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96 Cal. Daily Op. Ser v. 4913, 96 Daily Journald.a.r. 7905united States of America, Plaintiff-appellee, v. Bruce Hamilton Throckmorton, Defendant-appellant.united States of America, Plaintiff-appellee, v. Mark Calicchio, Defendant-appellant, 87 F.3d 1069 (9th Cir. 1996)
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit - 87 F.3d 1069 (9th Cir. 1996)
Argued and Submitted May 6, 1996. *Decided July 1, 1996
Michael Tanaka, Deputy Public Defender, Los Angeles, California, for defendant-appellant.
Alan C. Messarra, South Pasadena, California, for defendant-appellant.
Patrick W. McLaughlin, Assistant United States Attorney, Los Angeles, California, for plaintiff-appellee.
Appeals from the United States District Court for the Central District of California, Stephen V. Wilson, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CR-94-00800-SW(CE)-1.
Before: FLOYD R. GIBSON,** JOHN T. NOONAN, Jr. and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.
DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judge:
Bruce Hamilton Throckmorton and Mark Calicchio appeal their convictions for conspiracy to import a controlled substance in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 963; importing a controlled substance in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 952(a) & 960(a) (1); possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a) (1); and conspiracy to possess a controlled substance with intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846.
Throckmorton contends the district court abused its discretion by denying his motion to sever his trial from Calicchio's. Both defendants contend the district court erred by responding, outside of their presence, to a note from the jury.
We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm all convictions as to both defendants.
* Throckmorton and Calicchio were apprehended off-loading more than 1000 kilograms of marijuana from a sailboat. Prior to their joint trial, Throckmorton moved to sever his trial from Calicchio's on the ground their defenses were antagonistic. Throckmorton argued that he would be prejudiced by Calicchio's defense, in which Calicchio intended to implicate Throckmorton, admit that the drug transaction occurred, but contend he was involved solely as a DEA informant. The district court denied the motion to sever.
At trial, Calicchio testified that he and Throckmorton had engaged in the charged smuggling activity, but that Calicchio did so while acting as a DEA informant. Calicchio's testimony included detailed information regarding Throckmorton's involvement as the leader of the smuggling operation.
The prosecution played for the jury a videotape of a meeting between Throckmorton, Robert F. Brewer (a DEA informant), and Ronald V. Solokian (a codefendant). After the jury had retired to deliberate, they sent a note to the trial judge requesting a second viewing of the videotape. At the end of the day, the trial judge informed the parties that he had "received a few notes which [he] responded to." The defendants were shown the notes, did not inquire as to how the court responded, and raised no objection. The record does not reveal what the district court said to the jury.
The jury convicted both defendants on all counts and these appeals followed.
We review for abuse of discretion a district court's decision denying a motion to sever trials. United States v. Baker, 10 F.3d 1374, 1386 (9th Cir. 1993), cert. denied, --- U.S. ----, 115 S. Ct. 330, 130 L. Ed. 2d 289 (1994). A defendant seeking a reversal by reason of a district court's denial of a motion to sever must establish that the prejudice he suffered from the joint trial was so "clear, manifest or undue" that he was denied a fair trial. United States v. Vasquez-Velasco, 15 F.3d 833, 846 (9th Cir. 1994).
It is clear Calicchio's defense was antagonistic to Throckmorton's. Antagonism between defenses or the desire of one defendant to exculpate himself by inculpating a codefendant, however, is insufficient to require severance. United States v. Sherlock, 962 F.2d 1349, 1363 (9th Cir. 1989), cert. denied sub nom. Charley v. United States, 506 U.S. 958, 113 S. Ct. 419, 121 L. Ed. 2d 342 (1992). To be entitled to severance on the basis of mutually antagonistic defenses, a defendant must show that the core of the codefendant's defense is so irreconcilable with the core of his own defense that the acceptance of the codefendant's theory by the jury precludes acquittal of the defendant. Id.
Throckmorton defended on a theory of insufficiency of the evidence. He argued the prosecution did not prove its case. Calicchio defended on the theory that he was acting as a DEA informant. These defenses are not, at their core, irreconcilable. If the jury found that Calicchio was working for the DEA, it still could have acquitted Throckmorton for lack of evidence. Acceptance of Calicchio's defense would not have precluded Throckmorton's acquittal. Calicchio's testimony was devastating to Throckmorton's defense, but Throckmorton offers nothing to suggest that Calicchio's testimony would not have been available and admissible against him if the trials had been severed.
[A] fair trial does not include the right to exclude relevant and competent evidence. A defendant normally would not be entitled to exclude the testimony of a former codefendant if the district court did sever their trials, and we see no reason why relevant and competent testimony would be prejudicial merely because the witness is also a codefendant.
Zafiro v. United States, 506 U.S. 534, 540, 113 S. Ct. 933, 938, 122 L. Ed. 2d 317 (1993).
Throckmorton argues that if the trials had been severed, Calicchio would have exercised his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination and would not have testified against Throckmorton in a separate trial. There is no support for this in the record. To the contrary, the fallacy of the argument is demonstrated by the fact that Calicchio declined to assert his Fifth Amendment right in the joint trial in which his own guilt was the question before the jury.
We hold the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying Throckmorton's motion to sever.
B. District Judge's Ex Parte Communication With the Jury
Throckmorton and Calicchio argue they are entitled to a reversal of their convictions because the district judge communicated ex parte with the jury after deliberations had begun. We conclude the district court erred by communicating with the jury outside the presence of the defendants, but the error does not require reversal.
The right of the accused to be present during all critical stages of a trial against him is fundamental. Rushen v. Spain, 464 U.S. 114, 117, 104 S. Ct. 453, 455, 78 L. Ed. 2d 267 (1983); see also Bustamante v. Eyman, 456 F.2d 269, 271-73 (9th Cir. 1972). Rule 43 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure guarantees the defendant the right to be present "at every stage of the trial." Fed. R. Crim. P. 43; Rogers v. United States, 422 U.S. 35, 39, 95 S. Ct. 2091, 2094, 45 L. Ed. 2d 1 (1975). A question from the jury must be answered in open court and only after providing the defendant an opportunity to be heard. Rogers, 422 U.S. at 39, 95 S. Ct. at 2094. By answering jury questions without giving the defendants the opportunity to be heard, the district judge violated Rule 43. Id. at 39-40, 95 S. Ct. at 2094-95.
This is not, however, the end of our inquiry. Under Rule 52(a) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, if a defendant objects at trial to an error, the government bears the burden of establishing that the error was harmless. United States v. Olano, 507 U.S. 725, 734, 113 S. Ct. 1770, 1777, 123 L. Ed. 2d 508 (1993); see also United States v. Brown, 832 F.2d 128, 130 (9th Cir. 1987) (government bore the burden of showing beyond a reasonable doubt that an ex parte replaying of taped evidence for jury was harmless). If the defendant fails to object at trial, however, Rule 52(b) places the burden on the defendant to show that the error was "plain" and affected his "substantial rights." Olano, 507 U.S. at 732, 113 S. Ct. at 1776. Reversal under Rule 52(b) is discretionary, and we will exercise this discretion only when the error " 'seriously affect [s] the fairness, integrity or public reputation of judicial proceedings.' " Id. at 736, 113 S. Ct. at 1779 (quoting United States v. Atkinson, 297 U.S. 157, 160, 56 S. Ct. 391, 392, 80 L. Ed. 555 (1936)).
When the district court communicated ex parte with the jury without the defendants' waiver of their right to be present, the district court committed "plain" error. It was "clear" and "obvious" that this ex parte communication violated Rule 43. See Olano, 507 U.S. at 733-34, 113 S. Ct. at 1777-78 (an error is "plain error" if "a legal rule was violated" by the district court, and the error was "clear" and "obvious.").
Because the defendants failed to object, however, the defendants forfeited this plain error. We will not review a plain, forfeited error unless the error affected the defendants' "substantial rights." Id. at 732, 736, 113 S. Ct. at 1776, 1777-78.
The record before us is barren of anything said between the district court judge and the jury. The defendants have established only that the jury requested to view the videotape and the district judge responded to that request in some unknown fashion. Having failed to object at trial, the burden is on the defendants to show that the district judge's response to the jury note affected their substantial rights. The defendants have failed to carry this burden.
The district court disclosed in open court and on the record that he had communicated ex parte with the jury. If counsel had been concerned about this they could have voiced their concern to the district court and an appropriate record could have been made. For some reason, either purposefully or through oversight, defense counsel did not do this. Now, when the case is on appeal to this court, the defendants ask us to hold that the district court's ex parte communication to the jury is "the kind of error that 'affect [s] substantial rights' independent of its prejudicial impact." See id. at 737, 113 S. Ct. at 1780. We will not do this.
Nor will we presume prejudice from the district court's ex parte communication. Such a presumption would be contrary to the presumption that trial court judges act according to law. See Espinosa v. Florida, 505 U.S. 1079, 1082, 112 S. Ct. 2926, 2928, 120 L. Ed. 2d 854 (1992); Walton v. Arizona, 497 U.S. 639, 653, 110 S. Ct. 3047, 3057, 111 L. Ed. 2d 511 (1990); Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 694, 104 S. Ct. 2052, 2068, 80 L. Ed. 2d 674 (1984).
Because we cannot say the plain, forfeited error in this case affected the defendants' substantial rights, we do not reach the question whether the error "seriously affect [ed] the fairness, integrity or public reputation of [the defendants' trial]." Atkinson, 297 U.S. at 160, 56 S. Ct. at 392.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for disposition without oral argument. Fed. R. App. P. 34(a); 9th Cir. R. 34-4
Honorable Floyd R. Gibson, Senior Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, sitting by designation
of Ninth Circuit opinions.


