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On the Discretion of Adjudicators
A possible view of the role of an adjudicator is that it is to obtain the information that is needed to apply a well-articulated legal rule. That is, the task of an adjudicator in a case is to gather and verify the information that is called for to employ a legal rule, but that once the required information is in hand, the adjudicator's work is done, for the rule then fully determines the outcome. This view is not, of course, descriptive of reality. Adjudicators (as the word "adjudicate" itself implies) typically enjoy discretion, both in their ultimate decisions and in their conduct of litigation: the legal rules that adjudicators apply usually do not dictate their decisions; rather, adjudicators tend to possess some freedom of authority in making decisions. And this is true not only of adjudicators in our formal legal system, it holds also for individuals playing adjudicative roles outside of that domain. For instance, when supervisors make promotion decisions about employees or when college admissions officers make acceptance decisions about applicants, they typically possess some discretionary power. It thus seems to be a fundamental aspect of our legal and other rule-based systems that adjudicators frequently enjoy a measure of discretionary sway. The object of this article is to explain why permitting discretion may be valuable to society (or to an organization) and how the problems associated with allowing discretion can be ameliorated. The kernel of the rationale for granting discretion to adjudicators is familiar: discretion allows adjudicators to make decisions on the basis of information that is not included in the rule (such as the degree of remorse shown by a criminal defendant). A basic question that arises in relation to this explanation is why the information that it is hoped adjudicators with discretion will use properly in their decisions is not included in the legal rule in the first place (thereby eliminating the need for discretion). Two distinct answers are offered. One is that the information (such as a defendant's remorsefulness) would not be easy for an appeals court (more generally, a supervening tribunal) to verify, making its inclusion in the legal rule unworkable. The other is that the information might pertain to conditions that are too particular to have been well described and incorporated into the rule by lawmakers, given the costs and the inherent difficulty that they would face in fashioning highly detailed rules (how would a lawmaker describe degree of remorsefulness?). Hence, it seems inevitable that there will be information that, on one hand, is not included in legal rules, but that, on the other hand, society would in principle wish to be taken into account in decisions. This is why there is a potential value in permitting discretion. The article first examines the tradeoff between the advantage of allowing discretion and the disadvantage of so doing, namely, that adjudicators may not use the information as society wants but rather to further their own objectives (perhaps adjudicators favor more lenient punishment than does society) or as they incorrectly believe society wants. After this tradeoff and the conditions under which discretion is desirable to allow, ways of controlling discretionary deviation are investigated. A direct method that is noted is to limit the extent of discretion (for instance, stipulate that a sentence for a crime be in the range between 1 and 5 years). Then three major, indirect methods of controlling discretionary deviation are examined. The first is changing the incentives of adjudicators, by giving them "decision-based" incentives: a reward or penalty based on their decisions (such as enhanced promotion possibilities for imposing higher sentences). This can counter discretionary deviation, but not perfectly. A second means of controlling discretion is through monitoring of adjudication itself (such as by having spotchecks of proceedings); a threat of punishment for discretionary deviation can induce better decisionmaking. A third method of control is the appeals process, under which disappointed litigants, who see that deviations from desirable use of discretion have occurred, bring appeals. Like monitoring, the prospect of appeal can induce better decisionmaking by adjudicators. The foregoing points are developed informally in Section 2 and formally in Section 3; Section 4 concludes. Much has previously been written on the general subject of discretion by legal commentators. Many legal writers discuss the basic point that discretion allows additional information to be employed, yet has the drawback that it may not be used desirably. However, the question of why the law does not explicitly include the variables that adjudicators are implicitly relied upon to incorporate into their decisions (that is, if remorse is important to take into account, why does not the law do that in the first place? why rely on adjudicators?) does not seem to have been emphasized before. Also, the development of an explicit model of discretion seems to me to be clarifying. In any case, I am not aware of systematic discussion of decision-based incentives or of monitoring as remedies for discretionary deviation. The general point that the appeals process can curb discretionary deviation is well-appreciated; but how it does so, and the limits of the appeals process in this regard (having to do with, as will be discussed, the information that the appeals tribunal can obtain) may be of interest to the reader. Another body of literature of relevance to the subject here is the principal-agent literature, for the adjudicator may be considered an agent of society. I note the relationship of this literature to the model of discretion in Section 3F.
