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Merseyside Police Officer Dismissed over Misconduct
Posted on February 12, 2016 by HHAdmin - Sexual Abuse
An officer working for Merseyside Police force has been dismissed, following an internal hearing today in which he pleaded guilty to making numerous sexual advances towards domestic abuse victims.
Mr Michael McMillan, from Crosby, had been an officer for the force since 2003 and at the time of the offences was part of their Family Crime Investigation Unit.
Liverpool Crown Court
The PC had previously entered guilty pleas when faced with five counts of misconduct at Liverpool Crown Court. Mr McMillan pleaded guilty last month to five allegations that he "wilfully misconducted himself by making contact with a member of the public… who he had met in the course of his duty as a Police Constable, for his own sexual purposes".
However, today the former officer faced an internal disciplinary hearing in which Chief Constable Sir Jon Murphy condemned him as the 'worst kind' of officer. The Chief Constable said at the hearing:
"I have been chief constable for six years. I have consistently made clear that I will not tolerate bad behaviour in any form and Merseyside Police is a force that is willing to wash its dirty linen in public in order to remove from the force those whose standards are below what the public deserve and expect.
"This officer, Constable Michael McMillan, is an officer of the very worst kind. He has utterly betrayed the trust of the public and, more importantly, the trust of five women who, when at their most vulnerable, he has preyed upon for his own sexual gratification.
"When I read the papers for the purpose of this hearing I felt sick to the stomach and angry that this officer should so easily undermine all of the good work that his colleagues do day in day out to protect the vulnerable and build police trust.
"The evidence is overwhelming. He has pleaded guilty at the crown court to five counts of misconduct in public office and he has repeated those pleas of guilt here in this hearing today.
"There can be no doubt on the basis of the evidence that this officer's misconduct is gross misconduct of the worst kind. Constable 5334 Michael McMillan is dismissed without notice."
Internal Hearing
Today's hearing was held in order to decide if the offences committed amounted to a 'breach of the Standards of Professional Behaviour, and to then decide what Mr McMillan's punishment should be accordingly.
It has been reported that Mr McMillan did not attend the hearing himself, instead opting for a member of the Police Federation to represent him and enter his guilty plea.
He is due to be sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court next month.
Sexual Abuse – Expert Advice
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Source: Liverpool Echo
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Ex-Dragon in Court over Child Sex Abuse Claims
Posted on January 29, 2016 by HHAdmin - Sexual Abuse
Ex-Dragon's Den star, Doug Richard, has been charged with 5 child sex abuse offences. It is alleged he paid a 13 year old girl money to be his 'sex slave', after making contact with her through a 'sugar daddy' website.
Online Encounter
The Old Bailey heard this week that 57 year old Richard spanked the girl multiple times before having sex with her. Richard, a former business advisor to Prime Minister David Cameron, allegedly paid the 13 year old and her 15 year old friend a total of £480 to travel to London and meet him.
Richard is said to have advertised himself as a 'sugar daddy' on the online site 'Seeking Arrangements'. The court heard that police had recovered numerous online exchanges between Richard and the 13 year old that had been deleted. In one conversation, Richard asked if the girl was free and available to come to London to see him after school. The jury heard that when the girl replied to say that she couldn't and could they rearrange, Richard told her he would only wait to meet her another time if she sent 'sexy' photos of herself , 'wearing less clothing' and in 'more revealing positions'. Richard said to the girl:
'I will make a deal with you. I will wait for the following week if you send me those photos you promised.'
He also told her to send pictures of herself in a 'submissive pose' before going on to say:
'On your hands and knees so I can see you helpless and exposed… [this is the] first task for your new daddy – get it wrong and I will have to spank you'
To which the 13 year old replied:
'You are my new daddy – I will do anything to make you happy.'
Gino Connor, prosecuting, told the court:
'The male was an experienced 56-year-old at the time,
'It should have put him on notice at that point, having seen the photos of her, that she was young – 13 years old.'
Connor went on to say that the girls travelled to London on 2 January 2015 and purchased their train tickets with the £120 that Richard had transferred to a PayPal account for them. Richard then picked the girls up from Liverpool Street station, before taking them to a café where he asked how old they both were. The girls said they were 16 and 17.
Richard then took the girls to an aparthotel were he proceeded to ask them if they would be his 'slaves'. The Old Bailey was told that the older girl kissed Richard on the lips for about half a minute, however she thought he was 'horrible and smokey' and rebuffed his offer to be his slave.
It is alleged that Richard then focused his attentions on the younger girl, who agreed to have sex with the entrepreneur. Mr Connor told the court:
'The defendant told the girl to remove her items of clothing one by one. She was compliant and undressed completely until naked. He told her to remove his clothing which she did. He spanked her on about seven occasions.'
Jurors heard how Richard instructed the 13 year old to perform a sex act on him whilst her friend looked on. Richard and the girl then moved into an adjoining room where it is claimed they had intercourse. Video footage of a police interview with the fifteen year old was played to the court, in which she claimed she could hear her younger friend 'whining' form the other room but could not see what was happening.
According to the 15 year old, she herself entered the other room at one point, where she witnessed her friend perform another sex act on Richard, after which she fled the room in tears. The girl added:
'She called for me. I went to see her. She was crying. She looked like a mess.'
Following the alleged child sex abuse offences, it is claimed Richard gave the girls money to go shopping and called them a taxi. When the girls arrived home later that day, the older girl's mother noticed that there had been an unusual deposit in her daughter's bank account and called the police.
Three days later, Richard was arrested at a central London hotel where he allegedly asked a police officer:
'Can I ask you a hypothetical question? What if I thought she was over 16 but she was in fact under 16?"
The officer advised him to seek advice from his lawyer, to which Richard responded, 'Under 16, wow'. Richard gave an answer of 'no comment' when questioned by police.
The prosecution added:
'I suspect there is going to be no dispute as far as the sexual activity is concerned.'
'When you look at the photographs of this girl, and the defendant had seen the photographs, he had also seen photographs of her naked, you need to ask yourselves whether he is telling the truth when he says he thought she was 16 or over.'
In her police interview, the then fifteen year old told of how her younger friend had begun chatting to a man online and said that they wanted a 'sugar daddy', because "a sugar daddy, they can spoil you and take care of you and boys my age just want to have sex." But on the day that the alleged offences took place she presumed they would just be sightseeing around London.
Child Sex Abuse Charges
US born Richard, who appeared as a 'dragon' on the BBC programme Dragon's Den for the first two seasons, has been charged with three charges of sexual activity with a child and one of causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity. He has also been charged with paying for sexual services.
Richard denies all five charges of child sex abuse brought against him but admits to having consensual sexual relations with the thirteen year old as he believed she was sixteen or older.
The trial, which continues, is taking place at the Old Bailey before Judge Mark Lucroft QC and is expected to last 5 days.
Child sex abuse claims – expert advice
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Source: Mail Online
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Child Sex Abuse: Lower Burden of Proof Proposed
