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Obama Administration antitrust enforcers have faced criticism over the last year for not being sufficiently aggressive, allegedly leading to concentrated industries to the detriment of consumers. The Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission appear to have responded by stepping up enforcement.The agencies' efforts are bearing fruit. In just the last month, the FTC secured a win in a rare appellate decision in a merger challenge, and so far in 2016, eight mergers have been blocked or abandoned in the face of DOJ and FTC suits or threats to file suit. And, many of these transactions were abandoned despite the parties offering remedies that they thought would be approved.This alert (1) explores the recent criticism of antitrust enforcement, enforcers' defenses of their records and promises for increased vigilance, (2) reviews the FTC's recent appellate success in its challenge to the merger of Penn State Hershey Medical Center and Pinnacle Health, and (3) describes the agencies' recent focus on loss of innovation as a harm to competition. Companies considering a merger or acquisition with a competitor should be cognizant of the current environment and have a plan to address antitrust risk so their deals are not also blocked.
Concern about antitrust has garnered headlines in the mainstream press. Publications like the Economist and Wall Street Journal have both written articles criticizing concentrated industries, which they claim have resulted in higher prices for consumers, lessened innovation, and weakened startup activity. Price increases on a few drugs and medical devices – like Mylan's EpiPen – have led to Congressional hearings and calls from Presidential candidates for increased antitrust enforcement.
Members of Congress and the President have encouraged the antitrust agencies to be vigilant in their efforts to promote competition. Indeed, President Obama issued an executive order in April 2016 requiring all government agencies, not just the DOJ and FTC, to consider "specific actions" to promote competition.
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) put these concerns front and center with a speech in June decrying the high concentration of American industries, asserting "concentration threatens our markets, threatens our economy, and threatens our democracy." Citing a report from the Center for American Progress, "Reviving Antitrust: Why our Economy Needs a Progressive Competition Policy," she recommended increased merger enforcement. She advocated skepticism of proposed divestitures and efficiencies arguments, as well as shifting the burden to parties to prove mergers will not harm competition.
More recently, Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said she would appoint aggressive antitrust enforcement officials, increase agency resources and staffing, and require post-merger retrospective reviews.
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The openness to a more interventionist approach to merger enforcement seems to be a response to the mounting criticism of lax antitrust enforcement and is likely to influence merger enforcement in the coming months and potentially the coming years. And recent court victories, like the FTC's rare appellate win in FTC v. Penn State Hershey, will likely embolden the agencies in seeking to block mergers.
The Third Circuit, in FTC v. Penn State Hershey, recently bolstered the agencies' enforcement efforts, reversing a district court's conclusion that the FTC had failed to meet its burden to prove that the acquisition was substantially likely to lessen competition.
While much of the decision focused on geographic market issues specific to hospital mergers, two aspects of the Third Circuit's decision are instructive for companies considering mergers in any industry. First, the court adopted a preliminary injunction standard deferential to the FTC. Second, the court expressed skepticism toward the parties' efficiencies arguments and to whether an "efficiencies" defense even exists.
The Third Circuit held that the FTC's burden in seeking a preliminary injunction pending an administrative trial is "not the same as the traditional equity standard for injunctive relief." Under the applicable "public interest standard," an injunction may be granted "[u]pon a proper showing that, weighing the equities and considering the Commission's likelihood of ultimate success, such action would be in the public interest," which stands in contrast to the traditional preliminary injunction standard that the DOJ must meet. The decision may fuel proponents of proposed legislation, The SMARTER Act, which would require the FTC to meet the same standard as the DOJ.
While FTC v. Penn State Hershey involved a traditional focus on price competition, the agencies are increasingly challenging mergers on the theory that they may harm innovation. Most recently, Lam and KLA-Tencor abandoned their proposed $10.6 billion merger which would have combined a manufacturer of machines used to inspect circuitry on computer chips and the largest maker of machines that etch away materials on silicon wafers used to make computer chips in the face of DOJ pressure.
Given the current political climate and increased pressure on antitrust enforcement agencies, parties to mergers and acquisitions should expect continued intense scrutiny of transactions at least through the end of the Obama administration. If Clinton is elected, close antitrust scrutiny is likely to continue.


