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Local dog cast in Of Mice and Men
Local dog, Tara, has been cast in the role of Candy's Dog when the tour of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men arrives at the King's in April.
Tara will be playing alongside Dudley Sutton, who is best known from TV shows Porridge and Lovejoy, in the role of Candy, the old-time farmhand in the bunkhouse where itinerant farm workers George and Lennie fetch up.
Tara who will play Curly's Dog in Of Mice and Men. Photo: Greg Macvean
Over 35 dogs took part in the casting earlier this week, following a highly successful casting call. Tara, aged 10 and a rescue dog from Hungary who is a mix of Hungarian hunting dog and German Shepherd, was signed up to be senior working dog on the show.
Casting director Matthew Gale said: "We've had a fantastic turnout of really wonderfully behaved dogs. It was extremely difficult to choose between them, and in the end, one could not ignore Tara's star presence and temperament."
Candy and his dog play a significant role in the play. With one hand chopped off in a farming accident and old beyond being truly useful to the farm, Candy's treatment symbolises the way that America has come to treat its old people.
His dog is similarly decrepit and the source of much irritation for the more unfeeling farmhands in the bunkhouse who fail to understand his importance to Candy and only smell his bad breath. While her fate has an important foreshadowing role in the structure of the script.
Speaking of Tara's casting her owner, 28 year-old Lydia Gschosmann, said she was: "So shocked that she's been chosen. There were so many great dogs. We've never had stage aspirations, but this is brilliant. She's going to meet so many new friends!"
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This course focuses on the conceptual and theoretical aspects of professional nursing practice within the unifying framework of Orem's self-care model. Nursing process is applied in the context of self-care deficits and therapeutic self-care demand. The taxonomies of Nursing Diagnosis, Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC), and Nursing Outcomes Classifications (NOC) are introduced. The role of the nurse as a change agent in facilitating behavioral changes in individuals is reinforced. Key competencies in collaborative care are explored.
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Identify the purpose and use of nursing diagnosis, NIC, and NOC.
Relate NIC and NOC to appropriate nursing diagnoses.
Apply NIC to appropriate nursing interventions.


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"No corporate goal can ever succeed if it cannot also provide the ambitious individual with the challenges of extraordinary difficulty and the promise of self-fulfilment... nothing had so much meaning, relevance and truth as the set of values I saw in the early LEO days"
Leo Fantl, a member of the LEO team
The transition from innovation to application is not always successfully made. An outstanding example of such a success was the development of LEO (Lyons Electronic Office) - the world's first computer designed for business applications.
In commemoration and honour of John Pinkerton, the pivotal engineer in this development, the Institution inaugurated this annual lecture. Arising from a vision within J Lyons, the catering company, for a radical improvement in its business operations, the LEO project started in 1949 and the system was brought into use in 1951. In this remarkably short time he and his small team turned the EDSAC, developed at the University of Cambridge, into a practical tool for business computing. The result transformed not only Lyons' administration, but by its example, that of many other organisations.
By 1955, Lyons had created the subsidiary company, LEO Computers Ltd, to manufacture and sell computers and included, amongst its first customers, the Ford Motor Company. The Pinkerton team went on to produce the commercially successful LEO range - fully engineered and enhanced with new ideas and technologies.
This was innovation driven by user need and guided by a remarkable man, who was able to inspire others - to which Leo Fantl's quote is admirable testimony. Crucially, Pinkerton recognised the importance of understanding how users operate and was able to work with them to achieve shared aims. As he said "... the simpler the conception and the design of any item of calculating equipment, the better it will be understood by the operators who use it and the engineers who maintain it."
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Today would have been Trayvon Martin's 24th birthday—here's what everyone should know about him
It has been almost seven years since Trayvon Martin—an unarmed 17-year-old black boy—was shot and killed in Sanford, Florida while walking through a gated community. Martin's death gave rise to the #BlackLivesMatter movement, and in 2018, his story was chronicled in a docuseries produced by Jay-Z. Today, February 5th, would have been his 24th birthday.
According to CNN, on February 26th, 2012, George Zimmerman, a then 28-year-old member of his neighborhood watch, saw Martin walking through the neighborhood and called 911 to report a "suspicious" person. Although dispatchers told Zimmerman not to follow Martin, he did, and after a reported altercation, he shot Martin in the chest. At the time of Martin's death, his pockets contained a can of iced tea, a bag of skittles, a lighter, headphones, a cell phone, and some money. He was talking on the phone with his 16-year-old girlfriend when Zimmerman confronted him.
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TODAY: We remember Trayvon Martin who would have been 24 years old. Just know that you are forever in our hearts. And we will keep fighting for justice. #TrayvonMartin 🖤 pic.twitter.com/ZHUaHPdVhr
— NAACP (@NAACP) February 5, 2019
A profile of Martin in the Miami Herald depicts him as a regular teenage boy. The high-school junior was a former football player who loved video games and wanted to go to either Miami University or Florida A&M University. He had zero record of violence. While an autopsy found a small amount of THC—a chemical compound found in marijuana—in his system, NPR notes that Jay-Z's docuseries Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story explores how this information was used to vilify Martin in a way that many believe to be racist.
Wishing a Happy Birthday to our Brother Trayvon Martin who would've turned 24 today. RIP. pic.twitter.com/xsYbclHmSn
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In reaction to the verdict, the Martin family's lawyer, Ben Crump, said that Martin would be remembered along with Medgar Evers and Emmett Till "as symbols of the fight for equal justice for all." In response to the ruling, three activists, Alicia Garza, Opal Tometi, and Patrisse Cullors, founded Black Lives Matter to fight institutionalized racism and police brutality against black people. The organization now has more than 40 chapters and has organized protests after several high-profile killings of black people, like Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.
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It's safe to say that the ripples of Martin's death continue to be felt years later. We will never forget him, and we will continue to fight for justice for all people in his memory.
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Predicting Cuozzo in Advance of SCOTUS Oral Arguments
By Gene Quinn
The United States Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Cuozzo Speed Technologies v. Lee on Monday, April 25, 2016. This case will give the Supreme Court its first opportunity to weigh in on the controversial administrative trial procedures created by the America Invents Act (AIA), which went into effect on September 16, 2012.
