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‘Norwegian Wood’ opens in London Posted by Jakob S on May 3rd, 2013 Magne in front of his version of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. The black P and B is an homage to Sir Peter Blake. Magne’s new Beatles-inspired exhibition Norwegian Wood opened with a private view at the Paul Stolper gallery in London last night. NRK had an interview with Magne yesterday, as he prepared for the opening, which can be viewed here. Helter Skelter by Magne F, 2013 Norwegian Wood came about because Magne wanted to return to his woodcut-techniques of the mid-90s. During the preparations, he was asked to make the music for the upcoming Beatles-movie, which in turn inspired the theme of this exhibition. “The Beatles was our pathway to adventure, they were our big heroes. We were like those boys in Lars Saabye Christensen’s book, we grew up with The Beatles. We had big dreams and made it big, largely because of them”, Magne told NRK. For the artistic process, Magne was able to borrow antique woodcut tools from Sir Peter Blake, who designed the album cover of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. “His tools were quite small and delicate, while I have a somewhat rougher style. So for some of these woodcuts I had to use a chainsaw as well.” Some photos of Magne creating the woodcut prints at Atelje Larsen in Helsingborg, Sweden can be seen at paulstolper.com. Blake was scheduled to attend the private opening yesterday, where Magne would return the tools. “Paul McCartney couldn’t make it to the opening, unfortunately, but he sent an e-mail with his best wishes”, Magne says. Come Together by Magne F, 2013 Magne will be busy working on the Beatles film music in the coming fall and winter, but he’s already got some ideas ready. “It’s a bit scary to compose something that will be heard alongside the iconic Beatles music. You need to find the right balance of being both respectful and disrespectful. The film music has to stand on its own feet, but also sound authentic of that time period.” Magne has also made a few other public appearances recently. On April 18th he appeared at The Thief in Oslo, as UK newcomer Gabrielle Aplin did an intimate showcase gig. “The concert was really good. She writes and sings beautifully. People should keep an eye on her, and be proud that they had a chance to see her this early”, he told seher.no. On April 29th Magne attended the European opener of Bruce Springsteen’s Wrecking Ball Tour 2013, at Telenor Arena in Oslo. “I’m the world’s biggest Bruce Springsteen-fan”, he said (sarcastically?) as he walked in the VIP-entrance. Posted in Art projects, Magne Tags: bruce springsteen, gabrielle aplin, magne furuholmen, paul mccartney, paul stolper, peter blake, the beatles « Paul working with “several new artists” Apparatjik in Copenhagen, May 3rd »

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Pediatric nephrologist Stuart Goldstein, MD, led a team of researchers at Cincinnati Children’s to create a risk stratification system that can strongly predict whether a patient will develop severe acute kidney injury (AKI) within the first three days of admission to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). The risk stratification system, called the Renal Angina Index, assigns points for various AKI risk factors, such as PICU admission (one point), transplantation status (three points) and intubation and vasoactive medication administration (five points). The total number of points is multiplied by a factor that represents changes in creatinine over baseline or fluid accumulation during the first 12 hours of a PICU admission. Results allow clinicians to initiate therapy in a timely manner for patients who are likely to develop severe AKI (which Dr. Goldstein and colleagues have shown is associated with mortality), and avoid unnecessary treatment for those who are not. In 2018, thanks in part to a grant from the National Institutes of Health-funded P50 Center of Excellence in Nephrology, the Renal Angina Index was fully integrated into the Epic™ electronic medical record at Cincinnati Children’s. Goldstein presented the preliminary results from this initiative at the National Institutes of Health in April 2019, showing that the index improves prediction of AKI in the PICU. Previously, Goldstein and his team validated the Renal Angina Index in a prospective observational study that included a multinational cohort of 5,000 patients at five pediatric institutions. Patients who score less than eight on the index have only a two percent chance of developing severe AKI. Patients who score eight or higher are tested for the urinary biomarker neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL). If there is a concentration greater than 150 ng/mL, their chance of developing severe AKI within 72 hours of PICU admission increases dramatically. Previous research at Cincinnati Children’s demonstrated that NGAL is present prior to serum creatinine changes in many PICU patients. But on its own, without clinical context, NGAL is not predictive of severe AKI, Goldstein says. “The index provides real-time data for clinical decision support,” Goldstein says. “Our intensivists say that it takes the guesswork out of the decision to identify and support patients with AKI. They are initiating dialysis or renal replacement therapy, or altering fluid management earlier in a PICU stay than they did before in a standardized way.” Goldstein says he hopes to make the Renal Angina Index universally available so that clinicians everywhere can provide effective, personalized care for children who are likely to develop severe AKI. Meanwhile, he is working with colleagues at Cincinnati Children’s and elsewhere to leverage the risk stratification system to study interventions that may lower acute AKI and mortality or progression to chronic kidney disease. Partnership focuses on kidney-friendly bone marrow transplants T32 grant renewal supports rising leaders in pediatric nephrology

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Series: Jumping Frogs: Undiscovered, Rediscovered, and Celebrated Writings of Mark Twain Author(s): Twain, Mark Illustrator(s): Moser, Barry Format: Paperback (Trade Paperback) Publisher: University of California Press Imprint: University of California Press Longtime admirers of Mark Twain are aware of how i ... Longtime admirers of Mark Twain are aware of how integral animals were to his work as a writer, from his first stories through his final years, including many pieces that were left unpublished at his death. This beautiful volume, illustrated with 30 new images by master engraver Barry Moser, gathers writings from the full span of Mark Twain’s career and elucidates his special attachment to and regard for animals. What may surprise even longtime readers and fans is that Twain was an early and ardent animal welfare advocate, the most prominent American of his day to take up that cause. Edited and selected by Shelley Fisher Fishkin, who has also supplied an introduction and afterword, Mark Twain’s Book of Animals includes stories that are familiar along with those that are appearing in print for the first time.>hr<Shelley Fisher Fishkin is Joseph S. Atha Professor of Humanities, Professor of English and Director of American Studies at Stanford University. She is the author of many books, including Lighting Out for the Territory: Reflections on Mark Twain and American Culture and Was Huck Black? Mark Twain and African-American Voices. She edited Is He Dead?, a new play by Mark Twain, and is also the editor of the 29-volume Oxford Mark Twain. Barry Moser is one of America's foremost wood engravers and is the proprietor of the Pennyroyal Press. Among the books he has illustrated are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and Moby Dick, or The Whale, all from UC Press. The Mark Twain Project is housed within the Mark Twain Papers, the world's largest archive of primary materials by this major American writer.>hr<"For those unaware—as I was until I read this book—that Mark Twain was one of America's early animal advocates, Shelley Fisher Fishkin's collection of his writings on animals will come as a revelation. Many of these pieces are as fresh and lively as when they were first written, and it's wonderful to have them gathered in one place." —Peter Singer, author of Animal Liberation and The Life You Can Save “A truly exhilarating work. Mark Twain's animal-friendly views would not be out of place today, and indeed, in certain respects, Twain is still ahead of us: claiming, correctly, that there are certain degraded practices that only humans inflict on one another and upon other animals. Fishkin has done a splendid job: I cannot remember reading something so consistently excellent."—Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, author of When Elephants Weep and The Face on Your Plate "Shelley Fisher Fishkin has given us the lifelong arc of the great man's antic, hilarious, and subtly profound explorations of the animal world, and she's guided us through it with her own trademark wit and acumen. Dogged if she hasn't." —Ron Powers, author of Dangerous Water: A Biography of the Boy Who Became Mark Twain and Mark Twain: A Life>hr<“An unfamiliar facet of a literary giant. . . . Succinctly represents Twain's admiration for the animal kingdom and relentless optimism in the face of human inadequacies.”>hr<“A work that can easily be enjoyed by the casual reader of Twain and certainly qualifies as an essential volume for the devoted Twain scholar.”>hr<“This collection is as entertaining, visceral, sardonic and chastising as any of his [Twain’s] major works.”>hr<“Damn near flawless. . . . The perfect holiday gift-book.”>hr<“Enjoy the tongue-twisting discourse Twain engages in with his two daughters about cats and much more.”>hr<“Brings together full stories, sketches, and brief passages that demonstrate Twain’s unique voice, skill as a writer, compassion, and humor. The engravings bring home the directness to Twain’s prose and add a special sense of wonder to this charming yet sobering book.”

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Byker Community Centre October 19, 2016 /in Asylum seekers & refugees, Gypsies & Travellers, LGBTQ communities, Mental health, Offenders & ex-offenders, Older people, Violence or abuse /by Gill Aconley This charity offers a multitude of activities and services for people living in the Byker area of Newcastle. It works with and directly supports a number of the beneficiary groups which the Foundation funds. It offers a weekly lunch club for older people; runs two LGBT groups, one weekly and one monthly; and runs a weekly group in partnership with another organisation for women as part of their parole conditions, or for women at risk of offending. In addition, the Centre’s activities help asylum seekers and refugees, Gypsies and Travellers, and people with mental health conditions. In October 2016, the Foundation agreed a £5,000 grant towards the core costs of running the Centre. Over the year, the charity aims to develop a fortnightly group working with female sex workers, and increase the current lunchtime provision for older people into a full day’s session. Unity Group Wales June 29, 2016 /in Asylum seekers & refugees, LGBTQ communities /by Gill Aconley This organisation is based in Swansea, and works with the LGBT community across Wales. It provides advice and support, raises awareness, and provides assistance around hate crime. Over the past few years, Unity Group had been seeing increasing numbers of LGBT asylum seekers coming to the centre in Swansea for support. In response, it set up a dedicated group called ‘No Going Back’, which now meets regularly. The Foundation awarded £3,500 towards the volunteer costs, and general running costs of this group. Volunteers help with practical assistance, access to immigration legal advisors, social and cultural support, and regular drop-in sessions. The intention is to help asylum seekers as they move through the asylum system, improve people’s wellbeing and mental health, and help people integrate into the LGBT Lincs June 29, 2016 /in LGBTQ communities /by Gill Aconley LGBT Lincs is a constituted group which aims to provide support to parents who have children who identify as LGBTQ. It is based in Lincolnshire and organises regular meetings for parents to meet up together with others in a similar situation, to share experiences and provide mutual support. The Foundation offered a grant of £886 in June 2016 towards the running costs of the group. Over the next year the group aims to expand and run meeting in different parts of the county, increase the numbers of parents and children supported, and also promote awareness of LGBT issues locally. www.lincsparentslgbt.org.uk New Family Social February 24, 2016 /in LGBTQ communities /by Gill Aconley New Family Social is the UK network for LGBT adoptive and foster families. It provides information and resources to prospective parents and supports those with new families. The charity works nationally from a base near Cambridge. In February 2016, New Family Social was awarded funding of £7,500 in a single grant towards the costs of a volunteer coordinator. Funding will help the charity to create of a more coordinated volunteering programme; increase the awareness of LGBT adoption and fostering; and help to tackle homophobic discrimination. www.newfamilysocial.org.uk Hart Gables Hart Gables works to promote equality and diversity, advance education, eliminate discrimination in relation to LGBT people, and raise awareness of LGBT issues. It provides information, advice, support, one-to-one and group sessions, a hate crime service and a drop-in for people in the Hartlepool area. The Foundation has offered two years’ funding totalling £4,800 towards costs associated with a sessional worker supporting people who are Transgender. This role is also involved with training and running awareness sessions around Transgender issues and is currently funded for five hours a week. www.hartgables.org.uk Transfigurations February 25, 2015 /in LGBTQ communities /by admin Allen Lane awarded £1,000 towards general costs of this group in South Devon. Transfigurations supports transgender or gender variant people before, during, or after transition. It offers a helpline, regular meetings, peer support, and practical as well as emotional support to help people come to terms with their problems, accept who they are, and grow in self-esteem and confidence. www.transfigurations.co.uk Marmalade is a small group based in the West Midlands, which provides support and information to partners, family and friends of people within the transgender community. It aims to alleviate some of the emotional impact and consequent stress for both the individual and those closest to them. The group meets monthly and provides a safe and understanding environment where people can discuss issues and concerns and help each other. Initially working under the banner of another charity Gender Matters, Marmalade has recently become independent. In February 2015, the Foundation offered £500 to Marmalade to enable the monthly group to continue, and will contribute towards room hire, volunteer expenses and insurance. Newry Rainbow Community October 21, 2014 /in LGBTQ communities /by Gill Aconley Newry Rainbow Community exists to benefit the LGBTQ community in and around Newry in Northern Ireland. It offers a drop-in centre and a variety of services and other activities. The charity aims to provide friendship and support, and aims to lessen the isolation and stigma felt by people in the LGBTQ community. The Foundation’s grant went towards the rent of its drop-in centre. This was awarded for a two-year period from October 2014, and since then it has moved to more prominent premises in the centre of the town which also have extra space and facilities. Whilst moving, normal services and activities continued to run, and have since been expanded. The charity supported the annual Pride festival and parade in 2015 which has been the biggest yet, and feels that overall “things have really changed for the better in the lives of the local LGBTQ community in Newry compared to even a few years ago”. www.gaynewry.com Icebreakers is a self-help group, offering a safe space and supportive network for gay and bi-sexual men. The group meets weekly in central Manchester and provides peer support and assistance in dealing with issues such as coming out, isolation, and homophobia. The Foundation awarded £2,500 over a two-year period towards the venue and costs relating to volunteers in February 2014. www.icebreakersmanchester.org.uk

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Intersections: The Life and Art of Jim Jacobs By Shawn Rossiter on February 11, 2016 • ( 2 Comments ) “It feels kind of like I’m just out of graduate school and I can finally work in the studio,” says Ogden artist Jim Jacobs, who is enjoying his first year of retirement after three decades as professor of art at Weber State University. Down a one-way alley off Ogden’s 24th Street, in a salmon-colored building and behind a rust-colored door, Jacobs now spends his days layering photos, acrylics and epoxy for a group of paintings that explore memory (the source material harks back to a year spent in Spain almost a decade ago), or grafting segments of planed wood and found tree limbs for his elegant sculptural works, some of which are on exhibit this month at the Rio Gallery, others of which are slated for a show at Finch Lane in April. Jacobs spent his first 18 years in Philadelphia, where he says his relationship to the outdoors was influenced by the job he got at 14 working for his neighbor, a gardener. They landscaped for a wealthy family—the model for Katharine Hepburn in The Philadelphia Story— with an estate of 33 acres. “We would start cutting the lawn on Monday,” he jokes, “and finish by the end of the week. I think that had an impact on me, with my relationships to plants, grass and trees,” he says, referencing the many limbs that dot his studio. It also helped his ability to think. “The job was just incredibly boring. Your mind could go lots of places.” Jacobs also liked to surf, even if the Jersey shore he visited offered little in the way of waves — “You had to wait for a hurricane.” So when it came time to decide on college, he headed to Jacksonville University in Florida. “I probably misspent a lot of my undergraduate time,” he remarks wryly. When he wasn’t surfing, an interest in the sciences that began at a young age directed his initial studies. It was only halfway through college that he took a painting class and then “slowly started switching away from chemistry and botany.” He finished with a BFA in 1978, after which he enrolled in an MFA program at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. Again, it wasn’t far from the beach, but he says, “there I became more serious, and I focused on painting.” At East Carolina, abstraction took the place of his previous figurative work and Jacobs became more and more interested in exploring the painting as an object. He began deconstructing the physicality of the painting, creating a variety of shaped canvases that became more and more complicated—one had 23 different elements. These were still very much paintings, with a variety of color and brushstrokes applied to the surfaces, but the canvases themselves, hung on a wall, became meta-brushstrokes, communicating with the wall the way a splash of paint communicates with the canvas. “What interested me was the interaction with the environment,” he says. He would leave gaps in his constructed canvases or make works with screen wire, so you’d see through it to the wall behind; and he would investigate the hanging conditions for his paintings, matching the value and tone of the wall so that the painting would blend into the wall on one side, or so that a gap in the structure of the painting revealed the wall but would look like brushstrokes because they matched other portions that were just paint. It was with this body of work that he applied for teaching positions, snagging the Weber State job after a couple of years as an adjunct. “I was offered the job here at Weber State, but also had a possibility in Buffalo. They wanted to fly me in. So I had to decide between a sure thing here, or some future possibility at Buffalo . . . Utah was beautiful so I just said sorry [to Buffalo] and decided to take the sure thing.” Plus, Utah had skiing, which Jacobs has found is a pleasurable substitute for surfing (he began as a downhill skier but Mark Biddle has since turned him on to Telemark). When he arrived in Ogden, Jacobs found “an energetic group” at the art department —Susan Makov, Mark Biddle, Jim McBeth, Dick van Wagoner. Their principal challenge was the facility. The main portion of the department was located in the Collett Building, which was small and porous (a problem when you’re planing wood or sanding ceramics), while other classes were spread all over the campus. The department was already discussing a new facility when Jacobs arrived, but it would take them almost two decades to complete the fundraising and construction of the building. During that period Jacobs was chair of the department for a total of 10 years, on-and-off, including a tenure during the completion of the Ethel Wattis Kimball Art Center in 2002. “It was nice to be able to help shape the department,” he says about his administrative duties. “It was a good group of people to be working with.” As professor and chair you have a certain amount of autonomy, he notes. “I looked on the chair position as a sort of creative position, changing programs, focusing on different things.” During his three decades as a professor he always maintained a studio off campus. When he first came to Ogden he bounced around at a couple of studios in the downtown area. They kept getting bought or demolished, however, so he eventually bought the place off 24th street for $45,000. It’s actually on Harrison Boulevard, with a storefront property that helps pay the mortgage, while Jacobs uses the two rooms upstairs for his art (and to store part of his extensive radio collection). A woodshop is just behind the rust-colored door while the western half of the studio, a long space that terminates in windows that look onto Harrison Boulevard and the Ogden Eccles Conference Center, is used for painting and crafting his sculptures. Since his arrival in Ogden, the woodshop portion of the studio has become increasingly important and anyone who has come across Jacobs in the past decade might not associate him with those early paintings. “I would say the one thing that glues my work together is my interest in ‘intersections’ and boundaries, where things come together. I think that’s where interesting things happen,” he says. It’s the beach, that shifting locale where ocean becomes land, or the way, in places like Pennsylvania, the edge of a manicured lawn gives way to undominated woodland. And if you look at the timeline of his work, you see that the shift from painting to sculpture is very much an evolution: pieces of wood first became elements of those multifaceted canvases, then they became actual tree branches that break off the picture plane the way stretched canvas did in earlier works; eventually the wood came to stand on its own. Literally. For the Utah Department of Arts and Museum’s Utah ’05 Painting and Sculpture show he exhibited and won a prize for “Table for Darwin,” a simple wood table in which the twisting branches of an ash tree seem to reach in and break apart the individual slabs of the table. There’s a violence about the work, as if the natural branches are trying to reclaim their own from the manufactured product. In “Cocoon,” a related work, another branch forces a long rectangular wood structure to bulge at the center, giving the sense that the tensile strength of the structure might be exceeded at any moment. Jacobs says these works, and others in the “Interlace” series, were inspired by the matapalo trees of Central and South America. The matapalo is a strangler fig that begins high up in the host tree, its roots eventually reaching the forest floor as it weaves itself around the host tree, which eventually dies, and what remains is a tightly woven mass of matapalo vines that has taken the form of the host tree. “I like that in these works it goes both ways, that it’s the same material, one acting on the other and vice versa.” Jacobs says there was a jigsaw in the basement when he was a kid, but he didn’t have any real experience with woodworking growing up. It was in between undergraduate and graduate school that he began his carpentry training. “I went on a work site and told them I was a carpenter,” he recounts. “After about four hours they realized I wasn’t. They said I could stay, though, but told me, ‘You’re going to start out as a laborer.’” He learned a lot in that time framing houses, and gained an appreciation for architecture that’s evident in his work. “A framed house that’s unsheathed is pretty interesting,” he says about the time, and you see it in the gaps in his paintings and in his sculptures. Jacobs continues to create in wood, but in his current work the “intersection” of his materials is more subtle, and graceful. At Raw and Cooked, an exhibit at the Rio Gallery through March 11 that features fellow Weber professors Joshua Winegar and Paul Crow, Jacobs unveiled works from his Graft Series. As the title suggests, the milled lumber and natural tree limbs are woven together in the age-old method that blends two materials to make a stronger whole, creating a visual vocabulary that can be playful, elegant and foreboding. His “Dowsing Rods” float and dance across the gallery space, their splayed manufactured ends matched by natural limbs that branch into ever thinner and graceful tendrils. In “Slip,” a piece which begins (or maybe ends) on a pedestal and reaches to the floor, the milled wood forms a sloping, elegant curve that ends (or begins) in a far more aggressive, rectilinear tree limb; and in “Vigilance” a plain wood chair sails above the gallery space, attached to long stilt-like legs, that terminate in tree branches that look as if they might grow digits and scurry away. A couple of weeks after the January opening, his studio was already filled with new works—most of them still in progress—suggesting new expressive directions, including touches of irony and dark humor. They will be part of an exhibit at Finch Lane Gallery in April and May. He also has returned to painting. In his Eidolon series, Jacobs explores what he has described as “the imperfect nature of memory and its intersection with our desire to seek out meaningful patterns, even where none exist.” He begins with a series of photographs taken while he was on sabbatical in Spain with his wife and then 11-year-old daughter. He has enlarged and collaged the images before further disrupting them with a series of abstract marks and splotches, made with multiple layers of epoxy and acrylic, meant to suggest possible relationships to the images even when there are none. The images are luscious and inviting but constantly problematizing the desire to establish what is and what isn’t —not unlike those early formal works where it was difficult to tell where the painting ended and the wall began. A year into retirement and Jim Jacobs seems to have found a good flow. When he misses the interaction with other professors and students, he says it’s not hard to get them to come down and visit. His daughter is now at the University of Utah (she wouldn’t go to Weber, “where everyone would have known her”) and his wife, whom he met in North Carolina and who has a BFA, is enrolled in ceramics at Weber so she can use the facilities (Jacobs himself has taken advantage of the educational benefits that come with his position to finish a bachelors in Spanish). This has been a stellar year for skiing, and you’ll find Jacobs on the slopes from time to time, but for the most part you’ll find him in the studio. He’s got plenty of ideas to keep himself busy and is creating the sort of work that makes one wish he had retired sooner. Raw and Cooked, featuring the work of Jim Jacobs, Paul Crow and Joshua Winegar is at The Rio Gallery, Salt Lake City, through March 11. You can view more of Jim Jacobs’ work at jcjacobs.com. Shawn Rossiter The founder of Artists of Utah and editor of its online magazine, 15 Bytes, Shawn Rossiter has undergraduate degrees in English, French and Italian Literature and studied Comparative Literature in graduate school before pursuing a career in art. Categories: Artist Profiles | Visual Arts Tagged as: Jim Jacobs Don’t Leave: Maxfield Hegedus and Suhnee Venice’s True Love Waits at CUAC Painted Sky: Book on artists of the Rocky Mountain West gives 14 Utahns lots of ink Derek Rigby says: Jim is a fantastic aspect of the northern Utah art community and this article helps illuminate his influence and clout as an artist. Ann Poore says: Shamefully unfamiliar with Jim Jacobs’ work, I went to the Rio to see this show based on Shawn Rossiter’s intriguing profile and was wowed! My friends and I were fascinated with the intricate (and clearly quite difficult to accomplish) manner in which branches of wood merge and pair, almost in dance form. Awesome, hypnotic, and difficult to describe. MUST be seen before the show closes. Truly a treat for the eyes and the imagination. You will spend more time than you intended, so plan on that and go!

