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Britain's moment of transition
There is a place about an hour from where I live. I go there whenever I have visitors or on a Sunday afternoon when I have nothing else to do. It's an aircraft museum dedicated to the the Fleet Air Arm - the air wing of the Royal Navy. It's a special place for me because it's a connection with the past and a small part of my identity. It invokes a certain sentimentality and patriotism - one which I am far from alone in.
When I was a boy I wanted to be a pilot, but not just any pilot; a Royal Navy pilot. I think it was a fusion of my love of all things aviation combined with the huge respect I had for my uncle who served in the Falklands conflict. That conflict was the last righteous victory of the British.
Though the Empire has long been dead, military power has remained in the landscape of the British psyche ever since. The Falklands was no different. Some of the most iconic and inspirational images in British media come from that conflict, notably the flotilla of small boats welcoming the aircraft carrier HMS Invincible back to Portsmouth. These images to this day contribute to the British self-image of a being military power.
The conflict to this day inspires many men my age who grew up learning about the daring raids by Vulcan bombers over Port Stanley. The Vulcan itself having an aviation pedigree going back to the Lancaster bomber - the instrument of our victory over the Nazis. It was also a victory for our fighter pilots who, in the spirit of their Battle of Britain forebears, fought bravely to fend off the aggressor and saved our ships from aerial attack. Britain, just for a moment, was reliving its glory days.
Notably the conflict was one where Britain stood alone. America did not come our rescue, nor did we enjoy the support of our European allies. By every measure, it was moment of great pride for Britain, one which cemented Margaret Thatcher's place in history and secured a long term in office for her.
Even by 1991, the UK still saw itself as a major military power - and when we committed our forces to Operation Desert Storm, our bomber pilots painted mascots on the side of their aircraft, as a homage to the bomber traditions of World War Two. As a boy I recall making dozens of plastic models of Buccaneers and Tornados painted in the desert camouflage colours of the first Gulf War.
At that time, most of our aircraft were cold war relics close to the end of their operational life. Many aircraft on their return to the UK were immediately retired to museums which continue to inspire children all over the country.
Culturally, my generation were raised in the long shadow of World War Two. Growing up in the eighties much of the television we watched was influenced by it. From the many war films to the documentaries and memorials, we were saturated with the impression that the UK had fought and won a righteous war against an evil aggressor, and we stood apart in the world as a force for good.
Of course, any serious examination of the British Empire shows that Britain has plenty blood on its hands and a more objective, less sentimental look at at our past shows that we have much to answer for. That, however, struggles to compete with our collective self-deception of being a glorious victor in all things.
It is partially this powerful sense of identity that drives us to leave the EU. It bruises our national ego to admit that we are no longer a global power. Even now, our defence procurement is less about operational capability as it is power projection. This explains the purchase of two of the world's largest aircraft carriers.
The carriers themselves will carry the most advanced and most expensive aircraft ever to fly. They will be used in operations similar to those currently underway in Syria, where we believe we are righteous actors against an evil foe. Whether or not we are making things worse does not really come into it so long as it continues to massage our self-image as a global force for good. Never underestimate what a politicians are prepared to spend in the name of national vanity.
This, though, has defence analysts and armchair generals wondering how we can possibly finance the navy to do all the other tasks befitting a global pretender. Having invested so much in power projection, just about every other branch of the armed services will have to take a cut.
Britain has never really come to terms with the end of the Empire. Our Foreign Office officials, many my own age, many of them Eton and Oxford educated, are taught the works of Rudyard Kipling and tales of the Commonwealth. Our establishment simply cannot shake off its colonial mentality, nor cannot permit itself to acknowledge that the special relationship with the USA is largely a British delusion. This is why we continue to add our diminishing military capabilities to US adventures in the Middle East. This is why Britain is now about to get a rude awakening.
When Britain leaves the EU we will be forced to confront the reality that in terms of power and economic clout we are far less significant than we believe ourselves to be. The EU has been the life support machine upon which our delusions of influence depended. For this reason we have continued to behave on the world stage as though we still mattered when much of the world has zero interest in what the UK has to say.
In this regard, it is unsurprising that a feckless oaf such as Boris Johnson would have become our Foreign Secretary. He is the personification of Britain's self delusion. A boorish, spoiled, lazy yob born of the elites, who believes it is the duty of foreigners to simply bend to our will. There is a presumption that we can simply waltz into the WTO and dictate the agenda and all will bow before us.
Though our media treats this as an entertaining sideshow, internationally it damages our reputation, turns goodwill sour and diminishes our standing in the world. We will have to work hard internationally to recover from this damaging episode in UK politics. But then this is also a healthy process for the UK to undertake.
Britain's self-important self-image is one that has continued influence domestic politics but it is also a major reason why we invaded Iraq. We saw ourselves as the righteous saviour. It is also that same hubris which believed our forces would be effortlessly victorious. Instead we opened a can of worms which almost certainly contributed to the destabilsation of Syria, playing midwife to ISIS.
They say pride cometh before a fall but in the curious case of Britain, it's the other way around. We maintain our pride of empire long after we have fallen. Like cartoon physics we do not begin to fall until we look look down. That time is now upon us.
Britain is soon to find that when it leaves the EU it cannot resume its position as the head of a mighty Commonwealth. Like everyone else it will have to sing for its supper. It will be a Britain for the new generation; they whose grandparents never saw World War Two, for whom the Falklands war is just another conflict in the distant past, and for whom those museum relics are just "old planes".
I am the last of the Empire generation. The last to be touched by the legacy of World War Two. My Britain does not exist anymore and when I walk round the air museum I am walking among ghosts from a time when Britain ruled the skies and seas. Just as the mines and steel works are never coming back, the Royal Navy will never again dominate. That is the reality our political establishment has yet to fully realise.
On the left of British politics we have Mr Corbyn and his dreams of restoring the post-war socialist order, and on the right we have Tories still in denial as to Britain's position in the world. The left may chastise the right for this obsolete thinking but the Labour Party will be the first to deploy our aircraft carriers on a humanitarian bombing mission. We can no longer afford their delusions. If we want a Britain fit for the future we must rid ourselves of them. Our greatness lies in who we are to be, not in who we were.
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The debate started with microorganisms. Several unclear areas still to be resolved in deciding the scope of patentable microorganisms and non-biological and microbiological processes. WTO has to address the issues explicitly, listen to and assuage indignant nations and not let multinational conglomerates do all the talking. Going back to the original intention for which patents were allowed, the international community has to clarify the basic questions on discovery and invention, and ensure complete conformation in letter and spirit to the criteria of patentable inventions being novel, non-obvious and useful.
"The US states that requiring patent applicants to identify the source of genetic materials or traditional knowledge used in developing their claim "would be impractical." Forcing all countries to change their patent laws in spite of protests is considered practical. Changing the world's cultures and enforcing property rights on seed is considered practical. Collecting royalties from the poor in the Third World for resources and knowledge that came from them in the first place is considered practical. But taking the simple step to change one clause in one law in the US and one clause in TRIPs is considered impractical. This suggests that the US is committed to promoting biopiracy." (North-South Conflicts in Intellectual Property Rights).
Third world countries have enough to contend with in these days of skewed globalization - poverty and hunger, ill-health and epidemics, education and infrastructure, and they can very well do without imposed legal hassles that are sprung as nasty surprises on them as a result of the IPR regime. Why should they spend precious resources in fighting for what was theirs in the first place? Such below the belt hits by developed nations reek of unashamed greed for commercial benefits and misplaced, even ruthless hankering after vainglory. The NGO Greenpeace terms it "INDUSTRY GREED OVERRIDES MORAL AND ETHICAL CONCERNS".
There are so many issues that confront international lawmakers, and the earlier they address them, the better for all humankind.
What could be other possible tangible rewards for the 'inventors'?
How can ethical and moral values, principles and ideals be sacrosanct?
Aren't we all actually stealing from Nature?
How else can meaningful and purpose-filled research progress? Does the concept of progress itself require redefinition?
Archaeological sites and finds are worthy of protection as world heritage; surely nature's bounties endowed on earth's regions warrant only protection and sustainable use, never mindless exploitation?
It's time the debate on IP rights as applied to biological forms is intensified to reach an ultimate solution that does not conflict with peoples' interests. The IPR regime impacts society, environment and human rights concepts and development in national and international legal frameworks.


