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Arbitrator rules in favour of Ontario auto claimant refusing to attend insurer's medical examination
November 27, 2013	by Canadian Underwriter
An arbitrator with the Financial Services Commission of Ontario recently ruled against Unifund Assurance Company, which had refused to pay medical benefits to an Ontario auto claimant who refused to attend an insurer's examination.
In a ruling release Nov. 13, FSCO arbitrator Susan Sapin ordered Unifund to pay Kadian Augustin treatment expenses of $2,934.90 plus interest.
Sapin also ruled that Augustin is not precluded from pursuing mediation for her claim.
FSCO records indicate that Augustin was injured in a vehicle accident July 2, 2011. She made a claim for medical and attendant care benefits, as well as a weekly non-earner benefit (NEB), from Unifund.
Non-earner benefits are for claimants who suffer "a complete inability to carry on a normal life as a result of and within 104 weeks after the accident" and either do not qualify for income replacement, were full-time students or who graduated less than a year before the accident but are not employed "in a capacity that reflected his or her education and training."
Augustin was unemployed at the time of the accident and was a caregiver to her two children but had not purchased optional coverage for caregiver benefits.
"Unifund refused to pay for medical benefits on the basis that Ms. Augustin failed to attend insurer's examinations (IEs) to determine whether her accident injuries fell within the Minor Injury Guideline (MIG), and now argues her failure to attend the IEs precludes her from mediating its refusal," Sapin wrote in her decision. "Unifund has refused to pay an NEB because it maintains Ms. Augustin did not apply for it."
The MIG, which took effect in 2010, provides for a $3,500 cap on claims for injuries that can include a "sprain, strain, whiplash associated disorder, contusion, abrasion, laceration or subluxation and any clinically associated sequelae."
Sapin noted that section 38(9) of Ontario Regulation 34/10, also known as the Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule, requires that if an insurer "believes that the Minor Injury Guideline applies to the insured person's impairment," that a notice to the claimant "under subsection (8) must so advise the person."
FSCO records indicate that Unifund advised Augustin that the carrier "required an IE to determine if her impairment was a minor injury within the MIG." But Sapin noted that Section 38 of SABS requires that, once a claimant's health provider submits a treatment and assessment plan, an insurer "must send the insured person a notice that identifies which goods and services the carrier agrees to pay for," any goods or services the carrier does not agree to pay for and "the medical reasons and all of the other reasons why the insurer considers any goods or services, or the proposed costs of them, not to be reasonable and necessary."
But Sapin found that Unifund's notice to Augustin "does not state that Unifund 'believes' the MIG applies, or why."
She added Unifund also does not state "medical reasons" for refusing to pay the benefit claimed.
"Given that an insured person's treating practitioner must provide a factually based medical opinion to support a claim for treatment outside the MIG, I find it is reasonable to require an insurer who chooses to refuse to pay an initial claim to counter with something more than simply a desire 'to determine if your impairment is predominantly a minor injury as described in the Minor Injury Guideline,' as Unifund has done in this case," Sapin wrote.
"This is particularly so where, as in the case here, Unifund refused to pay for the treatment pending an IE, a response I find undermines the stated purpose of the MIG to provide access to early treatment, a purpose based on sound medical principles."
In explaining why she ruled that Augustin "is not precluded from pursuing or mediating her claim" for non-earner benefits, Sapin cited a 2002 ruling by the Supreme Court of Canada in the case of Bernadette Smith vs The Cooperators General Insurance Company.
FSCO records indicate that Augustin submitted an Application for Accident Benefits (form OCF-1) while her chiropractor "submitted a Disability Certificate (OCF-3) to Unifund dated July 4, 2011, indicating Ms. Augustin was completely unable to carry on a normal life."
In August, Unifund sent Augustin an Explanation of Benefits (OCF-9) "explaining why she was not entitled to an income replacement, caregiver or non-earner benefit."
Sapin noted that SABS requires that "if an application indicates that the applicant may qualify for two or more of the IRB, caregiver or NEB benefits, the insurer must advise the person that she must elect which benefit she wishes to receive."
She found that the OCF-1 and OCF-3 forms "submitted to Unifund together satisfy the requirement of notifying the insurer of an intent to apply for a benefit under sections 32(1) and (5)" of SABS.
"I find it was up to Unifund to properly adjust Ms. Augustin's claim for an NEB by exercising its right to determine her continuing entitlement to the benefit under s. 37(1), and in failing to do so it cannot now raise the 'defence' that she never applied for the benefit," Sapin wrote.
There is a 26-week waiting period for NEB benefits, Sapin noted, but added there is nothing in SABS requiring claimants to resubmit claims for NEB after that waiting period.
"If there was a requirement," Sabin noted, "it falls short of the standard of consumer protection required of insurers since Smith v. Co-operators and I find Unifund cannot take the position that it is not required to pay an NEB because Ms. Augustin did not 'apply' for it."
Smith's dispute with The Cooperators was over the two-year limitation period under Ontario law. In 1996, The Cooperators ceased paying for benefits claimed by Smith in a vehicle accident that occurred in 1994. An attempt at mediation in 1997 failed, and Smith filed a statment of claim in 1998. Her claim was dismissed by the Ontario Superior court of Justice, which ruled it was time-barred. Smith unsuccessfully appealed to the Court of Appeal for Ontario but was successful in her appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada.
"There is no dispute that one of the main objectives of insurance law is consumer protection, particularly in the field of automobile and home insurance," wrote Mr. Justice Charles Doherty Gonthier on behalf of the majority of the Supreme Court of Canada, adding Section 279(2) of the Insurance Act "provides that any restriction on a party's right to mediate, arbitrate, litigate, or appeal is void, except as provided in the regulations."
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Insurer has no duty to defend or indemnify under homeowners insurance policyholders named in bullying lawsuit: Ontario appeal court


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Abducted Edo Deputy Governor's Younger Brother Freed
A government source in Edo confirmed the release to our correspondent on Wednesday night.
by SaharaReporters, New York Nov 11, 2020
Frederick Shaibu, younger brother of Edo State deputy governor, Philip Shaibu, who was kidnapped on Monday, has been freed, SaharaReporters has learnt.
The source disclosed that Fredrick was released after the payment of ransom.
He added that the victim has been reunited with his family and taken for treatment.
"He has been released and reunited with his family. The deputy governor is aware of his release already.
"I can't disclose how much was paid to secure his release but I know he's fine now and has been narrating his experience in the kidnappers' den," the source said.
See Also CRIME Gunmen Kidnap Edo Deputy Governor's Younger Brother 0 Comments 1 Year Ago
Mr Chidi Nwabuzor, spokesperson for the Edo State Police Command, could not be reached for comment at the time of this report.
Fredrick was kidnapped on Monday while driving his children to school at Aruogba in Irhiri axis of Benin, the state capital.
The children were left in the car while the hoodlums went away with him.

