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The Public/Private Not-For-Profit/For Profit "Get Your Clients To Get Them Grants To Run Your Curricula, UpLoad and Automate It" Family-Court-Connected BUSINESS PLAN Works 'Great.' [Just ask Jack Arbuthnot + Don A. Gordon] [Written Feb. 2018, published Dec. 7, 2018]
ACCESS VISITATION GRANTS and UNIFIED FAMILY COURTS WITH PRESIDING JUDGES PRONE TO ORDERING PARENT EDUCATION SUPPOSEDLY HELP THE US TAXPAYERS THROUGH ENCOURAGING BETTER CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENTS FROM FATHERS THANKFUL TO BE MORE EMOTIONALLY INVOLVED WITH THEIR CHILDREN.
MAYBE — BUT I KNOW FOR SURE THEY HELP SPONSOR PUBLIC/PRIVATE ENTREPRENEURS LIKE THIS — AND APPARENTLY HAVE BEEN FOR DECADES.
ACCESS VISITATION GRANTS + (MANDATORY) PARENT EDUCATION DO SEEM TO PROMOTE TAX-EXEMPT INCOME, FOR LIFE – FOR SOME.
ASK JACK ARBUTHNOT** & DONALD ARCHER GORDON HOW THEY SLEEP AT NIGHT…PhD or no PhD…(in psychology).
{{*Any relation to this? Whether or not, the name seems to be Scottish: http://www.arbuthnotgroup.com/group_history.html}}
Notice the share price! What's an unusual last name to me and so caught my attention, is not so unusual overseas I see…
Regarding this court-based referral to parenting education programming — for local cases, the referral is going to a behavioral health service provider in Ohio. This is intended for out-of-state parents or Spanish-speaking mandated parent education being handled within this county in Ohio.
POST TITLE: The Public/Private Not-For-Profit/For Profit "Get Your Clients To Get Them Grants To Run Your Curricula, UpLoad and Automate It" Family-Court-Connected BUSINESS PLAN Works 'Great.' [Just ask Jack Arbuthnot + Don A. Gordon] [Written Feb. 2018, published Dec. 7, 2018]. (Case-sensitive short-link ends"-8HX". Post started Feb. 26, 2018 but screen prints taken mid-January, and I added some in the middle re: (Director P. Leslie Herold Ph.D receiving a 2011 AFCC award) as a pre-publication flourish. And the next few images + Britannica.com quote (no attempt to prove direct connection here, just looked up the somewhat unusual last name "Arbuthnot" and find this interesting). Plus, who knows, there may be some geneaology there… Some of the intro is also added.
Whoever latched onto the business model I'm blogging here clearly had some financial smarts, too… and possibly smarts enough to figure out it wouldn't be figured out by most of the forced-consumption-of-services parents feeding its revenues as a routine process of approaching domestic relations courts for justice or any form of help with divorce or custody issues. I believe if more had figured it out, more would certainly be talking about it and demand better accountability from those courts — instead of better and more training for judges to recognize either fathers' rights or a real batterer and dangerous parent when they run across them.
(NB: A Cleveland JUDGE recently did only nine months for viciously beating his wife (reconstructive surgery was involved and needless to say, they became "estranged"), in front of two children in a car, was then hired by local on getting out and since stands accused of having stabbed her to death not long ago, per accounts on Twitter. She's dead, he's going to be busy for a while, effectively two more traumatized "fatherless" orphans for the system…or his or her relatives.. Articles show just how many people were aware of his behavior and let it slide…) In The Slate, Molly Olmstead, Nov. 19, 2018. His name is Lance Mason:
Lance Mason, Cleveland's minority business administrator, was arrested after police responded to a domestic violence call and found his estranged wife, 45-year-old teacher Aisha Fraser Mason, dead on her driveway, according to WKYC, a Cleveland NBC affiliate.
Former Cleveland Judge Hired by City after Violently Beating His Wife is Now Arrested for her Murder
Former Cleveland Judge Hired by City after Violently Beating His Wife is Now Arrested for her Murder See internal links for more background on rationalization, "give the guy another chance" and who favored hiring him for another government job after getting out of jail early for the first VICIOUS assault.
Former Cleveland Judge Hired by City after Violently Beating His Wife is Now Arrested for her Murder See internal links for more background.
Is lack of judicial training really the issue there and overall? (Or fatherlessness?). How could the wife have gotten along better with THAT? Suppose he hadn't killed her — then they'd be co-parenting? Ordered to co-parenting education classes locally?
FYI, of interest, only "Arbuthnot." Arbuthnot Group History (1833-2013)
(John Arbuthnot, 1667 (Scotland) – 1735 (London, England) Scottish mathematician, physician and occasional (satirical) author, per Britannica.com):
"John Arbuthnot, (born April 1667, Inverbervie, Kincardine, Scot.—died Feb. 27, 1735, London, Eng.), Scottish mathematician, physician, and occasional writer, remembered as the close friend of Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope, and John Gay and as a founding member of their famous Scriblerus Club, which aimed to ridicule bad literature and false learning."**
**My, we've come a long way since then…to divorce mediator, developmental and social psychologist, Ohio University psychology professor emeritus and trainer of domestic relations judges ((see next image with the real Dr. Jack and Dr. Don self-description on the company website):
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I've also tweeted in recent months about the involvement of Cuyahoga County, Ohio (where you'll find Cleveland), in this routine. Just FYI, I got there from following through with a strange new comic-book-style graphic showing (still) on the California Judiciary Council website which just happened to have been contracted out to (or designed by) a Canadian charity.
Go on, tell me that "AFCC" had nothing to do with the above (see also P. Leslie Herold info below). Keep telling yourself that, too: the world may seem a much more manageable place — and you'll be more easily managed, too believing that our justice systems are "manageable, give or take a few flawed practices and misunderstandings (about certain psychological theories) that need correction, our justice systems in fact still may be manageable — or I should say (as they are showing clear signs of private management out-of-jurisdiction and sometimes out-of-country too), responsive to the citizens over which they hold extreme power in routine matters affecting life, death, commerce, relationships with offspring, and the ability to retain the fruits of one's labors (employment or business income) somewhat corresponding to the efforts put in…
Evidently the business plan works well.
The main problem I have with it is that it just seems wrong morally, ethically, and logistically.
The Center for Divorce Education website, Don A. Gordon bio blurb.
The Center for Divorce Education is the nonprofit. It's legal domicile OHIO but entity address OREGON ("Go figure," but that's hardly news when dealing with family court-based business referrals) while featuring on-line delivery of product. I have no idea whether it's only being pushed through judicial "special proceedings" mandate in Ohio, but doubt it. With the existing networks, it could easily be in other states too — I just happened to run across it there after finding a book by this man being promoted in California…
Family Works, Inc. offering to coach others (agencies, which could include other nonprofits running health & human services programming) to get public funding to run its "Parenting Wisely" program. Family Works CEO being Donald A. Gordon.
This would seem to be (or have been) the associated "for-profit." Some of the coaching involves how to get grants to better help Dr. Gordon with his retirement(? just a guess) income or at least significant life interests in sharing his parenting wisdom more widely.
Who can find whether Family Works, Inc. is now registered in some other state, or exists as a trade name of a professional provider, or just doesn't exist — but several hundred thousand dollars of royalties — each year — are allegedly going to it anyhow? I haven't yet. I just know where it isn't..
How often, and in how many instances should volunteer bloggers and family court concerned citizens have to look up such things? The nonprofit, so says its return (links and images provided below) was incorporated back in 1987.
How long are we going to NOT be talking about such business models and things like public-funded distribution networks supported by the public parent-by-parent AND collectively? This dyad (the two entities) or if you bring in the judge who ruled it into place in 1994, triad, or if you also consider the federal funds increased nationally (1996), we seem to have a solid, four-point foundation for the practice. Then there are the promoters (salesforce) — other associations, researchers (someone has to have SOME basis for pushing the programming — fatherlessness and public debt burden seems to work well) and so forth…
Seems like a prototype — probably not the first and certainly not the only one. Let me know if this example communicates, either in the comments fields, or on Twitter (all published posts are automatically tweeted by this WordPress blog).
Case in point here — two corporations. One of them, "Center for Divorce Education, Inc." only has been located as a still active, though strangely organized, nonprofit; the other, probably the one receiving most of the royalties listed as expense of doing business for the nonprofit, is a for-profit "Family Works, Inc." (while doing my routine "locate the company before blogging it" I just found out), it seems isn't –at least under that business name in that address — legal, and wasn't showing that street address (now visible on-line) as legally associated with the name before 2016, although to read the website, you'd think it'd been around since 2002 or before.
{Section in light-blue background, dark-red border, and between horizontal lines just below marks commentary and any images Dec. 2018 just before publishing this post. The material clarifies some terms and the reference to "Grants" in the post title. Some sarcasm and astonishment at how rare this information hits social media crept in but iI believe is highly appropriate.}
I've been around this block enough times (meaning..) (and wish more others also had) to say, this same "not-for-profit/for-profit" –– "Whoops! It WAS here, now where is it (registered legally)?" seems to be a normal part of the business plan also. Another way to describe it (Disclaimer: NOT legal advice: I'm neither a CPA (yet; thinking about it just to get some Qs answered) or an Attorney (no way!), which makes this personal opinion) is doing a good imitation of basic income tax evasion tactics to one's business plan — while "where'd that money go" when so closely connected to public institutions like family courts, is a question that DEMANDS answers. Hiding it is hardly in the public interest…
