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I have a moral dilemma. Please bear with me as I really need your strength to do the right thing. Last summer. We were at my PIL's house. Only family there and what I mean by this is my husband's parents and his siblings only. Summer BBQ. I felt it a safe environment. My son, aged 3.5, is very active, likes to run around the house and garden and playing with various members of family. I didn't think he was in any danger. I thought I knew my husband's family well, we had been together 8 years. I thought it was safe.
My husband's 15 year old brother, I will call him Alan, exposed himself to my son, It was an opportunist moment. My son alone in Alan's bedroom for a brief time.
We were all downstairs doing the family thing, it did cross my mind where my son was but I didn't think anything of it. Nor did my husband, whose brother it was. Imagine your son or daughter with your brother or sister, together playing alone in a room for the briefest of moments?.
Later on, my son told me Uncle Alan sat him on his bed. Uncle Alan pulled his trousers and underpants and exposed himself. My son told me this in enough detail and I was utterly shocked. It was enough for me to call the police.
Much emotional turmoil between myself, my husband and his parents. It was I that instigated the involvement with the police. Alan's parents were reluctant and very protective. They still are.
Co-incidentally, Alan was pulled up by the police on an seperate issue, at about the same time. The police was monitoring him because he was cruising websites of a NAPPY fetish nature and participating in 'chats' online. He came to the attention of the police as in one of the chats, Alan mentioned he had a toddler nephew, my son. My son was wearing nappies at the time. Till this day, I do not know the contents of the chats nor the actual sites he was on. I can only guess....
The police let Alan off with the privisio he does therapy. Alan being only 15 at the time, his mental state..the risks and being from a supportive home. The police do not view Alan as dangerous. Alan is back at school and living at home.
Fast forward 1 year to today, and my husband's other brother Roger (brother to Alan as well) and his wife announced they are expecting their first child.
My PIL's had sworn us to secrecy. Although we never promised to keep quiet if another member of the family had a child. It is both I and my husband's moral thinking, Roger and his wife ought to be told, to empower them to protect their child.
My PILs, particularly, my FIL has threatened me that if I said anything, 'a big thing would come between us' i.e., I would be ousted in their eyes. They don't deem Alan as dangerous and they don't want any 'trouble' least all by me, least of all as Alan is 'sitting his exams at the moment'. They are being very threatening and we had a heated and serious disagreement. They are extremely protective of Alan, being young impressionable and probably prone to depression.
Any mention of my son and I get 'he'll not remember in a few years', 'nothing worse happened, he's hardly been affected'.
I believe Roger and his wife ought to know for the right reasons. As a parent first and foremost and for the safety of their child. Roger and his wife are good people, very responsible. I'm sure they would understand and be mature about it, like we have been. Alan is a 'good boy' in every other respect and is taking therapy.
Both myself and my husband are being pressured and threatened by my ILs. I know my PILs will never forgive me in particular - even if I said and did nothing 'being the woman/wife'.
Please, let me know your views. What would you do? And imagine this in your own family. Your son/daughter and brother or sister.
Thank you.
Can't quite see the logic of waiting until Roger's child is 4 or 5 before telling him, if Alan's fetish involves nappies/babies - your DS was 3.5 when Alan exposed himself to him, therefore if you wait until Roger's child is 4 or 5 (s)he will already be older than the age at which your poor DS was abused.
As someone whose parents allowed her to stay overnight/bath at the house of a relative who was a known paedophile (sp?) I can only say that if I were Roger's child and I found out later that you could have prevented me being abused by speaking out, but didn't so as not to offend anyone, I would hold you & your DH/PILs partly responsible.
You know what the right thing is here, you just don't want to rock the boat. I know it will be hard but the PILs sounds like PITAs and I would be happy to lose them, even if DH maintains contact on his own. Sorry, I know its harsh.
And I agree I've never seen a thread where EVERY person agrees. Never.
1) unless they can be with him 24 hours a day or never comes into contact with another child its impossible and stupid.
2) people on mn NEVER agree!but this is a child!
3) what if 4 or 5 years is too late?could you forgive yourself?
4) he needs to see someone about that, you cant walk on egg shells just incase.
i just dont get your pil?yes this is their son but what about the other 2 sons and what about the grandchildren?
what contact have you had since this incident?
Why does Alan need to know they know though? Just tell roger not to let the child be alone with Alan . Alan doesn't need to know roger knows anything.