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Deep Purple – Made In Japan Fri 12th Sept 2014 BBC4 21.15
September 14, 2014 September 13, 2014 by Alan Esdaile
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04gvd9q
Andy Gunton… Pity about the photo on the BBC link. It shows the wrong line up.
Terry Pack… I have fond memories of that album, which I played until I could sing all the parts, as was (and still is) my OCD practice with any music I like. I preferred the live versions of all the songs, having heard these first. I usually got into bands via live albums: Cream, Genesis, Yes. I haven't heard Made in Japan since about 1976. I hope it stands the test of time.
Andy Qunta… I've played in 3 different Deep Purple tribute bands in the last few years, and Made In Japan was the "bible" for all of them! Unbelievable stuff!
Mark Gilham… Not to be missed!
David Miller… Much as I love all the Mk II albums, Fireball is a fave of mine – No, no, no ; The Mule and especially No-one Came. Ian Paice is a very fine drummer indeed and Blackmores guitar, his feel and timing and choice of notes, scales etc still does it for me after all these years. Speaking of No, No, No – MkII rehearsing for a German TV show in 1971…primo DP, very tight indeed with RB obviously driving, in fine guitar god fettle and Paice laying down some amazing skin walloping there…Blackmore even smiles at one point…made me a little uneasy, really..
Dave Nattress… Yes, recording this programme now to watch later. I still have the "Made In Japan" "double play stereo musicassette – also gives genuine monaural reproduction" from 1972, labelled up as Purple Records – label says "Also available on 8 track cartridge" – remember these horrors!! I remember so well playing this in my Ford Cortina in a crude, first generation, poor sound quality, car cassette player with plastic speakers like little stage monitors, on the back parcel shelf, all those years ago. Then I got the 1998 double CD re-issue. The first CD has the original 7 album tracks – as the cassette, and the 2nd CD is "The Encores" – Black Night, Speed King and Lucille. It'll be a Deep Purple weekend for me.
Chris Meachen… Excellent programme;- I'm wondering if Blackmore has a portrait of himself mouldering in some attic, however..
Terry Pack… Ray Fenwick told me that he was always very nice to him, but that he and Gillan couldn't stand each other. A difficult man, but a great guitar player. As Dave says above: great phrasing and note choices, and a beautiful tone. Much more interesting than most of his contemporaries. I agree with Dave Miller about Ian Paice, too. Streets ahead of most rock drummers at that time. Deep Purple No No No.. Interesting mix and camerawork! It's nearly ALL Ritchie till the organ solo, and then it's mostly Ritchie! Was Jon Lord very tall or was the Hammond very low?
Dave Miller… It is indeed all Ritchie – mind you, him and his hat were on top form there…as is Mr Paice who you can just tune in to for the whole song and still have a good time listening. They're all playing well but those two stand out for me….I think Jon Lord's wearing a fashionably low-slung Hammond….classic..great dynamics and energy…
Mike Curtis… Ritchie's more recent stuff "Blackmore's Night" is excellent.
Mark Gilham… Talking of Ritchie, this typifies his beautiful style.
Martyn Baker… As I recall, my teenage mind felt a good deal of remorse when Ian Gillan and Roger Glover left the band, but looking again at the next lineup with David Coverdale and the amazing Glenn Hughes I needn't have worried.
Terry Pack… blimey! Why did they bother with Coverdale when Glenn Hughes could sing like that?
Andy Qunta… I think either Coverdale or Hughes would have done a fine job on their own, but having the two of them together, trading lines or harmonizing with each other, makes a truly awesome sound!
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I still have the "Made In Japan" "double play stereo musicassette – also gives genuine monaural reproduction" from 1972, labelled up as Purple Records – label says "Also available on 8 track cartridge" – remember these horrors!! I remember so well playing this in my Ford Cortina in a crude, first generation, poor sound quality, car cassette player with plastic speakers like little stage monitors, on the back parcel shelf, all those years ago. Then I got the 1998 double CD re-issue. The first CD has the original 7 album tracks – as the cassette, and the 2nd CD is "The Encores" – Black Night, Speed King and Lucille. It'll be a Deep Purple weekend for me.


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Does luck exist? That's a good question. We were just talking about something like that right? Someone just comes up and insults you, was it your bad luck? Or someone just hits you! I was a passenger in a motor car, a couple of years ago, and we're driving along the highway, in Durban, South … Continue reading Does Luck Exist?
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Regarding association with devotees, we look forward to it. Sometimes due to politics, back biting or fault finding, devotee's comment saying they feel so miserable. They compare with the outside people feeling that the outside people are better. Please comment.
Question: Regarding association with devotees, we look forward to it. Sometimes due to politics, back biting or fault finding, devotee's comment saying they feel so miserable. They compare with the outside people feeling that the outside people are better. Please comment. Answer: See, that's maya. Maya makes people who are spiritually weak think like that, … Continue reading Regarding association with devotees, we look forward to it. Sometimes due to politics, back biting or fault finding, devotee's comment saying they feel so miserable. They compare with the outside people feeling that the outside people are better. Please comment.
Based on the passage below from the teachings of Lord Caitanya, following in the footsteps of Rupa and Sanatana Goswamis, what kind of rituals or prayers can devotees do to help remove obstacles that are obstructing their engagement in devotional service?
Question: Based on the passage below from the teachings of Lord Caitanya, following in the footsteps of Rupa and Sanatana Goswami's, what kind of rituals or prayers can devotees do to help remove obstacles that are obstructing their engagement in devotional service? "Upon making this decision, the two brothers at once took steps to leave … Continue reading Based on the passage below from the teachings of Lord Caitanya, following in the footsteps of Rupa and Sanatana Goswamis, what kind of rituals or prayers can devotees do to help remove obstacles that are obstructing their engagement in devotional service?
Is it true that Krishna will respond only if we pray to Srila Prabhupada?
How do you get over anger towards someone who leaves your spirit uneasy?
Regarding the question of trustworthiness, that implies someone being trustworthy to someone else. It occurred to me, we have the example of the drunk doctor who gave very good advice to Srila Prabhupada if I'm not mistaken, to take morning walks. He certainly wasn't self-controlled and yet in that specific way he was trustworthy. Conversely we've seen examples of very advanced devotees who are very fixed who may not have given the perfect ideal advice in terms of material considerations about a career or marriage or health etc. and so could you kindly speak a few words on this?


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News >> Burger King (US) India Plans to Open 700 Stores in India by 2025
Burger King (US) India Plans to Open 700 Stores in India by 2025
Burger King India plans to open 700 stores in India by 2025, and will look to have a total of 325 stores in the country by December, said Rajeev Varman, the chief executive officer of the company.
The burger chain, which currently has 259 stores in the country, is gearing up to launch its initial public offering in the country, and has already received approval from the market regulator.
This initial public offering will be a combination of an offer for sale, and a fresh share issue and most of the proceeds that the company plans to raise through the fresh issue of shares will be used to expand operations.
Burger King India opened its first store in the country in November 2014 with its master franchise agreement with US-based Burger King. Only eight of its stores are sub-franchises, majorly at airports.
Apart from freedom on marketing and communication around the brand, the master franchise allows for flexibility on the menu, pricing and supply chain in India. This is a key strategic differentiator, Varman told Cogencis in an exclusive interaction.
The master franchise also allows rights for the entire country, Varman said. Burger King India is looking at roughly adding 75 stores each year, which factors in 1% or two-three stores being closed each year.While the double-digit growth in the Indian food market along with an increasing shift to the organised food market is conducive for the company's growth, there are also an increasing number of small, independent cafes whose flavours are more local.
"Eating out which was a very minimal activity…has become a necessity today," Varman said. Dual-income and nuclear families, and particularly millennials, are resorting to eating out more often, and Burger King's global positioning is with this group.
While the company is seeing strong growth, it is line with that of the market, effectively keeping its market share stable.
"Wherever we have gone and put a restaurant in the vicinity of other competitive restaurants, we have seen that there has been a rise in total sales for all of us," Varman said.
The company is also banking on its extensive vegetarian menu and value-pricing to give it an edge over more-established names in the country.
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Q: Component getting unexpectedly unmounted in react-redux app Below is my index.js file of app:
import React from 'react';
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import { BrowserRouter } from 'react-router-dom';
import App from './App.js';
import { createStore, combineReducers } from 'redux';
import { Provider } from 'react-redux';
import { applyMiddleware } from 'redux';
import logger from 'redux-logger';

const state = (state = { num: 0 }, action) => {
  switch (action.type) {
    case 'CHANGE':
      return { ...state, num: 2 };
    default:
      return { ...state };
  }
};

const store = createStore(combineReducers({ state: state }), applyMiddleware(logger));

ReactDOM.render(
  <Provider store={store}>
    <BrowserRouter>
      <App />
    </BrowserRouter>
  </Provider>,
  document.getElementById('root'),
);

Below is App.js:
import React from 'react';
import { Redirect, Route, Switch, withRouter } from 'react-router-dom';
import { connect } from 'react-redux';
import A from './A';

class App extends React.Component {
  constructor(props) {
    super(props);
  }

  changeNum = () => {
    this.props.dispatch({ type: 'CHANGE' });
  };

  render() {
    return (
      <>
        <Switch>
          <Route exact path="/" component={() => } />
        </Switch>
      </>
    );
  }
}

const mapStateToProps = (state) => ({ num: state.state.num });

export default withRouter(connect(mapStateToProps)(App));

Below are A.js:
import React from 'react';
import { connect } from 'react-redux';

class A extends React.Component {
  componentDidMount() {
    this.props.changeNum();
  }
  componentWillUnmount() {
    console.log('A component unmounted');
  }
  render() {
    return
component A
;
  }
}

export default A;

The problem is that on hitting '/' route, I see the message A component unmounted and two successive CHANGE action instead of one in console, which is unexpected.
I have seen such problem in earlier projects as well but I had been ignoring. So I wanted to go down the root of the problem, so here it is.
Please explain me the unexpected behaviour.
Thank You!

A: The syntax which you are using for rendering the component in Route is wrong here . If you want to pass the component some additional props along with the route props then you should use render instead of component
 <Switch>
          <Route exact path="/" render={(props) => } />
 </Switch>

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Women's median earnings are lower than men's in nearly all occupations, whether they work in occupations predominantly done by women, occupations predominantly done by men, or occupations with a more even mix of men and women. During 2011, median weekly earnings for female full-time workers were $684, compared with $832 per week for men, a gender wage ratio of 82.2 percent. Added to the gender wage gap within occupations is the gender wage gap between occupations. Male-dominated occupations tend to pay more than female-dominated occupations at similar skill levels, particularly at higher levels of educational attainment. Tackling occupational segregation is an important part of tackling the gender wage gap.
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CHICAGO (INCS)—Earlier this week, the Illinois State Charter School Commission upheld the decision to close a low-performing charter public school and voted to approve a campus expansion of an existing high-quality charter public school. The Commission also denied an appeal by another charter school seeking an additional campus and overturned a decision to close an all-boys high school.
INCS played a leading role in establishing the Illinois State Charter School Commission in 2011, which was created by a strong, bipartisan vote. The Commission has been judicious in using its authority—overturning a district's decision only seven times in its eight years of existence prior to this week's vote. The whole purpose of the Commission is to serve as "a third party, independent, fact-based review process to ensure that only high-quality applications are approved, either on renewal or initially," said Broy.
As an advocate for school quality above all else, INCS will continue to support the establishment of high-performing charter public schools and the closure of charter public schools that do not meet rigorous academic standards. Quality matters, and our children deserve nothing less.