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Frustration in Franklin
by Sarah Rennie - LJI Reporter 2022-12-14 2022-12-14 0
A signed missive, endorsed by a group of approximately 35 citizens of Franklin and Saint-Antoine-Abbé referring to themselves as Citoyens avertis engagés, was deposited at the town hall on November 21, demanding better management of public finances.
The missive includes two proposals that, the group suggests, would lower the municipal taxes paid by the residential and agricultural sectors, which saw an increase of over 25 per cent and 11 per cent respectively in 2022. Franklin froze its residential tax rate despite significant increases to property values, which generated an increase in tax revenue. The group proposes a tax break funded by transfers from the unaffected surplus. They also recommend the use of loan bylaws to finance projects included in the triennial plan, such as the purchase of a new tractor and installation of a water park.
Several group members were present for the regular municipal council meeting on December 5, where mayor Yves Métras did not address the missive directly, but noted the council was starting to work on next year's budget and they would evaluate all recommendations submitted to the municipality.
A new tractor
Later in the meeting, the council approved an expense of $176,000 for the purchase of a new tractor. The amount is to be paid entirely from the operational budget – a decision citizen group members say flies in the face of their missive demanding the purchase be financed to spread the expense over the lifespan of the equipment.
Franklin director general Simon St-Michel cautions, however, that a loan bylaw comes with consequences and impacts on taxpayers as well. "We know times are difficult for our taxpayers and we wanted to avoid adding to the burden on citizens," he explained in an interview. Replacing the tractor had also become urgent for the municipality, explains St-Michel, who notes the current tractor is in a sorry state and has cost around $30,000 in repairs this past year. With winter coming, he says a new tractor is "essential to our snow removal operations. We could not wait."
As for the other long-term investments announced in the triennial plan, St-Simon says the municipality recently hired Geneviève Carrière as associate director general, and chief amongst her tasks is researching different government programs to find grants that may help finance these expenses.
Tax rates versus valuation
The former mayor, Douglas Brooks, who is involved with the citizens group, says it all comes back to the tax rate charged to citizens. He says it is misleading to imply that an increase in housing evaluation necessarily affects property owners negatively, noting the municipality has the option to adjust tax rates to limit the direct impact on taxpayers.
According to councillor Simon Brennan, "We had insufficient accounting information from the last year and a half, and this led the council to rely on data from previous years to build the 2022 budget." He says because of this, the council was wary of coming up short. "It is not in our interests to keep the taxes high," says Brennan. "This year was about catching up the accounting and rebuilding the administration," he admits.
Brooks says that given the accumulated surplus, things could still have been done differently. "There are tools that are available, and they help to keep the taxes you have to pay a lot lower," he says. "Come 2023, we [the citizens group] will have to show that we are not in favour of the way that this was done."
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Home»2009»Ground Water Pollution As It Relates To The Water Conditioning Industry
Ground Water Pollution As It Relates To The Water Conditioning Industry
By George Klumb
(Editor's Note: The following paper, presented by George Klumb, Water Conditioning Research Council Committee head, was given at the WCAI Convention, held October 112-14, 1964 at the Dunes Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada.)
On March 18, 1957 Mr. John Hosford, at that time Executive Secretary of the Water Conditioning Foundation, wrote a letter to the Salt Producer's Association (now the Salt Institute) and expressed concern regarding ordinances respective to water softening, as follows:
"At the Foundation's Engineering Committee meeting on February 22, 1957, Mr. G. H. Klumb, Culligan Inc., Northbrook, Illinois presented a situation which concerns both the members of the Slat Producers' group and those of the Water Conditioning Foundation.
"The situation is this: Several communities in California, specifically Ojai, have passed municipal ordinances restricting the disposition of brine into the municipal sewage system because of the unfortunate effect which they fell the introduction of brine has on the waste disposal system. The result is that several soft water service operators are now forced to use tank trucks in transporting brine to dump into the ocean some 30 to 50 miles distant; also, the sale of water softeners for household or commercial use is becoming increasingly difficult.
"While the immediate effect of such legislation in a few small towns on the West Coast is not earth-shaking, except to the individuals locally, the implications and long range effect can be quite serious if an increasing number of municipalities enact this legislation. As you know, this type of thing may spread through sheer enthusiasm for imitation without any logical basis or serious inquiry into the necessity for restriction.
"It is the consensus of our engineering committee that once we are in possession of the full facts, every attempt should be made to contain the problem to the minimum number of communities in California and to supply such technical data as is required to discourage other California municipalities or cities in other states from considering such legislation."
The evaluation of this problem by the Salt Producers' Association was that the area involved in this mater was very limited, extending from Oxnard to Ventura—a distance of some six miles, and twelve miles Eastward to Ojai; that no other area in the state is similarly situated and that, therefore, there is little likelihood that municipalities in other areas will adopt like ordinances. The conclusion was, "Consequently, although we would like to help the water softener regenerating plants affected, we need not worry about the problem spreading."
Subsequently, a similar ordinance was enacted in the city of Santa Paula in Ventura County, and on May 10, 1960 the Board of Supervisors of the County of Ventura, California adopted an ordinance which prohibited the installation of home-owned water softeners in Ventura County, except where the regenerational effluent from the softener was disposed of into an ocean outfall or on a site approved by the Regional Water Pollution Control Board.
Without question, this ordinance was highly discriminatory in that the water conditioning industry has been singled out as a major contributor to ground water deterioration, when in reality the contribution of water softeners is extremely small in comparison to other contributing factors.
The WCRC organized a special committee to study the problem and to attempt to have the discriminatory ordinance repealed.
On March 10, 1964, by a vote of 3-2, the Board of Supervisors of County of Ventura in California repealed the ordinance.
Credit for the repeal of the ordinance goes to Scotty Harris, Culligan dealer in Ventura County, who with the help of the Water Conditioning Research Council amassed a great deal of actual information on the water problem in Ventura County—and made the final presentation to the Board of Supervisors.
Since that time, the separate sanitary districts have opposed the installation of home-owned water softeners by prohibiting disposal of brine effluents into the sewer system. However, discharge has been allowed into the soil or into septic tanks at individual sites.
Before the Ventura County ordinance was repealed, an ordinance prohibiting the sale of home-owned water softeners and the discharge of salt brine by water softening regeneration plants was being considered in Livermore, California (near San Francisco) and in the upper Santa Ana Basin, which affects the cities of San Bernardino, Riverside, Redlands and others in this area.
Working through the Pacific Water Conditioning Association, the WCRC has been active in challenging this proposed legislation.
Copies of the proposed ordinances have been obtained.
Visits have been made to the areas involved.
After these initial steps it was decided that a fund should be collected for the purpose of employing expert consultants to evaluate the contribution of softener effluents to the problem and to put the water pollution problem into proper perspective.
Subsequently, the consulting firm o Geraghty & Miller was employed to make a thorough study of both the Livermore and Santa Ana Basin situations, to report to the WCRC and to suggest further action.
Geraghty & Miller are consulting hydrologists to the United Nations and have a worldwide reputation in this field.
Mr. David Miller, of Geraghty & Miller, has made several trips to the wet coast and has been in close touch with the Water Quality Control Boards which have jurisdiction over the Livermore area and the Santa Ana River Basin area.
Water In The World
In order to understand the water pollution problem in the United States we must first know how much water is available and the major uses of water.
In this regard a brief picture of the world's water supply is both startling and revealing.
The difficulty in obtaining sufficient water does not stem from a lack of water but is due to the fact that fresh water is not evenly distributed and thus in many cases inaccessible; and to the fact that sea water is not usable for most purposes without extensive treatment.
According to Raymond L. Nace of the U. S. Geological Survey, over 97% of all the water in the world is in the world's oceans. As afar as fresh water is concerned, over 2% of all the water in the world is tied up in the polar ice caps and glaciers. This is equivalent to 2/3rds of all fresh water and is the largest fresh water reservoir. The next largest reservoir is that of ground water, which comprises just over .06 of 1% of all the world's water. The other sources of fresh water are the atmosphere, soil moisture and shallow ells, rivers and streams and fresh water lakes. Together these constitute a reservoir of 0.01 to 0.02% of all the world's water.
This certainly sheds a different light on our water supply. Our ground water reservoir contains 66 times as much water as that of rivers and lakes. The polar ice caps and glaciers contain 3 times as much as the ground or 2/3rd of all fresh water. The Antarctic ice cap alone would feed all the world's rivers for 700 years. The fresh water lakes contain more than 100 times as much water as rivers and streams combined and the atmosphere contains 10 times as much water as all the rivers and streams. The Amazon River alone carried 18% of all the streamflow in the world, a fantastic 7.5 million cubic feet per second, enough water to supply ten billion people. Thus, we are certainly not short of water in the world, but it is apparent that almost all of our water is sea water and most of our fresh water is inaccessible.
Water Use In the United States
In 1960, Walter L. Picton, Director of the Water & Sewerage Industry and Utilities Division of the U.S. Department of Commerce, estimated the amount of fresh water available in a survey entitled "Water Use in the U.S. 1900 – 1980."
He pointed out that as a whole our nation is well endowed with water as a natural resource. Precipitation in the Untied States is 30 inchers per year, (4,300 billion gallons per day), but this is not uniform and varies widely from one area to another and on seasonal basis. Of this total, about 70% returns to the atmosphere almost immediately through evaporation and through transpiration by plants. (Oak tree – 500 gallons a day.) While this water is lost to man as far as direct and controlled use is concerned, more than half of it serves him by watering farm crops, pastures and forests.
The remainder (1260 billion gallons per day) ends up in the ground and rivers, subject to further limitations, such as flood-flow, which accounts for about two-thirds of stream flow or runoff within a four-month period. This leaves about one-third of the average available for use during the remaining eight months.
Assuming proper storage and control of release, a dependable minimum of one-half of the average or about 640 bgd can be provided. Half of this, in turn, must be retained to support aquatic life, for navigation and waste dilution, leaving a remainder of 315 bgd available for use.
According to the Department of Commerce, present water use or withdrawal is about 300 bgd, and use of withdrawal in 1980 is estimated at 425 bgd. With only 315 bgd available for use the situation would appear to be critical.
Thus, many popular writers have assumed that we are running out of water. These alarming predictions are largely due to misinterpretation. The basic mistake is that of comparing our available water supply with withdrawals. Since much of the water withdrawn is returned to the fresh water system for subsequent re-use, and much may be re-used many times, it is necessary to compare the available water supply with consumptive use to obtain an accurate picture.
According to the Department of Commerce, present water withdrawal is about 300 bgd, and consumptive use is about 130 bgd or 43% of withdrawal. Estimated withdrawal in 1980 is 425 bgd and estimated consumptive use is 183 bgd, again 43% of withdrawal, but 60% of available water as compared to 41% today. This sheds a somewhat different light on the picture of water supply and demand.
Figure 1 shows major uses of water in the Untied States:
Industry Municipal Agriculture
1900 15 bgd – 37.5% 3 bgd – 7.5% 22 bgd – 55%
1960 160 bgd – 49.5% 22 bgd – 6.8% 141 bgd – 43.6%
Industry appears as a major water user in the U.S. and thus, a major potential contributor to water scarcity.
Actually, however, this is not true, since industrial water use is essential non-consumptive. Use of water to generate hydroelectric power or steam electric power is virtually nonconsuming on a national basis. Other uses of water by industry are cooling, washing, rinsing, movement of materials and preparation and/or incorporation into product. About 90% of the water in industry is used for cooling with only about 2% of this water is consumed.
Graphs taken form a U. S. Geological Survey study entitled "Water Use in the United States, 1960" by Kenneth A. MacKichan, Hydraulic Engineer, clarify the picture.
The graphs are base don a total withdrawal use of water of 270 bgd. This is lower than the estimates of the Dept. of Commerce because the figure excludes water withdrawn for hydroelectric power.
According to this study, self-supplied industry withdraws the most water (62%), irrigation is a close second (40%) with public supplies (8%) and rural (1%) far behind.
The amount of water consumed is 621 bgd, or only 23% of the water withdrawn. Most of the water is returned to the fresh water system by public and rural uses and by industry, while use for irrigation is highly consumptive, due to evaporation, transpiration and incorporation in plants. (75% lost to atmosphere in arid regions).
While it would appear that we are presently consuming less than half of our fresh water supply there is reason for serious concern.
First, the figures assume uniform water distribution and consumption, but neither distribution nor consumption are uniform.
The East, with 75% of the available water supply consumes only 2% of its supply, because water use in the East is primarily industrial.
The seventeen Western states, on the other hand, with 25% of the available water supply, consume 65% of their share.
To complicate matters further, water supply and demand do not coincide and demand often exceeds the supply when water is most needed.
The Problem of Irrigation
All available studies point to the fact that most of the water withdrawn in the U.S. is withdrawn by industry, but that most of the water consumed in the U.S. is consumed by irrigation.
Studies of agricultural civilizations, throughout history indicate that irrigation is self-destructive. Thus, there is a great need for conservation and research in irrigation.
According to Roger Revelle in the September, 1963 issue of the Scientific American, on of the most critical water problems in the U.S. is that of the Southwest and Western plains region. Even if surplus water can be taken from adjacent regions the cost of water may be exorbitant for most agricultural use, but not for municipal, industrial and recreational needs.
Scientists at the University of New Mexico have shown that the average value which the use of water for irrigation contributes to the economy of the Southwest is $44-$51 per acre foot (about 326,000 gallons) of water. Whereas the value contributed form recreational uses would be about $250 per acre foot and from industrial uses $3,000-$4,000 an acre foot. Since the amount of water consumed by municipalities and industries are far less than those in agriculture, the Western States would not require such a tremendous future water supply if they moved from a predominantly agricultural economy to a predominantly industrial economy.
In addition, there is much room for conservation research in irrigation, since about half of the water provided is lost through seepage from irrigation canals and through transpiration by useless plants which line canal banks.
Responsibility for Pollution
We must place the responsibility for water pollution in proper perspective, and determine what is the contribution of domestic use, commercial-industrial use, and agricultural use.
We must ask the question, "To what extend would the problem be solved if the use of water softeners were to be discontinued completely?"
The water conditioning industry must also engage in research to reduce or eliminate their contribution to water pollution. Suggested avenues of approach are:
The use of softeners with higher salt efficiency
The segregation and reuse of brine effluents
Treatment of brine effluents to reduce contamination
New methods of water softening