The children's commissioner for England, Anne Longfield, has recently proposed lowering the burden of proof required in cases of child sexual abuse, adding that the system that is currently in place is 'not fit for purpose'.
Poppi Worthington
The commissioner's suggestion comes after a ruling made by a family court judge with regards to the case of 13 month old Poppi Worthington. Based on the 'civil standard of balance of probabilities', the judge ruled that Poppy was sexually assaulted by her father before her death.
Poppi Iris Worthington died in December 2012 and her father, Paul Worthington, 46, and a 30-year-old woman were later arrested. However, the initial investigation – in which there were a number of police failures – ruled that the cause of death could not be determined and their bail was cancelled. A second police inquiry was then carried out in 2015.
Following this, it was decided by the by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) that Mr Worthington would not face criminal charges due to the lack of evidence needed to prove his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
Child sex abuse: Difficulty obtaining & providing evidence
Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Longfield explained:
"What this case really sharply illustrates is the difficulty there is in giving evidence in the case of child sex abuse, especially within the family.
"We know that the vast majority of cases aren't reported in the first place, but even those that are reported, the vast majority don't go to court because the evidence just isn't there. And when looking at the burden of beyond reasonable doubt, it's very sharply in contrast to the kind of ruling we saw from the judge last week, which is about balance of probability."
When questioned if the case of Poppi Worthington concerned a failure to collect evidence by police, Longfield said that officers 'should and could have done better'. However, she also added that cases of child sex abuse within the family are often not reported until years after the incident has taken place. According to the children's commissioner, this time gap can means forensic evidence is unavailable and can lead to the accounts of alleged victims being unclear. Longfield added:
"We need to understand that if we are serious about tackling child sexual abuse, we need to better decide what does constitute good evidence and that's something not for me, for the police; it's for social services, it's for the judiciary."
"It doesn't mean a wholesale move over to a ruling by a judge and wholesale embracement of [balance of] probability but it does mean we need to look at improving a system that isn't fit for purpose for those that are experiencing sexual abuse."
Police Errors
In the new judgment, which was made public last week, Mr Justice Peter Jackson found that Paul Worthington had abused Poppi Worthington in the hours before her death. He also found that the initial investigation into her death was mired by the errors of the police involved.
Following the publication of the ruling by Mr Justice Peter Jackson, the CPS announced that it would re-examine the evidence in Poppy's case, after having previously refused to do so.
Sexual Abuse Claims – Expert Advice
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Source: BBC News; The Guardian
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Operation Doublet: Rochdale child sex abuse
Six men are due to appear in Bury Magistrates' Court this week over allegations of child sexual exploitation. The claims against the men relate to offences committed between 2004 and 2008 in the Rochdale area. Operation Doublet, led by Greater Manchester Police, has seen the arrest of 83 people to date, of which 15 have been interviewed under caution and 25 have been prosecuted.
Operation Doublet – 6 men charged
Joshim Miah (31), Mohammed Sadeer (27), Naheem Akram (39), Ittefaq Yousaf (25), Arfan Iqbal (25), and a man who cannot be named for legal reasons, face accusations including trafficking, sexual assault, and inciting a minor to engage in sexual activity. The arrests are a result of investigations that began in 2011 following reports of child sexual exploitation in Rochdale.
Rob Potts, Assistant Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police, commented:
"These types of investigations remain incredibly complex and challenging but at the heart of our considerations is the welfare of the victims and we have a team of experienced and dedicated officers supporting them through the process.
"The sexual exploitation of children and young people is the absolute priority for Greater Manchester police and its partners.
"Since 2010 we have moved considerable resources into child protection and the investigation of sexual exploitation and the continuance of Operation Doublet is a symbol of our steadfast resolve to investigate these offences, no matter the timeframe, and to ensure that, where there is a case to answer, it is brought before the courts."
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Man Jailed for 10 Years Following Liverpool City Centre Attack
Posted on January 13, 2016 by HHAdmin - Criminal Injuries, Sexual Abuse
A 25 year old male asylum seeker has this week been sentenced to 10 years in prison after being found guilty of rape.
City Centre Attack
Liverpool Crown Court heard how Eritrean born Mebrehtom Arbha followed his victim for around 10 minutes as she walked through Liverpool city centre after a night out in July last year. The victim spoke of how she could not find a taxi to flag down and so decided to walk the one and a half mile journey to her boyfriend's house.
The court heard how the victim was seen on CCTV running past Crown Park, covering her head with her jacket to shield herself from the rain. Arbha is then spotted walking quickly and closely behind her. The victim was then confronted by Arbha and dragged off into a wooded area near a church.
In an attack that left the victim covered in dirt and with injuries to her back, the court was told how Arbha ripped her dress before raping her twice and 'casually' walking away. The victim then ran to her boyfriend's house, where she told him of the attack.
In a victim impact statement, the 21 year old woman told of how she felt 'ashamed, dirty and unclean' following the attack. She told of how she was a devout Christian and a virgin before the attack, but she has been unable to attend Church in the months afterwards:
"I still have to come to terms that I am still a virgin and it's still mine to give.
"Now I am getting tired of putting a brave face on when deep down I feel unsure that I will be fine.
"Going to church has always been in an important part of my life but since the attack I was not able to go to church for many months because I was angry at God and I was angry at myself for feeling this way.
"And the fear of contracting HIV was my worst nightmare."
"I have lost any desire to do anything in my life.
"I didn't want to share food or drink with anyone as I felt too dirty and thought they would be disgusted if I did.
"I wasn't able to sleep alone for a long time and had to have the light on in my bedroom throughout every night.
"I feel terrified in the shower. I get the feeling that someone is going to get me and I start to panic."
Crimewatch Appeal & Sentencing
Jurors heard how Arbha, who lived in Liverpool at the time of the attack, fled the city soon after and moved to Birmingham. He was arrested after a Crimewatch appeal was released in October last year.
Michael O'Brien, defending, told the court that Arbha had written a letter asking for forgiveness, which he read out to the court on the defendant's behalf. It read:
"This was an un-Christian act and I did a horrible thing to this woman.
"I am very sorry for the crime I have committed and I ask for forgiveness."
Arbha, who gained five year asylum to the UK in 2014, was forced to flee his native country after he was obliged to sign up to the Eritrean army aged 18. He has no previous convictions and spoke through a Tigrignan translator in court; through whom he expressed he had no memory of the attack as he was too intoxicated.
David Aubrey, QC, told Arbha:
"When you were above her, raping her, on a Sunday morning when she had been alone in the streets of our city, it is clear to this court that time stopped still for her.
"You watched her, you followed her and you pursued her and then pushed her and threatened her and you raped her before, somewhat chillingly, walked away calmly.
"I cannot ignore the tragic irony of this case that you attacked her next to a church."
Mebrehtom Arbha was this week sentenced to 10 years in prison for the attack.
After sentencing, Terry Davies – Police Detective Inspector of Specialist UNITY rape investigation team – said:
"Rape is a very personal crime, which many victims, understandably, struggle to come to terms with.