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Pacific Online income rose 13% in '14 on higher lotto revenues
Miguel R. Camus
TOTAL SALES REACHED P1.7B, PUSHED UP NET PROFIT TO P367M
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Listed lotto services provider Pacific Online Systems Corp. said net income in 2014 rose 13 percent to P367 million as lotto sales increased, a stock exchange filing last week showed.
Pacific Online said total revenues during the year rose 6 percent to P1.7 billion, a stock exchange filing last week showed.
The company reported the gains even after an "extraordinary charge" of P217 million, which was used as part of a deal to acquire a firm that provides distribution and consultancy services to subsidiary Total Gaming Technologies.
Pacific Online added that operating income was nevertheless higher by 20 percent to P529 million in 2014.
The company is a subsidiary of listed holding firm Belle Corp., which is partly owned by the family of billionaire Henry Sy Sr.
Belle, which owns the land and buildings that serve as the site of the City of Dreams Manila along Manila Bay, operated by Macau's Melco Crown Entertainment, said profit dipped almost 30 percent to P2.56 billion in 2014.
This was because of the absence of a P1.5-billion nonrecurring gain booked in 2013.
Removing that item, Belle said core profit would have risen 81 percent to P1.04 billion in 2014.
Belle's consolidated net income would have increased by approximately P464 million (81 percent), from P572 million in 2013 to P1.04 billion in 2014.
Belle also reported a 21-percent increase in revenues to P3.16 billion.
Belle, which developed the Tagaytay highlands leisure property and remains a significant landholder in the area, owns Premium Leisure Corp., the entity that holds the operating agreement with Melco Crown Entertainment for City of Dreams Manila.
That agreement gives Premium Leisure a share in the casino project's gaming revenues.
Premium Leisure reported net income of approximately P1.34 billion for 2014 compared to a net loss of P8.7 million in 2013. The boost was partly due to the opening of City of Dreams Manila, which sits on a six- hectare property, on Dec. 14, 2014.

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The trip to the People's Republic of China by the State Government brought ideas for the dredging of the port in Mazatlan and is already contemplating the construction of what is known as "dry port", informed the Secretary of Development Economic, Javier Lizárraga Mercado.
The dredging of the port of Mazatlan could be the farewell work of President Enrique Peña Nieto, in Sinaloa.
If the provisions of the international public bidding are complied with, which finally came out after years of waiting and have been postponed twice in 2017, it is estimated that these works will begin on October 29, 2018, just one month before The elected president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, takes office.
During the Tourist Tianguis held in April in Mazatlan, an agreement was signed for the modernization of the port, where it was established that the resource will be 2 thousand 200 million pesos.
The depth that is occupied, he said, is 15.2 up.
"To aspire to be a high-traffic port, where larger vessels can come (draft), there are ships that have already reached 21,000 containers, it's crazy, but what you're thinking of having is 15.3 in Mazatlan," he added.
With those 15.3 deep, he said, Mazatlan will move to another level.
The call issued on July 12 indicates that the dredging will be done in the 2.5 kilometers of the navigation channel to reach a depth of about 15.2 meters.


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The Death Penalty Is Officially Over in Maryland
ByMatt Connolly
Maryland's death row is now empty.
Gov. Martin O'Malley commuted the sentences of the last four inmates in line for execution, giving them life in prison instead. The action ties a ribbon on the state's 2013 decision to abolish the death penalty.
"The question at hand is whether any public good is served by allowing these essentially un-executable sentences to stand," O'Malley said in a statement. "In my judgment, leaving these death sentences in place does not serve the public good of the people of Maryland — present or future."
The background: Maryland is one of 18 states to abolish the death penalty, and it's the most recent to do so.
O'Malley said he met with families of the victims killed by the prisoners in question before making his decision. Commuting the sentences, he said, avoids the seemingly endless death row appeals process that can take its toll on families and other observers.
"Gubernatorial inaction — at this point in the legal process — would, in my judgment, needlessly and callously subject survivors, and the people of Maryland, to the ordeal of an endless appeals process, with unpredictable twists and turns, and without any hope of finality or closure," he said in his statement.
Moving forward: The governor's term expires next month, making this one of his last acts in the office. O'Malley may now be looking ahead to bigger races.
He's been pegged as a potential contender for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016. While Hillary Clinton is a presumptive favorite, ending the death penalty in his home state could buff O'Malley's liberal bona fides for the primary.
He'll be replaced by Republican Larry Hogan, who won in November. But that doesn't mean a return a capital punishment: According to the Huffington Post, Hogan has said he won't ask for the death penalty to be reinstated.