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Telangana: Driver becomes millionaire overnight
Jagtial, 24th December 2022: Ogula Ajay,31, who works in the gulf won a lottery in Dubai. The jackpot, the EASY6 grand prize of the Emirates draw, was worth 15 million Dirhams, which translates into 30 cr in Indian rupees.
Ajay, who works as a driver in a jewellery company in Dubai, hails from the village of Thuguru, Birpur Mandal, Jagtial in Telangana. He migrated to the UAE in search of employment almost 4 years ago.
"I purchased two lottery tickets and was surprised when I found the numbers matching the winning six-digit number. The fortune is about `30 crore in Indian currency," he said in a video.
In his family, he is the eldest of three. They also have an ageing mother. Ogula had followed his employer's advice to install the Emirates Draw mobile app and buy two tickets.
"I was out with my friend when I received the congratulatory email. I thought it was probably a small amount, but when I started reading, the zeroes kept adding up, and I practically lost my mind when I realised the final figure," he said.
Ajay wishes to build a house and also set up a construction company.
"I will continue building my charity trust with this amount. This will help many people get the basic needs in my hometown and neighbouring villages
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Director and Scientific Member at Max-Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Germany.
Experimental semiconductor physics, Low dimensional electron systems, Nanoelectronics, Molecular quantum structures.
Klaus von Klitzing discovered precise steps in the behavior of electrons under certain applications in semiconductor electronics, a field of importance in computer science and other present-day technology. The discovery permits more precise measurement of electrical resistance and more accurate testing of theories about electronic movements within atoms. His experiments were performed in a magnetic field up to 20 tesla at the High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Grenoble, France. This magnetic field is roughly 400,000 times stronger than that of the earth's surface magnetism.
1985 Nobel Laureate in Physics for the discovery of the quantized Hall effect.
Designation of the fundamental constant h/e2 as von Klitzing constant.
Direct evidence of tunneling between edge states across a gate-induced potential barrier, A.J.Peck, S.J.Bending, J.Weis, R.J.Haug, K.von Klitzing and K.Ploog, Phys. Rev. B 51, 4711 (1995).
Composite fermions in magnetic focusing and commensurability experiments.
J. H. Smet, D. Weiss, K. von Klitzing, R. Fleischmann, R. Ketzmerick, T. Geisel, W. Wegscheider, P.T. Coleridge, Z.W. Wasilewski, and G. Weimann.
Phys. Rev. B 61(3), 1712-1715 (January 2000).


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Q: Is it possible to display WPF UI components in a UWP app? I have a huge application in WPF and step by step I move the UI to UWP (using XamlIslands).
In a list view for the items I have a very complex item template (still in WPF), and I'd like to create the ListView itself in UWP (because of the smooth scrolling) and to display the items from the WPF item template. Is it possible to inject somehow the WPF UI into a UWP list item?
More background:

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*The scrolling in a WPF ListView by default is very jittery (I mean it's not smooth as it is in a UWP ListView). A ListView item could cover the whole screen (it also contains a web view), so this is not acceptable from UX point of view

*Yes, there is a way to make it smooth in WPF, but then I loose the virtualization. But this is very important, because I could have many items in that list.

I appreciate any other idea as well.

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Is it possible to inject somehow the WPF UI into a UWP list item?

Short answer: No.
You can use XAML islands to inject UWP components into your WPF application but it doesn't work the other way around, i.e. you cannot inject WPF components into your UWP app.

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Gerald "Jay" DeBenedetto passed away on August 10, 2018 at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Boston after a short illness.
Jay was born in East Boston on July 9, 1932, one of four children of the late Agostino and Mary (Pierro) DeBenedetto. The family moved from East Boston to Everett when Jay was a teenager and he has lived in Everett his whole adult life. He graduated from high school and enlisted in the United States Army and proudly served his country during the Korean Conflict.
Saugus/Everett Lodge of Elks. Besides being active in various organizations, Jay was a true New Englander with his love of the Red Sox and the New England Patriots. You could also find him with his other hobbies of gardening, fishing and boating.
He is survived by his wife of 60 years Marguerite (Parsons) DeBenedetto; his children Kevin DeBenedetto of Methuen, James DeBenedetto and Naomi Gonzalez of Billerica, Karen Haggerty of Leominster and Denise Costa of Malden. He was the proud grandfather of 10 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren. He was the brother of Josephine Caprio of Billerica, Albert DeBenedetto and his wife Sandra of NH and the late Anthony DeBenedetto.
Funeral services were held Wednesday at the Murphy O'Hara Funeral Home 519 Broadway Everett followed by interment in Glenwood Cemetery Everett. Visiting hours were held at the funeral home.


At any given time, a First Responder, (on or off duty) may encounter or witness an RTC.
Rather than being caught out, wondering what to do as a CFR, you firstly need to find out what your Trust policy is.
There are a few scenarios, lets say that your Trust policy is that CFRs are not dispatched to RTCs, this is usually due to training, qualifications and indemnity.
What if you are on duty and encounter/witness an RTC?
It would be prudent to call it in to control, you may be told too stand down. …Why?
If you have no scene safety training (See First on Scene, distance learning course) you may be putting yourself and others in danger. Along side scene safety is scene management and very few CFRs are qualified.
There is an argurment that casualties could be suffering and in danger whilst you are there with kit and prepared to assist but ordered not to. Yes, this is frustrating. If you are stood down and chose to ignore that command, deciding to face the consequences after the event, that is of course your call.
Supposing control asked you to check casualties and you were hit by a car, one exploded or tipped on you- who would be liable for your injuries? Control would be because they 'dispatched' you.
You are on duty, you witness/encounter an RTC.
You remove your Trust PPE (hi viz) and I.D. You have in your hand your own first aid kit, not Trust issue kit and you book off.
At that moment in time you are not on duty nor representing the ambulance service but have limited skillset to render first aid after first going through dynamic risk assessment and scene safety…good old 'D' for danger in DRAB, you call it in and declare that you are an Off Duty CFR but prepared to book and assist casualties prior to ambulance arrival.
The onus is upon control. As a civilian/off duty CFR you may not be allowed to use CFR kit such as 02 and disposables. You may choose to use kit and defend your actions after the event – you are responsible for your actions knowing you were in breach of your Trusts policy.
There may be the argument that by using Trust kit at an RTC you unofficially put yourself on duty and compromised your Trust's indemnity.
You must understand your Trust's rules, policies and procedures right now, so that you know your position.


