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HHS Publishes Technical Corrections to January 25, 2013, HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Enforcement Rules
June 7, 2013. Today, HHS published in the Federal Register "Technical Corrections to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Enforcement Rules" that were published on January 25, 2013, as the Final Rule: "Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Enforcement, and Breach Notification Rules Under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act [HITECH Act] and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act; Other Modifications of the HIPAA Rules." According to the "Summary" in today's Corrections Final Rule: "These technical corrections address certain inadvertent errors and omissions in the HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Enforcement Rules that are located at 45 CFR parts 160 and 164. The effective date of the Corrections Final…
HIPAA Final Rule: Enforcement by State Attorneys General
February 26, 2013. Today, we examine the HIPAA Rules enforcement role established by the HITECH Act for State attorneys general as modified in the Final Rule: Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Enforcement, and Breach Notification Rules Under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act [HITECH Act] and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act; Other Modifications of the HIPAA Rules, which was published in the Federal Register on January 25, 2013. The effective date of the Final Rule is March 26, 2013, and covered entities and business associates must comply by September 23, 2013. As of February 18, 2009, Section 13410(e) of the HITECH Act granted State attorneys…
HIPAA Final Rule: Business Associate Definition
February 7, 2013. Today, we provide the business associate definition, as modified by the Final Rule: Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Enforcement, and Breach Notification Rules Under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act [HITECH Act] and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act; Other Modifications of the HIPAA Rules, which was published in the Federal Register on January 25, 2013. The effective date of the Final Rule is March 26, 2013, and covered entities and business associates must comply by September 23, 2013. Business Associate: Definition (78 Federal Register 5688)– "(1) Except as provided in paragraph (4) of this definition, business associate means, with respect to a…
HIPAA Final Rule: Modified Rule for Business Associates and Subcontractors
February 6, 2013. Today, we cover the business associate Administrative Safeguard (b) of the Security Rule, as modified by the Final Rule: Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Enforcement, and Breach Notification Rules Under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act [HITECH Act] and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act; Other Modifications of the HIPAA Rules, which was published in the Federal Register on January 25, 2013. The effective date of the Final Rule is March 26, 2013, and covered entities and business associates must comply by September 23, 2013. HIPAA did not directly regulate business associates of covered entities. The HITECH Act's 13401 statutorily changed that: The…
HIPAA Final Rule: Security Standards, General Rules & Administrative Safeguard Modifications
February 5, 2013. Today, we cover the modifications to Security Standards: General Rules, and Administrative Safeguards in the HIPAA Security Rule, as modified by the Final Rule: Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Enforcement, and Breach Notification Rules under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act [HITECH Act] and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act; Other Modifications of the HIPAA Rules, which was published in the Federal Register on January 25, 2013. The effective date of the Final Rule is March 26, 2013, and covered entities and business associates must comply by September 23, 2013. Security Standards: General Rules. The five General Rules govern how the administrative, physical,…
Final HIPAA Rule: Security Statutory Authority and Direct Regulation of Business Associates
February 4, 2013. Today, we cover the security safeguards of the HIPAA Security Rule, as Modified by the Final Rule: Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Enforcement, and Breach Notification Rules under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act [HITECH Act] and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act; Other Modifications of the HIPAA Rules, which was published in the Federal Register on January 25, 2013. The effective date of the Final Rule is March 26, 2013, and covered entities and business associates must comply by September 23, 2013. The statutory authority for applicability of the HIPAA Security Rule is in Section 13401 of the HITECH Act (123 STAT….
HIPAA Final Rule: Breach Risk Assessment Factors for "Probability Standard"
January 29, 2013. Today, we cover the four risk assessment factors pertaining to breach notification in the Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Enforcement, and Breach Notification Rules under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act [HITECH Act] and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act; Other Modifications to the HIPAA Rules: Final Rule that was published in the Federal Register on Friday, January 25, 2013. As discussed in yesterday's post, these risk assessment factors are used in assessing the probability of impermissible use or disclosure compromising protected health information, thereby requiring breach notification. This "probability standard" replaces the "harm standard," becomes effective March 26, 2013, and requires compliance…


Bowdoin College will host the annual Girls and Women in Sports Day Sunday, Feb. 8 at Farley Fieldhouse. The session for grades K through 3 is from 12 to 2 p.m. Grades 4 through high school go from 2:30 to 4:45 p.m. The free event is designed to introduce young women to a wide range of sports. Pizza and snacks with Bowdoin student-athletes will be available afterwards.