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Warp Hounds are creatures found in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption.
Warp Hounds are dangerous foes, thanks to their rapid "warping" ability, in which they are able to teleport from point to point. This feature allows them to ambush enemies in large numbers and bring them down speedily.
They are used by the Reptilicus as guard dogs and hunting partners, a practice which possibly predates the Reptilicus' devolution. Ice attacks such as Ice Missiles are their only real weakness, as their biology is heavily dependent on the thermal energy of Fuel Gel. Once Samus acquires the Seeker Missile she can take them out faster, as sufficiently damaged Warp Hounds can be shattered once they are frozen. However, their ability to teleport means that they can escape the Ice Missile's freezing effect by teleporting before the ice released by the Missile can compact around them, or simply teleporting away before the Missile hits them. However, if they escape the ice but not the missile itself, then they will still take damage from the missile explosion. They will often teleport to evade slow-moving attacks, such as missiles and Charge Shots.
Teleporting also makes it hard to focus on one in particular when they hunt in packs, since they can teleport away if Samus's attacks are beginning to damage them too much, landing at an unpredictable place, making them hard to track and evade once they teleport. Their belly area can also be damaged by Bombs. Warp Hounds also have the ability to create large shockwaves of disrupting energy, which they use if an enemy wanders too close. They can be difficult enemies to engage, as they make a habit of teleporting regularly in battle. They can also regurgitate Fuel Gel onto enemies, hindering the foe's movement considerably.
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Warp Hounds are susceptible to low-temperature attacks, due to the nature of their thermal-energy-driven biosystem. They are often used by Reptilicus as guards and hunt beasts. They consume Fuel Gel to survive, and can expel blasts of converted thermal energy to attack and defend. The creatures can teleport over short distances, disrupting many forms of electronic targeting in the process.
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THE number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance in Wirral has fallen by more than 600 as new figures show unemployment is at lowest rate for six years.
Official data from the Office for National Statistics out today show 5,212 local people claimed the benefit in June - a drop of 687 on the previous month's 5,899.
Nationally, the number of people claiming is on course to dip below a million for the first time in six years. The figures show 30.6m are now in work.
The study shows the jobless total was 2.08m in the quarter to June, down by 132,000 on January to March, and the lowest since the end of 2009, giving an unemployment rate of 6.4%.
The claimant count fell for the 21st month in a row in June, by 33,600 to 1.01m.
Analysts predict that if the trend continues, the number of JSA claimants will fall below a million next month for the first time since September 2008.
The number of self-employed people has reached a record 4.5m.
The number of unemployed 16-to-24 year olds fell by 102,000 over the quarter to 767,000, more than 200,000 lower than a year ago, the biggest fall since records began in 1992.
Long-term unemployment also fell, with the number out of work for over a year down by 75,000 to 738,000.
Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith said: "In the past, many people in our society were written off and trapped in unemployment and welfare dependency.
"But through our welfare reforms, we are helping people to break that cycle and get back into work.
"The Government's long-term economic plan to build a stronger economy and a fairer society is working - with employment going up, record drops in youth unemployment and hundreds of thousands of people replacing their signing-on book with a wage packet."
Wirral South MP Alison McGovern said: "More people entering the work place is positive news. However, we have wider economic problems.
"Unfortunately, these days, just because a person is in work does not necessarily mean that their circumstances are optimistic.
"The news on wages today shows how much further we have to go until this is a recovery everyone feels part of.
"Plus, people in zero hour contracts, just for example, are in insecure employment and constituents have told me how this makes them feel.
