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Pediatric Acupuncture BY SAUNDERS, N. Lic.Ac. BA(Hons) Traditional Acupuncture & BERRY, K. BHSc TCM Acupuncture, MSc Research (Addictions)
EVIDENCE SUMMARY: PEDIATRIC ACUPUNCTURE
Strength of evidence
The prevalence of chronic childhood conditions is increasing with 13–27% of children now being affected by chronic conditions.1 These conditions may last into adulthood and can have a significant impact on the whole family as well as the affected child. Therefore, it is unsurprising that many families are now seeking complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies and integrative medicine including acupuncture and related therapies for their children's conditions.2 3
Acupuncture-related therapies include the non- invasive stimulation of acupoints with moxibustion and manual pressure (tui na), lasers, TENS machines, and similar devices.
Various reviews have found acupuncture and acupuncture-related therapies to show particular promise in the treatment of pediatric pain, cerebral palsy, nocturnal enuresis, tic disorders, amblyopia, nausea and vomiting, digestive disorders, autistic spectrum disorder (ASD), and respiratory disorders.4 5 6 Furthermore, acupuncture is considered safe and well-tolerated7 8 with a very low risk of serious adverse effects.
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PEDIATRIC ACUPUNCTURE: THE EVIDENCE
One of the conditions most commonly treated with acupuncture in people of all ages is pain. According to a 2014 review,9 an estimated 30.8% of children suffer from chronic pain and acupuncture may be effective in the relief of migraines and tension type headaches, abdominal pain, acute post-operative pain, and dysmenorrhea in adolescent girls.
A retrospective review10 found that children attending an outpatient service experienced significant improvements in various types of pain including headaches and migraines, back pain, and painful extremities following acupuncture. When children rated their pain on a scale of 1-10 (VAS), they reported average reductions in pain from 5.5 to 2.2 points, and 40% of patients reported a complete resolution of symptoms.
Further studies suggest that acupuncture may also be helpful in the treatment of costochondritis11 12 and acute pain due to appendicitis.13
Another promising area in pediatric acupuncture is the relief of nausea and vomiting, specifically post- operative nausea and vomiting and chemotherapy- induced nausea and vomiting.
A double-blind prospective study on laser acupuncture for nausea and vomiting following eye surgery14 found that genuine laser acupuncture significantly reduced vomiting compared with sham treatment, with symptoms occurring in just 5/20 patients compared with 17/20 in the control group. Furthermore, just two patients in the genuine acupuncture group required rescue antiemetic therapy compared with 14 in the control group.
These results are supported by a review conducted in 201515 which concluded that acupuncture was effective in the relief of post-operative conditions including nausea and vomiting and delirium following general anesthetic.
A further 2016 review16 of seven different pediatric trials comprising 727 patients concluded that acupuncture may reduce the risk of nausea and vomiting and decrease the need for anti-emetic medication. Side effects were found to be mild and self-limiting and included skin irritation, blistering, redness, and pain. However, the quality of the evidence in most trials was deemed to be of low- quality with a high risk of bias.
Trials on acupuncture for chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting found that acupuncture reduced the severity and duration of symptoms17 and also increased alertness among patients.18
A large study of 913 infants19 aged 0–12 weeks found that acupuncture significantly improved symptoms such as inflated stomach and defecation rates in 690 of its subjects, while 201 subjects saw more subtle improvements. However, other symptoms such as regurgitation actually increased following acupuncture treatment.
A further 2016 study20 found that acupuncture reduced crying time in infants with colic, with more of its subjects crying for less than three hours a day (one of the diagnostic criteria for colic) following acupuncture.
A 2018 systematic review21 of three randomized controlled trials and 307 patients found that while there were no differences after treatment, during treatment babies treated with acupuncture had a 27 minute reduction in crying and that the results were statistically significant.
NOCTURNAL ENURESIS (BEDWETTING)
A 2017 study22 of 20 patients aged 6–22 years found that acupuncture benefited nocturnal enuresis symptoms, as well as improving sleep and quality of life.
These results were supported by a 2015 review23 of 21 studies and 1590 patients, which showed encouraging results for acupuncture as a treatment for nocturnal enuresis. Outcome measures included number of weekly wet nights, and maximum voided volume. However, only one study was deemed to be high-quality.
A further 2017 review24 of seven studies conducted on children aged 7–15 years concluded that acupuncture was more effective for nocturnal enuresis than either placebo or drug therapy.
A 2018 meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials25 looked at 21 studies and 1718 patients comparing acupuncture plus rehabilitation with rehabilitation alone. The meta-analysis found that acupuncture provided improvements in gross motor function and fine motor function with improvements in scales measuring muscle tone and spasticity. Furthermore, there was a high total effective rate, with only mild adverse effects reported. Of the 21 studies included in the analysis, three were classed as grade A for quality, while the remainder were classed as grade B.
A 2009 systematic review26 of new and emerging treatments for ASD ranked acupuncture as a grade C treatment, meaning that its use is supported by at least one non-randomized controlled trial or two case series. Additionally, a 2011 review27 including 10 trials and 390 children aged 3–18 years suggests that acupuncture may improve functioning in children with ASD. Six of the reviewed trials indicated improvements in both cognitive and global function, while a further two suggested improvements in communication, linguistic skills, cognitive and global function. A 2010 study28 found significant improvements in language comprehension and self-care following genuine electro-acupuncture compared with sham treatment. Parents also reported improvements in sociability, receptive language, motor skills, coordination, and attention span. A 2018 review29 found improvements in CARS and ABC scores when acupuncture was combined with behavioral and educational interventions, with an 'acceptable' risk of adverse effects. A further 2018 study30 found that the greatest improvements were in verbal communication. The latter study also suggests that the efficacy of acupuncture for ASD may reduce with increased age.
A 2013 study31 of 52 children aged 6 months to 6 years found significant improvements in asthma symptoms following acupuncture treatment. However, these were not maintained following the cessation of treatment, suggesting long-term acupuncture therapy could be necessary.
These results are supported by a 2015 systematic review of seven studies and 410 patients.32 Two of
the reviewed studies found improvements in peak expiratory flow (PEF) following treatment, while another showed a reduction in asthma-related anxiety.
NEONATAL CARE
Neonates are often subjected to painful procedures33 for which acupuncture may offer relief.34 Another condition for which acupuncture may be useful is neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS), a group of symptoms experienced by babies withdrawing from fetal exposure to illicit drugs or prescription medications such as opioids and benzodiazepines.
One 2015 randomized, controlled, blinded trial35 found that infants with NAS required a reduced duration of morphine therapy and had a reduced length of hospital stay compared with control subjects, resulting in reduced costs to the hospital of around 26.4%. A retrospective review36 found that infants with NAS showed improved feeding following acupuncture treatment, and were calmer and slept better during and immediately after treatment.
These findings are supported by a 2015 pilot study of 20 infants with NAS37 which recommended acupuncture as a safe, feasible, and effective treatment. Another review conducted in 201838 also confirms these results.
BIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS OF PEDIATRIC ACUPUNCTURE
There are a number of different mechanisms underlying acupuncture's physiological effects. The most thoroughly researched area is pain. Numerous nerve pathways and biochemicals have been identified as being involved in acupuncture's analgesic effects. These include Aδ, Aβ and C nerve fibers, opioid neuropeptides including enkephalins, endorphins, dynorphins, endomorphins, and nociceptin, and non-opioid neuropeptides including substance P (SP), vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP). Several neurotransmitters are also involved including serotonin, norepinephrine, dopamine, cytokines, glutamate, nitric oxide, and gamma-amino-butyric-acid (GABA).39 40
Many other pathways have been identified which help to explain how acupuncture has such a diverse range of effects. Perhaps the most central of these is known as purinergic signaling, a system in which adenosine triphosphate (ATP) plays a role in signaling and regulation of all tissues and organs.41 42 ATP is required for nerve transmission, and animal studies found that mice bred with an inability to bind to adenosine did not experience analgesia from acupuncture, while normal mice did.43 44 This effect has also been replicated in human studies.45
Purinergic signaling has been found to play a role in diverse clinical areas including migraines and headaches,46 immunity and inflammation47 cancer,48 autism,49 Alzheimer's,50 cardiovascular disease,51 52 and endocrine function.53
While pharmaceutical companies are currently attempting to develop drugs in these areas which inhibit or enhance purinergic signaling,54 safety is an area of concern.
As these compounds exist in a delicate balance at the cellular level, both too much and too little adenosine and ATP may be associated with disease. However, self regulation of purinergic signaling as is promoted by acupuncture treatment is likely to be both effective and safe.
In addition to biochemical actions, studies also demonstrate the direct effects of acupuncture on the central nervous system. These influence spinal reflexes, where acupuncture induces muscle relaxation and changes in visceral organs. In the brain, acupuncture has been shown to alter functional connectivity and decrease activity in limbic structures associated with stress and illness.
Acupuncture simultaneously improves regulation of the hypothalamus, pituitary, adrenal (HPA) axis, the primary system that the body uses for regulating hormones and the physiological stress response.55 Additionally, acupuncture modulates activity in the parasympathetic nervous system which is associated with rest, relaxation, digestion and healing.56
TREATMENT OPTIONS FOR CHILDREN: APPROACHES AND CONCERNS
One major concern regarding pediatric medicine is that off-label prescribing is a common practice, with approximately half of all medicines insufficiently labelled for pediatric use as of 2012.57 Although using drugs off-label does not necessarily mean that they are dangerous, it does mean that there is insufficient evidence regarding their safety and efficacy. This reality presents large and complex issues, especially regarding neonates, infants under two years of age, and children with rare or chronic conditions.58 Conversely, acupuncture has been tried and tested over the course of many centuries and has proven safe and effective, even for very young children.
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The Association of Children's Welfare Agencies (ACWA) has welcomed the release this week of the Fourth Action Plan (2018-2020) under the National Framework for Protecting Australia's Children 2009-2020.
Acting CEO Dr Wendy Foote said the NSW peak strongly supports the focus of the Fourth Action Plan on collectively tackling the unacceptable rate of child abuse and neglect in Australia.
Only last week, figures released by the Productivity Commission showed more than 45,000 children were in out-of-home care nationally, almost 18,000 of whom were Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander.
"ACWA particularly applauds the emphasis in the Fourth Action Plan on improving outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children," Dr Foote said.
The three other areas of work to be undertaken over the next three years under the Fourth Action Plan include: improving prevention and early intervention services to keep children safe and help vulnerable families avoid coming into contact with the child protection system, enhancing placement stability for children and young people in care, and boosting the ability of organisations to keep children and young people safe from abuse and neglect.
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Palczewski, Catherine H. Postcard Archive. University of Northern Iowa. Cedar Falls, IA
Old Feminist Cartoons Predicted Women's Future
By Alexandra Svokos
American women gained the right to vote less than 100 years ago.
The 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote, was ratified in 1920.
We've seen very slow progress over these past 96 years. First, it took a while for everyone to actually be able to vote, especially African American women. And voter suppression is still an issue today, like in the form of voter ID laws.
But since gaining the right to vote, women have begun to fill the government. We're still far from being fully represented, but it's better than the 100 percent of white men we started with.
This year, we have the first ever female presidential nominee for a major party in Hillary Clinton. This is the closest America has ever come to electing a woman for president.
Women had to fight HARD to get the right to vote.
The women's suffrage movement lasted decades before the 19th Amendment was passed.
In the course of the fight, people around the country showed both support and commentary through cartoons.
This is something familiar to us, the Atlantic has pointed out. Everyone was basically sending one another memes on postcards.
No, seriously. They even included cats:
Catherine Helen Palczewski, a historian, collected a ton of these awesome cartoons and postcards.
Many of these old feminist cartoons show sassy women demanding their right to have a voice in the government.
All the while, they're smacking men down for saying women are great, but not letting them vote:
Some feminist cartoons were used to explain why women wanted suffrage.
They explained their reasoning, and depicted how men were trying to hold back what was inevitable.
Others showed women fighting for the right to vote from the perspective of their relationships with men.
This included one cartoon of a girl apparently stopping a boy from kissing her, demanding "suffrage first," like women were supposed to demand "marriage first" under the norms of the day.
But these bossy attitudes weren't always drawn in a kindhearted or praising way.
Many cartoons showed an eye-rolling point of view when it came to the suffragists.
There was also a lot of masculine fear shown in the old suffrage cartoons.
Many of them depicted husbands emasculated and left to do the "women's work," like taking care of children.
Today, many men are working as stay-at-home dads, just as women were expected to do for centuries in America. So, it seems like they were right to have those "fears."
There was an almost cartoonish anxiety about what women would do if they were given the right to vote.
They might -- oh my! -- hang out with one another while playing cards and eating chocolate.
Some of these OG memes showed what was actually going on in the women's suffrage movement.
The memes included women joining up in local politics to fight for their rights and being arrested for marching for suffrage.
Many of these anti-suffrage cartoons depicted the suffragists as unattractive. They made them look like old, overly masculine spinsters. This was a means to say "real" women – meaning kind, young, married mothers – did not want the right to vote.
But despite the sexist detractors, women DID gain the right to vote.
And they celebrated this right with glorious, early Art Deco style.
Some of these cartoons were made to mock suffragists and women's dreams, but that humor doesn't really translate in 2016.
I mean...
That cartoon may become a reality on November 8.
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Citations: The Atlantic, University of Northern Iowa