In advance of this much anticipated hearing, I reached out to a number of industry insiders with a simple question: What do you expect the Supreme Court to do in Cuozzo? Their answers follow.
Of course, once oral arguments are complete we will circle back over the ensuing days and weeks with further articles and prognostications in advance of what could be a momentous decision by the Supreme Court.
Bob Stoll
Partner, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
Former Commissioner for Patents, USPTO
Predicting the Supreme Court's outcomes on patent cases has never been easy, and the questions presented in Cuozzo, which emanates from a divided panel at the CAFC, is no exception. There are good arguments on both sides of the two questions asked.
On the first question, did the USPTO err in applying the "Broadest Reasonable Interpretation" (BRI) when evaluating claim construction in post grant proceedings at the office instead of the "plain and ordinary meaning" standard used in courts, I believe that court will hold that the USPTO did not err. The office had been applying BRI for decades and there is no hint in the AIA that any other standard should be used. But the rationale for BRI is that claims can be amended at the USPTO and not in court. With the limited grant of amendments in most IPRs, I am not sure the rationale for BRI still has merit unless the USPTO modifies its amendment policies to easily allow narrowing claims in post grant procedures.
As to whether a Board decision to institute an IPR proceeding is judicially reviewable, I am torn. 314(d) clearly prohibits review of the decision to institute the IPR. If this were limited to cases without a final decision, the SC would probably support the provision. But as it would limit the judicial review of final decisions, that would seem contrary to law and I can't see the SC supporting that.
Erich Spangenberg
CEO at nXn Partners
Even though I find the position stated by Judge Michel in his amicus brief to be the most intellectually appealing position, I expect that the court will rule that Phillips is the proper standard for the PTAB to use. I anticipate that the court will find the decision to institute can be reviewed.
Bart Eppenauer
Managing Partner, Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.
Former Chief Patent Counsel for Microsoft Corporation
IPRs are becoming the vehicle of choice for challenging a patent's validity. The volume of IPR petitions far exceeds original expectations when the AIA enacted IPR and other post grant proceedings. Now, litigation defendants commonly file an IPR to shift the forum for adjudicating patent validity from a district court to the Patent Office. Without question, the landscape for scrutinizing the validity and value of patents covering billions of dollars of research and development has changed dramatically. In fact, roughly 70% of IPR Petitions are brought by petitioners who are also defendants in patent lawsuits filed in U.S. district courts. Given the widespread use of IPRs as well as the significant linkage between PTAB and district court patent validity proceedings, it is imperative that IPRs are consistent, fair and reliable to ensure that these proceedings fulfill Congress' objective of providing a surrogate for district court litigation in a court-like proceeding.
In light of the Federal Circuit's 6-5 decision denying en banc review, it is no surprise that the Supreme Court took this case, particularly given the Court's ongoing interest in reviewing Federal Circuit decisions that apply special rules in patent cases that stray from general jurisprudence. And if the Supreme Court's recent track record in patent cases is a guide to the potential outcome in this case, it seems quite likely that the Court will not simply affirm the Federal Circuit's decision. While the Government has set out some reasonably compelling points in support of its position, I believe the Court will agree in large part with Cuozzo and the overwhelming support of the many amici in the case that have set out significant problems and negative long term consequences to the patent system if the PTO's current approach of using BRI in IPRs is not altered. I also believe the Court will reign in the PTO with regard to its position on reviewability of the PTAB's institution decisions. A prohibition on judicial review in this context arguably would allow a U.S. government agency to exceed its explicit statutory authority granted by Congress. With many thousands of patents at stake protecting the value of significant research and development efforts across industries, the Court should take great care to arrive at an outcome that provides the greatest level of certainty, predictability and effectiveness for the newly created IPR proceedings.
James Pooley
Litigator, Strategist and Author
Former Deputy Director General of WIPO
While I've not read all the briefs, I thought the petition was excellent. And while I would never go into business handicapping the outcome of SCOTUS deliberations, I do have an opinion about what they should do in this case, at least on the claim construction issue. Judge Newman had it exactly right in her panel dissent and her concise dissent from the denial of rehearing en banc. The "broadest reasonable interpretation" standard is useful during the examination phase, ensuring that no conceivably relevant art is overlooked and that the applicant's opportunity to amend is well informed. But it's silly, and ultimately damaging to the system, to apply the same standard in a post-issuance process that is directed at determining exactly what issued claims mean and where amendments are seriously restricted. Just as in district court, IPRs benefit from contested advocacy about the meaning of claim terms. In that adjudicative phase there is no place for the artificial construct of "broadest reasonable interpretation" in place of "most reasonable interpretation."
Robert Greenspoon
Flachbart & Greenspoon, LLC
It's not impossible that there might be questions from the bench on the foundational constitutional authority of Congress to create the PTAB. The Cooper v. Lee and MCM Portfolio v. HP proceedings are in the pipeline, and the cert pool clerks are savvy enough to have known that. Did the Supreme Court take up the very first IPR outcome to come its way (indeed, IPR number one) because of uneasiness with Congress sidelining Article III trial courts and giving patent validity adjudication duties to an Article I agency? Recall that two Justices sua sponte took up questions of Article III Separation of Powers in B&B Hardware v. Hargis, even after the petitioner disavowed arguing that TTAB adjudications are unconstitutional.
And keep watch for questions about standing. Credit must go to Public Knowledge as the only party or amicus advancing a developed lack-of-standing argument. If the Court punts on question one (or dismisses cert entirely as improvidently granted), it might be on the strength of Public Knowledge's argument that petitioner has never identified how it would benefit if BRI gets tossed out in favor of Phillips.
Overall, Petitioner won the amicus war (counting briefs, not parties). Petitioner racked up twelve supporting briefs, respondent only ten. The nine "neither party" briefs are even more telling – they vastly favor petitioner. The amicus briefing seemed oddly acrimonious to me. Petitioner amici raise the threat of accused-infringers using BRI for "gamesmanship," and Respondent amici raise the threat of patentees using Phillips for — wait for it — "gamesmanship." The truest patentee "friends" are the Law Professors (led by Gregory Dolin) who advocate for Petitioner. They note with scholarly rigor what most patentees have felt in their gut – that IPRs constitute an unconstitutional taking, at least when BRI is used.
