MA in International Relations program at IUJ is designed to provide a comprehensive, interdisciplinary understanding of major trends in contemporary international politics, economics and society. Special emphasis is placed on developments in the Asian Pacific area and on Japan in particular. The Islamic world also receives considerable attention.
This track has proved extremely useful for people who either work in, or who intend to take up careers in national or regional governments, in international organizations, in business and finance, or in the media.
It also offers a valuable stepping stone to those who wish to pursue further studies in a Ph. D. program and enter the academic world.
This track is based on the twin pillars of coursework and thesis (or Research Report).
Courses focus on international relations theory, on the historical development of international society, both global and regional, on contemporary international political and security problems, on international political economy, on international organizations, on the domestic politics and foreign policies of particular Asian Pacific countries and on other issues, such as regionalism, environmental protection, energy and agriculture. All lectures are in English, the official language of the GSIR.
Very great importance is attached to research. A Thesis should be, ideally, an original contributions to learning, of publishable quality and of substantial length. A research report is an empirical analysis of a policy or current affairs with a certain concept/theory to an actual situation/policy or an elementary theoretical analysis of an existing concept with literature review to a lesser extent. The preparation and defense of a thesis or a research report strengthen the student's ability to conduct empirical research, to analyze large bodies of complex data, to develop sustained and logical arguments and to write clear, succinct professional prose. These skills have proved invaluable to our students in advancing their subsequent careers.
As noted above, English is the official language of the GSIR. However, since IUJ is located in Japan, and since a deep knowledge of this country's political culture and foreign policy, and of many wider developments in the Asian Pacific region, cannot be attained without a good command of the Japanese language, students are strongly encouraged to enroll in the Japanese language courses offered in our school. Other Asian language courses, apart from Japanese, may be offered in the future.
In its approach to education, this track has endeavored to combine the best of East Asian and Western traditions. Standards are high. Workloads are demanding. At the same time, classes are very small. This enables our teaching staff to pay careful attention to individual student needs and aspirations.
The overwhelming majority of students and many of the academics live in residential colleges and apartments located on campus. This facilitates close interaction among the students themselves and also between the students and the university teaching and administrative staff. It enables students and staff who feel so inclined to spend long hours, out of class, in coffee shops and restaurants, in hot springs or on pleasant rambles through the surrounding hills and villages, discussing the problems of the world in a free, informal and extremely relaxed manner.
Our graduates often tell us that these occasions have constituted some of the happiest memories in their academic lives.
The foundations of the present program were laid under the guidance of the former Japanese Foreign Minister, Dr. Saburo Okita, the first president of IUJ. The program subsequently developed under the intellectual leadership provided by some of Japan's most distinguished authorities on world politics, international economics, Asian affairs, North America, Europe and the Islamic world. From the beginning there has been a strong commitment to the cultivation of an open, eclectic, non-doctrinal and humane approach to scholarship and teaching.
The teaching staff and student body of IUJ are highly cosmopolitan. The Matsushita Library and Information Center houses a wide range of academic books, specialist journals and newspapers in many languages and provides instant Internet access to information from across the globe.
Despite the contemporary revolution in communications technology, however, geography, history and culture continue to play critical roles both in shaping world affairs and in influencing the way men and women interpret the flow of events.
IUJ is located in the Echigo mountains, in the Hokuriku region of the main Japanese island of Honshu, forty minutes by bullet train from the city of Niigata, on the Japan Sea, beyond which lie the Korean Peninsula, China, Eastern Siberia, Mongolia and the lands of Central Asia, all of which are rather easily accessible, by air or sea, from local ports. Seoul is two and a half hours by air from Niigata, Shanghai three hours, Sian six hours, Vladivostok a mere one and a half hours. In the other direction, to the South East, ninety minutes by bullet train from IUJ, lie Tokyo, the Kanto Plains and the Pacific Ocean. From Tokyo (Narita) International Airport, Washington can be reached in fifteen hours, Paris in twelve and a half hours, London in thirteen hours, Singapore in six hours and Sydney in nine and a half hours.
Niigata Prefecture is very much part of the Japan Sea cultural zone.
From ancient times the Japan Sea, part of an immense chain of interlocking bodies of water extending from the Sea of Okhotsk, through the China seas to the Gulf of Thailand, the Bay of Bengal and beyond, has played a significant role in forging ties between the civilizations of the north and the civilizations of the south. It has also constituted an important link between the Japanese archipelago and northeastern Eurasia. Recent decades have witnessed a gradual reassertion of these historic roles.
The Hokuriku region, with its extraordinarily heavy winter snowfalls, its warm, pleasant springs, its subtropical summers and brilliant autumns, its rich history, interwoven both with that of the rest of the Japanese archipelago and with the Asian continent, is not only the home of a fascinating traditional society but has provided the setting for some of the most visionary industrial and engineering projects in postwar Japan. It has also given birth to some of the nation's most dynamic and far sighted political leaders.
Students are thus in a position to view the world from an unusual vantage point. Things do not always look quite the same from here as they do when seen from Washington, London, Paris, Moscow, Peking or even from Tokyo. During the two years our students spend with us, the unique geographical setting, the historico-cultural environment and the intellectual voyages of discovery upon which they embark, subtly interact to break down or modify many deeply entrenched but highly questionable views about Japan, about Asia and about developments on the wider stage of world politics.


Secret stash in the floor containing a rare armor (use the sneak mode).
Talk to Arthwn near the entrance to the hall - "Hunter, Brother" side quest.
Meet with Simoc in the hall - "Sacrificial Bloodlines".
You can ask Bledha for a poison ("Sacrificial Bloodlines" side quest) and trade with her (she's selling potions and crafting ingredients).
Talk to Sidha and Rihenwn (delemgan sisters) - "The Assassin at Large" main quest.
You can pray to different gods - "Council of Stars" main quest. As a reward for a good prayer you will receive a quest each time, if you make a mistake you'll be attacked by monsters.
M36 � Passageway to Hearthsong.
M38 � Entrance to Blood Sands.
M39 � Passageway to Oldsong.
Elms' Reach is one of the four districts in Twin Elms. It is a priority to visit this location, because you start and finish several of the main quests here, the majority of which is connected with Twin Elms and the adjacent Teir Evron. Still, apart from those places, it is still worthwhile to visit the Hall of Warriors. In Elms' Reach, there also is the path to a minor location - Blood Sands .
After you enter, initiate the Stealth mode to find the stash in the floor. Inside, you find an unique light armor, referenced to by the dying monk in the Sealed Missive (M35,4).
Outside of the Hall of Warriors, talk to Arthwn - the Hunter, Brother side quest.
Side quest: Sacrificial Bloodlines - In the Hall of Warriors meet with Simoc.
In the Hall of Warriors, there are several locked chests and containers. The most difficult lock requires 6 lockpicks and 5 points of Mechanics or 6 points of Mechanics.
Talk to Bledha and ask her for the poison that you may use for the Sacrificial Bloodlines side quest. Apart from that, you can trade with her and talk to Tamrwn and Iswld.
Listen to the conversation with Sidha and Rihenwn, i.e. delemgan sisters - The Assassin at Large main quest. You receive 2 new main quests.
Main quest: Council of Stars - Automatically, after you complete the Assassin at Large main quest.
Main quest: Court of the Penitents - Automatically, after you complete the Assassin at Large main quest.
Side quest: The Nest Above the Clouds - Pray to Hylea in Teir Evron (M37,7).
Side quest: The Old Queen and the New King - Pray to Galawain in Teir Evron (M37,7).
Side quest: A Servant of Death - Pray to Berath in Teir Evron (M37,7).
Side quest: Into the White Void - Pray to Rymrgand in Teir Evron (M37,7).
Side quest: Sacrificial Bloodlines - Inside the Hall of Warriors meet with Simoc (M37,4).
Arthwn (M37,4) - Talk to him about the missing person.
Simoc (M37,4) - He gives you a new side quest.
Lliras (M37,4) - He offers an alternative solution, for Simoc's quest.
Bledha (M37,5) - You can ask her for the poison, which you can use in the quest from Simoc, and barter with her (potions, crafting materials).
Sidha, Riihenwn (M37,6) - You meet the delemgan sisters during the main storyline.
By default, Elms' Reach is inaccessible, at the moment of reaching Twin Elms. Fortunately, there is an easy way, in which you can change that, i.e. by meeting with Anamfath Bethwl inside The passage of the Six in Hearthsong (M36,4). You have the conversation during The Assassin at Large main quest.


