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It's every car buyer's worst nightmare – being involved in a car wreck in your new car before it's added to your insurance policy. That's exactly what happened to our Portland, Oregon client. He had purchased a new vehicle and had owned it for three days when he was injured in an accident before he had added it to his insurance coverage. After receiving treatment for his injuries, he added the car to his insurance policy the evening of the accident and was told that he would have personal injury protection (PIP) coverage for reasonable and necessary medical benefits up to $25,000.
He continued to receive treatment for the injury he had suffered in the auto accident. Six months later, when his treatment was complete, he had $7,000 in medical expenses. When he submitted the claim to his insurance company, they denied it. Their reason, of course, centered on the fact that the accident had happened before the newly purchased vehicle was added to his policy. This was counter to the information our client had gotten on the phone, but he couldn't get the insurance company to budge, so he called an experienced auto accident attorney.
After I took the case, I attempted to negotiate with the insurance company but was unable to get them to make a fair offer for our client. Because we do everything possible to get our clients' claims paid, I took the next reasonable step and filed a lawsuit to recover our client's medical expenses and attorney fees. The lawsuit forced the insurance company to deal with our client's claim, and they agreed to arbitration – arbitration being a alternate method of resolving legal disputes without the lengthy, costly process of a full trial. Just like a trial, clients need an experienced attorney to represent them in arbitration.
After arbitration, the insurance company agreed to pay all his medical bills and attorney fees. Our client was very pleased with the result and satisfied with his choice to have a Personal Injury Attorney help him fight his case.


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}

func (d *Document01200101) AddMessage() *AgentCAElectionAdviceV01 {
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	return d.Message
}

// Scope
// This message is sent by a CSD to the issuer (or its agent) to provide information about the clients' election instruction, the registration details, the delivery details, etc. In case of an election with underlying resource movements, it also confirms that these have been completed. This message may also be sent in case of an amendment of an election, once the CSD has completed the required resource movements.
// Usage
// This message can be used for a new election advice or an amended election advice.
// If this message is used for a new election advice, the function of the message must be 'new election'.
// If this message is used for an amended election advice, the function of the message must be 'option change' and the identification of the previously sent election advice must be present.
// This message can include the cash movements and/or securities movements in the case of an election with underlying resource movements. Additionally, this message can include delivery, certification and beneficial owner details.
// Note: this information can be also sent separately in the Agent Corporate Action Information advice message.
type AgentCAElectionAdviceV01 struct {

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	// Provides information about the type of election advice and linked messages.
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}

func (a *AgentCAElectionAdviceV01) AddIdentification() *iso20022.DocumentIdentification8 {
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}

func (a *AgentCAElectionAdviceV01) AddElectionAdviceTypeAndLinkage() *iso20022.ElectionAdviceFunction1 {
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}

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}

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}

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Dementia With Lewy Bodies: A Clinicopathologic Series of False-positive Cases
Leonie J M Vergouw, Luca P Marler, Wilma D J van de Berg, Annemieke J M Rozemuller, Frank Jan de Jong,
Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN)
Research output: Contribution to journal/periodical › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Diagnosing dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is challenging as symptoms are heterogenous and not specific to the disease. Here we present a clinicopathologic series of false-positive DLB cases. Patients were enrolled retrospectively from the Netherlands Brain Bank when they met the clinical criteria of probable DLB, but with a pathologic diagnosis other than DLB or Parkinson's disease dementia. Twenty-two false-positive cases were selected. Alzheimer disease with or without copathology was the most common (64%) pathologic diagnosis. Other pathologic diagnoses, such as frontotemporal dementia, multiple-system atrophy, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, and autoimmune encephalitis, were also encountered. Atypical clinical signs for DLB were present in almost half of the cases and could be a trigger to consider other diagnoses than DLB. Additional diagnostic examinations, feedback of pathologic diagnosis, and the creation of a set of clinical features that are indicative of other conditions, could reduce the amount of false-positive DLB cases.
Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders
https://doi.org/10.1097/WAD.0000000000000308
10.1097/WAD.0000000000000308
Fingerprint Dive into the research topics of 'Dementia With Lewy Bodies: A Clinicopathologic Series of False-positive Cases'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.
Lewy Body Disease Medicine & Life Sciences
Dementia Medicine & Life Sciences
Hashimoto's encephalitis Medicine & Life Sciences
Multiple System Atrophy Medicine & Life Sciences
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome Medicine & Life Sciences
Frontotemporal Dementia Medicine & Life Sciences
Parkinson Disease Medicine & Life Sciences
Vergouw, L. J. M., Marler, L. P., van de Berg, W. D. J., Rozemuller, A. J. M., de Jong, F. J. (2020). Dementia With Lewy Bodies: A Clinicopathologic Series of False-positive Cases. Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders, 34, 178-182. https://doi.org/10.1097/WAD.0000000000000308
Vergouw, Leonie J M ; Marler, Luca P ; van de Berg, Wilma D J ; Rozemuller, Annemieke J M ; de Jong, Frank Jan. / Dementia With Lewy Bodies : A Clinicopathologic Series of False-positive Cases. In: Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders. 2020 ; Vol. 34. pp. 178-182.
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Book > Textbooks > Qualitative Research
Biographical Research Methods
Marta J. Eichsteller - University College Dublin
Howard H. Davis - Bangor University, UK
Interviewing | Qualitative Research (General) | Social Research Methods
May 2022 | 232 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
Biographical data provide unique insights into social life, but they also pose some significant challenges for social science researchers. This book offers a systematic, flexible guide to using biographical narrative methods in your research project.
Drawing upon the authors' own research, as well as case studies from a range of international contexts and disciplines, the book illustrates how biographical approaches can be tailored to different research questions and environments.
This book will help you to:
· Navigate any complexities or missteps when undertaking real-world research
· Apply your analytical and research tools to your research question
· Choose the right research design for your project, whether single or mixed methods
· Ground your understanding within diverse real-world research examples.
Clear, adaptable, and applied, this is your definitive guide to working with biographical methods.
Chapter 1 Discovering biographical narrative research
Chapter 2 Theoretical approaches to biographical narratives
Chapter 3 Interview process and ethics
Chapter 4 Autobiographical Narrative Interview Method
Chapter 5 Narrative ethnography
Chapter 6 - Logical systems, qualitative comparative analysis, and quantitative coding
Chapter 7 Designing a project using biographical methods
Chapter 8 Mixed qualitative methods
Chapter 9 Mixed quantitative and qualitative methods
Chapter 10 Challenges ahead for biographical research
This book is a practical and thought-provoking account of the use of biographical methods in social science research. The case studies are useful for advanced students and researchers, and for anyone interested in how we tell stories about our lives.
Rachel Wicaksono
Head of the School of Education, Language and Psychology, York St John University
An accessible and lively text, drawing on numerous examples to demonstrate biographical narrative research in action. The fascinating and complex world of biographical research is presented in a highly accessible way. Students and researchers will learn a great deal from reading this before embarking on research projects with any degree of biographical focus.
Candice Satchell
Director of Arts and Humanities Research Academy, School of Humanities, Language and Global Studies, University of Central Lancashire
Anchored in studies drawn from a wide variety of disciplines, Biographical Research Methods fills glaring gaps in the literature through balanced sympathetic consideration of a wide range of methodological approaches and its illumination of both established and innovative research techniques.
Emeritus Professor of Sociology, School of Social Sciences, Queens University
Narrative research in social science has come a long way since its urban life heyday. Biographical Research Methods takes this forward, deftly focusing on concepts and techniques for analyzing the contours of personal experience. Outstanding is a view to the context-specific whats and processual hows of biographical construction.
Jaber F. Gubrium
Universities of Florida and Missouri
The book of Eichsteller and Davis is an extremely instructive and inviting guide for getting introduced into the social world of biography research. On the one hand, the book is an empirically grounded and unbiased "sociology of knowledge" of distinctive approaches in biography research). It lucidly contrasts different basic assumptions and their implications for concrete methodical guidelines and practical research activities. On the other hand, it is an integrative guideline for the whole arc of work in accomplishing the research act of unravelling the intimate relations between individual and society and for deciphering the features and problems of society and other collective entities as seen and experienced from the perspective of individual members of society and of other collective entities. -The book is written in an elegant and deliberate style of language and presentation; it makes you want to start your own practical research work in biography analysis.
Prof. Dr. Fritz Schütze
Institute for Social Sciences, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg
A supplementary book but a must for those who write their dissertations with the use of Narrative Inquiry.
Dr Dorota Werbińska
Linguistics, Pomeranian University of Słupsk