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Teenage Girl Guides Students to the Safety of a Mosque in a School Shooting [Video]
Web Desk December 6, 2019
Christchurch's mosque shooting earlier this year might have painted a horrific perception in the minds of people across the globe that the praying places are not safe because of the white supremacists.
The fear is justified owing to the fact that Muslims have been at the receiving end in such attacks, however, a young student in the US, Duaa Ahmad, has proved that mosques can provide shelter in times of distress.
Following a school shooting and stabbing incident in a local school in Wisconsin on Tuesday, Duaa hurried to a mosque across the road to provide shelter to over 100 students. Her father serves as the finance secretary for the local community mosque.
The 17-year-old student at Oshkosh West High School, guided her fellow students to the mosque after they heard a gunshot in the school.
Her heroic act was recorded in the CCTV footage of the mosque where she was seen entering the security code to unlock the door. She brought as many students as she could and locked themselves in when she called her father, Saad Ahmad who works minutes away from the place of shooting.
I'm really glad she opened the mosque right away and took the initiative. I was quite proud of her that she was able to handle this situation at such a young age.
I was there at the right time in the worst situation, Duaa said in an interview after the incident. Her presence of mind has been praised by many in the local community and on social media as well.
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from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse

from readthedocs.projects.models import Project

class ProjectOnboardMixin(object):

    """Add project onboard context data to project object views"""

    def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
        """Add onboard context data"""
        context = super(ProjectOnboardMixin, self).get_context_data(**kwargs)
        # If more than 1 project, don't show onboarding at all. This could
        # change in the future, to onboard each user maybe?
        if Project.objects.for_admin_user(self.request.user).count() > 1:
            return context

        onboard = {}
        project = self.get_object()

        # Show for the first few builds, return last build state
        if project.builds.count() <= 5:
            onboard['build'] = project.get_latest_build(finished=False)
            if 'github' in project.repo:
                onboard['provider'] = 'github'
            elif 'bitbucket' in project.repo:
                onboard['provider'] = 'bitbucket'
            context['onboard'] = onboard

        return context

# Mixins
class ProjectAdminMixin(object):

    """Mixin class that provides project sublevel objects

    This mixin uses several class level variables

    project_url_field
        The URL kwarg name for the project slug

    """

    project_url_field = 'project_slug'

    def get_queryset(self):
        self.project = self.get_project()
        return self.model.objects.filter(project=self.project)

    def get_project(self):
        """Return project determined by url kwarg"""
        if self.project_url_field not in self.kwargs:
            return None
        return get_object_or_404(
            Project.objects.for_admin_user(user=self.request.user),
            slug=self.kwargs[self.project_url_field]
        )

    def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
        """Add project to context data"""
        context = super(ProjectAdminMixin, self).get_context_data(**kwargs)
        context['project'] = self.get_project()
        return context

    def get_form(self, data=None, files=None, **kwargs):
        """Pass in project to form class instance"""
        kwargs['project'] = self.get_project()
        return self.form_class(data, files, **kwargs)

    def get_success_url(self, **kwargs):
        return reverse('projects_domains', args=[self.get_project().slug])

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Home » GAMING » PlayStation 5 Showcase – Full Rundown of the Event
PlayStation 5 Showcase – Full Rundown of the Event
BY Taylor Bauer September 17, 2020September 17, 2020
Yesterday's PlayStation 5 showcase made a strong argument for why Sony won't willingly yield its crown. From first-party exclusives to a competitive pricing plan, the PS5 is shaping up to be a success. Here's our rundown of what you missed in this week's PlayStation event!
PS5 Showcase – Opening Reveals and Detailed Game Demos
The PS5 event kicked off with a big reveal for Final Fantasy XVI. I'm not necessarily privy to a ton of the Final Fantasy lore and world. That said, I was a little confused because the video started sort of unclear on what we were seeing. I thought this was going to be a FFXIV remake or something. A lot of fans online also seemed confused. Either way, it's interesting to see a bit about the story and get a feel for gameplay. Most notably, the game will be a PlayStation/PC exclusive. Sorry, Xbox fans.
Next, we have a gameplay reveal for Spider-Man Miles Morales. The game takes place one year after the events of the PS4 game. Interestingly enough, this reveal came with a few revelations. Firstly, you can buy this game and the PS4 game for $70 bundled. If you never played the original, then this is a great chance to do so. Secondly, the game is a launch title. You can play this day one if you pick up a PS5. Lastly, you don't actually need a PS5 to play this game. It's also coming to PS4, which was a huge shock to most of us. Hopefully, this game lives up to the nature of its predecessor.
One final reveal that kicked off the top of the show was Hogwarts Legacy. Set in the 1800s, this is the Harry Potter RPG we heard about years ago in a leak. It was recently teased again in DC FanDome, so it's nice to finally see something from it. This could be the game a lot of fans waited for during the heyday of the books and movies. I think it's going to be a huge success if there's true RPG elements included.
A Few Surprise Sneak Peeks
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Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War is going to get an alpha for the upcoming game! You can pick up the game this November and a PS5 upgrade is coming for Holiday 2020. The trailer looked solid, but it's Call of Duty. At this point, we sort of know what we're in for with these titles. We also got a chance to see Resident Evil 8 Village again in a second trailer. That game releases in 2021. If you haven't already, then be sure to read my retro review of Resident Evil 7 Biohazard. Devil May Cry 5 is also getting a special edition on launch for the PS5, and we saw further looks at Oddworld: Soulstorm and Five Nights at Freddy's Security Breach. The real heart of the middle of the show, however, was Deathloop.
Deathloop is a huge driving factor for Sony in this console launch. They won't release the game until Q2 2021, but it's going to be a huge release for them. The time loop mechanism is a bit played out in gaming right now. That said, this looks like the right way to use this sort of mechanic. There's heavy tints of Bioshock in this game as well as Borderlands. I think they're setting themselves up for a win with this one.
We closed out the heart of the presentation with a Demon's Soul trailer with a ton of gameplay. It looks amazing, and it's a launch title. We also got confirmation that Fortnite will be available on the PS5 at launch.
PlayStation 5 Showcase Price Reval, Release Date, and the PlayStation Plus Collection
A huge reveal for the end of the PlayStation 5 showcase was the PlayStation Plus Collection. With a PS+ subscription, you can get a handful of games from the PS4 days for free. It seems to be a direct rival to Game Pass but significantly less comprehensive. This announcement came just before the price reveal for the PS5. The console will cost $499, and the digital edition is going to run $399. I shared my thoughts on this already in the link above, but it's going to be about as good as Sony can get on pricing. They're likely taking a bigger loss than they hoped with this one. My guess is that they wanted to go with $599 before the Xbox Series X price reveal. The console launches November 12. Pre-orders start today, but many are already sold out thanks to retailers offering them early.
One Last Thing to Close the PlayStation 5 Showcase
As with many of these showcases, Sony had one more reveal at the end. They revealed God of War: Ragnarok for a 2021 release. It's interesting to see a brand new game from this series only 2.5 years since the last one. It's meant to be a standalone game, but that's a quick turnaround if you ask me. Overall, what did you think of the PS5 Showcase? If you have any hot takes, then let us know in the comments! Thanks for reading Comic Years for all things gaming, comics, and pop culture.
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Taylor loves to play video games in his spare time. He has two degrees in Political Communication and wrote his thesis on Marxism and the exploitation of college athletes. In his spare time, he loves spending time with his wife and two Toy Australian Shepherds. He's always got headphones in, and he's a diehard Cubs fan.
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European procurement legislation is complicated and regularly updated to account for legal judgements and new procurement initiatives. It takes a while to even begin to wrap your head around it, so this blog is aimed at making life easier by providing a short introduction to the latest changes in European public procurement directives.
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was using her highly visible stature at the recent American Bar Association convention to call for increased protection for Americans' right to vote, North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory signed a law that strips all residents of same-day voter registration, shortens early voter registration and imposes onerous voter ID requirements.
rights in North Carolina to be among the most extreme and regressive we've seen in the country," said Eddie Hailes, managing director and general counsel for Advancement Project, a civil rights organization that works on clearing barriers to the ballot box.
organization's lawsuit against North Carolina, Advancement Project Co-Director Penda Hair noted that voters of color would be the hardest hit by the new restrictions; young people as well.
Gov. McCrory enacted, will end the pre-registration of 16- and 17-year-old future voters; and increases the likelihood of incidents of intimidation at the polls by allowing voters to be challenged by a registered voter from the same county. In the past, those challenges were limited to voters from the same precinct.
having a repeat performance of 2012," said Kathy Culliton-Gonzalez, director of voter protection for Advancement Project. Proposed voter ID restrictions by 24 states in 2013 head the list as the most popular form of legislative fiat. Other initiatives run the gamut from reducing early voting days – like in North Carolina -- to voter purges.
Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and others that champion voting rights.
and civil disobedience could raise public awareness about the unjust or disparate impact of newly proposed or enacted laws. Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II, president of the North Carolina chapter of NAACP, had some success in rallying protesters against HB 589 and other legislative actions through Moral Monday demonstrations each Monday in Raleigh. His organization is continuing to hold Moral Monday forums outside of the state capitol and is planning demonstrations in 13 of the state's congressional districts on Aug. 28th to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington.
discipline of the North Carolina protests can be replicated in other states remains to be seen. Yet other veterans of the civil rights era are encouraging a national movement for the restoration and protection of voting rights.
activity focuses on pressuring Congress to take up the issue of devising a new Section 4 formula so that Section 5 can be fully restored.
measure of the Voting Rights Act, allows the Department of Justice to challenge proposed changes in election laws before they could be implemented, if those changes could be shown to have discriminatory impact on minority voters. But it was the findings under Section 4's formula that triggered the DOJ action.
be seen as political suicide for their party. Republicans have better odds of holding North Carolina in 2016 with HB 589 enacted and Section 5 sidelined.
senior Victoria Walker recently told Portsmouth Rotary Club members how she and several other pre-medical students will go to Nicaragua later this year during their winter break. They'll work with American and Nicaraguan doctors and dentists to provide care to dozens of indigent Nicaraguans in three poorly equipped village clinics on the outskirts of that country's capital, Managua.
to Nicaragua for Walker, who plans to become a neurosurgeon.
College of William and Mary's Medical Relief (WMMR) Team, working with the larger International Service Learning (ISL) Organization. ISL enlists medical and educational volunteer teams to provide services to under-served populations in Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean and Africa.
gives invaluable hands-on experience to pre-medical students and, more importantly, provides immediate medical aid to impoverished Nicaraguan neighborhoods visited. Once there, the students also will conduct health education and surveys to aid in the prevention of many common illnesses.
last year in Nicaragua, Walker said that word spread quickly in the villages about their presence. The United States and local medical teams usually assist large numbers of individuals and family members during their three-day visits to each of three villages.
the father of a team member, will again go to Nicaragua. During last year's winter school break, the W&M team worked alongside a Nicaraguan family physician, pediatrician and a dentist.
that country lives on less than a dollar a day.
entirely student-run group," Walker said.
medical equipment and medications provided at their clinics are donated by U.S. hospitals and private medical practices.
personal satisfaction. She emphasized this point by quoting her role model, recently retired and nationally known neurosurgeon, Dr. Benjamin Carson, the former head of the Johns Hopkins Hospital Neurosurgery Department.
for those wishing to donate to this effort, contact her at vlwalker@email. wm.edu.
volunteer group has an Instagram page that will be updated regularly starting in mid-September. The user name is WMMRTeam.