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require 'spec_helper'
require 'whois/parsers/whois.register.bg.rb'

describe Whois::Parsers::WhoisRegisterBg, "status_registered.expected" do

  subject do
    file = fixture("responses", "whois.register.bg/bg/status_registered.txt")
    part = Whois::Record::Part.new(body: File.read(file))
    described_class.new(part)
  end

  describe "#status" do
    it do
      expect(subject.status).to eq(:registered)
    end
  end
  describe "#available?" do
    it do
      expect(subject.available?).to eq(false)
    end
  end
  describe "#registered?" do
    it do
      expect(subject.registered?).to eq(true)
    end
  end
  describe "#created_on" do
    it do
      expect(subject.created_on).to be_a(Time)
      expect(subject.created_on).to eq(Time.parse("2003-06-30 00:00:00"))
    end
  end
  describe "#updated_on" do
    it do
      expect { subject.updated_on }.to raise_error(Whois::AttributeNotSupported)
    end
  end
  describe "#expires_on" do
    it do
      expect(subject.expires_on).to be_a(Time)
      expect(subject.expires_on).to eq(Time.parse("2014-06-30 00:00:00"))
    end
  end
  describe "#nameservers" do
    it do
      expect(subject.nameservers).to be_a(Array)
      expect(subject.nameservers.size).to eq(4)
      expect(subject.nameservers[0]).to be_a(Whois::Parser::Nameserver)
      expect(subject.nameservers[0].name).to eq("ns4.google.com")
      expect(subject.nameservers[1]).to be_a(Whois::Parser::Nameserver)
      expect(subject.nameservers[1].name).to eq("ns1.google.com")
      expect(subject.nameservers[2]).to be_a(Whois::Parser::Nameserver)
      expect(subject.nameservers[2].name).to eq("ns3.google.com")
      expect(subject.nameservers[3]).to be_a(Whois::Parser::Nameserver)
      expect(subject.nameservers[3].name).to eq("ns2.google.com")
    end
  end
end

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Guitarist-songwriter Al Schnier grew up absorbing an abundance of musical influences while learning to play a number of instruments. Since 1991 Schnier has largely plied his trade with moe, an improvisational rock group and one of the hardest-working bands on the jam-band scene. Moe spends much of its time on the road fearlessly exploring and fusing American musical styles — hard rock, prog rock, blues, folk, country, bluegrass, and funk, to name a few.
Schnier assembled a mobile studio to bring on tour with moe in the summer of 2001 so that he could sketch out song ideas. He brought his Mac G3/400 MHz Lombard PowerBook, equipped with a FireWire card and loaded with Propellerhead Software's Reason and Steinberg's Cubase VST/32. He also packed a RolandED PC-300 USB MIDI keyboard controller and a Mark of the Unicorn 828 computer audio interface.
"I had this very portable setup," Schnier says. "I was working on the bus, backstage, and in hotel rooms. Before the summer was over, I was four or five songs into the album already, and I didn't even plan on starting it until January when I [was planning to] set up a desktop system [at home], so I just went with it at that point.
Schnier also recorded audio sources on the road. "I had to dump everything into Cubase and do all my audio there," he says. "If I had time backstage, I could work out some guitar parts or some of the real analog synth stuff that I wanted to add. I have a Minimoog and a [Roland] Juno-60 that I use with moe. Once I moved everything over to Cubase, I'd stay in Cubase because that's where I mixed the album.
For more information, contact Al Schnier; e-mailal@alschnier.com; Web www.alschnier.com.


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MANILA, Philippines – By May, government employees will be able to take advantage of a new loan program where members of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) can settle their debts with the state-run pension fund.
In a statement on Saturday, Acting President and CEO of GSIS Rolando L. Macasaet said the facility, which will be called the Multi-Use Loan (MPL) program, will not only restructure loans, but will also consolidate debts.
"If, for example, a government employee took out a salary loan, an emergency loan and a consumer loan three years ago at an interest rate of 12%, the GSIS will consolidate all these loans into one. MPL account. Then we will restructure the payment terms, "Macasaet explained.
"Instead of paying 12% interest, the government employee will now only pay 7-8% interest under the MPL. Instead of three years to pay, maybe we can adjust to five years to pay, "Macasaet added.
The GSIS plans to waive penalties and overdue surcharges from past loans once a member is eligible for the MPL.
GSIS members who have served 15 years or more in government would be allowed to borrow up to 14 times their basic monthly salary.
The interest rate of 7-8% per annum will depend on the loan amount as well as the repayment period.
In addition, relatively new government employees working for at least three months could borrow through the MPL, unlike other GSIS loan facilities which involve at least 20 months of public service.
"We noticed that newly hired public school teachers, for example, could not get a loan from GSIS. So what are they doing? They go to the loan sharks. They fall prey to the "five-six," Macasaet said, partly in Filipino. "They have just started their service and they are already heavily in debt – because they don't know they have to pay high interest. This is what GSIS is really trying to prevent.
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Russian submarine Burevestnik ("Petrel") was a Bars class submarine of the Imperial Russian Navy. She was built at Nikolaev on the Black Sea during the First World War but was not completed before the end of hostilities. She served with the White Russian forces for two years before being interned in Bizerte with Wrangel's fleet. She was broken up in 1924.

Service history
Burevestnik was laid down at the Nikolaev Naval shipyard in October 1915 and launched there on 15 November 1916, but was not completed for another year (sources vary between October 1917 and January 1918). She was stationed with the Black Sea Fleet at Sevastopol but saw no action due to the cessation of hostilities in December 1917. In May 1918, she was seized by German occupation forces and renamed SM US-1, but was not commissioned by the German Navy. In November 1918, with the German surrender, she was taken over by the Anglo-French intervention force and transferred to the Whites under General Wrangel.
In November 1920, she was part of the evacuation of Wrangel's fleet and was interned at Bizerte in French North Africa.
In 1924, she was recognized by the French as the property of the Soviet government but did not return to the USSR and was later scrapped at Bizerte.