What happened was fascinating. I watched their spirits rise or fall based on the number of "likes" coming in, or not. Some of the more confident guys, ended up with the fewest likes, and were obviously frustrated and disappointed. Of course, the winner was elated.
I drive to church thinking about anything except worship and God. Susan and I are talking about what we did yesterday or our plans for this afternoon, but God generally isn't being discussed. As we walk from the parking lot to the church I'm thinking about the nice cars people are driving, greeting friends and sizing people up.
I sit down and read the worship folders to find out what's going on in the church this week. Still no serious thoughts of God. I'm just killing time until the service begins. When it does, it generally starts with congregational singing. Too often, I sing many songs thoughtlessly – I'm on automatic. And, occasionally I notice certain people not singing at all – just standing there and I'm wondering, "why"? It rarely dawns on me that thinking about them while I thoughtlessly mouth the words, is no worse than not singing at all!
In the past it was so easy for my mind to wander during the pastoral prayer, the missions report and even the sermon. I'll jot a few notes down on the sermon for future reference, which I rarely followed through on, sing the last song and leave. I'm grateful that God has given our church an incredibly gifted Senior Pastor who stimulates my love and devotion to God almost every Sunday, but it hasn't always been that way.


Many of the new features coming with the new iPhone OS are features that are already available and also one's we wanted, but didn't get are also available.
Now for these you do have to jailbrake your iPhone/iPod Touch, which as Apple recently stated is illegal, so we don't encourage you to do this but we are giving you the information so that if you wish to do so then you know how.
First of you must Jailbrake you iPhone or iPod Touch now for this go to the QuickPWN site or for more information go to the Dev-Team's Blog.
They may not be exactly like how Apple has implemted them in the 3.0 OS, but whilst you wait for the release of OS 3.0, you can give these a shot.
With the new Apple iPhone 3.0 OS we have many new features that the userbase have been wanting for months, but still there are some things that were left out that we wanted.
Video Recording – It can be done, as possible on Jailbroken devices to a good standard, achieveing higer quality than most mobile phones on the market.
Full Bluetooth Support – Yes, we may now have AD2P but what about transferring photos, songs etc. to other devices other iPhones or devices. Obviously I can see the problem with music due to DRM and copyright issues.
Demo Apps – Yes many App's come with a lite version but people want to try the full thing, maybe for a 24 hour period or maybe 5 uses of the App but just be able to test App's would allow people to make there mind up and be more satisfied. And would also cut down the piracy of iPhone App's.
Flash – Rumours have been around for along time that it would finally come to iPhone, even people at Adobe said there working on it, just please make it soon.
Background App's – We now have push which helps and although I can see the power problems with background app's it is possible. It's true it can make the iPhone unstable due to memory issues and so I understand why at the moment it's not been implmemted; maybe with better hardware or more battery power then it would be a good option.
Many of the things we wanted in 3.0 have been implemeted, we know that the things that have been left out are possible as they are possible if you jailbrake the phone but I understand the technical issues that Apple has with things such as Background App's and Full Bluetooth Support but Video Recording and Demo App's shouldn't be that hard to implment, Maybe OS 3.1?


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Restaurant Week Comes to Town, Skips NE Seattle
By northesea on April 8, 2010 at 12:00 AM
For a foodie like me, Restaurant Week is a thing of legend. I've heard of it happening in major cities all over the country and it always sounds amazing and, well, completely delicious. Culinary heavyweights like Aureole and Le Cirque in NYC serve five-star meals for a mere $25. To someone with the restaurant appetite of a millionaire, on a non-profit income, its akin to food porn.
Sure we have dining discount months like Dine Around Seattle, which is wonderful in its own right, but word on the street is many of the local five star restaurants won't participate because it's a grueling work load with little payback. So imagine my delight when I heard Seattle too, would be getting a Restaurant Week with over 100 restaurants participating – hurrah! I've got my How to Cook a Wolf and Canlis reservations made.
Unfortunately, while scanning the list of 91 Seattle establishments (there are many more on the Eastside as well) I found only one restaurant included from the entire northeast section of Seattle; only one! Northeast Seattle's proud (and lonely) participant is Divine (7918 Roosevelt Way).
Tucked into the quiet Maple Leaf neighborhood, Divine, hasn't received a whole lot of press and seems like a somewhat obscure choice. I, shamefully, haven't been to this fine restaurant but the Seattle PI's Rebekah Denn had this to say:
Entrees breaking the $25 barrier seven miles north of downtown? We left dinner visits with lighter wallets than expected, but we didn't regret it when that cash went toward the best rack of lamb we've eaten in some time ($27). It was rare and juicy, crusted in herbs, the bones begging to be licked clean, but served in a refined way with delicately modified tzatziki and greaseless puffs of potato croquette. Not everything is expensive, either. Mezzes run $3 to $10, including generous bowls of traditional spreads such as skordalia and eggplant dip. Brunch is reasonably priced and worth springing out of bed to wait in line; it's a bonus that you probably can just be seated on arrival.
With a review like that, Divine definitely seems a must try; especially with a knockout menu lined up for Restaurant Week. But I still have to wonder, where are all of the other worthy NE Seattle restaurants? How about Pair, Jak's Grill, Gaudi, Sand Point Grill, Mamma Melina, or Salvatore's for a few suggestions. I realize the bulk of Seattle's upscale dining is, and always will be, in the center of town but that doesn't mean there aren't people who don't want to try out a few places in their own neck of the woods.
NE Seattleites – what restaurants would you like to see added to the Restaurant Week list?
Hanna Welch


