Like in the case of New Zealand, China is Australia's largest trading partner.
But as opposed to New Zealand, the focus on trade between China and Australia has always been more on iron ore, coal and other minerals.
China accounts for one-third of Australia's exports - making it a significant player in the health of Australia's economy.
For years, Australia has been able to rely on China's interests in iron ore and coal. However, the landscape has changed recently.
China's construction industry has slowed down in the last year or so, affecting the demand for these commodities.
Further, China has found cheaper sources for these commodities, for example Brazil.
Coupled with these, and a more pressing issue, is China's problems with pollution.
In mid September, in an effort to continue to curb pollution, the Chinese government imposed restrictions on the type of coal it will import.
The new restriction means that a large percentage of the 40 odd million tons of coal that Australia exports to China will no longer qualify.
At the same time, the unemployment rate in the Australian mining industry has increased significantly. Some of the mining companies are diversifying as a result.
Amid the changes in the iron ore and coal landscape, as the Aussie dollar weakened, some industries have risen to take over the burden of sustaining the economy.
The list includes agriculture, education and tourism. Do these look familiar?
Yes, they are significant industries for New Zealand.
In fact, some of the diversification done by the mining companies in Australia, mentioned above, is actually directed towards agriculture.
At the same time, there have been incoming interests from Chinese companies into Australia's agriculture industry. Recently, Chinese state-owned enterprise Beijing Agricultural Investment Fund has committed US$2.7 billion to Australia's dairy, beef, lamb and aquaculture industries.
Chances are high for further collaboration if the free trade agreement between the countries goes through later this year.
For a start, a private Chinese company has just bought Elizabeth Downs cattle station (205,000 hectare of land and 9,000 head of cattle) for US$17 million in northern Australia.
Tourist arrivals from China into Australia are up 14 percent this year. A Hong Kong property developer has recently been approved to build a US$7.2 billion resort in Queensland with the anticipation of increasing Chinese visitors in Australia.
No economy lives in a vacuum. While it is common for New Zealand to compare itself with Australia on many aspects, we also want to believe we are different.
Iron ore and coal is not New Zealand's cup of tea.
Agriculture, tourism and education were not really on the priority list for Australia's trade with China until now.
These industries have been Australia's Plan B with China, but now they are called into action.
And their actions mean a potential head-on clash with New Zealand's Plan A with China.
As with Australia, there have been lots of interests in the agriculture industry in New Zealand by Chinese investors.
While we can be uptight about it based on what values New Zealand can derive from such purchases, the literature on foreign direct investment offers lots of empirical evidence on its benefits. The literature also provides a lot of ways to which such values can be extracted.
Now that Australia is into the game, it would be wise to rethink the plan here.
While New Zealand is trying to make itself a stand-alone holiday destination for (Chinese) travellers, it may also be useful to consider making sure that the offer to travellers with Australia as a packaged deal continues to be part of the strategy.
A dual strategy, as a stand-alone and a packaged destination, will ensure that we ride on the bandwagon effect of a tourism boom in Australia from China.
Whether we like it or not, as we are located near Australia, some of the capital flow coming this way can potentially be a zero-sum situation with Australia.
It is important to ensure that we observe closely what is happening between Australia and China to make sure we are not missing the boat.
China thinks it made a mistake giving the Kiwi's the deal they have, and the only thing offsetting that is the desire to balance up competition and dilute Fonterra's power.
has this proposition come from Oz observers, or the deep thinking of our No.1 best buyer?
Political move. Now that NZer's are getting concerned about too many sales to Chinese foreigners.
They hoping that by going to Aussi, either NZ will get desperate an dlet them buy mor, or the Aussi's will fall for it. You don't think they just wanted to buy milk power/FTA do you??
Same old story from Chinese merchants.
Same as if you want manufacturing done there.
Tell 'em if they want cheaper, then corners have to be cut just like at home.
Tell 'em we have government that monitors or environment and employees to make sure we don't under cut the peoples' interests, and that the government officals charge us to monitor these things.
Tell 'em the Australians look like they'll fight on price and be easier to manipulate but they can't because they're all up against the wall because they're fighting each other...just like in China.
Tell 'em only Fonterra has the scope and the independance to source the best from every country in the world, and Fonterra are the only ones that can make the import reliability that the want, on solid contracts that don't compete with their own people. We _aren't_ a big coutry that will try and take their business off them. We are more happy to work with their people, politely and quietly and openly.
Remind them that we have been working well together for many years, and look after their interests, and that is open for them to come and see. The bad news they hear, is because we're interesting in solving problems, and making sure everything is open and honest in our production - we don't hide problems because we want safety to improve and people to know if they haven't heard anything then it is because it is safe, not because someone is not telling them things. They can sent people they trust to see for themselves that we aren't hiding things.
French dairy group Danone and US infant formula maker Mead Johnson Nutrition Company have been in talks on a merger or an acquisition deal since March, an industry insider recently told Shanghai's China Business News.
Danone has been grappling with falling earnings and some investors have questioned whether the company can thrive in its current form as it competes with larger rivals Nestle and Unilever.
The development has posed a stiff challenge for Nestle, which has begun considering whether it should proceed with the project in Heilongjiang.
However, the company has decided to stick to its original promise of promoting the sustainable development of China's dairy industry by going ahead with the project for building a dairy farming institute. This means it will not take current economic profitability into account, according to the report.
If farms in China are currently not profitable I wonder what this is doing to Fonterra's stratergy of building lots of farm hubs in China.
So 90% of China's dairy imports come from New Zealand and they are thinking about reducing this because they are worried about Fonterra's market dominance, among other concerns.
What can NZ do to keep our largest customer satisfied? If they don't like monopolies would we be better off if we broke up Fonterra?
When NZ supplied the majority of its dairy products to the UK did they have the same concerns about NZ dairy board market dominance or was that a different era where we were more concerned about building long term customer relationships?


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package org.smartdeveloperhub.harvesters.it.frontend.testing.collector;

import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
import org.smartdeveloperhub.harvesters.it.backend.Commit;
import org.smartdeveloperhub.harvesters.it.backend.Component;
import org.smartdeveloperhub.harvesters.it.backend.Contributor;
import org.smartdeveloperhub.harvesters.it.backend.Entity;
import org.smartdeveloperhub.harvesters.it.backend.Identifiable;
import org.smartdeveloperhub.harvesters.it.backend.Issue;
import org.smartdeveloperhub.harvesters.it.backend.Project;
import org.smartdeveloperhub.harvesters.it.backend.Version;
import org.smartdeveloperhub.harvesters.it.frontend.testing.collector.Activity.Action;

final class ActivityTracker {

	private final class EntityLocator {

		private String location;

		void visitContributor(final Contributor state) {
			this.location=CURRENT.get().resolve("/contributors/%s", state.getId());
		}

		void visitCommit(final Commit state) {
			this.location=CURRENT.get().resolve("/commits/%s",state.getId());
		}

		void visitProject(final Project state) {
			this.location=CURRENT.get().resolve("/projects/%s", state.getId());
		}

		void visitComponent(final Component state) {
			this.location=CURRENT.get().resolve("/projects/%s/components/%s",state.getProjectId(),state.getId());
		}

		void visitVersion(final Version state) {
			this.location=CURRENT.get().resolve("/projects/%s/versions/%s",state.getProjectId(),state.getId());
		}

		void visitIssue(final Issue state) {
			this.location=CURRENT.get().resolve("/projects/%s/issues/%s",state.getProjectId(),state.getId());
		}