Matthew Levy
Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA)
Author, Patent Progress
The more I read the briefs in Cuozzo, the more I think this case isn't really a patent case; it's an administrative law case. And I think the justices will treat it that way, because administrative law is something they're much more comfortable with than patent law.
The America Invents Act is silent with respect to the claim construction standard for IPRs, and the USPTO is granted authority to make rules governing the IPR procedures. That's a clear delegation; the PTO had to choose some standard, because inter partes review was a new procedure. If it had chosen the district court standard, that would be under the exact same authority. If I had to guess, I think the Court will focus on whether the PTO's choice was reasonable.
And with respect to whether the PTAB's decision to institute can be reviewed, I expect that the Court will focus on the language of the statute, which clearly says that decisions to institute are final and not appealable. Cuozzo could have filed a petition for a writ of mandamus way back when the PTAB instituted. I wouldn't be surprised if the Court asks why that isn't sufficient.
Gene Quinn is a Patent Attorney and Editor and President & CEO ofIPWatchdog, Inc.. Gene founded IPWatchdog.com in 1999. Gene is also a principal lecturer in the PLI Patent Bar Review Course and Of Counsel to the law firm of Berenato & White, LLC. Gene's specialty is in the area of strategic patent consulting, patent application drafting and patent prosecution. He consults with attorneys facing peculiar procedural issues at the Patent Office, advises investors and executives on patent law changes and pending litigation matters, and works with start-up businesses throughout the United States and around the world, primarily dealing with software and computer related innovations. Gene is admitted to practice law in New Hampshire, is a Registered Patent Attorney and is also admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. CLICK HERE to send Gene a message.
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Edward April 25, 2016 5:20 pm
Based on oral argument: BRI 5-4 PTO wins; Authority 9-0 in favor of Cuozzo.
Anon April 26, 2016 5:57 am
I do not understand what "Authority 9-0 in favor of Cuozzo" means. On what basis and what does that mean for the law as written by Congress?
Can you flesh out your statement a little?
Anon, sure. Question 2. Unanimous in favor of Cuozzo. Gannon was caught flatfooted and unprepared. The court noted that Cuozzo was inconsistent with In re Portola that decided the same question differently. Gannon had no answer the list of 16 different decisions that have to be made to institute — are they ALL off limits from review? He had no answers.
The court is going to hand it to the PTO.
Anon April 26, 2016 8:35 pm
Edward at 3.
I do not think that you are grasping (yet) the question to which the answer is going to be forthcoming from.
You want to lay this at the feet of the PTO (or rather, you think that the Supreme Court is going to lay this at the feet of the PTO).
That is decidedly NOT the answer to the question being asked (or perhaps, the question that NEEDS to be asked).
If your answer includes the PTO, then that answer MUST be that the PTO acted in accord with the directions as provided BY Congress (the written law that controls) .
Whether or not Gannon was caught flat footed is entirely a red herring because the PTO simply acted in accord with what Congress did. In re Portola is a red herring. I do not know what the list of 16 "different decision that have to be made to institute" mean – there is ONLY ONE decision to institute. There are different other things going on leading up to (and following) that ONE decision, but the law as written by Congress is exceptionally clear and only has but a single section on the actual institution decision. There is no other place for controls of that institution decision EXCEPT that one section.
It is Congress – and not the PTO – that you have to frame as the object of the question.
There is NO basis to try to separate what the PTO did from what they are allowed to do under the law as written by Congress. You can try as you might to talk about the chapter and the different sections, but there is only one section that controls the initiation point, and that one section is fundamentally clear, direct and without reservation of any kind.
It is Congress – and not the PTO – that must be held accountable for how this law is written. It is Congress that has set the limits to the "Off-limits." All the PTO has done is follow the law. All that the Federal Circuit has done is answer the questions put to them as to the PTO following the law. The Federal Circuit also has not been asked the right question – the question that deals with the right actor and whom judgement must be delivered against.


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Argument: A Stronger Pivot A Stronger Pivot...
A Stronger Pivot
Mitt Romney would manage relations with a rising China better than Barack Obama.
By Daniel Twining
SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images
The most significant "pivot" of Barack Obama's first (and perhaps only) term as president was his own 180-degree reversal on China. In his first year in office, the president prioritized relations with Beijing over those with Tokyo, New Delhi, and other partners -- including our European allies. This created the distinct impression, at home and abroad, that Obama was abandoning our traditional friends in favor of a neo-Nixonian "China-first" strategy.
This idea of a "G2" -- the notion that the current superpower and the rising one could form a condominium of power to manage global governance -- backfired. It contributed to Beijing's sense that it was a near-equal to Washington, superior to everyone else, and fueled Chinese assertiveness over a range of previously dormant territorial conflicts with its neighbors. By late 2011, Obama had shifted gears: He announced a new "pivot to Asia" that appeared, to our Chinese friends, to be a policy of encircling and containing Chinese power. The White House's course now was heightening suspicions in Beijing that the original Obama policy was designed to allay.
Every new U.S. president goes through a learning curve on China. In 2013, however, the stakes will be much higher: China is much more powerful than when Governor Bill Clinton spoke of "the butchers of Beijing" or when Governor George W. Bush labeled China a "strategic competitor."
The most significant "pivot" of Barack Obama's first (and perhaps only) term as president was his own 180-degree reversal on China. In his first year in office, the president prioritized relations with Beijing over those with Tokyo, New Delhi, and other partners — including our European allies. This created the distinct impression, at home and abroad, that Obama was abandoning our traditional friends in favor of a neo-Nixonian "China-first" strategy.
This idea of a "G2" — the notion that the current superpower and the rising one could form a condominium of power to manage global governance — backfired. It contributed to Beijing's sense that it was a near-equal to Washington, superior to everyone else, and fueled Chinese assertiveness over a range of previously dormant territorial conflicts with its neighbors. By late 2011, Obama had shifted gears: He announced a new "pivot to Asia" that appeared, to our Chinese friends, to be a policy of encircling and containing Chinese power. The White House's course now was heightening suspicions in Beijing that the original Obama policy was designed to allay.