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2004: A Relatively Normal Year — Finally
From the rebirth of old institutions to outdoor dining.
In stark comparison to 2003, Alexandria got through 2004 without any major catastrophes, either natural or man-made. However, the year proved to be a mixed bag in terms of city economic achievements, planning and land use development, historic preservation, and controversies ranging from various aspects of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge Project to dogs and outdoor dining.
And stretching its shadow over everything, as it has been since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, is the ever-present need for preparedness. This encompassed institutions throughout the city, from the fire department, to Inova Alexandria Hospital, to private citizens.
Although it actually launched in 2003, Alexandria's Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program took a leap forward in 2004 when the Alexandria Fire Department graduated its largest CERT class and initiated "Be Ready, Alexandria" this past September. Its purpose is to help local residents and businesses prepare for emergencies — natural or terrorist inspired.
As a year-long effort, all city residents and businesses will be contacted by CERT volunteers distributing literature on emergency preparedness. The CERT program has also been expanded from individual participants to classes designed for specific businesses operating within Alexandria and enhanced by a variety of forums throughout the year.
As if to accentuate the need for preparedness, Alexandria was among the areas hit by the region's serial arsonist last year. Early in the year, a residence in the 4400 block of West Braddock Road was set ablaze in a manner that had all the identifiers of the other cases believed to be attributable to the serial arsonist, according to the Arson Task Force.
This was the first attack by the serial arsonist in Virginia, according to authorities. Since then, there has been at least one other suspicious case in Northern Virginia, but no arrests.
A MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENT of 2004 for Alexandria was the groundbreaking and construction initiation of the decade plus struggle to revitalize Samuel Madden Homes Downtown, known locally as "The Berg." Plagued by a almost endless series of setbacks, the official ceremonies took place in a rain-soaked tent in early spring.
That was the day "The Berg" morphed into "Chatham Square" and Alexandria Mayor William D. Euille, a resident of The Berg, in his youth, declared it "both an exciting and sad day," for some. "The sad part is that a great deal of my first 22 years, which I spent living here in public housing, is now gone," he said.
"The great part of today is that we are providing hope for a large part of this community. This is all about pride in Alexandria and those that live here," Euille said.
Two other revitalization efforts chalked up during 2004 were the reopening of The Dixie Pig and the Old Town Theater. After nearly three years of on again, off again false starts, coupled with endless code enforcement requirements, contractor troubles, and public hearings, "The Pig," as it's called by locals, glows again at 1228 Powhatan St.
It all happened on March 1, which is, believe it or not, "National Pig Day." But there is a difference. Below the dancing porker neon sign atop the restaurant is the name Ruffino's.
Mansur Rad and Robin Gamzeh, owners of Ruffino's Italian Restaurant in Crystal City, now own The Dixie Pig. The new menu reflects both their expertise in Italian Cuisine as well as the traditional barbecue and spare ribs.
As for the Old Town Theater, it has not merely reopened, but has established a whole new identity. "Because our entertainment will be more flexible, we hope to draw from the community where walk-in will be more viable. It's going to be a pretty good mix with certain time frames for live entertainment and certain times for movies," said Roger Fons, theater co-owner with Brenda Meyer.
This was borne out on election night 2004, when they staged an election night party with a full array of food and drinks plus live on-stage entertainment. It also introduced Old Town Theater not only as a theater but also as one of Alexandria's largest seating capacity restaurants.
Fons' newest addition to the theater's staff in 2004 was his head chef Alex Mejia, a former sous chef at both the Old Town Holiday Inn Select and Santa Fe East Restaurant. "I'm very excited about this. It's very different," Mejia said. A new stainless steel "Roast N Hold" oven in the newly-installed kitchen just behind the front lobby entrance gives Mejia a place to exhibit his skills.
OLD TOWN THEATER was also the first establishment to participate in Alexandria new experiment with outdoor dining. On Sept. 28, 2004, City Council passed an ordinance for a pilot program "to allow up to 20 outdoor seats for restaurants along King Street and the first block of side streets," to encourage a combination of dining and shopping in Old Town. It was part of the "King Street Retail Strategy," according to Ellen Fogarty, director, Alexandria Planning and Zoning Department.
Initiated as part of Alexandria second annual Festival of The Arts, the program was scheduled to run through the end of 2004 followed by an evaluation. "A more permanent program will be set up after the winter with the adoption of the "King Street Retail Strategy," Fogarty said. It has been highly successful and operated through the onset of winter weather at various eateries.
This strategy grew out of the "King Street Retail Study," designed to analyze the viability of Old Town to its surrounding competitors. Although completed at the end of 2003, the study was officially unveiled in 2004. Its authors, Development Economics of Washington, D.C., and The Odermatt Group of Berkeley, Calif., said, "The variety of markets [in Old Town] is actually one of the strengths of the King Street corridor."
Ironically, the outdoor dining program was initiated on the heels of a major controversy involving the intermixing of outdoor dining and the presence of dogs. Much to the surprise of both Euille and City Council, the Alexandria Health Department unleashed an assault on local restaurants which permitted dogs to accompany their owners at outside dining establishments.
In early summer, Health Department officials descended upon three prominent city restaurants that had allowed dog owners to be accompanied by their pets in a specified outdoor area. One was the Holiday Inn Select on King Street, which has gained recognition for its "Doggie Happy Hour." The others were Pat Troy's Restaurant and Pub, 114 N. Pitt St., and Chadwicks, 203 S. Strand St.
If there is a lethal political third rail in Alexandria politics it might well be named "Dogs." That was proven by the Tavern Square rally led by Troy, which drew an overflow crowd of canines and their human family members.
Just before that rally, City Council and Euille summoned Robert Custard, the city's environmental health director, to a meeting of City Council to explain his actions against the restaurateurs, which Euille admitted, "caught us off guard."
After stating that he was enforcing "an ordinance prohibiting dogs in restaurants," Custard said he was "charged to uphold both the City and State Food Code."
Euille countered that, "Alexandria has been known as a dog friendly community. This is an issue council is not going to be dogged by."
Ultimately the problem was resolved when, "Everyone got together, used common sense and resolved this thing," Troy said. Since then, sidewalk cafes have been booming and the dogs have been present or walking by on the same sidewalks occupied by outdoor diners.
All of this has contributed to a marked increase in Alexandria tourism throughout 2004, rebounding from the free fall brought on by the events of Sept. 11, 2001, according to Alexandria Convention and Visitors Association (ACVA).
THE USO MEMORIAL DAY weekend, commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the Normandy Invasion and the dedication of the World War II Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., highlighted that rebound. It kicked off 100 days of special events, exhibitions, performances, dedications and tours throughout Northern Virginia.
In Alexandria those 100 days encompassed the city's Fall for The Arts program which included the second annual Festival of The Arts on King Street, from the river to Washington Street, as well as Art on The Avenue in the Del Ray area of the City. 2004 also marked the 20th Anniversary of the Alexandria Commission for the Arts, which was highlighted in a gala festival on May 10.
During the first eight months of 2004 ACVA reported total tax collections from overnight visitors amounted to $6.8 million, up from $6.2 million for the same period in 2003. "Hotel occupancy figures, averaging 63 percent for the first eight months of 2004, are three percent above last year's figures," said Laura Overstreet, vice president, ACVA Communications.
But there was also dissension in Alexandria's tourism sphere during the last year. One of the most evident was the area under consideration as the site for a new Visitors Center, which surfaced at a presentation of a plan to replace the Ramsey House.
What became clear was that no one present at the public meeting wanted a new Visitors Center on Market Square. The upshot was that the Ramsey House could be renovated to provide additional space and services.
One of the primary vehicles serving both Old Town tourists and local residents has been DASH. A bus service initiated in 1984, Driving Alexandrians Safely Home (DASH) celebrated its 20th anniversary during the past year.
During the celebration, Sandy Modell, general manager, Alexandria Transit Company, said, "Our growth reflects the growth of the entire area. We are constantly working with the City's Department of Transportation and Environmental Services to develop an overall comprehensive transportation plan."
COMPLEMENTING THIS rebound in tourism is the continuing economic growth of Alexandria and its diverse business and retail establishments. Two of the most prominent are Landmark Mall and the varied businesses of the city's West End. Both experienced a reawakening in 2004.
Euille made revitalization of the West End a touchstone in his election campaign. A central part of that was the restructuring of Duke Street's Landmark Mall.
That goal was outlined during a press conference in the mall's atrium when Euille, joined by representative of the mall and Fogarty, unveiled their vision not only for the shopping center but also the entire surrounding area. It would reconfigure the mall into a town center creating another Alexandria focal point.
"We are looking at a number of scenarios. But, we don't know where we are going at this time. We have to look at what the demand is and what the components might be. But, whatever we do it will be exciting for the city," said Jenny Forest, vice president marketing, Eastern Region, General Growth Properties, owners of the mall.
Not waiting for the future, but designing their own, is the newly formed West End Business Association (WEBA). On Sept. 15 a group of West End business owners gathered at Koons Collision Repair Center on Edsall Road to officially form the city's newest business alliance under the slogan, "It's About Business."
On Dec. 7, they held their first annual "Business Extravaganza Event" at the Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center. It was at this event they introduced their new official officers and Board of Directors headed by Christopher St. Pierre, owner of "Authentically Amish" in the Fox Chase Shopping Center.
DESPITE THE CITY'S commercial success, it still faced problems in planning and zoning. This was particularly true in the categories of open space and affordable housing, the city's perpetually competing interest factions.
The recent Harambee proposal to create eight affordable housing units in the area of Shiloh Baptist Church pointed up the continuing struggle on this subject. Developers are urged to provide units rather than making contributions to the Housing Fund.
On the open space agenda, probably the most contentious proposal of 2004 was the proposed acquisition of the property at the intersection of Quaker Lane and Seminary Road, the former site of the Second Presbyterian Church, which is owned by the National Capital Presbytery, Inc. It presented the largest potential open space acquisition remaining in the City.
Sold by the Presbytery to Elm Street Development, Inc., of McLean, it will be the site of eight single family homes, planned to sell in the $2 million plus range. A large demonstration was staged last summer, supported by City Council members Ludwig Gaines and Andrew Macdonald, to halt the sale and have the city purchase the land for open space.
In the final analysis it was decided that the price was too high, estimated in excess of $7 million for the six-plus acre site. Purchase was not recommended by the city's Open Space Committee. However, the developer offered to set aside two plots for open space.
TWO OTHER PLANNING issues that drew particular public attention in 2004 were the removable of Mirant's Potomac River Power Plant and historic preservation centered on the threatened demolition of Gunston Halls Apartments on South Washington Street. The first raised a chorus in favor of eradication; the second was just the opposite.
Commencing with an air pollution study undertaken by Poul Hertel and Elizabeth Chimento, the position of advocates for the closing of the Mirant plant at the north end of Old Town was summarized by Euille in a Council work session when he said, "We would like Mirant to close shop and leave the City as soon as possible."
This sentiment eventually culminated in the revocation of Mirant's Special Use Permits by both the Alexandria Planning Commission and City Council. However, as noted by Mirant's attorney, Harry P. Hart, during the Planning Commission hearing, "This revocation raises serious problems for the commission and the council." The plant's ultimate demise is probably a long way in the future given the potential legal battles ahead.
On the historic preservation front was Gunston Hall Apartments on South Washington Street. Approved for demolition by the Board of Architectural Review in August to make way for a mixture of townhomes and condominiums, the action was overridden by the council after strong citizen and civic association objections.
The proposal by developers Basheer & Edgemoore to replace the 1930's square block apartment complex faced opposition from the outset. Greg May, Historic Alexandria Foundation, summarized that opposition. "The real question is whether Gunston Hall Apartments are worthy of preservation. We feel they are," he said.
IN THE BUSINESS AREA, several significant changes occurred:
* Video Vault, acclaimed as one of the nation's most complete video stores with 50,000 VHS tapes and 10,000 DVD's in its inventory, moved from 323 S. Washington St. to 113 S. Columbus St.
* After 20 years, Gordon King sold the buildings housing Bullfeathers restaurant and Hats In The Belfry, 112 King St. In their place in 2005 will emerge a new, upscale eatery known as "Daniel O'Connell's Irish Restaurant."
* At 6 p.m. on March 31, after 39 years at 420 S. Washington St., Lonnie and Teddy Marchant formally turned over ownership of Shuman's Bakery to Pierre Abushacra, owner of Firehook. Shuman's was established in 1876 and had been previously located at two other sites on King Street.
* After 40 years of rock and roll and bucket seats, Morris Katz & Sons Car Radio and Seatco Center, 200 S. Peyton St., officially closed its doors March 16. The 8,200-square-foot building is undergoing a major transformation to take on its new role as headquarters of a landscape design firm known as Land Design.
OTHER MEMORABLE EVENTS of 2004 included:
* After 60 years in the same location, the Alexandria Department of Health moved its headquarters at 517 N. St. Asaph St. to 4480 King St. on Aug. 16. The new building provides 30,000 square feet of space.
* A visit by the 2004 National Capitol Holiday Tree on its way to adorn the lawn of the Capitol. As the first such tree from Virginia, the 70 plus foot red spruce arrived at the George Washington Masonic National Memorial to be greeted by a host of Alexandrians lead by Vice Mayor Redella "Del" Pepper.
* Alexandria Fire Department introduced its new 34-foot, jet drive fireboat. As one of the most modern pieces of fire apparatus in the region, it puts the department's Marine Operations Team in the top ranks of river rescue and fire protection.
* Senior Services of Alexandria named Eileen Longstreet as their new executive director on Sept. 16. She comes to the post with an extensive background in health care and non-profit administration.
* The pedestrian concourse under Duke Street connecting the Carlyle complex with King Street Metro Station was finally completed and dedicated in late summer. The project took nine months to complete.
* Alexandria's Friendship Veterans Fire Engine Association celebrated its 230th anniversary.
* The Most Rev. Desmond M. Tutu, Anglican Archbishop Emeritus, Cape Town, South Africa, presided at the ordination of his daughter and three others at historic Christ Church.
AND FINALLY, there was the continuing saga of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge Project in all its manifestations — the good, the bad, and the ugly.
In the later category were the late-night eviction notices slipped under the doors of Hunting Terrace residents by VDOT representatives, giving them 48 hours to vacate due to falling ceilings. This was quickly reversed after a torrent of accusations by irate residents and being called to account by Euille, who termed VDOT's actions as "just plain arrogant."
The notices were rescinded by WWB Project Manager Nick Nicholson after then VDOT district manager, Thomas F. Farley, admitted to the residents and Euille, "The letter you received ... is incorrect." This put into play a series of negotiations which eventually enabled the residents to have their belongings secured and temporary residences provided while work was underway to repair and secure their residences.
As for the bad, there is the ongoing battle between Alexandria residents, particularly those of Yates Gardens, and VDOT representative over the future uses and access pertaining to Jones Point Park. After Sept. 11, 2001, the entire parking and access plans originally envisioned for the park area immediately adjacent to the new bridge were changed.
Questions of where to park vehicles for future park use, how to gain access to the park and river front, and whose plan is best has been the center of the latest meetings of the WWB Neighborhood Task Force and continues to escalate as the new year arrives. The ire of the citizenry was summed up by statements at two recent meetings.
"The bridge has impacted us enough. Leave the park alone," Richard Campbell, president, Yates Gardens Civic Association, told Nicholson. And, Barbara Lynch, a Yates Gardens resident, said, "Don't waste the public's money even looking at any access from Lee or Fairfax street." 2005 will be critical to future plans for access and egress to the park and where to position a planned 230-plus parking spaces.
WWB Project's good category during 2004 was primarily limited to the VDOT side of the equation. Construction is ahead of schedule and on budget, according to officials. There have also been pluses in the environmental impact area of bridge construction.
The good of the construction workers themselves was highlighted by two who prevented an attempted suicide. When a woman jumped into the river from the draw span, Danny Davis and Mike Pamperin pulled her into their boat and prevented a tragedy.
When she asked why they had saved her, Davis answered, "You picked the wrong bridge, lady. We won't allow that here."
2004: Year of Compromise
A Perfect Lift Off For Ballyshaners' 23rd Parade
City Observes King's Day
A Different Take On "Street Smart"
King Street Metro Enhancements to Proceed