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Enhancement of the Material Point Method for fluid-structure interaction and erosion
GEO FLUID
Start date 15 August 2011
End date 14 February 2013
FP7-PEOPLE
Overall budget € 120 327,50
EU contribution € 120 327,50
STICHTING DELTARES
Final Report Summary - GEO FLUID (Enhancement of the Material Point Method for fluid-structure interaction and erosion)
Economic activities, population growth, falling land levels and climate change are generating increasing pressure on habitable space in deltas, river basins and coastal areas throughout the world. Advanced technologies and developments in engineering fields (e.g. geotechnical and hydraulic engineering) enable to reclaim new land, which requires bigger and better defensive structures like breakwaters, revetments and scour protections. From an engineering point of view, realising structures in coastal areas and river basins is much more challenging than building on land. Often, extensive research including complex and expensive physical experiments on scale models is needed to determine an optimal unique solution for the site-specific conditions. As an alternative, one can use computer software to assess a structure's impact on the environment and its behaviour. However, numerical models that accurately take into consideration large soil deformations while correctly capturing both the behaviour of soil and water and, most importantly, the interaction between both media under the influence of varying currents, are not available.
In this project, the researcher has extended and generalised a promising numerical method (i.e. the material point method (MPM)) with a high potential for solving fluid-structure interaction problems. In the field of geomechanics, the interaction between the soil skeleton and pore fluid is considered, but as yet this has not been done in combination with the contact to free-surface water. The aims of the MPM extension was to:
(1) correctly capture the interaction between fluids and structures; and
(2) enable the modelling of erosion and sediment transport in open channel flows.
To achieve the first aim, the Navier-Stokes equations for describing the motion of a viscous fluid were implemented in the MPM. Several fluid flow problems were modelled with the extended MPM, which proved the ability of the method to solve free-surface problems. The results have been validated with analytical solutions (if available) and some experimental results. Solid-fluid interaction problems, like the floating body in water and the dropping of a heavy body into water, have been modelled successfully. The process of installation of a geo-container on the bottom of a water reservoir has been successfully simulated.
In the second part of the research work, the MPM has been applied to model state transition and erosion phenomena which are observed in soil-fluid interaction problems. To model these phenomena, the MPM has been extended containing two sets of particles, i.e. for the solid and fluid phase. The appropriate governing equations have been formulated. The model introduced here can be applied in the case of a granular material like sand or gravel. In first instance, the extended MPM has been applied to undrained analyses for which analytical solutions are available for validation. In the next step, more complex problems were considered such as seepage flow through porous material, a collapsing submerged sand column and the fluidisation of soil and sedimentation of granular material suspended in water. Furthermore, the analysis of a scour process - i.e. the process in which soil is eroded and subsequently transported by flowing water, and finally deposited at other locations - has been successfully modelled by the MPM. The problem of a slope attacked by water has been analysed. The erosion and transport phenomenon have been simulated by the method.
By using a straightforward constitutive model of the porous medium in combination with an extensive implementation of the kinematic and equilibrium equations in the MPM, complex geomechanical problems were solved. The research results have been implemented in a two-dimensional (2D) MPM code (provided as background) and described in a technical report.
The extended MPM is a promising computational tool for modelling the phenomena related to soil-fluid interaction and erosion problems. The impact of the extended MPM is threefold. Firstly, it can be used for the design of so-called geo-containers, which are large geotextile bags filled with a soil material. This will increase the effectiveness of geo-containers for repairing damaged dikes or constructing temporary dams. Secondly, the extended MPM allows for the modelling of the breaching phenomenon which is very important for dredging processes, e.g. for the case of using suction pipes. Thirdly, outcomes of erosion and scour can be predicted by the MPM analysis. In this way, the region possibly impacted by a flooding and related events can be estimated by the method, which can help prepare evacuation plans or to protect the threatened area. In conclusion, the extended and generalised MPM is an economic supplement for expensive model and field tests, and therefore an encouraging innovation in coastal and river engineering. In fact, it is an outstanding scientific achievement unequalled in the field of geotechnical engineering.
This project has enabled the researcher to enter a new field of numerical modelling of fluid-structure interaction problems and erosion in particular. Furthermore, he strengthened secondary skills. His participation in meetings and workshops was beneficial to both the researcher and Deltares, possibly leading to future (joint) research and consulting activities.
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Mr. Christie respectfully begs leave to announce to persons of taste and discrimination the Auction of THE NANKING CARGO of Table Porcelains curiously wrought in China and lately brought to Amsterdam by Captain Michael Hatcher THIS would not be an uncommon type of announcement in the 18th Century when cargoes of Oriental porcelain were auctioned on the quayside on arrival from the East.
The Nanking Cargo, however, has been a long time coming. It left Canton in 1750 and arrived in Amsterdam in 1985.
It spent the intervening 235 years at the bottom of the South China Sea from where it was recovered by British-born salvage expert, Michael Hatcher.
Christie's estimate the value of the cargo at about 3 million. The feeling of romance attached to sunken treasure may push it up further.
The buoyancy of the collector's market and the increased sophistication of means available to the salvage expert have made treasure hunting a profitable business, even though the risks and costs remain high.
This is the third ``wreck'' sale for Christie's Amsterdam in 6 years and the second for Captain Hatcher in 3 years. With 1.5 million already under his belt for the first wreck containing Chinese porcelain, this is becoming a lucrative sideline to his main business of salvaging modern cargoes of tin.
The most likely candidate is the ``Geldermalsen'' which was built in 1747 and was one of the most important of the company's ships to have gone down in that area. The trouble with this theory is that the ship's log, which survived, places the location of the wreck close to the Indonesian coast, whereas the Nanking Cargo was discovered well into international waters, a location confirmed by Dutch abd Indonesian officials.
This is fortunate for Captain Hatcher as it avoids any claim of ownership by the Indonesian Government. The Dutch Government's claim to the ownership of a Dutch vessel is established and negotiations with Captain Hatcher are current, details of which have not been released but do not appear to be causing anyone much concern.
Mr. Christie's successors will not, of course, auction the 3,000 lots on the quayside, but in deference to changes in customs the sale will be held at the Hilton Hotel at the end of April.
It is not, on the whole, a cargo of rarities. Most of the pieces were made specially for the export market and some of the shapes are of European origin which were not in use in China.
The bulk of the cargo is of tea and dinner wares, with over 50,000 tea bowls and saucers in unused mint condition. The many dinner services are of the European style with flat plates in various sizes with the exception of one set of saucer-shaped plates in the Chinese style, perhaps a special order for a Chinese family living in Holland.
The services are to be sold as sets and not divided to give buyers the opportunity to put them to the use for which they were intended. Also included are dozens of chamber pots both large and small, the latter being for children. These delightful little pieces had previously been considered rare, but the presence of so many in this consignment shows how popular they were and that few have survived due to the rigours of use.
The vast majority of the pieces in the cargo are in sparkling unused condition. They have avoided the damaging effects of sea and sand by having been packed in tea within the cases, thus providing a valuable second cargo which also had a ready market and was notoriously expensive. So much tea swilling around in the sea proved to be a major difficulty in finding and raising the porcelain and the gold. Fortunately most of the pieces are of the familliar ``blue and white'' type, the decoration being under the glaze and therefore unaffected by the sea.
The few coloured items have suffered deterioration of the pigment which, although unsightly, makes them instantly recognizable as having come from the bottom of the ocean.
The market appeared to take the sudden arrival of so many new rarities in its stride. Prices then were high and have remained firm.
This much larger but less distinguished cargo is likely to be just as successful with buyers keen to acquire familliar patterns in unfamilliarly good condition.
The only casualties in the market are likely to be those more common pieces which arrived safely in the 18th century but which are now looking their age.
Who gets to keep shipwreck treasure? Supreme Court declines Spain case.