China is a global economic power — the world's second largest — whose decisions on interest rates and budgets move markets. China is an aspiring regional hegemon: Its sharp-elbowed approaches toward its neighbors, and Japan in particular, risk igniting a shooting war that draws in the United States. At the same time, China is also more politically brittle than it has been since 1949. Its decade-long leadership transition has exposed enormous strains within the governing elite and society over endemic corruption, abuse of power, inequality, and the future of reform.
The stakes in U.S.-China relations, therefore, have rarely been higher. Both countries are struggling to find a formula that makes peaceful coexistence, rather than militarized competition, more likely. Conflict serves neither country's interests: America's next president will no doubt spend much of his term digging the United States out of debt, while China's next president will be obsessed with maintaining social stability and transitioning to a sustainable economic model amidst rising grassroots pressure for change. A global test of wills promises to only make both leaders' most pressing priorities even more difficult to achieve.
The problem is that neither China nor the United States can separate domestic politics from foreign policy. China's currency manipulation and unfair trade practices make it a domestic issue in the United States, as we have seen in this election cycle. America's determination to defend its allies and interests in Asia against Beijing's expansionism incite popular nationalism in China — which its leaders manipulate to divert attention from problems at home and ingratiate themselves with key constituencies like the People's Liberation Army.
Should Obama manage to win reelection, he will have to invest resources behind what has been mostly a rhetorical policy of rebalancing U.S. power toward Asia. Whether he will do so successfully, however, remains to be seen. How can the president "pivot to Asia" at a time when U.S. armed forces are already stretched thin, and sequestration threatens to cut $1 trillion from defense spending? How can he reinvigorate U.S. economic leadership in Asia — as important as our military power in securing our influence there — when he has proposed not one new trade initiative? How can he reassure our Japanese allies that Washington will honor its treaty obligations to firmly deter armed Chinese revisionism in the Sekakus — islands long under Japanese control that China now seeks to reclaim — while at the same time triggering Japanese insecurity by saying publicly that Washington is "neutral" over that territorial conflict?
To effectively manage Chinese power in a second term, Obama is going to need to do more than deploy 2,400 Marines to Australia and give a set of good speeches. He is going to need to do more than tilt U.S. Navy deployments toward the Pacific at a time when the United States has the smallest Navy since World War I (yes, it is a more capable Navy — but China's aggressive naval, missile and air power buildup puts U.S. maritime access at serious risk). And the president is going to need to do more to assure our Japanese and Indian friends, who have felt neglected by his focus on engaging China, Russia and Iran.
At a more parochial level, Obama will need to find suitable replacements for the departing hawks who drove the Asia "pivot," including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia Kurt Campbell. In the economic realm, he will need to return the United States to its historic commitment to lead on free trade. Finally, the president will have to formulate a more strategic response to China's unfair trade practices than imposing tactical tit-for-tat sanctions on particular sectors of the economy.
A President Mitt Romney will face these same challenges. He will, however, have a stronger hand to play. First, his pragmatism makes him more likely than Obama to cut a deal with Congress to put the United States on a sustainable fiscal trajectory. His business savvy makes him more likely to reinvigorate the U.S. private sector, which has struggled with uncertainty over the outlook on budgets, taxes, trade, and entitlements under this administration. In the eyes of this Republican voter, a President Romney seems more likely to renew American economic vitality than his competitor — reinvigorating American power and international prestige in the process. This will have important and beneficial consequences for the United States' ability to manage a rising China.
Governor Romney has been clear on the issues where President Obama has been fuzzy: He has put Beijing on notice that he will directly confront its unfair trade practices, he would increase rather than cut naval shipbuilding, and he would increase, not hollow out, defense spending — sustaining an American military that no country would dare to openly challenge.
Wouldn't China react negatively to this new president's policies? On the contrary: Our Chinese friends respect strength, clarity, and predictability. So do our allies in Asia. They too would welcome a president who put them, rather than their adversaries, back at the center of American foreign policy.
Daniel Twining is the president of the International Republican Institute and a former counselor at the German Marshall Fund of the United States. The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the position of the International Republican Institute. Twitter: @DCTwining
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Shit-Talking's Only a Problem When You've Got Something to Hide
Submitted by John Roderick on October 6, 2010 - 12:00am
Recently I was talking to a local music-industry guy about the social awkwardness he felt when he moved to Seattle from the Midwest. Specifically, my friend said that the hardest adjustment for him was that musicians in Seattle talked shit about each other.
"In the Midwest, you would never, ever talk shit about your friends in bands," he said, "but in Seattle everyone talks shit about their friends constantly. It's been very hard to get used to."
I've been in the Northwest music scene for 20 years, and I have to admit that a fair amount of shit-talking goes on here. It's not universal--some musicians wouldn't talk shit about you if you were driving out to Enumclaw with a video camera and a copy of Horse & Rider--but most people I know will drop a dime on their closest friend without much prompting. As a result, I've never felt it was particularly noble to "not talk shit." There are ways to talk shit about people that essentially hold to lines of mutual respect, admiration, good humor, and a code of honor, while also leaving it clear that the person you're talking about is a four-flusher who should not be left alone with the cocaine. It's basic musician grammar.
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Submitted by John Roderick on January 14, 2010 - 1:09am
A couple of months ago the folks at GIVE asked me if the Long Winters could drum up a song for their benefit project, and it put us in a tough spot. We didn't have a finished track from our new record, but we DID want to contribute something. I'd been playing a couple of new songs live during a short tour I did with Jay Ferrar and Ben Gibbard--trying out different endings, messing around with the feel--so I suggested recording a song in raw form. GIVE liked the idea and doubled down, offering to help make a video to go with the track.
Luckily my good friend, Toronto's Kathleen Edwards, was visiting me at the time, so the two of us popped down to the studios at Clatter and Din and recorded the song in a couple of takes. I couldn't resist playing a little piano on it too, because I'm a sissy who likes sad piano on everything.