My 'what do PiL want' was rather than anything else - they clearly just want to sweep it under the carpet and wait for another grandchild to be abused. Then let you and your DH share some of the blame.
Weird response from parents too. If Alan were my child I would kick him to the kerb . ! Im still shocked that a 15 year old boy is Perusing chat rooms about nappy fetishes .
I would tell them, this Alan sounds like an extremely unsavoury character that imo should not be allowed near children and everything must be done to keep him away from kids & babies.
What he did was wrong on a high level considering he was 15!!
I cannot believe what your pils are doing!- they are going to be putting a newborn at risk from a sexual predator all because they want to brush it under the carpet.
I wouldn't worry about the threats, who wants to know people that are hiding such a discusting secret, not to mention what the police held him up for the last time either.
Your niece or nephew should take priority over their sordid lies!-if he has been looking up websites aswell god knows what his next move might be, please tell your bil & sil asap
I agree, I've never seen complete agreement on MN, this thread is unusual. You can take a cut and dried subject like the balloon launch thread and there will always be someone who says something contrary. Just show threads like that to your DH. We are not the borg on here.
Personally, I don't think that telling an older brother will be an unloving thing to do. Alan is a child. He needs support and care. He needs help. Supressing all this into a 'Massive Family Secret' won't be good for him either. Surely if your DH can cope with what Alan did to your son, can still love him and hope for the future that he will 'get better' then it will be the same for his older brother.
Loving someone means that you can accept their flaws (mainly, of course there are limits) and love and want to help them anyway. It means that your BIL will have control over family occasions. It means that Alan can still be part of it all.
Do they all have such a low opinion of your BIL and his ability to handle this information in a loving way?
It's not like you would be posting flyers around the neighbourhood...
Tell. You just have to, however hard other people make it for you. You owe it to everyone involved, even if they can't see that.
Remember you only know what you know, it is possible that there is more to all this and your PILs have kept it from you. They don't sound as if they can be relied upon to tell you everything. They seem intent to normalise this.
Maybe get your DH to ring the nspcc or similar for advice, he might trust them more than us.
I'd tell the expectant parents, and quite frankly couldn't care less what sort of relationship I had with PIL after that. What is wrong with them? They are SO intent on burying it under the carpet. I hate to ask but do you think Alan could have been abused?
Many years ago my company had employed a young sales man, in his early twenties. We were running surveil lance software on every pc in the company, logging everything the employees did online. We were especially targeting chat room activity as this was against the PC Usage policy.
We hardly ever reviewed the logs, but certain usage were flagged up and the logs put in a quarantine. To tell the truth, I did not know such chat rooms even existed. But this young man spent his lunch hours chatting to other young like minded boys and men. He was talking about his little sister. (He was living with his mum and half sister) And how much he loved giving his sister a bath, and especially what a treat it was if the little girl had play dates. He said he was so privileged to have young girls "on tap". It was sickening.
What I found out through researching the topic, was that most pae do files are "formed" during puberty, and most are formed by the age of 18. Very often it starts with younger family members and friends, and very often, with children just a few years younger than themselves, and then they get "stuck" liking children aged 12/13 rather than people their own ages as they mature.
I think a lot of youngsters experiment, some with nappies even, without it ever turning into anything sinister. But this boy, is already in therapy, and there has been more than once incident.
In my opinion, it will help nobody to brush this under the carpet. The young lad needs help and support, and family, he is not a monster, he might become one, but today he might just be young and misguided and with love and support MAYBE he will outgrow this. But, you need to protect babies. And there should not be secrecy about this.
Are the parents planning to follow Alan or the children for every second of any visit? I can't see how this would work. It only took him a few minutes to expose himself to your son so in the time they take to realise that Alan and one of the children are not in the room - easy enough to lose track of people at big family events - then he could have done it again. Is that what they mean by an event that warrants telling?! To me it sounds like they're waiting until he does something again or something worse before taking action.
Also, they say he is a suicide risk and worry about his future etc. so surely the PIL would worry about following him all the time when children are present, or keeping children away from him, might affect his self-esteem. I wouldn't trust them to actually keep to this plan.
This does not sound like a normal part of growing up. It is good that he is having therapy and he may well go on to lead a perfectly normal life, but he has already done something terrible and there is a chance that he could do it again.
