There are so many great benefits to using the WordPress web publishing software for building, managing and growing your web site. One of these is that WordPress makes it very easy to add content, expand your site's functionality and rearrange your site's layout without having any code editing skills or knowledge.
WordPress gives you the ability to quickly and easily insert, remove, and control various types of content on your blog's sidebar menu (and header and footer sections, depending on what theme you have installed) using widgets.
In this article you will learn what WordPress widgets are, why they can make life easier for non-technical users and how widgets can help to expand the functionality of your web site.
How Do I Access My WP Widgets?
A WordPress widget is a small module of code that performs a specific function, such as adding a feature, or a text box or menu item to your site.
The WordPress application is written using a scripting language called PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor). Normally, to add features and functions that will enhance the functionality of a website, you have to know how to write web code.
Now … don't worry if it all sounds like geek speak. As you are about to see, widgets are perfect for non-techie users.
Widgets eliminate the need to know how to program or manipulate PHP code in order to enhance their website.
Widgets were originally developed to provide an easy way to give WordPress users to control aspects of their WordPress theme's layout and functionality.
Rearrange the functional layout of your theme on widget-enabled areas of your site (e.g. the sidebar, header, footer and other areas) using drag-and-drop technology.
In other posts and tutorials, we provide an overview of WP plugins and WP themes; what they are, what they do, how plugins and themes can add new features to WordPress and even drastically alter the design of your site.
As you will learn shortly, WP themes can affect how widgets work on your site and many plugins also add accompanying widgets that can further extend your website's usability.
Most WordPress themes support widgets and provide widget-ready areas in the theme's layout where widgets can be added to.
Normally, features powered by widgets can be found in the theme's sidebar menu, but depending upon the theme, these can also be in your site's header section, footer, even below your content.
It all depends on what theme that you have installed.
As you can see, the only place where users can add widgets to their site using the above theme is in the site's sidebar section.
The Widgets area displays all the widgets you can use on your site.
Available widgets can be made Active or Inactive using drag-and-drop.
Widgets dragged from the Available Widgets section to widget areas like your sidebar, footer, etc. become immediately active and can be used.
In addition, the Widgets screen includes an Inactive Widgets section that lets you remove widgets that you no longer want to use on your site. Inactive widgets do not lose their pre-configured settings.
In a default WordPress installation, your site already comes with several pre-installed widgets (e.g. widgets for displaying your pages, links, posts, post categories, adding text, adding RSS feeds, adding tags, adding a search box, etc …) and active widgets.
Drag-and-drop lets you easily reconfigure the order of your widgetized sections.
Depending upon the actual WordPress theme that you have installed on your site, you can also customize and manage your widgets without making actual changes to your site, so you can be sure that you like what you have done before committing any changes to your live website.
You can do lots of modifications and adjustments to your widgets in preview mode, like adding, deleting and moving around your active widgets to any widget areas that your theme makes available, and see all changes in real time. If you like what you have done and click the "Save and Publish" button, your changes will then be instantly updated and reflected on your site.
Widget management is a valuable feature of WordPress. You can work in preview mode inside the WordPress Theme Customizer screen (Appearance > Customize) and see how your widget content will appear before publishing it (to avoid making errors), or change your widgets on the fly using the Widget editor screen as discussed earlier.
In the screenshot above, for example, you can see that we have quickly and easily rearranged the layout in the site's sidebar area by switching the search and testimonial sections. As you now know, this was easily done by simply dragging and dropping the widget elements into different positions inside the sidebar widget area.
Reorganize sidebar elements using widgets to improve your site's visitor experience.
With most traditionally-designed websites, you would need to edit code in your website's templates to rearrange the order of elements, make unique customizations to features on page elements like subscriber forms, or just add things like page lists, or a dropdown menu of your post categories, an archived blog posts section, menus that display only selected pages, links to external sites, a list of your most read posts, the latest excerpts of comments added to your posts, a section displaying clickable ad banners, quotations or polls, RSS feed items, product images, social media buttons, and more.
As you have just seen, widgets require no coding experience or programming expertise to use. Most widgets can be added to your site simply by activating a plugin and then dragging and dropping the plugin's corresponding widget into your Active widgets area.
Hopefully, this post has given you a better understanding of problems that can affect your website and how WordPress can help you grow your business online. To learn more about the benefits of using WordPress please see other posts we have published on this site.


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Scientists Argue About Spider-Man By Sonia Shechet Epstein | April 21, 2016
Scientists at Cambridge University have, according to Steven Colbert, "written a PhD thesis on destroying [his] childhood." The study, "Why Spider-Man can't exist: Geckos are 'size limit' for sticking to walls,'" says it all: it debunks the fantasy that humans could ever scale a wall like Spider-Man. Colbert's despair was assuaged by a rebuttal filmed by engineers at Stanford University who, in fact, designed a gecko-inspired adhesive glove and awkwardly scaled a wall, albeit painfully slowly. Spi-der-man…Spi-der-man…Does what-ever…a spi-der can…
Colbert's segment can be streamed below:
The Stanford rebuttal to the Cambridge study can be streamed below:
On the other hand, Stanford has been inspired by geckos and posted their research findings about six ant-sized robots with adhesive feet pulling the weight of a car.
To fuel all our fantasies, the new SPIDER-MAN movie will be released next summer on July 17.

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How Do I Place An Order On Giuseppe Online?
1. Browse. Browse through our product categories and view more details on each product page.
2. Select. Select your size and color (if the option is available) and add your chosen item to your shopping bag by clicking on the 'BUY' button.
3. Review before purchasing. Review the items you have selected by clicking on your shopping bag displayed as 'BAG' at the top of any page. To delete an item from your shopping bag, click on the 'DELETE' next to the item.
4. Purchase. Finalize your purchase by clicking on 'CHECKOUT' and following the instructions for providing your shipping address and payment information.
Do I Need To Create A Giuseppe Online Account To Place An Order?
You can place an order without registering. When you check out simply choose to make your purchase as a 'guest'.
There are advantages to registering at the Giuseppe Zanotti online store, so we do recommend you take a minute to register.
For future purchases you can check out without having to re-enter your payment information and address information; you can save items to your wishlist, track your orders directly form 'my account', review your order history and make changes to or organize your personal details.
After you have placed your order with Giuseppe Zanotti online store, you will receive an email confirming that your order has been received. If you do not receive a confirmation that your order has been received within 24 hours of making your purchase, please contact Giuseppe Zanotti Customer Service.
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If the payment authorization is fully approved and the product is available, the next email you will receive from us will be to confirm your order has been shipped.
If there are any questions concerning the payment authorization or any issues regarding the item(s) you have purchased, you will be contacted by Giuseppe Zanotti Customer Service within 24 hours of your purchase.
At Giuseppe Zanotti we make every effort to ensure that orders placed with our online store are processed as soon as possible. So, as soon as an order is placed and authorized, the order information is sent to our fulfillment department for processing. Once the order information is sent for processing, changes are no longer possible.
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If you wish to change your order after it has been placed, please contact Giuseppe Zanotti Customer Service. We make every effort to ensure that orders placed with our online store are processed as soon as possible. So, as soon as an order is placed and authorized, the order information is sent to our fulfillment department for processing. Once the order information has been sent for processing, changes are no longer possible.
We offer free returns, so if it is too late to change your order, you can simply send it back to us. Please see Returns for further information.
We are unable to add an item to an order or combine two orders together in the same shipment. If you'd like to add an item to your order, simply place a new order for the additional item.
All Giuseppe Zanotti products originate in Italian sizes but are displayed in local sizes, which means UK size for UK, US size for Canada and United States, japanese size for Japan and Italian size for all other countries of the European Union. Just select your normal local size while shopping.
Different products may fit differently depending on the style. We offer free and simple returns.
If you are interested in knowing the size conversion, for your convenience we have provided a size guide for our shoes, accessories and ready-to-wear items.
Only product models and styles from the current online catalog are available for purchase. Products and models from previous seasons are generally not available.
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To create a new password, click "Sign In" on the top of each page, and hit there the link that says 'Forgot your password'?
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Yes. You can send any purchase as a gift simply by selecting the gift tab during checkout.
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No price will be included in gift orders, for orders shipped to other countries, the price of the item will be indicated in the packing slip enclosed in the parcel as this is required for customs.
When you purchase an item as a gift, it is wrapped with gift ribbon around the Giuseppe Zanotti-Outseason product box. You can also include a personalized gift card, by indicating a personal message during checkout. Gift Wrapping is free.
Sorry, but it is currently not possible to purchase gift vouchers from the Giuseppe Zanotti online store.
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Duties, import taxes or other fees may be requested for your order depending on your Country's import policy.
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You will not need to pay any further fees when the package is delivered.
If you decide to return an item, we will refund you the purchase price only. Outside the European Union customs duties and sales taxes are non-refundable. For more information see our Terms and Conditions section.


Grant M. Hunt, the grandson of company founder Grant J. Hunt, Sr. has announced his retirement from the Oakland, Calif., based Grant J. Hunt Co.
Stepping down Jan. 1, Hunt said in a news release that he will continue to work with the company as a consultant.


