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NMS ~ Chapter Thirty-two
Rhea woke to find Berret still in her room. She had woken up earlier and Berret had told her about how her magic had been taken for being an onoraii. Rhea had stared at the ceiling in anger for hours.
It had now been two days since the Darkness had been removed from the school and Rhea and her friends had lost something. Alexia and Myst had come to visit the day before. They had been happy to see Rhea back again and Rhea hadn't had the heart to tell them her magic was gone. What would they had said? How could she be considered a Shadow without magic?
"How you feeling, sweetie?" Berret asked, walking over with a kind smile.
"Weird," Rhea replied. She sat up in the bed and looked at her adoptive mother. "It feels weird, not having the pull of magic in my heart anymore. It just feels…empty."
Berret nodded. "I'm sorry, dearest."
Rhea shook her head. "Don't be."
Just then, a young elf-boy ran into the room, eyes wide. "Principal, the Darkness is back!"
Berret's eyes widened and she left Rhea's side. She turned back. "Stay in here, Rhea." She ran out after the elf. As Rhea watched through the open doorway, Berret called Baramore,Griffin, and Drey out of the other rooms and together they rushed down the hallway.
A few minutes passed and Neytiri wheeled out of her room. She locked looks with Rhea. "What are you waiting for?" she asked as she rolled to Zendaya's door and knocked. She turned and knocked on Jay's door and waited. The two came out and Neytiri looked at them. "Ready to go?" Rhea got out of bed and joined them in the hallway.
Together the four of them headed down the stairs, Zendaya's hands glowing as she kept Neytiri's wheelchair aloft over the steps.
At the bottom of the staircase, there was a large group of Hunters and students blocking the way, but Rhea and her friends made a path and got to the front to see Berret and the others in combat with the Darkness.
Only thing was the Darkness was now a man with dark brown hair and glowing red eyes. And fighting alongside him were Nevara and Ciel.
Rhea got ready to shoot forward to help Berret but remembered she no longer had her magic. What could she do? Stand there helplessly? What use was the power being an onoraii gave if she couldn't use it?
Neytiri was the first to make a move. She got out of her wheelchair and rushed forward, arrow nocked. She shot at Ciel and he snarled in reponse. He left Baramore and charged toward Neytiri. Neytiri suddenly grasped her waist and fell to her knees in pain. Jay shot forward to help her, but before he could disecern which way to run to reach her, twin cheetahs shot out from the direction of the large purple door and stood in front of Neytiri. Sarabi and Sarafina snarled and leapt at Ciel just as Jay reached Neytiri. He helped her to her feet and moved her back to her wheelchair.
Zendaya flew into the air and shot magic at Nevara. Nevara flew up as well, tiny orange wings fluttering. They exchanged fierce blows and Rhea turned her gaze back to Berret, who was fighting the Darkness alongsideGriffin.
"Let it go, Braze!"Griffingrowled. "This pent up anger is not worth it!"
"What do you know fo my anger,Griffin? You weren't the one shunned by the onoraii!"
"You were chosen as one of the Three! You should have been content!" Berret said.
"Content? Content while the two of you got to go on to be onoraii? To have double the power?" The Darkness unsheathed a sword and swung it atGriffin.Griffinswung her own curved blade and her snow white wolf fought alongside her.
Rhea glanced around the room frantically. "Guys, we need to do something to help them. They weon't be able to defeat him alone!"
Neytiri nodded grimly. "But the lockets can't destroy him. What else can we do?"
"We need Zendaya. As an onoraii she can empower the lockets beyond their normal function the way she did before," Jay said.
Rhea looked up. Zendaya and Nevara were flying around in circles, shooting blasts of magic at each other.
"How does it feel to know you can never rival me?" Nevara asked mockingly.
Zendaya glared at her angrily
"Even Bellonella rejected you!"
"Zen!" Rhea called.
Zendaya looked down and just then Nevara blasted her. She fell to the ground and groaned as she looked at Rhea.
"Sorry," Rhea muttered as she got to her feet and rubbed her head.
She shook her head to say it was fine as she got ready to fly up to Nevara again.
"Forget her!" Neytiri called. Zendaya stopped and looked at him. "We need you to empower us to defeat the Darkness!"
Zendaya nodded. Rhea, Jay, and Neytiri held their lockets together. The three golden crests began to glow. As Rhea watched, the words in the ancient language that were used to describe them glowed brighter than anything else. Zendaya placed her hand over the lockets and the light grew ever more brilliant.
"Berret!" Rhea called, understanding what needed to be done to destroy the menace. Berret stopped fighting and looked over. She nodded and turned toGriffinand the others. They all ropped their fights and ran over to Rhea and the others. They placed their hands over Zendaya's and the locket's light flared up even brighter.
"What are you doing?" the Darkness demanded.
Just then, a beam of light shot out form the lockets and hit the Darkness straight in the chest. Another beam shot at Nevara and a third hit Ciel. The beams of light were like anchors that force the three together in the center of the entranceway. Nevara and Ciel fell to the ground and appeared unconscious while the Darkness resisted the light for as long as he could.
"You won't defeat me this easily!" he cried.
As Rhea watched, cracks began appearing on hhis face. The cracks extended down his neck and appeared on his hands. Light glowed from within and in moments he burst apart.
He exploded into tiny shards of glass.
"Are we done?" Jay asked and everyone removed their hands from the lockets.
"Well done!" Berret said, embracing Rhea. Baramore hugged Zendaya tight whileGriffinembraced Jay and Neytiri. Drey hugged a young girl their age with long wavy brown hair. She possessed a striking resemblance to him and Rhea assumed it was his daughter or niece.
Griffinlet go of Neytiri and Jay and looked down at the ash on the ground that was all the remained of the Darkness. As they all watched, the ash began to swirl with a stiny tornado and blew out through the open doorway.
"Do you think he's still out there?" Berret askedGriffinquietly.Griffinturned with a solemn expression. "He has the curse on him. We won't be rid of him that easily." She dropped her solemnity and smiled. "But I'm pretty sure he's gone for a good while." She then turned to where Nevara and Ciel were cowering together. Berret looked in the same direction and pointed a figure at them. Ropes appeared and tied the two up. Then a hole appeared in the ground and the two traitors were sent straight down to the dungeons.
As Rhea watched she noticed thatGriffin's hair was streaked with gray. If she wasn't mistaken, it had been pitch black like Neytiri's when she had first come to the school.
"Students and Hunters, please had back to your dorms. The fight is over for now and I want you all to rest for a bit before the grand feast we will have tonight!" Berret's voice boomed through the entranceway. Only Rhea, Neytiri, Jay, Zendaya, and the girl with Drey remained where they were.
"You four have done a great thing today," Baramore told them, hugging Zendaya.