"It can have a devastating effect for the rest of their lives and there is no doubt that this had had a significant impact on his young victim, who will now have to live with this for her life."
Father of 28 Jailed for Child Abuse
Posted on December 23, 2015 by HHAdmin - Sexual Abuse
A 60 year old man, labelled Britain's most prolific father, has recently been sentenced to over 5 years in prison for sexual child abuse and taking naked photos of a young girl over a 3 year period.
Britain's Most Prolific Father
Michael Redman was dubbed Britain's most prolific father last year after it was revealed he had fathered 28 children to 9 different women. It was claimed in the press at the time that Redman would use his position as a bus driver as a way to meet and romance female passengers.
Guildford Crown Court heard that the abuse started in 2008 when the girl was just 12 years old. Redman would visit the victim's home where he would molest her, forcing her to pose naked for degrading photos. He also took her to various woodland areas in Surrey where he would carry on the abuse and take more photos.
The court heard that the victim was too frightened of Redman to say anything and the abuse continued until she was 15. It was at this time that Redman's victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, felt she was strong enough to speak out against her attacker. She confided in her own father who encouraged her to go to the police.
Arrest & Admission
Redman, a former Royal Armoured Corps trooper, was arrested after his son Mason was contacted by the victim over social networking site Facebook. Explaining her decision to contact Redman's son and reveal the lewd photos to him, the victim, now 19, said:
"I wanted Mason to know what his dad was like."
Jurors heard that Mason, 21 and a military police officer, was furious with his father and confronted Redman over the images, saying:
"I've seen the photos. You're going to prison. Why don't you jump off a bridge?"
The court also heard how Redman broke down in tears upon admitting the offences to his former wife Maria. She told the court:
"He confessed to me. When I asked him if he had done it, he started to cry and said 'yes.'"
Denial & Previous Convictions
When questioned by detectives however, Redman denied that any offence had taken place, claiming that he had never been alone with the victim for long enough for it to be possible. He also denied confessing to his former wife, claiming that she was hostile towards him due to his lifestyle, motivating her to lie.
However jurors were told of a previous conviction of Redman's for violently assaulting his ex-wife and how he was extremely strict with his own children, even enforcing gender specific haircuts for boys and girls.
The court also heard how Redman had previously been questioned by police after he took photos of naked children playing in his garden were taken to a photographic shop to be developed.
Jailing Redman, Judge Peter Moss told him he had perfected the "art of deceit" during the time he groomed and habitually abused the young girl.
The judge criticised Redman for his 'feckless' behaviour in his private life as he sentenced him at Guildford Crown Court, saying:
"It seems you were perfecting the art of deceit, which you had practiced in the past it seems, with other women, with whom you had many children.
"I must consider the effect it [a prison sentence] will have on your young children. The impact on them is great by your loss.
"These cases plainly destroy families. That's something that you are not unused to doing, by looking at your background."
Reading from a victim impact statement, the prosecution said the abuse had mired the youngster's schooling and left her wary of men. Abigail Husbands stated:
"She remembers him saying how beautiful she looked and felt he took complete advantage of her,
"She feels she is beginning to be a stronger person but her self-esteem is low and she doesn't allow herself to become too involved with people of the other sex."
Redman was jailed for a total of 26 months for assault by penetration, 14 months for making indecent pictures and 18 months for sexual assaults. He was also put on the Sex Offender's Register and made the subject of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order. The latter bans Redman from contacting anyone under the age of 16 without the express permission of a parent or guardian who is aware of his convictions.
Child Abuse Claims – Expert Advice
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85% of Child Sex Abuse Unreported According to New Data
Posted on November 25, 2015 by HHAdmin - Sexual Abuse
From April 2012 to March 2014, around 50,000 cases of child sex abuse were reported to the police. However, a recent study by the Children's Commissioner for England suggests that the number of children abused in that period is actually around 450,000.
Key findings of the study were as follows:
• 75% of child sex abuse victims were female
• Two thirds of child sex abuse took place within or close to the family environment
• The age at which child sexual abuse is most likely to occur is just 9 years
• Not recognising what has happened to them, a large number of victims do not speak out about their abuse until their teenage years or later
• Even once a child has confided in someone, it is unlikely that the abuse will stop
In recent years there has been a major focus on child sex abuse occurring within institutions or by groups of offenders. However, the report has highlighted the fact that the majority of abuse takes place within families or trusted circles. Children's commissioner Anne Longfield said:
"We must now wake up to and urgently address the most common form of child sexual abuse – that which takes place behind the front door within families or their trusted circles.
"The children's commissioner has called for urgent action from government and more training to help teachers, social services, police and other professionals identify abuse early on.
"There are always signs. Children can become withdrawn or show overly sexualised behaviour. If you know the child it will be obvious to see changes in their behaviour."
Most Detailed Analysis Yet
The Children's Commissioner's report scrutinised information from a variety of sources, including surveys from over 750 survivors of child abuse, as well as police and local councils. The study also examined a recent study of child mistreatment that found 11.3% of young adults (18-24) had suffered sexual abuse as a child.
The report is said to be the most detailed analysis of child sex abuse in England to date.
Simon Bailey, Norfolk Chief Constable, is responsible for police child protection and abuse investigations throughout the country. He said of the report:
"The numbers are staggering [but] I'm not that surprised.
"I've regularly talked about the level of child abuse reported to police as being the tip of the iceberg."
Chief Constable Bailey also went on to admit that although police had made significant improvements in dealing with child abuse reports, there was still work to do.
"Jimmy Savile in 2012 was a watershed moment, for the police service in particular. This now has to be a watershed moment for all agencies involved in child protection.
"We have to fundamentally rethink how we go about stopping abuse of this nature happening on the horrific scale the commission has identified."
Call for Government to Take Action
The report has called for a number of serious actions to be taken by government to prevent child abuse, including:
• To train teachers to identify any signs or symptoms of abuse, along with actions to be taken afterwards
• Compulsory lessons for children from the age of five, to be taught about healthy and safe relationships
• To teach children to speak to an appropriate adult if they have any concerns relating to abuse
• Increasing the responsibilities of those individuals working with children
• To offer support to children from the moment they disclose abuse
• To have an appropriate intermediary such as a child psychologist to be present during evidence interviews with children
• To ensure that all police forces make a record of all child sexual abuse related offences
The recommendations laid out in the report would be 'carefully considered', the Department for Education has said.
"[This government] set up the first ever cross-government child protection taskforce to overhaul the way police, schools, social services and others work together in tackling this abhorrent crime.
"We have also invested an extra £100m to support vulnerable children and we are providing £7m for services supporting child abuse survivors."
The burden of disclosing abuse must be not be something that children should have to endure, according to Roy Perry of the Local Government Association. However, he has stressed that 'councils cannot do this alone. We need support from a million eyes and ears amongst the public.'