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Categories: 1922 births > 2000 deaths > American football wide receivers > Mexican people of American descent > American sports announcers > Atlanta Falcons coaches > College Football Hall of Fame inductees > Green Bay Packers coaches > Los Angeles Rams coaches > Los Angeles Rams players > Mexican players of American football > American sportspeople of Mexican descent > New Orleans Saints coaches > People from Guadalajara > Philadelphia Eagles coaches > Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees > UCLA Bruins football players > Western Conference Pro Bowl players > World Football League coaches
Thomas Jesse Fears (December 3, 1922 – January 4, 2000) was a Mexican -American football wide receiver for the Los Angeles Rams in the National Football League, playing nine seasons from 1948 to 1956.
Born in Guadalajara , Mexico, Fears was the son of an American mining engineer who had married a Mexican woman, and moved with his family to Los Angeles at the age of six. There, he began to display his ample work ethic by unloading flowers for 25 cents an hour, and later serving as an usher at football games for double that amount.
Fears first played football at Los Angeles' Manual Arts High School, then advanced to compete for Santa Clara University . He spent one year at the latter school before he was drafted for World War II and spent the next three years in military service. After his father became a Japanese prisoner of war, Fears sought to become a fighter pilot to fight Japan. He became a pilot, but was instead shipped to Colorado Springs to play football for a service team.
Upon his release, he had been drafted by the Rams in 1945, but remained in school and transferred to UCLA , winning All-American following each of his two seasons at the school. His senior campaign nearly ended in abrupt fashion in 1947, when he and some Bruin teammates were investigated for posing in local advertisements for a Los Angeles clothing store. When it was determined that Fears and the other players worked for the store, and were not identified as athletes, the matter was dropped.
The job had been one of many provided by school boosters, and included a brief bit as a pilot in the Humphrey Bogart film, "Action in the North Atlantic." The largesse by such people led Fears to joke that his $6,000 first-year contract and $500 bonus from the Rams meant that he was taking a pay cut.
Fears was the first player in NFL History to line up on the line of scrimmage, away from the tackle, thus making him the first Wide Receiver in NFL History. Selected as a defensive back by the Rams, Fears quickly made his mark as a wide receiver in 1948, while also displaying his versatility by playing on defense and at tight end. During his first three seasons at the professional level, he led all NFL receivers in catches, and broke the league's single-season record with 77 catches in 1949.
The record would be short-lived as he increased that mark to 84 during the 1950 NFL season, including a then-record 18 catches in one game against the Green Bay Packers on November 12. He also helped the team advance to the NFL title game with a trio of touchdown receptions in the divisional playoff against the Chicago Bears, winning All-Pro accolades for the second consecutive year.
During the ensuing offseason, Fears became embroiled in a contract dispute with the team for the second straight year. The year before, he hinted at leaving the team to work for General Motors Corporation, then announced on March 13, 1951 that he was retiring to work for a local liquor distributor. Neither threat materialized, and despite offers from four Canadian Football League teams, Fears signed for $13,000.
That season, Fears played in only seven games, but helped lead the Rams to their third straight championship game appearance. After two disappointments, the franchise captured its first NFL title since moving to the West Coast, with Fears an integral part of the title game victory when he caught the winning score. His 73-yard touchdown reception midway through the fourth quarter broke a 17-17 deadlock with the Cleveland Browns.
After bouncing back in 1952 with 48 receptions for 600 yards and six scores, the beginning of the end of his career began after he fractured two vertabrae in an October 18, 1953 game against the Detroit Lions. Limited to just 23 receptions that year, he would average 40 catches the next two years, but after a preseason injury in 1956, he hauled in only five passes and retired on November 6. For the remainder of that campaign, he served as an assistant coach, finishing his playing days with 400 catches for 5,397 yards and 38 touchdowns.
Fears was out of the game for the next two years, but returned briefly as an assistant in the first year of Vince Lombardi's reign with the Packers. Business conflicts back in California caused him to leave the position at midseason, but Fears resumed his coaching career the following year with the Rams under former teammate Bob Waterfield. After two seasons in that role, Fears returned to Green Bay for a four-year stint as an assistant, where he was part of championship teams in 1962 and 1965.
Fears applied for the head coaching job with the St. Louis Cardinals after the 1965 NFL season, but after not being chosen, he joined fellow Packer assistant Norb Hecker, who had been named head coach of the expansion Atlanta Falcons. In the first game of the 1966 regular season, Fears caused controversy when he accused Rams coach George Allen of attempting to garner inside information on the team from a player that had been cut, charges that were never proven.
After that 2-12 first season in Atlanta , Fears became a head coach for the first time when he was hired by the expansion New Orleans Saints on January 27, 1967. Despite the promise of the team scoring on the first-ever kickoff return in franchise history, Fears' nearly four years at the helm of what became a perennial losing franchise were an exercise in frustration.
In 1970, Fears was recognized for his professional playing career when he was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame . That March, rumors of Fears replacing the departed Don Shula with the Baltimore Colts surfaced, but Don McCafferty was hired by the Maryland team in early April. Issues between Fears and Saints owner John Mecom, Jr., primarily Fears seeking the additional role of general manager, fueled such speculation. On April 20, the matter ended when he was given control over all player personnel matters.
Fears' tenure in his new dual roles, however, would be short, when the team ended the first half of the 1970 NFL season with a 1-5-1 mark, resulting in his dismissal on November 3 after compiling an overall mark of 13-34-2. Ironically, his last game as coach of the Saints was a 30-17 loss to the team he played for, the Rams, the same team which defeated the Saints in their first game in 1967. In the Saints' next game, Tom Dempsey set an NFL record by kicking a 63-yard field goal to lift New Orleans to a 19-17 victory over the Detroit Lions.
He resurfaced in 1971, serving as offensive coordinator of the Philadelphia Eagles, but when head coach Ed Khayat (Fears' defensive line coach in New Orleans) was fired at the end of the 1972 NFL season, Fears was out of work again.
After spending 1973 off the gridiron, Fears was named head coach of the fledgling World Football League's Southern California Sun on January 14, 1974. The fragile financial condition of the entire league resulted in Fears leading the team for less than two years before the WFL folded in October 1975.
Fears' disappointment was soothed somewhat when he was named to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1976, the same year he was named president of the All-Sports Council of Southern California, which helped amateur sports in the area. One year later, he returned to coaching as an assistant at San Bernardino Junior College.
During this period, he was also working as a technical adviser for movies with a football connection, and in 1979, began a football scouting service. The two roles came together in controversial fashion when Fears began working on the production of "North Dallas Forty," a film that took a look at the sordid side of the professional game.
Fears had three clients: the Packers, Houston Oilers and Pittsburgh Steelers, but after the movie was released, Fears saw all three teams drop his services. Claiming that the NFL had blacklisted him, Fears spoke with league commissioner Pete Rozelle (who had worked for the Rams during Fears' playing days), but never again found work in the league.
Remaining on the fringes of the sport, Fears in 1980 worked as a coach for the Chapman College club football team, then became a part-owner of the Orange Empire Outlaws of the California Football League the following year. In 1982, he was hired as player personnel director of the new United States Football League's Los Angeles Express. Bolstered by huge spending from team owner William Daniels, the team reached the conference championship game, but saw financial troubles doom not only the team, but the league as well.
Fears' final position in football came in 1990, when he was named head coach of the Milan franchise in the fledgling International League of American Football. Four years later, he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, spending the final six years of his life battling the disease.
Tom was the first Mexican-born NFL player inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
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Comcasts Supreme Court battle with Byron Allen may make racial discrimination harder to fight
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UPDATE (Nov 13., 4:09 p.m. ET): During oral arguments, CNBC reported that the justices seemed to side with Comcast (the parent company of CNBC and NBC), suggesting that there was not a significant difference in the legal standards that either side says people claiming discrimination would have to meet. In other words, they seemed to say that the idea that race "motivated" the decision not to contract with Entertainment Studios Networks is hardly different from the idea that Comcast would have entered into the contract "but for" race. Justice Elena Kagan expressed concern that allowing one standard for a complaint and another for winning at trial might be "confusing."
The justices also questioned Allen's lawyer, according to Variety, over the fact that the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of his suit based on its viability at trial under the motivating factor standard but, if the court ruled that the more stringent standard applied at trial, that court's ruling would nonetheless be overturned. Overall, it suggests that the court might rule in Comcast's favor in the case, but allow Allen a narrow opening to potentially continue his suit. Civil rights attorneys expressed concern that this decision will make it harder for ordinary people to meet the high hurdle to get to trial.
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Wednesday in a staggering corporate case that could make it nearly impossible for ordinary people who face certain kinds of racial discrimination to ever get their day in court.
And yet, most people don't even know that their rights are on the docket — or that the nation's second-largest cable company is behind it.