		String resolve(final Entity state) {
			this.location=null;
			if(state instanceof Contributor) {
				visitContributor((Contributor)state);
			} else if(state instanceof Commit) {
				visitCommit((Commit)state);
			} else if(state instanceof Project) {
				visitProject((Project)state);
			} else if(state instanceof Component) {
				visitComponent((Component)state);
			} else if(state instanceof Version) {
				visitVersion((Version)state);
			} else if(state instanceof Issue) {
				visitIssue((Issue)state);
			}
			return this.location;
		}
	}

	interface ActivityContext extends ActivityListener {

		String resolve(String path, Object... args);

	}

	private static final Logger LOGGER=LoggerFactory.getLogger(ActivityTracker.class);

	private static final ThreadLocal<ActivityContext> CURRENT=new ThreadLocal<ActivityContext>() {

		@Override
		protected ActivityContext initialValue() {
			return new ActivityContext() {
				@Override
				public void onActivity(final Activity<?> activity) {
				}
				@Override
				public String resolve(final String path, final Object... args) {
					return null;
				}
			};
		}

	};

	private ActivityTracker() {
	}

	private <K,E extends Identifiable<K>> void submitActivity(final E entity, final Action action) {
		final Activity<K> activity =
			Activity.
				<K>builder().
					action(action).
					entity(Activity.Entity.of(entity)).
					targetId(entity.getId()).
					representation(entity).
					targetLocation(new EntityLocator().resolve(entity)).
					build();
		LOGGER.debug(activity.getDescription());
		CURRENT.get().onActivity(activity);
	}

	void log(final String format, final Object... args) {
		final Activity<String> activity =
			Activity.
				<String>builder().
					action(Action.LOG).
					description(format,args).
					build();
		LOGGER.debug(activity.getDescription());
		CURRENT.get().onActivity(activity);
	}

	<K,E extends Identifiable<K>> void created(final E entity) {
		submitActivity(entity,Action.CREATED);
	}

	<K,E extends Identifiable<K>> void updated(final E entity) {
		submitActivity(entity,Action.UPDATED);
	}

	<K,E extends Identifiable<K>> void deleted(final E entity) {
		submitActivity(entity,Action.DELETED);
	}

	static ActivityTracker currentTracker() {
		return new ActivityTracker();
	}

	static ActivityTracker useContext(final ActivityContext consumer) {
		if(consumer==null) {
			CURRENT.remove();
		} else {
			CURRENT.set(consumer);
		}
		return new ActivityTracker();
	}

	static void remove() {
		CURRENT.remove();
	}

}

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LONDON – Former European champions Porto have fired coach Jose Peseiro after less than five months, the club said in a statement.
Porto said they had "reached an agreement for the end of the contractual agreement" with Peseiro, who replaced Julen Lopetegui, himself sacked after only one-and-a-half seasons.
Peseiro, who has also coached teams in Greece, Romania, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Egypt, arrived with Porto in third place and was unable to improve on that as they finished 15 points behind champions and arch-rivals Benfica.
Porto won the Portuguese league nine times out of eleven between the 2002 and 2013 but have seen Benfica walk off with the title in each of the last three seasons.
Peseiro was the ninth man to coach the 27-times Portuguese champions in the last 12 seasons since the departure of Jose Mourinho.
"They were only a few months, but of great work and dedication in the interests of Porto," Peseiro said in a statement.
The high point of Peseiro's spell in charge was a 2-1 win at Benfica.


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The restaurant industry is anything but stagnant. We speak with six influential chefs about which restaurants they've recently moved to, where they've moved from and what they have planned for the future.
Behind the scenes, in the kitchens of restaurants around the city, it can sometimes seem like a game of musical chairs is happening. Chefs make moves to new restaurants for a chance to hone their skills, expand their repertoire, find new ways to challenge themselves or because – so they say – a change can be as good as a rest. For some, it's about changing priorities, for others, a return to a familiar place.
No matter the reason, each time one chef moves, an opening in a kitchen follows that is quickly filled by another who is also looking for a fresh opportunity and a chance to bring their talent, their tastes and their skills to a new space and menu. With each shift, chefs put their own stamp on the menus and dishes being set down in their dining rooms, though some are quick to learn that not everything can be revamped just because there's someone new at the helm.
Overseeing all the culinary aspects at Hotel Arts and its sister establishment, the Kensington Riverside Inn, is no small task, but 10 years at Heritage Park trained Jan Hansen well for the job. At the park, the executive chef managed the entire food program from the bakery in the village to special events at the Selkirk Grille. Now supervising the menus at Yellow Door, Raw Bar and Chef's Table – along with hotel events and catering – Hansen has more room to be innovative with the dishes being served. There have been some major changes since Hansen moved into the role, including the departure of Raw Bar chef de cuisine Jinhee Lee, which has allowed Hansen to turn his sights on that restaurant, working alongside new chef de cuisine Peter Paiva to expand on its excellent reputation.
What do you like about the new position?
What have you made your own?
In moving to The Deane House Restaurant, Jamie Harling will only be a couple blocks away from his former kitchen at Rouge, the Inglewood fine-dining spot where he was able to grow his passion for fresh ingredients – literally – tending and harvesting from the garden mere steps from the kitchen. That love for growing his own vegetables and herbs will continue at the newly revamped and renovated Deane House, now run by proprietor Sal Howell and the River Caf Group, as will his drive to perfect his sourdough bread baking and to create dishes that embrace fresh flavours and seasonal ingredients. Name aside, The Deane House is essentially a brand-new restaurant, providing Harling with the rare opportunity to start with a clean slate and build something completely his own.
What do you hope to achieve in this kitchen?
"I'll change the menu from nothing to something.
For Justin Labossiere, a return to Concorde is a chance to circle back, while also pushing ahead. Six years ago, he left a role with the company that had been created for him for the chance to work with one of the industry's finest chefs, Michael Noble, as he opened Notable. Now, the chef who left Concorde to get back into the kitchen on a day-to-day basis is back to his roots because he wants the chance to do more than work on the line. In this new role, Labossiere is responsible for the food program at all four National locations.
"I'm passionate about the National brand. The biggest thing is to strengthen that.
His name was literally on the wall at Raw Bar in Hotel Arts, but Duncan Ly was looking for change and new challenges when he resigned as the executive chef for the Hotel Arts Group, a role which included overseeing the Yellow Door Bistro and Chef's Table restaurants, as well as catering and banquet functions. Instead of seeking something with fewer responsibilities, Ly has taken on the role of corporate chef for the Vintage Group, overseeing all things culinary for the Vintage Chophouse, Township Bar & Grill, Redwater Rustic Grille, Bookers BBQ and Crab Shack, and Butcher and the Baker. The new position has also offered Ly the chance to transition to the next stage of his career, with the opening of Foreign Concept, a restaurant he can call his very own.
"The biggest change was getting the right people in [the Vintage Group] kitchens. I've always believed you need the right attitude. It's bringing that passion into the food, that love and care.
"I won't change the concept and the base foundation of what Vintage Group has built. It has been around for many years and has many loyal followers.
After a five-month stint at Park in Montreal where John Michael MacNeil and his wife Alison MacNeil worked as chefs de cuisine alongside owner and chef Antonio Park, this chef finds himself back in a familiar place – not just because of the return to Calgary, but because MacNeil is back in the kitchen of The Belvedere, a mainstay among the restaurants lining Stephen Avenue and a place where he worked when he first moved to this city.
Seeking a clean break from their time at Black Pig Bistro, the couple jumped at the chance to work at Park, but the plan was always to come back. Now leading the kitchen where he once handled only salads, soups and cold terrines, MacNeil says he has revamped the menu to reflect a modern, contemporary and global cuisine, taking local ingredients and transforming them using French techniques.
"I get to do my own thing; I'm doing a lot of the cooking myself, compared to when I was at Teatro or at Black Pig and Park. It feels good to be back with the food.
In the eight years since Dominique Moussu traded the Teatro kitchen to open a little French deli, he has worked tirelessly to bring true casual French dining to Calgary. First, there was L'Epicerie, where he served up outstanding sandwiches and charcuterie. Next was Cassis, a small slice of southern France in this city's southwest, and then, the most recent addition, Suzette, a galette-focused caf in Mission that draws the crowds. With Cassis and Suzette still on his plate, Moussu somehow has found time to make a return to Teatro Group – which also expanded its horizons since Moussu left in 2008 – to lead its culinary programs and, ultimately, open Royale, a French brasserie.
"Every lunch I go to a different location to try the food. It's a well-run organization. They have the money necessary to make the right decisions. It's interesting for me to have a team.
"I really want to bring a new vision to Teatro. Breathe new life into it as a trattoria.
Moussu has also has made changes to the pastry offerings at Teatro Group's Alforno, bringing in a menu more similar to what would be found in Paris, with items such as chausson aux pommes and pain au chocolat.