When the "shifts" of life occur, the aftermath is unpredictable and rarely stable. Our hope for kids dealing with the loss of a loved one is that as they process the shift they've undergone, they'll be equipped with the tools they need to build a solid foundation of faith and hope.
Shift is a 13-week program that features facilitators who have experienced loss, a small group consisting of peers from their age group who are also processing the death of a loved one, and age-appropriate lessons and activities to help them explore their grief and God's promises regarding comfort, healing, hope and eternity.
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Discover Spinalonga on Crete along with a private tourist guide who can provide all the information you need during your visit.
The island of Spinalonga, also known as Kalidon is located on the eastern part of Crete, near the small town Elounda. According to a theory the name of the island, Spinalonga, is Venetian, meaning "long thorn", and has roots in the period of Venetian occupation.
In 1578 the Venetians constructed on the island an impressive fortress. They built bastions on the northern and southern side of the island, as well as a fortification wall.
Spinalonga became one of the most important fortresses of Crete. Venetians kept control of the island until the Ottoman Empire took possession of it in 1715 A.D.
The island was used as a leper colony, from 1903 to 1957. It was one of the last active leper colonies in Europe. The last inhabitant, a priest, left the island in 1962.
Nowadays you can visit the island by boat from Elounda, Agios Nikolaos or even Plaka village. Just ask your private tourist guide of Crete to arrange you a visit to Spinalonga. Tourist boats depart on a daily basis. Boat trips from Elounda take approximately 20 minutes, from Plaka 10 min, while trips departing from Agios Nikolaos can take nearly one hour.
You can also combine Spinalonga with a trip to Kolokytha bay, a nice small bay nearby, for a swim and barbeque.
Excursions to Spinalonga can be arranged for guests visiting Crete with a Cruise ship (starting from Heraklion port or Agios Nikolaos port). It can be a full day or half day tour according to the guests' wishes.
Spinalonga and barbeque in Kolokytha Bay (full day boat trip, can be organized as a private tour with a yacht or with a boat together with other groups).


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Euronet acquires Easycash and expands presence in Ireland | Euronet Worldwide, Inc.
LEAWOOD, Kan., May 07, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Euronet Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ:EEFT), a leading global electronic payments provider, announces the acquisition of approximately 400 Easycash branded ATMs in Ireland, from Ulster Bank.
The Easycash ATMs are deployed nationwide in prime retail locations and will be a substantial addition to Euronet's Irish market presence. The Easycash ATMs will be migrated and fully integrated within the current Euronet network in the coming months without any expected disruption in service. Euronet's technology platform offers an enhanced suite of ATM Value Added Services such as cash deposits, foreign currency dispensing, event ticketing, promotional advertisements and other auxiliary services. After migrating the ATMs, Euronet will look to offer these services to Irish merchants and customers. Euronet currently operates both the YourCash and Euronet ATM brands in Ireland, and with the acquisition of Easycash, Euronet's Irish network will comprise about 15% of the ATMs in Ireland.
Ulster Bank Ireland DAC. Operates in Ireland as Ulster Bank, Ulster Bank Group, Banc Uladh and Lombard. Registered in Republic of Ireland. Registered No.25766. Registered Office: Ulster Bank Group Centre, George's Quay, Dublin 2, D02 VR98. Ulster Bank Ireland DAC is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland.


