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Wednesday, October 7, 2015 by Jo Clifton
City, Junk Yard Dogs to fight in court today
Although the city of Austin has sued the Travis Central Appraisal District over its valuations of commercial and vacant properties, the first test of the lawsuit's merit will come in court today not from TCAD, but from the commercial property owner Junk Yard Dogs LP.
The lawyers for Junk Yard Dogs, picked perhaps for their colorful name to represent 11,000 commercial property owners in Travis County, hope to get the case dismissed right off the bat. Attorney Bill Aleshire, who represents Junk Yard Dogs along with several other intervenors, said the city had agreed in writing to allow the motion for summary judgment to be heard first today. In addition to Aleshire, the intervenors are represented by several other attorneys, including Lorri Michel and Raymond Gray.
If District Judge Tim Sulak, who has been assigned to hear the case, rules in favor of Junk Yard Dogs after hearing today's arguments, that will eliminate the need to argue over the city's motions to dismiss a challenge from seven homeowners who wish to intervene in the lawsuit. However, it is more likely that the judge will take the matter under advisement and move on with other motions.
The city's attorney will argue that the court should not allow the individual homeowners to intervene in the lawsuit because the city has sued only owners of commercial property and vacant land.
The property owners' lawyers will cite unorthodox tactics on the part of the city as well as TCAD, arguing that the two entities are in cahoots, plotting their path through the lawsuit together. Without the property owners intervening, their lawyers will say, there will be no one to argue that the city has failed to follow the appropriate procedures for challenging TCAD's appraisals.
In a response filed on Tuesday to the city's motion to determine which parties may be allowed to remain in the lawsuit, the property owners argue that they are "necessary parties because only they will point out this court's lack of jurisdiction." A lack of jurisdiction would be a fatal flaw in the lawsuit.
The property owners say the court does not have jurisdiction because the city failed to file its lawsuit within 60 days of receiving notice that the Appraisal Review Board had rejected its challenge.
In fact, the Appraisal Review Board never really had an opportunity to hear the city's arguments concerning alleged underappraisal of commercial properties because the city and TCAD agreed ahead of time that they wanted to go directly to court rather than argue about the appraisals before the review board. That's another part of the property owners' challenge to the court's jurisdiction.
The city has not served the more than 11,000 commercial property owners in Travis County, and the intervenors will argue that the failure to provide the required notice about the lawsuit to these property owners is another fatal flaw in the city's lawsuit.
The city is requesting that the court allow it to dispense with service on the property owners or alternatively to serve TCAD on behalf of those property owners.
But TCAD "is a defendant in name only," according to the intervenors, who cite the friendly relationship between Mayor Steve Adler and other city officials and Chief Appraiser Marya Crigler. They note that the mayor and Crigler held a joint press conference to discuss the lawsuit.
Additionally, the intervenors will argue that because the city is seeking a permanent injunction to prevent property owners from using a state law that allows them to challenge their property values based on the values assigned to comparable properties, the city has made it necessary for all Travis County property owners to be parties to the lawsuit.
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Travis Central Appraisal District: The tax appraisal district for Travis County.
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The Travis Central Appraisal District stands alone among six districts surveyed in its decision not to update property appraisals this year, according to a special report by the Austin city auditor. The failure to update property values has caused considerable…
Commissioners Court to facilitate talks in disagreement between ABoR and TCAD
TCAD Chief Appraiser Marya Crigler told the Travis County Commissioners Court on March 10 that despite receiving a cease-and-desist order to stop collecting third-party sales data, her office is still working to acquire the necessary data to accurately appraise home…
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García, J. Correa, G. Rousset, B. (2019), Trends in infant mortality in Venezuela between 1985 and 2016: a systematic analysis of demographic data. The Lancet Global Health. DOI:10.1016/S2214-109X(18)30479-0.
Mi amiga Brenda Rousset Yépez me envía este artículo que acaba de publicar junto a dos compañeros demógrafos venezolanos. Os presento un ejemplo magnífico de investigación empírica y científica, y de capacidad para desmentir tópicos y visiones políticas oficiales. Con gran rigor en la metodología, contraste de fuentes diversas, y transparencia y replicabilidad de los resultados, estos investigadores demuestran que se está produciendo un retroceso notable en la mortalidad infantil de su país. No sólo contradicen así la versión oficial nacional, sino también la internacional, basada en los importantes avances globales conseguidos desde los llamados Objetivos del Milenio. Estos logros, reales y constatados, tienen en Venezuela una desgraciada excepción. En un momento en que la actualidad política del país hermano acapara titulares y acciones diplomáticas y económicas, es de agradecer que los demógrafos recuerden al mundo que la situación es dramática por motivos tanto o más importantes, como la vida o la muerte de los niños.
Gerardo Correa es Profesor Investigador en la Universidad Católica Andrés Bello.
Jenny García es investigadora de 'Institut national d'études démographiques (INED).
Brenda Rousset es profesora de la Universidad Central de Venezuela. Aquí tenéis un par de entradas de ApdD sobre su trabajo: Proyección de hogares, en Ebook de ALAP / Tesis doctoral: Proyecciones de hogares: una aplicación para Venezuela al horizonte 2021.
Background Between the 1950s and 2000, Venezuela showed one of the most substantial improvements in infant mortality rates in Latin America. However, the recent economic crisis alongside an increase in infectious and parasitic diseases might be reversing previous patterns. Because no official updated mortality statistics have been published since 2013, the effect of these recent events has been difficult to assess accurately. We therefore aimed to estimate infant mortality rate trends and report the effect of the crisis. Methods We estimated infant mortality rates using direct methods (ie, death counts from Venezuelan Ministry of Health via yearbooks and notifiable diseases bulletins, and birth records published by the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean and the Venezuelan National Institute of Statistics) and indirect methods (using census data and a Living Conditions Survey ENCOVI 2016). We shaped yearly estimations using a semiparametric regression model, specifically a P-Spline model with a cubic thin plate base. The primary objective was to estimate infant mortality rate trends from 1985 to 2016. Findings Around 2009, the long-term decline in infant mortality rate stopped, and a new pattern of increase was observed. The infant mortality rate reached 21·1 deaths per 1000 livebirths (90% CI −17·8 to 24·3) in 2016, almost 1·4 times the rate of 2008 (15·0, −14·0 to 16·1). This increase represents a huge setback on previous achievements in reducing infant mortality. Interpretation Our conservative estimation indicates that Venezuela is in the throes of a humanitarian crisis. The increase in infant mortality rate in 2016 compared with 2008 takes the country back to the level observed at the end of the 1990s, wiping out 18 years of expected progress, and leaves the Venezuelan Government far from achieving the target of nine deaths per 1000 livebirths stated in the UN Millennium Development Goals.


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You don't have to be over 60 to attend. You can come and play Crib on Saturday afternoons or Bridge during the week, there is a Sing-a-long, attend the Health Awareness classes for exercise, and you can even Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS) on Thursday nights. If you like to dance there is a Friday Nite Social with a live band, Ballroom Dancing and Swing Dancing with lessons provided before the dancing begins, Modern Square Dancing and Line Dancing too. There is a Crafting session for all you creative people, you can work on your own projects and socialize at the same time. For you Stick handlers, drop in to play Pool weekdays, for both men and ladies, and join in on the tournaments played.
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Unit Text: "K" Coy. 3rd Bn. Special Bde.
Additional information: Son of Andrew and Elizabeth Creswell, of 33, Windmill Terrace, Londonderry.
He was born in Liverpool and had originally joined the army earlier in the war in the Royal Field Artillary service No 56669 however after allegedly receiving field punishment he transferred to the Royal Engineers (or would that have been Pioneer Corps due to his rank?) I remember seeing one photo of Willy on horse back but sadly I don't know what happened to that picture. I do however still have 2 photos of him one in his RFA uniform, complete with spurs ( in the photo he is stood with a sailor but sadly we don't know who he is), and one in his RE uniform with his 'bomber' badge on his right sleeve. I have no idea why he was awarded the MM, have you come across anything in your investigations? Also have you come across the events around Willy's death possibly at the Battle of Lys. Other information I can give you is that Willy played the accordian and the officers clubbed together to buy him an instrument so he could entertain the men. Strangely Willy had worked on the clipper ships before the war but chose not to join the Royal Navy. His memorial is recorded on a plaque is the Florence Institute for Boys, Mill Street Liverpool (currently being renovated), Willy had been a member of this institute but his name is written as 'William Hardacre' (his mothers new married name) due to Willy's mother's new husband seeing him as his own son.