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'Cougar Town' Season 4 Episode 13: "The Criminal Mind"
Posted byBy Stan Castle | Published on April 2, 2013 | Updated on June 26, 2013 CommentsComments (0)
On this week's Cougar Town season 4, episode 13 "The Criminal Mind," inspired by The Breakfast Club, the Cul-De-Sac Crew offers insight into their innermost thoughts through voice-overs. Grayson is crushed after discovering some harsh reviews on Yelp. And Jules goes to extremes to prove she's not a goody-two-shoes, ultimately landing herself in grocery store jail.
The Cougar Town series focuses on newly divorced mom, Jules Cobb (Courtney Cox). Set in Florida in a small town, appropriately named Cougartown, where tons of divorcees prowl looking for younger men. After spending her 20′s raising her son, a newly divorced, Jules tries to find the balance between having her 20′s in her 40′s, raising her son, dealing with her ex, running a business, and helping a host of other wonderful characters through their own trials.
Cougar Town season 4, episode 13, "The Criminal Mind," airs Tuesday, April 1, at 10pm est on TBS. This week's spoiler pictures below:
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: I have an aunt who has lived in the same apartment in NYC for 29 years.
: stabilized at $500/month.  A new owner took over the building about 3 years ago.
: At that time, 3 of the 10 apartments in the building were occupied.
: occupancy rule.  My aunts' lease will come up in about 1 1/2 years.


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Q: IIS 7.5: Special characters in URL rewrite external file I have ran into the "max web.config size" for one of my applications running on IIS 7.5, Before editing the registry to increase this value, I tried to move all the rewriteMap rules into an external file but the server gave me back a 500 error.
After several checks I've noticed that this way will work
<rewriteMaps>
 <rewriteMap name="OLDSITE">
  <add key="/withonlythis_will_work" value="http://oldsite" />
 </rewriteMap>
</rewriteMaps>

But if I put some non standard alphanumeric character it will crash (e.g.)
oldòsite
<rewriteMaps>
 <rewriteMap name="OLDSITE">
  <add key="/withonlythis_will_not_work" value="http://oldòsite" />
 </rewriteMap>
</rewriteMaps>

Both rules work if I leave them on the webconfig, but the second one does not work on external rewritemap.config file
any clues?

A: Try to use the HTML named entity for ò that is &ograve ; (please remove space before ';'):
<rewriteMaps>
 <rewriteMap name="OLDSITE">
  <add key="/withonlythis_will_not_work" value="http://old&ograve ;site" />
 </rewriteMap>
</rewriteMaps>

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De Beers Group
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Aditya Birla Group was incorporated in 1857 and is located in Mumbai, India. The company specialises in Aluminium & Copper, Branded Apparel, Carbon Black, Cement, Chemicals, Fertilizers, Financial Services, Insulators, Retail, Telecom with an estimated revenue and employee of More than $10,000 million and Above 10000 respectively.
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Glencore works in the Mining, Metals & Minerals industry, specialising in Metals And Minerals, Energy Products, Agricultural Products. The company was incorporated in 1974 and is located in Baar, Switzerland. Glencore has an estimated revenue and employee of More than $10,000 million and Above 10000 respectively.
Norsk Hydro
HQ Norway
Norsk Hydro was incorporated in 1905 and is located in Oslo, Norway. The company specialises in Aluminium Products , Energy Producer. with an estimated revenue and employee of More than $10,000 million and Above 10000 respectively.
JSW Group
JSW Group was incorporated in 1982 and is located in Mumbai, India. The company specialises in Galvalume, Galvanized steel, TMT Rebars, Wire rods with an estimated revenue and employee of More than $10,000 million and Above 10000 respectively.
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HQ Finland
Outotec was incorporated in 2006 and is located in Espoo, Finland. The company specialises in Energy & Water, Life Cycle Solutions, Metals, Minerals Processing, Process Equipment, Project Deliveries, Services, Systems Integration, Technologies with an estimated revenue and employee in the range of $1,000 to $10,000 million and 1001-5000 respectively.
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HQ Canada
Barrick Gold Corporation was incorporated in 1983 and is located in Toronto, Canada. The company specialises in Gold Mining with an estimated revenue in the range of $1,000 to $10,000 million and employee of Above 10000 respectively.
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It would be interesting to know if they outsource for their blanks as I read that's what the Royal Mint do for their sovereign blanks. Hopefully it's just an issue with the Krugerrand.
Would it be easier for you to sell most of it & then buy it back once in the UK?
Today I received a case of bottled iceberg water. Four out of the six bottles survived the Yodel delivery and I wish I was at home when the delivery arrived as I would have sent it all back. The driver just shrugged his shoulders at my wife and said I need to chase up with the supplier for a refund for the damaged goods. Trying to get hold of Yodel on a Saturday is something else. Apart from that, this is the best water to drink.
Reminds me of the time whilst visiting friends in Croatia where they found a thick glass bottle with a clear fluid which was left in their shed. Thinking it was alcohol, they offered it first to my wife but I stopped her from touching it. Our friend with a bit of bravado behind him took a swig but immediately spat it out and turn a funny colour along with his mouth burning. It was a bottle of battery acid and it blew his gums away!
At work we were wondering what AC-12 stood for in the BBC Line of Duty Police drama. One theory is that if you swap the numbers for the letters of the alphabet in the same order; number one for the letter A & two for B, you end up with ACAB (All Coppers Are B******S) What a sneaky way for the scriptwriter to add in a subliminal message.!
A bit odd that the images are for the gold coin designs but they frame a silver 1oz with them.
It would look good as a ten ounce version if the Royal Mint want to really milk it.
Are there too many arms to introduce as a series?
https://www.royalmintbullion.com/Products/The-Royal-Arms/Silver/B19CAS1C Just had an email from the Royal Mint regarding this coin. Can't wait to get some.
Any silver website accept Litecoin?
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Have you got a vice you can clamp half of it in and then hit the other half with a hammer to see if will bend or shatter? Also, have you checked your drill bits to make sure they're not blunt?