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Well, to be industrious in the spiritual life, sometimes you have to be industrious in daily life.
My book distributor is offering a 35% discount for Cyber Monday. For those in Europe, I apologize for such the late notice on this. But you have until at least 9 am Rome time (maybe even a bit past) to catch this deal. Click HERE for my bookstore. Use code CM35 for 35% off. Hurry!
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More posts will be coming. The past few weeks have been busy with extraordinary schoolwork. I have an exam in two days as well. I appreciate your prayers. God willing I become a priest in the future, all of this study is intended for such an end! May I be given the strength to work diligently.
Please remember Bishop Morlino in your prayers, he died on Saturday evening. I'll be serving a Requiem for him tomorrow, with absolutions at the catafalque.


In the Spotlight: Lakes Region Community College has launched a hotel and restaurant studies degree and certificate program to help meet the growing workforce needs. The program will begin Fall 2019 and combines parts of two existing programs. The move follows an in-depth consultation with hospitality and tourism industry leaders and employers in NH and the region.
Northeast Credit Union promoted Chris Saucier from egional manager to assistant VP of mortgages. Saucier will be responsible for managing day-to-day operations of the mortgage department and developing new mortgage products and services.
Eversource is one of 230 companies selected for the 2019 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index, which distinguishes companies committed to transparency in gender reporting and advancing women's equality.
Brady Sullivan Properties in Manchester recently secured five new leases in Nashua: Datanomix, MarketReach, HW Staffing Services, and the Nashua School District's Brentwood Program, each of which are relocated to 410 Amherst Street, and also Conformal Medical, which now occupies 4,687 SF at 15 Trafalgar Square.
The American Independence Museum in Exeter has selected Civic Engagement as its 2019 theme. In addition to developing related exhibitions and events throughout the year, the museum will partner with organizations and entities whose mission reflects the theme.
RPF Environmental in Northwood hired Cameron Youngclaus. He will be working as an EH&S Consultant providing industrial hygiene, safety, indoor air quality, and asbestos testing and consulting services throughout New England.
The Dalton Gang shooting facility, situated on 70 acres in Dalton, was recently sold to Chris Cyr, partner and CEO of neighboring Team O'Neil Rally School. The property was purchased from long-time owners and operators Don and Nancy Mooney. Moving forward, the facility will have a greater focus on firearms training.


