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Injuries in the bus, school bus and truck accident case
I'll be speaking on Monday on bus accident and truck accident litigation. This will be part of the American Association for Justice (AAJ) annual meeting in San Francisco.
My topic is, "Injuries in the bus, school bus and truck accident case," and I'll be presenting at 2:00 pm to the Motor Vehicle Collision, Highway and Premises Liability Section and Bus Accident Litigation Group.
During my presentation, I will discuss what I've learned from litigating more than 300 truck accident and bus accident cases over the past 20 years. I will also discuss some of the most common but sometimes overlooked injuries that people suffer in these accidents.
And it isn't just lawyers who overlook these cases. Because the practice of medicine today is so specialized, it is easy for people to see an orthopedic doctor for fractures, a neurologist and neuropsychologist for a brain injury and headaches, a neurosurgeon for a herniated spinal disk, and a TMJ specialist for TMJ, and on and on. But people rarely see a doctor who puts it all together, and who understands how all of these injuries can effect each other.
Debilitating problems caused by the cumulative effects of all of these injuries are often ignored. Chronic pain syndrome, fatigue and other debilitating conditions are ignored by sub-specialists who, like the blind man and the elephant, are grabbing the tail and ignoring the rest.
But conditions like chronic pain as a result of truck and bus accident injuries can seriously impact fatigue, anxiety and depression and cognitive issues, as well as make other physical problems worse. This is called the combination effect or deterioration. It is a vicious downward cycle, and it is very real. It is also often ignored by lawyers and doctors.
If injury lawyers can better understand how to litigate bus accident and truck accident cases, and how to better prove these injuries in courtrooms, they will be better able to protect their clients.
The American Association for Justice is the nation's largest association of advocates serving the needs of personal injury victims, with more than 50,000 lawyer members. Michigan Auto Law has been a long-standing member, contributor and lecturer to the organization. I'm the past president of the AAJ Truck Accident Litigation Group and currently serve on the executive board of the AAJ Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group.
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Found 11 collections related to Putnam, George Haven, 1844-1930
Putnam, George Haven, 1844-1930
George Haven Putnam correspondence, 1864-1925
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 6410
.1 linear feet (1 folder)
Letters to and from American soldier, publisher, and author George Haven Putnam relating to matters of writing, publishing, editorial concerns, and "a scheme for the incorporation of the Knickerbocker Press." One letter, dated February 11, 1864,... more
Letters to and from American soldier, publisher, and author George Haven Putnam relating to matters of writing, publishing, editorial concerns, and "a scheme for the incorporation of the Knickerbocker Press." One letter, dated February 11, 1864, is written to Putnam's parents George Palmer Putnam and Victorine Haven Putnam, and concerns his service in the Civil War. Other correspondents include Edward Jenks, Frank H. Vizetelly, Ralcy Husted Bell, Worthington Chauncey Ford, Emily Fowler Ford, and Gordon L. Ford. less
Committee of Fourteen (New York, N.Y.)
Committee of Fourteen records, 1905-1932
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 609
91.69 linear feet (103 boxes, 2 oversize folders)
Records of a citizens' association dedicated to the abolition of commercialized vice (especially prostitution) in New York City, 1905-1932.
Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910
Samuel Langhorne Clemens collection of papers, 1856-1938 [bulk 1870-1938]
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature | Berg Coll MSS Clemens
This is a synthetic collection consisting of portraits, pictorial works, manuscripts, typescripts, correspondence from, to, and about the author, a diary for 1885, a notebook for 1895, portraits, and pictorial works.
Correspondence » Related Correspondence » Putnam, G. H., TLS to F. N. Doubleday. Jan. 19, 1909.
Bowker, R. R. (Richard Rogers), 1848-1933
Richard Rogers Bowker papers, 1856-1958
61 linear feet (126 boxes)
Records consist of general and family correspondence, personal papers, subject papers, writings and speeches, diaries and travel journals, financial records, papers of Bowker's father, Daniel Rogers Bowker, scrapbooks, photographs, printed matter,... more
Records consist of general and family correspondence, personal papers, subject papers, writings and speeches, diaries and travel journals, financial records, papers of Bowker's father, Daniel Rogers Bowker, scrapbooks, photographs, printed matter, and memorabilia. General correspondence reflects R.R. Bowker's business affairs as well as his interest in tariff reform, free trade, copyright law, library science, civil service, and political reform. Other materials include family correspondence, 1857-1932; personal papers containing items such as childhood letters, school reports, family records, and letters of condolence; and subject papers relating to copyright, the Edison Electric Illuminating Co., free trade and tariff reform, and his biography. Also, letterbooks for the period from 1875 to 1913; Bowker's writings and speeches; diaries, 1859-1932; and travel journals from the 1860s to 1926 for trips in the United States, the West Indies, Europe, the Near East, and around the world in 1898. Financial records include accounts for personal and some business expenses, bank books, cancelled checks, and personal ledgers, 1893-1910. less
Correspondents List » Putnam, George Haven
Greene, F. V. (Francis Vinton), 1850-1921
Francis Vinton Greene papers, 1776-1921 [bulk 1801-1921]
3 linear feet (6 boxes, 11 v.)
Francis Vinton Greene (1850-1921) was an American soldier, engineer and author. His military duties included serving as military attaché in Russia in 1877, teaching at West Point, and commanding volunteers during the Spanish-American War. In 1903... more
Francis Vinton Greene (1850-1921) was an American soldier, engineer and author. His military duties included serving as military attaché in Russia in 1877, teaching at West Point, and commanding volunteers during the Spanish-American War. In 1903 he was appointed Police Commissioner of New York City. He also worked as an engineer on various projects and wrote military histories. Collection consists of Greene's correspondence, his papers pertaining to service in the Spanish-American War, speeches, miscellaneous materials, and books. Correspondence, 1801-1921, includes general correspondence; letters from Theodore Roosevelt, Major General Emory Upton and General William Tecumseh Sherman; and family letters. Spanish-American War papers, 1898-1900, contain orders, telegrams, accounts, reports, and some correspondence. Speeches, 1898-1918, were given by Greene as a soldier, businessman and police commissioner. Miscellaneous papers, 1801-1915, consist of a wide range of materials relating to all aspects of Greene's life and include genealogical information, orders, maps, memoranda, drafts of articles and reports, notes, photographs, and clippings. Bound volumes are orderly books (including 1776 orderly book of Nathanael Greene), writings on military tactics, diaries kept by Greene, and correspondence. less
Free Trade League
Free Trade League records, 1916-1933
6 linear feet (6 boxes)
The Free Trade League split off from the American Free Trade League (founded in Boston shortly after the Civil War) in 1919. George Haven Putnam was president of the Free Trade League in New York City until 1930. R.R. Bowker took over the... more
The Free Trade League split off from the American Free Trade League (founded in Boston shortly after the Civil War) in 1919. George Haven Putnam was president of the Free Trade League in New York City until 1930. R.R. Bowker took over the presidency and helped to form the Council for Tariff Reduction which sought to achieve modest reductions in tariff levels by exerting pressure on Congress. The Free Trade League (and Council) ceased operations in 1933. Collection contains correspondence, financial records and printed matter of the Free Trade League and the Council for Tariff Reduction. The bulk of the records consists of Free Trade League correspondence, 1916-1933. Other League records include treasurer's acounts, 1919-1923; financial statements, 1919-1929; and miscellaneous printed materials. Also, correspondence, 1928-1932, of the Council for Tariff Reduction. less
Johnson, Robert Underwood, 1853-1937
Robert Underwood Johnson papers, 1875-1937
13 linear feet (12 boxes; 57 volumes)
The Robert Underwood Johnson papers document Johnson's personal and professional life from 1875 until his death in 1937. Johnson, born in 1853, served on the staff of The Century Magazine until 1913, eventually rising to... more
The Robert Underwood Johnson papers document Johnson's personal and professional life from 1875 until his death in 1937. Johnson, born in 1853, served on the staff of The Century Magazine until 1913, eventually rising to the position of editor in chief. He also served as the American Ambassador to Italy from 1920-1921, and was active in the causes of nature conservation and copyright law. The papers contain personal correspondence and writings, and also document the activities of the American Copyright League, of which Johnson was secretary, between the years 1880-1929. less
George Haven Putnam papers, 1887-1930 [bulk 1914-1930]
6 linear feet (18 boxes and 5 v.)
George Haven Putnam (1844-1930) was a publisher and author best known for his commitment to the establishment of national copyright legislation in the U.S. and to American adherence to the international copyright Convention of Berne. After serving... more
George Haven Putnam (1844-1930) was a publisher and author best known for his commitment to the establishment of national copyright legislation in the U.S. and to American adherence to the international copyright Convention of Berne. After serving in the U.S. Civil War, he entered his father's publishing house, G.P. Putnam's Sons. He assumed the presidency of the firm in 1872 and became an authority on the legal implications of copyright. In 1886 he formed the American Publishers' Copyright League and the English Speaking Union in the U.S. Collection consists of correspondence, minutes and printed matter relating to Putnam's efforts to establish and improve copyright legislation in the U.S. Correspondence, 1888-1930, concerns activities of the American Publishers' Copyright League (absorbed into the National Association of Book Publishers in 1922). Also, minute books, 1887-1914; clippings about copyright matters; and government publications. There is a small amount of material pertaining to Putnam's involvement with the Allies Bazaar, a group dedicated to raising money for the French and British war efforts in 1916; and to the publication and distribution of Putnam's book The Censorship of the Church of Rome (1906-1907). less
Fraternity (Literary Club)
The Fraternity papers, 1874-1886
.86 linear feet (2 boxes, 2 volumes)
Volumes of the manuscript periodical issued and privately circulated by The Fraternity, a social literary club, between 1877 and 1878. Issues contain poems, short stories, essays, and letters, as well as pen and ink, pencil, and painted... more
Volumes of the manuscript periodical issued and privately circulated by The Fraternity, a social literary club, between 1877 and 1878. Issues contain poems, short stories, essays, and letters, as well as pen and ink, pencil, and painted illustrations. Editors and contributors include G. H. Putnam, Octavius Brooks Frothingham, Robert Swain Gifford and his wife Frances E. Gifford, Bayard Taylor, E.C. Stedman, R.H. Stoddard, Christopher Pearse Cranch, Calvert Vaux, Charles Follen McKim, T. M. Coan, and others less
National Self Government Committee (New York, N.Y.)
National Self Government Committee records, 1901-1985 [bulk 1911-1985]
The National Self Government Committee was founded in New York City in 1904 by Richard Welling as the School Citizens Committee "to develop the alert citizens needed in a democracy by practice in schools, colleges and other youth groups." The... more
The National Self Government Committee was founded in New York City in 1904 by Richard Welling as the School Citizens Committee "to develop the alert citizens needed in a democracy by practice in schools, colleges and other youth groups." The organization is composed of educators and others interested in education for effective leadership and it supports school/community service programs that actively include students in the self-government process. Collection consists of correspondence, minutes, questionnaires, reports, charters, financial records, grant proposals, scrapbooks, photographs, and printed matter documenting the activities of the National Self Government Committee (NSGC). General correspondence, 1901-1948, contains Welling's correspondence with educators, students and educational institutions and associations. Administrative records, 1909-1950, include correspondence with directors of the NSGC, minutes of meetings, reports, and constitutions and charters of student government organizations. Subject correspondence, 1913-1985, concerns NSGC publications, surveys in schools, self government in Civilian Conservation Corps camps, comments of students and officials about citizenship training in their schools, and grants from the NSGC to students and communities. Also included are replies to questionnaires, 1911-1924; writings, 1912-1947, of Welling with diaries, notebooks, speeches, and other items; financial documents; scrapbooks; photographs, ca. 1911-1913, of students; video cassette of New York project; and printed matter. less
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919
Carnegie autograph collection, 1867-1945
2.2 linear feet (11 boxes)
Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) was an American industrialist and philanthropist. Collection consists of letters written to Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Carnegie chiefly relating to social matters.
PUTNAM, George Haven