Hope this is of some help to you, if you need anymore information please get in touch.
Thanks for remembering these men.
Many thanks for your contribution. I don't have any details for him, but I can find out. About a thousand men from the Royal Artillery were transferred to the SB. No 1 Company was equipped with 4 inch Stokes Mortars, almost certainly the reason why this RFA man was transferred to them.
Your "bumping up" of your query reminds me, now that I am back in the UK and have access to old files, to give you what I have re my grandfather.
He was Sergeant William Barr, RE, no. 106515 (I have his identity disc), M Special Company. He entered France 17/8/1915, discharged to class Z, 10/2/1919. I do not have his medals, sadly. He died in 1959, three years before I was born.
I did review, back in 1996, the relevant War Diaries for M Special Coy (WO95/332, 401, 486 and 549), but found only one reference to him by name, teaching chemistry just around the end of the war, presumably to help the lads on their discharge. He was originally a chemistry teacher, hence, I assume, his original drafting into the Specials.
In 2000, I visited a couple of the locations in Belgium and France where M Special Coy conducted attacks...truly scary to find the roads and farms they attacked still extant.
I only have one piece of ephemera relating to him - a photocopy of an informal poster (A3) of "M Special Company's strafes", the original went AWOL somewhere within the family. This was presumably produced within the unit at the end of the war. But it lists about 50 attacks, with date, locality, division (i.e. in support of), number of cylinders or projectors discharged. I can post this as a photo if that would be helpful (no scanner currently I am afraid) or snailmail it to you if interested.
I also have, albeit bought separately from a book dealer some years ago, a copy of "Gas warfare : monthly summary of information", No.2 August 1917, issued by General Staff, a small pamphlet only c. 16pp. Again I could post jpegs or send you photocopy by snailmail if interested and if you do not already have it (as I suspect you do).
The only other piece of memorabilia I have is an RE sweetheart brooch, which he gave to his fiancee during the war. What is also nice is that I have a lovely photo of her wearing it (see attached photo, with the brooch and also his identify disc). Having (a long time ago) been a TA Sapper, I have used this as a tie pin on suitable occasions.
I would be very interested to hear any information you have on the below chap.
Secondary Unit Text: attd. "O" Special Coy.
Additional information: Son of Walter and Mary A. Thompson, of Ely, Cambs.
Grave/Memorial Reference: 1. B. 9.
Thanks for that, any information on Willy would be great. Its nice to see part of his life being pieced together.
Did you see my post 124 on this subject. I have hit the proverbial brick wall with regard any more background on George Dawson.
a six month waiting list for a full response.
Sorry, I did miss your post apologies to you and anyone else I haven't replied to yet. I'll trawl through the last few weeks and reply sooner rather than later.
Unit Text: "H" Special Coy.
Additional information: Son of William and Millicent Loggie, of 4, Glendalough Rd., Drumcondra, Dublin. Junior Assistant to Professor Gilbert Morgan, Royal College of Science, Dublin.
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. K. 34.
This is William Thomas Keith Loggie, my uncle.
My mother always said he was a victim of 'friendly gas' as it might be called now.
Maybe you could point me to what this unit was doing in July 1917?
My father, George Oswald Mitchell (G.O.M.), was also a sergeant in 'M' Special Coy RE. He kept a trench diary up to the Battle of Loos and notes of engagements thereafter. I have checked through his trench diary and notes, but unfortunately there is no specific mention of your grandfather. I have also checked through the signatories of the menu of 'M' Special Coy's annual reunion dinner in 1932, but again I am afraid your grandfather's signature is not there. I have used G.O.M.'s trench diary and notes as the basis of a book that has been published recently, Shrapnel and Whizzbangs - A Tommy in the Trenches 1914-18, which deals partly with 'M' Special Coy's experiences - see the 'books by members' section of this website, or http://www.shrapnelandwhizzbangs.wordpress.com.
A possible source of information for you is the run of the Special Brigade Newsletters held by the RE Library at Chatham. However, these are not reproduced or digitalised and you have to visit personally, having made prior arrangement with the Librarian. It took me two days to work through them - a very moving experience.
I would be fascinated to see the poster of 'M' Special Coy's strafes if you can find any way of posting or attaching it. Alternatively, if you can have a copy made and post it to me I would gladly pay any expenses involved.
Do you have any casualties for 3 Battalion, Special Brigade, who might have died as a result of a gas attack near Messines on the night of 31 Aug-1 Sep 1916? I've reason to believe this was a British attack that went wrong. One man who was affected and invalided home was Lt C D Stewart. Although invalided out of the Army in July 1918 he appears to have survived a long time - the last date I have for him is 1937 in Hong Kong.
I'm not interested in names, just whether there were other gas casualties in 3 Battalion.
I've ordered Foulkes' book "Gas! The story of the Special Brigade" from my library.
I know of three from the battalion who were killed. The difficulty arises with the wounded. There is a lack of detailed records from that period and if they suffered adverse effects just 24 hours or so after that, there is the additional problem of proving that they were casualties from the same incident. I have noted this though and if I turn anything up I'll let you know.
The information about the fatalities is very useful and places what I know about Stewart in context. I appreciate what you say about those wounded as Stewart himself obviously survived.
With apologies for delay, only just seen this - fascinating ! I very much appreciate your efforts to find references to Sgt Barr in your father's materials. He seems to have kept a low profile ! But I am sure the two men must have known each other. I will definitely have a look at your book, which I had not come across before. It will at least give a flavour of things. I may sometime get a chance to look at the newspaper at Chatham.
Re the 1932 reunion, I don't believe he kept much in touch after the war, my mother never mentioned anything, in 1932 he would have been teaching in Aberdeen.
I can now attach some pics of the "poster", one of the whole thing and two of three of smaller sections (ran pout of space for final bit), although I fear at the sizes allowed here it may be unreadable. If you can PM me your snailmail address, I am very happy to mail it to you (just one page under A3).
Again, many thanks for an unexpected surprise ! I am seeing my mother (his daughter, still going strong at 81) tomorrow, and she will be fascinated to hear there is a book that might at least describe some of M Special's work.
I've some Special Brigade (I think) photos - my Grandfather is on most of them.
I hope that this posting works . . .
OD Winterbottom of Horton House, Northampton.
And here is another Special Brigade photo.
A Special Brigade Photo, but not of the best quality.
there is at least one soldier with just one stripe (Is that Lance Corporal ?) and those standing at the back of the group don't appear to have any stripes at all - but I thought that soldiers in the Special Brigade were Corporals ?
A smaller group of the Special Brigade in the same location - but where ???
The group is mainly of Sergeants, my grandfather is 3rd from the left of those standing. Again, there is at least one soldier with no stripes.


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The Brothers Grime: Grime Doesn't Pay
Review: Grime Doesn't Pay (The Brothers Grime #2) by Z.A. Maxfield
Eddie Vasquez, one of the three owners of The Brothers Grime, has fallen for his niece's elementary school teacher Mr. B. Andrew Daley. Each time Eddie drops Lucy off at her third grade classroom, he intends to speak to Andrew about more than just Lucy's accomplishments and classwork and each time he leaves without saying anything. Eddie finds Andrew gorgeous but daunting because of his education and learning. Eddie is profoundly dyslexic, leaving him unable to read without special instruments and a considerable amount of time pouring over the words. And while Eddie has managed to be successful in life working with his disability, he continues to feel as though he is "afflicted", unworthy of someone whose conversations are filled full of books and book references.
Andrew Daley has his own hidden problems, specifically his father. Andrew's father used to own a bookstore but since his mother's death, his father has changed severely and not for the better. In fact his father's problems have gotten so extreme that Andrew has not seen his father in months, staying in contact only through sporadic phone calls. Andrew too has noticed his student Lucy's gorgeous uncle and looks forward to every visit Eddie Vasquez makes to his classroom. He loves to see how deeply Eddie loves his niece and the adoration that shows in the way he treats her. And he wonders why the obviously interested Eddie doesn't approach him.
Then one of Eddie's former elementary teachers shows up at school, disoriented, hair and clothes rank, smelling of human decomposition, and the two men join forces to help her and discover the events that have brought her to a school she hasn't work at in decades. Mrs. Henderson is the teacher responsible for Eddie's diagnosis of his learning disability, her support and care helped him to move forward, personally and professionally. Now when she needs help, Eddie is there, together with the rest of The Brothers Grime and Andrew, to provide the assistance she so badly needs.