The allegation at the heart of the case is simple: One of the nation's largest Black-owned media companies, Entertainment Studios Network, claims that Comcast Corporation, the second largest telecommunications conglomerate in the world (and NBC News' parent company), refused to carry its channels because it is Black-owned. (According to the brief filed by the plaintiffs with the Supreme Court in September, a Comcast executive told ESN that they refused to carry its stations because "We're not trying to create any more Bob Johnsons," a reference to the African American multimillionaire founder of BET, which was sold to Comcast competitor Viacom, and ESN's owner Byron Allen.)
Thereafter, the National Association of African American-Owned Media, which represents ESN, sued Comcast in federal court, seeking $20 billion. Comcast counters that its viewers don't want ESN programming and, in public, has claimed that ESN is a litigious bully that sues to get fees from companies like Comcast. The case has yet to go to discovery, let alone trial; the question before the Supreme Court is whether it ever will.
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The civil rights community has condemned Comcast loudly and publicly, the Congressional Black Caucus has expressed concerns about the potential outcome of the case, and Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., has even called for Comcast's breakup over its actions in the case.
But just how important is this Supreme Court case for anyone not at Comcast or ESN? Very.
Comcast is being sued under the Civil Rights Act of 1866, which Congress passed in order to overturn the monstrous slavery-era Dred Scott decision. In that case, the Supreme Court had said that former slaves and even their children born free were not "citizens" and could not sue in court for their freedom. Congress' first post-Civil War law was designed to overturn that opinion, establishing protections of citizenship to anyone, regardless of race, born in any state of the United States. It was an incomplete law, but it explicitly protects against racial discrimination in contracts, and provides anyone the right to sue and be heard in court.
The question here, then, is how much discrimination is enough to give someone their day in court. Comcast argues that the plaintiffs should have to show that race was the only motivating factor in its decision in order to go on with their case, and that they can't; the plaintiffs say that they should only have to show that race was at least part of the motivating factor in refusing to carry ESN's channels and they can.
In practical terms, then, Comcast is fighting to deny the National Association of African American-Owned Media the opportunity to question witnesses and get documents that would give the court enough evidence to decide if plaintiffs can go to trial.
Comcast may well be able to prove that it did not discriminate against ESN as a Black-owned business; we don't know. The concern is that Comcast's success in the case, which would make for a new interpretation of the law, would make it very hard for even ordinary people to have a full court hearing on race discrimination in contracting. As Kristen Clarke, the head of the Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights, has said, "It's much bigger than Comcast and Allen. This is about real victims of discrimination who should not face additional hurdles in getting the opportunity to be heard in court."
Comcast filed a motion to dismiss the complaint — a normal step in this type of litigation — but argued that the plaintiffs had to show that there was absolutely no other nondiscriminatory reason that Comcast refused to carry ESN programming. The trial judge, after allowing ESN to amend it, called the complaint "implausible" and tossed it.
On appeal, the 9th Circuit said that it was enough at this stage in the process for ESN to show race as a motive, even if they could not (yet) show it was the only motive. It did not say "Comcast, you lose"; it said, "Comcast, you litigate."
Comcast, though, asked the Supreme Court to review the decision. And, if the court agrees that plaintiffs alleging discrimination have to show from the outset of a case that race was the sole motivating factor in a contractual dispute, it will be very difficult to almost anyone to even get to ask defendants for witnesses and documents that shed light on their motives so that judges or juries can eventually decide. As the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund said in its "friend of the court brief" supporting the plaintiffs, "If successful, Comcast's arguments would, in many cases, impose an impossible pleading burden on victims of discrimination and prevent them from vindicating meritorious claims."
If this were simply a matter of two companies arguing about whether or not there was race discrimination, there wouldn't be this sort of outrage at Comcast. But what Comcast wants to do is avoid defending its actions in court by changing the law in a way that would make it more difficult for any person of color or minority-owned business to use the nation's oldest civil rights law.
Comcast has every right to defend itself — and has vast resources at its disposal to do so. Ordinary people who have been maltreated could well pay the price for its refusal.
CORRECTION (Nov. 13, 2019, 10:03 a.m. ET): A previous version of this article misstated when the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments. It is Wednesday, not Thursday. It also misstated the organization that filed a "friend of the court brief" supporting the plaintiffs. It was the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, not the NAACP.
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Heavy vehicle road use charges under scrutiny
An on-road trial kicks off this month to test potential direct road user charging options for heavy vehicles.
Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development Minister Michael McCormack said no decisions had been made to change the way heavy vehicle charges were collected.
The first stage of the National Heavy Vehicle Charging Pilot would provide a way to test potential alternatives, well ahead of any decisions being taken, he said.
"The heavy vehicle on-road trials will be delivered as part of broader Heavy Vehicle Road Reform, which is about creating stronger links between road usage, charges and services for road users," Mr McCormack said.
An initial small scale trial will assess an alternative form of heavy vehicle charging using mock invoices generated by on-board technology that measures the distance travelled by heavy vehicles.
It will involve up to 111 vehicles from up to 11 heavy vehicle operators.
Planning is also underway for a large-scale on-road trial during 2020.
Up to 100 businesses and 1000 heavy vehicles are expected to be involved in this trial. It will not involve payment of charges and will test a wider range of alternative charging approaches.
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Voters in dozens of municipalities across the Los Angeles region went to the polls Tuesday to vote for mayors, council members and other city offices.
Outside the big contest in Los Angeles, four mayoral seats were up for election, but only one was competitive, in Redondo Beach where Steve Aspel won the office.
Pasadena voters cast ballots in three council districts, but only the Third District in the central part of the city had multiple candidates. In that race, businessman John J. Kennedy outpolled activist Ishmael Trone by 55% to 38%. Kennedy will replace longtime councilman Chris Holden, who won an Assembly seat in November.
West Hollywood voters chose two City Council members from a field of nine candidates, electing incumbents Mayor Jeffrey Prang and Councilman John Duran.
Measure C on the West Hollywood ballot was approved by voters. It will force council members out after three four-year terms. This is a young city where all but one of the sitting council members has served a decade. However, the measure is not retroactive, so Prang and Duran could stay up to 12 more years.
The top three vote-getters among a slate of six Beverly Hills candidates won council seats. Incumbents Mayor William Brien and council member John A. Mirisch were re-elected. But there may be a challenge for the third seat where Nancy Krasne finished just 20 votes ahead of Brian Rosenstein.
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Copa Village, by Scott Yanow – Jazz Inside Magazine
By Scott Yanow
The great Brazilian pianist Antonio Adolfo in the brief liner notes draws parallels between Copa Village and the album that he recorded in 1969 Elis & Toots - Aqualera do Brasil. While that set featured singer Elis Regina and harmonica great Toots Thielemans, Copa Village puts the focus on singer Carol Saboya and Hendrik Meurkens, one of the top jazz harmonica players of today. Adolfo has a particular reason to be proud of the results, for Carol Saboya is his daughter.
Carol Saboya, who is 39, has been singing since she was a child. Born and raised in Brazil, she performed in musicals as a teenager and recorded with Sergio Mendes in the United States. Her debut album was 1998's Danca da voz. The following year she recorded with Antonio Carlos Jobim. In 2012 her father produced her Belezas CD which features her singing songs by Ivan Lins and Milton Nascimento. She has an attractive voice, a basic and direct approach - sticking to the lyrics and the melody - and sings in tune.
Antonio Adolfo's mother was a violinist in the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra. He began playing piano when he was seven and was a professional musician a decade later. In the 1960s he and his trio worked in Brazil, playing both jazz and bossa-novas. He gained a lot of experience working with singers including Elis Regina, Leny Andrade, Flora Purim and Milton Nascimento. He has had consistent success as a pianist, arranger, composer, educator (he founded and runs his own large music school in Rio) and record producer. He is a tasteful modern jazz pianist who always keeps the melody in mind when he plays.
Hendrik Meurkens was born in Germany. He is equally skilled at both the chromatic harmonica and the vibes. It is not too surprising that on harmonica he was inspired by Toots Thielemans, who - other than the virtuosic Larry Adler who played jazz now and then - was virtually the only jazz harmonica player from the 1950s on. Meurkens studied at Berklee and then spent time in Rio in the early 1980s where he really learned how to play Brazilian music in addition to jazz. He returned to Germany in 1983, worked as a studio musician, and had opportunities to play with touring American jazz musicians including Harry "Sweets" Edison and Buddy Tate. By the early 1990s he had moved to New York and had found his place as Toots Thielemans' only serious competition on harmonica. With Toots' recent retirement, Meurkens is at the top of the small field.
On Copa Village, Meurkens and Adolfo get plenty of solo space although the spotlight is mostly on Carol Saboya. She performs five songs by Antonio Carlos Jobim plus six originals written by Adolfo and/or Meurkens; they collaborated on the title cut. Among the highpoints are a slightly modernized treatment of the enduring classic "The Girl From Ipanema," the vocalist's wordless singing on "Copa Village," her passionate interpretation of the lesser-known Jobim tune "O Boto" and the catchy melodies of Adolfo's "Pretty World" and Meurkens' "Show
De Bola." Fans of high-quality bossa-nova singing and playing will find much to like about Copa
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import datetime
from south.db import db
from south.v2 import SchemaMigration
from django.db import models