I think you need to try and convince your husband that you should share this information with Roger and his wife. If you cannot convince your husband then perhaps you could have a word with Roger or his wife and explain the situation, and that PIL and your DH do not see Alan as a risk anymore, but that they should just be a little wary of leaving their child at PIL house - I personally wouldn't trust PIL with a child alone if Alan were there as they sound too trusting and willing to believe he won't do anything again, and so might pop to the corner shop or something leaving Alan in charge of baby.
It's not just the incident with your son, the website history shows that it was an ongoing thing prior to that. The nappy thing means perhaps he is interested in babies too so I think it would be best to warn them before the baby is born.
Hopefully Roger and his wife will be able to take this all on board and there's no need for them to tell PIL or Alan that they know about the incident, or for you to tell PIL that you have spoken to Roger and his wife.
Stuff what the ILs say -Roger and his wife should be told.
do tell. will cause uproar, but also relief.
I agree, tell them. I would not care about losing relationship with PILs if it meant putting a child in a safer place where sexual abuse is concerned.
Out of curiosity, what does your husband think about all of it?
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It's a nappy fetish. I would like to know while my child was still in nappies thank you very much. Not 4-5 years later when they have grown up and are no longer in nappies anyway.
Supervision - who are they kidding??? With your ds you were all there, right? Who prevented anything from happening?
At that point presumably your IL's knew about this and he was under supervision at that point too. it's happened once, it can happen again. What about a large Christmas family gathering? Who's doing the cooking and entertaining and who is supervising a grown lad for every single minute? My dd has sen and I have to supervise her all the time. Physically impossible.
Socially unacceptable to disagree on MN??? . Doesn't he know we are a nest of vipers?
There is only one more thread I have read on here where there was complete agreement (been here 6 years or so) and that was where the DM had a BF who was a CSO and she (the dm) was convinced it was the girls fault (her bf was entrapped by 13-14 yr old girls ) and wanted to have 11-12 year old grand daughters to stay the night with her and her bf/lodger.
Again complete agreement on MN to break off with mum. Childs safety comes first.
StarryCole - I would like to know what your DH proposes to say to his brother when Alan exposes himself to your new DN (or worse).
OP, this 'sweeping under the carpet' by adults is the sole reason that someone in my family went on to sexually assault various children in the family. Please dont allow yourself to be bullied into saying nothing.
Maybe Alan will grow up to be a fine, upstanding person - but 2 incidents so far. Not 1 but 2 and he is only 15.
This boy did this when you, your husband and your ILs were in the house. No way would I be visiting with my child EVER if that was the ILs stance.
And your husband needs to realise that his brother has some very VERY serious issues regarding children. By all means speak to a sexual therapist regarding this or a child psychologist but I imagine they will tell you to keep your child safe.
I must disagree with an earlier poster who said "I would bear in mind people with "problems" such as Alan are never cured. Really he is extremely disordered and potentially v dangerous man."
At 15 the personality is not fully developed, so although there is potential for a disordered personality as an adult, this is not a forgone conclusion.
However, I do agree that the morally correct thing to do is to tell BIL and SIL. Why such a big deal? The PILs don't need to know. Alan doesn't need to know. Just a quiet word.
Sorry, have just noticed your previous post about your DH's thoughts.
What was your DH's reaction to the incident at the time? I presume he was as shocked and unhappy about it as you were, and wished it hadn't happened. Correct?
In which case, ask him what he'd feel if the positions were changed between him and Roger, ie if Roger's child had been molested but the family were told not to tell you and your DH until your child is 5. How would he feel then? And how would he feel if the same thing happened to your child, but you could have prevented it if you'd been told the facts?
Would love to know what his answer is.
So sorry for you OP that your DH is taking this view. Is he always controlled by his parents like this? I just can't understand why any decent loving parent would have their child within a 5 mile radius of a person who has a sexual preference for children wearing nappies and has exposed himself ALREADY to their child. Can you imagine your child finding out that daddy didn't want to upset granny and grandad so that's why he had to endure the strange visits to them being followed from room to room by Alan with the rest of the family trailing behind. Plus if I was Roger and discovered that this had been kept secret from me, preventing me from protecting my own children when everyone else in the family circle was aware and able to protect their children, I'd be fucking furious and would not be interested in spending time with them at all int efuture regardless of whether Alan is under 24 hour surveillance or not. Alan will have future brushes with the law over his 'sexual orientation' and this nasty can of worms won't remain closed.