It's obvious that you love coffee. Enough to possibly funnel a great deal of money into building your own coffee business. The first question you must ask yourself is if you are in the correct place in your life to start a coffee shop. Now this doesn't mean you must be a retiree with a large pension to start, but you do need some capital, time and patience.
The first step in starting a new business is to define what is is that you will be doing. I always laugh at restaurants who call themselves "The Grill Shop – fine sushi and and artisinal breads" or "Jake's Bakery – Pub & grill". These entities are confused, and does not convey a clear message of what it is they they are offering. Will you be focused on serving food, or are you hell bent on becoming an in-store roastery? If so, you should visit our Products page to see which roaster best suits you. The best thing is go out and chat to your potential clients, other shop owners whom you look up to. Get off Google and onto the streets, and speak to experts like us to see what the tools and approach is to build your dream around. If roasting coffee is your thing, you should contact Genio so we can help determine your coffee roasting needs. But not all coffee shops needs to roast coffee. In fact, only a very dedicated and committed few should think about roasting their own beans. For the rest of the coffee world, focusing on your strengths (like making or presenting good food, marketing, coffee brewing or even just interacting with your customers) is a much better way of achieving success then spreading yourself too thin in trying to be everything at once.
The café industry is growing in South Africa, people are turning away from mass produced franchises and are looking more towards unique cafes with great coffee and an inviting atmosphere. First of all, you need to provide a high-quality product.
Making your own products (like breads, pastries, coffee or even cheese) allows you to build a close relationship with your product, your insight will help you sell your product to discerning customers.
Having a business plan is not only a good idea when you're seeking funding, but it can put planning into perspective for you. I have personally used Liveplan to great effect when working on my own business plans for Genio Roasters.
Professional equipment suppleirs will often have some idea of what makes a business successful when it comes to planning, and should be able to give their customers some guidance when it comes to financing their dreams. At Genio, we will gladly sit down with you to determine your needs. But we also have example business plans that you can take straight to the banks to help you get the right financing for your needs.
There are many ways of financing a new business. You can use your personal funds if you have them, or tap into your connections, friends and family in exchange for shares to help make your dream become a reality. Do not be scared to share you success with others whom you trust. Just make sure that everyone knows their roles in the business and definitely have it on paper. In my mind, the notion of 50/50 is silly. There is almost never a situation where all partners do equal amounts of work. One partner will always get stuck doing the heavy lifting and will feel under-appreciated or worse, under-paid, in a 50/50 situation. Rather stipulate exactly what you and your partners' roles are, and divide this commensurately in terms of ownership.
The other way of financing a business (apart from the rich daddy approach) is to go to the banks and get financing or a loan. In our experience, most of our existing business clients can very easily get financing for their roasters even if they are in other countries. Go see your bank to see what they can do for you, and be sure to build up that relationship well before you actually need them. A good track record makes a big difference when it comes to the banks.
Location is highly important when finding a premise for your coffee shop. Ensure you have enough people flowing through the area. A popular area does not necessarily mean it's the best area for you. Busy places such as a mall will have high rent cost which can prove to be a financial burden. Being close to people who require coffee on a regular basis may benefit you, such as being close to an office park or university. Location is a personal choice and may rely heavily on the atmosphere you wish to create.
A question you should ask yourself is why do people visit cafes? Why do people leave the comfort of their home or work to get a cup of coffee? Most people are looking for a change of scenery so it's imperative that your scenery is a good one. Coffee shops can be a great place to work, study or catch up with friends. Your premise should be inviting and unique to you.
Draw up a floor plan to help you design your interior and exterior. If you are roasting in shop, your machine should be showcased to your clientele without them being able to interfere with the process. Your shop may become very busy and you don't want a noisy roaster to interfere with important meetings and Skype calls. You can of course have your roaster in a back room to ensure undisturbed roasting but in my mind having a front and center roastery can provide an interesting focal point for your guests. As we've already mentioned coffee consumers are becoming more informed about their favourite beverage and many may be interested in seeing behind the scenes of coffee production.
Many people enjoy a snack with their cup of coffee. Additional food items can be a great selling point. Again, avoid mass produced items. Consumers appreciate different or even home-made snacks. Provide healthy or vegan alternatives to tap into a growing health conscious population.
Spread the word of your new business venture long before it opens. You'll want to drum up excitement about your cafe so that opening day is a rousing success. Marketing doesn't have to be an expensive expenditure, but it is vital.
One way to promote your business for free is social media. Many social media platforms including Facebook and Instagram are free to start, they can include paid or sponsored posts down the line.
Another inexpensive form of marketing is networking. Rubbing shoulders with other coffee professionals in your area can not only help increase your coffee knowledge, but it can also increase the amount of people that are aware of your cafe. Insert yourself into local cafe culture and watch people flock to your coffee shop. Join your local Specialty Coffee Organization (like SCASA) and attend the barista championships, even if it is just as a spectator.
You're producing fantastic coffee and customers are enjoying the environment that you have created, what about the service you provide? Customer Service can make or break a company. It doesn't matter how delicious your coffee is or how beautiful your place is, if your customers are not happy with how they are being treated they wont return. As we've stated before, you do not want to mimic a big franchise, one way to prevent this is to be on the front line as the owner of the café. Greet your guests, get behind the espresso machine and make yourself available. Not only is it nice for the customers to see your friendly face, but it helps you keep your finger on the pulse of your business. See what's working, what isn't and change accordingly.
Make sure you have a trained barista, this can either be yourself who has undergone a barista training course or hire a professional. Baristas elevate the experience of the customer, who doesn't love receiving a heart or rosette on their morning cappuccino.
Hire staff that believe in your vision and fire those who do not live up to the expectations. Poor customer service is a hard thing to correct, so try and get it right from the beginning. This may result in you being a bit more demanding in the early days in order for you to achieve the level of service you wish to provide.
We hope you found this article. If you are interested in taking steps towards opening your own coffee business, Contact Us for information on our roasters and whether purchasing a roaster will be profitible for you.
Great blog Neil! You have nailed the essentials, especially the 'focus' point. Coffee is too often treated as just another beverage that is served. In my experience, focusing on the coffee, and treating everything else as an accompaniment to the coffee I serve has definitely been a key component of my success.
10 years roasting, and still going strong!
Hi Chris. Thanks for your input. Your shop is one of the great success stories of a small roastery making a decent living through hard work, constant improvement and attention to detail. I so often hear about people who say "I've been in the industry for 25 years". My argument is that, if you kept doing the same thing year on year for 25 years and never improved or adapted, then you have only in essence been in business for 1 year. Those who constantly hone their skills, like you, are the ones who are truly successful.
Good day Neil , could you give me a price on your 6kg roaster , do you have a agent with stock in Capetown or you can only freight it down .
Thank you for the request. Luke, our Business Developer, will be in contact with you today or tomorrow.
We're new to the roasting business, your blog and the Genio site has been a wealth of vital information that will help us develop a smooth launch for our in-shop roasting display.
Thanks for the information and we're glad to be part of the Genio family.