"You've dispelled a great menace to us all," Drey said. The girl at his side smiled.
"For this the four of you will be greatly rewarded and praised," Berret said.
"And needed for a long time yet,"Griffinadded. Berret, Drey, and Baramore nodded. Rhea looked at Baramore, Drey, and Berret closely. Gray streaked all of their hair and creases had appeared on their brows. They all looked years older than they had at the beginning of the week.
"Mother, what does this mean…for you guys?" Neytiri asked.
"What do you mean, Daughter?"Griffinasked in confusion. "It means we raised you guys correctly." She smiled.
"What I mean is, since the four of you were the onoraii before us, you were given immortality, correct?" Rhea whipped her head around to look at Neytiri with wide eyes. Immortality? Berret and the others were immortal?
Griffinwas looking at Neytiri with calm calculating eyes. "Yes, we were. How you figured that out…"
"I talked with Zendaya yesterday." At the confused glances Neytiri smiled. "She mouthed everything and wrote stuff out. Took longer, but I was able to decipher what she was saying." She looked to Zendaya and smiled. "She was able to tell me of what Bellonella told her while she was intruding in her body. Bellonella told her what onoraii were and how they lived."
Jay nodded, taking up the speech. "Onoraii are given the task of protecting the peace between the races. Humans, Shadows, and Hunters." Rhea felt rather put out that Neytiri hadn't bothered to share what she had learned with her.
"So, my question is, when the new onoraii come in, what happens to the old ones?" Neytiri's voice was thick with emotion, as though she didn't want to hear the answer to her question but at the same time couldn't live without knowing.
Griffinsmiled. "You pieced all of that together? I'm proud of you, Daughter." She hugged Neytiri then stepped back. "It is true, the four of us have been around for quite a while."
"Three hundred years, to be exact," Drey put in.
Griffinsmiled. "Yes, three hundred marvelous years in which we defeated Braze the first time around and nearly brought peace to Shadows and Hunters."
Berret nodded. "This coming together of the Hunters and Shadows was as much to bring our races back to peace as it was to defeat Braze."
"Wait, who's Braze?" Rhea asked.
"The Darkness," Baramore replied. "Before it was that."
Griffinnodded. "Braze was a boy who grew up with Berret and me. He was the son of a Huntress and a Shade, making him one of the few half-bloods out there. He, Berret, and I were the Three before you guys. But he turned on us before we could complete our mission."
"He is the reason the Hunters and Shadows have lived in constant warfare these past hundred years despiteGriffin, Baramore, Drey, and my efforts." The steel in Berret's voice surprised Rhea.
"So, back to my question," Neytiri put in. "What is going to happen to you guys?" Rhea could now understand her worry. If the four of them were no longer immortal, would they die in the passing on of immortality?
"Do not worry, Daughter. We will live out the rest of our years and age normally. The sacrifices you four gave means the immortality has already been passed on. You four will remain this age until the next four onoraii come along."Griffinsmiled sadly. Though it was an honor, it was also a burden.
"And as the Three," Berret said to Jay, Rhea, and Neytiri, "you will be charged with keeping the peace between the races as we were."
Baramore nodded. "It is not an easy task we put before you, but one I am sure you can manage."
"And since all this fun is over, Demi and I will be taking our leave." Drey turned with a hand on the girl's shoulder and headed for the purple door.
After he was gone, Rhea turned to Berret. "Why is it that he didn't train one of us?"
Grififn snorted in laughter. "Because none of us would let him!"
Jay looked at her in wonder. It was him who would have been trained by Drey if the others hadn't interfered.
"He was irresponsible an untrustworthy. A poor excuse for an onoraii," Berret said.
"He has bettered himself since then, though I still wouldn't have entrusted Jay to him," Baramore added. "Besides,Griffindid a much better job."
"And Drey had his own daughter to deal with," Berret said.
"Which brings us to another of my questions," Neytiri said with a mischievious grin. "Is he my father?"
Griffinnodded. "I probably should have told you before you encountered him. But yes, he is your father."
"So, how was I born? If your insides were taken, like mine, then how did you have me?" Rhea found herself listening as intently as Neytiri.
"You were born the day before we all gave up parts of us to become onoraii,"Griffinreplied calmly.
"But, like you said, that would have been three hundred years ago," Neytiri pointed out.
Griffinnodded. "That's because you were born and your birth was a direct contradiction of my sacrifice. I didn't only give up my insides, but my future children. And you were one of those children. Not until Braze returned and it was evident that you would make a fine new onoraii were you given back to me as a one day old child. You looked the same as you had when you were taken." There were tears inGriffin's eyes as she looked at Neytiri with a tender, loving expression.
Neytiri nodded. "Thank you," she muttered.
"Which just leaves one unanswered question," Jay said. "Who are these people that deem it okay to take things from the onoraii?"
Berret, Baramore, andGriffinexchanged looks, grinned and shrugged.
"Who knows?" Baramore asked. "We just do what we've been told to do. Don't question it." He winked and turned toward his room. "I'm going to head in. I don't have the same energy I used to, and that fight took a lot out of me."
"I'll send Kaki to you," Berret said as he turned and walked away.
"So you guys seriously don't know who or what took away your sacrifices?" Neytiri asked skeptically.
Griffinshook her head. "Higher orders. Gods. Maybe just a fourth race of superior creatures. Either way, it doesn't matter. They take something from us, but they also give us the power to protect those who can't protect themselves."
Berret nodded. "Well, I think I'm going to head in as well. See you all in the morning. There'll be a feast in your honor." She winked at Rhea and the others and walked away toward her own room.
Griffinwatched after her for a while, then sighed. She turned to face the four of them ad smiled. "I'll see you all in the morning. Good night." She left for the purple door and Rhea, Neytiri, Jay, and Zendaya stood staring at each other in awkward silence for a few moments.
"What did Drey give up?" Rhe asked to break the silence. She knew Berret was blind,Griffinhad no insides, and Baramore was deaf, according to Zendaya.
"All four of his limbs," Jay said quietly. Rhea remembered that in the two days they ahd spent recovering, Drey had stayed with Jay. "His arms and legs are all mechanical."
"And Baramore?" Neytiri asked, looking at Zendaya.
Zendaya pointed at her ear.
"Deaf?" Jay asked. "No way! That guy could hear anything from a mile away!"
Zendays shook her head and pointed at her eyes.
"He sees everything?" Neytiri asked, nodding in understanding. "That's how he knows what everyone is saying, right? He lipreads."
Zendaya nodded with a smile.
Rhea remembered times when she had said something to Baramore's back and he hadn't responded until he had turned around and she had repeated herself.
"Well, I'm going to head off to bed now," Neytiri said. "I'll see you guys in the morning, you know, at the feat in our honor." She smiled and winked. She linked arms with Jay and they left for the large purple door. Rhea turned to Zendaya.