What Fruit Size Is My Baby in Pregnancy at Week 6?
Your baby is working on developing the nose, mouth, and ears this week. Important. As someone always used to tell me you have one mouth and two ears, so you have to talk twice as much to make up for it… Wait, nope I think I got it backwards again.
The embryo is looking a little top heavy at the moment. The head is a bit oversized and there are some darks spots where the eyes and nose holes will be.
The ears that we talked about earlier are small dents in the sides of his or her head.
The arms and legs are small little buds right now.
The baby's heart is beating about 100 to 160 times a minute. When you compare it to an adult that is about twice as fast. The blood is starting to be pumped through his body at this point.
Intestines are beginning to form (which should come in handy.) Also buds that will become lungs have appeared.
In the brain the pituitary gland is forming, so is the rest of his or her brain. Additional formations beginning are the muscles and bones. The word of the this week is "Forming." Things have to start somewhere and this is the week for it.
Oh no! You are a moody mess lately – It's what we've all been talking about… Don't worry it's pretty common to feel joyful one moment and ragey the next. Fluctuating hormones are responsible for this. Well the hormones and the fact that you are going to have a baby. A BABY!
Occasionally you will notice some spotting in your undies or one the tissue after wiping. That is relatively common in early pregnancy. Go on – google it. I know you won't believe me for yourself. This can happen to up to a quarter of women. It can happen in a normal pregnancy, but it can be a sign of miscarriage of ectopic pregnancy. The safest bet is to call your provider to get a feel for what they think is normal and how to proceed.
Overall 1 in 31 births will be twins. You have 31 friends that had babies and they were singles? Guess what… I joke.
With no medical assistance the chances are more like 1 in 89.
Odds of triplets or higher numbers are 1 in 565.
Identical twins happen by chance. They are only in about 1 in 250.
Fraternal twins chances can be increased by Fertility treatments. Also once you've had one set of fraternal twins, you are more likely to have another. That's kind of a funny joke mother nature plays, huh?
Fraternal twins fun in families on the mothers side. The fathers side doesn't affect this, as fraternal twins have to do with the eggs released.
The older you are the greater the chance for fraternal twins. Our eggs get released a little wonky as they start to run out.
Fraternal twins are more common in African Americans and less common in Hispanics and Asians.
The more times your are pregnant the greater the chance for twins.
Large, tall women are more likely to have twins then small women.
If you were pregnant with twins you would find out during an ultrasound. Often in the first trimester. Your uterus will usually measure larger and the doctor will want to have a looksy at that time to see what is going on there. Ultrasound after 6 to 8 weeks is almost foolproof at seeing twins, but we all know that sister of the coworkers uncle who found out at birth. That is not common. Now if you have more than twins they get a little jumbled and could be easier to miss.
If you are having trouble getting your prenatal vitamins down, see if you can find some fruit flavored chewable vitamins. Sometimes they go down better for some.


