Recently, I read Laureen Pittman's memoir, THE LIES THAT BIND: An Adoptee's Journey Through Rejection, Redirection, DNA, and Discovery. It is the story of her search and reunion experiences with her biological parents. Her writing is clear, educational yet warm, descriptive and humanistic.
Pittman's desire to search is sparked after an opportunity to travel to and study in the United Kingdom as a college student. Her adoptive mother is excited because she has ancestral ties to Great Britan and expresses this. Unfortunately, as an adoptee, Laureen has no idea of her actual heritage at this point and feels an emptiness, (although she does appreciate and enjoy her trip abroad). She is struck by a sense of "hiraeth", a Welsh term associated with longing and homesickness for a person or place that does not seem to exist. I found this item and many other "nuggets" of information in this book very relatable and worthy.
This is a great book for a non-adopted reader to self educate about the adoption experience from a well-versed, honest expert: an actual adoptee. Pittman cleverly weaves in teachable moments regarding typical adoptee thought processes and perceptions while artfully unfurling her personal tale. Specifically, Chapters Five and Fourteen stand out as great learning sections regarding Baby-Scoop Era adoption/ adoptee background and psychology.
You can read this book for fun (because it is a fast-moving page-turner), read this book to learn about the adoptee experience, or you can just read this book to feel connected. It does not disappoint.
The Lies That Bind is available at Amazon.
I have been in reunion with two of my sisters on my birth mother's side for almost 31 years. (It is already 31 years if you count the phone calls and letters. In July it will be 31 years in person.) I have been connected with them for more of my life than not, and I feel wonderful about that. We have used our time, (in spite of living thousands of miles apart), to build our own memories plus embrace the fact that we have separate memories from one another, because that's just how things worked out. I have relived as much of their pasts through stories and photos as I possibly can. We have a lot in common now, and I am forever grateful for that. They and their respective families are fine people.
I have been connected with my birth father's family since 2002. We are getting up there in time together. They live locally, so we have a lot more chances to be together. Since 2002, we have had the privilege of blending Thanksgivings and Christmases and even a few Easters. It's great to take part, and I feel very welcomed and accepted. Our biggest challenge in spite of living locally is time due to work, and other obligations with our kids, in-laws, etc. Again, we lack a childhood together. We barely have had a young-adulthood together, but we focus on now mostly, and when one of them tells a story about their past, which is not a part of my past, I listen and absorb. I learn whatever I can learn.
Would I have been a pesky brat sibling? a leader-type sibling? Would I have taken one for the team as a sibling? Or, would I have split and let everyone fend for themselves? Who would have been my school friends, and would I have been more or less popular? I do think about these things, but I cannot change any of that. For me, there is no use in being mad about the lost past I never experienced any more than it is for my siblings to grieve or feel guilty because I was not there at the time with them. We all know we would have had a lot of fun together no matter what, (because we are all by nature fun-loving people), and we probably would have all had our fighting times too, because what siblings don't fight?
We are like the definition of "hive mind". My bio-siblings and I come together and have many similar thoughts and memories (although usually involving other people) prior to actually meeting, and now we work toward a more collective memory bank which we can fall back on and incorporate as we advance toward the future.
I totally understand how adopted people might feel sad or left out on a day like National Siblings Day. I also know that I am one of the luckier ones because I could locate everyone successfully and my bio families were open and welcoming. At the same time, I hesitate to post pictures of us together because I do not want to hurt anyone else's feelings, trigger someone or look like I am bragging.
So I humbly and quietly celebrate this day. I have a Brady Bunch load of sisters and brothers. That's amazing to me. It's something I always wanted. I am happy for those who can celebrate and revel in this SIblings Day. I respect and send best thoughts to those who are unable: (only sibs, those with missing or deceased sibs, those rejected by their sibs).
The only advice I can offer is perhaps you can also embrace best friends, close cousins and anyone else you think the world of as if they were a sister or a brother. Think of family is a global sense. In that way, oh man, I have many, many online and real-life amazing friends and family, (some whom I have met, some I have not yet met).
May you find a sense of peace and understanding in this day and in many other "special" days throughout the year.
Those sayings only made me feel conflicted, ashamed for being curious and as if I were under par and infantile as an individual. Since I wanted to avoid those conversations, I kept my mouth shut and faked it till I made it. That plan worked for a long time.
Then I found a support group and I found my biological family. I wasn't ashamed of my family, so I decided I shouldn't keep hiding. Still, I had to learn how to do that, and part of learning how to "come out" would mean I'd have to learn how to deal with those less-aware societal comments I detested.
I have a rebuttal or a way to debunk each one of these one-sided remarks. For me to be lucky, at least one other person had to be unlucky and pay a helluva price. What kind of luck is that? What if I don't believe in a traditional G-d? Puppies get chosen from a litter. Who should I thank? My parents, who adopted me? Do you thank your parents who didn't have to adopt you but still raised you? How much more thankful than you am I supposed to be?
This day and age is a lot "safer" for adopted people to not just come out but also speak up about their situation. We don't agree with 100% closed adoptions, hidden truths, adoption for major profit, gaslighting or demeaning of anyone's personal feelings regarding being adopted. We do agree with first-family support first, providing honest medical and genealogical information and mandatory professional training specific to the adoptee experience for prospective adoptive parents, counselors, therapists, and clergy.
DNA testing is bringing more scientific evidence of how nature and nurture both have a place as well as the fact that missing and secret family members who were born out of wedlock and other non-traditional circumstances years ago can't be kept in a closet any longer. DNA = Do Not Argue. Adoptees are coming out, and we are outing the secret keepers one by one, agency by agency, state by state and country by country.
Next weekend is the Indiana Adoptee Network Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana. This is going to be a fun and informative weekend of adoption friends and colleagues who are building a like-minded community, presenting workshop talks, works of art and much more. Every time I attend one of these gatherings, I feel more validated, empowered and energized than before. If you are still undecided about attending, please consider coming. Come for one day if you can't make both days. Just be with us. The IAN Conference is a wonderful event for building connections, exploring ideas and finding your voice.
Why Should You Attend an Adoption Conference?
I've been pre-gaming lately for the Indiana Adoptee Network conference in April. (April 5 and 6, 2019 to be exact) By "pre-gaming" I mean listening to more podcasts about adoptee stories. It will help me with my own presentation and get me "pumped up" for the weekend. This annual conference is gonna be a blast. I can't wait.
Rhonda, (who will be a keynote speaker at the conference this April), and Pam's chat was a great overview of her life as an adoptee who searched and found plus built a career around her adoptee interests. Pam and Rhonda also brought up an interesting point about the worthiness of attending special interest conferences or workshops. If, in this case, an adopted person felt peace, fulfillment and no need to explore adoptedness, why should they take the time to attend?
1- You can meet other adopted people. A lot of us have had zero or extremely limited opportunities to candidly discuss and bond with adoptee peers. This is your big chance to meet people like you.
2- You have two days to be yourself in a safe and caring setting.
3- You get a very well organized program to follow and lots of interesting choices for presentations.
5- Sometimes it's just really nice to have a weekend getaway with a change in scenery.
6- You will see and have the chance to meet artists, authors, actors and other creative folks all under one roof.
7- You might get to meet people from other countries.
8- You will learn something new; at least one new thing. Even if you know a lot about your own adoption or adoption in general, you will absolutely learn more. Also, you will feel affirmed in what you do know. It's magical how that happens.
9- Ok, it's a little superficial but I'm gonna be honest: a fluffy hotel bed, good food and not having to clean up after myself for a day or two is real nice. This wonderful weekend, plus a fresh mani-pedi beforehand, is a personal gift to myself. What do you do to treat yourself?
As adoptees, we all want to feel connected, involved and like we matter. We want to feel normal and "real". It's good to have a pack, a team or as we sometimes say in Adoptee-land, crib–mates. You can find this connectedness from reading books and articles, watching videos and even social media groups, but nothing beats an in-person, real-life meetup. Local and regional meetings are great for a couple of hours, but there is something even more exceptional about a 24-48 hour event with people who have walked a similar path and have felt the same feelings as you.
Fellow adoptee/colleague/friend, Lynn Grubb and I will be presenting on Saturday about the mysterious, and serendipitous concept of adoption synchronicity. We will share our personal experiences with this phenomena and are happy to have audience members share their own moments of coincidental and curious circumstances.
Indiana adoption authors and advocates. Pam Kroskee and Marcie Keithley have written a delightful, insightful and uplifting children's picture book called Frankie and Friends Talk Adoption. It is worded on an early reader level (pre-K-2nd) but can be appreciated by anyone who wishes to understand what being adopted might feel like for a child or an adoptee at any age.
This book lays out many adoptees' concerns at all ages but keeps the focus full of acceptance and positivity. The language is simple but meaningful, direct yet compassionate. Kudos as well to the illustrator, Josh Allen, whose drawings are vivid, colorful and kid-friendly.
This is a great storybook for adoptive parents, elementary educators, child counselors and anyone interested in the adoptee point of view.
Jack & Emma's -adoptee- Journey is another kids' book written by an adoptee, author, and advocate, Pam Kroksie. This book is designed for a reading and comprehension level of K-5 and beyond. Jack & Emma's -adoptee- Journey addresses unique perspectives and concerns adopted kids frequently think about but sometimes feel awkward discussing because they lack understanding peers or parents who can relate or because they have little to no access to adoption focused counselors.
Concerns addressed in this book range from Who do I look like, Why does my birthday feel confusing? to What happened to cause my adoption?" Brief explanations and reflections to some adoptees' feelings and questions are provided in information boxes with each scenario.
This is a useful resource book for educators at many levels, adoptive parents and even adoptees themselves because it is written by a fellow adopted person.
The tone in this book is realistic, positive and hopeful. The illustrations by Ashleigh McGill are bold, colorful and carefully detailed.
Lori Lavender Luz, aka Lori Holden, is a blogger and author about the complexities of adoption. Recently there has been a lot of "traffic" on her blog post regarding her entry from possibly a year ago regarding using adoption as a punchline. I've been pondering this notion myself for a while now.
However, when adoption is used to belittle someone regarding their intelligence, mindset or lifestyle, it is not much different than using the "R" word. I will not bother to share a meme/joke of this ilk lest it offends and triggers my adoptee colleagues.
Not only did she speak up, but Lori also did it with class and eloquence. I hope the parent who was innocently joking around got the point.
I hope I can follow the example she's set should this ever happen to me.
This weekend on Ancestry DNA, I found a first cousin match! ( or did my new 1st cousin find me?) 🤔 At any rate, it's delightful. This time in the adoption story I'm on the other side of the fence. I'm his bio cousin. I'm the one holding a bunch of answers to his over 50 years of questions.
Will I help a cousin out? You bet I will! I'm excited to "do my job" as both a fellow adoptee who gets it and as a family member, willing to be open and accepting to the new guy. I'm excited and he is ecstatic!
We are related in that our birth fathers were brothers. My bio-father had more in common with his big brother then just being in the Navy. It's possible my uncle, this new cousin's dad never had a clue as to what resulted from probably a brief, in-the-moment "fling". We'll never know how that part would be handled since everyone who could have known from that generation has passed.
Too many secrets. So much information. Our stories continue to unfold, one adoptee at a time.
One thing my new cousin and I can agree on. We're not alone. We're glad there are others out there just like us. We are glad to now have each other.
Mary Ellen Gambutti's new memoir book, Permanent Home, is lyrical, descriptive and fast-moving. It is the story of her life presented in brief but richly-worded glimpses into simpler, more traditional times while coming of age during the eye-opening, counter-culture emergent 1950s-70s. The opening section of this book masterfully sets the scene during a time when American prosperity and freedom abound and blissful acceptance of authority was the norm. This section is also about Gambutti's loving relationship with her Nana and their shared esteem for gardening and nature.
In the middle sections of this book, the story continues as the author shares her joys and frustrations of being adopted, searching for and connecting with biological family. She describes via assorted vignettes her frustrations regarding closed birth records, missing health history and not looking like anyone in her family plus the marvels of her reunion experiences. She tells of the turbulent relationship between herself and her military-careered adoptive father, her teen angst and rebellion as she comes out of not just the usual fog all adolescents experience but the adoptee fog, which creates an additional layer.
The later parts of Gambutti's story tie up the loose ends and take the reader into more recent times: her gardening career, survival of a hemorrhagic stroke and hard-fought recovery and her life now, filled with writing, love of plants, nature, and peace.
Permanent Home is a wonderful life story which would have appeal to any fellow adoptee, especially those from the Baby-Scoop Era, and anyone else in the adoption community, seeking research, kinship, and validation. It's a quick read for those short on time, but Gambutti, an expert in the Haibun writing style, packs a lot of imagery and feeling into her written art.
My daughter gave birth to my first grandbaby on Wednesday very early in the AM, the day before Thanksgiving. I saw the whole thing happen, and I feel honored to have been a part of the "team" who facilitated the arrival of this beautiful, precious miracle. We have much to be thankful for, and it is a birth story our family will be regaling in for years to come.
The umbilical cord was wrapped twice around my granddaughter 's tiny neck, (not tightly), but the heart rate monitor told us she was fine. The doctor quickly unfurled her as she slipped forth into the actual world and placed the infant in my daughter's arms. The baby grunted first, then cried out.
No sound is sweeter! No sound is more perfect.
I reached for her hand and began to talk.
Actually, I babbled with sleepless and shameless delight, but who cares? I talked to my grandbaby girl and told her she was OK; that she was beautiful and loved by everybody. She was fine. Her mommy and daddy were fine. Everything in her life was fine. I repeated those words over and over. She looked over at me and fixed on my voice and whatever her newborn eyes could see and relaxed instantly. She knew me! She must have!
I took her little hand in mine, and her fingers curled tightly around my index finger. Her digits were dainty, long and slender but very strong.
Oh my God! She has my hands!
I saw something of ME in my newborn granddaughter.
I am an adoptee who's been fortunate enough to have birthed and raised my biological daughters, and now get to see my grandchild…another biological relative….and this kid has my nails, knuckles, and fingers! That's not happened before.
All my sisters and daughters have shorter fingers and small hands. Mine look like Kobe Bryant's by comparison. My grandbaby has my hands!
I know her body will change some as she grows and develops muscle tone and more bone density, but I saw a piece of ME in her I'd never seen before!
I'm thanking G-d, The Force, my Ancestors, the Universe, Spirit, etc.
I'm in awe and in love.