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Judy Bridges says:
I've been invited to present at the Lakefly Literary Conference in Oshkosh on Thurs, May 9th. Topic: A Field of Daffodils: How to Write So It Knocks Their Socks Off. Lakefly is an excellent two-day conference. I'm proud to be part of it.
Tom Biel says:
Happy to announce that Badlands, a collection of linked short stories and published by HenschelHaus in Bayview, is a finalist for Midwest Publishers Book Awards under categories of Short Fiction/Anthologies and Young Adult Literature. Winners to be announced May 14. Badlands also made the finalist list for the Eric Hoffer Book Awards for its First Horizon award, which recognizes first works. Unfortunately, it was not a winner, though as the award site says, to be among the finalists is a "distinguished honor in itself," so I'll accept that tribute happily. Badlands was included in the overall Hoffer book award list too, though the short list has yet to be announced.
Carol Wobig says:
One of my nun stories, "What Choice Do We Have" was published in Persimmon Tree.org Winter 2014.
Thanks, editor Sue Leonard.
"The Institute",the first story in my collection, POACHED IS NOT AN OPTION, was published in Rosebud, Issue 55.
Thanks, Rod.
Robert Vaughan says:
I am a finalist for the Gertrude Stein Award 2014. My new full length collection, Addicts & Basements is published by Civil Coping Mechanisms.
Laurel Bragstad says:
Happy news to share! Just found out that my first novel, In the Comfort of Shadows, was selected as a finalist by Midwest Book Awards for contemporary fiction. Awards will be announced May 14 in St. Paul, and I'm very pleased and honored by this news! Thanks to everyone at Red Oak who read and commented on many chapters of my novel during roundtable sessions and gave me such wonderful advice and feedback. I am grateful to all of you.
Sheila Julson says:
My novel, Thorn (which almost every Redbird/Red Oak participant throughout the last 8 years has seen or is familiar with!) advanced to the General Fiction Quarter-Finalists round in the 2014 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Contest. The suspense continues until June, when the Semi-Finalists are announced. Stay tuned…
Joel Habush says:
I was grateful for the kindness and help I received from Mitch Teich and Stephanie Lecci at WUWM FM 98.7 when I recorded one of my humor pieces there for the first time on Monday,March 10th. The piece, "King of Wisconsin," ran during the "Lake Effect" program on March 13th. The podcast is available at http://www.uwm.com
I also recorded a little playlet of mine entitled, "Those Closing Bells are Ringing," Which Mitch decided would be appropriate for the station to run on "Lake Effect," April 15th, tax day. Several people from the station read the parts of different characters. Mitch said it was the first time they'd ever done anything like this with multiple voices. Thanks for the feedback and support from my fellow Red Oak Roundtablers, and Kim Suhr and her Red Oak faculty.
Margaret Swedish says:
Orbis Books has released a new volume of poetry by Orbis writers called, "A Maryknoll Book of Poetry." Some wonderful writers here: Thich Nhat Hahn, Dorothee Soelle, Ernesto Cardenal, and on. I am honored to be among them. My poem is entitled "Communion" and is written for Dorothy Kazel, one of the four US churchwomen murdered by Salvadoran National Guardsmen on Dec 2, 1980. More info at this link: http://www.orbisbooks.com/a-maryknoll-book-of-poetry.html
Mel Miskimen says:
Just got the 'official' word that I am included in the Listen To Your Mother (Milwaukee) show. Excited!
I'm reading from my new book, Addicts & Basements at Boswell Books this evening, opening for Chicago author Gina Frangello: February 24th at 7 p.m. Please join us!
My story regarding an awkward encounter with an xbf is in the February 2014 issue of More Magazine on newsstands right this minute!
My opinion piece on the ecological impacts of the Alberta tar sands industry was published today, Feb. 9, in the Sunday Crossroads section of the Journal Sentinel. This topic is the focus of my new book project which I am sharing in my roundtable group right now.
http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/us-shouldnt-be-enabling-a-destructive-industry-b99199602z1-244449821.html
Thanks to the impeccable critical judgement of Editor Lisa J Lickel, my essay, "Ice Fishing, Anyone?" kicks off the "Members Write Essay and Fiction" section of the Winter 2013 Creative Wisconsin Magazine. Page 25. It should prove especially useful to those who would like to embrace this wonderful winter by going ice fishing. Thanks to my fellow writers at RedOak Writng for their help. Am I a RedOaker now? As Steve Miller would sing, "I'm a joker
I'm a smoker
I'm a mid-night RedOaker."
My chapbook, Diptychs + Triptychs is reviewed by David Atkinson at HTMLGIANT: http://htmlgiant.com/reviews/diptychs-triptychs-lipsticks-dipshits-by-robert-vaughan/. Also please join me at my blog for all the updates: http://www.robert-vaughan.com. Thanks!
Ed Abell says:
My new book, My Father's Keep, is now available at;
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Book discription;
At once a trek to the highest peak on Earth and the deepest place of the heart, My Father's Keep captures the experience that all adult children share: the pain and suffering of growing up in the chaos of alcoholism and the dogged belief that they can—and must—somehow save their afflicted parents from their torment. As that child, Ed Abell vows that one day he and his father will see the Himalaya together—a vow he kept twelve years after his father's death.
My Father's Keep is a story of hope for healing of our most complicated family relationships through understanding, compassion, and forgiveness, peace for ourselves despite our inability to save our loved ones from the ravages of addiction, and strength for the arduous yet enriching journey.
Thanks to Kim and all my cohorts in the Red Oak groups. The experiences in the groups ultimately gave me the confidence to actually do it. I will be forever grateful.
Joanne Nelson says:
Very excited to announce I graduated with an MFA from the Bennington Writing Seminars on Jan. 18th, 2014! Yahoo!
Well, it finally happened! My novel, In the Comfort of Shadows, was just published. Some of you may remember me reading chapters during roundtable sessions. I certainly will always remember and be grateful for your friendship and the wonderfully detailed feedback you offered during those sessions. Now for the hard part: marketing, Amazon, and some kind of social networking!
Just as a reminder: In the Comfort of Shadows is the story of Ann, a woman on the trail of family secrets. Ignoring her sister's objections, Ann drives to north-central Wisconsin to meet Emmett Pederson, the elderly man she thinks is their "father unknown." As she tries to accept his poverty and desperate living conditions, she discovers his WW2 diaries, detailing his fear of battle and his love for an Austrian sweetheart—Ann's mother. While Ann struggles to sort out facts about her birth parents' forbidden romance and her own adoption, she falls in love with a man who is trying to forgive his own past.
My mother died in April. I waited for her to send me a sign. So far? Nothing.
http://wuwm.com/post/essay-visiting-psychic-search-mom
My new chapbook, Diptychs + Triptychs + Lipsticks + Dipshits (Deadly Chaps Press) published on December 10th, 2013! Ordering information is here: https://www.createspace.com/4557487. Also, I will have copies at the Redoak Writing Studio. Thanks to Josepg Quintela, editor and cover designer. And huge gratitude to the roundtables, for helping guide each piece to their eventual shape.
Jon Kolb says:
I will be reading from my crime novel, "The Summer of Rain: Odyssey of a Young PI", at Boswell Books on January 8 at 7 PM. As an alum of Redbird, I would be happy to see former writing friends and any curious new writers at the event.
A little group calling itself "Poets for the First Amendment" just released a chapbook focused on Wisconsin democracy and the ongoing protests at the State Capitol rotunda in Madison. The title is, "Turn Up the Volume: Poems About the States of Wisconsin." I was invited to contribute a poem to this volume. The Milwaukee launch is on Friday, Nov. 15, 7:00 at Woodland Pattern Book Center on E. Locust St. Several of us will be reading our poems and we will have a special visit from some of our now-famous Solidarity Singers. All book sale proceeds will go to the First Amendment Protection Fund to help pay the legal costs of those arrested earlier this year.
Bruce Campbell says:
Thanks to my Wednesday morning RBRO group, I had two essays published and one accepted recently. "Learning" in the Yale Journal for Medicine and the Humanities (http://ow.ly/qBxxb), "A Chance to Cut" which is, unfortunately, behind a paywall at Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics (http://ow.ly/qBxOI). "Morning" will be published in the next issue of The Examined Life: A Literary Journal Produced by the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine.
Kim Suhr says:
My essay, "Bury the Saint," was a semi-finalist in the Humor Writing Contest at humorpress.com. Thanks to Joel Habush, humor god and previous winner, for alerting me to this contest!
http://www.humorpress.com/Results/Essays-2013_07-09/b-SemiFins/Essay-2013_07-09-SemiFinalists.htm#9
On October 22, at 7 pm I will be reading from Badlands at Boswell Book Company. I'd love for any and all of you to come on down. Boswell has been kind enough to stick their neck out for me and I told them I'd get at least 40 people. So, now, put up or shut up, I guess. Should be fun. Please come and listen and enjoy. Put it on your calendar!
I was more than pleased when Wisconsin Writers Association Publications Team Chief Rodney Schroeter approached me after I had read my short humor piece, "My Book Tour de Force" at the Spring WWA Conference, and asked me if he could include it in a book which was to be an anthology of writing from Wisconsin Writers, "A Wisconsin Harvest Volume II."
I was more than more than pleased when he notified me that my piece was to lead off the book. I have seen the book; I have bought the book; and am enjoying the book, although for some reason, I can't get past the first few pages.
Eva Augustin Rumpf says:
Promotional plans are underway for the launch of my historical novel, In Liberty's Name, which will be released in April 2014 by Knox Robinson Publishing. A summary and excerpt can be found at the KRP website. Launch events will be held in both New Orleans and Milwaukee. Thanks to members of the Saturday Sessions a few years ago, led by Pam Parker, who provided feedback on early drafts.
Eric Hansen says:
My Milw. Journal-Sentinel op-ed "Wisconsin Waters Threatened by Tar Sands Crude Oil Expansion" surged on social media forwards, with over 100 tweets, 900 FB.
http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/wisconsin-waters-threatened-by-tar-sands-crude-oil-expansion-b9944286z1-214318651.html
I'm very excited to be the recipient of a residency from Writers in the Heartland, a writers colony in central Illinois. The program provides support for writers working in a wide variety of creative forms and takes applications in the spring for fall residencies. Give it a try!
Humor Press Second Quarter 2013 results are in! http://humorpress.com/Results/HumorShowcase-Index.htm#Winners
My humor hero, RBRO writer Joel Habush, finished with two essays in the "Finalist" category and one in the "Semifinalist" category. I settled for one in the "Semifinalist" category.
Jeanette Michalets says:
I'm brimming with excitement. My novel, The Ten Cent Café,is now available for purchase on Amazon.com along with the Kindle edition. Please take a peek. I couldn't have done it without all the support of Kim and the great RedBird community. RedBird soars.
Please stay tuned for info on my upcoming launch party
in Oconomowoc.
I am writing a column titled "Incisions" for Surgical Products magazine. My initial essay is at http://digital.surgicalproductsmag.com/surgicalproducts/july_august_2013#pg38
Pam Parker says:
Updated to here for the WWA Newsletter, June 15th (then extended a little) deadline.
I was thrilled to learn my essay, "The End of Pinktober" took first place in Large Market Radio, Editorial/Commentary, in the WI Broadcasters' Assoc. Awards for Excellence for 2012.! You can listen to the essay at: http://www.wuwm.com/programs/lake_effect/lake_effect_segment.php?segmentid=9807
I was invited into a conversation via email with four other women poets and bloggers to share our reflections on blogging about writing. The exchange was initiated by Sarah Busse of Verse Wisconsin and is published in the just released spring edition, #111. It's title: "A Means to Open the World: A Conversation Around Blogging, Five Women in Three Acts," with Sarah Busse, Jennifer Morales, Peggy Rozga, Margaret Swedish, and Lisa Vihos.
You can read it here: http://www.versewisconsin.org/Issue111/prose/busse.html
Jack Douthitt says:
My script for a one act play called "A Late Night Phone Call" has been accepted by the Village Playhouse of Wauwatosa for production. It will be on stage on June 14,15,21,22 (7:30 pm) at
Carte Blanche Studio's 1024 S. 5th St. Milwaukee. Thanks to my roundtable for suggesting I turn my story into a play and specifically to Marjorie Pagel for her one-on-one help.
My first chapbook, Microtones, is a combination of 24 pieces of poetry and short fiction, published by Cervena Barva Press in Boston, MA. You can order copies here: http://www.thelostbookshelf.com. Also, the first review is available to read here: http://www.fictionaut.com/blog. Thanks everyone for the great support! I'm available for signed copies also. Please let me know at rguyvaugh5003@gmail.com.
I submitted two essays to the November/December Humor Press National Writing Competition. Just received word that I took Second Place for one.
http://www.humorpress.com/Results/Essays-2012_10-12/aa-Winners/Essay-2012_10-12-Winners.htm#2
I actually preferred my other entry, which was a Finalist http://www.humorpress.com/Results/Essays-2012_10-12/a-Finalists/Essay-2012_10-12-Finalists.htm#5 Thanks to Kim Suhr and my fellow Roundtablers at Kim's Wednesday Morning RedBird-RedOak Writing critique group.
I acted on some of the suggestions; if I had acted on a few more, I might have won First Place!
My essay about changing holiday traditions aired on 89.7 WUWM's Lake Effect on Dec. 12th. Things sure do change as the kids age!
My essay, "What's Really Going on in Wisconsin," appears in a new book just released from Wipf and Stock, entitled: "A Whole Which Is Greater: Why the Wisconsin 'Uprising' Failed," eds. Paul Gilk & David Kast. Here's the link: https://wipfandstock.com/store/A_Whole_Which_Is_Greater_Why_the_Wisconsin_Uprising_Failed
So excited to share that my little collection, "Maybe I'll Learn, Snapshots of a Novice Mom," is available as an ebook and paperback.
More info at http://www.kimsuhr.com
Many thanks to the entire RedBird-RedOak community–all along, I've made it look like I was teaching *you*, but it was really the other way around!
Susan Maciolek says:
My flash fiction piece "Crayon" was accepted by Midwestern Gothic magazine for Issue 8, to be printed in early January . . . My short story "Now and at the Hour of Our Death," published online in Full of Crow last December, is now being considered for an anthology of stories set in the Midwest . . . This past summer I wrote and illustrated a picture book for grownups called "Chiffon" and had it printed to share with friends.
"Poached Is Not an Option" is now available in print version on Amazon and in the studio. Thanks to Judy and Dave and all my RedBird-RedOak friends.
I had a new Lake Effect essay broadcast on 11-9-2012 entitled Alarm Bells in the Patient-Doctor Relationship. http://www.wuwm.com/programs/lake_effect/lake_effect_segment.php?segmentid=9840
Ellen Hanratty says:
Tom's book, "The Singular Adventure of Charles Goodfoote" has been launched! Our launch party at FIXX coffee house in October found us celebrating with about one hundred friends and family. What a hoot! Tom's up-coming appearances include a talk at 9 am at the annual Murder & Mayhem fund raiser for the Muskego Public Library Nov.10, and a book signing at Mystery One Bookshop, 2109 N. Prospect, 7pm, Nov. 15. Couldn't have done it without you, Redbird! Thanks a million.
Note – update from here up for next WWA newsletter.
I have three poems in the new online edition (one will be in the print edition as well) of Verse Wisconsin, in their special "It's Political" issue: http://versewisconsin.org/Issue110/poems/swedish.html.
Also placed third in the WWA's fall Jade Ring essay contest, the category Memoir/Reminiscences, entitled "The Cemetery." Thanks to my RedBird critique group for all the support!
Laurel Landis says:
My piece "Scherzo" appears in Issue 3 of Lost in Thought magazine, it's a great looking mag and the illustration Kyle Schruder did for it couldn't be more right!
Marie O'Brien says:
My essay, "The Most Important Person in the Room" aired on 89.7 WUWM's Lake Effect Program on Sept. 21 and Oct.4th. Thanks to Mitch Teich for the opportunity and to all the wonderful writers in my roundtable group.
My essay, "Peace in the Trailer," was aired on 89.7 WUWM's Lake Effect Program on Sept. 3rd. (http://www.wuwm.com/programs/lake_effect/lake_effect_segment.php?segmentid=9587) Many thanks to coordinating producer, Stephanie Lecci, who does a marvelous job of putting contributing essayists at ease and editing out all the goof ups.
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Antonio Martín Beaumont (Madrid, 6 de marzo de 1957) es un periodista, escritor, analista político en radio y televisión y columnista en prensa español. Es director de ESDiario.com, después de dirigir durante 16 años El Semanal Digital. Es padre de la política del PP María Martín Revuelta.

