Just because professional discipline starts with an administrative body rather than a court doesn't mean you won't benefit from a lawyer's assistance. Early legal intervention in professional discipline investigations can in fact pay even greater benefits than for early lawyer involvement in responding to criminal investigations, because professional misconduct investigators may take a collaborative approach with your legal counsel to fact gathering and case analysis. There can be a mutual exchange of information, and you may be able to influence the conclusions and recommendations that go into the investigation report in addition to negotiating an informal resolution of your case.
Should professional discipline allegations brought against you proceed before a formal board or tribunal, legal representation is even more crucial since you can be found guilty on only a balance of probabilities standard (rather than the criminal proof beyond a reasonable doubt standard). Rules of evidence before discipline boards or tribunals can be complex. You may need to compile and present a compelling defence case, rather than just remaining silent. in order to minimize the potential for a career-ending outcome.
Gordon Scott Campbell provides firm, effective and creative advocacy before professional discipline bodies, inquiries, boards, tribunals, trial and appeal courts so that your legal arguments and evidence count. He will negotiate an optimal resolution of your matter for you using skills learned from many years serving as a professional negotiator, but equally advance your interests in contested proceedings should an acceptable resolution be unachievable. He has conducted hundreds of trials and appeals, and knows what hearing officers, justices and judges and looking for in arguments and evidence.
Advice on how to respond to professional licencing and oversight body demands for information or use of other powers of investigation into alleged offences, competence or fitness to practice issues under professional conduct codes or regulatory legislation.
Negotiation with professional licencing and oversight bodies concerning investigations, early and informal resolution of allegations, obtaining all information relevant to defence against charges of misconduct, and crafting of creative sanctions that minimize impact on future professional career prospects.
Representation and advocacy before professional discipline tribunals, appeal tribunals, trial and appeal courts for professionals facing professional discipline, regulatory or criminal investigations or charges.
Defence of medical professionals, including physicians, dentists, pharmacists, veterinarians and nurses.
Defence of teaching professionals, including teachers, teacher aides, principals and administrators, and post-secondary university and college academic and non-academic staff.
Defence of financial services professionals, including accountants.
Defence of building and technology professionals, including engineers and architects.
Defence of real estate agents.
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Litigated professional discipline, criminal and regulatory trial and appellate cases throughout Canada up to level of Supreme Court of Canada.
Defended professionals accused of misconduct before a wide-spectrum of professional discipline trial and appeal tribunals.
Served as legal counsel and Member Representative with Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and advised RCMP, Ontario Provincial Police, municipal and regional police services, federal and provincial regulatory investigators on all manner of criminal and regulatory compliance verification and enforcement law.
Served as legal counsel with the Military Police Complaints Commission responsible for directing investigations into alleged misconduct.
Author of The Investigator's Legal Handbook, 2nd ed (Toronto: Thomson Carswell, 2014) and Le manuel juridique de l'enquêteur (Cowansville, QC: Yvon Blais, 2010).


Tales of an NYC Social Worker: Opening Hearts and Minds, One Child at a Time: Welcoming Everyone Back!
We've got our room all set up and are ready to roll. Now it's a matter of selecting which classrooms we'll go into and which students we will work with in small groups. The real fun starts in early October when we officially meet our kids and start our small group and in class programs, but right now we're busy reviewing open cases from last year, to see which students we should continue working with and meeting with the school guidance counselor and teachers to select new students. Once our lists are complete, we need to meet with parents to get their consent.
Friday we're planning to host our annual breakfast. It's such a fun event and really gives us time to speak with everyone in the school—from the principal and teachers to even the janitors. The breakfast is a social event with an educational twist. We want to get to know the school staff and they get to know us, but more importantly, we want to let them know why we're there and how much we can help. It's incredibly important that we all work as a team in order to provide the best possible support for our students and the entire school. We need to work seamlessly, hand in hand, in order to succeed.