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260 U.S. 48 - Wichita Light Co v. Public Untilities Commission of the State of Kansas
260 US 48 Wichita Light Co v. Public Untilities Commission of the State of Kansas
43 S.Ct. 51
WICHITA R. & LIGHT CO.
PUBLIC UNTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF KANSAS (KANSAS GAS & ELECTRIC CO., Intervener).
Argued April 24, 1922.
The Wichita Railroad & Light Company, a corporation of West Virginia, is an electric street railroad and light furnishing company doing business in Wichita, Kan., and will be known as the Wichita Company. The Kansas Gas & Electric Company, also a West Virginia corporaton, and to be known as the Kansas Company, is engaged in the business of furnishing electrical light and power to consumers in Kansas. In 1910, the two companies made a contract by which the Kansas Company agreed to furnish, and the Wichita Company agreed to accept and pay for, electrical energy at certain rates until 1930, and the contract was fulfilled by both 1918. Then the Kansas Company filed a petition with the Public Utilities Commission of Kansas, to be known as the Commission, in which it alleged that on account of the increase in the cost of production and distribution——
'the net income of your petitioner for the year ending December 31, 1917, was approximately $190,000 less than it would and should have been if your petitioner had been able to operate under the normal conditions that existed in 1914, at which time its said rates were first installed as aforesaid; that if said rates are continued in effect hereafter, the result hereof will be disastrous to your petitioner, depriving it of a reasonable return upon the value of its said property, and making it impossible to find a market for the securities it must issue and sell in order to provide funds with which to make improvements, additions and betterments which are necessary if it is to furnish proper and adequate service to the communities in which it operates.'
The petition further recited that in December, 1916, being of opinion that it could reduce its rates for residential and commercial lighting, it proposed a gradual reduction and filed a schedule for the purpose, which the Commission had not acted on; that in January, 1917, it did reduce its rates, but that if a further reduction under the schedule for 1918 were made, the loss of net earnings to the petitioner would be $220,000.
The petition continued:
'Your petitioner is of the opinion that in order to meet this situation, and in order to increase the net earnings of your petitioner in an amount sufficient to offset the loss resulting to it from the conditions above stated, an order should be entered by the Commission, authorizing petitioner to add to its existing rates the surcharge hereinafter set out. There are approximately 19,900 consumers now served by your petitioner; the proposed surcharge does not affect consumers using 100 kilowatt hours or less per month, and therefore 17,000 of said total of 19,000 consumers are not affected. In apportioning the surcharge equitably among the remainder of said consumers, your petitioner has taken into consideration the fact that, in the generation of electrical energy for large power consumers, fuel is approximately 75 per cent. of the cost of generation, and that therefore a surcharge which has for its purpose the reimbursement of the utility company for increase in the cost of fuel should be so adjusted that the surcharge should increase in proportion to the amount of energy consumed. The percentage of increase fixed by such surcharge over existing rates is therefore increased in proportion to the amount of consumption. The last step in said surcharge schedule affects 6 consumers, and the last two steps 38 consumers.
'Wherefore your petitioner asks that an order be made by your honorable Commission, authorizing your petitioner to add to its existing rates for electricity in the state of Kansas, and until the further order of the Commission, the following surcharges:
'For the first 100 KWH per month, no surcharge.
'For the next 1,000 KWH per month, 12 mills net per KWH.
'For the next 10,000 KWH per month, 9.5 mills net per KWH.
'For the next 1,000 KWH per month, 8 mills net per KWH.
'For all excess KWH per month 3.5 mills net per KWH.'
The order of the Commission upon this petition recited that it——
'came duly on for order by the Commission upon the pleadings of the respective parties and the evidence introduced thereunder; and the Commission upon consideration of said pleadings and evidence and being duly advised in the premises, finds that the Kansas Gas & Electric Company should be authorized and permitted to add to its existing rates for electricity supplied by it to consumers in the state of Kansas until the further order of the Commission, the following net surcharge:
'For the next 14,900 KWH per month, 1 mill surcharge per KWH.
'For the next 20,000 KWH per month, 2 mills surcharge per KWH.
'For all excess over 35,000 KWH per month, 3 mills surcharge per KWH.'
The rates thus fixed were substantially higher than the contract rates.
The Wichita Company thereupon filed a bill in equity in the United States District Court for Kansas seeking to enjoin the Commission from putting the new rates in force as against it. After averring the diverse citizenship of the parties and a sufficient jurisdictional amount involved, the bill alleged that the order impaired the contract which it had with the Kansas Company, in violation of article 1, section 10, of the federal Constitution, that the rates fixed were unjust and unjustly discriminatory as against the complainant, that it was the largest customer of the Kansas Company, and that the increase of its rate as compared with that of others violated every equitable rule of rate-making, and deprived the plaintiff of its property without due process, and denied it the equal protection of the laws, in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment. A temporary injunction was issued. The answer of the Commission averred that the proceedings were regular and authorized by the statute of Kansas, that the Wichita Company had participated in them, and denied that the surcharges were discriminatory or unjust. The Kansas Company then applied for leave to intervene, and leave was granted. It answered the bill much as the Commission did, but with more elaboration, denying that the order was discriminatory or unjust, and averring that the contract of 1910 was necessarily subject to the legitimate exercise of the police power of the state, and that an order of the Commission regularly made in the exercise of that power could not be regarded as working an impairment of the obligation of the contract in the sense of the contract clause of the federal Constitution.
The Wichita Company made a motion for judgment on the pleadings on the ground that the order of the Commission was void on its face——
'but saved and reserved itself all of its rights in the presentation of evidence and proofs and hearing upon the merits of the issues of fact and law, otherwise than as above stated, involved in this cause in the event it should be determined that final judgment and decree should not be entered pursuant to this motion.'
The District Court gave judgment for the Wichita Company on the pleadings, and enjoined the Commission and the Kansas Company from putting into force the increased rates. The Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the decree of the District Court and directed a dismissal of the bill; Judge Sanborn dissenting.
The Wichita Company has appealed to this Court.
Henry I. Green, of Urbana, Ill., and Thomas F. Doran, of Topeka, Kan., for appellant.
H. L. McCune, of Kansas City, Mo., for appellees.
Mr. Chief Justice TAFT, after stating the case as above, delivered the opinion of the Court.
The appellees urged that the concession of the appellant that contracts in respect to the rates to be charged by a public utility are subject to suspension or abrogation by the police power of the state validly exercised through an administrative agency takes out of this case any federal question, because the issue then is only a state question, to wit, whether under the statute statute, the police power was validly exercised. Upon this ground they insist that the bill should have been, and must be now, dismissed for want of jurisdiction and without any inquiry into the other issues of law and fact. The original bill set out two grounds of jurisdiction, first that of diverse citizenship, and, second, that the case arose under the federal Constitution in that the order violated the contract clause of the federal Constitution, and also the Fourteenth Amendment. The intervention of the Kansas Company, a citizen of the same state as the Wichita Company, its opponent, did not take away the ground of diverse citizenship. That ground existed when the suit was begun and the plaintiff set it forth in the bill as a matter entitling it to go into the District Court. Jurisdiction once acquired on that ground is not divested by a subsequent change in the citizenship of the parties. Mollan v. Torrance, 9 Wheat. 537, 539, 6 L. Ed. 154; Clarke v. Mathewson, 12 Pet. 164, 171, 9 L. Ed. 1041; Koenigsberger v. Richmond Mining Co., 158 U. S. 41, 49, 15 Sup. Ct. 751 39 L. Ed. 889; Louisville, etc., Ry. Co. v. Louisville Trust Co., 174 U. S. 552, 566, 19 Sup. Ct. 817, 43 L. Ed. 1081. Much less is such jurisdiction defeated by the intervention, by leave of the court, of a party whose presence is not essential to a decision of the controversy between the original parties. See equity rule 37 (33 Sup. Ct. xxviii); Adler v. Seaman (C. C. A.) 266 Fed. 828, 841; King v. Barr (C. C. A.) 262 Fed. 56, 59; Jennings v. Smith (D. C.) 242 Fed. 561, 564. The Kansas Company, while it had an interest and was a proper party, was not an indispensable party. In re Engelhard, 231 U. S. 646, 34 Sup. Ct. 258, 58 L. Ed. 416.
The jurisdiction of the District Court was not limited to federal questions presented by the bill, but extended to the entire suit and every question, whether federal or state, involved in its determination.
