After a poor showing in May I am determined to keep this website on track and so an update begins, the first of two this week, so pop by later this week for more tales from the Bagnalls!
Our holiday in Kent seems a long distant memory as I write this. Back to work and back into the mælstrom that is Wimbledon. Yes, the Tennis Championship not the place (although it is the place – but I think you know what I mean!). Thus the break away from work has been completely wiped out by the lead up to, and the start of the tournament. This meant 11 days in a row including Father's Day, and long days too! So I have seen very little of either Éowyn or Amélie during daylight. However, both have had a number of sleepless nights and so a good night's sleep has become an elusive guest at our house. Éowyn has had a wheezy cough which has prevented her from falling (and staying) asleep, while Amélie has been teething. At least there has been fruit from this and Amélie has her first tooth. One of the bottom front teeth has poked it's way through the gumline and you can feel a couple of the others are not far behind. It must be incredibly painful but hopefully the others will follow smartly and she (and us) can get back to a proper sleep pattern.
One of the troubles of working so many days in a row is that I only get to see the children early in a morning (if I am lucky) and just before bed. This is usually when they are not at their best (if I am honest after a hard day's work then neither am I). Éowyn picks up on this and will use this weakness to push the boundaries. It is not fun when you get back home and have to employ the use of the naughty step (although we are renaming it the 'thinking step' to avoid negative connotations). It can be quiet amusing sometimes though when she has done something naughty and you are explaining that it is naughty. She will stand there before you crying and you are trying to get her to understand what she did was wrong, or get an apology out of her but stubbornly refusing to admit that she has been naughty. So you ask her if she wants to take time to think about it on the naughty (thinking) step and through the sobs she says, 'Yes please.' A very polite way of accepting punishment.
In fairness to her, she will sit on the step for her two minutes (one minute per year of her age – thanks Super Nanny) and will always apologise and then return to her delightful nature afterwards. It is almost that she needs that time for reflection.
Occasionally she will use her imagination to come up with an excuse for her behaviour. An example happening the other evening. I had just got her out of the bath and was getting her ready for bed. I was trying to put her nappy on and she was not having any of it. 'I don't want my nappy on.' she said. I explained that it was fine not to have a nappy on to go to bed, but if she wanted a wee in the middle of the night that she would have to get out of bed and use the potty. 'Let me tell you a story.' she begun. 'One day I went to bed without a nappy,' she continued, 'and I needed a wee in the middle of the night, and I went to use the potty and a big dinosaur came and ate me up.' I managed not to laugh, but her story had the effect that she convinced herself that she needed her nappy on. Fantastic imagination though, and we will have to nurture that.
Her imagination is manifesting itself in other ways too. She has, what a lot of people have when they are young, an imaginary (or invisible) friend or what is technically know as a quasi-corporeal companion. His name is Sam and he can manifest himself in a variety of colours (not skin tones – actual colours) and a wide range of sizes (from being able to sit comfortably on her thumb, to bigger than Daddy!). Sam even came with us on holiday to Kent and had a bedroom all to himself. She will go weeks without mentioning him and he hasn't yet come to dinner and we haven't had to set out a place for him (indeed he didn't travel with us in the car to Kent but was there – maybe he turned himself very small and travelled on Éowyn's thumb!) as some children insist. Being of an inquisitive mind (and a bit of a Fortean and generally interested in Forteana) I am quite interested in this kind of behaviour and try to gently prise information out of Éowyn about Sam. I will share my findings with you.
I am also missing Amélie's developments in locomotion. She is not exactly crawling but she is moving. In fact I think she may be some form of quantum locked being (like the weeping angels from Doctor Who) for whenever you look at her she stops moving (not quite turns to stone) but blink and she is halfway across the room! This movement is still in reverse though. It is as if she doesn't have a forward gear, a sort of inverse bubble car or as the old joke goes an Italian tank!
Nanny Fran saw a vast difference in Amélie when she (and Auntie Liz and Auntie Mary) popped over on Saturday. It has been a while since we went to Nanny Fran's and so Amélie has developed (and put on weight – she is happily following the 50th centile now) so much in that time. In addition to the movement, and tooth she is happily stringing consonants together. She mumbles quite happily to herself and it even sounds like she is saying, 'dadadadadadadadada' sometimes, however more often than not it is closer to 'bababababababababababa'. I doubt it will take her too longer to be as talkative as her older sister. She is also taking more weight on her legs and will stand for a little while (with you holding her for balance) so maybe she is going to forego the crawling stage and head straight to bipedal locomotion!
As mentioned there will be another update by the end of the week as we have had a busy few days on my days 'off' and they deserve a write up to themselves.
I think I have given you a small clue where we have just been. Yes, the Bagnalls have been away from the moor for a week. Éowyn's first holiday was in Devon (the lovely Noss Mayo); Amélie's first holiday was the other side of the country in Kingsdown, Kent. We stayed in a triangular (more of that later) lodge in Kingsdown Park. Self-catered as it is so much easier with the little ones and gives you a little more freedom than a B&B or a hotel. We had packed for sunny weather (t-shirts, shorts and sandals) but the good weather, the flaming June, that we had been promised failed to materialise (that will trust me to listen to Lucinda, who had read it in the Daily Mail – need I say any more?). I think we had two days that the sun appeared and one of them was dry. Nevertheless with true British indomitability, steely determination and downright stubbornness we refused to allow the weather to spoil the holiday and donned shorts and headed out to meet the weather full on. It is amazing what you can do with a pac-a-mac.