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In her famous essay on situated knowledges, Donna Haraway writes about why the place of 'subjugated knowledges' is more politically privileged and 'preferred' over the position of established authoritative knowledge: '… they are preferred because in principle they are least likely to allow the denial of the critical and interpretive core of all knowledge. They… Continue reading From 'nowhere' to 'somewhere'
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For the second exercise of the AHRC-funded project, I have created an experimental voiceover video that combines an unrelated audio recording with scenes from a horror film, in this case Amanda Nell Eu's It's Easier to Raise Cattle (Lagi Senang Jaga Sekandang Lembu, 2017). Amanda's film is excellent for this exercise; it's largely devoid of… Continue reading Voiceover exercise for Doing Women's Global Horror Film History
Published 27 October, 2022
Categorized as Academic life, Cinema, Feminism, Malay language, Malaysia Tagged Pontianak
At long last, the world premiere of my first video essay exercise as part of the Women's Global Horror Film History project funded by the AHRC, led by Associate Professor Alison Peirse. Being a complete beginner, it took me 10 days to learn how to use Adobe Premiere and create a one-minute video! It's in… Continue reading Pecha Kucha video for Doing Women's Global Horror Film History
Categorized as Cinema, Feminism, Malay language Tagged Pontianak
I'm quite thrilled to announce that my colleagues and I will be in Boston next March for the 2023 Association for Asian Studies conference to participate in a roundtable discussion panel on the 'Labour of Piety in Southeast Asia'. This roundtable discussion focuses on an under-examined aspect of religious life that is, piety as labour,… Continue reading Upcoming roundtable discussion on the 'Labour of Piety' at AAS 2023, Boston
Categorized as Academic life, Religion
It was a blistering end of June day in Paris, I was in the Aubervilliers neighbourhood of the city, presenting at the first in-person Euroseas conference since the pandemic. Taking refuge in between panels – it was both exhilarating and overwhelming to be surrounded by so many people, many friends at the same time after… Continue reading An article for Penang Monthly
Published 2 October, 2022
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Mystics in Bali: a warning to the western gaze
The following is a piece I wrote for a special issue on global folk horror in Altyazi, the leading Turkish-language film magazine, in a project funded by the British Academy. Other contributors of the issue include Rosalind Galt, Bliss Cua Lim, Gary Needham, among many otehrs. Turkish version here. *** By the 1980s, Bali had… Continue reading Mystics in Bali: a warning to the western gaze
Categorized as Cinema Tagged Indonesia
My talk at IIAS, 30th March 2022: From the factory floor to the page
I will be giving a short talk on my current project on modern Malay print romance at Leiden University on 30th March 2022 via Zoom. For more info on registration, click here. About the talk: What is the significance of place and space in the print culture of Malay romance? My presentation demonstrates how print… Continue reading My talk at IIAS, 30th March 2022: From the factory floor to the page
Published 2 March, 2022
Categorized as Academic life, Gender Studies, Malay language, Malaysia
Tracey Emin's cancer
When Tracey Emin announced in late 2020 that her survival from an aggressive form of cancer was made possible by the surgical removal of her bladder, uterus, urethra, fallopian tubes, ovaries, parts of her intestines, and half of her vagina, there must have been an audible gasp all around not just at the sheer brutality… Continue reading Tracey Emin's cancer
Published 16 February, 2022
Categorized as Sexuality
Bandar Baru Bangi field notes
The following was published in the latest issue of BERITA [Malaysia/Singapore/Brunei Studies Group Association for Asian Studies] 48 (1) (2022): On my revisit to Bandar Baru Bangi (New Town of Bangi) in August 2021, I spent hours exploring the town with my assistant behind the wheel. We were also there to see Mrs Hamidah again,… Continue reading Bandar Baru Bangi field notes
Categorized as Academic life, Gender Studies, Malaysia, Romance
Comments on Alluring Monsters: The Pontianak and Cinemas of Decolonization
On 28th January 2022, I was invited to discuss Rosalind Galt's new book, Alluring Monsters: The Pontianak and Cinemas of Decolonization (Columbia University Press) at NTU's Asian Cinema Research Lab. We had a great audience and Rosalind was superb. The following are my comments on her book, soon to be published in the journal of… Continue reading Comments on Alluring Monsters: The Pontianak and Cinemas of Decolonization
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NLS quietly deletes FAQ mention of disappeared 'SAB Tool', which may have been crucial in allowing NLAT malpractice
By Legally India	Wednesday, 16 September 2020 15:56 Pre-law student	An estimated 7 minute read...
NLAT FAQs were furtively amended today, removing mention of the SAB Tool anti-cheating software that had been dropped
NLSIU Bangalore has furtively updated the 64 frequently asked questions (FAQs) relating to the National Law Aptitude Test (NLAT) on its website to remove mention of its decision to drop the the so-called "Safe Assessment Browser (SAB) Tool" from its online home-proctored entrance test.
The software, which is widely acknowledged in the online examination industry as being a vital component to conducting a (more) secure online exam and without which you have only little data with which to prove certain kinds of cheating, had initially been mandatory for candidates to download in order to take the NLAT.
Then, on 11 September, one day before the exam as shown by a cache of the NLAT FAQ page of 12 September, via the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine, NLS had for the first time officially confirmed that the SAB Tool was not required anymore. On the FAQs it asked and answered the following question (which we had reported at the time, after also having put the question to NLS several times in requests for comments on this story we had published):
I have not received any link to download Safe Assessment Browser (SAB) Tool and can't find any such software on the internet.
SAB is no longer required for the exam. Please read the updated guidelines on technical/system requirements here.
However, around 12:45pm today, just around the time that the Supreme Court had finished hearing the day's arguments in the NLAT challenge, adjourning to tomorrow, the question and answer relating to the SAB mysteriously disappeared from the FAQ web page.
We have reached out to NLS for comment on why this item was removed from the FAQs.
What it used to say on the NLS FAQs (emphasis added)
The disappearing SAB Tool
The SAB Tool, as we had explained in our previous reporting, appeared to be important. It had been announced as a technological requirement initially, when the exam had only been available on Windows PCs, requiring every candidate to download the piece of separate software.
The technical requirements (PDF) for the NLAT had initially announced: "15. Candidates must download and install the 'Safe Assessment Browser (SAB) Tool' – registered candidates shall be provided with a link to download the SAB tool in advance of the examination."
Software such as this 'SAB Tool', in the online testing industry, generally more closely monitor the computer that the exam is being taken on to ensure you are not running other software in the background, such as, for instance, screen recorders, other web search utilities, calculators or cheat sheets (see a more detailed technical explanation below in: Why the SAB is important).
After the NLAT faced criticism about how exclusive access to Windows OS made the exam less accessible, NLS announced that the NLAT would also be available to MacOS, Linux and Android operating systems (OSs), purely via a web browser.
However, at the same time, it appears to have also dropped the requirement for the SAB Tool, and point 15 about this had disappeared from the latest version of the technical requirements, which is the version currently uploaded on the NLS NLAT page.
An issue of communication
Besides the SAB Tool issue, part of the problem with the NLAT has been unclear communication.
(We would again point to our interview with the LSAT-India head, who had in July just held the first online-proctored law admissions exam this year, and much of which would predict NLAT's troubles: "We asked if he had any potential advice or lessons learned for the CLAT and the AILET, which will only hold their exams late next month. Number 1, according to Abdul-Kareem: 'Develop a clear communication channel with students and over communicate... across multiple channels..., whether it be email, WhatsApp, Telegram, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter.'")
Although NLSIU had often been admirably prompt and responsive in trying to answer candidates' questions, as well as issuing regular press releases and updates on its microsite, one problem was the plethora of communication channels, each of which carried different pieces of of the whole.
NLSIU Bangalore had been primarily answering many queries of candidates and also journalists by updating its FAQ page.
But some of the bigger changes and announcements also made its way to NLS' official social media channels, such as Twitter and Instagram; only the most important announcements (like exam timings, re-takes or lodging complaints against the exam) were pushed to candidates via email.
And on top of that, the homepage of the exam portal, at admissions.nls.ac.in, continued hosting PDFs of fairly important announcements about the exam and an archive of press releases.
Frequently mixed up questions
The FAQs in particular, proved a pain for candidates in practice due to the terrible design of the page. Say a candidate would visit the page seeking to find out the latest updates, there was no chronology in what was most recent in what-soon-grew to 63 individual frequently asked questions.
Instead, you would have to click on each sub-sections in turn (now having grown to 10 in number) and then browse through each of the unordered subsets of those 63 questions trying to spot any new additions, modifications or changes to the wording or details in existing questions, and so on.
On the bright side, it would have been great practice for the reading comprehension section and also preparation for the reality of much law firm practice at the most junior (and sometimes also more senior) levels.
But even law firms usually use software to compare the changes between different drafts of contracts, which is what we started doing with the FAQs.
Indeed, this jumble of FAQs and the practical inability to figure out what's new without getting a headache or software, was the main reason we had launched our first live blog of the NLAT on 8 September.
We had hoped to be able to communicate to candidates all important or interesting changes to the page they might have missed, to make their life slightly easier at such a stressful time.
And since we were still checking up on the page, today we had received the alert that NLSIU had removed something from its FAQ page.
Why the SAB was important
If this SAB Tool software had been present in the NLAT it would in all likelihood not have allowed someone to livestream their actual Saturday exam session to us live via a software as basic and widely available as Zoom.
We had asked NLS several times since Saturday to identify the candidate who had livestreaming to us via Zoom, but understand they have neither been able to do so nor could the browser-based exam software record information that would have allowed them to do so.
According to marketing materials of a vendor of online exam software (as previously reported), "locked down browsers fail the security test", noting that "you need complete device control". The presentation of the vendor explained:
Browser-based exam security (i.e. locked down browser) is online software that is limited in protecting the integrity of exams. While exam takers are prevented from performing certain actions like copying or printing webpages or visiting other websites, there is nothing that prevents them from employing tactics that effectively bypass the exam browser's security measures altogether.
Using virtual machine software, or "VMware", is just one of the many tactics in which the security of locked down exam browsers can be compromised. Virtual machine software allows computers to run multiple operating systems over a single physical host computer [1], which is what most exam browser software is intended to prevent. This method can be made all the easier for exam takers with websites like YouTube and Reddit that can offer step-by- step instructions on how to bypass an exam locked down browser's security with VMware.
There are also documented instances of exam takers typing a URL into a text-only answer box within the exam locked down browser itself, that is then automatically hyperlinked. Exam Takers are able to click on the hyperlink to open a separate browser tab, opening another door for cheating [2].
While specific software tools are also unlikely to be foolproof, they make it considerably more difficult for candidates to circumvent an online test that is served via a standard web browser.
As it was held, the NLAT test was fundamentally in an identical position to any other website, such as LegallyIndia.com.