The appellant assigns for error that the Circuit Court of Appeals, by directing a dismissal of the bill, refused it a hearing on the truth of the averments of the answer as to the validity of the order, and also on the issue made by the bill and answer as to whether the rates as fixed by the Commission deprived it of its property without due process of law, and denied it the equal protection of the laws. In this ruling we think there was error.
The stress in the hearing on the motion was put on the two contentions—one, that the order of the Commission was void on its face for lack of a necessary finding that the existing contract rates were unreasonably low; and the other, that the facts averred in the petition of the Kansas Company to the Public Utilities Commission were not sufficient to justify such a finding if it had been made. The District Court sustained the contention; the Court of Appeals denied it. The motion for judgment being overruled, the complainant should have been accorded an opportunity, the right to which it had carefully reserved, to traverse the allegations of fact by the Kansas Company as to the basis for the order of the Commission and also to maintain by evidence and argument the issue as to due process of law and the equal protection of the law. The charge that the order made a classification denying due process and the equal protection of the law was a mixed question of law and fact, upon which the complainant had a right to be heard. Neither court passed on it. For this reason, if there was nothing else, the decree of the Circuit Court of Appeals would have to be reversed. Lane v. Pueblo of Santa Rosa, 249 U. S. 110, 114, 39 Sup. Ct. 185, 63 L. Ed. 504.
There still remain for out consideration the questions upon which the courts below differed.
The Public Utility Law of Kansas (chapter 238 of the Session Laws of 1911) creates a commission and makes full provision for its procedure and powers. Section 13 provides that——
'It shall be the duty of the Commission, either upon complaint or upon its own initiative, to investigate all rates, * * * fares * * * and if after full hearing and investigation the Commission shall find that such rates * * * are unjust, unreasonable, unjustly discriminatory or unduly preferential, the Commission shall have power to fix and order substituted therefor such rate or rates * * * as shall be just and reasonable.'
Section 14 and section 15 require the complaint against rates, etc., to be in writing, and a formal public hearing, of which due notice is to be given to the parties interested.
Section 15 directs how the notice shall be given, and how long before the hearing, and its contents.
Section 16 provides that, if upon such hearing the rates, etc., of any public utility are found to be unjust, unreasonable, unfair, unjustly discriminatory, or unduly preferential, the Commission shall have power to fix and substitute therefor rates, etc., 'as it shall find, determine or decree to be just, reasonable and necessary.' It rpovides that all orders and decisions of the Commission whereby any rates, etc., are altered, changed, modified, fixed or established, shall be served on the public utility affected thereby and that such public utility unless an action is commenced, in a court of proper jurisdiction to set aside 'the findings, orders and decisions' of the Commission, or to review and correct the same, shall carry the provisions of the order into effect.
Section 20 provides that, whenever any public utility shall desire to make a change in any rate or rates, it shall file with the Commission a schedule showing the changes desired to be made and put in force by such public utility, but that no change shall be made in any rate without the consent of the Commission, and within 30 days after such changes have been authorized by the Commission copies of such schedule shall be filed in every station, office, or depot of such public utility for public inspection.
It is said that the order in this case was authorized by section 20, and therefore that all that was needed was the filing of a schedule of changed rates and the consent of the Commission, and that no finding was required, as in sections 13 and 16. This construction of section 20 is doubtless correct, but it shows that the filing of a schedule of changed rates under that section cannot accomplish the result of abrogating contract rates. It could not do so, any more than would the original filing of a schedule of rates under section 11 requiring every public utility to publish and file with the Commission all schedules of rates do this. The consent of the Commission in section 20 is made necessary only to prevent changing schedules without notice to the Commission, and thus to secure a proper supervision of schedules. Such consent does not involve a hearing or a finding and a decision. The section does not, therefore, cover, or measure the essentials of, the proceeding in this case before the Commission which the order shows was upon pleadings and inter partes. We find nothing in State ex rel. Caster v. Kansas Postal Telegraph-Cable Co., 96 Kan. 298, 150 Pac. 544, which gives a different construction to section 20.
The majority opinion in the Circuit Court of Appeals in maintaining the validity of the order in this case relies on section 18 of the act, which provides that all orders, rates, etc., fixed by the Commission shall be in force 30 days thereafter, and shall be prima facie reasonable until changed by the Commission or by a court, and holds from this that it must presume that there was substantial evidence to warrant the findings. But, as we have seen, there is no finding of reasonableness or unreasonableness. Nor can we suppose that the presumption was to obtain until there was such a finding.
The Supreme Court of Kansas, in applying the statute, recognizes that a contract for rates with a public utility cannot be abrogated, except after a finding by the Commission that they are unreasonable. This is made clear by the decision in Kaul v. American Telephone Co., 95 Kan. 1, 147 Pac. 1130. In that case, a number of customers sought to enjoin a telephone company from disconnecting their lines, because they did not pay the schedule rates published and filed with the Commission under the law of 1911 we are considering. The complainants showed an agreement by the telephone company made before the act of 1911, by which the telephone company had engaged to furnish them the service at lower than the published schedule rates on file with the Commission. The injunction was granted. The court said:
'While that Commission is vested with broad regulatory powers, it is not shown nor claimed that it has found the contract rates to be unreasonable. Granting, without deciding, that the Commission has the power under the law to determine whether or not the rates prescribed by the contract are reasonable and valid, and to revise them if found to be unreasonable, it does not appear that it has exercised the power, nor that they have been presented to it for its consideration. The passage of the act did not automatically overthrow contracts, nor set aside schedules of rates which had been agreed upon. Neither did the fact that the defendant published and filed a schedule of rates with the public utilities commission abrogates the contract. In any event rates previously agreed upon between utilities and patrons will continue in force until the Commission has found them to be unreasonable, and has prescribed other rates.'
The proceeding we are considering is governed by section 13. That is the general section of the act comprehensively describing the duty of the Commission, vesting it with power to fix and order substituted new rates for existing rates. The power is expressly made to depend on the condition that after full hearing and investigation the Commission shall find existing rates to be unjust, unreasonable, unjustly discriminatory, or unduly preferential. We conclude that a valid order of the Commission under the act must contain a finding of fact after hearing and investigation, upon which the order is founded, and that for lack of such a finding, the order in this case was void.
This conclusion accords with the construction put upon similar statutes in other states. Public Utilities Commission v. Springfield Gas Company, 291 Ill. 209, 125 N. E. 891; Public Utilities Co. v. B. & O. S. W. R. R. Co., 281 Ill. 405, 118 N. E. 81. Moreover, it accords with general principles of constitutional government. The maxim that a legislature may not delegate legislative power has some qualifications, as in the creation of municipalities, and also in the creation of administrative boards to apply to the myriad details of rate schedules the regulatory police power of the state. The latter qualification is made necessary in order that the legislative power may be effectively exercised. In creating such an administrative agency, the Legislature, to prevent its being a pure delegation of legislative power, must enjoin upon it a certain course of procedure and certain rules of decision in the performance of its function. It is a wholesome and necessary principle that such an agency must pursue the procedure and rules enjoined, and show a substantial compliance therewith to give validity to its action. When, therefore, such an administrative agency is required as a condition precedent to an order, to make a finding of facts, the validity of the order must rest upon the needed finding. If it is lacking, the order is ineffective.
It is pressed on us that the lack of an express finding may be supplied by implication and by reference to the averments of the petition invoking the action of the Commission. We cannot agree to this. It is doubtful whether the facts averred in the petition were sufficient to justify a finding that the contract rates were unreasonably low; but we do not find it necessary to answer this question. We rest our decision on the principle that an express finding of unreasonableness by the Commission was indispensable under the statutes of the state.
We think the motion for judgment on the pleadings should have been granted. The decree of the Circuit Court of Appeals is reversed, and that of the District Court is affirmed.