NOTE (12/8/2018): I wrote this before looking up the business associated with another "Center for Divorce Education" listed director (P. Leslie Herold of Southern California, "Solutions for Families") and found it had registered one year (not the year it claims to have started but about 7 years later) and quickly dissolved itself — "quickly" meaning, within only two years. In what form "Solutions for Families" now exists (just like 'Family Works, Inc.') and registered as a business or trade name (if it is) in which state, is another unanswered question until I — or a reader, or someone else — looks it up and publicizes it. Images (from California Secretary of State Business Entities Search website) posted below).
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Tagged with "What's with the State of Ohio?" commentary, Access and Visitation grants, Access/Visitation grants, AFCC Monthly E-Newsletter Vol.6 No.6 JUNE 2011 (news | 48th Annual Conf Wrap-up | Upcoming conferences | Member News etc), California Judicial Council AOC site, California Judicial Council AOC/CFCC website (FamiliesChange marketing AFCC authors' books), Center for Divorce Education (Divorce-Education.com as of Dec 2018) EIN#311247232, Center for Divorce Education | Family Works Inc (Jack Arbuthnot-Donald A Gordon - P Leslie Herold et al directors), CFDA 93597, CFDAs explained, Court-ordered business referrals, Cuyahoga County (Ohio) Domestic Relations Court's "Rule 34" (Divorce Educ Seminar), FamiliesChange.ca.gov, Flash-in-the-pan corps & LLCs (taking court-referrals), Mandatory Parent Education, Nonprofit's major expenses = royalties = to unknown place but most likely same CEO's 100% owned for-profit (registration MIA so far as I can see), Peddling Reunification Programs, Project Unity (TX) running ParentingWisely® and taking TANF grants, Rebecca Bailey PhD, Solutions for Families (P Leslie Herold) AFCC awardee 2011, Testimonials for Fellow Boards of Directors (Don A. Gordon for P. Leslie Herold), Transitioning Families
A(nother) RICO Case? Rapid Proliferation, International Expansion of Avirat, Inc.'s OurFamilyWizard® Exposes the Private Enterprise Entrenched in the Family Law Associations, Courts, and their various Nonprofits, starting with the AFCC. Family Court Judges Can Mandate Parents to Subscribe to this Electronic Platform [WRITTEN Jan. 2018; PUBLISHED Nov. 24, 2018].
A(nother) RICO Case? Rapid Proliferation, International Expansion of Avirat, Inc.'s OurFamilyWizard® Exposes New Levels of Existing Private Enterprise Entrenched and Innate to the Family Law: Bar Associations, Courts, Judicial Trainings, and Various Nonprofits, starting with the AFCC [WRITTEN Jan. 14, 2018; PUBLISHED Nov. 24, 2018]. (case-sensitive shortlink ends "-8pp" This is a SHORT post!)
Subtitle: Avirat's Financial Success (2001ff) is built and still relies for promotion upon Family Court Judges Mandating Parents to Subscribe, and Continued Jurisdiction over Domestic Violence, so-called "High-Conflict" Divorce, Custody and Child Support cases.
Avirat, Inc. incorporated only in 2001, but now lists offices in Minnesota and London, while at least another privately controlled corporation by the same name (and at same address) dealing with "Global" registered recently 2016/2017 in Minnesota, per Minnesota's Business Entity Search portal
I'll repeat subtitle and that first paragraph after my update section, next. FYI, not too much post is below the update & lead-in text. I think it makes enough points for now.
Nov. 24, 2018 note: See also my Jan. 2018-restructured home page (just "FamilyCourtMatters.org") (scroll down pretty far) for more images on this conference and paragraphs on OurFamilyWizard® | Between January and now I was busy maintaining housing, several relocations within just a few months, and (finally) fleeing California w| only what fit in my car thanks to a kind offer to couch-surf (briefly!) and obtaining housing in another state and time zone spring/summer/fall 2018. I have now signed a lease and am back onto posting and Tweeting on these matters and reporting as I can and as I see them, on so-called new developments, most of them predictable with the directions the field has been expanding for several decades. Most are simply new labels with a tweak for the same old practices — and agenda.
NOV. 2018 "Update" PARAGRAPHS with TWO IMAGE GALLERIES
This topic is always timely but came up again in context of seeing on Twitter (yet) another disturbing scenario involving "One Mom's Battle" where the [OMB] legal filing existed briefly as a nonprofit but never (under that name) obtained an IRS# that IRS website shows, yet the website is still up hawking wares and, in a rather devious attempt to distract from the term "parental alienation," substitute instead "DV by Proxy" but continue to focus on psychological not legal terms…
Dec. 5, 2018 (after publication), I took some time to sound off, impromptu, on what looks like a deceptive usage here of "DV by proxy," and "buyer beware" even if that means, buying (believing, re-publicizing and echoing) the concept. Do you really know what it represents?
This section (these paragraphs in light-blue background) is a call to exercise common sense and pay attention to details, notice what does and does not fit with declared agenda. In exchange for your sociomedia referrals or re-tweeting/posting (etc.) attention, demand that people behind an entity, or turning their stories into books and hitting the conference/coaching circuits alongside family court-associated professional fields (law, psychology, judges), consistently comply with state codes regulating registration of nonprofit — or for-profit — business entities, and with the IRC , i.e., federal income tax code requirements for corporate or business entity exemption from it. Or say why they couldn't/didn't.
We COULD put a stop to the 'BS' by refusing to disseminate it. That's a personal commitment to just not be used any more! Women in particular should know what I mean…Show more self-respect and self-discipline; do your homework!
Let me say that again, for current or formerly battered mothers — fathers is a different situation because unlike as for mothers, there is still a government website and related programming "Fatherhood.gov" — using the term "DV" doesn't by definition mean those promoting (selling or helping other sell) this new phrasing are empathetically aware that the use of "parental alienation" can distract from domestic violence, i.e., including physical assault & battery behavior by an intimate partner, spouse (live-in or "estranged" after protective order was filed). At first glance, it may seem to by using the two letters "DV" or the two words "domestic violence."
Not everyone talking about "domestic violence" or working in the field (and certainly not all foundations backing organizations) are against domestic violence and for prosecuting it where found instead of pointing fingers and devising new jargon (names) (like "alienators") for those reporting it! If you have been so assaulted, and are now fighting to retain contact with your children, not having engaged in criminal activity yourself or facing a legitimate accusation of having engaged in such criminal activity — not all people talking about DV and campaigning it are your friends!
That also goes for not all people campaigning to reform the family courts are righteously indignant AND transparent to you and the public about their stated agenda. I say, develop accounting literacy, do some basic background checks (where possible, i.e., if it's a nonprofit or claims to be a business entity, there should be a footprint and trail of filings) and compare what's found with the proclamations. Those checks often reveal through basic deductive process (including process of elimination as being forthcoming and honest in general) what an ultimate goal would be. Sometimes it takes time and attention to various "players" and their constant reference to each other (and refusal to reference any evidence or anyone calling attention to said evidence, which counter the basis for the intended "solutions") ….
"Domestic Violence" is a field of practice now; the word "advocates" is commonly used. People have invested their lives in the philosophy of whoever's been hiring them (sometimes low pay, sometimes high pay) to work in the nonprofits — or volunteer, NOT aware of the larger economic picture — at service provision level. This field has been drastically impacted by diversion of prosecution and cases into "family court" and miscellaneous (though organized in conferences still) intervention programming. It is a career path for many – -not, usually if ever, battered women and their children (or men, or sexual and family molestation survivors, etc.). Those who have made it such a career path have seen fit to NOT report openly on in how many ways government already funds the "opposition" (I'm referring to 1996 Welfare Reform and the years leading up to it… USA) also. Essentially, this is a sporting event, gender-based, and with rigged outcomes.
It's time to find out who is backing which sides and for how much — now, and planned in the future. Then compare that to what is in the future for survivors plowing through the family court / child support / retaliation for having sought child support / seeking safety (etc.) gauntlets. How many of these are then going back and making a living in the same field? Is there any way, reasonably, that 50 – 75% of these parents could or should? (No…). But others are, or sure are trying hard (case in point, One Mom's Battle) and not all are playing "by the rules," that is rules applying to corporate registrations and commerce, or where claiming nonprofit status and seeking donations, online — to the IRS and state-level qualifications for doing so.
I have a post comparing this to dog-fighting and cock-fighting. Done in prisons, it's outrageous when discovered. Done on a massive scale by our own federal government, followed through down to state and local, with private entities egging 'em on (and subcontracting, feeding off the conflict and confusion) — it's "business as usual."