"Want to head off as well?" Zendaya nodded and together they walked up to the girl's dormitory.


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PURPOSE: Hypoalbuminemia is a predictor of mortality in a variety of disease states and is an indicator of frailty in healthy older adults. We examined the association of serum albumin concentration at transplant listing with the risk of death after lung transplantation.
METHODS: We examined 6,587 adults with interstitial lung disease (ILD), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and cystic fibrosis (CF) who underwent their first lung transplantation in the United States between 1995 and 2008 using UNOS/OPTN data. We used stratified Cox models, conditional logistic regression, and generalized additive models to examine associations between pre-transplant serum albumin concentration and the risk of death after transplantation while adjusting for recipient, donor, and transplant procedure characteristics.
RESULTS: The median follow-up time was 2.7 years. 22% of patients had severe (0.5-2.9 g/dl) or mild (3.0-3.6 g/dl) hypoalbuminemia, and 21% had a low-normal serum albumin concentration (3.7-3.9 g/dl). Compared to those with normal serum albumin (4.0-5.0 g/dl), adjusted rates of death after transplantation were 34% (95% CI, 11 to 62%) higher for those with severe hypoalbuminemia and 12% (95% CI, 1 to 24%) higher for those with mild hypoalbuminemia. CF and ILD recipients with severe hypoalbuminemia had adjusted risks of death at 1 year that were 137% (95% CI, 39 to 437%) and 73% (95% CI 4 to 191%) higher than those with normal albumin levels, respectively. COPD recipients with hypoalbuminemia did not have an increased in risk of death compared to those with normal albumin levels. The multivariable-adjusted population attributable fraction at 1 year was 11 and 24% for ILD and CF patients, respectively.
CONCLUSIONS: Hypoalbuminemia is an independent risk factor for death after lung transplantation in recipients with ILD and CF, contributing up to 11 and 24% of deaths in the first year after transplantation.
CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: Efforts to prevent hypoalbuminemia in patients with advanced lung disease who are listed for lung transplant may reduce the risk of death after transplantation. Hypoalbuminemia should be taken into consideration when selecting candidates for lung transplantation.
DISCLOSURE: The following authors have nothing to disclose: Matthew Baldwin, Selim Arcasoy, Ashish Shah, Julia Sze, David Lederer
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ACOs: What's Our Take?
We are now six years into the modern accountable care organization (ACO) era and a number of lingering questions remain. Do ACOs work? What have we learned so far? Have we reached a critical mass? Where is the model headed? As CMS considers rule changes to its two ACO programs to enhance and expand them, we thought it would be helpful to use this letter to share our insights on the ACO model.
Let's begin by taking stock of where ACOs stand today. As of May 2014, there were 626 ACOs with nearly 21 million covered lives, representing 6% of the population. Yes, ACOs have moved from the fringe to the mainstream in a short period of time. But tallying up first-year savings from the Pioneer ACO Model and the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) results in $380 million. That may sound like a big number, but consider that this amount represents just 6/100ths of 1% of the $586 billion Medicare spent in 2013. CMS's ACOs are far from a scale where they will make a dent in overall health care spending.
One more point on the state of the state: the Pioneer Model and MSSP participants get all the publicity, but what is less known—and appreciated—is that the majority of ACO participants (approximately 60%) are covered under commercial contracts. This isn't surprising to us. Our members tell us that commercial ACOs are easier to design and deploy. The relative ease of execution and the desire of major payers to grow their value-based business signal that future ACO growth will largely be in the commercial sector. One example: UnitedHealth wants to grow its value-based contracts from $30 billion today to $65 billion by the end of 2018.
What have we learned so far? The first-year cost savings results from CMS's two ACO programs can best be described as mixed. The more salient points follow:
- The cost reduction opportunity is more than we thought. As we've shared before, the single most successful Pioneer ACO, Bellin-ThedaCare Healthcare Partners, reduced the total cost of care for its 20,000 beneficiaries by 4.6%, despite starting with the third-lowest costs.
- The economics of shared savings ACO programs remain questionable. One estimate showed that the average ACO needed start-up capital of $4 million. Couple that with lost admissions and the fact that only 25% of ACOs in the MSSP class of 2012 were able to actually share in savings. The math quickly starts to become difficult and makes even less sense as you move beyond years three and four. This is why we think of the shared savings ACO as a transitional vehicle to some broader form of performance-based payment.
- The mechanics of the ACO model must be refined. We hear continued frustration with the lag in claims data (not just from CMS) and the opaqueness of attribution models.
- The open model of the Medicare ACO programs may be the fatal flaw in their design. Network leakage is a problem for just about every ACO. We routinely hear leakage rates of 30%, 40% and, in some cases, beyond 50%. Repatriation programs are one of the best solutions we've seen today.
- It's still not clear where specialists fit in the ACO model. The center of the value-based universe has settled squarely on primary care for good reason. But that leaves us with the specialist conundrum. What role do they play besides providing a low-cost and clinically effective product (which is what everyone should be doing anyway)?
What are the wildcards out there? What are the activities that could accelerate or decelerate the ACO model? Here are the two areas to watch:
- Medicaid ACOs: These structures may be the most ambitious and altruistic undertakings of all. Medicaid populations are notoriously hard to manage—due to multiple medical conditions, behavioral health issues and limited access to care. However, Medicaid ACOs don't come with the same restrictive rules as their Medicare counterparts. Several states are plunging headfirst into Medicaid ACOs with progressive (and aggressive) payment structures. If there was one area where ACOs could rise fast and disintegrate quickly, this would be it.
- Medicare Advantage: The growth and popularity of these products remain high. Policyholders get broader benefits and lower co-pays than traditional Medicare beneficiaries. Getting into the Medicare Advantage space could be the natural next step for organizations that are successful in their shared savings programs.
So, based on the state of the state, what do we make of the ACO model going forward? We hear the skepticism from CFOs out in the field loud and clear. In the end, whether the ACO concept makes it to 2024 doesn't matter. What matters is that organizations make advances in their care delivery models, gain expertise in integrating information and start the necessary cultural changes to allow them to focus on value-based care. These assets and capabilities will outlast the ACO. In fact, the ACO movement has (thankfully) driven industry investment away from acute care facilities and into areas of needed infrastructure (eg, health information exchanges). ACOs also have forced provider organizations to restructure caregivers' roles and rethink transitions from one caregiver to the next. Perhaps most importantly, some of our neediest patients have received more time and attention from providers.