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Transport in Liberia consist of 266 mi of railways, 6,580 mi of highways (408 mi paved), seaports, 29 airports (2 paved) and 2 mi of pipeline for oil transportation.  Busses and taxis are the main forms of ground transportation in and around Monrovia. Charter boats are also available.

Railways

Historically, three railways were built in Liberia to export ore from mines; they were damaged during civil war. In 2010, only the Bong mine railway was operational but the Lamco Railway was at least partially rebuilt by ArcelorMittal and put back into service in 2011. There are no rail connections with other countries, although there has been a proposal to extend the Bong mine railway to serve a mine across the border in Guinea.

Total:
429 km (2008)

Standard gauge:
345km (2008)

Narrow gauge:
84 km (2008)

Roadways

Total:
10,600 km (6,586 mi) (there is major deterioration on all highways due to heavy rains and lack of maintenance)

Paved:
657 km (408 mi)

Unpaved:
9,943 km (6,178 mi) (2018)

When construction and reconstruction of roads in Liberia is complete, the Trans–West African Coastal Highway will cross the country, connecting it to Freetown (Sierra Leone), Abidjan (Ivory Coast), and eventually to 11 other nations of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).

Ports and harbors
 Buchanan - railhead of  for civil war affected iron mine at Nimba
 Greenville
 Harper
 Monrovia

Merchant marine
Liberia is an international flag of convenience for freight shipping.

Total:
3,942 (2021)

Ships by type:
barge carrier 1,487, container ship 878, general cargo 131, oil tanker 851, other 595 (2021)

Airports

20 (2017)
The main international airport in the country is Roberts International Airport.

Airports - with paved runways
Total:
2
Over 3,047 m (10,000 ft):
1
1,524 to 2,437 m (5,000 to 8,000 ft):
1 (2017)

Airports - with unpaved runways
Total:
27
1,524 to 2,437 m (5,000 to 8,000 ft):
5
914 to 1,523 m (3,000 to 4,999 ft):
8
Under 914 m (3,000 ft):
14 (2013)

See also
 Economy of Liberia

References

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Q: Convergence of Uniform random variables Let $U$ be a Uniform[0,1] random variable. If we consider $[nU]$ where [] is the greatest integer function, then we know that $[nU]$ is a discrete uniform $\{1,2,...,n-1\}$ random variable. We know a few interesting properties related to this such as $[nU]/n\to U$. However I am trying to show that this convergence is not monotone. We can consider $P(U_{n+1}>U_n)$ and intuitively the answer should be $1/2$ (just uniform variables split further over the same interval). However I am unsure of how to prove such a result?

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Beryl Patricia Hall, née Woodhouse (13 June 1917 – 26 August 2010) was a British ornithologist, associated with the Natural History Museum. She is best known for her work on African birds. She also wrote a book of whimsical poems with Derek Goodwin called the Bird Room Ballads (1969).

Pat grew up in Epson, Surrey, born in an upper-middle-class family. Her ambition was to study mathematics at Cambridge but she failed to pursue it due to opposition from her parents. Forced to spend several years at home, she took to watching birds and then decided to sign up for the Women's Legion in 1939. Her work involved teaching ambulance driving and precautions during Air Raids. She got engaged to John Hall, a lieutenant in the army who was posted  in the Middle East. She was initially posted to South Africa and she transferred to Egypt in March 1941 allowing her to marry John.

After the war she returned to the UK and in 1947, following a failed marriage, she took up a position as a scientific associate at the bird room of the Natural History Museum. She obtained the job after meeting Sir Norman Kinnear who was a friend of her cousin Alfred Hughes. She then joined an expedition to southern and south-western Africa in 1949 along with James Macdonald and Colonel F. O. Cave. Working for half a year, they collected 1300 specimens of nearly 200 species of bird. She went on several self-funded expeditions in 1953 to northern Bechuanaland and another to Angola in 1957. She led the Harold Hall expedition to Australia based on her experience in arid zones in 1965.

She worked on a number of African bird groups including the francolins. Her major work was An Atlas of Speciation in African Passerine Birds (1970) in collaboration with R.E. Moreau. She also wrote two books based on her war years in Africa What a Way to Win a War (1978) and A Hawk from a Handsaw (1993). Along with Derek Goodwin, she also wrote a series of whimsical poems Bird Room Ballads which were based on their activities in the bird section of the British Museum.