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Raki Phillips, an award-winning hospitality veteran, has been announced as the new chief executive of Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority. Officials at the authority argue that his appointment marks the commencement of a new phase of tourism development for the emirate. Phillips, who has worked for some of the world’s most renowned global brands, including Ritz-Carlton Hotels, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts and Universal Studios, will be responsible for delivering the authority’s recently announced Destination Strategy 2019-2021. The plan aims to attract 1.5 million visitors to the emirate by 2021 and three million by 2025. Phillips takes over the reins from Haitham Mattar, whose four-year tenure as chief executive of RAKTDA is credited with re-positioning Ras Al Khaimah to become one of the fastest growing destinations in the world and exceeding the target of one million visitors in the first three years. Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, ruler of Ras Al Khaimah, thanked Mattar for his commitment to the role and for his efforts in positioning the Emirate as one of the world’s fastest-growing tourism destinations. “Mattar’s four years leading Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority has resulted in a tourism strategy that has grown the reputation of Ras Al Khaimah internationally and put the Emirate firmly on the world map. “I would like to thank Haitham for his leadership of the authority and for presiding over a phase of tourism and hospitality development that has seen exceptional levels of growth. “With his groundwork, we are very well placed to move forward to the next phase of development in our thriving tourism industry under Raki Phillips, who I welcome to his new role.” RAKTDA’s first tourism strategy was launched in January 2016 and was responsible for accelerating visitor growth, increasing visitor satisfaction and raising the contribution of the tourist sector to the emirate’s GDP. The strategy introduced new tourism demand generators, including the world’s longest zip line and the Middle East’s first via ferrata, both of which helped position Ras Al Khaimah as the region’s nature-based adventure hub. Ras al Khaimah was also recognised as the Middle East’s Leading Adventure Tourism Destination earlier this year by voters at the World Travel Awards. As the new chief executive, Phillips will implement RAKTDA’s Destination Strategy 2019-2021 and supervise a number of key projects, with notable development projects on Jebel Jais including multiple zip lines, adventure park hiking trails, the Bear Grylls Survival Academy and a luxury camp. Phillips himself has a long and storied history in the hospitality sector. Over the past decade and a half, the veteran has worked for some of the most prestigious global brands, including Universal Studios Orlando, Ritz-Carlton Hotels and Fairmont Hotels & Resorts. He was recently named one of the top 20 most powerful Arab hoteliers and has experience in a range of areas including sales, marketing, theme parks, revenue management and hotel development. He has also had a hand in the development of culinary concepts such as Hard Rock Live Orlando, Noire, SoBe at Monte Carlo Beach Club Abu Dhabi and District47, Dubai’s highest rooftop at Warwick Hotel Sheikh Zayed Road. Departing chief executive Haitham Mattar has been a familiar face on Breaking Travel News in recent years, having been interviewed a number of times. Take a look below for his final words earlier this year: Dubai to offer free sim cards to all visiting tourists Investment in Romania pays off for Dubai Tourism Bahamas breaks seven million guest barrier in 2019 Mattar predicts bright future for Saudi tourism Previous Article Nakheel unveils plans for Al Khail Avenue investment Next Article New Zealand self-drive holidays for Malaysians

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Astronomy Education About Space Information About Space exploration About Space / October 16, 2017 Humans have dreamed about spaceflight since antiquity. The Chinese used rockets for ceremonial and military purposes centuries ago, but only in the latter half of the 20th century were rockets developed that were powerful enough to overcome the force of gravity to reach orbital velocities that could open space to human exploration. As often happens in science, the earliest practical work on rocket engines designed for spaceflight occurred simultaneously during the early 20th century in three countries by three key scientists: in Russia, by Konstantin Tsiolkovski; in the United States, by Robert Goddard; and in Germany, by Hermann Oberth. In the 1930s and 1940s Nazi Germany saw the possibilities of using long-distance rockets as weapons. Late in World War II, London was attacked by 200-mile-range V-2 missiles, which arched 60 miles high over the English Channel at more than 3, 500 miles per hour. After World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union created their own missile programs. On October 4, 1957, the Soviets launched the first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, into space. Four years later on April 12, 1961, Russian Lt. Yuri Gagarin became the first human to orbit Earth in Vostok 1. His flight lasted 108 minutes, and Gagarin reached an altitude of 327 kilometers (about 202 miles). The first U.S. satellite, Explorer 1, went into orbit on January 31, 1958. In 1961 Alan Shepard became the first American to fly into space. On February 20, 1962, John Glenn’s historic flight made him the first American to orbit Earth. “Landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to Earth within a decade” was a national goal set by President John F. Kennedy in 1961. On July 20, 1969, Astronaut Neil Armstrong took “a giant step for mankind” as he stepped onto the moon. Six Apollo missions were made to explore the moon between 1969 and 1972. During the 1960s unmanned spacecraft photographed and probed the moon before astronauts ever landed. By the early 1970s orbiting communications and navigation satellites were in everyday use, and the Mariner spacecraft was orbiting and mapping the surface of Mars. By the end of the decade, the Voyager spacecraft had sent back detailed images of Jupiter and Saturn, their rings, and their moons. Skylab, America’s first space station, was a human-spaceflight highlight of the 1970s, as was the Apollo Soyuz Test Project, the world’s first internationally crewed (American and Russian) space mission. In the 1980s satellite communications expanded to carry television programs, and people were able to pick up the satellite signals on their home dish antennas. Satellites discovered an ozone hole over Antarctica, pinpointed forest fires, and gave us photographs of the nuclear power-plant disaster at Chernobyl in 1986. Astronomical satellites found new stars and gave us a new view of the center of our galaxy. In April 1981 the launch of the space shuttle Columbia ushered in a period of reliance on the reusable shuttle for most civilian and military space missions. Twenty-four successful shuttle launches fulfilled many scientific and military requirements until January 1986, when the shuttle Challenger exploded after launch, killing its crew of seven. The Challenger tragedy led to a reevaluation of America’s space program. The new goal was to make certain a suitable launch system was available when satellites were scheduled to fly. Today this is accomplished by having more than one launch method and launch facility available and by designing satellite systems to be compatible with more than one launch system. The Gulf War proved the value of satellites in modern conflicts. During this war allied forces were able to use their control of the “high ground” of space to achieve a decisive advantage. Satellites were used to provide information on enemy troop formations and movements, early warning of enemy missile attacks, and precise navigation in the featureless desert terrain. The advantages of satellites allowed the coalition forces to quickly bring the war to a conclusion, saving many lives. Space systems will continue to become more and more integral to homeland defense, weather surveillance, communication, navigation, imaging, and remote sensing for chemicals, fires and other disasters. The International Space Station is a research laboratory in low Earth orbit. With many different partners contributing to its design and construction, this high-flying laboratory has become a symbol of cooperation in space exploration, with former competitors now working together. 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EDISON ENSEMBLE Balder Neergaard Pianist | Academic Balder Neergaard is a versatile pianist and academic, whose artistry and scholarship has brought him to performances at venues across Scandinavia and the UK. As a soloist and chamber musician he has performed at venues including The South Bank Centre, The Victoria & Albert and National Galleries, and St Martin-in-the-Fields in London, as well as Tivoli Concert Hall and the Danish Radio Concert House in Copenhagen, and as a scholar he has given papers and lecture-recitals at the universities of York, Manchester, Birmingham, Edinburgh, and Aveiro, Portugal. In 2013, his contribution to Interpreting Historical Keyboard Music: Sources and Contexts and Performance (‘In the Footsteps of Jean Paul: Sonority and Pedalling in Papillons, op. 2’) was published by Routledge. Following studies at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen with Tove Lønskov between 2000 and 2004, Balder was trained at the Royal College of Music in London under the tutelage of Yonty Solomon and Kevin Kenner, receiving his BMus(Hons) in 2006, MMus in Advanced Performance (distinction) in 2008 and PhD in historical musicology in 2018 (Schumann as Aspiring Pianist: Technique, Sonority and Composition) supervised by Dr Natasha Loges. In addition to his further studies with Paolo Giacometti and Eugen Injic on the modern piano, and Dr Geoffrey Govier on the fortepiano, he has participated in numerous masterclasses with renowned pianists and fortepianists including Pnina Salzman, Jeremy Menuhin, Malcolm Bilson, Gary Cooper and Andreas Staier. Balder Neergaard is also a devoted piano pedagogue and a sought-after accompanist, working in the Danish government funded talent development programme in the Zealand Region. He is president of European Piano Teachers Association Denmark. Throughout the years, Balder Neergaard has been most generously supported by a number of trusts and foundations, most notably the Leverhulme Trust, Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik Foundation, the Prince Joachim and Princess Alexandra Foundation, Augustinus Fonden, Bank of Denmark Jubilee Trust, Hanna Lunds Musiklegat, Oticon Foundation and the Beckett Foundation. Composer Piece Mo Yi Mo Yi (violin) has performed widely across the world. Holds professorship at Universität der Künste in Berlin and Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus. Trained at Central Conservatory of Music Beijing and Musikhochschule Lübeck with, among others, Lin Yaoji and Nora Chatain. Prize winner at numerous competitions as soloist and chamber musician. Sara Blankholm Sara Blankholm (viola). Violinist and violist, trained at Royal Danish Academy of Music, Indiana University Bloomington and Royal College of Music London with Johannes Søe Hansen, Nelli Shkolnikova and Levon Chilingirian among others. Active as soloist, chamber musician and music educator. Gert von Bülow Gert von Bülow (cello) was professor at Hochschule für Musik und Theater Rostock for two decades. Trained with, among others, Gregor Piatigorsky in Los Angeles and Pierre Fournier in Genève. Since his début in 1967, he was concertised across the globe. Balder Neergaard (piano) To get in touch with Balder Fill out the form below: Agata Adamczyk Website powered by Musosites

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Putin pardons US-Israeli woman jailed over drugs Home /How advocates say Trump’s endangered species rules could threaten conservation UncategorizedAugust 15, 2019 How advocates say Trump’s endangered species rules could threaten conservation Conservation experts and environmental advocates are sounding the alarm about the Trump administration’s latest move to weaken the law that protects endangered species, saying that if they go into effect it could be harder to protect species in the future and mean more human activity is allowed in areas where protected species live. Interested in Donald Trump? Add Donald Trump as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Donald Trump news, video, and analysis from ABC News. Republicans and administration officials said the changes will still protect critical species but limit protections they say went far outside the goal of the law. But conservation groups and Democrats say the Endangered Species Act, which sets up how the government protects species at risk of becoming extinct, helped save populations of animals like Bald Eagles and manatees in Florida. Advocates say protecting vulnerable species could become even more important as the country experiences more effects from climate change, which the United Nations reports will increase pressure on many species. The proposed rules are expected to face legal challenges that could hold them up in court, but conservation advocates said that if they go into effect it could be harder to protect species in the future and mean more human activity is allowed in areas where protected species live. Kristen Boyles, a staff attorney for the environmental law firm Earthjustice, said one of the changes would impact any species waiting for a decision on whether it will be protected as “threatened,” which means the species is in danger of going extinct in the foreseeable future. Under previous regulations, species listed as threatened got the same protections as those listed as endangered, so they could not be hunted, killed, or disturbed in any way. Under the new rule, however, each species added to the threatened list needs its own plan detailing how it will be protected, which Boyles said could be a slow process that would leave populations vulnerable. That could impact species like the Monarch butterfly, which has been awaiting a decision since 2014. Under the previous rules, if the butterflies were granted a “threatened” designation, it could trigger restrictions on pesticide use, study on the impact of climate change on that population and possibly protections for habitats where the insects migrate. If the new rules go into effect, the agency would have to go through a separate rule-making process to institute those protections. “In the short-term there’s no consequences, no protections put in place to be a threatened species,” Boyles said. Administration officials said the change will allow more tailored conservation plans and eliminate some changes in the different agencies’ policies. But it could also add to the workload for government employees working on endangered species designations, a process that can take years to evaluate scientific research, finalize a decision, and develop plans to recover the population of a species. Conservation experts and advocates say the changes announced Monday would make it even more difficult to get protections for more species in the future in part because it sets a higher bar by saying scientific information has to be “reasonably certain” about what will happen to a species in the future. Brett Hartl, government affairs director from the Center for Biological Diversity, said the new rules create excuses not to act to protect species, even though the intent of the Endangered Species Act is to give wildlife the benefit of the doubt. “They’re trying to use and abuse science to achieve a sort of deregulatory goal which is, if you create a perception of uncertainty then it’s an excuse to delay taking action,” he told ABC. Another change in the rules would allow agencies working on endangered species decisions to publish information on the economic impact of protecting a species, though the Endangered Species Act doesn’t allow the cost to be a factor in deciding whether to add a species to the list. Gary Frazer, the top Fish and Wildlife Service working on endangered species issues, told reporters Monday the economic information would be available to the public but wouldn’t be used to make decisions on how to protect species. Hartl and other critics said it’s unrealistic to think economic information wouldn’t be used to influence lawmakers or to support industry arguments against protecting certain species or areas where the species’ live that might conflict with business interests. “It’s creating the conditions, creating the backdrop that allows for basically political interference and for improper economic considerations to take root,” he said. The new rules are set to go into effect in about 30 days barring legal or congressional action.