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State couldn't pull health-care funding…
State couldn't pull health-care funding out of a hat: Susan Shelley
By Susan Shelley | |
Wouldn't it be great if you could have anything you wanted just by painting it on a sign followed by the words, "IS A HUMAN RIGHT"?
In the 1960s, that would have been a great plot for an episode of "Bewitched."
"Housing is a human right!" Samantha the suburban witch twitches her nose — twinkle-tinkle-tink — and a beautiful home appears.
"Vacations are a human right!" Twinkle-tinkle-tink. A chaise lounge on the deck of a cruise ship.
"Health care is a human right!" Twinkle-tinkle-tink.
Twinkle-tinkle-tink.
Hmm. Maybe Dr. Bombay can help.
"Sorry, Samantha, I've left the profession," the stentorian voice booms from the air.
Human doctors can do that, too. There can't be a "right" to anything that has to be provided by other people.
Health care is a service, not a right. Somebody provides it, and somebody pays for it.
We have to be cautious that our laws don't drive doctors to retire early, or cause pre-med students to change their majors, or lead pharmaceutical companies to cut back on research and development, or create a situation that makes hospitals close their emergency rooms because they're losing too much money.
It's also important to be rational when deciding how many people will have their health care expenses fully covered by taxpayers. We're always going to have a safety net in this country, but we can't all be in it at the same time.
In California, the Affordable Care Act added 4 million people to Medi-Cal, the health care safety net, by raising the income limit for eligibility. There are now about 14 million people — one-third of the state's population — on Medi-Cal, called Medicaid in the rest of the country.
But the expansion of Medi-Cal is not financially sustainable. The state pretends that there's enough money to cover everybody by reimbursing doctors at rates that are just about the lowest in the nation. Many doctors won't see Medi-Cal patients, and emergency room visits by the program's enrollees went up, not down, rising 44 percent from 2014 to 2016.
"Let's pretend" is a recurring theme in California health care policy. The state Senate recently passed SB562, which would create a statewide single-payer system that guaranteed health care for all residents regardless of income or legal status, with no need for a referral to see a specialist, no premiums, no deductibles and no co-payments. How?
A Senate analysis said the single-payer system would cost $400 billion, more than double the entire state budget. Even if all current government and employer spending for health insurance was grabbed, there still would be a funding gap of $50 to $100 billion, which "would fall on employees," probably as a 15 percent payroll tax. "The economic impact from the necessary tax increases is unknown," the analysts wrote in ominous italics.
In the Assembly, Speaker Anthony Rendon refused to take up the bill, saying it did not address "financing," "delivery of care" or "cost controls." For this he received death threats, and a coalition led by the union that sponsored the bill threatened a recall campaign.
This debate has turned into quite the magic act. Single-payer has vanished in California, while in Washington, Republicans are about to saw the health care bill in half. Premiums are still levitating and all the doves have been scared out of the theater by the president's Twitter feed.
David Copperfield makes it look so easy.
Susan Shelley is a columnist for the Southern California News Group. Reach her at Susan@SusanShelley.com and follow her on Twitter: @Susan_Shelley.
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Showers, Bachelor/ette Parties, and Rehearsal Dinners, oh my!
Despite weddings already being a huge big party that is going to stress you out for a year or more, people like to have other, smaller parties around weddings. Fun! As a soon-to-be-married person, you might have some expectations about these parties from things you have seen from wedding shows and movies. These expectations might be wrong, but we are here to help! You also might find yourself wanting to avoid these parties, in which case see this previous post about how to handle avoiding having a shower.
Showers shouldn't be thrown by family members or (especially) the couple! However, family members can throw family-only showers. In this instance family members mean your mother, your significant other's mother, your sibling, or your grandparents. It is okay for aunts/uncles/cousins. The reason for this is that a shower is defined by being all about showering the bride (or couple) with presents. Since, traditionally, the bride's family was responsible for setting her up with her trousseau, her family requesting presents from other people for her was essentially like asking for presents for themselves to help defray the cost of setting up her home. Though this isn't really true anymore, family thrown showers still have a tone of "greediness." However, in many social circles it is completely fine and normal, so just be sure to check.
If you have multiple showers, the guests lists shouldn't overlap (except, parents/siblings and wedding party), but if they do, guests are only expected to bring gifts to ONE shower. A kind bride will acknowledge that duplicate guests gave a gift at a previous party.
Often, someone will collect the ribbons from the gifts and create a "bouquet" for the bride to carry at the rehearsal.
Bachelor/ette parties are not gift giving occasions. Though some groups will decide to work a lingerie shower into the festivities (but this should not occur if the same group is already throwing a regular shower).
Bachelor/ette parties are optional and you must wait until someone offers to throw one. You can't just assign it to the maid of honor/best man. However, you do get to have input and final say on the activities of the party.
You can throw your own bachelor/ette party if you are truly hosting ie paying for everything, such as having a "slumber party" at your house or something. If you expect everyone else to go out to something you plan and cover your dinner, drinks, strippers, whatever, you shouldn't be the one planning it.
The rehearsal is important if you have a long or complicated ceremony. Most people opt to have one just so everyone will know where to stand and when. There are a lot of different arrangements of who walks down the aisle in which order and who stands where, so you don't want to assume that you are all on the same page.
Everyone participating in the ceremony should be present at the rehearsal so they all know where to go and when during the ceremony.
Superstitious brides don't participate in the rehearsal but watch from the side with a stand-in walking down the aisle.
Rehearsal dinners are not a requirement, though they are a nice way to gather with your most important people and thank them for showing up for the rehearsal.
Traditionally (except this tradition really only goes back to the 1940s/50s), since the bride's family was hosting and paying for the wedding, the groom's family would pay for the rehearsal dinner. Now, you will have to all decide together who is going to pay for it.
Typically, you invite both sets of parents, the whole wedding party and their significant others (if applicable), any readers, and the officiant. Many people like to invite out of town guests and close relatives as well.
You don't have to have a fancy sit down dinner; a pizza party or backyard barbeque sound like awesome rehearsal dinners!
It doesn't even have to be a dinner, but can be a brunch or lunch immediately following the rehearsal.
People often give spontaneous toasts at the rehearsal, this is perfectly fine.
Many couples give gifts to their attendants during this time.
You can't invite people to wedding parties who aren't invited to the wedding itself. An exception would be a shower that your co-workers or other specific group (such as a sports team) throw you.
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The House on March Lane by Michelle Briscombe - Candy Jar Books
The House on March Lane by Michelle Briscombe
Fiction for children aged 9-12.
In 1836, Harriet's papa, a ship's officer on HMS Beagle, returns from a long journey at sea. On his arrival home, Harriet and her friend Lily become involved in a dangerous secret with tragic consequences.
Almost two centuries later, Flora's best friend Archie experiences a ghostly encounter at her dad's reclamation and salvage yard.
The haunting takes the two friends on a detective adventure with a difference, and leads them to an unexpected and supernatural discovery.
Flora and Archie & Harriet and Lily's lives are soon entwined in a way that they could never have imagined possible.
"Inspired by real historical events this is a great page-turner that will thrill any young lovers of crime and ghost stories." – LoveReading
Michelle Briscombe was born in Cardiff but now lives in Barry, South Wales, with her husband and two children. For the last twelve years she has worked in a primary school in the Vale of Glamorgan and has a BA in Primary Education.
Michelle enjoys walking and often takes walking holidays with her family who all have a keen interest in the natural world.
Michelle has always written when ideas come knocking and still has several stories in the attic that she wrote when she was a child.
Click on the image below to find Michelle on Author Hotline.
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"They are quite valuable to the building," said Bay Ridge Towers board president Thomas Clark, claiming that not every apartment has a parking space, and some tenants have as many as three cars — news that elicited angry responses from parking spot-strapped CB10 members attending last week's Traffic and Transportation Committee meeting.
"If you're going to have three cars, move elsewhere," board member Joseph Sokoloski told Clark.
It's funny how much the word "valuable" is thrown around to describe a resource the city gives away for free.
Drivers don't really hate cyclists and pedestrians — they hate other drivers.
← A happy New Year!


A super-slimmer today told how she shed a third of her body weight – so she could get back on her beloved horse.
Equine-mad Maria Anderson, 45, dropped an incredible six dress sizes in just seven months for the love of her trusty steed, Jake.
The size 22 mother-of-three dreaded riding three-year-old Jake for fear the young horse could not take her 15 stone weight.
So she decided to take action and has now slimmed down to a trim 10 stone size 10 – and leaps into Jake's saddle several times a week without a second thought.
Maria, who lives in Renton, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, said she now 'can't believe it' when she catches a glimpse of herself in the mirror.
She said: 'It was Jake who was my inspiration. I knew it would benefit us both if he didn't need to carry so much weight.
'He's only turning four this May so he's just a baby.
'I always rode horses as a child but was never privileged enough to have horses of my own.
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was inspired to lose weight.
Her weight dropped after she began attending Slimming World sessions.
'Before I lost the weight, I would constantly be picking at unhealthy food.
of the freezer so no-one else would find them.
'I always snacked on chocolate, crisps and ice cream and I loved Mars bars especially.
clothes shopping and has turned on her back on 'hiding' her body.
much I've lost,' she said.
picking up size 10s and size 12s and knowing they'll fit.
would hide my body. Now I look for fitted things to show off my shape.
'My heartburn has gone too now and I have no pain in my knee joints.