"That is why Labour will end the exploitation associated with such contracts. People need to feel an economic recovery in their pockets."
Wirral Conservative group leader, Cllr Jeff Green said: "This is great news for Wirral; another increase in Wirral's employment levels and a further 687 residents and families receiving pay packets each week which clearly demonstrates that the economic recovery is well underway and spreading out across the whole country.
"It is a shame that for their own party political interests the Labour Party still refuses to recognise this fact.
"It's time for our local Labour politicians to stop peddling their doom and gloom rhetoric and publically acknowledge that the Government's economic plan is working."


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Pulaski County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 tonight to increase the county real estate tax rate by 5 cents per $100 of value, thus increasing the current 54-cent rate to 59 cents.
County Administrator Peter Huber recommended a 6-cent increase, but Draper District Supervisor Dean Pratt made a motion for a 5-cent increase instead. The motion was seconded by Massie District Supervisor Andy McCready. Ingles District Supervisor Ranny O'Dell and Robinson District Supervisor Charles Bopp cast the dissenting votes.
For more information on the tax rate discussion see the Tuesday, April 9, edition of The Southwest Times.
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Koh Samui
17.03.2012 - 21.03.2012
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We arrived and got a transfer straight to our hotel. Unfortunately there was no free internet as we'd hoped and thought and the pool and reception was quite a walk from our actual room. Bummer. The room was great though, one of my favourites so far. It was big, comfortable and very funky with a large painting of Micky Mouse's groin over the bed and painted light switched and a hand chair. The bathroom was also huge and got great sun. The hanger on the door was a penis and our lamp switch was a penis. We also had a DVD player and large selection of DVDs and books and Bundy's favourite - a kettle (with coffee and tea but went and bought noodles and almost eggs). We had dinner just down the road at a place that doesn't seem to have a name. I had Tom Yam Khai (Tom Yam soup with chicken). It was tasty but there were way too many mushrooms, leaves and other stuff Bundy said you weren't actually supposed to eat. So I was still very hungry and a bit disappointed. We got free fruit thought (and Bundy got free nuts with his beer which I ate). The banana was some of the best we've had. We picked DVDs at our hotel for the night and did a shop in 7/11 for noodles and went to bed watching Milk and using our 7/11 chopsticks for packet noodles.
I woke up after an awesome sleep (I have to take this bed home with me). I watched the end/half of Milk since I'd fallen asleep and then we watched War Horse. I had a shower and then we went out at 2:00PM and then we spent the rest of the day on Chaweng beach. It took awhile to figure out how to actually get onto the beach without going through a resort. It was a nice beach and a pity we hadn't come earlier (the sun was going down a bit). They had people para-sailing and a boat version of the car driving around the streets with a loud advertisement playing for Muay Thai boxing ('the highlight of your trip!') playing the Rambo theme (can't even escape it on the beach!). I tried to tan and had to keep moving out of the shade of a palm tree. I think I got a little burnt. I listened to my ipod all day which is always good. Went for a dip in the ocean which was so nice, it was warm and clear and green/blue with tiny waves. Once the sun started to disappear behind the resorts we walked to the end and then back up down the main road to our hotel. We had a shower and went for dinner> I had to wear wet bikini bottoms since all my underwear and other bikini bottoms went to the laundry. At dinner I ordered a lemon juice (which was like lemonade and so good) and a potato salad which was just a small bowl of potatoes with dressing...very disappointing. I almost sent it back (that is NOT a salad!) I was still hungry after sucking it up and eating it. We went to Friendly Dive & Tour travel agent to ask about a boat trip to Ang Thong National Marine Park. The brochure said 1850 per adult but he gave it to us for 1500 each PLUS FREE INTERNET for the ENTIRE time we are here! Super awesome! Then we spent 3 hours on the internet until close and then back to our hotel for noodles and sleep.