What is this? Metal? Sure, but how and what do I classify it? Krakow combines a few eclectic styles to overtake metal and spin it into a unique sound—something that takes time to digest. It has distorted guitars, yes, rough vocals, yes, screaming, yes. When metal stops being so self-conscious hiding in a mask of distortion, dials it back 30 percent, it can show us the new life nursing beneath its bosom. Almost like the distortion is a fiery furnace burning down the organic material inside into a fuzzy black mess, and within the reduced heat a new kind of condescension of sweat and tears nourishes the blackened soil for the greenest plants to greedily take root, and (I suspect) dominate metal. From our point of view—those of 'good taste'—we will look back and think of every improvement as one step closer to this kind of freedom.
But from the point of view of the artists a great deal of selection was likely needed. Long arduous hours of practice was necessary to master their instruments, to listen to the right music, to love the right songs, to free oneself and give permission to create badly so something good comes forth—and to reduce, reduce, reduce: kill off the unhealthy children. All this stems from the support of the idea, the vision, the tyrannical need to create something unique, new, contributive, self-overcoming, soul creating: improvement for improvements sake. If influences are collected correctly and the craft is mastered, enough childlike creation is employed like open boarders, then the artist-as-tyrant chips away at each body to match his vision, molding it, forcing it, burning it a little, so what comes from the flames is iron clad, and strong enough to survive our judgment. Far from the lofty and beautiful point of view of the enjoyer, the artist must 'tyrannize' themselves and their music for the kind of airy freedom we enjoy as harsh listeners.
So why all this mystically dramatic music, serious and bleak? Well the rhetoric in the past 500 odd years (since the Christian protestant reformation) further separated our worldly reality from spiritual intuition. Since then our soul took wings and flew away. Alongside religion's degeneration, gaining clout, was our cold faith in consciousness and it's insatiable existential insecurity. Since all empirical science was chained to theology, our tyrannical consciousness remained restrained until philosophy freed us from religion. An alternative view to morality dawned with its roots in rationality. And with that last chop our spirit flew away. What ensued for the next 230 odd years was consciousness's cold reign of power. While the deeper sections of the psyche clung to our more ingrained religious needs, often exchanging one 'religion' for another, and often times grasping for Asiatic faiths, the theoretical human was left to both deny our animality and chop away at what remained of our spirituality. Enter Carl Jung in the early 20th century and his suggestion to 'stoutly to avow our spiritual poverty, our symbol-lessness, in stead of feigning a legacy to which we are not the legitimate heirs at all.' He suggests following 'the unruliness of the passions', for '[a]nyone who follows this horse comes into the desert, into a wild land remote from men—an image of spiritual and moral isolation. But here lie the keys of paradise.' Here's where Krakow picks up the ball and runs, as if humanity were a "Black Wandering Sun" barreling down a path of arrested development at the beckon of tidal forces not thought of as all knowing gods, but the push and pull of kings and serfs. At the sociological level "Sirens" sound warning destruction, and at the psychological level "The Stranger" (our Jungian shadow) grows menacingly tall, threatening to act out all it's nefarious desires and actualize that very destruction. It seems Krakow has listened to Jung, for their sybilism follows suit as half psychoanalysis, and half prophetic warning. Ultimately they believe in the 'heavy steps / deep tracks / timeless words' that layer the fields of time, and take on the 'scales of mountains' as much as they admit our spiritual stagnation. They also believe we need to 'write our tomb' new in the voice of a skald (a Nordic poet, with etymological roots in the Proto-Germanic word skalliz, meaning 'sound', 'voice', and 'shout').
My only criticism is their weighty music invariably plays the part of a sick priest. If we dig even further, this appearance can only be evidence of a further flying away of life, with weakness in brooding resentment, and jealousy for health and power. Nevertheless, their message takes the most life-denying attributes and attacks precisely them, while simultaneously preaching a new beginning for humanity, a new tome based on the noble role of Norse skalds turned psychological. This might be why their brand of 'metal' sounds markedly tuned down and softer than most traditionally metal bands. Inevitably it might not be bold enough to convince some of the more close-minded tastes roaming among the musical elites.
Sonic poetry, destined to go unnoticed by the flippant being bred today—but all the better for those that seek, for they get to know closer what possession feels like, sidestepping creation itself. But aren't its creator's strong enough to possess their music? Are they not conduits, and mouthpieces for the unloaded spirit of their music? They definitively put the work in it, but do they lay claim to it? Do they own it? No. They put up the walls and released the sound to flow around them, but they don't own it; just guide its existence for their own purpose, that of new life.
There's claustrophobia, air, clean air, dirty mud, deep digging and high soaring, clarity and muddiness, length and brevity. Krakow wastes no time getting started and doesn't pussyfoot around showing us exactly what they want: to make us listen and float.
8.0 / 10 — Robert F.
Posted Nov. 26, 2018, 9:25 p.m.


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A rather easier government target
Catherine Boyle
October 21 2010, 1:01am, The Times
On the day of the Comprehensive Spending Review, HM Revenue & Customs vowed that, despite the cuts, it planned to increase the number of people prosecuted for tax evasion in the UK fivefold.
This shouldn't be too difficult as, according to the Crown Prosecution Service, only 260 people were prosecuted last year. So HMRC merely has to try to round up the equivalent of a large office block, in a population of 61 million, to meet its targets. Even though they're taking several bullets for the team, including reducing spending 15 per cent by 2014-15 and cutting capital spending by 44 per cent, we reckon they could manage it.
Public sector workers facing the prospect of unemployment may or may not be reassured by welcoming…