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Creative Technology Opens CT Japan Office in Tokyo
Posted on July 23, 2018 by Korea Bizwire in Entertainment, World Business, World Lifestyle with 0 Comments
(image: NEP Group, Inc.)
TOKYO, Jul. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Creative Technology (CT), a worldwide outsourced technical production partner for corporate live events and exhibition producers and an NEP Live Events Company, announced the opening of operations in Tokyo to meet the growing demand for its services in Japan. CT Japan will provide extensive audio, lighting, LED and projection, media management, and technical solutions to clients in the corporate live events and exhibition marketplace.
CT also announced that Kazuyuki Kai, who joined the company in June, will head business development and operations for CT Japan and serve as the key contact for major events and cross-divisional initiatives. He brings more than 10 years' experience to his role, most recently as a senior sales and project manager at an international AV production house in Tokyo.
"We are excited to formally open an office in Tokyo with Kai spearheading our efforts for this very important market," said Chris Burke, Managing Director of CT Asia Pacific. "His expertise in managing high-profile events for corporations, as well as government entities, is enabling us to build a strong team locally while delivering superior service and innovative solutions for our clients."
Kazuyuki Kai and the CT Japan team can be reached via email at kkai@ctasiapacific.com or by calling +81 70 3194 7620. To learn more about CT Japan's solutions, visit www.ct-group.com.
About Creative Technology
Creative Technology (CT), an NEP Live Events Company, is one of the world's leading suppliers of specialist Audio Visual equipment to the corporate, exhibitions, sport and entertainment industries. Founded over 32 years ago as a video specialist, our portfolio has diversified to include audio-visual production facilities, lighting, digital and associated products and services. Our bespoke events staging services bring together advice, support and equipment of the highest quality, providing everything from large screen displays to content delivery systems for events of every size and type.
Our ability to combine the most innovative, experienced and specialist minds in our industry with world class technology and the highest levels of engineering and operational support is what makes CT unique. With local operations in 19 offices on three continents, we have worked in locations and venues across the globe to provide superior service to our clients.
Learn more by visiting us at www.ct-group.com.
For over 30 years, NEP has been a worldwide outsourced technical production partner supporting premier content producers of live sports, entertainment, music and corporate events. Our services include remote production, studio production, audio visual solutions, host broadcast support, premium playout, post production and innovative software-based media management solutions. NEP's 3,000+ employees are driven by a passion for superior service and a focus on technical innovation. Together, we have supported productions in over 85 countries on all seven continents.
NEP is headquartered in the United States and has offices in 24 countries.
Chris Burke, Managing Director
CT Asia Pacific
cburke@ctasiapacific.com
Source: NEP Group, Inc. via GLOBE NEWSWIRE
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Home Newsroom News and press releases OSCE Office in Yerevan holds workshop on environmental education
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OSCE Office in Yerevan holds workshop on environmental education
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A workshop on environmental education, organized by the OSCE Office in Yerevan in co-operation with the Armenian Nature Protection Ministry, was held on 23 December 2016 in Yerevan.
Some 50 participants, including experts, parliamentarians, representatives of state agencies, civil society, international organizations, NGOs and Armenian Aarhus centres, took part in the workshop, which focused on the strategic development of environmental education within the context of the Aarhus Convention.
The participants discussed the educational component of sustainable development and the environmental component of state educational programme and touched upon the issues of non-formal environmental education. They also emphasized the importance of eco-education at the pre-school level. The role of the Aarhus centres in eco-education was among the topics discussed.
"The OSCE supports the eco-education programmes at all levels to raise awareness on environmental issues through formal and non-formal education," said Argo Avakov, Head of OSCE Office in Yerevan. "It is important that the state authorities and the civil society combine their efforts to develop the environmental component of educational programmes as well as promote values and behavior standards directed at environmental safety."
Artsvik Minasyan, the Minister of Nature Protection r, underscored the importance of the joint efforts of the executive, legislative bodies and the international community to promote environmental policy and environmental education in the country.
Participants also watched a puppet performance on environmental issues called "Green Syunik" organized by "Puppet" charity NGO and supported by the OSCE Office in Yerevan.
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Florida Senate Committee Advances Condo Inspection Bill. Could this affect the 4 Point Inspections for Condos?
A Florida Senate committee wasted little time Wednesday in approving a bill that would require more frequent inspections of condominiums statewide – one of the first pieces of legislation to come out of the rubble of the collapsed Champlain Towers South condo.
By a vote of 17-0, the Senate Rules Committee endorsed Senate Bill 1702, which would mandate that multifamily buildings of three stories or more undergo engineering inspections after 30 years and every 10 years thereafter. Within three miles of the coastline, condo buildings would have to be inspected 20 years after construction and every 7 years after that.
Parts of South Florida already require inspections every 40 years, but other parts of the state have no such requirements.
The bill, sponsored by state Sen. Jennifer Bradley, R-Orange Park, would also require condo associations to maintain their properties, make needed repairs and to regularly assess reserve funding available for upgrades.
The measure also would authorize condo association boards to assess owners or to borrow money without owners voting on the moves, something advocates have said is crucial to maintaining condo safety.
Sen. Bradley
Critics have said high-rise condos throughout Florida have had needed repairs postponed because individual owners have been able to veto expenditures. The Champlain Towers building that collapsed last summer in the Miami Beach area, killing 98 people, needed extensive repairs and was in the midst of a long-overdue upgrade, residents have said. Investigations and lawsuits are still underway.
SB 1702 also would make inspection reports more available and part of associations official records.
At Wednesday's committee meeting, state Sen. Jeff Brandes, R-St. Petersburg, urged colleagues to keep in mind that too many inspections could make it more difficult for condo owners and associations to obtain insurance on the properties.
"These places can be inspected to death," Brandes said. "If an insurance carrier says it needs to be inspected every five years, that could go on and on. Insurers have skin in the game."
Sen. Ileana Garcia, R-Miami, worried that "knee-jerk" inspection requirements and insurance restrictions could make it more difficult for some people to find living space or to afford condos in a housing market that is growing more expensive by the week.
Bradley, the bill's sponsor, responded.
"We are so far from condos being over-inspected right now," she said. "This bill takes a good step forward with transparency and needed inspections."
The bill passed two other Senate committees earlier in the legislative session and it now goes to the full Senate. Similar inspection bills are pending in House committees.
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I started this linky so that SLP Bloggers could go to 1 place to get ideas for therapy. Write a post about either what you did this week, or what you have planned for next week. All I ask is that you share a link back to my blog in your post.
This is going to be another short post. We only had a 2-day week, but I had a lot to cram in to those 2 days!
I've had the pattern for a long time, so I have no idea where it came from. I wrote words that they had difficulty with on the feathers for them to practice at home.
I did some sequencing with my language kinder after she made the turkey. I snapped pictures of the different parts of the turkey with my iPad, inserted those into Custom Boards, and had an instant sequencing activity!
With my preschool/kinders at my other school, we made pilgrim puppets (DLTK).
We also read Mr. Turkey, Where are You? from the iPad. iTunes has it for $.99, but I snagged it when it went free at one point.
The students used the cards & played the game from the November Mystery packet (Teach Speech 365).
There's an awful lot of material in this packet for only $3, but you'd better hurry...it disappears at the end of November!
My artic students played Dessert Fun (Listening for Articulation All Year Round- Brenda Brumbough). I put the pie pieces in 4 different groups (1 piece of each pie in each group); the first one to find all 4 of their pieces of pie was the winner. It got them up and moving around.
One student decided if the picture was something he would be thankful or not thankful for, and explained why. I got some very interesting answers on this one!
I had another student I was going to use this with, and was pretty bummed that they had a pep rally during his speech time.
WHEW! It was a whirl-wind of 2 days!
If you weren't off all week, what did you do? OR, what do you have planned for next week?