Biografía
En 1979 comenzó una carrera política que le llevó a ser el tercer presidente nacional de Nuevas Generaciones de Alianza Popular (AP), tras Loyola de Palacio y Alejandro Martín Carrero. Durante su periodo al frente de la organización juvenil del partido de Manuel Fraga (1979-84) vivió los delicados momentos del intento golpe de Estado de 1981 y fue uno de los miembros de la comisión organizadora de la gran manifestación que el 27 de febrero recorrió las calles de Madrid, detrás del lema "Por la libertad, la democracia y la constitución", en repulsa de la intentona golpista. También participó en la redacción del manifiesto leído a su término por la periodista Rosa María Mateo. Días después, junto a los dirigentes juveniles de UCD (Ramón Álvarez de Miranda), PSOE (Quico Mañero) y PCE (Josep Palau), solicitó el Premio Nobel de la Paz para Don Juan Carlos por "su valiosa contribución a la democracia al enfrentarse al golpe". Los cuatro dirigentes juveniles fueron recibidos por el Rey una semana más tarde en el Palacio de la Zarzuela en muestra de agradecimiento por la firme actitud mantenida en aquellas horas al frente de las juventudes de los mayores partidos políticos españoles. Fue vocal del Comité Ejecutivo Nacional de AP, secretario general del partido en Castilla y León. Fue procurador regional por Palencia en las Cortes de Castilla y León en su  legislatura, así como portavoz del Grupo Popular en la cámara. En 1986 anunció su abandono de Alianza Popular cuando los diputados Jorge Verstrynge, Gabriel Camuñas, Carlos Ruiz Soto y Carlos Manglano dejaron AP y pasaron al grupo mixto por desavenencias con Manuel Fraga.

Desde hace más de veinticinco años está dedicado a la comunicación y el periodismo. En 1987 se incorporó como director de Comunicación y Organización a una de las sociedades españolas del Grupo Generali. Diez años después, en 1997, participa en la fundación de la revista Prometeo, donde ejerce tareas de corresponsal político y más tarde de redactor jefe. En 1999 fundó El Semanal Digital, uno de los primeros periódicos digitales en España, diario galardonado en 2011 con el Premio PR al mejor periódico español en internet, el 16 de noviembre de 2015, tras una profunda renovación, El Semanal Digital, cambió su nombre, manteniendo sus clásicas siglas ESD, por el de ESdiario. Fue presidente de la Escuela de Investigaciones Sociales para la Civilización Europea y ha impartido seminarios y cursos sobre periodismo digital en la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, la Universidad Carlos III, la Universidad Rey Juan Carlos y la Universidad Católica de Ávila.

Columnista de La Razón, lo ha sido también de La Gaceta y la revista Época-Siete Días. Colabora habitualmente como analista en medios radiofónicos como la COPE y RNE. También participa como analista en distintos programas de televisión de La Sexta (Al Rojo Vivo (2011-actualidad) http://www.lasexta.com/programas/al-rojo-vivo/dos-anos-debate-dos-anos-rojo-vivo_2013011000224.html y La Sexta Noche (2013-actualidad) http://www.lasexta.com/programas/sexta-noche/noticias/cuales-son-aspiraciones-reales-esperanza-aguirre_2013050400109.html), Intereconomía TV, El cascabel (2014-actualiadad) y Más claro agua (2014-actualidad)  en 13tv, "Hoy en Madrid" en Onda Madrid, Diario de la noche en Telemadrid y No nos moverán en Castilla-La Mancha Televisión (2013-actualidad).