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Rail fares to increase by 3.1% in January
TOPICS:newsrailtransportUK
Posted By: Voice of London 30 November 2018
The rail industry has announced that Britain's rail fares will rise by an average of 3.1% on 2 January.
The annual cost of getting to work will be more than £100 for daily travellers. The increase of yearly season tickets cover £148 for Brighton to London (from £4,696 to £4,844), £130 for Gloucester to Birmingham (from £4,108 to £4,238), and £100 for Manchester to Liverpool (from £3,152 to £3,252), as stated by an ITV report.
This will be the largest rise since January 2013, according to Office of Rail and Road's data.
Paul Plummer, the Chief Executive of the industry body, the Rail Delivery Group (RDG), told ITV: "Nobody wants to pay more to travel, especially those who experienced significant disruption earlier this year.
"Money from fares is underpinning the improvements to the railway that passengers want and which ultimately help boost the wider economy.
"That means more seats, extra services and better connections right across the country."
The Mayor London, Sadiq Khan, confirmed tube and bus fares will not rise in the next year.
JUST ANNOUNCED: We're freezing @TfL fares for the third year in a row next year, saving millions of Londoners money on their daily journeys – and new weekly capping will help Oyster Card users save even more. https://t.co/h7yo0iYBUH
— Sadiq Khan (@SadiqKhan) November 30, 2018
There have been calls for prices to be frozen following chaos caused by the implementation of new timetables in May.
Andy McDonald, the Shadow Transport Secretary, told BBC the increase showed "a government and rail industry out of touch with passenger concerns", while Mick Cash, the RMT Union General Secretary, called it "another kick in the teeth for passengers on Britain's rip-off privatised railways".
Comments and opinions from Twitter:
This increase is a real slap in the face to long suffering rail passengers. Given the chaos on our railways since the last price hike, Chris Grayling should be delivering a fares freeze on those appalling services which should be funded by the train operators. https://t.co/Fd32TE6T8f
— Andy McDonald MP 💙 (@AndyMcDonaldMP) November 30, 2018
Today it was announced that rail fares for hard pressed commuters are on the rise again 📈
🚨#GMCA Leaders have just passed an emergency resolution opposing today's rail fare increases and condemning the appalling performance of rail services across the North 📉
— Greater Manchester Combined Authority (@greatermcr) November 30, 2018
https://twitter.com/JackHarding_94/status/1068492350576623616
The Voice of London has reached out to the Minister of Transport but has not heard back.
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Learning Innovation
Partnerships and frameworks
How to improve your organisation's culture: The impact of unconscious biases in organisational culture
Jade Tipping
Did you know you are the culture creator?
It comes as no shock that many of us struggle to improve 'Organisational Culture' when, as an industry, we still cannot even come to an agreement on its definition. It is suggested that when viewed holistically, organisational culture:
is the rolling sum of what we do (or do not do) and whether those behaviours are rewarded and reinforced (monetary, recognition, advancement) or punished
contains shared understandings and stories
can be reflective of attitudes in the wider local, regional or national culture in which the organisation sits
can vary within the company (based on its structure)
is viewed by some as static, others as dynamic and continuous (Watkins, M., 2013)
A slightly different lens suggests than an organisation's culture stems from observable actions/omissions that are a direct result of how individuals perceive one another. These associations can be 'explicit', which happens when a person consciously forms a judgement. They can also be 'implicit' which happens if a person is unaware they are making a certain association. This is also known as unconscious bias.
Unconscious biases can colour our opinion of someone's capability or competency. Metrics intended to be objective, such as performance evaluations, can be interpreted to give weight to the unconscious bias, all under the facade of objectivity.
They also impact how we might behave towards someone, including inadvertently interrupting or ignoring certain individuals and not considering alternative courses of action. This is described by Catherine Mattice Zundel (2018) as microaggressions – a form of incivility in the spectrum of negative behaviours that requires positive action to be taken, due to their negative impact on organisational culture.
Everyone has unconscious biases. These biases do not necessarily make someone prejudiced or 'bad'. However, it does mean that a collection of people can inadvertently create a culture that is not fair or inclusive for everyone as first thought.
These biases can manifest themselves throughout a culture but are particularly observable within the mechanisms of reinforcement, such as the organisation's decision-making process.
The answer to the question of 'How do I address the potential impact of biases on organisational culture?' is not easily answered.
Leaders who are responsible for decision making should take steps to:
(a) Understand if they potentially have unconscious biases
(b) Robustly assess whether this has an impact on the content and effect of current and future policies.
Admittedly, this is a challenging prospect as no one likes to find out that they may not be acting as fairly as intended and expected. However, these stakeholders are key generators and reinforcers of the organisation's culture. It also means they are the key people to target as change agents and sponsors of any cultural change initiative.
Identifying instances and the impact of unconscious biases in everyday working life is also hard to spot as most manifestations can be subtle, appearing in smaller instances building up over time. They only tend to become acknowledged when the culture catalyses these unconscious biases and distils them into cases of direct discrimination, harassment or watershed moments, such as the #MeToo Movement.
Recent examples in the media
NHS Secretary becomes oldest person to win age discrimination case
Colleagues complained about her age and frailty after allegations she failed to upload patient details into a new electronic database and was fired. (People Management, 2019). An assumption was made that she was not competent with the technology due to her age, rather than considering that this staff member had not received adequate training to give her this competence. This suggests an implicit association was held between Age / Competence with technology.
JP Morgan to pay historic settlement in paternity leave case
A new father was denied parental leave benefit available to all "primary caregivers" of a new-born because under the bank's policy, he did not qualify as a "primary caregiver" because his wife had "no medical limitations" on her ability to care for their child (BBC, 2019).
This clearly shows two implicit assumptions about a Gender / Career / Childcare held by the policy maker(s):
Assumption 1: that women are the primary caregivers, unless otherwise impeded.
Assumption 2: that men are not primary caregivers, unless they have to be – not because they might choose to be.
It produces expectations and inequalities that all organisations should seek to change. This was an embarrassing lesson to learn but in JP Morgan's statement: "JP Morgan will maintain a gender-neutral parental leave policy and train those administering the policy" [Bold is my emphasis]. They identified the changes required in both the content of the policy and the implementation and effect of the policy.
Air New Zealand drops ban on staff tattoos
The policy shift comes after high-profile cases of individuals who had been refused roles at Air New Zealand, as well as research that demonstrated more than 35% of New Zealanders under 35 have tattoos and for the Maori community – Moko (tattoo markings) are a sacred tradition (BBC, 2019).
This case of implicit associations impacting culture stands out because the organisational culture is at odds with the wider culture in which this organisation sits I.e. New Zealand, for which Maori culture is integral to the very fabric of that nation (Buchanan, K., 2016), including Moko.
The implicit associations here are clearly held and reinforced by someone who is not Maori and holds negative implicit associations between tattoos and professionalism. Consequently, it has disproportionately impacted staff and job candidates that did not share in that implicit association. This would be different if this were a Japanese company in Japan, where tattoos are cultural taboo due to the commonly acknowledged links to the Japanese Yakuza (Mafia) (BBC, 2018). It is therefore important to understand the wider societal and national cultures as context to assessing and addressing unconscious biases in the specific organisation's culture.
It is a very brave move but taking honest stock of behaviours and potential biases, done sensitively, can pay dividends in addressing potential issues in an organisation's culture and taking the initial steps to create one that is truly inclusive and fair.
Baska, M., (8 February 2019). NHS secretary becomes oldest person to win age discrimination case [online]. People Management. [Viewed 11 June 2019]. Available from https://www.peoplemanagement.co.uk/news/articles/secretary-oldest-person-win-age-discrimination-case
BBC (10 June 2019). Air New Zealand drops ban on staff tattoos [online]. [Viewed 10 June 2019] Available from https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-48577668
BBC (31 May 2019). JP Morgan to pay historic settlement in paternity leave case [online]. [Viewed 31 May 2019] Available from https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-48469596
BBC (20 September 2018). Rugby World Cup: Cover up your tattoos in Japan, players told [online]. [Viewed 12 June 2019] Available from https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-45586210
Buchanan,K., (18 November 2016). Indigenous Rights in New Zealand [online]. The Library of Congress. [Viewed 14 June 2019] Available from https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2016/11/indigenous-rights-in-new-zealand-legislation-litigation-and-protest/
Mattice Zundel, C., (10 June 2018). Defining Harassment [online]. LinkedIn Learning. [Viewed 18 June 2019]. Available from https://www.linkedin.com/learning/preventing-harassment-in-the-workplace/defining-harassment?u=62195682
Watkins, M.D., (15 May 2013). What is organisational culture [online]. Harvard Business Review. [Viewed 11 June 2019]. Available from https://hbr.org/2013/05/what-is-organizational-culture
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Elizabeth Sonola, Consultant
Matthew Smith, Senior Consultant
Michael Clinch, Lead Consultant
Paul Devaney, Practice Director
Robin Ridgley, Senior Consultant
Keeping it on the DL - Guest Speaker LPI Chairman Donald H Taylor
Shall we jump right in? Are L&D teams relevant anymore? Given the steer towards customised, personalised learning do you still need an L&D team. Well, we are walking into this vlog with a bang. It is a crucial question and the elephant in the room that we should all be asking ourselves. LPI Chairman and Guest Speaker for this month's vlog Donald H Taylor cleverly approaches this question. So, the answer is yes and no. Unfortunately, you cannot measure learning, but most learning takes place outside what L&D does. We live in a world where people can increasingly access information themselves and there are so many options on the market that it is no longer sufficient to just rely on L&D functions. L&D needs to adjust to this new world and as we have experienced previously, they are not the sole gatekeepers to knowledge anymore. However, they can make themselves an essential cog in the machine. The scope of what L&D should be doing has increased and it needs to adapt so it can help individuals reach their potential. Let's face facts, Covid-19 has given people the time and determination to take up learning on their own. Upskilling was already a huge priority pressing on people's minds prior to 2020 and as we move to a remote world, online learning is not only essential but the default option.
You know what they say about cyber security…
Cyber security is like underwear: don't let people see it, change it often and don't share with strangers. Perhaps an unheard-of joke, but a very common one amongst cyber security professionals and it has been creeping its way into how a company approaches its security. The four words that should describe an organisations cyber defences; 'efficient, evolving, integrated and necessary.' There is no shortage of providers advertising that this is what they can supply and companies' now holding their hands up admitting it is what they need. However, what a company wants, and needs are two very different things, and it is the difference between a multi-million budget spend or some minor but effective internal changes. The thirst for new technology is making organisations even more complex, and at the current rate it is progressing, there is a lot of opinion on the necessity for trendy technology and what will create the perfect formula to 'streamline, accelerate and strengthen.'
Tessa Fyson
Day 1: Social Housing Annual Conference 2020 and HOMES UK - "A virtual day of inspiration"
Having attended several Social Housing Annual Conferences in my 15 years working in the sector both in Harrogate and in Manchester, this years conference was always going to be different. Getting up this morning and not having to travel was different and then the thought of not being able to catch up and have a coffee and a chat with ex colleagues and friends was always going to be a little different. I need not have worried as Day 1 once again re-affirmed my love for the sector, its people and how Social Housing is making a huge difference to the lives of people across the country.
Robin Ridgley
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Q: Counting down from an input value in VHDL I'm trying to assign the value of input aa to the signal t in the code below. It compiles successfully, but there is a warning:
WARNING[9]: C:/Modeltech_5.7f/examples/hassan1.vhd(14): (vcom-1013) Initial value of "t" depends on value of signal "aa".
Here is the code:
library IEEE;
use IEEE.std_logic_1164.all;
use IEEE.std_logic_unsigned.all ;
use ieee.numeric_std.all;
entity counter is
port(clk :in std_logic;
 reset : in std_logic;
 aa: in std_logic_vector(3 downto 0);
 check : out std_logic_vector(3 downto 0));
end counter;