Mrs. Henderson brings Eddie and Andrew together but each man is still hiding their biggest secrets from each other. When those secrets are finally disclosed, will the fragile relationship they have been building survive, and grow stronger under the weight of truths finally revealed?
I loved the first book in this series, Grime and Punishment, published in May of 2013. It was funny, heartrending and so unusual in that the profession of its main character, Jack Masterson, is one rarely found encountered in fiction. Jack was a former firefighter whose disability forced him off the job into a new profession, that of crime scene cleanup. Jack, along with childhood friends, Gabe and Eddie Vasquez, formed The Brothers Grime, a crime scene cleaning service whose motto "Because Life Is Not A Fairy Tale" adorns their vans and advertises their business. It was a fascinating introduction to this necessary and deeply unpleasant profession as well as the intelligent, multidimensional characters who own and operate The Brothers Grime. It was a smart, engrossing story, one I couldn't put down and highly recommended. But it still did not prepare me for the remarkable and absorbing tale to follow, Grime Doesn't Pay, Eddie's story.
In Grime Doesn't Pay, Z.A. Maxfield tackles several tough and complex elements, all crucial to the story, the characters and the series and she handles them all with intelligence, compassion and an authenticity that educated while removing nothing from a riveting story. Maxfield's narrative moved me to a better understanding of those burdened with these problems while highlighting the need for more education and enlightenment in the media of these issues and their effects upon our society, a powerful statement for any story.
First lets look at Eddie, a complex and admirable character who has learned to deal with his profound dyslexia while still bearing old pain from the manner in which his family, friends and schoolmates treated him growing up. I loved Eddie and through him, Z.A. Maxfield taught me so much more about dyslexia and the instruments and coping mechanisms used by those affected by this disease. It is a dispassionate, layered portrait that encompasses both the adult who manages his dyslexia successfully while never forgetting the child taunted by classmates and torn down by his parents disappointment. There is so much to this character, from his courtly manners derived from his family and background to his dancing, a fluid and artistic expression of the inner man. Eddie is full of complexities, and the story, told from his point of view, is enriched in equal measure.
Secondly, and on par with the misinformation and misunderstandings of the complexities and range of dyslexia is the mental disorder of hoarding. Too often this mental disorder is viewed through the superficial treatment given in the media, a foil for comics and the subject of cable tv programming. But in the hands of this author, and seen through the eyes of Eddie, Andrew and his father, it becomes real and grimly relevant to our understanding of mental illness today. Each man is a different prism through which the disease can be viewed. Andrew's anguish as the son lacking the understanding of his father's illness, full of anger and pain, and reeling with embarassment, is the voice we so often see in the media. His is the channel through which most of us see the disease and its effects upon family and loved ones. Next, in Andrew's father, we see the disease given full reign, but made very human, grounded in his pain and humiliation. His own embarrassment and pride in full conflict with the reality of his situation and his inability to cope with his mental illness on his own. We are brought into his home, piled up with debris, overridden with roaches, and infused with a stench of old food and rat excrement that you can almost smell coming out of the pages. That picture combined with the pathetic state of his person and the dignity that he is trying to maintain will bring you to tears and still let you understand the fury of the son. And finally, to give the reader yet one more perspective from which to view this disease, we see it from Eddie's standpoint. As a dyslexic who stands outside the norms of society, he is perhaps the only person (outside of a psychiatrist specializing in hoarders) who can reach Andrew's father and understand him. And once again, Maxfield makes us feel every bit of their pain, of Eddie, who can't read, being the one to understand Mr. Daley, a person who has lived his life for books and now uses them as a basis for his hoarding.
Added to these exceptional aspects of this story are marvelous characterizations outside of Eddie, Andrew and Mr. Daley, including Mrs. Henderson and the problem of the aged (another beautifully rendered subject). There is the culturally rich Vasquez family, surrounding Eddie with love and expectations. The hilarious morally challenged employee, Skippy, and the ever closeted police officer and childhood friend of The Brothers Grime, Dave Huntley, who figures in all the stories. So many wonderful characters to challenge the way you view people and the manner in which they live their lives.
If the serious nature of these topics give you pause, don't let it. There is a wonderfully moving romance that binds these issues together. There are scenes of terrific warmth and humor to balance those of grim realism and pain. Z. A. Maxfield moves her story along concisely and smoothly, leaving the reader so wrapped up in the people and events that you will barely be aware of the pages flipping by. This story left me floored and throughly addicted to these characters and their future. I think you will feel the same. Consider Grime Doesn't Pay not only a must read but one of Scattered Thoughts Best Contemporary Stories of 2013.
Published November 27th 2013 by Loose Id (first published November 25th 2013)
edition language English
url http://www.loose-id.com/the-brothers-grime-2-eddie.html
series The Brothers Grime
This entry was posted in 5 star Rating, Book Reviews, Books, Contemporary fiction, eBooks, LGBTQ Book Reviews, Loose id, M/M Book Reviews, M/M Contemporary Fiction, M/M Fiction, M/M Romance, scattered Thoughts Best Books of 2013, Uncategorized and tagged Best Contemporary Novel of 2013, crime scene cleanup profession, gay dyslexic, gays with disabilities in fiction, gays with hoarding parents, hoarders in fiction, hoarding issues in families, m/m contemporary romance, m/m novel, Scattered Thoughts Highly Recommended, The Brothers Grime series, The Brothers Grime: Grime Doesn't Pay, Z.A. Maxfield.


What do you offer that no one else can? What is the fire in you that can light up the world?
If you feel like your life is out of balance, that there's something you're supposed to be doing but you either don't know what it is or can't find traction for doing it, there is a way through. You might feel pressure to be living differently than you are, that there's something not right with you or how you spend your days, but it's difficult to describe exactly what's wrong.
Think of your Life Purpose as a physical energy flowing through you. Imagine that it has a knowing and direction independent of your thoughts. When you are out of alignment with it, you will feel a sense of pressure, as the energy that calls you to your purpose pushes against the unconscious barriers that block it. This class will teach how to release the dams (self-limiting beliefs) so your gift may flow unimpeded into creation.
More than that, by offering a proven, step by step method for clarifying in your heart the exact nature of your purpose and how to best share it with the world, this class offers a practical foundation for living your dreams. It also features individual readings for each attendee that speak directly to the specific nature of your purpose so you can leave with clarity and focus for your path and your best steps from here.
Now is the time for the individual to step forward and claim their voice. Let this be the era when ordinary people reveal the extraordinary within. Activate your purpose, and shine forth as a bright light in the world.
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Miele's Five-Point Night leads Pirates past Monarchs, Earns Promotion
Posted by redhawk95
Well, that didn't take long.
Former Miami stand out and Hobey Baker Memorial Award winner, Andy Miele, registered a gigantic night offensively with 2-3-5 as his Portland Pirates defeated the Manchester Monarchs 5-3 on Wednesday night.
Miele, the only Hobey Baker Award winner in Miami hockey history, now has a season line of 3-4-7 in just four games with AHL Portland. And, earlier today, his performance was more than enough to earn him a quick promotion to the Pirates NHL parent club, the Phoenix Coyotes, with whom Miele signed a pro contract last spring. Presumably, Miele will suit up for his first NHL regular season game on Sunday night when the offensively challenged Coyotes (2-3-1) will face the Anaheim Ducks (4-1) at the Pond.
Congratulations, again, Andy! And, best of luck in your NHL debut — whenever that may be!
Tags: Andy Miele, Hobey Baker Memorial Award, Miami RedHawks, NHL, Phoenix Coyotes, Portland Pirates


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C-C chemokine receptor type 11 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CCRL1 gene.[1][2]
The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the G protein-coupled receptor family, and is a receptor for C-C type chemokines. This receptor has been shown to bind dendritic cell- and T cell-activated chemokines including CCL19/ELC, CCL21/SLC, and CCL25/TECK. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding the same protein have been described.[2]
↑ Khoja H, Wang G, Ng CT, Tucker J, Brown T, Shyamala V (May 2000). "Cloning of CCRL1, an orphan seven transmembrane receptor related to chemokine receptors, expressed abundantly in the heart". Gene. 246 (1–2): 229–38. doi:10.1016/S0378-1119(00)00076-7. PMID 10767544.
↑ 2.0 2.1 "Entrez Gene: CCRL1 chemokine (C-C motif) receptor-like 1".
Human ACKR4 genome location and ACKR4 gene details page in the UCSC Genome Browser.
Human CCR10 genome location and CCR10 gene details page in the UCSC Genome Browser.