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The Age Of Aquarius, Part II?
Are you ready? Ready for what, you say? The new Age Of Aquarius, happening this coming weekend. According to astronomers, planets will be aligned starting this Thursday, through the weekend.
Imagine, from East to West, Jupiter, the moon, Mars, Saturn, and Pluto, lined-up across the sky. Early risers, Thursday morning, will witness this rare phenomenon.
Proper planetary alignment (or lack thereof) could be a good excuse as to why you were late for work–or not? I assume no liability if you should choose to do so.
Such celestial alignments, have in the past, given rise to some bizarre speculations. One of which, was it would cause weightlessness. I could use some weightlessness, since I need to lose a few pounds. Not complete weightlessness–I don't wish to float through outer space for all eternity.
Lofty goals from The Fifth Dimension in 1969. Will there ever be true peace in the world? I don't know. But we can always hope.
I was there for the first go-around. Nothing special happened for me. Nobody said anything about the moon being in the seventh house–whatever that meant? But you can bet I will be ready for the New Age of Aquarius–should it ever come into fruition.
Author warturoadam77pPosted on March 8, 2018 Categories beliefs, current events, humor, UncategorizedTags the cosmos, the moon2 Comments on The Age Of Aquarius, Part II?
"Put some elbow grease into it," really meant putting more effort into a task. It's a strange expression, if taken literally. What was elbow grease? Where did the expression originate? Did well-lubricated elbows function more efficiently?
"Your eyes were bigger than your stomach." An expression that went along with, "waste not, want not." Don't take something if you don't really want it. How could someone's eyes be bigger, than one's stomach? What a freak show that would be.
"If it thundered in December, it would snow in May." An old bromide from my Midwestern roots. It did occasionally snow in April, rarely in May. The point was, December thunder and lightning storms, were weird. It was supposed to snow in December.
"Blue racer snakes would chase you." I never had it happen to me–that was the legend. Also, if the snake was cut into pieces, left for dead; it would come back together overnight, and slither away.
Chickens weren't exactly the brainiacs of the barnyard. It was alleged, that if one got a chicken to stand still, and a line was drawn in the dirt, the chicken would stand still, mesmerized.
Good luck charms: Rabbit's feet, horseshoes, four-leaf clovers–how did these come to be regarded as good luck charms? Some people had "lucky shirts." …Lucky colors, …Lucky days. I guess just about anything could be a good luck charm–if we wanted it to be. One thing's for sure, the rabbit charm, wasn't lucky for the rabbit.