En 2010 publicó la primera biografía de la secretaria general del PP, María Dolores de Cospedal. Este ensayo político y biográfico fue publicado por la editorial LibrosLibres, y titulado "Cospedal. La reina de la Torre de Marfil",[http://www.casadellibro.com/libro-cospedal-la-reina-de-la-torre-de-marfil/9788492654482/1828632 del que se vendieron tres ediciones.

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Periodistas de España del siglo XX
Periodistas de España del siglo XXI
Procuradores en las Cortes de Castilla y León por Palencia
Procuradores de la I Legislatura de las Cortes de Castilla y León
Políticos de Alianza Popular
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Background of Administrative Promotions 2016/2017
In 2008 University College Cork was obliged to suspend all promotions because of its budgetary situation. In 2011 the Employment Control Framework for the Higher Education Sector was revised which allowed the University a limited capacity to offer promotions. SIPTU, on behalf of its members, sought the reinstatement of a job evaluation scheme. On 14th March 2014, the Labour Court in respect of a claim under section 26 (1) of the Industrial Relations Act 1990 brought by SIPTU on behalf of administrative staff in UCC issued the following recommendation (LCR 20724) which stated:
It is noted that the cessation of the job evaluation scheme arose in circumstances which are of general application across the public service. While the University has a limited capacity to affect promotions, what is being sought is a reinstatement of a job evaluation scheme.It is noted that within the current restraints on all public service bodies the University is prepared to review the job evaluation scheme and has invited the union to participate in the review. In the context of that review, the University should ensure that the grades associated with this claim are not placed at a disadvantage vis-à-vis other grades within the University, including academic and technical staff.On that basis, the Union should reconsider its position in relation to participation in the review.
For some considerable time, University management has been engaging with SIPTU in relation to this matter and the following proposal is made in that context and having regard to the continuing constraints on all public sector employers. It is proposed to issue a call for promotions in respect of administrative grades that will recognise the contribution of high performing staff within that category in a manner that is comparable with existing promotional schemes within the University for other categories of staff.
The University will issue a call for promotions which will apply to staff in the following administrative grades: Executive Assistant, Library Assistant, Senior Executive Assistant, Senior Library Assistant, Admin V (Grade 5), Admin III (Grade 6), Admin II (Grade 6A) and Admin I (Grade 7).
Promotions Available
There is a total of 67 promotions available. These are allocated across the individual grades from which the call for promotion is being made based on the proportion of staff in that grade as a ratio of the total and these will be distributed as follows:
Executive Assistant to Senior Executive Assistant 18
Senior Executive Assistant to Admin V (Grade 5) 20
Admin V to Admin III (Grade 6) 8
Admin III to Admin II (Grade 6a) 8
Admin II to Admin I (Grade 7) 4
Admin I to Senior Admin IV (Grade 8) 4
Library Assistant to Senior Library Assistant 3
Senior Library Assistant to Assistant Librarian (Grade 5) 2
Promotion will be to the next grade only (e.g. a current Executive Assistant can only be promoted to Senior Executive Assistant, a current Senior Executive Assistant can only be promoted to Admin V etc.)
In order to be eligible to apply for promotion there will be a minimum service requirement in the current grade from which promotion is sought as follows:
Years in the current grade
Senior Executive Assistant
Library Assistant
Senior Library Assistant
The calls, in line with the numbers identified above, will be issued on a phased basis. The first call will be for candidates applying for promotion from Executive Assistant to Senior Executive Assistant / Library Assistant to Senior Library Assistant. The next will be for candidates applying for promotion from Senior Executive Assistant to Admin V/ Senior Library Assistant to Assistant Librarian and so forth.
All calls for applications will have a deadline attached which will be strictly adhered to and under no circumstances can late applications be accepted.
All candidates will be required to complete a competency based application form. Each candidate will be required to give ONE example per competency relating to how they demonstrate the competency relative to the promotional grade which they have applied. The competencies relating to each grade can be found in the competency section.
All eligible candidates will be offered an interview. There will be a single dedicated Interview Board for each call for promotion/grade. The composition of the Interview Boards will be a minimum of 3 suitably competent people. A Board member will be at least two grades above the interviewees. All Interview Board members will receive detailed briefing sessions as to their roles and responsibilities.
The Interview Boards will have regard for gender representation (e.g. a 3-person interview board will comprise at least 1 male and 1 female interviewer).
An eligible candidate will be called for interview by the Interview Board on one occasion only and it is a matter for the candidate to ensure that s/he is available to attend.
The interviews will be competency based and 6 competencies have been identified for each grade in line with best practice in the public and civil service. The interview may focus on examples of competencies demonstrated through the application form in addition to examples not identified through the form. As each interview will be specific to the individual candidate and his/her own experience, questions asked will generally be unique to individual candidates but will in all instances be competency specific.
The decisions made by the Interview Boards will be final.
Interview Boards
The Interview Board(s) for the current call are as follows: TBC
Please note the below taken from the UCC Appointment Regulations for Support Staff:
3.6. Canvassing. Candidates for a position may be advised, on request, as to the membership of the Selection Committee. However, canvassing, i.e., making an approach to secure an unfair advantage or any other form of interference in the process by a candidate, will normally lead to disqualification. It is entirely reasonable for candidates to seek information about the University, school or department and it follows that candidates who wish to make inquiries about the University prior to interview should be facilitated. Where this facility is offered, it must be made available to all candidates both internal and external. However, this contact is not in any sense part of the Selection procedure and care must be taken to ensure that individuals are neither advantaged nor disadvantaged by the contact. It must be remembered that the interaction has no formal standing and no impression formed as a result of the meeting should be made available to the rest of the Selection Committee. A decision to exclude a candidate under this provision shall be made by the Director of Human Resources following consultation with the Chair of the Selection Committee.
Salary, Terms & Conditions
Where there is an overlap in salary scales, a successful candidate's salary will ordinarily be determined on the basis of the nearest point on the new scale (not below current salary) plus one point. Where there is no overlap in scales, the first point of the new scale will apply on promotion. All other terms and conditions attaching to the promotion will be that which would ordinarily apply on promotion or appointment to a new post at a higher grade.
Assignment of Successful Candidates
The University reserves the right, based on the overall outcome of the promotion call, to deploy resources in order to achieve maximum efficiency in line with service needs and priorities.
In the event that the current assignment of a promoted staff member expires (for example, due to the cessation of a temporary contract) the staff member concerned will be redeployed into another role at the promoted grade in line with the service needs/priorities of the University.
It is estimated that from the date of the first call for each promotion round, the process will be completed within 8 weeks. A candidate can be expected to be placed on their new salary from the first day of the next month following the conclusion of the 8-week process.
Late applications will not be accepted.
Please ensure that correct application form is completed for the relevant grade as incorrect application forms will not be accepted. Please see Competency & Forms section for more details.
The Call for Applications is now Closed
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In the Follicular Hair Implant, we transplant a range of hair follicles to give a bald skull a look of naturally grown hair and restrict any side effects.
As research reveals 80 to 100 hair follicles per centimeter are found in a healthy skull naturally. Any kind of thinning could be seen visually if the density of hair follicles decreased to 45 to 50 follicles unit centimeter. We have an astounding success rate of Follicular Unit Hair transplant in netaji nagar. If you are suffering from any pattern of thinning hair or baldness comes to or hair fall treatment clinic in netaji nagar.
By using the techniques of Hair transplantation new hair is grafted up to the level of 50 to 60 follicles per centimeter. If we exceed the limit there could be any side effect. Panacea Global Hair Services doctors apply the optimum limit of 50-60 follicle to assure Follicular Hair Implant. Apart from this, our hair specialist doctors prescribe other hair care medicines and hair oils to give a look of an evergreen dense hair.