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Deadpool Annual #1 is funny enough to make up for the fact that it misses the mark when it tries to tackle serious subjects.
Review: Deadpool Battles Nightmares in DEADPOOL ANNUAL #1
The lack of consistent humor in the latest Deadpool comic will likely disappoint readers.
By Colin Tessier
In Marvel Comics' Deadpool Annual #1 (on sale August 21), writer Dana Schwartz forces Wade Wilson to face the worst nightmares of others, which makes the Merc With A Mouth confront some gritty, uncomfortable truths. But the issue misses the mark because it doesn't allow Wade to face his own fears.
Wade Wilson is back in Deadpool Annual #1
Deadpool Annual #1
Writer: Dana Schwartz
Penciler: Reilly Brown
Inkers: Nelson DeCastro with Craig Yeung
Color Artist: Matt Herms with Guru-eFX
Letterer: VC's Joe Sabino
Sometimes, the thing fans love the most about Deadpool can be the character's most glaring weakness. The Regenerating Degenerate is known for cracking wise and approaching life with a sarcastic sense of humor. This levity can be bittersweet, though. That's abundantly clear in Deadpool Annual #1.
Schwartz doesn't explicitly describe the relationship between eight-year-old Peter Quincy and his adult neighbor Mr. Hewitt. With that being said, it's heavily implied that Hewitt abuses Peter, which leads the boy to request Deadpool's services. The reveal of the abuse doesn't arrive until the climax of the issue. The journey to that point is filled with Deadpool brushing off the words of Nightmare, the villain he's forced to face as part of the "Acts of Evil" line. In typical Deadpool fashion, the antihero makes jokes almost every time Nightmare opens his mouth. This behavior undercuts Nightmare's credibility as a villain and also makes it difficult to take the plot seriously.
It's hard to take this comic seriously when Deadpool adds too much levity to the serious moments.
Deadpool laughs at everything the villain throws at him, including a visit to a dream sequence in which President Abraham Lincoln mourns the loss of life in the Civil War. By the time the intended twist (Peter's relationship with Hewitt) arrives, the reader is so detached from the story that even this emotional moment fails to resonate. Throughout the comic, there's clearly a missed opportunity for some character growth. Wade could confront his own fears and potentially move past them. Instead, he focuses on Peter and Nightmare chooses to flex his muscle by taking Wade to two irrelevant dreamscapes. As a result, the comic doesn't successfully dig deep enough to stand apart from its predecessors.
It's par for the course for Deadpool to excessively insult his villains and soften the tone of the story; but other comics have struck a more effective balance between attempted humor and serious content.
On the surface, it's hard to evaluate a Deadpool comic because they're supposed to be funny. Humor is inherently subjective so it's unfair to write one of these comics off because the success of the comedy depends on the reader. But the best Deadpool stories genuinely capture the character's voice and, more often than not, Schwartz fails to do so here.
Whether it's in the movies or the comics, Deadpool's pop culture references are one of the many reasons he's such a fan-favorite. Usually, these references are timely or, at the very least, they're accessible. Here, Schwartz packs a number of dated nods to pop culture characters into the story. In the span of a few pages, Wade calls a mailman Cliff Clavin, Mr. McFeeley, Herman Post and Willie Lumpkin. Readers who immediately understood these references might find that they worked well. Others who had to google the names to understand the attempted joke will probably disagree.
Time and again, the jokes don't land. In a Deadpool comic, that's a problem. At one point, Wade claims, "I guess I'm not exactly 'haha' funny. More like 'New Yorker Cartoon' funny. So…no, [I'm] not very funny." Actually, at his best, Deadpool is one of the funniest characters in comic books. The two movies starring Ryan Reynolds as the Merc With a Mouth are perfect examples of that.
The comedy doesn't always work but there are times when it hits the mark.
To be fair, the comedy does work a few times in this issue. Early on, Peter invites Deadpool into his room. In this scene, the comedic timing is impeccable. "I did write some other letters…maybe just two or three…hundred to Squirrel Girl," the boy says. The line is split between two panels. In this sequence, the collaboration between penciler Reilly Brown and letterer VC's Joe Sabino is one of the best elements of the comic.
First, Brown focuses on Peter so the reader can't see the rest of his room. The next panel allows the kid to complete the line and the viewer to see Peter's obsession with Squirrel Girl. Between the reveal that he sent hundreds of letters to the hero and the fact that his room is absolutely filled with merchandise displaying the character's likeness, this moment showcased the creative team's sense of humor.
The shrine in Peter's room is one of the best parts of this comic.
The comedy is elevated by the illustration of the memorabilia. Brown, inkers Nelson DeCastro with Craig Yeung and color artists Matt Herms with Guru-eFX make Peter's room feel like it belongs in the Joker's circus. In the corner, a stuffed animal of Squirrel Girl looks terrifying; the black shadowing around its eyes make the toy look more like Pennywise the Clown than a friendly superhero. Just a few feet away, Peter's headboard prominently displays Squirrel Girl's face. This design is creepy in a different way. The face looks friendly but it'll still be horrifying to wake up and see it staring at you in the middle of the night. Thanks to the art team, these designs turn Peter's room into a off-putting shrine of Squirrel Girl. It's fair to assume that Deadpool would view the room in that lens and the artists exquisitely convey that mindset.
Fans of the Merc With a Mouth will want to like Deadpool Annual #1. Though some of the comedy is effective, it usually fails to connect and it dilutes the gravity of the plot. Ultimately, it's up to the reader to decide whether the comic is still worthwhile if that's the case.
What do you think of Deadpool Annual #1? What do you hope to see Wade do next?
Colin Tessier
Passionate fan of Marvel/DC Comics. Freelance writer for Monkeys Fighting Robots, Bam Smack Pow, WrestleZone and other publications.
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Deadpool Annual #1 is funny enough to make up for the fact that it misses the mark when it tries to tackle serious subjects.Review: Deadpool Battles Nightmares in DEADPOOL ANNUAL #1