One thing is for certain: the ACO movement has spurred some of the most interesting and promising structural experiments in the history of health care. Dartmouth-Hitchcock partnered with Fletcher Allen Health Care to create a statewide, all-payer ACO. In another example, the National Rural ACO brings together small community-based organizations spread across three states. A four-way commercial ACO between the California Public Employees' Retirement System (a large purchaser), Blue Shield of California (a large payer), Dignity Health (a health system) and Hill Physicians Medical Group (a physician group) generated over $105 million in gross savings in a four-year period. There will be failures, but we expect positive contributions—primarily in the form of progressing care delivery and care coordination models—to come from all of this ACO activity. We also see it as an impetus for exploring other models such as bundled payments, which are being aggressively pursued by CMS and payers.
What does this mean for you today? The most progressive organizations view the ACO as simply one vehicle to drive innovation and not as a means of driving financial returns. If you're in an ACO, start planning now for how you scale your supporting programs. Consider a Medicare Advantage contract or a capitated model. Expect most commercial shared savings models to ultimately transition to prospective payment. If an ACO isn't in your near future, know that there are multiple paths to developing accountable models. Start by broadening your pay-for-performance contracts or managing the health of your employee base.
This is easily one of the most exciting periods in the history of our industry. A former chief of staff for the US Army and Secretary of Veterans Affairs, General Eric Shinseki, once said, "If you don't like change, you're going to like irrelevance even less." Although Shinseki's tenure as Secretary of VA was controversial, his insight on keeping pace with change remains invaluable. Sg2 is here to make sure you are on top of the trends that ensure your System of CARE and strategies keep you at the fore—ACO or no ACO. Let us know how we can help.
Sources: Petersen M et al. Growth and Dispersion of Accountable Care Organizations: June 2014 Update. Leavitt Partners; Gamble M. 5 takeaways from ACOs' first-year results. Becker's Hospital Review. February 4, 2014; Japsen B. How accountable care is transforming US healthcare. The Motley Fool. June 27, 2014; Gamble M. ACOs take $4M of startup capital, survey finds. Becker's Hospital Review. January 27, 2014; Melnick G and Green L. Four years into a commercial ACO for CalPERS: substantial savings and lessons learned. Health Affairs Blog: April 17, 2014; Sg2 Analysis, 2014.


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Mathura, Apr 7: Actress-turned-politician Hema Malini on Tuesday accused the opposition of indulging in false propaganda on the Land Acquisition Bill and asserted that the Modi government will not take any decision which will affect farmers.
"A rumour is floating that the land of the farmers would be taken forcibly, while the fact is that the farmer, not only would be provided four times compensation but employment to one member in the family would be ensured.
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Chapter 1.IMature
You might think me dim for not realising it sooner, considering my life experience, but I can honestly say that I've never actually seen an Angel fly before. So it took me a moment to register the scene with very, very wide eyes as the being approached, now close enough for me to discern basic detail.
In my opinion, people use the word 'beautiful' way too easily these days; 'that model is so beautiful', 'that garden's so beautiful', you get the picture… but if anyone saw the same scene I was gaping over, they would never use that word for anything less ever again. I sure as hell wasn't going to.
Golden dust clouded the air around the soaring Angel, the particles reflecting the sun's light like solid rain as they slowly descended, only to fade before they hit the concrete sprawl of the town. Its wings were the purest of whites, spread majestically and moving slowly through the air with a subtle grace which would have made mighty Kings kneel.
I almost stood up out of pure shock, which was saying something, considering I had lived my life pretending to not see and keeping my cool when I did. The Angel was close now, almost above us, its heavenly profile making my heart ache dully with some odd melancholy. I knew I would regret it later, but I drank the sight in, oblivious to the bland scene in the classroom behind me. I was about to think 'sod it' and stand, so I could see the Angel until it passed right over the building, but instead of continuing over my head, the being started to fall. It was a controlled descending, but it still made my heart skip a beat, and my wide eyes watched with rapt attention as it landed on the one sizable patch of grass for miles; the school field. We were lucky to have it, despite the 'field' being barely bigger than a classroom. Bare feet touched down on the unhealthy-looking grass, and it immediately seemed to green up a little.
Still entranced, I watched the Angel as he (I think) approached the old oak tree all graduates had to tie their ties to each year (rebellion comes in the strangest of forms) and started to climb, the white coat/cloak garment he was wearing swishing around his ankles. I knew from experience that it wasn't the easiest tree to climb (even without a teacher shouting incessantly for you to come down), but he made it look like cake-walk.
I watched the beautiful creation settle himself on a gnarled branch and gaze around the campus, searching for something, someone. My throat constricted, and I looked back to my class again, reality rushing back with a painful clarity. Not good. He was here for a reason, and that reason included a student in this school.
Despite common perception, having an Angel watch your back isn't exactly a good thing most of the time. Over my life, I have known (vaguely) three people who were shadowed by Angels. The first one was saved miraculously after her car was thrown by a drunk driver into a flooded river. Her family died, including her little brother, but she alone lived; it was seen as a miracle. I knew better. The Angel was never seen again and Maria committed suicide the next year by drowning herself in the local lake. She had tied a brick to her ankle and jumped in.
The second, a bigger brother of my best friend, drove his motorcycle right into the side of a car at full speed, not two days after I had spotted a beautiful female Angel looming behind him during one of my routine visits to that friend's house. Mike died instantaneously (he had misplaced his helmet that day), whereas the driver had been found on death's door after an estimate of two painful hours of bleeding, somehow dismembered, on a deserted country road. It was revealed later on (after his death on the ambulance) that he had raped a mother of five and was planning to kill himself and his family the next day because he had been fired from his long-term job… Did these background facts justify Mike's death, and my friends sorrow? I can't say, but the third story in my memory is a little less sorrowful and a bit more stereotypical when one thinks of Angels.
My favourite teacher in middle school, one of the very few who cared about her students, was diagnosed with cancer. Her whole class was devastated, including me, and about four of us went to her house to give her a card and some get-well chocolates. They didn't tell us, but the doctor had labelled her chances of recovery as near impossible. As she opened the door to greet us I saw her Angel, his wings a solemn grey, and ran home crying without pause, thinking she was dead for sure.
She made a miraculous recovery, one which astounded the doctors and joyed the students. She's still alive today, with two kids and a kind, handsome husband.
So, my point is that although it may be a good thing to have this beautiful being tailing one of the students at my school, it probably wasn't. Whenever I saw an Angel, the metaphor 'child on an ant-hill' sprang to mind.
Were we all just ants, which 'He' dismembered just to watch us squirm? Or maybe these Angels were the 'kid', and God was the irresponsible 'parent' who left his child to play in the dirt.
I found myself pitying whoever turned out to be the Angel's charge as I fought to not look out of the window, my eyes for once unconditionally focused on Mr Baran. There were about four classrooms said Angel could see clearly into at his current position, one of which was empty at this time of day. So, one student out of about eighty potentials had the bad luck to be marked. I just hoped it was in the good way Angels are so often lumped with.