Kingsdown is on the coast just south of Walmer. If that hasn't helped you it is South of Deal and North of Dover and if it still hasn't helped you it is the bit of England that points towards France. We had no reason to chose it over any other town in Kent (and indeed Kent over any other county) we had just decided to go somewhere different and explore a bit more of our wonderful country. The triangular lodges looked a novelty and seemed better that a caravan, posh tent or 1950's holiday camp. However, after 30 seconds in the lodge you realised why the majority of houses are based on the square (OK. oblong) and hence most rooms are cubes (OK. oblonguloids – not a word? Cuboids then!), because sloping walls greatly reduce the amount of 'usable' floor space and when you are over six feet tall (1.9 metres to be exact) that usable floor space is even less. I lost count on how many times I banged my head, especially when getting out of bed or sitting on the sofa. In fairness to the park though, the layout of the lodges was excellent, and if we had had a sunny week I could have imagined Éowyn would have spent a fair amount of time playing on the green between the lodges and perhaps may have even made friends with some of the other children that were in residence. The staff were excellent and the facilities more than adequate, however both Lucinda and I do not feel that triangular living is for us.
The area of Kent that we stayed has huge historical significance for our country, from Roman invasion sites through to the Second World War; pointing at the Continent as it does it is obviously the first point for entry into our land. Being in the heart of Cinque Port land however was completely lost on Éowyn who preferred the simpler pleasures of the park's swings and jumping in muddy puddles. (Everybody enjoys jumping up and down in muddy puddles!) Therefore our trip to Walmer Castle, the home (and the place he died) of Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley (The Duke of Wellington) was wasted upon her. I think we will have to postpone that subscription to English Heritage.
Again the trip to Sandwich was equally boring for her, until we can across a little nature reserve and there were bags of seed that you could buy to feed the ducks. All of a sudden this was interesting and she didn't want to leave.
Meanwhile, Amélie was having a torrid time with her teeth and had hardly slept for two nights. Her crying kept waking Éowyn so by day three of the holiday, it wasn't looking good. We were knackered, had discovered the triangular living was not for us, the weather was appalling, this part of Kent has no analogue transmission of channel 5 (no Peppa Pig in the morning), the digital transmission was so poor that it couldn't be watched (no CBeebies), and all Éowyn wanted to do was play on the swings, we only had summery clothes and being on diets we couldn't even pig out on fish and chips or an ice-cream. It wasn't looking like the best of holidays.
Then there was a break in the clouds and all seemed well with the world. We headed over to Whitstable to meet up with my friend Andy and his dad George. George took us around Whitstable giving us the guided tour and again Éowyn was getting a little bored and then we saw the beach. The beach at Whitstable is a stony beach that slopes steeply into the sea. Perfect for picking up stones and throwing them into the sea. One of the greatest pleasures in life is standing at the water's edge and throw stones. Myself, Andy and Éowyn did this for nigh on an hour. I think Andy and I got bored with this long before Éowyn, though we kept her company. This was probably the turning point in the holiday. Amélie slept well that night (therefore so did we) and the sun promised to shine.
The next day we visited more friends of ours that live in Kent. Ed and Marisol and their daughter Frieda who we met at N.C.T. classes when we were expecting Éowyn. They have since moved to Cranbrook in deepest darkest Kent and so we rarely see them. Since we were on holiday in the county it was too good an opportunity to miss. We spent the day at their house and were the first guests to sample a meal cooked in their new kitchen. We were honoured. Considering the girls barely know each other, they, on the whole, played nicely together. Although there was a little bit of possessiveness over toys. All to be expected. We took a short walk from their house (in between torrential downpours) to a nearby field to feed some horses. I was a little amazed well Éowyn took to feeding the huge (to her) beasts. Just living up to her name I suppose.
Our final day in Kent was met with more rain. In fact it didn't stop all day, oblivious to the fact that the news was about drought in the South East of England and the fact that is had snowed on the tallest mountain in Wales (Snowdon). We were at a loss to think of something to do and had decided to go to Canterbury. However, after chatting to the receptionist at the holiday park we opted to follow her suggestion of Wingham Wildlife Park and despite the horrendous weather it was probably the best day out (for Éowyn at least). More than a petting zoo/ farm but not quite a grown up zoo it is an excellent place to visit and I would recommend it to any one. There are free roaming ducks, chickens, guinea fowl, peacocks and wallabies. Walk-in cages with Ring-Tailed Lemurs and Cotton Eared Marmosets. They even have two baby tiger cubs, very cute as well as being the only place in Kent that has penguins (Humboldt's to be exact). Thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and would consider going again, hopefully with better weather as many of the animals were sheltering from the rain as much as we were.
I will bore you no longer and leave you with a larger than normal selection of photos.
Flaming June! We have movement!
Apologies for the language in the title but it is doubly apt, both in terms of the weather we have been promised for this month and the fact that it is June! May flew by so quickly and as you regular readers will have noticed I only managed one update all month. Very remiss of me, you will be going off and reading other websites if I am not careful!
As you will know May is quite a busy month at work with the end of many of the sporting seasons that we cover. Not saying that June and July are empty but let's just say that the freelancers are picking at bare bones during those months at mediahouse. This we hopefully allow me to spend a little more time with the family and take precious days off to take advantage of the weather (and the Merlin passes!).
With all this time between updates no doubt you will be expecting a plethora of anecdotes (is that the collective noun for a group of anecdotes?) and a gallery of photos (again?) unfortunately you may be a little disappointed. I have been a busy boy!
