey has ignored, possibly hurting its diplomatic standing in Europe.
The United States has also objected to the proceedings. "The specious charges against Kavala, his ongoing detention, and the continuing delays in the conclusion of his trial, including through the merger of cases against him, undermine respect for the rule of law and democracy," State Department spokesman Ned Price said in a February 2021 statement.
Kavala has disputed the charges against him, describing them as "fantastic" and "based on conspiracy theories overstepping the bounds of reason," according to Al Jazeera.
In previous trials, Turkish courts have agreed. Although Kavala was imprisoned without trial from 2017 until 2019, his first trial took place from March 2019 until February 2020 and resulted in his acquittal. Hours after he was acquitted, however, Turkish prosecutors pressed new charges, accusing him of engaging in a conspiracy with U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, the leader of a Turkish political movement that Erdogan has accused of supporting the 2016 coup attempt.
Previously, Kavala has been tied to Hungarian-American billionaire and frequent conspiracy theory subject George Soros after he helped to found the Turkish branch of Soros' Open Society Foundations. That branch ceased operations in 2018 after Erdogan accused Soros of attempting to destabilize the Turkish government.
Kavala's next hearing is scheduled to take place on November 26.
Trevor Filseth is a current and foreign affairs writer for the National Interest.


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Q: How to Parse Json Object Element that contains Dynamic Attribute We have a Json object with the following structure.
{
  "results": {
    "timesheets": {
      "135288482": {
        "id": 135288482,
        "user_id": 1242515,
        "jobcode_id": 17288283,
        "customfields": {
          "19142": "Item 1",
          "19144": "Item 2"
        },
        "attached_files": [
          50692,
          44878
        ],
        "last_modified": "1970-01-01T00:00:00+00:00"
      },
      "135288514": {
        "id": 135288514,
        "user_id": 1242509,
        "jobcode_id": 18080900,
        "customfields": {
          "19142": "Item 1",
          "19144": "Item 2"
        },
        "attached_files": [
          50692,
          44878
        ],
        "last_modified": "1970-01-01T00:00:00+00:00"
      }}

We need to access the elements that is inside the results --> timesheets --> Dynamic id.
Example:
{
        "id": 135288482,
        "user_id": 1242515,
        "jobcode_id": 17288283,
        "customfields": {
          "19142": "Item 1",
          "19144": "Item 2"
        },
        "attached_files": [
          50692,
          44878
        ],
        "last_modified": "1970-01-01T00:00:00+00:00"
      }

The problem is that "135288482": { is dynamic.  How do we access what is inside of it.
We are trying to create data flow to parse the data. The data is dynamic, so accessing via attribute name is not possible.

A: AFAIK, as per your JSON structure and dynamic keys it might not be possible to get the desired result using Dataflow.
I have reproduced the above and able to get it done using set variable and ForEach like below.

In your JSON, the keys and the values for the ids are same. So, I have used that to get the list of keys first. Then using that list of keys, I am able to access the inner JSON object.
These are my variable in the pipeline:

*

*First, I have a set variable of type string and stored "id" in it.

*Then I have taken lookup activity to get the above JSON file from blob.

*I have stored lookup the timesheets objects as string in a set variable using the below dynamic content
@string(activity('Lookup1').output.value[0].results.timesheets)

*I have used split on that string with "id" and stored the result array in an array variable.
@split(variables('jsonasstring'), variables('ids'))
This will give the array like below.