architecture imp of counter is
signal i:std_logic_vector(3 downto 0):="0000";
signal t:std_logic_vector(3 downto 0):=aa;
begin
 process(clk)
  begin
  if rising_edge(clk) and (t>0) then
      t<=t-1;
      i<=i+1;
  end if;
 end process;
check<=i;
end  imp;

What should I be doing in order to decrement the input 'aa' in the process? The program is meant to decrement the value at input aa to 0.

A: It looks like you are trying to implement a down-counter with a load input. In such a counter, when load_enable = '1' you should register the load input value (aa in your case) into an internal signal. When load_enable = '0', you would decrement this count value. Here is a code example that does that:
library ieee;
use ieee.std_logic_1164.all;
use ieee.numeric_std_unsigned.all;

entity down_counter is
  port (
    clock: in std_logic;
    reset: in std_logic;
    load_enable: in std_logic;
    load_data: in std_logic_vector(3 downto 0);
    output: out std_logic_vector(3 downto 0)
  );
end;

architecture rtl of down_counter is
    signal count: std_logic_vector(3 downto 0);
begin
    process (clock, reset) begin
        if reset then
            count <= (others => '0');
        elsif rising_edge(clock) then
            if load_enable then
                count <= load_data;
            else
                count <= count - 1;
            end if;
        end if;
    end process;

    output <= count;
end;

For the record, the code above can be improved, but I didn't want to throw too much stuff at once. It is probably a good idea to use an integer instead of std_logic_vector for your count signal. Also you should check if the count proceeds as you expected, since the example uses the numeric_std_unsigned package. I'd recommend that you change it to numeric_std once you understand the code completely.

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Richard Tapper
Tribe and State in Iran and Afghanistan
Author: Richard Tapper Publisher: Routledge Published: 27 Apr, 2012 ISBN: 978-0415610568 Pages: 463 Language: English
In 1978 and 1979, revolutions in Afghanistan and Iran marked a shift in the balance of power in South West Asia and the world. Shaken by events in Iran and the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, the world has once more been made aware that tribalism is no anachronism in a struggle for political and cultural self-determination.
In Afghanistan the Soviet army is encountering touch opposition from tribesmen, while in Iran the onset of the revolution have the tribes, many of which are separate minority nations, an opportunity to move towards independence. Indeed, Iran is still threatened by the possibility that it may break up into smaller national units.
Much new research in this book provides historical and anthropological perspectives necessary to the eventual understanding of the events surrounding the revolutions.
This is a reprint of the original 1983 edition published by Croom Helm.
© 2021 Richard Tapper. All Rights Reserved.
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Indiana's attorney general is reminding political candidates that using technology that automatically calls residential phone numbers and plays prerecorded messages is illegal in the state.
Greg Zoeller said robocalling won't be tolerated. He said disregarding the law can lead to his office filing a lawsuit seeking civil penalties up to $5,000 per violation against those responsible.
While Indiana law protects against robocalls, traditional "live" calls from campaigns are allowed, even to numbers registered on the Do Not Call List.
Indiana residents who receive robocalls can file a complaint with the attorney general's Consumer Protection Division.


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Q: Wordpress admin-ajax.php 400 I have a strange and frustrating behaviour of wordpress admin-ajax.php file, when i make an ajax request it returns 400 error bad request.
var ajaxurl = '<?php echo site_url() ?>/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php';
var true_posts = '<?php echo serialize($wp_query->query_vars); ?>';
var current_page = <?php echo (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1; ?>;
var max_pages = '<?php echo $wp_query->max_num_pages; ?>';
jQuery(function($){
                $('#true_loadmore').click(function(){
                    $(this).text('Loading...');
                    var data = {
                        'action': 'loadmore',
                        'query': true_posts,
                        'page' : current_page
                    };
                    $.ajax({
                        url:ajaxurl,
                        data:data,
                        type:'POST',
                        success:function(data){
                            if( data ) {
                                $('#true_loadmore').text('View more recent Posts').before(data);
                                current_page++;
                                if (current_page == max_pages) $("#true_loadmore").remove();
                            } else {
                                $('#true_loadmore').remove();
                            }
                        }
                    });
                });
            });

my functions.php .
add_action('wp_ajax_loadmore', 'true_load_posts');
add_action('wp_ajax_nopriv_loadmore', 'true_load_posts');

function true_load_posts(){

    $args = unserialize( stripslashes( $_POST['query'] ) );
    $args['paged'] = $_POST['page'] + 1;
    $args['post_status'] = 'publish';

    query_posts( $args );
    if( have_posts() ) :

        while( have_posts() ): the_post();

            get_template_part( 'template-parts/post/content', get_post_format() );

        endwhile;

    endif;
    die();
}

And I got 400 error .
  Someone could help me to please? thank you.

A: the problem should be the action in your sending data.
The 'action' value must correspond to the function name in the php side (and in the add_action method ).
var data = {
    'action': 'true_load_posts',    //instead of 'loadmore'
    'query': true_posts,
    'page' : current_page
};

Hope this help.


