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The Health Protection Agency has been notified of an outbreak of food poisoning associated with an establishment in Havering. One person has sadly died after being admitted to hospital.
Husband 'disgusted' over treatment of poisoned wife
Della Callagher, 46, felt ill after the meal at the Railway Hotel and was taken to the Queen's Hospital in Romford, her husband John told the Evening Standard.
The hospital effectively turned my wife away when there could have been more of a chance of saving her life.
It was disgusting the way she was dealt with.
We were about to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary.
Della was so fit and healthy, I can't believe it. This is devastating.
Dr Mike Gill, Medical Director at Queen's Hospital, said:
A patient attended our Emergency Department on Boxing Day with what appeared to be food poisoning. The patient was seen and fully assessed by a senior clinician, and given appropriate treatment and advice before returning home.
The Trust followed accepted medical practice. We will be fully reviewing the case. We have written to the family offering our condolences at this very difficult time and inviting them to meet with medical staff who can answer any queries or concerns they may have.
Pub owners 'fully cooperating' with HPA poisoning inquiry
Ember Inns, which owns the Railway Hotel in Hornchurch in Essex, has said its food was prepared to the highest hygiene standards.
A spokesman told the London Evening Standard:
The local authority is investigating an alleged food poisoning outbreak at the Railway.
We are fully co-operating.
Until the investigation is complete we can't speculate about a possible cause or source.
'Initial findings indicate this is a serious but isolated incident'
– Havering Council spokesperson
We are very sorry that to hear of this sad death and our thoughts are with the family at this time.
Havering Council is currently investigating a food poisoning outbreak along with the HPA.
Our initial findings indicate that this seems to be a serious but isolated incident and the venue is cooperating fully with the investigation.
Our officers conducted a second site visit yesterday to gather further evidence and statements from employees.
HPA: 'We've been working with council to identify cause of illness'
Our thoughts are with the family at this sad time. We have been working with Environmental Health Officers at Havering Council to identify the cause of illness and any links to food eaten at the venue.
The venue has been cooperating fully with our investigations.
Clostridium perfringens bacteria are the third most common cause of food poisoning in the UK and this mostly occurs in relation to red meat or poultry.
Indications suggest that this outbreak is an isolated event.
People become unwell on average after about 12 hours of eating food contaminated with Clostridium perfringens, with diarrhoea and abdominal pain being the main symptoms.
The illness generally lasts no more than a few days although vulnerable groups such as very young children, elderly people, and those with underlying health problems can be more seriously affected.
It is rare for a person to die as a direct result of food poisoning.
– Dr Deborah Turbitt, director of the Health Protection Agency's local Health Protection Unit
People who become unwell with symptoms of food poisoning are advised to drink plenty of fluids and take rest at home.
If symptoms are particularly severe or do not settle within two days then they should seek medical advice.
Food poisoning probe in Havering after Christmas death
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) has been notified of an outbreak of food poisoning linked to an establishment in Havering. One person has died after being admitted to hospital.
Around 30 people have reported symptoms of gastrointestinal illness after eating at the venue on Christmas Day.
Laboratory testing has confirmed the presence of Clostridium perfringens bacteria in a number of samples submitted by those experiencing symptoms, including the patient who died.


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(1) 26th pick - I'm keeping the trade down and going with RT Gabe Carimi. Just about every analyst had an OT mocked to us and we end up trading down and getting a great value.
(2) 55th pick - I have to keep C Rodney Hudson here. Fits a great need and there is some value there where he is selected..
(3) 70th pick - I'd love to keep OLB Justin Houston here because he's such great value at this spot, but analysts continue to highlight the pick saying he goes against Pioli's "character" players. I don't get it, I actually have heard he has become an active leader and is involved in community service. Sure his motor runs hot and cold, but that could simply be due to conditioning, etc. Oh well, better make the analysts happy. I'm picking WR Leonard Hankerson here. Great value and fits a great need.
(3) 86th pick - Allen Bailey is a great value here, but it's not a great need. At this point, I think it's absolutely necessary to grab an OLB that fits the 34. My choice is DE Sam Acho. Acho was actually drafted at the top of the 4th, but he would still be good value here in the 3rd round. He has to make the conversion, but he possesses the skills and character attributes to do so.
(4) 118th pick - This is a tough round to pick. I like that the Chiefs grabbed a CB here, but its not perceived as being a position of need, although I disagree. I could go with the AP favorite, FB Owen Marecic, but I think it's a little too early for a FB. I'm going to surprise a few and double dip at the receiver spot. I'm taking WR Tandon Doss, because he represents great value here and I think he is going to be a great receiver. Go ahead and disagree with me, but I just don't see Dwayne Bowe sticking around after his contract up (no way we are going to franchise him as well).
(5) 135th pick - Wow, do I love this pick. Sticking with QB Ricky Stanzi here. Great value and great need. I see a lot of similarities between Stanzi and Cassel, so if Cassel ever goes down I don't see us having as tough of a time replacing him e.g. Croyle.