*Now, I took a Foreach to this array but skipped the first element. In Each iteration, I have taken first 9 indexes of the string to append variable and that is the key.
If your id values and keys are not same, then you can skip the last from split array and take the keys from the reverse side of the string as per your requirement.
This is my dynamic content for append variable activity inside ForEach @take(item(), 9)

*Then I took another ForEach, and given this keys list array to it. Inside foreach you can access the JSON with below dynamic content.
@string(activity('Lookup1').output.value[0].results.timesheets[item()])
This is my pipeline JSON:
{
"name": "pipeline1",
"properties": {
    "activities": [
        {
            "name": "Lookup1",
            "type": "Lookup",
            "dependsOn": [
                {
                    "activity": "for ids",
                    "dependencyConditions": [
                        "Succeeded"
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "policy": {
                "timeout": "0.12:00:00",
                "retry": 0,
                "retryIntervalInSeconds": 30,
                "secureOutput": false,
                "secureInput": false
            },
            "userProperties": [],
            "typeProperties": {
                "source": {
                    "type": "JsonSource",
                    "storeSettings": {
                        "type": "AzureBlobFSReadSettings",
                        "recursive": true,
                        "enablePartitionDiscovery": false
                    },
                    "formatSettings": {
                        "type": "JsonReadSettings"
                    }
                },
                "dataset": {
                    "referenceName": "Json1",
                    "type": "DatasetReference"
                },
                "firstRowOnly": false
            }
        },
        {
            "name": "JSON as STRING",
            "type": "SetVariable",
            "dependsOn": [
                {
                    "activity": "Lookup1",
                    "dependencyConditions": [
                        "Succeeded"
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "userProperties": [],
            "typeProperties": {
                "variableName": "jsonasstring",
                "value": {
                    "value": "@string(activity('Lookup1').output.value[0].results.timesheets)",
                    "type": "Expression"
                }
            }
        },
        {
            "name": "for ids",
            "type": "SetVariable",
            "dependsOn": [],
            "userProperties": [],
            "typeProperties": {
                "variableName": "ids",
                "value": {
                    "value": "@string('\"id\":')",
                    "type": "Expression"
                }
            }
        },
        {
            "name": "after split",
            "type": "SetVariable",
            "dependsOn": [
                {
                    "activity": "JSON as STRING",
                    "dependencyConditions": [
                        "Succeeded"
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "userProperties": [],
            "typeProperties": {
                "variableName": "split_array",
                "value": {
                    "value": "@split(variables('jsonasstring'), variables('ids'))",
                    "type": "Expression"
                }
            }
        },
        {
            "name": "ForEach to append keys to array",
            "type": "ForEach",
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use @json() in the dynamic content to convert the below string to an object.

If you want to store this JSONs in a file, use a ForEach and inside Foreach use an SQL script to copy each object as a row to table in each iteration using JSON_VALUE . Then outside Foreach use copy activity to copy that SQL table to your destination as per your requirement.