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Cytokine receptors
Chemokine receptor
(GPCRs)
CCR1 / CCRL1
CCR2
CXCR1
CX3C
CX3CR1
XCR1
CCBP2
CMKLR1
TNF receptor
TNFR1 (TNFRSF1A)
TNFR2 (TNFRSF1B)
LTBR (TNFRSF3)
CD134 (TNFRSF4)
CD40 (TNFRSF5)
Fas receptor (TNFRSF6)
DcR3 (TNFRSF6B)
DR4 (TNFRSF10A)
DR5 (TNFRSF10B)
DcR1 (TNFRSF10C)
DcR2 (TNFRSF10D)
RANK (TNFRSF11A)
Osteoprotegerin (TNFRSF11B)
TweakR (TNFRSF12A)
TACI (TNFRSF13B)
BAFFR (TNFRSF13C)
HVEM (TNFRSF14)
NGFR (TNFRSF16)
BCMA (TNFRSF17)
GITR (TNFRSF18)
TAJ/TROY (TNFRSF19)
DR6 (TNFRSF21)
EDA2R (TNFRSF27)
JAK-STAT
γ-chain
Interleukin receptors
IL2R / IL2RA/IL2RB / IL15R
IL4R / IL13R / IL13RA1 / IL13RA2
IL7R / IL7RA
IL9R
IL21R
β-chain
GM-CSF
IL6RA
11/IL11RA
OSMR
LIFR
CNTFR
IL12RB1
IL12R/IL12RB1/IL12RB2
IL23R23
other CSF receptors
G-CSF
Thrombopoietin
hormone receptor: GH
IL10R / IL10RA / IL10RB / IL22R / IL22RA1 / IL22RA2
IL20R / IL20RA / IL20RB
Interferon receptors
-α/β / IFNAR1/IFNAR2
-γ/IFNGR1 / IFNGR2
CSF1
IL1R1
IL18R / IL18R1
IL 17 family
IL17RA
IL17RB
IL17RC
IL17RD
IL17RE
TGF-beta
TGFBR1
Chemokine receptor modulators
Agonists: CCL4 (MIP-1β)
CCL5 (RANTES)
CCL9 (CCL10)
Agonists: CCL2
NAMs: Cenicriviroc (TAK-652, TBR-652)
Agonists: CCL5 (RANTES)
Agonists: CCL3 (MIP-1α)
Antibodies: Mogamulizumab (against CCR4)
CCL4 (MIP-1β)
NAMs: Aplaviroc
Cenicriviroc (TAK-652, TBR-652)
INCB009471
Vicriviroc
Antibodies: PRO-140
Agonists: CCL20
Antibodies: Bertilimumab (against CCL11)
Carlumab (against CCL2)
(IL-8Rα)
Agonists: CXCL6
Emoctakin
Interleukin-8 (CXCL8, GCP-1)
Antagonists: Navarixin
NAMs: Ladarixin
Reparixin (repertaxin)
(IL-8Rβ)
Agonists: CXCL1 (MGSA)
Garnocestim
Antagonists: Danirixin
Elubrixin
Navarixin
Agonists: CXCL4 (PF4)
CXCL9 (MIG)
CXCL10 (IP-10)
CXCL11 (I-TAC)
Iroplact
Antibodies: Eldelumab (against CXCL10)
Agonists: MIF
SDF-1 (CXCL12)
Antagonists: Mavorixafor
Plerixafor (AMD3100)
Antibodies: Ulocuplumab (against CXCR4)
Agonists: CXCL13
Agonists: CXCL11 (I-TAC)
PAMs: Plerixafor (AMD3100)
C (XC)
Agonists: Lymphotactin-α (XCL1)
Lymphotactin-β (XCL2)
Antibodies: Pateclizumab
Agonists: Fractalkine (CX3CL1)
Agonists: CC (β) chemokines
Agonists: Chemerin
Resolvin E1
Signaling peptide/protein receptor modulators
Cytokine receptor modulators
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Q: after a long time that i am using git i get this error "No valid git object identified by 'HEAD' exists in the repository" before i do 'commit' I use GIT For a while. two days ago I did 'commit' and everything went smoothly. Since then I added and changed a few things, and now when I try to do 'commit' I get the following error:
"An error occurred. Detailed message: No valid git object identified by 'HEAD' exists in the repository. "
I do not know if this is related, but by mistake before I did 'commit' I wanted to make a copy of the folder on the desktop but instead I started to move the original folder to the desktop. When I realized what I had done I canceled it and didn't see any change in the code.
Maybe it changed the settings of Git? If so, where can I see it and how can I fix it?
I checked the connect to the team project and its connect.
Also I checked the git setting - my userName and Email and defult location are right.
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A: This happens if the branch pointed to by HEAD (.git/HEAD) is not included inside the .git/refs/heads folder. Open the HEAD file with notepad and change the content to ref: refs/heads/master. Obviously you first need to find the local repository.

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Germany's foreign minister Wednesday condemned a speech by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in which he claimed that the Holocaust was the result of Jews' own "social behavior" rather than anti-Semitism.Heiku Maas tweeted that Germany was responsible for "one of the worst crimes in history, and, "therefore, we must respond resolutely to any anti-Semitic expression," he said, linking to an article about Abbas's Monday night speech.Abbas, who has faced accusations of anti-Semitism in the past, suggested in an address to a meeting of the Palestinian National Council on Monday night that Jews' relations with banking had led to hostility against them. The speech has sparked outrage in Israel.During his long-winded speech Monday in Ramallah in front of hundreds at a rare session of the Palestinian National Council, the 82-year-old PA leader alleged that the Holocaust was not caused by anti-Semitism, but rather by Jews' "social behavior, [charging] interest, and financial matters."The incendiary content of Abbas's Monday speech, which was reported by The Times of Israel late that night, was not included in the official Palestinian news agency's English press release about his address or in most initial international coverage of his speech.In an unusual move, the European Union also condemned Abbas for "unacceptable remarks" he made in the speech."The speech Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas delivered on 30 April contained unacceptable remarks concerning the origins of the Holocaust and Israel's legitimacy," a spokesman for the EU's diplomatic service said in a statement."Such rhetoric will only play into the hands of those who do not want a two-state solution, which President Abbas has repeatedly advocated."The EU stressed the importance of Holocaust education in minimizing hatred, and rejected any forms of anti-Semitism."The Holocaust and World War Two have defined Europe's modern history like no other event. Holocaust education remains central to building up resilience against all forms of hatred in our societies," the statement read. "Anti-Semitism is not only a threat for Jews but a fundamental menace to our open and liberal societies. The European Union remains committed to combat any form of anti-Semitism and any attempt to condone, justify or grossly trivialize the Holocaust."The condemnation was unusual, as a few months ago the same body refused to comment on a controversial speech by Abbas, saying it wouldn't respond to speeches.In a speech in January, Abbas had said that European Jews during the Holocaust chose to undergo "murder and slaughter" rather than emigrate to British-held Palestine."Our policy is not to comment on comments," an EU spokesperson in Brussels told The Times of Israel at the time.The EU routinely issues condemnations of Israeli plans to build housing units beyond the 1967 lines, arguing that such moves are illegal under international law and diminish the prospects of peace. The union was also very vocal in condemning the US administration's December 6 recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.Wednesday's EU statement came shortly after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on the international community to condemn Abbas's speech."Apparently a Holocaust-denier remains a Holocaust-denier," Netanyahu said, alluding to Abbas's 1982 doctoral dissertation, and called on the international community to condemn the speech and its expression of an anti-Semitism "whose time has come to disappear off the face of the earth."Abbas touched on a number of anti-Semitic conspiracy theories Monday during what he called a "history lesson," as he sought to prove the 3,000-year-old Jewish connection to the Land of Israel is false.He said, "Their narrative about coming to this country because of their longing for Zion, or whatever — we're tired of hearing this. The truth is that this is a colonialist enterprise, aimed at planting a foreign body in this region.""Those who sought a Jewish state weren't Jews," Abbas said, repeating a claim he made in January when he said that the State of Israel was formed as "a colonial project that has nothing to do with Judaism" to safeguard European interests.He said his narrative was backed by three points made by Jewish writers and historians, the first being a theory often criticized as anti-Semitic that Ashkenazi Jews are not the descendants of the ancient Israelites.Pointing to Arthur Koestler's book "The Thirteenth Tribe," which asserts that Ashkenazi Jews are descended from Khazars, Abbas said European Jews had "no historical ties" to the Land of Israel."From the 11th century until the Holocaust that took place in Germany, those Jews — who moved to Western and Eastern Europe — were subjected to a massacre every 10 to 15 years," he said. "But why did this happen? They say 'it is because we are Jews.'"The "proof" that it was not because they were Jews, he asserted, "is that there were Jews in Arab countries. Why wasn't there ever one incident against Jews because they're Jews?" he asked. "Not even once. Do you think I'm exaggerating? I challenge you [to find] even one indecent act against Jews in over 1,400 years — because they were Jews in Arab lands."He went on to claim that the Holocaust was not the result of anti-Semitism but rather of the Jews' "social behavior, [charging] interest, and financial matters."Abbas claimed that Adolf Hitler, whose Nazi regime was response for the murder of six million Jews in the Holocaust, facilitated the