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More About Holy Poverty. Which Is Voluntary Poverty.
The Catholic Worker, February 1945, 1-2.
Summary: "Am I my brothers keeper?" Argues that increased state intervention limits personal freedom and responsibility. Sees the social security legislation and other state programs as taking responsibility from the community, parish, family and person. Voluntary poverty on the other hand promotes responsibility, since it comes directly from the person. (DDLW #150).
CLARIFICATION of thought is the first plank in the Catholic Worker Program.
Of course, "the poor we will always have with us." That has been flung in our teeth again and again, usually with the comment, "so why change things which our Lord said would always be?" But surely He did not intend that there would be quite so many of them We also have to repeat that line now that war is on and there Is plentiful occupation.
"Surely, these men on your breadline, these men living in your house, could get work If they really wanted to?" And again and again we must say, "The poor ye have always with you." These are the lame, the halt, the blind, those injured in industrial accidents and those who have been driven to drink by our industrial order and the refugees and veterans from class, race and international war. There are those, too, who refuse to cooperate in this social order, who prefer to work here with us without salary. We could not do without them.
The great message which Peter Maurin has for the world today is the message of voluntary poverty, a message which he has preached by word and example. He Is the most truly poor one among us. And because he has chosen to be poor, he has remained free; he has had time to think. He has lived a rich and abundant life because of' that very poverty. "I think your most vital message is the praise of' poverty," John Cort writes this month. But it is the most misunderstood message.
To answer this letter I shall have to reprint most of' it, and then, of course, my answer will not satisfy.
This is a comparatively mild letter compared to another received from a priest whose mother raised a large family and who is now receiving money from the three sons who are away at war.
First of all, let me apologize for the brevity of the editorial, which surely should have been clarified and treated at much greater length. It is no wonder that people misunderstand, and it is no wonder that such brevity, such shortness, sounds arrogant, and uncharitable. We owe it to our kind and charitable readers to try to explain at greater length what in our stupidity, and presumption we wrote so briefly.
I will try to explain. Samuel Johnson said that a pensioner was a slave of the state. That is his definition in his famous dictionary. Of coarse, he himself was glad of his pension, human nature being what it is, and poverty being hard as it is.
We believe that social security legislation, now balled as a great victory for the poor and for the worker, is a great defeat for Christianity. It is an acceptance of the idea of force and compulsion. It is an acceptance of Cain's statement, on the part of the employer. "Am I my brother's keeper?" Since the employer can never be trusted to give a family wage, nor take care of the worker as he takes care of his machine when it is idle, the state must enter in and compel help on his part. Of course, economists say that business cannot afford to act on Christian principles. It is impractical, uneconomic. But it is generally coming to be accepted that such a degree of centralization as ours is impractical, and that there must be decentralization. In other words, business has made a mess of things, and the state has had to enter in to rescue the worker from starvation.
Of course, Pope Pius XI said that, when such a crisis came about, in unemployment, fire, flood, earthquake, etc., the state had to enter in and help.
But we in our generation have more and more come to consider the state as bountiful Uncle Sam. "Uncle Sam will take care of it all. The race question, the labor question, the unemployment question." We will all be registered and tabulated and employed or put on a dole, and shunted from clinic to birth control clinic. "What right have people who have no work to have a baby?" How many poor Catholic mothers heard that during those grim years before the war!
Of course, it is the very circumstances of our lives that lead us to write as we do. We see these ideas worked out all around us. We see the result of this way of thinking on all sides. We live with the poor, we are of the poor. We know their virtues and their vices. We know their generosities and their extravagances. Their very generosity makes them extravagant and improvident.
Please do not think we are blaming the poor when we talk so frankly about their failings, which they, too, will acknowledge. They do not want people to be sentimental about them. They do not want people to idealize them. I think they realize pretty well that they are but dust, and one of our jobs, too, is to make them realize that they are also a little less than the angels.
We are not being uncharitable to them when we talk about a binge or department store buying. Did I say that? What I meant was installment-plan buying. Who do we blame for such installment-plan buying, for the movies, cigarettes, radio, magazines, or all the trash, the worthless trash with which they try to comfort their poor hard lives. We do not blame them, God knows. We blame the advertising men, the household loan companies, the cheap stores, the radio, the movies.
The people are seduced, robbed, stupefied, drugged and demoralized daily. They are robbed just as surely as though those flat pocketbooks of those shabby mothers were pilfered of the pennies, dimes and nickels by sneak thieves.
The people say proudly, "We got it coming to us. We pay taxes, this ain't charity. It's justice." And they hug their sweets, their liquor, their movies, their radio, their dissipations to them, in a vain endeavor to find forgetfulness of the cold and ugliness, the leaking plumbing, the cold water, the lack of coal, the ugly housing, the hideous job, or if they are housewives who stay at home, from the wet diapers, the smelly clothes and beds, the shoddy mattresses and blankets and furniture that the children break to pieces, the crowded quarters where the poor mothers' heads reverberate with the din of the not too healthy children.
Yes, they pay taxes, and It is the city and the state and the federal government that is robbing them and pilfering them, too, They are taxed for every bite they eat, every shoddy rag they put on. They are taxed on their jobs, there are deductions for this and that, there are the war bonds, eighteen dollars for a twenty-five dollar war bond, paid on the installment plan. And they are not only being taxed, but they are being seduced. Their virtue is being drained from them. They are made into war profiteers, they are forced into the position of usurers. The whole nation, every man woman and child, is forced to become a profiteer-hideous word-in this war.
What I tried to say was that that puny, insignificant $180 which looms tremendous in the minds of the poor, was not enough for essentials. Could they rent a decent house to live in? Or could they buy a house? Pope Pius said that as many of the workers as possible should become owners. Is there any chance to become an owner on a hundred and eighty dollars a month?
Peter Maurin likes to talk about the treason of the intellectuals. With the expose of waste and inefficiency on the part of government, of graft and the spoils system ("You take this job in return for the help you gave me in getting elected") I should say that not only advertising men, not only the manufacturer robs and cheats the poor, but also the government. How quickly graft and scandals are forgotten! In Russia graft, corruption and waste in government circles are considered treason, and men have paid for it with their lives. And our Catholic employers and politicians speak at Communion breakfasts, and as long as they prosper they are held in honor; as long as they are in power they are respected. They go to Communion, they go to Mass. You must not judge them. If you speak ill of them, you are being uncharitable.
Yes, the poor have been robbed of the good material things of life, and when they asked for bread, they have been given a stone. They have been robbed of a philosophy of labor. They have been betrayed by their teachers and their political leaders. They have been robbed of their skills and made tenders of the machine. They cannot cook; they have been given the can. They cannot spin or weave or sew-they are urged to go to Klein's and get a dress for four ninety-eight.
Bought and paid for? Yes, bought and paid for by their own most generous feelings of gratitude. Of course, they feel grateful. In spite of their talk about taxes and justice, they are grateful to the good, kind government that takes care of them. St. Teresa said that she was of so grateful a temperament she could be bought with a sardine. St. Ignites said that love is an exchange of gifts. The government gives its paternal care and the people give their support to that particular governing body. Naturally they do not want change.
But who is to take care of them if the government does not7 That is a question in a day when all are turning to the state, and when people are asking, "Am I my brother's keeper?" Certainly we all should know that it is not the province of the government to practice the works of mercy, or go in for insurance. Smaller bodies, decentralized groups, should be caring for all such needs.
"When did we see Thee hungry, when did we see Thee naked?" People either plead ignorance or they say "It is none of my responsibility." But we are all members one of another, so we are obliged in conscience to help each other. The parish is the next unit, and there are local councils of the St. Vincent de Paul Society. Then there is the city, and the larger body of charitable groups. And there are the unions, where mutual aid and fraternal charity is also practiced. For those who are not Catholics there are lodges fraternal organizations, where there is a long tradition of charity. But now there is a dependence on the state. Hospitals once Catholic are subsidized by the state. Orphanages once supported by Catholic charity receive their aid from community chests. And when it is not the state it is bingo parties!
THE poor mother of six cannot reject the one hundred and eighty dollars. She cannot say, "Keep your miserable, puny, insufficient $180 which you give men in exchange for my husband." She has poverty, involuntary poverty.
But we must reject it. We must keep on talking about voluntary poverty, and holy poverty, because it is only it we can consent to strip ourselves that we can put on Christ. It is only if we love poverty that we are going to have the means to help others. It we love poverty we will be free to give up a job, to speak when we feel it would be wrong to be silent. We can only talk about voluntary poverty because we believe Christians must be fools for Christ. We can only embrace voluntary poverty in the light of faith.