Children's Commissioners in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales stated that they had no equivalent figures on child abuse.
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Medomsley Detention Centre – Compensation for Abuse Victims
Posted on May 1, 2014 by HHAdmin - Sexual Abuse
Medomsley Detention Centre, Country Durham, was a correctional facility opened in February 1961. The aim of the facility was to provide an alternative to prison for boys and young men aged 17-21.
First reports of abuse emerge
The first report of physical abuse appeared in the media in 1967. David Watkins MP raised concerns about the treatment of inmates at the facility, after hearing claims from a mother that her teenage son was subjected to repeated beatings. The boy spent 5 weeks in hospital.
Mr Watkins took his complaint to the Home Secretary. The MP received a response from the then Home Office minister Lord Stonham, stating that the mother and son's claim was unsubstantiated. The matter was not pursued.
Rape at Medomsley Detention Centre
In 2003, prison officer Neville Husband was convicted of raping inmates at Medomsley Detention Centre. The conviction covered allegations of rape throughout the 1970s and the 1880s.
Husband was suspected of operating as part of paedophile ring. Further investigations led to the arrest and conviction of Leslie Johnson, a storeman at Medomsley.
Husband and Johnson have both since died in prison of natural causes. The centre was closed, and has been reopened as Hassockfield Secure Training Centre (STC).
How much compensation awarded to victims of abuse at Medomsley Detention Centre?
In excess of £1million has been awarded in out-of-court settlements to the victims of physical and sexual abuse at Medomsley Detention Centre.
Prime Minister David Cameron has assured Durham MP Pat Glass that "help and support" will be given to the small local police force in Durham, as up to 500 people may have suffered abuse at the centre.
Payments to victims are thought to average around £40,000
Taking action – how Hampson Hughes Solicitors can help you
How To Receive Medomsley Detention Centre Compensation
If you have experienced physical or sexual abuse at Medomsley Detention Centre, and you would like expert advice, we can help.
Our experienced Criminal Injuries & Sexual Abuse Team is currently supporting those affected by the events at Medomsley Detention Centre.
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Medomsley Detention Centre – Child Abuse Investigation
A 10 year old investigation into child abuse at a former County Durham detention centre was reopened last year following further allegations against inmates and staff.
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The investigation was reopened in August, 2013. Since this time, Durham Police has received 143 statements documenting the crimes that took place.
Victim Speaks Out
Ray Poar has waived his right to anonymity and has spoken openly of his ordeal at Medomsley.
Mr Poar was 17 when he was placed in the facility – as punishment for stealing biscuits. He recalls being woken after wetting the bed, and being forced to bunny hop naked in the showers.
"When I couldn't make it to the showers I was kicked. We knew we couldn't turn around to them and complain to them about what had happened with Husband because they were part of it, they were the ones that were kicking us about every day. The odd punch in the arm, the ribs, the back of the knees, every day they were doing it. You had nobody to talk to."
The investigation highlighted Neville Husband and Leslie Johnson as being two staff members at the centre of the paedophile ring. The men were imprisoned in 2003 and 2005 respectively, and have both since died.
Renewed Investigation
Det Supt Paul Goundry has described Medomsley as a "brutal regime", commenting that:
"If you ended up in the kitchens you would almost certainly be raped and sexually assaulted"
Mr Goundry has outlined three key objectives. These are to uncover exactly what happened, to then bring those responsible to account, and to offer support to victims.
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Multiplatform: "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." Delivers More than 22 Million Viewers to Date
ABC further spins the numbers for the series to date.
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·	When looking at TV based on the Total Viewer average audience, the Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. premiere drew 12.1 million total viewers in the Live + Same Day window, plus an additional 3.7 million timeshifted viewers in days 1-3. The Thursday encore garnered 4.7 million viewers, and the episode was viewed 1.6 million times across ABC's full episode player and Hulu over its first 5 days.
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Background: Amy White is an executive assistant at Bellwether Education Partners. She got her start working as a page in the Ohio Senate while in college, followed that track to land an assistant press secretary position at the Statehouse, and eventually worked her way to rural Ohio to start a family, where she found a challenging but rewarding position with an outdoor girls' rehabilitation facility. Working as the marketing and admissions coordinator and a member of the management team, she got her first glimpse at how those girls were experiencing large gaps in their educational careers due to foster home placements, juvenile court, and lack of parental support.
Amy has worked as an executive assistant for a number of influential clients, including a former Obama administration staff member and a National Audubon Society vice president. Finally, as president of her local elementary school PTO, Amy has been instrumental in providing family enrichment programs and planning fundraisers to help cover the costs of extra expenses at the school, such as field trips, computers, book fairs, and much more.
Amy holds a B.A. in News/Editorial Journalism from The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. She and her husband, Jacob, have three children, Sara, Mason, and Max. Amy truly feels she belongs on a beach with a good book and a cool breeze, but when that's not readily available, she will take any sun-filled open window and make do.
Why I do this work: As an involved member of our school community, I understand that parents cannot be the only ones advocating for change for their children's schools. I have seen firsthand how rural schools struggle to provide more than just the bare minimum for their students, and I believe that a quality education shouldn't be assigned to you based on your zip code.
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Thus far the book has concentrated on ActiveMQ as a software application. Most ofthe information we've presented has concerned the internal structure of ActiveMQand how its components can be configured. But apart from basic JMS examples,using ActiveMQ in your applications hasn't been discussed. This chapter is dedicatedto explaining how to create applications with ActiveMQ.
One of the things you might want to do with ActiveMQ is to embed it into yourapplication. Since ActiveMQ is written in Java, it can naturally be integrated inanother Java application. As you'll see, you can configure the broker using eitherJava code or XML (via the Spring Framework). A fully configured broker can serveclients from the same application (using the VM protocol) as well as clients fromremote applications to exchange messages over the network. This scenario isdepicted in figure 7.1.
The first section of this chapter will explore various techniques available for embeddingActiveMQ in your Java applications. The second section will explain how toembed ActiveMQ using Spring. You'll see how to configure ActiveMQ using both pureSpring XML and custom namespaces, as well as the standard ActiveMQ XML viaApache XBean (http://mng.bz/EAfX). This will be followed by a discussion of someadvanced programming techniques that include ActiveMQ. This is a vast topic andwe'll dig into two common use cases. We'll also take a look at how to create a request/reply system using JMS and ActiveMQ. We'll discuss advantages of such a system overthe traditional client-server architecture.
Finally, you'll learn about using Spring JMS to simplify the creation of JMS clientswith ActiveMQ. Using the stock portfolio sample application, we'll use Spring JMS toset up connections, consumers, and producers in a quick manner. To begin, let's discussembedding ActiveMQ in your applications. There's no single correct way toembed ActiveMQ. The method you choose will probably depend on your applicationdesign.