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Lawyers and medical experts have reported an increase in clinical negligence cases by patients left physically and psychologically dependent by "indefensible" long-term prescribing of addictive Benzodiazepines such as Ativan.
(thrice daily) might actually be consuming the equivalent of 30-40mg of Diazepam. Some patients are prescribed 2.5 mg tablets, to be taken three times a day. This dose is excessive for treating anxiety and panic disorders. At high doses, it's very easy to develop dependency and harder to detox from Ativan.
Ativan (with the generic name, Lorazepam)comes under the family of benzodiazepines and is used to treat seizures, panic disorders, anxiety and alcohol withdrawal symptoms. Lorazepam affects chemicals in the brain that are unbalanced in people with panic disorders and anxiety. It is classified as an intermediate-duration drug. This means that it is onlysupposed to be used for a short period of time to avoid the risk of addiction, due to the powerful effect of the pills.
Ativan is sold as concentrated, colourless liquid or quick-dissolvable tablets. It is taken orally when prescribed by doctors or administered intravenously. It takes around two hours to feel the effects of the drug and up to 20 hours for it to leave your system. You shouldn't take Ativan if you're pregnant (it causes birth defects or withdrawal in newborns) or if you're allergic to Valium.
Common side effects you might experience when taking Ativan include: vomiting, reddening of the skin around the ears, muscle cramps, loss of pleasure, hallucinations, excitations, dry mouth, drooling, discouragement, dark urine, as well as difficulty speaking and swallowing.
Wyeth Pharmaceutics first introduced Lorazepam under the brand names of Temesta and Ativan. D.J Richards(President of Research) developed the medicine. Though Wyeth's original patent expired, the medication is still commercially viable. When Benzodiazepines grew popular as sedatives and tranquillisers, Ativan was one of the medicines frequently prescribed by doctors.
Environmental causes: environment is a known risk factor for drug addiction. It could be growing up in a family where parents or guardians used 'benzos' to cope with stress and soon became addicted or your circle of friends at school urging you to experiment with drugs.
Psychological factors: if you're struggling with co-occurring disorders or dual diagnosis, you might be tempted to self-medicate with Ativan and other benzos. The problem is that abusing Ativan doesn't help you get better, but worsens symptoms and affects your overall health.
Genetics: research findings suggest that individuals with parents who were drug addicts are twice more likely to abuse drugs and spiral into addiction themselves.
You increase the risk of drug overdose and life-threatening side effects when you take Ativan with other substances such as alcohol, opioids, hydrocodone, marijuana and diazepam.
Ativan and alcohol: Mixing alcohol with Ativan is dangerous. Alcohol depresses the central nervous system, and when combined with the sedative qualities of Ativan, could result in severe respiratory depression or even death.
Ativan and Oxycodone: By mixing Ativan with other narcotic painkillers you are putting your life at risk. Dangers include coma, respiratory distress and death.
Also, avoid operating heavy machinery that requires concentration until the drugs have completely left your system.
Why is Ativan So Addictive?
Ativan is an anticonvulsant and anti-anxiety pill, containing lorazepam. The active ingredients include magnesium stearate, monohydrate, polacriline potassium and microcrystalline cellulose. The combination of these ingredients produces a potent medicine for short-term relief of anxiety associated with depressive symptoms.
Most people develop physical dependence after taking Ativan for too long. When trying to quit, you'll experience withdrawal symptoms. Addiction is the next stage after dependence. At this stage, you'll have no control over your usage, disregard family responsibilities for drugs, obsess over your next dose and require the help of addiction specialists and medical professionals to quit the substance.
Ativan is addictive because it triggers the release of GABA in the brain and decreases the function of other neuronal functions. The specific GABA receptor affected by Ativan is high in quantity throughout the brain. A small dose of Ativan produces the same result as higher doses of Xanax and other benzos. The effects don't last long, which reinforces the need to keep using once the drug has left your system.
Ativan works by enhancing the effects of the neurotransmitter, GABA. In a bid to restore chemical balance, Ativan makes GABA receptors less efficient, slows down the Central Nervous System (CNS) and lowers signs of psychological anxiety and physical tension.
Once you've built dependence on Ativan, your body starts adjusting until neurotransmitter levels are low enough that you'll experience withdrawal when you try to quit§. With each dose, neurotransmitters communicate that you need higher doses to prevent withdrawal. When you try to quit, you experience symptoms such as continued insomnia with worsened depression and anxiety.
Several studies have linked Ativan abuse with lasting emotional and cognitive problems. You might also experience difficulty concentrating and clouded thinking. The inability to think and reduction in consciousness causes you to be unaware of your surroundings, increasing the chances of overdose and accidents.
Ativan is also linked to rebound anxiety that occurs during withdrawal. The symptoms you were trying to treat with Ativan – such as anxiety and panic disorders –become even worse than when you started taking the medication. This might last for months and you'll need medication to prevent rebound anxiety from escalating.
Drug cravings and side effects of benzodiazepine dependence are long-term consequences of Ativan abuse. The feelings of relaxation, peace and mild euphoria produced by the drug makes it easy to like. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, Ativan abuse contributes to cravings by changing brain functions.
Long-term drug usage exposes you to skin infections, sexually transmitted diseases (such as HIV and Hepatitis), car accidents, lower reflexes and over-sedation. Mental health patients are especially vulnerable, as Ativan abuse worsens symptoms and requires specialised treatment.
Ativan addiction is a serious condition with ever-increasing consequences. Psychological symptoms are usually harder to spot, have mostly long-term effects and require therapy to treat.
The most successful addiction programmes treat both the body and mind, because healing cannot take place until you've addressed all underlying psychological issues related to addiction.
At the stage of substance dependence, you'll experience withdrawal symptoms when you stop using Ativan. Some symptoms are dangerous and life-threatening. Therefore, it's important to complete the process at a rehab treatment centre. Signs of Ativan withdrawal include headaches, insomnia, sweating, diarrhoea, vomiting, loss of appetite, abdominal cramps, anxiety, vertigo, irritability, panic attacks, short-term memory loss and irregular heart rate.
It's slightly more difficult to tell when someone is overdosing on Ativan, as they might appear to be ill or simply 'high' on the substance. Therefore, knowing the signs of Ativan overdose might help you save a life. They include: blurred vision, cognitive impairment, bluish tint to fingernails, hallucinations, slowed reflexes, uncontrolled eye movement, lethargy, slowed heart rate, cognitive impairment, seizures, coma and death.
Many people suffering with serious mental health issues are also substance abusers, some of whom self-medicate with pills like Ativan. Using Ativan when you have a co-occurring disorder leads to suicide ideation, emotional apathy and aggravated symptoms of depression.Long-term usage changes cell structure of the brain and makes it very difficult to conquer withdrawal cravings associated with Ativan addiction.
The consequences of Ativan abuse aren't just physical or psychological, but also affect emotional and mental health. When you're unable to manage your emotions,it's a frightening situation that leaves you feeling scared and helpless. Long-term drug use can worsen and intensify symptoms of anxiety, which is detrimental to your emotional health. Ativan addicts suffer from feelings of depression, aggression, personality changes, mood swings, loneliness, isolation, worthlessness and helplessness.
Such feelings affect your attitude to work, family and other responsibilities. The feelings of worthlessness and helplessness come from knowing you're unable to stop using drugs on your own, without external support. Every time you try to quit, the withdrawal symptoms hit you hard and you fall deeper into addiction in a bid to self-medicate.