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Council OKs animal ordinance, gives Chamber $1,000; 116 E. Main owner says 'I'll be done when I'm done'
Ness Alamdari, owner of 116 E. Main St., gave directions to a worker Tuesday afternoon. The progress of his work was a topic of discussion at Monday's meeting of the Midway City Council.
The Midway City Council passed a new animal-control ordinance, donated $1,000 to the Woodford County Chamber of Commerce and heard some reports during a 20-minute meeting Monday afternoon.
The ordinance, sponsored by Council Member Sara Hicks, repeals and replaces the city's current ordinance and calls for humane treatment of animals. It allows chickens but not roosters, turkeys, swans and peafowl. It brings the city more in line with the ordinances in Versailles and the county.
Mayor Grayson Vandegrift asked for the grant to the Chamber of Commerce, saying new Executive Director Emily Downey has taken it "to the next level." He noted that Michael Moorman of Lakeshore Learning Materials, the city's largest employer, is now on the chamber board.
To Council Member John Holloway's suggestion that the city install "speed tables" like those in Shillito Park in Lexington, the mayor said "I'm gung-ho on moving forward" with such devices, which raise the entire wheelbase of a vehicle and are flat-topped. Sometimes they form crosswalks.
Vandegrift said he was working on "special accommodations" for trick-or-treating, which the council has expanded to four hours due to the pandemic. He said it would include hand-sanitizing stations, probably at churches and other locations, where candy and "safe games" would be offered.
The mayor said he did not expect Ness Alamdari, the owner of the now-gutted building at 116 E. Main St., to meet the Oct. 31 deadline for rehabilitating it. He said he expects Alamdari to seek an extension from the county planning office, and said he would encourage the office to deny it.
UPDATE: While Alamdari was working on the building Tuesday, the Messenger asked him if he would have it completed by Oct. 31. He said "I'll be done when I'm done." He said he had discovered more termite damage, and is using aviation cables to hold the building together. As for an extension, he said state law allows him to continue work as long as he has a valid permit.
The council approved a street-encroachment permit for Imperial Asphalt, which has bought the easternmost lost in Midway Station and is ready to break ground and bring 15 to 20 jobs, Vandegrift said. The facility is to be used for equipment storage, not asphalt handling.
In response to a question from Council Member Kaye Nita Gallagher, the mayor said Martin Street hasn't been opened because tests of the water line along it have shown bacteria. He said it would be opened as soon as that problem could be corrected.
Posted by Al Cross at 6:46 PM
Labels: animals, blighted property, business, children, city budget, city council, events, holidays, Midway Station, property maintenance, streets, water
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senate lhhs subcommittee proposes historic new funding for abortion reproductive
SENATE LHHS SUBCOMMITTEE PROPOSES HISTORIC NEW FUNDING FOR ABORTION & REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE
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(Washington, DC) Today, the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies (LHHS) released its funding bill for FY2023, including a proposal for a groundbreaking new Reproductive Health Access Fund, as well as increased investments of $512M for the Title X family planning program and $130M for the Teen Pregnancy Prevention (TPP) program. The bill would also eliminate the Hyde Amendment and other abortion restrictions that disproportionately harm those who struggle to make ends meet.
The following can be attributed to Power to Decide Vice President of Policy & Strategic Partnerships Rachel Fey:
"Power to Decide applauds Subcommittee Chair Patty Murray and all of her Senate colleagues who have taken a stand to ensure that all people—no matter who they are, where they live or how much they make—have meaningful access to the resources and care they need to decide if, when and under what circumstances to get pregnant and have a child.
"Boosting funding for the Title X and TPP programs would go a long way toward supporting the reproductive and sexual health of young people, and those struggling to make ends meet.
"Significantly, this bill not only repeals the harmful Hyde Amendment but takes the additional step of proposing an historic new federal abortion fund to assist those seeking access to abortion care with the financial support they might need including transportation, child care and other related costs.
"Like its companion bill in the House of Representatives, these increases in funding for reproductive health care and education are the kind of bold action necessary in this moment," said Fey. "As threats to reproductive rights and well-being continue to escalate, we call on Congress to pass a funding bill that meets this moment and the needs of our most vulnerable communities."
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It's crunch time. Literally. I'm stressing and dealing with some major sweat stains. I wish I could say they're from working out, but that would be a straight lie. Finals week is here. No longer upon us, but knocking down the front door and taking us out. Us, as in all the lowly college students who work too much, stress too much and do everything other than too much homework….