And while it is possible to capture some fairly advanced and unique information about your system (including the keys you press while in the browser window, where your mouse moves, your current screen resolution, some details about your operating system and browser, including potentially the plug-ins that are running in your browser), that information ultimately ends where your browser ends.
This means that (fortunately) neither Legally India nor any other website can find out what is open in the other tabs on your browser, short of actually hacking your system. Nor can a website know whether you are currently running other software on your computer, including Zoom, Microsoft Word, Skype.
NLSIU Bangalore National Law Aptitude Test (NLAT)
Like+25 Object-0 Guest 4 months ago interesting top rated
SC to Sudhir while asking about all the rules broken by him while conducting NLAT:
Like+26 Object-3 Lawyaar 4 months ago interesting top rated
Man it's a total disgrace for the top law school of the country having a person like Sudhir as a VC who doesn't abides by law.
Turns out that NLAT is having more shades than any other colour.
Like+16 Object-2 Atmaram Tukaram Bhide 4 months ago interesting top rated
In his dogged pursuit of making NLSIU an Institute of Excellence, Sudhir has created a cesspool of chaos. Sad to see how one man's false ego has trampled aspirations and future of thousands of young minds. tch..tch..
Kian the revised answer key is not 'revised', there is this grammar question the answer to which does not correspond with the original article, in short—they din't read the original article properly. There are various other errors. Could you run a story ?
Like+6 Object-0 Litigator 4 months ago interesting
The Petitioner's rejoinder has taken the constant changing of the FAQs as a ground of challenge.
Like+34 Object-1 Testpan 4 months ago interesting top rated
Great catch Kian. Happy to see the wayback archives coming into use. Had archived the initial one upon realizing the way they were changing it on a daily basis.
You've done a major service over the last week covering this complete mess. Can't wait for NLS to cry again about your malicious vilification campaign based on "outright fabrication".
Like+10 Object-2 Guest 4 months ago interesting
Kian is a good person.
Like+10 Object-0 Agree 4 months ago interesting
Shame!!! Shame!!
Like+27 Object-0 Anonymous323 4 months ago interesting top rated
Got to say that LI and Mr Ganz have been extremely vigilant with their work on the whole CLAT/NLAT story. Excellent reporting and journalism!
Perhaps the general reputation of this site as something of a legal industry tabloid needs revisiting.
The reputation is because of the comments section, not the posts. Here almost anyone can post anything short of actual abuse. Without any prima facie evidence even. On occasions, it is accurate. On other occasions, it is just malicious rumor mongering or targeted defamation.
Like+8 Object-0 Anonymous323 4 months ago interesting
My own impression is that LI encourages, or at the very least, does not seem to mind the comments sections on certain stories descending into a forum for dirty linen washing, because it drives engagement.
Yes, LI does that. As I said, sometime the results are good, sometimes bad.
Someone needs to show this article to the petitioners' advocates immediately. Kian, please send a link of this article to Senior Advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan.
Like+0 Object-0 Guest 4 months ago
Nandi and Lizzie thumb twiddling? Has Mary ensured large scale conversion of the RVR clan?
Has Nandi got Theoned by M?
Like+5 Object-0 Law schoolite 4 months ago interesting
Sudhir, in administering NLS, has largely followed this modus operandi of not caring about procedural irregularities. This is exemplified by how he went about collecting the fees this year; law school (and all other NLUs) conventionally provides a fee break-up for different expenses like internet fee, hostel amenities, gym fees, tuition fee, electricity fees etc. This year there have been student demands throughout the nation for not levying fees under heads that the universities might not be incurring and Sudhir preemptively combined all the heads into a 'Tuition and Facilities fee' without making any reduction. In contrast, other law schools viz. NALSAR, NLU-D, TNNLS have made significant reductions in their annual fees and have also provided flexibility to students in terms of paying in installments. What relaxation did Sudhir give? a) Arrange a loan or b) Drop the year.
As is usual now, the student body was infuriated with this for a few days but eventually fell in line because we couldn't gather support (both internal and external). I'm hoping that he won't get away with this impetuously conducted NLAT the same way.
Would thus amount to forgery
So telling of Messiah, Mary & Co. Then again people have short memories. A gimmick here and another there, deification will begin anew.
By the way, Kian you should have reported on this livelaw.in/news-updates/delhi-hc-rejects-plea-seeking-home-based-exam-for-clat-2020-163032
Possible knock-on effect of NLAT mess? Will it have a viral effect on SC?
I do not intend to belittle the reporting done by BB and LL on the NLAT issue, the former even getting a mention by GShanks in the SC. But I found LI doing far more engaged and intrepid reporting. Of course Messiah may always insinuate "vilification" etc.
BB and IDIA both led by NLS alum initially tried to moderate the blow. But Messiah's hardheadedness knew no bounds and the damage spread widely. Despite what Messiah Bhakts may feel, LI did balanced reporting and its so-called evidence hunting should be appreciated.
I can only hope Kian will accept, pursue and publish solid leads of institutional cover-ups etc in other NLUs. It has been a while since he did that.
With the SC soon to decide the NLAT matter, it will be interesting to see what Karnataka HC does with the NLSIU domicile quota issue. Will these developments, that Kian missed have any effect?
www.livelaw.in/top-stories/wbnujs-kolkata-sc-dismisses-plea-to-apply-30-domicile-reservation-to-2019-2020-academic-year-162735
www.livelaw.in/news-updates/cal-hc-refuses-to-stay-publication-of-nujs-merit-list-in-plea-challenging-30-domicile-reservation-163026
Some say that this was a late move engineered by a section of the NUJS alumni (RD and FS are from NUJS) www.livelaw.in/news-updates/aspiring-law-students-move-hc-challenging-30-domicile-reservation-in-wbnujs-162593
Kian pls do a separate report on the NUJS domicile quota case. The court has asked the college to file a response, so a clash between the SJA and admin is now inevitable.
Why? SJA wasn't a party to any of the two cases.
Has anyone here actually seen and read Varun Bhagat that keeps getting cited? Authors on BB and LL have not provided a copy through hyperlink. The CLAT website does not sport a copy. It really should have, especially when it is supposed to have birthed as a result of that aggrieved student going to SC. By the way, where is Varun Bhagat? That will be an interesting story.
If SC in Varun Bhagat mandated that NLUs should have a common entrance test, how and why did NLUD remain outside from the start? Controversial rumours swirl around the why and how. But this much can be assumed that SC never made the common entrance test mandatory for NLUs and hence any NLU can move or stay out of CLAT, of course with due notice, which Messiah couldn't be bothered with. He is God after all.
Kian, why don't you do a story on Varun Bhagat; the case and the person. Maybe track down his lawyers and the ones representing the govt. This much is clear that MHRD kept an arm's length. And while UGC and BCI signed off on the initial MoU, they too kept their distance. Why?
I also find the silence of BCI on the NLAT issue interesting. Strongly opposed to Messiah initially; kept quiet when Karnataka govt planned and brought in the domicile quota and suddenly allowing ridiculous arguments to be made by VB. Looks like something is getting staged and we are the captive audience.
Then again, we came for a football match, got cricket and now hyperbolic drama by star alumni of NLSIU. Play on.
I agree with 11. The Varun Bhagat order and Minakshi Lekhi's NLU Bill are two documents not available elsewhere.
Like+1 Object-5 Inexplicable 4 months ago
I have been following the stories on this NLAT controversy over the last two weeks. While Legally India has done a good job of highlighting the pitfalls of conducting an online home-based exam, the comments section has just become a large pile of abuses directed against Sudhir Krishnaswamy. Given that he got the post at a relatively young age has led to serious resentment on part of the senior Vice-Chancellors. So it is quite obvious that they are angered by his decision to conduct a separate entrance test and want NLAT to be cancelled by the Courts.
At the same time, the coaching mafia is the worst affected by this sudden decision, and many of them are openly complaining on social media and Youtube. However, public universities have no obligations to coaching businesses, and they are well within their rights to change the format of entrance exams every year. CLAT aspirants were also taken by surprise, but genuine applicants could have easily handled the questions that were included in the NLAT. Most of them have been waiting for four months and would like to get done with these entrance exams. It also seems that many of the current NLSIU students and recent alumni do not like Sudhir and are repeatedly criticising his actions on these pages. I obviously don't know enough about their internal complaints but to an outsider he seems to have made good decisions such as the hiring of 8 very competent teachers in permanent positions and the attraction of external funding for the PhD candidates.
However, despite all this criticism, Sudhir has not budged from his position one bit. Surely he cannot be so stupid as to take on all these stakeholders (older NLU VCs, CLAT aspirants, Current NLS students and recent graduates) at the same time. There must be some strategy in his mind. He might end up doing the following:
(1) If the Supreme Court strikes down the NLAT, it will give him an obvious reason to leave the NLU Consortium and not admit any students to the BA,LLB and LLM programmes this year. After all, the consistent argument for holding this exam earlier than CLAT is that NLSIU has a longer academic calendar (based on trimesters) and that it cannot afford further delays to the start of the year. He will then hold a separate entrance exam for the next few years, thereby generating useful revenue from the application forms. The deficit in fee collections can be easily covered up over the next 4-5 years since the intake for BALLB has been expanded from 80 to 120 seats and NLSIU will probably start a 3 year LLB programme (60 seats) in AY 2021-2022. This will more than make up for the revenue lost due to not admitting the law students for AY 2020-2021.
2) If the Supreme Court does not interfere with NLAT, NLSIU will be able to start the classes for the incoming batches next week. NLU Consortium will then probably push NLSIU out on its own. This will also work in favour of NLS, since they can have a separate entrance exam for the next few years and carry on with their expansion plans.
In either case, NLS will get to continue with a separate entrance exam where they will easily get 25,000-30,000 applicants. So perhaps the NLAT was a pilot run to see how many applicants NLS would get if they go alone. If they start a 3 year LLB programme next year, that may fetch another 8,000-10,000 applicants. Even if they charge Rs. 1,000 for application forms, they can easily collect Rs. 3-4 crores per year. To put things in perspective, NLU Delhi has been collecting nearly Rs. 6 crores every year by charging an application fees of Rs. 3,000 per student (approximately 20,000 applicants).
So people might be abusing and mocking Sudhir for the last two weeks. But as I see it, he might end up making significant material gains for NLS, irrespective of how the SC rules on NLAT. Facing online abuse is a minor cost to be paid in this equation. If I was Prof. Faizan Mustafa, I would be calling up Sudhir tomorrow and arriving at a compromise to ensure that NLSIU stays in the NLU Consortium. Additionally, a separate plea should be filed by the NLU Consortium to bring NLU Delhi into the fold.
Even with the NLAT issue, we must take a broader view of the situation. Insiders in the legal field might be angry with Sudhir for announcing it suddenly. But a general audience will appreciate his effort to organise an online home-based exam (despite all the glitches and shortcomings pointed out by LI), when thousands of students have criticised the decisions to hold the JEE and NEET exams at physical centres. NLS might have made mistakes with the technology, but they tried a solution that appears to be more proportionate in the context of the pandemic.
P.S: You will not gain anything out of abusing me for this post. I am not even connected to the legal field.
Like+9 Object-1 Lmao 4 months ago interesting
[...] no one's deriding Sudhir for his age. He may not be as old as the other VCs but he's no strapping young lad either and anyway the incompetence only seems to be growing with age.
Mustafa should plead for him to return to the CLAT? Hilarious. Sudhir has dragged the NLS name through the mud more than anyone thought possible and thus begins the descent of the biggest name in legal education today.
www.newsclick.in/NLAT-2020-exclusion-elusive-island-excellence
www.thehindu.com/news/national/consortium-expresses-concern-on-mass-cheating-in-national-law-admission-test/article32615798.ece
RVR and FM in action!
Kian is courageous because his coverage means LI will forever be blacklisted by NLSIU (admin + alumni + students).
Like+5 Object-0 RVR 4 months ago interesting
Yes, permitted.