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The Downing Street Years by Margaret Thatcher
The Downing Street Years by Margaret Thatcher hits the £1 shelf in my shop.
HarperCollins, 1993, Hardback in dust wrapper.
Illustrated with photographs, in colour & black and white.
From the cover: The appearance of Margaret Thatchers memoirs has been one of the most eagerly awaited publishing events in many years. As this book now shows, rarely has such a sense of anticipation been so amply justified.
The Downing Street Years is, first and foremost, a brilliant first-hand portrayal of the events and personalities of her years in power. She gives riveting accounts of the great and critical moments of her premiership the three election victories, the Falklands War, the Miners Strike, the Brighton Bomb, the Westland Affair, her battles abroad with foreign federalists and at home with faint-hearted or misguided ministers. Her judgments of the men and women she has encountered, whether world statesmen or Cabinet colleagues, are completely, sometimes brutally, frank. She is lavish with praise where it is due; devastating in her criticism when it is not. The book ends with an account of her last days which is as gripping as anything in thriller fiction.
But The Downing Street Years is as much an argument as it is a record or a series of character portraits. No prime minister of modern times has sought to change Britain and its place in the world as radically as she did. Her government, she says, was about the application of a philosophy, not the implementation of an administrative programme. She sets out here with forcefulness and conviction the reasons for her beliefs and how she sought to turn them into action.
Good+ in Good+ Dust Wrapper. Gently bruised at the head of the spine and the top corners of the boards with a little wear to the dust wrapper as a result. Short tear to the head of the spine and again to the top corner of the lower panel. Text complete, clean and tight.
Blue boards with Gilt titling to the Spine.
[XIV] 914 pages. Index. 9½" x 6¼".
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Kaizen is a Japanese word for continuous improvement.
Ever since I studied Kaizen in a college Operations class (specifically how Kaizen has been a competitive advantage for Toyota), I've tried to apply the concept to different areas of my life. And looking back on recent successes, I've discovered that they were all the result of this idea of continuous improvement, or Kaizen.
[insert the new latest and greatest tactic here], it's important to remember that strong marketing performance does not magically happen overnight. It's almost always the result of months and even years of, you guessed it, continuous improvement.
And even if the ads were miraculously working, he had no way to improve the ROI without conversion tracking.
So guess what we did first?
That's right, we set up conversion tracking. Since this is a dentist, the majority of the leads come from phone calls so we installed phone call tracking in addition to webform tracking on the website contact forms.
Think of conversion tracking like a required course in college. In order to graduate, you have to complete the required courses. In order to optimize a Google AdWords campaign, you have to complete the conversion tracking setup.
I'm calling this the Kaizen process because over the past 2 years we didn't just focus on one tactic; We focused on continuous improvement in all areas of the campaign.
It's impossible to put your finger on the one or two activities that made all the difference because with optimizing AdWords campaigns you're dealing with a moving target. One day you need to adjust bids, while the next day you need to improve ad copy.
Below, in no particular order, are what I believe are the 5 most important edits we made that led to a 33% reduction in cost per lead.
When you think of ad scheduling, you probably think of running ads during office hours. Or maybe turning ads off during holidays. Sure, that can make sense, but I'm specifically talking about ad schedule optimization here.
With ad schedule optimization, we're looking at the conversion data for days of the week and times of day. There are reports in AdWords that will tell you which days of the week give you the lowest and highest cost per lead. There are also reports that tell you which times of the day give you the lowest and highest cost per lead.
As you collect data, you can use this to refine your ad scheduling and adjust your bids so you're maximizing your budget during the best times.
This one is pretty straight forward, yet it's often overlooked in AdWords campaigns. There are reports in AdWords that will tell you how your ads are performing across different devices – Computers, Tablets, and Mobile.
When you run those reports you will likely see a big discrepancy in performance across devices. This is especially true if you do not have a mobile optimized website!
The reality is that people behave differently depending on which device they are using. You may find that your cost per lead is perfectly acceptable for Computers, but astronomically high for Mobile, or vice versa. Whatever the case is, you clearly need to adjust your bids accordingly to get the best ROI from your ad campaign.
Unless you're familiar with how this works, the phrase "budget optimization" probably sounds strange. I mean, isn't your monthly budget simply your monthly budget?
Well, if you only have one ad campaign, then the answer is yes. However, if you break up your advertising account into multiple campaigns, then you unlock the potential to optimize your budget.
For example, our dentist has multiple different types of services like cosmetic dentistry, invisalign, sedation, implants, etc. Sure, you could have all of those services in one campaign, but that's not ideal.
Instead, you want to break out all the individual services into their own campaigns with their own daily budgets. Then once you see your cost per lead for each service area, you'll be able to adjust your budgets accordingly. Obviously, you'll want to allocate more of your budget to the campaigns that drive the lowest cost leads and minimize your budget on the campaigns with higher cost leads.
It's pretty simple, but only if you structure your account correctly.
Most advertisers understand and are familiar with this tactic so I won't waste too much time here. If you know your keyword conversion rate is 5% (ex. you get 5 phone calls for every 100 clicks on the ad) and your target cost per lead is $50, then your max cost per click is $2.50 (conversion rate multiplied by the target cost per lead).
Using that simple calculation you can adjust your bids to ensure you're hitting your target cost per lead.
I'm sure you're also already familiar with ad copy optimization. More specifically, the process of split testing two or more ad variations to determine which ad performs the best.
One metric is certainly click-through rate. The higher the click-through rate, the better because that leads to higher Quality Scores. However, ads with the highest click-through rate are not always the ads driving the lowest cost per lead.
With that in mind you must focus on both of those metrics. If you focus on click-through rate without any regard for cost per lead, then you'll likely be led astray. Likewise, if you focus on cost per lead without any regard for click-through rate, you may end up with low Quality Scores and in turn, higher cost per click.
Again, I can't emphasize enough that the above edits were continuously tweaked over 2 years. I'm not suggesting we made the edits above and then sat back and watched the performance improve. That's not how this works.
The edits were made continuously, month after month. Remember the Kaizen process!
Below is a graph showing the cost per lead and the number of leads per quarter over the past 2 years.
As you can see from the graph above, the cost per lead was $48 in Q2 2015. Then in Q2 2017 the cost per lead was $32. That's a drop of 33%!
You'll notice the number of leads dropped in Q2 2017, but that's only because the budget was reduced for external reasons.
To put the 33% reduction into perspective, let's compare the number of leads that you can get with a $5,000 per quarter budget ($1,666/month). With a 33% reduction in cost per lead, this dentist is now generating 51 more leads each quarter with the same exact budget!
Obviously this didn't happen overnight, but I hope now you can see the power of continuous improvement in your AdWords campaigns.


Greek Debt Repayment Extension: Ahahaha….
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Overnight effect of the new austerity measures. The Greek Tax-Payer Was it Pounds or Euro?