immigration of Jews to Israel by reaching a deal with the Anglo-Palestine Bank (today Bank Leumi) under which Jews who moved to the British Mandate of Palestine could transfer all their assets there through the bank.Abbas also repeated and elaborated on his previous claim Israel was a European project from the start.He then added that European leaders such as the United Kingdom's Lord Arthur Balfour restricted the immigration of Jews to their own countries while simultaneously promoting the immigration of Jews to the Land of Israel.The 1917 Balfour Declaration endorsed the idea of a Jewish state in the Land of Israel.The Palestinian leader has a history of Holocaust denial. His 1982 doctoral dissertation was titled "The Other Side: the Secret Relationship Between Nazism and Zionism," and he has in the past been accused of denying the scope of the Holocaust. The dissertation reportedly claimed that the six million figure of Holocaust victims was hugely exaggerated and that Zionist leaders cooperated with the Nazis.Abbas, in his Monday address, made no mention of the Jews' historic presence and periods of sovereignty in the Holy Land.Abbas also reiterated his preemptive rejection of the peace plan that the Trump administration is working on, amid an ongoing and deep rift with the US.He told the PNC that he plans to take unspecified "tough steps" soon against Israel and the United States.Abbas told the hundreds of delegates that he was sticking to his rejection of any US proposals for an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal following the Trump administration's recognition in December of Jerusalem as Israel's capital and a decision to move the US embassy there in mid-May."This is completely unacceptable," he said. 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Israeli arms sales increased dramatically — by 41.5 percent — from 2016 to 2017, according to new figures released by the Defense Ministry on Wednesday, including a massive missile defense system sale to India.Defense exports brought in $9.2 billion last year, compared to the $6.5 billion in 2016 and $5.7 billion the year before, according to the International Defense Cooperation Directorate at the Defense Ministry, known as SIBAT."This is an extraordinary achievement in every sense, which was reached thanks to the hard work of SIBAT and the defense industries and due to a number of agreements with foreign countries," Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman said in a statement.This dramatic increase can also be credited to efforts made by the Defense Ministry over the past year to deregulate the arms industry and make it easier for Israeli firms to export their wares.SIBAT chief Michel Ben-Baruch told reporters he expects similar levels of defense exports in 2018.Asia remained the biggest market for Israeli defense exports, accounting for 58% of arms sales in 2017. Europe and North America were Israel's next largest customers. Africa, which saw a dramatic increase in arms sales in 2016, amounted to just five percent of exports in 2017.Israel significantly increased its sale of missiles — including those used in air defense — in 2017. These exports jumped by over 70% from the year before, amounting to nearly a third of all Israeli arms sales.This can largely be credited to the $630 million sale of Israel's Barak 8 missile defense system to India, but Ben-Baruch stressed that "it's not just the Barak 8, but several other deals."Radars and electronic warfare systems accounted for 17% of arms sales. Cyber warfare products and drones — two areas Israel for which is perhaps best known — amounted to just 5% and 2%, respectively.Though he would not provide a specific breakdown, Ben-Baruch said the majority of Israel's defense exports were from the larger contractors — like Rafael, Israeli Aerospace Industries and Israeli Military Industries — and not from smaller firms.
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran on Wednesday denied that it was involved in a weapons delivery to the Polisario Front movement seeking independence for Western Sahara, after Morocco cut diplomatic ties with Tehran over the allegations.Morocco, which has close relations with Iran's regional rival Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday accused Tehran of using its Lebanese militia ally Hezbollah to deliver weapons to the Polisario Front.Tehran hit back, saying the North African nation had used the allegations as a "pretext" to break off diplomatic ties."Remarks attributed to the foreign minister of Morocco about cooperation between an Iranian diplomat and the Polisario Front" in Western Sahara are false, Iran's foreign ministry said in a statement.The Islamic Republic respects the "sovereignty and security" of countries with which it has diplomatic relations, and follows a policy of "non-interference in (their) internal affairs," it added.Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita said on Tuesday that "a first shipment of weapons was recently" sent to the Algerian-backed Polisario Front via an "element" at the Iranian embassy in Algiers.Bourita said his country had "irrefutable proof" of Hezbollah's involvement and said ties were being cut with Tehran in response to Iran "allying itself with" the Polisario.Saudi Arabia on Wednesday expressed support for Rabat's decision and said it "strongly condemns the Iranian interference in Morocco's internal affairs."The United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, staunch allies of Saudi Arabia, also expressed backing for the Moroccan move.Hezbollah has rejected Rabat's accusations and blamed the decision on foreign "pressure."A senior Polisario Front official also condemned the allegations as "unfounded," saying Morocco "has not provided any evidence.""The Polisario has never had military relations with Hezbollah and Iran. It's a grotesque lie to involve the Maghreb in the Middle East crisis," Mhamed Khaddad told AFP in Algiers.He accused Rabat of wanting to "shirk the negotiating process just called for by the Security Council" on Western Sahara.The UN Security Council on Friday backed a US-drafted resolution that urges Morocco and the Polisario Front to prepare for talks on settling the decades-old conflict over Western Sahara.The council renewed for six months the mandate of a UN mission that has been monitoring a ceasefire in Western Sahara since 1991 and spelled out steps for a return to negotiations.Morocco maintains that Western Sahara, a former Spanish colony under its control, is an integral part of the kingdom, while the Polisario Front demands a referendum on self-determination.
JTA — An impending vote in the Danish parliament on non-medical circumcision of boys risks splitting the country's ruling party, local media reported.The internal conflict is over an online petition from February calling for a ban on the practice. The petition has received 92 percent of its authors' goal of collecting 50,000 cosignatories by August. In the likely event of reaching that number in time, the petition will become a draft resolution for parliament to vote on.Last month, Defense Minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen of the ruling Venstre centrist party said his party would vote against the draft resolution, the Berlingske newspaper reported. But several members say they would break party discipline and vote in favor, the report said. If they leave the party over the issue, it could jeopardize the coalition.Across Europe, the Jewish and Muslim customs of non-medical circumcision of boys are under attack by liberals who say it is a violation of children's rights and nationalists who argue it is foreign to European culture.In addition to Venstre, the Liberal Party and the Conservative People's Party also have said they would oppose the draft resolution based on the petition, Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, president of the Conference of European Rabbis, told JTA Tuesday. But the two additional parties have said they would allow their lawmakers to vote freely on the issue, Berlingske reported.Still, this is "an encouraging sign," said Goldschmidt, who is in the Latvian capital of Riga this week with his organization's standing committee for discussions, including on the protection of circumcision and other religious practices in Europe.The debate in Denmark coincides with deliberations in Iceland on a bill that was introduced this year to ban circumcision. Amid intensive lobbying by Jewish groups, a parliamentary committee last week said it is advising parliament to scrap the bill, thus dramatically diminishing its chances of being put to a vote."The developments in Denmark and Iceland, as well as the lifting of temporary bans in Germany in 2012, show that education and intervention can have an impact on the debate, and I'm sure it will also if the motion is brought to a vote" in Denmark, Goldschmidt said.The issue is "of critical importance because a ban on milah means the end of a Jewish community where it occurs," added Goldschmidt, using the Hebrew-language word for circumcision.