Indians who thought surfing was just a dream from the movies can now revaluate their career opportunities because Tanvi Jagadish is now India's first surfer to represent the country in SUP (Stand up Paddling) racing and SUP surfing in ISA world championship. This goes to show that no dream is so far-fetched that it cannot be achieved.
Tanvi started surfing when she was around 10 years old when her grandfather took her to the surf ashram. Enamoured by her brother's love and appreciation for surfing, she began to surf despite having a breathing problem as well as not knowing how to swim. Miraculously, her breathing problem was cured because of surfing and staying in the salt water. However, the extraordinary aspect of it was that she learnt how to surf without knowing how to swim and without her parents' consent as she knew they would object. She then learnt how to Surf and Stand Up Paddle at Mantra Surf Club.
Tanvi and her parents underwent a lot of pressure from society, focusing mostly on the fact that she was an "Indian girl", who would get tanned and her hair was getting spoilt. When questioned on whether such a mentality brought her down, Tanvi replied saying, "I don't know why they were getting so worried. It is probably because of my progress and more so that a girl is growing so well in the society, surpassing all set limits." Understanding the norms and culture, she then explained to her parents how much she enjoyed the sport and that trust is the most important factor.
She has also started giving free SUP courses at Mantra Surf Club and is willing to teach anyone interested in learning. If you're one of them, you can contact her on the email id: tanvijagadish7@gmail.com.
Like many people, Tanvi too had various dream jobs, varying from a mechanical engineer to a doctor to a paediatrician. Although, her views changed drastically as she grew and decided to represent India in surfing and stand up paddling. She is now India's first surfer to be officially sponsored by a surf board brand named Starboard (world's fastest racing board) and Vans (Surf and Skate).
Her first international win in SUP racing and the sport itself got her motivated to encourage more people especially girls and the youth of India to take up the water sport. She even spreads awareness about the beauty of the ocean and its rampant pollution. Her dream is to be represented by Redbull and Nike as an athlete as she continues to work harder than before.


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Eupinivora angulicosta is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Nuevo León, Mexico.

The length of the forewings is about 12 mm. The basal part of the forewings is orange, but slightly lighter along the dorsum. The lower portion of the discal cell has a white longitudinal blotch. The hindwings are pale grey.

Etymology
The species name refers to the distinctly angled costa of the valva in the male genitalia.

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Moths described in 2013
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In Pakistan Karate, there are few who are more experienced and longer training than Muzammal Ahmed. Sensei Muzammal, recognised as the first ever-black belt in Pakistan, has experienced and trained through just about everything that has happened to Pakistan Karate and continues today spreading his enthusiasm for karate and the PSKA - The PAKISTAN SHOTOKAN KARATE ASSOCATION.
Muzammal, born 31 July 1973 in Lahore, started his path in Judo, also experiencing Tae Kwon Do in 1984, but he quickly became interested in Karate. During the early days he trained with the likes of CH ZAHID, MAHMOOD UR REHMAN, then H. Kanazawa for a period and G.BREEZE who became the long standing Instructor of Pakistan & Great Britain and head of the KUGB/FBSKUI/SKDUN.
Muzammal followed receiving his shodan in 1990, by being the first Kata champion in 1988, and in 1989 however, he became the first grand champion, winning both Kata and Kumite, a title many have since tried and failed to achieve. It's been said be many that his killer technique was his shockingly fast gyaku-tsuki, coupled with a determined fighting spirit which led him to further competitive success, winning the FBSKUI/SKDUN European Kumite title in 2000, but finally retiring from competition in 2002.
As a credit to his skill and experience, Muzammal Ahmed became Squad coach along side Sensei G. Breeze and was a very important figure in the creation of the FBSKUI. Elected as FBSKUI squad coach in 2002, he holds the highest grade, 5th Dan, awarded to a European by the FBSKUI.
Muzammal Ahmed became the Chief Instructor of the BSKI-UK IN 2002, and continues to further the work of his own Sensei, helping shape the future of shining stars such as Matt Price (read the interviews) and many others.
His Karate is precise and very technical, and much of the success of the FBSKUI in the last decade and in the future is very much to the credit of Sensei Muzammal Ahmed. Together with his team of Senior Instructors, the BSKI/FBSKUI/SKDUN continues to remain the largest organisation in Pakistan and Great Britain.


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Ever find yourself counting up the little squares on a calendar or trying to compute dates in your head to figure out what day your visa runs out?
I have, it's irritating and easy to screw up. In one big blunder I miscalculated the days I was in Mexico one year and ended up overstaying my 180 day visa. It wasn't a problem, but if I did this in Schengen Europe I could have found myself banned from reentering the region for three to five years. In point, it's essential to precisely know when your travel visas expire and when you need to get out of a country.
It's a good thing that I've found a simple tool to help calculate dates. It's the Date Calculator on Time and Date.com. All you need to do is insert a date into a form field, then input how many days you want to add or subtract from it, and it outputs the date you're looking for.
So if I were to enter Mexico today, I would punch October, 25, 2012 into the calculator, then add 180 to it, and the tool would output the date of April, 23, 2013, the day I would need to exit the country.
When needing to convert the number of days a visa is valid for into an actual date, tools like this date calculator are essential.
Interesting thing about a 3 mth Visa is that its not really 3 months but 90 days. But I refuse to be conned by any Govt. on this issue so I never ask for a 90 day visa but always ask for a 3 mth Visa and state as an example entering country on the 7th Oct and departing country on the 7th Jan and put those dates on my online application and every time I check in my passport and its the exact dates I requested and this has more to do with public servants worldwide just rubber stamping everything in their Govt job. I have often but not always left on the last day of my visa and its never been a problem because its there in my passport in black and white.
That's truly excellent. Yes, the 90 days not quite being three months is a point of misunderstanding. Good call on just writing in three months on the visa application.


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Mac OS X Lion GM seed nearing release?
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TechCrunch reports that development of Mac OS X 10.7 Lion is moving along smoothly and is actually ahead of schedule. The current developer preview of 10.7 Lion is pretty stable but is not without its bugs, lockups, and crashes. Apple has been at work improving the operating system and is reportedly actually almost ready to release a golden master build of the next-generation Mac operating system.
Apple is gearing up to deploy an OS X Lion update to developers that they may be classifying as the "GM1″ release, we're hearing. "GM" or "Golden Master" is a title reserved for software that is complete. But from what we've heard, this is only the initial Golden Master candidate.
A golden master (GM) software release is the stage in which the software's development is complete and ready to print. Probably in Lion's case, though, a GM means ready to upload to the Mac App Store. Although GMs usually mean the software will be shipping out to consumer's soon, TechCrunch says there will be multiple GMs – like iOS 4.2 – with the one coming soon being labeled as GM1.
Back at Lion's announcement in October 2010, Apple said the OS would ship sometime during summer 2011. At this point, development is in its far stages s0 it's a safe bet that we'll be hearing more about it at Apple's early-June World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC). Mac OS X Lion brings many new features to the Mac including Mission Control (Spaces, Expose combined), Launchpad (iOS-like home screens), new Multi-Touch gestures, full-screen applications, an iPad-like mail application, AirDrop WiFi file sharing, and built-in server functionality.
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UCCSC is the annual University of California Computing Services Conference. Each summer a different UC campus hosts UCCSC.
The first "conference" was at UC Santa Cruz in 1982. It was hosted by Jim Mulherin, a consultant who suggested that UCSC find out what other UC campuses were doing with respect to academic software. The focus was strictly on academic software and it was held in a conference room on campus. Twenty-one people attended.
UCCSC is open to all UC staff and faculty who have an association with or interest in information technology. Subjects for presentations are generally intended for IT professionals, but there are numerous sessions that cover more general subjects such as project management, service delivery, procurement, planning for UCPath, and others. We invite you to review the list of sessions to see what might be of interest.
Each year, UCCSC draws between 250 and 350 computing professionals and others for whom technology plays a significant role in their daily activities from across the University of California.
Participants include technical support staff, system administrators, unit directors and managers, librarians, information security experts, service managers, and others.
If you are interested in learning how other campuses are addressing the technology issues and challenges you face, or if you wish to build a network of professional IT colleagues through the UC system, you should attend UCCSC.
How will I know if my proposal has been included in the program?
All proposals will be reviewed by a panel of technical staff for appropriateness and to reduce duplication. The conference organizers will contact you if the review panel has any questions about your proposal. When your proposal has been accepted, you will be notified via email. The schedule for sessions will be available soon after registration opens.
What is a UCCSC Ambassador?
The UCCSC Ambassador represents a UC campus in the planning and running of UCCSC. Together, the Ambassadors team makes the conference better for all attendees.
The ambassador is asked to use her or his network of contacts on campus to raise awareness and enthusiasm for UCCSC.
UCCSC often includes "campus updates" in which each attending campus reports on IT accomplishments, projects of note, and who from each campus is in attendance and may be a resource to the other campuses. Sometimes this takes the form of a five-minute oral presentation, sometimes a printed poster, sometimes an automated slide show. Usually the ambassador has the best sense of what UCCSC is all about and leads the development of the update for her or his campus.
The ambassador usually attends UCCSC and serves as a conduit of information from the conference to the members of his or her campus who are in attendance.
Often, the Ambassador has the privilege of leading the planning when it's her or his campus' turn to host UCCSC, but the CIO for each campus makes the official appointment.
Who is the UCCSC Ambassador for my campus?
Does UCCSC have an existence beyond the summer conference?
Absolutely! There is a mailing list which IT professionals throughout UC use to communicate year-round.
I'll be in Santa Cruz before and/or after the conference. What is there to do around here?
Check out this cool website to search for all the things you can do in the area.