One cannot call for an educated and non-judgmental discourse regarding mental illness if they are the first to look into another's eyes and proclaim that the devil lives inside. I immediately think of the phony prophets of the unknown gods that convince people to speak in tongues and exorcise unnamed demons. An enlightened society rejects that nonsense, but seemingly gives a free pass to those that would convince another of possession. Yes, I must concede, it is possible that such accusations may be spot on. However, it is the responsibility and jurisdiction of professionals to identify such problematic personalities and convey mitigation plans to the afflicted. This responsibility belongs to the layperson no more than the blindborn may own color.
Many write to me to see if I believe them to be antisocial and/or psychopathic. My answer is always the same. Such is the one question that I refuse to answer of my readers. If I were to tell another my interpretation of truth, I rob them of their own journey to discover actual truth. My eyes are not perfect and I would rather that crows pick them out of their sockets than for them to coerce another into the land of fiction. We owe it to ourselves to be honest with ourselves, and we owe it to those around us to be honest with them. Such honesty often results in silence. Honesty requires fact. And, honesty often means saying that we do not know the physical form of those shadows that dance before us. Let us demand as much from ourselves and others. Let us call for the needle and thread and sew shut the mouths of those that claim uncertainty as truth.
I understand the desire to conflate mental illness with personality disorder and to stake a claim to victimhood, but the fact remains that these are two distinctly separate concepts.
The personality-disordered are NOT mentally ill. They have the ability to reason and to distinguish right from wrong…..to choose how to behave.
And on the subject of diagnosis, there is again a difference between observing that a particular individual consistently displays patterns of behaviors over time which find their echo in the universally-accepted checklists used to evaluate disordered behavior.
I dislike any argument which seeks to mute an individual's right to express an opinion – informed or otherwise. The established convention is that those of opposing views debate their case in turn.
So….reasons why Clinton and/or Trump are NOT personality disordered. Anyone?
Personality disorders are often rooted in physiological structures which renders any difference between them and other mental illnesses moot.
As for the second part of your statement, a person can make any proposition that they can come up. I trust that an intellectual will reject any claims made in the absence of both measurable evidence and authority to interpret such evidence.
This isn't sixth grade biology where people measure pea pods and come up with theories of the universe. These are real people that are in the crosshairs and the fallout from misguided opinions directly affects those that actually *do* fall under the umbrella of mental illness., regardless of the psychological or psychiatric status of the original individual.
If one is capable of distinguishing right from wrong, but has no moral compass to tell them which is right and which is wrong, doesn't that effectively mean that they don't distinguish between right and wrong, and simply act according to what they want to do?
Current thinking is that personality disorders are genetically inherited. It's true that psychopathy is often co-morbid with mental illness, such as bi-polar. Usually treatable with medication, but the psychopathy still remains. The personality disorder and the mental illness (where one exists) are entirely separate conditions.
Equally, no-one needs a degree in near-biology or psychology to understand that any individual consistently evidencing 5 or more behavioural criteria on the Hare Checklist is probably a psychopath.
You seriously think that someone matching 5 factors is a psychopath? There's 20 factors on that list, and you need to have 30/40 to be psychopathic.
I do not believe that a layperson could distinguish more than 5 without assistance. I thought of psychopaths as people who would only do physical harm, at one point, only to find that it bores the more intelligent ones. Emotional and fallacious manipulation seem to be the most fun. A layperson who survives being the target of a psychopath might be able to list off 10 behaviors, thus making their judgement more accurate. No layperson could be accurate enough without error, though. This is when you assume the worst, once enough criteria are met for you to assume their mental state. It is for no purpose other than survival for some, while for others it may actually be shitslinging. It is the same principle, though, when people assume the worst out of certain demographics that they are opposed to. However, you have a lot more factors to consider when you evaluate someone's mental state than simply skin color or genetalia. I will conclude that while, yes, it is wrong to diagnose someone without the knowledge required to make an accurate diagnosis, it is an important part of human nature for our survival as individuals to assume the worst if enough criteria in our perspective are fulfilled.
So you're totally okay with doing the same thing to psychopaths that fascists did to Jews and Roma?
Nope! I understand where you may have gotten the idea when you take into account the language used, but this is simply a subconscious bias on my part that I didn't consider. I was simply stating that it's not unreasonable as a human to be cautious when enough warning is given that they could be in danger, emotional or physical. Psychopaths have been shown to disregard other people, even if not being malicious, and thus cause harm regardless of intent. Thus, 'warning sign' is accurate from the perspective of a neurotypical. I will admit that public perception has been skewed to view them as malicious, and experiences can make them seem so as well. I'd suggest ways to assist psychopaths who wish to feel anything but dull without the risk of jailtime, and to create an understanding that psychopaths are amoral from the nature of a lack of empathy. I may also suggest finding a medium through which the most accurate description of each party can be given. The same laws must apply to all, because psychopathy cannot be controlled. My main request is as much mutual understanding as possible.
lol, you do realise that 5/40 on the PCL-R is what a regular non criminal person usually gets right? So you're saying that they're ordinary people.
Clinical diagnosis for psychopathy, using the Hare checklist is 25 points in Europe, 30 points in the US, with 0-2 points per trait. The average person scores around 5 points.
Jesus Christ. ASPD is not the same as psychopathy.
Except you forget that the DSM rejects the PCL-R. So their criteria is not applicable. The criteria for a psychopathic personality on the ICD-10 is.
Agreed, however DSM-V still classifies it within ASPD. There is still no separate classification, although psychopathic personality disorder remains a diagnosis in some countries. As I'm sure you know.
Actually, DSM-V doesn't list psychopathy anywhere in its pages. This is mainly because the APA doesn't want to pay Hare for the use of his PCL-R.
It mentions it but this anon is still wrong because someone can be assesssed as a psychopath and never be Diagnosed with aspd before (although I don't think that's very common). What I'm trying to ilustrate is that they're two separate things, so that's for aspd, not psychopathy.
Just wondering, FNP, since you read/commented for a considerable time, do you miss your engagement – and did you develop any kind of 'connection' to this site? I ask because as a psychopath your response would be of interest.
It's not a past-tense thing. I come here once or twice a month same as I always have.
Jessica, you said you scored 31 on the pcl-r, but I got the impression you said it was 32. Were you assessed again or I don't remember it correctly? It was while ago.
* You said it on twitter.
31. I may have added wrong when going over the breakdown or something. But the score was definitely 31.
As you were talking about self-love on twitter and said it could serve as an excuse for not doing better, but I think it will be less prone to happen if you can accept your own flaws along with self-love and healthy self-love is actually all about thinking well about yourself but without loosing perspective on reality and more importantly, being abble to take criticism. I believe you had high but defensive self-love, which makes it hard to achieve and that's why you think like this.
LOL….how very black and white.
Meanwhile, back in the shades of grey offered by DSM-V, it seems that there is an operable calibration of psychopathy, within the overall definition of Antisocial Personality Disorder/Psychopathy (their amalgamation, not mine).
Characterizing psychopathy using DSM-5 personality traits.
Strickland CM1, Drislane LE, Lucy M, Krueger RF, Patrick CJ.
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA.
Despite its importance historically and contemporarily, psychopathy is not recognized in the current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revised (DSM-IV-TR).
Its closest counterpart, antisocial personality disorder, includes strong representation of behavioral deviance symptoms but weak representation of affective-interpersonal features considered central to psychopathy.
The current study evaluated the extent to which psychopathy and its distinctive facets, indexed by the Triarchic Psychopathy Measure, can be assessed effectively using traits from the dimensional model of personality pathology developed for DSM-5, operationalized by the Personality Inventory for DSM-5 (PID-5).
Results indicate that (a) facets of psychopathy entailing impulsive externalization and callous aggression are well-represented by traits from the PID-5 considered relevant to antisocial personality disorder, and (b) the boldness facet of psychopathy can be effectively captured using additional PID-5 traits.
These findings provide evidence that the dimensional model of personality pathology embodied in the PID-5 provides effective trait-based coverage of psychopathy and its facets.
This isn't the same you were saying. And people are still diagnosed with aspd (using the criteria you stated) and not assessed psychopathic.
At the end of the day, the question is still whether we gain information with the model of psychopathy. If I recall correctly, the model the DSM presents does not take into account facets such as 'lack of realistic, long-term goals' or 'parasitic lifestyle' among others. If treatment options are limited for those on the extreme end of the antisocial spectrum, does any of this matter, or are the recorded neurophysiological differences in those classified as psychopaths as compared to vanilla ASPD not worth exploring, among other questions. We see, without question, warring camps that are often pushing ideological differences rather than getting at the root of why certain individuals behave differently than others.
It's a continuation of the subject: ASPD being the DSM-V classified disorder, with psychopathy considered to be at the far end of the ASPD continuum, as you no doubt know. I make no comment whether that is correct or not – it's how it is. In some countries, psychopathic personality disorder remains distinct from ASPD and will be diagnosed as such….in others, the diagnosis will be ASPD and then psychopathy. DSM V uses the PID personality inventory which includes all key psychopathic traits, so accurate diagnoses should be more easily achievable.
I don't know that information is necessarily gained with the model used in DSM V, although it offers better, more detailed diagnostic criteria than DSM-IV so perhaps information is communicated in a more straightforward way and is therefore more accessible.
I agree that there are warring camps pushing ideological differences which affect both classification and diagnosis of psychopathy. The net effect has been to obscure and confuse, but DSM-V seems to me to offer more clarity and detail than DSM-IV did, so perhaps things are moving in the right direction.
This is a fight you can not win. At least, not the way the game is being played. Being outed as a psychopath is bad for your well-being. While there is no difference in the tendency to commit crimes, the certified psychopath will always get the higher disproportionate sentence.
It is my opinion that the blame lays squarely on the psychologists and the psychiatrists. These lizards in human suits have given us various mental modules that have resulted in witch hunts going on all over the place. You no longer have tough kids, tough guys, or tough women who should be put to work where their skills would be useful, you only have a big happy village and everyone who doesn't like to be part of the primordial swamp of mediocre emotional nonsense crap can rot in hell, or for that matter, prison.
I will not say that psychopathy does not exist, or that they are evil or not. Psychopathy has nothing to do with good or evil, it has to do with someone's emotional make up.Trying to say those with a tough emotional make up should be put to prison while leaving those with a weak emotional constitution to walk free with lower sentences is a cruel joke on the justice system, at the hands of the weak people, at the expense of those with a stronger emotional make up. A crime is a crime. The source of this state of affairs lies in Psychology and Psychiatry.
The last time I checked, you still have high crime areas in Chicago and Washington DC and a bunch of other places. It's not like they have eliminated all the criminals who are terrorizing the neighborhoods. It's not like life is so easy people choose to commit crimes because it is the most thrilling thing to do. It is easy to get robbed downtown in a major city at night, yet I am supposed to be more worried about the guy that I work with, who does not emotionally connect with me, and has absolutely no need to, considering we have absolutely nothing in common, and there is nothing I would want to do with that person.
This is the biggest bunk nonsense I have seen in a long time. And you have the psychologist and the psychiatrists to thank for that state of affairs. Remove these dumb retards from the mental health field, and watch how quickly people will start to get along together again.
People are not a bunch of mental diseases or personality defects. People are hardly ever alike. It is stupid to think they are or to insist that they should think alike and anyone who tries to enforce that truism has, in his/her agenda, an intention to enslave everybody into conformity.
You talk a big game, but you've clearly never encountered any psychopaths before.
There is a very big difference between your standard crime and the average crimes a psychopath commits. Psychopaths generally take pleasure in hurting other people, whereas normal criminals typically commit crimes for materialistic reasons instead of gratification.
Whatever the scope of crimes it is, it pales in comparison with the sheer number of crimes committed by the rest.
Most of this stuff about psychopaths is for the most part sensationalism and I think it distracts from the business of living.
Why embrace a viewpoint that renders you less capable? It's very untrue to say n NT does not seek to harm others. They just rationalize the reasons.
An NT categorizes people the same way, while devaluing themselves in the process. God have mercy on anyone who devalues themselves-you can bet the devil won't.
The problem with the acts that are frowned upon are their consequences, not the reasons for making them.
Witch hunts and persecution of those who are different is a game as old as man himself. There is no need for that same-old.
In the scheme of things, psychopathy is not what most think it is, and of itself, does not have a big impact than would be had if the standard investigative and justice processes available today were actually used as opposed to finding an excuse for a criminal act.
Like I said, you've clearly never encountered any violent psychopaths in the real world. There's a very good reason people are terrified of us, and it's not because of witch hunts or persecution.
You don't really seem to understand the fact that there doesn't have to be any reason to commit violent crimes as psychopaths. Sure, the low-IQ psychopaths do armed robbery and such because they're incapable of thinking big. But for those of us with sufficient IQ, the biggest reason to commit violent crime is typically "Why not?".
Committing violent crimes is one of the major outlets for psychopathic ennui, as well. Unless you're a psychopath, you've never experienced the complete and utterly pervasive boredom that accompanies every interest and hobby we pick up. As a result, doing anything remotely exciting becomes more and more challenging.
There's also the fact that hurting other people is as easy as stepping on insects to any psychopath. You're blatantly ignoring the fact that your whole idea of morality exists only if you believe that everyone is inherently moral or immoral. Psychopaths, myself included are amoral, because morals only exist to constrain us.
Going on a tangent about psychopathy ignores the fact that in the final analysis, a crime is simply that, a crime. It ignores that one should be innocent until proven guilty. You could argue the reasons till hell freezes over, but it does not change the incidental fact.
Psychopathy, as it is used, attempts to change the incidental fact without objective evidence.
It also allows penalties to be applied, again without any objective evidence.
I, for one wonders why it is so important to be concerned with other people's thoughts, when I have my own life and affairs to deal with.
If it is your morbid dream to wake up in a nightmarish world like that of "Minority Report" so you can feel good about your mental gymnastics, be my guest.
You really do have a problem with understanding that in the real world, psychopaths are a very real thing.
You keep assuming my dreams are some kind of robocop world without realizing that it's more like Germany circa 1936.
This is amusing in the extreme. I seriously do wonder how many psychopaths there are here. My guess is, not that many. But there are a lot of pretend ones. It has become the vogue to have 'dark triad traits'.
There are consequences that can be predicted by looking at emotional situational and envitlronmental landscape.
Have fun being a psychopath. Lets see how wonderful this turns out for you 'great' operators.
The number of actual psychopaths that visit this site fairly regularly and comment (or post the articles) is somewhere between 2 and 4.
No one would pretend to be a psychpath unless they were really an idiot!