(5) 140th pick - I'm pretty sure nobody knew who the hell Gabe Miller was, and just about every analyst reached the same verdict of an "F" grade for this pick. So I'm going with RB Jacquizz Rodgers here. Great value and will be groomed to replace Thomas Jones. He's on the short side and will not run over people (not as if Jones can do that anyways), but he is incredibly gifted and is a great receiver. He might resemble Dexter McCluster, but I think he possesses the bulk to stay at RB.
(6) 199th pick - NT Jerrell Powe is a great value here and fills one of our biggest needs. He won't be able to play all 3 downs, but I'd rather have a rotation at NT anyways.
(7) 223rd pick - Bannon is another one of those players who went relatively under the radar. Most analysts did not know who he was. I like the pick because he potentially fills two needs at FB/TE, but I would have liked S Eric Hagg more. We need someone to replace Jon McGraw.

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The Western world is awash with people claiming that their product or service is 'healthy' because it's 'natural'. From beauty and skin care products to healthy eating and a range of alternative therapies we are sold the message that natural is somehow 'better'. Often these advertisements are dressed up in 'sciencey' language to add credibility but still the basic message is that natural is best. More significantly for this post the idea is that 'natural' is the same as 'how it ought to be'.
This idea that 'natural' is the same as 'ought to be' is the essence of the naturalistic fallacy. It has dogged our understanding of the world and spawned entire political movements simply because people haven't quite grasped the simple truth that describing something isn't the same as supporting it.
Of course natural isn't necessarily best at all. It's not that simple. There are many natural poisons and a number of naturally occurring bacteria that will happily kill you given half a chance. There is much more to the equation than that. But that's only one part of the naturalistic fallacy. The really dangerous one is the idea that natural shows us how things should be – that it can inform our ideologies.
That's the fallacy that has created the biggest problems in our society.
In the context of evolution let's consider Social Darwinism – a bastardisation of Darwin's theory of 'Evolution by means of natural selection' that brought nothing but confusion, misery and death to mankind.
Charles Darwin brought us the theory of evolution in the mid nineteenth century and demonstrated how via the mechanism of survival of the fittest our species (along with every other modern species) evolved and outlived weaker competitors over unimaginably long periods of time. That's why human beings exist at all – because the Australopithecines were good at escaping from predators and because Homo habilis learned how to be a little more creative than the next guy.
But Darwin didn't make any sort of moral or ethical judgement about natural selection and the survival of the fittest. He merely described the reality. Nature doesn't care about our sensibilities. It doesn't care about anything. Nature just is. Natural selection doesn't give two hoots about our happiness either – it can't – it's an unconscious, inanimate process that has nothing to do with right and wrong, individual contentment or anything else except getting genetic material (DNA) into the next generation.
It's true that evolution by natural selection has a great deal to do with our sense of morality (as we shall see later) but that most certainly doesn't mean that our morality is particularly moral. In fact – in many instances it's easy to see how, from a moral perspective, human evolution has left us sadly lacking. There is no benefit at all in assuming that the way we evolved in the 'Environment of Evolutionary Adaptation' (EEA) or 'Ancestral Environment' for short will be effective or even desirable today.
When we follow the evidence of natural history we can understand what has happened and even how it happened but we cannot draw any conclusions about what ought to happen. We particularly can't use nature as a justification for what we'd like to do next. And yet that is precisely what the social Darwinists did. They took the knowledge of natural history and natural selection and confused it with the ideal of creating a master race. In its most extreme form it spawned the eugenics movement and inspired much of the thinking behind the holocaust in World War 2. And yet it is profoundly ill-informed and ridiculous.
Just because something is a particular way does not mean that it ought to be that way.
The naturalistic fallacy confuses reality with ideology and the results are not only foolish – they're also extremely dangerous. The idea that if it's natural it's also how it ought to be has been used as a justification for social Darwinism and also by creationists to oppose evolution:
"It can't be right if it's not what God said!"
Both of these ridiculous assumptions are as bad as each other. They're two sides of the same coin. Just as we can't use the naturalistic fallacy to decide upon right action we can't use 'The Agency Fallacy' either. Substitute the term 'Natural selection' for 'God' in any statement about how things ought to be and you have an equally silly proposition. In each case you have rules (conscious or unconscious) that suited a different time, place and culture but that have little or no real relevance here and now.
Evolution by natural selection is the mechanism that brought us to where we are now. But it has nothing to do with right and wrong and it has nothing to do with God or Gods (except that it can explain how we evolved the tendency to believe in Gods in the first place).
Of course many people will disagree vehemently with this assertion and in fairness, there's no reason why they should believe me just because I said so. The next post will outline the evidence for evolution by natural selection, building upon the idea of 'falsifiability' described in part 2.