Anti-Semitic and white supremacist posters were removed from downtown Durham, North Carolina, near the Duke University campus.City workers removed the posters on Monday, the local Herald Sun newspaper reported.One of the posters showed a silhouetted man pointing a gun at an image of a bearded man with a long nose, wearing a kippa, with tentacles wrapped around the earth. The poster reads: "Right of revolution. Your ancestors threw off foreign oppression, time for you as well."Other posters read: "Greedy Jews" and "End Zionist Oppression."From Durham 2/2 pic.twitter.com/bJnYYl1cCb— (((IsraelMatzav))) (@IsraelMatzav) May 2, 2018-The posters said they were sponsored by the neo-Nazi group National Socialist Legion, which according to the newspaper broke away from the white supremacist Vanguard America organization. The group's Twitter account has been suspended.The group's website describes itself as a "Revolutionary National Socialist organization dedicated to protecting the White European Race," and says that "we perform both activism and readiness for the coming Racial Holy War."Seen near the Duke campus. But that Durham ban on working with Israeli police wasn't antisemitic. /sarc h/t Sloan Rachmuth 1/2 pic.twitter.com/As0zcjWhWc— (((IsraelMatzav))) (@IsraelMatzav) May 2, 2018-Duke professor Gavin Yamey reported seeing anti-Semitic posters near Duke's East Campus. He contacted the Duke campus rabbi and other officials, according to the student newspaper the Duke Chronicle."It's not subtle—it's violent anti-Semitic imagery, so I take this obviously very seriously," Yamey told the student newspaper.He told the Herald Sun: "I was deeply disturbed and, to be honest, frightened. I'm Jewish and these vile anti-Semitic threats, including the image of a gun pointing to a Jew, really rattled me.""I lost family to pogroms and in the Holocaust," he added. "Seeing incitements to shoot Jews in my hometown is not something I ever imagined."The posters appeared less than two weeks after the Durham City Council approved a resolution to bar its police department from taking part in "military-style training" programs abroad, which was directed at Israel.
Holocaust historian Deborah Lipstadt on Thursday branded a speech by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas a day earlier as "classic anti-Semitism" and a "rewriting of history" aimed at framing Jews as Nazi collaborators.Leading scholars and activists came down on Abbas after the aging PA leader appeared to attribute the Nazi genocide of European Jewry to Jewish behavior and money-lending."Here's a man who started his career denying the Holocaust and now, at the latter stages of his career, seems to be engaging in rewriting the history of the Holocaust and classic anti-Semitism," charged Lipstadt in a phone interview.In a long-winded speech in Ramallah in front of hundreds at a rare session of the Palestinian National Council, the 82-year-old PA leader alleged that the Holocaust was not caused by anti-Semitism, but rather by the Jews' "social behavior, [charging] interest, and financial matters."In his speech, Abbas also referred to the 1933 "haavara" agreement between the early Zionist leadership, the Anglo-Palestine Bank (today Bank Leumi), German Zionist leaders, and Nazi Germany to permit German Jews to emigrate to the British Mandate of Palestine with some of their assets. With the deal, claimed Abbas, Adolf Hitler, whose Nazi regime was responsible for the murder of six million Jews in the Holocaust, facilitated the immigration of Jews to Israel.The PA leader further cited Arthur Koestler's highly contested "The Thirteenth Tribe," which asserts Ashkenazi Jews are descended from Khazars, to argue that Jews have no historical ties to Israel, and reiterated his claim the Jewish state was founded as a European colonial project and "those who sought a Jewish state weren't Jews."Said Abbas: "Their narrative about coming to this country because of their longing for Zion, or whatever — we're tired of hearing this. The truth is that this is a colonialist enterprise, aimed at planting a foreign body in this region.""It's classic anti-Semitism," and "classic blame the victim," said Lipstadt, a prominent American scholar and Holocaust denial expert whose triumph in a libel suit over British Holocaust denier David Irving was adapted into a 2016 film, "Denial.""This brings one back directly to his dissertation, to his distortion of history," she added, referring to the PA leader's 1982 writings. Penned in Moscow under Soviet rule, "The Other Side: the Secret Relationship Between Nazism and Zionism," alleges that the six million figure of Holocaust victims was exaggerated and that Zionist leaders cooperated with the Nazis.The Palestinian Authority leader's tirade was also condemned by US Jewish groups on Thursday."Laden with ahistorical and pseudo-academic assertions, the Palestinian president's latest diatribe reflects once again the depth and persistency of the anti-Semitic attitudes he harbors," said CEO Jonathan A. Greenblatt."With public speeches like these, it is not surprising that under Abbas's leadership, the Palestinian Authority has failed to renounce and combat Palestinian anti-Semitic incitement, including narratives that Jews are to blame for the Holocaust and other anti-Semitic persecution, and which deny or diminish the millennial Jewish presence in and connection to the Land of Israel."J Street also condemned the remarks that it said "featured absurd anti-Semitic tropes and deeply offensive comments on the history of the Jewish people and Israel."-The haavara agreement-Negotiated by German Zionists, the haavara deal allowing for the transfer of some funds from German to Palestine trusts was inked with Nazi Germany and the Anglo-Palestine Bank in August 1933.The deal was deeply controversial among the Zionists in the British Mandate of Palestine, pitting David Ben Gurion's Jewish Agency against Vladimir Jabotinsky's Revisionist movement. Led by Ben Gurion, the agreement's proponents underlined the pragmatism in allowing German Jews fleeing Nazis to retain some of their capital in a deal that could also encourage Jewish emigration. Critics rejected any dealings with Nazi Germany as tantamount to dealing with the devil."The haavara system continued to function in one form or another until the middle of World War II," writes Israeli historian Tom Segev in "The Seventh Million.""Some 20,000 people were assisted by it, and about $30 million was transferred from Germany to Palestine. Not an earthshaking sum even then, but it gave a certain impetus to the country's economy and to the Zionist enterprise. The immigrants themselves were forced to wait a long time for their money, sometimes as much as two or three years. They lost up to 35 percent of their capital, but according to calculations by proponents of the haavara, they would have lost more had they tried to transfer their capital in any other legal way."According to Dr. Yehuda Bauer, 92, one of Israel's most eminent scholars of the Nazi genocide of European Jewry, just 8 million pounds were transferred through the haavara trusts and German Jews represented only one-quarter of Jewish immigrants at the time.The issue of haavara "is used by anti-Semites and pro-Nazis, including [Abbas], in a way that is unreasonable," he told The Times of Israel."There was no shared idea or anything of the kind between Zionism and Nazi Germany. What there was was the desire of the Germans to rid themselves of the Jews, and the desire of the Jews to save themselves," Bauer said.Similar claims of early Nazi-Zionist rapport were recently raised by former London mayor Ken Livingstone, who in 2016 said Hitler initially supported Zionism in the 1930s ""before he went mad and ended up killing six million Jews."While describing the deal as ultimately being a "pact with the devil," Lipstadt said it marked an early and "desperate attempt on the part of German Zionists to help Jews get out of Germany."Abbas's presentation of the deal, in the context of alleging a European economic conspiracy to populate the territory with Jews, is highly misleading, she said. It's "part of trying to frame the Zionists of Israel as part of a collaborative effort with the Nazis."The whole thing is appalling," she said.-Confronted with questions on thesis, Abbas 'stammered'-Like Lipstadt, Bauer characterized Abbas's recent remarks as anti-Semitism and tied it to his doctoral thesis and early influences as a student in the Soviet Union.Over a decade ago, Bauer recalled, he held a meeting with Abbas. Israeli Arab Knesset member Ahmad Tibi served as translator. And then the Jewish historian raised the issue of Abbas's thesis."He started to stammer, Abu Mazen [Abbas]. 'It was in the past, and I don't really remember,' et cetera, things like that," said Bauer."I am among those who certainly support the establishment of a Palestinian state, but they [the Palestinians] chose a most problematic leadership. Not just [Abbas], but several others around him," said the historian.Abbas is "super intelligent," if less than well-versed in Islamic history, opined Bauer, but he is truly "a disciple of the anti-Zionist, anti-Israeli, anti-Jewish Communism."Times of Israel staff and JTA contributed to this report.