Bumbershoot: America's Next Long Winters Drummer
Submitted by John Roderick on September 1, 2009 - 9:58pm
A couple of months ago, the Long Winters got some mixed news: Our drummer, Nabil Ayers, was taking a full-time job in New York that would preclude his touring, and our band was invited to play Bumbershoot. We cried, we laughed. Happy as we were for our friend, his new direction meant we would have to start searching for a new drummer, a grueling process under the best of circumstances.
Since then, we've been auditioning drummers from all walks of drummer life, playing with a dozen different characters in search of a good fit.
In 1986, when I first attempted to grow a beard, the general consensus was that beards were for murderers and maniacs. Almost no one in mainstream America wore a beard during the eighties, and even in Alaska a beard was a serious statement that the wearer ate cold beans from a can and slept with his dogs. The only public figure of any note who wore a beard at that time was Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, who also wore a bow-tie, rode a mule, and carried a blunderbuss.
I always felt that clean-shaven adult men were suspicious-looking—either too vain or too conformist to let their face do what nature intended—so I strove to grow a beard from the first sign of a fuzzy wisp under my nose. In every country from Greece to Pakistan adult men wear flourishing moustaches as soon as they are able and until they die, just as they are expected to wear pants, and many of the world's religions consider the beard an obligation for the observant men.
Sex and Being in a Band
"My reputation as a ladies' man was a joke. It caused me to laugh bitterly the 10,000 nights I spent alone."
-Leonard Cohen
It is almost universally assumed that rock musicians avail themselves of copious, practically on-demand casual sex with their fans. The images of rock stars lounging backstage after a show literally covered in a blanket of squirming young girls, or running for their lives from hungry teens willing to perform any deed no matter how depraved are so pervasive they practically define the job. It's a case of collective wishful thinking, shared by the fans, their detractors, and the musicians themselves, that casual sex is a crucial and inextricable fringe benefit of being a musician. My married friends accost me with salacious and knowing winks, our female fans eye each other at the merch table like hungry cats around a wounded bird, girlfriends past and present peremptorily accuse me of everything short of sex-slavery and will not be assuaged, and interviewers leer and blatantly solicit for details— all while the unglamorous truth flops around like a beached carp.
The next few weeks are going to be a stressful time for me. After a period of many months where all I've done is restfully contemplate my navel and dig holes in my garden, my band is now preparing to play a spate of shows—including the Showbox, July 5th with The Cops and BOAT—and then sequester itself in a recording studio to make a new record. These are things I love doing, of course, but they're also a tremendous amount of hard work and I'm starting to feel overwhelmed and unprepared. Why did I think it was a good idea to book several shows during the same few weeks that I set aside to record? Preparing for the one activity is very different from preparing for the other, and they can't help but be in conflict. We need to rehearse our catalogue enough that our upcoming shows have the tight feel that we get after weeks on tour. We should be working on our new songs too, except writing new material requires that we spread out on the floor, literally and figuratively, monkeying with gizmos and trying out new things. It's surprisingly difficult to do both.
Light Rail and Liquor in Seattle and Portland
I took the train down to Portland over the weekend to play a variety show called Live Wire, which is broadcast on the Oregon Public Radio. The show is like A Prairie Home Companion if you replaced the laconic Midwestern drollery with a socks-and-sandals Oregon sense of absurdity. It was unpretentious and fun and it really set me thinking about Seattle's character and how a few small changes, however unlikely, could make this city a much more livable and enjoyable place. Before I start, let me just say that no one hates reading "What Seattle can learn from Portland" lectures more than me. Portland, despite its charm, has one thousand percent more mimes, jugglers, and crusty potters than any city outside of Germany, and this fact permanently disqualifies Portland from teaching any civics lessons or from standing as an example of responsible growth. Until they fumigate their city of all its jugglers it will only be possible to appreciate their example by piecemeal.
Selling Out, Again.
One of the most prevalent misconceptions about music, and the music business, is that the truly talented musicians don't need to, or shouldn't have to, promote or publicize themselves. Publicity is naively thought of as the natural and direct byproduct of a musician's quality: the better the music is, the more publicity it should generate. Most people don't want to think of themselves as force-fed their culture, they want to think that they like good things and that the things they like are good. If Miley Cyrus is the most popular teen pop sensation, then Miley Cyrus must make the most sensational teen pop. Likewise, if Lil' Jeezy's cousin has the most downloaded ringtone of the week, it must be the most bangingest ringtone available, at least from one of Lil' Jeezy's cousins. Stands to reason. Capitalism, Social-Darwinism, and American Norman Rockwellism all lead us to believe that the cream rises to the top without any outside help. Unfortunately, we know this is not true. As good as Lou Bega's Mambo Number Five surely is, I find it hard to accept that it is finer than any Leonard Cohen song, although it certainly charted higher.
Collaboration is Hard for Anyone
Submitted by John Roderick on June 2, 2008 - 12:00am
It's not a simple thing to collaborate, let me tell you. Songwriting, unlike painting or novel-writing (or meditating) lends itself easily to team effort because there are two distinct halves to a pop song — music and lyrics—but that doesn't make it easy or fun to work with someone else on a pop song. The Brill Building songwriting team of Leiber and Stoller, the Holland-Dozier-Holland team at Motown, and the classic rock archetypes of Lennon/McCartney and Jagger/Richards have ingrained in people's imaginations the image of songwriters huddled around a piano or guitar hammering out a tune in the spirit of good-natured one-upmanship. One person is absentmindedly tinkering on the piano while the other person is twiddling with a pencil; suddenly the lyricist hears a melody and inspiration strikes: "That's it! Play that last part again!" He sings a line, the piano player inserts a minor seventh, and they quickly and effortlessly compose a masterpiece, laughing uproariously. Then someone does a tap routine with a coat rack, and an angel gets its wings.