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Topolino gaucho (The Gallopin' Gaucho) è un film del 1928 diretto da Walt Disney e Ub Iwerks. È il secondo cortometraggio d'animazione della serie Mickey Mouse ad essere stato prodotto, dopo L'aereo impazzito e prima di Steamboat Willie, e vede il primo incontro tra Topolino e Pietro Gambadilegno. Concepito come una parodia del film Il gaucho (1927), il corto fu proiettato in versione muta il 28 agosto 1928 a Los Angeles, ma non fu distribuito poiché la Disney voleva prima lavorare a Steamboat Willie; una versione sonora fu distribuita dopo quest'ultimo dalla Celebrity Productions il 30 dicembre. Venne pubblicizzato col titolo Gallopin' Gaucho.

Trama
Topolino è un gaucho ricercato che corre a cavallo di un nandù nella pampa. Fermatosi al bar ristorante Cantino Argentino, vi entra e si mette a fumare e bere mentre guarda danzare Minni, a cui si unisce per un tango. La topolina viene però rapita da Pietro, uno dei clienti, che se ne è invaghito e la porta a casa sua. Topolino lo insegue e trova Minni incatenata al muro. I due rivali iniziano quindi a sfidarsi con la spada, finché Topolino non infila in testa a Pietro il suo vaso da notte. Liberata Minni, Topolino la porta via sul suo nandù, e i due si baciano.

Distribuzione

Edizioni home video

DVD
Una volta restaurato, il cortometraggio fu distribuito in DVD nel primo disco della raccolta Topolino in bianco e nero, facente parte della collana Walt Disney Treasures e uscita in America del Nord il 4 dicembre 2001 e in Italia il 27 maggio 2009.

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Voci correlate
 Mickey Mouse (serie cinematografica)
 Filmografia di Topolino

Collegamenti esterni

Cortometraggi di Topolino
Cortometraggi di Minni
Cortometraggi di Pietro Gambadilegno
Film diretti da Ub Iwerks
Film diretti da Walt Disney
Film ambientati in Argentina
Film d'animazione statunitensi

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Q: Does graphql support filters on aggregates? I would like to know if graphql can be used to construct queries that use aggregate filters. Something like having max(customers) < 10
As an example (please the filter criteria where I would like to specify count as one of the criteria) :
query {
  allMovies {
    title
    _actorsMeta {
      count
    }
  }
  _allMoviesMeta(filter: {
    title_starts_with: "Inception"
    ***count : > 5***
  }) {
    count
  }
}

A: GraphQL doesn't support this on the spec level. And there is a good reason why. If GraphQL specification supported filter and aggregates it would obligate all the users to implement this functionality and this may be very inefficient or just not needed for some domains/use cases. Why do I have implement/support aggregates if my users do not need them?
But GraphQL gives you flexibility, so you can always implement filtering/aggregates for your fields via parameters. Taking your example it may look like bellow:
query {
  allMovies {
    title
    _actorsMeta {
      count
    }
  }
  _allMoviesMeta(filter: {
    title: {startsWith: "Inception"},
    count: { gt: 5 }
  }) {
    count
  }
}

But you'll have to implement all the filtering logic on your back end. The good explanation is posted by @batjko in the comment to the similar question:

Every GraphQL query is responded to by a resolve() function. The query
  parameters you give to the query are the arguments to this function.
  The resolve() function then goes away and does anything you want, say
  retrieve the results of a SQL query from elsewhere, then you can
  aggregate that data as you like, and finally return the outcome of all
  that as your response to the GraphQL query.

In case you don't control the backend you can do filtering/aggregation on the front end.
I'm one of the authors of graphql-lodash which gives you a declarative way to specify result transformations.
You query may look like:
query {
  allMovies {
    title
    _actorsMeta {
      count
    }
  }
  _allMoviesMeta @_(
    rejectIf: {
      and: [
        { get: "сount", gt: 5 }
        { get: "title", startsWith: "Inception" }
      ]
    }
  ) {
    title
    count
  }
}

If you use Appollo Client, check the article on how to use it together: Query and transformation collocation in Apollo Client. React and Angular examples are included .
Also, you are welcome to provide your feedback or suggestions - just open an issue in our GitHub repository.