If Alan had physically assaulted your son in a non-sexual way would your DH feel more comfortable about standing up for his child? Is it the sexual aspect of the assault that is preventing him from protecting his child?
60 years ago someone took a similar decision in my mum's family leading to my mum being raped from the age of 6 (she says it could be earlier but can't remember much further back and doesn't want to) to the age of 9 when she broke down and told her younger brother (who was 7) who vowed to protect her and never left her side when they were at the rest of the family's homes (the rapist was a younger brother of my mum's mum who was babied by the parents in preference to protecting their GCs - v similar age and set up to this) - we don't have any contact whatsoever with that side of the family for obvious reasons.
it's really so odd the PIL are saying they will tell in 4 years or so - when they children at risk will be out of nappies.
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Based on these figures, the authors calculated that the risk ratio (RR) for developing gastric cancer compared to healthy subjects was 5.8-fold in persons with untreated Helicobacter pyloriinfection and up to 9.1.-fold in those with atrophic gastritis.
Chief Medical Director, Kari Syrjänen, Biohit Oyj: 'This is the first screening study of its kind based on purely population-derived sample using Biohit GastroPanel biomarkers. The study as a whole is well designed, in co-operation with the Finnish Cancer Registry, and it is unique of its kind. The results are very convincing and they provide further evidence to confirm thatHelicobacter pylori infection and the associated atrophic gastritis are two most important risk factors for gastric cancer.'
CEO, Semi Korpela, Biohit Oyj: 'The study supports the view that it is possible to predict gastric cancer development with GastroPanel even years before the diagnosis of the disease. GastroPanel can also be used for primary diagnosis of dyspeptic patients. New gastric cancer cases are being detected in 600-700 Finns every year. The confirmed cancer risk is high enough to warrant serious considerations to introduce GastroPanel test for population-based screening in Finland.'
The report Risk of gastric cancer in Helicobacter pylori infection in a 15-year follow-up (Ilkka Vohlonen, Eero Pukkala, Nea Malila, Matti Härkönen, Matti Hakama, Veli Koistinen, Pentti Sipponen 2016) will be published in Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology.
More information on GastroPanel test can be found in the attachment.
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Biohit in brief
Biohit Oyj is a globally operating Finnish biotechnology company. Biohit mission is "Innovating for Health" – we produce innovative products and services to promote research and early diagnosis. Biohit is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, and has subsidiaries in Italy and the UK. Biohit Series B share (BIOBV) is quoted on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki in the Small cap/Healthcare group. www.biohithealthcare.com
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Maze of Monsters is the eleventh episode of the first season of Scooby-Doo's New Show.
Scooby and the gang go to a stone maze with 50 foot tall walls that has opened in Coolsville. But Medusa, a Minotaur, and a Cyclops attack.
The gang is headed to a maze made of 50 foot stone walls. They arrive and meet Mr. Poseidon. He owns the maze. Mayor Cool is at the maze too. He gives the gang free tickets and walks off. The gang also meets Mino, a mean woman. Inside the maze, the gang splits up to see who can get to the end first. Scooby and Shaggy look around. They see the Cyclops! The Cyclops roars at them and chases them around the maze. They soon escape the Cyclops. Scooby and Shaggy see a Minotaur. The Minotaur chases them away. The Cyclops comes out of nowhere and helps the Minotaur chase them away.
Meanwhile, Fred, Daphne, and Velma are looking for the exit. They see Medusa creeping around. Velma says it's most-likely an actor paid to make the maze spookier. They continue looking for an exit. Daphne leans on a wall, and Medusa grabs her. Fred and Velma take a bit to realize Daphne is gone. Velma says she may have wanted to get to the exit first. Suddenly, Scooby and Shaggy come running towards the gang followed by the Cyclops and the Minotaur. Fred says that they are not actors. Scooby and Shaggy grab Fred and Velma and they soon escape.
The gang splits up to look for clues and Daphne. Scooby and Shaggy are searching for clues and Daphne. Medusa appears and chases them. Scooby and Shaggy put on Medusa costumes and they scare Medusa away. They take off the costumes and run away. Meanwhile, Fred and Velma are searching for clues and Daphne. The Minotaur and Cyclops start running at them. Velma and Fred run away. They soon get away and find Shaggy and Scooby. Scooby and Shaggy hear Daphne screaming, and they tell Velma and Fred. They follow the sound. The gang soon finds Daphne. Daphne says Medusa kidnapped her.
