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Paul D. MCDONALD, Staff Sergeant
U.S. Air Force, Appellant
Crim. App. No. 33759
Decided June 28, 2002
CRAWFORD, C.J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which GIERKE and EFFRON, JJ., joined. BAKER, J., and SULLIVAN, S.J., each filed an opinion concurring in the result.
For Appellant: Major Jeffrey A. Vires (argued); Lieutenant Colonel Beverly B. Knott and Lieutenant Colonel Timothy W. Murphy (on brief).
For Appellee: Major Martin J. Hindel (argued); Colonel Anthony P. Dattilo and Major Lance B. Sigmon (on brief).
Military Judges: David F. Brash and Michael J. Rollinger
Chief Judge CRAWFORD delivered the opinion of the Court.
Contrary to his pleas, appellant was convicted by a general court-martial of three specifications of attempting to wrongfully buy stolen retail merchandise on April 16, 20, and 21, 1998; two specifications of wrongfully soliciting two different individuals to steal merchandise over a period exceeding two years; and one specification of buying stolen retail merchandise, in violation of Articles 80 and 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC §§ 880 and 934. A panel of officer and enlisted members sentenced appellant to a dishonorable discharge, confinement for fifteen months, total forfeiture of pay and allowances, and reduction to the grade of E-1. The convening authority approved the sentence, and the Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed in an unpublished Opinion of the Court.
On August 1, 2001, we agreed to determine WHETHER THE AIR FORCE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS ERRED IN HOLDING THE MILITARY JUDGE'S FAILURE TO PROVIDE AN INSTRUCTION TO THE MEMBERS ON THE DEFENSE OF MISTAKE WAS HARMLESS BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT. We hold that any failure to give a complete mistake-of-fact instruction in this case was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt.
Between 1995 and 1998, appellant bought and sold stolen retail merchandise. His suppliers were two individuals named Walter Mitchell and Jake Moore. Both testified at trial.
The Government's theory of the case was that appellant was a modern-day Fagin.1 The defense's theory of the case was that Mitchell and Moore were both thieves, stealing to support their respective heroin addictions, and were unworthy of belief, and that they duped appellant.
Mitchell testified that he stole numerous items of merchandise and resold it to appellant for cash during the period May 1, 1995, to April 1, 1998, except for those days when Mitchell was incarcerated. The stolen items included "movies, VCRs, drills, knives, and all types of tools." Mitchell used heroin on a frequent basis during the entire three years he was selling stolen merchandise to appellant. He readily identified items contained in Prosecution Exhibits 53-79 as items that he had stolen and sold to appellant – and which were later seized from appellant's home. Finally, Mitchell testified that appellant was well aware he was dealing in stolen property, and on a few occasions even directed Mitchell to go to "certain stores to steal certain things."
Jake Moore admitted stealing merchandise that included videos, video game players, leathermen, knives, tools, hardware tools, bikes, air compressors, Magellan satellite navigation systems, computer games and parts, and other items beginning in 1995. Moore elaborated that he was stealing merchandise from stores in the Seattle area at least three times a day (except for Mondays), unless his incarceration by civilian authorities precluded such activity. He admitted using heroin on a daily basis during the 1995-98 period, except when he was in prison. He further admitted that he was under the influence of drugs while he was stealing the merchandise. Moore informed appellant that he had been incarcerated by civilian authorities for theft, as well as a weapons charge, and needed money. On one occasion, appellant bailed Moore out of jail after Moore was arrested for shoplifting. After securing his release from jail, appellant drove Moore home. During this ride, Moore provided appellant with details concerning the theft of merchandise that appellant was buying.
Appellant testified that he never bought anything from Moore; his dealings with Mitchell were far more limited than those about which Mitchell testified; and he did not know any of the merchandise was stolen. Appellant testified that when he asked Mitchell whether any of the merchandise was stolen, Mitchell replied that it came from "a liquidator." Contrary to Mitchell's testimony, appellant denied knowing that Mitchell was incarcerated for theft. At one point, he admitted that he knew Mitchell had been jailed for a "drug violation." Appellant admitted giving Mitchell money while the latter was in jail.
Also, contrary to Moore's testimony, appellant denied knowing that Moore had ever been incarcerated for stealing or that he had ever furnished any money to Moore while Moore was in jail. However, appellant admitted giving Moore's grandfather money because "they didn't have any money." Appellant also testified that he bailed Moore out of jail, although they did not have any prior business relationship, because appellant was "a nice guy."
Trial defense counsel did not ask for an instruction, nor did the military judge sua sponte instruct, on the defense of ignorance or mistake of fact.
Even though not requested, a military judge has a sua sponte duty to give certain instructions when reasonably raised by the evidence. RCM 920(e), Manual for Courts-Martial, United States (2000 ed.);2 United States v. Davis, 53 MJ 202, 205 (2000); United States v. Rodwell, 20 MJ 264, 265 (CMA 1985); United States v. Steinruck, 11 MJ 322, 324 (CMA 1981). Military judges have "substantial discretionary power in deciding on the instructions to give." United States v. Damatta-Olivera, 37 MJ 474, 478 (CMA 1993), cert. denied, 512 U.S. 1244 (1994). We review the judge's decision to give or not give a specific instruction, as well as the substance of any instructions given, "to determine if they sufficiently cover the issues in the case and focus on the facts presented by the evidence. The question of whether a jury was properly instructed [is] a question of law, and thus, review is de novo." United States v. Maxwell, 45 MJ 406, 424 (1996), quoting United States v. Snow, 82 F.3d 935, 938-39 (10th Cir. 1996).
When an affirmative defense is raised by the evidence, an instruction is required. An honest-mistake-of-fact instruction is appropriate where raised by the evidence and is a defense to buying or attempting to buy stolen property. Therefore, consistent with this Court's opinion in United States v. Taylor, 26 MJ 127 (CMA 1988), waiver is not at issue in this case.
Once it is determined that a specific instruction is required but not given, the test for determining whether this constitutional error was harmless is whether it appears "beyond a reasonable doubt that the error complained of did not contribute to the verdict obtained." Chapman v. California, 386 U.S. 18, 24 (1967). Stated differently, the test is: "Is it clear beyond a reasonable doubt that a rational jury would have found the defendant guilty absent the error?" Neder v. United States, 527 U.S. 1, 18 (1999).
Appellant was entitled to a mistake-of-fact instruction regarding his dealings with Mitchell.3 Appellant testified that he began buying material from Mitchell in June 1997, and continued to buy approximately $200 worth of merchandise twice a week until Mitchell's incarceration in early 1998. In particular, appellant said that he asked Mitchell whether any of the material he was purchasing was stolen and Mitchell assured him that it was not -- that he obtained it from a liquidator, or from a relative in Chehalis.
Had the military judge given the standard ignorance or mistake-of-fact instruction recommended in the Military Judges' Benchbook, he would have provided the following instruction concerning appellant's dealings with Mitchell: The ignorance or mistake, no matter how unreasonable it might have been, is a defense. In deciding whether the accused was ignorant of the fact that the property he acquired from Mitchell was stolen, you should consider the probability or improbability of the evidence presented on the matter.
You should consider the accused's age, education, and experience, along with the other evidence on this issue....