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Visiting Position: (October, 2017 to April, 2018) at IMSc, Chennai.
PhD: (September, 2011 to September, 2017) at Bose Institute, Kolkata and the University of Calcutta.
M.Sc: (2009 – 2011) at IIT Madras.
B.Sc: (2006 – 2009) at R. K. Mission, Narendrapur, University of Calcutta.
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Whatever Gets You Through the Night
Directed by: Daniel Warren
Website: www.facebook.com/whatevergetsyouthroughthenight
Screening of the film of the Cora Bissett, Swimmer One and David Greig multi-arts project followed by live performances by participants including Rachel Sermanni, Bigg Tajj, Wounded Knee and others.
A stellar line-up of Scottish musicians - from Eugene Kelly and Emma Pollock to Withered Hand and Rachel Sermanni - feature in this beautiful collection of stories told in song, shot during the night in locations across the country. Daniel Warren's film, premiered at Summerhall, is part of the Vital Spark project of the same name, created by Cora Bissett with Swimmer One and David Greig. The project launched with a major new performance at the Arches, Glasgow, in June 2012.
The film premiere also includes live music from featured artists, line-up to be announced.
Ages 14+.
Reviews & features
Music strand at 2013 Glasgow Film Festival - programme highlights
Music/film hybrid programme features Jane Birkin, Dark Star and Whatever Gets You Through the Night
GFF 2013 can barely wait to expose its music and film strand delights, with the hotly-anticipated Jane Birkin's Songs of Serge providing a pre-festival pulse-quickener. A rare and intimate live performance by Serge Gainsbourg's former muse will see her…
Whatever Gets You Through the Night - Live Event
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is there any build-in possibility to get the current selected system langauage at runtime?
I want to pre-select the language of my app at first start to the system language (English, German, …).
Perhaps there would be a new need for a module be created called "Localization".
I have spent a few minutes creating a module to let you get the raw system locale (you will have to interpret it with custom rules in your program).
But of course the module will have to properly designed and planned so it contains various useful features and a reasonable API. We can throw a bunch of high level ideas and then use them as a placeholder for implementation.
The return value are fine on my Windows machine but my tests on an Android 7 device failed. Android returns unfortunately 'C.UTF-8'.
Anyway thanks a lot for your effort!
Hmm, it's bad that it does not work.
It seems that for android we would have to interface with Java SDK.