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Home News and Updates You can now use animated GIFs in Instagram Stories
You can now use animated GIFs in Instagram Stories
Animated GIFs have landed on Instagram Stories in the form of animated stickers that use the GIPHY engine, providing a new way to liven up your Stories
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Instagram keeps on rolling out the nonstop updates and we've noticed that the company continues to pay extra special attention to its stories feature. Instagram Stories now allows the use of animated GIFs in the photos and videos you upload, a fact that boosts the tremendous customization options already available in one of Instagram's most-used features. And that's not the only new feature we know about…
Who doesn't enjoy a good animated GIF every now and again? Sure, there's probably some scrooge somewhere in the world who raises his fist to the sky with a frown across his face every time he comes across a repetitive animation, but that's definitely not us. Just take a look at our explanation of how to post GIFs on your social networks. This love and appreciation of GIFs means that this new Instagram feature is welcomed with open arms. Not that we didn't see it coming from a mile away, but it's about time that we can finally use GIFs in our stories.
The way it works couldn't be simpler: there's a new button in the stickers category called GIF where you can access a gallery of animated stickers provided by the fabulous GIPHY. The first screen you see has all the trending GIFs but above that, you have a search bar to find the animated stickers you want. The GIFs behave the same as the rest of the stickers, letting you change their size, rotate them, and place them wherever you want.
This interesting new feature is already available in the 29th version of Instagram for Android and this news also comes with information about a future new, long-awaited feature: the possibility to add photos and videos of any size in our Stories. This is something we've been asking for for a while now, and in a few short weeks, will soon be a reality. All the empty space around whatever we post will be filled in with colors similar to the ones in the image or video, opening up a whole new world of possibilities. We'll let you know when this new feature is available.
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This morning saw the publication of the full and final report from COCAPP. COCAPP has been led by Professor Alan Simpson from City University London, and (as readers of this blog will know) has been concerned with care planning and coordination in community mental health, and the relationships between these processes and recovery-oriented and personalised care.
Today's report appears in a single issue of the NIHR's Health Services and Delivery Research journal. Following the link above takes you to a page from which the complete, 218-page, document can be downloaded. For a shorter read, follow the links instead to either the scientific or the plain English summaries.
The research was carried out by a team of researchers from three universities: City University London in England, and Cardiff and Swansea Universities in Wales. The team was led by Professor Alan Simpson at City University.
Of the 13 researchers working directly on the study, six were involved in part time roles as service user researchers: one as co-applicant and the others to interview service users and carers. In addition, there was an advisory group of people with lived experience.
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Services and Delivery Research Programme (HS&DR 11/2004/12). This is a Government research funding body.
Why did we do the research?
Although there are two different systems in England and Wales, both mean that people receiving mental health services should have a care coordinator, a written care plan and regular reviews of their care. With the introduction of the recovery approach and personalisation, it is now expected that care planning and coordination should be recovery-focused and that people will be taking more control over their own support and treatment.
What were the aims of the research?
We wanted to find out what helps and what hinders care planning for people with mental health problems to be collaborative, personalised and recovery-focused.
By collaborative we mean that care planning is completed in partnership with the service user: the care coordinator works with the service user to plan their care.
By personalised we mean that care is designed with the full involvement of the service user and designed to meet their individual needs.
The research was carried out in six NHS mental health service provider organisations: four in England and two in Wales. One of the reasons for carrying out the research in both England and Wales is that Wales has a legal framework in place called the Mental Health Measure, introduced in 2010. This is intended to ensure that where mental health services are delivered, they focus more appropriately on people's individual needs. In England, care planning is informed by guidance and is not legally required.
The focus of our research was on community mental health care. We wanted to find out the views and experiences of all of the different people involved: care coordinators (in community mental health teams), managers, senior practitioners, service users and their carers.
We carried out an extensive literature review.
We sent out questionnaires to large numbers of people, and received replies from service users (449) and care coordinators (205); these included questions on recovery, therapeutic relationships, and empowerment.
We interviewed senior managers (12) and senior practitioners (27), care coordinators (28), service users (33) and carers (17).
We reviewed 33 care plans with the permission of the service users concerned.
We found a strong positive correlation between scores on the recovery scale and the therapeutic relationship scale for service users; this suggests that organisations perceived to be more recovery-focused were also perceived as having more therapeutic relationships.
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UK's first Digital Retail Innovation Centre to be opened in Gloucester
Gloucestershire's Local Enterprise Partnership, GFirst LEP have announced a funding award of £400,000 to Marketing Gloucester to open a new national centre for digital retail innovation in the city.
The UK Digital Retail innovation Centre (UK:DRIC) will be the national centre for testing and developing disruptive digital innovations that will help shape and inform the future of cities with a special focus on retail.
The centre will be:
The national independent centre for technology solution providers and retailers to test innovative technologies and work in partnership to enhance and develop new and possibly disruptive solutions
A supportive incubator and catapult for high growth new retailers, all of whom will have access to next generation technologies and methodologies and will be targeted on rapid testing of their business model and growth
A centre for upskilling retailers in new and developing retail technologies and methodologies
UK:DRIC will be based on the first floor of the Eastgate Shopping Centre in Gloucester for an initial period of three years.
Diane Savory, Chair of GFirst LEP, commented "This is an exciting opportunity for Gloucestershire as it further demonstrates that our urban areas are proving to be leaders in the developing of innovation in digital retail solutions. We are delighted to be able to award this funding to Marketing Gloucester and confident that it will lead to further inward investment from the private and public sectors."
The UK:DRIC promises to be a showcase and testbed for the latest retail technologies and could show off some future innovations such as holographic "virtual employees", artificial intelligence, 3D scanning and printing of products, drone deliveries, robotic security guards, 360 virtual mirrors and near field communication.
Jason Smith, Chief Executive of Marketing Gloucester (whose team will be driving the project), said "This is a huge opportunity for Gloucester to progress in our ambition to be a showcase and testbed for digital technologies, developing the city of 2050 by 2025. There are huge challenges facing the UK retail sector and the UK Digital Retail Innovation Centre has the potential to be a gamechanger which could have a national impact, we greatly appreciate the investment from GFirst LEP."
Cllr Paul James – Leader Gloucester City Council
Jason Smith – CEO Marketing Gloucester
Diane Savory – Chair GFirst LEP
Paul James, Leader of Gloucester City Council, explained why this new centre was so important for the city saying: "Gloucester is ideally positioned to be a pathfinder for the
development of new technologies, the past few years companies we have shown how innovative we as a city can be. We were the first city to implement the three in one CCTV, Wifi and 4G solution, winning the prestigious Gordon McLanaghan Security Innovation Award; and have built up a wide range of partners such as Google's Niantic Labs, #WDYT, Rewarding Visits and BT who have tested their technologies in the city. There is huge potential for additional inward investment and additional jobs and this investment from GFirst LEP can act as a catalyst."
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Government publishes European funds guidance for #LEPs
Government publishes European funds guidance
BIS has published a guidance for Local Enterprise Partnerships on how they should set priorities for the next round of EU funds.
In April 2013 the Government issued preliminary guidance to LEPs on how to develop their EU Structural and Investment Fund Strategies. Thissupplementary guidance sets out the information that should be included in the strategies and the criteria that will be used by Government to evaluate them.
The Local Enterprise Partnerships are asked to send their first draft of European Strategic and Investment plans by Monday 07 October 2013. The plans will be finalised by July 2014.
Download the guidance here (pdf 1,164KB)
Read more in our press release below (19 July 2013).
NCVO – European funds guidance is good news for charity sector
NCVO has welcomed today's release of the Government's supplementary guidance for Local Enterprise Partnerships, the 39 local bodies which will determine how key European funds are spent in England in the next European funding round, which runs from 2014-2020 (1).
The guidance sets out how LEPs should set priorities for their allocation of the EU Structural and Investment Funds, and reflects a number of calls from NCVO and its European Funding Network.
Key wins for the sector include:
– Confirmation that at least 20% of the European Social Fund (ESF) must be directed to 'social inclusion' work, much of which could be delivered by the voluntary sector. This is a significant increase from the level of ESF funding which has reached such projects under the current funding round (2). This means around £1bn will become available for social inclusion work from 2014-2020 – £500m from the fund, matched by an additional £500m of other funding. Investments in social inclusion work are likely to be in areas such as education, training and employability.
– The news that Big Lottery Fund has proposed to offer the necessary match funding for local social inclusion projects (3).
– News that volunteers' time can now be considered as an investment for the purposes of matching European funds.
– The opportunity for social investment to be considered for matching European funds.
– A requirement that LEPs involve the local voluntary sector in setting their priorities for how European funds are spent in their areas
– Aside from the ESF, the other major fund, the European Regional Development Fund, may also provide opportunities for the sector. This money is intended for investment in sustainable capital development, and could be used for example to develop low-carbon retro-fitting of community buildings and social innovation start-ups.
Sir Stuart Etherington, chief executive of NCVO, said:
'These are major and meaningful wins for the voluntary sector, which holds much of the expertise in promoting social inclusion. The result of today's announcements will be more European money reaching charities and the people we work with.
'I am pleased to see that both the government and the Big Lottery Fund have responded to our calls to explore how to make match funding easier for charities and social enterprises. I hope this will be a significant step forward in helping these funds reach the voluntary sector.
'Charities make an important contribution to the economy and economic recovery, for example in supporting people to develop their skills. LEPs now have a significant opportunity to unleash this power of the voluntary sector in promoting economic recovery and I look forward to working with them and our local partners to help them make the most of this.'
1) The guidance will be published online shortly on the BIS website https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/making-european-funding-work-better-for-the-uk-economy/activity
2) Based on research by TSEN, now part of NCVO, into the use of ESF in the current round of funds (2007-2013)http://europeanfundingnetwork.eu/policy/cohesion-policy-2014-2020/CivilSocietyInvolvementESFProgramme200720131.pdf
3) European Structural and Investment Fund money must be matched by a domestic funder – this can be local or national government; private sector or voluntary sector – in order to become available.
For more information, please contact Oli Henman, Head of EU & International, Direct line: 020 7520 2550
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LEP allocations for ERDF and ESF 2014 to 2020 published 27.6.2013
Posted on June 27, 2013 by Jason I J Smith
Annex:
LEP Allocation €m
Black Country 177.4
Buckinghamshire Thames Valley 13.9
Cheshire and Warrington 142.2
Coast to Capital 67.3
Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly 592.9
Coventry and Warwickshire 136.0
Cumbria 91.4
Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire 249.7
Dorset 47.3
Enterprise M3 45.7
Gloucestershire 38.3
Greater Birmingham and Solihull 255.8
Greater Cambridge & Greater Peterborough 75.5
Greater Lincolnshire 133.5
Greater Manchester 415.6
Heart of the South West 118.3
Hertfordshire 69.5
Humber 102.4
Lancashire 266.3
Leeds City Region 391.2
Leicester and Leicestershire 126.3
Liverpool City Region 221.9
London 748.6
New Anglia 94.5
North Eastern 539.6
Northamptonshire 55.0
Oxfordshire LEP 19.4
Sheffield City Region 203.4
Solent 43.1
South East 185.9
South East Midlands 88.3
Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire 161.6
Swindon and Wiltshire 43.6
Tees Valley 202.6
Thames Valley Berkshire 28.7
The Marches 113.7
West of England 68.6
Worcestershire 68.1
York and North Yorkshire 97.5
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ABC ordered the pilot on January 26, 2015 for the 2015–16 television season.The pilot episode was filmed in Austin, Texas,The Catch Seasons 1-2 DVD and was directed by Julie Anne Robinson.On May 7, 2015, ABC picked up the pilot to series.The Catch has been met with generally positive reviews from critics, with most praising Mireille Enos' leading performance.The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports a 70% approval rating. The site's general consensus reads: "While the jury is out on its weekly worthiness,The Catch Seasons 1-2 The Catch largely yields satisfying results with tried-and-true Shondaland production qualities, fun cases of the week, and bendy plot twists."Metacritic gave season one of the show a score of 59 out of 100 based on 30 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews."