The burden is on the prosecution to establish the guilt of the accused. If you are convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that at the time of the alleged offenses the accused was not ignorant of the fact that the property he acquired from Mitchell was stolen, then the defense of ignorance does not exist. Para. 5-11-1, Military Judges' Benchbook at 746 (Dept. of the Army Pamphlet 27-9 (Sept. 30, 1996)). Comparing the above instruction with those actually given, one finds great similarity. The military judge instructed: The instruction that I am now going to read you applies to ... the allegation that the accused knowingly purchased stolen property... and the allegations that the accused attempted to buy stolen property. For these specifications I have instructed you that the accused must have known that the items he was buying or attempting to buy were stolen. You may not find the accused guilty of these offenses unless you believe beyond a reasonable doubt that the accused actually knew that the items he was buying or attempting to buy were stolen. After giving the court members a deliberate-avoidance instruction, the military judge continued: I emphasize that knowledge cannot be established by mere negligence, foolishness, or even stupidity on the part of the accused. The burden is on the prosecution to prove every element of this offense, including that the accused actually knew that the items in question were stolen. Consequently, unless you are satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt that the accused either, one, had actual knowledge that the items in question were stolen or, two, deliberately avoided that knowledge as I have defined that term, you must find the accused not guilty. After considering the instructions given, in comparison to the mistake-of-fact instruction set forth in the Benchbook, we find appellant suffered no prejudice. Had the mistake-of-fact instruction been given from the Military Judges' Benchbook, the members would have been told that they needed to consider appellant's age, education, and experience, along with other evidence in the case. While following this instruction, court members would have considered that appellant was thirty-eight years old, had nineteen-and-a-half years of active service, was in the "swap shop" business for several years, frequently bought large quantities of the same item at a time (e.g., twenty-five copies of Walt Disney's "The Little Mermaid"), and purportedly only paid twenty-five cents on the dollar for this merchandise.
Contrary to defense appellate counsel's assertion, this is not a case in which appellant was convicted on the basis of what he should have known, rather than what he really knew. The linkage appellant hopes to create between the deliberate-avoidance instruction and any improper or missing honest-mistake-of-fact instruction fails. These instructions did not make appellant's conviction a "foregone conclusion." Appellant's Final Brief at 9. The ultimate question is whether the military judge's instructions somehow relieved the Government of its responsibility to prove appellant had actual knowledge that the goods were stolen. See United States v. Brown, 50 MJ 262, 267 (1999). The evidence, taken as a whole, reflects a high probability that appellant must have known the goods were stolen. Any ignorance this appellant may have had as to the facts was based on his failure, through deliberate avoidance, to discover the truth during the two years of his criminal dealings with Moore and Mitchell.
Finally, this case, despite appellant's contention to the contrary, is not like United States v. Barnes, 39 MJ 230 (CMA 1994). In Barnes, the military judge failed to give any affirmative defense instruction. Such a complete failure in that case required reversal as to one charge and its specification because none of the elements of that charge and specification were disputed at trial. Absent that affirmative defense instruction, the members, presumably following the military judge's instructions, had no choice but to convict the appellant.
This case, by contrast, involves a failure to provide model instructions where the military judge, nonetheless, adequately conveyed the essential aspects of the instructions pertinent to the circumstances of the case. Here, appellant contested all of the elements: (1) he contended his receipt of the property was not wrongful; (2) he contested to whom the property he received belonged; (3) he claimed the property was not stolen; (4) he claimed that if indeed it was stolen, he did not know it was stolen; and (5) he claimed his conduct was neither prejudicial to good order and discipline in the armed forces nor service discrediting. Accordingly, the basic premise in Barnes for finding prejudicial error does not exist in the case at hand.
In the final analysis, appellant was convicted as a result of his own statements and actions: first, with his denial that he had ever engaged in any commercial transactions with Moore; second, with his implausible explanation as to why he provided Mitchell money while Mitchell was in jail; third, with his similarly implausible explanation for bailing Moore out of jail in October 1997; fourth, with the fact that Moore's and Mitchell's phone numbers were in his watch telephone directory; and lastly, with his suspicious actions in checking Mitchell and the deputy sheriff for wires and weapons during the military and civilian police controlled buys during April 1998.
It is clear beyond a reasonable doubt that the court members would have found appellant guilty even if properly (and, perhaps, redundantly) instructed on ignorance or mistake of fact. See Neder, 527 U.S. at 18. The military judge's instructions were sufficient to make the court members aware they had to find appellant actually knew the items he was buying or attempting to buy were stolen.
The decision of the United States Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals is affirmed.
1 Fagin was the sinister character in Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist, whose primary occupation was to instruct young boys on how to become expert pickpockets and thieves. Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist (Peter Fairclough ed., Penguin Books 1972) (1837-39). Today, the name Fagin is frequently attributed to an adult who leads others in a continuing larcenous enterprise.
2 This Manual provision is identical to the one in effect at the time of appellant's court-martial.
3 The military judge did not have a sua sponte duty to give the mistake-of-fact instruction with regard to appellant's alleged dealings with Moore. Moore testified that he had stolen goods worth thousands of dollars in value and sold them to appellant, and that appellant knew the goods were stolen. Appellant denied ever buying anything from Moore. With the evidence in this posture, a mistake-of-fact instruction was not warranted. The members either believed Moore or believed appellant, but there was nothing to be mistaken about. See United States v. Peel, 29 MJ 235, 242 (CMA 1989) (no requirement to give mistake-of-fact instruction in rape case where evidence and defense theory do not raise this defense).
BAKER, Judge (concurring in the result):
In light of the granted issue and the Government's concession of error, I do not find it necessary for this Court to reach a judgment as to whether appellant reasonably raised a mistake-of-fact defense requiring a mistake-of-fact instruction. As for prejudice, I agree with the majority and the Court of Criminal Appeals; any error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt.
As the lower court illustrated, the evidence was overwhelming that appellant was aware he was dealing in stolen goods. Among other things, "[o]n average, the appellant paid his suppliers only 25 cents per dollar of retail value." United States v. McDonald, No. 33759, slip op. at A5 (AF Ct. Crim. App. Feb. 16, 2001). Appellant's business transactions with Mr. Mitchell "took place in parking lots at various places in town, one of which they referred to by the fictitious name of 'Wendy's Apartment.'" "When asked by his co-worker if he was sure the merchandise was legitimately obtained, the appellant responded, 'What I don't know can't hurt me.'" Id. Finally, and definitively, during a controlled sale, appellant agreed to purchase the contents of a rental truck full of new electronic equipment valued at more than $19,000 for $4,500. In the process of doing so, appellant checked the undercover seller for a wire. Id. at A5-6.
SULLIVAN, Senior Judge (concurring in the result):
The Court of Criminal Appeals found error in the military judge's failure to give a mistake of fact instruction in this case. The Government concedes that such error occurred in this case. Finally, the granted issue clearly asks whether such a failure to instruct was "harmless beyond a reasonable doubt." I too would hold that error occurred here when the military judge failed to specifically instruct the members on a mistake-of-fact defense in this case with respect to the charge of receiving stolen property from Mr. Mitchell. To extent the majority suggests that no error occurred here, I disagree.
Nevertheless, I would hold that this error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt in this case. Cf. United States v. Binegar, 55 MJ 1, 6 (2001); United States v. Wells, 52 MJ 126 (1999). First, although the defense was reasonably raised by evidence in this case, there was overwhelming evidence in the record as a whole that appellant was not operating under a mistake of fact in his dealing with Mr. Mitchell. See Neder v. United States, 527 U.S. 1 (1999); United States v. New, 55 MJ 95, 128 (2001) (Sullivan, J., concurring in the result).
Second, the military judge's instructions on knowledge were sufficient to make the court members aware that they had to find beyond a reasonable doubt that appellant did not mistakenly believe the Mitchell property was not stolen. See United States v. Wells, supra at 131; see also 1 & 2 Wayne R. LaFave and Austin W. Scott, Jr., Substantive Criminal Law, § 5.1 at 577 and § 8.10 at 428-29 (1986). The existence of these instructions, which covered the matter in the omitted defense instruction in another way, distinguishes this case from United States v. Barnes, 39 MJ 230 (CMA 1994).