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FOR PLAYING games on the go on Apple iOS phones or tablets and never losing any of the explosive aural effects, Razer Kraken Mobile over-ear headphones are a huge leap forward.
The drivers have been enhanced to deliver heavy bass that resonates with the explosions going off in the game.
Razer's Kraken headphones have been primarily made for desktop and notebook computers, the traditional platforms for gamers. Now that we're all carrying smartphones, though, you've got the Kraken Mobile headset to take along with you.
Designed especially for iOS devices, the Mobile version has its own detachable audio cable with an in-line microphone and a remote. Razer says it will soon release a cable for Android phones as well.
The remote has two button controls for volume and a third between them that you press once to stop or resume the music when you have an incoming call. Press and hold to reject an incoming call.
During the call, you can press twice to hold the current call and accept another. While playing music, you can press twice to skip a track or three times to return to the previous track.
I tested the Kraken Mobile with Apple's iPhone 6s Plus and all of these functions worked effectively.
This is pretty eye-catching gear, coming in your choice of neon hues – blue, green, yellow, orange, red or pink.
It's lightweight, with soft cushions in the ear-pads adding to the long-lasting comfort. The extra-large "circum-aural" ear cushions get you fully immersed in the audio experience.
The bass is super-deep thanks to hefty, neodymium-magnet 40mm drivers. The headphones have a frequency response of 20 to 20,000Hz and impedance of 32 ohms. Sensitivity is a decent 110dB.
In my test I thoroughly enjoyed the heavy bass. For listening to music seriously, it might in fact be too punchy against the middle and high tones, but it's a good configuration for playing games.
Having said that, once I'd "burned" the headphones for awhile with some decent music of my own, the mids and highs stood out far better.
The Mobile turned to be darned good for listening to rock. I plugged in AC/DC's "Rock or Bust" album and fell right into the bass guitar and bass drum.
The Razer Kraken Mobile retails for Bt3,390.