Pat was a member of the Committee of the British Ornithologists' Club from 1955 to 1964 and an Assistant Editor of the Ibis from 1971 to 1973. She received the Gill Memorial Medal and the Stamford Raffles Award in 1971 as well as a BOU medal in 1973. She was invited to preside over the 4th Pan African Ornithological Congress in 1976. A species named by Russian-born ornithologist Alexandre Prigogine (1913-1991) after her as "Hall's greenbul" (Eurillas hallae) is now considered to be a melanistic specimen of little greenbul.

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The Leader of the UK House of Commons and Transport Minister for Queensland, Australia receive special treatment after neglecting duty to pay speed camera fines.
The number two political leaders in the UK and Queensland, Australia received special treatment after being caught evading their responsibility to pay speed camera fines. The Crown Prosecution Service on Monday dropped charges against UK Deputy Labor Leader Harriet Harman, 57, in an unusual move that protected her as Leader of the House of Commons and Lord Privy Seal from standing trial.
On April 7, a speed camera on the A14 near Ipswich had photographed Harman driving 50 MPH in a 40 MPH zone. Harman failed to pay the £60 (US $120) fine within 28 days as required by law -- a serious offense that often carries a £1000 (US $2000) penalty. Prosecutors allowed her to pay the £60 without any additional fine, allowing Harman to avoid an embarrassing court hearing. The motoring group Safe Speed suggested this had been done to cover up Harman's offense.
"It seems highly unlikely that an ordinary member of the public would have been treated in the same way," Safe Speed founder Paul Smith said. "Are senior politicians now above the law? Is spin now more important than justice? This is absolutely shocking. We need the full details and we need them now."
In 2003, Harman was fined £400 for driving 99 MPH on the M4 freeway in Swindon.
Queensland Deputy Premier Paul Lucas was likewise photographed by a speed camera on April 15. The device, located on Kingsford Smith Drive in Brisbane, claimed that the minister's official car had been driving 71 km/h (44 MPH) in a 60 km/h (37 MPH) zone. Initially, Lucas blamed his driver, Robert Lamacchia, who paid the A$100 ticket. Instead of being fined or investigated for providing false evidence, Lucas handed Lamacchia A$100. Lucas denied that he had done anything to cover up his offense.
Before the fine had become public, Lucas had issued a statement on September 4, warning "lead-footed motorists."
"Driving isn't a game," Lucas said. "I want motorists to slow down - not risk their lives and those of other road users."


With fall here it's the perfect time to get your kids out into the nice weather and embrace the season. So how do you beat the 'MOM! I'm bored' that is sure to be coming your way? Here are 10 activities to keep your kids busy and having fun all fall long!
Make a Leaf Turkey – Go outside for a walk and gather the leaves you would like for your turkey's tail. Cut out a big circle for the turkey body, then a smaller circle for the head. Make your face and glue the leaves on to the big circle for the tail.
Leaf Sun Catcher – Make a sun catcher in the shape of a leaf and use tissue paper for the inside to make a 'stained glass' effect. This will make some great fall décor and keep your kids busy for hours.
Leaf Rubbing – Pick up leaves while out for a walk and bring them home. Place a piece of paper over a leaf and rub a crayon over the paper to imprint the features of the leaf.
DIY Tin Can Pumpkin – This craft will add some great fall décor to your home and be great fun to for your kids. Plus it's really easy!
Corn Painting – This activity is fun, just put down plenty of newspaper. Take an ear of corn and put the corn prongs in the ear of the corn. Pour paint onto a paper plate. Roll the ear of corn in the paint. Roll the ear of corn up and down a piece of paper. Every painting will be different!
Acorn Frames – Go out for a walk and gather twigs and acorns. Make picture frames from the sticks and decorate the frames with the acorns. These make great gifts for family and friends!
Pumpkin Picking/ Apple Picking – Apple picking is a traditional fall activity. They can pick apples and then help make apple sauce, apple cookies, apple pie jam and more. Pumpkin picking is always a fun activity as well. They can cut out pumpkins and then help you roast pumpkin seeds. If you picked baking pumpkins, they can help you make homemade pumpkin pie!
Fall Festivals/Hayrides – Many towns have Fall Festivals. Many of them are free to just walk around and take in the sites and smells. If you have set aside funds for this outing, you can take part in in the rides and games. Many of these festivals also have hay rides for a small fee!
Fall Nature Scavenger Hunt – This free printable is great for a fall nature walk. Find items to touch, shapes to find, and colors too. It makes your kids take notice of their surroundings.
Camp Out in the Backyard – This is a longtime favorite. The weather is cooling off but it's still warm enough to camp out in the back yard. Have a bonfire, make s'mores, and roast hotdogs and more! This is a great idea when they have friends sleep over!
What are your favorite activities for your kids this fall?


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daily devotional messages for those in the services.
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Last week, 35 percent of Americans said that they planned to spend the same amount in September as they did in August, according to the U.S. Spending Monitor, a monthly survey of 15,000 consumers by Discover Financial Services.
Those who plan to spend more in September fell to 33 percent, the lowest percentage since February. And only 51 percent of respondents said they'd have money left over after paying their bills. That's down a point from last month and the first such drop in the survey since February.
"While their confidence in the economy has improved, the Monitor's numbers are still showing that consumers (are) acting cautiously when it comes to increasing discretionary spending," said Margo Georgiadis, the vice president and chief marketing officer of Discover Financial Services.
Because of the unfolding economic crisis, credit card issuers, lenders and retailers began tightening credit standards, increasing fees and rates, and reducing credit limits months ago.
Many consumers now are trying to pay down their mounting credit-card bills. The portion of credit-card holders who are behind on one or more cards is up 14.3 percent from the second quarter of 2007, according to a new analysis by TransUnion, the Chicago-based credit-reporting agency.
In a year of rising unemployment and food and energy costs, the economic stimulus package that Congress passed has been the only effort that spurred greater consumer spending.
Congressional Democrats are pushing for a second stimulus bill, but Republicans and President Bush oppose the costly measure.
On Friday, Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., said struggling families deserved government help just like the banks and Wall Street corporations.
"I am absolutely determined to make sure that if we are going to consider more bailouts for Wall Street, we had better reinforce our efforts to give real help to working families living right here on Main Street. People are struggling, and we cannot let them shoulder the burden of corporate negligence," Rockefeller said.