class Migration(SchemaMigration):

    def forwards(self, orm):

        # Adding field 'Profile.name_privacy'
        db.add_column('sw_profile', 'name_privacy', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.CharField')(default='C', max_length=1), keep_default=False)

        # Adding field 'Profile.zip_code_privacy'
        db.add_column('sw_profile', 'zip_code_privacy', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.CharField')(default='C', max_length=1), keep_default=False)

        # Adding field 'Profile.mailing_address_privacy'
        db.add_column('sw_profile', 'mailing_address_privacy', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.CharField')(default='C', max_length=1), keep_default=False)

        # Adding field 'Profile.email_privacy'
        db.add_column('sw_profile', 'email_privacy', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.CharField')(default='C', max_length=1), keep_default=False)

        # Adding field 'Profile.phone_number_accepts_texts'
        db.add_column('sw_profile', 'phone_number_accepts_texts', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField')(default=False), keep_default=False)

        # Adding field 'Profile.phone_number_privacy'
        db.add_column('sw_profile', 'phone_number_privacy', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.CharField')(default='C', max_length=1), keep_default=False)

        # Adding field 'Profile.messaging_privacy'
        db.add_column('sw_profile', 'messaging_privacy', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.CharField')(default='C', max_length=1), keep_default=False)

        # Adding field 'Profile.preferred_contact_methods_privacy'
        db.add_column('sw_profile', 'preferred_contact_methods_privacy', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.CharField')(default='C', max_length=1), keep_default=False)

        # Adding field 'Profile.bio_privacy'
        db.add_column('sw_profile', 'bio_privacy', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.CharField')(default='C', max_length=1), keep_default=False)

    def backwards(self, orm):

        # Deleting field 'Profile.name_privacy'
        db.delete_column('sw_profile', 'name_privacy')

        # Deleting field 'Profile.zip_code_privacy'
        db.delete_column('sw_profile', 'zip_code_privacy')

        # Deleting field 'Profile.mailing_address_privacy'
        db.delete_column('sw_profile', 'mailing_address_privacy')

        # Deleting field 'Profile.email_privacy'
        db.delete_column('sw_profile', 'email_privacy')

        # Deleting field 'Profile.phone_number_accepts_texts'
        db.delete_column('sw_profile', 'phone_number_accepts_texts')

        # Deleting field 'Profile.phone_number_privacy'
        db.delete_column('sw_profile', 'phone_number_privacy')

        # Deleting field 'Profile.messaging_privacy'
        db.delete_column('sw_profile', 'messaging_privacy')

        # Deleting field 'Profile.preferred_contact_methods_privacy'
        db.delete_column('sw_profile', 'preferred_contact_methods_privacy')

        # Deleting field 'Profile.bio_privacy'
        db.delete_column('sw_profile', 'bio_privacy')

    models = {
        'auth.group': {
            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Group'},
            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '80'}),
            'permissions': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': "orm['auth.Permission']", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'blank': 'True'})
        },
        'auth.permission': {
            'Meta': {'ordering': "('content_type__app_label', 'content_type__model', 'codename')", 'unique_together': "(('content_type', 'codename'),)", 'object_name': 'Permission'},
            'codename': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
            'content_type': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['contenttypes.ContentType']"}),
            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '50'})
        },
        'auth.user': {
            'Meta': {'object_name': 'User'},
            'date_joined': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
            'email': ('django.db.models.fields.EmailField', [], {'max_length': '75', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'first_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '30', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'groups': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': "orm['auth.Group']", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
            'is_active': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'True'}),
            'is_staff': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
            'is_superuser': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
            'last_login': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
            'last_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '30', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'password': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '128'}),
            'user_permissions': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': "orm['auth.Permission']", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'username': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '30'})
        },
        'contenttypes.contenttype': {
            'Meta': {'ordering': "('name',)", 'unique_together': "(('app_label', 'model'),)", 'object_name': 'ContentType', 'db_table': "'django_content_type'"},
            'app_label': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
            'model': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'})
        },
        'sw.profile': {
            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Profile'},
            'aim': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'bio': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'blank': 'True'}),
            'bio_privacy': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "'C'", 'max_length': '1'}),
            'email_privacy': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "'C'", 'max_length': '1'}),
            'first_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
            'last_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'mailing_address': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'blank': 'True'}),
            'mailing_address_privacy': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "'C'", 'max_length': '1'}),
            'messaging_privacy': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "'C'", 'max_length': '1'}),
            'msn_messenger': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'name_privacy': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "'C'", 'max_length': '1'}),
            'phone_number': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '20', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'phone_number_accepts_texts': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
            'phone_number_privacy': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "'C'", 'max_length': '1'}),
            'preferred_contact_methods': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'preferred_contact_methods_privacy': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "'C'", 'max_length': '1'}),
            'preferred_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '50', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'skype': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'user': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['auth.User']"}),
            'yahoo_messenger': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'zip_code': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '30', 'blank': 'True'}),
            'zip_code_privacy': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "'C'", 'max_length': '1'})
        }
    }

    complete_apps = ['sw']