Built at the top lip overlooking the Kennecott Utah Copper Mine, this 5,000-square-foot dispatch building is the control tower of the entire mine operation.
The Kennecott Mine dispatch building includes a break room, offices, restrooms, a conference room and a dispatch control room. The building overlooks the Kennecott Mine to give the dispatchers a bird's eye view of the pit in operation. The building was completed as part of the Giant Leap Project and finished in four months.


The goal of The Flagway™ Game is to create environments where students can practice and celebrate learning math. There are many different ways to create a cultural context in which mathematics emerges naturally from students' experience. One method used by the YPP and the Algebra Project is to create mathematically rich games and experiences. The FlagwayGame was developed by Bob Moses in 1995 and patented in 1996 (Moses, U.S. Pat #5520542 & 5704790).
Flagway™ can be played with students as early as 1st grade and has been enjoyed by adults. In general the game is played with 3rd - 6th graders. During game play students navigate a Flagway or course of radial "paths" based on the Flagway rules (derived from the "Mobius" Function). Speed counts, so as students develop into skilled players several may be running through the course simultaneously, creating dynamics similar to that of a sporting event. Part of the beauty of Flagway is that students can play the game without knowing the rules, allowing all students access to the game and the underlying mathematical principles.
Research indicates that students performing in the bottom quartile begin a descent from mathematical competency somewhere around Grades 3 and 4. The addition and subtraction of whole numbers seems to be a manageable conceptual task, but the beginnings of multiplication, culminating in division and the arithmetic of fractions, seem to be the Rubicon for this population of students.
Cognitive science recognizes two basic mechanisms of memory acquisition: repetition and elaboration. Repetition, the most frequently used method for acquiring multiplication facts in young children, as an empirical matter, has not succeeded with this population of students. Elaboration, as a mode of memory acquisition, is why we remember stories for years but a phone number for only minutes after we first hear it.
Flagway™ constructs a meaningful elaboration upon basic number facts by incorporating those facts into a game where students guess, conjecture, reflect on the options in the game, and also tie these mental operations into the kinesthetics of running the patterned network of the game. YPP has created board games and physical games that capitalize on young students' propensity for running, the galvanizing energy of team competition, and the intrinsic sense of achievement when the team has figured out the correct category for a given number.
The primary objective of the concept of "Flagway™ as a Sport", is to develop Flagway™ Leagues in cities and communities around the country. The leagues would create opportunities for teams, coached by highschool and college students, to compete locally, regionally and nationally. Schools, churches, community based organizations and centers would be invited to enter teams in designated leagues. The Flagway™ leagues could additionally sponsor local, regional and national tournaments.


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Jean-Louis Pick (Roubaix 1951 -)  est un chanteur et entrepreneur français.
Il se fait connaître à la fin des années 1970 avec plusieurs albums dont Les longues haies qui évoque sa jeunesse à Roubaix.

En 1984,  il crée  Colegram, société de production de spots radio et de films publicitaires

En 2001, il est à l'origine avec Bruno Lecluse de la chaîne musicale Télé Mélody.

Il prit ensuite la direction de Nao, une société de production vidéo.

Discographie
 Rescapade  1978
 Les longues haies 1979
 Chercheur de lumière 1980
 Boîte à musique 1981