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During much of sleep, cortical neurons undergo near-synchronous slow oscillation cycles in membrane potential, which give rise to the largest spontaneous waves observed in the normal electroencephalogram (EEG). Slow oscillations underlie characteristic features of the sleep EEG, such as slow waves and spindles. Here we show that, in sleeping subjects, slow waves and spindles can be triggered noninvasively and reliably by transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). With appropriate stimulation parameters, each TMS pulse at <1 Hz evokes an individual, high-amplitude slow wave that originates under the coil and spreads over the cortex. TMS triggering of slow waves reveals intrinsic bistability in thalamocortical networks during non-rapid eye movement sleep. Moreover, evoked slow waves lead to a deepening of sleep and to an increase in EEG slow-wave activity (0.5-4.5 Hz), which is thought to play a role in brain restoration and memory consolidation.
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Massimini M1, Tononi G, Huber R
Sleep slow waves are the main phenomenon underlying NREM sleep. They are homeostatically regulated, they are thought to be linked to learning and plasticity processes and, at the same time, they are associated with marked changes in cortical information processing. Using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and high-density (hd) EEG we can measure slow waves, induce and measure plastic changes in the cerebral cortex and directly assess corticocortical information transmission. In this manuscript we review the results of recent experiments in which TMS with hd-EEG is used to demonstrate (i) a causal link between cortical plastic changes and sleep slow waves and (ii) a causal link between slow waves and the decreased ability of thalamocortical circuits to integrate information and to generate conscious experience during NREM sleep. The data presented here suggest a unifying mechanism linking slow waves, plasticity and cortical information integration; moreover, they suggest that TMS can be used as a nonpharmacological means to controllably induce slow waves in the human cerebral cortex.
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This study assessed the efficacy of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) in the treatment of patients with chronic primary insomnia. Hundred and twenty patients with chronic primary insomnia were randomly assigned to three study groups (n = 40 per group): rTMS, medication, or psychotherapy treatment (both latter as controls). The treatments proceeded for 2 weeks, after which treatment efficacies were assessed in each study group based on changes in polysomnography parameters, Pittsburgh sleep quality index, and indices of HPA and HPT axes (serum cortisol, adrenocorticotropic hormone, highly sensitive thyrotropin, free T3, and free T4). Further, the relapse and recurrence rates within 3 months after respective treatments were also measured. rTMS treatment significantly better (p < 0.05) improved stage III sleep and REM sleep cycle compared with both control groups. Further, rTMS treatment group was more advantageous in improving the indices of HPA and HPT axes (p < 0.05 vs. both control groups). In addition, the relapse and recurrence rates were also the lowest in rTMS treatment group. In conclusion, rTMS treatment is more advantageous than both medication and psychotherapy treatments in improving the sleep architecture. Further, rTMS significantly decreases the body awakening level and provides a better long-term treatment effect.
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Sleep disorders are common in Parkinson's disease (PD) and have profound negative influences on quality of life. Sleep structure in healthy participants can be changed by repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), but this has never been studied systematically in PD. Therefore, we characterized sleep in PD patients and examined effects of rTMS using a combination of actigraphy and a pressure sensitive pad. Thirteen PD patients received 5 Hz rTMS over the motor or parietal cortex. Actigraphic sleep estimates were obtained before, during and after rTMS, as well as compared with 8 healthy, age-matched controls. Motor symptoms and mood were evaluated before and after rTMS. Mixed-model regression analyses indicated that PD patients slept shorter (350 +/- 17 vs. 419 +/- 24 min., P = 0.02), more fragmented (fragmentation index 41 +/- 4 vs. 22 +/- 2, P = 0.0004) and had a lower sleep efficiency (77 +/- 2 vs. 86 +/- 2%, P = 0.002) and longer nocturnal awakenings (3.4 +/- 0.2 vs. 2.3 +/- 0.2 min., P = 0.003) than healthy controls. rTMS over the parietal, but not over the motor cortex improved sleep fragmentation (P = 0.0002) and sleep efficiency (P = 0.0002) and reduced the average duration of nocturnal awakenings (P = 0.02). No change of motor symptoms or mood was observed. Disturbed sleep in PD patients may partly be reversed by parietal rTMS, without affecting motor symptoms or mood.
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Marshall L1, Helgadóttir H, Mölle M, Born J.
There is compelling evidence that sleep contributes to the long-term consolidation of new memories. This function of sleep has been linked to slow (<1 Hz) potential oscillations, which predominantly arise from the prefrontal neocortex and characterize slow wave sleep. However, oscillations in brain potentials are commonly considered to be mere epiphenomena that reflect synchronized activity arising from neuronal networks, which links the membrane and synaptic processes of these neurons in time. Whether brain potentials and their extracellular equivalent have any physiological meaning per se is unclear, but can easily be investigated by inducing the extracellular oscillating potential fields of interest. Here we show that inducing slow oscillation-like potential fields by transcranial application of oscillating potentials (0.75 Hz) during early nocturnal non-rapid-eye-movement sleep, that is, a period of emerging slow wave sleep, enhances the retention of hippocampus-dependent declarative memories in healthy humans. The slowly oscillating potential stimulation induced an immediate increase in slow wave sleep, endogenous cortical slow oscillations and slow spindle activity in the frontal cortex. Brain stimulation with oscillations at 5 Hz–another frequency band that normally predominates during rapid-eye-movement sleep–decreased slow oscillations and left declarative memory unchanged. Our findings indicate that endogenous slow potential oscillations have a causal role in the sleep-associated consolidation of memory, and that this role is enhanced by field effects in cortical extracellular space.
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In humans, weak transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) modulates excitability in the motor, visual, and prefrontal cortex. Periods rich in slow-wave sleep (SWS) not only facilitate the consolidation of declarative memories, but in humans, SWS is also accompanied by a pronounced endogenous transcortical DC potential shift of negative polarity over frontocortical areas. To experimentally induce widespread extracellular negative DC potentials, we applied anodal tDCS (0.26 mA) [correction] repeatedly (over 30 min) bilaterally at frontocortical electrode sites during a retention period rich in SWS. Retention of declarative memories (word pairs) and also nondeclarative memories (mirror tracing skills) learned previously was tested after this period and compared with retention performance after placebo stimulation as well as after retention intervals of wakefulness. Compared with placebo stimulation, anodal tDCS during SWS-rich sleep distinctly increased the retention of word pairs (p < 0.005). When applied during the wake retention interval, tDCS did not affect declarative memory. Procedural memory was also not affected by tDCS. Mood was improved both after tDCS during sleep and during wake intervals. tDCS increased sleep depth toward the end of the stimulation period, whereas the average power in the faster frequency bands (,alpha, and beta) was reduced. Acutely, anodal tDCS increased slow oscillatory activity <3 Hz. We conclude that effects of tDCS involve enhanced generation of slow oscillatory EEG activity considered to facilitate processes of neuronal plasticity. Shifts in extracellular ionic concentration in frontocortical tissue (expressed as negative DC potentials during SWS) may facilitate sleep-dependent consolidation of declarative memories.
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The treatment of chronic psychophysiological insomnia presents a challenge that has not been met using currently available pharmacotherapy. Low energy emission therapy (LEET) has been developed as a potential alternative therapy for this disorder. LEET consists of amplitude-modulated electromagnetic fields delivered intrabuccally by means of an electrically conducting mouthpiece in direct contact with the oral mucosa. The effect of LEET on chronic psychophysiological insomnia was assessed with polysomnography (PSG) and sleep rating forms on a total of 106 patients at two different centers. Active or inactive LEET was administered for 20 minutes in late afternoon three times a week for a total of 12 treatments. Primary efficacy endpoints evaluating the results were changes from baseline in PSG-assessed total sleep time (TST) and sleep latency (SL). Secondary endpoints were changes in sleep efficiency (SE), sleep stages, and reports by the subjects of SL and TST. There was a significant increase in TST as assessed by PSG between baseline and post-treatment values for the active treatment group (76.0 +/- 11.1 minutes, p = 0.0001). The increase for the inactive treatment group was not statistically significant. The TST improvement was significantly greater for the active group when compared to the inactive group (adjusted for baseline TST; p = 0.020. R1 = 0.20). There was a significant decrease in SL as assessed by PSG between baseline and post-treatment values for the active treatment group (-21.6 +/- 5.9 minutes, p = 0.0006), whereas the decrease noted for the inactive treatment group was not statistically significant. The difference in SL decrease between the two treatment groups was marginally significant (adjusted for baseline SL and center, p = 0.068, R2 = 0.60). The number of sleep cycles per night increased by 30% after active treatment (p = 0.0001) but was unchanged following inactive treatment. Subjects did not experience rebound insomnia, and there were no significant side effects. The data presented in this report indicate that LEET administered for 20 minutes three times a week increased TST and reduced SL in chronic psychophysiological insomnia. LEET is safe and well tolerated and it effectively improved the sleep of chronic insomniacs given 12 treatments over a 4-week period by increasing the number of sleep cycles without altering the percentage of the various sleep stages during the night. The therapeutic action of LEET differs from that of currently available drug therapies in that the sleep pattern noted in insomniacs following LEET treatment more closely resembles nocturnal physiological sleep. This novel treatment may offer an attractive alternative therapy for chronic insomnia.
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Sébastien Roberts est un acteur canadien né le  à Montréal (Canada).