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Novartis AG Snaps Up Mid-Stage Eczema Rival
By Mark Terry, BioSpace.com Breaking News Staff
Switzerland-based Novartis announced today that it is acquiring Ziarco Group Limited, a private company in the dermatology space. No financial details were disclosed.
Part of the deal includes Ziarco's one-daily oral H4 receptor antagonist currently being developed for atopic dermatitis (AD), or eczema. ZPL389 is a potential first-in-class treatment for the disease.
"There is an unmet need for innovative, effective and safe oral treatment options for people living with eczema," said Vasant Narasimhan, global head, Drug Development and chief medical officer of Novartis, in a statement. "We are proud of our dermatology capabilities shown by the recent successful launches of Cosentyx and Xolair. Now we're excited about a potential new medicine for people with eczema through the acquisition of Ziarco and the addition of a first-in-class H4 receptor antagonist to our growing pipeline."
John Carroll, writing for Endpoints News, points out that this is only two days after Pfizer received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for an atopic dermatitis drug. "The object of (Novartis') affection is Ziarco, a 5-year-old upstart that has gathered positive midstage data together for ZPL389, an oral drug that achieved statistically significant results for its H4 receptor antagonist. The Phase IIa delivered a 50 percent drop in EASI scores at 8 weeks, compared to 27 percent for the placebo. And the SCORAD marks registered a drop of 43 percent against 26 percent. The Phase IIb was slated to start in the second half of this year."
Pfizer 's EUCRISA (crisaborole) ointment 2% is a non-steroidal topical phosphodieterase-4 (PDE-4) inhibitor for mild to moderate atopic dermatitis. "The approval of EUCRISA is great news for the children and adults suffering from mild to moderate eczema, a community that has not had a new prescription treatment for more than 10 years," said Albert Bourla, group president, Pfizer Innovative Health, in a statement. "This is also an important milestone for Pfizer as we continue to build on our heritage in Inflammation and Immunology by offering innovative treatment options to patients who need them."
Particularly notable is increased interest in atopic dermatitis within the industry. Regeneron and Sanofi received priority review in late September for dupilumab, a potential blockbuster drug for atopic dermatitis. The PDUFA date is March 29, 2017. Dupilumab is an inhibitor of IL-4 and IL-13, which was supported by stellar Phase III trial results.
Analysts have projected dupilumab as potentially generating annual sales of $2.5 billion to $5 billion.
Other companies are also trying to edge into the market. Danish company LEO Pharma acquired the rights to AstraZeneca 's tralokinumab earlier this year. AstraZeneca released Phase IIb data for the drug, which is an anti-IL-13 monoclonal antibody, in the first quarter of this year. Galderma Pharma acquired the rights to an anti-IL-31 receptor A monoclonal antibody from Roche 's Chugai Pharmaceuticals, but no data beyond Phase II has been released.
In 2012, Ziarco entered into a deal with Pfizer for exclusive rights to commercialize a number of clinical, preclinical and research assets. The company was founded by Mike Yeadon, formerly vice president and chief scientific officer of Pfizer's Allergy and Respiratory Research Unit, and three former Pfizer executives, Steve Liu, vice president and chief scientific officer, Lynn Purkins, vice president and head clinical development, and Arif Shivji, vice president and head development operations and business development. The H4antagonist program was one of the compounds Ziarco licensed from Pfizer. Pfizer Venture Investments was also one of the investors in the initial Series A financing.


For the second year running, the Stonehenge and Equinox World Cup events were blessed with fine weather conditions and a healthy entry, with a lot of support from French Competitors.
A very nice weekends flying, ably managed by John Carter.
** Model lost OOS upwards on 2nd flight-found later.
* left early to catch train.


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- (void)didConnectionStateChanged:(EMConnectionState)aConnectionState {
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        cell = [[NSBundle mainBundle]loadNibNamed:@"ChatCell" owner:self options:nil][0];
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    cell.avaterImgView.image = [UIImage imageNamed:@"me"];
    cell.nameLabel.text = @"乔布斯";
    cell.messageLabel.text = @"stay hunger stay foolish";
    cell.timeLabel.text = @"11:11";
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    ChatViewController.hidesBottomBarWhenPushed = YES;