Sources

Références

Liens externes
 https://www.jeanlouispick.com/

Naissance à Roubaix
Personnalité française des médias
Dirigeant de télévision

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Maj-Gen Jeremy Vearey, the scourge of Western Cape gangsters, has none of the gun-toting machismo I expected. Instead, he is a reflective and scholarly man who arrives at our interview armed only with a battered copy of one of George Bernard Shaw's lesser known works, The Adventures of a Black Girl in Her Search for God.
He has just launched his memoir, Jeremy vannie Elsies, in which he chronicles his evolution from a childhood shaped by a powerful matriarchy to the policeman-poet sitting in a modest Mowbray coffee shop on a sunny winter's morning.
He laughs at the suggestion of machismo: "My two grandmothers and my mother were tougher than any macho man!"
From his mother he learnt about Marxism and the evils of patriarchy. She was a shop steward in the Garment Workers' Union who led strikes for better wages and equal pay with male workers.
"Women were only allowed to be seamstresses. The men were cutters and pattern makers and they were paid more," Vearey explains. "It was a struggle against patriarchy, both at home and at work."
Now deputy commissioner for crime detection in the Western Cape, Vearey describes himself as a "social construct" — the man he is now shaped over the years by his interactions with people and places and political developments.
A key period in his construction was the 1980 schools boycott when, with the help of progressive teachers, black pupils devised their own curriculum in protest at the inferior education dished out to them by a racist government.
This brought the transformative discovery of a literary canon that opened up a whole new way of looking at the world. For the first time, Vearey was exposed to writers who spoke to his own experience.
"We learnt you could construct a life through literature, and the lives of ordinary people provided just as rich a narrative as that of kings," he says.
He read Chinua Achebe, Wole Soyinka, Peter Abrahams and Jimmy la Guma. Through the writing of Steve Biko he discovered black consciousness.
The next step was asserting ownership over his home language, Afrikaans. That Jeremy vannie Elsies is written in Afrikaans is, he says, a political act. "It is another way I understand literature: We have a duty to convey marginalised voices. And to challenge convention and homogeneity," he declares.
"The notion of one Afrikaans is a myth. Afrikaans is an organic, dynamic language. People wrote texts in Kaaps long before Afrikaans became a codified language. I wanted to show that there is an Afrikaans that shaped liberation. It was the language in which we articulated our revolutionary ideals and communicated our activism."
This included building on — and, if necessary, subverting — the teaching of iconic white Afrikaans writers.
Vearey is an admirer of the #FeesMustFall movement — though stressing that he doesn't necessarily support the tactics. He cites NP van Wyk Louw's 1940s injunction that the youth have an obligation to act to shape their own future.
"This is what #FeesMustFall did. Youth stepped forward to define how they wanted to be educated. They tackled the fundamental problem of how to pay for their education. They demanded to be part of reconstructing the future, their future," he says.
Vearey's building blocks for his future included joining Umkhonto we Sizwe in 1983, followed by imprisonment on Robben Island. On his release in 1990 he was deployed to the ANC's intelligence services.
He recounts in his book how, while the ANC and the National Party were conducting formal negotiations towards a peace agreement at Codesa, their intelligence services continued to fight a covert war.
"We were still trying to neutralise each other," he muses. "We had agents in their ranks feeding them misinformation to misdirect them."
Meanwhile, elements in the apartheid security police were using gangsters to undermine the ANC ahead of the 1994 elections. "To counter that, we had to confront gangs directly," Vearey says. He writes how they took a couple of ANC cabinet ministers, including Steve Tshwete, to "talk" to Rashied Staggie at the Hard Livings's headquarters, Die Hok, in Manenberg.
Armed with AK-47s, the ANC forces approached Die Hok as if it were an enemy installation. "With our weapons trained on a clearly shocked Staggie and his mates, we immediately had the upper hand.
"Minister Tshwete entered the premises and began speaking. It was a short and potent message. The blood will flow here if any ANC activist is harassed. Umkhonto we Sizwe is bigger and better armed than any gang in the land."
More than 20 years later, Vearey is still confronting gangsters. "Policing and intelligence work is the next best thing to living the life of an activist where I could serve the broader community," he says.
"What I like about policing is that it makes a contribution to the freedoms people have won and have a right to — like freedom of movement and freedom of association — that are denied to them by criminals in the ghettoes and elsewhere. "It is a nice broad platform from which to live out my ideals."


Prada closed 2017 with revenues of 3.1 billion euros, down 3.6% from the previous year (-2% at constant exchange rates), and with a net profit of 249 million compared to 278 million euros 2016 (-10.4%). The net financial position is negative for 104 million, while the cash generation is strong, equal to 447 million. Proposed a dividend of 7.5 euro cents per share compared to 12 cents a year ago.


A warm and welcoming room that looks out over the Val Marecchia and the estate's gardens. Furnished in an elegantly rustic style, it is an homage to Giuseppe Garibaldi and his wife, Anita.
Anita Garibaldi, a heroine of two worlds, was the wife of Giuseppe Garibaldi. She was born in Brazil, but followed her general to Italy. In the summer of 1949, Anita and Giuseppe, fleeing from Rome to Venice, were welcomed to the Marecchia Valley. After having fought like a proud amazon, the pregnant Anita found some rest in the warm hospitality of the Romagna.


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Just wanted to post a little about my latest and greatest project. You can see it at http://beautifulbloomslandscape.com/ . I really love the way the site turned out. The old site lacked all of the cool flash effects as well as the color. The old site was black and did not convey the green and color you would want for a landscaping company. We used a bunch of different sliders also for this site so that we could show all of the beautiful pictures the owner took of her work. Then the last piece was a link to their Facebook page. I searched around and came up with a neat image that fit perfectly. Now the owner can update the site herself and show the world their Beautiful Blooms.
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Multimedia University (MMU) is a private university with its main campus located in Cyberjaya, Selangor, Malaysia. It has over 22,000 students and located just about 500 meters from an upcoming mixed development project, Edusphere @ Cyberjaya.
Note: If you are looking for information on MMU as Pusat Pemberian Vaksin (PPV), click here.
History of Multimedia University (MMU)
The idea of establishing an education institution started when Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM) established The Institute of Telecommunication and Information Technology (ITTM) in Taiping, Perak in 1994. Then, TM was given the distinction by the Ministry of Education to set up the first private university in Malaysia.
On 1st December 1996, Universiti Telekom (Unitele) was eastablished. TM invited Prof Datuk Dr Ghauth Jasmon to lead UTSB and he has eventually led the university as its President for 11 years.
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Traditional approaches to information protection leaves systems drowning in alarms and alerts and business leaders grasping to review processes, policies and procedures to remediate potential risk.
Organisations often popularise the image of a cyber breach occurring from opportunistic individuals relentlessly attacking applications on a public WIFI from an indiscrete location. The reality paints a very different picture.
The popular misguided malicious attacker theory has led organisations to take a defend/approach to their network perimeters implementing complex and expensive threat-centric solutions which have proven to deliver underwhelming results.
With international financial figures looking to reach $113 billion by 2020 is this approach an expensive break-fix without identifying the real issue?
This training module is for all staff within an organisation who require awareness in Cyber and its relevance in the workplace and at home.
Traditional approaches to information protection leave systems drowning in alarms and alerts and business leaders grasping to review processes, policies and procedures to re mediate potential risk.
The Operationally Critical Threat, Asset, and Vulnerability Evaluation (OCTAVE) Allegro™ method developed by the Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh USA.
The OCTAVE Allegro™ approach provides the Public and Private Sectors a comprehensive methodology that focuses on information assets in their operational context. Cyber risks are identified and analysed based on where they originate, at the points where information is stored, transported, and processed. By focusing on operational risks to information assets, participants learn to view risk assessment in the context of the Public and Private Sectors strategic objectives and risk tolerances.
This course is designed for managers and project leaders who have been tasked with implementing a computer security incident response team (CSIRT). This course provides a high-level overview of the key issues and decisions that must be addressed in establishing a CSIRT. As part of the course, attendees will develop an action plan that can be used as a starting point in planning and implementing their CSIRT.
This course provides current and future managers of computer security incident response teams (CSIRTs) with a pragmatic view of the issues that they will face in operating an effective team.
This course provides foundational knowledge for those in security-related roles who need to understand the functions of an incident management capability and how best to perform those functions. It is recommended for those new to incident handling or security operations work.
The course introduces the basic concepts and functions of incident management. The course addresses where incident management activities fit in the information assurance or information security ecosystem and covers the key steps in the incident handling lifecycle. Discussions include topics on security operations services, intruder threats, and the nature of incident response activities. Course modules present standard practices to enable a resilient incident management capability.
This course is designed for managers who need to know the fundamentals that will assist in reducing the risk of a Cyber-attacks and prepare an organisation for such an event. This course provides a high-level overview of the essential aspects to Cyber and is non-technical. decisions that must be addressed in establishing a CSIRT.