My Two Credits: Here's to a New Year!
Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a safe and fun New Year's Eve and is ready for another year in SWTOR.
The first anniversary for SWTOR came and went in December, with very little fanfare from Bioware itself. That didn't stop some of us from celebrating our first year in a game we waited months and sometimes years for. Here's my take on our beloved game.
First of all, my favorite thing about TOR is the stories. I liked the Inquisitor story so much I've actually made a second one to level up as a DPS Sorc. So far I'm enjoying it just as much as the first time around. I've also started playing my other Empire alts more often than I was there for a while.
Next, I really like the stunning graphics. Some of the planets are just gorgeous, with skies to sit and watch. Remember to look up and see things you might miss. Alderaan is beautiful and the skyline above Ilum is worth the trip to just go to see it. The details on buildings are brilliant and some of the architecture is breathtaking.
The Ops are fun and were often the only thing that kept my attention during the long months of no new content. I love Terror From Beyond, especially, but all of the Ops have clever mechanics, fun puzzles and enough difficulty to keep us coming back again and again.
One thing I do want to mention is the knock-back effect which has been implemented on so many bosses. It has come to feel as if the developers use that when they can't think of anything else and it has become very old, very fast. It's always been an annoying mechanic in every game I've played, but it's been used far too much in SWTOR and I hope the developers come up with something else. There are a lot of people complaining about it, so I know I'm not the only one who feels it's been overused.
I still haven't gotten into PVP much and it's on my list, but I'm just not fond of how they have it set up. If I could choose where I wanted to go, I'd probably be PVPing a lot. After all, I was in solid top tier arena gear in another game, so PVP is something I enjoy. However, I don't enjoy lack of choice. We should be able to do random if we want, perhaps with a daily or weekly attached to it and also be able to choose where we want to go. I've never been a fan of random and being forced to use it means I simply don't PVP. I think Bioware is missing the boat on this, as I doubt I'm the only one who feels this way.
I still enjoy the Space Missions occasionally, but I don't play them as often as I was. I'm not very good at them, in spite of having the best gear out there. I do manage all the low level ones, easily, but the higher ones take more skill than I have. That's okay, though, as I happily shoot my way through the baby ones.
Now we come to gear, equipment and speeders. This is where Bioware has fallen down. In their quest to keep things realistic, I think they forgot this is a game and needs to be fun. The overall quality of the gear has been pretty bad. Colors are dreary and drab, for the most part and the design of much of the gear is simply ugly.
Speeders were in the same boat (pun intended), but lately, they have come out with several speeders that are awesome, so kudos for improvement in the speeder area. The two new throne mounts and the hover mounts are simply to die for. I can't wait for the GTN prices to come down enough for me to buy one.
Now, if only they would give us gorgeous clothes for my girls. Right now, I have to go to other games for my color and style fix, where I happily spend hours changing my character's colors and even style of clothing. Those are hours spent away from TOR because I'm pretty resigned to having blah clothes for my girls. Another missed opportunity for Bioware because if I had the ability to change colors whenever I wanted and get some pretty styles, I'd be spending those hours in TOR.
Of course, if you've ever read this column you already know that color and style have been my personal beefs pretty much from the beginning. As beautiful as some of the worlds are, the monochromatic color becomes boring very quickly. There are a few notable exceptions, like Alderaan and Corellia, but many of the others tend to be one main color, with buildings usually drab greys and browns. For instance Hoth is the white planet, Tatooine and Korriban are tan, Quesh is orange, etc. It gets old very quickly.
Quesh particularly is a planet where I do my class quests and get off as fast as I can. Orange is not a color I like on a good day and having it surround me for any longer than necessary is not something I care to do.
There are bugs, but those exist in any game. And I still think there needs to be better and more consistent communication between Bioware and the community.
I'm still reserving judgment on the Free-to-Play model, although my current reaction is one of mixed feelings.
As to the Cartel Coins, I wish certain items were available to buy, rather than the gamble of Cartel Packs.
However, I did finally spend some of my coins on the Grade 7 Ship upgrades and an HK-51 for my new Sorc.
Overall, I think the game has fared well. The quality is uneven at times, with brilliant ideas and execution side by side with major blunders and awful execution. As was recently pointed out to me, many of what I consider blunders are in the style department, so I will concede that some of that is a matter of taste. However, since so many people agree with me, I will also say that the consensus is that TOR gear is ugly. Bioware fixed many of the early blunders (like all the stuff missing for guilds), so I'm hopeful they will do so with the current ones (issues with the F2P).
As was also pointed out to me recently, it's still a new game and there's still time to fix the issues that need to be fixed. But that time won't last forever, so I hope Bioware gets on this stuff right away.
I look forward to the faster schedule of new content releases and I plan to renew my subscription for yet another six months. I also pre-ordered my expansion pack.
So, Bioware, I'm sticking around and hope you stun us all (in a good way) with whatever magnificent changes are coming.


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Q: Is this type of recursion bad in JavaScript? If so, how should I rewrite it? I have HTML code that looks like this:

    What is your favorite number?
    <input type="text" id="change0" />

And I have JS that looks like this:
/** @type {number} */
var counter = 1;

function doStuff(id) {
    var thing = document.getElementById(id);
    thing.addEventListener('change', doMoreStuff);
}

function doMoreStuff() {
    counter++;
    var addStuff = document.getElementById("addStuff");
    var stuff = document.createElement("input");
    stuff.id = "change" + counter;
    stuff.type = "text";
    addStuff.appendChild(stuff);
    doStuff(stuff.id);
}

window.onload = function() {
    /** @constant */
    var SEED_ID = "change0"
    doStuff(SEED_ID);
};

The doMoreStuff() function recursively calls the doStuff() function. Does JavaScript manage the memory properly, or am I doing this incorrectly?

A:
The doMoreStuff() function recursively calls the doStuff() function.

That's not really mutual recursion, as doStuff doesn't call doMoreStuff - it only sets it up as a handler to be called.

Does JavaScript manage the memory properly

Yes. Asynchronous "recursion" (sometimes dubbed pseudo-recursion) does not grow the call stack, it's much like tail recursion.

A: What you have isn't recursion. The doStuff function just binds an event handler to an event, and you reuse the function in the event handler.
It's similar to recursion, but waiting for the event to happen breaks the chain. You need to think of handling event in a different way than procedural code, otherwise you will have difficulties when you have several different events to consider.
Reusing code is a great tool, but in this case it doesn't do very much. The way that you bind the events are not very similar, so you can just repeat the addEventListener call in the two places, and the code gets even simpler:
function doMoreStuff() {
    counter++;
    var addStuff = document.getElementById("addStuff");
    var stuff = document.createElement("input");
    stuff.id = "change" + counter;
    stuff.type = "text";
    addStuff.appendChild(stuff);
    stuff.addEventListener('change', doMoreStuff);
}

window.onload = function() {
    document.getElementById("change0").addEventListener('change', doMoreStuff);
};


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Edith Mae Surber
Edith Mae Surber, 92, of Ashdown, AR died Friday March 30, 2012 at Little River Nursing Home in Ashdown, AR. Mrs. Surber was born August 3, 1919 in Crossett, AR. She was preceded in death by her husband, Virgil Surber Sr. Survivors include two sons and daughter-in-laws, Virgil Jr. and Linda Surber of Ashdown, AR, and John & Rhonda Surber of Arcadia, LA; one daughter and son-in-law, Linda & Jimmy Hickey Sr. of Texarkana, AR; five grandchildren, Machelle & Jeff Haskins, Sherry & Donnie Zeigler of Ashdown, AR, Jimmy Jr. & Denise Hickey, Jay & Tara Hickey, and Josh Hickey; nine great-grandchildren, Dalton Haskins, Bryson Haskins, Brylee Haskins, Lauren Zeigler, Sawyer Hickey, Victoria & Grace Hickey, Lindsey & Haley Hickey; three step grandchildren, Leslie Keithley, Ramona Bell, Jamie Peeples. Visitation will be Sunday April 1, 2012 from 5 to 7 pm at Madden Funeral Home, Ashdown,AR. Graveside service will be Monday April 2, 2012 at 2:00 pm at Ashdown Cemetery in Ashdown, AR with Bro. James Lindsey officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Madden Funeral Home, Ashdown, AR online registration: maddenfuneralservice.com
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The Gillespie Family: Edmonton away!
I THINK spring has arrived. Nice weather, no snow, and my all seasons are on the car.
It was very yummy. Never thought I'd be a fan of flavored hard alcohol.
Anisha turned 7 & has her bday party at the local bowling alley.
While the kids were away in AB with my folks, Ali & I car shopped for a minivan. We ended up going with a 2014 Honda Odyssey EX. It should arrive by May 20.
For the long weekend, we came to Alberta for Ali's brother's wedding. It was a busy weekend.
The huge wine store near my parent's place.
They had a tasters bar. Dad & I tried the $3 1/2 oz tequila. Dad wants to try this one on his next bday.
The education centre at the liquor store.
Samantha (right) waits patiently as the tea ceremony takes place AM of the wedding at the bride's parent's house. It was more for fun, with a dash of tradition.
The best man (Ali's oldest brother) dances with his daughter (left), the groom's daughter (in arms), while the groom's son watched from the background.
We sat at the kids table.
Since it was my 10th wedding anniversary with Ali on the 15th, I booked us the Luxury Polynesian Theme room at the Fantasyland Hotel.
The Jacuzzi tub filled from above! It was very nice!
The girls joined us later the next day. We stopped at Build a bear & they made My Little Pony stuffed animals before enjoying Galaxyland.