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Shire plc ("Shire") Publication of Circular, Notice of General Meeting and Prospectus and Directorate Change
18 Apr, 2016, 15:17 BST
DUBLIN, April 18, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --
NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART, IN, INTO OR FROM ANY JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OF THAT JURISDICTION. PLEASE SEE THE IMPORTANT NOTICE WITHIN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.
Publication of Circular, Notice and Prospectus
Further to the announcement made on 11 January 2016 of the proposed combination of Shire with Baxalta Incorporated ("Baxalta") (the "Proposed Merger" to create the "Combined Group"), Shire announces that the UK Listing Authority has approved a Class 1 Circular and a Prospectus in relation to the Proposed Merger dated 18 April 2016.
The Circular contains a notice of general meeting (the "General Meeting") of Shire to vote on the resolutions required to approve and implement the Proposed Merger and related matters. These resolutions will require approval by a simple majority (in the case of resolutions 1 and 2, being ordinary resolutions) or 75% (in the case of resolutions 3 and 4, being special resolutions) of the Shire shareholders present and voting (in person or by proxy) at the General Meeting.
Copies of the Circular and related documents will be circulated in hard copy to those Shire shareholders who have elected to receive them in such form (and other Shire shareholders will be sent notification that the Circular and other related documents, including the Prospectus, are available online at http://investors.shire.com/shire-proposed-combination-with-baxalta).
The General Meeting will be held at 8 a.m. on 27 May 2016 at The Merrion Hotel, Merrion Street Upper, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Copies of the Circular and the Prospectus are available for inspection at Shire's registered office at 22 Grenville Street, St Helier, Jersey JE4 8PX and at the offices of Slaughter and May, One Bunhill Row, London, EC1Y 8YY during normal business hours on any business day with effect from today and up to and including the conclusion of the Proposed Merger. Copies are also available for inspection on the UK Listing Authority's National Storage Mechanism at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
Directorate Change
Shire is also pleased to announce the conditional appointment of Gail D. Fosler and Albert P.L. Stroucken as non-executive directors of Shire, each of whom currently serves on the Board of Baxalta. These appointments are conditional upon, and will take effect from, completion of the Proposed Merger. Following Ms. Fosler and Mr. Stroucken's appointment, the Board of the Combined Group will comprise 12 directors, including 10 non-executive directors, a majority of whom will be independent non-executive directors.
Susan Kilsby, Chairman of Shire, commented:
"Ms. Fosler and Mr. Stroucken will bring significant experience to the Shire Board, each having served as a member of the Boards of Baxalta and Baxter International Inc., as well as having distinguished personal careers. I personally look forward to working with each of them and the other members of the Shire Board to continue to deliver value to our patients, physicians, shareholders and other stakeholders as the global leader in rare diseases and other specialty conditions."
Wayne T. Hockmeyer, Ph.D., who had previously indicated that he would be willing to serve in the role of Deputy Chairman of Shire, has elected not to serve on the Board of the Combined Group.
Wayne T. Hockmeyer, Chairman of Baxalta, commented:
"It is with significant regret that I have made the decision, due to personal and family reasons, to withdraw myself from consideration for appointment to the Board of Shire following the anticipated close of the company's combination with Baxalta. I remain supportive and enthusiastic about the Combined Group, the talent that exists across both companies and the potential that will exist, following Completion, to help even more patients and their families."
Ms. Kilsby further commented:
"Speaking on behalf of the Shire Board, we respect Dr. Hockmeyer's decision to withdraw from consideration for personal reasons and wish him well."
Details of the new Shire directors
Gail D. Fosler
Ms. Fosler is President of The GailFosler Group LLC, a strategic advisory service for global business leaders and public policy makers, which she has led since 2010. Prior to that, Ms. Fosler spent more than 20 years at The Conference Board, a global research and business membership organization, where she held several positions including President, Executive Vice President and Chief Economist. Ms. Fosler currently serves as a director of Baxalta and of Swiss Reinsurance America Corporation, and as Chairman of Deschner Corporation. Previously, Ms. Fosler served as a director of Baxter International Inc and Caterpillar Inc.
Albert P.L. Stroucken
Mr. Stroucken is Executive Chairman of Owens-Illinois Inc, a glass packaging company, having served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer from 2006 until 2015. Between 1998 and 2006 Mr. Stroucken served as President and Chief Executive Officer, and then Chairman, of H.B. Fuller Company, a manufacturer of adhesives, sealants, coatings, paints and other specialty chemicals. From 1997 to 1998 he was General Manager of the Inorganics Division of Bayer AG. From 1992 to 1997 Mr. Stroucken was Executive Vice President and President of the Industrial Chemicals Division of Bayer Corporation. Mr. Stroucken currently serves as a director of Baxter International Inc and of Baxalta.
No further information is required to be disclosed in respect of the new Shire directors pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.13R.
About Shire
Shire enables people with life-altering conditions to lead better lives.
Our strategy is to focus on developing and marketing innovative specialty medicines to meet significant unmet patient needs.
We focus on providing treatments in Rare Diseases, Neuroscience, Gastrointestinal and Internal Medicine and are developing treatments for symptomatic conditions treated by specialist physicians in other targeted therapeutic areas, such as Ophthalmics.
http://www.shire.com
Evercore Partners International LLP ("Evercore") and Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc ("Morgan Stanley") are acting as joint financial adviser and joint sponsor in connection with the Proposed Merger and related matters.
Evercore, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority in the United Kingdom, is acting as financial adviser to Shire in connection with the Proposed Merger and/or the matters referred to in this announcement and no one else in connection with the matters referred to in this announcement and will not be responsible to anyone other than Shire for providing the protections afforded to clients of Evercore or for providing advice in relation to the contents of this announcement or any other matters referred to herein.
Morgan Stanley, which is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority in the United Kingdom, is acting as financial adviser to Shire and no one else in connection with the matters referred to in this announcement. In connection with such matters, Morgan Stanley, its affiliates and its and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents will not regard any other person as their client, nor will they be responsible to any other person other than Shire for providing the protections afforded to their clients or for providing advice in connection with the contents of this announcement or any other matter referred to herein.
This communication does not constitute an offer to buy or solicitation of any offer to sell securities or a solicitation of any vote or approval. It does not constitute a prospectus or prospectus equivalent document. This communication relates to the proposed business combination between Shire and Baxalta. The proposed combination is being submitted to Shire's and Baxalta's shareholders for their consideration and approval. In connection with the proposed combination, Shire and Baxalta have published or filed relevant materials with (i) the SEC, including a Shire registration statement on Form S-4 that includes a proxy statement of Baxalta and a prospectus of Shire, and (ii) the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in the UK, including a prospectus relating to Shire ordinary shares to be issued in connection with the proposed combination and a circular to the shareholders of Shire. Baxalta will mail the proxy statement/prospectus to its shareholders and Shire will mail the circular to its shareholders that have elected to receive information in hard copy. This communication is not a substitute for the registration statement, proxy statement/prospectus, UK prospectus, circular or other document(s) that Shire and/or Baxalta may file with the SEC or the FCA in connection with the proposed transaction. INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS OF SHIRE AND BAXALTA ARE URGED TO READ CAREFULLY THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT, PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC AND THE UK PROSPECTUS AND CIRCULAR BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT SHIRE, BAXALTA AND THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION. Investors and security holders may obtain free copies of these documents (when they are available) and other related documents filed with the SEC at the SEC's web site at http://www.sec.gov/ Investors may request copies of the documents filed with the SEC by Shire by directing a request to Shire's Investor Relations department at Shire plc, Attention: Investor Relations, 300 Shire Way, Lexington, MA 02421 or to Shire's Investor Relations department at +1-484-595-2220 in the U.S. and +44 1256 894157 in the UK or by email to investorrelations@shire.com. Investors may request copies of the documents filed with the SEC by Baxalta by directing a request to Mary Kay Ladone at mary.kay.ladone@baxalta.com or (224)-948-3371.
Unless otherwise defined, all capitalised terms in this announcement have the same meaning as those contained in the Circular and the Prospectus.
The release, publication or distribution of this document in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law. Persons who are not resident in the United Kingdom or who are subject to other jurisdictions should inform themselves of, and should observe, any applicable requirements. Any failure to comply with these requirements may constitute a violation of the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the companies and persons involved in the Merger disclaim any responsibility or liability for the violation of such requirements by any person.
Unless otherwise determined by Shire, and permitted by applicable law and regulation, New Shire Shares will not be offered, directly or indirectly, in, into or from a jurisdiction where to do so would violate the laws in that jurisdiction. Accordingly, copies of this document and all documents relating to the Merger are not being, and must not be, directly or indirectly, mailed or otherwise forwarded, distributed or sent in, into or from a jurisdiction where to do so would violate the laws in that jurisdiction, and persons receiving this document and all documents relating to the Merger (including custodians, nominees and trustees) must not mail or otherwise distribute or send them in, into or from such jurisdictions where to do so would violate the laws in that jurisdiction.
The availability of the New Shire Shares to Baxalta Shareholders who are not resident in the United Kingdom may be affected by the laws of the relevant jurisdictions in which they are located. Persons who are not resident in the United Kingdom should inform themselves of, and observe, any applicable requirements.
Sarah Elton-Farr
seltonfarr@shire.com
Michele Galen
mgalen@shire.com
SOURCE Shire plc


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L'Université du Bedfordshire est une université publique anglaise située à Bedford et à Luton. Fondée en 1882 comme un centre de formation des enseignants, elle accède au statut d'université en 1993 sous le nom d'University of Luton.
Elle prend son nom actuel en 2006.

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Q: Stack "transform: translateY" values in GreenSock? I just came across this wonderful product and realized this is exactly what I need! I have a huge image that is x times the window size, so I want to scroll to the very bottom of it on button click. I would do so with CSS like this:
@keyframes {
    to {
        transform: translateY(-100%) translateY(100vh);
    }
}

This proved to be a crossbrowser way in CSS instead of:
transform: translateY(calc(-100% + 100vh));

Is there any way to do so with TweenMax? I do understand that I can calculate these values in pixels and specify them explicitly:
var value = -$('img').height() + $(window).height();
var tweenDown = TweenMax.to("img", 5, {y: value});

However the advantage of the "stacked" way is that when you resize the window, it keeps the image in the same position.
Thanks in advance!