The gang splits up to look for clues. Scooby and Shaggy soon discover a snack bar. They buy fires from a man. The man pulls off his human mask to reveal the Cyclops. The Cyclops roars at them and destroys the snack bar. Scooby and Shaggy run away, chased by the Cyclops. Scooby and Shaggy escape and find Daphne, Fred, and Velma. Velma says she solved the mystery. Fred says it's time to set a trap. Fred explains that Shaggy will lure the monsters into Fred's net. Shaggy asks how he's going to find his way to the net. Fred smiles and looks at Shaggy.
Shaggy is running from the monsters. He runs around the maze, not knowing where he is going. He and the monsters have a Scooby-Dooby-Doors chase scene, then the monsters land in Fred's net. Fred unmasks the Cyclops and Minotaur to reveal hired henchmen. Fred unmasks Medusa betting on Mino. It is really Mr. Poseidon. He wanted to steal Scooby. Sheriff Max comes and takes him away.
"Rooby-Rooby-Roo!" cheers Scooby.
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Karachi: Former Pakistan cricket captain Imran Khan on Tuesday said the team which was best equipped to handle pressure would win the forthcoming World Cup in southern Africa. Khan, who captained Pakistan to its only Cup win in 1992, said Australia had made a mistake by dropping its Test captain Steve Waugh from the World Cup squad as he was a proven performer under pressure. "For me it was a big mistake to drop Steve.
Australia might win the Cup but World Cup is all about taking pressure and Steve was good at it," Khan said about the man who led the Aussies to victory at the last World Cup four years ago in England. The eighth World Cup kicks off with a colourful opening ceremony in South Africa on February 8. The bulk of the matches will be held in South Africa with six in Zimbabwe and two in Kenya. The 50-year-old Khan said Australia was favourite to retain the trophy under new skipper Ricky Ponting.
"For me Australia is top favourite, South Africa will be tough on home conditions, while England has come back well in Australia and New Zealand has fighting capability and has made a good combination." Khan said Pakistan appeared to lack self-belief and the ability to scrap its way out of trouble. "There was a lack of fighting spirit in Pakistan's series in South Africa last month but I hope that with one win it can regroup and there would be no lack of motivation in the World Cup," he said.
Pakistan lost both Test matches and was defeated 4-1 in the One-day series in South Africa last month. Khan said the form of veteran all-rounder Wasim Akram, opener Saeed Anwar and speedster Shoaib Akhtar were vital for Pakistan to have any hope of success. "They have the firepower and should adopt an attacking mind set," said Imran who has carved out a new career as a politician since his retirement. He also suggested that star batsman Inzam-ul Haq should bat at number three to strengthen the early batting order.


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Tonight we only had 3 people turn up. However since it is the 5th of July it wasn't entirely unexpected.
Satchel Mouth: British Marines landed on Chernarus at night to blow up two artillery pieces and an AA emplacement. On our first attempt we were ambushed in an open field and spent 3-4 minutes reviving each other until we were all killed.
Our second attempt went much better as the three of us sneaked through the woods and up to the first emplacement. After taking out the guards I crawled up and placed the satchel charge and started to run back to the safety of the trees. As I neared the treeline I realized that a squad of enemies had walked up on us. Luckily in the night they couldn't see us until we opened fire. After that firefight we made it to the second artillery piece only to be attacked by a patrol from behind. We took cover in the artillery emplacement and I was killed during the fighting. After that Skabooga got on the D-30 and tried to blow up a small camp on an adjacent hill. Is first shot went low, the second high, the third on the mark, and the fourth hit a the tent pole next to the gun.
FKQC Demolition (might not be the name, but it is close enough): This time some Marines were tasked with blowing up a radar dish and then lasing some artillery. We made it to the radar dish unharmed and unseen but were all killed by the defending squad. On our way back up the hill (using AI slots) I was killed in a fierce firefight with an AI squad. At this point my game started to crash. ALthough I do know Skabooga and Anti stole a car and drove around causing mischief.