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The President's Son Sounds Off 'Big Tech Companies Can't Disguise Their Gross Hypocrisy'
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As Written By Donald Trump Jr. for Fox News.
In an effort to get what they want, Big Tech companies have reached a level of hypocrisy that beggars belief.
The same companies that shamelessly censor conservatives and tilt public discourse in the left's favor have suddenly decided they're into "free expression."
House Democrats recently rewarded their Big Tech backers by holding a hearing titled "Preserving an Open Internet for Consumers, Small Businesses, and Free Speech."
No, Twitter, Google, and Facebook haven't suddenly decided to stop working with left-wing groups to stigmatize and silence their political enemies, and the Democrats certainly weren't there to address Big Tech's growing list of privacy and bias scandals. The whole point of the hearing was to help these monopolies present themselves as defenders of free speech and competition while they advocate for a return to the "net neutrality" policies that help their bottom line.
Although there were no representatives from the "big three" tech companies present at the hearing, all three have been vociferous advocates of net neutrality, and that perspective was amply represented.
Back in 2017, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) repealed these burdensome Obama-era regulations. Both CNN and socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders told us that meant the "end of the internet as we know it." Nancy Pelosi called it a "Trump assault" that "set into motion the destruction of the free and open Internet."
Every Big Tech gatekeeper from Amazon to YouTube put their differences aside and used their combined platforms to whip consumers into a frenzy to "save net neutrality." Some people literally took to the streets.
A few people took it way too far. As The Boston Globe's Jeff Jacoby wrote, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai "was showered with racist insults (Pai is Indian-American) and death threats — some of them serious enough to compel Pai to cancel major public appearances." Signs posted near Pai's home invoked his young children by name, and charged that their "'Dad murdered democracy in cold blood……….
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace AMing.KcvExtension.Core.Enums
{
    [Flags]
    public enum ListenerMemberType
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// 正常的
        /// </summary>
        Normal = 1 << 0,
        /// <summary>
        /// 功能
        /// </summary>
        Function = 1 << 1,
        /// <summary>
        /// 数据方法
        /// </summary>
        DataMethod = 1 << 2,
        /// <summary>
        /// 全部
        /// </summary>
        All = Normal | Function | DataMethod
    }
}


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class HelpController < ApplicationController
  def syntax
    @title = "Syntax"
  end

  def rules
    @title = "Custom Magic Comprehensive Rules"
  end

  def contact
    @title = "Contact"
  end
end


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Animal Wise by Virginia Morell- Quote Collection
"Surely, the most important part of an animal is its anima, its vital spirit, on which is based its character are all the peculiarities by which it most concerns us. Yet most scientific books which treat of animals leave this out altogether, and what they describe are as it were phenomena of dead matter."
Henry David Thoreau, pg. 0
"Despite this evidence, some people, including some scientist, still object to or have difficulty accepting this simple fact of life. One researcher I interviewed, who studies the mental abilities of humans and dogs, told me that the "biggest problem" he faces is that some of his colleagues in the department of human cognition at his university "don't think of humans as part of evolution; they don't fully accept that humans are animals."
Virginia Morell, pg. 10
"And even if an animal could talk, would we listen?"
"In the earliest times, when both people and animals lived on earth, a person could become an animal if he wanted to, and an a imam could become a human being. Sometimes they were people and somethings animals and there was no different. All spoke the same language. that was the time when words were like magic."
Nalunglaq a netsilik eskimo, pg. 74
"Although some still regard laughter as a uniquely human trait, honed in the Pleistocene, the joke's on them."
Jaak Panksepp, pg. 116
"Man had always assumed that he was more intelligent that dolphins because he had achieved so much- the wheel, New York, wars, and so on- while all the dolphins had ever done was much about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent that man- for precisely the same reasons. "
Douglas Adams, pg. 158
"They must be able to calculate the consequences of their own behavior, to calculate the likely behavior of others, to calculate the balance of advantage and loss- and all this in a context where the evidence on which their calculations are based is ephemeral, ambiguous, and liable to change, not least as a consequence of their own actions. In such a situation, 'social skill' goes hand in hand with intellect, and here at last the intellectual facilities required are of the highest order." Humphrey and Jolly agreed that the most demanding challenges facing primates, our early ancestors, and humans today is the game of social plot and counter plot."
Humphrey, pg. 196
"Really, I cannot believe this. With Ayumu, as you saw, we discovered that chimpanzees are better than humans at one type of memory test. It is something a chimpanzee can do immediately, and it is one thing- one thing- that they are better at that humans. I know this had upset people; you can read their comments on YouTube, where they even say it must be a trick- the chimpanzee is cheating. And now here are researchers who have practiced to become 'as good as' a chimpanzee! I really do not understand this need for us always to be superior in all domains. Or to be separate, so unique from every other animal," he said. "We are not. We are not plants; we are members of the animal kingdom." …"what is so threatening to us about the mind of the chimpanzee?"
Matsuzawa, pg. 232
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Will Hayhurst Hopes York Loan Spell Can Spur Him On
Oliver Wheeler
Will Hayhurst hopes his loan spell at York City will serve him well next season as he looks to push for a place in Preston North End's starting line-up.
The 20-year-old joined Nigel Worthington's side in January on an initial month-long deal, which was later extended until the end of the season.
The winger now returns to Deepdale with more valuable first team experience under his belt having made 20 appearances for the Minstermen in his five months at Bootham Crescent.
And Hayhurst believes the time he spent with the League Two club will prove beneficial on a personal level as well as for North End.
"I think some people can look at last season and think it was a bit of a disappointment at Preston and I can understand where they're coming from there," he told PNE.Com in an exclusive interview.
"But it's how football happens, sometimes you can't get in the team and you have to go away and I just felt it was the right time for me to get some games.
"It was for myself but also for Preston as well, I just thought that if I did go away and got some games it would help me in my career for Preston as well.
"I really enjoyed it and playing every week was great and hopefully now I can kick on next season."
While at York, Hayhurst struck up a productive partnership with fellow North End loanee Ben Davies, who had joined the Minstermen at the beginning of the 2013/14 season.
The duo had previously played together for Preston at Academy level and Hayhurst believes having a familiar face around helped him settle in Yorkshire.
He added: "Sometimes it is hard to settle at clubs for players and with Ben being there it was quite easy for me to settle straight away.
"That was a massive help, I think he helped me a lot going through with York so I really enjoyed it and also linking up with him was great, getting a better understanding.
"I played with him in the youth team and we did very well together there so I really enjoyed it and hopefully we can both come back to Preston stronger players."
But Hayhurst is well aware of how difficult it will be for the pair to continue their understanding next season because of the amount of quality players North End currently possess.
"I think we would both love that [to continue the partnership] but we've got some great players at Preston in our positions and it will be a battle," he said.
"But you never know what can happen and if we both just believe in ourselves then hopefully we can push the first team players at Preston now and hopefully force our way in as well."
Like North End, York lost in the penultimate stage of the Play-Offs. The Minstermen were beaten 1-0 by Fleetwood Town over two legs and Hayhurst admits the defeat was difficult to take after such a positive campaign.
"It was hard to take after doing what we did in getting into the Play-Offs," he said.
"I thought the lads were excellent and they gave everything and then to go out 1-0 after both ties, it was devastating really.
"But these things happen in football, it was just gutting that Preston and York went out the day after so it was a big disappointment really."
Hayhurst has recently returned from international duty with the Republic of Ireland's U21s having played 40 minutes of their 1-1 draw with Qatar in Germany last weekend.
He said: "It was a good experience, it's a lot different playing internationally at any age.
"Every team is very technical and they keep the ball well so it's tough but it was a new group of lads, I think 15 players made their U21 debuts.
"So it was a new squad and I thought we dealt with it quite well."


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I believe crosswords should be fun, witty, challenging and should contain at least one clue that makes you smile.