A: This is what I came up with for those wondering:
TweenMax.to('img', 5, {
  transform: 'translate3d(0,100vh,0)',
  percentY: -100
});

A: [My solution to the bottom]
Actually, with current version of GSAP I think this would be
TweenMax.to('img', 5, {
  y: '100vh',
  yPercent: -100
});

But, the 'the notes about transforms' documentation section says

To do percentage-based translation use xPercent and yPercent (added in version 1.13.0) instead of x or y which are typically px-based

https://greensock.com/docs/Plugins/CSSPlugin
Judging by the above,
I think 100vh for y would be interpreted as 100px when added in the css matrix property. In order for this to fully work, I opted for the following:
TweenMax.to('img', 5, {
  y: window.innherHeight, // or $(window).heigth()
  yPercent: -100
});


"My mission is to save my species by befriending humans"
About Me I'm tall, dark, and handsome. I'm also very modest.
What Gives Me Hope Humans living responsibly to avoid the decline of species and extinctions.
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Darknet markets present challenges in regard to legality. Bitcoins and other forms of cryptocurrency used in dark markets are not clearly or legally classified in almost all parts of the world. In the U.S., bitcoins are labelled as "virtual assets". This type of ambiguous classification puts pressure on law enforcement agencies around the world to adapt to the shifting drug trade of dark markets.[75]
Ist Kryptowahrung ein finanzieller Vermogenswert
In 1983, the American cryptographer David Chaum conceived an anonymous cryptographic electronic money called ecash.[7][8] Later, in 1995, he implemented it through Digicash,[9] an early form of cryptographic electronic payments which required user software in order to withdraw notes from a bank and designate specific encrypted keys before it can be sent to a recipient. This allowed the digital currency to be untraceable by the issuing bank, the government, or any third party.
Wer erstellt Blockchain
For those of you who have not been paying attention to one of the biggest trends in investing and tech, cryptocurrencies are digital currencies using encryption techniques that regulate the generation of currency and verify the transfer of funds, operating independently of a central bank. Units of currency are created through a process referred to as mining.
Kann Bitcoin echtes Geld werden
Properties of cryptocurrencies gave them popularity in applications such as a safe haven in banking crises and means of payment, which also led to the cryptocurrency use in controversial settings in the form of online black markets, such as Silk Road.[66] The original Silk Road was shut down in October 2013 and there have been two more versions in use since then. In the year following the initial shutdown of Silk Road, the number of prominent dark markets increased from four to twelve, while the amount of drug listings increased from 18,000 to 32,000.[66]
Kryptowahrung sollten Sie investieren in
Bitcoin is pseudonymous rather than anonymous in that the cryptocurrency within a wallet is not tied to people, but rather to one or more specific keys (or "addresses").[41] Thereby, bitcoin owners are not identifiable, but all transactions are publicly available in the blockchain. Still, cryptocurrency exchanges are often required by law to collect the personal information of their users.[citation needed]
Kann ich Bitcoin von Robin Hood zuruckziehen
Transaction fees for cryptocurrency depend mainly on the supply of network capacity at the time, versus the demand from the currency holder for a faster transaction. The currency holder can choose a specific transaction fee, while network entities process transactions in order of highest offered fee to lowest. Cryptocurrency exchanges can simplify the process for currency holders by offering priority alternatives and thereby determine which fee will likely cause the transaction to be processed in the requested time.
Kryptowahrung 42
The proof-of-stake is a method of securing a cryptocurrency network and achieving distributed consensus through requesting users to show ownership of a certain amount of currency. It is different from proof-of-work systems that run difficult hashing algorithms to validate electronic transactions. The scheme is largely dependent on the coin, and there's currently no standard form of it. Some cryptocurrencies use a combined proof-of-work/proof-of-stake scheme.[16]
Ist Forex und Bitcoin die gleiche
On May 7, 2019, Binance revealed that it had been the victim of a "large scale security breach" in which hackers had stolen 7,000 Bitcoin worth around U.S.$40 million at the time.[11] Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao said the hackers "used a variety of techniques, including phishing, viruses and other attacks" and structured their transaction "in a way that passed our existing security checks."[12] Binance halted further withdrawals and deposits but allowed trading to continue. The site pledged to reimburse customers through its secure asset fund.
Was ist Bitcoin auf den Punkt gebracht
Zcoin is a privacy focused cryptocurrency that was originally built on the Zerocoin protocol. However, given a number of vulnerabilities in that protocol, they recently moved to a new "Sigma" Protocol that was launched in 2019. Transactions are made private by a privacy enhancement in the protocol called "minting". Before you are able to send transactions, you have to mint new coins. Given that all coin's transactions originate from a newly minted coin, it is hard to track the origin. Privacy on Zcoin is made possible through the use of Zero Knowledge proofs. You also have Tor integration as well as their recently released "Dandelion" protocol. This will further help to cement user privacy on the network. ZCoin uses a the Merkle Tree Proof of Work algorithm (MTP). This is a memory hard algorithm that is considered to be ASIC resistant and hence less prone to centralisation. Zcoin also has a masternode architecture with their "Znodes" (require 1,000 XZC to stake). In compensation for running this full node, the Znode will receive 30% of the newly minted Zcoins. The team behind the Zcoin protocol is quite extensive experience in blockchain engineering, software development, cryptography and many more. The developers have also been hard at work if you take a look into their GitHub repository. When it comes to markets, XZC is listed on a number of exchanges including MXC, Coinex, Binance, Huobi etc. There appears to be reasonable liquidity on these exchanges which will ease execution. However, XZC is still volatile so trade with caution. *Coin Bureau's views are not investment advice. Do Your Own Research.
Eine Verschlüsselung auf allen Ebenen ist die gesamte Basis von digitalen Währungen. Die Vermögenswerte sind durch die stringente Anwendung von Kryptografie abgesichert. Jede Transaktion wird in einem Datenblock zusammengefasst und an eine Blockchain angehängt. Die Blockchain ist durch die kryptographische Verkettung gegen nachträgliche Manipulation gesichert.
Was war der niedrigste Preis fur Bitcoin
Homero Josh Garza, who founded the cryptocurrency startups GAW Miners and ZenMiner in 2014, acknowledged in a plea agreement that the companies were part of a pyramid scheme, and pleaded guilty to wire fraud in 2015. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission separately brought a civil enforcement action against Garza, who was eventually ordered to pay a judgment of $9.1 million plus $700,000 in interest. The SEC's complaint stated that Garza, through his companies, had fraudulently sold "investment contracts representing shares in the profits they claimed would be generated" from mining.[70]
Wie hebe ich Krypto von Binance
There are also purely technical elements to consider. For example, technological advancement in cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin result in high up-front costs to miners in the form of specialized hardware and software.[87] Cryptocurrency transactions are normally irreversible after a number of blocks confirm the transaction. Additionally, cryptocurrency private keys can be permanently lost from local storage due to malware, data loss or the destruction of the physical media. This prevents the cryptocurrency from being spent, resulting in its effective removal from the markets.[88]
Kann ich Bitcoin bei Walmart kaufen
In April 2019, a UK corporate filing stated that Coinbase's non-U.S. revenue grew 20% to €153 million (U.S.$173 million) in 2018 resulting in a net profit of €6.6 million.[37] Coinbase UK CEO Zeeshan Feroz said the company's non-U.S. operations accounted for nearly one-third of the company's overall revenue and Reuters estimated that the company's global revenue totaled "around $520 million" in 2018.[38]
Wie wird Kryptowahrung verwendet
Kryptowahrung Zukunft
Coinbase requires you to link a bank account, or credit or debit card to your Coinbase account to purchase cryptocurrencies. Using a bank account allows for higher limits ($100/transaction, $2,500/week), but it also takes longer to verify transactions, so you will not see money in your Coinbase wallet for two to four days (depending on your bank). And when selling Bitcoin, once the sale is confirmed, it takes two to four days for the proceeds of that sale to show up in your bank account. With a credit or debit card, limits are lower ($200/week), but you can purchase digital currencies by simply transferring funds from that bank account to the site. For these transactions, Bitcoin shows up in your Coinbase wallet instantaneously. You can also sell Bitcoin to your PayPal account, effectively cashing out, as your Bitcoin will be exchanged for local currency. This transaction, too, is instantaneous.
Wo kann ich handeln Cryptocurrencies
If you want to trade in digital currencies, you are going to need a platform on which to trade them, and an intermediary to communicate with the network. Coinbase is a global digital asset exchange company (GDAX), providing a venue to buy and sell digital currencies, as well as send information about those transactions out to the blockchain network to verify those transactions. Coinbase serves as a wallet, too, where the digital currencies can be stored. The application operates exchanges of Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, and Litecoin, as well as other digital assets with fiat currencies in 32 countries, and Bitcoin transactions in many more countries. According to its website, Coinbase has served over 10 million customers and facilitated the exchange of more than $50 billion worth of digital currency.
Was sind die Vorteile der Verwendung von Kryptowahrung
Hat Quantencomputing zerstoren Blockchain
Paul Krugman, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences winner does not like bitcoin, has repeated numerous times that it is a bubble that will not last[92] and links it to Tulip mania.[93] American business magnate Warren Buffett thinks that cryptocurrency will come to a bad ending.[94] In October 2017, BlackRock CEO Laurence D. Fink called bitcoin an 'index of money laundering'.[95] "Bitcoin just shows you how much demand for money laundering there is in the world," he said.
Haben Sie Steuern auf Coinbase zahlen
Was ist Bitcoin Sambia
Ist Bitcoin eine gute Investition
According to PricewaterhouseCoopers, four of the 10 biggest proposed initial coin offerings have used Switzerland as a base, where they are frequently registered as non-profit foundations. The Swiss regulatory agency FINMA stated that it would take a "balanced approach" to ICO projects and would allow "legitimate innovators to navigate the regulatory landscape and so launch their projects in a way consistent with national laws protecting investors and the integrity of the financial system." In response to numerous requests by industry representatives, a legislative ICO working group began to issue legal guidelines in 2018, which are intended to remove uncertainty from cryptocurrency offerings and to establish sustainable business practices.[50]
Ist Kryptowahrung Bergbau profitabel im Jahr 2019
Kryptowahrung Daytrading
Although there are some similarities between BTC and LTC, you can't define Litecoin without pointing out some key differences, such as instant and near-zero cost transactions, increased speed of adding a new block into the Blockchain (2.5 minutes against 10 in the Bitcoin network) and a scrypt usage in its Proof-of-Work process to make it easier for regular PC users to mine new blocks against ASIC miners. It is also one of the first cryptocurrencies that adopted SegWit.
Was bedeutet Fiat Krypto Mittelwert
Was ist der beste Weg, Bitcoin in USA kaufen
In January 2015, the company received a US$75 million investment, led by Draper Fisher Jurvetson, the New York Stock Exchange, USAA, and several banks.[20] Later in January, the company launched a U.S.-based bitcoin exchange for professional traders called Coinbase Exchange.[21] Coinbase began to offer services in Canada in 2015,[22] but in July 2016, Coinbase announced it would halt services in August after the closure of their Canadian online payments service provider Vogogo.[citation needed]
As of February 2018, the Chinese Government halted trading of virtual currency, banned initial coin offerings and shut down mining. Some Chinese miners have since relocated to Canada.[32] One company is operating data centers for mining operations at Canadian oil and gas field sites, due to low gas prices.[33] In June 2018, Hydro Quebec proposed to the provincial government to allocate 500 MW to crypto companies for mining.[34] According to a February 2018 report from Fortune,[35] Iceland has become a haven for cryptocurrency miners in part because of its cheap electricity. Prices are contained because nearly all of the country's energy comes from renewable sources, prompting more mining companies to consider opening operations in Iceland.[citation needed]
Wie kann ich Geld mit Bitcoin
Coinbase is a terrible and unprofessional company. They've ignored my requests for escalation after providing no feed back on the issues I am having. These issues are costing this customer not only monetarily, but due to the lack of transparency with new policies in which coinbase will hold your funds hostage for 10 days while advising that it can be transferred "instantly" is not only false, but malicious contempt.
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describe('MessageQueue', function () {