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Sébastien Roberts est un acteur québécois d'origine francophone. Il perd sa sœur jumelle à l'âge de 26 ans dans un accident de voiture. Cette année-là, il décide de changer de vie ; il quitte sa femme et son fils (Jesse) pour poursuivre un rêve perdu, devenir acteur.

Il fait de nombreuses apparitions depuis 2004 dans plusieurs séries télévisées tels que : Les Bougons, L'Auberge du chien noir, Lance et Compte, Providence, Mauvais Karma, Mirador, The Listener, etc.

En 2007, il décide de passer un peu de temps à Los Angeles. Il joue alors dans Les Guêpes mutantes auprès de Robert Englund (l'interprète de Freddy Krueger), One Way qu'il tourne en Allemagne (avec Til Schweiger, Eric Roberts, Michael Clarke Duncan), Hellraiser Revelations, Faces in the crowd (avec Milla Jovovich), Encounter with Danger (avec Shannen Doherty), etc.

Il revient souvent à Montréal pour quelques émissions et en profite pour prolonger son séjour pour profiter du temps avec son fils et le voir jouer au hockey.

Filmographie

Cinéma
 2001 : La Journée avant : Max
 2005 : Maurice Richard : Bob Fillion
 2006 : Slevin : The guy
 2006 :  : Anthony Birk
 2008 :  : Frank Zaillian
 2010 : L'Anniversaire (short) : Cole
 2011 : Hellraiser : Revelations (video) : Peter Bradley
 2011 : Visages inconnus (Faces in the Crowd) : Lanyon/Stranger/Lurker

Télévision

Séries télévisées
 2001 : Tribu.com : Bobby
 2002 : Lance et compte : Nouvelle Génération : Roberts
 2003 : L'Auberge du chien noir : Angelo
 2004 : Sur place ou à emporter (Fries with That)
 2004 : Lance et compte : La Reconquête : Roberts
 2004 : Virginie
 2004 : Temps dur
 2004 : 15/Love (saison 1, épisode 9) : François Cochet
 2004-2005 Les Bougon, c'est aussi ça la vie! (épisodes 1x08 & 2x14) : policier
 2005 : Les Ex : Benoit
 2005-2006 : Providence (37 épisodes) : François Berthier
 2006 :  (saison 2, épisodes 7 & 8) : Gary
 2006 : Les Leçons de Josh (Naked Josh) (saison 3, épisode 10) : Jeremey Falcon
 2006 :  : Rod Gilbert
 2010 : Nikita (saison 1, épisodes 1 & 11) : Daniel Monroe
 2010-2011 : Mauvais Karma : Shawn Parker
 2011 : The Listener (saison 2, épisode 1) :  Shane Lawson
 2011 : Against the Wall (saison 1, épisode 10) : Jeff Briggs
 2011 : Mirador (saison 2, épisode 5) : Russell Dayan
 2011 : 30 Vies : Russel Belanger
 2012 : Being Human (saison 2, épisode 5) : Will
 2012 : Republic of Doyle (saison 3, épisode 9) : Guy Racicot
 2012-2016 : O' (série télévisée) : Jean-Seb
 2013 : Seed (saison 1, épisode 7) : Aaron
 2013 : Le Gentleman : Ludger Forget (2013)
 2013 : Played (saison 1, épisode 8) : Joe Kane
 2014 : Trauma : Derek Perreault
 2015 : 19-2 (saison 3, épisode 5 6 & 7) : Robin Beaucage
 2015 : Soupçon de magie (saison 1, épisode 3) : Mark
 2016 : 19-2 (saison 3, épisodes 2 & 7) :  James Conroy
 2017 : Unité 9 (saison 5, épisodes 22, 23 & 24) : Patrick
 2017-2018 : Mary Kills People : Kevin
 2018 : Mr. D (saison 8, épisode 4) : Donald T. Franklin
 2019 : Northern Rescue : Alex Turner
 2019 : Private Eyes (saison 3, épisode 4) : Riley Larson

Téléfilms
 2004 : La mise finale (The Last Casino) : Orr's Bouncer
 2004 : Bonheur en péril (False Pretenses) : Assistant
 2007 : Les Guêpes mutantes (Black Swarm) : Devin Hall/Dan Hall
 2009 : Final Verdict : Ray Voss
 2009 : Seule contre tous (Encounter with Danger) : Carter
 2020 : Elève modèle, mensonges mortels (Pretty Cheaters, Deadly Lies) de Leo Scherman : Michael Willits

Récompenses et nominations

Récompenses

Nominations

Liens externes

Acteur canadien
Naissance en décembre 1972
Naissance à Montréal

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El caplacizumab (DCI; nombre comercial Cablivi) es un anticuerpo bivalente de dominio único (VHH) diseñado para el tratamiento de la púrpura trombocitopénica trombótica.

Este fármaco fue desarrollado por Alynx NV. El 30 de agosto de 2018, se aprobó en la Unión Europea para el "tratamiento de adultos que experimentan un episodio de púrpura trombocitopénica trombótica adquirida (PTTa), como coterapia al uso de plasmaféresis e inmunosupresión".  En febrero del 2019, la FDA también lo aprobó para el mismo escenario clínico.

Mecanismo de acción
Es una inmunoglobulina humanizada contra el factor de von Willebrand. Actúa bloqueando la agregación plaquetaria reduciendo así el fenómeno microtrombótico. En el estudio fase II TITAN se confirmó su benefició en pacientes con PTTa.