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General der Nachrichtentruppe (Literally: General of the Communications Troops) was a General of the branch OF8-rank of German Army, introduced by the Wehrmacht in 1940.

The rank was equivalent to the long established General der Kavallerie, General der Artillerie and General der Infanterie.  The Wehrmacht also introduced General der Gebirgstruppe (mountain troops), General der Pioniere (engineers), General der Flieger (aviators), General der Fallschirmtruppe (parachute troops) and General der Panzertruppe (armored troops).

Only two officers held the rank; Erich Fellgiebel (1886-1944) from 1 August 1940 until his dismissal following the 20 July Plot assassination attempt and Albert Praun (1894-1975) who was appointed on 1 October 1944 and served until he was taken into captivity in May 1945.

See also
General (Germany)
Comparative officer ranks of World War II

Three-star officers of Nazi Germany
Military ranks of Germany

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A mechanism for the isomerisation of ethyl 1-ethoxycarbonyl-2-oxocyclopentylacetate (I) into a cyclohexane β-keto-ester as proceeding through an intermediate bicyclic /gb-diketone (VII) has been considered as an alternative mechanism to one earlier suggested.1 The determination of the structure of the isomerised β-keto-ester as 2, 3-diethoxycarbonylcyclohexanone (V) has provided support for the earlier mechanism.
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New technique searches 'dark genome' for disease mutations
by Columbia University Medical Center
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When doctors can't find a diagnosis for patient's disease, they turn to genetic detectives. Equipped with genomic sequencing technologies available for less than 10 years, these sleuths now routinely search through a patient's DNA looking for mutations responsible for mysterious diseases.
Despite many successes, the search still comes back empty more often than not. In fact, disease-causing mutations are found in only about 1 in 3 to 4 patients suspected of having a strongly genetic condition.
A big reason why most investigations turn up empty-handed is the "dark genome." Only 2 percent of the human genome is well understood by scientists. This small fraction contains the 20,000 genes that encode instructions for making the cell's proteins. The remaining 98 percent—the "dark genome"—is largely a mystery. Although it's known that the dark, non-coding genome regulates genes—turning them on and off, for example—the details remain obscure.
As a consequence, sequencing data from the entire genome "is currently considered almost uninterpretable," says David Goldstein, PhD, the John E. Borne Professor of Medical and Surgical Research and Director of the Institute for Genomic Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center, and today's genetic detectives restrict their search for disease-causing mutations to the sliver of genome that contains protein-coding genes.
To help locate pathogenic mutations in the vast non-coding genome, Goldstein and his colleagues Ayal Gussow and Andrew Allen have developed a new technique called Orion. Orion is designed to flag regions of the non-coding genome that are likely to contain disease-causing genetic changes by identifying parts of the genome that are under selection in the human population.
"We anticipate that researchers will immediately start using Orion to help them find pathogenic mutations in patients in which previous sequencing efforts were negative," says Dr. Goldstein. Details about the method were published online today in PLOS ONE.
Orion was developed by comparing the entire genomes of 1,662 people with one another and identifying stretches of DNA that vary little from person to person. Because these regions are "intolerant" to change, they are most likely doing something important, says Dr. Goldstein, lead author of the paper.
That means a mutation in an intolerant region is more likely to cause disease than a mutation in a tolerant (read: less important) region. This prediction was confirmed when the researchers mapped the locations of previously identified non-coding mutations: more mutations fell within Orion's intolerant regions.
Previous methods to explore the non-coding genome focused on areas of the non-coding genome that have been retained in multiple species over evolutionary time, suggesting they, too, have an important function. However, this approach is not able to identify regions of the genome that have taken on important new functions in humans.
Orion isn't yet a finished product, Goldstein says. As more genomes are sequenced, the resolution of Orion's regions will improve dramatically.
"At that point, we are optimistic that Orion will constitute one helpful tool in the effort to identify variants throughout the genome that influence the risk of both rare and common diseases, says Dr. Goldstein.
Exome sequencing unravels rare disease mysteries
More information: Orion: Detecting Regions of the Human Non-Coding Genome, PLOS ONE (2017).
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> Publications & Resources > Mission Stories > Program participants learn about practical money matters for home and church
Program participants learn about practical money matters for home and church
During the recent two-session virtual financial literacy program "Starting the Money Conversation," approximately 200 individuals were given tools to help them approach people in their churches and communities about practical money matters, such as savings, debt and credit. The program was co-sponsored by American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).
Each participant was provided the following four booklets designed to aid in financial well-being for self, families, congregations and communities:
"Behind on Bills? Start with One Step";
"Building Your Savings? Start with Small Goals";
"Want Credit to Work for You? Start with these Steps"; and
"Debt Getting in Your Way? Get a Handle on it."
They were also provided with two booklets in Spanish.
"Jesus talked with people all the time about money," said Jennifer Sanborn, ABHMS' director of the In Support of Excellence program, in opening the first session. "So we should, too."
She referenced the Bible story in which a man of renown was told to give away all of his possessions to earn eternal life.
"It concludes with him walking away sadly," said Sanborn. "What if, later, he sat down with his beloved and said, 'What if following him [Jesus] means keeping less and receiving more?' What if, together, they made a 10-year plan about his possessions?"
The first session focused on bills and savings.
A poll among participants via online chat revealed that housing and debt payments are the biggest concerns among participants and those they serve.
Participants were referred to the booklets' tools that include the "Income Tracker," "Spending Tracker" and "Bill Calendar." Also included are eight cards that can be completed and given to individuals in one's congregation and community. The cards refer recipients to such places as the CFPB, National Foundation for Credit Counseling and Legal Services Corp.
The second session began with a devotional by Mina Ajiboye, ABHMS' senior accountant, who provided a scriptural context to generational wealth by referencing Proverbs 13:22 ("The good leave an inheritance to their children's children").
"Teaching and sharing knowledge is fundamental to generational wealth," she said, referencing Proverbs 22:6 ("Train children in the right way, and when old, they will not stray").
The session focused on credit and debt, and the trainers walked participants through the corresponding booklets.
It was announced that two sessions of "Starting the Money Conversation" will be held in Spanish—one on Sept. 9 and the other on Sept. 16.
"This is the work of healing," said Sanborn in closing. "I've been imagining the hundreds of healing conversations that will begin in the weeks and months to come."
The training videos will be posted this summer in ABHMS' Center for Continuous Learning to ensure that others are equipped to start money conversations in their ministry contexts. Those interested can contact Jennifer Sanborn at [email protected] to learn more and gain virtual access to the booklets.