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text: CCW 2016: Bittium and Air-Lynx launch public safety eMBMS solution04 Jun 2016 05:54 PM LTE evolved Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Solution enables video to be transmitted simultaneously to thousands of devices as a single broadcast thereby conserving precious bandwidthBittium and Air-Lynx launched world's a public safety LTE evolved Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Solution (eMBMS) at the Critical Communications World exhibition in Amsterdam, Netherlands this week (31 May to 2 June 2016).The eMBMS solution enables efficient use of LTE radio spectrum, delivering huge amounts of data even in a congested network environment. This is particularly important in public safety, security and other mission-critical communications, which require fast data speeds, low latencies and reliable connections.Tero Savolainen, Director Special Devices at Bittium, said: "We have seen that eMBMS will be mandatory requirement in several public safety LTE networks which are now emerging in several countries. We are pleased to introduce this mission-critical feature in Bittium Tough Mobile and demonstrate it together with our long-time partner Air-Lynx."A unique feature of the Bittium and Air-Lynx solution is that it uses RTP protocol. This protocol has been selected by 3GPP as the standard for public safety eMBMS in the upcoming Release 13 of LTE.""Thanks to our successful partnership with Bittium, we are able to show real demonstration of eMBMS for the first time. Use of a multicast is essential for efficiency of LTE professional use. With this announcement Air-Lynx is positioned on the leading edge of LTE private networks solution suppliers," said Didier RAFFENOUX, Air-Lynx C.E.O.LTE technology enables use of broadband data for data intensive applications such as real-time video transmissions. However, these applications may quickly consume all available radio resources when there are multiple users in a single cell area, all transmitting and receiving at the same time. eMBMS enables multicasting the same content even to thousands of users at the same time, in a single transmission.The use cases for eMBMS in public safety LTE include real-time video streaming for situational awareness as well as mission-critical push-to-talk. It can also be used for non-critical applications such as file deliveries, software updates and any other uses where a big amount of similar data needs to be sent to multiple users. James Atkinson EditorLinkedIn |Google + |Email Leave a CommentPlease write code to prove you're humanMore on... LTE GeneralMWC17: Zyxel to debut new LTE and Wi-Fi indoor gatewayHuawei, Vodafone and Qualcomm create LAA ready networkNokia demos live private LTE network over CBRS shared spectrumMore on... Mission critical comms moving to LTETCCA pinpoints key focus areas for LTE-based critical communicationsFinnish Defence Forces to deploy Bittium Tough Mobile smartphonesPublic safetyTCCA pinpoints key focus areas for LTE-based critical communicationsMotorola launches all-in-one single site TETRA digital radio system Southern Tyrol TETRA network gets a workout at Biathlon World Cup Latest in LTEMWC17: Zyxel to debut new LTE and Wi-Fi indoor gatewayHuawei, Vodafone and Qualcomm create LAA ready networkNokia demos live private LTE network over CBRS shared spectrum


text: Show Hide image UK 27 November 2014 The PM, Labour, SNP and the BBC: the political muddle of Scottish devolution The Smith Commission says Scotland should set its income tax: what is the politics behind this decision? Sign up for our weekly email * Print HTML A colourful taste of the fraught politics surrounding the Scottish independence debate has returned. As the Smith Commission – the body tasked with deciding how much further power to devolve to Holyrood after the No vote – says Scotland should have full control over its income tax rates, questions emerge about the politics behind this decision. How come Labour, once against such all-encompassing fiscal control, has come to agree with the Tory stance? What does such a decision mean for the SNP? And how does the new devolution plan tie in with the BBC, which was so derided during the referendum campaign by Yes supporters? Labour and the Conservatives The Labour party, though the original drivers of devolution to Scotland 15 years ago, were against Scotland having full tax autonomy. In the build-up to the referendum, when the leaders made their "Vow" for more power to Scotland in the event of a No vote, the details on this were murky because Labour disagreed with the Tories about devolving full income tax powers to Scotland. The reasons behind their opposition are three-fold. First, the party disagreed with the principle of splitting power in this way, fearing it would undermine the UK's fiscal union, something the Labour MP and former Better Together campaign leader Alistair Darling has voiced today. Second, Labour was suspicious of the Conservative-led government's intentions of backing full income tax powers for Scotland. With Scotland having greater fiscal and welfare spending responsibility, it would have to make the difficult, and often unpopular decisions, which would mean there would be less blame on Westminster and its austerity drive. Third, giving such extensive economic autonomy to Scotland would raise the "English votes for English laws" question, where it would be argued by the Tories that Scottish MPs should no longer be able to vote on English tax matters. Labour would fear this because such a system would scupper a future Labour government, particularly one with a small, or no, majority. If its Scottish MPs are unable to vote through its budgets, it would be severely crippled. Tory MPs calling to restrict Scottish MPs' voting rights have renewed the momentum today begun by David Cameron's speech the morning after the referendum result, when he said: "We have heard the voice of Scotland and now the millions of voices of England must be heard," Now that the Smith Commission