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"I trained in art in my 20s, achieving a first-class BA (Honours) and an MA. However, having a family, I found it impractical to also pursue a career as an artist at that time. I consequently went into a career in social work, and in time became a manager for mental health services, with responsibility for multiple facilities. After several years, and due to complications in my personal life, I had a severe nervous breakdown which forced me to accept early retirement. In an attempt to find myself again, I began to paint again. I focused on creating images of empowered women, such as Amazon warriors. Many of my recent works are metaphors or allegories for the battle of the individual against mental health problems.
This is an attempt to show the vulnerability of a person when they are experiencing a major mental health problem, hence the nakedness of the figure and the exposure of the body to the burning breath of the dragon."
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Global healthcare provider Randox Health to become headline partner of the Grand National Festival
World leader in healthcare diagnostics also becomes Official Healthcare Partner of The Jockey Club, which runs many of British Racing's crown jewel assets
Randox Health is launching around 50 health clinics in cities across the UK & Ireland in the next five years
Today more than 5% of the world's population - 370 million people - are diagnosed using Randox product
Grand National at Aintree reaches a global TV audience of around 600 million people, around 9 million live viewers in the UK and thee-day festival attended by 150,000 spectators
Mar 2016 Global innovative healthcare company, Randox Health, will become the new Official Partner of the world's greatest steeplechase, the Grand National, and the three-day Grand National Festival staged at Aintree Racecourse, in a five-year deal starting after the 169th running, Jockey Club Racecourses have announced.
Randox Health is a world leader in healthcare diagnostics; today more than 5% of the world's population - in excess of 370 million people across 145 countries - receives medical diagnosis using Randox products each year.
Offering the world's most advanced preventative health screening in their clinics, currently in London and Belfast, Randox Health plans to roll out clinics nationally and internationally over the next 12 months, including in Liverpool, Manchester, Edinburgh and Dublin. The Randox Health checks aim to prevent illness and enhance wellbeing by running hundreds of tests from one simple patient sample. These unique tests give an extraordinary insight into every aspect of a person's health.
Founded in 1982 in County Antrim by leading medical scientist and keen horseman, Dr. Peter FitzGerald CBE, Randox Health is dedicated to improving health and enhancing lives, worldwide. To achieve their goals the company is committed to an extensive research programme, investing more than £220m since 1992. The company currently employs more than 1,400 people of 44 different nationalities.
This research has also led to the establishment of a number of successful subsidiary companies supporting forensic toxicology, food safety and veterinary care, as well as leading developments within the pharmaceutical industry.
With around 9 million people tuning in each year in the UK, the £1-million Grand National currently attracts one of the largest live TV audiences in sport and Channel 4's largest audience of the year. From 2017, the first year with new partner Randox Health, the race will be broadcast on ITV. Worldwide the event attracts an estimated television audience of around 600 million, with more than 150,000 people enjoying the action live from Aintree Racecourse in Merseyside over the course of the three-day racing festival.
Randox Health also becomes the Official Healthcare Partner of The Jockey Club. Founded in 1750 and today British Racing's largest commercial group, The Jockey Club runs many of the sport's most iconic assets which, as well as the Grand National Festival, include the Cheltenham Festival, the Investec Derby Festival and the National Stud, with all profits going back into the sport thanks to being a company incorporated by Royal Charter.
Crabbie's, Title Partner for the 2016 Grand National Festival being held April 7 to 9 and the previous two runnings, will retain its association with the Jump Racing spectacular, moving from 2017 to become sponsors of the Grade 1 Top Novices' Hurdle on the Friday's Ladies Day.
Dr. Peter FitzGerald CBE, Founder and Managing Director of Randox , said: "The Randox Health team is extremely pleased to partner the world's greatest race. The Grand National offers us a major public platform to raise awareness of preventative healthcare and to encourage people to take control of their health and wellbeing. We see this partnership as a natural fit, as both organisations invest heavily in the future and we aim to use our partnership to promote a positive lifestyle and to bring enjoyment to millions of people. We care about people's health and this is the people's race.
"Crabbie's sponsorship of the Grand National will be a hard act to follow, but we look forward to rising to the challenge and sharing our vision for Randox Health further once the 2016 Crabbie's Grand National has drawn to a close and our rights for the world's greatest race come into effect. "
John Baker, North West Regional Director for Jockey Club Racecourses , who runs Aintree, said: "I am delighted to welcome Randox Health as our new partner from after the 2016 Crabbie's Grand National Festival. This is an incredibly exciting time to join forces with Randox because they are highly ambitious as a company and share our aspiration to promote the Grand National to the maximum number of people in the years ahead.
"We are already working closely with Randox Health and are excited both about their plans for the future and how they see the role of our partnership within that. Their vision, people and operation are very impressive, they love their racing and I am confident they will prove fantastic partners for our crown jewel.
"I should also like to thank Crabbie's brand owner, Halewood International, and in particular Judy Halewood and Peter Eaton, for their very generous and beneficial support of the Crabbie's Grand National these past three years. I am very pleased they will remain involved and associated with Aintree through sponsorship of the high value Grade 1 Top Novices' Hurdle and of course before that the important 169th running of the world's greatest steeplechase in April under their banner."
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Differentiating adults who think about self-harm from those who engage in self-harm: the role of volitional alcohol factors
Melson, A. J. and O'Connor, R. C. (2019) Differentiating adults who think about self-harm from those who engage in self-harm: the role of volitional alcohol factors. BMC Psychiatry, 19, 319. (doi: 10.1186/s12888-019-2292-3)
Background: Self-harm, an act of self-poisoning or self-injury irrespective of motivation, is a major public health concern. Use of alcohol prior to or alongside acts of self-harm is common but little is known about the alcohol-related mechanisms of self-harm enaction. We utilised an ideation-to-action approach to clarify the extent to which volitional alcohol factors differentiated those who have thoughts of self-harm but do not act on them (self-harm ideation) and those who engage in self-harm (self-harm enaction). Methods: Cross-sectional analyses of the baseline phase of the Health Lifestyle and Wellbeing study: 1546 adults (1079 female; Mean age = 34 y; 92% White) resident in Scotland completed measures of demographics, lifetime self-harm, volitional alcohol factors and psychosocial factors. Multinomial logistic regression compared those with a history of self-harm thoughts ('ideation', n = 297), self-harm acts ('enaction', n = 346) and 'controls' (n = 897) to identify volitional alcohol factors associated with self-harm enaction. Results: Volitional alcohol factors differentiated those with a history of self-harm enaction from those with a history of self-harm ideation (as well as those with no history) in initial models adjusted for demographics and depressive symptoms: the self-harm enaction group reported stronger alcohol-related negative urgency (OR = 1.74, 95% CI 1.41–2.16, p < .001), more frequent heavy drinking (OR = 1.46, 95% CI 1.24–1.72, p < .001) and stronger expectancies that drinking alcohol leads to negative self-perceptions (OR = 1.33, 95% CI 1.03–1.72, p = 0.03) and markers of self-harm risk (OR = 1.64, 95% CI 1.18–2.30, p = 0.004). Alcohol-related negative urgency and heavy-drinking frequency continued to differentiate those in the self-harm enaction group from those in ideation group in multivariate models. Consistent with theoretical models positing phase-specific moderators of self-harm ideation and enaction, psychosocial factors (perceived stress, support, negative mood regulation expectancies) differentiated those with a history of self-harm ideation from those without but not those in the ideation and enaction groups. Conclusions: Management of self-harm risk requires better understanding of alcohol-related mechanisms of self-harm enaction. Volitional alcohol factors may play a role in governing the translation of self-harm thoughts into self-harm acts.
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On Monday the New York Times' published a story about the immense and growing debt burden on college graduates. In 2003, two-thirds of bachelor's degree receipients had college debt, and their average individual debt load was a whopping $24,000.
As the piece, by Tamar Lewin, notes, most economists still consider student debt "good debt" because a college degree raises a worker's lifetime earnings. But what about those young Americans who take out loans to pursue higher education, yet drop out before receiving any kind of degree? Afterall, just 53 percent of students who enter four-year colleges graduate within six years. At two-year community colleges, half of all students drop-out in the first year, and only 25 percent finish their programs within three-years.
Half of all college drop-outs have borrowed some money for tuition. And consider this depressing statistic: One in five students who drop out of college leave only after accumulating $20,000 or more in debt.
These are the folks most unable to pay back their loans; the rhetoric of "college for all" simply does not match the reality of their lives. That's why we need to be providing young teenagers–in middle schools and high schools–with much savvier college and career counseling. Given the state of the economy, we have a responsibility to help young adults protect themselves from the spurious claims of for-profit and low-quality colleges with high drop-out and loan default rates, and we need to explicitly direct people toward cost-effective higher education and job training programs that have clear records of preparing students for remunerative employment.
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use while in a degree program.
college dropouts to see how their lives look.
more effective than many of the above reforms.
I think it would be very helpful not to treat college debt as a single entity.
There's even debt incurred by students desirous of maintaining a certain lifestyle at the more exclusive schools, the great American live now pay later ethos.
You cannot reasonably treat all these forms of debt as one single thing.