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What's New | Photos | Histories | Sources | Reports | Cemeteries | Headstones | Statistics | Surnames Brookhaven - South Haven BLOG Note: Living people and people who may still be living have been "privatized." Only their name appears here. Home Search Print Add Bookmark » Show All «Prev «1 ... 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ... 15» Next» #080.06 Sineus M. Homan (1823-1901) and Sarah S Homan (1820-1902), his wife ... while originally interred at the Homan Private Cemetery, their headstone was relocated to the Oaklawn cemetery in Brookhaven, NY in the 1930s. Linked to Family: Homan/[Homan] (F3334) #B080 Former Homan Private Graveyard, South Haven Hamlet, Suffolk County, Brookhaven Town, NY, USA (1939 description) "Former Homan private graveyard, about 500 feet south of Montauk Highway, (Route 27), on the east side of an old hedgerow, and about opposite the old homestead of William Osborn, now (1939) owned by Charles Engelhaupt, South Haven. Only three stones from this graveyard were moved to Cem. 4, South Haven. The other stones are said to have been destroyed or buried." The above 1939 description is likely inaccurate. Most of the gravestones, and perhaps some of the remains, were relocated to the Oaklawn Cemetery (#21), Brookhaven Hamlet, NY. Two were said to have been relocated to the South Haven Church Cemetery (#4). If a third was moved there, it has not been identified. William H. Corwin and his wife Philothea were said to have been originally interred in this cemetery. The stones were reportedly moved to the South Haven Church cemetery following vandalism that occurred to the family plot in the 1930's. The bodies reportedly were not moved. This would explain why their stones were not recorded in a 1925 South Haven Church cemetery inventory, but were recorded in a 1938 survey. An undated manuscript was found in the records of the Town of Brookhaven Historian which appears to be an inventory of the headstones in this cemetery. By the time of the c. 1939 Town of Brookhaven Historian's inventory there apparently were no headstones present. Based on the manuscript inventory, the last interment in the cemetery was in 1933 (although the entry for N. Clinton Miller is suspect). This suggests a manuscript date of between 1933 and 1939, and the cemetery's abandonment during the same time period. The notations -- "Cem. 21 (80)" -- at the top of the page (in what appears to be a different hand) suggest that the inventory was perhaps done by a knowledgeable contemporary person documenting gravestones already at the Oaklawn Cemetery. However, not all the stones on the inventory can today be found at Oaklawn. With Marty Van Lith, I visited the original site in 2003. The area is deep within the Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge. It is now overgrown and reforested. There were two, perhaps three, deep depressions suggesting exhumation. Otherwise there was no evidence of gravesites. This site has Archeological Site Ref. ID SH07.1-S and is #80 on the c. 1939 Town of Brookhaven Historian's Cemetery inventory. Entry revised; 7 December 2007 1 #080.00 Inventory of Homan Private Cemetery ... this inventory was found in the files of the Town of Brookhaven Historian's Office and photocopied November, 2007. It appears to be an inventory of the headstones. If the information is accurate, it must have been taken after 1933 when the last interrment appears to have been made (N. Clinton Miller) and c. 1939 when the Town Historian reported that the cemetery was abandonded and no headstones were visible. Some question whether N. Clinton Miller was actually originally interred in this cemetery. The Hamlet People Database is maintained by John Deitz. Copyright © 2011. This site powered by The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding, Copyright © 2001-2011, created by Darrin Lythgoe, Sandy, Utah. All rights reserved.

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Community News – January 2020: CaseyGerry managing partner David S. Casey Jr. was awarded the 2019 Hughes McClenahan... Boutique Trial Firm With a National Powerhouse Punch: "I think it’s unusual to find lawyers with our background and qualifications at a small... Your Firm Was HACKED. Now What?: It looked like just another notice from your law firm’s IT guy— probably another... Create and Implement Videos into Your Marketing Strategy: The popularity of videos has increased significantly over the years with the desire of... California Case Summaries. New California Civil Cases.: CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT - Elections - Patterson v. Padilla (2019) _ Cal.5th _ , 2019 WL... 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Getting Extraordinary Results for Ordinary People Dan Baldwin | Apr 01, 2019 | Comments 0 Creating the Right Team to Take on Select Cases that Excite Attorneys, Right Wrongs and Remake the Lives of Clients “I’ve always had an entrepreneurial spirit. I wanted to work with like-minded attorneys who truly wanted to help people that have been harmed. I wanted to take the cases I found inspiring. And I wanted to grow a law firm in a successful and philanthropic way, where we could do well and also make our community better. To hit these goals, I knew the best bet was to create my own firm and carve my own path,” says Dave Fox, Founder of Fox Law, APC. The core team at Fox Law includes experienced trial attorneys Joanna Fox (Fox’s wife), Chris Hendricks, Courtney Vasquez, Of Counsel Russ Gold, and paralegals Corinne Britt and Anne Brennan. All of Fox Law’s attorneys have successfully first- or second-chaired trials to verdict. Fox honed his trial practice as a federal prosecutor at the United States Attorney’s Office in San Diego. Fox says that unlike many plaintiffs firms, Fox Law’s attorneys were all trained at some of the best ‘big firms,’ including Morrison & Foerster, DLA, Cooley LLP, and Luce Forward. “We each made the decision to switch from these large defense firms to focus on fighting for everyday people who have been harmed by corporations, insurance companies, and individuals that abuse their power. Essentially, we’ve trained with the big guys to better represent the little guys,” Fox says. Notably, Fox’s first plaintiffs-side wrongful death trial was an automobile accident case against his old colleagues at the United States Attorney’s Office. Fox prevailed in a long and hard-fought trial, and ultimately obtained $5 million for the family of a deceased Navy veteran. Fox credits three factors for his firm’s prominent position in the personal injury arena. First, they attack each case for their personal injury clients with the same tenacity, attention to detail, and resources they brought when representing Fortune 500 companies and the United States Department of Justice. Second, passion. They put their egos aside, truly listen to their clients, and put their heart and soul into counseling their clients through one of the most difficult times of their lives. And third, focus. They’re not a “mill” and take a limited amount of serious cases so they can give plenty of time and attention to each client. With this approach, in just the past few years, Fox Law has recovered more than $75 million in verdicts and settlements. “We entered this business because we wanted to make a bigger change in peoples’ lives. You can’t do that by ‘flipping’ whatever insurance policy shows up and settling cases cheap. We meticulously investigate and pursue every theory of liability and avenue for recovery before reaching any type of resolution,” Fox says. The firm’s typical clients are individuals who are seriously harmed by the negligence of another person or corporation, and are suffering major injuries that will affect them for the rest of their lives. Through their growing mass tort and class action practice, Fox Law’s attorneys represent people who have been defrauded as consumers, harmed by a defective drug or medical device, or have lost their home or business due to a wildfire caused by a negligent utility company. Joanna Fox, who joined Fox Law after nearly a decade at Morrison & Foerster, brings an exceptional depth of litigation and trial experience from her background working on wrongful death aviation and product liability cases across the country. Chris Hendricks, who joined from Herold & Sager, brings over a decade of experience in and out of trial for and against public entities and the country’s largest insurance carriers. Courtney Vasquez comes from DLA Piper with a substantial trial history in products liability cases, and a deep understanding of mass torts and class action litigation. Russ Gold, formerly a partner at Luce Forward, offers over twenty years of experience trying and litigating major personal injury and complex disputes. Due in part to their background in complex multimillion-dollar cases, courts in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Sacramento have appointed Fox Law’s attorneys to various Plaintiffs’ Steering and Executive leadership committees to help guide JCCP litigations involving billions of dollars on behalf of thousands of plaintiffs. Going the Extra Mile on a Drunk Driving Case Fox says that often important and game changing information is available to those who “turn over every stone” in the investigation. Fox recalls a case he handled involving a pedestrian/college student who was struck and killed late on a Friday night by a drunk driver. The driver had left a bar for his home, and blew through a stop sign going twice the speed limit in his personal car. He had minimal assets and insurance. The driver went to prison for several years. The student’s parents were devastated. The Fox Law team dug well beyond the police report, and personally interviewed every person close to the driver and the victim to understand what was really going on that evening. They found the driver could be considered to have been in the “course and scope” of his work at the time of the crash, and that his company could also share some blame for encouraging an environment that loosely mixed work and alcohol. Fox filed a wrongful death case and pursued these theories for more than two years. They deposed the defendant in prison, everyone near the defendant at the bar, his co-workers, people familiar with his car usage, and other witnesses. After fiercely litigating the case, Fox Law obtained for them $5 million for the family on the eve of trial. This was a case that may have been otherwise passed over or “flipped” by a firm that takes on a high volume of cases or doesn’t dive that deep into a case. “We entered this line of work to make big changes in our clients’ lives. You can’t do that by taking whatever money or insurance proceeds are first offered to the client—you have a duty to really dig into every case.” Fox says. The firm went beyond the courtroom and persuaded city council members to put in new lighted stop signs at the intersection. “My relationship with these clients and the drunk driving component also inspired me to be a primary sponsor of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), and I’ve had the pleasure to Chair their San Diego Advisory Board for the past three years,” Fox says. Aside from personal injury trial work, Fox says he hopes the firm’s work on mass torts and class actions will also make a difference. For example, Fox Law currently represents more than 1,500 individuals, businesses, avocado farmers, and wineries that were devastated by California’s wildfires ignited by PG&E in the North Bay, and Southern California Edison (SCE) around Los Angeles, Ventura and Santa Barbara counties. Fox hopes their work and leadership in these cases will help their clients restore their homes and businesses, while at the same time create fire safety changes to California’s electrical infrastructure. Combining the Entrepreneurial Spirit with a Passion for People From his days in college, Fox was interested in taking on people who were abusing their power. It’s been a theme throughout his life, which led him—while in school—to work with the “Innocence Project,” seeking to exonerate wrongfully convicted individuals. Also during college, he explored a career with the FBI. The Bureau didn’t have an internship program available the summer he applied, but suggested he look into opportunities at the U.S. Attorney’s Office—the lawyers who prosecute the cases the FBI brings. Fox says, “I gave it a try and loved it. I worked alongside attorneys taking down major mob bosses and white-collar criminals trying to game the system.” Years later, as a federal prosecutor himself, he prosecuted cases involving weapons trafficking, organized crime, and public corruption, including a high-profile five-week trial against corrupt United States Border Patrol agents. After trying over a dozen cases for the United States, he ultimately discovered that he did not want to spend his life putting people in jail. Instead, he wanted to help victims get back on their feet. Empathy for the client is central to the firm’s success. He believes that part of being a good human being carries over into being a good attorney. “You have to listen to people, hear what they truly want, and you’ve got to care about their health and happiness. If you do that, you’ll build trust and a unique bond. That bond will translate into a passion that will resonate with the jury, and separately, into a lasting relationship. There are many clients we still stay in touch with, years after their case resolved. It is inspiring to hear how they’re doing and how our results continue to make their lives a bit better.” The firm’s approach has not only brought successful outcomes for clients, but has also attracted the attention of other law firms. Now, the majority of the firm’s cases are referred from other attorneys that either do a different type of work or are looking for their expertise, resources, and infrastructure for their own personal injury or mass tort case. Fox Law also prides itself on thanking those attorneys with generous referral fees for trusting the firm to help their family, friends and colleagues. Never Settling Cases Cheap Attorney Chris Hendricks says, “We refuse to settle cases cheap. We are passionate about trying our cases to juries if the defendant is unreasonable, no matter what the circumstance is or what resources are required.” He cites a recent case where the firm represented a 65-year-old woman who slipped and fell at a chain super market. The fall aggravated her severe pre-existing shoulder arthritis and led to a shoulder replacement. Juries do not generally receive slip and fall cases well and greet them with skepticism, particularly when there are pre-existing medical issues. Fox and Hendricks took the case to trial arguing that the exacerbation had a larger impact on the woman’s everyday life than met the eye. They obtained a verdict of more than $1.43 million dollars. Joanna Fox says, “It’s absolutely wonderful to see our results beyond the numbers. We’ve seen families now have enough money to replace the wages and losses associated with losing their loved ones and buy the home they always dreamed of. We’ve seen our paraplegic and disabled clients now receive the level of care they always deserved. We’ve seen our wildfire clients’ pride restored from having the ability to restore their burned down homes and businesses after recoveries we obtained against a negligent utility.” Always Give Back Fox Law is very active in the community. Since its inception the firm has hosted an annual end-of-summer fundraiser on the deck of the Del Mar Plaza for a different charity or non-profit. They’ve raised thousands of dollars for MADD, Boys and Girls Clubs, and local animal shelters. Attorneys and colleagues have enjoyed the sunset ocean view, live music, food and drinks from Il Fornaio, and great raffle prizes from local hotels and spas. Fox says, “If your business has done well in your community, I feel it has the responsibility to then do good by it.” For its October 10, 2019 fundraiser, the firm is looking forward to partnering with organizations dedicated to helping human trafficking survivors (Free to Thrive), and the advancement of LGBTQ rights (Tom Homann Law Association). That blend of philanthropy and tenacious client representation will continue to be the foundation of the firm. “Our personal injury cases are always exciting, and I am also very enthusiastic about our mass torts and consumer class actions practices, both of which have really taken off in the past couple of years. I see the firm continuing to grow and succeed by making positive changes in more people’s lives. “I definitely don’t feel any need to be the biggest firm on the block, just the one that always delivers the best results and experience for its clients” Fox says. 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Open Education Resources (OER) for K-12 STEM Education: Issues and Opportunities Submitted by cadre-admin on Tue, 01/23/2018 - 2:21pm On February 14, CADRE is hosting a webinar on freely available, openly-licensed open education resources (OER) in K-12 STEM. Panelists and participants will discuss the current demand for OER and opportunities for NSF-funded projects to contribute; key considerations, opportunities, and challenges for individuals, projects, and organizations developing OER (e.g., intellectual property and financial trade-offs); how OER products are identified, evaluated, and used by teachers, schools, and districts; and avenues for dissemination and uptake. The moderator and panelists each bring unique perspectives on the creation, curation, and use of OER. Jake Foster (Director of STEM Curriculum & Instruction, WGBH) has engaged in Bringing the Universe to America's Classrooms, a WGBH initiative to design digital resources for STEM learning. He is former Director of STEM at the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education where he oversaw the state's science, technology/engineering, mathematics, and computer science standards and curriculum frameworks, state-funded professional development opportunities, and support for districts. Darrell Porcello (Senior Project Manager, University of California, Berkeley for National Informal STEM Education (NISE) Network) has extensive experience designing, curating, and connecting educators to high-quality education materials and products. He has led teams that have created the popular OER platforms howtosmile.org and NASAWavelength.org, written about the curation of STEM-focused OER, and is a member of NSF's CAISE and MSPnet communities. Ricky Scott (K-12 Science Education Specialist, Utah State Board of Education) leads work with content and education experts from universities, districts, schools, and the Utah State Board of Education to provide the state’s teachers, students, and parents with OER that support Utah’s Core Standards, instruction, and teaching in science as part of Utah’s Open Textbook Projects. Tamara Sumner (Professor of Cognitive and Computer Science, Director of the Institute of Cognitive Science, University of Colorado at Boulder) has over two decades of experience developing, implementing, and researching OER. She was the PI on Inquiry Hub (NSF#1147590), which co-designed an open-access, NGSS-aligned high school biology curriculum with teachers and administrators from Denver Public Schools. She was also PI of the Curriculum Customization Service (NSF #0734875; #1043638), a software tool that enabled teachers to customize science curriculum with OER. List of STEM Ed Publications STEM education-related publications that may be of interest to DRK-12 grantees. List of (2019-2023) STEM Ed Conferences This list includes STEM education-related conferences that may be of interest to DRK-12 grantees. Browse upcoming events hosted by NSF Networks (CADRE, ATE Central, CAISE, CIRCL, CS for All, MSPnet, STELAR) and view archived CADRE events, such as the DRK-12 PI meeting. Upcoming DRL EHR Solicitation Deadlines View a list of upcoming NSF Directorate of Education & Human Resources funding opportunities.

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The Hope Solo Case: Why Do We Laugh When Abusers Are Female? Abuse and assault aren’t funny. As gender equality gets closer to reality, we need to accept that women can be perpetrators too. Keli Goff Marc Serota/Getty As the World Cup dominates headlines around the globe, soccer star Hope Solo has found herself in the news but not for reasons she or her fans probably hoped. Solo was arrested for allegedly assaulting two relatives. Solo becomes yet another high-profile woman accused of assault. Security footage reportedly capturing rapper Jay-Z on the receiving end of an attempted assault by his wife Beyonce’s younger sister, Solange, in an elevator became one of the biggest stories of the year. Yet the footage didn’t inspire any serious discussion of inter-family violence. Instead it resulted in a lot of speculation—and jokes. Saturday Night Live produced one of its most inspired, and funniest, sketches in recent memory on the incident. But if the genders were reversed, would anyone be laughing? “I think we do not take female abusers as serious as males,” Dr. Michelle Golland, a clinical psychologist told me. Golland, who has seen female abusers in her practice, added, “This is evidenced by the fact they are less likely to be charged with violent crimes. If they are charged, females will not serve as much time as males. We see this across the board, whether child abuse, sexual abuse, teacher/student abuse, or any type of assault.” When Tiger Woods’s infidelities were exposed, rumors swirled that his wife, Elin, lost her temper during a confrontation with him and picked up a golf club—and not to play the sport that made her husband famous, but to whack him across the head. The speculation surrounding this incident inspired an endless stream of jokes—and another Saturday Night Live sketch that poked fun at a supposedly battered Woods. It is worth noting that shortly before the Solange/Jay-Z kerfuffle made international headlines, another incidence of celebrity elevator violence also made headlines, but didn’t result in much laughter. NFL running back Ray Rice was caught on video dragging his unconscious fiancée out of an elevator. His lawyer would later blame "very minor physical altercation." Ultimately, both Rice and his fiancée would be charged with assault. But the image of a burly football player assaulting a woman in any way certainly has a much more negative connotation than a woman raising her hand to a man. And that may be part of the problem. “There are times when a person can be both the perpetrator and the victim of violence,” Dr. Jeff Gardere, a family therapist, wrote in an email. “At other times both partners can be fighting actively. Both situations are still considered to be destructive and categorized as domestic violence.” In Solo’s case, her husband, retired NFL player Jerramy Stevens, was arrested in 2012 for assaulting her. Though there was allegedly an injury, charges were dropped due to lack of evidence, and she wed him a day after his arrest. Similarly, Ray Rice wed his bride, Janay Palmer, one day after being indicted for assaulting her. Asked if society has a problem taking female perpetrators of domestic violence seriously, Katie Ray-Jones, president of the National Domestic Violence Hotline had this to say: “I don't think society takes abuse as seriously as it should, period. I think there is still a lot of victim blaming.” To Jones’ point, plenty of male athletes have been accused, arrested, and even convicted of assault, and their careers have carried on. A 1998 study of a sample of 509 NFL players found that more than 20% had been arrested for a violent criminal offense, while an analysis by The San Diego Tribune found NFL players 34% more likely than the general population to be arrested for assault and domestic violence. But Ray-Jones acknowledged that there is simply something different about how society reacts to allegations against women. “I think when a female is identified as the abuser you see people laugh.” Ray-Jones recalled a troubling story that illustrates her point. “I was doing a training and a young man stood up and expressed his pregnant girlfriend had hit him in the head while they were driving and he didn't know what to do. He was taught never to hit a woman. The whole room of more than 80 people erupted in laughter. It was heartbreaking, and I was able to turn that into a teaching moment.” She added, “There is stigma surrounding male victims. I have worked with male victims before who have indicated that their friends and family did not believe them or that their co-workers laughed when they shared that their wife had hit them. In some instances, men have said that law enforcement didn't believe them or a shelter would not serve them. As a society, we still have beliefs about what a ‘real man’ looks like. Real men aren't abused by their partners.” She concluded, “Domestic violence remains a complex issue, and we still have a lot of education to do.” Ray-Jones did note that less than 5 percent of calls the hotline receives reporting abuse comes from men. Last year of 211,733 calls, fewer than 10,000 were from men identifying as victims of violence. But since all experts I interviewed agreed that men face greater stigma in reporting violence, it is very likely the percentage is deceptively low. Additionally Dr. Golland explained that the idea of “mutual combat” versus “primary perpetrator violence” is something that can be hard for experts and law enforcement to sort out. Dr. Gardere said that as the idea of gender equality continues to gain ground, more are starting to appreciate the idea that women can in fact be perpetrators of abuse, just as much as men, something that for so long has been treated as a laughable concept. To that end, full equality in how we treat perpetrators is essential, according to Dr. Golland. “One way to discourage female violence is to deal with it on par with male violence,” she said. “I also think we must encourage women to seek counseling for their anger issues and inability to control rage and frustration.”