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Angel In Blue
The policeman stood and faced his God, which must always come to pass.
He hoped his shoes were shining, just as brightly as his brass.
"Step forward now, policeman. How shall I deal with you?
Have you always turned the other cheek? To My church have you been true?"
The policeman squared his shoulders and said, "No, Lord, I guess I ain't,
Because those of us who carry badges can't always be a saint.
I've had to work most Sundays, and at times my talk was rough,
and sometimes I've been violent, because the streets are awfully tough.
But I never took a penny, that wasn't mine to keep . . .
Though I worked a lot of overtime when the bills got just too steep.
And I never passed a cry for help, though at times I shook with fear.
And sometimes, God forgive me, I've wept unmanly tears.
I know I don't deserve a place among the people here.
They never wanted me around except to calm their fear.
If you've a place for me here, Lord, it needn't be so grand.
I never expected or had too much, but if you don't I'll understand.
There was silence all around the throne where the saints had often trod.
As the policeman waited quietly, for the judgment of his God.
"Step forward now, policeman, You've borne your burdens well.
Come walk a beat on Heaven's streets, You've done your time in hell."
We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.
December 22, 2015 | Filed Under featured | Comments Off on Angel In Blue
In August 2015 Commissioners James and Neering held their first Town Hall Meeting which was considered a success with between 100-125 residents in attendance.
On December 8, 2015 the second Town Hall Meeting was held, which I attended.
When I pulled into the parking lot and saw the number of cars present I believe the meeting was going to be another success. When I walked into the building and asked where the Commission's meetings were being held I was directed to another building with approximately 12 cars in the parking lot.
There was a total of 22 people in attendance which included Commissioners James, Neering, and Moffitt along with Pastor Kevin Jones, Assistant Pastor of the Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church.
In the audience was Commissioner Ryan, two representatives from the Palm Beach County Gang Unit, and a representative from the Children's Service Council along with two young women with teenage boys.
One of these young boys stood out as he spoke of his fears and hopes for his neighborhood. He is being raised in a two-parent household and maintains a 4.0 grade average, and proudly mentioned his grandfather was a WPB Police Officer. One woman spoke and told the story of how her son was murdered.
Pastor Jones spoke of the "Mayor's Village Initiative" and all that it offers. Below are the highlights of that initiative.
Mayor's Village Initiative
The Mayor's Village initiative is a city of West Palm Beach initiative which focuses on the plight of African American boys and young men.
The goal of the initiative is to prevent and reduce youth violence and to improve the outcomes of African American boys and young men in targeted areas of the city. The village consist of government agencies, businesses, concerned citizens, the faith community, nonprofits, philanthropy, and schools. The city will act as an umbrella and pull its vast resources together to help address this issue. At this time, we are focusing primarily on the North End of the city.
The current programs under the initiative reads.
Community and Police Dialogues- The dialogues consist of 4 to 5 week conversations between police officers, community residents, and community social service providers. These dialogues create a safe and and non-confrontational space for these individuals to develop trust, better understand each other's experiences, and work together on solutions to build positive relationships between law enforcement's and residents.
Kids & Cops Workshop- This workshop is a discussion between African American teenage boys and police officers. It is an opportunity for the youth to express their thoughts and feelings about their relationship with law enforcement. Additionally, it allows the young men to hear from police officers about their roles in the community.
Neighborhood Accountability Board (NAB)– This program is geared for youth 12 to 18 years of age. The goal is for the youth to repair the harm that was caused in the community. A child that commits a first time misdemeanor offense qualifies for this program. They must be referred by the Police Department or the State Attorney's Office. The conference consist of the offender and their parents, the victim (if they want to attend), and a board that is comprised of trained neighborhood volunteers. They talk about the offense and agree on appropriate sanctions. The youth have approximately 90 days to complete their assigned sanctions. If they complete the sanctions, the offense will not be on the record.
Operation Youth Violence: Reduction, Intervention, and Prevention: The West Palm Beach Police Department developed this program in response to the high number of arrest concerning our inner city youth. The program is geared toward first-time felony offenders between the ages of 13 to 24. The goal is to provide them with the necessary resources and mentoring in hopes that they will become productive members of the community. This is a collaborative effort between government agencies, the faith community, and other public / private entities. These youth are offered the opportunity to enroll in GED programs, job readiness courses, counseling, and subsidized employment. These services are provided through the Urban League of Palm Beach County and the Pleasant City Youth Empowerment Center.
Workforce Development Program: The goal of this program is to connect residents to employment. The goal is also to assist them in overcoming any barriers to obtaining employment. We have educational institutions, community groups, and the private sector at the table supporting this program. Many of the jobs require training and it is our goal that we make training available for the residents knowing that, at the end of the training, a job is waiting.
All the information above was available and the Commissioner's and Pastor waiting to share with residents. Unfortunately, too few residents received the message.
The North End of the city is made up of thousands of hard-working residents who just want peace, to work and provide for their families. They should not live in fear because their children want to play in the front yard.
Unfortunately there are a handful of criminal types and it appears that peace is not on their agenda. A good example: On Sunday December 6, two 18 year old men were shot on the street in the North End. Neither man will cooperate with the police. Can the city expect retaliation in that shooting in the coming weeks?
The North End of the city has a problem and I don't believe the residents can fix it without the help of the police department. The police department cannot fix the problem without the help of the residents. What are we waiting for?
The last Peace in the Street March for 2015 is scheduled to be held on Thursday Dec.17 starting at 5:15 PM. Please meet @ Coleman Park Community Center located at 1116 21st. St. WPB Fl; where residents and police march together. Working together = success
December 15, 2015 | Filed Under blog | Comments Off on Town Hall Meeting
Free Speech-Vs-Censorship-Another View
Posting on November 30,2015 "Free Speech-VS-Censorship is an interesting article written by Debbie. I would like to offer another opinion, and invite you to look at the other side of the coin. Debbie's first paragraph explains the First Amendment of the Constitution on freedom of speech.
She mentions "very insensitive comments" made by Commissioner Moffett at the October 26 commission meeting, but fails to mention what the comments were. I attended that meeting and can't recall any statement by Commissioner Moffett concerning the West Palm Beach Police Department, except that she wanted the very best officers working for the city.
She mentioned an African-American speaker who had some "strong comments" in that meeting, but failed to mention his name. The speaker is actually a Palm Beach County Deputy and former West Palm Beach Police Officer, who was fired from the city. According to the PB Post at the time of his firing, he had a total of 15 reprimands and 10 suspensions on his record. He is now with the PBC Sheriff's office where he has acquired more reprimands and suspensions.
At the June 8 2015 City Commission meeting the deputy used his three minutes slandering me with accusations of being a racist and bigot along with being ignorant and condescending.
I was absent from the June 8 meeting but attended the June 22 meeting where it was more of the same.
He sent an email to the mayor and commissioners with a request that his email be read at the July 6, 2015 meeting, and the topic once more concerned me. This email was not read, I believe in part due to the length of his message. It would have taken an auctioneer to deliver the message in the three minutes allotted to residents. He writes in part:
"Saying you don't understand New York and Baltimore, shows blatant disrespect, lack of knowledge, ignorance and racist views for not knowing why millions of black, white and others were marching around cities in this country because of people like yourself."
Here is my favorite paragraph in his email.
"Sandy, you need to leave writing about black issues, in our community to us. Clearly you don't have a grasp of what's going on in our community and clearly, you need to write about your own community and leave the black community alone."
Appears he is dictating to me what I can write and talk about. Is he attempting to infringing on my right to free speech?
What I actually said was I didn't understand why the people of New York weren't protesting over the murder of two police officers shot to death while sitting in their cruiser, by a black man.
I don't recall mentioning Baltimore, but did make comments concerning Ferguson, Missouri. Ferguson was not protesting, Ferguson was out of control– looting, burning police cruisers, smashing windows, closing business, and when Michael Brown's stepfather was caught on video yelling "Burn this Motherf—er down" along with "Burn this bitch down" the protesters who were in a high state of agitation and the utterance of the stepfather did just that, set the town on fire, and video showed a vast majority were black. It was so violent a state of emergency was called for.
What I know of Baltimore: After the death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore Maryland, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, the black mayor, told the police to stand down, and allow the protesters to "vent" Well they vented alright. It was a repeat of Ferguson.
As of August 2015 there have been over 300 murder's committed, and the count rises daily. Most of the crime appears to be black on black. Many more mother's heart's broken.
In July the Mayor fired the Police Commissioner, and replaced him with a black man. The death toll continued to climb.
Baltimore Mayor Rawlings-Blake has decided not to run for re-election as Mayor in 2016. My opinion- she made a good decision.
In the news as I write this:
Police officer Jason Van Dyke was arrested and will be tried on 1st. degree murder charges in connection with the shooting death of a black man named Laquan McDonald in Chicago. Officer Van Dyke shot the young man 16 times. The story continues.
The University of Chicago was shut down recently due to Jabari R. Dean, 21, a black man who threatened to kill 16 white male students or staff. One dead white man for every shot fired by officer Van Dyke. He further stated he "will die killing any number of white policemen that I can in the process" In my opinion when innocent police and citizens are murdered, the black community loses a little more support from the white community.
The comment below was written in the Opinion section of the PB Post 11/15/15, and I will refer to the author as the "writer"
"Off-duty officer was rude, unprofessional"
"Recently, at the West Palm Beach City Commission meeting, during public comment, where speakers have three minutes to address the mayor and commissioners, a man employed by the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office as a deputy addressed the commission in a rude and unprofessional way.
I understand that this may be his personal time; however, what the public sees is an off-duty sheriff's deputy verbally attacking and breaking the rules of the televised commission meetings. Mayor Jeri Muoio had to remind him multiple times that he would be removed from the chambers.
If I were his employer, I would be concerned with his off-duty public behavior. Hats off to the commissioners and mayor who had to endure this abuse. Great job not reacting to this rant, which had to be infuriating. These types of hurtful, disrespectful comments have no place in a city meeting, and it's unfair to anyone, including the viewing public, and should not be tolerated."
The "author" who wrote his opinion for publication did not mention the deputy's name.
At the last city commission meeting (11/23) the deputy may have recognized himself as being the subject of the "Letter to the Editors" because he directed what I consider to be hateful rhetoric toward the "writer". The deputy concluded his free speech informing the dais, the audience along with residents listening to the televised meeting personal information concerning the "writer" in what may have been an attempt to shock listeners. To me it showed what the deputy is made of.
I applaud "writer" for speaking up and allowing his views to be known. There needs to be more people willing to come forward and express their opinions in a gentlemanly way as he did.
Debbie you wrote: "Unlike private citizens, elected officials actions are subject to public scrutiny, as they should be."
I would remind you that "writer" and myself are not elected officials, and it appears our "free speech" is not acceptable to the deputy when our comments concern him. Speaking for myself, I don't mind scrutiny, but am concerned about being called a racist and a bigot, especially while living in a black neighborhood. All it takes is another Louis Head to cause harm and destruction to me and others.
I applaud the commission, and want to thank Commissioner Ryan and Mayor Muoio for having the courage to suggest public comment be moved to a later time.
Any resident who watches city government and wishes to address the dais is welcome to attend, listen and learn. If residents wish to address the mayor and commission they will still be welcome,hopefully an hour or so later. City government is not attempting to remove anyone's right to free speech.
December 5, 2015 | Filed Under blog | Comments Off on Free Speech-Vs-Censorship-Another View