IT's NOT! It's an attempt to apply the words "domestic violence" to "parental alienation." This is the next logical step in decriminalizing (i.e, undermining criminal statutes nationwide) and switching the accusing terminology "DV by proxy" to the reporting person. Just read the websites carefully, and "for God's sake!" (and/or your kids' and the public's), get a grasp on how those two words relate to funding streams to both state entities and nonprofits (worldwide, but I'm most familiar with the US system — and that's by way of US Dept of HHS under 1984 FVPSA (Family Violence Prevention and Services Act) which is under "CAPTA" (Child Abuse Prevention AND TREATMENT Act) and by way of US DOJ "Office of Violence Against Women." Both streams seem to incorporate fathers' rights groups and, some, fathers' rights funding too.. JUST BECAUSE IT SAYS "DV" on the label doesn't mean it (or the speaker or organization) is taking a stand against criminal felony or misdemeanor acts and patterns of activity.
The concept is to control, centralize, and standardize responses to domestic violence from the federal level, using the weight of available money (or obtaining more) for agency behavioral change. It's a FIELD — just as "Fatherhood" is also a field. Now, which one is better funded and by how much? I've looked — have you? [[comments between these two lines added Dec 5, 2018//LGH]]
(BACK TO MORE SPECIFICS AS IN THE POST TITLE):
The gallery (six images) just below is from California Secretary of State, Office of Attorney General and (one image) IRS: standard places to look for any California-domiciled entity. The website remains up but the registration is gone — leaving it unclear (so far) who, REALLY, is doing business – legally — under this name, or if not, why the misleading website remains up.
Meanwhile seeing the "Educate Your Judge" and promotion of "OurFamilyWizard®" links at the top of OneMomsBattle.com prompted me to at least finally post this, and continue seeking to warn ALL concerned to do basic due diligence before assuming based on either gender, expressed empathy, or allegedly shared personal family court/custody experiences whose interests are being promoted.
I included the Tweet thread [http://bit.ly/2r0BzX8] which got me again wondering how is it that so many Moms actually ARE seemingly aware of at least the existence {if not the methods or stated agenda} of "Association of Family and Conciliation Courts" and its significance to their children's lives (and their own) — while year after year so many of the professionals working with each other and sometimes (as in Tina Swithin's example here) victorious survivors of family court nightmares manage to barely reference it — while promoting other solutions, jargon and selling stuff under mysterious or barely-registered, and changing entities.
(Dec. 5, 2018 related question)… Why should women aware of AFCC continue promoting the products, services, jargon, and purposes of the family court professionals — and/or survivors associating with them — who are so intent on NOT mentioning AFCC? When it's OUR lives, time, case histories, stories; our time and attention are valuable commodities to these family-court associated professionals and survivor-speaker-author-consulting-coaching survivors. Why give it away indiscriminately? Have more self-respect and awareness of your personal value as members of this demographic (i.e., survivors, mothers, fathers…)..
The image gallery (nine images) just below shows: my recent search of the term "DV by Proxy quickly led to OneMom'sBattle (which had been quoted in a Tweet); my subsequently (heavily) annotated images from the website, and as I recall a link-through or another phrase search result exemplifying that "ALL PR is GOOD PR" allowing Amy J.L. Baker to argue with Leadership Council's Joy Silberg over usage — while both of them (and I'm sure those involved in OMB website and promotions surely must know too) know full well that AFCC exists — but continue to play the "don't name it game." Amy Baker's 2012 article (in the gallery) responds, it says, to a 2009 Leadership Council article (hard to find, but it was at "TheLizLibrary" (LizKates) well-known to many of us over the years in this field. Which brings up despite what an extensive library it is (!) how it, too, barely/RARELY references the organization AFCC as having ANYthing to do with parental alienation promotion, tactics, and antidotes. Then I also take into account that Ms. Kates is also a family lawyer.
At this point, others will have to do the work they haven't been.
WHERE JANUARY 2018 POST STARTED (and remains unchanged below, except I added tags before publishing)
Avirat, Inc. incorporated only in 2001, but now lists offices in Minnesota and London, while at least another privately controlled corporation by the same name (and at same address) dealing with "Global" registered recently 2016/2017 in Minnesota, per its Business Entity Search details.
Here, the subtitle is an important part of the topic. I am summarizing what I had to, literally, bite my tongue from speaking out substantially more about, when discussing the 2017 Boston 54th Annual Association of Family and Conciliation Courts Conference, which on its "sponsors" and "collaborating associations" page listed OurFamilyWizard as the only "Diamond" sponsor — whatever level of donations that represents. (See large, colorful and/or annotated images below)
Meanwhile, and I did blog this recently in the context of "Reunification Camps," a 55th Annual Conference is scheduled for 2018, highlighting some members' involvement with the high-profile Jaycee Dugard Abduction that took place, actually (the recovery of Jaycee and her two daughters from NON-family abduction a full generation — 18 years — before; she was about 11 years old only!!) and "reunification" therapy and camps, some involving horses.
I already posted on this and have been discussing "reunification" situations, but here's a reminder image.
It turns out, that the therapist Rebecca Bailey (from N. California) of "Transitioning Families" (the term trademarked years before, and the LLC finally registered only in 2016 — to be voluntarily dissolved in 2017, AFTER (not before) which the area in which the horses were held was destroyed by wildfires in the area. Northern California was on fire.
Tagged with "Educate Your Judge" (but don't tell how AFCC already is), "Looks more like Gov't-legitimized RICO and Setting the System to Facilitate Moneylaundering than Public Service...", AFCC, AFCC 54th Annual Conference (2017) Boston, AFCC 55th Annual Conference (June 2018) brochure details, AFCC and its Chapters | Chameleon Corporations, AFCC chapters, Avirat Inc (MN + London UK) & its OFW (OurFamilyWizard®) co-parenting app (2001ff), Court-ordered business referrals, Family Justice Centers, Family Law as legalized RICO operation, FCR - Family Court Review (Editor in Chief Barbara A Babb (UMaryland SOL CFCC)|Social Science Editor Robt E Emery (UVA), Gil Garcetti, Jaycee Dugard, Judge Carolyn Tornetta Carluccio (MontgomeryCountyPA) mandating OFW®, Jurisdiction, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, OMB One Mom's Battle Inc (Dissolved CalEntity#3683559 - Tina Swithin, One-Stop Justice Shops, Origins of OFW® | Kissoon | Volker | Bryan Altman, OurFamilyWizard®, Peddling Reunification Programs, Rebecca Bailey PhD, Silva v. Garcetti, Unified Family Courts
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The end of the war could integrate Colombia more fully into Latin America.
There's still a lot to work out—on land, disarmament, refugees, paramilitary power—and many things can go wrong, but it seems Colombia's decades-long civil war is ending. The Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) have announced that they "have successfully reached an agreement for a definitive bilateral ceasefire and end to hostilities." Depending on how you date it, you could say the war has been raging since the early 1960s, 1948, or even as far back as the 1920s. Fighting started well before TV was a household item, when few Colombians owned telephones. Now it's ending with a tweet: "On Thursday, June 23, we will announce the last day of the war," FARC commander Carlos Lozada wrote to his followers on Twitter.
The Nation has covered Colombia well over the many decades of the war. Last October, Winifred Tate and I discussed what was at stake—especially around land, paramilitary power, and internal refugees, of which Colombia has millions—in the peace talks, and what obstacles might sideline them. Here, I discussed a story not reported in the US press, of the at least 54 Colombian children sexually abused by US soldiers and contractors. Six years ago, Teo Ballvé did an excellent report for the magazine on the "dark side of Plan Colombia," on how the billions of dollars authorized for Colombia by Clinton, and continued under Bush and Obama, helped narco-traffickers steal massive amounts of land to plant crops for biofuels. Going back to 1948, the journalist Herbert Matthews, also in these pages, wrote that the assassination of left-liberal leader Jorge Gaitán was a "lighted match dropped into an open gasoline tin." He was right. Days of rioting gave way to decades of civil war, hundreds of thousands of lives lost, millions driven out of their homes, a fire only now hopefully doused.
If you search for Colombia on The Nation's website, you will see how key the country has been in regional politics. Returned stories come back on Cuba, Iran/Contra, Panama, Israel, immigration, drugs, Central America, death squads, Iraq, private security forces, and so on, giving an indication of the key role Colombia, and its war, has played on the larger foreign stage, particularly in the paramilitarization of global politics that took place with the rise of the New Right in the United States. Colombia was to broader Latin America, a good analogy goes, what Israel is to the broader Middle East, a stalking-horse proxy that has allowed Washington to project its power into a critical region. The end of the war promises to change that relation, perhaps integrating Colombia more fully into Latin America, a process that picked up steam with the election of the current president, Juan Manuel Santos.
The peace process has reached a point of no return. Peace is a victory for all of Colombia, but also a victory for Our America. The short history of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States has led to the proclamation of this region as a Zone of Peace.… The achievement of peace in Colombia represents a hope for millions of people on the planet, whose main concern continues to be human survival in a world shake by violence and wars. Peace is not a utopia; it is a legitimate right of every human being and of all peoples. It is a fundamental condition for the enjoyment of all human rights, particularly the supreme right to life.
Quoting José Martí, Castro ended his remarks by insisting that "homeland is humanity" (a good sentiment to keep in mind, considering events on the other side of the Atlantic).