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TV Shows / Movies Top Sad Doctor Who Moments Revealed Doctor Who is a popular BBC television science fiction TV series that has been produced since 1963. The TV series is based on the adventures of a Time Lord who is known as The Doctor, whom we see fighting many battles along with his companions to save the many civilizations who are in need throughout the universe. The series is well known for many of its happiest and saddest moments, which have kept the viewers hooked to it to date throughout its many show variations. In this article, we will examine the top sad Doctor Who moments. Top Sad Doctor Who Moments Caecilius Saved by the Tenth Doctor In this episode, “The Fires of Pompeii”, Caecilius and his family are left alone to be a part of the eruption of Vesuvius. But after a very earnest plea from Donna Noble, the Tenth Doctor (played by David Tennant) was convinced to save Caecilius and his family. Pete Tyler Saves the Universe On the Eighth episode of season 1, which was aired on Father’s Day, Doctor Who was successfully able to give a teary eye to its audience. In this episode, Rose Tyler learns about how her father died and travels back in time to save him. As she visits the past and lets Pete know about her identity and his death, she welcomes the Reapers into the universe. Pete considers his responsibility to save the universe and gets hit by the same car he did before. Just now he was not alone when he died. Donna is Sent Back Donna Noble was on every adventure with the Tenth Doctor and was important throughout the season until she became “Doctor Donna.” Being a human, Donna Noble is transformed into a Doctor, which is what Donna had never imagined took place with her. Turning into a Doctor came with its side effects, because of which the Tenth Doctor had to erase her memory and send her back to Earth. Her memory was erased, but we can for sure never forget her contributions to the show! Rose Tyler’s Unrequited Love Another one of the top sad Doctor Who moments happened in season 2 episode 13, “Doomsday,” which was the end for Rose Tyler and The Doctor as they were parted due to the war between the Daleks and the Cybermen. Because of the war, Rose was stranded in a parallel universe for two years before she found her way back to Earth. The Doctor and Rose met again on the beach through a hologram and said their last goodbyes. Her love was never returned, and we still feel it ’til this day. The Eleventh Doctor Says Goodbye Now we all know that the Doctor keeps on regenerating, but when it was time for the Eleventh Doctor (played by Matt Smith) to leave, it had us crying. The Eleventh Doctor’s farewell speech was so heartfelt along with the appearance of all the people who mattered to him that he gave his last words: “I will always remember when the Doctor was me.” Of course, there have been many Doctors before and after the ones mentioned in this blog post – all with their own special and memorable qualities. The entire series has blessed us with heartfelt moments like these, and we hope that these great moments never end. Tagged in : bbc doctor who reviews The Best Mermaid Movies You Should Watch Top 5 Scariest Slasher Party Film Options Must-Read Vintage Fashion Books of Classic Movie Stars Previous Previous post: Classic Movies: Things You Didn’t Know About the Snow White 1987 Film Next Next post: A Brief History of US Film & Television Over the Decades How to throw an awards show party Our Picks for Upcoming Top Movies 2020

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Are Global Politics Gravitating Towards Better Governance Or Simply An Outcome Of Mass Dissatisfaction? By Felix Dodds and Thomas Jenkins Democratic elections have been a long-cherished practice in much of the western hemisphere. Aided partly by informed citizenry, the tradition is firmly entrenched in the electoral processes because of active participation of the middle class in campaigns and policy making. Elections and their outcomes are taken very seriously in that part of the world to the extent that if a sitting President or Prime Minister loses even a referendum, he has to exit office to protect his own integrity, and the wishes of the citizens. Are we beginning to see that trend shaping other parts of the world? Or are recent political events across the globe merely a product of political dissatisfaction? Well, since 2010, Africa and the Arab World have been seeing some revolution. Strong political currents are sweeping there, and a new dawn of leadership is being ushered. Côte d’Ivoire went to polls in 2010 and elected then opposition leader, Dr. Alassane Ouattara, the President. The result was rejected by the incumbent, President Laurent Gbagbo, and after protracted civil struggle, the masses installed Ouattara their president. Gbagbo ended up in jail, somewhere in Europe and the rest is history. 2011 witnessed the unprecedented revolution in North Africa. The world called it the Arab Spring. So massive in scale and resolute in outcome that it deposed former dictators in Tunisia, Libya and Egypt. People in North Africa somehow felt relieved of the heavy political burden they had painfully shouldered and accustomed to for decades. Free at last, one may say. But despite that relief the current the events there now including; difficult economic times, intermittent conflicts and migration challenges, leave a lot to be desired. Some of the gains have been swept away and the recent passing by the Egyptian parliament of a very restrict law on NGOs in Egypt is a worrying development. Six of the political parties and 22 civil society organizations rejected the bill in a joint statement: “The bill drafted by the “people’s representatives,” however, is even more repressive and hostile to civic associations and the very idea of volunteerism and collective initiatives. If approved, the law could destroy legally established civic associations working in social development and services. Such organizations will be required under the law to reconcile their legal status with the new statute, which sets overly broad conditions for registration, such as that the organization in question not engage in activity that conflicts with national security and the public order. In fact, the law will give the competent administrative body (as yet undefined) the power to determine whether an association’s activities correspond with the needs of society and development plans. This condition heralds an explicit return to Law 32/1964 on associations, known as the law that ‘nationalized’ civil society.” It goes on to say: “The law drafted by the people’s representatives provides for custodial sentences of up to five years’ imprisonment and fines of up to LE1 million for associations that conduct opinion polls or field research, engage in civic association (NGO) work without registration, or cooperate in any way with any international body—including the UN—without the necessary approval. This year delivered yet other political shock waves. Starting with Brexit, and the elections in the US. Few expected the endings. The decision by Britain (52% to 48%) to exit the European Union stunned the world. And because he failed to convince Britons to remain within the European Union, Prime Minister David Cameron had only one option; to resign. Astounded by the decision and its likely aftermath, many leaders within the European Union called on Britain to take immediate steps to actualize the outcome of the referendum. Some would say the decision of the UK referendum (which is only a recommendation and has no legal requirement to be fulfilled) is akin to political and economic suicide. Then came November and Donald J. Trump won enough electoral college votes to defeat Hillary Clinton, the front runner. It is increasing looking like Clinton will have won the popular vote by over 3 million – the US system it should be remember as President Nixon reminded people, the USA is not a democracy but a republic. The founders in fact equated democracy with tyranny and to avoid mob rule created “a constitutional republic”. It was the biggest world nightmare and lots of conspiracy theories were peddled. Leaders that had never imagined a Trump Presidency and even denounced him immediately began to court friendship. In return, the President- elect has started to show that he is not the firebrand and reclusive leader he pretended he was. He has now toned down his usual rhetoric, perhaps knowing only too well that election campaigns are different from running office, that the world is much bigger than America. Shortly after the American dumbfounding results, Africa and the world woke up to two other major bombshells. Voters in the Gambia ousted Jammeh Yahya, the self-declared ruler for a billion years. President Yahya defied general expectations in two ways. First, instead of rejecting the outcome and clinging to power outright, he swiftly conceded defeat and promised to work towards a smooth transfer of power to the president-elect, Mr. Adama Barrow. Then, a week later, he reneged on his promise to transfer power and blamed his loss on electoral malpractices. West African leaders are now persuading him to honor his earlier word. In neighboring Ghana, President John Mahama also lost the elections last week but conceded defeat to Nana Akufo-Addo, his main challenger. Mahama is now part of the team trying to persuade the Gambian strong man to step down. As many know, Ghana has had a history of closely contested presidential elections yet has emerged as a model democracy in a continent where political leadership is in many cases, seen as a matter of life and death for those in power and those seeking to oust them. In 2000, Ghana was the first country in Africa was there the opposition won the election and there was a transfer of power without violence. The one thing that should be carefully examined is what these political surprises portend for the world. Are they normal political changes that come after voters feel cheated for so long or is it simply a symptom of hard economic times? The results of the 2008 financial crisis have a long shadow. In the UK and the US mostly none of the people who caused the financial crisis went to jail – except in Iceland. There was clearly a different rule for the political and financial elites than the rest of us. Couple this with eight years later countries inflicting austerity budgets across Europe. The people paid for the mistakes of the elites. After the 2010 UK election in a note left by the outgoing UK Treasury Secretary Liam Byrne in 2010 to the incoming government put iconically “there's no money left.” The increase in unemployment and an increase in migration in Europe played into a far right narrative which played on people’s fears for the future. In the USA Donald Trump spoke to this same agenda particularly with his tough proclamations on immigration and trade issues- an economic problem that many Americans closely associate their dwindling economic fortunes with. Akufu Addo won the Ghanaian elections because the country is hurtling towards economic crisis that needs urgent rescue. And this is where politics and economics come in. The 17 SDGs were carefully designed to solve economic, social, environmental and political challenges in a balanced and integrated manner. That is because development does not take place in a vacuum; it is realized by people within a territory based on policies pursued domestically and globally. And so, to create a world of prosperity for all, while reducing environmental footprints, a strong political vision informed by economic realities beyond the borders is needed. We are now living in dangerous and an even more insecure world. State centric policies calculated to promote internal advantages at the expense of the One Planet, One People will only promote dissatisfaction, and eventually, high turnovers for leaders and less peace for the world. Policies that promote increased inequality will only increase poverty and divisions. Therefore, it is important for those charged with policy making at international levels to be alive to these facts, and to act in solidarity especially with the poor, for economically and politically stable developing world is good for the entire world. It is only then that the SDGs will be achieved. The SDGs will only be delivered in governments and stakeholders work together in a partnership of hope not despair, of action not reaction of solidarity not selfishness. After all this is Only One Earth This is a great piece Felix! I think everyone in the world wants change, but sadly, the political landscape does not offer a lot of alternatives. That's why democracies are changing governments hoping that things will change, only to be disappointed and hope that changing the administration again will result to better lives. However, this is not sustainable especially since politics are shaped by individuals whose only focus is limited to election cycles. My thinking is that, the civil society, working with communities, can effect positive change by developing solutions at the local level. If such solutions are viable, take them to the government and lobby for their adoption at the policy level. More of a bottom-up approach to development as opposed to the top-down paradigm we have lived with.

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BLOG, Corporativo, Events, From The Bench, Prizes, RRHH Students Fair, by From The School On the 25th and 26th of April, two of our players represented our company at the 2018 Students Fair, a fair directed towards the ESO (Educación Secundario Obligatoria [Compulsory Secondary Education]), high school and vocational training students, informing them about the different work and study opportunities that they have available to them after they finish their academic studies. This fair was organized by the City Hall of Elda, in one of the civic centers that they have throughout the city, called “La Ficia”. This year was the first year that From The Bench attended the fair as an exhibitor, since all the other years we participated at round tables and corporate chats. The idea of having our own stand at the fair and being able to show everyone how we work at From The Bench and some of the activities that we organize to be able to win official merchandise in one of our applications was a very appealing idea for us, and of course, for the others as well. We were one of the most highly-trafficked stands throughout the two-day event thanks to ‘one of the biggest attractions at the fair’ according to some users: Football Bros. This app was created almost entirely by interns at From The Bench, and it was just one of the apps that we showed so that everyone could get to know our apps. What’s more, we gave them the opportunity to participate in a contest that we created based on this app. The goal was to play and achieve the highest score of all participants, and for doing that, win a bunch of prizes. There were a total of 150 participants and a record score of more than 2,500 points. Incredible! Once the exhibition part of the fair was over, we made our way to a round table session in which From The Bench also participated to inform the attendees about the different internship offers that we offer and which profiles we’re looking for in our company to perform certain tasks. The meeting room was almost completely full since there were a total of 5 companies participating. Not only were their Spanish listeners, but there were also listeners from other European countries thanks to the CIPFP Valle de Elda. There, I began taking part, sharing with total freedom and uneasiness my experience as an intern at From The Bench and it was, without a doubt, one of the best moments of the entire fair. A few days later, all the winners of the tournament came to our office to collect the rewards that they had won in the Football Bros tournament. They were able to see how we work at From The Bench and what our office is like from the inside. Here you have a picture of the best players in the Football Bros tournament along with their rewards. Our shirts look great on them, don’t they? And what about you? Would you be able to beat their records in the next edition of our Football Bros tournament? Corporativo, Events From The School, A New Way To Learn About Apps Last Thursday, April 19, 2018, two of our favourite players at From the Bench (Enrique Muñoz and Santiago Navarro) had the opportunity to represent our company at the CIEE Alicante, a company with more than 10 years of experience in student exchange programs throughout Europe, housing thousands of students each year in different cities. The talk took place at the CIEE headquarters, at the University of Alicante, a building within the University campus with a great number of resources that can make these kinds of talks possible. At the event, there was one of the groups of exchange students that were here in Alicante. Each and every one of them became very involved, asking questions and showing interest in our company and, above all, one of our most important games, NBA General Manager. In addition to informing the students about our apps and the process of developing a video game, our representatives discussed our company values, our concerns and the way in which we working. This was, without a doubt, an experience that we will definitely repeat in the future. We would like to thank the CIEE Alicante for giving us the opportunity to speak at their office, and we look forward to doing it again soon. FTB eSports From the Bench Games, once again, has made its way into the world of eSports. After the first appearance at the Madrid Gamergy event. Continue reading FTB eSports → Succeeding in #ElxEmplea2017 Last Thursday, two of our best signins travelled to Elche (Alicante) to represent us in the 3rd edition of Elx Emplea, a forum aimed at providing professional training to candidates and bringing together of these candidates and potential employers. On this occasion it was focused on the improvement of digital skills. Once again, this local event was celebrated at the Congress Center between the ground floor auditorium and the exhibition hall, which was the place chosen for the business loop. Continue reading Succeeding in #ElxEmplea2017 → We’re participating in the Madrid Mobile Summit! Once again, we’ve abandoned our humble abode to show From The Bench to the world, to continue learning and, most importantly, to network like crazy. In this occasion we’ll do it at the Madrid Mobile Summit, the European edition of the well-known event focused on mobile ecosystem professionals. The previous editions were held in different cities of Israel. Continue reading We’re participating in the Madrid Mobile Summit! → We’re going to Barcelona! The Valkiria Hub Space of the Condal City organizes today the third edition of Organic: The App Party, which is a yearly meeting for app marketing professionals to which From The Bench has been invited as a speaker. We will send Mr. David Cremades – CMO, as our company representative. He is going to speak about the work we do with influencers in order to optimize the downloads of our sports titles in Android and IOS. Continue reading We’re going to Barcelona! → Entrenadores, Events, NBA Earn free coins for NBA General Manager 2017 with Uptodown At Uptodown we work closely with a number of app developers in order to offer their apps on our platform. From the Bench is one of the most successful Spanish studios with major official sports licenses as demonstrated by the tremendous popularity of the saga of football management strategy games that go by the name of Fantasy Manager. Not to mention the successful NBA General Manager 2017. Speaking of the latter, as a result of our tight partnership with its creators, from today on every active player in this game will receive an additional package of 50 free coins sponsored by Uptodown. Continue reading Earn free coins for NBA General Manager 2017 with Uptodown → inter-fromthebench necj zupan (4) intern-fromthebench (1) BLOG, Corporativo, Events, From The Bench SMOOTH SAILING FOR AN INTERN inter-fromthebench-claudio (4) WIN A FLIGHT IN EUROPE COURTESY OF RYANAIR What do you think about the chance to win a flight in Europe from Spain just by playing Fantasy Manager Football 2016? Continue reading WIN A FLIGHT IN EUROPE COURTESY OF RYANAIR →

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Fashionistas: They’re Just Like Us! The Sarcastialist No one can deny that fashion weeks have become a bit of a circus. A new Twitter account parodies the madness, showing that fashion stars are just like us…although much better-dressed. Erin Cunningham Updated Jul. 12, 2017 5:00PM ET / Published Jun. 12, 2014 5:45AM ET Adam Katz Sinding/Getty Suzy Menkes isn’t the only one who thinks street style blogs have gone too far. In February 2013, the fashion critic penned an article for T magazine titled “The Circus of Fashion,” in which she claimed fashion weeks have become a “celebrity circus of people who are famous for being famous.” Sure, there’s something to be said for the outrageously dressed show-goers, who include not only fashion bloggers, but celebrities, editors, and models off-duty as well. Yet even more could be said of the street style photographers that have initiated, and in ways, instigated, this strange publicity. People like photographers Scott Schuman of The Sartorialist or Jak and Jil’s Tommy Ton snap photo after photo of wildly clad women, who are known for no reason other than being bonafide stars of the aforementioned blogs, transforming them into high-fashion celebrities overnight. Over a year later, the spectacle has yet to diminish. While Suzy Menkes has moved on to tackling other fashion issues, an anonymous Twitter account has picked up the baton of fashion-week criticism and, in half a year’s time, has already amassed over 11,000 followers. The Sarcastialist, as it is aptly named, tweets photos from blogs like The Sartorialist or Jak & Jil alongside its own, made-up captions of what’s really going through these people’s heads. The humorous language clearly pokes fun at the fashion week display while also presenting the men and women seen outside shows in London, Paris, Milan, and New York, sporting ensembles that cost more than most people’s yearly rent, as just like the rest of us. Take, for example, the photo of Cara Delevingne (wearing her “Last Clean T-Shirt” top) alongside Georgia May Jagger; The Sarcastialist caption reads, “Mum where are you? No, as if we can get the bus—we’ve got all kinds of heavy shit to carry.” Or an image of Russian fashion editor Miroslava Duma sporting a multi-colored outfit, which is captioned, “Yet another outfit fucked—fell asleep on the floor & the baby had all the pens out me bag.” With the tagline “A picture says a thousand words. I’ve only got 140 characters, so I’m summarizing a bit,” the man behind the social media account (who signs his emails “S”) tells The Daily Beast he’s not necessarily trying to “[make] a serious point.” Rather, he explains, it’s a way of “making my mates laugh,” while simultaneously working to highlight the fact that street style extraordinaires, like Anna Dello Russo or Giovanna Battaglia, for example, are real women at the end of the day—albeit in better clothes. “I’ve followed a few of the street style blogs for a while and I think that some of the photography is really good,” he says, admitting that he has no prior experience or relationship with fashion except “working in the Liverpool branch of Top Man when I was 18, but that was more like being in the ‘making tea and tidying up hangers’ industry.” “Something that always bothered me was the idea that the people in the photos were living this effortlessly stylish life, while I could barely be arsed ironing a shirt once a month,” S says. “I don’t think it’s the people in the photos that are different from us, just the way they’re presented. They all have to clean the sloppy stuff that used to be salad off the bottom of the fridge, or go to the shops for their Nan’s scratch-cards, just like we do. I wanted to show a bit of that.” The captions are amusing (with a clear English tone) and, according to S, are meant to bring more interest to the people in the photographs themselves, rather than “the clobber they’re wearing.” When asked if he shares Menkes’ opinions regarding the fashion week circus and its blogger clowns, S is quick to jump to their defense, again emphasizing that the Twitter account is strictly meant as humor and in no way a form of social commentary. He’s also definitely not trying to convince the street style stars to dial back their sartorial shenanigans. “I think people should go even further if that’s what makes them happy,” he said when asked if he thinks people take their clothing too far. “Who are we to say that someone shouldn’t pop a hole in a nice Ikea rug and wear it as a poncho, or go to the office in a pair of waders? As long as they don’t get their arse out near a school it’s up to them, isn’t it?”