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The Family Way: How to Have Difficult Conversations with Siblings
By: Lisa Van De Geyn
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Having difficult, but necessary, conversations with your siblings seems to come with the territory as we age and mature, but navigating the minefield successfully can be done.
It's likely been decades since you and your siblings experienced those universal issues most brothers and sisters face—wrestling over the remote, bickering over time in the bathroom, arguing over sitting shotgun. And if you've managed to overcome petty sibling rivalries and maintain a respectful relationship in adulthood, good on you— not only have you undoubtedly made Mom and Dad proud, you've also pretty much guaranteed social and emotional support during life's stressful times. "Sibling relationships can teach us a lot about understanding, compassion, negotiation, conflict resolution, communication and emotion regulation, and can benefit how we relate to others we have relationships with," says Katrina Shaw, a registered psychologist in Calgary.
That said, we don't get to choose our siblings—we get stuck with them. And if you've never felt close, you've drifted apart or you haven't mastered speaking to each other as grown-ups who aren't vying for your parents' attention, consider this a gentle nudge to make headway. A 2016 study published in the Journal of Family Communication found that openness is at the top of the list when it comes to staying close with brothers and sisters, as is the ability to contribute equally and share tasks. The thing is, siblings will eventually have to broach super-tough— and super-common—topics, and it will be easier to work together if you can connect and communicate, says Shaw. Here's how to do it.
"WHAT SHOULD WE DO ABOUT DAD'S DEMENTIA?"
When emotions are high and opinions differ, figuring out what to do about a parent's health and well-being can be an arduous task. Stacy* says dealing with her younger sister about how to care for their ailing father was contentious, to put it politely. "It wasn't safe for him to live on his own anymore and my sister and I weren't even remotely on the same page about what he needed, where he should go and how much everything was going to cost," she says, adding their distance from each other was also a serious bone of contention. "Disproportionate responsibility in parental care is a common problem," Shaw says. "Siblings physically farther away may get off the hook in caring for their parents, or one sibling may earn more money than the others and be expected to pay more for their parents' care."
How to bring it up:
Have a frank discussion and suggest dividing responsibilities based on the strengths of each sibling—you take charge of finding Dad an assisted-living residence and your sister oversees getting his home ready to list, for example. Then arrange regular family meetings (in person or via FaceTime) to "keep everyone in the loop and address challenges when they come up," Shaw says. "Work together to make decisions in the best interest of your parent. If possible, include the aging parent to offer feedback on what he or she needs and wants." If there's still debate that's causing drama during an already difficult time, consider seeking expert advice. "Rational and cooperative conversations are not always possible with some families, and at times, inviting a third party in to mediate family discussions may be necessary."
"I WANT MOM'S SAPPHIRE RING."
Sentimental clans, take note—the division of heirlooms will likely cause friction, especially if family treasures are suddenly up for grabs. When Kim* and her sisters cleaned out their mother's home after she passed away, it was basically a free-for-all. "There were items I wanted that meant a lot to me—some of my mom's jewellery, figurines she collected. I feel like my sisters hoarded things that were special to me."
Approach your siblings in an open dialogue to prevent them from getting defensive, advises Shaw. "If you invite them to share the things that are most important or sentimental to them, you can communicate what's important to you. You may realize that what's sentimental to you may not have the same meaning for siblings, and they would be happy to give an item up as long as they get the heirloom they're most passionate about."
Hint: If a parent has recently passed, it's best to wait a few months before splitting up possessions to avoid stress and conflict when everyone's grieving, says Shaw.
"I'M UNCOMFORTABLE AROUND YOUR HUSBAND."
So there's really no way to put this delicately, unfortunately. "It makes sense that this would take a toll on the relationship because your sibling probably feels caught in the middle between two people he or she really loves," Shaw says, adding you should ask yourself why you're uncomfortable around your brother-in-law and whether or not you can shift your thinking about him. "If your issues are out of concern for your sibling's well-being or safety, you may need to have a loving and frank conversation, acknowledging that you know this isn't an easy talk to have," she says.
If he just rubs you the wrong way, Shaw says it's best to learn to let go and "find ways you're able to tolerate being around this person." Try to avoid getting into conversations on hot-button topics if you have different belief systems, and be choosy about when and what you do with the two of them. If your feelings are known and you want to make peace, "take responsibility for your actions and emotions and communicate your willingness to make an effort with the spouse because you want to be supportive of their relationship." Just don't say it if you don't mean it—the two of you might need to talk it out, then take time to work on whatever harm has been done.
*Names have been changed to protect sibling relationships on the mend.


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LANXESS Kicks Off Production In Changzhou
The high-performance materials facility is the global specialty chemicals producer's fourth factory in China's Changzhou National Hi-Tech District.
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In late September, LANXESS Co., Ltd. kicked off production at its high-performance materials facility in China's Changzhou National Hi-Tech District (CND). LANXESS's fourth facility at the CND will produce Durethan and Pocan-branded high-performance materials for the automotive, electric and electronics markets.
LANXESS (Changzhou) High Performance Materials Plant Opening Ceremony
"We, the members of the Changzhou Municipal Committee of the CPC, the employees of the Changzhou Municipal Government and of [CND], believe in our mission to support businesses with meaningful services that create a market-oriented business environment within a legal framework that is open to the world and in full compliance with international regulations," said Changzhou CPC Municipal Committee secretary Wang Quan during his speech at the inauguration ceremony. "We are committed to providing LANXESS's facilities in Changzhou with superior and efficient services that make LANXESS feel secure in their decision to have selected CND as the home for their latest factory."
LANXESS is a leading global specialty chemicals producer with key businesses spanning the R&D, manufacturing and marketing of chemical intermediates, additives, specialty chemicals and plastics. In 2010, the firm invested $390 million to establish LANXESS (Changzhou) Co., Ltd in Changzhou Binjiang Economic Development Zone (CZBJ), a part of CND, with a registered capital of $130 million. LANXESS Group has to date built and invested in four facilities within CZBJ.
CND is located in the heart of the Yangtze River Delta. There are more than 1,600 foreign-invested companies in CND. Recently, CND is accelerating the development pace and intensifying efforts on construction of an industrial base, focusing on growing two businesses: equipment manufacturing (precision machinery) and new materials. The emerging industries consist of new generation of information technology, biomedical, new energy vehicles, photovoltaic and aviation.
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CSH Police Investigate Drug Smuggling by Patients, Staff & Visitors Eight arrested, investigation continues
COALINGA – After a six-month joint investigation by Coalinga State Hospital (CSH) Police and the Coalinga Police Department, investigators arrested two former hospital employees, two hospital visitors and four patients in connection with a suspected methamphetamine smuggling operation.
Coalinga Police Department and Coalinga State Hospital Police investigators conducted surveillance and other operations to determine the source of the meth that was being smuggled into the institution from the outside.
On October 7, 2016, investigators arrested two hospital visitors, David Anthony Jackson, 26, of Riverside and Cathy Ann Brown, 54, of Fresno on charges related to suspected smuggling of meth into Coalinga State Hospital. Coalinga State Hospital is a secure facility that houses sexually violent predators and the criminally insane.
"Drugs have no place in our communities and certainly not in our State Hospitals where the courts have sent criminals and suspected criminals to be treated," said California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) President Alan Barcelona. "I commend CSH and Coalinga PD police and investigators for continuing this investigation to rid the facility of illegal drugs."
Following the arrest of the two visitors, on October 12, 2016, investigators arrested two hospital employees, who were no longer employed at CSH at the time of their arrests, and four patients. The names of the former employees and patients have not been released. According to Coalinga Police, the investigation is on-going.
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Location » Court of Appeal for Ontario » Practice Directions and Guidelines » Guidelines: Teleconference and Videoconference Appearances in the Court of Appeal for Ontario
Guidelines: Teleconference and Videoconference Appearances in the Court of Appeal for Ontario
I. CourtCall
CourtCall is a third-party remote appearance service that may be used to make telephone and video appearances at the Court of Appeal for Ontario.
Starting May 1, 2017, CourtCall will be available to make appearances for Status Court, Purge Court and Single Judge Motions.
A CourtCall appearance is voluntary. When a CourtCall appearance is requested without consent of the other party, the presiding judge reserves the discretion to require a personal appearance.
To participate in a CourtCall appearance by video, the party needs a computer with sufficient bandwidth, a webcam to view the proceedings, and a fixed telephone line.
To arrange a CourtCall appearance, the interested party should take the following steps:
If you are not already registered with CourtCall, please register at www.courtcall.com.
At least three (3) business days before the hearing, serve and file with CourtCall (not the Court of Appeal) a Request for CourtCall Telephone or Video Appearance (see www.courtcall.com).
For a telephone appearance, pay a fee of $55.00 (CDN) to CourtCall.
For a video appearance, pay a fee of $65 (CDN) to CourtCall.
A confirmation from CourtCall will be emailed or faxed to you upon the filing and payment outlined above.
CourtCall appearances are scheduled during the Court's ordinary sitting times.
Unless notified to the contrary, all parties who have filed a CourtCall Request to Appear by Telephone on a timely basis and have paid the required fee to CourtCall may appear by dialing the toll-free teleconference number provided by CourtCall.
All parties who have filed a CourtCall Request to Appear by Video on a timely basis and have paid the required fee may appear by video by logging in using the link that will be provided and dialing the toll-free teleconference number in the Confirmation sent to you by CourtCall.
A pre-hearing check-in will occur fifteen minutes before the scheduled hearing time.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT COURTCALL AT 1-888-882-6878
II. Other Teleconferencing and Videoconferencing Services at the Court of Appeal for Ontario
In addition to the services offered by CourtCall, the Court of Appeal has existing, limited facilities for facilitating a telephone or video appearance. For information about using the Court of Appeal's available facilities, please contact the general inquiry line at 416-327-5020.
Please note that you will also need to use a fixed telephone line to make a telephone appearance using the Court of Appeal's existing facilities. The Court's existing teleconference facilities are not compatible with mobile phone technology.
Videoconferencing Procedures
Please note that you will need to make arrangements with your local courthouse in order to make a video appearance using the Court of Appeal's existing videoconferencing facilities. In order to schedule a hearing by way of video conference, the Court of Appeal will require the following information which should be forwarded to the Appeal Scheduling Unit at the Court of Appeal for Ontario, by email to COA.E-file@ontario.ca or by fax to (416) 326-6256:
the name and file number of the motion or appeal to be heard,
the location of the courthouse where the appellant or moving party will
attend to participate in the video conference
the dial-in numbers for that facility, and
a contact for the courthouse.
After providing this information, the Court of Appeal will contact you to advise of the scheduled date and time for the video conferencing hearing.
In order to ensure no delays are encountered when scheduling your video conferencing hearing, please ensure that the Court of Appeal Intake Office is provided with your most up-to-date contact information.