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Why Is the Federal Government Disciplining Frat Boys?
Last October a group of Yale freshmen pledging a fraternity made jackasses of themselves by marching around the campus chanting a vulgar slur against women. Complaints poured in and the university took action. Several fraternity members were disciplined and Yale banned the offending fraternity from all campus activities for five years, saying "the actions were necessary to ensure an educational environment free of harassment and intimidation". Quite embarrassing for a prestigious institution and the alma mater of two recent presidents (Bush 1 and Bush 2) and a close contender (John Kerry).
That was not enough, however. The federal government got wind of these campus hijinks. The US Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights has also launched an investigation "to review Yale's policies for dealing with sexual harassment and assault cases". The Feds are coming after Yale under the flag of the 1972 Title IX Act (20 United States Code Section 1681: "No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance").
My experience with fraternities and sororities is limited. I don't recall ever encountering a member of either tribe during my undergraduate days at a large university. I did, however, have a brush with fraternities toward the end of my graduate studies at Stanford University. Being newly married and on the outskirts of poverty, my wife and I accepted an offer to be "faculty residents" for a freshmen dormitory of 90 boys, boys who had just escaped from the horrendous oppression of their parents and their high school teachers. Their newfound freedom quickly found expression in incredible slovenliness, loud cursing, a few fist fights and the consumption of large quantities of brown beverages. We still bear scars and invariably wince when we reflect on that near-Animal-Farm year.
One of the most upsetting events happened when our boys returned from Christmas vacation and fraternity "rush week" began. The fraternity "men" came around to pick over our boys and begin their recruitment drive. Watching the process up close was heartbreaking. Many boys were not selected and were instantly labeled as "rejects," "losers," along with several less flattering tags. It was the first time most of these boys had faced rejection. To say the least, many took it quite poorly.
Late one night, worried about what to do and angry at the fraternity system, I asked my wife for advice. She had been very much a part of the fraternity and sorority life at a big state university. While sympathetic to the boys who lost out, she described her experience. Having been raised on a farm and being away from home for the first time, sorority life had provided her a haven in a huge and otherwise impersonal university campus. She described how the rules and traditions provided structure and how important the friendship and example of the older girls was. She thought that in the better fraternities the same was true for the boys.
Clearly fraternities and sororities are like families, close communities where the individuals are linked by bonds of loyalty and friendship. And, like families, there are good ones and bad ones; families that have good years and bad years; families that occasionally do noble things and families that do incredibly stupid things. The offending Yale fraternity (a DKE chapter, for those of you into the arcana of the fraternity-sorority world) seems to have fallen into this last category. Fine. But why unleash a gaggle of Washington lawyers on Yale? Why wheel in the investigatory and legal machinery of the federal government of the United States?
It is not as if Yale University had ignored the crude and offensive behavior of the students and a campus organization for which it was responsible. The University punished individuals and banned the fraternity from recruiting or engaging in activities on campus for five years.
This didn't satisfy a small group of current and former students, who pleaded for Washington to come in and straighten out the situation. They are like children who, after parents have meted out punishment to their siblings, run to the mayor and ask him or her to visit their home to impose justice.
What is happening to the United States? Are we so silly that whenever there is a perceived injustice, we take it to the highest authority? What about petitioning Yale's president? Or asking the Faculty Senate or the university's Board of Trustees to see that justice be done? Or the powerful Yale Alumni Association? Or the state of Connecticut which grants Yale its charter? What is this childish obsession with the federal government?
And do not Americans have to scratch our collective heads at a government that takes up such a case and send its lawyers to New Haven to hold hearings, take testimony and arrange depositions? Are there not more worthy issues or even more dire problems confronting the federal government? Are we so rich in 2011 that we are ready to spend several hundreds of thousands to get to the bottom of the rude chanting of some frat boy wannabees? Or is this just one more example of a bloated, out-of-control government bureaucracy taking over the responsibilities of an increasingly infantilized citizenry?
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After-hours (« après les heures ») est une expression utilisée pour désigner des rencontres de musiciens.