Provia Labs launches its "Store a Tooth - Find a Cure" initiative to donate funds for diabetes research.
We want to raise awareness and donate research funds so that more children can benefit from a future stem cell cure for diabetes.
Provia Labs' Store-A-Tooth™, a leader in dental stem cell preservation, announces a new program, "Store a Tooth - Find a Cure," to support type 1 diabetes research. With Store-A-Tooth, parents can bank the stem cells from their children's teeth to take advantage of potential future stem cell therapies for conditions such as type 1 diabetes. To underscore its commitment to families managing type 1 diabetes, Provia Labs will donate up to 50% of its proceeds to fund diabetes research. The news comes in advance of Stem Cell Awareness Day on October 3.
Every time a parent enrolls with Store-A-Tooth to bank their child's stem cells and mentions "Find a Cure," the company will donate up to half its proceeds to support leading diabetes research organizations, such as the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), Diabetes Research Institute in Miami, or Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston. The total funds raised will be announced at the Children with Diabetes Conference, July 9-14, 2013 in Orlando, Florida. Provia Labs will also make a donation for everyone who takes a short stem cell quiz on the newly launched "Store a Tooth – Find a Cure" web platform at http://www.stemcellsforacure.com.
A 2011 study published in the Journal of Dental Research showed that stem cells from teeth can produce insulin in a glucose responsive manner. In the study, the stem cells were harvested from baby teeth taken out during routine dental care in kids age 7-11; research has also focused on stem cells from extracted wisdom teeth. In the July 2012 issue of Diabetes Care, Chinese scientists reported that an experimental procedure using adult stem cells enabled half of their patients to go off insulin for over 18 months. The pace of research shows promise that in the near future, stem cell therapies might be useful in the fight against type 1 diabetes.
Store-A-Tooth makes it easy for families and their dentists to collect teeth removed during normal dental procedures, such as when baby teeth come loose, wisdom teeth are extracted, or teeth are pulled for orthodontia. Samples are sent overnight to a state-of-the-art laboratory where they're processed and tested then carefully preserved at very low temperatures until the day new stem cell therapies become routinely available.
Store-A-Tooth recently exhibited for the third time at the Children with Diabetes conference this summer. The company is also a sponsor of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Walk to Cure Diabetes in Boston (October 13, 2012).
To find out more information about the "Store a Tooth - Find a Cure" initiative or to join the cause, please visit http://www.stemcellsforacure.com or http://www.facebook.com/storeatoothfindacure.
Provia Laboratories, LLC (http://www.provialabs.com) is a health services company specializing in high quality biobanking (the collection, transport, processing, and cryogenic storage of biological specimens). Its dental stem cell banking service, Store-A-Tooth™, gives parents the option to store stem cells today to protect their children's health tomorrow. Store-A-Tooth preserves precious stem cells from baby and wisdom teeth that would otherwise be discarded, so parents can be prepared for advances in stem cell therapies that someday may help treat conditions such as type 1 diabetes, spinal cord injury, heart attack, stroke, and neurological disorders like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.
For more information about Store-A-Tooth™ dental stem cell banking, please call 1-877-867-5753 or visit us at http://www.store-a-tooth.com or 'Like' Store-A-Tooth at http://www.facebook.com/storeatooth.


His name might not be the big one in the free agent market. That is CC Sabathia, followed closely by Mark Teixeira. But there is one position more important to the Red Sox than a pitcher or first baseman. That is catcher, where the Sox have no viable starters on their roster.
Jason Varitek - or a suitable replacement - is a necessity. Teixeira might be a luxury. So, too, A.J. Burnett or Derek Lowe.
The next catcher for the Red Sox could come from the free agent market or via trade. Or, as general manager Theo Epstein allowed yesterday, the catching void could be filled by a combination of both.
"It's probably broader than people think, maybe not so deep," Epstein said of the trade market for catching with the winter meetings approaching Monday in Las Vegas. "If you study all the clubs, there are more teams with a catcher to move than one might think or that maybe is being represented. That doesn't mean that we've found a way to match up yet. We haven't. Probably more teams out there with catching that they can move than anticipated."
Though there hasn't been advancement toward a deal with Varitek, who has until Sunday at midnight to accept or decline the Sox' offer of arbitration, the team is exploring multiple options. Like signing Varitek and coming up with his replacement at the same time.
"That's a desirable outcome," Epstein said. "We also have catchers in waiting in the minor leagues who are talented but maybe not quite ready to step into a prominent role right now. We'll see. I'm confident that we [will] find a way to end up with a reputable catching corps that we hope will have us set up not only for 2009 but also for the future."
One possible stumbling block is Tim Wakefield. Kevin Cash - who is arbitration-eligible - was Wakefield's catcher last season, but that doesn't mean the Sox will need a personal catcher for the knuckleballer.
"We have to be mindful of the fact that Wake can be a challenge for some catchers," Epstein said. "At the same time, I don't know that even Wake feels we should limit our options at catcher because of any one pitcher. We just have to strike the right balance. [Varitek has] caught him in the past. He's always been an option to catch him. It's obviously something that [manager Terry Francona has] stayed away from in recent years."
Catching isn't the only area that needs to be addressed by the Sox. They are looking for a righthanded-hitting outfielder who can play center field and have explored Rocco Baldelli. The Sox are also likely to add a corner infielder.
With trade talks breaking down with the Tigers involving Julio Lugo, the Sox have three middle infielders on the roster. Alex Cora's name will come up, but his return will probably be contingent on Lugo being traded.
A starting pitcher? It's possible. The Sox signed Daisuke Matsuzaka to a six-year deal as a free agent two years ago, but he was just 26. This year's crop isn't in that age bracket.
"There are free agent pitchers we're interested in," Epstein said. "Some are more realistic targets than others. We've worked long and hard to try to build an organization that's not dependent on big free agent pitching signings. That's not typically a market that we enjoy diving into. That said, there will be pitchers signed to free agent deals who go on and are worth every penny and more, dominate for years to come. We're interested in a lot of those pitchers, but we have an approach and we'll probably stick with it."
As for position players who might garner eight- to 10-year deals on the free agent market, Epstein said it was an unlikely proposition for the Sox. But unlikely is not never. Epstein said the team doesn't have a "hard-and-fast rule, we just have criteria." So there might be a starter coming to roost with the Sox, or a new first baseman, late of the Angels.
For now, the Sox and their brass head off to Las Vegas Sunday to get some talks started, continue others, keeping one thing in mind. "The goal is always the same," Epstein said, "to get good players at reasonable deals for their prime years."