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California Condor Recovery: Slow But Steady
By Carter Moore • May 28, 2019
nps.gov
Soaring thousands of feet above the sandstone cliffs and spires of the desert, California Condors look for their next feeding opportunity. For these prehistoric birds, however, the next meal could be their last.
The California Condor is North America's largest bird, with a wingspan of 10 feet. In the 1980s, mostly due to lead poisoning from ammunition, the bird's numbers dwindled to 22 in the world. But thanks to partnerships with advocacy groups and government agencies, they are starting to come back.
"If we can get them over this lead toxicity issue they can fit in very well in open undeveloped areas in state like Utah, Nevada and California," said Keith Day, a wildlife biologist with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. "So you can conserve a species and at the same time provide a wildlife viewing opportunity."
The condors do not start reproducing until they are about six years old and only have one chick every other year, Day said, so even one lead bullet found in a carcass where birds are feeding can be detrimental to the flock.
Utah and Arizona share an 88 bird flock that can fly up to Flaming Gorge in northeast Utah and down to Mexico. Both states have started programs to provide hunters with non-lead ammunition in order to protect the birds without banning hunters.
"It's not that the hunters aren't aware or aren't helping, it's that there is still lead in the environment," Day said. "The big game hunters — the ones we focus on — they're not the only source of lead in the environment. We are working hard to get the message out there and we are getting a lot of support."
The division has partnered with the Peregrine Fund, a non profit that breeds and raises condors to release into the flock. Day said this partnership has supplemented the population well, but it will still be a long time until the birds can sustain themselves.
Division of Wildlife Resources
Carter Moore