Competition Among Bands
There is, of course, a lot of competition between bands. It's an obvious thing to say—like saying there are a lot of Skoal Bandits at a Kenny Chesney show. But the competition between bands seldom looks like the clichéd Blur vs. Oasis, or Brian Jonestown Massacre vs. the Dandy Warhols pissing matches, where louche twits with shag haircuts deliver unintelligible insults like, "'Ere, them's a bit all porgy, innit?" No, the competition I'm referring to, the kind I feel, is altogether more quiet, and mostly friendly. When you've been playing music for a few years it comes to seem like the only people with whom you relate are other people in bands. Musicians become your whole social network, they're your peers and your close friends, but despite what you have in common you're not really having a shared experience. You play your shows and I play mine, your bandmates drink cheap gin and cry listening to Bright Eyes, my bandmates can't stop to tie their shoes without setting up a wireless network, and talk about their most closely guarded secrets using Rush lyrics. You end up in a situation where the only people who can even begin to appreciate what your life looks like are people you only see twice a year, backstage at some festival between their set and yours, and they don't actually have anything in common with you at all.


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Subnautica Below Zero is a separate expansion pack from the original survival horror game that's currently still in development. Below Zero will still have the same core mechanics that we've seen in the original game, however, Unknown Worlds is planning on expanding the original core mechanics with new ideas such as thermal mechanics. Just like the original game as well, Unknown Worlds is planning on releasing this game in early access with constant monthly updates being added to this expansion pack in the near future. Currently, Unknown Worlds have confirmed that early access for this expansion pack will be released as early as January 30th, 2019.
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I was boutta say som'n similar. But what would even be the reason to make their BLID that large?
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Unknown Worlds have announced yesterday that they'll be moving their previous development page onto Favro. With this announcement, they've also set a deadline for when the game will be open for early access with a deadline as early as January 30th, 2019. They also have Pre-Early Access planed as early as December 14th of this year.


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A country built by migrants and ready to welcome you with open arms, Australia is one of the most popular, unique, and multicultural study-abroad destinations, making it easy for international students to fit in.
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One aspect that Australia really gets right is the support for international students. Some cities even have dedicated student centres, which are ready to help you with any issue regarding legal rights, getting a job, networking, finding accommodation, and so on.
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While Steve Irwin, the famous "Crocodile Hunter", passed away in 2006, his spirit of adventure and his love for nature are still alive and inspiring others. If you have a hidden adventurer inside, one that you rarely have the chance to let loose, Australia is the place for you!
The continent-country has 20 UNESCO World Heritage sites, over 500 national parks, and more than 2,700 conservation areas, including wildlife sanctuaries and Aboriginal reserves.
What is it like to study in Australia
Australian universities have a long history of welcoming international students and helping them adjust to a new university system. Universities help students arrange accommodation, organise special student orientation weeks, and provide several other student services throughout the year.
University education in Australia is mostly focused using problem-based learning, helping you become an independent learner.
Successful completing a course usually depends on whether you pass a mid or final exam. University classes are usually flexible and you can mostly choose how much effort to put in and how to approach learning.
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No matter what you decide to study, you will surely find your ideal degree in an Australian university. In Australia, you can specialise in subject areas from Natural Sciences and Engineering, to Social and Medical Sciences.
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Which universities to attend in Australia
Australia is home to over 41 universities, most of which are public institutions. Many Australian branches of Many Australian universities also have satellite campuses located overseas. In Australia, you can pursue the following types of degrees:
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Research Master's – requires a final thesis that consists of at least 2/3 research; entry requirement is a Bachelor's degree (Honours) or Master's preliminary year, a research-based graduate diploma or equivalent research experience.
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Before packing everything and buying a plane ticket to Australia, you should also think about your budget. While Australian universities offer top-quality education, they aren't exactly cheap. If you add in the monthly living costs, it's easy to see how the budget grows fast.
No need to worry though, as there are numerous scholarships available for international students. Now, let's take a look at the average tuition and living expenses in Australia.
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Tuition fees charged by Australian universities are some of the highest in the world. For a Bachelor's degree, tuition ranges between 20,000 and 45,000 AUD/year, while for a Master's and PhD fees are between 22,000 and 50,000 AUD/year.
Private universities are more expensive than public ones and might not provide access to the same financial aid programmes (e.g. grants, scholarships).
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On-campus accommodation is the cheapest housing option for students, starting at around 440 AUD per month. If you'd like to rent a place, a one-bedroom apartment will cost anywhere from 1,300 AUD (outside the city centre) to 1,750 AUD (in the city centre).
As an international student in Australia, you will have to arrange health insurance before your departure. Apply for the Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC), which provides medical and hospital insurance in Australia. Sometimes, your chosen university can arrange for your OSHC coverage on your behalf.
Food costs
Supermarkets in Australia don't have expensive prices; your monthly groceries can typically cost around 300–600 AUD. If you want to dine out, you should expect to pay around 18 AUD for a meal at a mid-range restaurant.
Overall, living costs start at a minimum of 1,200 AUD per month in smaller cities and at around 1,500 AUD per month in bigger cities.
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The name Australia is derived from the Latin words Terra Australis, which means "southern land"
Australia is still a constitutional monarchy, ruled by the Queen of the United Kingdom, Queen Elizabeth II.
In Australia, you can hear over 260 languages; apart from English, the most common spoken languages are Mandarin, Italian, Arabic, Cantonese, and Greek.
After New Zealand, Australia was the second country in the world to allow women to vote.
The reason why Australia has kangaroos and emus on its coat of arms is because they cannot walk backward.
Australia has more sheep (150 million) than people.
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We've been following second-quarter earnings results since late May. Now the seasonal pivot has shifted, with only a few scattered companies left to release their numbers before we transition to the August cycle. That means the next wave of 10-Q filings I'll be studying over the next few days will reflect mixed signals: four weeks that capture the second quarter that's already receding in Wall Street's rear view and nine weeks that hint at what the rest of the market has in store for us in October and beyond.
That said, the second-quarter cycle might be a hard act to beat. All in all the market booked 10.2% richer profit over last summer, which is not only better than the models dared anticipate but objectively bullish even when you cut out all the gaming around expectations, whispers and consensus.
VAALCO Energy, Inc. (NYSE: EGY) is expected to post a quarterly loss at $0.11 per share on revenue of $18.59 million.