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«Заслужений раціоналізатор Республіки Білорусь» — почесне звання.

Порядок присвоєння

Присвоєння почесних звань Республіки Білорусь здійснює Президент Республіки Білорусь. Рішення щодо присвоєння
державних нагород оформляються указами Президента Республіки Білорусь. Державні нагороди,в тому числі
почесні звання, вручає Президент Республіки Білорусь або інші службовці за його вказівкою. Присвоєння почесних
звань РБ відбувається в урочистій атмосфері. Державна нагорода РБ вручається нагородженому особисто. У випадку
присвоєння почесного звання РБ з вручення державної нагороди видається посвідчення.

Особам, удостоєнних почесних звань РБ, вручають нагрудний знак.

Почесне звання «Заслужений раціоналізатор Республіки Білорусь» присвоюється авторам раціоналізаторських пропозицій,
впровадження яких зробило значний внесок у вдосконалення виробництва, підвищення продуктивності праці, поліпшення
якості продукції, умов праці та техніки безпеки, забезпечення науково-дослідного та навчального процесу,
які ведуть багаторічну раціоналізаторську діяльність.

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 Почесні звання Республіки Білорусь. Офіційний інтернет-портал Президента Республіки Білорусь

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Singer songwriter Bruce Springsteen and fans in October 1979 in Red Bank, New Jersey.
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Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Camden, NJ, 1978
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The chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus on Thursday called for the resignation of the chief federal judge of Montana, following the judge's admission he sent a racially charged email about President Barack Obama that made a reference to a dog.
Rep. Charles Gonzalez (D-Texas) told POLITICO that he "absolutely" believes that Chief U.S. District Judge Richard Cebull should step down from the bench.
Gonzalez, along with the chairs of the Congressional Black Caucus and Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, came together on Thursday to condemn Cebull's email, releasing a joint press release, attacking the judge's behavior.


Wonderful location for many types of business. This metal building has plenty of room inside and out with 4800 square feet of commercial space sitting on 3.76 acres. The land has just under 500 feet of road frontage and lays well offering great visibility and room for expansion if needed. Building is petitioned inside offering 3 separate spaces if varied use is desired or petitions could be removed (please confirm with professional). This property has most recently been used as automotive and upholstery repair but there are many possibilities here. There are 3 overhead doors from 10 feet to 12 feet in height. This property is located along the busy corridor of hwy 11 near I-85, between Lake Hartwell and Lake Keowee.
Listing provided courtesy of Parker Stuart of Era Kennedy Group Seneca.


We all like using premium apps because they are fun and not everyone can use it. There is a reason of course why they do not come for free of cost. So, without just wasting the time, let me tell you that today, we are going to talk about the app which will let you download all the premium apps for free of cost. Yes, be it any premium app, you can download and use it in free of cost if you download Lucky Patcher. Yes, you heard it right, you need to first of all download an app called Lucky Patcher. The app is simply amazing and it will allow you to download as many apps as you want. Apart from this, you can also take the backup of the app you use and customize the apps according to your wish. There are many things you can do through this app is free of cost but for all this, you need first of all to download the app. Once you download this app, you can then simply use any app in free of cost. So let us now read how to download the app first.
How to download Lucky Patcher v7.26.5?
For downloading the app, you need first of all to click on download Lucky Patcher and make sure that you have enabled the unknown sources and has agreed to the terms and conditions. Once you have done this, you simply can install the app easily.


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Rosa: A Novel
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Jonathan Rabb Simon Prebble,
Published by Tantor Media | Language - English | Binding - Audio CD / DVD
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In the last days of the First World War, socialist revolution swept across Germany, sending Kaiser Wilhelm into exile and transforming Berlin into a battleground. But for Detective Inspector Nikolai Hoffner and his young assistant, Hans Fichte, the revolution is a mere inconvenience. Four women from the slums of Berlin have turned up dead, all with identical markings etched into their backs, and Hoffner and Fichte have spent the better part of six weeks trying to crack the bizarre case.Things take a troubling turn when the political police begin to show an interest in Hoffner's investigation. Hoffner has no idea why the Polpo would want to get their hands dirty with a serial murderer, until he is shown the lifeless body of Rosa Luxemburg, the same eerie markings on her back. Rumors abound that Rosa, one of the leaders of the suppressed socialist uprising, was assassinated by an angry mob, but the pattern carved into her back tells a different story.In his remarkable thriller, Jonathan Rabb paints a vivid, unforgettable picture of a city and a people poised between the chaos of the First World War and the darkness to come, a time when political thugs, petty thieves, and charismatic leaders rushed to fill the void left behind. Into this gap steps Hoffner, who, while battling his own personal demons, is still determined to find out who is preying on the women of Berlin, even as he gets drawn deeper into the mystery surrounding Rosa's death. Hoffner's search for the killer leads him on a dark and twisted journey through the battle-scarred streets of the city, where he soon discovers that nothing is as it appears. And while he finds allies in unexpected places, he is met at every turn by men who will stop at nothing to keep him from finding out the truth about Rosa.A genuine mystery at the time, Rosa's fate has continued to prompt speculation to this day. Rabb's taut political thriller imagines one strikingly real possibility. With his first two novels, The Overseer and The Book of Q, Rabb proved that he had a talent not only for writing suspenseful narratives but for illuminating the darkest corners of history as well. With Rosa, his finest work, he brings to life a world capital on the brink of chaos, a tragic revolutionary who both inspired and enraged, and a compellingly complex, world-weary, deeply flawed but brilliant inspector named Nikolai Hoffner.
In this remarkable thriller, Rabb presents a strikingly real solution to an actual unsolved historical mystery, all the while painting a vivid, unforgettable picture of a dark city in chaos at a time of great political uncertainty.
Book: Rosa: A Novel
Author: Jonathan Rabb, Simon Prebble,
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Publishing Date: 2009-06-01
Publisher: Tantor Media
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Flex LNG - Market & Company Update at BYNN
FLEX LNG
Please find attached the presentation held by CEO Øystein Kalleklev at BYNN which will be released today 07:00 CET on YouTube. The presentation is followed by an Q&A session hosted by Christopher Vonheim. The webcast of the presentation and Q&A session can be found here: https://youtu.be/J_-uCD0tzGA
The presentation is also available on www.flexlng.com
Company update:
We are pleased to confirm that the $160m financing for Flex Volunteer announced in connection with the Q3 report was finalized as planned on December 16, 2021. The net cash released to Flex LNG from this transaction was $38m.
Additionally, the one year extension option under the Time Charter ("TC") contract for Flex Rainbow has been declared and the TC now matures in Q1-2023.
Knut Traaholt
Flex LNG Management AS
Email: IR@flexlng.com
About FLEX LNG
Flex LNG is a shipping company focused on the growing market for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). Our fleet consists of thirteen LNG carriers on the water and all of our vessels are state-of-the-art ships with the latest generation two-stroke propulsion (MEGI and X-DF). These modern ships offer significant improvements in fuel efficiency and thus also carbon footprint compared to the older steam and four-stroke propelled ships. During 2021, we have built up a significant contract backlog while maintaining market exposure to capture the opportunities in the growing LNG shipping market. Flex LNG is listed both on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Oslo Stock Exchange (OSE) under the ticker "FLNG". For more information, go to: www.flexlng.com
This information is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.
Flex LNG - Market and Company Update - BYNN Dec 17 2021
Morrisons cuts sick pay for unvaccinated staff
Unvaccinated Morrisons workers who are forced to isolate but test negative will now receive statutory sick pay.
Pearson lifts profit outlook on strong sales
Shares in the company were up about 6% on Wednesday morning.
Little ingenuity needed to spot the weakness of THG
The value of the e-commerce firm's 'end-to-end technology solutions' doesn't seem clear – no wonder investors went cold
Europe misspent business energy savings funds, auditors say
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -More than 2 billion euros of European Union funding to help businesses save energy contributed little to climate change targets and in some cases funded investments that would have happened anyway, auditors said on Monday. The EU regards curbing energy use as essential to meeting goals to cut greenhouse gas emissions, and record high gas and power prices in recent months have increased the focus on measures to save energy. But so far, EU funding to support energy savings for businesses has not been effective, the European Court of Auditors said in a report.
Spanish court dismisses Thermomix patenting case against Lidl
A Spanish appeals court has dismissed an intellectual property theft case brought by Vorwerk Electrowerk against German low-cost retailer Lidl for selling an appliance too similar to its popular kitchen gadget Thermomix that chops and cooks food. Lidl used to sell its Monsieur Cuisine Connect appliance in Spain for a fraction of the 1,299 euros ($1,473) an original Thermomix can cost. A lower court last January ordered Lidl to withdraw its product, pay damages and legal expenses to the German appliance maker, but a panel of three appeals judges in Barcelona overturned that ruling, according to a court document made public on Wednesday.