has made its recommendations, Labour has had to do an about-turn. Jim Murphy, the Labour MP and candidate for leader of Scottish Labour, told the BBC this morning that he had "changed my mind" on the matter, due to listening to the "wishes of the people of Scotland". "I've changed my mind," Murphy said. " . . . the Labour party and others changed our mind. We reflected on the wishes of the people of Scotland. Because it wasn't enough simply to win the referendum. We had to bring Scotland together." Although Darling, a high-profile Labour figure, is today expressing his reservations with the Smith Commission's findings, and former Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown has previously called such a plan a "Tory trap", it looks like Labour will have to come round to Murphy's line and accept the Commission's recommendations. Not least because the party needs to win back support in its Scottish seats, and such measures are popular. Such measures are also in keeping with the spirit of the "Vow", the promise the three Westminster party leaders made pre-referendum to give Scotland more power. This is also problematic for Labour. Having spoken to a source close to the Commission, I reported in October that Labour figures on the Smith Commission resented Brown's 11th-hour "home rule" intervention in Scotland, because it meant they had to fall in line with further devolution to Scotland than they were comfortable with. The irony is that Brown opposed handing over full income tax control, but the zeal of speechmaking in an attempt to save the Union meant the Scottish people expected a great deal more than he meant. The SNP and the BBC What does the SNP think about the Smith Commission's report? Other parties fear such powers would bring independence in by the "backdoor", but is it really positive direction for Scotland's nationalists? If it is, that isn't the SNP's line. Although welcoming any new powers to Scotland, it is suggesting that the Commission's package does not amount to the "home rule" the Scottish people were promised. The BBC reports the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon commenting that it is ultimately disappointing: 70 per cent of our taxes continue to be set at Westminster, 85 per cent of social security controlled at Westminster – this parliament responsible for less than half of the money we will spend . . . It's not so much the home rule that was promised – in so many respects, it's continued Westminster rule. However, a small triumph for the SNP could be what the Smith Commission means for BBC Scotland. In a revealing piece by an insider on the website NewsnetScotland this week, the big question about the Commission is: Will there be any sort of devolution of broadcasting? . . . there is a working possibility that the SNP contingent on the commission may sneak in an apparently anodyne small measure, perhaps in exchange for dropping its insistence on something more high-profile. The only suggestion that matters to the BBC is the possibility that Scottish Parliament Committees might be empowered to order BBC executives to attend and answer questions, as their counterparts at Westminster can do. It's that prospect which is causing bums to squeak here at "PQ" [Pacific Quay] . . . If the Smith Commission recommends devolving any part of the regulation of broadcasting, there is a real possibility that BBC Scotland executives would have to answer questions about their behaviour . . . If the Smith Commission puts broadcasting devolution into the realms of possibility, heads may roll quickly, and you may even see a BBC re-think on the SNP's role in the pre-election BBC Leaders' Debate strategy. And here's what the Commission report says: There will be a formal consultative role for the Scottish Government and the Scottish Parliament in the process of reviewing the BBC's Charter. The BBC will lay its annual report and accounts before the Scottish Parliament and submit reports to, and appear before, committees of the Scottish Parliament in relation to matters relating to Scotland in the same way as it does in the UK Parliament. This could give the SNP – whose Yes campaigners protested against the BBC's coverage of the referendum campaign – a chance to scrutinise the broadcaster that its supporters so vehemently fell out with. Another political tangle worth noting here is that there is a similar antipathy on the Unionist side. Many pro-independence figures claimed they experienced bullying and aggression from Yes campaigners during the campaign, and there are some very high up in the Westminster establishment who blame the BBC for refusing to report the extent of this in its attempt to remain impartial. One cabinet minister tells me this aspect of the campaign "has fundamentally shaken my faith in the BBC". *** With Labour siding with the Conservatives on devolution to Scotland, and some Westminster figures' disappointment in the BBC reflecting the Yes campaign's hostility, it's clear the Smith Commission report is the product of a very tricky political knot – which this report comes nowhere near to untangling. › Farage struggling and Clegg in danger of losing seat, Ashcroft poll shows Anoosh Chakelian is senior writer at the New Statesman. Subscribe from just £1 per issue More Related articles There's nothing Luddite about banning zero-hours contracts You may call me a monster – but I'm glad that girl's lemonade stall got shut down "It's scary to do it again": the five-year-old fined £150 for running a lemonade stand Subscription offer 12 issues for £12 + FREE book LEARN MORE Close This week's magazine


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James Cook
A Message from the PrincipalAugust 2016
Dear Gloucester High School students and families,
"In dreams begin responsibilities." This epigraph from W.B. Yeats's poetry collection Responsibilities has been a spur and a guide throughout my life as an educator. First, we envision the best possible educational experiences for our students; then, we must work together to make them happen.