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The World Of The Devil
Jason groaned and sat up slowly rubbing his head. His vision was blurred from the hit to his head. He couldn't remember anything for a moment, just that he had fallen quite a long ways.
He rubbed his eyes and looked around. His vision slowly came into focus and he took in the scenery around him.
He was in the middle of a forest. He didn't recognize it though, the trees were tall, they almost looked like redwoods but they were different, the bark was a darker brown-gray colour.
Suddenly memories flooded back, the ice fortress, his attempts at the final battle with Satan. And then it had somehow sent him to this place. Jason instantly reached for his Unidex, the only device that he had ever carried with him that wasn't magic.
It was a handy computer he had picked up from a friend when he had traveled to some other planets in search of an enemy. It had a large database of not only planets but also places on most of the planets as well.
Jason opened it, the screen was cracked, he'd have to use the voice function.
"Unidex, identify location," he said.
The device whirred to life and seemed to calculate his command for a second.
"Land area, not identified in database. Planet, not identified in database. Solar system, not identified in database. Location, unknown."
Jason was confused, this place looked a lot like Earth, but then again he had been on a few planets that did look similar as well. Still never this closely related.
"Unidex, identify primary lifeforms," he said to it.
Again the whirring.
"Primary lifeforms identified, recognized as, Necromancers.
Jason's eyes shot back up and around him again, darting here and there all over the forest looking for anything moving. He reached for his sword again.
Necromancers were the priests of Satan and as such, they had the power to invoke his evil and create any type of beasts they wanted.
If they were the primary lifeforms here, than this planet would be crawling with some very nasty beings.
Jason unsheathed the sword and held it fast.
"Unidex, scan kilometer radius for lifeforms."
The unidex whirred for a few minutes, and Jason felt a bead of sweat drip down his face as he stood very still sword held at his waist ready to swing into action.
Finally the whirring stopped.
"Scan complete, lifeform located, half kilometer, 45 degrees horizontal, 72 degrees vertical. Lifeform unregistered."
It was in the trees, Jason flipped the unidex back into his belt and put both hands on the sword facing the exact location the unidex had stated.
Nothing moved.
Jason listened for any sounds at all. There weren't even crickets chirping, although Jason didn't know if there were even crickets on this strange planet.
He stared hard into the leaves. Suddenly there was a small shift in the branches. It may have been the wind shifting the leaves, but Jason knew better than to think that.
He quickly ran behind a large trunk of the nearest tree, and then peaked around. Once again there was no movement at all.
Again suddenly there was a shift of movement. This time though it continued to move. But it was erratic, shifting in spaced out places. It was getting closer as well.
Then Jason felt something slice across his left cheek. A razor sharp claw moving at lightning speed. He could hardly register that it was against his skin before it was gone again.
This creature was faster than anything he had been up against before. And it was not a nice being.
Jason reacting quickly, jumped up high onto the lowest branch, still leaping from branch to branch far up into the tree. The creature was not far, it zoomed past him again, this time clawing his side, leaving three trails of blood.
Jason realized he would have to use something he had never wanted to use since he'd gotten his hands on it. Otherwise this creature would rip him to shreds before he was even able to take a swing at it.
He reached into his jeans pocket and pulled out a small metal ball with a tiny button on it. His thumb quickly landed on the button, and as it did the creature suddenly appeared in front of him, now moving at normal speed and about to take another swipe. It was a scrawny beast, looking more like a skeleton than a creature, all black but with wickedly curved claws on its hands and feet, and an elongated, beak-looking nose.
Jason, quick as the creature now, pocketed the device and swung his sword. But the creature blocked his swipe with its claws, using them as little swords to throw off his blow.
To the naked eye Jason was now moving as fast as the little beast, as the both flew through the trees, blurs of movement meeting and then separating every few seconds, as they both went in for the attack.
Artimiss was a farmer. He was a father, and a husband, as well as a provider to the small community, but first and foremost his duty was as a farmer, and he carried out his duty well.
Even when there were reports of villagers disappearing in the night or being carried off by beasts created by the Necromancer council, Artimiss did not worry.
He continued to grow his crops and tend to his cattle as any good farmer would.
Even though his farm was on the outskirts of the village, near the great wooded area where most of the creatures had been spotted. He still did not worry.
The Necromancer council had always created these beasts and there had always been reports of these kinds from before he was a youngling. He needed more to worry about his crops and cattle and how well they were taken care of.
Artimiss was not human, he was not anything near what a human would look like. The only things close to humans on his world were the Necromancer council, and even they were questionable. He was a Alessian. A being of cat-like creatures that were able to walk on two legs, and speak of the Necromancer tongue.
If the Necromancers were the Kings and Lords of the planet than the Alessians were the commoners. They provided food and water, as well as materials to the Necromancers. They built fortresses and palaces, as well as temples and alters.
They also were the lowest form on the food chain on the planet, other than cattle. But the beasts that roamed the grounds preferred the warm and full meat of an Alessian to the stringy bland taste of the bug-like cattle.
Artimiss struck his shovel into the ground and stood back, stretching, his claws on his paws releasing and retracting as he stretched. His tail swung around constantly in a tick tock motion when he was working. Now it stretched as well and then hung in the air motionless.
He looked into the sky, the two suns baked the ground today, it was quite hot for the season, but Artimiss didn't complain. There was no use in complaining over something as trivial as warm weather.
He was thankful for his healthy crops and cattle this season, and happy for his well taken care of family.
He was about to get back to work when suddenly a creature burst from the trees flying through the air and landing several yards away in his crops.
Artimiss cried out in frustration and ran towards the creature, intending to use his shovel to scare it off. But as he neared it he realized he had made a mistake in judgement.
It was a skitter, a very nasty creature, and too fast for Artimiss to fight. It was slowly getting up, it looked injured.
It saw Artimiss and hissed through its beak at him, its dark eyes taking him in. It, like any other creature on this planet, saw him as an easy meal, and it was hungry from its battle with the human.
The skitter was about to lunge at Artimiss when suddenly a sword came flying down and cut its head off in a clean swipe, then stuck in the ground a few feet away. Moments later a human landed next to headless beast as its body heaped to the ground.
Jason looked at Artimiss and quickly grabbed his sword holding it at his wayside in defense again, ready to continue fighting.
Artimiss at first was more than surprised to see a human standing in front of him. He had never seen a Necromancer before, and he wondered why one was flying around killing a skitter.
"My Lord, what brings you to my humble land?" Artimiss asked, falling to his knees.
Jason was taken aback, he hadn't really expected this cat-like creature to being talking, much less calling him its Lord. He sheathed his sword slowly and then put his hand out.