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Malaria increases reported in Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela in 2016
Headlines, Latin America and the Caribbean
While malaria incidence has dropped in countries in the Caribbean and Central and South America since the turn of the century, UN health officials are reporting an increase in malaria transmission in certain areas of this region in 2016, including an increase in the most serious strain of the mosquito borne parasite, Plasmodium falciparum.
According to a new Pan American Health Organization Epidemiological Alert this week, in 2015, a total of 451,242 malaria cases were reported in the Region of the Americas, representing a 62% decrease in comparison with cases reported in 2000, but representing a 16% increase compared to the cases reported in 2014, the year with the lowest number of malaria cases in the last four decades.
In 2015, eight of the 21 endemic countries (the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Peru) reported an increase in cases compared to the previous year.
In 2016, the increasing trend of malaria cases continued in some countries. Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela reported an increase in malaria cases and an increase in the proportion of cases of Plasmodium falciparum in comparison to those caused by Plasmodium vivax.
In Colombia in 2016, a total of 83,356 malaria cases were reported, of which 57% (47,497) were P. falciparum, 39.7% (33,055) were P. vivax, and 3.3% (2,804) were mixed infections.
In contrast, in 2013, two-thirds of the malaria cases in Colombia were P. vivax and the total cases is the highest since 2010.
In Ecuador, 926 cases of malaria were reported, of which 69% (639) were P. vivax and 31% (287) were P. falciparum in 2016, an increase over 2014 and 2015. Similarly, there was an increase in the number of reported cases of malaria due to P. falciparum compared to that reported in 2015.
As indicated by the Ministry of Public Health, the increase in cases in Ecuador in 2016 could be explained by the increase in migratory activity between communities in border areas.
In Venezuela, an increase in malaria cases has been observed since 2010 and, by 2016, there were 240,613 cases, representing a 76% increase over the same period of the previous year (136,402 cases).
In addition, Honduras and Peru reported an increase in the proportion of P. falciparum malaria cases, in relation to those caused by Plasmodium vivax, in the country's main transmission areas.
Minas Gerais yellow fever case count tops 200
Belize recognized for achievements in vaccination and malaria
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Michigan Democratic primary poll fail.
Hillary Clinton speaks to voters in South Carolina a day after her debate with rival candidate Bernie Sanders on February 12, 2016 in Denmark, South Carolina.
Everyone has a theory of why polls are sometimes incorrect, from poor methodologies to unlucky, unrepresentative samplings. But then there are the polls where one simple explanation is probably not enough. Case in point: a survey done by Mitchell Research & Communications of Michigan Democratic primary voters a mere two days before Tuesday night's primary. What did it find? Well, according to the poll Hillary Clinton led Bernie Sanders by the oh-so-narrow margin of…37 percent. That's right, Clinton bested Sanders in the poll 66 percent to 29 percent, which is not far from the margin by which Bashar al-Assad wins elections.
Well, the results from Michigan came in tonight and the race was closer than expected. Clinton didn't win by 37 percent; indeed, she only won by…-2 percent. That's a 39 percent point swing, and a victory for Bernie Sanders. It's of course possible some fluke event occurred between the poll's release and the election. Perhaps, as has been speculated, Democratic voters, sensing a foregone conclusion, voted in the Republican race, thanks to Michigan's open primary. Perhaps Sanders's debate performance Sunday night was more popular with voters than commentators. Or perhaps the sample was just screwy. Whatever the reason, this has to go down as one of the least accurate polls taken within 48 hours of a statewide election.