Hours before the country was set to celebrate an annual festival that centers on lighting bonfires, the Israel Fire and Rescue Services laid down strict restrictions Wednesday against the practice due to the dry weather conditions, including a blanket ban on bonfires in large swaths of territory in the wooded north of the country.Several city authorities also asked the public not to light bonfires, and the Education Ministry told schools that it would not approve any bonfire events organized by education institutes to mark Lag B'Omer.The cities of Haifa, Nesher, Hadera, Modiin, and Tel Aviv all asked residents not to light fires.Despite heavy downpours in some areas last week, the country has seen mostly hot, dry weather over the past few days, raising concerns that bonfires could spread.The Environmental Protection Ministry said in a statement that the fire service has the authority to prohibit bonfires over safety concerns, as do local authorities.The firefighting service banned fires in wooded areas in the northern Carmel region west of Route 75, north and west of Route 70, and east of Route 4.In addition, fires were banned in the mountainous areas north of Route 77 and Route 79, east of Route 4, and west of Route 90 along the Golan Heights. And in the central regions, fires were prohibited east of Route 38, north of Route 35, and south of Route 443.The fire service also published restrictions on lighting bonfires in other areas, including a blanket ban on fires in open spaces. Even specially designated areas for bonfires within wooded areas should not be used, fire fighters warned.Among the instructions were to light fires in a pit; at least 300 meters away from wooded areas, 60 meters away from natural gas or fuel storage points, 20 meters from telephone lines, and 40 meters from buildings; and to leave a six-meter space between bonfires. Firefighters said bonfires should be no bigger than three meters at the base and not piled higher than 1.5 meters tall.Fires made outside of pits should have increased safety distances, and be at least 500 meters away from wooded areas, the fire service said.The restrictions are to remain in force from Wednesday afternoon until Thursday evening.The one-day Lag B'Omer festival, which falls between the Passover and Shavuot festivals and this year begins on Wednesday night, is embraced by youngsters who spend days or weeks gathering wood for bonfires.Israel Fire Commissioner Dedi Simchi held a situation assessment during the morning that included a review of weather forecasts and available firefighting resources."I call on all parents and children to follow the safety instructions including lighting [only] small bonfires and maintaining a distance from forests and wooded areas and flammable material that could threaten property or life," he said.Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan tweeted an appeal for the public to heed the safety warnings.The Environment Protection Ministry suggested that due to the harsh conditions, the public find other ways to mark the festival. Those who do decide to light a bonfire should keep it small and put it out quickly, and follow the fire service's instructions, the ministry said.The Health Ministry issued a statement urging adult supervision of bonfires and observation of safety precautions, including wearing clothes that cover the arms and legs to avoid sparks from the fire or insects that are drawn by the heat.In 2010, a forest fire in the Carmel region killed 44 people and caused wide devastation to forests and property. Although not related to Lag B'Omer, the disaster led to a thorough review of fire precautions in forests and wooded areas.Lag B'Omer is a key holiday in the Jewish mystical tradition. It is said to be the day, in the 2nd century CE, of the sage Rabbi Shimon Bar Yohai's death, and also the day when he first conveyed the text of the seminal Jewish mystical work, the Zohar. Bar Yohai's tomb is located at Meron, where each year on Lag B'Omer hundreds of thousands of Israelis converge to light bonfires throughout the night.
BRUSSELS, 30. Apr, 08:49-In response to a few businesses complaining of unfair treatment, the European Commission has proposed a regulation to compel online platforms to publish their policies on third-party sellers and to apply those policies consistently.While it is not clear that new regulation was necessary, the proposal would prevent capricious behaviour without distorting the online economy because platforms would still have full control of their own policies.However, MEPs and member states may be tempted to amend the proposal to create stricter regulations on platforms' dealings with sellers, which would reduce the differences between platforms and force them to reconsider services that compete with third party sellers, limiting consumer choice in both cases.If the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union adopt this regulation, they should not make drastic changes to it.The commission's proposal would require platforms to disclose their policies on matters such as why they remove sellers' listings and how they rank them, including when platforms have their own competing products, and would enable businesses to seek redress when platforms fail to play by their own rules.But the proposed regulation would not introduce significant distortions to the digital economy because it does not stipulate what platforms' policies should be, besides requiring that criteria for delisting sellers be "objective" and that sellers receive prior notice of changes to the criteria.However, the proposal still has to pass in the parliament and the council, where MEPs and member states may yet amend the regulation to make it stricter. Indeed, some lobby groups have previously called for much more onerous rules.In June 2017, the Commission reported that some companies wanted platforms to share more user data so that sellers could interact with customers off-platform, and some complained about platforms' own products outperforming those of other sellers.In November, the European Games Developer Federation called for a "functional separation of dominant platforms from their publishing and advertising branches," while IndustriAll, a labor union, argued that "web sites that sell products or select information should be mandated to include a fair search algorithm," such as "a concentric search whereby all relevant results are first displayed in random order (this randomness being controlled by third party inspection of the source code)."Forcing platforms to share customer data with sellers, curtailing platforms' ability to favour their own products, or otherwise restricting platforms' flexibility in setting the rules sellers play by would make it harder for platforms to compete and innovate by offering different experiences to consumers.It would also drive away consumers unhappy with the measures platforms would have to implement to comply with the rules.The services platforms provide consumers are in large part determined by the terms their sellers must accept.-eBay, Amazon and Apple-For example, eBay has an open marketplace, Amazon operates a hybrid retailer-marketplace, and Apple curates the iTunes store more strictly.EU digital single market regulation is often heavy-handed, and calls to hobble major online platforms are hardly anathema to some senior officials at the commission, such as the European commissioner for competition Margrethe Vestager.It is reasonable to suppose that the reason the commission's cooler heads prevailed this time is a sufficient awareness of the dangers that over-regulation would pose, as well as confidence that straightforward transparency and accountability measures will be sufficient.But political sentiment could still encourage the parliament and the council to introduce stricter measures in the name of reining-in U.S. tech giants and protecting the European companies that rely on them.The commission, for its part, is not exactly apolitical, but nor is it as ideologically-driven as many MEPs of the left and the right, nor as inclined as directly-elected national politicians to ride the waves of what it believes to be public opinion, for better or worse.The feeling in Europe that American platforms have too much market power may predispose some MEPs and member states to support amendments that weaken those platforms' position in relation to their sellers, especially if enough of the sellers calling for tighter controls are small European companies.The fact the regulation will also affect European platforms, such as the travel website Booking.com and the online retailer Bol.com, may help to dispel the most naked examples of protectionism.But it will do little to counter misguided notions about platforms as utilities, as digital-age robber barons, or as the modern incarnations of Standard Oil—natural monopolies that must be regulated or broken up to create a "level playing field" for other businesses.As the Economist pointed out in 2014, calls for such measures are more about protecting companies than protecting consumers, because major platforms competing with other businesses can be good for consumers.For example, Google provides free maps, flight information, and price comparison alongside its search engine.Another example is Amazon's retail service, which supports some competition from other sellers to make the platform more useful to customers, but not to the extent of diminishing Amazon's own ability to compete and offer consumers what they want.Platforms are so diverse that policymakers have struggled to establish an uncontested definition of what a platform is, or even to define the markets that various platforms trade in.That poses problems for any regulation targeting platforms, but the commission's proposal is nevertheless largely benign.Moreover, even if there is no compelling case for regulation, the proposal at least provides reassurances to businesses without harming consumers, which is why MEPs and member states should refrain from inflating it with harmful amendments.Nick Wallace is a Brussels-based senior policy analyst at the Centre for Data Innovation. His Brussels Bytes column deals with the digital single market and data-related policy issues in the European Union.