  before(function (done) {
    FakePebble.inject();
    done();
  });

  beforeEach(function (done) {
    FakePebble.reset();
    MessageQueue.reset();
    done();
  });

  describe('#size', function () {

    it('should return 0 when no messages have been sent', function (done) {
      expect(MessageQueue.size()).to.equal(0);
      done();
    });

    it('should return 1 when one message has been sent', function (done) {
      var message = randomMessage();
      MessageQueue.sendAppMessage(message);
      expect(MessageQueue.size()).to.equal(1);
      setTimeout(function () {
        done();
      }, 10);
    });

    it('should return 0 when all messages have been send', function (done) {
      var message = randomMessage();
      Pebble.on('appmessage', function (payload, ack) {
        expect(identicalMessage(payload, message)).to.equal(true);
        ack();
        setTimeout(function () {
          expect(MessageQueue.size()).to.equal(0);
          done();
        }, 10);
      });
      MessageQueue.sendAppMessage(message);
    });

  });

  describe('#sendAppMessage', function () {

    it('should accept a valid appmessage object as the only argument', function (done) {
      var success = MessageQueue.sendAppMessage({ key1: 0, key2: 'this is a valid value', key3: [] });
      expect(success).to.equal(true);
      setTimeout(function () {
        done();
      }, 10);
    });

    it('should reject anything other than a valid appmessage object as the first argument', function (done) {
      expect(MessageQueue.sendAppMessage(5)).to.equal(false);
      expect(MessageQueue.sendAppMessage()).to.equal(false);
      expect(MessageQueue.sendAppMessage('')).to.equal(false);
      expect(MessageQueue.sendAppMessage([])).to.equal(false);
      expect(MessageQueue.sendAppMessage(null)).to.equal(false);
      expect(MessageQueue.sendAppMessage({ key1: {} })).to.equal(false);
      expect(MessageQueue.sendAppMessage({ key1: null })).to.equal(false);
      setTimeout(function () {
        done();
      }, 500);
    });

    it('sending a message should not break the tests', function (done) {
      var message = randomMessage();
      MessageQueue.sendAppMessage(message);
      setTimeout(function () {
        done();
      }, 10);
    });

    it('sending a message should send a single message to Pebble', function (done) {
      var message = randomMessage();
      Pebble.on('appmessage', function (payload) {
        expect(identicalMessage(payload, message)).to.equal(true);
        done();
      });
      MessageQueue.sendAppMessage(message);
    });

    it('calls success callback when message is acked', function (done) {
      var message = randomMessage();
      Pebble.on('appmessage', function (payload, success) {
        expect(payload).to.equal(message);
        success();
      });
      MessageQueue.sendAppMessage(message, function () {
        done();
      });
    });

    it('a message responding with nack should be resent', function (done) {
      var message = randomMessage();
      var nacked = false;
      Pebble.on('appmessage', function (payload, ack, nack) {
        expect(identicalMessage(payload, message)).to.equal(true);
        if (nacked) {
          return done();
        }
        nacked = true;
        nack();
      });
      MessageQueue.sendAppMessage(message);
    });

    it('sending two messages should send in order after acks', function (done) {
      var messages = [
        randomMessage(),
        randomMessage()
      ];
      var messageIndex = 0;
      var nacked = false;
      Pebble.on('appmessage', function (payload, ack, nack) {
        if (! nacked) {
          nacked = true;
          return nack();
        }
        expect(identicalMessage(payload, messages[messageIndex])).to.equal(true)
        messageIndex += 1;
        ack();
        if (messageIndex >= 2) {
          done();
        }
      });
      MessageQueue.sendAppMessage(messages[0]);
      MessageQueue.sendAppMessage(messages[1]);
    });

    it('sending two messages should send in order even with nacks', function (done) {
      var messages = [
        randomMessage(),
        randomMessage()
      ];
      var messageIndex = 0;
      Pebble.on('appmessage', function (payload, ack, nack) {
        expect(identicalMessage(payload, messages[messageIndex])).to.equal(true)
        messageIndex += 1;
        ack();
        if (messageIndex >= 2) {
          done();
        }
      });
      MessageQueue.sendAppMessage(messages[0]);
      MessageQueue.sendAppMessage(messages[1]);
    });

    it('will nack after repeated fails', function (done) {
      var message = randomMessage();
      Pebble.on('appmessage', function (payload, ack, nack) {
        expect(identicalMessage(payload, message)).to.equal(true);
        nack();
      });
      MessageQueue.sendAppMessage(message, null, function () {
        done();
      });
    });

    it('will ack if Pebble does not ack or nack', function (done) {
      var message = randomMessage();
      MessageQueue.sendAppMessage(message, done);
    });

  });

});

function identicalMessage(m1, m2) {
  return JSON.stringify(m1) === JSON.stringify(m2);
}

function randomMessage() {
  var message = {};
  var keyCount = Math.ceil(10 * Math.random());
  for (var k = 0; k < keyCount; k += 1) {
    message['key' + k] = Math.ceil(1000 * Math.random());
  }
  return message;
}

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Гай Атилий Серан () е политик и сенатор на Римската империя от 2 век.

Биография
Произлиза от фамилията Атилии.

През 120 г. той е суфектконсул заедно с Гай Карминий Гал.