The biggest news of the last few weeks is that Amélie has begun to move. I hesitate to use the word crawl, she kind of creeps. Not in a commando elbow over elbow kind of creep more by sheer willpower and energy-sapping full body motions. But it is movement. Like her big sister this initial movement has primarily been in reverse. It is that Goofus bird syndrome all over again. Amélie however is still not rolling over on her own accord. I think it is because she has learned that if we put her on her back and she cries loud enough, we will either roll her over or pick her up, or Éowyn will go over to her and see what the matter is and entertain her. Éowyn is very good like that. She seems to know exactly what to say or do to make Amélie laugh. Amélie will quite often have complete giggling fits when her big sister makes strange noises, or pulls silly faces at her, and Éowyn seems to revel in the adulation from her little fan. Thus I don't believe it to be laziness, the lack of desire or the inability to roll but merely an extreme manifestation of tool use; where other members of her family are the tools!
Amélie has had a bit of a torrid time of late with her teeth. Not that any have come through yet but she is definitely feeling the pain of teething. Her little cheeks are red, she is dribbling and anything that is within reach is stuffed into her mouth and given a good chew. If you put yourself in their little booties, it must be an awful pain and not knowing what it is must make it worse. Although it is something that we have all been through and it hasn't affected us that badly. However teething certainly affects the parents. With Amélie is so much pain she finds it hard to sleep. Understandable. However that in turn means that Mommy and Daddy aren't allowed to sleep either. Three days of sleep depravation is difficult. We had forgotten how difficult it was. I don't think that it is helped by the fact that we now also have Éowyn (in a nice way). For when Éowyn was going through the same at least we only had to care for her. Now we need to be fully compos mentis with her during the day after we have been up all night with Amélie. Also I was on shift work so it wasn't a case of no sleep but I only need to get through one more day at work. Now it is no sleep for three day and I still have 4 more days at work!
Éowyn is using the slight perceived weakness and the fact that Amélie is seemingly getting more attention to push the boundaries again. She knows the pattern of how we ask her to do things. Nicely at first, then more firmly, then more firmly then a three second count to punishment (naughty step, quiet time, telly off, etc). She is now waiting until 2 of that countdown before even moving to do what we have asked her to do, when previously it was rare that we would even begin to count. She is a little minx and it can be very frustrating on less than 3 hours sleep.
She has also has begun to bite. We were warned about this but other friends that about the age of 2 ½ years that kids find that they can hurt each other with biting. Well, Éowyn has discovered that too! However I think that may have been cured. She had bit Lucinda a couple of times but had not bitten me. Not until the other night. She bit me on the arm and it hurt (in fact it drew blood!). In a mixture of pain and anger I shouted quite loud (louder than I normally shout, although still relatively calm) at Éowyn and told her that she was naughty. Unfortunately not only did my voice come out louder than usual, it also came out deeper than usual (and for those of you than know me that could be quite scary). It did scare Éowyn and she was quite frightened to come to me for a while. In fact I had to sit with her and give her a cuddle to make her feel a little less scared. I did explain that the reason Daddy shouted at her was because she had bit him and that it was naughty to bite and that she was not to bite anyone again. It seems that although it wasn't the method that I would have chosen it has worked, for she has not bitten since.
Apart from the biting, Éowyn has been a joy (as always). She picked up a cardboard roll (from the centre of the toilet roll) out of the recycling bin the other day, put it to her eye and said 'Ah-arr Captain!' in her best pirate voice. We then had to be pirates for the rest of the night. Not that I am complaining, it was great fun. I have also introduced her to the delights of my favourite show when I was a child, The Muppet Show. I have a number of Muppet Show DVDs and so we sat a watched one together (to try and wean her off CBeebies and Toy Story 3). I wasn't sure that she enjoyed it, although she did sit there and watch it. The next day, however, she said, 'Daddy, can we watch Kermit the Frog again.' That's my girl!
Continuing the pirate theme we took her to Legoland (those Merlin passes are wonderful things) to see the Pirate show they put on (which as an aside is very well coreographed and well worth watching if you are there). We explored a little more of the park that we hadn't visited last time (although again we had chose half-term and it was quite packed), but because of the number of people we didn't get to go on many things. However she completely surprised us by asking to go on a ride on her own. It was one of those ride where a swing is suspending on a carousel. We explained that if she went on it, that she wouldn't be able to get off until the ride stopped. She was happy with that. She we sat her in a swing on the inside of the ride (so it didn't go as fast) and was delighted to see how much she enjoyed it. In fact she was swinging the seat from back to front to try and make it go faster. No fear!
Before we visited Legoland we had decided to measure Éowyn, to find out how tall she was. So we got her to stand against the wall and we made a little mark with a pencil on the wall and measured it to the floor. She is 98cm tall (just over 3 foot 2 ½inches in old money) which for a 2 ½ year old is quite tall. Unfortunately we didn't factor in the barrier this broke. So while Lucinda was on the phone to her Mom and Éowyn was desparately vying for her attention a little light must have go off in her head. She picked up the very pencil we had used to mark her height and went over to the same piece of wall and drew all over it. I suppose we deserved that one! Fortunately in light of the kitchen upgrade we had already decided that we were going to redecorate the remaining downstairs living areas and so that has just cemented that decision. Thanks Éowyn!
We have some sad news in the past week, Lucinda's parents West Highland Terrier Harvey was put to sleep. He was an old dog that had lived a good life but he was in a lot of pain and there was nothing that the vets could do. It doesn't make the decision any easier and it doesn't make the pain any easier to bear knowing it was the right thing to do, especially for Lucinda's dad. We have tried to explain to Éowyn but she is a little too young to understand and with probably just forget that he isn't there any more, which will be a shame as she would quite often lie on the floor next to Harvey. He will be sadly missed.