Members of the Senate's Aboriginal peoples committee are recommending the Liberal government hold back on legalizing cannabis for up to a year in order to address its potential for harmful effects in Indigenous communities.The committee, chaired by Liberal Saskatchewan Sen. Lillian Dyck, said in its report on Bill C-45 that the government simply did not consult enough with First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities before pushing ahead with its plan to legalize the drug."Many communities are really worried about the potential adverse effects on their members, and especially on their youth, and it may be even worse because of the trauma in their communities," Dyck said, adding existing social issues in Indigenous communities could be made worse by increased drug use.If passed, the amendment would delay the bill's full implementation for up to a year.As currently written, the bill stipulates the law does not come into force until a date is fixed by an order of the governor-in-council — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's cabinet. A final vote on the bill is scheduled to occur in the Senate on or before June 7, with legalization expected to follow eight to 12 weeks later.The committee said the government should take that time to negotiate a revenue-sharing agreement with First Nations communities.The committee has heeded a request from Manny Jules, the chief commissioner of the First Nations Tax Commission, who recommended the federal government and the provinces hand cannabis taxing authority over to First Nations governments so they can impose their own levy on marijuana grown and sold on reserves."The way the bill has been crafted shows there was very little consultation," Conservative Alberta Sen. Scott Tannas told reporters."There was no thought given to the [tax issues], and there are First Nations that are keen on economic opportunities that would come from the legitimate production of cannabis and they feel that they're behind. There are Indigenous governments that want to see economic development and get revenue ... None of that appears to have been considered."First Nations say their governments will face new social challenges from legal cannabis, but they stand to gain nothing from Ottawa's plan.Under Jules' proposal, Ottawa and the provinces would cede ground to First Nations to collect taxes, providing a new source of much-needed revenue to their communities.The committee recommended an amendment to the legislation that would implement "appropriate excise tax collection and sharing measures from revenue generated by cannabis produced on First Nations lands.""The Department of Finance [should] immediately work with interested First Nations and First Nations institutions to allow them to collect cannabis excise tax revenues," the committee report said, calling for an amendment to the First Nations Fiscal Management Act to provide for a First Nation law-making power to levy cannabis excise taxes on reserve lands.The funds could then be used to develop cannabis-related laws and regulations on-reserve, fund campaigns to educate young people about the dangers of cannabis use and bolster First Nations police forces.The recommendation to extend taxation powers to First Nations will now be referred to the Senate's social affairs committee, which will make the ultimate decision on which amendments to the bill should get the green light. The whole Senate would have to vote on the amended bill, which — if approved — would go back to the House of Commons for a final vote.The Aboriginal peoples committee also found there is no "culturally appropriate" educational material ready to ensure Indigenous people understand the new law — which will legalize the drug, lead to the creation of provincially-run retail distribution systems and allow for home cultivation, among other sweeping changes to the country's drug laws.The committee heard from a number of witnesses who said the public education campaign that addresses the health effects of cannabis is woefully inadequate and is rolling out too close to the proposed legalization date — giving people too little time to learn about its harmful effects.It also noted a number of First Nations police witnesses warned they are unprepared for a wave of legal pot.In its report, the committee quoted Steve Burton of the Tsuut'ina Nation Police Service, a reserve outside Calgary, who said his force doesn't have the tools it needs to enforce the act — which actually stiffens penalties for some offences, including giving cannabis to a minor — or to monitor drug-impaired driving."We don't have the people trained, the drug recognition experts. Those are training programs that require extensive time ... For us to arrange that training when we're already low on manpower, we have to find a way to backfill that position or positions with other officers," he said.In an appearance before the Senate's social affairs committee earlier this week, the Canadian Real Estate Association encouraged the government to suspend provisions that will allow people to grow pot at home until there are better regulations in place to avoid property damage and sinking home prices.The Liberal government has said it plans to limit home marijuana growers to four plants per household. The government initially intended to limit plants to 100 centimetres in height, but the House of Commons approved an amendment that removed that restriction.
TORONTO — Friends, family and strangers came together at a north Toronto funeral home on Tuesday to remember an 83-year-old woman who was among the 10 people killed in a van attack that shocked the city last week.Geraldine Brady — Gerry to her friends — was remembered as an affectionate mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, who was willing to welcome anyone into her home as though they were family."She was one of my favourite people to hug," her eldest granddaughter, Jennifer, said at the service. "I will miss how she would grip you tight while giving you a loud smacking kiss right by your ear."Brady, who sold Avon products for more than 45 years and was still going out to visit customers up until her death, was among those hit when a rental van mounted a sidewalk along a bustling street last week and ran down pedestrians in its path.Her funeral saw well-wishers pack the large chapel of the funeral home and spill into temporary seating at the back of the room. Photos of Brady, and a brightly coloured urn were set up at the front of the room, flanked on either side by large wreaths.In the crowd were four strangers who had been with Brady in the moments after the van attack, her family said. The two men and two women had turned up to the service unexpectedly, Brady's daughter, Janice, told mourners.At her urging, they stood up during the service and were met with applause."We would like to say thank you very much," Brady's daughter said. "We know that our mother was not alone. And it took a lot of strength for them to come and talk to us today."The family also expressed their gratitude for all those who had helped them in the days since the April 23 attack."We would like to thank everyone for their unconditional support in what has been a very difficult time for our family, our friends and our entire community," Brady's daughter said in her eulogy.Tuesday's ceremony closed with a recording of "My Favourite Things," from the film, "The Sound of Music." A favourite of Brady's, according to the family, the song's first few notes elicited knowing laughter from the gathering.Earlier in the day, a funeral for Dorothy Sewell, 80, who also died in the van attack, was held at the same chapel.Sewell's grandson, Elwood Delaney, of Kamloops, B.C., has described his grandmother as an avid sports fan who "almost had as much love for the Blue Jays and Leafs as she did for her family.''"To Dorothy the cup was always full,'' an obituary for Sewell said. "She was a very active lady who thoroughly enjoyed life and will be missed by all who knew her.''Sewell's service was private but mourners could be seen gathering outside the funeral home, where a flag flew at half mast, before the ceremony while others signed a book of condolences just inside the lobby.Another victim of the van attack was laid to rest days earlier.Loved ones held a private funeral for Munir Najjar at a Toronto church on Sunday. The 85-year-old Jordanian man was in town to visit family when he was killed."The family wished it to be private, so we did not invite everybody,'' said Harry Malawi, president of the Canadian Jordanian Society, who described the service as "heartwarming.""After this horrible tragedy, it eased the pain,'' he said of the funeral and a public vigil for the 10 victims that followed it hours later.The family plans to repatriate Najjar's body to Jordan, Malawi said.A funeral for Anne Marie D'Amico, who also lost her life last week's attack, is planned for Wednesday.Sixteen people were also injured in the van attack that took place in the city's Yonge Street and Finch Avenue area. Two large makeshift memorials have sprung up where people were struck, with flowers, candles and messages in multiple languages.Alek Minassian, 25, of Richmond Hill, Ont., has been charged with 10 counts of first-degree murder and 13 counts of attempted murder in the incident, with another three attempted murder charges expected.The Canadian Press.


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Halloween is right around the corner, and before you know it kids in costumes will be taking over the neighborhood hoping to cause a fright.
But Halloween isn't just psychologically scary; it's physically threatening as well. While the spirit world may be out of our control, luckily we can prevent truly horrifying physical events from occurring with a little preparation.
Halloween is a dangerous time for many reasons. From home fires to motor accidents, Halloween can cause serious injury and even death. And it won't be coming from a killer clown or a vengeful ghost.
Halloween is the 3rd deadliest day of the year for pedestrians (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration data).
Halloween is the deadliest day of the year for child pedestrians. Most fatalities occurred with children ages 12-15, followed by children ages 5-8 (Sperling's BestPlaces data).
From 2009-2013, Halloween-related fires caused an average of one death, 41 injuries, and $13 million in property damage every year (National Fire Protection Association).
41% of Halloween fires were started by candles (NFPA).
While evil dolls, poltergeists, and specters can scare the bejesus out of you, the real danger comes from electrical, fire, and falling/tripping hazards.
Make sure your costumes are flame resistant.
If you wear a mask, make sure it is easy to see and breath out of.
Add reflective tape to your bags and costumes. Consider glow sticks.
Test Halloween makeup on a small patch of skin in advance. Use non-toxic, non-comedogenic, FDA-approved makeup.
Only use colored contact lenses if they are prescribed by your optician.
Establish a curfew (hazards increase at night).
Make sure all children under 12 are accompanied by an adult.
Make sure somebody in the trick-or-treating group has a cell phone and a flashlight (if possible, make sure your child has one).
You can use Find My Phone/Find My Family apps to track the location of the device.
Go over pedestrian rules ("walk, don't run," "look both ways," "obey all traffic signals," etc.).
Don't eat any candy until you go home and have them inspected by an adult.
Don't go trick-or-treating on an empty stomach.
Do not accept any unwrapped candy (throw away all suspicious candy).
Never follow strangers into a home, apartment, car, or anywhere for that matter.
Never get into a car where the driver has been drinking.
Stay away from all open flames.
Learn and practice Halloween food safety tips from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Stay extra alert and vigilant when driving on or near Halloween.
Drive slower than normal and practice safe driving tips.
Get rid of all hazards around your home, especially your front porch and lawn.
Do NOT use real candles or torches. Use battery-operated lights instead.
If you do use candles, make sure they are accompanied by adult supervision at all times.
Do NOT use flammable decorations.
Teach children to stay away from open flames and other fire safety ("stop, drop, and roll," etc.).
Schedule a professional electrical safety inspection at least once a year, preferably in the fall before the holiday season.
Test your AFCI (arc fault circuit interrupters) and GFCI (ground fault circuit interrupters) every 30 days.
Follow all extension cord safety and manufacturer instructions.
Always inspect cords, plugs, and electrical devices before use. Repair reo replace damaged items.
Make sure your extension cords, lights, and other electrical devices are tested by an independent testing laboratory, such as Underwriters Laboratory (UL).
If you notice any flickering, humming, or burning smells coming from any of your plugs, switches, or devices, turn power off to the circuit and contact a qualified electrician.
Keep all decorations away from all open flames, heating, and light equipment. Learn portable heater safety tips.


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