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Q: Codename One Error on send Android build Am able to send my Android build but am getting this error on build server. What could be the problem?
Error encountered while parsing the class StateMachine$23.classException: java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 33446)

A: Did you change an old project to Java 8?
If so make sure to define the build hint java.version=8.

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SOUTHFIELD — The Detroit satellite office of the United States Patent and Trademark Office will hold a panel discussion Wednesday, May 20, that will review how patentability and legal claims have been affected by the landmark 2013 Supreme Court case, Alice Corp. versus CLS Bank International.
The program will run from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in Lawrence Technological University's Mary Marburger Science and Engineering Auditorium, S-100, in LTU's Science Building, 21000 W. 10 Mile Road, Southfield. Admission is free.
"101 Post-Alice: How USPTO and Practitioners are Reacting" will be moderated by the new USPTO Detroit office director, Christal Sheppard.
The presentation is significant because many inventors have attempted to seek patent protection for processes that involve using a computer to execute the process. The lesson from the "Alice" case is that merely adding a computer or computer algorithm to a law of nature or an abstract concept is not enough for patentability. If the patent examiner can see that a law of nature, natural phenomenon or abstract concept is the basis of the patent, and can also see that the technology involved is simply replacing a human method relating to that basis with a technological one, then the patent application is likely to be denied.
Intellectual property experts participating in the event include Andrew H. Hirshfeld, deputy commissioner for Patent Examination Policy at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, who will present the primary address. He is the authority on patent laws, rules and examining practice and procedure, and establishes patent examination and documentation policy standards for the Commissioner for Patents.
The panel includes John LeRoy, whose law practice focuses on software patent litigation; Rebecca S. Eisenberg, the Robert and Barbara Luciano Professor of Law at the University of Michigan, who specializes in patent law and the regulation of biopharmaceutical innovation; and Michael B. Stewart, whose practice includes domestic and foreign patent prosecution, e-commerce and information technology, patent opinions, intellectual property litigation court.


WARNING: This article includes imagery that may be disturbing for some readers.
AN award-winning bullfighter has been gored to death live in front of hundreds of terrified spectators - the first matador fatality in Spain this century.
Segovia bullfighter Víctor Barrio, 29, suffered a mortal blow during a tournament in the town of Teruel in Aragon, Eastern Spain.
The performer was rushed to hospital unconscious but doctors were unable to save his life.
He had rolled to the ground in a painful somersault after the bull caught him while he tried to attract the animal with a 'muletazo' manoeuvre, reports La Razon.es.
The bull caught him in the side, rammed him to the ground and gored him the chest.
The Maños bull, named Lorenzo, had reportedly been struggling but caught the showman off guard.
The matador met his match at the fesitval called Feria del Ángel, reports El Mundo.
The horrific goring was shown live on TV, and shocked viewers have uploaded footage of the scene on social media.
Although deaths from Spain's famous bull runs are relatively common, with up to around 10 deaths recorded each year, worldwide the last matador death was in 1987.
In that incident Jose Eslava Caceres was trapped against the boards and his lungs were pierced.
He had a string of other awards after joining the sport relatively late after working on a golf course.
While the matador nearly always survives during shows, the bull dies practically every time expect after exceptional performances where the animal's life is spared.


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From the Pages of Star Wars Insider: Darren Marshall Talks Clone Wars Design in New Special Edition – Excerpt
Learn more about the design of animated favorites in Star Wars: The Clone Wars – The Official Collector's Edition.
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When Star Wars: The Clone Wars first debuted in 2008, the animated series introduced new characters like the fan-favorite Ahsoka Tano and stylized versions of beloved prequel trilogy mainstays like Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi. Over 7 award-winning seasons and 133 thrilling episodes, fans followed the adventures of Snips and Sky Guy as the galactic conflict touched off in Star Wars: Attack of the Clones raged. Bridging the gap between the second and third films in the Star Wars prequel trifecta, The Clone Wars brought the war to life thanks to a dedicated team of both cast and crew working behind the scenes. In this exclusive excerpt from the new Star Wars Insider special, Star Wars: The Clone Wars – The Official Collector's Edition, which arrives today, character designer and maquette sculptor Darren Marshall discusses bringing classic aliens and characters like Chewbacca the Wookiee into animation for the series, now streaming in its entirety on Disney+.
Star Wars Insider: How long does it take to build each piece?
Darren Marshall: I'll read a script, and then I'll block out a head in a day or two. I'll take a photograph of the head if Dave [Filoni]'s approved it, and then I'll put it into Photoshop on my computer. Next I'll draw a body and costume, and then paint the whole thing over the top of the pictures of the maquette head and the body for the finished design. Chewbacca took a fair bit longer because of the accuracy we were trying to go for on the fur.
Star Wars Insider: Was it a daunting prospect to recreate him?
Darren Marshall: It was, because he's so recognizable, and all the fans are going to be scrutinizing him! There was a huge amount of pressure to get Chewie right. We don't do realistic hair on the show, so we had to come up with a way of stylizing the fur. We went to the Lucasfilm Archives, where they had on of the old Chewbacca masks that had been used in Return of the Jedi. It was very old and crumbling at the front. They also had the Revenge of the Sith prequel costume. We noticed that the prequel fur was very straight and soft, but the original costume used yak fur, which had an extremely wavy shag to it. We responded to that because we thought we could stylize that better. The look of the character in The Clone Wars was based on A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back, because of that yak fur. It's very scrappy looking. It's like one of those old 1970s rugs that your aunt used to have in her living room.
Star Wars Insider: Which do you prefer working on, human characters or aliens?
Darren Marshall: I like them both. I'm in my 40s now and the original Star Wars came out when I was seven, so I love the original trilogy. I usually get the classic characters to work on: I've been given Bossk, Greedo, a Gamorrean Guard and Grand Moff Tarkin. Tarkin and Chewbacca were big, so I really wanted to try and get them as accurate as possible while keeping true to the style of our show.
Star Wars Insider: How much artistic license do you have when you're working?
Darren Marshall: If you're doing a classic character, you can't really change it. The only way you're changing it is by putting a style mark on it, such as Bossk or Greedo. It's taking those very "creature-y" textures and doing a new angle on the features, but still trying to make it look like the characters. For Chewie, there were so many great reference photographs that I hadn't seen before, that I could try to get every detail. For example, he's got a slight under-bite in some of the photographs, and I tried to put that in the maquette. Hopefully the fans can look at it and instantly know that's Chewie!
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L'île Fuerte est une petite île de la mer des Caraïbes au nord-ouest de la Colombie dans le golfe de Morrosquillo, à une distance de  de la côte continentale.