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Principal's Update December 7, 2021
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As we approach the end of the school year, I don't think anyone anticipated having to work our way through another year of covid-19 trials and tribulations. I have been constantly impressed with the resilience of our students and the way they have approached their learning with enthusiasm. This term's overarching concept of globalisation has engaged the young people. In recent weeks I have met with a number of Year 8 students applying for their Principal's Stripe. I really enjoy talking with these young people about their aspirations, how they have consistently set themselves goals, people who have inspired them and who they have in turn inspired and how they maintain a healthy lifestyle. They will all go on to achieve well at high school.
I was lucky enough to attend Kowhai's Team Assembly yesterday and it was clear there had been a lot of deliberation about who should receive awards – not an easy task when there are so many deserving people. Congratulations to all who received recognition.
This year we farewell a few staff members and wish the following all the best for the future endeavours:
Brony Oakley-Browne – Brony came out of the classroom two years ago after winning one of the newly formed Learning Support Coordinator positions. Brony has chosen to have a change of school and has won a position at Opononi Area School, teaching three days a week.
Hamish Ridling has been teaching at Kamo Intermediate for well over ten years, more recently leading one of our Sports Classes. Hamish has accepted a position at Ngunguru School closer to where he lives. His expertise in sport will be sorely missed.
Pete Maloney has been at KIS for two years and is making the move to Dunedin. Pete has been an integral part of the Tawa Team. Having recently purchased his first home in Dunedin, we wish him all the very best in the deep south.
Brad Kini took leave earlier this year and has made the decision to resign. Brad was a teacher at KIS for approximately 15 years; instrumental in coaching and guiding many sports programmes and in starting our Boys Class 3 years ago. We hope Brad may return as a reliever in the future but whatever path his life takes, we wish him well.
Jan O'Connor has also been teaching at KIS for a number of years and more recently has been part of the Specialist STEAM Team, teaching biotechnology. Jan is looking forward to continuing her travel abroad, when covid restrictions allow and pursuing other interests. We hope she is a regular visitor to the school and supporter of our newly formed Environment Character Class.
This week starts our annual end of year celebrations where students are recognised for their various achievements earned throughout the year. Each and every student is congratulated for attaining their respective awards. Our KIS Sports and Formal Prize Giving ceremonies will be filmed and available for viewing on our website from next Monday evening. We are sorry we are unable to have parents and whanau members join us in recognising each recipient. A list of prize winners will be published next week.
As we approach the end of year, I take this opportunity to thank you all for your support throughout a very challenging year. I am especially proud of how well the Year 8 students have made the most of the opportunities available to them and shown exceptional resilience when confronted with cancelled and postponed events. We do hope they can look back on their years at KIS with fondness and remember many of the fun activities they participated in.
Take care as the silly season begins!
Kim Sloane
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Add all ingredients to vitamix or food processor and blend. Add warm water for desired consistency. Reserve in mason jar or similar until serving.
1-2 bundles rainbow chard - about 10 large leaves - cut off stem + hard spine for rolling.
Lay chard flat and pile all ingredients into center. Roll and cut in half arranging in bowl with cut side up. Enjoy with sun butter dipping sauce.


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Chef Matthew Galvin Opens Ireland's First "Dark Kitchen"
Published on Dec 17 2019 12:12 PM in Food tagged: Matthew Galvin
Chef Matthew Galvin has opened Ireland's first "dark kitchen".
"Dark kitchen" is a term that refers to a food preparation business that has no physical restaurant and instead operates in a rented food preparation space for the purpose of serving food delivery apps such as Deliveroo and Uber Eats.
Matthen Galvin's Ocras and Tart business, which is also known as Oat.ie, operates in an industrial unit in Churchtown in Dublin and offers three menus.
"The Easiest Way Into The Food Market"
The Business Post quotes Galvin as saying, "My ideal situation would be walking around with a glass of wine talking to all the guests in my restaurant for the evening, but nobody is going to pay for that, so I had to look at the easiest way into the food market."
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Comey: I Documented Trump Meetings Because Of The 'Nature Of The Person. I Was Honestly Concerned That He Might Lie'
Former FBI director James Comey takes his seat at the beginning of the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Thursday, June 8, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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Vice Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee Mark Warner (D-VA) asked fired FBI Director James Comey why he decided to meticulously document his meetings with Trump after their first encounter.
"A combination of things," Comey said. "I think the circumstances, the subject matter and the person I was interacting with."
"Circumstances: First, I was alone with the President of the United States, or the President-elect, soon to be president. The subject matter: I was talking about matters that touch on the FBI's core responsibility and that relate to the President-elect personally. And then the nature of the person. I was honestly concerned that he might lie about the nature of our meeting, and so I thought it really important to document. That combination of things I had never experienced before, but it led me to believe I got to write it down, and I got to write it down in a very detailed way."
Warner responded in part: "I think that's a very important statement you just made."
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