I will leave you with a few photos and a promise not to leave it so long before the next update.


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Age Matters to Antarctic Clams: Study
by Rukmani Krishna on April 24, 2013 at 11:44 PM
Age matters when it comes to adapting to the effects of climate change, according to a new study of Antarctic clams. The research provides new insight and understanding of the likely impact of predicted environmental change on future ocean biodiversity.
Reporting this week in the journal Global Change Biology scientists from British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and from Germany's University of Kiel and the Alfred Wegener Institute reveal that when it comes to environmental change the reaction of Antarctic clams (laternula elliptica) - a long-lived and abundant species that lives in cold, oxygen-rich Antarctic waters - is different depending on how old the animal is.
The study showed that whilst young clams (average of three years old) try to move to a better area in the sea-bed sediments when they sense warmer temperature or reduced oxygen levels, the older (18 years old) more sedentary clams stay put. This has implications for future clam populations because it is the older animals that reproduce. Scientists anticipate that future oceans will be slightly warmer and contains less oxygen (a condition known as hypoxia).
Lead Author Dr Melody Clark of British Antarctic Survey said,
"Antarctic clams play a vital role in the ocean ecosystem. They draw down carbon into sea-bed sediments and circulate ocean nutrients. We know that they are extremely sensitive to their environment. Our study suggests that the numbers of clams that will survive a changing climate will reduce."
"The Polar Regions are the Earth's early warning system and Antarctica is a great natural laboratory to study to future global change. These small and rather uncharismatic animals can tell us a lot about age and survival in a changing world - they are one of the 'engines of the ocean'." Co-author, Eva Phillip, from the University of Kiel, says: "The study shows that it is important to investigate different ages of a population to understand population wide changes and responses. In respect to Antarctic clams it has been indicated in previous studies that older individuals may suffer more severely in a changing environment and the new study corroborates this assumption. Only the investigation of population-wide effects makes it possible to draw conclusions for coastal ecosystems."
Like humans, clams' muscle mass decreases as they get older. This means they get more sedentary. So when changes are introduced into their habitat, the older clams tend to just sit it out until conditions revert back to normal.
Doris Abele of the Alfred Wegener Institute in Germany says:
"Our study shows that the physiological flexibility of young clams diminishes as they get older. However, the species has evolved in such a way that the fittest animals, that can tolerate life in an extreme environment, survive to reproduce into old age. Climatic change, affecting primarily the older clams, may interfere with this evolutionary strategy, with unpredictable consequences for ecosystems all around Antarctica."
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Fertility and Fatherhood: Don't Wait Too Long
— Retrospective study finds increasing paternal age reduces the chances of live birth following ART
by Mike Bassett, Staff Writer, MedPage Today August 18, 2021
Increasing paternal age reduced the chance of achieving live birth following assisted reproductive technology (ART), according to a retrospective study.
After adjusting for maternal age, the probability of a successful live birth through in vitro fertilization (IVF) or intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) decreased with paternal age over 50 versus age ≤35 (OR 0.674, 95% CI 0.482-0.943, P=0.021), reported Guy Morris, MBChB, of the Centre for Reproductive and Genetic Health in London, and colleagues.
"There should be a public health message for men not to delay fatherhood," the authors suggested in Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica.
In better news for older fathers-to-be, paternal age over 50 was not an independent predictor of miscarriage (OR 0.678, 95% CI 0.369-1.250, P=0.214).
Increasing age in women is associated with reduced success with ART, Morris and colleagues noted. However, there is less evidence on the impact that increasing paternal age has on ART outcomes.
The issue of paternal age has become increasingly relevant, they said, as delayed parenthood is becoming more common among both men and women, and increasing age in men is associated with a deterioration in semen quality.
The retrospective cohort analysis included data on all couples that underwent IVF or ICSI with fresh embryo transfer from December 2009 to August 2018 at Morris's institution in London.
The study's primary outcome was live birth rate, while secondary outcomes included clinical pregnancy rate (CPR) and miscarriage rate. Male partners were grouped by age ranges of ≤35, 36-40, 41-45, 46-50, and ≥51 years, while women were grouped by age ranges of ≤35, 36-37, 38-39, and ≥40 years. Age ≤35 was the reference group for comparisons.
During the study period, there were 4,833 ART cycles involving 4,271 men (133 older than 50 years) eligible for analysis. Of these cycles, 40.8% resulted in live births (40.4% of IVF cycles and 41.3% of ICSI cycles).
The team found that live birth rates decreased with increasing paternal age, from 48.9% for men ≤35 to 29.5% for men ≥51, as well as increasing maternal age, from 50.3% for women ≤35 to 20.8% for women ≥40.
CPR also declined with both increasing paternal age (from 49.8% for men ≤35 to 30.5% for men ≥51) and maternal age (from 51.9% for women ≤35 to 22.3% for those ≥40).
The odds of suffering a miscarriage significantly increased with maternal age of 38-39 years (OR 1.542, 95% CI 1.197-1.986) and ≥40 years (OR 1.529, 95% CI 1.169-2.001).
Morris and colleagues noted that while they were able to account for a major confounding variable -- maternal age -- they were not able to incorporate other paternal measures that could affect ART outcomes, such as body mass index, smoking, previous conceptions, and comorbidities. They were also unable to control for the cause of subfertility.