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Beyoncé has outdone herself once again.
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Queen Bey just dropped a new and timely song called 'Black Parade' last Juneteenth weekend as part of an initiative of the same name. The initiative is set to promote and bring awareness to Black-owned small businesses.
Speaking to her 149 million followers on Instagram, the pop diva shared the song, and its goal, which is to 'celebrate you, your voice and your joy' despite the difficult struggles society is facing. The 38-year-old singer also reminded her followers to remember their own beauty, strength, and power.
Those interested in a directory of Black-owned businesses that were curated by Beyoncé's own stylist can visit the singer's official website. Companies on the list come from a variety of actors, from beauty to food to fashion and more.
The song 'Black Parade' is Beyoncé's latest solo work following 'The Gift', the soundtrack album that accompanied the 2019 film 'The Lion King', which she also starred in.
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Tippman98x/Shutterstock — African Americans celebrating Juneteenth in Philadelphia
'Black Parade' being released on June 19, 2020, is significant as it coincides with the commemoration of Juneteenth, a historic celebration that originated from Beyoncé's home state of Texas.
The first Juneteenth was celebrated two years following President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation in 1863. The declaration effectively freed all slaves in all states from their masters.
However, several Southern states failed to enact it. Juneteenth particularly pertains to Union army general Gordon Granger's proclamation on June 19, 1865, which freed all slaves in Texas.
The fateful day is still celebrated by Black people in the United States, with only South Dakota, North Dakota, and Hawaii not acknowledging the Juneteenth. Efforts are still underway to make the day a national holiday.
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Joseph Sohm/Shutterstock — The singer has been active in supporting the Black Lives Matter movement since 2016
Beyoncé's actions following the death of George Floyd and the reigniting of the Black Lives Matter movement have been praised by many.
With millions of followers both online and offline, the singer holds the power to influence a lot of people and educate them on matters of racial inequality and the like.
Unfortunately, her vocal support for her people and the change they want to see in American society have also been met with flack from more conservative outlets and commenters.
Some have even accused the star of inspiring violence against the police. For example, she's been labeled as 'anti-cop' by the far-right news outlet Breitbart News.
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The UK's biggest annual celebration of Arab culture will bring three of the Arab world's most ground-breaking and internationally renowned artists to the city for the opening weekend of its 20th anniversary festival.
Liverpool Arab Arts Festival's (LAAF) enhanced musical programme will enjoy a spectacular opening weekend with a performance from internationally acclaimed singer-songwriter and the "voice of the Tunisian revolution", Emel Mathlouthi on Saturday 7 July at the Invisible Wind Factory.
On Friday 6 July the festival will also present an enthralling and powerful co- headline performance from Arab electronic hip-hop supergroup 47SOUL andTootArd, a trailblazing ensemble from the occupied Golan Heights, at Constellations in the Baltic Triangle.
Continuing its mission to provide Arab arts and culture with an international reach, to bring diverse groups of people together and to increase the public's knowledge and appreciation of Arab culture and its people, LAAF presents Emel Mathlouthi as she enters a new phase of her extraordinary life, with a powerful, heartfelt performance of tracks from her sophomore album Ensen (Human), as well as her 2007 recording and viral anthem of the Arab Spring, Kelmti Horra (My Word is Free).
Emel's genre-defying music melds electronica and Tunisian textures into her unique cinematic universe, blending acoustic and electronic sounds into a style wholly her own and drawing together Tunisian instruments such as gumbri (bass lute), zukra (flute) and bendirs (frame drums) with heavy kick drums and atmospheric melodies.
Emel's music and message motivates people across the world to express their true self. A pillar of strength for women worldwide in particular, she stands in opposition to the perception that behind every woman singer is a man pulling the strings, composing and co-producing all of her releases.
Emel says: "In my latest album and new phase in my musical life I am rebelling against the caricature of myself that has been created as a result of role in the Arab Spring. This is just one part of my story and now my battle is to reveal the true and fullest version of myself through my music.
Setting the tone for a weekend of inspirational and cutting-edge Arab music, 47SOUL will bring their unique combination of Dabke, traditional Palestinian street music and dance, with deep electronic beats mixed with the sounds of the Middle East, to Liverpool's Baltic Triangle, performing tracks from their first full-length studio album Balfron Promise.
Creators of their own genre Shamstep, which fuses hip-hop and pop lyrics in English and Arabic, the four-piece band – whose members hail from Palestine and Jordan – will return to LAAF to deliver one of their energetic and intoxicatingly otherworldly live show, which they are now globally renowned for.
Sharing the stage at Constellations with 47SOUL is TootArd. These outstanding musicians, steeped in classical and jazz traditions, use their musical mastery to fuse the Arabic modalities of the Levant with North African desert blues - with more than a nod to reggae and psych-rock.
The band are from the Golan Heights, an area that was part of southern Syria until 1967 when it was annexed by Israel, although none have Israeli citizenship which is reflected in their "Laissez Passez" travel documents, also the name of their debut international record for Glitterbeat Records.
Hasan from TootArd says: "We're massively looking forward to playing Liverpool Arab Arts Festival, the first chance we'll have had to visit the city.
The impressive line-up of internationally acclaimed Arab music stars is part of LAAF's enhanced musical programme for 2018, facilitated by the provision of additional resources as part of the Liverpool 2018 celebrations.
Earlier this year LAAF was one of 14 festivals provided with extra funding from the Festival Enhancement Fund, allowing an even more ambitious musical programme as the city celebrates a decade since its year as European Capital of Culture.
Liverpool's Director of Culture, Claire McColgan, said: "Each year Liverpool has an incredible calendar of events, so as part of the Liverpool 2018 programme we are giving additional support to some of our much loved festivals to help them curate their best line-ups to date.
"LAAF is a real feast for the senses and the acts taking to the stage are of an exceptional caliber which will be a wonderful celebration of Arab arts and culture.
The festival's 20th anniversary edition will also include its ever-popular Family Day on Sunday 15 July and a packed programme of visual art, music, dance, film, theatre, literature and special events showcasing the richness of Arab culture, all taking place in venues across the city.