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Interstate 691 ConnecticutWebmaster2020-10-30T12:20:14-04:00
Interstate 691 Connecticut
Interstate 691 branches east from I-84 along the Cheshire and Southington town line along a rural course to Crow Hollow along the Hanging Hills. Passing south of Cathole Mountain, the freeway enters the urban area of Meriden and continues north of the city center. I-691 connects with Route 15 (Wilbur Cross Parkway), Interstate 91 and Route 66 west of Higby Mountain. Route 66 east extends the freeway north of Beseck Mountain into the town of Middlefield.
Interstate 691 began as a freeway for U.S. 6A between Exits 8 and 13 in 1965. By 1969, the designation shifted from U.S. 6A to Connecticut 66, with construction extending the road west to Exit 4 by 1970. Interstate 691 was established by AASHTO along with I-284 in Hartford on July 13, 1976. I-691 however was not signed until 1987, one year prior to the completion of its connection to Interstate 84.1
East End – Meriden, CT
West End – Cheshire, CT
Cities – Meriden
Source: 2018 AADT – Traffic Monitoring Station Viewer (CTDOT)
East End – Meriden, Connecticut
Perspective from Interstate 691 east
Interstate 691 leaves the parclo interchange (Exit 8) with U.S. 5 (Broad Street) on the approach to Interstate 91 and Route 15. Forthcoming Exit 10 links with Route 15 (Wilbur Cross Parkway) south leading into the I-91 exchange with Main Street in Meriden. Photo taken 06/26/05.
Exit 10 departs Interstate 691 eastbound for Route 15 (Wilbur Cross Parkway) south to I-91 south. Route 15 travels 6.7 miles to Wallingford; Interstate 91 ends 20 miles southward at I-95 by the Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge in New Haven. Photo taken 06/26/05.
A left exit follows from I-691 east onto Interstate 91 northbound directly to Wethersfield and Hartford. Exit numbers along Route 66 continue the numbering system of I-691 to Preston Avenue. Photo taken 06/26/05.
Exit 12 comprises a half diamond interchange joining Route 66 with Preston Avenue on the east side of Meriden. Preston Avenue heads south to Main Street and north to I-91 at Baldwin Avenue. Photo taken 06/26/05.
The Route 66 freeway extends across the Middlesex County line to a wye interchange with Main Street. Photo taken 06/26/05.
Main Street (old U.S. 6 Alternate) converges with Route 66 through a gap between Higby and Beseck Mountain. Route 66 continues 0.75 miles east to a signalized intersection with Route 147 (Baileyville Road) south in Middlefield. Photo taken 06/26/05.
Perspective from Connecticut 66 and Interstate 691 west
Route 66 (Meriden Road) expands into an expressway west from the Mattabesett Trail head for Higby Mountain. The wye interchange (Exit 13) with East Main Street (historic U.S. 6 Alternate) follows. Photo taken 06/26/05.
East Main Street splits with Route 66 at a left exit. Crossing into the city of Meriden, Route 66 turns northwest toward the exchange with Interstate 91 and Route 15 (Wilbur Cross Parkway). Photo taken 06/26/05.
The entrance ramp from Preston Avenue adds an auxiliary lane along Route 66 westbound to I-91 north at Exit 11. Interstate 691 formally begins at the I-91 underpass. Photo taken 06/26/05.
Exit 10 departs from the left side of I-691 for Interstate 91 and Route 15 (Wilbur Cross Parkway) south to Wallingford and New Haven. Photo taken 06/26/05.
Interstate 91 and Route 15 (Wilbur Cross Parkway) parallel one through a parclo interchange with Main Street in Meriden. The two separate southward to the town of New Haven. Photo taken 06/26/05.
Perspective from Interstate 91 north
I-91 and Route 15 (Wilbur Cross Parkway) run directly along side each north from a wye interchange adjacent to an area of wetlands along Willow Brook. A slip ramp (Exit 17) joins the two northbound roadways ahead of Main Street in Meriden. Route 15 provides the connection from I-91 north to I-691 west. Photo taken 08/09/04.
With ten overall lanes, the separate roadways for I-91 and Route 15 pass under Main Street ahead of their separation. A loop ramp merges with Route 15 north ahead of ramps (Exit 68) for I-91 north and Interstate 691 west. Photo taken 08/09/04.
Route 15 shifts west from I-91 at a wye intercahnge preceding Exit 68W for Interstate 691 to Waterbury. Photo taken 08/09/04.
Interstate 91 turns northeasterly from Route 15 to meet the east end of I-691 directly at Exit 18. Route 66 extends the freeway east to the Middlefield town line. Photo taken 08/09/04.
Exit 18 departs Interstate 91 north for Route 66 east to Preston Street in Meriden and the city of Middletown beyond Higby Mountain. I-91 advances north to Hartford. Photo taken 08/09/04.
West End – Cheshire, Connecticut
Perspective from Interstate 691 west
Interstate 691 separates into ramps for Interstate 84 (Exits 2/1) 0.75 miles beyond the Route 10 (Highland Avenue) overpass in north Cheshire. Photo taken by Douglas Kerr (06/02/02).
Traffic along I-691 westbound defaults onto Interstate 84 west, nine mile from Downtown Waterbury. Exit 2 directs motorists northward along I-84 east through the town of Stonington back toward the cities of Hartford and New Britain. Photo taken by Douglas Kerr (06/02/02).
Perspective from Interstate 84 west
The directional T interchange (Exit 27) with Interstate 691 east expands over the folded diamond interchange (Exit 28) with Route 322 (Meriden-Waterbury Turnpike) at the Stonington neighborhood of Marion. Photo taken by Douglas Kerr (08/07/02).
Perspective from Interstate 84 east
Interstate 84 traverses the foothills south of Stonington Mountain on the approach to Exit 27 with I-691 east. Photo taken 06/26/05.
Back to back off-ramps depart from I-84 east within a quarter mile for Interstate 691 east to Meridian and Route 322 (Meriden Waterbury Turnpike) at the Marion and Middledale neighborhoods in the town of Stonington. Photo taken 06/26/05.
A small diagrammatic overhead outlines the ensuing exits for Interstate 691 (Exit 27) and Connecticut 322 (Exit 28). Heading east through New Haven County, I-691 and Connecticut 322 parallel one another to Pratts Corner and Hubbard Park. Photo taken 06/26/05.
Exit 27 leaves I-84 east beyond the Marion Road overpass for I-691 east to Meriden and Middlefield. Photo taken 06/26/05.
Interstate 691 (Connecticut) (NYCRoads).
Page updated February 15, 2019.


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Away Days: Aston Villa
Guide To FA Cup Trip
Blackpool open up 2015 with a trip to Premier League Aston Villa on Sunday, where they'll hope to cause an FA Cup upset.
A mainstay stadium in English football's top tier, it will be Blackpool's first visit to Villa Park since 2010.
Here is a guide on getting to Pool's first away game of the new year.
125 miles separate the two clubs, and supporters are advised to give in excess of two hours to make the journey.
Trinity Rd,
B6 6HE,
Witton station is the closest to the Villa Park away end. Two are likely to be required for supporters travelling from Blackpool North. The quickest route involves going via Preston and then Birmingham New Street.
Supporters can pay on the day at Villa Park, with no extra charges being put in place.
£20 for Adults
£10 for Under-18s
For more ticket information click HERE.
Villa Park has been home to Aston Villa since 1897 and 42,682 can fill inside.
Used as a neutral venue often in the past, Villa Park has hosted FA Cup semi-finals and Community Shield clashes.
Villa drew 0-0 in consecutive matches over the Christmas period and have won just two league games on home soil this season.


Posted by Frank M. Lin 5/8/2017 6:05 pm @ San Francisco, California – I read this piece back in 2014 and it is very eloquently written. It had just popped on my Facebook "memories" feed so I wanted to archive it on my blog. I fully share her sentiments. Personally I have no bias towards green (DPP) nor blue (KMT) party. Interestingly my mom is a die hard KMT fan and my dad is pretty much DPP. LOL.
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1968 On Tour Set now available in U.K.
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For U.K. readers - I've been told that the 1968 On Tour set is now available to stream or download at Amazon UK, priced at £45.89, and for £49.99 on iTunes.
I haven't independently verified that, but I HAVE checked Qobuz U.K. for a lossless version, and see that they have a 16-bit FLAC for £67.49. It's not on 7Digital U.K. yet, but likely will be soon.
Re: 1968 On Tour Set now available in U.K.
Thanks very much indeed for the info. Will check it out.
Please post confirmation that it is indeed now for sale on the UK site. I had asked Capitol to look into the issue and want to make sure the problem has been fixed.
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1 killed, 2 missing after fishing boat hits tanker in bay
Associated Press January 16, 2020
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — A member of a fishing boat crew was killed and two others are missing after their 81-foot craft collided with a 600-foot chemical tanker near the entrance to Galveston Bay just off the Texas coast, the U.S. Coast Guard reported.
The fishing boat Pappy's Pride capsized after colliding with the tanker Bow Fortune near the Galveston jetties Tuesday afternoon. Two of the fishing boat's crew members were pulled from the water and turned over to paramedics, but a search continued Wednesday for two other crew members, the Coast Guard said in a statement. The Galveston Beach Patrol says one of the rescued crew members died a short time later.
About 500 feet of containment booms have been deployed around the capsized fishing boat, which was carrying 14,000 gallons of diesel fuel, and an oil sheen was reported around the vessel, the Coast Guard reported. Teams ashore were performing shoreline impact assessments of the impact.
The cause of the collision remained under investigation, the Coast Guard said.
Man struck by fishing boat while vacationing in St. Barts saved by deckhand who jumped into action to save him
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A recent PR Week/PRNewswire media survey didn't reveal any startling trends, but definitely reinforced what's fast become obvious – journalists are relying more and more on utilizing social media to research and craft stories.
The survey queried over a thousand journalists in the U.S. from all genres – blogs, online news sites, TV, radio, wire services, newspapers, and magazines. More than 1,300 PR practitioners were also polled and were asked how the changing media landscape is affecting them and the way they work with journalists.
37% of traditional journalists are being asked by their bosses to contribute to Twitter; 39% to a blog as part of their expected/expanded duties.
62% of PR professionals follow individual journalists and media outlets via social networks.
61% of journalists have received pitches via Facebook in the past year; 44% via Twitter.
59% of traditional journalists also have a blog; 31% are also writing a blog for their traditional outlet, up 28% from 2009.
17% of PR pros responding to the survey are pitching to traditional media outlets with less frequency; 66% target bloggers more frequently; 45% go directly to consumers more often.
Kate Corcoran, technology editor for Women's Wear Daily, added that Twitter posts are morphing into news coverage – reporters post updates to complement more detailed stories to be published later.
Content Farms: Doomsday Scenario or Web Evolution?
This formula won't hasten the demise of journalists but it's definitely changing the profession's business model. There's now a proliferation of these companies offering gobs of quickly produced, made-to-order content.
One of these, Demand Media, has an army of more than 7,000 freelancers and churns out thousands of stories and videos each day. Demand Media uses proprietary algorithms to analyze search keywords; story topics are then generated based on what pops up. Although contributors get a byline, remuneration is minimal – about $15-30 for each article.
Two key competitors include Associated Content, which calls itself, 'The People's Media Company™,' and AOL Seed. Associated Content states it has a community of 350,000 contributors and access to a library of more than two million syndicate-able pieces of content. AOL Seed assigns, purchases and distributes content for all of AOL's properties.
News industry analyst Ken Doctor recently told PR Week that this business model could ultimately threaten traditional media.
"It's establishing that content can be gauged per unit, as opposed to a whole package of a paper or magazine," Doctor said. He expects that by 2013, traditional news syndicates could be using these metrics to measure content.
If you're a baby boomer (defined as someone born between 1946-1964), you may find this posting relevant.
The May issue of Money has a feature by Dan Kadlec entitled, 'How to Age-Proof Your Career.' Rather than simply copy/paste the entire article, thought I'd paraphrase/quote one key point that jumped out.
Social media isn't a flash trend, the article went on to say, it's part of a tech-tonic cultural shift.
While 75% of Gen Y workers have profiles on social media sites like Facebook and Twitter, only 30% of boomers do, according to a recent Pew Research Center study.
What else should baby boomers do to remain competitive in today's marketplace?
The article recommended devoting a few hours a week exploring the features of key social media sites.
"Tell yourself that time spent being sucked into the vortex of Facebook is career development," says Tulgan.
Whilst doing some research for a client re: various social media analytic tools/programs out there in the digital netherworld, I came across a number of them that may help your business or organization – and many of these are free.
Addictomatic presents all mentions of keywords or brand on one page. You'll see images from Flickr, videos from YouTube, posts shared on Digg and much more.
Backtype – A comment aggregator, it searches through conversations across a variety of social media platforms including blogs, social networks, and other social media forums. It also offers email alerts.
Blogpulse Conversation Tracker – Creates a thread view of conversations that started on one blog and resulted in other bloggers responding with posts on theirs. Maps a blog's permalinks to see where the conversations are heading.
BoardReader explores forums to figure out what users are saying about your organization.
Brandwatch — A social media monitoring system. Tracks brands, companies, campaigns, competitors.
coComment.com – A comment aggregator, coComment monitors online conversations through comments made on different social media sites. Follows news sources, blogs or forums. Also enables users who sign up for this free service to track all comments they take part in that mention their brand.
Google Trends – Enables you to see how popular the brand is across search engines, including what news articles have mentioned the term. This free tool also shows what regions have the highest search volume for the term, what cities it is most searched in, and in what languages the term has been searched for.
Ice rocket is a social media search engine covering video, blogs, Twitter, news, and images. Select to view results by day, week, or month, and narrow down the language field. Use their trend tool to see a visual representation of a brand, average numbers of mentions on a daily basis, and more.
Keotag – A search function that sifts through tags that user submitted content has been labeled with. The search process has two parts — first is to enter the keyword; second is to select one of the 17 social media platforms to search through.
Twazzup 2.0 beta is a dashboard that can gather all mentions of your organization on Twitter and present them in an organized manner.
Trendrr – The free account option allows users to track 10 terms from over 40 of the top social media and online services. Real-time social and digital media tracking allows users to monitor your organization and also key competitors.
TweetDeck — A Twitter and Facebook feed aggregator, tweet deck also has a keyword search option which updates in real time.
Yacktrack — Can search for comments on your organization's content from various sources such as Blogger, Digg, FriendFeed, Stumbleupon, WordPress blogs. Has a 'Chatter' tab allowing you to perform keyword searches on social media sites and then notifies you of instances of your brand name. Search page results also provide an RSS feed for the search term.
Social media outreach can be a particularly challenging endeavor for a company's services, especially if the products and services are highly focused for a niche technology market.