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News Roundup: Use of Force, Apartments, & TNCs
Jury awards $1M in civil rights suit; SOI ordinance halted
By the News Staff, 8:41AM, Mon. Mar. 9, 2015
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In this week's News Roundup, an Austin man gets $1 million dollars after being punched and Tasered by a couple of APD officers; Austin landlords can refuse to accept Section 8 vouchers, for now; and the Lege contemplates letting Uber and Lyft drive across the state.
• On Thursday, March 5, after three days of testimony and one full day of deliberations, the city of Austin was told to award a total of $1 million to Carlos Chacon when a jury determined that APD Officers Eric Copeland and Russell Rose violated Chacon's rights under the Fourth Amendment. The seven-person panel also decided that the two officers weren't objectively reasonable in their efforts against Chacon on the night of April 29, 2011.
Chacon, 56, called police that evening after discovering what looked like a prostitution ring at a Motel 6 on I-35. He reported that a gun was present, and indicated that – at the time he saw it – it was in the possession of a black man wearing shorts, a black hat, and a t-shirt.
Chacon was driving his BMW around the motel's parking lot when the officers arrived; the officers drew their guns at toward the car and told Chacon to exit. Chacon initially showed his hands but briefly pulled them back into his vehicle to put the car in park. The two officers approached and grabbed him as he was exiting, taking his body to the ground. A scuffle ensued, and Copeland landed two punches. Rose fired at Chacon with a Taser. Chacon was initially arrested for resisting a personal search, though never indicted.
Copeland and Rose's chain of command reviewed footage of the arrest and found it acceptable. Chacon filed his civil lawsuit against the officers and the city of Austin in March 2012 alleging inadequate training or supervision and negligent hiring and retention.
The day before in an unrelated case, Gene Vela was found not guilty of assault on a public servant when a jury found him not guilty in an arrest stemming from Nov. 2013.
Vela, 31, was shot by police after threatening them a weapon when officials were called to his home by neighbors asking for a check up on his well-being. Vela's attorneys argued successfully that the responding officers did not properly identify themselves when they showed up at Vela's door, and their client had the right to act accordingly. Attorneys also noted that Vela, a former Marine, was experiencing severe post-traumatic stress disorder at the time, and believed that an attack was being made on his apartment. – Chase Hoffberger
• Only in effect for one week, Austin's source-of-income ordinance – originally set to be enacted on Jan. 12 – has once again been halted. On Friday, the (mostly conservative) U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals granted the request for an emergency injunction filed March 2 by the Austin Apartment Association, who recently failed to persuade U.S. Judge Sam Sparks that the measure is unconstitutional. The ordinance is meant to widen housing opportunities for the working poor, the disabled, veterans, and the elderly by requiring landlords to accept recipients of child support or government subsidy, including the U.S. Housing and Urban Development's Housing Choice Voucher program, commonly referred to as Section 8. In a surprising conclusion for some – considering his tone toward the city – Sparks denied the AAA's motion for preliminary injunction on Feb. 27, finding the group's claims insufficient to demonstrate a substantial likelihood of success on the merits, as the Chronicle previously reported.
But now, the 5th Circuit's ruling has thrown a wrench in the ordinance's enforcement, putting it on hold yet again until full arguments are heard. Rehashing largely the same claims from the outset, AAA continues to argue they will suffer "irreparable harm" if the rule is enforced. "There are sound business reasons why more property owners do not participate in Section 8 and they have nothing to do with the potential residents," said AAA President Robbie Robinson in a statement. "The program is historically troubled, bureaucratic, and underfunded. Every property owner wants good residents; what we don't want is a forced partnership with a governmental agency that significantly impacts businesses and operations." – Mary Tuma
• A state representative wants you to be able to take an Uber from Austin up to Amarillo and back again, without any fears about riding at all illegally. On Friday, Rep. Chris Paddie, R-Marshall, filed House Bill 2440, a bill that would make transportation network companies like Uber and Lyft legal throughout the state if they file an annual $5,000 fee and follow a string of various rules. The Texas Tribune has a full story on the bill; it reports that Paddie's bill wold make state background checks less stringent than those currently employed by cities that allow the transportation option. Currently, TNCs are allowed in Arlington, Austin, Corpus Christi, Dallas, Fort Worth, and San Antonio. Uber specifically is active in Amarillo, El Paso, Houston, and Lubbock.
Meanwhile, in related news, Friday saw the announcement of Uberpool, a carpooling-like option that Uber plans to employ during South by Southwest. And Lyft reports that it has become the first ridesharing partner at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. Previously, TNCs were legally barred from making trips out to the airport, though the companies would often provide tutorials to drivers on how best to operate there under the radar. A spokesperson at the airport said that any TNC operating at the airport must agree to a 10% concession fee on gross revenues. Lyft agreed to those terms on Friday after 5pm; Uber has yet to comply.– C.H.
• Zucker on This: The draft, or "working version," of the "Zucker Report" – a systems analysis of the city's Planning and Development Review Department, produced by the consultant firm Zucker Systems – was released last week, in response to public and City Council pressure after the department declined to do so, saying the raw report was unfinished. The exhaustive report was still undergoing staff review and response, Assistant City Manager Sue Edwards wrote concerning posting the working version to the department website: "While I disagree with releasing draft versions of consultant information without proper vetting, it's important for me to make it clear that this entire process was done with the utmost professionalism and integrity." An additional prefatory note says that the standard pre-release review is a departmental edit to remove "factual errors."
In brief, the report recommends investing $3.5 million in additional staffing and improvements, including 464 recommendations, of which 121 are priority items. The posted working version includes staff responses ranging from correcting typos to disagreements or elaborations about the findings. Edwards wrote that the final version is expected to be ready for release in late March.
While there is plenty of grist to be ground in this particular, 700+-page mill, the takeaway thus far has been that the PDRD is not popular with Austinites, either outside or within the department. The consultants surveyed PDRD "customers" – persons who applied for permits or had other direct interactions with the department – and report "the negative responses … are the worst [Zucker has seen] in our national studies, including several Texas communities." Of the employee survey on departmental conditions, the consultants report: "These are the worst scores we have ever recorded in our various studies. … Employees are very unhappy about the direction and leadership in the Department." The consultants also met with "stakeholder groups" – "two Chamber groups, nine industry-related groups, four meetings with many groups of neighborhoods, and one special interest group" (various advocacy organizations) – but did not attempt to characterize the overall response (perhaps because the complaints were so polarized, e.g., developers get whatever they want vs. established neighborhoods get whatever they want. Welcome to Austin politics.) – Michael King
• Homeless Snapshot: Last week, the Ending Community Homeless Coalition announced the results of its Jan. 23 "Point-in-Time" count of Austin and Travis County homelessness. More than 400 volunteers counted both sheltered and unsheltered (living on streets or in greenbelts, etc.) homeless persons to provide a "snapshot" of people experiencing homelessness on one day. ECHO announced the total number of homeless people counted was 1,877, of whom 1,210 (64%) were sheltered. This is a decline of 6% from last year's count, matching the average yearly decline over the last four years. Overall, ECHO reports, there are 29% fewer people experiencing homelessness in 2015 than in 2009, and in 2013 and 2014, local programs helped 1,280 people secure permanent housing. For the first time, the PIT count distinguished numbers by City Council district; 40% of the homeless (265 people) were counted in District 9 (Central/Downtown). – M.K.
• Honoring Selma: "The Americans who crossed this bridge were not physically imposing. But they gave courage to millions. They held no elected office. But they led a nation. They marched as Americans who had endured hundreds of years of brutal violence, and countless daily indignities — but they didn't seek special treatment, just the equal treatment promised to them almost a century before.
"What they did here will reverberate through the ages. Not because the change they won was preordained; not because their victory was complete; but because they proved that nonviolent change is possible; that love and hope can conquer hate." – President Barack Obama in Selma, Alabama, March 7, marking the 50th Anniversary of the "Bloody Sunday" civil rights marches from Selma to Montgomery. – M.K.
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Thousands join anti-CAA protest in Mumbai
Mumbai, Jan 12 : Thousands of citizens on Sunday congregated in Mumbai's suburban Jogeshwari to oppose the new citizenship law, the proposed NRC and NPR.
They also condemned last Sunday's violence on the JNU campus in Delhi, where masked men ran riot and attacked students. Leftist organisations had claimed RSS-affiliated ABVP's role in the attack, a charge denied by the students' body.
Former Tata Institute of Social Science (TISS) general secretary Fahad Ahmed told PTI that they assembled under the aegis of 'Hum Bharat Ke Log' in Millat Nagar area.
"Prime Minister Narendra Modi should call 56 students from across the country to debate on the CAA, NRC and NPR," Ahmed said in an apparent jibe at Modi's "56 inch chest" remark, which the latter had made ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.
"Why the PM is not talking to us? Why is he not communicating? Even the Britishers used to talk to Indians whom they ruled, but our PM is not talking to poor people," he alleged.
Bollywood actot Sushasht Singh also spoke on the occasion.
"We are people of this country and such acts (CAA) are tarnishing the image of our country," he said.
At the gathering, people waved banners with slogans like "I Am From Gujarat, My Documents Burned in 2002", "No CAA, Boycott NRC, Stop Dividing India, Don't Divide us", "Save Constitution", written on them.
A large number of police personnel were present at the venue.
The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), which was notified on January 10, grants Indian citizenship to non-Muslim minorities migrated to India from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh till December 31, 2014, following persecution over their faith.
Massive protests were witnessed against the CAA, mainly by the student community, since its passage by Parliament in December last year.
Opposition parties have been dubbing the CAA an "anti-Muslim" legislation, a charge being debunked by the government.
The Congress and other parties like the TMC have also opposed the proposed National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the National Population Register (NPR).
Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said that the government won't rest until persecuted refugees are granted Indian citizenship.