Abstract: Partial collapse of a structure may extend to become a progressive collapse even if the structure has sufficient redundancy to provide an alternative load path. This may happen if the originally structural components which were undamaged by the original event become damaged by the falling debris from the collapse. The new Disproportionate Collapse Standard being developed by ASCE may allow for partial collapse of a structure.
This is a case study of a three-story reinforced concrete structure that was demolished as part of a collaborative research on collapse modeling and disaster response is presented. The structure is surveyed to create as-built drawings and gather sufficient information about the reinforcement steel and concrete. Subsequently, the structure is weakened in systematic technique to invoke partial collapse of the second and third floors and impact of the falling debris with the first floor slab. The AEM model of the structure including slabs, girders, and columns is subjected to the same weakening details to induce the same mode of partial collapse. The observed impact of the debris on the first floor in the model of the structure is found to be a good match with the observed damage in the real life case.
Authors: Ahmed Khalil, Ph.D., P.E., M. ASCE, Cosimo Pellecchia, Emiliano De Iuliis, and Erik Maria Ricciardi.


I know that the increased droprate a couplay days ago was probably a bug but i catched myself playing more because i had a higher chance to get the weapon i need and i am probably not the only one who thinks so.
My idea is to bring back the higher droprate for common weapons....since yeah, they are called common so they should also be easy to get and probably for rare weapons(but at a slighter reduced droprate than common weapons) BUT NOT mysterious items because they are still something special and it should be kept this way.
This will most likely happen when the crafting system hits.


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OER Digest – May 31st, 2018
From Camille Thomas, SPARC | Volume 58 | May 31st, 2018
With updates from Nicole Allen and Ethan Senack
OER IN STATE CURRICULUM: New America and CCSSO released Navigating the New Curriculum Landscape: How States are Using and Sharing Open Educational Resources, a report that looks at a range of innovative ways states are using OER to meet curriculum and instructional materials needs, as technology continues permeating through classrooms nationwide. A few key takeaways:
Integrate OER Initiatives Within State Curriculum Work
Adapt, Improve, and Share, Rather Than Start From Scratch
Identify Sustainable Funding
OPEN POLICY UPDATE: May 22nd marked the one year anniversary of the U.S. Department of Education's open licensing rule taking effect. The rule was a landmark victory for the U.S. OER community, and is now being implemented in all applicable grant opportunities released by the Department. Meanwhile, Brazil's OER movement has just achieved a similar landmark victory. The Brazilian Ministry of Education adopted an ordinance requiring K-12 materials funded by the ministry to be OER. Read more here.
HOT TOPIC: Paul Stacey published an op-ed in Edscoop on how traditional textbook publishers can support the OER community. This article has sparked a lot of discussion about the implications of publishers' roles in OER. Many OER advocates want publishers to prioritize the principles of open moving forward.
ONE-STOP GUIDE: The Ontario College Libraries' OER Toolkit is a collaboration between Ontario college libraries and learning centres and the Ontario Colleges Library Service (OCLS). The toolkit is a one-stop guide to OER, providing faculty and library staff with tools and information to understand, engage with, create, and sustain OER in their work and practice.
BC 2018 GRANTS: BC Campus announced nine projects that were awarded their 2018 grant for OER. BCcampus' Open Education Grants program is supported by both the Ministry of Advanced Education, Skills & Training and the Hewlett Foundation.
OPEN CONFERENCES
Upcoming Events, Proposal and Registration Deadlines, Report-Backs
SAVE THE DATE: OpenCon 2018 will be held November 2-4 in Toronto, Canada. In-person attendance is by application only, and applications will open on June 12. Sign up for updates here.
REGISTER: The Greater Western Library Alliance (GWLA) and Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries (Alliance) joint conference on OER in higher education will take place August 1-2, 2018, in Denver, Colorado. The conference theme is "From Vision to Action". Register here.
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: The Open Education Group seeks early career researchers and/or qualified Masters/PhD candidates in the United States and Canada for a fellowship to research topics related to Open Educational Resources (OER). Deadline is June 1, 2018. Apply here.
Quick snapshots of those making change on the ground level, and those impacted
FROM MASS: "In the span of about six months, I went from a nearly unemployed dropout with poor ad-hoc computer science skills to a six-figure technical position at one of the world's leading technology firms, in large part thanks to the open availability of these materials," Trent Parker, MIT OpenCourseWare student and creator of open content said.
FROM VIRGINIA: "With the cost of educational materials becoming unaffordable for many students," Stephen Skripak, Virginia Tech College of Business professor of practice said, "it is extremely gratifying to have contributed to an open source text that saves a student more than $200 every time it is used in a course." Read More >
FROM MICHIGAN: "This has been a truly cross-campus effort," Michael Vargo, dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at Grand Rapids Community College, said. "I appreciate the strong support from everyone at GRCC to make these open educational resources available to students. We want to help students have the materials they need to be successful." Read More >
Each edition, we'll highlight an interesting, new, openly-licensed resource
Open Oregon released Forest Measurements: An Applied Approach, a textbook written for field technicians. It includes applications, illustrations and special technical tips for learners. The creators are still looking for feedback on the new text. Find it here.
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Humans of OER | Open Education Consortium
http://www.oeconsortium.org/humans-of-oer/
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HAX to revolutionize online course authoring in education technology | Penn State News
http://news.psu.edu/story/522190/2018/05/18/academics/hax-revolutionize-online-course-authoring-education-technology
College of the Canyons credits student success to fewer barriers | The Signal
https://signalscv.com/2018/05/college-of-the-canyons-credits-student-success-to-fewer-barriers/
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ART SAWA WILL BE PARTICIPATING FOR THE FIRST TIME in the prestigious art fair.
Art Sawa, which translates into Art Together, is a venue that facilitates and fosters interaction, dialogue and inspiration through art, between artists and the public across the Middle East. The gallery is considered one of the most significant galleries in the region as it offers a distinctive art platform for artists from the Middle East, North Africa and neighboring countries.
In setting up Art Sawa, it was our vision to create a space where people could freely interact and discuss the issues raised through art, and we are extremely honored and privileged to be hosting these important exhibitions, which highlights the culture of the Arab world. In less than two years, Art Sawa has organized and curated exhibitions for an array of regional contemporary artists working in painting, sculpture, photography, video and new media. These exhibitions examine the work of both emerging and well-established artists whose work impacts contemporary art and culture.