"Irrespective of the cause of infertility, increased male age is associated with a reduced live birth and CPR but does not affect the rate of miscarriage," the authors concluded. "Further work on the possible mechanisms of this effect and whether there are enhanced sperm selection techniques that can mitigate it, is required."
Mike Bassett is a staff writer focusing on oncology and hematology. He is based in Massachusetts.
The authors reported no conflicts of interest.
Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
Source Reference: Morris G, et al "Paternal age of 50 years decreases assisted reproductive technology (ART) success: a single UK center retrospective analysis" Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 2021; DOI: 10.1111/aogs.14221.


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Chrome offers for this situation permission called <all_urls>. We tried to use <any url> permission that we found on Microsoft support page, but without any result. We would like to interact with any webpage, not specific one.
Does Edge support this functionality - and if it does, how can we achieve it?
If not, is it planned in near future?

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Majority of Dues Paid by Mass. Public Higher Education Faculty Goes to State, National Union Affiliates
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At state colleges and universities, portion that stays on campus as low as 1 percent
BOSTON – Only a small share of annual union dues paid by faculty at the University of Massachusetts, state colleges and universities and community college campuses that make dues data publicly available remain with local union affiliates to cover the costs of collective bargaining and grievance procedures, according to a new study published by Pioneer Institute.
"Last year's U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the Janus case gives public employees the right to make informed decisions about joining or remaining in the union," said Pioneer Institute executive director Jim Stergios. "As faculty make determinations about the value of union membership, it's important for them to know where their dues payments are going."
In "Where Do Teacher Union Dues Go? Public Higher Education in Massachusetts," author Rebekah Paxton finds that at UMass Amherst, 27 percent of total dues money remains with the campus affiliate, while the amount is 29 percent for UMass Boston. The rest goes to the Massachusetts Teachers Association (MTA) and its parent, the National Education Association (NEA).
For the Massachusetts Community College Council, which represents all 15 community college campuses, 30 percent of dues revenue stayed local, while 70 percent went to the MTA and NEA.
Dues paid by many state college and university faculty members extend to cover an additional tier. The Massachusetts State College Association (MSCA) represents faculty on nine state college and university campuses. In all, 20 percent of dues payments go to MSCA.
But only a minority of the 20 percent remains with MSCA campus chapters. The amount ranges from 1 percent of total dues at Framingham State University to 9 percent at Salem State University.
The study follows one finding that only about 16 percent of annual dues paid by union members at the 19 Massachusetts public school districts that make dues data available remained with the local union affiliate.
Rebekah Paxton is a research assistant at Pioneer Institute. She first joined Pioneer in 2017 as a Roger Perry intern, writing about various transparency issues within the Commonwealth. Since then, she has worked on various research projects in state finance, public policy, and labor relations. She recently earned an M.A. in Political Science and a B.A. in Political Science and Economics, from Boston University, where she graduated summa cum laude.
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— "Bueno conocerte," she said as she shook my hand playfully.
— "¿Qué que?" I asked her as I shook her hand back.
— "Bueno conocerte," she repeated emphatically.
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I love please favor! That's pretty original!
OMG my son does the same, MUNA.
My son says "muna" all the time! That's hilarious! I love how creative they can be with language.
LOL! We do this a lot! Our son will be 3 next month. I don't know if it's all Spanish speakers or just the ones in our life who use 1 word for a lot of things; example "toalla" being a towel but also could be a small blanket, napkin, etc… At a restaurant just the other day Marco tells me in English "Want towel" and I say "Ok, here you go. Can you say napkin?". He says "No Mommy. This a towel". He's always quite insistent about it. I think he's kinda stubborn — wonder where he gets it from?
LOVE it. jajaja…She is adorable and hilarious.
Thanks, Tracy! Kids are too funny! I remember reading those on your blog. Are you guys doing Spanish summer again this year?
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I've heard that one before… Having lived in Miami for 20 years, you hear a lot of stuff like that! Although, in Miami, instead of fiesta, they would've said pary or pari (as in party). This is especially true of Cubans and Puerto Ricans, or at least, that's the case in my experience.
A mi me pasa al contrario con mi hija de dos años, cuando escucha algo en Inglés o una canción, dice: También se dice pato o la palabra que sea en ese momento.
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The thing is, unlike some other more common decisions about parenting, when choosing bilingualism we unfortunately do not always get positive messages about raising our kids bilingual, which can cause us to question ourselves. Sometimes even teachers or doctors are misinformed. I would just say, keep connected with spanglishbaby.com and anyone you find supportive & encouraging, and let your son have his feelings, but keep on going with what you are doing.


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Q: Expected value of an r.v. that counts the number of pickable values that never appear in a random sequence
A random, ordered sequence of $k$ items (e.g., integers) is generated by randomly selecting each item from a set $N$ of possible values, uniformly with replacement.  Let $n = |N|$. There are at least as many possible values as there are selected items, i.e. $n \ge k$.
What is the expected number of elements in $N$ that would not appear in a given sequence?

My initial idea was to use the tail sum formula.  Let $X$ be the number of elements in $N$ that do not appear in a given sequence.  By the pigeonhole principle, we know that at least $n-k$ elements will never be used, and it's possible that up to $n-1$ elements will never be used (the sequence could consist of just one element repeated $k$ times).  We could then compute:
$P(X \ge j)$, for $(n-k) \le j \le (n-1)$
and use an appropriate transformation with the tail sum formula:
$E(X) = \sum_{i=1}^m P(X \ge i)$
I thought that each of the $P(X \ge j)$ could be computed using a simple counting technique - divide the total number of sequences missing $j$ elements by the total number of possible sequences.  The denominator would simply be $n^k$. However, I can't seem to find a closed formula for the numerator that avoids double-counting and verifies that $P(X \ge (n-k)) = 1$ and $P(X \ge n) = 0$.