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Packages such as `numpy` and `scipy` provide excellent mathematical tools for
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Blog > Did You Know? NACD has a Presidents Association
Did You Know? NACD has a Presidents Association 11/28/2017
The NACD Presidents Association (PA) brings together former and current presidents of state/territory associations so that they may continue to contribute to the improvement of district, state, and national programs that promote natural resource conservation. Everyone who is serving or has served as a president of a state or territory association of conservation districts is a lifetime member of this prestigious group of conservation leaders.
To this day, the PA strives to keep its members informed and connected, serving as a sounding board for new ideas and encouraging collaboration and partnerships that promote NACD's mission.
If you are a current or past president and wish to receive updates, news, and special offers related to your work as a conservation leader, or have an interest in participating in areas of your interest, make sure NACD has your updated contact information. You can submit your information to a board member or make any of your changes on NACD's website.
Did You Know? The Presidents Association:
Was added to NACD's bylaws in 1973 as an affiliate organization to further NACD's policies and activities by providing a basis for the effective utilization of the talents and experience of current and past state association presidents.
Provided leadership and funds to help in purchasing the NACD headquarters building in Washington, D.C., and participated in raising funds to remodel the building.
Was a part of the Envirothon study team that recommended the placement of the Envirothon with the National Conservation Foundation (NCF). The PA has a position on the NCF Board of Trustees.
Partnered with the NCF for several years to fund a $10,000 competitive award to districts.
On a monthly basis, the association's board holds a conference call. In Denver at NACD's 2017 Annual Meeting, the PA identified interest areas and volunteered to provide help on a number of tasks, including a strategic plan, partnership and fundraising efforts, Envirothon, Annual Meeting Silent Auction, Hall of Distinction, and the Friends of NACD program.
The PA Strategic Plan committee is chaired by Bill Wilson (bwilson5720[at]hotmail.com, 405-202-5691), PA vice president, and has developed a draft strategic plan that will be discussed and voted on at the 2018 annual business meeting in Nashville. The Silent Auction committee, chaired by John Redding, is hard at work planning for NACD's 2018 Annual Meeting. You can help the PA at this meeting by biding on an auction item, donating one, or volunteering at the PA Auction Booth.
Realizing the need and importance of documenting NACD development over the years, the PA has identified a need for a "historian" on the board. When the League City office in Texas was closed, for instance, its contents were sent to Iowa State University (ISU) in Ames. "Those who helped were careful not to throw anything away that would be necessary and/or helpful in maintaining our history," Bill Wilson said of the move.
This year, the association also launched a "Regional Reps" Outreach Ambassadors program. PA regional representatives for all seven NACD regions were selected in Denver (and their contact information is below). Some of their responsibilities and actions are to:
Represent their respective region.
Involve the region presidents more frequently in PA activities.
Obtain ideas from regions.
Develop relationships with state presidents in the region.
Serve on the NACD PA Board of Directors.
Serve as liaison from NACD PA to Regions.
Participate in monthly/quarterly conference calls.
Help develop those items that should be shared nationally.
PA region reps have been speaking at regional and state association meetings…
Ernest Girouard (ernest.girouard[at]gmail.com, 337-852-3986) covered the South Central Region Meeting, and those presidents who were present took on the task of updating contact information for current and past state presidents in the NACD database.
Denise Savageau (denise.savageau[at]greenwichct.org, 203-918-9693) presented information on the PA at the Northeast Region Meeting that she said was "well received."
North Central representative Kris Swartz (ks85[at]amplex.net, 419-467-1711) attended the annual CTIC tour/meeting and noted that in 2018 the tour/meeting will be in the Chesapeake Bay area.
Southwest representative Jim Berlier (berlierranch[at]gmail.com, 505-705-3333) said he received good questions from state presidents about the association at the Southwest-Pacific Region Meeting.
Pacific representative Tom Wehri (wehritom[at]gmail.com, 916-447-7237) reported that he is "working on gathering and formatting information for entry into the NACD database for PA members" from his region.
Steve Hedstrom (bsranch[at]3rivers.net, 406-738-4332) prepared for the Northern Plains Region Meeting as he and others were dealing with extensive wildfires in his area.
Barbara Perlman-Whyman (bpwhyman[at]sbcglobal.net, 775-842-1140), PA president, reported that after the Denver meeting, she had opportunities to follow up with several key partner contacts during the NACD Spring Fly-In. She met with or called on NACD CEO Jeremy Peters, NCF Chair Steve Robinson, Past NACD President and Past Chair of NCF Rudy Rice, and NACD President Brent Van Dyke. She also spoke with Karen Smart, chair of the NACD Auxiliary. In all cases she reports, "there was enthusiastic support for working with the Presidents Association to reach our mutual goals." Jeremy added that "aligning the interests of all of the groups is an important step in going forward."
Barbara also gave a presentation to the NACD board at the summer meeting in Iowa.
If you are a member of the PA and you want to be involved, please contact one of the group's current board members referenced above or below. The association is here for partnership and greater utilization of our leadership skills and lessons learned!
Irvil Kear, PA Secretary-Treasurer
icpmik[at]infionline.net
Pat Sueck, Past PA President
pasueck51[at]gmail.com
Robert Harbison, PA Southeast Region Representative
rharbison[at]gmail.com