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More than 12 hours since issues were first reported, O2 data connectivity appears to be returning to some customers.
And the company has declared 9.30pm to be the time it will return.
Frustrated customers of O2 and other providers that use its network such as Tesco Mobile giffgaff have been left without data since 5.30am today.
As well as losing Internet connection, many users also reported that they were unable to make calls or send text messages due to a lack of signal.
The company said in a tweet at 9.26pm: "Our 3G data service is returning and we are confident it will be fully restored by 9.30pm this evening. Our technical teams will continue working hard with Ericsson engineers to restore 4G which will bring us back to full network service."
It added in a statement on its website: "We will update our website and social media channels as soon as we have more information. We're sorry for the loss of service our customers have experienced today. "
However, it now appears that many customers are back online after the day of disruption.
Earlier, a spokesperson for O2 took to Twitter to state: "One of our 3rd party suppliers has identified a software issue in their system. Our technical teams are working extremely hard to resolve this."
It was announced that engineers were aiming to resolve the issue by tomorrow (Friday) morning, however it now appears that for many the problems are fixed.
In a response to one customer, O2 confirmed that 3G data was returning, and that the provider anticipated it would be fully restored to all customers this evening.
It has been predicted that more than 30 million people have been affected by today's cancellations.
Earlier today it was revealed by Marielle Lindgren, CEO of Ericsson UK & Ireland - who provide the service - that the issues were caused by issues in "certain nodes in the core network".
She said: "The cause of today's network issue is in certain nodes in the core network resulting in network disturbances for a limited number of customers across the world, including in the UK.
"The faulty software that has caused these issues is being decommissioned. Our priority is to restore full data services on the network by tomorrow morning.
"Ericsson sincerely apologises to customers for the inconvenience caused."


Served on tap with solid lacing clinging to the glass. If you like your hops, you won't be disappointed with this. Both smell and taste feature pine, citrus, grapefruit, and floral notes/flavors. It's a bit spicy, the ABV is well concealed. The citrus seems to be a bit unbalanced, but the beer is still far more complex than I can appreciate. The mouthfeel is spot on, with medium thickness, just the right amount of dryness, and a dry but pleasant finish. While IPAs aren't my first choice, there's a lot to love about this one.


The Bible reveals that Jesus was/is God in the flesh. The Bible also reveals Jesus as Son of God, Christ, and Lord. But even these titles/vocations reveal Jesus' deity. How so?
. . . the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds; God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God; begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made.
But aren't we all sons (and daughters) of God? In one sense, yes, but not in the same total sense that Jesus is. In fact, John 1:12 tells us that it is only through Jesus' Sonship (which in the context of John 1 and elsewhere we learn is eternal) that we can receive the right to become sons of God ourselves. Jesus didn't have to qualify that way. He has this Sonship unequivocally and unconditionally — again, eternally.
The word "Christ" is a messianic title. It literally means "anointed one" and was commonly understand as a reference to the long-awaited messiah, the ultimate fulfillment of the hoped-for King of the Jews. But biblically speaking, Jesus' kingship is not on par with the kings who came before. And while the Jews did not expect that the messiah would be God — a common anachronistic mistake of contemporary Christians — the truth revealed in the new covenant is lurking in the shadows of the old covenant nonetheless. Throughout the prophets, God promises to be Israel's king himself. See Hosea 13:16 for example. N.T. Wright is one scholar who has been helpful in pointing out both that Jewish messianic expectation was not for a God-Man but that God defied their expectations by giving them one anyway, saying the story the Scriptures tell is that of God becoming King. In the messianic prophecy of Isaiah 9:6, we learn this about the anointed one to come: "For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace" [emphasis added]. The king will be called Mighty God.
The New Testament connects Jesus' kingship with his deity as well. Paul in Romans 9:5 tells us that the Christ is God over all. In Hebrews 1:8 we read, "Your throne, O God, is forever and ever," and this is said to the Son.
This is the shortest line to draw, as Jesus' Lordship is an affirmation of his sovereignty, and an affirmation of sovereignty — especially the kind of total sovereignty ascribed inHebrews 1:3 (he upholds the universe with his powerful word), Colossians 1:15-20, andRevelation 5:13 — is an affirmation of deity. When the Scriptures say Jesus is Lord, they are not just saying he is in charge but that he is in charge as God is in charge because in fact he is God (e.g. Hebrews 1:3′s "the radiance of his glory and the exact imprint of his nature").