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August 6, 2009: FOCUS North America Extends Domestic Aid with Hundreds of Orthodox Youth Outreach Volunteers FOCUS North America is excited to announce the extension of its domestic outreach to the poor by receiving the highly acclaimed "Orthodox Youth Outreach" (OYO) program from the Antiochian Archdiocese Department of Youth Ministry and Teen SOYO. Added to FOCUS North America's diverse ongoing operations and partner ministries, the addition of the OYO program strengthens its domestic ministry to the homeless and hopeless by involving youth in urban service learning opportunities and social action leadership training. … [Read more...]
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Report: McCombs negotiating exclusively with Fowler
Last Update: 1/25/2005 1:01:26 AM
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Vikings owner Red McCombs has signed an agreement to negotiate a sale of the franchise exclusively with the group led by Arizona businessman Reggie Fowler, according to multiple reports.
In its Monday evening newscast and on its Web site, KSTP (Ch. 5) reported that McCombs has discussed the parameters of a sale with representatives of Fowler's group, which also includes local auto dealer Denny Hecker and several New York-based investors. The Star Tribune confirmed that report in its Tuesday editions.
"We're still evaluating the opportunity to acquire the Vikings," Fowler told KSTP. "We have met with Mr. McCombs, had an enjoyable meeting, and we're trying to hope to get through the process soon so that we can make a decision that works for all parties."
The Tribune reported Fowler likely will have 60 days to reach a formal agreement with McCombs, without the threat of a counteroffer from another group.
Fowler reportedly spent part of the day looking at houses in the Twin Cities, and attended the Timberwolves-Pistons game with Hecker on Monday night.
Ironically, Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor met with McCombs in San Antonio over the weekend to discuss a sale, according to several sources, but was unwilling to meet McCombs' asking price.
Fowler, who played college football at Wyoming, first emerged as a potential buyer last year, but reportedly balked at McCombs' $600 million asking price. The franchise was valued at $604 million in September by Forbes magazine -- more than double the $246 million McCombs paid for the team in 1998.
It has been widely reported that McCombs had targeted this offseason for a sale; the contracts of most members of the Vikings coaching staff, as well as key front office executives, expire next January. A deal likely would need to be reached within weeks in order to gain approval at the owner's meetings in March.
Fowler is the owner of Chandler, Ariz.-based Spiral Inc., a real estate development and aviations simulator manufacturing company that employs 75. He has said he would move his company's home office to Minnesota if a deal is reached, and that he has no intention to move the team.
According to Black Enterprise Magazine, Spiral is the 11th-ranked black-owned industrial/services company, with $314 million in 2003 sales. Fowler hopes to become the first African-American majority owner in the NFL.
In the past, Fowler has indicated a willingness to provide significant private financing for a new stadium. The Vikings' lease at the Metrodome expires in 2011, meaning the team likely would have to secure financing by next summer to ensure a new facility would be ready for the 2012 season.
Though McCombs made a reported $30 million profit on the team last year, team officials have said for several years that the franchise's 64,121-seat facility doesn't provide them enough revenue from concessions, luxury seating and parking.
It is believed that a sale of the franchise would help the Vikings' chances for a new stadium. The club has officially pulled the plug on its stadium push, but Anoka County, the preferred location of the new facility, approved $125,000 in additional funding for its end of the stadium effort last month.
McCombs, who put the team up for sale in 2002, as recently as October expressed interest in relocating the team to Los Angeles if public funding for a new stadium can't be secured. :wav:http://www.angelfire.com/mn2/VikingTrader/
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Funny, reports keep coming out that Fowler doesn't have the personal wealth to pull this off. Goes something like---if Fowler is to be the majority owner, he needs to show 1/3 of the money himself. That is where the debate begins. Will be fun to watch. I had heard (yesterday, I believe) by a sportscaster that if McCombs is to sell, he and the league would want it done before the Superbowl. That would set things up for the owner's meeting in------awwww, I forget. A month or two after the Superbowl, maybe?
McCombs negotiating exclusively with Fowler
The owners meeting is in March. If sold to Flower he would be the first Majority black onwer in NFL history.http://www.angelfire.com/mn2/VikingTrader/
"If loving the Vikings is wrong, I dont wannabe right"
McCombs negotiating exclusively with Fowler
I didn't realize he was black. Hmm, I guess it is true that you learn something new everyday!
I get the most pissed off looks from people with my VKG 4 LFE Wisconsin license plate, and I LOVE IT!!
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The owners meeting is in March. If sold to Flower he would be the first Majority black onwer in NFL history.
McCombs negotiating exclusively with Fowler
Does anyone know if he is the kind of guy that will do whatever it takes to make us great? I dont know anything about this guy?!
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Arrest in Assault Investigation in Laurel County
Date of News Release: 8/10/2004
(LONDON, KY) - On Monday, August 9, 2004 at approximately 6:00 p.m. Deffery D. Bennett age 39 of Slate Lick Road in Laurel County was arrested and charged with the assault of his 3 month old infant daughter which occurred on Sunday, August 8, 2004. The child remains in serious condition at the UK Medical Center in Lexington.
The Laurel County Department of Social Service has placed the remaining children at the residence in protective custody.