Woke up early at 6:00AM and got ready (also seemed to have a sore throat). We went down to Akwa reception to book that night and also wait for our mini-van to Ang Thong National Marine Park tour at 7:15AM. Akwa was closed. Problem. I ran up to the room to leave a note under the door (since we were technically supposed to be checking out by 10:30AM since we didn't re-book) but had trouble finding paper. Bundy came up a few minutes later saying the bus was there and waiting. I ripped a used piece of paper out of my journal and wrote the note and got on the bus a bit stressed out. It was quite a ride (about 40 minutes) down to Nathon pier and I was feeling hungry and had an upset stomach (again). We got on the boat (boat 2 Samui Island Tour) It was a nice boat with 3 levels: the lower had the toilet (with toilet paper!), seats, kayaks, and lunch being served; the middle level had tables and chairs and breakfast; and the upper had sun-baking mats. We got coffee, bananas, and croissants for breakfast before heading off on the long journey. We went upstairs to sun-bake when we set off and arrived 1.5 hours later. We were in group 1 so we were kayaking first. There were a lot of people on the tour so a lot of kayakers even when the groups separated. They weren't great kayaks and were open. We paddled to Christine (tour guide) who tied everyone's kayaks together to instruct everyone first. There were 3 Asians in one kayak and they were terrible, they had never kayaked before and you could tell, they crashed into rocks, went the wrong way and eventually fell out. We had about half an hour kayaking around some islands. We saw some baby monitors on the rocks and the water was warm and a lovely blue/green. There were lots of trees on the mountains which were lush green and we went under the rock surfaces sticking out of the mountain (it was nice to be out of the boiling sun!). I didn't paddle at all, that was Bundy's job. I just took photos. Christine talked about the Grandfather, Grandmother, and Mother rocks but I didn't see them (later I saw them in a postcard, and they are rude!) We got off on one of the beaches and walked up the skinny, small, steep stairs for 100m on land to the viewpoint over Green Lagoon. The view was stunning, the water was so green and calm and surrounded by mountains and trees. We walked downstairs at that point to get closer views of the lagoon - though you cannot swim in it. There were sea urchins and lots of little fishes at the bottom. It still looked amazing. Then it was back onto the beach for a quick dip (watch out for jellyfish!) and back onto the longtail to the boat. We then got lunch served and ate that while waiting for group 2 to kayak back. Lunch was great, we had pineapple, watermelon, rice, vegetables, beef and potato curry and fried chicken. I had a free coke and ice cold water as well. We saw some rocks out in the ocean that look like a little hut and also saw the fin of a pink dolphin which are apparently spotted here if you are very lucky. After lunch we got off via longtail at Mue Koh Ang Thong National Park. We had the option of a viewpoint hike, a cave hike or swimming/snorkeling/kayaking. The beach was stunning with giant palm trees and a lush forest. There were longtails floating in the clear blue water on the shore line. We decided to try the 500m hike described as difficult, steep, and slippery (not a good idea in thongs). It took me an hour each way. I did the trek in thongs and a bikini. The rocks were very slippery and sharp/pointy. The trek was a nature trail with a rope showing the way (and to use to stop you from slipping). I often used to rope to get up rocks and over the trees. Luckily the whole walk was in the shade. We stopped at each rest stop for photos. I was soaked and dripping in sweat - was a tough walk. Near the top things got harder (especially in thongs). It was a very steep incline just on jagged ropes and had to use the rope and it was like weird rock climbing. When we were at the top the view was absolutely amazingly stunning. We had almost 360 degree views at over 250m above sea level over the bright blue/green ocean with the islands all scattered around. We could see boats and coral from the top too. There was a group of Canadians that were also at the top who just stood around in