"No no friend, I'm no Lord, my name is Jason, I'm a friend."


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The Lure of BDSM and D/s: MY Shades of Grey
Today, as women everywhere breathe heavily over 50 Shades of Grey, an erotic novel complete with bondage, discipline and power fantasy role-playing, I actually find myself breathing a little easier...
Because it's something I've experienced in real life. Moreover, I chose to tell the world about it in my just-released memoir (gulp). And at the back of my mind I've always worried, "Is everyone going to think I'm a freak for this?"
My curiosity around BDSM and Dominance/submission (D/s) arose during the first year after my divorce. I was going through a sexual reawakening and personal metamorphosis, open to learning more about myself, relationships and my body. For some reason, scenes from the movie, 9 1/2 Weeks kept flashing through my mind too. There was just "something" in how Kim Basinger and Mickey Rourke connected -- how he seemed to "see" her, intuit her, push her beyond her boundaries and in turn, empower her to know herself more. That connection spoke to me, though I didn't understand how or why. It wasn't until I began talking to "Sir John the Dom" -- a sexual Dominant from the United States -- that I even realized that that movie was about D/s...
(Shaking head) I had so much to learn.
A D/s relationship, in its truest form, is all about the submissive, John explained to me. It's about her wants, her needs, her fantasies. Some of her desires may be conscious, but others may be locked in her subconscious. The Dom's job is to build a bond so strong with her that she feels safe enough, connected enough with him, to unleash her creativity and explore her innermost self. Through submission, she actually becomes empowered because she connects with her body, heart and mind in much deeper ways.
"Trust. Honesty. Communication. And respect," he said firmly. "Remember those four words. Those are the four pillars that a genuine D/s relationship is built upon. And until they are in place with any dom, always meet in a public place and always keep your clothes on," he warned, "because there are men out there who use D/s as a way to abuse women -- they think the sex is all about them, that they can 'take' whatever they want. A Dom never abuses or 'takes away,' Delaine... he only builds."
After many months of getting to know John, those four pillars gradually grew strong and firm. Our relationship then became more psychological -- a battle of the minds. I "tested" him constantly long before we became sexually involved -- mouthing off, ignoring him, deliberately trying to arouse him. I wanted to see if I could break his self-control; find a crack in his armour, so to speak.
But he always remained in control; patient, calm, and sometimes even amused. His goal was to make me learn more about me and MY needs. For that to happen, I had to be the one who went to him.
No doubt, much of what I experienced sexually with John involved my being physically "forced." And my "need" to experience that was scary and weird to me -- it seemed dark... twisted... violent. I feared some part of me longed to be abused.
But I now realized that my fear was misguided. The sexual and physical control John exerted over me actually empowered me, not stole my power. The sex we'd shared had been the final gateway -- a passage through which I was able to learn to trust a man again and to claim the ecstasy and power of my sexual energy as my own. Nothing he did to me was without my consent -- and beyond the bedroom, our relationship was as loving and "equal" as any other healthy relationship.
But what this sexual exploration did do was "add" to me; I became more of Delaine. I became more confident. I was more in tune with my passion and creativity and saw the value in keeping those channels open. I had more faith in her my body's intuition and no longer quashed it without listening. And most importantly, I felt freer and more capable of expressing my wants and needs -- not just in bed, but in life.
Ladies, are you allured or repulsed by BDSM and D/s? Why do you think some women relegate it to "fantasy only" vs. acting on it in reality?
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It's too easy for us women to convince ourselves to settle for less. We're so helpful and accommodating, so eager to please and afraid of rejection that we're quick to give up the things we need, including when it comes to sex. What we need to see is that doing this will leave us chronically frustrated. While it's true that every relationship requires a certain amount of compromise, going without the things that we really need just doesn't work. We'll end up unhappy in the relationship or resentful toward our partner. The bottom line is, we need to know what we can't live without, sexually, and what we just can't live with. We ignore these non-negotiables at the expense of a fulfilling sex life.
If you can't ask them for what you want in bed, you shouldn't be sleeping with them. Good sex happens when we feel safe and at ease. If we're afraid to ask for something or to tell our partner that we don't like something, sex will never be more than mediocre. This second tip follows from the first one, in that once we identify what we want and don't want, we have to express these things clearly. It's unfair to expect our partner to be a mind-reader and "prove" that they care by somehow knowing what we want without our having to tell them. Healthy sex comes out of healthy communication.
We need to be in touch with our bodies; with what feels good, what feels not so good and what feels wrong. We also really need to stop judging ourselves in terms of our weight and our shape. Only a superficial dope would give us a hard time over our imperfections. If someone makes us feel bad about our physical selves, this is more a reflection of his inadequacies than of our own. Our negative self-talk has to stop. The running commentary on how fat we are, how much cellulite or how many wrinkles we have is guaranteed to kill the mood, often before it even starts. Feeling good about our bodies is crucial if we're going to let go and enjoy ourselves. Being physically self-conscious will keep us from experiencing the joyful abandon of great sex.
In the bad old days, some women were led to believe that the way to get a man to toe the line is to offer sex for good behavior or withhold it when the man has displeased them. Most of us today recognize this as hateful behaviour and a recipe for disaster. Men don't want to be controlled or punished, especially around sex. They don't want to be made to feel like little boys. When we're hurt or angry at our partner, we need to share our feelings with him in an adult way. We can even say that we're too upset for sex, right now. What we mustn't ever do is make him feel like we're deciding when he gets to have sex, based on whether he's been "good" or "bad." On the other hand, using sex as a reward turns us into sex objects and makes sex into a commodity for our partner to "earn." It's no longer two people being intimate or enjoying each other. Commodifying sex makes it into a business transaction and our bodies then become objects for trade.
We might love Fluffy or Rover, but they don't belong in the bedroom when we're being intimate. Our pets are very territorial and could get jealous or want to play, too. Dogs might bark or even growl. Cats might jump onto the bed and start walking around. We can avoid these disasters by remembering to shut the door and leave our four-legged friends outside.
Sex is about connection and intimacy, but also it's about having fun. It can be mind-blowingly great or occasionally, things can go wrong. Having a good sense of humor about sex will keep things in perspective. Being able to laugh at ourselves and at the comical aspects of sex will take the pressure off the whole experience. We might love and adore our partner, but we don't have to be so serious about making love to them. Humour relieves pressure and is a great way to connect.
The best sex is the kind in which each person is trying to please the other one. The sharing in sex is one of the things that make it great. It can be technically amazing, but when one person gets the impression that the other person really isn't there with them, it can ruin the whole experience. What makes someone a fantastic lover is not their technical ability or their repertoire of moves but their attentiveness and their efforts to make their partner happy. When both people show that they really care about meeting their partner's needs, sex becomes something wonderful.