B2Gold Corp (NYSE: BTG) is estimated to post its quarterly earnings at $0.00 per share on revenue of $135.84 million.
On December 20, Green Car Reports reported: "Mitsubishi electric cars to use Nissan-Renault platforms." Remember Mitsubishi has the US$22,995 all-electric 16 kWh iMiEV coming out in 2017.
Earlier in 2016, Mitsubishi released its 2017 i-MiEV. It is fully electric, with a 16 kWh lithium-ion battery pack and a range of 62 miles. Basically just a short trips car, as the range is really very low. Mitsubishi also has its popular plug in hybrid Outlander model that sells quite well. As stated last month, the company announced "plans to launch a compact EV with 250-mile range by 2020". Mitsubishi is currently ranked 7th in global EV sales.
On Tuesday, utilities shares slipped by just 0.5 percent. Meanwhile, top gainers in the sector included Pampa Energia S.A. (ADR) (NYSE: PAM), up 2 percent, and Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (NYSE: CPK) up 3 percent.
You see, Money Morning Resource Specialist Peter Krauth expects gold prices to gain 15.4% from their current $1,213 level to $1,400 an ounce this year. This rise will lead to an even bigger rally for gold stocks. Since the beginning of 2017, gold prices are up 5.1%. But the gains in gold stocks like Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. (NYSE:AEM) and Compania de Minas Buenaventura SAA (NYSE ADR: BVN) have doubled and quadrupled the year-to-date gold price return.
Yet some solid individual stock gains also helped lift investors' moods, and Sears Holdings (NASDAQ:SHLD), National Beverage (NASDAQ:FIZZ), and JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ:JBLU) were among the best performers on the day. Below, we'll look more closely at these stocks to tell you why they did so well.
Tailored Brands (NYSE:TLRD) and National Beverage (NASDAQ:FIZZ) were two of the biggest individual stock movers on Thursday.
Shares of formal clothing specialist Tailored Brands dove 32% after the companyposted surprisingly weak fiscal fourth-quarter earnings results. Sales fell 3.9% to $793 million, while consensus estimates were targeting a more modest decline to $805 million.
On Friday, the energy sector proved to be a source of strength for the market. Leading the sector was strength from NGL Energy Partners LP (NYSE: NGL) and Legacy Reserves LP (NASDAQ: LGCY).
In trading on Thursday, energy shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 0.87 percent. Meanwhile, top losers in the sector included NGL Energy Partners LP (NYSE: NGL), down 17 percent, and Contango Oil & Gas Company (NYSE: MCF), down 12 percent.
Shares of NGL Energy Partners LP (NYSE: NGL) were down around 24 percent to $16.40. NGL Energy Partners declared a quarterly distribution of $0.39 per unit and revised its fiscal year 2017 and fiscal year 2018 outlook.
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Formed way back when in 1999, Broken Social Scene is a musical project unlike any other. Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning act as the glue that holds BSS together, as they serve as the core members at the center of a project that includes contributions from up to sixteen artists. From the start, BSS has received mixed reviews from critics, some who absolutely adored what it was that they were doing and the unique way in which they were doing it, and others who were utterly confused and couldn't grasp what it was that they were listening to. I've somehow found myself in the middle of both of these things, because I've heard bands of 5 people not be able to create good music together, let alone 16 people–and I can't seem to wrap my head around how it works so very well for them, and has done so for so long. The band released five albums with various artists coming and going along the way before they began a hiatus in 2010 that would stretch into a 7 year break. Now, after all of this time, they are back with their brand new album Hug of Thunder.
Hug of Thunder begins with "Sol Luna," a soft instrumental forerunner to "Halfway Home"–a loud, rocky track that scared me when it first came on (quick reminder to make sure your volume isn't up too high if you enjoy having fully functioning eardrums.) On a sweeter note, "Protest Song" opens with and is carried by a soft female voice–but unfortunately, the track proves to be somewhat boring and repetitive up until the last 30 seconds of the song. This trend of overwhelming tracks continues throughout the better part of the rest of the album. You would think that with so many artists contributing to the creation of a project, it would be impossible for any one song to sound the same as another; but, if you thought that you would be entirely wrong. The more acoustic tracks such as "Skyline" and "Victim Lover" could be played one after the other and I'd probably mistake them for the same song. On their own, the songs are quality tracks, they just lack the unique qualities that you would expect from a project of this magnitude.
Breaking up some of the slow burning tracks, "Vanity Pail Kids" gives Hug of Thunder the rough, banging kick that it needs to wake everyone up. This track serves as a perfect song to dance and singalong to, and there aren't many like this on the album so it's definitely one to appreciate more. The sound of tracks like this and "Stay Happy" do a much better job of showcasing how much fun it can be to have so many people craft and mold a single song. I can't help but wish Broken Social Scene would have replicated more songs of this type rather than the slower songs. "Towers and Masons" isn't as face paced as the aforementioned tracks, but it still does a great job of getting listeners pumped.
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One-third of cannabis buyers still using illicit dealers, according to IPSOS poll
Jane Gerster GlobalNews.ca
WATCH: One month into pot legalization, an IPSOS poll looks at what has changed for Canadians including consumption levels and the legal marijuana shopping experience.
One of the Canadian government's chief aims in legalizing marijuana was to eliminate the black market.
And yet, one month after legalization came into effect on Oct. 17, a new Ipsos poll conducted on behalf of Global News reveals that of those who have purchased cannabis in the last month, 35 per cent went back to their pre-legalization sources. In other words, they skipped legal avenues in favour of their old dealer.
A legal pot supply shortage will fuel the black market, experts say
Whether that's the beginning of a good or bad news trend depends on who you ask. At this early stage it's "much ado about nothing," says Jennifer McLeod Macey, vice-president with Ipsos.
"It's kind of like Y2K where we're expecting this big change overnight and we haven't seen it."
So what can you expect to see moving forward? Legalization hasn't exactly been a smooth road, from legal retailers turning away would-be buyers on Day 2 after running out of stock to delivery mishaps and critiques over pricing to concerns about Quebec's plan to raise the legal age for smoking pot to 21, and medical marijuana shortages.