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At any time, the European Parliament and the Council may request the European Commission to maintain, amend or withdraw the adequacy decision on the grounds that its act exceeds the implementing powers provided for in the regulation.
The effect of such a decision is that personal data can flow from the EU (and Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland) to that third country without any further safeguard being necessary. In others words, transfers to the country in question will be assimilated to intra-EU transmissions of data.
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With the exception of the United Kingdom, these adequacy decisions do not cover data exchanges in the law enforcement sector which are governed by the Law Enforcement Directive (Article 36 of Directive (EU) 2016/680).
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The Asian Engagement Cultural Center Director reports to the Senior Director of Cultural and Community Centers and provides strategic direction for the work of the center, supervises its daily operation, and provides support for undergraduate and graduate students. More specifically, the Director is responsible for the design, implementation and assessment of a center that supports and advances students' success as learners and leaders. The Director works collaboratively to provide services that are culturally appropriate; that positively impact campus climate for underrepresented and students from marginalized populations, in particular Asian students; that facilitates explicit connections between inclusion, success, and equity; that promotes intersectional work and connections; and that builds healthy communities.
Develop programs and events that highlight Asian and Asian American cultures; develop programs and events that support Asian international and Asian American students' cultural experiences. Collaborate with other campus-community partners to develop programs that encompass various intersecting identities (e.g., nationality, immigration, faith, gender identity, ability status, multiracial).
Work cooperatively with directors of other cultural centers to create intersectional programming to expand outreach and student development.
Manage and oversee the Asian American Cultural Center in all its aspects.
Provide training, workshops, and educational outreach to VT students and campus partners.
Oversee and participate in student and academic programs, including serving on committees, chairing committees, running special projects and working for the benefit of all Virginia Tech students.
Advise and support student organizations.
Work collaboratively with administrators, students, faculty, staff, alumni and members of the community to define the appropriate identity for the Center, to plan for its support and nurture; to develop services, organize activities, and sponsor events; and to provide academic and personal advising and guidance to students.
Oversee the physical facilities of the Center. Hire, train and supervise staff such as student workers.
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Serves on committees and leads various student and academic programs.
-Master's degree in a related field and experience in higher education, student programming, student organization advising and student leadership.
-Proven experience in working with students, faculty, academic administrators, alumni and community groups.
-Knowledgeable about issues in the Asian and Asian American communities and a commitment to translating these into a programs, academic partnerships and advocacy.
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-Excellent communication and analytical skills (oral and written).
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Norman Reade DePoe, broadcaster, journalist (b at Portland, Ore 4 May 1917; d at Toronto 13 Mar 1980). In his prime in the eventful 1960s, he was for 8 years CBC-TV's chief Ottawa correspondent and a household name as Canadian broadcasting's star reporter on national and international affairs.
Norman Reade DePoe, broadcaster, journalist (b at Portland, Ore 4 May 1917; d at Toronto 13 Mar 1980). In his prime in the eventful 1960s, he was for 8 years CBC-TV's chief Ottawa correspondent and a household name as Canadian broadcasting's star reporter on national and international affairs. His colourful screen image was enhanced by rumpled features, raspy voice and a reputation as a hard-drinking, plain-spoken, go-for-broke newsman.
He came to Canada at 6, took out citizenship in 1931, attended UBC, served as a signals corps captain in Italy and northwest Europe during WWII, and studied French and Italian at the University of Toronto after the war. He joined the CBC news service in 1948 and helped create the TV news operation in the 1950s. Viewers applauded a reporter who was worldly yet caring and not afraid to puncture official pomposity. Colleagues envied his extraordinary memory and his ability to boil a complicated story down to 90 seconds of clear, crisp English. At a time when electronic journalism was finding its feet, he set standards that proved enduring.