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Гаусто́рии — боковые ответвления гиф паразитических грибов, проникающие внутрь клетки-хозяина. Образование гаусторий паразитическими грибами является единственным способом получения грибом питательных веществ, которые всасываются гаусториями из клеток хозяина. Впервые обнаружены немецким фитопатологом А. де Бари. Гаусториями также называются аналогичные образования других организмов, например полупаразитического кустарника омела.

У мучнисторосяных грибов с поверхностным мицелием гаустории развиваются следующим образом: аппрессорий, прикрепляясь к клетке растения-хозяина, выделяет специфические ферменты, разрыхляющие клеточную кутикулу, и через разрушенные участки от основания аппрессориев выходит росток, внедряющийся в полость растительной клетки. В образовавшуюся гаусторию перетекает ядро. У ржавчинных грибов с межклеточным мицелием гаустории являются продолжением вегетативных гиф, которые, проникнув в клетку хозяина, изменяют свой внешний вид.

Для растительной клетки гриб является инородным телом, внедрение которого не проходит бесследно: клетка растения реагирует на присутствие гриба образованием каллозного чехла, препятствующего дальнейшему росту гаустории.

Гаустории состоят из трёх частей: материнской грибной клетки, шейки гаустории — части, пронизывающей клеточную стенку, и собственно гаустории, расположенной внутри клетки хозяина. Иногда из одной материнской клетки может прорастать несколько гаусторий.

В гаусториях, как правило, наблюдается большое число митохондрий и рибосом, хорошо развит эндоплазматический ретикулум, что является показателем того, что в гаустории активно проходят физиологические процессы. От клетки хозяина гаустория обычно отделена инвагинацией (впячиванием) плазмалеммы клетки хозяина. Между клеточной стенкой гаустории и плазмалеммой клетки хозяина образуется аморфный слой (капсула), через который осуществляются все обменные процессы между хозяином и паразитом. В клетке организма-хозяина идут активные процессы синтеза разнообразных веществ, часть которых поступает в гаусторию, а часть идёт на формирование чехла, изолирующего гаусторию от клетки, в которой она находится.

Форма гаусторий бывает разнообразной: они могут быть как булаво- и бобовидными, так и спиральными, лопастными и ленточными, заполняющими всю полость клетки.

См. также

 Питание грибов
 Видоизменения мицелия
 Лишайники

Литература
 Черепанова Н. П., Тобиас А. В. Морфология и размножение грибов. — М.: «Академия», 2006.

Морфология грибов

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Join 13 bloggers as we show off our Christmas porch decor, featuring lots of DIY projects, thrifted finds and budget-friendly ideas you can try at home.
Welcome to my 2017 Christmas Porch Tour.
I am so excited to be hosting my second annual Christmas Porch Tour with some very talented bloggers.
Over the next two days, 13 of us will be sharing our Christmas porch decor ideas as we show off our front porches, screened-in porches and even a gazebo. You don't want to miss out on any of these beautiful spaces, so be sure to pay them all a visit using the links at the end of this post.
For our Christmas porch decor this year, I went crazy with lanterns, vintage finds, ribbon, plaid, buffalo check and other festive patterns.
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We are lucky to have a large, covered front porch and (mostly) mild weather here in North Carolina. That means I can load the porch up trees, wreaths, ornaments, pillows and my favorite vintage collectibles, with little fear of weather damage.
I love showcasing a live tree as part of our Christmas porch decor. This year, I "planted" ours in a vintage ice cream churn and decorated it with rustic ornaments.
Here's the scene when you walk up the steps to our porch.
I always seem to use lanterns on our porch, and this year I put lots of them on display.
I love this vignette, especially those miniature black lanterns that I turned into ornaments.
I bought them at the dollar store, thinking I might use them in a tablesetting. (And I still might.) But they were the perfect thing to dress us these little porch trees.
The lights have burned out on these porch trees, but I found a way to repurpose the tops in these galvanized flower buckets.
I love having a little sitting area on our front porch, and that painted black buffet is my favorite piece to decorate every season. It always looks festive!
Buffalo plaid, grain sack, plaid — it all coordinates so well with the chalkboard-inspired black finish.
Chalkboards, enamelware, old toys — they all have a place on my porch.
This chippy old truck, with a bottle brush tree tied to the back, is a favorite.
There's just something about Christmas trees on the backs of old cars, trucks and campers.
But I was really excited to find this double-decker bus on one of my thrifting jaunts. My husband and I honeymooned in Victoria, so this piece is extra special.
If you've toured this space before for past holidays, you might notice something different this Christmas.
While I love my everyday gray chevron rug, I love how this plaid rug anchors my Christmas porch decor.
The plaid rug was the jumping off point for the porch's color scheme and pattern madness.
The beauty on the door is the real deal, and I'm pretty proud of myself for tying that bow.
Thanks so much for stopping by to tour our Christmas porch decor. I'll have the rest of the house ready soon, and I can't wait to show it off, too.
Until then, enjoy the eye candy at these bloggers' homes. Prepare to be inspired with these festive Christmas decorating ideas for your front porch, sunroom, screened-in porch or gazebo.
Amy – you have outdone yourself! Your porch looks amazing!!! I want, no I NEED one of those red enamel bowls so badly!! Thank you for organizing the tour again this year.
Amy, I could spend hours listening to Christmas music on your porch! Everything is so festive and cozy but the grain sack tree is my favorite! Thanks again for organizing–pinned!
Your porch looks so inviting! I loved looking at each picture to take in every detail. I'll bet that your neighbors either drive or walk by very slowly trying to see all of your decorations.
This is so so pretty!
I am seriously wishing I had a buffet on our porch! Your bow making skills are impressive as I sorely lack that skill! I love your updated blog look as well and recognize the theme. I just purchased it this morning! Thanks for allowing me to participate in your porch tour.
Thanks, Jane! My bow-making neighbor moved, so I had to make my own this year. I guess I learned something along the way.
And yes, I'm loving my new theme and blog look. I just installed it last week, so there are still a few changes we're making. But I love it so far.
And I'm always thrilled when you join my tours. Your porch is one of my favorites in blogland.
Your porch is amazing. I mean every single portion of it. From the seat cushions to the many lanterns… it's all beautiful! I could sit there all day and never get anything done.
Aw, thanks so much, Cindy. I have to admit that I do take my time when decorating the porch because I enjoy sitting out there. I do a lot of porch sitting when I'm decorating!
Wow – I love all the little vintage details you included. What a neat space!
Amy, thanks so much for hosting and including me in the Christmas Porch Tour. And thanks for all your hard work!!!
I love all the wheels you have on your porch! Roller skates, trucks in various forms, a camper and an English bus! How adorable!!!
What a vintage winter wonderland!!!
Your porch is so cozy and welcoming, Amy. I love all the details. And your blog update is beautiful! Thanks for hosting the porch tour again this year!
I think I got that at either Target or At Home. I'm sorry I don't remember exactly. But it was likely one of those two places.
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North Carolina woman who nearly died from flu complications urges others to get their flu shot
ALAMANCE COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) - An Alamance County woman is making it her mission to warn others to get the flu shot.
Jaime Bowers just got home from the hospital on Tuesday after she nearly died from flu complications.
Thirty-three people have now died from the flu in North Carolina -- 11 of them since the first of the year.
"It's scary. It's scary," Bowers told WGHP.
She still can't believe it.
"I'm just glad to still be here. It didn't really hit me until the doctor said, 'You know you almost died, right?'" Bowers said. "When he said it like that I was like, 'Wow.'"
On Thursday, home from the hospital and hooked up to an oxygen machine, she said the weeks since Christmas have been a blur.
"They put me under and they had the tubes going in me," Bowers said.
It's something her husband, Jeremy, will never forget.
He says she had a 103.5-degree fever but seemed to be on the mend.
"[But] the next morning, I had the sudden urge, something told me I needed to get her there. She was not responsive, she couldn't talk, her eyes would not open," he said. "It's kind of hard to relive all of that, it was scary, just going through all of that emotion."
For eight out of the 10 days that she was in a coma, Bowers couldn't see his wife because he also got the flu.
"We've been together since we were 16," he said.
The high school sweethearts are now reunited and making it their mission to not only lead healthier lives but to teach others the importance of the flu shot.
"After all of this, it makes me realize life is precious," Bowers said. "You don't know if you're going to be here one day to the next."
Bowers is still experiencing some complications from the flu, including acute respiratory distress syndrome.
She said some things might have been a little worse for her because she used to be a smoker, but she wouldn't wish this illness on anyone.