WATCH: Cannabis supply shortage predict to improve by the new year
Legalization is a process not an act, says Allan Rewak, executive director with the Cannabis Council of Canada.
"We are competing against very well established, very robust and very wealthy illicit market places serving Canadians for almost a hundred years."
Rewak is heartened by the Ipsos figures. Nearly three-quarters of the 2,402 Canadians surveyed said they had tried to purchase or did purchase cannabis after legalization. However, where they got it varied:
28 per cent used online, government-run websites
28 per cent used government-run stores
22 per cent visited licensed privately run stores
16 per cent shopped at a licensed privately run website
35 per cent just stuck with their old, non-government approved dealers
That it's only a third of Canadians sticking to the black market is actually lower than Rewak thought it would be one month in — a good news story.
"We thought this process would take more time," he says.
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But while Rewak expects more Canadians will abandon the black market as regulatory kinks get worked out, Ian Dawkins, co-founder and principal at Althing Consultancy, is not convinced.
"It's indicative of a much broader set of problems," he says.
A slim majority of Canadians surveyed by Ipsos, 54 per cent, believe legalized cannabis costs too much money. To Rewak, that's expected.
"I think you'll always get a response that says it's too expensive," he says, noting people are always inclined to say products they use recreationally, like cannabis and alcohol, are too expensive.
"I don't think you'll ever see a poll that says, I think beers are too cheap."
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To Dawkins, price concerns are a harbinger of problems to come.
Look at Alberta, he says, where fights over tight cannabis supplies prompted Alberta regulators to change the rules. Then, think about January and February when the crop supply is lower.
"It's just going to get worse," he says.
Indeed, while the Ipsos poll indicates the legal cannabis market in Canada could possibly double, it lists concerns over price as a mitigating growth factor.
"Only time will tell," Macey says. "I don't think the black market is totally going to disappear but it's still early days."
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Macey says she suspects that part of the reason a substantial number of Canadians haven't switched over to the legal market is the difficulty in accessing the products legally that they've long been able to access illegally with little discomfort. Edibles, for instance, are not yet legal.
"Those people are absolutely going to go back to the black market because they're not going to sit around waiting," she says.
Other people are probably sticking with their dealers because they like the product they were getting and aren't yet able to get that particular product legally, Macey says. The Ipsos poll found that while 58 per cent of people found legal cannabis easy to purchase, the rest disagree: 16 per cent said shortages meant they couldn't purchase it legally at all.
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Product issues and supply shortages are a problem Dawkins lays firmly at the federal government's door. Producers could only apply for micro-licenses the same day legalization became official, he says, meaning they won't necessarily be able to put product to market any time soon.
"Customer satisfaction will go down as product shortages stretch out into the next year," Dawkins says.
It's worth focusing on the appetite for legal cannabis, says Jenna Valleriani, a postdoctoral fellow in medicine at the University of British Columbia.
"I see where those disheartening thoughts or experiences really come from," she says, but Valleriani notes that even the transition to a medical cannabis market was quite "turbulent."
"Trying to undo purchasing patterns that people have had for decades, I think that takes time."
Frankly, Valleriani says she's surprised the number of people who say they've stuck with their old weed avenues isn't higher given the issues that have dogged the newly-legal industry.
"There has been a lot of problems with supply and access," she says.
Think of people on fixed or limited incomes who can't afford to cover the cost of packages and shipping or don't have a permanent address or credit card that sites like the Ontario Cannabis Store demand, Valleriani says.
This Ipsos poll was conducted on behalf of Global News between Nov. 1 and Nov. 6, 2018, using a sample of 2,402 Canadians aged 18+ from the Ipsos I-Say panel and non-panel sources. Weighting was then employed to balance demographics to ensure that the sample's composition reflects that of the adult population according to Census data and to provide results intended to approximate the sample universe. In this case, the poll is accurate to within +/-2.3 percentage points, 19 times out of 20, had all Canadian adults been polled.


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Prosecutor's office opens case against unjust decision in Kernes' case
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Prosecutor's office in Poltava region opened a criminal proceeding against the decision of the Kyiv District Court of Poltava, which decided to dismiss the criminal case against the Mayor of Kharkiv Hennadiy Kernes, and his guards Vitaly Blinnik and Yevhen Smitsky. Anzhela Stryzhevska, Deputy of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine claimed this at a briefing, 112 Ukraine reports.
'Information on the judge's deliberately making an unjust decision are included in the Unified register of pre-trial investigations in Ukraine. It was conducted by the Prosecutor's office in Poltava, and the Prosecutor General's office will include such information to the unified register. The organization, holding of the pre-trial investigation will be requested to the relevant body of pre-trial investigation,' she said.
Stryzhevska explained that it is planned to combine these two cases.
'As far as I watched the information in the Unified register of pre-trial investigations in Ukraine, the Prosecutor's office in Poltava region included them on the basis of the message of mass media. Now, we have a report of the Prosecutor that the information reflected in the court is not true. According to the Prosecutor, the decision is unjust. In order to verify these arguments, a pre-trial investigation will be organized,' she summed up.
Reportedly, today, Kyiv District Court of Poltava decided to close the criminal case against the Mayor of Kharkiv Hennadiy Kernes, and his guards Vitaly Blinnik and Yevhen Smitsky.
Later, the Prosecutor General's office stated on the intention to appeal today's decision of the court.
Reportedly, a group of people attacked the participants of the march in support of the Euromaidan in Kharkiv on January 25, 2014. The same day, Ivan Varchenko, MP of Kharkiv Regional Council stated on the kidnapping of Oleksandr Kutianin and Serhii Riapolov, the participants of the Euromaidan, after they disassembled the license plates of Kernes' friends' cars. Later, the Public Affairs Division of the State Administration of Ukrainian MIA in Kharkiv region claimed that the information on the kidnapping wasn't confirmed.
On April 2, 2015, The Supreme Court of Ukraine announced the operative part of the decree on the transfer the review of Kernes' case from the Dzerzhinsky district court of Kharkiv to the Kyiv district court of Poltava, where it was considered before the adoption of today's decision.
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