Deffery D. Bennett was lodged in the Laurel County Detention Center in London charged with Assault 1st degree.
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Orioles' Guerrero Is No Candidate For The StrollPosted on April 26, 2011
By Jim Henneman
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Having already hacked and slashed his way through 83 at-bats, Guerrerro is perilously close to going through the first month of the season without drawing a walk -- one reason why the Orioles rank at the bottom of the American League in that department. Of course they also rank next to last in runs scored and are third from the bottom with a .230 batting average, which is the real reason why O's hitters don't draw many walks.
Teams that don't hit are rarely rewarded with free access to the base paths, and that probably isn't going to change because the Orioles aren't likely to hit as much as everyone had hoped. Although the addition of Guerrero, Mark Reynolds, Derrek Lee and J.J. Hardy was expected to jump-start the offense, the truth of the matter is that any offensive improvement is more likely to come from the people who were already here -- Brian Roberts, Nick Markakis, Adam Jones, Matt Wieters and possibly Luke Scott, although the last mentioned had what many considered to be a career year in 2010, leaving marginal room for improvement.
When the Orioles signed Guerrero, they had no illusions they were bringing in the poster boy for patience. They knew exactly what they were getting -- baseball's "swing hard in case you hit it" version of golf's Arnold Palmer. He wasn't brought here to fuel any potential rallies with an occasional base on balls.
It's not because Vladdy hasn't seen enough pitches outside the strike zone, because that's where opposing pitchers live when facing him -- and it's also where he does his most damage, or so it seems. So far it hasn't been a good combination, and unless it changes drastically during the next 25-30 games, the optimism carried over from last year's finish going into this season will be a distant memory. With Scott, he of the vaunted .900 OPS (on base plus slugging percentage, for the uninitiated), hitting .213, two points higher than Lee, the middle of the order is a disaster area.
Of the three, Lee has shown the best plate discipline, as his nine walks suggest, and he is swinging aggressively, but with minimal results to date. The Orioles were basing offensive improvement on a trickle-down effect that would be provided by the newcomers, but that hasn't happened, and in fact a reverse impact is the worst fear.
The Orioles' fortunes are not going to hinge on Guerrero's drawing a few walks, but will be determined by how much movement the 3-4-5 hitters create. So far it has been non-existent and sooner or later manager Buck Showalter will be forced to tinkle with the arrangement.
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It's nice to know that Tom Hicks, former owner of the defending American League champion Texas Rangers, hasn't lost his touch. He managed to maneuver the Rangers into bankruptcy before selling out a year ago -- and he's now 2-for-2 in that department.
The NHL's Dallas Stars, also under Hicks' guidance, are headed for the same arrangement.
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The NFL's lockout might be (temporarily) over, but the war has just begun. Just in time for one more mock draft before the real thing.
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When baseball goes to a 10-team playoff format (which the numbers themselves tell you can only be a forerunner to 12 teams), how long will it take before three teams from the same division qualify?
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Teams bitch about schedules every year, but the Orioles' having 16 home games scheduled in April (two postponements, one still to be made up) and 30 of their first 51 at Camden Yards wasn't a favor. They have only 10 home games in July, and the same number in September after playing 17 (counting a make-up against the Yankees) in August.
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Roman Catholics in the Kansas City area have joined a formal request to Pope Francis to discipline Bishop Robert Finn, who was convicted in 2012 of failing to report a priest involved in child pornography.
An online petition signed by more than 110,000 people worldwide asking for Finn's removal was also sent to the Vatican. The petition asks for Finn's resignation.
Others want Pope Francis to initiate a "canonical penal process" against the area's top bishop.
Finn, the head of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph, was placed on two years of court-supervised probation after pleading guilty to the misdemeanor charge.
The case was related to Finn's handling of complaints against the Rev. Shawn Ratigan, a priest who admitted taking lewd photographs of young parishioners. Ratigan was sentenced to 50 years in federal prison and 21 years in state prison after pleading guilty to child pornography charges.
"The priest's crime that Bishop Finn concealed from civil authorities was of great magnitude," said the Rev. James Connell, a priest and canon lawyer from the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, in a letter to the pope.
He said Finn's presence makes it difficult for the church to heal from sex crimes perpetuated by clergy.
"Thus, the harm done by Bishop Finn also was of great magnitude. Yet Catholic Church authorities have taken no action against Bishop Finn that would provide justice and repair scandal, and this lack of action adds to the ongoing scandal of the clergy sexual abuse crisis."
The diocese has received a copy of the materials that were sent to the Vatican's representative in Washington, DC, for forwarding to the pope, a spokesman for Finn's office said.
"Bishop Finn has his supporters and his detractors, and people are free to have their own opinion about what happens here," diocese spokesman Jack Smith said. "The diocese and Bishop Finn remain focused and committed to the strengthened reporting and training programs which are creating safer environments in our schools and parishes."
Kansas City resident Liz Donnelly, one of the parishioners who signed the letter, said the case has forced her to stop giving money to the church.