Am I on the right track here?

A: Remember that expectation is additive, even when the random variables you add are not independent.
So you can compute the expectation for number of values in $\{a_1\}$ that don't appear in the sequence (this number will be either $0$ or $1$, of course), and add to that the expectation of how many elements of $\{a_2\}$ that don't appear, and the expectation of how many element of $\{a_3\}$ that don't appear ...


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Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, January 13, 2016 in the chapel of Sorrells Funeral Home with Chaplin Jody Haddan officiating. Burial will follow at New Hinson Baptist Church Cemetery with Sorrells Funeral Home & Crematory directing.
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Mrs. Gillis was born October 12, 1932 in Covington County to the late Clyde and Ruth Stanley Smith. She was a member of New Hinson Baptist Church. Lillie was a loving mother and caring grandmother who will be dearly missed.
In addition to her parents, her first husband and the father of her children, Leon Chancellor; her second husband, Francis Adrian Gillis and several brothers and sisters all preceded her in death.
Survivors include two daughters: Diane Baggett, Wichita Falls, TX and Deborah Inabinett (Walter), Florala; three sons: Robert Wayne Chancellor (Ann), Fadette, Jerry Lavon Chancellor (Diane), Andalusia and Douglas Chancellor (Jane), Pottstown, PA; several brothers and sisters; ten grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; two great-great grandchildren; her beloved canine companion, Trooper; several nieces, nephews and other extended family and friends.


The authors of the manuscript "Generalizability of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonist Cardiovascular Outcome Trials Enrollment Criteria to the US Type 2 Diabetes Population" respond to a letter to the editor.
Author Affiliations: AstraZeneca (ETW, JME, KFB, KL), Wilmington, DE; Rutgers University (DME), Piscataway, NJ; Division of Endocrinology, Duke University Medical Center (JBG), Durham, NC.
Source of Funding: None; the original study was funded by AstraZeneca.
Author Disclosures: Drs Wittbrodt, Eudicone, and Latham report employment with AstraZeneca, which has products in the class of drugs studied in the manuscript. Dr Bell reports employment with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). Dr Latham reports stock ownership in Amgen and AstraZeneca. Dr Green reports consultancies or paid advisory boards for AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim (BI), Novo Nordisk, Regeneron, and Sanofi; grants pending from BI and Lilly; and grants received from BI, GSK, and Sanofi. The remaining author reports no relationship or financial interest with any entity that would pose a conflict of interest with the subject matter of this article.
Authorship Information: Concept and design (ETW, JME, KFB, DME, KL, JBG); acquisition of data (JME, DME); analysis and interpretation of data (ETW, JME, KFB, DME, JBG); drafting of the manuscript (ETW, DME, KL, JBG); critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content (ETW, JME, KFE, DME, JBG); statistical analysis (JME); administrative, technical, or logistic support (KL); and supervision (ETW).
Address Correspondence to: Eric T. Wittbrodt, PharmD, MPH, AstraZeneca, 1800 Concord Pike, Wilmington, DE 19803. Email: eric.wittbrodt@astrazeneca.com.


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One of the most asked questions I get as a social media professional is how to get more followers. I mean we all want more people to hear our messages, right? But, what if we are asking the for the wrong thing? Do we really want more followers? Or do we want more engaged followers that have a high likelihood of becoming paying customers? I know that's what I want. I would rather have a small group that is engaged and active with me than some obscene number of followers that never even notice my message.
In 2008, Seth Godin wrote a book called Tribes where he talks about groups of people (tribes) that have a shared interest. Based on this concept, I say we worry less about follower numbers and more on building and nurturing our tribes. By nurturing our tribes we can create brand ambassadors and customers which sounds a whole lot better than a like or comment. Let's face it, a like doesn't pay our bills.
So if we begin to look at our followers as a tribe, do we change how we think of them? I think we do. I think we care a little more about them and begin to provide them with products and information that makes their lives better in one way or another. We want to provide value to our tribe, not just try to pull value from it. I think this is the reason I hate the term "email blast" so much. Your email subscribers are your closest tribe members, so why would you ever blast anything at them? They have invited you into their busy inbox and you need to honor that with useful information and resources.
The same goes for social media. Numbers don't mean anything if they are not an engaged tribe. Work on creating great content, sharing other people's content, answering questions and helping out. You will see your follower numbers increase along with your engagement and conversions. I'm not saying this is a quick or easy process, but it is more effective in the long run. I have heard the stories of buying social media followers. Your follower list is inflated, but no one is paying attention to anything you say. You may as well have zero followers. Do the numbers look impressive? Maybe to some, but others will dig a little deeper to see what type of engagement you get. Consumers are savvy and will know when you have purchased those followers.
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Presidential decree simplifies foreign investment in Brazilian banking sector
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Petrobras closes abuse of dominance investigations through divestment commitments
State-owned oil and gas company Petrobras recently reached two settlements with the Administrative Council for Economic Defence to close five investigations into alleged abuses of dominance in the oil refining and domestic natural gas markets. The settlements have drawn significant attention, as they constitute the first time that divestment commitments have been adopted as a remedy in a dominance case.