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Heritage visitors tour Jamaica
Published:Friday | April 30, 2010 | 12:00 AM
Members of the Friends of the Georgian Society of Jamaica stand in front of the Morant Bay Courthouse in St Thomas. - Contributed
Eighteen members of the Friends of the Georgian Society of Jamaica (FGSJ) are spending two weeks touring a number of Jamaica's historic buildings.
The FGSJ is a United Kingdom (UK)-based group, affiliated to the Georgian Society of Jamaica, and has for nearly two decades raised funds to support the preservation and restoration of Jamaica's Georgian buildings. Most notable are the Post Office and St Peter's Church in Falmouth, Lucea Parish Church, the Iron Bridge in Spanish Town and St Mark's Church in Rio Bueno.
This is the fourth tour by members of the FGSJ. Several of the current tour members were born and grew up in Jamaica, some worked on the island earlier in their careers, and one or two are descended from people who made Jamaica their home in earlier times. All are imbued with a love of the island and a desire to preserve and learn about its heritage.
The party is led by FGSJ Trustee Felicia (Hendriks) Pheasant, and the distinguished architectural expert Douglas Blain, who will guide the group through its visits to great houses, factories, churches, civic buildings and ruins in St James, Trelawny, St Ann, St Mary, Portland, St Thomas and St Andrew.
Heritage tourism
Douglas Blain commented: "Jamaica's historic buildings are of world importance. It is vital that Jamaicans, who after all were responsible for building them in the first place, are involved in their preservation as part of the country's effort to encourage heritage tourism."
The trustees of the FGSJ are always keen to identify new restoration projects to support, and part of the tour's brief is to look out for suitable projects. One potential project that caught the group's eye was the Morant Bay Courthouse, which was burnt out a few years ago. Rather than partially restoring the building, as is currently proposed, the group felt it would be better to make it fully serviceable as a Paul Bogle Museum, with the potential to introduce generations of Jamaican children to the history of their island. Later in their tour, the group will spend a morning with Dr Jim Parrent of Falmouth Heritage Renewal, being briefed on the progress of current projects in the town, and will meet members of Georgian Society of Jamaica chapters including those in St James, Trelawny, St Ann and St Andrew.
Peta Gay (Stockhausen) Jensen, a member of the tour party and author of the book The Last Colonials: The Story of Two European Families in Jamaica (2005), said: "With the increasing emphasis on heritage tourism worldwide, it is doubly important that every effort is made to preserve Jamaica's fine Georgian buildings."
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LA JOLLA, Calif. (AP) _ Synthorx Inc (THOR) on Tuesday reported a loss of $28.2 million in its fourth quarter.
On a per-share basis, the La Jolla, California-based company said it had a loss of $2.94. Losses, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were 89 cents per share.
For the year, the company reported a loss of $56.6 million, or $18.11 per share.
Synthorx shares have increased nearly 6 percent since the beginning of the year.