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Aquarium creates an Immersive Experience with New Octaform Tanks
SWIMMING WITH SHARKS IN FLORIDA
Florida-based aquarium suppliers, Dynasty Marine Associates have learned that building better doesn't always come with a higher price tag.
When Dynasty Marine began planning an expansion of their tropical marine habitat, their director, Forrest Young knew that concrete was the way to go. With over 30 years of fish-collecting and aquarium keeping under his belt, the leader of Team Dynasty understood that concrete would be tough enough to withstand the daily rigours of marine husbandry but price, ultimately, had to be considered.
Concrete tanks, while longer lasting than their fibreglass counterparts, often come with extra considerations and expenses such as liners, sealants, and formwork. It was only after a conversation with Steve Ehrenpreis at Octaform, that Mr. Young saw that he could build better and still stay within his budget."We wanted concrete tanks but did not think the cost would fit into our budget," said Young.
"Steve helped us determine the costs for concrete tanks with the Octaform forming system and we found that they were very affordable," continued Young.
With Octaform, Steve explained, they could eliminate many of the costs associated with conventional construction.
Octaform is a stay-in-place concrete forming system that assembles quickly without specialized labor or heavy equipment. Extruded from food-grade, potable water safe PVC, it forms and protects concrete in one step.
This built-in, easy-to-clean, PVC membrane not only protects the fish; it protects the tank walls. Octaform snaps together to form a watertight barrier between the tank and the concrete protecting it from moisture and other corrosive elements.
While Octaform had never been specified as a tropical habitat before, the team at Dynasty were able to look at recirculating aquaculture systems across the globe that used the system. From Saudi Arabia to Japan, Norway, and the United States, Octaform tanks are used to grow everything from salmon to barramundi in some of the most simple and some of the most complex aquaculture systems in the world.
With Steve's help, Dynasty Marine saw that Octaform was not just better than the fibreglass alternative, it fit the budget.
Using Octaform Finished Concrete Forms, Team Dynasty formed and protected two round, 10 ft high, insulated tanks joined by one straight, shared wall. The tanks, painted aquamarine blue, are now the centerpiece of newly opened, Aquarium Encounters in the Florida Keys.
Aquarium Encounters offers a truly immersive experience for its visitors who are invited to actually get in the tanks with the marine creatures and be a part of the action in the thriving ecosystem that exists in the aquarium environment.
Visitors get up close with tropical fish, sting-rays and (as seen in the video below) they can even feed the sharks.
Dynasty Marine Associates, Inc. supply sustainably caught tropical fish to public aquariums, research institutions, and pet stores worldwide. They are a USDA supervised facility and are active members in the Association of Zoos and Aquarium (AZA), the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA), the European Union of Aquarium Curators (EUAC), and the Animal Transportation Association (ATA). They dedicate 15% of their annual operating budget to the active conservation of marine resources.
Octaform is a PVC, stay-in-place concrete forming system that is ideal for the construction of high-performance structures like vehicle washes, barns or commercial buildings. Because the built-in finish is watertight and food-safe, it is also ideal for tank construction. Whether it is for aquaculture, biogas or even manure containment, Octaform is a superior yet economical choice.