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Amos Frimpong- 'I'm Still Haunted By My Penalty Miss'
Asante Kotoko captain Amos Frimpong has stated that his penalty miss against CARA Club in the first leg of the preliminary stage of the CAF Confederation Cup is haunting him.
The Porcupine Warriors got off to a flying start in their African campaign after edging out Congolese outfit CARA Club at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in the first leg of the preliminary round of the CAF's second-tier club competition.
The MTN FA Cup holders were awarded four penalties in the game by Sengalese referee Issah Sy, missing three before striker Yakubu Mohammed came off the bench to convert the very last one to win the match for his side.
According to Frimong, who fluffed his line from 12-yards, says he is still haunted by the miss.
"I still don't know how i failed to score from the spot last Sunday," Frimpong told Asempa FM.
"After the game i watched my kick again and my strike was too poor. We missed our first kick and getting another penalty was important but i let my team down by missing it," he added.
The return encounter will come off in a fortnight time in Congo.
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Lawsuit Filed for Children of Spiritual Leader, Susan Wehle
Buffalo, New York, February 26, 2009 – – The aviation disaster lawyers of Baum Hedlund Aristei & Goldman have filed a wrongful death lawsuit today on behalf of Jonah and Jacob Mink, whose mother, Susan Wehle, of Amherst, was killed in the February 12 Continental Connection Flight 3407 crash at Clarence Center, New York.
The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court, Western District of New York in Buffalo against Continental Airlines, Inc. (Texas); Pinnacle Airlines Corp. (Tennessee); Colgan Air, Inc. (Virginia); and Bombardier Aerospace Corporation (Texas). Case number: 09-CV0174-S.
The complaint alleges that the flight crew lost control of the aircraft due to, among other things, a combination of airfoil icing, negligent actions of the flight crew, and an inadequate, defective, de-icing system and flight control system of the aircraft.
Details of the lawsuit include allegations that the airline negligently, carelessly, and recklessly operated and monitored flight 3407 and flew it into icing conditions, knowing the aircraft was equipped with ineffective de-icing equipment and had negligently failed to properly train the crew of flight 3407 to operate the aircraft in such circumstances.
The suit alleges that, among other things, Bombardier's Dash 8-Q400 aircraft which crashed, was defective in its design and manufacture, had a defective de-icing system, a defective flight control system and was unreasonably dangerous to fly in such dangerous icing conditions as was the case on the night of the crash.
An absence of adequate warnings and instructions regarding such dangers were among the allegations as well.
The Continental Airlines flight was actually operated by Colgan Air under the name Continental Connection. Pinnacle owns and operates Colgan Air. Each of those airlines are authorized air transport common carriers and owed a duty to operate the flight and maintain the aircraft with the utmost of care and to the highest degree of safety.
The family's attorney, Ronald L. M. Goldman, a pilot, and veteran airline disaster attorney, said there are two primary reasons this lawsuit was filed. "This lawsuit will enable us to explore the causes of this needless tragedy. From the moment flight 3407 was dispatched into known icing conditions with an antiquated de-icing system, to the time the pilots deployed the aircraft's flaps, and at several points in between, the flight was doomed as a result of the negligent conduct of the parties we sued. A primary objective will be to expose the conduct that brought about this catastrophe, toward the end that a crash of this nature will never again occur. Of equal importance, we are also seeking reasonable, fair, and just compensation for Jonah and Jacob's enormous loss."
"Their mother was well known and loved throughout the Amherst community. She was the primary support for these young men, whose future has now been brutally altered by this tragedy." Goldman also believes the facts will show that there were a host of reasons this crash was avoidable.
About Susan Wehle
Susan Wehle, 55, mother, spiritual leader, actress, and musician was a beloved cantor at Williamsville's Temple Beth Am synagogue for the past seven years. Six hundred people gathered at the temple to mourn her loss less than 24 hours after the crash when they learned she was one of the passengers on board the commuter flight. More than a thousand people attended her funeral just days later.
Wehle, known for her interfaith work, had a Judaic Studies degree and taught musical and spiritual workshops, conducted youth and adult choirs, and performed in concerts in the U.S, Canada, and Israel. She also had a degree in acting and performed with theater companies in New York and Chicago.
She had recorded a CD called "Songs for Healing and Hope" inspired by her visits to the sick and dying. She was the daughter of Holocaust survivors and had previously served as a cantorial soloist at Temple Sinai in Amherst for 9 ½ years. She left a legacy of peace and understanding.
In addition to her sons, Wehle is survived by two sisters, Eva Friedner and Dana Wehle, and a brother, John Wehle.
About Ronald L. M. Goldman
Ronald L. M. Goldman is a New York native, pilot and a veteran trial lawyer based in Los Angeles. He is board-certified as a civil trial lawyer, certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, with 37 years of experience handling airline disasters.
Mr. Goldman created and taught the course on Aviation Accident Law at Pepperdine School of Law where he worked as an adjunct law professor for 21 years.
He is a senior shareholder and lead trial counsel for the national mass disaster law firm of Baum Hedlund Aristei & Goldman, which handles aviation and other commercial transportation accidents across the U.S. and abroad. The firm has handled over 500 aviation accident cases and has improved aviation safety and changed aviation case law through key aviation litigation victories.
Ron was the lead negotiator in one of the firm's most significant aviation litigation achievements when he won, as part of the settlement agreement from the January 8, 2003, Air Midwest Flight 5481 crash in Charlotte, NC, the agreement of the airline and maintenance company, in an organized ceremony, to deliver an unprecedented official public apology to the families for the crash. Goldman also served on the Plaintiffs' Executive Committee for the September 11, 2001 aviation tort litigation.
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We resource Christian Reformed members and congregations as they dismantle the causes and effects of racism within the body of believers and throughout the world. We help you to live as God's diverse and unified family.
As a denomination, we believe that dismantling racism is not peripheral to our Christian calling. It's a Gospel issue!
Our work was born out the struggles of a local church in Chicago. African American parents from Lawndale CRC who wanted to enroll their children in a nearby "whites only" Christian school made a brave choice: they would struggle together against the forces of segregation and exclusion, for the sake of their children. They brought their concerns to Synod, the CRC's decision-making body, and our predecessor, the Synodical Committee on Racial Reconciliation, was one of the results.
This is where we come from. We stand on the broad shoulders of those brave parents and of many others of various races and ethnicities who have insisted, sometimes at great cost to themselves, that the church must live as God's diverse and unified family—or risk selling the Gospel short.
Later, in Canada, several people from diverse racial, ethnic, and faith backgrounds who were joining Christian Reformed churches were seeking authentic ways to remove perceived barriers to fully belonging to the CRC. They started out meeting in living rooms and sharing their stories and faith journeys. Eventually they formally organized themselves into a classical committee and the Canadian racial reconciliation curriculum "Widening the Circle" was created. This original group continues to meet regularly—their work was foundational for our office's work in Canada.
Learn more about our current work in Canada or read more about the CRC's history with respect to race relations.
We continue this struggle for equity today through:
college scholarships for racial minority people.
working with many CRC ministries to address bias and racism within our denomination.
encouraging and empowering ethnic minority leaders of various backgrounds through networks of support.
offering workshops and coaching for CRC members and congregations in both Canada and the United States who sense that we still have much work to do to live fully as God's diverse and unified family.
There are many ways to get involved—browse around this website for some ideas to get started!
We are mandated by Synod "to design, organize, and implement programs that will assist the denomination, churches, and members in eliminating the causes and effects of racism within the body of believers and throughout the world." (Read our full mandate.)
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Why is Racism a Gospel Issue?
Check out this conversation between Professor Matthew Tuininga of Calvin Seminary, Rev. Shiao Chong of The Banner, Dr. Michelle Loyd-Paige of Calvin University, Rev. Reggie Smith, and Danielle Steenwyk-Rowaan to hear robust Reformed discussion of this question.
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I have been with Madame Bize-Leroy on walks through her vineyards and it is an incredible experience. It is like watching a mother among her children–she ignores me most of the time and goes quickly in high heels through different rows, tending to vines, pulling leaves that are shading some of the ripening grapes, adjusting clips that tidy the growing canes, which are never trimmed like in most vineyards. I am just trying to keep up with her pace and her eyes, which dart from vine to vine, noticing each small leaf or clip out of place.
One can see easily why she might be out of place in a tightly-knit conservative region like Burgundy. She follows no one, trusts her instincts, and pioneers her own way of coaxing the most from her vines. The 2015 wines from Domaine Leroy are nothing short of magnificent. Some of the wines nearly brought tears to my eyes, especially the fine, distinguished Musigny, the effervescent Romanée-Saint-Vivant and the majestic Chambertin.
According to Madame Lalou Bize-Leroy, the owner and guardian of Domaine Leroy, 2015 was a magnificent year. Tasting the 2015s recently at her domaine in Vosne-Romanée, as six month-old bottled wines, I have to concur wholeheartedly. Where is evidence of the heat and the drought during the summer months? I couldn't find any while tasting through her village wines then progressing to the premier and grand cru reds. The wines are fresh, precise with lovely purity of flavors.
At Domaine Leroy, the entire 22-hectare vineyard was harvested within 12 days from the 3rd of September to the 15th of September. It was an early harvest but not an unusual one. Alcohol levels are moderate for all the wines – between 13% and 13.5% and there is no sign of excessive fruit, over-ripeness or jammy characters in any of the wines. There is freshness, focus and a wonderful approachability in this vintage.
The 2015 vintage for Domaine Leroy is undoubtedly sensual and filled with sweet, ripe flavors. It is a more open vintage than the previous four vintages that came before it. Despite only being bottled for six months, the wines were beautifully expressive and open. I was riveted by the glorious Romanée-Saint-Vivant and stunned by the majestic Chambertin, which can sometimes be austere and closed in its youth.
This magnificent Chambertin nearly brought tears to my eyes. The wine has depth, stature, and an incredible presence on the palate. There is focused minerality, dark berries and savory herbs and earth that mingle on palate. Despite the power and generosity of this wine, there is finesse and the finish of a great Burgundy. The wine is complete, incredibly complex, with a persistent finish. Magnificent! Only 2 barrels made in 2015.
This is as close to a perfect Romanée-St-Vivant as one can get. The texture is silky and sumptuous, the nose beguiling and the palate filled with complex layers of flavors that linger for what seems like several minutes. Gorgeous nose of rose petals and violets opens up to a palate that is powerful yet elegant with incredible finesse and length. This is a powerful Musigny that has wonderful tension and fine, detailed flavors. Best after 2030.
This powerful, yet silent wine (not that expressive on the nose right now), is a wine built for long aging. The palate is graceful yet powerful with incredilbe finesse and layers of delicate minerals. There is a completeness, a harmony and elegance despite its power along with amazing depth and complex flavors. A spiritual wine that will encourage people to ponder the meaning of life and admire life's beauty (like this wine).
This Clos de la Roche is slightly closed on the nose (after 6 months in bottle). The palate is extremely powerful however, with layers of minerals, savory herbs and granite of great intensity and depth. A complex, layered and powerful Clos de la Roche that will evolve and improve for at least 30-40 years if not more. A structured, minerally powerful red that requires patience – wait at least 15 years before approaching.
An extremely fine Musigny with grace, power and finesse. This is one of Leroy's magical wines, consistently powerful yet elegant. In this ripe vintage, the wine is generous and forceful without trying with gentle layers of flavors – sweet wild flowers, minerals, red berries and then earth, spices and herbs. The wine changes in the glass and dances on the palate. A graceful wine with silky firm tannins that has amazing complexity, balance and finesse. Lovely, long finish. This is a fabulous Musigny with a long future.
This is a magnificent Richebourg – structured, majestic, complex and deep. The palate is powerful and filled with savory herbs, spices, sweet mixed berries, earth and mminerals. There is a density here but without any heaviness. The finish is layered, persistent and incredibly long. A wine that will evolve and improve over the next 30-40 years.
A gorgeous Vosne Brulée that is truly impressive. The palate is complex, powerful, intense – filled with mixed red flowers, dark berries, minerals and savory herbs. This is a powerful red Burgundy with great detail and finesse. The floral, sweet finish is very long. This vineyard was harvested on September 5th.
This is the most impressive rendition of Chambolle Charmes that I have tasted. It has everything that you might want in a top premier cru Chambolle – incredible delicacy, a fine gentle character and wonderful purity of flavors. An alluring nose of florals, such as roses and jasmine leads to a serious, layered palate of wild raspberries, sweet spices and minerals. The finish is extremely long. This wine holds the essence of the charm of Chambolle – seductive and unforgettable.
An extraordinary Corton with great minerally depth and amazing length. Powerful red that is tightly wound, with savory, earthy flavors that exudes power without being too dense or overt. Watch this intense, layered Corton become a beauty as it evolves in bottle over the next 20-40 years. Sadly, only 2 barrels of this Corton was produced in 2015. In comparison, in 2016, 4 barrels were made from half a hectare.
This powerful Vosne Beaux Monts is a profoundly serious wine. The palate offers a huge range of flavors that span the herbal, spice and dark berry fruit spectrums. There is depth in the sweet, generous flavors with firm, ripe tannins and a wonderful freshness to complement it. A wine built for aging – there is potential for this wine to become much grander and gain in stature over the coming decades. Best after 2030.
To read all the tasting notes of Domaine Leroy's 2015 wines, click here.