Thank you very much for the attention and support you gave me when I completed my work experience with you a few weeks ago.
I believe I learned a lot and my experience has definitely inspired me to do something in the region of Building Surveying in the future. Although it was only three days I would definitely recommend DMP to peers.
Nice environment… friendly atmosphere, helpful colleagues. Professional and efficient work-wise, and careful with data and procedures.
Small close-knit team…everyone works together…good work/personal life balance.
Offers training for those who are interested in learning and progression…your contribution are noticed.
Travel time to the office can be tricky depending on the time of day.
DMP comes highly recommended in the Construction world in the South East. They work with many notable Clients and take pride in training and supporting their staff to make the most of their skills and expertise.
I am proud to be a member!
I spent a year at DMP whilst on a university placement fulfilling both building surveying and project management duties… experience and knowledge gained was particularly beneficial and left me in a great position for my final year.
Very little to change…team bonding and social occasions were a nice touch.
The reputation of Douglas Moat plus the varied and interesting projects they work on are what initially attracted me to join the business…When my personal circumstances changed they were flexible enough to review my hours.


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decolonized area rapid transit
the amazing poet, graphic designer, and cultural worker Kenji Liu (who is on the board of Kearny Street Workshop, where I work) just decolonized BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) with this map above, which he created by committee on Facebook. Click here to see the discussions (in comments) on version one, and here for version two.
Kenji has been involved in the Occupy Oakland movement for a while now. It was he who produced the meme-ing postcards about the central Oakland square, called Frank Ogawa Plaza, which Occupy Oakland renamed to "Oscar Grant Plaza" after the young man who was shot by a policeman while facedown on the ground, causing protests and riots in January 2009. His postcards pointed out that Frank Ogawa, a legislator, was also interned during WWII, and his being deposed from his post by Oscar Grant wasn't necessarily an example of historical justice.
Kenji's also producing a series of images, which you can see on his Facebook design page, relating more directly to the Occupy movement.
But you know me: it's the politically motivated toponymy that really gets my juices flowing. I know from experience to expect from Kenji this quality of political/cultural critique in the form of innovative art projects. But it's how OWS is getting the creative juices gushing all over the place that really tells me this movement has legs. I think urban toponymy and memorialization -- and especially the discussions that surround them -- are markers of a healthy, active, living polity. That is, a polity composed of engaged citizens, who are engaged with their environment in the broadest sense of the word: geographical, ecological, political, and cultural.
Kenji's map has also made clear to me something I hadn't thought of before: that OWS is a political movement that takes metonymy -- basically a system of geographical metaphors -- at utterly face value. Wall St -- the concept, as opposed to "Main Street" -- is the center of power. "Wall Street" the center of power is inaccessible to them. So protesters made the geographical location into a reverse metonym for "Wall Street" the banking industry, and occupied it. They can't access the center of power, so they occupy its physical symbol. This is why the locations of the various occupations are so important to both sides. And why a physical occupation is so important to the movement at this stage.
It's important for more than just this reason, of course. The failure of broad-based political movements over the past decade or so, and especially during wartime; the transferance of our base of cultural communications to the internet, and the attempt to organize people politically on the internet -- an only moderate success; and the accession of a new generation of young adults who have never engaged in political movements, have all made face-to-face, real-time, real-place politics exciting and essential.
And in the wake of the worst wave of defaults, repos, and evictions since the Great Depression, moral ownership of place is profoundly emotional. I haven't seen anyone considering this (although I'm sure many have) but for the first time since the colonization of North America, we have a generation reaching adulthood with a seriously questionable prospect of land ownership. In the same way that you see homeless people walking slowly across busy streets, forcing traffic to slow and stop for them, OWS is forcing a momentary ownership of public space by people who mostly don't own space.
More thinking needed on this.
But in any case, Kenji is still refining his map, so go visit the Facebook posting and contribute ideas!
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The India-UK Water Centre convened a 3-day workshop on Advancing Drought Monitoring, Prediction, and Management Capabilities in Lancaster, UK, from 18th to 20th September 2018.
Droughts cause extensive human and economic loss through adverse impacts on food, water, and energy supplies. Climate change will further intensify these impacts. The impacts from droughts vary spatially and temporally with the state of the system. This leads to difficulties in precisely and consistently defining and characterizing droughts. However, since droughts develop slowly, they allow time to monitor climate and system states in near real-time, for example, through remote sensing-derived indicators.
Many such indicators are being developed and mapped periodically by various Research Groups across the world. Often, the indicators are arbitrary, based on disciplinary expertise and data access. Drought prediction and management also suffer from ambiguities arising from multiple models and approaches. As a result, drought policy and management have remained largely reactive, and guided more by immediate needs of relief than by research-derived knowledge. Research-based knowledge on drought monitoring, prediction, and management has great potential for reducing the extent and impact of droughts and in building drought resilience.
It is more critical than ever, particularly in drought vulnerable economies like India, that an integrated drought management approach is developed to enhance water security.
Assess the state-of-art of the science of drought monitoring, prediction and management globally and in India, with special focus on remote sensing-based approaches.
Discuss options to develop a road map for advancing operational capabilities for drought policy, monitoring, prediction and management in India.
The workshop attracted a diverse group of senior, early-career and doctoral researchers, from hydrologists, meteorologists, to agricultural scientists, and climate modellers representing both India and the UK science. A total of 15 talks and 15 posters were presented, over 4 sessions with ample time for discussions after each session, as well as networking between sessions. A social visit to the Lancaster Castle followed by a networking dinner was also arranged, and a presentation was made by a member of the Research Development Team at Lancaster University on current funding that could be exploited to further research in this area. The workshop closed after a full day of discussions based on the PESTEL framework, to bring out the challenges that are facing drought monitoring, prediction and management in the context of highly heterogenous political, social, environmental, technological, legal, and economic settings in the Indian sub-continent.