A panel discussion exploring the question "is there enough space for us all to create?" This conversation will focus on the struggles of becoming an artist. Is it a competition or a collaboration? Our expert panellists will relate their experiences before opening it up to the floor.
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The Teaposy TPGL-715FB Plato glass teapot allows you to brew your favorite loose tea, a beautiful teaposy blossom or a Concert Series sachet in style. It holds up to 22 oz. and features a removable gold-plated loose tea filter. The TPGL-715FB glass teapot has a raised glass pattern of small squares on its exterior, mimicking its contemporary silhouette.
The Teaposy TPGL-715FB Plato glass teapot comes with a glass lid holder on top that helps secure the lid as you pour those last few drops of tea into your cup.
The TPGL-715FB glass teapot is created by hand, so no two are exactly alike.
This teapot is made of Borosilicate glass so it can withstand temperatures between -4 and 300 degrees Fahrenheit.
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"Amy Everitt is the State Director of NARAL Pro-Choice California and NARAL Pro-Choice California Foundation. Previously, she was the Political Director at EdVoice, a statewide education advocacy organization which works to make schools better for kids. Amy has worked on campaigns and elections for over 17 years working initially in the San Francisco Bay Area on state Assembly, SF Board of Supervisors and governor's campaigns. While based in Washington, DC, Amy was the West/Midwest Regional Political Director at the Democratic National Committee responsible for coordinating national efforts and providing direct support to campaigns throughout the region including the successful campaigns of Kathleen Sebelious in Kansas and Dave Freudenthal in Wyoming, both pro-choice Governors. While at the DNC, Amy championed the Rural Outreach Project which led to the establishment of a Rural Caucus. As the Regional Political Director for the DNC's Redistricting Project, she was responsible for advising and supporting redistricting efforts in the Northeast in 2001.
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This is a radically reform, inclusive parish ministered by an ordained Roman Catholic Woman Priest celebrating all sacraments & serving your community with gender equity & social justice for everyone. We welcome all to the Eucharist Table just as we believe Jesus did.