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As if by magic: Greenhouse assembled itself over the weekend
Shown below, a group of awe-struck onlookers gathered to watch as the greenhouse began mysteriously assembling itself over the course of two days. Every 'above and beyond the call' project at Morris is the result of a dream, volunteers and hard work. The dreamer was Adrienne Koesterer. Crystal Daynard and... Continue reading
Posted Mar 11, 2012 at Mustang Minute
Mighty Mustangs immerse themselves at Perilous Plunge
The Mighty Mustangs team from Morris Elementary Language Immersion School immersed itself in Humboldt Bay on Saturday as part of the Discovery Museum's Perilous Plunge fundraiser. The group was composed of teachers Adriana Contreras, Jackie Hauger, Jennifer Nichols and husband Steve Ludwig, Angela Burkhart, Phyllis Nolan and principal Michael Davies-Hughes.... Continue reading
Morris alumni return as role models
Students from McKinleyville High School spread across the campus on Friday to read books in English and Spanish. The annual event marked the birthday of legendary children's author Dr. Seuss, and the National Education Association's Read Across America Day. For many of the high school students, it was a return... Continue reading
March 2012 event calendar
Fri. March 2 – 911 Presentations K-1-2 learn about calling 911 for emergencies with a demo talking phone. Mon. March 5 – Principal's Breakfast Join your child at the cafeteria for a free breakfast with Mr. D-H 7:50 to 8:45 a.m. Tues. March 6 – MPTO Meeting Parents get involved... Continue reading
Jammin Jammy Night 2012
MPTO's literacy night returns with a variety of activities for all ages. As the name implies, students are encouraged to wear pajamas to Jammin' Jammy Night. Entertainment begins in the Morris gym at 5:45 p.m. Thursday, March 8 with Dell Arte' players and live music. At 6:15 p.m., attendees will... Continue reading
Update on K-8 Expansion: redoubling efforts
The Morris Transition Action Committee, which is exploring the expansion of Morris with grades 6 through 8, is not pursuing the expansion for the 2012-13 school year. The group cited two reasons: expected start-up costs greater than the school's existing budget during a time when the district is undergoing budget... Continue reading
Recycling contest underway, with tasty results
Third grader [name omitted] won a $4.50 gift certificate (a huge ice cream cone) to The Sweet Spot, the new ice cream parlor on Hiller Road. His name was selected from among students who have brought in soup labels, 'Box Tops for Education' labels, cell phones and printer cartridges to... Continue reading
Principal setting sail, search for new skipper starts
Our principal, Michael Davies-Hughes, was recognized for his superness at the January board meeting of the McKinleyville Union School District. He has be appointed our school district's next superintendant. Current superintendant Dena McCullough announced her planned departure in a memo sent home last autumn as she pursues a doctorate. Mr.... Continue reading
KEET's Young Authors and Illustrators Contest
Students in kindergarten through 4th grade can submit original stories and illustrations for the KEET-TV Young Authors and Illustrator's Contest. There is also a storytelller category for children who are too young to write or have other developmental ability challenges. Submissions will also be accepted in Spanish. The winning entries... Continue reading
Tickets on sale March 5th for Middle School Spanish Club Fundraiser
The McKinleyville Middle School Spanish Club invites you to its Fiesta Dinner and Auction on Sunday, March 25 at Azalea Hall. The event features a delicious meal catered by Rita's Mexican Food, auction items, and entertainment provided by Morris' own folkloric dancers. Funds raised will allow eighth graders to culminate... Continue reading
Donations and volunteers needed for Spring Fundraiser
MPTO's spring fundraiser to pay for core school resources and activities in the next school year will be held on Saturday, May 5th. Donations of products and services are needed as soon as possible. If you have something to donate, or have a tip on someone who might, or can... Continue reading
Breakfast with the Principal on March 5
'Tea with the Principal' is being replaced this month with breakfast. Join your child from 7:50 to 8:45 a.m.on Monday, March 5 to dine with Mr. D-H. The change of venues is to commemorate National School Breakfast Week. On tap that morning will be hash browns, sausage, bagels, cereal, fresh... Continue reading
Flat Stanley comes to town, singing in stage play
Students from Morris, Dow's Prairie Elementary and McKinleyville Middle School will perform The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley, Jr. this month. The play follows the popular children's book character Stanley Lambchop as he is flattened when a bulletin board falls on him in his sleep. Naturally, he then decides to... Continue reading
Update on Principal Search: interviews begin soon
As reported last month, our principal, Michael Davies-Hughes, has been appointed to be our school district's next superintendent, effective July 1st. A 13-member committee has been assembled to interview candidates on March 20, including Morris parents Micah Holmes, Danya Wirtz and Sue Reeser. Continue reading
Maestra Cardenas Departing, Returning a Madre
Students in Lisa Cardenas' 2nd grade class will say goodbye as she starts maternity leave at spring break. Her due date is April 14th and we're assured of a photo of the new girl, or boy, (nobody except their doctor knows!) for the June newsletter. Cardenas is on the search... Continue reading
Library update for February/March 2012
Read-a-thon The Read-a-thon is now underway. This is the library's biggest fundraiser of the year. All students who participate will receive a prize. Students earning $50 or more in pledges will receive a gift certificate to buy a new book at the next Scholastic Book Fair in late March. All... Continue reading
Read, Write, Recycle Project expands with greeting cards for pen pal programs
RWRP is the umbrella name for MPTO's Mustang Free Bookstore and its newest offshoot pursuit: greeting cards. Both used children's books and donated (yet unused) greeting cards are being put to work for student learning. As previously reported, students earn visits to the on-campus bookstore to take home a book... Continue reading
Aha! We have a website editor again (such is life in a parent-fueled endeavor). News updates will resume being posted this weekend (March 11, 2012). In the meantime, browse older news via the links at your right. On the off chance any preschool families are checking us out, feel free... Continue reading
Posted Mar 9, 2012 at Mustang Minute
MPTO Thank You
Each spring, the Morris Parent Teacher Organization holds Bust the Budget Cuts, an entertainment fundraiser at Cher-Ae Heights Casino to offset the typical budget cuts that schools are facing across our state. In May 2011, we raised over $17,000 for Morris Elementary amid a sold-out house! Dinner was provided by... Continue reading
Posted Jul 3, 2011 at Mustang Minute
Congratulations to our MUSD Teacher of the Year
Our own first grade teacher, Kelly Miller, has been named teacher of the year by the McKinleyville Union School District. Here are a few things you probably don't know about her. In 1994, Miller was a fifth grade nutrition teacher where she planned and implemented a three month nutrition program... Continue reading
Posted Jun 2, 2011 at Mustang Minute
Claim your lost items
Clothing and other items students have lost this school year, which have not been claimed, will be discarded or donated to charity at the end of the school year. There are two venues to look through. Items left behind on school buses are stored at the bus barn at the... Continue reading
$21,000 raised at Bust the Budget
May's Bust the Budget fundraiser by the Morris Parent Teacher Organization raised $21,000 gross. Historically, MPTO has used these funds to provide the Artist in Residence program, keep the library open an extra hour every day and provide other enrichment programs. Thank you to parent volunteer Danya Wirtz for coordinating... Continue reading
From Librarian Marika Myrick, June 2011
Basket Fundraiser I want to thank everyone for donating to the basket fundraiser. There were 17 baskets on display in the library and office; all filled to the brim with books, games, stuffed animals etc. Tickets sold during Open House raised more than $1,000. All proceeds go back to the... Continue reading
District memo: school bus service 2011-12
Dear Parents, As the school year closes, the district is actively preparing for the beginning of the 2011-2012 school year. The recent funding cuts to education amounted to approximately $349 less per student next year. After many months of budget advisory meetings and discussions at board meetings, the district will... Continue reading
Cheer Morris dancers at this Saturday's parade
A selection of 2nd, 3rd and 4th graders will be dancing a Samba during the Pony Express Days parade this Saturday, June 4 on Central Avenue. Not to be outdone, Elizabeth Rivera will be leading 5th graders in Los Machetes, the sticks-and-swirling dresses dance from our Winter Program. The parade... Continue reading
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#AIPAC2013 conference opens with Big Question: What is the Iran Endgame, and will it happen in 2013?
March 3, 2013 By joelcrosenberg in Epicenter
Israeli Ambassador Oren asks AIPAC conference, Imagine if Iran had that nuclear weapon. What is the price of inaction?"
>> UPDATE: Barak: When We Say All Options Are on the Table, We Mean It
>> VIDEO: Fascinating interview with Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren by Susan Page of USA Today
The annual Policy Conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee kicked off Sunday morning in Washington, D.C.. Some 13,000 pro-Israel activists are on hand, and the #1 issue on their mind is "the Iran endgame." The plot in the Middle East is thickening. The question is: How does this story end?
It's the right question, and one I plan to discuss extensively as I kick off a media tour for the release of Damascus Countdown on Tuesday.
Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren told the AIPAC delegates that there is a small window for diplomacy to still work, but it is closing. "Imagine if Iran had that nuclear weapon. What is the price of inaction?" he asked.
"It's time to go to an endgame," Ambassador Dennis Ross, who used to serve as President Obama's senior advisor on Iran policy, told the conference delegates. "Iranians have been playing the rope-a-dope strategy….If the Iranians don't respond, then maybe the position of the P5+1 has to be […] alright, we are beginning to lose patience."
"I worry about what I see in the papers," said Elliott Abrams, a former deputy national security adviser to President George W. Bush. "It appears to me we are negotiating with ourselves. We see no concessions with Iran….The goal of sanctions is to prevent them from getting closer to a nuclear weapons capability, and we are failing to do that."
Could this lead to an endgame that means war in 2013? Some Mideast experts believe so.
"With these contradictory factors pushing and pulling at each other on Capitol Hill, can anyone conclude with full confidence that 2013 will be a decisive year with Iran?" asks the Times of Israel. "Indeed, many leading voices on the issue, including both Ross and Abrams themselves, have previously stated that 2013 will indeed find either the US or Israel attacking Iran military, should diplomacy fail."
Other experts, however, are coming to the exact opposite view.
"The notion that they are somehow inexorably drawing towards military action is wrongheaded," said Aaron David Miller, a former adviser on Middle East issues to six secretaries of state between 1988 and 2003, in an interview on Saturday with the Times of Israel. "This will be the year of no decision."
"This is due to three key factors, Miller argues: Israel's awareness of the risks of a strike, Iran's own determination to avoid a military strike, and President Obama's wariness of potential complications arising from war with Iran," notes the Times. "Miller, a leading Middle East expert in Washington, said in an interview on Sunday: 'Even though I suspect [President] Obama is prepared to act because he does not want to be the first US president to preside over Iran crossing the nuclear threshold, that decision will be a long one.' When combined with Israel's reticence and Iran's 'Tom and Jerry game' on negotiations, 'These three self-reinforcing realities [… ] will combine to make much of 2013 a year of indecision when it comes to the question of peace or war.'"
Ambassador Oren called for more outreach by Jewish, pro-Israel leaders to churches, including to Black and Latino Christians.
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package com.cra.figaro.test.util

import org.scalatest.Matchers
import org.scalatest.WordSpec

import com.cra.figaro.language.CachingChain
import com.cra.figaro.language.Chain
import com.cra.figaro.language.Constant
import com.cra.figaro.language.Flip
import com.cra.figaro.language.Universe
import com.cra.figaro.library.atomic.continuous.Uniform
import com.cra.figaro.library.cache.MHCache
import com.cra.figaro.library.compound.If

class CacheTest extends WordSpec with Matchers {
  "A MH cache" should {
    "correctly retrieve cache elements for caching chains" in {
      val u = Universe.createNew()
      val cc = new MHCache(u)
      var sum = 0
      def fn(b: Boolean) = {
        sum += 1
        Constant(b)
      }
      val f = Flip(0.5)
      val c = CachingChain(f, fn)
      f.value = true; cc(c)
      f.value = false; cc(c)
      f.value = true; cc(c)
      sum should equal(2)
    }

    "keep the stack at maximum of two for non-caching chains" in {
      val u = Universe.createNew()
      val cc = new MHCache(u)
      val f = Uniform(0.0, 1.0)
      val c = Chain(f, (d: Double) => Constant(d))
      for { _ <- 0 until 10 } {
        f.generate
        cc(c)
      }
      cc.nccCache(c).size should equal(2)
    }

    "remove deactivated elements from the cache" in {
      val u = Universe.createNew()
      val cc = new MHCache(u)
      val a1 = Flip(0.1)
      val a2 = Flip(0.2)
      val s = Flip(0.5)
      val c = If(s, a1, a2)
      s.value = true; cc(c)
      s.value = false; cc(c)
      cc.ccCache(c).size should equal(2)
      a1.deactivate
      cc.ccCache(c).size should equal(1)
    }