"I feel very sad about not contributing money to my parish because I love the staff and know their salaries and benefits are paid by our tithing, as are many good programs, but I could not in good conscience give money that would partially go to the Bishop who appears so removed from the people," she wrote.
Connell, who is part of a group of priests and nuns called the Catholic Whistleblowers, initiated the drive to discipline Finn. Sister Jeanne Christensen, formerly the Kansas City-St. Joseph Diocese's victims assistance coordinator, also signed the letters.
Connell said canon law requires a "just penalty" for a person who through "culpable negligence" harms someone by committing or omitting his "ecclesiastical power."
Calls for the pope to act against Finn are drawing national headlines.
Jeanne Christensen, a Kansas City nun, said the courts have done what they can and it is now up to the pope.
"He [Bishop Finn] continues as bishop as if nothing really ever happened. And what that has generated is a whole lot of anger concern, frustration among victims and the people of God in this diocese," she said. "The church has done nothing in terms of calling Bishop Finn to accountability."
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In celebration of National Pancake Day, IHOP restaurants are serving up short stacks for free to raise money for the Children's Miracle Network.
IHOP restaurants in Greenville and nationwide are giving short stacks to diners for free, inviting them to make a voluntary donation to the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals, which includes the Children's Hospital of Greenville Hospital System University Medical Center.
This is the eighth year IHOP has celebrated the pancake day and the restaurant chain hopes to raise $3 million this year as part of the 30th anniversary of the Children's Miracle Network.
Last year, IHOP served 4 million free pancakes - if all of them were stacked they would soar 16 miles high.
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Plain Language Makes a Difference When People Vote
Janice (Ginny) Redish, Dana Chisnell, Sharon Laskowski, and Svetlana Lowry
Journal of Usability Studies, Volume 5, Issue 3, May 2010, pp. 81 - 103
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Voting is both a right and a responsibility for U.S. citizens. However, if people do not understand how to use the ballot or what their options are, they may not succeed in casting their votes to match their intentions.
In 2002, the United States Congress passed the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) to improve voting systems and voters' access to ballots. HAVA gives the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST, part of the U.S. Department of Commerce) responsibility for providing technical support to develop voting system standards. NIST, in turn, realized that research and best practices would be needed to set standards for language, design, usability, and accessibility of voting systems.
The study we are reporting in this article is part of NIST's efforts to provide research-based support for standards on ballot language.
What were we trying to learn?
In this study, we sought answers to three questions:
- Do voters vote more accurately on a ballot with plain language instructions than on a ballot with traditional instructions?
- Do voters recognize the difference in language between the two ballots?
- Do voters prefer one ballot over the other?
What is plain language?
A document is in plain language when the users of that document can quickly and easily find what they need, understand what they find, and act appropriately on that understanding. (For more details, examples, and resources about plain language, see http://www.plainlanguage.gov/ and www.centerforplainlanguage.org.)
Here are eight of the most critical plain language guidelines for ballots:
- Be specific. Give the information people need.
- Break information into short sections that each cover only one point.
- Write short sentences.
- Use short, simple, everyday words.
- Address the reader directly with "you" or the imperative ("Do x.")
- Write in the active voice, where the person doing the action comes before the verb.
- Write in the positive. Tell people what to do rather than what not to do.
- Put context before action, "if" before "then."
Where did the traditional and plain language instructions come from for this study?
In previous work for NIST, the first author, Ginny Redish, a linguist and plain language/usability expert, reviewed more than 100 ballots from all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. The traditional language for Ballot A came from one or more of those ballots.
In that earlier project, Dr. Redish also analyzed the gap between the instructions on the ballots she reviewed and best practices in giving instructions (Redish, 2005). She then developed a set of guidelines for writing clear instructions for voters, focusing on the issues that arose in her earlier analysis (Redish & Laskowski, 2009). The plain language guidelines for Ballot B came from this document, which was originally presented to NIST in 2006.


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Using Facebook Hashtags to Turbo-Charge Your Social Media Campaign
So they're here. After what seemed like months of rumours and build up, Facebook rolled-out hashtags around 2 months ago, matching basically every other social network out there (even its own photosharer Instagram).
Users are just getting to grips with the new feature that while ubiquitous on sites like Twitter, feels somehow strange on Facebook… at least at the moment.
If all the other networks are anything to go by though, it won't be long until Facebook users embrace the symbol and it becomes part and parcel of posts on the network.
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Save The Hobbit - Social Media, Stephen Fry and Gandalf Save Southampton Pub
Recently, one social media campaign has found it hard to stay out of the news for all the wrong reasons. What started off as an attempt to raise awareness of worrying problems Africa soon spiralled into something very different. A lot has been written about what went wrong on the Kony 2012 campaign. However, there is a more light hearted story of social media success at the moment involving a pub in Southampton called The Hobbit.
We can learn two things from this story. Firstly that the internet makes it easier for rights holders to find copy right infringement, and secondly that social media can be a powerful weapon if wielded properly.