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Title: Holland Summit, California
Subject: Los Angeles County, California, Houtgna, California, Chandler, California, Clayton, Los Angeles County, California, Alpine (former settlement), California
Former settlement
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Holland Summit is a former settlement in Los Angeles County, California.[1] It lay at an elevation of 4147 feet (1264 m).[1] Holland Summit sill appeared on USGS maps as of 1947.[1]
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Guidance for providers of accommodation for survivors of violence against women, domestic abuse and sexual violence: coronavirus (COVID-19)
Guidance for providers of accommodation for survivors of violence against women, domestic abuse and sexual violence (VAWDASV).
Local authorities, housing services and social landlords: coronavirus and
Violence against women and domestic abuse
COVID-19 and VAWDASV
Accepting referrals
Residing with others
Residents who become unwell
Self-isolating within refuge
Refusal to self-isolate
Test, trace and protect
General Safety Advice
Further guidance
This guidance is to support the management of survivors of domestic abuse and their children who are residing in domestic abuse accommodation settings, including emergency safe accommodation and move on accommodation. All service providers are responsible for taking reasonable measures to minimise the risk of exposure to transmission of COVID-19 in workplaces and premises under Regulation 12 of the Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2020. Whilst Regulation 14 places a restriction on people gathering indoors, it provides that it is a reasonable excuse to gather indoors to avoid injury or illness or escape a risk of harm (reg 14(2)(o)).
For the purpose of this guidance, the term 'refuge' covers:
shared refuge
communal refuge
dispersed, self-contained accommodation with support
move-on accommodation
This guidance also provides advice on managing self-isolation for clients and their children under 18 in the event that either they, or a refuge staff member, show symptoms of COVID-19 or test positive for COVID-19. Refuge premises may be self-contained premises to house individuals or individuals and their child(ren), or they may be premises with multiple rooms which provide refuge for a number of refuge individuals or individuals and their child(ren). Both types of premises/settings are considered to be one household for the purpose of all individuals taking refuge there and the self-isolation measures will apply to all residents as one household.
Further Guidance is also available for community based VAWDASV services on managing easement on restrictions.
Evidence of the impact of COVID-19 on violence against women, domestic abuse and sexual violence (VAWDASV) remains at an early stage and mostly comes from news articles and reports from individual VAWADSV organisations and other impacted countries. This guidance is based on information we currently know and may adapt over the coming weeks.
Increase in emotional, physical, or sexual abuse and financial control
If an abuser is spending more time in the home with more access to family members and children, we may see an increase of different forms of abuse, increase in the severity of abuse and potentially an increase in the number of children witnessing abuse.
This may range from:
further isolating their partner or family member from family and friends,
exerting unreasonable requests or demands on their partner or family member
increased criticism of their partner's parenting
directing abuse towards children
using the pandemic to justify increased financial control
stopping their partner or family member from caring for an elderly loved one
stopping their partner or family member from working, or forcing them to continue to work even when they are scared of becoming ill.
It may also be the case that due to the enhanced social pressures and exacerbating factors, such as concerns about money or health, and being confined for extended periods of time with other family members, those not previously recognised as abusive partners/family members may start to exhibit signs of abuse.
Not every home is a place of safety. It is highly likely that the requirements imposed by social distancing and (if necessary) any requirement to self-isolate in their own home will increase the risk and fear felt by a victim of violence and abuse. The need to socially distance and (if necessary) self-isolate can mean that an abusers' power and control becomes amplified. For some victims/survivors, additional barriers may be experienced or intensified increasing their vulnerability. These include victims with insecure immigration status who have limited access to healthcare or financial resources, or, disabled victims/survivors who may be at greater risk of infection, or cannot access support from family and friends.
Victims and survivors who are separated from their abuser may also see an increase in abuse whilst complying with the coronavirus restrictions. Harassment via technology or child contact issues may be factors that increase risk post separation.
As a result of the restrictions in place to limit the spread of coronavirus families may be spending longer at home together, and therefore adult and child victims/survivors will have fewer opportunities for contact with supportive friends, families, community members and providers. Victims' contact with support networks may be limited to social media, 'phone and other forms of technology which could be monitored by perpetrators.
Live Fear Free helpline will remain open and offer a full service during the COVID-19 outbreak. The Welsh Government will communicate this through its networks and social media platforms and encourage others to do so.
Text: 078600 77333
Live chat: https://gov.wales/live-fear-free/contact-live-fear-free
Safeguarding remains a priority area of business for Social Services and if you have concerns that a child or adult is at risk of harm, abuse or neglect you should contact Social Services to report this. Information on how to report a concern is available on each of the local authority websites.
Sector experience and feedback shows that at times of crisis numbers accessing services sometimes go down, which can give an inaccurate picture of the needs across Wales. This may be because victims need face-to-face contact to feel safe or to disclose, or that it may be harder for them to access services, or that a victim has no safe means of either leaving, or contacting the services they need. It is also clear that this pattern then leads to a spike in demand for services once face-to-face contact is resumed.
Refuges and other forms of domestic abuse safe accommodation do not need to close unless directed to do so by Public Health Wales, the Welsh Government or the UK Government.
Refuges and VAWDASV services should ensure that they are advertising their available refuge space as soon as possible on RoutestoSupport (UK Refuges Online), or through communication with the Live Fear Free support team.
The Welsh Government has provided advice to all local authorities to utilise alternative powers and funding to assist those who require shelter and other forms of support due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This means that temporary shelter should be made available for those fleeing domestic abuse but have no recourse to public funds. Refuge providers should discuss such cases with their local authorities' housing teams.
Refuge providers should continue to work with local authority housing teams and registered social landlords (RSLs) to manage safe "move-on" from refuge. Individual landlords may continue to let properties to new tenants, as long as they can observe social distancing and Government restrictions during the handover.
Refuges and other forms of domestic abuse safe accommodation should continue to take and accept referrals in line with their access to refuge policies and procedures and where it is safe to do so.
Assessing health and wellbeing should be a priority at this stage. An initial risk assessment should be completed to ascertain if the presenting referral/family has any symptom suggestive of COVID-19.
If they have symptoms of COVID-19 and are moving into a refuge which is either a self-contained property (for an individual or an individual and their child(ren)) or into a refuge which houses a number of other sole individuals, and/or other individuals and their child(ren) then they would need to follow the current national guidance on self-isolation. Refuge providers should assess whether their individual, and different types settings, allow for this, with self-contained or "move on" premises being the preferred option.
If they do not show symptoms, refuge providers should remind new residents of the importance of following social distancing measures and maintaining hygiene and cleaning practices, especially if they are to be accommodated in a premises with other individuals/individuals and their child(ren) where potentially certain areas will need to be shared, eg living room, kitchen and bathroom.
If a presenting family has been referred whilst in the process of self-isolating (within the required isolation period) because they had been in contact with a symptomatic person, they should be reminded of the need to continue with and complete their self-isolation period in accordance with the self-isolation guidance, regardless as to whether they are accommodated in a self-contained premises or a premises that houses other individuals/individuals and their child(ren).
Public Health Wales can provide further information on shared accommodation and safety.
It is advised that in refuges of multiple occupancy residents minimise the time they spend in shared spaces such as kitchens, bathrooms, sitting areas and outdoor smoking areas. Shared spaces should be kept well ventilated and well cleaned.
The aim should be to keep 2 metres (3 steps) away from others who live in the refuge and who are not close family members. Where possible use separate bathroom areas from those other individuals. Where this is not possible it is essential that
all residents use separate towels
clean toilet and wash areas before / after use
Where there are shared kitchen facilities it is recommended that:
one family uses it at a time (draw up a rota if possible)
residents take their meals back to their rooms to eat
facilities are cleaned regularly and particularly after each use.
To reduce the risk of contact between residents, a rota could be drawn up for residents to go outside and get fresh air without risk of making contact with anyone else. This should also apply to smoking breaks.
We understand that it will be difficult for some people to separate themselves from others on the premises. Residents should do their very best to ensure they follow this guidance and all residents should regularly wash their hands, avoid touching their face, and clean frequently touched surfaces (door handles, handrails, remote controls and table tops etc).
If a resident or their child(ren) becomes unwell with at least one of the following coronavirus symptoms:
a new continuous cough
loss of or change to sense of smell or taste (anosmia)
and they are residents in a refuge premises that houses other individuals and their families then both the symptomatic individual and their family should remain in their own room and follow the self-isolation guidance. Ideally, a window should be opened for ventilation. The symptomatic individual will need to arrange to be tested for COVID-19
In the event that one resident in the refuge becomes unwell with COVID-19 symptoms then all residents at that refuge will need to commence a period of self-isolation as all residents are considered to be part of one household for the purpose of the self-isolation measures.
Refuge providers should ensure there is a process in place for residents to declare when they are feeling unwell with symptoms that could possibly be COVID-19 in a safe and appropriate manner.