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Experian promotes Turner to head interactive division
By Marketing Week	 9 Apr 2009 12:00 am
Credit report company Experian has promoted former Tiscali and Freeserve marketer Peter Turner to managing director of its interactive division for UK and Ireland.
He replaces Jim Hodgkins, who steps up to become managing director of Experian's marketing services division for the UK & Ireland. Turner will report to Hodgkins.
Turner was recruited as director and general manager of Experian's CreditExpert service in July last year.
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En mécanique ondulatoire, la dispersion est le phénomène affectant une onde se propageant dans un milieu dit « dispersif », c'est-à-dire dans lequel les différentes longueurs d'onde constituant l'onde ne se propagent pas à la même vitesse. On rencontre ce phénomène pour tous types d'ondes, comme la lumière, le son et les ondes mécaniques (vagues, séismes, etc.).
À l'exception du vide, tous les milieux sont dispersifs à des degrés divers.

Le phénomène de dispersion possède de multiples origines qui peuvent varier selon le type d'onde.

Ondes dans un milieu dispersif

Une onde sinusoïdale est caractérisée par sa fréquence  ou sa pulsation  (en rad/s), et par son vecteur d'onde de norme  (en rad/m), où  est la longueur d'onde.

On observe alors qu'il existe deux vitesses caractéristiques différentes :
 la vitesse de phase  qui correspond au déplacement des fronts d'onde ;
 et la vitesse de groupe  qui correspond au déplacement de l'enveloppe de l'onde, ou autrement dit, de l'énergie.

Ces deux vitesses ont alors des comportements différents selon le type de milieu.
 Si le milieu est non dispersif, c'est-à-dire  ne dépend pas de k, alors  est forcément proportionnel à k. On obtient donc que les deux vitesses sont égales, et constantes.
Si le milieu est dispersif, ces deux vitesses ne sont alors plus égales, et dépendent de k.

Ces propriétés sont remarquables dans l'étude de la propagation d'un paquet d'onde : c'est, par définition, une superposition de plusieurs ondes sinusoïdales de différentes longueurs d'onde. On peut montrer que sa vitesse correspond à la vitesse de groupe.

Dans un milieu non dispersif, comme , la vitesse du paquet d'ondes est la même que les ondes sinusoïdales qui le composent. L'animation suivante illustre ce phénomène :

Dans un milieu dispersif, le paquet d'onde ne va pas à la même vitesse que les ondes qui le composent, comme le montre l'animation suivante :

En optique

Variation de l'indice de réfraction

Un milieu est caractérisé par son indice de réfraction , où c est la célérité de la lumière dans le vide et v sa vitesse dans le milieu considéré. Une variation de cet indice sur le trajet d'un rayon lumineux va dévier ce trajet par réfraction selon les lois de Snell-Descartes. Ainsi, lorsque le milieu de propagation est dispersif, la vitesse de propagation, et donc l'indice de réfraction dépendent de la fréquence : la déviation des rayons dépend de la fréquence, c'est-à-dire de la « couleur » de la lumière.

On qualifie la dispersion de « normale » lorsque l'indice croit avec la fréquence de l'onde, et « anormale » lorsqu'il décroit avec la fréquence de l'onde ; la dispersion normale se situe en général dans des domaines de longueur d'onde éloignés des domaines d'absorption, et la dispersion devient anormale lorsque l'on s'en approche.

Dans les liquides et les solides, l'indice augmente lorsque  diminue. Pour décrire numériquement ce phénomène, un modèle souvent utilisé est la formule de Cauchy qui approxime celui-ci par la relation :

où A, B, C... sont des grandeurs caractéristiques du milieu (dont seuls les 2 premiers termes sont pris en compte).

Conséquences

Une onde lumineuse est caractérisée par son spectre, qui est la répartition de l'intensité émise en fonction de la longueur d'onde. Dans le cas de la lumière visible, la longueur d'onde est reliée à la couleur perçue par l'œil. En général, une onde lumineuse est polychromatique, c'est-à-dire qu'elle est composée de plusieurs longueurs d'onde. Ainsi, la lumière du soleil contient la plupart des couleurs visibles. La dispersion va permettre de les séparer et de visualiser ainsi les couleurs qui composent le rayonnement, ce qui permet notamment de faire de la spectroscopie.

L'un des exemples visibles dans la vie courante est l'arc-en-ciel. L'arc-en-ciel observable à l'extérieur est le résultat de la dispersion de la lumière du soleil par les gouttelettes d'eau en suspension dans l'air. Le calcul du phénomène d'arc-en-ciel démontre que, pour le voir, il faut toujours tourner le dos au soleil ; c'est une chose facile à vérifier.

Mais la dispersion a aussi pour conséquence de limiter les performances des systèmes optiques. On peut citer :
 la dispersion chromatique dans les fibres optiques limitant la bande passante d'une transmission. Dans un milieu dispersif, chaque longueur d'onde se propage à une vitesse différente, d'où un élargissement temporel d'une impulsion lors de sa transmission. C'est pour cette raison, entre autres, qu'on utilise des diodes laser dont la largeur spectrale est faible ;
 dans les systèmes optiques, la différence de déviation pour chaque longueur d'onde implique un trajet différent selon la couleur, ce qui entraîne les aberrations chromatiques. Elles se manifestent par un point de convergence variant selon la longueur d'onde, provoquant ainsi une colorisation erronée de l'image. Voir à ce sujet les articles lunette astronomique et Microscope optique, par exemple.

Caractérisation des milieux dispersifs

Pour mesurer un indice de réfraction dans un milieu dispersif, il faut une radiation monochromatique de référence, comme la raie D de l'hélium (longueur d'onde dans le vide ), proche du milieu du spectre visible, qui est souvent utilisée.

Pour la radiation D, l'indice absolu  de l'eau à  est de 1,333 ; celui d'un verre ordinaire est compris entre 1,511 et 1,535. L'indice de l'air est égal à  dans les conditions normales de température et de pression, mais il dépend aussi de la longueur d'onde dans le vide. Une différence  aussi faible est mesurée, avec cette précision, par interférence entre deux rayons lumineux dont l'un passe dans l'air tandis que l'autre passe dans un tube vidé d'air. C'est la légère différence d'indice entre le vert et le rouge qui produit le « rayon vert » au coucher du soleil sur la mer (par très beau temps sans nuage) : la lumière verte est un peu plus déviée que la lumière rouge par la traversée très oblique de la couche d'air ; et de ce fait, le dernier rayon vert disparaît une ou deux secondes après le dernier rayon rouge.