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The Hobbit Pub, Southampton
Nestled in the shire of Bevois Valley, Southampton is The Hobbit pub, popular with students. It is a place I visited regularly as a University of Southampton student and is well known for its 'Fellowship' cocktails named after Lord of the Rings characters.
The pub has traded under the name The Hobbit for over 20 years and as well as the cocktails features Tolkein-inspired wall murals in the beer garden and a characters from the films on its signs and loyalty cards.
In the words of Tolkein it's "Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it is a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort."
Saul Zaentz Company Sue The Hobbit
In early 2012, the pub received a letter from the Saul Zaentz Company (SZC) which owns the rights to several J.R.R. Tolkein associated brands. SZC asked The Hobbit to remove all reference to the characters in The Hobbit and Lord of The Rings.
SZC have a history of this sort of thing, they unsuccessfully took on 'Hobbit Travel', and are currently involved in action against 'The Hungry Hobbit' sandwich shop near Birmingham and Microlodge in Scotland who used to sell 'Hobbit Homes'.
At the time, landlady Stella Mary Roberts claimed:
"We were absolutely stunned. It was completely unexpected, we never intended to infringe anyone's copyright. Are we doing any harm? I don't think so. We're bringing people to the books and the stories who haven't heard of JRR Tolkien."
"We don't have the financial resources to fight it - I can't fight Hollywood."
Things seemed doomed for The Hobbit, but not for long. In stepped University of Southampton student Heather Cartwright and the power of social media.
Local resident Heather Cartwright was not best pleased when she heard of the complaint and decided to set up a 'Save The Hobbit' campaign which is a great template for anybody looking to start their own campaign!


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Police at Occupy Frankfurt vs Chicago
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From Occupy Frankfurt. May 19, 2012.
The German police took off their helmets and marched with the protest clearing the way for them.
German police officers escort an anti-capitalism protest march with some 20,000 people in Frankfurt, Germany, Saturday, May 19, 2012. Protesters peacefully filled the city center of continental Europe's biggest financial hub in their protest against the dominance of banks and what they perceive to be untamed capitalism, Frankfurt police spokesman Ruediger Regis said. The protest group calling itself Blockupy has called for blocking the access to the European Central Bank, which is located in Frankfurt's business district. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
This Is What Tyranny Looks Like (via CommonDreams)
Protesters clashed with police at the NATO summit meeting in Chicago on Sunday. (Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times)Remember when police beat Tea Party activists with batons, raided homes without warrants, unjustly arrested and strip-searched Tea Party protesters, or attacked and intimidated journalists covering Tea Party rallies?
Me neither. But then again, the Tea Party took to the streets in favor of higher profits and less regulations for the richest 1 percent, whose ranks they hope to but will never join. The media is more than happy to inflate their crowd estimates, and police are more than happy to let pro-status quo protests take to the streets undisturbed. The Tea Party has since phased out street protests to take over a major political party and make it bend to their every radical whim.
While it hasn't yet taken over a major party, the Occupy movement has successfully exposed the oppressive fascist police state that has reared its ugly head in the past year. If you want to see what tyranny looks like, consider what happened to the estimated 75,000 protesters who took on the military-industrial complex at last weekend's NATO summit in Chicago, after the mayor revoked protesters' attempts to lawfully assemble.
-A night before protests even begun, the Chicago Police Department raided an activist's home and arrested several on unproven allegations of terrorist activity, all without a valid warrant.
-At the front of a police line surrounding a NATO gathering, police suddenly start beating unarmed protesters with batons in an eerie video resembling police at Egypt's Tahrir Square.
-While covering the protests, credentialed journalists are attacked by police who use bicycles as weapons.
-After a day of covering the protests, three livestreamers are surrounded by Chicago police at gunpoint and have their car and property impounded without cause.
But the oppression isn't coming from just the police. The federal government is now openly embracing totalitarian tactics in suppressing political dissent, including unwarranted surveillance, denial of due process rights, and even psychological warfare:
-FBI agents pressured a group of anarchists in Ohio to blow up a bridge on May Day, going so far as to pick out a target and provide the explosives. They were held without bond after their arrest. White supremacists in Florida planning an actual terrorist attack at a May Day protest were outed by state police, and ignored by federal law enforcement. Their bond was set at $500.
-The Department of Homeland Security assembled almost 800 pages of documents detailing possibly unconstitutional monitoring of the Occupy movement, and collaboration with city governments.
-Congress voted down an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act that would have prohibited the federal government from detaining American citizens indefinitely, without trial, based on pure suspicion. They did so exactly one day after US District Judge Katherine Forrest struck down NDAA detention provisions as unconstitutional. Congress also passed a law allowing protesters to be arrested on felony charges anywhere where there is secret service protection, and is actively seeking to lift a ban on the use of propaganda on American citizens.
-The Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision to allow invasive and humiliating strip searches for any arrest, no matter the charge (like protesting).