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The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) may not exist as we know it in 12 months time because of its financing challenges, the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) CEO, Dr. Samuel Annor, has admitted.
Responding to concerns from Health Insurance Providers Association that the NHIS would be dead in a year's time on Eyewitness News, Dr. Annor said: "I wouldn't say die but we would not be rendering the service we are supposed to render."
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"Between 2009 and now, we have just been piling debts," Dr. Annor said of the NHIS.
As a result, the scheme may be dysfunctional come 2019.
"Unauthorised payments will continue, people being turned away or being asked to go and buy drugs or some health things that they will need for care would also continue… all these things will continue unless we solve the financing situation."
As it stands now, the NHIS has GHc1.2 billion to look after 11 million Ghanaians. This works up to about GHc 110 per person
However, Dr. Annor noted that the ideal is $86 dollars per person a year but "we are way short of what is expected and that is why the scheme is wobbling."
The authority has advocated for the National Health Insurance Levy to be raised from 2.5 percent to 3.5 percent.
It also wants a 1 percent contribution from citizen's incomes.
Ahead of the Mid Year Budget Review, Dr. Annor appealed to the government to pump more money into the scheme.
"Let us try and pay the appropriate fee for our healthcare and the appropriate fee according to suggestions by the World Health Organisation is about $86 dollars or about GHc 380 or GHc 400 per year for each member of the scheme and we should strive towards that," he said.
Bleak indications
The assertion of the Health Insurance Providers Association tallies with that of the Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyeman Manu.
According to him, the Health and Finance Ministries are making frantic efforts to get new sources of investment.
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"We need some new some source of investment and that is what we are engaging in… I'm working. Not only me but in collaboration with the Finance Ministry, to look at how we can get some new investments to put into health insurance."
Other than that, Mr. Agyemang Manu said the "sustainability of it [NHIS] and what we can do to make it very efficient would become a challenge."
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On Sept. 29, an important demonstration will take place in Washington D.C. In conjunction with the protests surrounding the meeting of the International...
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Participants from over twenty countries met here for the International Gathering in Solidarity and for Peace in Colombia and Latin America, July 20-22.
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Around one hundred people gathered in Chicago April 7 and 8, for a historic meeting of Colombia solidarity activists from across the U.S.
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en thousand people descended on Fort Benning, Georgia, Nov. 18-19 to shut down the School of the Americas (S.O.A.). Also known as the School of Assassins...
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"Shut Down the S.O.A.! Shut Down the S.O.A.!" rings in the ears of everyone the 12,000-plus protesters, students, faith activists, and also the...
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I want to say to the people of the U.S. that the Colombian people admire and respect your efforts.
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What emerging interaction models mean for design.
No matter how interactive or dynamic, our digital experiences are limited by a constraint so fundamental that we barely think about it: the screen. In many ways, our devices have become extensions of ourselves—but the screen remains a boundary between digital and physical realities, limiting the value devices can deliver to users.
Soon, post-screen user interfaces will make this boundary porous. Recent advances in user interface design are fueling this shift: we began with the Graphical User Interface (GUI), which allows us to manipulate information on screens with a mouse or keyboard. Today, the Tangible User Interface (TUI), better known as the touch screen, allows us to interact physically with digital information — a capability we have come to expect.
On the horizon is the ability to merge TUI with holographic augmented reality (AR) to create a new kind of experience: Tangible Augmented Reality (TAR). TAR isn't necessarily about a new must-have device (not yet, anyway); its potential exists at the crossroads of wearables, gesture control, and projection technology. And the field is open for brands to redefine themselves by enabling new kinds of experiences.
Several major academic players, including MIT and Carnegie Mellon, are at the forefront of TAR research and development and may become players in the marketplace. Meanwhile, tech companies are forging ahead. Development of Microsoft's HoloLens is well underway, and the Google-backed Magic Leap has the tech world buzzing. Sony and Facebook also have AR projects in the works, while other companies are developing retail products with TAR capabilities, like wearables that turn the user's skin into a touchscreen.
In order to better serve users, we need to anticipate how these technologies will inform new interaction models, which will shape the future of communication and storytelling. Here are some ways that augmented reality might come into play.
A realistic augmented or virtual reality experience could mean fewer limitations for experiential marketing campaigns in terms of cost, space, and — most importantly — concept. Imagine, for example, test "driving" a new car with a combination of physical elements (sitting in the car itself, pressing the gas and feeling the engine hum) and digital ones (a windshield that is augmented to display a driving route that reacts to the user's steering). One simple way AR could affect experiential marketing is through the use of holographic signage, reducing the cost of materials and manufacturing for temporary installations.
Augmented reality applications are already being used in classroom and learning environments, and three-dimensional hands-on teaching methods like model-building aren't new, but the possibilities are even greater for tangible augmented reality if we could combine these methods to harness spatial memory and spatial organization for improved recall.
Augmented reality & the Internet of Things.
As the volume of user data increases, so too does the potential for establishing meaningful connections among people, places, and things using "smart" objects. In the future, real-time, context-specific, user-specific data could enable augmented reality visualizations that are personalized for the user. For example, in conjunction with a fitness wearable, a runner might see virtual mileposts or street signs that display arrows guiding her along a predetermined route. The trick, of course, will be creating experiences that are meaningful and useful, not adding more noise to our surroundings.
Develop potential use cases and start designing for them.
This technology's applications will vary by industry. From healthcare to home entertainment, we need to hypothesize possible use cases and be ready to test our assumptions as new products become possible. UX designers should start designing for 3D interactions now—and that means saying goodbye to static wireframes and embracing prototyping, using tools like CAD or animation software for 3D design.
Implement standards, like a taxonomy of user interactions.
There is a lack of standardization around AR (although OASIS, the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards, is trying to change that). One consequence is that terminology around AR is still ambiguous. For example, "Tangible User Interface" encompasses a broad range of interaction models with no taxonomy to differentiate them: touch, gesture, screen-to-screen, and so on. Establishing a clear language will be invaluable in defining new interactions, whether they fall under the as-yet-hypothetical TAR or something else entirely. To adapt to the changes these technologies will enable, we have to know we're all talking about the same thing.
Remember: plenty of amazing tools are in development, but there's also lots of competition out there. The impact of any one invention is hard to sustain, let alone predict. Even though TUI and AR have been around for years, the practical applications of these technologies have yet to change our everyday lives.
Pay attention to technology flops as well as successes; awareness is key to helping clients implement strategies that hinge on emerging technologies successfully.
Marry content, design, and technology.
Making great digital experiences requires close interdisciplinary collaboration. We need information strategists to model data for optimized AR experiences; we need interaction designers to create intuitive user flows; we need developers and engineers to be familiar with the implications of our designs and content models. This is nothing new, but will become more important as Tangible Augmented Reality becomes, well… a reality.


Abbott should dispatch Rudd this weekend, but he's likely to find the job of governing altogether harder.
Tony Abbott is poised to become Australia's 27th prime minister after a botched presidential-style election campaign from incumbent Kevin Rudd. Known for his "selfies" photos on social media, the Labor leader has instead suffered from overexposure of a haphazard strategy for the September 7 poll.
Reinstalled in June by the center-left party for his reported campaigning prowess, Rudd's comeback initially helped Labor reach level terms with Abbott's conservative Liberal-National Coalition. However, the honeymoon soon ended and the opinion polls progressively worsened for Rudd's party during the five week official campaign, with the latest predicting around a 10 to 15 seat majority in the Lower House for his opponent, nicknamed the "mad monk".
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While both leaders traded blows in public debates, with Abbott famously telling Rudd to "shut up" at one event, neither landed the knockout blow required to sink the other's campaign.
Gaffes included a Liberal candidate from western Sydney who failed to recall the Coalition's six-point plan, while Rudd sparked criticism for his "thought bubble" announcements concerning shifting Australian naval forces north and creating a special economic zone for the Northern Territory.


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Q: Product of $x$ with $x$ and $x+1$ relatively prime to $n$ For an odd positive integer $n$ let $S$ be the set of integers $x$, $1 \le x \le n$ such that both $x$ and $x+1$ are relatively prime to $n$. Prove that $$\prod_{x\in S} x \equiv 1 \pmod n $$
Looking at $n=9$, $S=\{7,4,\}$ which I see are inverses modulo $9$. If I can prove that $x\in S \iff x^{-1} \in S$ we're done, but I'm unsure how to proceed with proving that?

A: Am I missing something here? If $x\in S$, then $xy\equiv 1 \bmod n$ for some $y$. Then $y+1=\frac{1}{x}+1=\frac{x+1}{x}$, a unit modulo $n$, since both $x, x+1$ are. Doesn't this prove what you need?