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Vilsack endorses Clinton in 2016 presidential bid
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Former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack is endorsing Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
"Hillary Clinton is not new to the fight for middle class families," Vilsack wrote in an editorial set to run Wednesday in the Cedar Rapids Gazette. "Throughout her public life she has consistently fought to expand and strengthen the middle class. I have no doubt she will continue that fight as president."
In the editorial, Vilsack touts Clinton's policies that focus on making education more accessible and expanding access to affordable health care, as well as her support for the Renewable Fuel Standard and bio-based manufacturing.
"Hillary Clinton has the right policies to strengthen and expand the middle class, is battle tested, and has the experience and relationships to lead and govern well," Vilsack wrote. "For all of those reasons, as well as our friendship, I will caucus for Hillary Clinton on February 1, 2016."
Vilsack will join Clinton for several Iowa campaign stops Wednesday where she is expected to outline policy ideas to help strengthen agricultural and rural communities.


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Why the right is returning to Latin America
Shlomo Ben-Ami
Shlomo Ben-Ami, a former Israeli foreign minister, is vice-president of the Toledo International Centre for Peace. He is the author of Scars of War, Wounds of Peace.
The crushing defeat of the long-ruling Chavista government in Venezuela's recent parliamentary elections, together with the end of 12 years of Peronist rule in Argentina, mark the end of a cycle of left-wing hegemony in much of Latin America. But this is not a political watershed marking the renewal of ideological confrontation. Rather, it is a measured transition toward political pragmatism. And it is very good news.
Perhaps the best evidence that this is not an ideologically driven sea change is to be found in what triggered it: an economic downturn. For more than a decade, the region relied on "socialism of the 21st century," which Venezuela's late president, Hugo Chavez, used to galvanize groupings such as the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America, and Petrocaribe, an oil alliance including Caribbean states and Venezuela. But economic collapse, hyperinflation and food shortages have destroyed faith in that system.
Those very same factors, largely the result of unforgiving global conditions, had enabled Latin America's leftist parties to win and consolidate power by blaming the market-oriented policies that preceded them. Brazilians elected Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to the presidency in 2002, and Argentinians chose Nestor Kirchner in 2003. Financial meltdown restored the Institutional Revolutionary Party to power in Mexico in 2012, and Michelle Bachelet's leftist New Majority party won in Chile in 2013.
Leftist governments then took advantage of a sustained commodities boom to increase spending on consumer subsidies and social welfare, without depending on international creditors. From 2003, the year of Mr. Kirchner's election, to 2011, when his wife and successor Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner was elected to her second term in a landslide, soybean prices rose by more than 7 per cent annually, on average, boosting overall GDP growth.
Similarly, Brazil's economy, propelled by commodity exports, grew by about 4.5 per cent annually. This enabled Brazil, like Argentina, to fight extreme poverty and boost the purchasing power of an emerging middle class, which became loyal to leftist governments. In Argentina, it took a 30-per-cent inflation rate, massive corruption scandals and restrictions on foreign-currency purchases to bring about a slim majority for the centre-right Mauricio Macri in the November presidential election.
The root cause of this reversal of fortune was a global environment that could no longer support high commodity prices. In particular, China's slowing growth has weakened demand for Latin American commodities. In Ecuador, President Rafael Correa has become increasingly authoritarian – recently amending the constitution to enable him to run for a fourth term – in response to the impact of the shrinking economy on popular support for his "dictatorship of the heart."
In Venezuela, where oil represents 95 per cent of export revenue, voters naturally turned on the ruling Socialist Party. While Mr. Chavez's successor, Nicolas Maduro, remains President, the opposition now holds two-thirds of the seats in the national assembly.
Long before the Venezuelan election, Cuba's government, which had become heavily dependent on Chavista largesse, was already taking pragmatic steps toward normalizing relations with the United States. Raul and Fidel Castro – who know first-hand how the demise of the Soviet Union, Cuba's main benefactor during the Cold War, affected their country – sensed the impending loss of Venezuela's lavish subsidies and acted accordingly.
Even in Chile, perhaps the best-run economy in the region, but still highly dependent on copper exports, Ms. Bachelet's approval rating has plunged to unprecedented lows, threatening her ambitious agenda of constitutional and educational reforms. Add to that corruption scandals involving her son and weaknesses in the ruling centre-left coalition, and the centre right's return to power in the 2017 presidential election seems increasingly likely.
But elections are not the only means of impelling change. With the most severe economic slowdown in 25 years expanding the budget deficit to record levels, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has been forced to turn to austerity, including cuts in unemployment and welfare benefits. Massive corruption scandals have also severely eroded Ms. Rousseff's standing, and are the key reason she is now facing impeachment proceedings. But when the economy was growing, corruption was less politically explosive.
Similarly, after Venezuela's army made it clear that defending Chavismo was not worth opposing the people's will, Mr. Maduro was forced to pledge that the revolution would now "pass into a new phase." And even if Mr. Macri had not managed to win Argentina's presidency, his opponent Daniel Scioli (who served as vice-president under Nestor Kirchner, but represents a more moderate Peronism) probably would have had to implement pragmatic policies aimed at boosting market confidence.
Perhaps the final nail in the coffin of Latin American left-wing politics comes from Colombia, where President Juan Manuel Santos has made achieving peace with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), Latin America's oldest guerrilla group, his top priority. A right-leaning president, Mr. Santos won re-election in 2014 by emphasizing these peace efforts, which garnered him strong support from the left. Now, the two sides are on the cusp of a peace agreement, expected to be signed in March.
Even more than current economic struggles, which are driven largely by global forces, peace in Colombia will reinforce for Latin American voters the benefits of pragmatism over ideology – something that even FARC has recognized. A new era of moderate, sensible policy-making could be what enables Latin America to diversify its economies and build more sustainable and inclusive prosperity.