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Evil prevails as 'Dark Arts at Hogwarts Castle' returns to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter
PUBLISHED: May 23, 2019 at 10:53 am | UPDATED: May 23, 2019 at 10:53 am
Categories: Amusement Parks, Things To Do, Universal Studios
The "Dark Arts at Hogwarts Castle" light projection show will return to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios Hollywood June 22-Aug. 11. (Photo by David Sprague, for Universal Studios Hollywood)
It turns out that there are more Slytherins out there than we all thought. Due to popular demand, the all-new "Dark Arts at Hogwarts Castle" light projection show will return this summer for nightly showings starting June 22 and continuing through Aug. 11.
After a limited run through the month of April and an encore performance set for Memorial Day weekend, Universal Studios Hollywood announced that the show will soon be back in action. It's a stunning display of light cast upon the Hogwarts Castle, which towers over Hogsmeade Village that occurs multiple times after sundown.
The show explores the dark underbelly of the Harry Potter films as Dementors, Death Eaters, Mountain Trolls, Thestrals and Aragog take over the castle all under the direction of the Lord Voldemort. It isn't until the Patronus spell is cast that The Wizarding World of Harry Potter is safe. Fans know the coast is clear when dozens of drones are used to create a multi-dimensional Patronus Charm in the sky in the form of Harry Potter's stag, which protects the witches and wizards from evil.
Universal Studios Hollywood has also announced the return of its California Neighbor Pass, which gives guests 175 days (including select weekends) over nine months to experience the park, including the "Dark Arts at Hogwarts Castle" show and the forthcoming Jurassic World — The Ride attraction, for $149. The pass includes special discounts on general admission tickets for friends and family and discounts for the theme park's annual Halloween Horror Nights is included in the Neighbor Pass as well. Passes are available now at universalstudioshollywood.com/tickets.
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