    "correctly clear the context of elements removed from the stack" in {
      val u = Universe.createNew()
      val cc = new MHCache(u)
      def fn(d: Double) = {
        Flip(d); Flip(d); Flip(d)
      }
      val f = Uniform(0.0, 1.0)
      val c = Chain(f, fn)

      f.generate; cc(c)
      c.directContextContents.size should equal(3)
      f.generate; cc(c)
      c.directContextContents.size should equal(6)
      f.generate; cc(c)
      c.directContextContents.size should equal(6)
      u.activeElements.size should equal(8)
    }

    "correctly clear the caches when clearing temporaries" in {
      val u = Universe.createNew()
      val cc = new MHCache(u)
      def fn(d: Double) = {
        Flip(d); Flip(d); Flip(d)
      }
      val f = Uniform(0.0, 1.0)
      val perm = Constant(false)
      val fl = Flip(0.5)
      val c2 = CachingChain(fl, (b: Boolean) => {
        if (b) perm
        else {
          Flip(f)
        }
      })

      for {_ <- 0 until 100} {
        f.generate
        fl.generate
        cc(c2)
      }
      u.clearTemporaries
      u.activeElements.size should equal(4)
      cc.ccCache(c2).size should equal(1)
      cc.ccInvertedCache(perm).size should equal (1)
    }
  }
}

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Монтелеоне () — имя собственное; распространено в виде топонимов.
 Вилланова-Монтелеоне — коммуна в Италии, располагается в регионе Сардиния, подчиняется административному центру Сассари.
 Инверно-э-Монтелеоне — коммуна в Италии, располагается в регионе Ломбардия, в провинции Павия.
 Монтелеоне-д'Орвьето — коммуна в Италии, располагается в регионе Умбрия, в провинции Терни.
 Монтелеоне-ди-Пулья — коммуна в Италии, располагается в регионе Апулия, в провинции Фоджа.
 Монтелеоне-ди-Сполето — коммуна в Италии, располагается в регионе Умбрия, в провинции Перуджа.
 Монтелеоне-Рокка-Дория — коммуна в Италии, располагается в регионе Сардиния, в провинции Сассари.
 Монтелеоне-Сабино — коммуна в Италии, в регионе Лацио, в провинции Риети.
 Монтелеоне — прежнее название коммуны Вибо-Валентия.

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Jewish settlers began arriving in Morris County as far back as the Civil War. These early Jews settled in Morristown, a market town; Dover, a mining town located on the Morris Canal; and the farming towns of Pine Brook and Mount Freedom. When each of these communities had 10 adult males, the minimum number for religious services, they established Hebrew schools, synagogues, and congregational cemeteries and made Morris County their home. Morristown and Dover Jews were prosperous merchants with heavily populated Jewish business districts located on Speedwell Avenue and Blackwell Street. Stories of live chickens hanging in the kosher butcher's window and fish swimming in glass pools reflect this bygone era. Nearby Pine Brook and Mount Freedom Jews, not able to make a living as farmers, opened summer boarding houses and grew thriving full-service kosher hotels that rivaled New York's Catskill resorts.


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Attorney Benjamin Bull to Head National Center on Sexual Exploitation Law Center
Statement by Patrick A. Trueman, President & Chief Executive Officer, NCOSE
Washington, DC – The National Center in Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) announced today that one of the nation's leading constitutional law experts has joined the organization as Vice President and General Counsel. Mr. Benjamin W. Bull will lead NCOSE's Law Center fighting child sexual abuse, illegal pornography, sex trafficking, and other forms of sexual abuse and exploitation.
Ben Bull, Esq.
"A former prosecutor, Mr. Bull has had great success preventing the spread of illegal pornography, winning more than 14 jury trials against pornographers without a loss. He has also won numerous obscenity and child pornography appellate cases, including at the Supreme Court," said Patrick Trueman, President and Chief Executive Officer for the National Center on Sexual Exploitation, and Former Chief of the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, in the U. S. Department of Justice.
"With the hiring of Benjamin Bull the movement to end sexual exploitation is taking a giant leap forward and putting sexual exploiters on notice: their days of holding sway in America's court rooms are numbered," Trueman continued.
"Mr. Bull has trained prosecutors at the U.S. Department of Justice, and numerous state attorneys general and prosecutorial organizations," Trueman added. "A popular public speaker, he has lectured to over two dozen state bar associations, and also testified before Congress as well as many state legislatures. He is widely published and has co-authored two books that serve as teaching manuals on winning obscenity cases and stopping the urban blight of sexually oriented businesses."
We believe Mr. Bull is a game changer in our fight to end sexual abuse and exploitation, and look forward to his growing and accelerating our impact," Trueman said.
Mr. Bull formerly served as Chief Counsel of Alliance Defending Freedom where he launched and built its litigation and advocacy component, eventually hiring and leading more than 60 attorneys as well as opening and supervising its offices in Washington, D.C, New York City, London, Brussels, Geneva, Vienna, New Delhi, and around the world. Mr. Bull will work from our office in Washington, DC.
Patrick A. Trueman
Patrick Trueman serves as president and chief executive officer at the National Center on Sexual Exploitation. He spearheads efforts to address the intersectionality between all forms of sexual exploitation, including the public health crisis of pornography, the demand for commercial sexual exploitation, the abuse of children, and more. Under his leadership, NCOSE has produced policy improvements at a wide range of notable institutions, including Google, Wal-Mart, the Department of Justice, Verizon, the Federal Communications Commission, and more.
In 2015, Mr. Trueman, a lawyer for more than 40 years, established the organization's Law Center, to influence the law and our courts to ensure the values of human dignity are represented.
Patrick Trueman is a former Chief of the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Criminal Division at the U. S. Department of Justice from 1988 to 1993. While there, he supervised the prosecution of child sex crimes, child pornography, and obscenity, managing an office of prosecutors and working with the nation's ninety-three United States Attorneys to initiate and coordinate federal prosecutions.
During his years as a lawyer, he litigated cases at all levels of the federal system, including in the United States Supreme Court. He has been an advisor to many municipalities on First Amendment law and has helped draft ordinances to end or curb the impact of sexually oriented businesses such as pornography shops, strip clubs, and related establishments. A recognized international expert, Mr. Trueman has traveled throughout the world to speak about human trafficking and the harms of sexual exploitation.
Mr. Trueman lives just outside Washington, D.C., and is married to Laura Clay Trueman. Laura and Pat Trueman have three children.
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Perucac Lake is placed 13km upstream of Bajina Bašta. There are two touristic boats cruising on the lake. The lake is 52 km long and it stretches all the way to Višegrad. Perućac is a small, idyllic and very attractive place to relax and enjoy nature.