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Admissions details
Deadline for primary school admissions: 15th January 2020
You can apply online at: www.lancashire.gov.uk and search 'school admissions'
Offers issued to parents: 16th April 2020
Please click on this link to go to Lancashire's School Admissions page:
Lancashire County Council
Admission Arrangements for entry to school, 2020
Applications for admission to the school for September 2020 should be made on-line at www.lancashire.gov.uk (search for School Admissions or cllick the link at the bottom of this page) between 1st September 2019 and 15th January 2020. It is not normally possible to change the order of your preferences for schools after the closing date.
Parents must complete the Local Authority electronic form, stating three preferences. Parents who wish their application to this Church school to be considered against the faith criteria should also complete the supplementary form. If the school is oversubscribed, a failure to complete the supplementary form may result in your application for a place in this school being considered against lower priority criteria as the Governing Body will have no information upon which to assess the worship attendance.
The Supplementary Information Form is available from the school.
By law, no infant class may contain more than thirty children. The Governing Body operates a system of equal preferences under which they consider all preferences equally and the Local Authority notifies parents of the result. In the event that there are more applicants than places, after admitting all children with a Statement of Educational Need or Health and Care Plan naming the school, the governing body will allocate places using the criteria below, which are listed in order of priority. The number of places available for admission to the Reception class in the year 2020 will be a maximum of 60.
(a) Children in public care and previously looked after children.
(b) Children with special medical or social circumstances affecting the child where these needs can only be met at this school.
Children whose parents live within the ecclesiastical parishes of THE RISEN LORD AND RIBBLETON.
(A map showing the boundaries is available in school).
(a) Children who have a sibling attending the school on the date
of application and on the date of admission.
(b) Children with a parent/guardian worshipping in a church in
membership of Churches Together in England.
Note: Parental worshipping is normally taken to mean a
minimum of monthly attendance at church at public worship
for over at least six months. The date on which this is judged is 1st September 2019.
The Governors will request confirmation of this from the relevant member of the clergy or church officer.
Children whose parents live outside the ecclesiastical parishes of THE RISEN LORD AND RIBBLETON.
(A map showing the boundaries is available in school)
Children who have a sibling attending the school on the date of application and on the date of admission.
Children with a parent/guardian worshipping in a church in Membership of Churches Together in England.
Note: Parental worshipping is normally taken to mean a minimum of monthly attendance at church at public worship
Where there are more applicants for the available places within a category, then the distance between the Ordnance Survey address points for the school and the home measured in a straight line will be used as the final determining factor, nearer addresses having priority over more distant ones. This address point is within the body of the property and usually located at its centre. Where two addresses have the same distance, or the cut-off point is for addresses within the same building, then the Local Authority's system of a random draw will determine which address(es) receive the offer(s).
Non-routine or in-year admissions
It sometimes happens that a child needs to change school other than at the "normal" time; such admissions are known as non-routine or in-year admissions. Parents wishing their child to attend this school should arrange to visit the school. They will be provided with an application form once they have a definite local address. If there is a place in the appropriate class, then the governors will arrange for the admission to take place. If there is no place, then the admissions committee will consider the application and information about how to appeal against the refusal will be provided. Appeals for children moving into the area will not be considered until there is evidence of a permanent address, e.g. exchange of contracts or tenancy agreement with rent book.
Please note that you cannot re-apply for a place at a school within the same school year unless there has been relevant, significant and material change in the family circumstances.
For full details of how to apply for a place at our school, please see the relevant admissions policies below. If you still have questions to ask then please do not hesitate to contact the School Office on 01772 794482.
Admissions Policy for September 2019
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It is so important to find quality care for our aging family and friends. The media all too often report stories of elderly abuse and neglect situations in retirement and nursing homes or by individual care providers. Unfortunately, it seems that senior citizens are all too often victims, and elderly care providers and assisted living companies are often responsible for negligent care and fraudulent billing.
In order to protect our loved ones and ensure they receive the best care possible it's important to carefully research all options before making a decision. Never agree to any care provider or assisted living contract without verifying the company, researching the reputation, checking for a history of litigation and complaints, and getting as many references as possible. Make no mistake about it, the assisted living establishment in the United States is a multi-billion dollar industry putting seniors at risk.
Given the serious implications, it pays to be skeptical and verify.
Needs Assessment: Simply put, what type of care is needed? An elderly individual who is free of medical conditions may just want a helping hand for those more difficult tasks of daily living. They would be a good candidate for an assisted living facility or a part-time in-home caregiver. If your loved one suffers from more debilitating illnesses such as Alzheimer's or dementia, something more secure and with round the clock care may be more appropriate. If you decide to hire a primary care giver who will reside or spend most of their time at home with your loved one it is in your best interest to run a background check. It's invaluable to know the history of the person caring for your family member and having advanced knowledge can save you a lot of possible heartache or regret down the road if something bad were to happen.
Resources & Referrals: Consult with family and friends for referrals of places they have had positive experiences with. And be sure to ask about ones they haven't been pleased with; that is equally as important. There are several websites available as well that will help guide your decision making process, and many will even be able to point you in the direction of specific facilities. If you're considering a significant financial commitment for long term case, consult a professional to verify the organization.
Regular Visits: Go check out the retirement communities or nursing homes and come prepared with several questions- for example, how safe is the environment? What security measures are in place? You should be able to learn a lot by visiting the location and with the workers there. Similarly if you plan to hire someone to provide care in the home you want to visit with them, perhaps multiple times, prior to making that decision. It is also important, if possible, that you allow the person requiring the care to help in the process and even have the final say. Ask your local court or police to check criminal and court records.
Affordable or Fraud: Many people may have limited care options when it comes to cost. But this shouldn't inhibit you from finding a quality place that will provide adequate care. And more importantly, a place that treats its patients with kindness and respect. Review healthcare plans and financial assistant options. Perhaps it is the right time to have an aging parent move into your home and you could help offset some of the cost by caring for them. Whatever you decide, it is important that their care doesn't go by the wayside; the elderly often need advocates to help them happily live out their twilight years. And, you want to be certain that the provider isn't racking up fraudulent charges and tests that are not needed.
If you think you or a loved one may have been a victim of fraudulent care, contact your attorney and a reputable private investigator to obtain evidence and determine if there is sufficient grounds for legal action. Do you have any other tips? Is so, please share them with us!