Източници

Имперски римски консули
Атилии


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My Personal Thoughts
How do we cure our sick society?
Events during the last couple of weeks have left me depressed as I have come to realise just how sick is the society in which we now live. Every day we are confronted by yet another example of the deplorable sub-culture of anti-social behaviour that is slowly pervading our lives.
Binge drinking, rampant drug taking, burglary, shop lifting, threatening behaviour, vandalism, swearing in public and the verbal abuse of anyone who has the audacity to upbraid the perpetrators, are simply different sides of the same coin; lawlessness, and the most worrying aspect of this disorder is the seemingly unstoppable increase in the incidence of unprovoked violent attacks on innocent people.
The ghastly murder of 11 year old Rhys Jones, allegedly shot by a 15 year old youth on a BMX bike, is the latest high profile crime to hit out national TV screens. But such crimes are not confined to Liverpool, Leeds or London; locally we have our seen more than our fair share of violence, indeed not a week goes by without yet another appalling story appearing in our local newspapers.
Who can ever forget the senseless killing last year of 16 year old Michael Chapman as he walked across a Sittingbourne playing field, or, the more recent vicious attack on a Sheppey pensioner, which left him battered, bruised and hospitalised?
At the weekend my depression deepened because of a very minor incident, but one that I believe is hugely significant because it epitomises the problem that is ripping the heart out of communities up and down the country. It is the lack of respect many youngsters have for authority, for older people, including their own parents, and for their fellow citizens.
The incident happened as I finished clearing all the litter out of our front garden; I looked up just as two teenage girls walked out of the alley opposite my house. As they made their way down the road one of them simply threw an empty crisp packet over her shoulder. I was incensed and shouted at her to pick it up. She looked at me as if I was mad, laughed and walked away.
Thirty years ago I would have chased after her, grabbed her by the scruff of the neck, marched her back to the crisp packet, made her pick it up and put it into the nearest litter bin. Today if I had taken such action I would have been arrested for physical, and, quite likely, sexual assault.
What can we do on such occasions? Call the police? Hardly! They are not going to be interested in a single crisp packet when they are so short of manpower that they cannot even respond to calls about a burglary if the culprit is not still on the property!
Contact the girl's parents? Not possible, because I had no idea who the girl was and she was unlikely to tell me even if I had asked her name, anyway, if I had discovered her identity it is very unlikely I would have received a sympathetic hearing from her parents!
The truth is that in today's Britain we can do nothing but fume about such insolence. No wonder decent citizens are becoming so frustrated and losing respect for the law and those who are charged with upholding it.
Now you might well ask what that crisp packet has to do with the shooting of an 11 year old in Liverpool or the murder of a 16 year old in Sittingbourne. There is a clear link.
The problem is that if people get away with dropping litter without fear of punishment, some of them will believe the same goes when they bend a car aerial, daub graffiti on a garage door, throw empty beer cans at somebody's window, urinate in the street, or even "do a bit of shoplifting". And, unfortunately, too often they are right, because even if they are caught, the police increasingly refuse to prosecute for such a "minor crime".
But often those "minor crimes" lead the perpetrators to more serious crimes. The problem is that failing to punish people for the little things makes them feel they can do what they like, including attacking those to whom they take a dislike. And sadly, our current sentencing policy is such that they almost certainly will get away with little more than a slap on the wrist for even the most vicious assault. Just remember, young Michael Chapman's killer was sentenced to a derisory four years in prison!
So what can we do to reverse this increase in lawlessness? In two words: Zero Tolerance. I know this is a concept that has been talked about on and off for years, ever since Mayor Juliano used it so successfully to bring crime under control in New York City a few years back, but we have never really embraced it in this country. I believe the time has arrived for us to practice Zero Tolerance.
If we crack down on the minor criminals such as litter droppers and graffiti writers then we might just discourage them from progressing to more serious crimes.
Of course, schools have a big role to play in teaching our children the right way to behave, but over the years we have slowly reduced the avenues of discipline open to schools and now teachers have to enforce rules and regulations with both arms tied behind their back!
Some schools do have good discipline, however, teachers in those schools would tell you that they only have pupils in their care for a relatively short time; the rest of the time they are at home, where very often all the good work of our schools is lost because of indiscipline or disinterest by parents. That is another problem. Some parents simply refuse to accept responsibility for their children. Those parents must be brought to book and should be prosecuted for the misdemeanours of their children.
In my opinion, the breakdown in social cohesion and the increase in anti social behaviour began the day that Parliament voted to abolish Capital Punishment. Doing away with the ultimate deterrent sent out entirely the wrong message and undermined the whole sentencing system. That particular decision was further exacerbated when corporal punishment was banned in schools. Of course, there are some who are now trying to have corporal punishment banned in the home. God help us!
I know there will be many who disagree with me on this, and I respect their right to differ. I hope they respect my right to hold an opinion different to their own, without trying to brand me as some hang and flog 'em monster!
Indeed, I would simply say to my critics that it cannot be a coincidence that the increase in anti-social behaviour and violent crime has happened at exactly the same time that we have done away with capital and corporal punishment.
In Singapore anyone caught dropping litter is caned, which could have something to do with why it is one of the cleanest cities in the world! These days, schools cannot use the cane or the slipper; the maximum punishment that can be metered out is "exclusion", but what sort of punishment is that to a teenager who doesn't want to be in school anyway? It is hardly surprising that the current level of truancy in our secondary schools is quite scandalous, with one local school having an appalling 25% truancy rate. 25%! That means that on average one pupil in four is absent every day!
Perhaps the time has come to set up special "detention" schools to which pupils who are excluded from their current main stream school, or, who habitually play truant, are sent. Those schools could offer a robust secure disciplined environment, with a properly structured educational day, but a tough regime of physical recreation once the academic day was finished. I suspect that discipline levels in our secondary schools would soon improve and truancy rates would drop dramatically!
Now such a scheme might be impractical, or, politically impossible, but at least we should have the debate about how we are going to combat the current lack of discipline in schools. I know that many teachers are frustrated with the lack of support they are given when they try to solve this problem.
Similarly, the police are frustrated when they see criminals for whom they have spent a lot of man hours to obtain a conviction, being released early because the Government simply has not built sufficient prisons. And on the subject of police, so bogged down are they with the paper work needed to obtain that conviction, that they simply have no time to do what they should be doing, which is preventing crimes form happening. Which leads me to another problem; when was the last time that you saw a policeman on foot patrol in your area?
We are told repeatedly that foot patrols are not the best way of using police time and that car patrols are more efficient. I am not convinced because the facts simply do not support this argument. Once again, it cannot be a coincidence that incidence of anti-social behaviour has increased as the number of foot patrols has reduced. Certainly, residents would sleep better in their beds if they knew that their local streets were being patrolled regularly by a policeman.
I believe we have reached a watershed; unless the decent majority start to fight back with determination and firmness, our country will become an intolerable place in which to live. To succeed in that fight we need to increase the number of police on our streets and bring discipline back into our schools and homes. Such measures will cost a lot of money, but that is a small price to pay if it means saving Britain from the anarchy that David Cameron spoke about last week.
Gordon Henderson
Conservative Parliamentary Spokesman
Sittingbourne & Sheppey
SWALE A DIRTY BOROUGH?
Release date: Immediate
Subject: Gordon "frustrated at the way in which the level of tidiness and cleanliness is rapidly deteriorating across Swale".
The director of the Swale Community Action Project (SCAP), Gordon Henderson, has written to Kent Highway Services to complain about the poor service being provided to the residents of Swale.
In his letter Gordon highlighted a number of issues including:-
· The poor standard of road sweeping, particularly on Sheppey.
· Blocked drain culverts that cause flooding.
· Overgrown and litter strewn alleys.
· Badly overgrown roundabouts and verges on the A249, which are unsightly and a hazard to motorists.
Gordon said:
'I am becoming increasingly frustrated at the way in which the level of tidiness and cleanliness is rapidly deteriorating across Swale.
'As the director of the Swale Community Action Project (SCAP) I am doing all I can to encourage members of our various communities to take ownership of their areas and help keep them clean and tidy. But it would make my task much easier if those agencies with a statutory responsibility for keeping our highways, verges, alleys and footpaths clean, set a better example by fulfilling their obligations with more diligence!
'The situation has certainly become noticeably worse since the highways agreement with Swale Borough Council was ended a couple of years ago. Perhaps it is time to revisit that decision!'
In his letter Gordon also raised again the problem of speeding in Queenborough Road and Minster Road, and the lack of proper white lines in the area.'
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Enc: Copy of letter to Kent Highway Services
Planning is a Nonsense!!!
The two photographs attached have been taken on the land next the Swale Martial Arts Club in East Street Sittingbourne. Photo no 1 shows a long lean to shed where the club houses some of its equipment, it a very neat affair with recently refurbished roof, painted front and parts decked with hanging baskets. SMAC decided to keep this ground in reasonable good order because it was the first thing people who come from Faversham side see of Sittingbourne. It seems that the planning authorities at Swale Borough Council did not like our shed as a few weeks ago they sent an enforcement officer ( who was in all fairness very pleasant and helpful) to SMAC telling us that the Sheds and our bird aviary did not have planning permission and had to come down. It was true that the big shed and aviary did not have planning something I did not realise I needed the club had no option but to agree.
The questions one must ask oneself are as follows:
1) Why did we have to knock them down, planning departments answer was no planning, yet the sheds were more attractive then what is left, they did not ruin the look of the area, they were not affecting anyone in terms of a hazard, they were not a danger to anyone and not in a state of disrepair. Surely common sense can prevail when this sort of things happen or is that beyond the remit of planning department?
2) Is it necessary to send a Planning Contravention Notice with fine of £1000 if you do not reply in 21 days?
3) A 8ft x 6ft garden shed is also part of the order, yet this stands in the garden of one of the flats on land that has been residential and in continual use as such for over a 100 years, in that time there must have been scores of garden sheds. So why now is it that contravenes planning regulations could it be planning are flexing their bureaucratic muscles it will not be the first time SMAC has been singled out someone, years ago we were taken to court because we had a banner which did not have planning permission yet all the major stores had banner adverts without planning, for nearly 100 years there has been a roadway to what used to be stables and a barn at the rear of the buildings, when the new roundabout was erected our entrance from the road was taken away so we were told to use another route from the road after doing this for 20 years some KCC officials tell us we are breaking the law and must cease. Are the SMAC being harassed by some at the council or is it we are not one of the big companies and an easy target?
4) The planning department tell me you need planning permission for a garden shed and do this you must have proper drawings so for an 10ft x 8ft shed you will have to have a set of drawings which will cost £100 or more. So if you have had a shed erected in less then 4 years you could be breaking planning laws.
Local Councillors seem to have less and less powers and in reality we are governed and administered by a unelected autonomous organisation, Councillors must start clawing back control of Council affairs and return power to the people.
Immigrants Must Adapt "take it or leave it" veiw from Australia
Muslims who want to live under Islamic Sharia law were told onWednesday to get out of Australia , as the government targeted radicals in abid to head off potential terror attacks.
A day after a group of mainstream Muslim leaders pledged loyalty to Australia and her Queen at a special meeting with Prime Minister John Howard, he and his Ministers made it clear that extremists would face a crackdown. Treasurer Peter Costello, seen as heir apparent to Howard, hinted that some radical clerics could be asked to leave the country if they did not accept that Australia was a secular state, and its laws were made by parliament. 'If those are not your values, if you want a country which has Sharia law or a theocratic state, then Australia is not for you', he said on NationalTelevision.
'I'd be saying to clerics who are teaching that there are two lawsgoverning people in Australia : one the Australian law and another Islamiclaw that is false. If you can't agree with parliamentary law, independentcourts, democracy, and would prefer Sharia law and have the opportunity togo to another country, which practices it, perhaps, then, that's a betteroption', Costello said.
Asked whether he meant radical clerics would be forced to leave, he saidthose with dual citizenship could possibly be asked to move to the othercountry. Education Minister Brendan Nelson later told reporters that Muslimswho did not want to accept local values should 'clear off. Basically peoplewho don't want to be Australians, and who don't want, to live by Australianvalues and understand them, well then, they can basically clear off', hesaid.
Separately, Howard angered some Australian Muslims on Wednesday by saying he supported spy agencies monitoring the nation's mosques.
Quote: 'IMMIGRANTS, NOT AUSTRALIANS, MUST ADAPT. Take It Or Leave It. I am tired of this nation worrying about whether we are offending some individual or their culture. Since the terrorist attacks on Bali, we have experienced a surge in patriotism by the majority of Australians.'
'However, the dust from the attacks had barely settled when the'politically correct' crowd began complaining about the possibility that ourpatriotism was offending others. I am not against immigration, nor do I holda grudge against anyone who is seeking a better life by coming to Australia.' 'However, there are a few things that those who have recently come to ourcountry, and apparently some born here, need to understand.' 'Thisidea of Australia being a multi-cultural community has served only to dilute our sovereignty and our national identity. And as Australians, we have our own culture, our own society, our own language and our own lifestyle.'
'This culture has been developed over two centuries of struggles, trialsand victories by millions of men and women who have sought freedom'
'We speak mainly ENGLISH, not Spanish, Lebanese, Arabic, Chinese,Japanese, Russian, or any other language. Therefore, if you wish to becomepart of our society ... Learn the language!'
'Most Australians believe in God. This is not some Christian, right wing,political push, but a fact, because Christian men and women, on Christianprinciples, founded this nation, and this is clearly documented. It iscertainly appropriate to display it on the walls of our schools. If Godoffends you, then I suggest you consider another part of the world as yournew home, because God is part of our culture.'
'We will accept your beliefs, and will not question why.. All we ask isthat you accept ours, and live in harmony and peaceful enjoyment with us.'
'If the Southern Cross offends you, or you don't like 'A Fair Go', thenyou should seriously consider a move to another part of this planet. We arehappy with our culture and have no desire to change, and we really don'tcare how you did things where you came from. By all means, keep yourculture, but do not force it on others.
'This is OUR COUNTRY, OUR LAND, and OUR LIFESTYLE, and we will allow you every opportunity to enjoy all this. But once you are done complaining, whining, and griping about Our Flag, Our Pledge, Our Christian beliefs, or Our Way of Life, I highly encourage you take advantage of one other great Australian freedom, 'THE RIGHT TO LEAVE'.'
If you aren't happy here then LEAVE. We didn't force you to come here.You asked to be here. So accept the country YOU accepted.
'Maybe if we circulate this amongst ourselves, British citizens will findthe backbone to start speaking and voicing the same truths!*
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VIENNA, 22 December (UN Information Service) - The new Permanent Representative of Hungary to the United Nations (Vienna), Károly Dán, presented his credentials today to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV), Yury Fedotov.
Mr. Dán is also serving as Permanent Representative to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe and other International Organizations in Vienna.
During his career, Mr. Dán has served in various capacities, among them: Ambassador, Consul General of Hungary in New York (2010-2014); Director of International Affairs and Chief Foreign Policy Adviser to the Chairman of the FIDESZ - Hungarian Civic Union Caucus in the Parliament (2007-2010); Director General, International Department, Ministry of Education and Culture (2006-2007); Cultural attaché, Embassy in Washington D.C. (2004-2006); Political secretary, Embassy in Washington D.C. (2002-2004); Foreign Service Officer, American desk, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2001-2002); Head of Education and Diplomatic Training, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1999-2001); Project manager, Budapest Business and Financial Centre (1997-1999).
Mr. Dán holds a Master's degree in Political Studies from the Faculty of Law, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest and a Bachelor's degree in Economics from the College for Foreign Trade and Business Administration, Budapest.
Mr. Dán is married and has three children.