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Thunder Bay may soon see an Influx of up to 200 Refugees.
By Leah Ching, Staff Writer
Justin Trudeau is following up on election promises to resettle 25,000 displaced Syrian refugees by this year's end, an ambitious and conversational strategy that has captivated media interest and public discourse. The Liberal's plan is increasingly surrounded in conversation and controversy since the deadly November 13th Paris attacks. For the second time this year, Paris endured large scale acts of terror perpetrated by Islamic extremists that has put governments on high alert and raised public fear about the threat of terror.
Responsibility for the November 13th attacks, ending the lives of 129 civilians, has been claimed by the terrorist group ISIL, largely responsible for the displacement of countless numbers of Syrian citizens from their homeland. According to a CBC study, conducted by independent data scientist group Vox Pop Labs, "The level of sympathy Canadians expressed for Syrian refugees remained relatively consistent before and after the Paris attacks, but anxiety about admitting said refugees into Canada rose considerably."
On the results of this survey, one second year political science student Chris commented, "I personally think [Mr. Trudeau]'s plan is ambitious and a step in the right direction. It's great that he's holding up his promises. I also think the public is plagued by mass hysteria right now. There's a lot of conspiracy circulating in the media, and the intellectual climate surrounding the issue needs to do a lot more work to combat xenophobic media responses and public misconceptions surrounding the connection between ISIL and Syria."
Despite growing tensions surrounding the issue, Justin Trudeau's liberal cabinet continues to move forward with the plan, with Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister John McCallum said to the public that him and the rest of the cabinet has had a "very good discussion," surrounding the issue, without providing any specific details of the liberal plan.
Questions include how the liberals plan to get the refugees to Canada, what specific screening measures will be taken, and how housing will be provided upon arrival. McCallum promises more details in the near future, emphasizing that the Canadian Armed Forces are expected to play a crucial role of in the process.
Of the 4.2 million people registered as refugees, the UN High Commission for Refugees selects people to be resettled based on a variety of criteria including, being in immediate danger, having survived violence and torture, or women, adolescents, and children at risk of danger. The focus is on choosing refugees from Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey, who will then undergo a three-part screening process with the help of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees.
Minister of Democratic Institutions Maryam Monsef, who is a refugee herself, is helping to put together the plan alongside her fellow cabinet members. McCallum said "We talked about the fact that 20 years from now we may have one of the Syrian refugees sitting around the cabinet table. That speaks to the kind of vision we have in this plan."
Alongside Trudeau's refugee resettlement plan, he has promised to withdraw Canada's fighter jets from the U.S. led coalition currently bombing militants in Syria and Iraq. But, after a meeting with U.S. Prime Minister Barrack Obama at the APEC Summit this week, Trudeau has also said that he plans to send a larger number of Canadian Special Forces on the ground to train local fighters.
Thunder Bay is to play its own part in the federal government's plan, with CBC reporting that as many as 100 Syrian refugees could be arriving in Canada within two weeks. Mayor Keith Hobbes spoke with Min. John McCallum over the weekend about hosting up to 20 families. Responses are mixed, with Councilor Rebecca Johnson supporting the role, and stating that refusal would tarnish the city's image. Councilor Linda Rydholm has expressed concerns that the federal government would not pay the cost of sponsoring these refugees.
Second year Political Science student Rebecca stated to the Argus that, "Given the urgency of the situation, I admire the government's commitment to bringing refugees to Canada in a timely manner. This effort will put Canada back on the map for peacekeeping on a global scale. But with all the negative stigmas surrounding the situation, a cluster truck of 25,000 refugees in less than six weeks without any detailed information on how this plan is to be carried out is a scary prospect for lots of people that are constantly bombarded by the fear of terror."
MP for Thunder Bay-Superior North Patty Hajdu spoke to this public fear on her Facebok page by saying "We most definitely can balance security and compassion. We have done it before and it is what defines us as a country."
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PSA: For New eBay Accounts, Remember to Enroll in eBay Bucks!
If you've been following me on Twitter for the past month, I've tweeted several times when there has been a new bonus eBay Bucks offer. My personal eBay account has luckily been targeted for almost every bonus eBay Bucks since sometime last year and I figured it was time for my wife to open her own eBay account so I can begin doubling up on reselling deals, especially during these bonus bucks offer.
I opened her account towards the end of 2015 and made a few purchases before the end of the year to earn some Q4 eBay Bucks…or so I thought. While my wife had not been targeted for any eBay Bucks offer, she should still have been earning the base eBay Bucks on most transactions which is 2%. However, I completely forgot one very important step – you actually need to enroll in eBay Bucks!
This might strike some of you as obvious but it wasn't for me as I (stupidly) assumed all new eBay accounts would be automatically enrolled in eBay Bucks. It never clicked for me that when I purchasing gift cards or other items under her account, it never showed any eBay Bucks earnings when I was checking out – I just assumed I'd receive them when the quarter ended and that eBay was just not showing it on the checkout screen for whatever reason. This also explained why my wife had no luck getting targeted for any bonus offers – you kinda need to be enrolled first to be elgibile for bonus offers. Doh!
So for any new eBay users or anyone setting up a new account for a friend/family member, please go to this link after opening the eBay account and signup for eBay Bucks. And once you are signed up, consult this handy reference from Doctor of Credit and be sure to read the comments as well on how to get targeted for bonus eBay Bucks offers which seem to be occurring on a weekly basis recently.
Yesterday seemingly every blogger except yours truly posted about Hyatt Points & Cash awards being available online along with other features such as the ability to upgrade to club rooms using points online. That's lovely and all (and actually quite useful for many people) but if you took the time to read through all 5,683 posts on this yesterday you could quickly figure out the good bloggers from the bad. How could you determine that? All by looking at their affiliate links or lack thereof in these posts.
Personally, I don't believe any credit card links needed to be included in a post about Points & Cash award being available online but let's say I'm wrong and you had to have one or two links because some bloggers are allergic to posts without credit card links (cough MileValue). One would think that breaking news involving Hyatt maybe warrants the inclusion of I don't know the HYATT CREDIT CARD?!?! You know the one that offers 2 free nights at any Hyatt, a $50 statement credit and 5,000 points for adding an authorized user? That's a pretty solid offer right there that you never hear about from all these "expert" bloggers.
Instead my eyes were repeatedly slammed with Sapphire & Ink links in most of these posts. Yes, I understand that Chase Ultimate Rewards points transfer to Hyatt and you are presenting your readers with an option to earn Hyatt points via those cards. Fine I don't love the way you're doing it but I get it. But please explain why it is so difficult to add in a link to the Hyatt card as well? Oh wait you didn't include it because it doesn't pay you anything? Ah that makes more sense but for the sake of your readers you couldn't just included it in your post along with your Sapphire and Ink links? Is it too much to gamble that a reader might choose to apply for a card that *gasps* don't make you any money? I mean look I just included a link to it here – that wasn't hard, it doesn't pay me a dime and look I survived!
I've said this before and I'll say it again – before you go trusting all these bloggers and signing up for cards left or right from their links think about how they handle themselves on topics like this. Did they at least mention the Hyatt card in their post ? Or did they say screw the logical insertion of the arguably the most applicable credit card for the post (if one was even warranted) and instead just took it as another opportunity to blast their Chase Sapphire Preferred or Chase Ink links? It's almost like they care more about padding their wallets than helping their readers….
And don't get me started on bloggers finally getting their links for the Citi AA 50k offers and claiming the offer just returned. Newsflash the 50k offer never went away if you knew where to look!
…unless you want to pay $570 PER PERSON for a buffet dinner.
I have an upcoming stay at the Park Hyatt Maldives in October so I have been following the Flyertalk thread on the property pretty religiously. Yesterday I noticed that someone who is booked over New Year's was informed of a mandatory dinner that night which ran an astounding $570 per person. Don't believe it? Here it is listed here on the hotel's website.
I'll concede that the food sounds great but for a couple you are looking at $1,140!! for a buffet dinner. And since the hotel is its own island, there is literally no other food options available that night. The best part is that this doesn't even include an open bar! Notice no mention of spirits or other liquor included.
For Christmas, however they give customers a little bit of a break at only $320 per person for dinner! And this dinner doesn't even include beer or wine.
Look, I understand many hotels around the world have a mandatory or some sort of set dinner on holidays and they are generally overpriced. And I know food costs in the Maldives are expensive. But in this specific case, these prices are criminal. Seriously I can't even comprehend the mere thought of a buffet that costs over $1,100 for two of us. I just can't wrap my head around it. Imagine if you booked this hotel for the week covering both Christmas and New Year's eve? I actually feel bad for you.
Gary over at View From the Wing just posted about his top 10 pet peeves about hotels. I don't know how mandatory holiday dinners didn't make the list especially when they are this egregious.
If you travel enough (and if you are reading this blog or any points/miles blog you probably do), inevitable there will be times where the service at a hotel wasn't satisfactory, or there was an issue on your flight. In most cases, you should bring the problem to attention of the manager or person in charge in hopes they could accommodate you or at least provide a satisfactory solution to your problem. Ideally, at this point, the issue would be resolved but say it can't be fixed or the solution didn't work out as you hoped? My advice is to document everything and followup with customer service after your flight or hotel stay and you might be presently surprised to receive miles or points for your trouble.
Before I detail my situation, I recognize handing the situation after the fact only serves as a method to complain and can't really fix the problem, since that problem is now in the past. However, if my problem wasn't fixed to my satisfaction, I feel it is totally justifiable to raise an issue afterwards in hopes of getting compensation for your troubles. Sometimes that compensation will be actual dollars while other times it will be in the form of points or miles – it really depends on the situation.
My most recent travel issue a few months ago involved a red-eye Delta flight from Phoenix to JFK on a Sunday night after the #WestCoastDo. Being that this was a red-eye flight and I planned on going straight to work afterwards, I was really hoping to get 3-4 hours of sleep on this flight. The flight takes off as schedules and once we are allowed to recline our seats, I attempt to do so to maximize any chance of getting sleep. However, my seat was "stuck" and would not recline even a little bit.
My first course of action was to immediately call over a flight attendant and let them know about the problem. Truthfully, she didn't seem to care that much but noted she would write a note to maintenance letting them know the seat was not working properly. I then asked if there were any open seats on the plane I could switch to and of course, the flight was completely full. That mean I was stuck for the remaining four hours in an upright seat on a short, red-eye flight in which I really needed to sleep. Not ideal at all.
After the flight, I contacted Delta via email to explain my issues. I described the situation, what was done to fix it and most importantly, I asked for compensation for my troubles. I didn't list out a specific amount but it was important to make it clear that since Delta didn't provide their standard level of service due to a malfunctioning part on their plane which was their fault, I should be compensated for the hassle.
I ended up with 3,700 SkyMiles for my trouble. I'm not sure how they determined that amount but I was happy with the resolution and considered the issue closed.
If I didn't complain about my issue with Delta, they would have not known about the seat malfunction and more customers down the line would been upset once they sat in that seat. Furthermore, while it didn't solve the issue, I wouldn't have received 3,700 Delta miles if I didn't complain, which is worth about $37. Does that make up for a crappy flight experience? No, but it does make me feel better that Delta agrees there was an issue and wants to make me happy as a customer.
I've had similar experiences with JetBlue (when one of the bathrooms didn't work on a flight) and on another Delta flight (where my TV didn't work) and I got miles or a $50 credit in those cases. Have you ever got miles or money back for a bad flight or hotel stay?
Note: This is a scheduled post and I will be unable to answer comments or emails after undergoing laser vision correction eye surgery yesterday. I will respond once I am able to work on a computer again.
Good To Know: Your Flight is Cancelled – What Do You Do? Here is My Experience.
As I alluded to in this post on the advantage of schedule changes, I used the schedule change to obtain a better flight to Anchorage but low and behold, I did not get to take advantage of that flight as it was cancelled. Thankfully I found out the night before from United that my connecting flight from LaGuardia to Chicago was cancelled. Here are some of the steps I took and some tips to remember the next time you have a cancellation.
1) Always give the airline your cell number and permission to text you with flight updates (at time of making reservation)- I was on the train home from work when I got a text from United that my flight the next morning was cancelled. Interestingly, I was not notified by email so without this text I likely would have missed or at the very least, found out hours later that my flight was cancelled. The earlier you know, the more options you will have to fix the situation.
2) Start researching other flight options – The first thing I do is look to see if the same airline I am suppose to be flying has any more flights that day to my destination. I start with the same airline as it is generally easier to get rebooked on their own flights. That said, airlines will book you on other airlines if they cannot accommodate you on their own flights. This is especially true if you tell the airline you need to be at your destination by a certain time for a family event, cruise, imporant meeting etc.
So after noting the possible flight options from your original airline, use Kayak or similar sites to get an idea what other airlines are flying to your destination and note the times. Make a list of the best three options or so and be prepared to push the agent to get rebooked on another airline.
3) Try to rebook online AND call the airline to rebook at the same time – This applies if you are not at the airport, but simultaneously trying to rebook online while waiting on hold for an airline agent, can save you a lot of time, especially if you did the legwork to find possible flights above. In my case, United allows you to rebook a cancelled or delayed flight at www.united.com/rebook but this was not a perfect soultion. It was showing departures leaving NY that connected only through Chicago (my original routing) to get to Anchorage. Meanwhile, while doing my legwork above, I knew there was a later option routing through San Francisco that the system was not showing me.
So while I was online looking at my possible options, I called United and waited on hold. While on hold with United, I noticed the later Chicago to Anchorage flight at 5:40pm had only 2 first class seats left (remember I booked a first class award to Alaska so I only wanted first class seats which made this tougher). However the only possible NY to Chicago option the online system showed me involved a 5 hour layover and had economy seats. That said, I chose that option online to secure the last two first class seats from Chicago to Anchorage. This proved to be vital as you will see below in step 4.
4) H.U.C.A. – Remember this post about Hang Up, Call Again? Well, it worked out for me this time as the next agent instantly understood what I was trying to do. He checked availability for all first class options to Anchorage (including options from Denver and San Francisco) and told me they were all sold out. The 2 first class seats I secured for myself online earlier were the only first class seats left to Anchorage so I knew I had to connect through Chicago.
I knew there are several flights daily from the NY region that would get me into Chicago in time to make my flight but in my research while on hold, I saw there was now no first class from NY to Chicago at all. Since I really wanted first class for the much longer flight of the two (Chicago to Anchorage clocks in at over 6 hours in the air), I had no choice but to accept economy seats for the short NY to Chicago flight. I asked the agent to put us on the EWR-ORD flight that would give us a two hour layover in Chicago and to assign exit rows seats since we had booked first class tickets but first class was not available. He did this without any problem and I confirmed our brand new itinerary was newly ticketed.
It turns out the exit room was plenty spacious for a two hour flight so in the end, we didn't miss out too much. I hope I illustrated how important it is to act right away once you get notified of a cancellation. Remember everyone else on that plane and potentially thousands of others from other flights that may have also been cancelled, are competing with you for a limited number of seats.
In my case, I got the last two first class seats to Anchorage, otherwise I would have been forced to sit in economy the whole way, which obviously wasn't ideal since I highlighted here why first class to Alaska (for me) is worth it. Lastly, if the first agent says no to a reasonable rebooking request or doesn't sound knowledge, don't waste any more time with them and hang up, call again.
Stay tuned for a future post about what to do if a flight is cancelled or severely delayed and you are already stuck at the airport. Here's hoping your next flight isn't cancelled!