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* Mobilise the necessary resources and support demonstration project implementation by the communities and City Governments.
* Priority urban poor communities identified for up-grading through the Community Action Planning process.
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Last weekend's 27th annual Vancouver Open beach tournament was a huge success. The field of 64 teams represented many Canadian provinces and the main draw included multiple American teams, some from Southern California and many from the Seattle area.
The crowd at Kit's Beach exceeded a total of 20,000 as players competed for a total purse of $30,000, Canada's richest pro tournament.
Josh Binstock and Dan Dearing took gold, with Gabriel Burlacu and Raffe Paulis in silver. Mike Plantinga and Aaron Nusbaum took bronze.
On the women's side, Denise Wooding and Jamie Broder finished in gold, with Katie Spieler and Emily Hartong in silver. Megan Nagy and Caleigh Cruickshank took bronze.
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The choirs of St. John's Church lead the congregation in singing the praises of God in its corporate worship. All choirs are trained to sing the finest sacred music from the classical Anglican tradition. The choirs have combined to produce three CDs and served as choir-in-residence at Truro, Litchfield, and Wells Cathedrals.
Steven Branyon is a native of York, SC. and a graduate of North Greenville University, Winthrop University and Westminster Choir College. Mr. Branyon has served churches and synagogues in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Mr. Branyon has performed in Great Britain at Briston, Salisbury, Litchfield, Truro, and Wells Cathedrals. He has professionally recorded with the choirs of St. Peter's and Morristown, NJ. At various times, Mr. Branyon teaches Music Appreciation for the Elderhostel classes for Mercer University at Jekyll Island. He recently taught a course on Understanding the Organ for the local Senior Citizens Center in Savannah.
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Choral Evensong is sung on several occasions through the year. A special concession of rehearsals is made to accommodate those who wish to join us from other churches. Rehearsals for these auditioned guest singers are held on the three Thursday nights preceding a scheduled Evensong.
In 2016 we adopted the goal of establishing two twelve-person choirs, one for boys and one for girls, beginning at age 8, to be trained to sing in the English choral tradition in an environment of fun, fellowship, and friendship.
The St. John's Boys Choir currently meet on Tuesdays at 5:00 to 6:30pm during the school year. Any boy from age 7 is encouraged to audition for this choir. Modest stipends are paid and music lessons are offered as a part of this ministry.
The St. John's Girls Choir is expected to start in the fall of 2018.
Prior musical experience not required; however, auditions are required and candidates must demonstrate musicality, the ability to focus, and willingness to be a part of a team. The primary requirement to join is an interest in music.
Regular attendance is required. Good attendance is the primary commitment of every chorister and their parents.
Families not of an Anglican background are welcome to participate in the Boys and Girls Choir.
RSCM (Royal School of Church Music) is a world-wide organization whose mission is to make each chorister a healthy singer for life. St. John's has been a member of this organization for many years. This systematic approach to church music is offered to all singers. Progress is marked by graded ribbons with an RSCM medal worn with vestments. Parish Choir members currently wear the St. Nicholas Medal, patron saint of the RSCM. This medal is not a recognition of the level of individual achievement, but rather a reminder of the standards the choir seeks to attain.
WORKSHOPS with a guest conductor will often be scheduled one or two times annually. These conductors are often considered the best in the church music field. These are scheduled well in advance and give all choristers an optimum chance for vocal growth, and they should be considered an obligation rather than an option.
TOURS are often arranged for the choirs of St. John's to sing at other venues both nationally and internationally. St. John's have made three trips to England to sing at Truro, Lichfield, & Wells Cathedrals.
RECORDINGS have been made for the Sonare label . The choirs first recording was commissioned by the Prayer Book Society and is no longer available.
Two recordings and a DVD are currently available for purchase.
LIKE STARS APPEARING has music for the Feast of All Saints, recorded at St. Peter's Church, Savannah.
MY SPIRIT HATH REJOICED contains a variety of anthems by Stanford, Tallis, Attwood, Smart, Morley & Wood.


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package org.apache.tajo.engine.function.builtin;

import org.apache.tajo.catalog.CatalogUtil;
import org.apache.tajo.catalog.Column;
import org.apache.tajo.common.TajoDataTypes.DataType;
import org.apache.tajo.common.TajoDataTypes.Type;
import org.apache.tajo.datum.Datum;
import org.apache.tajo.datum.DatumFactory;
import org.apache.tajo.datum.NullDatum;
import org.apache.tajo.datum.ProtobufDatum;
import org.apache.tajo.engine.function.AggFunction;
import org.apache.tajo.engine.function.FunctionContext;
import org.apache.tajo.engine.function.annotation.Description;
import org.apache.tajo.engine.function.annotation.ParamTypes;
import org.apache.tajo.storage.Tuple;

import static org.apache.tajo.InternalTypes.AvgDoubleProto;

@Description(
  functionName = "avg",
  description = "The mean of a set of numbers.",
  example = "> SELECT avg(expr);",
  returnType = Type.FLOAT8,
  paramTypes = {@ParamTypes(paramTypes = {Type.FLOAT8})}
)
public class AvgDouble extends AggFunction {
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    super(new Column[] {
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  public void init() {
  }

  @Override
  public void eval(FunctionContext ctx, Tuple params) {
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  }

  @Override
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    AvgContext avgCtx = (AvgContext) ctx;
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    if (d instanceof NullDatum) {
      return;
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  @Override
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    builder.setSum(avgCtx.sum);
    builder.setCount(avgCtx.count);
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  @Override
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  @Override
  public Datum terminate(FunctionContext ctx) {
    AvgContext avgCtx = (AvgContext) ctx;
    return DatumFactory.createFloat8(avgCtx.sum / avgCtx.count);
  }

  protected class AvgContext implements FunctionContext {
    double sum;
    long count;
  }
}


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Howard ranks the Oscar nominees
Tomorrow is Oscar night, and I'm back to my annual tradition of listing the Oscar Best Picture nominees, ranked in order of how much I liked or didn't like them — not predictions of winners. I did see all ten nominated films. Ten was too many! In my opinion, most of this year's nominated films aren't special enough to be considered for Best Picture of the year. But hey, that's just me. Maybe the film industry has just left me behind.
1. CODA. Fir those of you who don't know, CODA stands for Child Of Deaf Parents. Considering that three of the four main characters are deaf, this is a beautiful amazing script. A warm and gripping family story. Highly recommended for everyone!
2. WEST SIDE STORY. Considering how much I love "West Side Story", on stage and on film, it was hard for me to not pick this Number 1, but hey! This musical won Best Picture in 1961, and I'm not sure that it needed to be done again,but Spielberg did a great job, and this re-make in many ways is better than the first one.
3. LICORICE PIZZA. This is a hard-to-describe movie, but I liked it. Picture it: 1973, Southern California, high school kids coming of age — but somehow it all works. And Bradley Cooper makes an appearance, which is always a plus.
4. BELFAST. I had trouble with the Northern Ireland accents, but the other people in the audience seemed to get it, so maybe my brain just doesn't move fast enough. But it was definitely an interesting and disturbing time in that country's history, and the film is worth watching to get a feel of the troubles.
5. DRIVE MT CAR. Fortunately, I saw this in a theater — a captive audience with a big screen. On my TV at home, I never would have made it through the three hours . It's tedious and complex and actually quite impressive. In Japanese with subtitles. Lots of Chekhov references. Definitely not for everyone.
6. KING RICHARD. There is no question that the story of Venus and Serena Williams is cool, but that doesn't necessarily make it a cool film. At times it felt like watching a tennis match for two hours and 21 minutes. Will Smith may win an Oscar.
7. NIGHTMARE ALLEY. It's brutal and dark, but Bradley Cooper makes it worthwhile.
8. THE POWER OF THE DOG. I liked parts of it but didn't really get it. This film received the most Oscar nominations and should win for cinematic achievements. Beautifully filmed.
9. DON't LOOK UP. It's just too un-special to be a Best Picture nominee. It would have made a final made-for-TV Movie of the Week.
10. DUNE. Who-cares? dialogue leading to the next round of special effects and violence. Maybe I would have cared more if I had seen it in a theater instead of HBO Max. Or if I had read the book. But life is too short.
That's all I got, kids! Get out of your recliner and go see a movie. And watch the Oscars, so that we all have something to complain about.the next day.


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package com.dse.se.dao;

/**
 * Created by michaelraney on 4/7/18.
 */
public interface IStreamingJobDAO {

    void startStreaming(String consumerKey, String consumerSecret, String accessToken, String accessTokenSecret) throws Exception;

}