A college student has reached viral fame after his enthusiastic dance moves were captured on the sidelines.
The internet cannot get enough of LaDarius Marshall, a cheerleader at Navarro College in Corsicana, Texas. A video of him rooting on his team against the Georgia Military College has gained thousands of fans.
LaDarius Marshall, 20, a sophomore at Navarro College in Corsicana, Texas, is seen cheering as the Navarro College Bulldogs took on Georgia Military College on Aug. 23, 2018.
LaDarius Marshall, a sophomore at Navarro College in Corsicana, Texas, has been cheering for five years.
"I feel that the video going viral was just a glimpse into my life and how I am all the time," Marshall, 20, told "Good Morning America." "Going viral made so many people happy and that's what made me happy -- receiving so many messages...about how I made people's days better and cheered them up. [It] makes my heart happy."
LaDarius Marshall, a sophomore at Navarro College in Corsicana, Texas, has gained viral attention after recent footage of his cheerleading moves was shared as his Bulldogs took on Georgia Military College.
Marshall is seen happily cheering at the game before performing a stunt with another teammate.
"This video was pure joy and school spirit and I wouldn't change it for the world!" he said.
LaDarius Marshall, a sophomore at Navarro College in Corsicana, Texas, has gained viral attention after recent footage of his enthusiasm was shared.


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Q: Linking problem with boost when building cpprest-sdk on MacOs I'm trying to create an HTTP client for a rest API using the cpprest-sdk library: https://github.com/Microsoft/cpprestsdk
I'm using a MacBook Pro with the latest version of MacOs (10.14.2).
I use brew as a package manager and have installed boost with:
brew install boost
Versions of dependencies:
clang: Apple LLVM version 10.0.0 (clang-1000.11.45.5)
cmake: 3.13.2
boost: stable 1.68.0 (bottled), HEAD
First I tried to follow this:
https://github.com/Microsoft/cpprestsdk/wiki/How-to-build-for-Mac-OS-X
So I also installed cpprestsdk with boost:
boost install cpprestsdk
Then I used the code from the tutorial in one main.cpp:
#include <cpprest/http_client.h>
#include <cpprest/filestream.h>

using namespace utility;                    // Common utilities like string conversions
using namespace web;                        // Common features like URIs.
using namespace web::http;                  // Common HTTP functionality
using namespace web::http::client;          // HTTP client features
using namespace concurrency::streams;       // Asynchronous streams

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
    auto fileStream = std::make_shared<ostream>();

    // Open stream to output file.
    pplx::task<void> requestTask = fstream::open_ostream(U("results.html")).then([=](ostream outFile)
     {
         *fileStream = outFile;

         // Create http_client to send the request.
         http_client client(U("http://www.bing.com/"));

         // Build request URI and start the request.
         uri_builder builder(U("/search"));
         builder.append_query(U("q"), U("cpprestsdk github"));
         return client.request(methods::GET, builder.to_string());
     })

    // Handle response headers arriving.
    .then([=](http_response response)
    {
        printf("Received response status code:%u\n", response.status_code());

        // Write response body into the file.
        return response.body().read_to_end(fileStream->streambuf());
    })

    // Close the file stream.
    .then([=](size_t)
    {
        return fileStream->close();
    });

    // Wait for all the outstanding I/O to complete and handle any exceptions
    try
    {
        requestTask.wait();
    }
    catch (const std::exception &e)
    {
        printf("Error exception:%s\n", e.what());
    }

    return 0;
}

And I created a CMake build file CMakeLists.txt as they describe in the README of cpprestsdk:
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.13)
project(cpprest-example)

set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 14)

find_package(cpprestsdk REQUIRED)

add_executable(cpprest-example main.cpp)
target_link_libraries(cpprest-example PRIVATE cpprestsdk::cpprest)

First I had a problem with CMake not fining openssl, so I had to add two env parameters like described here:
CMake not able to find OpenSSL library
Then it compiles but then fails during linking, with errors:
Scanning dependencies of target cpprest-example
[ 50%] Building CXX object CMakeFiles/cpprest-example.dir/main.cpp.o
[100%] Linking CXX executable cpprest-example
Undefined symbols for architecture x86_64:
  "boost::this_thread::interruption_point()", referenced from:
      boost::condition_variable::wait(boost::unique_lock<boost::mutex>&) in main.cpp.o
      boost::condition_variable::do_wait_until(boost::unique_lock<boost::mutex>&, boost::detail::real_platform_timepoint const&) in main.cpp.o
  "boost::chrono::steady_clock::now()", referenced from:
      bool boost::condition_variable::wait_for<long long, boost::ratio<1l, 1000l>, pplx::details::event_impl::wait(unsigned int)::'lambda0'()>(boost::unique_lock<boost::mutex>&, boost::chrono::duration<long long, boost::ratio<1l, 1000l> > const&, pplx::details::event_impl::wait(unsigned int)::'lambda0'()) in main.cpp.o
      bool boost::condition_variable::wait_until<boost::chrono::steady_clock, boost::chrono::duration<long long, boost::ratio<1l, 1000000000l> >, pplx::details::event_impl::wait(unsigned int)::'lambda0'()>(boost::unique_lock<boost::mutex>&, boost::chrono::time_point<boost::chrono::steady_clock, boost::chrono::duration<long long, boost::ratio<1l, 1000000000l> > > const&, pplx::details::event_impl::wait(unsigned int)::'lambda0'()) in main.cpp.o
  "boost::detail::get_current_thread_data()", referenced from:
      boost::detail::interruption_checker::interruption_checker(_opaque_pthread_mutex_t*, _opaque_pthread_cond_t*) in main.cpp.o
  "boost::system::detail::system_category_instance", referenced from:
      boost::system::system_category() in main.cpp.o
  "boost::system::detail::generic_category_instance", referenced from:
      boost::system::generic_category() in main.cpp.o
ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture x86_64
clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
make[2]: *** [cpprest-example] Error 1
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/cpprest-example.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 2

Strange thing is that if I build the cpprestsdk codebase with CMake it works fine and one of the samples is the same code:
https://github.com/Microsoft/cpprestsdk/tree/master/Release/samples/BingRequest
That sample project has then been built successfully and runs fine.
I also tried uninstalling cpprestsdk from brew and did a CMake build of the cloned repository and then "make -j4 && make install". That installs cpprestsdk headers and libraries locally but in the end, results in the same errors.
It looks like it's not finding the boost libraries and I have tried using find_package(BOOST 1.68.0) and similar things but it fails with the same errors.
Can anyone see what I'm doing wrong?