the way of any photos I wanted for about half an hour. There was a Moroccan Jewish man at the top too chatting with the Canadians - he sells designer jeans for a lot of money but will often buy cheap rip-offs from China and mix them up among the expensive designer ones (so sneaky!). It was very much worth the hike and $50 tour for that view, one of the best parts of the entire trip. We were the last to leave and getting down was harder than up. Down into the forest I was swinging off the rope to get down. At one point I kneed a rock and so got yet another bruise on my knee and got some rope burn. At the bottom we took a dip in the ocean to get all the sweat off. There were quite a few fishes swimming around us and I was worried about jellyfish. People were snorkeling and swimming and playing volleyball. Back on the longtail to the boat and then people were jumping off the third tier of the boat - apparently no jellyfish. I really wanted to do it since I'd never jumped off a boat but it was so high up and then everyone was done but Bundy agreed to go again after me so after a bit of hesitation I jumped. It was great fun, but hurt my foot on impact and got a wedgie. Then we were on the tanning mats up top for the ride back. Fell asleep for most of the trip and it got quite windy closer to shore. We got onto the pier and then a mini-bus back to our hotel with an English couple complaining the whole drive. We picked up our laundry and mine was cheaper even though Bundy assumed he had the lighter clothing. We tried to sort out our room from the morning, they didn't seem to notice we were supposed to check-out nor the note we left. We tried to book for the next night but they were fully booked - damn! We don't want to leave, it was a great hotel. We had dinner at the place with free fruit and free peanuts with beer. I got sweet and sour chicken but it had lots of chillis and mushrooms. We looked for a cheap boat and bus and possibly a new hotel for another night here. We looked at fullmoon party shirts and frisbees. Cannot believe frisbees are 200-300 baht - ridiculous. I got a lovely girl down to 140 baht for a fullmoon shirt before realising they were all the wrong size. She then offered a sarong at the same price but I didn't like any of them. I'm such a bitch. Got a kid down to 90 for a frisbee but there was still no way. We then went for some free internet and then back to hotel. It seemed I'd gotten burnt from the Ang Thong trip. We watched TV before going to bed and all that was on all night was Psych.
Woke up early and not wanting to check out. We went to watch TV but all that was on again was the same Psych episodes as the night before. At 11:00AM we checked out and then checked into Baan Chaweng futher up the road for 500 baht. Bundy basically chose it because it was cheap and had a fridge (the double bed however was two twins joined). It was very hot and since we spent all of yesterday in the sun we wanted an easy relaxing day inside. We had lunch at the potato salad place. I had vegetable soup Italian style with toast. It was mushy but very tasty. Bundy's iced coffee was so tasty I need to start having them all the time. We went on the internet for a bit and when we left the guy said 'hope to see you later' so we stopped feeling bad about always using their internet for free. He also asked if we were going to the beach today but we said we were too sunburnt. he suggested we go to Phi Phi later on and also said Koh Yao Yai was nice. We did a big shop at 7/11 and then watched the Secret Life of the American Teenager which I got sucked into and Bundy hated. Then we watched Channel V and had large Changs and played cards for Bundy's birthday. I had milo cereal with chocolate milk as well as grain wave chips, apples, and a Top chocolate bar for lunch. I got tipsy off half a Chang and drunk off two. We went to the internet place (Friendly Dive and Tour). When we walked in the guy was trying to get his daughter off because she had been watching Tom & Jerry for 3 hours. Bundy left earlier while I stayed on. When I left the guy wished us a great day of traveling for tomorrow and on my walk back to the hotel I ran into Bundy outside 7/11. Apparently he got bored and was buying another beer. Before going to sleep we had an argument about getting a cat.