Notes et références

Voir aussi
 Liste des îles de Colombie

Île de la mer des Caraïbes
Île en Colombie


Google has a free online course, Google Digital Garage which is aimed at helping small business owners and digital marketers to improve their skills, or update their existing skills.
Google provides the training, and this helps you to understand how they operate as a search engine; well as much as you can understand this giant search engine.
All you need is a Google Account (gmail) to start the course on digital marketing training and certification. The course is based on modules. You work through at your own pace, before progressing to another module. As someone who works online all day every day, in a business environment, I thought this would be just a refresher course, but it was a lot, lot more. I learnt many things, so I am highly recommending the free Google Digital Garage for everyone.
It covers everything a small business needs to know about using the web and how to promote your business.
There are free courses on everything from building your online presence to social media, all to help you grow your business.
There are 89 lessons in total. Each topic is broken down into 4 to 5 lessons each, all delivered as 3 to 5 minute online videos. The presenters of the videos are tailored to your location. If you are in Australia, they are Australian. If you are in Britain, they are British, and they talk like real people and not tech heads.
Each lesson is finished with a single question to test your understanding. Once you have finished all the lessons on a topic, then you get a topic assessment online test of about 6 to 10 multiple choice questions. And this is when you also have an opportunity if you didn't get the correct answer to watch the video again.
Look this course is very good. You gather certificates as you go through the modules showing your competencies at each level. There is no failing, because the course is designed to help you to 'really understand' each module. One module which I thought I would breeze through, I had to re-do it. I finally did see the devil was in the detail. So for me as a small business owner, this was invaluable.
Google Digital Garage is a thorough and comprehensive introduction for any small business owner, website owner or just someone who wants to know more. You will have a much better understanding of what you need to do to have our business noticed in the very crowded internet space. Trust me, I feel like a digital marketing guru now …ok, not really, but I know and understand so much more from this course. Thumbs up from me.


"Improving our nation's child-care system will have a compound effect," said Aleyamma Mathew, director of the Women's Economic Justice Program of the Ms. Foundation for Women. "Not only on the millions of women in the workforce but on communities and the economy as a whole."
Many parents lack have access to adequate child care, most child-care providers earn low wages, and the entire U.S. child-care system needs to be overhauled, according to a new report published Wednesday by the Ms. Foundation.
The report, Raising Our Nation: Forging a More Robust and Equitable Childcare System in America, examined the gender and racial inequalities that the country's child-care system reflects and reinforces.
The report notes that child care in the United States is exceedingly expensive, and that the cost of child care has been rapidly rising while median income for families has decreased over the past decade.
The average cost of child care in 2013 was $11,666 per year, according to the National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies, as reported by Forbes. An analysis by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) found that in 33 states and Washington, D.C., child-care costs were higher than the average cost of in-state tuition at public universities.
Infant care is particularly expensive.
Aleyamma Mathew, director of the Women's Economic Justice Program of the Ms. Foundation for Women, said during a press call that the report is part of the organization's focus on building an integrated child-care movement.
The report outlines a framework for improving the system by calling for a holistic approach to the related issues of child-care access, child-care quality, and job quality as well as increased investment from both the public sector and employers.
Younger said during a press call that the report gives a "full picture of the changing landscape" for parents and child-care providers around the country.
"We know that even middle class women in middle class families find it virtually impossible to find quality affordable child care, and for low-income women, this is among their greatest challenges," Younger said.
Mathew said that reforming the child-care system will have a ripple effect throughout the economy.
Raising Our Nation: Building a More Robust and Equitable Childcare System in America provides a comprehensive look at our country's childcare landscape, including its underlying gender- and-race-based inequities.
profiles of key stakeholders, including Ms. Foundation for Women grantees who are championing the cause of universal childcare access and the childcare workforce.
View the executive summary here.


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Tierra de Pinares es una comarca natural castellana situada en la comunidad autónoma de Castilla y León, y comprende el norte de la provincia de Segovia y el sur de la provincia de Valladolid. También se extiende por el este de la provincia de Ávila (Valle del Alberche y Tierra de Pinares).

En ella se concentra una masa forestal compuesta de las especies pinus pinaster y pinus pinea.

La zona segoviana

Dentro de la parte correspondiente al norte de la provincia de Segovia se sitúa la villa de Cuéllar, ligada históricamente al aprovechamiento forestal y transformación de la madera y autodefinida desde hace años como Isla mudéjar en mar de pinares. En la actualidad cuenta con un importante número de industrias dedicadas a la industria del mueble, y utiliza como escaparate un certamen dedicado al mismo, enmarcado dentro de la Feria de Cuéllar, en la que emplea 1.500 metros cuadrados para el mueble y la decoración, y cuenta con más de 50.000 visitantes. Durante el siglo XX fue una más de tantas poblaciones castellanas dedicadas a la producción de la resina, industria que ha vuelto a rehabilitar en el siglo XXI. La patrona de su Comunidad de Villa y Tierra, Nuestra Señora de El Henar fue proclamada por Pío XII en 1958 patrona de los resineros de España, y coronada canónicamente en 1971 por Pablo VI.

También la villa de Coca (Segovia) aparece ligada a lo largo de la historia a los mismos aprovechamientos forestales, incluido el de la resina, que también explota en la actualidad, así como Navas de Oro y otros pueblos adyacentes.

La zona vallisoletana

Dentro de la zona de Tierra de Pinares que se sitúa en la provincia de Valladolid se encuentra la ciudad de Pedrajas de San Esteban, destacada por la elaboración del piñón, hecho por el que se autodefine El Piñón de España. Otras villas de la zona son Íscar y Portillo, también dedicadas a la industria de la madera, o Boecillo, en cuyo Parque Tecnológico, entre otras empresas, se halla ARESA, encargada de fabricar uno de los componentes básicos de las alas de los AirBus, lo que convierte a la localidad en uno de los principales focos de desarrollo industrial de la comunidad. Olmedo destaca por tener un gran valor histórico. Se diferencia de otras comarcas de valladolid por su orografía característica, esto es, si en la Campiña del Pisuerga el suelo es de arcilla, la tierra de pinares está cubierta de arena.