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Sanders Warns: DNC Convention May Be ‘Messy’ Updated Apr. 13, 2017 3:58PM ET / Published May. 24, 2016 7:17AM ET © Lucy Nicholson / Reuters Sen. Bernie Sanders said the Democratic Party’s national convention—along with his own efforts to make the party more inclusive—may be “messy.” “Democracy is not always nice and quiet and gentle,” the Vermont senator told the AP. Sanders added that be believes the Democratic Party can either maintain its current climate or work to become more inclusive: “If they make the right choice and open the doors to working-class people and young people and create the kind of dynamism that the Democratic Party needs, it’s going to be messy.” During a Today show appearance later in the morning, however, Sanders accused the media of taking his words out of context: “The context of that was that democracy is messy. That people will have vigorous debate on the issues,” he explained. Read it at AP

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at 78 RPM The Indian 78s The Argentine 78 The Colombian 78 Philippine's 78s A USA 78? The first Beatles 78 BBC Transcription 78 Cool 78 of the Month April 2005 78 RPM FAQ Fun and Nonsense E-Mail me agp2176@verizon.net Cool 78 of the Month The Vipers No Other Baby Parlophone R 4393 (UK) The Vipers began life in the mid 1950s in the UK as a skiffle group, known appropriately as The Vipers Skiffle Group. It was a time when every kid in the UK could pick up an old tea chest and a washboard, couple them then with an American folk song, and voila, form a skiffle group. It was this competition, particularly from Lonnie Donnegan, that saw them drop Skiffle from their name, move to a more rock'n'roll sound, and have a direct influence on Paul McCartney and the Merseybeat sound. Wally Whyton and his mates, Johnny Martyn, Jean Van der Bosch, Tony Tolhurst, and John Pilgrim would figure prominently in the early incarnation of the group. Starting as amateurs they eventually signed to Parlophone and released Ain't You Glad b/w Pick A Bale Of Cotton (Parlophone R4238) in 1956. While this didn't chart, their next release, Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O b/w 10000 Years Ago (Parlophone R4261) would make it to number 10 in the UK charts and even be released in the US on Capitol (catalogue number F3673). This release set off a fierce competition between the Vipers and Donnegan. During their heyday at the 2i's coffee bar, the group would also count Tommy Steele as a memeber as well as both Bruce Welch and Hank Marvin who went on to back Cliff Richard as a part of The Shadows. As skiffle began to fade in the latter part the 50s, The Vipers Skiffle Group would also undergo changes. This fade in popularity left room for only one king of skiffle and that was Lonnie Donnegan. Wally took the group in a more rock'n'roll direction, dropping Skiffle Group from their name, and hoped for more hits. In 1958 they recorded Baby Why, a song that had been a top 10 hit for American Country and Western star George Jones in 1955 as composer and performer. George Jones' version was known as Why Baby Why. The Vipers managed to make take it straight from the country into rock'n'roll with the addition of an instrument never heard in skiffle or country, that being a saxophone. It is the B-side that we are particularly interested in though. No Other Baby, written by Dick Bishop and Bob Watson, was recorded in 1957 by Bobby Helms. Bobby is famous for the top country and pop hits My Special Angel and Jingle Bell Rock. The Vipers added a rock'n'roll beat with a prominent electric guitar straight of out Merseyside, that can later be heard in its fullness in the Beatle's early recordings. The Vipers would fail to chart with this release, and Wally Whyton turned to television, presenting Five O'Clock Club and Time For a Laugh on commercial TV in the UK, and as a presenter of country and folk programmes on BBC Radio 2 throughout the 1990s until his death in 1997 at age 67. In 1999, Paul McCartney would record his album, Run Devil Run, a compilation of, at times, obscure 1950s rock'n'rollers. The track chosen for a single from it, was No Other Baby, backed with Buddy Holly's Brown Eyed Handsome Man and a track called Fabulous. Paul would release No Other Baby and the Run Devil Run album in almost every format from CD, CD single (both mono and stereo), Mini-Disc, to a box set of 7 inch singles. Unfortunatley there was no release of what would have been a cool 78 of No Otber Baby, and fortunately no release of the album on 8-Track or cassette! Paul claims in the liner notes to have never heard The Vipers' version of No Other Baby. As his rendering is more like that of Bilie Davis' version from the 1960s, slow and bluesy, this is understood. For a real treat and a listen to the early days of the 'Beat', you'll want to give this cool 78 a good listen. A Side Baby Why?

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Bowl-a-thon raises $1,500 for patients PROUD BOWLER: Beating brain cancer twice and in remission for 1 year was Matthew Beaudry proudly shows off his own 8 lb. bowling ball with his mother, Stephanie during “Bowling for WISHES”. He sports a 53 average in his home league. (Herald photos by Steve Popiel) LEADERSHIP: Fundraising Coordinator, Kathy Connolly with A WISH Come True is pictured with Kathy Wiggins, whose company (DiSatto Priest & Co. sponsored a lane) and her husband John who serves on the Board of Directors for A Wish Come True. PICKING PINK: One of the youngest bowlers at “Bowling for WISHES” was Ellyana Beaudry, age 4, who picked out a pink bowling ball to bowl alongside her brother Matthew Beaudry, a former Wish kid. Posted Friday, July 6, 2018 1:53 pm By Meri R. Kennedy A Wish Come True sponsored their first “Bowling for WISHES” Bowl-A-Thon on Saturday, June 23 at Lang’s Bowlarama, located at 225 Niantic Ave., in Cranston. Approximately 35 people participated, raising approximately $1,500 dollars. The event was held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and the cost of bowling, including shoes, was $15 for adults and $8 for kids 12 and under. There was also music, raffles and fun activities. T-shirts were also available for sale. Joining and participating in the event were former WISH children, Dan Belhumeur, age 35 and Matthew Beaudry, age 11. Belhumeur, who is in remission from Leukemia for the past 25 years, had his wish granted at the age of 10 when A Wish Come True provided him and his family an above ground pool. Beaudry, who is in remission from a brain cancer (twice), has been cancer free since 2012. His wish was to go to Disney World in Florida and he and his family went to Disney, Universal Studios and Sea World, where “I was kissed by a whale,” he said, when he went in 2009. A Wish Come True, is a local non-profit organization whose mission is to grant wishes to children age 3 through 18 who suffer from life threatening illnesses and live in Rhode Island and parts of southeastern Massachusetts. The average cost of a WISH is between $3,500 to $5,000. At this time, A Wish Come True is working with 27 different children. For more information about A Wish Come True visit their website: www.awish.org or call 401-781-9199. Student-led fundraiser boosts Cranston Animal Shelter On a shared mission Donegan: 'Splash pad' would have recreational, public health benefits $169.2M school budget plan unveiled

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Delhi blaze among nation’s worst fire tragedies New Delhi, Dec 8 : With 43 people reported dead, and many others fighting for their lives in the aftermath of the Sunday morning inferno at an unauthorised bag manufacturing factory in Delhi, the incident figures among the most serious fire mishaps that the country has witnessed over the last 25 years. These are the nine fire mishaps that left the nation’s conscience shaken over the past 25 years: December 23, 1995 – Dabwali – Haryana The worst fire mishap to take place in modern India – 442 persons including 225 school children lost their lives in a fire and the stampede that followed at a school’s annual day function. 1500 people had gathered under a canopy in a function hall compound, the gates of which had been locked.A February 23, 1997 – Baripada – Odisha A fire that erupted at a sect leader’s religious congregation and the stampede that followed left 206 people dead at Baripada on 23 February 1997, makes it the second most tragic fire mishap in terms of number of casualties. An additional 200 people suffered injuries in the stampede that followed when panicky devotees tried to escape the inferno. April, 10 2006 – Meerut – Uttar Pradesh A massive fire that swept through a consumer electronics fair here left 100 people dead in the month of April. A short circuit was identified as the cause of the fire which broke out in a long hall where hundreds of visitors were checking out electronic home appliances on display. July 16, 2004 – Kumbakonam – Tamil Nadu A fire that originated in a make-shift midday meal kitchen at a school led to 94 schoolchildren being charred to death. Flames from the kitchen leapt onto the thatched top of the first floor classroom where 200 students were present. December, 9 2011 – Kolkata – West Bengal A fire was triggered by an electrical short circuit in the building basement and the resulting fire and smoke spread to other areas of the AMRI Hospital, leaving 89 people dead. The spread of the fire was fuelled by inflammable materials that were stored in the hospital premises. June 13, 1997 – Uphaar Cinema – Delhi The horrendous incident took place during the screening of Bollywood movie ‘Border’. 59 people lost their lives and more than 100 suffered serious injuries in the Uphaar cinema fire tragedy. September 5, 2012 – Sivakasi – Tamil Nadu The deadly mishap was triggered by explosions that erupted when workers were mixing chemicals at a fireworks manufacture unit in Sivakasi. 54 people were killed and 78 injured in the fire that followed the explosions. The magnitude of the incident can be gauged from the fact that the series of explosions could be heard from almost two kilometers away. January 23, 2004 – Srirangam – Tamil Nadu A wedding function ended in tragedy when 50 people died and 40 were injured in a fire mishap at a marriage hall in Srirangam. September 15, 2005 – Khusropur – Bihar Fire caused by explosions that rocked three unauthorised firecracker manufacturing units led to 35 people losing their lives and 50 more suffering injuries. Priyanka Gandhi leads and opposition follows in UP Lata Mangeshkar returns home, thanks fans for love

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The GAME & DMX Accept George Zimmerman Celebrity Boxing Fade DAILY DOSE, Hip-Hop NewsBy DDot Omen February 1, 2014 Leave a comment Will DMX stop drop and open up shop on George Zimmerman? If not him then The Game will. Both rappers have accepted George Zimmerman’s open challenge for a celebrity boxing match. The man acquitted for the murder of Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Florida has partnered with a promoter who has set a fight date for… Skeme Announces "Play Dirty Stay Dirty" Mixtape With DJ Drama DAILY DOSE, Hip-Hop News, Interviews, New VideoBy DDot Omen February 1, 2014 Leave a comment Skeme (@Skeme) is quickly becoming one of my favorite new west coast faces on the scene. While in NYC for his tour with Dom Kennedy, the unofficial fifth member of Black Hippy revealed that he will be releasing a new mixtape called “Play Dirty Stay Dirty”. While Skeme wasn’t able to pinpoint a release date… Prison Break: French Montana, Jadakiss & Chinx Drugz Arrested In NYC DAILY DOSE, Hip-Hop News, Prison BreakBy DDot Omen February 1, 2014 Leave a comment Cuffing Season. Coke Boys French Montana and Chinx Drugz along with Jadakiss got arrested and hauled away while at a pre-Super Bowl event in New York City. Jadakiss was suppose to be hosting a party at Club Lust in Brooklyn meanwhile Frenchie and Chinx were at BB Kings but the Hip Hop Police at the… Future Recruits Kanye West, Drake, Nicki Minaj, Pharrell & Pusha T On "Honest" Album DAILY DOSE, Hip-Hop News, InterviewsBy DDot Omen January 31, 2014 Leave a comment Future (@1Future) has been building up momentum for his sophomore album “Honest” which has been somewhat delayed since going on tour with Drake, becoming engaged to Ciara and now expecting a child. However, Future took to his twitter and threw caution to the wind that his album cover and release date will be released next… Juicy J "Never Sober" Tour Dates With Travis Scott & Project Pat DAILY DOSE, Hip-Hop NewsBy DDot Omen January 30, 2014 Leave a comment Juicy J (@therealJuicyJ) will be hitting the road with Travis Scott and his 36 Mafia brethren Project Pat for the “Never Sober” tour. Kicking off in Jacksonville on February 20th and concludes in Lincoln, Nebraska on March 30th. Check out the dates below. Feb. 20: Jacksonville, FL — Plush *^ Feb. 21: Orlando, FL —… Bun B & Kirko Bangz Announce "The Trillest" Tour Dates DAILY DOSE, Events, Hip-Hop NewsBy DDot Omen January 30, 2014 Leave a comment Bun B (@BunBTrillOG) and Kirko Bangz (@KirkoBangz) have been rather close as of late, even appearing on The Breakfast Club together. All leading up to them revealing their plans to go out on the road for “The Trillest Tour”. No dates have been released or confirmed yet but check back with us to get tickets.… J. Cole Speaks On Dreamville Label Deal With Interscope J. Cole shook things up for his birthday week as he unleashed a small bundle of new music featuring himself and his Dreamville label mates. In addition to The Revenge Of The Dreamers mixtape, we learned that Interscope has brought on Dreamville for a venture deal. Following his roaring performance with JAY Z and Kendrick… LIVE STREAM: Justin Bieber Turns Himself In To Toronto Police For Assault DAILY DOSE, Prison BreakBy DDot Omen January 29, 2014 Leave a comment Justin Bieber continues to go down a Charlie Sheen powered downward spiral as he now has to turn himself in to authorities in his homeland of Toronto, Canada for an alleged assault on a limo driver. Watch below. Slaughterhouse Announce "Total Slaughter" Rap Battle League + Reality Show A few weeks ago it was rumored that Eminem would be at the helm of a battle rap based reality show. It was later shot down by Slaughterhouse members who have now officially revealed that they are launching “Total Slaughter”, a tournament bracket that will also be documented as a reality series for Shady TV.… Slaughterhouse & Loaded Lux On MTV Rapfix DAILY DOSE, Hip-Hop News, LiveBy DDot Omen January 29, 2014 Leave a comment 4444454464474484494504514524534544554564574584594604614624634644654664674684694704714724734744754764774784794804814824834844854864874884894904914924934944954964974984995005015025035045055065075085095105115125135145155165175185195205215225235245255265275285295305315325335345355365375385395405415425435445455465475485495505515525535545555565575585595605615625635645655665675685695705715725735745755765775785795805815825835845855865875885895905915925935945955965975985996006016026036046056066076086096106116126136146156166176186196206216226236246256266276286296306316326336346356366376386396406416426436446456466476486496506516526536546556566576586596606616626636646656666676686696706716726736746756766776786796806816826836846856866876886896906916926936946956966976986997007017027037047057067077087097107117127137147157167177187197207217227237247257267277287297307317327337347357367377387397407417427437447457467477487497507517527537547557567577587597607617627637647657667677687697707717727737747757767777787797807817827837847857867877887897907917927937947957967977987998008018028038048058068078088098108118128138148158168178188198208218228238248258268278288298308318328338348358368378388398408418428438448458468478488498508518528538548558568578588598608618628638648658668678688698708718728738748758768778788798808818828838848858868878888898908918928938948958968978988999009019029039049059069079089099109119129139149159169179189199209219229239249259269279289299309319329339349359369379389399409419429439449459469479489499509519529539549559569579589599609619629639649659669679689699709719729739749759769779789799809819829839849859869879889899909919929939949959969979989991,0001,0011,0021,0031,0041,0051,0061,0071,0081,0091,0101,0111,0121,0131,0141,0151,0161,0171,0181,0191,0201,0211,0221,0231,0241,0251,0261,0271,0281,0291,0301,0311,0321,0331,0341,0351,0361,0371,0381,0391,0401,0411,0421,0431,0441,0451,0461,0471,0481,0491,0501,0511,0521,0531,0541,0551,0561,0571,0581,0591,0601,0611,0621,0631,0641,0651,0661,0671,0681,0691,0701,0711,0721,0731,0741,0751,0761,0771,0781,0791,0801,0811,0821,0831,0841,0851,0861,0871,0881,0891,0901,0911,0921,0931,0941,0951,0961,0971,0981,0991,1001,1011,1021,1031,1041,1051,1061,1071,1081,1091,1101,1111,1121,1131,1141,1151,1161,1171,1181,1191,1201,1211,1221,1231,1241,1251,1261,1271,1281,1291,1301,1311,1321,1331,1341,1351,1361,1371,1381,1391,1401,1411,1421,1431,1441,1451,1461,1471,1481,1491,1501,1511,1521,1531,1541,1551,1561,1571,158

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This year’s gender pay gap figures as reported by the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows the gap between average male and female earnings has grown. The gender pay gap (GPG) which had hovered around 17.5% for a decade has blown out to 18.2% - meaning that across the economy, women earned an average of 18.2% less than men. In March this year, the average weekly ordinary time earnings of women working full-time were $1270 per week, compared to men who earned an average weekly wage of $1532.80 per week. Of course, this is due to a number of factors such as women ‘s work trapped in low paid industires, breaks due to parenting and caring responsibilities and discrimination against women. For example, upon graduation women across most professions start out earning a median salary $3,400 less than men. This widens over a lifetime. No surprises that the GPG is higher in the private sector (20.2%) than the public (13.1%). Or that those on collective agreements (16.9%) fare better than those on individual contracts ( 20.6%). Unions are more active in the public sector than private and organise collectively to tackle unfairness on pay.