Importance of contractual control in merger review
The Administrative Council for Economic Defence recently issued a decision on the definition of 'de facto control' under Brazilian competition law. While the decision establishes certain criteria that companies should consider when determining whether their contractual relationships with close partners may confer de facto control, these criteria are somewhat unclear and do not allow companies to assess, with sufficient certainty, whether an agreement should be subject to mandatory review.
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Reshuffled CADE adopts new approach for IP cases
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New data protection law enacted
Tech, Data, Telecoms & Media
The president recently approved, with a partial veto, the Project for a General Law regarding Data Protection. The law will regulate the processing of personal data in Brazil. Even though this adaptation may be costly and time consuming, the enforcement of the law is expected to guarantee greater protection of personal data, increasing confidence in Brazil's economic environment.
New rules for credit fintech companies
The National Monetary Council recently issued Resolution 4,656, regulating credit fintech companies. The resolution will allow direct credit companies and interpersonal loan companies to conduct loan and financial operations through electronic platforms. Although it is still uncertain how the market will react to the new rules, the industry is optimistic, considering the significant developments in this area that have been observed in other markets.
Abuse of dominance enforcement – what's next?
Since the start of 2018, following a period in which it focused on the persecution of cartels, the Administrative Council for Economic Defence (CADE) has directed more resources towards concluding pending abuse of dominance matters and occasionally launching new dominance cases. In so doing, the most pertinent question has become: how will CADE deal with dominance in future?
CADE and Central Bank sign memorandum for further cooperation
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Ministry of Finance restructures advocacy agency in order to promote competitiveness
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Merck vs Glenmark: Speeding Up Trials and Injuncting Injunctions
by Shamnad Basheer May 16, 2015
Only a week or so ago, I wrote an op-ed in the Mint highlighting instances of "Jugaad Justice" from our courts. And one such instance turned on the maverick Justice Katju ordering that interim injunctions be dispensed with in complex IP cases. And that one move directly to the trial stage, albeit an expedited one. As I'd noted:
"Years ago, in a rare flash of intuitive intelligence, the maverick justice Markandey Katju did away with "interim" injunctions, often the first phase of an IP dispute. Such injunctions were granted upon the demonstration of a "prima facie" case, and meant to protect an IP owner against the vicissitudes of a long trial, where the alleged infringer could flood the market with competing products and destroy the value of a time-sensitive IP rights.
Katju's logic was simple. Given that this initial interim phase was itself subject to endless adjournments and delays, it was far simpler to dispense with this phase and move directly to the more complex trial phase and resolve the dispute once and for all (the second phase).
This dispensation had the added advantage of ensuring that in complex cases such as pharmaceutical patents, the judge faced no "prima facie" pressure and could review all evidence in depth to arrive at the right determination. A wrong interim result effectively meant that competitors and hapless consumers were denied access to cheaper life-saving medicines, till such time as the court finally got it right.
Underlying this elegant solution was an intuitive logic that made the most of a resource-crunched ecosystem beset with endemic process delays. However, Katju rightly cautioned that in all such cases where the interim phase was dispensed with, trials would need to be expedited through mandatory timelines. Unfortunately, this policy prescription is observed more in the breach by lower courts and lawyers appearing before them."
Monitoring Patent Trials: TVS vs Bajaj
For a nice academic discussion around Justice Katju's creative policy prescription, see our piece here. I'm at a loss to understand as to why this prescription has been observed more in the breach by lower courts, lawyers and litigants. Is this owing to the lack of a monitoring mechanism/oversight by the court to ensure that its timelines are strictly complied with? The fact that Justice Katju merely stated (in the TVS vs Bajaj patent dispute) that the trial shall take place on a day to day basis, that no adjournments would "ordinarily" be granted and that the entire trial ought to be wind up in 2 months; but did not do anything more to ensure compliance with its diktat. Is this why the Bajaj trial took forever? I believe from Sai Deepak's excellent blog that its still not been completed! Despite more than 5.5 years going by from the deadline imposed by the SC! For those that are more in the know of this case, please do share the latest update.
Merck vs Glenmark: A "Drag" of an Interim Injunction
It now turns out that the Supremes are once again grappling with this complex issue of lengthy interim phase proceedings and the need for expedited patent trials. In the ongoing Merck vs Glenmark patent dispute (hearings were held yesterday and the day before), the judges were irked by the fact that the the interim inunction phase itself was taking a long time to wind up. Recall that the infringement suit was filed in April 2013, and the temporary injunction phase (with a lower court refusing the injunction at the first instance, and an appellate court then proceeding to grant the injunction, only to have it stayed by the Supreme Court) took more than two years (i.e the matter is still pending as of today).
Added to their woes was the fact that the trial also appears to have commenced, but was chugging along at a pace that made the snail look good; allegedly it took more than one year to cross examine just one witness! Firstly, if both the trial and the interim injunction phase are pending simultaneously, does it not make sense to simply dispense with the injunction phase and focus only on the trial and get it over with as quickly as possible? My sense is that this is what the court is leaning towards. However, in a bid to balance out equities as best as they could in the specific facts of this case, the judges did not do away with the interim injunction phase outrightly, but ordered that Glenmark is free to dispose of all existing stock (which apparently will last for around 5-6 months from now). In the courts' words:
"At this stage, we would not like to enter into a detailed discussion of the merits of the order of the Learned Division Bench of the High Court and our primary concern would be to balance the equities between the parties while maintaining public interest. In our view, in the present case the above would be best served if the existing stock of the two products viz. ZITA and ZITAMET are allowed to be sold in the market which, according to the petitioner itself, can take care of the current demand in the market for five to six months i.e September-November, 2015."