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His Murder Charges Were Finally Dismissed After Spending 23 Years In Prison
BY Lucas Molandes | April 15, 2017 AT 8:04 am
By Lucas Molandes April 15, 2017 at 8:04 am
Twenty three years ago, Robert Almodovar was convicted of double homicide and given the death penalty.
Roberto Almodovar to be freed from prison following a BuzzFeed News investigation https://t.co/N0Ng2Krwvp pic.twitter.com/aHPFBUmgL4
— BuzzFeed (@BuzzFeed) April 13, 2017
Almodovar entered prison in 1994, leaving behind his six month old daughter, Jasmyn. Though no weapon or physical evidence linking him to the case, Almodovar had been locked up in Cook County Jail since 1994.
Almodovar's conviction largely rested on the testimony of Chicago police Detective Reynaldo Guevara, who is now retired.
De acuerdo a la Universidad de Northwestern, el detective Reynaldo Guevara ayudó a condenar 40 personas a lo largo de su carrera #AquíyAhora pic.twitter.com/5lpNe64kDa
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A recent Buzzfeed article reported that as many of Guevara's cases have fallen apart under closer examination. Guevara was known for his ability to get convictions, but his tactics aroused the suspicion of a few of his colleagues. In March of 2017, BuzzFeed reported, when Guevara was asked about the Almodovar case, the retired detective pleaded the fifth 159 times.
Detective Guevara is believed to have framed 51 people for murder during the course of his career, Buzzfeed reported.
"That's my uncle"
The family of Roberto Almodovar wait for him to be released from prison after 23 years
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— Tom Namako (@TomNamako) April 14, 2017
A few weeks after the testimony, Cook County Judge James Linn was informed by prosecutors that they would no longer pursue a case against Almodovar. As the Chicago Tribune reported, the Judge granted the request to repeal the Almodovar's conviction, saying, "I was stunned. I'd never seen anything like this."
Today, Almodovar walked from prison a free man.
Roberto Almodovar is a free man pic.twitter.com/CJzpKY0GJe
— Andy Grimm (@agrimm34) April 14, 2017
Almodovar was greeted by family members that were overcome with both joy and grief: joy for the release of their loved one, and grief over the years they'd lost with Robert Almodovar. Live streams of his release showed family member and friends swarming him with love and laughs and tears. Each one embracing Almodovar as a free man for the first time in 23 years. One enthusiastic nephew could be heard shouting, "That's my uncle!"
After greeting his loved-ones, Almodovar gave a brief interview with reporters.
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Almodovar said that the first things he plans on doing now that he's free is spending time with his family, eat some good food, maybe even learning how to use a cellphone – having been locked up since 1994, Almodovar hasn't ever taken a selfie or sent a text. As far as longterm plans, Almodovar said he wanted to get into school, pick up a trade, spend time with his family, and just catch up.
Almodovar said he also wanted to do his part to help out other people who were victims of Guevara's corruption.
When asked, Almodovar told reporters that he couldn't forgive Guevara for what he had done.
Waiting for Roberto Almodovar to come out. Check @BuzzFeedNews livestream now pic.twitter.com/8DiufTqWoq
— Jon Lowenstein (@JonLowenstein) April 14, 2017
His attorney reminded reporters that Guevara had tried to kill Almodovar – the initial punishment was the death penalty. When asked by reporters what his message was for the retired detective, Almodovar said:
"I don't know how he can live with himself… with what he did […] like my lawyer said, he tried to kill me. I was facing the death penalty. And he didn't care. So I'm hoping – I pray to God – that the new State Attorney will put some charges on him. Hold him accountable for what he did. That's what I want. I hope it happens."
Guevara, who retired in 2005, still receives his $75,650 pension, BuzzFeed reported.
Almodovar told reporters that the hardest part of being locked up was being away from his daughter, Jasmyn.
Jasmyn, now 23, has never known her father as a free man. When asked by reporters, she said "I feel like it's still not real" and that she was very overwhelmed. As the Chicago Tribune reported, Almodovar said he wanted to teach his daughter how to ride a bike, to which she replied, "The thing is, I kind of don't (know), so it's perfect." Jasmyn also said she would teach him how to use a cellphone.
When asked if there was anything else he wanted to "share with the world…"
… Almodovar gave a joyful, "Free at last. Free at last!"
Check out the entire livestream video of Almodovar's release, courtesy of BuzzFeed's Facebook page.
Man Freed From Prison After BuzzFeed News InvestigationFreed From Prison After 23 Years — A man who claims he was framed for a 1994 double murder by a retired Chicago detective had his conviction tossed Friday morning and walked free from prison for the first time in 23 years // (Skip to 2:15:00 to witness the moment Roberto Almodovar is released and greeted by his friends and family) // http://bzfd.it/2p3tlyz
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Title: Moral authority
Subject: Al ash-Sheikh, Politics of Thailand, Technology, Consciousness Industry, Imagining Madoff
Collection: Authority, Concepts in Ethics, Morality
Moral authority is authority premised on principles, or fundamental truths, which are independent of written, or positive, laws. As such, moral authority necessitates the existence of and adherence to truth. Because truth does not change, the principles of moral authority are immutable or unchangeable, although as applied to individual circumstances the dictates of moral authority for action may vary due to the exigencies of human life. These principles, which can be of metaphysical and/or religious nature, are considered normative for behavior, whether they are or are not also embodied in written laws,[1] and even if the community is ignoring or violating them.[2] Therefore, the authoritativeness or force of moral authority is applied to the conscience of each individual, who is free to act according to or against its dictates.
Moral authority has thus also been defined as the "fundamental assumptions that guide our perceptions of the world".[3]
Characteristics 1
Changing focuses 2
An individual or a body of people who are seen as communicators of such principles but which does not have the physical power to enforce them on the unwilling are spoken of as having moral authority. An example is the Catholic Church.[4]
In this sense, moral authority has been defined as "the capacity to convince others how the world should be", as opposed to epistemic authority, "the capacity to convince others of how the world is".[5]
Changing focuses
Since the Age of Enlightenment, traditional sources of moral authority such as church or state have been viewed with increasing suspicion in Western culture:[6] perhaps indeed all claims to moral authority.[7] Instead of guides, entertainers, in place of ideals, stimulation.[8]
Expertise, or alternatively what Levinas called the tyranny of opinion,[9] or else an appeal to science,[10] may be looked to for alternative sources of moral authority; or there may be a postmodern revulsion from all grand narratives which might ground such narratives [11] in favour of moral relativism.
Where a figure such as Seamus Heaney does still wield some degree of moral authority, this may be attributed in large part to his modernist reticence, lack of dogma, and capacity for self-doubt[12] - as opposed for example to the unchallenged moral authority for centuries attributed to Virgil as a norma vivendi.[13]
In reaction to the erosion of sources of moral authority, Late Modernity has also seen the appearance of various forms of fundamentalism, from a range of religious types to market fundamentalism.[14]
Antifoundationalism
Auctoritas
Charismatic authority
Moral character
^ Legal Definitions: Moral Authority
^ (Church Publishing, Inc. 2009 ISBN 978-1-59627119-7), p. 86The Business of All Believers: Reflections on LeadershipRichard Norris, Timothy F. Sedgwick,
^ (Basic Books 1992 ISBN 978-0-46501534-4), p. 119Culture WarsJames Davison Hunter,
^ Full text of Veritas Splendor, English Translation. John Paul II. August 6, 1993
^ Jay A. Labinger, "Individual or Institutional Authority in Science?"
^ S. Sims ed., The Routledge Companion to Postmodernism (2012) p. 219
^ Niamh Stephenson, Theoretical Psychology (2003) p. 5
^ Ivo Mosley, Dumbing Down (2000) p. 107
^ Stephenson, p. 9
^ T. L. Brown, Imperfect Oracle (2009) p. 7
^ Sims, p. 253
^ Bernard O'Donoghue ed., The Cambridge Companion to Seamus Heaney (2009) p. 11 and p. 69
^ M. Tudeau-Clayton, Jonson, Shakespeare and Early Modern Virgil (1998) p. 26 and p. 72-7
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Voltaire, Isaac Newton, John Locke, Denis Diderot, Liberalism
Rome, Rhetoric, Naples, Roman Empire, Aeneid
Catholicism, Vatican City, Pope Francis, Pope, Pope Benedict XVI
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Saudi Arabia, House of Saud, Islam, Arabic language, History of Saudi Arabia
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Science, Computer science, Transhumanism, Engineering, Internet
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Education, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Mass media, Hans Haacke, Moral authority


Released in the U.S. in 1962: (running time 1 hour and 15 minutes) A nightclub manager and eight exotic dancers are stranded on a tropical island with giant atomic killer spiders.
The Actors: Harald Maresch (Joe), Helga Franck (Georgia, Gary Webster's secretary), Alexander D'Arcy (Gary Webster), Helga Neuner (Ann), Ranier Brandt (Bobby), Dorothy Parker (Gladys), Gerry Sammer (May), Eva Schauland (Nelly Hastings), Helga Vandenberg (Kate), Elfie Wagner (Linda), Barbara Valentin (Babs), Walter Faber (Mike Blackwood), Robert Raglan (radio man).
In the mid 1980's I was the General Manager for a Denny's restaurant on the west side of Cleveland, Ohio, and at the same time worked three evenings a week at a small smoke shop/gift shop in the Great Northern shopping mall. Along with the tobacco goods the store sold a blend of unique gift items not generally available in other stores.
During my years at the tobacco and gift store I purchased several expensive, unique and beautiful beer steins with the stamp of West Germany on the bottom. My final purchase was of a beautiful large stein commemorating the fall of the Berlin Wall in November of 1989, with a small chunk of that infamous wall embedded in the pewter lid. It was one of the final beer steins created in the nation of 'West Germany,' just before they united again to become one nation. West Germany only existed from the end of WWII until 1989, and this movie was filmed by a West German movie company that filmed most of the footage in Croatia.
In this adventure, that was probably shown on drive-in theater screens to cars full of teenage boys and girls, a handful of nightclub exotic dancers are headed for a dancing job in Singapore. Unfortunately, the airplane carrying the dancers and their manager crashes in the ocean near a tropical island inhabited by one dead professor and creepy, crawly atomic murdering spiders. Seven barely clad dancers against killer spiders, . . . what are the odds? Pop a big bowl of white kernel popcorn with plenty of warm melted butter drizzled over it and enjoy the show.