So why the violent police oppression and government suppression of rights? As Dan Rather said on Bill Maher's program, "Big business is in bed with big government." A great portion of the federal government is sponsored by big corporations, so naturally, nearly every act of Congress and the Supreme Court is done so with the ultimate goal of deregulating industry and maximizing corporate profits at the expense of citizen and consumer rights. These puppets of industry occupying our government will discredit and crack down on anyone trying to stop, delay or reverse the process by any means necessary.
In 1963, JFK famously said our nation was "founded on the principle that all men are created equal, and that the rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened." The historic street demonstrations of 2012 will be meaningless unless citizens use the power of the vote this year to remove the worst offenders from office. They can start with the Representatives and Senators who voted NO to due process rights.
Related articles
- 20,000 march at Frankfurt Occupy protest rally (thehindu.com)


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Idaho man sentenced for vehicle theft, chase
An Idaho man who stole a truck in western Montana and led officers on a 30-mile chase to the slopes of a ski hill has been sentenced to 20 years with the Montana Department of Corrections with 15 suspended.
The Ravalli Republic reports (http://bit.ly/ZPsYDw) 67-year-old Larry J. Gardner of Pocatello, Idaho, was sentenced Thursday by District Judge James Haynes.
Gardner earlier pleaded guilty to theft, two counts of felony criminal endangerment along with speeding and fleeing from police for the December 2012 chase.
Prosecutors say Gardner took a pickup truck from a Hamilton hospital parking lot and was pulled over by Darby Marshal Larry Rose for speeding. However, Gardner drove off. The chase ended when Gardner could no longer drive the pickup up a ski hill.
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The Washington Wizards are in the midst of a matchup with the Chicago Bulls, which is currently tied at 72, late in the 3rd quarter. Leading the way for the Wizards so far, is John Wall, who has 21 points, 8 assists and also 4 rebounds.
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Well, it's official...ex-Twin front office guy Wayne Krivsky is in love with Juan Castro. The 34-year-old+ infielder, who batted a whopping .235ish this year in 100 games, was given a 2-year extension (he ahd a million-dolalr option for '07) with an option for '09 to be the major stopgap in the Cincinnati Reds infield if trouble should arise.
The Twins missed out on the oppoortunity to keep Juan around and make him the back-up for the future, instead sticking with Luis (am I ever gonna play again) Rodriguez, Terry Tiffee (where will I go in '07) and a number of other aging AAAAers waiting in the wings.
Of course, Juan is more at home in Cincinnati, batting .270 in 50 games and fielding all those grounders that got thru the Twins infield when Kyle Hose was pitching in the upper midwest.
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An editorial on NorthJersey.com is calling for a casino at Meadowlands Racetrack.
The piece, which appears on the online arm of the Bergen (N.J.) Record, notes the failure of Atlantic City's revival, even with a casino gambling monopoly.
"The Record's support of a casino in the Meadowlands is an acknowledgment that lost gambling revenue is needed to fund valued programs in New Jersey," the piece reads in part.
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Shirley Sicilian receives Paull Mines Award from MTC Executive Director Joe Huddleston.
Shirley K. Sicilian, General Counsel, Multistate Tax
Commission, was honored as the recipient of the Paull Mines Award for
Outstanding Contribution to State Tax Jurisprudence at the annual meeting of
the Multistate Tax Commission in San Diego, California, on July 24, 2013.
The Commission established the award to honor Paull Mines,
who began his work with the MTC in 1989 and served as MTC general counsel for
eight years until his death in 2002. The award is given to an individual who
exemplifies Paull's leadership, legal excellence, professional integrity, and
commitment to shared knowledge among state tax attorneys. Medal winners are chosen by an MTC selection
committee from nominations submitted by state tax agency employees. Past recipients include Jim Peters (2008),
Marshall Stranburg (2009), Ben Miller (2010), and Ted Spangler (2011), and
Michael Fatale (2012).
Shirley received more than one nomination for the Paull Mines
Award, but the nominations all praised her excellence in pursuit of working
with many states in her role as the Commission's general counsel. She has been a tremendous resource for states
in their consideration of statutory and regulatory changes to their tax systems. Her efforts with regard to the Commission's
Compact Article IV (UDITPA) amendments – which began with her work with the
Uniform Law Commission in their consideration of possible broader UDITPA
revision project – drew high praise. Her
advocacy in defense of the Compact and her counsel to the states with regard to
the ongoing litigation over the Compact's Article III election provision—was
described as "expert navigation."
Executive director Joe Huddleston noted that Shirley was highly
deserving of the award this year, "Over the past several years, no one has been
more involved in providing legal support for multistate tax administration than
Shirley Sicilian."
Shirley Sicilian began her stint with the Commission more
than ten years ago, when she was hired as deputy general counsel. Shirley became general counsel in July
As general counsel, Shirley heads up a division of four
attorneys responsible for providing legal advice and assistance to the
Commission. She authors, and supervises
the authorship of, amicus curiae briefs in state and federal appellate courts,
including the U.S. Supreme Court, and also prepares analysis and comments on
federal legislation affecting state taxation.