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Discussion in 'Off-topic' started by ptsmith24, May 2, 2007.
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WHEN THE neighborhood dry cleaner misplaced Roy Pearson's pants, he took action. He complained. He demanded compensation. And then he sued. Man, did he sue.
Two years, thousands of pages of legal documents and many hundreds of hours of investigative work later, Pearson is seeking to make Custom Cleaners pay -- would you believe more than the payroll of the entire Washington Nationals roster?
He says he deserves millions for the damages he suffered by not getting his pants back, for his litigation costs, for "mental suffering, inconvenience and discomfort," for the value of the time he has spent on the lawsuit, for leasing a car every weekend for 10 years and for a replacement suit, according to court papers.
Pearson is demanding $65,462,500. The original alteration work on the pants cost $10.50.
By the way, Pearson is a lawyer. OK, you probably figured that. But get this: He's a judge, too -- an administrative law judge for the District of Columbia.
Oh, where to start: How about the car? Why should Ki, Jin and Soo Chung -- the family that owns Custom Cleaners -- pay Pearson $15,000 so he can rent a car every weekend for 10 years?
The plaintiff, who says he has devoted more than 1,000 hours to represent himself in this battle, says that as a result of poor service at Custom, he must find another cleaner. Because Pearson does not own a car, he says he will have to rent one to get his clothes taken care of.
In 2002, Custom lost a pair of pants that Pearson brought for cleaning. One week after the error was discovered, Custom gave Pearson a check for $150 for new pants. A few days later, the Chungs, Korean immigrants who own three D.C. cleaners, told Pearson he was no longer welcome at their store. That dispute was eventually put aside.
Move ahead to 2005, when Pearson got a new job as a judge. He needed to wear a suit to work every day. He dug out his five Hickey Freeman suits and found them to be "uncomfortably tight." He asked Custom to let the waists out two or three inches. Worried that he might be up against his Visa card limit, he took the suits in for alterations one or two at a time.
According to a statement filed by both parties in the lawsuit, Pearson dropped off one pair of pants May 3 so he could wear them to his new job May 6. But on May 5, the pants weren't ready. Soo Chung promised them for early the next morning, but when Pearson arrived, the pants weren't there.
At this point, I should let you in on the subject of hundreds of pages of legal wrangling. Custom Cleaners at that time had two big signs on its walls. One said "Satisfaction Guaranteed," and the other said, "Same Day Service."
Pearson relied on these signs. He was not satisfied. And he did not get his pants back on the same day.
This, he says, amounts to fraud, negligence and a scam.
A week after that routine mishap -- pants go astray all the time at cleaners -- Soo Chung came up with gray trousers that she said were Pearson's. But the judge said he had dropped off pants with red and blue pinstripes.
Pearson's first letter to the Chungs sought $1,150 so he could buy a new suit. The Chungs offered Pearson $3,000, then $4,600 and, finally, says their attorney, Chris Manning, $12,000 to settle.
But Pearson pushes on. How does he get to $65 million? Washington's consumer protection law provides for damages of $1,500 per violation per day. Pearson started multiplying: 12 violations over 1,200 days, times three defendants. A pant leg here, a pant leg there, and soon, you're talking $65 million.
The case, set for trial in June, is on its second judge. The Chungs have removed the signs upon which Pearson's case rests.
"This case shocks me on a daily basis," Manning says. "Pearson has a lot of time on his hands, and the Chungs have been abused in a ghastly way."
A judge in the case has admonished Pearson about his take-no-prisoners tactics. When Pearson sought to broaden the case to try to prove violations of consumer protection laws on behalf of all District residents, D.C. Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz said that "the court has significant concerns that the plaintiff is acting in bad faith" because of "the breathtaking magnitude of the expansion he seeks."
Pearson has put the Chungs and their attorneys to work answering long lists of questions, such as this: "Please identify by name, full address and telephone number, all cleaners known to you on May 1, 2005 in the District of Columbia, the United States and the world that advertise 'SATISFACTION GUARANTEED.' "
The answer: "None."
In a closet of a lawyer's office in downtown Washington, there is a pair of gray wool pants, waiting to be picked up by Roy Pearson.
"We believe the pants are his," Manning says. "The tag matches his receipt."
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ptsmith24, May 2, 2007
One week after the error was discovered, Custom gave Pearson a check for $150 for new pants.
I should be a judge.
Order to appear before this court on May 2, 2007 to show cause as to why plaintiff's complaint should not be dismissed and plaintiff should not be sanctioned for filing a frivolous pleading.
Judge.
Malum Prohibitum, May 2, 2007
read it again MP. There were two incidents. The first in 2002 was settled for the $150. Then the guy went back in 2005. The crazy $65 million suit is due to the lost pants from the requested alteration in 05.
Tinkerhell, May 2, 2007
Oh, well, then, by all means, this looks like a great lawsuit and he should get $65 million.
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Australian Frontline Health Workers to Sue Bosses Over Tough COVID Vaccination Mandates
Vaccination requirements for health workers and police officers will be the subject of a civil suit in Brisbane's Supreme Court.
Dozens of policemen and health professionals in Queensland will use the state's Supreme Court to challenge the state's vaccination regulations.
Over 60 police officers and a dozen ambulances and health care professionals are taking part in a historic civil trial in Brisbane, alleging that they shouldn't have to choose between being vaccinated and keeping their jobs.
All police and health care professionals who cannot verify they have been completely vaccinated are now being sued by the state government.
The court heard that several employees had been compelled to take on alternate responsibilities, confined to working from home, while others have been stood down on full pay since the first of this year.
Several employees had also sought exemptions from vaccines, but the state government had not responded.
As the Omicron wave began to diminish early this year, several argued that it was time to reduce the mandate.
Professor Nikolai Petrovsky was the first to testify, and he spoke about the vaccinations' effectiveness.
A similar regulation in South Australia prevents the professor from attending his workplace, as was disclosed during interrogation.
According to the professor, he has delivered his experimental vaccination.
He is likely to be one of the numerous witnesses in the lawsuit action.
As a "test case," the situation questions the legality of current legislation.
Even though 94% of Queenslanders have had at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, the state's vaccination regulations remain controversial among certain residents.
Several teachers around the country have taken legal action against vaccination requirements.
The human rights commission will be present for five days as part of the civil trial.
Katarina Carroll, the Queensland Police Commissioner, is scheduled to testify on Thursday.


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