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As governments prepare for the next round of climate change talks, pioneers are working on very different solutions in many places around the world. While many environmental movements still hope for the negotiations in Paris to produce new decisions, local initiatives are already implementing concrete measures with great success. They have recognized the meaning of a factor usually underestimated in climate change debates—water. A growing circle of experts confirms their pioneering work. Water is the puzzle piece that could enable us to find a quick and efficient solution for the climate catastrophe on a global scale.
November 2015: After five years of extreme drought, the long-desired rain is finally falling in California. What could actually be a blessing quickly develops into the next catastrophe. Masses of rain pour down onto desiccated land. In Lancaster, for example, two gallons of rain per square foot fell in only half an hour. The rain hits sealed, developed, overgrazed, parched and hardened ground. Where once humus-rich forest floors absorbed and stored these waters, it now rushes down the slopes carrying with it the last remaining fertile soil. Channelized riverbeds get filled with brown deluges, flooding streets and basements, causing millions of dollars in damages. The land will be left even more bleak and barren.
What happens in California is the symptom of a global phenomenon. Forests are cut; water is driven out as quickly as possible through drainages; soil is being sealed; cities create "hot spots" whose thermal lift no longer allows the clouds to discharge its rain.
This is what Michal Kravcik calls the "old water paradigm." The Slovakian water engineer has been gathering data and practical experience for decades.(About the new water paradigm read here) His conclusion, which he will present at the climate summit, is that rainwater run-off does not only damage soil. It is also responsible for the rise of sea levels and global warming. His suggestion is both simple and fascinating: We could prevent climate change if every person on Earth stored 25,000 gallons of rainwater in the ground. This is the core of the Global Action Plan that he presents.
What is the basis of this suggestion?
In Slovakia he first observed increased rainwater run-off due to impervious surfaces and drainages created for urban development and industrial agriculture. Together with his team, he gathered and analyzed the exact figures of this phenomenon, projected these numbers on a global scale and compared them with what is being measured worldwide in terms of climate change. The results are astonishing; the annual loss of 50,000 square miles of forest and the additional soil sealing of 20,000 square miles per year have reduced the water that is able to circulate in small rainwater cycles. He estimates that, throughout the last century, around 8900 cubic miles of water for these climatically crucial cycles was lost. This equals three times the water volume of Lake Superior. If you calculate the effect this has on the oceans, you end up with a sea level rise of around four inches.
Kravcik also made another calculation. Rainwater and humidity are vital parts in the cooling system of the atmosphere. During evaporation, a gallon of water spends 2.5-kilowatt hours of solar energy. The loss of significant amounts of water and the desiccation of soil and of air therefore produce potential heat, which amounts to, as Kravcik calculated, the gigantic figure of 25 million-terawatt hours. This is 1600 times more heat produced annually than all of the planets' powerhouses combined. This calculation provides us with a well-founded alternative explanation for global warming.
Kravcik himself has worked on solutions too. In Slovakia, he prevented the construction of new reservoir dams by testing an alternative with his "Water and People" program. In a nationwide citizens' initiative, supported by the government at the time, thousands of people joined hands to build small "check dams" constructed with stone and wood, which do the exact opposite of what is usually being done with water. They slow down the run-off of rainwater and thereby allow it to enter the body of the Earth. The campaign was a great success. It not only created hundreds of new jobs, it also revitalized villages and made the land fertile again. Nevertheless, the new government stopped the program in 2007. In September 2015, government agencies financially stalemated Kravcik's NGO in such a way that it currently finds itself on the brink of collapse. Projects that offer people the possibility of self-sufficiency and decentralization are too revolutionary in a world ruled by systems of power that rely on centralization and dependency. They are therefore being systematically persecuted, silenced, destroyed. Please find out more about his call for support here.
In the documentary film "Hope in a Changing Climate," John D. Liu shows how the Chinese Loess Plateau, an area as vast as Belgium, could be restored by decentralizing water management.
In the US, Andy Lipkis of "TreePeople" shows that it is possible to retain rainwater even in urban centers. By developing an intelligent system that leads rainwater from roofs and streets into newly opened spaces on roadsides and next to houses, he highlights a key element for sustainable urban design. More about his and treepeople's work here.
The knowledge for such a plan exists. It is essentially based on a simple, but new water paradigm, one expressed in all the methods described above: Avoid any rainwater run-off! After all the destruction we have done to the Earth, we need to interact with her in a healing way to ensure that she can again absorb the rains that come. Every property, every region, every country must transform into what it has naturally once been—a Water Retention Landscape. This is how the aquifers can fill themselves and how springs can supply nature, animals and people with enough high-quality water all year long. Thus, there will be neither floods nor desertification, neither climate catastrophe nor hunger, but biodiversity, stable ecosystems and an abundance of water, food and energy. Would the massive El Niño rains, expected in California and other regions this winter, fall into prepared water retention spaces, a natural paradise could start to blossom as early as next spring. Water retention is the basis for a free humankind on a free Earth.
We can no longer wait for governments to solve climate change. While conference after conference passes without much progress, while weather catastrophes become ever more tremendous and deadly, there are concrete solutions at hand. Please help to get this information and knowledge into the hands of the people around the world! The time is ripe for great change. May new groups and communities of people come together all over the world to secure our basis of life—healthy water and intact nature.
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I can't believe this was written with zero mention of Permaculture. Permaculture designs *everything*, from a home to a city or more with water as a fundamental basis. We start with how sun, rain and wind move across a landscape and the features of that landscape.
Please, it is not just water, but an entire way of creating human/natural spaces based on principles found in Nature. Permaculture *is* the way to creating an entirely new world. Earth Care, People Care, Fair Share.
We must change governance along the lines of the principles of permaculture.
Great that these observations and movements are happening all around the world. We have very similar program in Australia ,mimicking nature called Natural Sequence Farming working on the observations and experiments of Peter Andrews . It works.
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I shared this to my fb page – with comments of my own along the same lines.
Great to see people around the work doing this work. More sources/data on the empirical side of Kravcik's calculations? I have been working on this in a small/urban scale myself.
Where r u based Joe?
Agreed. This is the real challenge. Ignorance be governance.
Epic! What a fantastic article! I will share near and far. If you like this article please checkout the work of Bill Mollison, Geoff Lawton Joel Salatin, Darren Doherty, Mark Shepard, Warren Brush, Elaine Ingham, Art Ludwig, Brad Lancaster and many others.