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BLOSSOMS TAKEN DOWN IN ARKADELPHIA
ARKADELPHIA, ARK. – The University of Arkansas at Monticello Volleyball team traveled to Henderson State University for a conference match Thursday night. The Blossoms played just three sets, falling to HSU.
UAM moved to 9-18 on the season after losing to the Reddies.
The opening set went back and forth with the Reddies taking the lead first. The Blossoms came close to tying the game up multiple times, but HSU managed to hold on for the first set win 25-18.
In the second set UAM struggled to find some momentum as HSU jumped to an early 5-0 lead. The Blossoms did their best to battle back as the Reddies continued to tack on more points, but could not find their footing and eventually lost the set 25-15.
The third set started very similar to the second as HSU was quick to take a lead. UAM showed fight as they battled back and took the lead. As the set went on, the Blossoms couldn't keep up with the Reddies. Henderson State would score the final point and close out the match 25-17.
Mikaela Brown lead the Blossoms in kills with 8.
Mia Smalls contributed 22 assists in the match.
Defensively, the Blossoms were lead by Katelyn Richbourg pacing the team with 20 digs.
UAM returns home for a GAC matchup on Senior Night with Arkansas Tech Tuesday, Nov. 9. First serve is at 6 p.m.


Second meeting set for Sept. 13 at McLean High.
Having their say: Several hundred attended the first public meeting to discuss the VDOT proposal to test closures on the Georgetown Pike ramp to I-495. Next meeting, 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 13, McLean High School, 1633 Davidson Road, McLean. Photo by Andrea Worker.
At 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 13, the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) will be holding its second public meeting on a proposed four-month pilot to close the ramp from Georgetown Pike to I-495 north from 1 to 7 p.m. weekdays. The meeting will be held at McLean High School, 1633 Davidson Road, McLean.
The pilot is intended to test the viability of a plan to mitigate congestion and address safety concerns. Currently, drivers seeking to avoid heavy traffic on the Beltway between Tysons and the American Legion Bridge are cutting through neighborhoods, which in turn, negatively impacts residents in the area.
For Great Falls residents, the VDOT concept has the potential of reducing cut-through commuter traffic on Georgetown Pike. However, it would also mean that residents who wish to head north toward Maryland in the afternoon would need to take an alternate route in order to get on I-495 — at Route 123, Route 267 or Route 7.
During the Aug. 2 meeting on this proposal, representatives from VDOT indicated that they felt that it was important to bring this "out-of-the-box" proposal to the community for input and stressed that the pilot would not go forward unless it has strong support. Feedback from residents will be used in determining if the pilot is undertaken as originally conceived, put on hold, or whether a modified version is implemented.
While some residents at the meeting spoke in favor of the pilot, many felt that closure would negatively affect other roads and increase travel time to Maryland. Many indicated that they had chosen to live near the ramp precisely because of the easy access – to work, schools, doctors, friends, etc. For more information on this issue, including materials from the first VDOT meeting, seehttp://www.virginiadot.org/projects/northernvirginia/mclean_traffic_analysis.asp. Great Falls residents are encouraged to attend the upcoming meeting and "weigh in" on this important issue.
The Transportation Committee (TRN) also welcomes your feedback. Please send comments, including whether you support, or do not support, VDOT's proposed pilot to TRN at transportation@gfca.org.


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Response to commentary about the Statements of Principles
DVA does not agree with this and is concerned that it will discourage veterans and their families from seeking support that is available to them. Veterans are reminded they can access free mental health care, and Open Arms – Veterans and Families Counselling is available for 24/7 support on 1800 011 046 or openarms.gov.au.
SOPs assist the veteran
SOPs are used to assess claims under the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 (VEA) and the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 (MRCA). The SOPs were introduced in 1994, following the review A Fair Go: Report on Compensation for Veterans and War Widows (Baume review) which identified the difficulties veterans often had in establishing the facts of their service as a cause of their illness, given differing views of medical professionals on causation. This had led to inconsistent outcomes for claims between entitled veterans and introduced the potential for 'doctor shopping'.[1]
The SOPs contain a list of factors which are known to cause a particular condition. In general terms, if one of those factors arises in the circumstances of a veteran's case, then provided that factor is related to the veteran's service, liability can usually be accepted in respect of a claim for compensation. SOPs remove the need to separately prove, by way of medical evidence, that a claimed condition was capable of being caused by service.
SOPs are objective
SOP factors are based on sound medical-scientific evidence and are developed by an independent statutory authority, the Repatriation Medical Authority (RMA), which consists of a panel of medical experts. This body regularly reviews SOPs to ensure that they are keeping pace with the latest available medical science. The SOPs are all available at http://www.rma.gov.au/.
Any interested eligible party can request the RMA to review a SOP and present evidence for a change. If that evidence is scientifically valid and supports a new or different factor, the RMA is obliged to change the SOP.
The SOPs provide a way for claims to be assessed consistently, equitably, and in keeping with the latest medical evidence.
SOPs demonstrate how conditions are caused according to scientific evidence. Put simply, if a SOP factor is not met in relation to a condition, it means service cannot – medically and scientifically speaking – have caused the condition. Conversely, if a factor arises in relation to the circumstances of a veteran's claim, and that factor is related to service, the claim would ordinarily be accepted.
Productivity Commission views
The Productivity Commission in its final report into the veteran support system A Better Way to Support Veterans said:
The SoPs have helped to provide a transparent and predictable framework for considering service factors related to a given condition. They have reduced doctor shopping, and facilitated faster, more consistent and more predictable claims processing for the overwhelming majority of claims.[2]
DVA acknowledges that there are some stakeholders who have concerns with the SOP system and the Productivity Commission noted that the requirement to apply SOPs has resulted in the perception, in some quarters, of claims being declined without due consideration.[3] The Productivity Commission did not conclude that the SOP system should undergo fundamental change. In particular, the Commission considered calls to allow any 'reasonable' theory of a causal link between conditions and service to be put forward would lead to claims being 'bogged down', and lead to a reversion to inconsistent and inequitable outcomes.[4]
Reform of veterans' compensation
DVA acknowledges that the Productivity Commission in its final report into the veteran support system, A Better Way to Support Veterans, said that while Australians can be proud of the support system in place, there is a case for reform of the broader veterans' compensation system given its current complexity.
This finding is reflected and acknowledged in the interim Government response to the Productivity Commission's report.[5] Major reforms, particularly of the legislative framework and involving entitlements for veterans and their families, must and will be carefully assessed and incrementally implemented.
DVA would be concerned if veterans were discouraged from seeking assistance from the Department based on the assertions that have been made. We would encourage any veteran with a condition they believe is related to their service to claim with the Department and to seek the treatment and supports that are available.
[1]https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Foreign_Affairs_Defence_and_Trade/VeteranSuicide/Report/c04 4.4
[2] https://www.pc.gov.au/inquiries/completed/veterans/report/veterans-volume1.pdf p 366
[4] https://www.pc.gov.au/inquiries/completed/veterans/report/veterans-volume1.pdf p370
[5] https://www.dva.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/consultation%20and%20grants/reports/interim-government-response-to-productivity-commission-report-a.pdf
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