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Santa, don't you guide my sleigh tonight.
A driver dressed as Santa Claus was arrested early Monday for crashing into several vehicles and fleeing the scene in California, according to a report.
The bad Santa was driving a Subaru Crosstrek around 1:30 a.m. when he struck multiple cars parked in Chula Vista, news station KGTV reported.
Witnesses said Kris Kringle then ditched his car and ran, leaving behind a passenger who was ejected onto the street, the outlet reported.
"He was fully dressed as Santa Claus and I saw him hop out of the vehicle and I saw him run away … like 'Bad Santa,' you know?" said a bystander, referring to the 2003 comedy starring Billy Bob Thornton.
Though he fled, Saint Nick reportedly left parts of his holiday get-up, wallet and identification inside the vehicle.
Police were able to track the driver down using information from his ID and took him into custody on unspecified charges.
The Santa — whose name hasn't been released — was brought to the hospital to be evaluated for possibly driving under the influence, KGTV reported.
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The Volkswagen Type 2, known officially (depending on body type) as the Transporter, Kombi or Microbus, or, informally, as the Bus (US) or Camper (UK), is a forward control panel van introduced in 1950 by the German automaker Volkswagen as its second car model. Following – and initially deriving from Volkswagen's first model, the Type 1 (Beetle) – it was given the factory designation Type 2.
As one of the forerunners of the modern cargo and passenger vans, the Type 2 gave rise to forward control competitors in the United States in the 1960s, including the Ford Econoline, the Dodge A100, and the Chevrolet Corvair 95 Corvan, the latter adopting the Type 2's rear-engine configuration. European competition included the 1960s FF layout Renault Estafette and the FR layout Ford Transit.
Like the Beetle, the van has received numerous nicknames worldwide, including the "microbus", "minibus", and, because of its popularity during the counterculture movement of the 1960s, Hippie van/wagon, and still remain iconic for many hippies today.
Brazil contained the last factory in the world that produced the T2. Production in Brazil ceased on December 31, 2013, due to the introduction of more stringent safety regulations in the country. This marks the end of an era with the rear-engine Volkswagens manufactured (after the 2002 termination of its T3 successor in South Africa), which originated in 1935 with their Type 1 prototypes.
In late 1967, the second generation of the Volkswagen Type 2 (T2) was introduced. It was built in Germany until 1979. In Mexico, the Volkswagen Kombi and Panel were produced from 1970 to 1994. Models before 1971 are often called the T2a (or "Early Bay"), while models after 1972 are called the T2b (or "Late Bay").
This second-generation Type 2 lost its distinctive split front windshield, and was slightly larger and considerably heavier than its predecessor. Its common nicknames are Breadloaf and Bay-window, or Loaf and Bay for short.
At 1.6 L and 35 kW (48 PS; 47 bhp) DIN, the engine was also slightly larger. The new model also did away with the swing axle rear suspension and transfer boxes previously used to raise ride height. Instead, half-shaft axles fitted with constant velocity joints raised ride height without the wild changes in camber of the Beetle-based swing axle suspension. The updated Bus transaxle is usually sought after by off-road racers using air-cooled Volkswagen components.
The T2b was introduced by way of gradual change over three years. The first models featured rounded bumpers incorporating a step for use when the door was open (replaced by indented bumpers without steps on later models), front doors that opened to 90° from the body, no lip on the front guards, unique engine hatches, and crescent air intakes in the D-pillars (later models after the Type 4 engine option was offered, have squared off intakes).
The 1971 Type 2 featured a new, 1.6 L engine with dual intake ports on each cylinder head and was DIN-rated at 37 kW (50 PS; 50 bhp). An important change came with the introduction of front disc brakes and new roadwheels with brake ventilation holes and flatter hubcaps. Up until 1972, front indicators are set low on the nose rather than high on either side of the fresh air grille – giving rise to their being nicknamed "Low Lights".
1972's most prominent change was a bigger engine compartment to fit the larger 1.7- to 2.0-litre engines from the Volkswagen Type 4, and a redesigned rear end which eliminated the removable rear apron and introduced the larger late tail lights. The air inlets were also enlarged to accommodate the increased cooling air needs of the larger engines.
In 1971 the 1600cc Type 1 engine as used in the Beetle, was supplemented with the 1700cc Type 4 engine – as it was originally designed for the Type 4 (411 and 412) models. European vans kept the option of upright fan Type 1 1600 engine but the 1700 Type 4 became standard for US spec models.
In the Type 2, the Type 4 engine was an option for the 1972 model year onward. This engine was standard in models destined for the US and Canada. Only with the Type 4 engine did an automatic transmission become available for the first time in the 1973 model year. Both engines displaced 1.7 L, DIN-rated at 49 kW (67 PS; 66 bhp) with the manual transmission and 46 kW (63 PS; 62 bhp) with the automatic.
The Type 4 engine was enlarged to 1.8 L and 50 kW (68 PS; 67 bhp) DIN for the 1974 model year and again to 2.0 L and 52 kW (71 PS; 70 bhp) DIN for the 1976 model year. The two-litre option appeared in South African manufactured models during 1976, originally only in a comparably well-equipped "Executive" model.
The 1978 2.0 L now featured hydraulic valve lifters, eliminating the need to periodically adjust the valve clearances as on earlier models. The 1975 and later U.S. model years received Bosch L-Jetronic electronic fuel injection as standard equipment; 1978 was the first year for electronic ignition, utilizing a hall effect sensor and digital controller, eliminating maintenance-requiring contact-breaker points.
As with all Transporter engines, the focus in development was not on power, but on low-end torque. The Type 4 engines were considerably more robust and durable than the Type 1 engines, particularly in Transporter service.
In 1972, for the 1973 model year, exterior revisions included relocated front turn indicators, squared off and set higher in the valance, above the headlights. Also, square-profiled bumpers, which became standard until the end of the T2 in 1979, were introduced in 1973.
Crash safety improved with this change because of a compressible structure behind the front bumper. This meant that the T2b was capable of meeting US safety standards for passenger cars of the time, though not required of vans. The "VW" emblem on the front valance became slightly smaller.
Later model changes were primarily mechanical. By 1974, the T2 had gained its final shape. Very late in the T2's design life, during the late 1970s, the first prototypes of Type 2 vans with four-wheel drive (4WD) were built and tested.


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Birth Place: Saitama, Japan
Birth Date: 1939-03-10
Height: 165cms
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I Believe in Love
The story of Vice-Principal Kim and his wife, and the trials and tribulations they face in order to create a warm and happy family. [More]
Status: Completed Released: 2011 Rating: 10/10 (6 Votes)
Late Blossom (Movie)
This couple is? Man-suk and Lee-pun meets in an alleyway on a warm snowy day. It continues to become a love that brings out laughter just by thinking of the… [More]
Memories of Murder (Movie)
1986 Gyunggi Province. The body of a young woman is found brutally raped and murdered. Two months later, a series of rapes and murders commences under similar circumstances. And in… [More]
Too Beautiful to Lie
Ju Young-ju, an beautiful ex-con artist who has been recently released on parole, is planning to attend her sister's wedding. On her way she crosses path with Choi Hee-chul, a… [More]
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October, 1979, Seoul... A private dinner party for the President and his three closest confidants — his Chief Bodyguard, his Chief Secretary, and the Director of the Korean CIA ...… [More]
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"The Moon Embracing The Sun" tells a love story between King Lee Hwon and a female shaman named Wol. Wol was born from a noble family and became the crown… [More]
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Baek Shi-Yoon is an ex-secret agent. He is a well-trained human weapon. Hiding his past, he buys the bar "Neighborhood" and runs it is as the owner. He gets close… [More]
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State GOP looks to clear nomination path for Trump by canceling primary
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's road to renomination could get easier through Arizona, with the state Republican Party looking to join three other states and drop its presidential primary next year - a move used before by both Democrats and Republicans in the state.
Arizona lawmakers Grijalva, Schweikert focus of House ethics probes
WASHINGTON - Experts say it is "more of a coincidence than anything" that Arizona Reps. Raul Grijalva, a Democrat, and David Schweikert, a Republican, are both being investigated by the House Ethics Committee, but they caution that neither lawmaker should take the probes lightly.
In Indian Country, potholes can be a bump in the road to an education
WASHINGTON - Of all the problems facing tribal schools, impassable roads are not the biggest problem, "but it is the most annoying one." With three-fourths of Bureau of Indian Affairs roads unpaved, students are often stranded and districts are forced to spend precious resources on bus repairs.
Thin on broadband: Tribal areas still struggle with lagging technology
WASHINGTON - To some Hopi, "just Google it," is an inside joke - only about 29% of Hopi households have broadband internet access, compared to 79% in Arizona and 78% nationwide. On tribal lands across Arizona, fewer than half the homes have broadband access, stifling business, health and schooling.
Robocalls hit 3 million a day in Arizona, but help may be on the way
WASHINGTON – Despite efforts to block them, robocalls keep coming, with almost 3,2 million such calls made per day to Arizona phone numbers in the first four months of this year. New regulations and new technologies might help stem the tide, but not everyone is convinced.
Court lets class-action suit proceed against state for foster care
WASHINGTON - A divided federal appeals court said a class-action lawsuit over the state's care of foster children can proceed against the Arizona Department of Child Safety and the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System.
Report: Latino voters flexed muscle in 2018, set to be a force in 2020
WASHINGTON - A new report says Latinos are on track to be the largest minority voting group in 2020, when an estimated 32 million will be eligible to vote, and that they began to make their influence felt in 2018, when a surge of Latino votes tipped Senate races in Arizona and Nevada to Democrats.
Crossing a line: Military encounter at border sparks Trump threats
WASHINGTON - A peaceful border encounter between U.S. and Mexican soldiers earlier this month became a political issue Wednesday when President Donald Trump picked up the incident and threatened in a tweet to send armed soldiers to the border in response.
Critics blast DHS environmental waivers that clear way for border wall
WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security said ti will waive dozens of environmental, health and other laws to clear the way for construction on about 58 miles of border barriers, including 12 miles of fencing near Yuma, in a move quickly attacked by lawmakers and environmentalists.
Same report, different take for state lawmakers eyeing Mueller report
PHOENIX - Arizona lawmakers looked at the same 448-page Mueller report and saw two different things, with two very different reactions, depending on which side of the aisle they are on. If there was a common thread, it was that nobody's mind appeared to be changed by the report.
House Ethics panel releases details in ongoing probe of Schweikert
WASHINGTON - The House Ethics Committee released details of its probe of Rep. David Schweikert, R-Fountain Hills, that began last year finding "substantial reason to believe" he may have approved improper office expenditures and campaign contributions.
Tribal leaders urge House to extend funding for water settlements
WASHINGTON - Tohono O'odham Chairman Edward D. Manuel told a House panel that lack of water has been killing crops and livestock - and, essentially, the tribe's economy - and things will only get worse if federal funding is allowed to lapse.