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Why Does the Bible Look the Way It Does? Why Does the Bible Look the Way It Does? by Rhonda Burnette-Bletsch If we compared the table of contents of all the Bibles at a bookstore, we would find that many of them contain different books arranged in a variety of orders. This is because different religious communities have adopted different canons. This term, derived from the Greek word kanon (meaning “rod” or “measuring stick”), describes a closed collection of writings that has been set apart by a given community and recognized as having the authority to shape its identity, beliefs, values, and practices. Canonical status often goes hand in hand with claims that these writings are somehow inspired by God or possess divine authority, although it would be very misleading to say that all Jews and Christians understand such claims in the same way. It would also be misleading to say that all Jews and Christians read the same Bible. So before we can talk about why Bibles look the way they do, we must specify whose Bible is under discussion. One obvious difference is that Christian Bibles include the New Testament, a collection of writings from the early church that is not part of the Jewish canon. The older and larger section of Christian Bibles overlaps with Jewish Scripture and is generally called the Old Testament. Christianity affirms the equal canonical authority of both testaments, a point that was unsuccessfully challenged by a man named Marcion in the second century C.E. Marcion claimed that what he saw as the vengeful, bloodthirsty God depicted in Jewish Scripture could not be the same deity as the loving, merciful God portrayed in his favorite Christian writings. This argument was successfully refuted and Marcionism was declared a heresy, but the belief that the Old Testament is outdated or has been superseded by the New Testament unfortunately persists among many Christians. For that reason, some scholars suggest relabeling the two sections of the Christian canon as the First and Second Testaments, but these more neutral titles are not widely used. However, the differences among Bibles do not end there. Not only do Jewish and Christian Bibles differ, not all Christian Bibles look alike either. When the Jesus movement first arose within Judaism, early Christians naturally adopted the Jewish Scriptures as their own. This movement quickly spread into the Greek-speaking world, meaning that most early Christians read these scriptures in the popular Greek translation known as the Septuagint (LXX). Because at that point the Jewish canon was not yet finalized, the contents of the Septuagint diverged in important ways from what would eventually become the Jewish Bible. For example, the LXX contained a much shorter version of Jeremiah. It also included several additional books, such as Baruch, Tobit, and Judith. Various movements within Christianity have assigned different canonical weight to the Septuagint’s “extra” books. Eventually the church described them as deuterocanonical, suggesting that they have a secondary status within Christian Scripture. Sixteenth-century Protestant reformers rejected them altogether as part of their canon, leading the Roman Catholic Church to respond by reaffirming their full canonical status at the Council of Trent (1545–63). So today, Catholic and Orthodox churches recognize these books as part of their canon, whereas Protestant churches do not. All Christian canons, however, follow the Septuagint’s order by arranging the Old Testament’s narrative books to form a more-or-less chronological storyline and grouping together other books that are believed to share the same author or literary genre. The collection begins with what seem to be historical books that tell a story extending from creation in Genesis to the restored postexilic community in Nehemiah. In Catholic and Orthodox Bibles, this story continues through the Maccabean revolt. Next come poetic books intended for use in worship (such as Psalms) and instruction (such as Proverbs). Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Songs appear together here because of their presumed (but historically unlikely) authorship by Solomon. Finally, the Christian canon ends with prophetic books, although the poetic book of Lamentations is also included in this section because of its traditional (but historically unlikely) connection to Jeremiah. This section also includes the book of Daniel, which many Christians read prophetically even though scholars consider it an apocalyptic book. Overall, the Old Testament begins with what Christians traditionally read as a “fall” story in which a breach is created between God and humanity (Gen 1-3). It closes with what Christians traditionally interpret as predictions of John the Baptist (Mal 4:5-6; John is identified with Elijah in Matt 17:12), who is the Gospel forerunner of Jesus, the one destined to restore the relationship between God and humanity. This provides an easy transition to the Gospels at the beginning of the New Testament. Though Greek-speaking Jews and Christians in the first century read the Septuagint, Aramaic-speaking Jews read their scriptures in Hebrew. The developing Hebrew canon excluded the LXX’s extra books and eventually confined itself to three collections of books represented by the consonants of the acronym Tanakh: Torah (“Instruction” or “Law”), Nevi’im (“Prophets”), and Ketuvim (“Writings”). The Torah was the first of these collections to gain canonical status in Judaism, perhaps as early as the fifth century B.C.E. It tells a story that extends from creation (Genesis) to the death of Moses (Deuteronomy). Because the five books of the Torah would each have been written on a separate scroll in antiquity, sometimes it is also called the Pentateuch (derived from Greek words meaning “five scrolls”). The Prophets include narrative books (called the Former Prophets) that continue the Torah’s story through the devastating destruction of Jerusalem in 586 B.C.E. and poetic books (called the Latter Prophets) that contain divine pronouncements attributed to particular individuals. There are three long books among the Latter Prophets (Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel) that are designated the Major Prophets because each constituted a separate scroll. The remaining twelve short books in this section are called the Minor Prophets or the Book of the Twelve, because they could be written together on one scroll. Both the Torah and the Prophets had attained canonical status by the second century B.C.E., when both are mentioned by name in the Greek prologue of the deuterocanonical book of Sirach. The writer of this prologue also vaguely alludes to a third collection of texts (called simply “the other books”) that would eventual solidify into the Writings. The varied collection of books in this third section of the Jewish canon reflects the early Judaism of the Persian and Hellenistic periods. For Jews, the Bible is a story of the tumultuous but always continuing relationship between God and Israel. It ends with the edict of Cyrus (2Chr 36:22-23) calling upon Jews to return to Jerusalem. The Tanakh exists in its present form as a result of the efforts of Jewish scholars known as Masoretes who meticulously copied and recopied biblical manuscripts for centuries. These Hebrew texts were originally written only with consonants, which readers would vocalize from memory by providing appropriate vowels. Different ways of reading these texts inevitably developed over time. The Masoretes developed a written system of vowels, which they added to biblical manuscripts to standardize their pronunciation. The oldest complete manuscript of a Masoretic Text in existence today, the Leningrad Codex, dates from 1009 C.E. and serves as the textual basis of modern Jewish Bibles and of many Christian Old Testaments. An older and much better manuscript, the Aleppo Codex (circa 920 C.E.), is today stored in Jerusalem. However, it has been the center of modern controversy due to the circumstances under which it was obtained by the Israel Museum and the mysterious disappearance of about two hundred of its pages. Even today pages of this codex continue to surface. The canonization of Jewish and Christian Bibles was a long and gradual process that extended over several centuries. At no point did some elite and powerful group make this decision once and for all. Rather, books emerged as authoritative as a result of their enduring popularity, claims about their authorship, historical accidents, and opinions expressed by religious leaders. Many books that circulated widely in ancient Israel and the early church were ultimately excluded from the official canons of church and synagogue. Jewish and Christian leaders vigorously debated the status of several books (namely Esther, Song of Songs, Ecclesiastes, and Ezekiel) that would ultimately be included in the Jewish Bible and Christian Old Testament. Aside from the contents and order of biblical canons, another key visual feature of Bibles today is the inclusion of chapter and verse numbers within the text. These numbers allow readers to easily locate a particular passage but often appear in awkward places, with stories beginning or ending in the middle of a verse (for example, Gen 2:4). It is important to remember that these numbers were not an original part of biblical manuscripts but were added in the late Middle Ages. Slight differences exist in the chapter and verse citations of Jewish and Christian Bibles. In addition, many modern Bibles surround the text with footnotes, explanatory articles, and devotional materials. Because these features can exert a lot of influence on how readers interpret the text itself, it is important to be aware of their source and their theological/ideological slant. Rhonda Burnette-Bletsch, "Why Does the Bible Look the Way It Does?", n.p. [cited 29 Jan 2020]. Online: http://bibleodyssey.org/en/tools/bible-basics/why-does-the-bible-look-the-way-it-does Rhonda Burnette-Bletsch Professor, Eastern University Rhonda Burnette-Bletsch is a professor of biblical studies at Eastern University. She has authored and edited several works including the textbook Studying the Old Testament (Abingdon), the forthcoming The Bible in Motion: A Handbook of Biblical Reception in Film (de Gruyter), and many chapters and articles. She serves as the film editor for the multivolume reference work Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception (de Gruyter). How Was the Bible Written and Transmitted? Over a thousand-year period, biblical texts were written onto scrolls, copied by scribes, and circulated in various communities who deemed them canonical or not. In What Ways Is the New Testament a “Religious Text”? The New Testament canon was shaped by religious leaders and communities; how it functions as scripture today varies greatly. What Is the Septuagint Translated by Jews, the Septuagint is the ancient Greek Bible (including the Apocrypha) that became the Old Testament of the Christian church. Why Are Bible Chapters and Verses Numbered? The conventions used to subdivide and number sections of the Bible have developed over millennia into the modern book-chapter-verse system, allowing for maximum precision. Formation of the Penteteuch Jean-Louis Ska offers a metaphor for the composition of the Pentateuch. Mark Goodacre on the number of canonical Gospels. Timothy Beal on how the Bible came to be and continues to evolve. Why There Are Four Gospels Harold W. Attridge on the formation of the New Testament. John, The Gospel According to Psalms, The The Canon Debate The New Interpreter’s Bible, Vol 1 The Oxford Illustrated History of the Bible one of the oldest (ca. 930 CE) and most important, but no longer complete, existing examples of the Masoretic Text The historical period from the beginning of Western civilization to the start of the Middle Ages. Trustworthy; reliable; of texts, the best or most primary edition. An authoritative collection of texts generally accepted as scripture. Belonging to the canon of a particular group; texts accepted as a source of authority. An abbreviated reference to the source of a piece of information. A text of pages bound leaf style, like a modern book—as opposed to a scroll, which has no discrete pages. A gathering of Catholic church leaders in Trento, Italy; in dozens of sessions between 1545 and 1563 bishops debated doctrinal points and set off the Catholic Counter-Reformation. Literally, "second canon"; refers to texts accepted by Catholics and Eastern Orthodox as sacred scripture, but not included in the Hebrew Bible. Not to be confused with Apocrypha, which include noncanonical works. The historical era of Judaism spanning the periods of Persian and Roman rule, from the 6th century BCE to the 3rd century CE. an official command A designation for the five shortest books of the Hagiographa (Heb. Ketuvim): Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, and Esther. The books Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings, which form the first half of the Prophets, the second of three sections of the Hebrew Bible. A category or type, often of literary work. Of or relating to Greek culture, especially ancient Greece after Alexander the Great. Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings, and sometimes also includes Ezra-Neh and Chronicles. Of or relating to systems of ideas and commitments, often social and political in nature. The religion and culture of Jews. It emerged as the descendant of ancient Israelite Religion, and is characterized by monotheism and an adherence to the laws present in the Written Torah (the Bible) and the Oral Torah (Talmudic/Rabbinic tradition). Of or related to the written word, especially that which is considered literature; literary criticism is a interpretative method that has been adapted to biblical analysis. Shorthand title for the Septuagint, a Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures fabled to have been completed by 70 translators (LXX is 70 rendered in roman numerals). An uprising led by the priest Mattathias against the Hellenizing agenda of Aniotchus IV Epiphanes. It turned into full-scale war with Judah Maccabee taking the reins and paving the way for the Hasmonean dynasty. Textual documents, usually handwritten. The leader of an early Christian group that came to be considered heretical. A group of medieval scribes who preserved and transmitted the written Hebrew text and developed the system of vowel markings that eventually were added to the consonantal text. Relating to the Masoretes, a group of medieval scribes who preserved and transmitted the written Hebrew text of the Bible. Or, the Masoretic Text itself, an authoritative Hebrew text of the Hebrew Bible. The historical period generally spanning from the fifth century to the fifteenth century C.E. in Europe and characterized by decreases in populations and the degeneration of urban life. Also called the Hebrew Bible, those parts of the canon that are common to both Jews and Christians. The designation "Old Testament" places this part of the canon in relation to the New Testament, the part of the Bible canonical only to Christians. Because the term "Old Testament" assumes a distinctly Christian perspective, many scholars prefer to use the more neutral "Hebrew Bible," which derives from the fact that the texts of this part of the canon are written almost entirely in Hebrew. Of or belonging to any of several branches of Christianity, especially from Eastern Europe and the Middle East, whose adherents trace their tradition back to the earliest Christian communities. Lowercase ("orthodox"), this term means conforming with the dominant, sanctioned ideas or belief system. Relating to the period in Judean history following the Babylonian exile (587–539 B.C.E.), also known as the Persian period, during which the exiles were allowed to return to Judea and rebuild the temple in Jerusalem. Those biblical books written by or attributed to prophets such as Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel. The world's largest Christian church organization administered by hierarchy made up of a single pope and a network of cardinals, bishops, priests, and renunciates (such as nuns and monks). An acronym for the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament), comprising Torah (Law), Nevi'im (Prophets), and Ketuvim (Writings). Relating to thought about the nature and behavior of God. The third division of the Jewish canon, also called by the Hebrew name Ketuvim. The other two divisions are the Torah (Pentateuch) and Nevi'im (Prophets); together the three divisions create the acronym Tanakh, the Jewish term for the Hebrew Bible. Six Days of Creation and the Sabbath 1In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth,2the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face o ... View more Mal 4:5-6 5Lo, I will send you the prophet Elijah before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes.6He will turn the hearts of parents to their children and the hearts ... View more Matt 17:12 12but I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but they did to him whatever they pleased. So also the Son of Man is about to suf ... View more 2Chr 36:22-23 Cyrus Proclaims Liberty for the Exiles 22In the first year of King Cyrus of Persia, in fulfillment of the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah, the Lord stirred ... View more Gen 2:4 4These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created. Another Account of the Creation In the day that the Lord God made the earth and ... View more

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The Dundas Team Dr P. Ross Fiore BSc., MSc. (Ortho), FRCD Dr Fiore completed his BSc in Biochemistry from Bishop’s University, received the H. Greville Smith Memorial Scholarship in science, and graduated with distinction. He then pursued dentistry at McGill University where he received his Doctor of Dental Medicine degree and was awarded the Dr. A. Gerald Racey Prize at Convocation for excelling in the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery examination. Dr Fiore continued his training at McGill during a Multidisciplinary Residency where he treated adults with complex dental needs, ranging from dental surgery to implant rehabilitation to orthodontics. He was also given the opportunity to work in James Bay where he was responsible for treating young children. He then completed his three year MSc in Orthodontics at The University of Montreal. After completion of his orthodontic residency, Dr Fiore was granted the designation as a “fellow” from The Royal College of Dentists of Canada. Dr Fiore has also served as a clinical demonstrator for second and third year dental students at both McGill University and The University of Montreal. He has practised orthodontics in Montreal, Georgetown, Missisauga, Guelph and Dundas. Dr Fiore has a passion for orthodontics and continually ensures his patients are receiving the best care possible by attending various conferences and keeping up to date with current research. He is a member of the Canadian Association of Orthodontists, The American Association of Orthodontists, The Ontario Association of Orthodontists and The Royal College of Dentists of Canada. Dr Fiore enjoys interacting with his patients and involving them in their orthodontic treatment. Treatment and Financial Coordinator Scheduling and Financial Coordinator