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[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-1415?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=13597904#comment-13597904 ] Youri Bonnaffé edited comment on CLOUDSTACK-1415 at 3/9/13 11:30 AM: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello, >From a master checkout (revision ebafcf826b2506e779c8de8887d867ca4e0306bf), if I run mvn clean install then dpkg-buildpackage -uc -us, I produce all the debian packages. In the cloud-management script in /etc/init.d I can see CATALINA_HOME=/usr/share/cloud/management whereas the package contains /usr/share/cloudstak-management Is this expected ? (because the script will not run properly) Is there work in progress on that ? I'm can try to contribute a patch if required. was (Author: youribonnaffe): Hello, >From a master checkout (revision ebafcf826b2506e779c8de8887d867ca4e0306bf), if I run mvn clean install then {code}dpkg-buildpackage -uc -us{code} > .deb packaging merge > -------------------- > > Key: CLOUDSTACK-1415 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-1415 > Project: CloudStack > Issue Type: Improvement > Security Level: Public(Anyone can view this level - this is the default.) > Reporter: Noa Resare > Assignee: Noa Resare > > This ticket tracks the merge of the packaging work that me and [~widodh] has been working on in a separate branch. > The diff is kind of large, but most of the lines are the package delimitations moving around resulting in a lot of file moves. The changes should be orthogonal to non-packaging related developments and the target is both the 4.1 and master branches. Since the current state of packaging is very broken, at least it will be an improvement. > Concepts included in the diff: > * the replace.properties location used by maven is parameterized to allow for a build that does not modify the currently git tracked files > * package naming is updated along the lines of what was discussed on the -dev mailing list and between committers at the Build a Cloud Day in Belgium. > * package version pattern is updated (since we redo all package names, we might as well drop the epoch) > This commit is not very well tested, and most likely broken in a few ways, but since should be pretty safe regression-wise and it is a good starting point to get to a broader user base for the last fixes to 4.1 packaging. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira
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State school teachers face the prospect of Ofsted coming in without warning to inspect their schools, in the wake of the so-called "Trojan Horse" affair.
With Ofsted's report into alleged infiltration of Birmingham schools by hardline Muslims due to be published today, David Cameron has summoned an emergency meeting of the Extremism Taskforce and an impromptu ministerial meeting to discuss the affair.
He has also told the Education Secretary, Michael Gove, to consult the chief inspector of schools, Sir Michael Wilshaw, on the implications of subjecting schools to sudden, unscheduled Ofsted inspections.
Mr Cameron said: "Protecting our children is one of the first duties of government and that is why the issue of alleged Islamist extremism in Birmingham schools demands a robust response. The Education Secretary will now ask Sir Michael Wilshaw to look into allowing any school to be inspected at no notice, stopping schools having the opportunity to cover up activities which have no place in our society."
When Ofsted previously proposed no-notice inspections, in 2013, the idea was met with hostility from head teachers, who argued that it could make it impossible for them to ensure they were present on the day of an inspection.
The report will also reveal that some schools being investigated by officials attempted to cover up their activities, putting on "hastily arranged shows of cultural inclusivity", including in one case a religious education lesson on Christianity.
The "Trojan Horse" allegations were behind the damaging public row between Mr Gove and his Cabinet rival Theresa May, which has cost the Home Secretary a much trusted aide while the Education Secretary has had to write letters of apology.
Mrs May will also have to defend herself before the Commons Home Affairs committee, whose chairman, Keith Vaz, has written to her demanding a full explanation. Mr Vaz has also said there is a "strong case" for demanding an appearance before the committee by Mrs May's former spin doctor, Fiona Cunningham, who resigned over the weekend after a letter was leaked last week appearing to blame Mr Gove for the failure to act on claims that Muslim hardliners were trying to take control of Birmingham schools.
Yesterday Labour accused the Home Secretary of breaking the ministerial code "by writing and then authorising the publication" of the letter.
Ofsted's report covers 21 Birmingham schools, three of which are understood to have been given a clean bill of health, while others are expected to lose their previous "excellent" ratings.
According to yesterday's Sunday Times, a separate investigation by the Education Funding Agency has found that a maths teacher at one school segregated the pupils in his classroom, with girls sitting at the back with their heads covered. It was alleged that the same school, Oldknow Academy primary school, had organised three trips to Saudi Arabia exclusively for Muslim pupils, in what was described as "an extravagant use of public funds".
Talking to The Times early in the week, Mr Gove accused Mrs May and the head of the Home Office's counter-terrorism division, Charles Farr, of being reluctant to confront the issue.
In retaliation, Ms Cunningham – who is in a relationship with Mr Farr – took the extraordinary step of publishing the letter.
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The Welfare Reform Bill And Disability - By Rhydian Fon James
Part 1 of the Bill contains provisions and confers regulation-making powers for the new Universal Credit. Universal credit will be paid to people both in and out of work, replacing working tax credit, child tax credit, housing benefit, council tax benefit, IS, income- based JSA and income-related ESA. The stated aim of universal credit is to smooth the transition into work by reducing the support a person receives at a consistent rate as their earnings increase. The financial support provided by universal credit will be underpinned by responsibilities which claimants may be required to meet.
Clause 4 sets out the basic conditions for entitlement, including that the claimant must accept a claimant commitment which contains the requirements that a claimant will be expected to meet in return for receiving universal credit. These requirements are set out in clauses 13 to 28 – no work-related requirements if the claimant has limited capability for work-related activity, work preparation if the claimant is found to have limited capability for work, and claimants subject to work search and availability requirements otherwise, with Clause 26 setting out harsh sanction for failure to meet any of these requirements. Subsection (1)(b) of Clause 6 prevents a person from being entitled to universal credit if they only meet the conditions of entitlement for a short period, to be prescribed in regulations – this will increase the difficulty of getting out-of-work support where disability is acute.
Clause 11 provides for an amount to be included for housing costs. A person's
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rent, it is intended that the amount will be calculated with reference to a claimant's
household size and circumstances as well as their actual rent, as is the case currently
in housing benefit. There are changes being made to housing benefit that will be harmful to disabled people, and we must block these to avoid them being carried over.
It is clear that the most effective way to make provision for disabled people in this Part of the Bill is to amend Clause 38 which provides powers relating to the determination of limited capability for work and limited capability for work-related activity owing to a physical or mental condition. A person's capability for work may determine the work-related requirements which may be imposed. The intention is that the clause allows for the same provision as for ESA in sections 8 and 9 of Welfare Reform Act 2007.
Part 2 of the Bill makes provision for changes to the responsibilities of claimants of JSA, ESA and IS in the period leading up to the introduction of universal credit. In particular provision is made for the introduction of a claimant commitment, in the same way as in Part 1. The claimant commitment will be a record of the requirements claimants are expected to meet in order to receive benefit and the consequences should they fail to do so. Once the universal credit clauses have come into force, ESA and JSA will continue alongside universal credit as contributory benefits.