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Window Swap Lets You Enjoy the View From Other People's Windows Around the World
Travel may be on hold, but that doesn't mean the views have to be.
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One of the best small pleasures you can have while traveling is looking out the window of your hotel to drink in the view. Of course, traveling to new windows isn't available for people who are in quarantine.
As lockdown measures to combat coronavirus continue in many parts of the world, people are finding new ways to "travel" without actually traveling.
Window Swap, a website that lets you gaze out of other people's windows all over the world, is one way to get the feel of being in a new place while staying safe during the pandemic, CNN reported.
A husband-and-wife team of creatives in Singapore, Sonali Ranjit and Vaishnav Balasubramaniam, wrote on their "About" page that the site was their "quarantine project." And anyone who is feeling the wanderlust during lockdown will surely be grateful for their initiative.
Anyone can access Window Swap, no app downloads or subscriptions needed, and find a video of a new window to gaze through, which is refreshed randomly whenever you click a button at the bottom of the screen. Videos of windows can be submitted by anyone who wants to give people a new perspective in the world. These videos must be a 10-minute, static, horizontal shot of your window in order to submit.
Windows appear from all corners of the world, including places around the U.S., in India, in France, in Japan, and everywhere in between. Some windows are especially beautiful, with views of city skylines, pristine lakes, or lovely countrysides. Others are fairly ordinary, with views of people's plant-filled porches, outdoor construction, or suburban neighborhoods. You might even see a person's pet in the video, which is always delightful.
"Let's face it, it's going to be a while before we travel again and wake up to a new view outside our windows," Ranjit told Campaign Asia-Pacific. "So until then, why not voyeuristically travel by looking out of somebody else's window for a while?"
Randomly click through dozens of windows, or submit your own, by visiting the Window Swap website.
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MCGI welcomed more than 3,500 new members in the Church after the Mass Baptism of February 2011.
Pampanga, Philippines — More than 3,500 souls were added to the Members Church of God International today in a Mass Baptism held at the ADD Convention Center in Apalit, Pampanga and in MCGI coordinating centers nationwide.
People hailing from as far as Nueva Ecija (approximately 118 kilometers from Manila) went to the Philippine headquarters of MCGI to be baptized. Moreover, baptisms were held at major coordinating centers in Northern Luzon, Bicol, Visayas and Mindanao.
Included in the thousands of new members are five individuals with hearing and speaking disabilities, adding to the first group of deaf-mute members baptized on August 21, 2009.
This was the result of the seven-session Mass Indoctrination by Church Presiding Minister, Bro. Eliseo Soriano. From about a month of indoctrination time, Bro. Eli was able to reduce it to less than two weeks leading to a Mass Baptism just eleven days after the first session. The results, however, exceed double as previous Mass Baptisms yield more than 1,000 souls on the average.
"Let us start a new life, brethren, a new life in Christ, full of hope," says Bro. Eli as he spoke before thousands of newly-baptized members via live video streaming at about six in the evening. Bro. Eli then reminds the brethren of what Bro. Daniel Razon, the Church Vice-Presiding Minister, said in his sermon prior to Bro. Eli's — to first give thanks to God, just as the Samaritan who was healed of his leprosy did in Luke 17:12-19.
They were talking of the Thanksgiving ceremony held every Saturday in the Philippines. Weekly, groups and individuals offer songs of praises on stage before the entire congregation in the Convention Center in Pampanga and in coordinating centers worldwide via the Internet.