At Gloucester High School we are diligently and enthusiastically preparing for the 2016-2017 school year. Teachers, counselors, and others have been revising curricula, updating lessons, taking classes, attending workshops, and organizing classrooms and work spaces. Custodians have been cleaning, stripping, and waxing. Secretaries have been learning several new district-wide systems and keeping me on track.
All of our preparations are motivated by a three-part vision: purposeful and engaging instruction in every classroom every day, support for social-emotional and intellectual growth for all students, and inquiry-based learning that fosters connections, curiosity, creativity, resourcefulness, and resilience.
To achieve our shared vision we'll rely on a strong core of caring and committed returning educators (some of whom, like me, will be performing new roles). We will also be fortified by new faces: Julie Smith, Athletic Director; Yolanda O'Neill, English teacher; Daniel Fleury, Music teacher; Jessica Boardway, Special Education teacher; Richard Bedard, Biology teacher; Rachel Aiello-Goncalves, Physical Education teacher; and Jessica Bean and Elizabeth Tarr, Educational Support Professionals. Also, as the year begins, we will be joined by a new school psychologist.
Another change you will notice during the coming year is SchoolBrains, a new system to handle grades, attendance, scheduling, and more. This means that in the short term, while we learn the new system, teachers will communicate updates about student progress through term progress reports and, when necessary, emails and phone calls. Then, later in the year, we will open a portal that will allow parents and guardians to use SchoolBrains to track progress.
Also, I'd like to remind students and families about our summer reading program. Students at each grade-level are expected to read at least one book that addresses GHS core values: health and food for 9th graders, kindness and compassion for 10th graders, creativity and careers for 11th graders, and resilience and resourcefulness for 12th graders. Near the beginning of the school year students will use their knowledge of the reading to complete an assignment in English classes and to participate in a discussion with peers. More information about summer reading, including book titles, can be found at http://ghsreads2016.weebly.com/.
I hope you have a restorative and invigorating end of summer vacation, and I look forward to seeing students on Wednesday, August 31, the first day of the new school year. We will start in homerooms at 7:30 AM.
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text: Sometimes I find myself guilty of literary snobbery so this is my attempt to do away with this by owning up to my guilty pleasures of the reading variety. At present my guilty pleasure is the Anita Blake, vampire executioner series by Laurell K Hammilton and to make it worse I even have a favourite charecter, Edward, the predators predator. There we go I can never be taken seriously again.


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On 06/02/2010 08:55 AM, Cole Robinson wrote: > If VM startup fails early enough (can't find a referenced USB device), > libvirtd will crash trying to clear the VNC port bit, since port = 0, > which overflows us out of the bitmap bounds. > > Fix this by being more defensive in the bitmap operations, and only > clearing a previously set VNC port. > > v2: Add safety check to all relevant bitmap ops. ACK. -- Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-801-349-2682 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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text: Exactly 20 years ago, I was 14 years old and halfway through my freshman year of high school. It wasn't a great time for me. Junior high had been pretty terrible, and I didn't recognize at the time that much of it had to do with my first severe bout of depression, triggered by my changing hormones. I also had a hard time grasping social and interpersonal behavior, so I often misinterpreted the behavior of others, and hadn't figured out the right way to act myself. To others, this comes off as being overly sensitive, shy, awkward, cold, and sometimes, a jerk. That isn't to say I didn't have friends, but I felt very lonely most of the time. My home life was filled with a lot of movies, music, video games, and of course, television.