Municipios que forman parte de la Tierra de Pinares en la zona de Valladolid:

Aguasal, Alaejos, Alcazarén, Aldea de San Miguel, Aldeamayor de San Martín, Almenara de Adaja, Ataquines, Bobadilla del Campo, Bocigas, Boecillo, Brahojos de Medina, Campillo (El), Camporredondo, Carpio, Castrejón de Trabancos, Cervillego de la Cruz, Cogeces de Íscar, Foncastín, Fresno el Viejo, Fuente el Sol, Fuente-Olmedo, Hornillos de Eresma, Íscar, Laguna de Duero, Llano de Olmedo, Lomoviejo, Matapozuelos, Medina del Campo, Megeces, Mojados, Moraleja de las Panaderas, Muriel, Nava del Rey, Nueva Villa de las Torres, Olmedo, Pedraja de Portillo (La), Pedrajas de San Esteban, Portillo, Pozal de Gallinas, Pozaldez, Puras, Ramiro, Rubí de Bracamonte, Rueda, Salvador de Zapardiel, San Miguel del Arroyo, San Pablo de la Moraleja, San Vicente del Palacio, Santiago del Arroyo, Seca (La), Serrada, Siete Iglesias de Trabancos, Torrecilla de la Orden, Torrecilla del Valle, Tudela de Duero, Valdestillas, Velascálvaro, Ventosa de la Cuesta, Viana de Cega, Villanueva de Duero, Villaverde de Medina, Viloria del Henar, Zarza (La).

Patrimonio histórico y natural

La mayor parte de las poblaciones más importantes destacan por estar declaradas conjunto histórico-artístico, como es el caso de Cuéllar. Otros ejemplos son el castillo de Coca y los restos del castillo de Íscar, el mudéjar de Olmedo y Mojados o la iglesia parroquial y la ermita de Sacedón en Pedrajas de San Esteban.

En lo que refiere a Cuéllar destaca el castillo de los duques de Alburquerque, que perteneció a Beltrán de la Cueva, valido de Enrique IV de Castilla; la muralla de la Villa, uno de los conjuntos murados más importantes y mejor conservados de la comunidad autónoma y por su foco de arquitectura mudéjar, el más numeroso de Castilla y León. Cuenta además con un nutrido grupo de iglesias, monasterios y casas solariegas y palacetes pertenecientes a la antigua burguesía, como es el caso del palacio de Santa Cruz, el palacio de los Rojas o el palacio del rey Pedro I.

La zona de Tierra de Pinares es un ejemplo de belleza natural. En los parajes de Sacedón (Pedrajas de San Esteban) y Puente Blanca (Íscar), en las riberas de los ríos como el Eresma y el Cega o en sus miles de hectáreas de pinar, está claro que Tierra de Pinares es una comarca con naturaleza para dar y tomar. La Comunidad de Villa y Tierra de Cuéllar, que en la actualidad se halla circunscrita en ambas provincias, cuenta con 12.000 hectáreas de monte y pinar, y destacan las lagunas y humedales, como El Espadañal, convertido en observatorio ornitológico desde hace décadas.

Véase también
 Provincia de Segovia
 Provincia de Valladolid
 Provincia de Ávila
 Gastronomía de la provincia de Segovia
 Gastronomía de la provincia de Valladolid
 Gastronomía de la provincia de Ávila

Referencias

Comarcas de la provincia de Valladolid
Comarcas de la provincia de Segovia


New Orleans doesn't need a reason to parade but, if we did, Christmas would be a pretty good one. Join us in Downtown New Orleans on December 1 around 1 p.m. and catch the spirit of the holiday season – along with a few throws – at the Krewe of Jingle parade. There will be floats, stilt walkers, bands, marching groups and Papa Noel himself! View the parade route.


Home » Blog » When was the last time you had that feeling of Déjà vu?
When was the last time you had one of those feelings?
Maybe the feeling as Wikipedia describes Déjà vu or maybe an heightened awareness of several things coming together at once that one would have hoped for, had visions of, or dreamt about.
By the grace of God, I'm blessed to have these happen pretty frequently and yesterday was one of those days when I had a front row seat watching 2 CBMC worlds merge into one when the CBMC Northland "David's Mighty Men" team met up with the Fall 2018 Leadership Institute Facilitator training workshop attendees.
World #1- One of the several CBMC teams that I am part of is "David's Mighty Men". We meet on the 2nd Thursday of each month 11:30am at the Sheraton Ridgedale in Minnetonka.
What a blessing for the 6-10 guys that meet in this group as they reminisce, laugh and reflect on God's goodness and sovereignty over the years in using CBMC Northland to reach business men for Christ.
Even though I'm a grandpa myself, I'm the baby of the group. On average I'd guess that our Mighty Men have been part of CBMC for 30 years.
World #2- To date 123 men have been trained as Trusted Advisor Team Facilitators by CBMC Northland Leadership Institute Area Director Don Hoffert over the past 3 years. Men from around the country participate in this 2 day training. The annual spring and fall sessions happen to always fall on the same day and at the same location as where the Mighty Men meet.
It's become a tradition to have the Mighty Men stop by the Facilitator trainees to say hi during the lunch break. It's always inspiring for the Mighty Men to see how their generosity for the ministry over the years is paying off- and not only in this area. Northland is being used to influence other CBMC areas around the world.
One of the primary purposes of The David's Mighty Men group is to commit to major financial support for CBMC Northland.
Without the men that have come before us in the Northland area beginning in 1939, we wouldn't be in this position today.
For that I and many others are eternally grateful.
The time, financial investment and leadership of CBMC'ers is paying eternal dividends; fruit that will last.
It's important to look back at where we've been with gratitude and joy. It's with this reflection that we are able to gain clarity about how God was at work culminating with today's activities.
With that said, I encourage you to believe with me that the best days for CBMC are yet to come!
With Vision 220 locally and Vision 650 nationally, we are at just the tip of the spear as God uses you and CBMC to penetrate the hearts of many for His glory.
Thank you for being an important part of His plan!
NEW CBMC Business Peer Trusted Advisors Groups are launching around our area! Are you or do you know a Christ following business owner or leader? You will want to contact Don Hoffert and learn more. 300 Business Leaders are involved with CBMC sMonthly Business Leader Peer Advisory Groups in this area. God is using Leadership Institute groups and their members to make the B in CBMC stronger than ever. See in this video what other local Northland business leaders say about how peer advisory groups have changed their life.
I've observed over the years, the joy and peace people have in their life is directly proportional to the degree in which they walk intimately in a relationship with Jesus. Nothing beats hearing directly from God himself- so in comes the Daily Audio Bible. Take the 3 week challenge. Listen to the DAB each day for 3 weeks and you'll be hooked. Listen each day for a year and you'll get through the entire bible. Download to your phone and listen while driving to work, working out, or walking at lunch time.


Hi everyone! I'm Mike and I'm running this blog for you. I mean, here you can see what's happenning in the city right now regarding it's cultural life. There are all the time new events and heappening in NYC's galleries and I guess all of you guys like to be up to date and following my posts you certainy will.
Obviously, since New York City is a city where something's happening all the time I am not able to be on the top of the issues of every kind! This blog is devoted mainly to Chelsea Galleries and NYC's museums. The cultural life of New York is very rich and never stops. All the time something's heappening here. It's realy hard to keep up with every cultural event in the city and every new exhibition in Chelsea. Unless you devote all your time to keep up. I do and I share all the news with you guys.
From approximately 1500 galleries in the Big Apple located in Soho, Greenwich Village, Tribeca, Lower and Upper East Sides I have chosen to report from Chealse's art galleries mainly.
It's known that Chealsea is home for hundreds of galleries. Many of them are carved out of former garages and wasrehouses.This amazing area spreading between tenth and eleventh avenues and West 15th and 35th Streets is just a paradise for artists as well as art lovers – like me. A whole day spent there is still not enough to see everything that Chelsea's got to offer.
Well, check out the records, follow my posts and be up to date.


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