Dans le domaine du visible (longueurs d'onde dans le vide comprises entre  et ) la dispersion est caractérisée par la constringence. On classe alors les verres en type Crown (moins dispersif) ou Flint (plus dispersif) suivant que la constringence est inférieure ou supérieure à 50. La constringence, encore appelée nombre d'Abbe, est définie par la formule :

F et C désignant deux raies de l'hydrogène (longueurs d'onde dans le vide  =  et  = ).
D désigne lui une raie de l'hélium (longueur d'onde dans le vide  = ).

Dispersion par un prisme

La dispersion par des matériaux tels que le verre a été utilisée pour analyser la lumière du Soleil. Les expériences de Newton à l'aide de prismes sont célèbres. Dans les expériences de démonstration, on utilise toujours des prismes qui, lorsque la lumière franchit les deux dioptres, permettent d'observer une bonne dispersion des couleurs.

Dans la pratique, on utilise aussi des « prismes à vision directe » qui sont en réalité des systèmes optiques constitués de 3 prismes accolés, choisis de façon à minimiser la déviation tout en optimisant la dispersion.

La dispersion dans d'autres domaines de la physique
La dispersion intervient dans tous les types d'ondes en physique. On peut citer par exemple les vagues lorsque le fond de la mer n'est pas plat, les ondes de plasma, le son, les arcs-en-ciel

Formulation généralisée des ordres élevés de dispersion - Optique de Lah-Laguerre
La description de la dispersion chromatique de manière perturbative par des coefficients de Taylor est avantageuse pour les problèmes d'optimisation où la dispersion de plusieurs systèmes différents doit être équilibrée. Par exemple, dans les amplificateurs laser à impulsions chirp, les impulsions sont d'abord étirées dans le temps par un étireur pour éviter les dommages optiques. Ensuite, dans le processus d'amplification, les impulsions accumulent inévitablement des phases linéaires et non linéaires en traversant des matériaux. Et enfin, les impulsions sont comprimées dans différents types de compresseurs. Pour annuler tout ordre supérieur résiduel dans la phase accumulée, les ordres individuels sont généralement mesurés et équilibrés. Cependant, pour les systèmes uniformes, une telle description perturbative n'est souvent pas nécessaire (par exemple, la propagation dans les guides d'ondes).
Les ordres de dispersion ont été généralisés d'une manière conviviale sur le plan informatique, sous la forme de transformées de type Lah-Laguerre.

Les ordres de dispersion sont définis par l'expansion de Taylor de la phase ou du vecteur d'onde.

Les relations de dispersion pour le vecteur d'onde
 et la phase
 peut être exprimée comme :

,

Les dérivées de toute fonction différentiable  dans l'espace des longueurs d'onde ou des fréquences sont spécifiées par une transformée de Lah comme :

Les éléments matriciels de la transformation sont les coefficients de Lah :

Écrite pour le GDD, l'expression ci-dessus indique qu'une constante de longueur d'onde GGD, aura des ordres supérieurs nuls. Les ordres supérieurs évalués à partir du GDD sont :

En substituant l'équation (2) exprimée pour l'indice de réfraction  ou le chemin optique  dans l'équation (1), on obtient des expressions à forme fermée pour les ordres de dispersion. En général, la dispersion d'ordre  POD est une transformée de type Laguerre d'ordre négatif deux :

Les éléments matriciels des transformées sont les coefficients de Laguerre non signés d'ordre moins 2, et sont donnés comme :

Les dix premiers ordres de dispersion, écrits explicitement pour le vecteur d'onde, sont :

L'indice de réfraction de groupe  est défini comme suit : .

Explicitement, écrits pour la phase , les dix premiers ordres de dispersion peuvent être exprimés en fonction de la longueur d'onde en utilisant les transformées de Lah (équation (2)) comme :

Références

Articles connexes

 Arc-en-ciel
 Constringence
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 Vitesse de phase
 Relation de dispersion
 Dispersion chromatique