As for the trial itself, the court categorically observed that it has to be expedited and that it will monitor the situation closely:
"Insofar as the present suit is concerned, we direct the Local Commissioner to record evidence on a day-to-day basis commencing from 20th May, 2015 and complete the recording of the evidence of both sides including cross-examination on or before 30th June, 2015. Both the parties will cooperate and any perceptible lack of cooperation by either side will be noticed and recorded by the Local Commissioner to be placed before us. If required, the Local Commissioner will arrange a Special Venue for conduct of the proceedings before him which shall be held from 10.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. with the usual break(s). If the Local Commissioner is otherwise overburdened on account of other commitments and is not in a position to comply with the time frame fixed by this Court, the learned trial judge shall be informed immediately and the learned trial judge may pass appropriate orders in the matter for appointment of a suitable Local Commissioner. In the event the learned trial judge is not available to pass necessary orders replacing the Local Commissioner we authorize the Registrar General of the Delhi High Court to pass necessary orders in the matter.
We make it clear that we expect the Local Commissioner appointed by the High Court to complete the recording of the evidence in the matter on and before 30th June, 2015 and the learned trial judge to commence hearing the arguments on and from 6th July, 2015 on a day-to-day basis.
…..We make it clear that we have taken a little unusual and extraordinary course of action in ordering the above time schedule. This has been prompted by our desire to ensure that highly contested commercial cases, in which category this instant case can be put, requires immediate attention and disposal to ensure a suitable commercial environment which is vital to national interest. Our above directions, therefore, will be construed to be in exercise of our jurisdiction under Article 142 of the Constitution."
TVS vs Bajaj: (Mis)Rule of Law?
One hopes that with this strict monitoring by the court, the patent trial is brought to a rapid conclusion. And that going forward, this speedy disposal becomes the norm. But I wonder why no counsel ever cites the Katju prescription to the court, i.e. that in IP cases, interim injunctions are to be dispensed with; and that one move to trial directly. Here are the relevant extracts from the case (TVS vs Bajaj):
"Recently, we have held in Special Leave Petition(C) No.21594 of 2009 decided on 07th September, 2009 in the case of M/s. Shree Vardhman Rice & Gen Mills vs. M/s Amar Singh Chawalwala as follows
"…Without going into the merits of the controversy, we are of the opinion that the matters relating to trademarks, copyrights and patents should be finally decided very expeditiously by the Trial Court instead of merely granting or refusing to grant injunction. Experience shows that in the matters of trademarks, copyrights and patents, litigation is mainly fought between the parties about the temporary injunction and that goes on for years and years and the result is that the suit is hardly decided finally. This is not proper:
Proviso (a)to Order XVII Rule 1(2)C.P.C. states that when the hearing of the suit has commenced, it shall be continued from day-to-day until all the witnesses in attendance have been examined, unless the Court finds that, for exceptional reasons to be recorded by it the adjournment of the hearing beyond the following day is necessary. The Court should also observe clauses (b) to (e) of the said proviso.
In our opinion, in matters relating to trademarks, copyright and patents the proviso to Order XVII Rule 1(2) C.P.C. should be strictly complied with by all the Courts, and the hearing of the suit in such matters should proceed on day to day basis and the final judgment should be given normally within four months from the date of the filing of the suit."
….In the present case, although arguments were advanced at some length by the learned counsel for both the parties, we are of the opinion that instead of deciding the case at the interlocutory stage, the suit itself should be disposed of finally at a very early date.
…We would request the learned Single Judge who is trying the suit to commence the hearing of the suit on the re-opening of the Madras High Court after Dussehra holidays and then carry it on a day to day basis. No adjournment whatsoever ordinarily will be granted and the suit shall be finally disposed of on or before 30th November, 2009."
There you have it! Couldn't have been laid down in clearer terms. And yet, this is a Supreme Court diktat that is observed more in the breach! (Mis)Rule of Law? Or a special case really, given that we're not quite partial to Justice Katju, who labelled more than 90% of us as stupid?
ps: image from here.
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Tags: Bajaj Patent Controversy, Indian Patent Litigation, Indian Pharma, Injunction, Interim Injunction
Shamnad Basheer
Prof. (Dr.) Shamnad Basheer founded SpicyIP in 2005. He's also the Founder of IDIA, a project to train underprivileged students for admissions to the leading law schools. He served for two years as an expert on the IP global advisory council (GAC) of the World Economic Forum (WEF). In 2015, he received the Infosys Prize in Humanities in 2015 for his work on legal education and on democratising the discourse around intellectual property law and policy. The jury was headed by Nobel laureate, Prof. Amartya Sen. Professional History: After graduating from the NLS, Bangalore Prof. Basheer joined Anand and Anand, one of India's leading IP firms. He went on to head their telecommunication and technology practice and was rated by the IFLR as a leading technology lawyer. He left for the University of Oxford to pursue post-graduate studies, completing the BCL, MPhil and DPhil as a Wellcome Trust scholar. His first academic appointment was at the George Washington University Law School, where he served as the Frank H Marks Visiting Associate Professor of IP Law. He then relocated to India in 2008 to take up the MHRD Chaired Professorship in IP Law at WB NUJS, a leading Indian law school. Later, he was the Honorary Research Chair of IP Law at Nirma University and also a visiting professor of law at the National Law School (NLS), Bangalore. Prof. Basheer has published widely and his articles have won awards, including those instituted by ATRIP, the Stanford Technology Law Review and CREATe. He was consulted widely by the government, industry, international organisations and civil society on a variety of IP issues. He also served on several government committees.
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