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DutytoDefend.com Take Back Control From Liability Insurers and Their Lawyers Insurer Decisions – Yes, No, Maybe Why Send Questionnaires? Questionnaire Case Studies Coverage Questionnaire Ethical Compliance Questionnaire Model Discovery Estoppel, Waiver, and Forfeiture 2 Miller v. Elite – The Watershed Statement 3 Estoppel 4 Waiver 5 Forfeiture 6 Policyholder’s Burden of Proof 7 Questions of Fact 8 Estoppel, Waiver, and Forfeiture Do Not Create Coverage An insurer may lose rights it holds under the terms of its policy by application of three closely related legal doctrines of estoppel, waiver, and forfeiture. “[A]n insurer may lose a contractual right by: (1) estoppel, conduct by the insurer that reasonably causes an insured to rely to his detriment; or (2) waiver, an intentional relinquishment of a known right demonstrated expressly or implicitly; (3) forfeiture, the assessment of a penalty against the insurer for either misconduct or failure to perform an obligation under the contract.”[1] As a practical matter, there is a hierarchy of difficulty in enforcing these doctrines. From the most likely to the least likely that are: 1) estoppel, 2) waiver, and 3) forfeiture. Estoppel is “the only theory on which to base coverage.”[2] While waiver may be express or implied, very few cases have enforced a waiver absent clear evidence that an insurer expressly waives its rights. It is extremely rare that a California reported opinions invalidates an insurer’s rights on the ground of forfeiture. Miller v. Elite – The Watershed Statement “‘The general rule supported by the great weight of authority is that if a liability insurer, with knowledge of a ground of forfeiture or noncoverage under the policy, assumes and conducts the defense of an action brought against the insured, without disclaiming liability and giving notice of its reservation of rights, it is thereafter precluded in an action upon the policy from setting up such ground of forfeiture or noncoverage. In other words, the insurer’s unconditional defense of an action brought against its insured constitutes a waiver of the terms of the policy and an estoppel of the insurer to assert such grounds.”[3] While the holding of Miller vs. Elite appears to invoke concepts of forfeiture, waiver and estoppel, these three legal principles are quite different from one another and successfully invoking each may require different bodies of proof. “Four elements must ordinarily be proved to establish an equitable estoppel: (1) The party to be estopped must know the facts; (2) he must intend that his conduct shall be acted upon, or must so act that the party asserting the estoppel had a right to believe that it was so intended; (3) the party asserting the estoppel must be ignorant of the true state of facts; and (4) he must rely upon the conduct to his injury.”[4] “An insurer is estopped from asserting a right, even though it did not intend to mislead, as long as the insured reasonably relied to its detriment upon the insurer’s action.”[5] “Refraining from hiring separate counsel does not manifest reliance in the same way as withdrawing already-hired counsel.”[6] “An insurer can be estopped from raising coverage defenses if, knowing of the grounds of noncoverage, it provides a defense under the policy without a reservation of rights, and the insured reasonably relies on this apparently unconditional defense to his detriment.”[7] Detrimental reliance may by shown if the insurer’s delay in asserting a reservation of rights prevented the policyholder from taking steps to protect his interests against the insurer. Such reliance may be supported by establishing that the insurer was under a duty to promptly communicate its coverage challenge. Such a duty is recognized in statute, regulations, and case law.[8] As applied to the duty to defend, “failure to retain separate counsel does not by itself show any detriment.”[9] Nor is delay in asserting a reservation of rights usually sufficient to prove detrimental reliance.[10] However, by negative implication detrimental reliance may be supported by evidence that independent counsel would have structured the defense differently or could have negotiated a more advantageous settlement.[11] The key to enforcing an estoppel is to have admissible evidence of detrimental reliance. “A waiver is the relinquishment of a known right. A waiver may occur (1) by an intentional relinquishment or (2) as the result of an act which, according to its natural import, is so inconsistent with an intent to enforce the right as to induce a reasonable belief that such right has been relinquished.”[12] “Case law is clear that waiver is the intentional relinquishment of a known right after knowledge of the facts. The burden is on the party claiming a waiver of a right to prove it by clear and convincing evidence that does not leave the matter to speculation, and doubtful cases will be decided against a waiver. Waiver always rests upon intent. The waiver may be either express, based on the words of the waiving party, or implied, based on conduct indicating an intent to relinquish the right. California courts have applied the general rule that waiver requires the insurer to intentionally relinquish its right to deny coverage and that a denial of coverage on one ground does not, absent clear and convincing evidence to suggest otherwise, impliedly waive grounds not stated in the denial. Waiver depends solely on the intent of the waiving party, and is not established merely by evidence the insurer failed to specify the exclusion in a letter reserving rights. An intention to waive a limitations provision is not evinced by the failure to raise that point in a letter denying a claim. Of the 33 sister states to consider the issue, 32 agree with the California rule.”[13] A waiver may be either express, based on words of the waiving party, or implied, based on conduct indicating an intent to relinquish the right.[14] An insurer may be found to have waived a policy condition without any showing of detrimental reliance by the insured.[15] Waiver is generally a question of fact.[16] As a practical matter, the proof necessary to establish a waiver is extremely difficult to elicit. Reported cases enforcing a waiver are very rare. But a useful technique to determine whether an insurer does waive any basis to deny coverage is simply to ask it – in writing. Under some circumstances, the insurer will withdraw or narrow the assertion of a reservation of rights, particularly if doing so will eliminate a disqualifying conflict of interest for dependent counsel. Some insurers find it to be a fair trade to limit a reservation in return for controlling the defense through dependent counsel and avoiding the expense of pay for independent counsel. Waiver may be imposed on an insurer that fails to conduct an adequate investigation. “If a ground for asserting lack of coverage under an insurance policy could have been discovered by the insurer through reasonable investigation, that ground is waived if the insurer fails to state it at the time a request for coverage is tendered by the insured; consequently, the insurer may not belatedly raise that ground if the reason upon which the insurer initially denied coverage is found to have no merit or if the insurer did not deny coverage at the outset. Application of the waiver rule to disputes over whether coverage exists is designed as an incentive to compel an insurance company to fulfill its duty to thoroughly investigate a claim before denying coverage.”[17] “[A]t the time it denies coverage an insurer must state all grounds for noncoverage which are reasonably discoverable”[18] Waiver rarely creates a viable basis to defeat a reservation of rights. “In virtually every case discussing the waiver issue, the courts have found that there was no waiver if the insurer made a reservation of rights at any time, even if years after the defense was undertaken.”[19] “As a general rule, doubtful cases will be decided against the existence of a waiver.”[20] Forfeiture is a legal concept by which an insurer may lose rights by intentionally misleading its policyholder or by a material breach of an express contractual obligation. Several cases have stripped insurers of control of their policyholder’s defense or settlement following a failure to defend. A forfeiture imposes a penalty upon an insurer for intentional conduct which is designed to mislead the policyholder. “In the law, ‘forfeiture’ is defined as ‘[a] deprivation or destruction of a right in consequence of the nonperformance of some obligation or condition.’”[21] “In order to find a forfeiture by the insurer of [a contractual right requires] conduct designed to mislead policyholders. [T]he court’s focus should be on the subjective intent of the insurer [which] distinguishes forfeiture from estoppel. Forfeiture requires an intent to mislead and is satisfied whether or not the insured is, in fact, misled. [N]o forfeiture occurs if the insurer did not engage in behavior designed to mislead the insured. [But] in the case of forfeiture, the policyholder’s actual ignorance of the provision is relevant to the extent that ignorance is known to the insurer.”[22] No California reported opinions invalidate an insurer’s reservation of rights as a forfeiture. “Under [the policyholder’s] view, if the insurer did not reserve its rights the insured would automatically receive coverage without showing either reliance (for estoppel) or intentional relinquishment (for waiver). That is not the law in California.”[23] However, if an insurer that wrongfully fails to defend its policyholder may forfeit the right to control the defense or settlement. “Breach of duty to defend also results in the insurer’s forfeiture of the right to control defense of the action or settlement, including the ability to take advantage of the protections and limitations set forth in section 2860.”[24] “[I]f the insurer wrongfully refuses to defend, leaving the insured to his own resources to provide a defense, then the insurer forfeits the right to control settlement and defense. In that event, the insured is free to settle the lawsuit on his own, and the insurer is bound by a stipulated judgment.”[25] Policyholder’s Burden of Proof “[W]e hold that, as with waiver, the burden of proof is on the party asserting forfeiture and must be demonstrated by clear and convincing evidence.”[26] “The burden is on the party claiming a waiver of a right to prove it by clear and convincing evidence that does not leave the matter to speculation, and doubtful cases will be decided against a waiver.”[27] Questions of Fact “Whether there has been a waiver is usually regarded as a question of fact to be determined by the jury, or by the trial court if there is no jury. By contrast, [t]he estoppel issue is a nonjury fact question to be determined by the trial court in accordance with applicable law. However, the trial court may properly resolve an issue of waiver as a question of law when the underlying facts are undisputed.”[28] Estoppel, Waiver, and Forfeiture Do Not Create Coverage Although the doctrines of estoppel, waiver, and forfeiture have been applied by the courts to render insurance policy contract provisions unenforceable, a line of recent cases challenges the applicability of estoppel or implied waiver to create coverage. “The rule is well established that the doctrines of implied waiver and of estoppel, based upon the conduct or action of the insurer, are not available to bring within the coverage of a policy risks not covered by its terms, or risks expressly excluded therefrom, and the application of the doctrines in this respect is therefore to be distinguished from the waiver of, or estoppel to assert, grounds of forfeiture. It is the general and quite well settled rule of law that the principles of estoppel and implied waiver do not operate to extend the coverage of an insurance policy after the liability has been incurred or the loss sustained. There is a definite distinction between the waiver of a right to declare a forfeiture, to cancel or to rescind based upon some breach of a condition of the policy on the one hand and the extension of the coverage provided by the policy on the other.”[29] [1] Chase v. Blue Cross of Calif. (1996) 42 Cal.App.4th 1142, 1151 (Chase). [2] State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Jioras (1994) 24 Cal.App.4th 1619, 1627 (Jioras). [3] Miller v. Elite Ins. Co. (1980) 100 Cal.App.3d 739, 754 (Miller). [4] Gaunt v. Prudential Ins. Co. (1967) 255 Cal.App.2d 18, 23 (Gaunt). [5] Chase, supra, 42 Cal.App.4th at 1157; Waller v. Truck Ins. Exchange, Inc. (1995) 11 Cal.4th 1, 34 (Waller). [6] Hartford Fire Ins. Co. v. Spartan Realty Int’l, Inc. (1987) 196 Cal.App.3d 1320, 1327 (Spartan); but c.f. Miller, supra, 100 Cal.App.3d at 755 (“[The policyholder] relied to his detriment on [the insurer’s] defense under the policy as evidenced by his failure to retain an attorney”.) [7] Jioras, supra, 24 Cal.App.4th at 1626. [8] There Is No Deadline to Deny Coverage [9] Jioras, supra, 24 Cal.App.4th at 1629; Spartan, supra, 196 Cal.App.3d at 1327. [10] “An insurer’s delay in reserving its right to contest coverage is not ordinarily sufficient to establish prejudice to the insured.” (National Union v. Siliconix, Inc. (N.D.Cal.1989) 726 F.Supp. 264, 270 (Siliconix).) [11] One court found no detrimental reliance because “[t]here is no showing separate counsel might have obtained a more advantageous settlement. No claim has been asserted that if separate counsel might have structured the defense differently.” (Jioras, supra, 24 Cal.App.4th at 1629 (ellipses omitted).) Another court found no detrimental reliance because “(1) [the insurer] has allowed [the policyholder] complete independence in selecting counsel to represent it in the patent suit; (2) [the insurer] has allowed [the policyholder]’s hand-picked counsel complete independence in conducting [the policyholder]’s defense; and (3) [the insurer]’s involvement in the patent suit was limited to paying [the policyholder]’s legal fees and other litigation expenses.” (Siliconix, supra, 726 F.Supp. at 271.) [12] Gaunt, supra, 255 Cal.App.2d at 23; see also, Insurance Co. of the West v. Haralambos Beverage Co. (1987) 195 Cal.App.3d 1308, 1321. [13] Waller, supra, 11 Cal.4th at 341-32 (citations, ellipses and quotation marks omitted.) [14] Id. at 32. [15] Chase, supra, 42 Cal.App.4th at 1151. [16] Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co. v. Richmond (1977) 76 Cal.App.3d 645, 653. [17] Alta Cal. Regional Center v. Fremont Indemnity Co. (1994) 25 Cal.App.4th 455, 459. [18] Id. at 467. [19] Garamendi v. Golden Eagle Ins. Co. (2003) 113 Cal App 4th 861, 889 (emphasis added and ellipses omitted.) [20] Ringler Assocs. Inc. v. Maryland Cas. Co. (2000) 80 Cal.App.4th 1165, 1188. [21] Chase, supra, 42 Cal.App.4th at 1149 quoting Black’s Law dictionary. [22] Id. at 1157 (citations, ellipses and quotation marks omitted). [23] Jioras, supra, 24 Cal.App.4th at 1628, fn.8. [24] Intergulf Development LLC v. Superior Court (2010)183 Cal.App.4th 16, 20 (emphasis added); see also, Fuller-Austin Insulation Co. v. Highlands Ins. Co. (2006) 135 Cal.App.4th 958, 984 (Fuller-Austin); Atmel Corp. v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co. (N.D.Cal. 2005) 426 F.Supp.2d 1039, 1047. [25] Fuller-Austin, supra, 135 Cal.App.4th at 984 (emphasis added); see also, Safeco Ins. Co. v. Superior Court,(1999) 71 Cal.App.4th 782, 787; United Services Automobile Assn. v. Alaska Ins. Co. (2001) 94 Cal.App.4th 638, 644. [26] Chase, supra, 42 Cal.App.4th at 1151, 1157. [27] Waller, supra, 11 Cal.4th at 31. [28] Old Republic Ins. Co. v. FSR Brokerage (2000) 80 Cal. App. 4th 666, 679 (citations and quotation marks omitted). [29] Advanced Network, Inc. v. Peerless Ins. Co. (2010) 190 Cal. App. 4th 1054, 1066 (citations, ellipses and quotation marks omitted.) Downloads for this article Download additional information in your preferred format by clicking the buttons below: 50 State Survey – Do Conflicts of Interest Arising from a Liability Insurer’s Reservaiton of Rights Require Payment of Independent Counsel Case Study #2 Wrongful Death Claim – Homeowner Policy Case Study #1: Employment Claim – D&O Policy Caught in Violations of Law and Ethics, Insurers and Their Lawyers Favor Settlement: An Editorial Take My Wife – Please! When Harmony of the Tripartite Relationship Turns to Dissonance Want to Settle? Just Ask! 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Meeting of the Military-Industrial Commission Vladimir Putin held a meeting of the Military-Industrial Commission to discuss the 2015 defence procurement programme results and examine the outlook for the Russian defence industry’s development. Naberezhniye Chelny Today we are holding the Military-Industrial Commission’s first meeting in 2016. We will review the 2015 defence procurement programme results and examine the current and future outlook for our defence industry’s development. We finished 2015 with better defence procurement results than in previous years. In 2013, the defence procurement programme was 93-percent complete, in 2014, the figure was 96 percent, and last year, it was 97 percent. Orders for the law enforcement agencies, security agencies, and Rosatom Corporation were completed in full. Regarding the Defence Ministry, orders increased in volume, but there was a noticeable drop in the share of work not carried out. This figure does not exceed four percent today. In this context, let me thank the ministries, agencies, and defence industry workers for their successful and efficient work in our country’s interests and their big contribution to ensuring our national security, defence capability, and to shaping the new look of our Armed Forces. We are meeting today at one of Russia’s industrial giants – KAMAZ. This company plays an active part in carrying out defence procurement orders. Let me take this opportunity to congratulate the KAMAZ staff once more on the big date they are marking – 40 years since the first truck came off the assembly line. Coming back to our agenda today, let me note that we reached the planned level of equipping our troops with new models of arms and equipment last year. Our target was 30 percent. We need to keep up this pace and take the level up to 70 percent by 2020, as we planned. In this respect, we need to set the parameters for the new state defence procurement programme for 2018–2025, and draft the foundations of this, our most important planning document for developing our defence industry over the coming years. Of course, we need to keep in mind that our budget’s possibilities and the country’s possibilities can change, as can the conditions for the defence industry’s development. Over the last two years, for example, a number of defence companies have seen international cooperation ties severed and encountered other problems. But we have seen a convincing demonstration here at KAMAZ of how these are temporary difficulties that can be overcome if we work with intention. Let me say again that the state and the defence industry must fulfil all tasks concerning our defence capability and national security in full, including through optimisation of internal procedures. We must improve cooperation mechanisms between those placing defence orders and those carrying them out, and we must strengthen budget discipline. Let me remind you that, starting from September 1, 2015, new requirements took effect on the use of budget money for defence procurement purposes. Contract payments are now made through separate accounts opened with authorised banks. This procedure will make payments more transparent and improve monitoring of how state money is spent. I ask the Military-Industrial Commission’s Board to monitor compliance with these requirements very closely. You must also follow closely the new laws’ practical application and, if necessary, propose any needed amendments in order to ensure uninterrupted work on defence contracts. We are well aware of the debt existing within the military-industrial complex, and we need to resolve this problem. Earlier, we provided advance lending to defence companies, due to certain difficulties they experienced, but the volume of debt surpassed all sensible parameters. I am constantly hearing about this, the Defence Ministry knows this, as do other departments and supervisory organisations. I am asking you to look into this problem very carefully and change the situation. Colleagues, there is another issue I would like to discuss separately, pertaining to the development plans for the Crimean military-industrial complex. Right now, organisational work is actively underway in Crimea and Sevastopol. The regional structures have been integrated in the Russian military-industrial complex system. The production capacity and the number of people employed in this sector are growing. There are 21 organisations operating in the military-industrial complex of Crimea and Sevastopol, including 14 in shipbuilding, three – in aircraft manufacturing, two in the radio electronics and two in conventional arms production. Naturally, we need to look at the prospects for these enterprises, we need to make the existing production facilities more efficient, take the quality of the products to a new level and broaden their range. This year, the state programme for military-industrial complex development will begin financing modernisation of Crimean defence enterprises. Funding will be channelled toward upgrading production lines, training new staff and further training experts working in Crimea’s defence industry. By the way, how do things look there overall financially? What will be the approximate volume? Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Military-Industrial Commission Board Dmitry Rogozin Rogozin DmitryGeneral Director of the Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities : Mr President, the funding volume there is growing by a magnitude of dozens. But this figure is not totally correct, because we had nothing at all before, with few orders. Vladimir Putin: Nevertheless, remind me of the volume. Dmitry Rogozin: Mr Bochkarev will provide the exact figures now, he will report on this matter. Vladimir Putin: Mr Bochkarev, how much was it? Deputy Chairman of the Military-Industrial Commission Board Oleg Bochkarev: As of today, we have ten billion rubles planned through 2020. Vladimir Putin: For Crimean enterprises? Oleg Bochkarev: For Crimean enterprises and within the framework of further professional education in the military-industrial complex. This programme was submitted by the Industry and Trade Ministry. Vladimir Putin: Ok. We need to monitor this carefully and provide this financing. We need to maintain the jobs there and add something in terms of technological development; there are good prospects and good people there. We need to provide further training to staff. There are certainly things to work on, as you understand. It is imperative to give more attention to cooperating with other Russian companies and improving corporate governance. And, of course, it is fundamentally important that in addition to Defence Ministry’s orders, Crimean and Sevastopol military-industrial complex companies receive civilian orders. We discussed it with the Industry Minister many times; there are specific examples of work with enterprises in specific sectors and we need to continue that work. Mr Menyailo, did you get things straight with the shipbuilding companies? Governor of the Federal City of Sevastopol Sergei Menyailo Menyailo SergeiPresidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Siberian Federal District : We did, and we are holding regular meetings. Vladimir Putin: Have you provided orders? Sergei Menyailo: We have; we are already at over 50% capacity. We are nearing 100% this year. Dmitry Rogozin: Mr President, I will give you a separate report today on the additional capacity through 2020 at two of the biggest shipbuilding enterprises: the Zaliv Plant in Kerch and the More Plant in Feodosia. We need to look at all the options, as I already said, including the civilian sector, shipbuilding, other enterprises, metal structures for the Kerch transport passage, and so on. I am asking the ministries and departments to assist in this work and make the necessary decisions quickly. Let’s begin our work. Mr Rogozin, you have the floor. Please. Dmitry Rogozin: Mr President, I would like to report that the creation of the institution of chief designers for promising, complex armament and military technology systems is proceeding in strict accordance with your decision, in accordance with your executive order. Let me remind you that a year ago, at the suggestion of the Military-Industrial Commission Board, we approved 21 areas where systemic work had to be done. Currently, taking into account the Commission’s decision of January 19, we have 19 chief designers who have begun their work. Two positions are still being finalised; I will report on them separately. I must say that overall, the work is being done within the framework of the Military-Industrial Commission Board, which includes the chief designers. Last December and this January, the Military-Industrial Commission Board heard and approved the first reports on the systemic work plans for chief designers. The rest of the reports will be delivered by the end of the year. There is just one problem, but I want to report on it already now: it concerns the need to appoint a special individual who will be responsible for the creation of arms and military technology for the Ground Forces. This situation can be easily explained as there is an enormous weapons list ranging from heavy armour to battlesuits. It seems nearly impossible to find one person to deal with all this, so we chose a different solution. At the next Military-Industrial Commission meeting, we will report to you on the composition of the Chief Designers Council, which will focus on specific models of arms and military equipment for the Ground Forces. There is one mismatch we would like to resolve. The areas we approve chief designers for are major, complex, systemic directions. For example, airborne systems and their arms. Or, offshore maritime zone ships and their arms. But, because our chief designers’ current administrative status is that of deputy director generals in a defence complex, an individual corporation or a specific enterprise, this certainly limits the creative opportunities of their work. Because the focus of their work affects the activities of a wide variety of companies and integrated structures, we need a specific decision here. We have carefully analysed the process of research and technical support for creating modern arms and military equipment and noticed that as of today, there are over 170 research institutions in various departments. At the same time, the sector-specific research and technology councils created do not feature representatives from related sectors. In total, there are about 55,000 workers in these research institutions. We believe it is necessary to create central head institutes for each major area, of which there are 21 in total, that could take on coordination of work by all research institutions regardless of who they are managed by: the Industry and Trade Ministry or the Education and Science Ministry, or any other. And, of course, chief designers must head these research and technology councils on a purely inter-industry, inter-departmental basis. We would like this work to be part of the job of the Military-Industrial Commission’s science and engineering council, and if you agree with this suggestion, we will prepare a draft decision. Vladimir Putin: Very well. When? Dmitry Rogozin: This March. Vladimir Putin: Ok, agreed. Working trip to Tatarstan Republic of Tatarstan Published in sections: News, Transcripts, Commissions and Councils, Military-Industrial Commission of the Russian Federation Publication date: February 12, 2016, 18:30 http://en.kremlin.ru/events/councils/by-council/41/51306 Last updated at February 15, 2016, 20:27