Clause 51 must be deleted, as it time-limits entitlement to contributory ESA to 365, even where the period of limited capability for work exceeds this period, though days during which a claimant is in the support group will not count towards the 365 days of entitlement.. In particular, this may plunge couples where one or both partners are disabled into poverty, as claimants will be subject to harsh means test after this period. Additionally, subsection (3)(a) provides that claimants who are already receiving contributory ESA when the time limit is introduced will have the period that they have already spent on the benefit counted towards their 365 days of entitlement. Clause 53 and Clause 56 must be amended as it provides for the same claimant commitment and responsibilities as in the Universal Credit, with the same flaws as discussed above.
As well as the changes to be made in the interim period this Part also introduces longer-term reforms to align ESA and JSA more closely with the provisions for universal credit. Clauses 49 and 56 insert new sections into the Jobseekers Act 1995 and the Welfare Reform Act 2007 which replicate those for universal credit which relate to work-related requirements and sanctions, apart from where small differences are necessary, so that what can be expected of a claimant of contributory JSA or ESA is the same as it would be for a similar claimant of universal credit.
Part 4 is the most interesting for disabled people, discussing the Personal Independence Payment, before the DLA reform consultation has closed! In June 2010 the Government announced, as part of the Emergency Budget, its intention to reform disability living allowance from 2013-14. Subsequently, in December 2010, a consultation paper Disability Living Allowance reform (Cm 7984) was published. The consultation paper sets out the Government's proposals to replace disability living allowance with a personal independence payment. The provisions in Part 4 set out the framework for the new benefit, while the consultation responses will feed into the detailed design of the benefit which will be provided for in secondary legislation.
This Part of the Bill must be deleted in its entirety, for the reasons that The Broken of Britain is opposed to the Personal Independence Payment. Notwithstanding the facts that the DLA reform consultation was not closed when the Bill was published, that the consultation is deeply flawed, that there is no evidence that DLA reform is required, and that DLA reform will cause hardship for disabled people, the provisions for PIP are regressive. The reduction in the number of rates of PIP has been decided before the consultation ends, as has the decision to assess prescribed activities to determine awards, and the decision to require that a person be disabled for six months prior to claiming. It has also been decided that that if a claimant is an in-patient of a hospital or similar institution, or resident in a care home, and receives "qualifying services" (as defined in subsection (4)), which are paid for to any extent out of public or local funds, regulations may provide that no amount of the daily living or mobility components of personal independence payment is payable.
The Broken of Britain is exploring various avenues to ensure that the desired changes are made to the Bill, including the complete deletion of Part 4.
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Gas me now. Cremate my body and stuff my ashes down the throats of David Cameron and Ed Miliband.
Being disabled in Britain is beyond endurance now.
- 11:37 am
The consultation process of dla was indeed still under way when the white paper was published. this is evidence that consultations are a farce and the legal issues need to be addressed ASAP. Eveything about this white paper is designed to bring hardship upon the disabled community and their carers. The UC system makes no allowances for the disabled and wants to treat everyone equally badly..........these measures will push many over the edge, and this government will go down in history as the most uncompassionate and destructive regime of modern times.
- 12:05 pm
I'm so scared :(
- 4:12 pm
- kaliwandu said...
The idea that many claimants of JSA will take any notice of this is laughable. Some may know what the word "sanctions" means, but in practice (and this is not to insult the genuine job seekers who lost their jobs through redundancy etc and are eager to find new work) many of the "feckless workless" etc will only know what sanctions mean when they pop their ATM card in the hole in the wall and find that the cupboard is bare!
It would therefore seem to be based on an assumption that all JSA claimants (soon to be UC claimants) understand the principles of carrot and stick economics and that there would be a willingness for those "feckless workless" to sign up to such things as lavatory graffiti wiping or chewing gum scraping.
I can see that by the time this comes about there will be mass riots outside Jobcentres up and down the country when claimants are deprived of their money.
- 6:14 pm
I'm scared too and I'm not disabled. I know people who are though. There is no way they can work but I bet that at an assesment they will be passed as fit for work. There is no way that any employee would take them on. It's disgusting that those most vunarable are bearing the brunt of other peoples mistakes.
I wish I could do more, unfortunatly I'm in low payed work and not some rich banker.
- 7:15 pm
I don't think I've ever felt more fearful in my life. The strength I had in helping to fight all this is rapidly slipping away now. I don't know how to get that strength back, this government is destroying me.
- 7:21 pm
Perhaps they hope that I'll be stuck at home and just rot away. Then I will no longer be a burden to them.
- 9:26 pm
- Freedomlife said...
I am very scared at the moment l get dla and income support all my money goes on bills and my carer as allow I am substantial boarder ing critical so adult services say I do not get any money to pay her as they keep mucking up the process done five care assessment s in six months and no financial contribution we are going round and round in circles
- 10:36 pm
Its all gone pear shaped, Its disgusting the way people are being treated, Even Blind and Totally Deaf, those that are Isolated already suffering Axiety, agoraphobia and this so called Government employ FRENCH ATOS as our medical examiners, who probably dont even see our medical records and based on "hey he looks ok, that will do" We have Professional medical dr's and Consultants and they are even ignoring them, YES theer is fakers out there, but only takes a glimpse of medical records to find them out, how often they have been to hospital, visits to dr's, Operations, etc, I DO KNOW of a few of the bad back brigade whi havent even seen a Consultant in years, now come on, and then theres the dizzy spell brigade the fakers, check them out like myself, I have had 2 Labrynthectomies, balance nerve cut,that is evidence. No sorry they havent a clue and DONT care...
- 7:15 pm
- Orbilia said...
I got a letter from the DWP today telling me that this ratification of this bill will mean I get no support from the state until I've eaten through the monies I'd saved for my retirement.
My condition is degenerative so won't get any better.
I have applied for over 1000 jobs in the 2 years, 7 months since I was made redundant. I've had 4 interviews, 2 of which couldn't even me bothered to inform me I didn't get the job. A close second place resulted in the feedback that my previous employer had been under-utilising my skills and that I should be applying for jobs in the £40 to £45k mark. Not many of those jobs about in good times, let alone now. Applying for lesser jobs results in no interview due to being over-qualified!
In short, I have a broken spine, qualifications, experience, dedication to job hunting (even applied for jobs whilst in hospital!), have studied throughout life, put money away for retirement, and whittled away my youth working like a dog only to find myself on the scrap heap at 47, treated like a dole bludging scum bag and left to rot. Well, thank-you very much Cameron. May you rot in hell.
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