These symptoms affect individuals even after they've detoxed from drugs. Hence, it's important you seek professional help at an addiction treatment centre to fully address psychological, mental and emotional issues causing, or resulting from substance misuse disorder.
The first thing addiction does is isolate you from everyone else. You'll stop attending social functions, spend more time indoors and keep a small circle made up of drug using friends and dealers. Drug abuse affects your relationship with your family, as your behaviour towards them becomes predictable.
Your finances will also suffer, as most of your money will be spent feeding your addiction, and because Ativan abuse will eventually prevent you from holding down a job; forfeiting your financial security.
The potency of benzos means they're only meant to be used for a short period, usually ranging from one to two weeks and not longer than a month. You build tolerance when the original dose no longer works and you need higher doses to feel the previous effects. The cycle accelerates the journey to dependency, which is accompanied by intense cravings when you try to quit.
At this stage, you require specialised treatment to wean you off Ativan and help you adapt to a life without drugs. During detox, the drugs are expunged from your body and medical professionals provide medication to ease the discomfort associated with withdrawal.
Inpatient rehab:during which you'll live in a treatment centre. It's a structured environment with programmes designed to maximise recovery and sober living. It uses a combination of medication-assisted treatment and therapy models like Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Contingency Management and Interviewing, to teach you coping strategies for avoiding triggers and dealing with stressors in the outside world.
Intensive Outpatient Programme (IOP):Is designed for patients who want to attend rehab but can't take time off work to do so. Patients live at home and attend weekly rehab programmes, three times a week, for three hours each time.
Traditional outpatient rehab: Patients attend rehab programmes several evenings during the week and treatment lasts for one or two hours, depending on your particular needs.
Addiction treatment is cheap when compared to the cost of maintaining your drug habit. Ativan is a powerful drug that is used for a short period. Its potency increases the potential for overdose and addiction when you abuse the drug in anyway.
However expensive the price of treatment might appear, this shouldn't prevent you from seeking help.
The cost of rehab treatment is determined by the size of the facility, expertise of staff on the ground, number of traditional and alternative therapy techniques, type of rehab and amenities on offer. Standard residential treatment costs around £1,000 a week and £5,000 a month. Executive or luxury rehab programmes cost as much as £10,000 a week in some places.
You can pay for treatment by using private health insurance if you have it or seeking financial aid from friends and family, using your personal funds or paying with your credit card. Whatever you spend, it will be worth it for the price of good health and a drug-free life.
The goal of any aftercare plan is to help you maintain sobriety. Attend doctor appointments to receive medication for cravings, don't miss scheduled sessions with your therapist and attend NA meetings even when you don't feel like it. Stay away from temptations and places you know might carry triggers, such as drug-using friends, nightclubs or areas where you purchased drugs in the past.
Ensure you follow the doctor's guidelines when it comes to taking replacement medication, in order to avoid the risk of switching one addictionfor another, as some recovering addicts are prone to do. If you're struggling, call your sober friend and get to a community-based meeting immediately.
Individual therapy only works if you're honest with your answers and are serious about getting better. You'll work with a therapist to understand negative actions and behavioursfrom your past that encouraged drug use. Counselling also focuses on recognising emotions and thoughts that fuelled drug use. Techniques include Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive BehaviouralTherapy (CBT) and Contingency Management.
Addiction alienates you from loved ones and friends, so it's important that you build a network of sober friends after rehab. Mutual support groups are the best place to start. Here, you'll be surrounded by people who want to get better and stay sober. For people addicted to prescription pills like Ativan, your options include 12-step programmes, SMART Recovery and Narcotics Anonymous.
The effects of addiction aren't limited to the individual user. There are many reasons why people turn to drugs and successful treatment must incorporate the family unit. Family therapy targets every individual in that group. It is based on the premise that the family shares a connection. You can affect different components of that connection by adjusting just one aspect (of the connection).
Your family member uses drugs in spite of concerns.
In 2011, more than 27 million prescriptions were written for Ativan.
95% of Benzodiazepines abusers have a polydrug use problem.
9% of those whose substance of choice is Ativan abuse other drugs.
In 2002, Benzodiazepineswere responsible for nearly 350,000 ER visits. From that figure, 35,000 was attributed specifically to Ativan abuse.
Ativan is one of three benzos with the highest potential for physical abuse. The other two are Halcion and Xanax.
Benzos like Ativan are linked to over 50% of drug-related suicide attempts.
Ativan was created as an anti-anxiety pill in 1977, but the use has since spread to treating seizures, insomnia, vertigo and alcohol withdrawal.
3% of Ativan hospital visits are related to recreational users injecting Ativan to increase the potency of the 'high'.
When you abuse drugs by taking higher doses than prescribed by your doctor, it's easy to become addicted. Addiction occurs when you can't control your drug use, obsess over your next hit and keep taking drugs even when you know the consequences. Treatment for Ativan is required to reverse the effects of addiction, cleanse your body of drugs and teach you to live a sober life.
What is the Ativan 'High' Like?
Drug users have stated that it's hard to get 'high' off Ativan. Compared to Xanax (that switches off your brain and makes it impossible to feel stress), Ativan helps you relax and eases anxiety, so you're still able to function.
Some children can't escape the consequences of controlling parents. In turn, some have caused lifelong psychological damage to their children, who turn to drugs to escape their home situation.
Abuse occurs when you use the drug in any way not prescribed by your doctor. If you chew, snort or inject the pill to increase the potency of the 'high', it is considered abuse. If you take higher doses with increased frequency (because you've built tolerance to the previous dose) that is also seen as abuse.
Is Ativan Just a Harmless Drug?
Doctors prescribe Ativanfor panic disorders and anxiety, so it might seem like a harmless medication. However, Ativan is very potent and a prime candidate for accidental overdose and abuse. It's even more dangerous when you mix it with depressants like alcohol.
How is Ativan Legally Classified?
In the UK, under the Misuse of Drugs Regulation 2001, Ativan isclassified as a Class C, Schedule 4 drug.
Ativan is a habit-forming medication that is easy to become addicted to when you take more than the prescribed dose or abuse the medication.
What are the Dangers of MixingAtivan?
The relaxing effect of Ativan is more potent when combined with other substances such as alcohol, amphetamines, methadone and cocaine. Mixing Ativan with alcohol stimulates a rapid 'high'. It increases central nervous system depression, risk of overdose, excessive sedation, unconsciousness, coma and death.
Drug overdose can be accidental or intentional. An overdose on benzodiazepines could lead to tremors, breathing difficulties, altered mental status, extreme dizziness, disorientation, brain damage, muscle damage, pneumonia and even death.


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Hohentengen es un municipio alemán perteneciente al distrito de  Sigmaringa, en el estado federado de Baden-Wurtemberg. La Göge es un nombre coloquial del municipio que consiste de los barrios Beizkofen, Bremen, Eichen, Enzkofen, Günzkofen, Hohentengen, Ölkofen, Ursendorf y Völlkofen. En total, tiene unos 4500 habitantes y el territorio municipal comprende 3656 ha.

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