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Stalking Cat Community > People > Stalking Cat This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to WikiFur style and standards. This article needs to be wikified (formatted according to the Furry Book of Style). Stalking Cat, also known as Catman Dennis Avner (August 27, 1958[1] - November 5, 2012),[2] was a member of the furry fandom who was widely known as the Catman, though he preferred his chosen, spiritual name, Stalking Cat. Cat had spent considerable resources to surgically modify his body to express his feelings of personal affinity with the tigress.[3] He claimed that this was due to Huron traditions, but this was his personal belief, rather than traditional.[4][5] 1.1 Californian years 1.2 Whidbey Island years 1.3 Nevada years 1.4 Death 2 Physical transformation 3 Media appearances 3.2 Television 3.3 Print media 4 Stalking Cat and furry 4.1 Convention and event attendance Biography[edit] Stalking Cat was born in Flint, Michigan, and grew up in Suttons Bay, Michigan U.S.A.[6] and from his earliest childhood he experienced a spiritual connection to all feline species, but particularly tigers.[6] Despite documentation to the contrary, Cat claimed that he grew up in a tribe and that at ten years old he was given the name "Cat" by a medicine man named Grey Cloud.[7] In an interview later in life with Mark Dolan, Stalking Cat would comment that virtually all his childhood friends were adults, he did not relate to children his own age, and he spent a lot of that time in the woods.[8] He would also reveal that he never really knew his father, and claim that his step-father was a child molester. When asked if he was a victim of his step-father, Cat replied, "Not to a great extent, but enough. I mean, I've got some mental trauma that'll never go away." Stalking Cat graduated from Oscoda High School in 1977,[9] and then served in the United States Navy as a Sonar Technician.[6] Californian years[edit] After his discharge from the navy in 1980, Stalking Cat worked as a computer technician in San Diego, California, and it was at this time that he began his transformation project.[6] After his transformation, Stalking Cat's appearance made him a celebrity, and he travelled to many different countries, appearing at live events and on television programs. He was represented by Hollywood talent agent Chuck Harris,[10] who typically negotiated a "minimum (of) $2,500 for a half day's work, up to $8,500".[11] Whidbey Island years[edit] Through informal fur-friendly gatherings of science-fiction fans in Southern California, Stalking Cat met Tess the Red Pony and her husband Rick (a Boeing engineer), and moved north with them in 2005.[6] In 2006, Stalking Cat and Tess were on a flight to Chicago to attend Midwest FurFest 2006, when they met Marla Carlson, Assistant Professor of Theatre at the University of Georgia.[6] Around this time, Stalking Cat was working on a deal to market a Stalking Cat action figure,[12] which did not materialize.[6] On March 5, 2007, Cat and Tess visited Western Washington University as guest speakers in the "interdisciplinary monster’s class".[13] In April, Stalking Cat was interviewed by Professor Carlson for an article (Furry Cartography: Performing Species) that would be published in the Theatre Journal in 2011. At the time of the interview, he was living on Whidbey Island in Island County, Washington, with Tess and her husband. Fleet Wolf also lived in the house at that time. Prof Carlson's visit coincided with one of the household's monthly fur parties.[6] Stalking Cat was doing some work on the shared house, and had unsuccessfully sought computer-related work in the Seattle area. Because "expenses and dynamics became unworkable for this interesting household", Cat was asked to move out later that Summer.[6] Nevada years[edit] After he left the Whidbey Island household, another friend from the furry fandom gave Stalking Cat a place to live in Tonopah, Nevada, and a job in housing renovation.[6] In 2008, Stalking Cat would enter Guinness World Records[14] in the category of "most permanent transformations to look like an animal". This record was verified on the set of the Italian television show Lo show dei record on February 9, 2008.[15] In September the same year, Stalking Cat made a public appearance at the opening of the Ripley's Believe It Or Not! museum in London's Piccadilly Circus.[16][17] By 2009, when Professor Carlson last spoke with Cat, his friend had moved on, work had dried up, and he was seeking clients as a home health aide.[6] Around 2010, Stalking Cat was interviewed by Mark Dolan for an episode of his documentary series The World's... and Me. The episode, titled The World's Strangest Plastic Surgery and Me, aired on April 12, 2010. At this time, Cat was making a living from public appearances and part-time work as a home-help for the elderly.[18] During the interview, Stalking Cat indicated he was considering making money by selling his body to a museum to be displayed after his death. Between May and July, 2010, a black and white marble bust of Stalking Cat featured at the White Cube (Hoxton Square) gallery in London, in an exhibition of the works of British artist Marc Quinn.[19] Death[edit] Rumors of Stalking Cat's death began to circulate on Lulz.net on November 5, 2012. Oggywolf and bluecanary indicated in their Fur Affinity journals that they had contacted the Nye County Sheriff's office in Tonopah, Nevada, USA, who confirmed Stalking Cat's passing.[20][21] Some mainstream news-sources contacted the Sheriff's office for verification beginning on November 13, 2012.[2] Other news outlets started carrying the news of his passing after that.[22][23][24][25] Physical transformation[edit] Because they were easiest to arrange, Stalking Cat began his transformation by getting tattoos.[5][6] Initially he had fish-scale tattoos on his arms and legs due to a connection he felt with aquatic species like porpoises.[7] Years later he got tiger stripes tattooed on his face, and, as a result, "got more in touch with (his) totem and who (he really was)".[7] Stalking Cat had several body modifications performed.[7][18] He had head, nose, and brow implants, and silicone cheek, chin, and lip injections. His ears were sculpted to make them more pointed, and the lobes relocated to make them more elongated. Cat had his lip cleft to resemble the mouth of a cat, and had the septum of his nose relocated to give a more flat, cat-like profile. He had six stainless-steel mounts implanted on his forehead and eighteen piercings above his lip to which he could attach whiskers. In the United States, it is illegal for a medical professional to alter someone's appearance beyond what society deems "normal",[26] so most of Cat's modifications were done by body-modification artist Steve Haworth, of Phoenix, Arizona. The same legal issues meant at least one procedure (injection of silicone) was done in Mexico.[7] Cat had to brave surgery without pain relief, because of U.S. laws stating that only qualified doctors are licensed to administer anaesthetic.[26] Cat originally wanted to have his teeth reshaped and sharpened to look more cat-like, but his dentist refused to do the work.[7] As "years of drinking and drugging" had left his teeth in a poor state, Cat eventually had to have them fully removed and dentures fitted, and at that time his dentist helped him acquire dentures with cat fangs that were in excess of an inch long. Stalking Cat grew his fingernails into long claws, which were strengthened by a layer of acrylic.[7] He wore contact lenses with slitted pupils, and sometimes an animatronic tail. Cat's tail was built by Wolf Tail, of WolfTronix.[27] During Cat's phone-in interview on the Funday PawPet Show in May, 2002, he mentioned that he was looking for someone who could build an animatronic tail for him.[28] Techwolf, one of the viewers who was also in the show's IRC channel, knew of WolfTronix because its website ran on his server, and he pointed it out to Stalking Cat who in turn got in contact with Wolf Tail. The tail was completed in about one month. Stalking Cat was flown out to Wolf's home in Indianapolis by German television station ProSieben, who filmed Wolf giving the tail to Stalking Cat before going on a day-long video shoot around downtown Indianapolis. Stalking Cat's transformations were estimated by some to have cost more than $200,000,[4] but Cat himself lost track of the expenses. He had planned to have implants inserted into the top of his head so he could attach cat ears. Media appearances[edit] Flesh & Blood poster Filmography[edit] GRB Entertainment 2007 — Flesh & Blood (himself)[29] Television[edit] Ripley's Believe It or Not! (episode #2.11, April 25, 2001)[29] Larry King Live (episode of January 3, 2002).[29] Anna in Wonderland, a BBC documentary in July 2002, which had a half-hour segment about furries. Russian Roulette (American game show; 2002 Halloween episode).[30][31] Ripley's Believe It or Not! (episode #3.1, December 18, 2002)[29] Arabella (2002 or 2003; German talk show).[32] Jensen! (2007; Dutch talk show).[33] Weird, True & Freaky (episode "Humanimals"; December 16, 2008)[29] The World's Strangest Plastic Surgery and Me (April 12, 2010)[29][34] Print media[edit] "Cat Match Fever" (San Diego CityBeat, April 28, 2004) "Catman's transformation raises concerns over extreme surgery" (The Seattle Times, August 16, 2005) "Cat Man - the human 'tiger' who enjoys climbing trees and eats raw meat every day" (The Daily Mail, September 6, 2008) "I used to be a bloke but I'm all right MIAOW" (The Sun. September 6, 2008) Stalking Cat and furry[edit] In 2000, Stalking Cat attended a furry event at a science-fiction convention, where he "felt comfortable with other people for the first time".[6] He regularly attended conventions, and was the fan guest of honor at RainFurrest 2007. He was the Cabaret Lead at Califur 4 (2008) and Califur 5 (2009).[35] Convention and event attendance[edit] Califur - 2005,[36] 2006,[37] 2007,[38] 2008, 2009 CritterConDiego - 2002[39] FurBQ - 2003[40] Further Confusion - 2006,[41] 2010[42] Megaplex - 2005[43] Midwest FurFest - 2002,[44] 2003,[45] 2004,[46] 2005,[41] 2006,[47] 2007,[48] 2008[49] RainFurrest - 2007 In 2002, Stalking Cat's website was reviewed on episode #124 (May 26) of the Funday PawPet Show.[28] Cat phoned in to the show, and, after a brief interview, played their quiz "So You Want To Win Nothing And Like It" and fielded questions from the audience. ↑ Stalking Cat's profile on LiveJournal. Retrieved November 14, 2012. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Dennis Avner, 'Stalking Cat,' Dead At 54: Body Modification Enthusiast May Have Committed Suicide" - news article on The Huffington Post. Dated November 13, 2012. Retrieved November 14, 2012 ↑ Larratt, Shannon 2012-11-12. RIP Stalking Cat. ModBlog. BMEzine. Retrieved on 7 November 2013. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Catman's transformation raises concerns over extreme surgery, The Seattle Times, 16 August 2005. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Dennis Avner. Surgery Before After. Retrieved on 15 November 2017. ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 Furry Cartography: Performing Species — essay by Marla Carlson in Theatre Journal Volume 63, Number 2, May 2011. Retrieved November 12, 2012 ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 Radio interview between Stalking Cat and Shannon Larratt for BMEradio. Retrieved November 13, 2012 ↑ "The World's Strangest Plastic Surgery and Me HD 4/4" on YouTube. Retrieved November 15, 2012 ↑ Dennis Avner on oscodahighschool.org. Retrieved November 12, 2012 ↑ "Cirque du Chuck" - article in the Los Angeles Times. Dated January 16, 2005. Retrieved November 15, 2012 ↑ "Kat mannen ! Ewwwwwwwwwww :P" - thread on http://www.scifinytt.se. Dated March 6, 2005. Retrieved November 15, 2012 ↑ "I will soon be an action figure" - posting by Stalking Cat, on his LiveJournal. Dated August 30, 2006. Retrieved November 14, 2012 ↑ "Stalking Cat: How one man changed his body become a cat" - article in the AS review. Dated March 12, 2007. Retrieved November 14, 2012 ↑ "It's a weird world of world records" - article in The Courier-Mail. Dated September 21, 2008. Retrieved November 15, 2012 ↑ "Most permanent transformations to look like an animal" - video on the Guiness World Records account on YouTube. Retrieved November 15, 2012 ↑ "Catman and Lizardman at Ripley's Believe It Or Not" - video on YouTube. Uploaded September 4, 2008. Retrieved November 14, 2012 ↑ "Cat Man - the human 'tiger' who enjoys climbing trees and eats raw meat every day" - article in the Daily Mail newspaper. Dated September 6, 2008. Retrieved November 14, 2012 ↑ 18.0 18.1 "The World's Strangest Plastic Surgery and Me HD 3/4" on YouTube. Retrieved November 15, 2012 ↑ Marc Quinn exhibition on the website of the White Cube gallery. Retrieved November 17, 2012 ↑ "Stalking Cat ..... gone, but not forgotten."- posting by Oggywolf on her Fur Affinity journal. Dated November 11, 2012 (retrieved November 12, 2012) ↑ "Confirmed about Stalking Cat." — posting by bluecanary on his Fur Affinity journal. Dated November 11, 2012. (retrieved November 12, 2012) ↑ "'Cat Man’ found dead in Nevada, rumors of suicide" (Daily News (New York) (retrieved November 13, 2012) ↑ "'Stalking Cat' Daniel Avner dead of possible suicide after years of transforming his face to look like a feline" (Daily Mail,retrieved November 13, 2012) ↑ "Stalking Cat Dennis Avner whose body was transformed by Steve Haworth into a tiger found dead" (The Melbourne Herald-Sun, retrieved November 14, 2012) ↑ ""Troubled and remarkable": 'Cat Man' Dennis Avner found dead at home in suspected suicide" (The Daily Mirror, retrieved November 14, 2012) ↑ 26.0 26.1 Stalking Cat on "Science: Human Body & Mind" on the BBC website. Retrieved November 16, 2012 ↑ Animatronic Tiger's Tail on WolfTronix. Retrieved November 19, 2012 ↑ 28.0 28.1 Episode 124 of the Funday PawPet Show. Retrieved November 16, 2012 ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 29.3 29.4 29.5 Dennis Avner on the Internet Movie Database. Retrieved November 10, 2012 ↑ "Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, Hosts Game Show Network's Three-Hour Halloween-Themed Primetime Programming Marathon" on prnewswire.com. Retrieved November 10, 2012 ↑ "Russian Roulette: Halloween Episode (1 of 4)" — video on YouTube. Uploaded December 22, 2007. Retrieved November 10, 2012 ↑ "Catman" - video clip from Arabella on YouTube. Retrieved November 15, 2012 ↑ "Hi from amsterdam" - posting on Stalking Cat's LiveJournal. Datred April 8, 2007. Retrieved November 15, 2012 ↑ The World's Strangest Plastic Surgery and Me on Britain's channel four. Retrieved November 10, 2012 ↑ "Last week to pre-register for Califur 5" — posting on tanuke.wordpress.com. Dated April 29, 2009. Retrieved November 12, 2012 ↑ "Me and Stalking Cat at CaliFur. God this pic is old." — image on the Myspace account of "Viperman, aka Chris". Dated May 21, 2005. Retrieved November 12, 2012 ↑ "Mark and Stalking Cat" — image of Changa Lion's flickr gallery, in Califur 2.2 set. Dated Nay 7, 2006. Retrieved November 12, 2012 ↑ "Califur Convention Report" — report on the deviantART journal of Sonic626. Dated May 7, 2007. Retrieved November 12, 2012 ↑ "HA HA ON YOU FURRIES....." - posting by Michael Hirtes on alt.fan.furry. Dated August 5, 2002. Retrieved November 17, 2012 ↑ "FurBQ 2003 Images" - posting by Alohawolf on dreamwidth.org. Dated June 6, 2010. Retrieved November 13, 2012 ↑ 41.0 41.1 "it has been a while" — posting on Stalking Cat's LiveJournal. Dated January 31, 2006. Retrieved November 12, 2012 ↑ "FC2010 Gold Rush 17" — posting on Qubi's gallery on Fur Affinity. Dated March 22, 2010. Retrieved November 12, 2012 ↑ "Re: Would you like to become your fursona?" - posting by Natasha Softpaw on furryteens.org. Dated August 21, 2008. Retrieved November 16, 2012 ↑ "MFF 2002 - Sunday" on runningwolfpack.com. Retrieved November 12, 2012 ↑ "Old Repost - Midwest FurFest 2003" - entry on Freaky Lynx's LiveJournal. Dated June 27, 2006. Retrieved November 12, 2012 ↑ "Con photos from Bonk and Fossil's anthro tour 2004" on fossilizedart-conventions.buzznet.com. Dated December 12, 2004. Retrieved November 12, 2012 ↑ "GreenReaper's Midwest FurFest 2006 con report" - article by GreenReaper, on Flayrah. Dated December 20, 2006. Retrieved November 12, 2012 ↑ "Midwest Furfest 2007" - posting on Takala's LiveJournal. Dated November 26, 2007. Retrieved November 12, 2012 ↑ Midwest Furfest 2008 on jovinamask.com. Retrieved November 12, 2012 Stalking Cat on Wikipedia Flayrah has related stories: Stalking Cat (Dennis Avner) to appear at CritterConDiego 3 Stalking Cat confirmed dead at 54 Stalkingcat.net - Dennis Avner's personal website (archived on the Internet Archive Wayback Machine. 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