NEW YORK - Actor Russell Johnson, who became known to generations of TV fans as "The Professor," the fix-it man who kept his fellow "Gilligan's Island" castaways supplied with gadgets, has died. He was 89.
"Parents are happy to have their children watch it," he said. "No one gets hurt. No murders. No car crashes. Just good, plain, silly fun - that's the charm."
Before "Gilligan's Island," Johnson had appeared in dozens of films and television shows. His TV credits included "77 Sunset Strip," "Gunsmoke," "Rawhide," "Wagon Train," "The Lone Ranger," "The Twilight Zone," "Ben Casey," "Hawaiian Eye" and "Death Valley Days."
He also appeared in more than two dozen feature films, including "MacArthur," "The Greatest Story Ever Told" and cult science fiction favorites such as "It Came From Outer Space." In the 1953 Western "Law and Order," he took part in a gunfight with the film's star, Ronald Reagan.
Although he didn't work as often after "Gilligan's Island," Johnson remained active into the late 1990s, appearing on such shows as "My Two Dads," "Dynasty" and "Newhart."
EDITOR'S NOTE - Former AP writer Bob Thomas contributed to this story.


Part two of our annual fundraising is coming up on January 10. On this day, between 9:30 and 2:00 we will be collecting cans throughout our school neighbourhood, as well as other areas of Sardis. This single day of work has been very productive for us in the past.
In order to do this we do need some volunteers. First, we need people with trucks. If you have a truck and can donate some time, even if it is just in the morning or just in the afternoon please send me (Mr. Falk) an email. We also need parents and students to help with the sorting of cans. If you can do this, please send me an email as well. Last year we had between 8-10 people sorting in front of the school and it was at times hard to keep up with the amount of cans coming in. At 3:00 PM we need to be finished sorting and a truck from Regional Recycling will come by and pick up all of our recyclables. The will then write us a cheque on the spot.
Today, students put out flyers in all of the neighbourhoods around VMS during P.E. We are also asking students living in areas we didn't flyer, on the Sardis side of town, to hand out 20 personal flyers in their areas. We need to know which streets they put these on so please make sure they keep track and tell me on Friday. We do not want to put out more flyers than that because we want to make sure we have time to do all of our collecting. If you are not a family on the Sardis part of Chilliwack, please feel free to volunteer or just drop off your own recyclables on that day.
Thanks parents. The business of Outdoor Ed will be picking up again in 2015, with at least one trip nearly every single week. The big trip to the Bowron Lakes will be getting booked on January 2, the first day the registration system opens. Look at the calendar to see all of our upcoming events. If you know already that your son or daughter cannot make the Bowron trip, please let us know.


 ToposPro » Search for hydroquinone polymorphs.
Home / FAQ / Search for hydroquinone polymorphs.
1. Open the window of the program IsoCryst again and draw a hydroquinone molecule. Select it.
2. Perform Select/Save Selection command and choose the file type Graph files (*.gph). Type the name hydroquinone and save the data. IMPORTANT! By default the *.gph files are stored in the GPH directory that can be assigned in System/TOPOS Parameters window (see also Appendix 9).
3. Close the IsoCryst window.
4. Choose Filters/Topology/Subgraph, press Load button and load hydroquinone.gph file.
Press View button to look at the molecule. Close the IsoCryst window.
5. Press Ok button. Four hydroquinone polymorphs out of 11 C6H6O2 compounds will be found.
6. Go to the second polymorphs in the list, open an IsoCryst window and perform Select/Load Tint File command. Choose Graph files (*.gph) and load hydroquinone.gph file. A Tint file data window will be open. There are three independent hydroquinone molecules in the structure. Perform Growth command in the IsoCryst window until all three records become bold.
Select all the three records (using Ctrl+Click or Shift+Click), set Options: Hide all atoms and click on Apply button.
The three molecules will be selected (in yellow) in the IsoCryst window.
Close Tint file data and IsoCryst windows.
Notes: Options: Hide none – in the figure all molecules will be kept and 3 among them will be selected by yellow. Options: Hide all atoms – in the IsoCryst window only 3 molecules will be presented, to be selected by yellow.
7. Select all four records in the database window and copy them into a new database Quinol.
Exercise: search for an arbitrary fragment in your own structures.


Stewards of the Gift is a mini unit for use in Ontario Catholic Civics courses for Grade 10. It was developed by the Institute for Catholic Education by Angelo Bolotta and Marc Kierstead. this curriculum is found on the ICE website along with supplementary resources for this program.


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Q: Error with scan of nil float value using Go and database/sql I'm writing a program that needs to determine opening values for a table prior to doing some Inserts and Updates for that table. The table in question (PostgreSql in this case) could have zero rows initially. When I select the opening values, if there are zero rows, the total for the value of balances is being returned as nil. This causes the scan to fail with message :
Error on scan of test01 opening Row Count. Error = sql: Scan error on column
index 1: converting string "<nil>" to a float64: strconv.ParseFloat:
parsing "<nil>": invalid syntax

While I can "solve" the problem by doing two selects, one to select the COUNT(*) and the other to SUM() the balances if the row-count exceeds zero, it does not seem an elegant solution, and may not always solve the problem, and the two values selected (number of rows and total of balances) are not at the same point in time.
Is there a way to solve this problem doing one select of the table?
A small test program illustrating the problem is below. When there are rows in the table being selected, the program works fine. However if there are zero rows, the above error results.
Example Test Program:
package main

import (
    "database/sql"
    "fmt"
    _ "github.com/lib/pq"
)

var db *sql.DB

func main() {
    var err error

    db, err = sql.Open("postgres",
              "user=test dbname=testdb password=test sslmode=disable")
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Sprintf("Failed to open Db Connection. Error = %s\n", err)
        return
    }

    defer fCloseDb()

    var row *sql.Row
    var sSql string = "SELECT COUNT(*), SUM(dbalance) FROM test01"
    if row = db.QueryRow(sSql); row == nil {
        println("No row returned selecting opening count(*) from test01")
        return
    }

    var iRowCount int64 = 0
    var fBalTot float64 = 0.00

    if err = row.Scan(&iRowCount, &fBalTot); err != nil {
        fmt.Printf("Error on scan of test01 opening Row Count. Error = %s\n", err)
        return
    }

    fmt.Printf("Row Count = %d, Balance total value = %.2f\n", iRowCount, fBalTot)
}

func fCloseDb() {
    if db != nil {
        db.Close()
        println("Db Closed")
    }
}

The structure of the table is as follows :
sSql = "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS test01 " +
       "(ikey SERIAL Primary Key, " +
       "sname varchar(22) not null, " +
       "dbalance decimal(12,2) not null)"

A: Many thanks, that worked :
"SELECT COUNT(*), coalesce(SUM(dbalance), 0.00) FROM test01"

I believe that coalesce returns the first non-null value.