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What Broad City got right about financial insecurity and episodic income
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When it comes to accurate freelancer representation in pop culture, we've seen slight improvements since the days of Carrie Bradshaw. One show that does a better job of revealing the ups and downs and the inconsistencies that can come with freelancing and non-traditional work is Broad City. Certainly Carrie's life looks glamorous and a goal to strive for, but Abbi and Ilana have the lives that more people can relate to.
Broad City and its heroines (also the show's creators) have a hyper awareness of the grind of freelance life and job precarity. In one episode, Abbi receives an $8,000 check after finally selling her art and struts into the bank with Ilana, lip-syncing Drake's "Started from the Bottom." Now, as many seasoned freelancers know, Abbi probably should've set some of that money aside for taxes. Instead, after being pushed to her wits end by her roommate, Abbi tries to use the money to move. She sees a series of horrible apartments, struggles with her broker, and eventually decides to use the money to pay for her current rent for the next few months — giving herself a bit of security for the first time. In the same episode, Ilana has to find a missing remote because the cable company keeps fining her for not returning it and her bank account overdrafts. Obviously this is funny — especially because a lot of us have most likely been there before. But overdraft fees can really screw you over. These unglamorous mishaps and minor to major hardships are realities for many people, especially freelancers who depend on things like timely payments from clients.
The characters don't explicitly say they are freelancers, but they continue to work side jobs throughout the shows five seasons. Abbi works at Anthropologie (selling laughably named items like "robin's nest Caucasian headdresses"), but eventually gets fired. She then turns to cater-waitering, working at fancy art events that she dreams of one day being invited to. Ilana works a bunch of temp jobs and briefly hits it rich while working at a fancy Manhattan restaurant. She's constantly trying to get her entrepreneurial pursuits off the ground, most notably her "phone wigs." In different episodes, the friends go to health clinics and a few hospitals. Ilana's boyfriend, Lincoln, is a dentist who the women regularly go to for discounted root canals, fillings, and wisdom teeth surgery. This is arguably dancing on the line of malpractice, but you get the point — these non-traditional employees are forced to get a little scrappy to gain the insurance protections that most full-time employees have a right to.
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When it comes to TV characters, unless it is used as a prop or a trope for the character, we rarely see the same outfit worn twice. It's refreshing to see Abbi splurge on an expensive dress, overthink it to death afterwards, and then continue to wear it consistently to different events throughout the season. The characters are mostly having fun, but their finances and struggle to keep up with rent and bills is always in the background — they take busses instead of renting cars and we rarely see them go on vacation.
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Seat's popularity on the rise in UK
Posted on 7th April 2011 4th April 2019 by Perrys Content Team
Sales of over 7,250 cars saw the Spanish manufacturer sell more cars in March than any other month in its 25-year history in the UK.
It has allowed the Volkswagen-owned brand to expand its market share to nearly two per cent – an increase of 13 per cent on last month.
Seat is one of few manufacturers to record and overall increase in sales in the first three months of 2011 after figures from the Society of Motoring Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) show the brand sold 10 per cent more than the same period in 2011.
This is all the more remarkable because the 2010 figures were bolstered by the UK scrappage scheme, which offered large discounts on new cars when an older model was traded in.
Peter Wyhinny, managing director of SEAT UK, said: "Our fresh, exciting and comprehensive portfolio of products – from sporty Ibiza through sleek Leon and luxurious Exeo to the multi award-winning new Alhambra – is clearly appealing to new car buyers like never before."
The Seat Alhambra was one of the surprising successes of last year. The practical seven-seat MPV has won a host of awards, including What Car? MPV of the year for 2011.
The refined drive, high level of equipment and fuel-efficient diesel engines have all been named as reasons for the success of the Alhambra, and prices starting from £22,800 undercut the almost identical Volkswagen Sharan in the UK.
Wyhinny added:"The success of our vibrant young range of cars, linked to our strong and growing network of dealers and consistently impressive residual values, sees us building an increasing presence on the UK's roads."
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Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Reverses Former New Bedford Cop's Sex Conviction
September 13, 2019 | Spring & Spring
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court today partially reversed a former New Bedford police officer's conviction for sexually abusing a young girl and ordered him to be resentenced. The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Gomes.
The defendant had worked as a New Bedford cop for approximately 32 years. He had dated the victim's mother for a decade. When the victim was eight years old, the defendant sat next to her on a couch in her cousin's apartment. The defendant tickled the victim and she ended up sitting on his lap facing away from him. The defendant grabbed the victim's waist and thrust his groin into her butt. He then instructed her not to tell anyone because he would get in trouble. The victim testified at trial that she had been uncomfortable about the incident, but she didn't tell anyone about it until two years later. When the victim's mother found out what the defendant had done, she filed a police report and the defendant was ultimately charged with indecent assault and battery on a person under the age of 14. Unfortunately for the defendant, the already-serious charge was made worse by his status as a police officer. As a cop, the defendant was a "mandated reporter," which means he had a legal obligation to report the abuse or neglect of children. A mandated reporter who commits an indecent assault and battery on a child is subject to a mandatory minimum prison sentence of 10 years, which was the sentence imposed upon the defendant following his conviction by a Fall River Superior Court jury.
The defendant advanced two arguments on appeal. He argued first that the evidence had been insufficient to establish the assault and battery against the victim had been indecent. Prior cases have defined an indecent touching as one that offends contemporary moral values and standards of decency. While the defendant and the victim were both fully clothed at the time of the crime, the Supreme Judicial Court concluded the assault clearly satisfied the definition of "indecent," as the defendant intentionally contacted the victim's butt with his (clothed) genitals. The jury's guilty verdict was accordingly supported by the evidence.
The defendant had better luck with his second argument. During his trial, he had repeatedly told the judge he should not be subject to an enhanced penalty because while his job as a police officer made him a mandated reporter, he was not working at the time of the assault. The trial judge concluded that even though he was off-duty when he assaulted the victim, the defendant's status as a police officer subjected him to the 10-year mandatory minimum prison sentence. The SJC disagreed. The Court noted the language of the statute seeks to punish a defendant who was a mandated reporter "at the time of commission" of the indecent assault. The Court concluded the defendant was not a mandated reporter at the time he committed the crime because at that moment, he was not working as a police officer. Further, in enacting the mandated reporter statute, the Legislature had made clear that a duty to report abuse or neglect arose only from information learned by an individual in his professional capacity. Therefore, in this case, the defendant was properly convicted of indecent assault and battery, but the Court reversed so much of the conviction that alleged the defendant was a mandated reporter.
The SJC remanded the case to superior court for the defendant to be resentenced, where he will likely receive a considerably shorter sentence than the 10 years he has been serving.
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The Professionale grinder from Isomac is made entirely from stainless steel and is an elegant partner to any home or small office espresso machine. Featuring a conical burr grinding mechanism that allows slower rotation and a larger cutting surface for a very consistent, low static grind. A micro switch located underneath the ground coffee chute is activated by pressing the portafilter against it and freshly ground coffee is automatically dispensed. The multiple position grind selector delivers the right fineness for all coffee and espresso markers. To adjust the settings, simply turn the easy gliding bean hopper to any of the 18 grind positions required. The 300g clear plastic bean hopper provides easy viewing of the coffee bean level and easily removes to expose the grinding chamber for cleaning or adjustment. A great medium priced espresso grinder.


Ozum is an Umbraco Gold Partner agency with years of experience in developing Umbraco websites for a range of clients across many market sectors.
Our professionally trained Umbraco experts can help improve your existing site or build you a new one.
Every single website we deliver is built using Umbraco.
We know Umbraco inside out so only utilise best practices.
Our Certified Umbraco Developers are all based in-house.
We have an extensive UK-wide client list.
A finely-tuned Umbraco installation is a happy Umbraco installation. Our Health Check will examine all aspects of your installation from the general structure, individual pages and coding structure.
We will provide a detailed report and based on this can offer a set of recommendations. Health checks can be conducted on-site or remotely.
If you have an Umbraco installation and need to switch to a different agency, we can help maintain that installation and add new features.
You can still maintain control of the installation and any changes can be made remotely. We can provide feedback about any issues that we discover.
This is a selection of some of the clients we have helped to harness the power of Umbraco.
Prodec Networks operates a content-rich website that heavily utilises the Umbraco Grid. This provides increased control over content layout and allows for content to easily be shared and inter-linked across the website.
Web Design. Umbraco Development. Hubspot Integration. GFK Etilize Integration.
A world-leading online money transfer company, World Remit approached Ozum to assist in restructuring an existing Umbraco installation, integrating with the Cloudinary media management platform and continuing integration of new features.
Umbraco Development. Cloudinary Integration. On-Site Training.
We have partnered with the award-winning brewery since they first launched in 2012. The brewery uses Umbraco to manage the website for their brewery and individual bars as well as powering the electronic Beer Boards found in each bar.
Web Design. Umbraco Development. Snipcart Integration.
With a wide-range of products and case studies demonstrating their uses, we provided Autopa with a customised Umbraco installation that easily interlinked the wealth of data and has e-commerce features built-in.
With a true global reach, we provided Smarter Capital Technology with a site that portrayed their reach and connectability. A well-structured installation of Umbraco allows any member of the SCT team to manage content with minimal training.
We delivered a new Umbraco website that took full advantage of the Grid system to give content editors increased control over the appearance of each page. Custom integration with a course provider allowed for a huge range of courses to be integrated into the website.
Web Design. Umbraco Development. QA Course Integration.
An organisation that provides IT equipment for the education sector requires a bold and colourful website that subtely uses the Smarter Interactive branding. We paired this with the Grid system which has been extensively used to allow greater control over pages.


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