She manages the staffing for Commission committees, and personally advises
the Commission's executive committee and the full Commission. She has served many times as an MTC public
hearing officer for various proposed model statutes and regulations. She has participated, by request, in oral
arguments before the California Supreme Court and the California Court of
Appeals. And she is a regular faculty
member for various MTC training programs.
Shirley is well known and regarded in the state and local tax
community, due in no small part to her frequent speaking engagements: She has presented at an average eleven
national conferences annually for the last several years, including Georgetown,
Hartman, ABA, FTA, AICPA, IPT, COST, TEI and others. She also writes regularly, with publications
in the State and Local Tax Lawyer, State Tax Notes, Proceedings of the New York
University Institution on State and Local Taxation, and the corporate income
tax chapter for State Business Taxes (a Law Journal Press publication updated
semi-annually). She has been a guest
lecturer at Georgetown University Law Center's L.L.M. Program and State &
Local Taxation Certificate Program.
Before joining the Commission's legal staff, Shirley worked
for the Kansas Department of Revenue (DOR). She started with the department as director of
research, managing a group of ten professionals responsible for performing tax
research, estimating fiscal impact of proposed legislation, and forecasting
future tax revenues. While director of
research, she was the chief negotiator, drafter, and testifier in favor of the
Kansas Tax Equity and Fairness Act which significantly improved Kansas tax
administration. She was promoted to
director of policy & research, and managed a group of fourteen professionals
responsible for developing tax policy through regulations, private letter
rulings, and other guidance; developing legislative initiatives; performing
legal and economic research as a basis for department policy deliberations;
estimating fiscal impact of proposed legislation; and forecasting future tax
revenues. As director of policy &
research, she instituted a policy development process and an internet-based
policy library which received the 1998 Federation of Tax Administrators Award
for Management and Organization. She
also served as the department's representative to the Kansas legislature on tax
issues, which required virtually daily testimony during the session. She also became a frequent speaker at state
and local conferences, something she has continued to do throughout her career.
Shirley was promoted to general counsel at the Kansas DOR,
and headed up a division of seventeen attorneys responsible for litigating or
otherwise resolving state tax, motor vehicle license and registration,
alcoholic beverage control, personnel, and contractual issues. As general counsel, she provided legal
counsel to the Secretary of Revenue and department divisions, and provided
legal analysis for the Governor and agency proposed legislation. She personally litigated cases, including the
department's largest during her tenure. She
initiated the Annual Kansas Tax Conference co-sponsored with the Kansas Chamber
of Commerce and Industry. And she also
served as the Secretary's designated alternate on the Multistate Tax
Shirley worked for the Kansas Corporation Commission before
joining the Kansas DOR, where she served as assistant general counsel. She holds an undergraduate degree in
economics from University of Kansas, where she also earned her law degree and a
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There's nothing like America's small towns, old-timey main streets, a relaxed pace of life and families who've been neighbors for generations.
But there's also nothing quite like the exhilaration of America's big cities, the adrenaline rush of the Big Apple, the ease and beauty of San Francisco and Chicago's Midwestern sturdiness.
Saturday on The American Sound we'll take a musical tour of America's small towns and big cities. We'll get a gorgeous glimpse of small-town life with Samuel Barber's Knoxville: Summer of 1915, we'll go to Cincy with Boston Boy Leroy Anderson's Piano Concerto and we'll hear a New England Country Band March by Charles Ives. And as we wander among America's small towns and big cities, we'll hear a stunning performance of the traditional American tune Wayfaring Stranger.
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ROCKPORT — A rare opportunity to view a historic collection of the Cape Ann School of Painters will take place Saturday at the Rockport Art Association.
The exhibit features more than 120 paintings as well as a talk on the history and context of the Cape Ann School movement by "Antiques Roadshow" appraiser and fine art expert Colleene Fesko. The Saturday event, from 2 to 6 p.m., is free though reservations are requested.
The special one-day showing of the John F. Gale collection was organized by the Maine-based James D. Julia Auctioneers. These works will be for sale at the annual winter Antique, Asian & Fine Art auction, which will be held Jan. 30 through Feb. 1 at the auctioneer's facility in Fairfield, Maine. Bidding also can be done online.
Gale, who resided in Cambridge and died about a year ago, is credited with assembling one of the largest and finest private collections of 20th century Cape Ann School paintings to be sold in many years. Included are 35 works by William Lester Stevens, 26 by Aldro T. Hibbard, five by Frederick Mulhaupt, three by T.M. Nicholas, and one by Emile Gruppé, among others.
Ron Straka, an artist, teacher and former president of the Rockport Art Association, knew Gale because Gale frequented auctions and events at the art association and also took painting classes from him.
"These are top-notch paintings," Straka said. "I think he took the classes to learn about the process that artists had to do to create the paintings. He took classes to better understand what an artist had to put into a painting. The times he did come he was actually quite good for somebody who was starting out in it. When he did some paintings, some were absolutely outstanding."
Straka also could share with his students what he learned himself as a student of the Cape Ann master painters.


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