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It's a Big Day in the Senate for the Hands-Free Bill
'Hands-free' cellphone bill advances in Minnesota Senate. By Stephen Montemayor · StarTribune · The Minnesota Senate voted overwhelmingly Monday for a bill barring cellphone use while driving unless the phone is being used in a "hands-free" mode.Although the measure passed 56-10 with bipartisan support, lawmakers still have to work out differences with a similar bill that passed in the House last week.
Pioneer Press describes how the House passed the hands-free bill
Just a year ago, further restrictions on how a driver can use a cellphone seemed like a long shot at the Legislature. But when they returned to the Capitol in January lawmakers had a simple message for backers of requiring only hands-free use behind the wheel — your activism worked. State Rep. Frank Hornstein, DFL-Minneapolis, thanked those who lost family members and friends for sharing their heartbreaking stories with lawmakers.
Hands-free bill passes House Judiciary, headed to Ways and Means
House File 50, better known as the hands-free bill, passed out of the House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Division today, Wednesday, March 6, and is on its way to the House Ways and Means Committee. Paul Aasen, president of the Minnesota Safety Council, says that once it passes Ways and Means, it will be set for a floor vote. The House describes HF50 as: "Cellphone use while a motor vehicle is in motion prohibited, with hands-free mode exception."
Hands-Free Cellphone Bill Unlikely to Become Law in Minnesota
Legislation that would make Minnesota the 17th state to ban drivers from using hand-held phones and electronic devices will not get a vote on the House floor, likely killing the measure for the fourth straight year. Chief author Rep. Mark Uglem, R-Champlin, on Tuesday, said that the bill would not receive a vote on the…
Victims' families fight for hands-free bill
With less than three weeks remaining in the 2018 MN Legislative Session, family of distracted driving victims are pushing lawmakers to pass a hands-free bill that has bipartisan support.
Hand-held cellphone bill backers make push in session's final weeks
Law would make it illegal for drivers to hold a phone or other electronic device.
Hands-Free Bill Remains Alive, But No Floor Votes Yet. WHY?
A public safety bill passed the Minnesota House this week that includes a provision outlawing cell phone use in construction zones, and another calling for tougher penalties for "distracted driving." But, so far, separate bills in both the House and Senate mandating hands-free cell phone use are still awaiting floor votes.
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The University's music activities, libraries, museums, discovery centres and botanical gardens are important and public activities within the University – on this page, some of the centres are presented.
The Botanical Garden cultivates around 7 000 species on eight hectares of land in central Lund. The Garden operates a wide variety of activities in the areas of botany, horticulture, plant preservation and environmental awareness, partly for the University's teaching and research, but also for preschools, schools, the public and public authorities. The Garden attracts more than 500 000 visitors annually.
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The Historical Museum at Lund University was founded in 1805 and is Sweden's second largest archaeological museum. The museum's collections include Kilian Stobaeus's curio cabinet from the 18th century, many finds from the excavations of the Iron Age town of Uppåkra and numerous Stone, Bronze and Iron Age finds from Skåne.
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Skissernas Museum – Museum of Artistic Process and Public Art
At Skissernas Museum – Museum of Artistic Process and Public Art you find exhibitions of sketches, preparatory studies and models for public art. The aim is to expose the creative process, the "artwork's birth", as museum founder Ragnar Josephson put it. Today, the museum increasingly focuses on highlighting the different aspects of public art and its development.
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Odeum is Lund University's central music centre for music making, concerts and lectures. Odeum is led by the University Director of Music and is the home of the Lund University Academic Orchestra, the Lund Academic Choir, Palaestra Vocal Ensemble and the Lund Academic Wind Ensemble. Odeum also provides teaching in association with the Academy of Music in Malmö and the Division of Musicology. The main focus is on conducting, with teaching offered at both undergraduate and Master's levels.
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On weekdays, school classes and other groups come to try out various experiments with a focus on science and engineering. In the experiment hall, you can get inside a giant soap bubble, test different sounds, or shoot protons and tickle electrons.
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The Faculty of Science planetarium first opened in 1978 in Stadsparken in Lund. The planetarium was reopened in the spring of 2010 at Vattenhallen Science Center. In the summer of 2012, new digital equipment was installed that gives the visitor a sense of flying out into the Universe and visiting planets and galaxies.
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SHARM EL SHEIKH: Swiss-based Orascom Development Holding plans to start a budget housing project in Iraq after elections, part of its wider push into low-income homes, its CEO said on Tuesday. The developer, known for building high-end resorts, also aims to start selling homes in a budget project in Romania by the end of the …
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SHARM EL SHEIKH: Swiss-based Orascom Development Holding plans to start a budget housing project in Iraq after elections, part of its wider push into low-income homes, its CEO said on Tuesday.
The developer, known for building high-end resorts, also aims to start selling homes in a budget project in Romania by the end of the year and is in negotiations for a similar project in Africa, Samih Sawiris told Reuters in an interview.
Orascom has already agreed with Iraqi officials to construct a budget housing project in Iraq similar to Haram City, a low-income residential project it is building near Cairo, he said.
We are very happy to go there, but we are waiting for the elections to be over because there is a certain amount of stability needed to make this possible, Sawiris said, adding potential for growth in the oil-rich nation is mind-blowing .
There s so much access to oil money and demand on such towns will be quite huge, Sawiris added. And obviously we like to be pioneers, and being the first town developers to enter Iraq is always a plus.
Sawiris did not specify where in Iraq the project would be, but Egyptian media in February reported the firm was looking at two plots, one in Taji in central Iraq and another in Basra in the south. Each would cover some 9 million square meters.
Iraq is looking for bidders to build 1 million new units, valued at an average $50,000 each, within the next three year.
Orascom hopes to see the first sales from its Romania project before the end of this year, said Sawiris, who is also Orascom s chairman.
The project, in which Orascom holds a 70 percent stake, is expected to offer a total of 33,000 units developed over three equal phases, with the first scheduled to be operational within five years.
Orascom posted a net profit of 138.6 million Swiss francs ($131 million) in 2009, up from 115.6 million in 2008, and said it expected new projects in the United Kingdom, Montenegro, Romania, Switzerland and Morocco to drive future profits.
Things look good and I don t see a reason why we cannot have a better year in 2010 than in 2009, Sawiris said, declining to give specific forecasts.
Sawiris added he was happy with the resilience of Egypt s tourism industry, which fuels Orascom s hotels and resorts business.
I am quite impressed by how the tourism sector went through the crisis and out of it with very little damage, he said.
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Louis Knox Barlow (born July 17, 1966) is an American alternative rock musician and songwriter. A founding member of the groups Dinosaur Jr., Sebadoh and The Folk Implosion, Barlow is credited with helping to pioneer the lo-fi style of rock music in the late 1980s and early 1990s. His first band, which was formed in Amherst, Massachusetts, was Deep Wound. Barlow was born in Dayton, Ohio, and raised in Jackson, Michigan, and Westfield, Massachusetts.