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The Hôtel Costes is a luxury hotel in Paris, France. Located at 7 Rue de Castiglione, it is perhaps best known for its bar and courtyard café.

History

The hotel was commissioned by the Costes brothers, Jean-Louis and Gilbert, from the designer and interior architect Jacques Garcia in 1991. It opened in 1995 at 239 rue St-Honoré. The hotel is now renowned as a den of opulence and was built in conjunction with Klay Robson as Developer and construction consultant (the design maxim was "all things in excess").

Hôtel Costes is not to be confused with the hotel Costes K, which is run by the same family, but is not located in Paris' first arrondissement.

In 2012, the Hotel started working on a new musical direction designed by former EMI/Virgin France Head of A&R Thierry Planelle and music supervisor Frederic Schindler , which took over the music curation after Stéphane Pompougnac's departure following the release of the last lounge music series compilation in September 2011.

In 2016, Hôtel Costes signed a partnership with Apple and launched a worldwide Curator channel  on Apple Music . The updated musical direction is reflected on the new streaming-only Costes Selections, translating the "best of" of the Hotel's monthly music programming, which is also available live on the Hotel's webradio .  The Costes Apple Music Channel  features a monthly 15-song compilation featuring premieres and some exclusive unreleased songs curated in an eclectic and contemporary approach, ranging from electronica to 60s French chanson. At the end of every year, a Collection showcasing Costes favourite 50 tracks of the year is published.

In 2014, Jean-Louis Costes bought the adjacent Hotel Lotti, opened in 1910. He gutted it and turned it into a new wing of the hotel, which opened in 2020, giving it a new main entrance on Rue de Castiglione.

References

External links
Hotelcostes.com

Costes
Compilation album series
Buildings and structures in the 1st arrondissement of Paris
Hotels established in 1991
1991 establishments in France

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Ishtam (English translation: Liking) is a Telugu movie produced by Ramoji Rao (Eenadu Group) and directed by Vikram Kumar and Raj Kumar. It starred Charan Dodla, Shriya, Poonam Dhillon and Chandra Mohan.

This is the debut movie of actress Shriya. Charan paired up with Saran for the first time. This was Charan's only film as an actor as he didn't act in any other film after this.

Plot

Karthik (Charan), hailing from a rich family, is quite inept in his academics. Neha (Shriya Saran) is Subbu's (Chandra Mohan) daughter and she's motherless. Karthik is the senior of Neha in the college and rags her quite a bit. When Karthik's mother Lakshmi (Poonam Dhillon) meets with an accident, Neha rescues and admits her in a hospital.  Over time, Lakshmi and Neha become friends and Neha falls in love with Karthik. But when Subbu proposes to get Karthik and Neha married, Lakshmi refuses. The film is about why Lakshmi doesn't accept the marriage, who initially wanted Neha to marry Karthik.

Cast
 Charan Dodla as Karthik
 Shriya Saran as Neha
 Chandra Mohan as Subrahmanyam "Subbu", Neha's father
 Poonam Dhillon as Lakshmi, Karthik's mother
 Sarath Babu as Chakravarthy, Karthik's father
 Jayasudha as Neha's mother
 Srinivasa Reddy as Ravi, Karthik's friend
 Khayyum as Raghu, Karthik's friend
 Naveen as Gopi
 Sravan as Sravan

Soundtrack
The music was composed by DJ Gopinath and released by Mayuri Audio.

References

External links

2000s Telugu-language films
2001 films
Films directed by Vikram Kumar


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Now, as much as I love cemeteries, I don't have a large library on the subject. I do have a few books, though, dealing with symbolism and southern cemetery symbolism. In only one book, Douglas Keister's Stories in Stone: A Field Guide to Cemetery Symbolism and Iconography, did I find mention of sunflowers in cemeteries. He was referring to a sunflower carved into a gravestone. They signify devotion to the Catholic Church.
This would seem to strike down the theory of symbolism in this case. Sardis Cemetery is attached to a Primitive Baptist Church. I did go looking online as well, and come across "Gravestone Symbolism" at Grave Addiction. The meaning there was given as devotion to God. OK. So symbolism might be back in play.
Keep in mind, these meanings were referring to sunflowers carved on gravestones. I found no mention of sunflowers when looking for information about cemetery landscaping and symbolism there.
I guess, in the end, I can't say for sure. It might just be the planter liked sunflowers and thought they would beautify the plot. Or, maybe Mr. and Mrs. Johnson were fond of sunflowers.
Here lies the problem of symbol interpretation. Just as with a work of literature, we must understand the point of view of the reader as well as of the author. Cemeteries exist in societies. When we walk in them, we are walking amongst members of our own community. What it all means depends as much on us as on what the stonecutter or the patron wanted to convey.
Maybe the fondness for sunflowers is more about me than about the Johnsons.


Travel enthusiasts typically want to visit as many different parts of the world as they can. Some destinations, though, are just so special that even the most adventurous travelers want to return again and again.
But what makes a place so meaningful and compelling? HuffPost spoke to a number of travel experts to find out.
Without further ado, here are 10 qualities that make a place worth revisiting. Keep these in mind if you're looking for a good repeat destination spot.
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Norwegian label Nordpolen musikklubb does release a Christmas vinyl single each year in 300 copies. Their 5th single is 'Black Christmas" by Poly Styrene, singer of the former punkband X-Ray Spex. The song is from 2010 and was available at Poly Styrene's homepage that Christmas. She wrote and performed the song with her daughter Celeste Bell. Previous singles were all from Norwegian artists like Sonja with a song called 'Jeg gleder meg ikke til jul i år' or the Norwegian band Hvitmalt Gjerde with 'Dine lepper smaker jul'. Intriguing titles and nice sleeves!


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