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Promo with "SAMPLE" printed on the inner cd ring.
Project: Consume / Consuming Ground-Zero Vol. 2 "Conflagration"
"Consume Ground-Zero Project" is a variation of Otomo Yoshihide's "Sampling Virus Project".
Conflagration contains remixes of Project: Consume / Consuming Ground-Zero Vol. 1 "Consume Red" composed by Otomo Yoshihide and performed by Ground-Zero.
Mastered at Kojima Recording Inc., Tokyo, April 18, 1997.
Produced by Consent Chan (Sachiko Matsubara and Haruna Ito).
2: Recorded and mastered at Steam Room, Chicago, March 16, 1997.
3: Recorded March 1997 at Dicky's Skull.
6: Recorded Macrh 15, 1996. Thanks to J.D.Reilly.
7: Recorded March 4, 1997, at Phantom Studio and Sound Factory Studio. Thanks to Otomo, Sachiko, haruna, Cory Li, Merzbow, and Ground-Zero members.
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Epping Forest illegal rave of 500 successfully broken up by Met Party police
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Epping Forest illegal rave of 500 broken up by Met Party police in the early hours of Sunday
Gatherings of more than 30 people are still banned under the ongoing coronavirus restrictions.
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An illegal rave involving over 500 people in Epping Forest has been closed down by officers from the Met Police we can reveal.
The event took place on Saturday night and into the early hours of Sunday morning, deep in the heat of the beauty spot.
You said you brought the music honestly gov I downloaded. Many thought The Police were guest superstar DJ's
Eight noise complaints were made by local residents to Police after their sleep was broken and many household kept awake into the early hours on Sunday morning.
At around 2.30am on Sunday, a Met Police spokesman on the ground said the operation had been "relatively successful" and had "coming to a close".
Police had been urging revellers not to attend "due to safety and COVID risks"
Officers thanked the local community for their patience and reassure those living in the area that they understand how much of an impact an event like this can have.
Despite the restrictions, people have still been attending raves and street parties across the country.
An unofficial organiser said they went deep into the forest and used the noise of the nearby A406 North Circular road to try cover some of the sound from the music.
Police after breaking up the unofficial event had to be called to an number of drunk people walking on the busy A406.
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Ice Bucket Challenge: Pete Frates and the Fight Against ALS is a non-fiction book by New York Times bestselling author Casey Sherman and author/journalist Dave Wedge that was published in 2017 by ForeEdge, a division of University Press of New England. The book tells the story of Pete Frates, a Boston College baseball player who was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in 2011, who helped launch the Ice Bucket Challenge viral sensation. The online craze went viral in 2014 and raised $225 million for ALS research, as celebrities, professional athletes and millions of people dumped buckets of icy water over their heads on video to raise money for research.

The book, which tells Frates's life story and describes how he helped launch the Ice Bucket Challenge, was released on September 4, 2017, with a celebration at Boston City Hall led by Mayor Marty Walsh. An official book launch gala in Frates's honor was held at Fenway Park with Boston Red Sox star David Ortiz, Mayor Walsh, comedian Lenny Clarke, retired Boston Bruins star Ray Bourque and other celebrities.

A film based on the book is in development with Wedge and Sherman as co-producers.

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Combine the eggs, cream, and salt in a small bowl and whisk until frothy and set aside. When ready to serve, heat the butter over medium heat in a small nonstick sauté pan. Add reserved eggs, and cook, folding eggs occasionally, until slightly cooked, about 2 minutes. Remove from the heat and keep warm.
Slice the stems off the eggplant, and then cut into long planks. Place in a bowl with the olive oil, rosemary, soy sauce, and black pepper; toss to combine. Marinate for 30 minutes, and then grill over medium-high heat until nicely charred; make sure most of the moisture has cooked off, about 15 to 20 minutes. Cool completely and cut into ¼-inch dice; toss with Moroccan spice mix.
In a medium nonstick sauté pan, add the oil, garlic, and onion and sauté until caramelized. Add the lamb and the Moroccan spice mix and cook until browned, about 10 minutes; season with salt. Drain off some of the excess fat, set aside, and keep warm.
Top the toasted bread with a little of the scrambled egg, some eggplant, lamb, and garnish with micro arugula.


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Topic Network security
SubTopic Network device security
DDoS attack mitigation
IPv6 security
Network device security
Software-defined security
VoIP eavesdropping: Hardening network security to contain VoIP risks
Mike Chapple analyzes the VoIP risks posed by implementing a VoIP network and exposes the reality of telephone eavesdropping.
Mike Chapple, University of Notre Dame
Every organization considering a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone system deployment hears the same dire warnings: "Routing voice calls over a data network exposes calls to eavesdropping."
It is absolutely possible to eavesdrop on a VoIP telephone call. It's also possible to eavesdrop on a telephone call placed using the traditional public switched telephone network (PSTN). The difference lies in the tools and skill set needed to conduct the eavesdropping.
While it's certainly true that any telephone call carries a certain degree of eavesdropping risk, is it true that VoIP calls have an inherently higher degree of risk? In this tip, we explore the ins and outs of VoIP eavesdropping.
VoIP eavesdropping is possible
First, it's important to be clear about one thing: It is absolutely possible to eavesdrop on a VoIP telephone call. It's also possible to eavesdrop on a telephone call placed using the traditional public switched telephone network (PSTN). The difference lies in the tools and skill set needed to conduct the eavesdropping.
Secure VoIP Tutorial
This page is a part of SearchSecurity.com's learning guide, Secure VoIP tutorial: Understanding VoIP security best practices.
On a traditional telephone network, someone seeking to eavesdrop on a call generally must have physical access to either the telephone or telephone cable, at least at the initiation of the attack. This type of attack is typical in the movies. Whether it's the good guys or the bad guys conducting the eavesdropping, someone gains access to either a telephone handset or the telephone network interface box -- sometimes located outside a home or office -- places a wiretap listening device on the box, and then monitors calls on an ongoing basis.
Prospective VoIP eavesdroppers follow the same general procedure, but make use of different tools. The first requirement is access to the medium carrying the voice calls. This can be achieved by compromising a VoIP telephone, a workstation running a softphone device or a component of the VoIP network infrastructure, such as a network switch or cable. Next, the attacker must use software tools to capture the traffic on the network. Akin to the wiretapping device in a traditional eavesdropping attack, network sniffing tools, such as the open source Wireshark, capture all of the data packets traversing the network and either analyze them live, or write them to a file for offline analysis.
Finally, the attacker needs to be able to make sense of the captured data. This requires a translator that can convert the data packets back into a voice conversation. Again, there are free tools available online, such as VOMIT and VoIPong, that facilitate this task.
Switch security is essential
One of the most important things that network administrators can do to reduce VoIP risks such as eavesdropping is to apply basic security controls to network switches. While endpoint security is important, the network switch is the point where traffic is aggregated. Widespread eavesdropping attacks are possible through the malicious use of a switch's span port, which can mirror all traffic traversing the switch, as opposed to the voice traffic from a single endpoint.
Here are some switch management best practices that can help to protect this vital component of network infrastructure.
It's important to ensure the switch is physically secured within a locked closet and has the appropriate access controls. If an attacker is able to gain physical access to a switch, all bets are off.
Organizations should use a separate network for the management of switches and other critical infrastructure devices. It shouldn't be possible for an attacker who gains access to one general purpose network to attempt to gain access to the management port of a network device.
Organizations must update switch firmware as frequently as possible in order to patch known vulnerabilities corrected by the vendor.
Naturally, there's much more to secure switch management than this basic advice. For more information, read our switch security tips.
Encryption greatly mitigates VoIP risks
Encryption is also a powerful weapon that can be found in the VoIP security arsenal. All major providers of VoIP gear now offer encryption capability, an approach that uses cryptographic techniques to obscure the communication that takes place between endpoints. An eavesdropper who manages to intercept a voice communication with a network sniffer is unable to decipher encrypted calls without access to the corresponding decryption key.
Before deploying VoIP encryption, be sure to study the effect it might have on the quality of service provided on your network. Encryption requires large amounts of computing power and it is possible that it could degrade the quality of calls on your network if not properly implemented by the manufacturer. That said, encryption is a feature enterprises should consider deploying, especially for lines that are likely to carry highly sensitive information.
If an organization decides to use encryption as a security measure on its network, the need to use sound encryption key management practices can't be overlooked. An eavesdropper who gains access to an enterprise's encryption keys can easily decipher voice traffic. For more on this topic, read: Securing VoIP networks: Key management mechanisms.
In my opinion, a properly secured VoIP environment is no more risky than a traditional telephone system. With a combination of solid network security and properly deployed encryption, you can safely leverage VoIP technology in your organization.
Mike Chapple, Ph.D., CISA, CISSP, is an IT security professional with the University of Notre Dame. He previously served as an information security researcher with the National Security Agency and the U.S. Air Force. Mike is a frequent contributor to SearchSecurity.com, a technical editor for Information Security magazine and the author of several information security titles, including the CISSP Prep Guide and Information Security Illuminated.
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