Barlow has released four solo albums, the latest of which is the May 28, 2021 release Reason to Live.

Dinosaur Jr.

Barlow attended high school in Westfield, Massachusetts, where he met Scott Helland. The two formed the Massachusetts-based hardcore punk band Deep Wound. J Mascis joined the band after answering their ad for a "drummer wanted to play really fast". After becoming disillusioned with the constraints of hardcore, Deep Wound broke up in 1984. Mascis and Barlow reunited that year to form Dinosaur, later Dinosaur Jr. Mascis and Barlow had personality conflicts throughout Dinosaur Jr.'s early existence, and after the 1988 release of their third album, Bug, and the initial supporting tour, Barlow was kicked out of the band.

In 2005, Barlow rejoined the band alongside the original drummer, Murph. Since then, the band has reissued its first three records, toured extensively worldwide and released five new records, Beyond, Farm, I Bet on Sky, Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not, and Sweep It Into Space .

Sebadoh, Sentridoh and the Folk Implosion

After his dismissal from Dinosaur Jr., Barlow turned his attention to his band Sebadoh, which he had formed earlier with multi-instrumentalist Eric Gaffney. The project featured low fidelity recording techniques and combined Barlow's introspective, confessional songwriting with Gaffney's discordant noise collages. Bassist and songwriter Jason Loewenstein was added to the line-up in 1989. Sebadoh's early releases include The Freed Man (1989) and Weed Forestin' (1990), the latter of which was originally self-released under the name Sentridoh in 1987. Both albums were officially released by Homestead Records, as was the band's third album, Sebadoh III (1991), which helped establish the "lo-fi" subgenre and became a defining album of 90s indie rock. The band released several studio-recorded albums on Sub Pop Records throughout the 1990s.

As Sebadoh grew in popularity and critical acclaim, Barlow continued work on the Sentridoh side project, which featured mostly home-recorded material similar to his output on the first three Sebadoh albums, but often recorded solo and with a less consistent sound quality. Sentridoh released a trio of cassette-only albums on Shrimper Records in the early 1990s, with the highlights later being collected on CD and vinyl compilations like Winning Losers: A Collection of Home Recordings 89–93 (1994) and Another Collection of Home Recordings (1994). In 1993, Sentridoh released a popular single for the song "Losercore," on the label Smells Like Records founded by Steve Shelley of the American rock band, Sonic Youth. Barlow has called it "the most finely executed of all my releases" thanks to Shelley, who "made sure this looked and sounded great." Numerous other Sentridoh releases on a variety of record labels followed, including releases on his own Loobiecore label.

In 1994, Barlow formed the Folk Implosion with singer-songwriter John Davis. The band released several singles and EPs, and in 1995 reached the Top 40 with the song "Natural One", from the soundtrack to the film Kids by Larry Clark. It remains Barlow's biggest commercial hit.

After the release of Sebadoh's eighth album, The Sebadoh, in 1999, the band went on hiatus and its members went on to pursue other projects. Barlow continued to work with the Folk Implosion, releasing One Part Lullaby in 1999. Barlow took a break from the Folk Implosion in 2000 to collaborate on the album Subsonic 6 with Belgian musician, Rudy Trouvé. In 2003, Barlow released The New Folk Implosion featuring Imaad Wasif on guitar and Sebadoh drummer Russ Pollard on drums. The same year, he appeared as a musician in the film Laurel Canyon.  In the spring of 2004, Barlow briefly reunited with Loewenstein for the "Turbo Acoustic" Sebadoh tour. During this tour, he also reunited with J Mascis for a performance of the song "Video Prick" with former Deep Wound vocalist Charlie Nakajima.  This performance led to a full-fledged Dinosaur Jr. reunion in 2005, with original members Barlow, Mascis and Murph performing "The Lung" on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on April 15, 2005, and a show at Spaceland in Los Angeles the following night.  The band then played well-received tours of the U.S. and Europe throughout the rest of the year, and in 2006 headed to Japan, Australia and New Zealand. In 2007, Barlow reunited with Loewenstein and Gaffney to perform the first Sebadoh shows with the "classic" lineup in 14 years. In June 2013, Sebadoh released their first new music in 14 years; the music was released as an EP precursor to their new album, "Defend Yourself," which was released in September 2013. Both of the new EP and LP albums were released through Joyful Noise Recordings.

Other collaborations
 Released the instrumental split album Subsonic 6 (2000) with Belgian musician, Rudy Trouvé
 Sings on the track "Some" by Sharon Stoned, on the album License to Confuse (1995)
 Sings on the tracks "My Brother Moves" and "Everything You Know Is Wrong" by Production Club, from the album Follow Your Bliss (2003)
 Sings on the track "In the City in the Rain" by the 6ths on Wasps' Nests 6 6/6"
 Plays bass on the track "Strange Song" by Supreme Dicks, on the album The Unexamined Life (1993)

Solo work
Barlow released the first album under his own name, Emoh, in January 2005 on Merge Records. It featured long-time collaborators such as Sebadoh members Jason Loewenstein and Russ Pollard and Lou's sister Abby Barlow, and featured a higher production value than many of his previous solo releases. Jason Crock of Pitchfork called it "the most consistently strong record he's released since The Folk Implosion's One Part Lullaby" and wrote that "even if much of it was recorded at home, Emoh'''s 14 unassuming folk songs sound like they were created in a professional setting." In November 2005, Barlow toured the Iberian Peninsula to promote the album.

Barlow released his second solo album, Goodnight Unknown, in October 2009 on Merge. It was produced by Andrew Murdock and featured numerous guest musicians, including Imaad Wasif on guitar and Dale Crover of the Melvins and Murph on drums.  Barlow toured the album in the U.S. in the fall of 2009, opening for Dinosaur Jr. and backed by The Missingmen of Mike Watt + the Missingmen.

Barlow's third solo album, Brace the Wave, was released on September 4, 2015 on Joyful Noise Recordings. It was recorded in six days with Justin Pizzoferrato, who also worked as a sound engineer for Dinosaur Jr. at Sonelab Studios in Massachusetts. The tracks from Brace the Wave feature Barlow's ukulele playing. Barlow also took 100 original Polaroid selfies to accompany the VIP vinyl edition of the album.

On October 28, 2016, Barlow released a 5 track EP entitled Apocalypse Fetish on Joyful Noise Recordings

In April 2021, it was announced that a solo album entitled Reason to Live would be released on May 28 via Joyful Noise.

 Personal life
Barlow's first marriage was to Kathleen Billus, with whom he has two children, Hendrix and Hannelore.

In May 2015, he married knitwear designer Adelle Louise Burda, with whom he has a daughter, Izetta.

 Radio and podcast appearances
Barlow appeared on WTF with Marc Maron on episode 448 released December 2, 2013.

Barlow appeared on comedian Ken Reid's TV Guidance Counselor podcast on September 18, 2015.

He has also appeared on episode 71 of the Duncan Trussell Family Hour podcast on June 24, 2013.

At the tail end of 2022 he started a podcast with his wife Adelle called RAW Impressions in which he free form talks about various topics, and plays music.

Discography

Albums

 Singles

 EPs

Live

Compilation

Featured in compilations

with Dinosaur JrDinosaur (1985)You're Living All Over Me (1987)Bug (1988)Beyond (2007)Farm (2009)I Bet on Sky (2012)Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not (2016)Sweep It Into Space (2021)

Tribute
(2012) Just Gimme Lou Barlow'' (A Paperheart Tribute to)

References

External links
 Lou Barlow's website

 Official Sebadoh website
 Lou Barlow interview at Prefixmag
 Interview with Lou Barlow (via Talk Rock To Me) August 17, 2012

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