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The SEC Blog: Get ready for No. 1 vs. No. 1
By Kevin Scarbinsky
No, no, no. You've got it all wrong. Well, not all wrong, but your math is a little off, at least at the moment and subject to change. Sorry, Euclid, but in this geometric equation involving a space of 100 yards and time measured in 60-minute intervals, you didn't carry the 1. Allow me to explain.
You've been billing LSU's visit to Alabama next weekend as Game of the Century II, as the first No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchup anywhere in college football since Game of the Century I, when the undefeated No. 1 Tigers outlasted the undefeated No. 2 Crimson Tide 9-6 in overtime in Tuscaloosa on Nov. 5, 2011.
That game made history as the first No. 1 vs. No. 2 regular-season matchup ever in the Southeastern Conference.
With LSU and Alabama both idle this weekend, their impending Nov. 9 showdown in Bryant-Denny Stadium has a chance to make a different kind of history in the SEC and beyond. Our research indicates that, if the top of the polls remain the same after this weekend's action, LSU at Alabama will likely be the first regular season No. 1 vs. No. 1 matchup in the 150-year history of the sport.
After surviving a Death Valley slugfest against Auburn with a 23-20 victory, its third Top-10 win of the season, LSU jumped over Alabama for the No. 1 ranking in the Associated Press poll. It's the first time the Tigers have topped that poll since 2011. The Tide, despite earning the most first-place votes, slipped to No. 2 overall by the slim margin of two points.
The coaches who vote in the USA Today poll also were impressed enough with LSU's gritty Auburn victory to move the Tigers up one spot - but from No. 3 to No. 2. Who's No. 1 according to the coaches? Alabama, which stayed atop that poll after taking care of business against Arkansas 48-7 with quarterback Mac Jones filling in nicely for the injured Tua Tagovailoa.
So 8-0 Alabama is No. 1 in the USA Today Coaches Poll, and 8-0 LSU is No. 1 in the AP Poll. Do the math correctly, and LSU at Alabama will be a No. 1 vs. No. 1 summit meeting of unprecedented proportion.
It seems fitting that the SEC would be the home of the matchup to end all regular-season matchups in 2019. This season has seen a steady stream of extra-large games involving conference teams.
When Florida and Georgia renew their annual rivalry Saturday in Jacksonville, it'll be more than the de facto SEC East Championship Game. With the Gators ranked No. 6 in both polls and the Bulldogs at No. 7 in USA Today and No. 8 in AP, this will be the sixth Top-10 matchup of the season involving at least one SEC team.
LSU-Alabama will be the seventh. Five of those seven top-10 meetings will have been SEC vs. SEC affairs. The only exceptions: LSU outscoring Texas from the Big 12 and Georgia outfighting independent Notre Dame.
Otherwise, the best conference in college football by any metric continues to provide a heaping helping of the biggest games in the country inside its own house.
No. 1 LSU at No. 1 Alabama will simply, historically, raise the roof. It'll be so much more than the Game of the Century II. To honor college football's 150th anniversary, it'll be the Game of the Sesquicentennial.


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Dollar Shave Club backer: We can take on Gillette
A cheap, hilarious, viral video is the vanguard of a new company that sells razors and blades to consumers.
March 8, 2012 11:47 AM PST
This hilarious video is launching a consumer brand. (Click to play.) Screenshot by Rafe Needleman/CNET
When I first saw the video pitch for Dollar Shave Club, I thought it was a joke. The fact that the site was down for a long period didn't help.
But as we know now, this thing is for real. The YouTube video now has more than 1.6 million views. A backer I spoke with said it's all part of the strategy.
At Launch, I talked with Peter Pham, from Science Inc., the accelerator that's been working with Dollar Shave Club. Science has been working on other similar plays, like the underwear company MeUndies and the subscription children's clothing company Wittlebee.
What Pham is trying to do is build new consumer brands. The Web makes that possible, he says. YouTube, Facebook, and other social mechanisms make viral and rapid brand growth possible in a way that traditional media, and companies, can't touch.
"We're taking on Gillette," Pham says. By selling razor blades? I asked him how he can keep margins up when competing with giant consumer goods companies.
Dollar Shave Club doesn't re-sell other company products, as some other subscription consumer reseller companies do (like Alice and ManPacks). Dollar Shave Club actually sources its own razors and blades from manufacturers in China ("We tested a ton of razors," Pham says). This, and its direct sales approach, means it can keep prices way low.
Pham took the opportunity to remind me how disgusting it was to do what most guys do who shave: Use the same razor or cartridge for longer than we should, since high-end blades now are horrendously expensive. The key to a good shave, he pitches, is a clean, fresh blade. And lowering the price is the key way to get men (and, eventually, women), to change out their blades more frequently.
And the key to building these new subscription companies is the brand and the buying experience, Pham emphasized. He says he's moving to Los Angeles where the entertainment talent is for branding and design. The Dollar Shave Club video only cost CEO Mike Dubin $4,500, Pham says, so one might expect his branding expenses to go up as he moves to the heart of the entertainment industry. But the move does reflect Science Inc's focus on building brands that compete with old-line products.
The products also matter, of course, but it's getting easier to source products now that are competitive with what the traditional brands now offer. So many of them come from the same plants, after all.
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'The Hills' Star Talks More Fashion and Politics
Several weeks ago, we reported that Heidi Montag of the reality show, The Hills, had openly declared her support for presidential bet, John McCain. Last week, she promised to finally register in order to be eligible to actually cast her vote for her presidential choice.
The Hills co-star spoke to MTV about what had kept her from getting her registration completed much sooner.
"I am definitely registering to vote," Montag told MTV news backstage during her Heidiwood fashion show. "I've just been so busy and crazy filming and working on my album and working on my fashion show that I've hardly had any time, but it's definitely a priority, and I'm doing it this week."
Montag is certainly busy with a host of things these days, particularly her fashion line, which has been launching at various shops and stores lately. She had earlier debuted Heidiwood at retail chain Anchor Blue and on Friday, the clothing brand took off at Kitson in Los Angeles.
"I've been obsessed with fashion since I can remember. I used to have drawings all over my notebooks," the Hills star declared. "So I moved to Italy for a year and I studied fashion there, and then I moved to the Academy of Art University of San Francisco. I just wanted my line to represent me. I want it to be fun and flirty for the everyday woman. You can dress it up, you can dress it down, you can mix and match it, and you feel good wearing it. And it fits every woman. It fits different silhouettes, and it's good for spring, because the fabrics are all lightweight."
She also revealed that, as previously reported, while she's not jumping to take part in a potential Hills flick narrated by favorite frienemy and co-star, Lauren Conrad, she does have a clear notion of what would be a perfect movie for her to star in.
"The perfect movie I want to do is like [Jennifer Garner's character] Sydney Bristow on Alias," Montag told MTV. "I want to be, like, an action star. I want a big gun, like Angelina Jolie roles. I want to be the badass."
Well, if you ask Lauren Conrad, she just might say Heidi's film role ambition isn't that much stranger than reality.
-Rosario Santiago, BuddyTV Staff Columnist
Source: MTV, Gossip Girls
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Conceptualized in response to the impact of supertyphoon Yolanda (Haiyan), this project aims to increase resilience of Yolanda-affected site partners and communities – Guiuan, Eastern Samar and Gigantes Islands, Iloilo – through its immediate and long-term ecosystem rehabilitation activities.
In particular, it aims to document stories of Yolanda survivors, rehabilitate affected ecosystems such as coral and mangroves areas, identify and provide for alternative livelihood options in affected partner communities, and integrate disaster risk reduction and management and climate change adaptation into conservation management frameworks.
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