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Priyanka Chopra is all praise for Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas' tattoos in late dog's memory
Home Bollywood News Priyanka Chopra is all praise for Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas' tattoos in late dog's memory
Garima Dason July 30, 2019
Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas lost their pet dog Waldo Picasso in a tragic car accident last Wednesday (July 24). As per TMZ, Waldo got "spooked by a pedestrian, broke free, ran into the street and was struck by a vehicle." In the memory of their dear Waldo, Sophie and Joe got inked with Waldo's face with his eyes and his tongue sticking out. Taking to their Instagram handle, Joe and Sophie showed their tattoos.
Joe shared the picture with the caption, "R.I.P. my little angel". Sophie shared her tattoo on her Insta story and wrote, "I miss you, Waldo. Rest In Peace my little Baby. " To their posts, Priyanka Chopra commented by posting a heart emoji.
Before looking at Priyanka's comment, have a look at Sophie and Joe's posts.
R.I.P. my little angel.
A post shared by J O E J O N A S (@joejonas) on Jul 29, 2019 at 2:28pm PDT
Not only Priyanka, Nick Jonas too commented with a folded hands emoji. Mama Jonas commented, "Sweet angel." Here are the comments below.
Sophie and Joe adopted Waldo in April 2018. They have another dog Porky, Waldo's brother. Earlier, while speaking to Today, Joe said that he had adopted two Alaskan Klee Kai dogs. He said, "We got Porky and it was kind of a mistake because the name came from her wanting a Pomsky. And I misheard what she said, so I thought she was saying that's the name of the dog she wanted."
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DraftKings Late Swaps Restored For 2018-2019 NBA Season
The Wire — 10/2/2018 at 20:39 by Craig Klinski
DraftKingsLate swapNBA
The debate about late swap is a hot button topic, especially when it comes to NBA contests. DraftKings has addressed evolving player sentiment on late swaps by announcing that late swaps will be returning to the daily fantasy sports site for the 2017-2018 season.
DraftKings noted that in recent player surveys, the return of late swap to the NBA was the most popular feature request with 75% saying the would either be "somewhat interested" or "very interested" in the enhancement.
The DraftKings NBA late swap feature will be applicable to Classic and Tier contests with DraftKings noting late swaps are "not necessary" for Showdown Captain Mode contests. Despite the fact that DraftKings is instituting late swaps in a big way for this NBA season, the brand says it will continue to monitor player feedback.
While many players seem to favor the developments, the debate continues to rage on about what is best for the contests. For those not happy with the current DraftKings policy, late swaps are still available for NBA contests on FanDuel.
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Open an account with DraftKings today and claim your Deposit Bonus. T&Cs apply.
What are late swaps?
In daily fantasy sports, lineups either completely lock at the start of the first game of the slate or after a player's specific game has started.
Late swaps in DFS allow a user to switch a player in their lineup after the first games have started, but only for a player's game that has not yet begun. DFS users may choose to swap a player because of late injury announcement or adjust strategy in the middle of the contest. One common example may be if a user is behind in a contest, they may want to take a more aggressive approach.
The argument for and against late swaps
Perhaps more than any other sport, late swaps in NBA contests are a significant topic of discussion. This is due to the frequency news and developments in the final hours prior to an NBA game.
Both sides have strong reasons for their positions on late swaps.
The most common reason players are in favor of late swaps — and vocal of their frustrations — is having a player in their lineup sit out, something that can easily make or break whether you win or lose a contest. Seasoned users have noted that drafting players from later games can in many ways be considered a crap shoot three hours from the game. Of course, all users participating in the contests are playing under the same rules.
Those against late swaps decry that users need to pay attention throughout the entire slate, something that favors more engaged and dedicated players, giving the recreational type of player a distinct disadvantage, especially for those who don't use late swaps for non-injury news. The argument is a compelling one and is described well in the video below.
The counterargument to anti-late swap position is that there is no skill in monitoring news and that all users have the capability to switch players in and out of their lineups. But will the recreational player actually want to put in the time that is necessary?
DraftKings will continue to monitor the debate
Regardless, whether or not you or agree with that position, some DFS players may not be able to relate to that position and could choose to just not play. And we can all agree that fewer recreational players is a bad thing for daily fantasy sports.
Fortunately, DraftKings appears to be sensitive to player perceptions of late swap, and if it working or doesn't continue to be preferred, we could again see a reversal of late swap. But until that time, be ready for late swap this NBA season and adjust accordingly.


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Pewaukee Schools in the News
Pewaukee School District Named To Ninth Annual AP Honor Roll (MJS 12/21/2018)
Pewaukee School District Voters Approve Referendum (MJS 11/7/18)
Asa Clark Middle School Girl Scouts Prepare Care Package For PHS Alum Serving Overseas (MJS 11/2/18)
Pewaukee School District Tax Levy To Decrease (MJS 10/25/18)
Pewaukee School District ACP Efforts Featured In Accelerate Magazine (Accelerated 10/18)
Five Things To Know About Pewaukee's Proposed Referendum (MJS 10/9/18)
Pewaukee High School Names Burkemper Varsity Basketball Coach (MJS 10/4/18)
Pewaukee Board of Education Chooses Dankert For Open Seat (LCN 8/31/18)
Basile Steps Down As Varsity Boys Basketball Coach at Pewaukee High School (MJS 8/30/18)
Pewaukee School District One Of Ten Districts Featured In Referendum Article (MJS 8/12/18)
Pewaukee School District Names Next Athletics And Activities Director at Pewaukee High School (MJS 4/23/2018)
Pewaukee School District Names Brian Sniff Next Principal Of Pewaukee High School (MJS 3/13/2018)
Insight Program Helps Pewaukee High School Students Get Head Start On Careers (CBS58 3/5/18)
Lt. Governor Kleefisch Visits Insight Program, Calls It "...A best Practice For Wisconsin." (MJS 1/12/2018)
Pewaukee High School Principal Van Hulle To Take Role In District Office (MJS 12/13/2017)
Pewaukee School District Engages Community In Long-Term Facilities Planning (MJS 12/7/2017)
Homecoming Queen Briann Simmons featured on TMJ4 (TMJ4 10/20/2017)
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New Superintendent of Pewaukee Schools Aims For Everyone To Be Part Of The Process (MJS 8/24/2017)
Pewaukee School District Welcomes Jacobs as New Director of Human Resources (LCN 8/22/2017)
Pewaukee High School Varsity Football Team "Has Right Stuff To Maintain Hold" of Woodland Conference (MJS 8/15/2017)
Iron Man Seth Bickett Becomes Once-In-A-Generation, Four-Year Varsity Starter (LCN 8/12/2017)
Pewaukee School District Summer School Serves 1,300+ Students (LCR 7/25/2017)
Pewaukee HS Grad MacKenzie Schill named Athlete Of The Year (LCR 7/17/2017)
Pewaukee HS Baseball Wins Woodland Conference Tourney (LCR 7/6/2017)
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La prostitution en Corée du Nord est illégale et n'est pas perceptible par les visiteurs du pays. Certaines femmes nord-coréennes qui migrent en Chine sont impliquées dans la prostitution.

Historique
La prostitution est officiellement interdite en Corée du Nord. Mais dans les grandes villes, des motels, des salons de massage et des salons de soin de la peau ont été ouverts et la prostitution s'y développe discrètement. Selon le journaliste Martin Sieff, il y a  en Corée du Nord, mais rien ne permet de confirmer cette hypothèse. Utilisant le témoignage de déserteurs de l'armée Nord coréenne, Martin Sieff indique que de nombreux militaires du pays sont porteurs de maladies sexuellement transmissibles. Selon un réfugié : .

WikiLeaks révèle qu'un hôtel de la capitale de la Corée du Nord,  Pyongyang,  a offert à un touriste sud-coréen une prostituée pour avoir des relations sexuelles. Le document de 2007, indique que dans l'Hôtel international Yanggakdo un journaliste et des sud coréens se sont vus proposer des massages pour . Ayant demandé plus, un client a rencontré une prostituée pour .

Les Kippumjo (기쁨조, gippeumjo, pouvant se traduire par « groupe(s) de plaisir », « escouade de plaisir », « brigade de plaisir », ou « division de la joie ») sont constitués de groupes d'environ  qui serait au service du chef d'État de la Corée du Nord dans le but de fournir du plaisir, principalement de nature sexuelle, et de divertir les hauts fonctionnaires du Parti du travail de Corée et leurs familles, ainsi que, occasionnellement, des invités de marque. Ces jeunes femmes sont en général mariées à l'âge de 25 ans.

Des femmes Nord-Coréennes réfugiées en Chine y sont victimes d'exploitation sexuelle. Ces femmes sont soumises à l'esclavage sexuel par les Chinois de souche ou les Chinois d'origine coréennes , la prostitution forcée dans les bordels ou par les sites de sexe d'Internet, ou un service sexuel contraint comme hôtesses dans des boîtes de nuit ou des bars de karaoké. Une prostitution forcée s'est développée sur Internet, les clients viennent de la Corée du Sud.

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Well done to everyone who helped support Red Nose Day at school on Friday. Thank you to all who donated money to dress up and baked delicious goodies to sell in our Bake Sale!
As a school we raised an amazing £192.82. Thanks to everyone again.
Look at some of our photos from this great day!