Residents and staff do not need to contact NHS 111 if they think they may have contracted Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). Anyone with a suspected coronavirus illness should not go to a GP surgery, pharmacy or hospital. They should only contact NHS 111 if they feel they cannot cope with their symptoms at home, their condition gets worse, or their symptoms do not get better after seven days.
Residents or staff with any symptoms of COVID19 should arrange to be tested. In an emergency, call 999 if the person is seriously ill or their life is at risk.
Staff should ensure that the symptomatic person and close family members remain in their room as much as possible whilst self-isolating, minimising their use of shared spaces, such as kitchens, bathrooms and sitting areas. Shared spaces should be kept well ventilated and cleaned regularly after use by each individual and particularly after use by a symptomatic individual. Wherever possible, symptomatic persons should not visit shared spaces when others are present. The symptomatic person should strictly keep at least 2 metres apart from other residents and staff in the refuge at all times and where possible should not share a bed with their children.
Symptomatic individuals should use PPE to protect others, face coverings are recommended, and when cleaning areas, PPE (face coverings, plastic aprons and gloves) should be used according to guidance.
If a separate bathroom is not available, consideration should be given to drawing up a rota for washing or bathing, with the person who is symptomatic using the facilities last, before thoroughly cleaning the bathroom themselves (if they are able). If a child is symptomatic, their parent should clean the bathroom.
The refuge can remain open with refuge staff and visiting professionals being able to leave and enter the refuge as required. Visiting professionals and staff would need to be made aware if anyone at the refuge has COVID-19 symptoms or has been tested positive for COVID-19. Visiting professionals should then consider the risks with their employer of attending the refuge to see other non-symptomatic but isolating residents as necessary. They would need to discuss with their employer the risks of attending and the need to take all necessary precautions to minimise their risk of possibly contracting COVID-19. They may conclude following that risk assessment process, that by implementing certain protective measures (eg use of certain PPE items) the risks can be sufficiently mitigated to protect them and thus enable them to fulfil their arranged appointment(s) with other refuge residents.
Whilst on the premises staff and visiting professionals should adhere to the social distancing measures at all times and also practise safe hygiene measures (washing their hands often and thoroughly or using a hand sanitiser).
Continuity of staff should be maintained where possible. To keep staff safe they should follow their organisation's infection control procedures. Guidance on cleaning of residential areas should be followed where there are suspected and/or confirmed cases of COVID-19.
A refuge that houses a number of individuals/individuals and their families is considered to be one 'household' for the purposes of the household self-isolation policy.
Supporting clients and their children in domestic abuse safe accommodation through self-isolation will be a complex task, dealing with a number of family dynamics, personalities and support needs. Consideration should also be given to the needs of the entire household (ie all other residents within that accommodation), including any children residing at refuge who will have their own needs.
If a client or their child(ren) shows symptoms of COVID-19, they should self-isolate in line with the Welsh Government self-isolation guidance for households and should arrange a COVID-19 test immediately.
Refuge providers may need to consider a range of practical solutions for managing any individuals and their families who need to self-isolate such as scheduling or drawing up a rota for use of shared bathrooms and shared kitchen areas by all refuge residents. Further advice can be found in the general advice section below.
If there are multiple residents (and their families) across projects that need to self-isolate, services could consider designating one property as a 'safe zone' and move all those needing to self-isolate into that one property. Any such decision would need to be considered carefully and guidance sought from Public Health Wales.
Where accommodation based services are in buildings with multiple floors or wings, zones could be created for different cohorts (e.g. people who have COVID-19 symptoms and must self-isolate whilst awaiting the outcome of their coronavirus test, people who have tested positive for COVID-19 and who must therefore complete their self-isolation period, people in high risk groups, and all other people).
Living rooms or activity rooms could also be turned into self-isolation rooms. However, the impact of reducing access to activity/living rooms on other residents' mental health and wellbeing will need to be taken in to account.
It is of paramount importance that the mental and physical resilience of residents is considered, especially where there are existing mental health concerns.
It is likely that residents will have experienced significant trauma in their lives and may be less willing or able to follow instructions to self-isolate. Refuge providers should recognise the importance of taking a person-centred, trauma informed approach to understand why people may be reluctant to self-isolate or follow other Welsh Government guidance measures.
The guidance about dealing with people who are unwilling or unable to self-isolate or follow coronavirus lockdown instructions is a useful source of advice
Service providers may also find the Guidance for managing challenging and anti-social behaviour in temporary accommodation: COVID-19 useful.
Test, trace and protect is an approach to tackling coronavirus: testing people with symptoms in the community, tracing those who have come into close contact with people who have tested positive for coronavirus, and protecting family, friends and our community by self-isolating.
Information and guidance on how to apply for a test.
In the event of a positive test, a contact tracer will contact the person tested to help identify potential contacts. A second contact tracer will then get in touch with those contacts and advise them to self-isolate. These people will only be required to take a test if they develop symptoms.
A contact is defined as someone who has had close contact during this period, specifically:
within 1 metre of the person who has tested positive and has been coughed on, had a face-to-face conversation, had skin-to-skin physical contact, or been in other forms of contact within 1 metre for one minute or longer;
within 2 metres of the person testing positive for more than fifteen minutes;
have travelled in a vehicle with the person who has tested positive. or seated near in public transport
Contacts will not be given any information about the person who tested positive for COVID-19, such as their name or where they came into contact with each other. Information gathered across Wales as part of the contact tracing process is held in strict confidence. It will solely be used by the NHS Wales Test, Trace, Protect service to contain the virus. It will not be shared with other bodies.
If a resident or staff member should test positive for COVID-19 then the service provider will need to ensure the whole refuge follows the self-isolation rules. This is because the whole refuge is considered to be one household for the purposes of the self-isolation requirements.
Staff are not automatically to be treated as household contacts of residents and should still be socially distancing themselves where possible.
If there has been a single case in a resident, staff members need to consider how close their contact has been with the positive case. If the level of contact fulfils the definition (as outlined above), then the staff member needs to be treated as a contact, stay home, self-isolate, if they become symptomatic get tested. If it is deemed that the staff member has not had a level of contact, they can continue at work as normal.
If there is more than one confirmed case in the refuge, it may be treated as an outbreak, in which case an outbreak control team should consider all people related to the refuge.
Contact tracers are offered VAWDASV e-Learning as a part of their training.
Charities, specialist services and workers delivering key frontline services, are considered to be 'key workers' and are eligible for additional support and mechanisms. This includes schooling and childcare for the children of key workers.
If the accommodation setting cannot maintain safe ratios due to COVID-19, the same procedures should be followed as in any other case of staff absence. Refuge providers should assess staffing levels on a daily basis and liaise with local authorities and commissioners should staffing become an issue.
Staff and support workers who are well and able to work within the refuge premises should ensure they practise the social/physical distancing measures at all times, staying at least 2m apart from everyone on the premises, and avoid close (face-to-face) contact with anyone, especially people showing COVID-19 symptoms. They should also ensure frequent and thorough hand washing and respiratory hygiene.
If any members of staff become unwell on site with any symptoms of COVID-19 (a new, continuous cough, or a high temperature or a loss of or change to their usual sense of smell and taste), they should be sent home immediately, and advised to follow the self-isolation rules for themselves and their household members, and they should apply for a COVID-19 test immediately. Appropriate sickness policies should be followed. Thorough cleaning of the areas used by that member of staff should be undertaken as soon as they have vacated the refuge. There is no requirement for other staff members or residents within the refuge to commence a period of self-isolation unless in the unfolding days they too begin to display symptoms of COVID-19.
If the symptomatic staff member receives a positive test result for COVID-19, the trace process will commence. Services should consider the wellbeing of other staff who may have been in 'contact' (as defined above) with colleagues who become symptomatic or who test positive for COVID-19.
Staff and residents should be reminded about good practice on:
routine infection prevention and control measures
frequent general cleanliness and cleaning of surfaces and touch points (handles, light switches) and frequently handled appliances and items
frequent and thorough handwashing
thorough respiratory hygiene
social/physical distancing.
Additional cleaning rotas should be considered within shared areas. Usual household cleaning products are sufficient and emphasis should be placed on frequent cleaning of touched surfaces particularly in shared areas (bins, vacuum cleaners, door handles, door release buttons, light switches, intercoms).
Frequent and thorough hand washing will remain the most important personal safety measure, and for this purpose a constant supply of hot water and soap should always be ensured. Personal protective equipment (PPE) (gloves, aprons, sanitiser) should be used by symptomatic persons when using/cleaning shared facilities wherever possible and in line with guidance on safety and cleanliness.
Read advice on the use of Face coverings.
Providers should ensure that all staff within VAWDASV accommodation settings have access to up to date Public Health information on COVID-19 and understand what to do if they or a resident within a refuge shows symptoms of, or is tested positive for COVID-19.
Advice on COVID-19 is updated regularly and available on:
Please also note guidance from the Information Commissioner.
Read guidance on PPE in housing, health and social care supporting settings.
We will provide further guidance if the evolving situation necessitates additional measures. We will also work to ensure that where best practice is identified, this is disseminated across Wales.


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