I woke up in the middle of the night thinking I was on a sleeper boat with lots of people and I was sleeping on a platform higher than everyone else but half naked. I felt sea sick as well and went back to sleep trying to cover myself up so all the people couldn't see me. I woke up again and it took awhile to realise where I was. We got up at 5:30AM and packed my bag (getting way too full, now using a plastic bag as well), feeling a little hungover. I had a travel sickness and went downstairs to wait for the bus. There was a taxi man out there asking where we go. I had a milo cereal with chocolate milk again and a yoghurt. The mini-van arrived and we were first on. He drove like a maniac and at a stop light he put a DVD into the DVD player on the dashboard and he watched it half the time instead of the road. We got to Nathon pier just after 7:00AM. There were three dogs running around and digging in the sand. Then it was onto a bus to another pier and then onto the ferry. We could lay down on the chairs on the ferry so we both went to sleep. We arrived at mainland and got on a bus to Suratthani. I slept most of the way. Our group (going to Phuket, Phi Phi and Lanta) got off at a rest stop. It was 5 baht for the toilet there but I didn't see anyone pay so neither did I. I picked up a free Lanta guide. I don't know where we should go after Lanta, definitely Phi Phi though, I wish we knew which islands were the most beautiful and cheap and wish we had time to visit them all, especially the Similans. I had peanut butter rolls for lunch (my spoon head fell off though making it tough to spread) and a chocolate bar. We then got onto another bus at 11:50AM to what I assumed was Krabi and another ferry. Arrived somewhere in Krabi just before 3:00PM and waited until 4:00PM and got in a ute. We got dropped off 2 minutes down the road at a travel agent. We had to wait there until 5:00PM. I put my bag down and went to sleep on it on the floor. So much damn waiting - waste of a day. At 5:00PM we got on a mini-van. We stopped outside a hotel for 1 minute and then drove again and then stopped down the road at a lamp and fan store or something. The driver went in and came out with boxes of fans and put them in the van (what the hell?) Then we had another stop at a different bus station to pick up someone else. Next stop was a petrol station. He started driving off while she was still putting petrol in. Next stop...the airport. Clearly the next logical place to go for a journey by ferry to an island. We picked up two new people. One guy from the bus went off somewhere for some reason so we had to wait for him to return. Then we got lots of traffic while heading to who knows where next. We went way out of Krabi back the way we came in on the first bus. What the hell is going on?! We had a quick road side stop for driver to pick up some food. Over an hour and a half drive later we arrived at a pier. The van drove down onto the car ferry which was just a platform full of cars. It was a tight squeeze. I don't like this. It was getting dark. It was a very slow journey on ferry over to Koh Lanta Noi and then another speeding drive down to the car ferry over to Koh Lanta Yai. We were on the very edge and on a lean on the ferry. I don't like this either. Once we were there we had four errand stops for the driver and then dropped one guy off at a hotel and then we went to our hotel (Lanta Emerald Resort).
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-2000 baht for fake Louis Vuitton duffel bag. Hate when you just want to know a price but as soon as you ask and say no thanks they ask how much you pay and start dropping it but you don't even want it, you just wanted to know the price, there is no way I'm paying anywhere near 2000 and I know offering 500 is stupid so I don't want to barter but they don't understand
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SOUTH Gloucestershire will welcome home its new Queen of the snow in style next week.
To mark the official homecoming of Jenny Jones, the first British athlete to win an Olympic medal on snow, the district is hosting an open top bus tour to give locals a chance to celebrate the 30-year-old snowboarder's record-breaking achievement.
Jenny, from Downend, won bronze in slopestyle snowboarding at Sochi 2014. Her medal was Team GB's first in the winter Olympics and the first we have achieved on snow.
Cllr Ian Boulton (Lab, Staple Hill), chairman of South Gloucestershire Council, will join Jenny on board the open top bus on a tour from Downend into central Bristol next Monday, March 3.
The parade will start at 4pm to give schoolchildren, including pupils at Winterbourne International Academy and Hambrook Primary School where Jenny went to school, a chance to join in the celebrations.
The procession will finish outside Bristol City Council's offices on College Green before a civic reception led by city mayor George Ferguson takes place inside City Hall.
Cllr Boulton said: "All systems are go to give Sochi Olympic bronze medallist Jenny Jones the homecoming she deserves.
"It is a real pleasure to work with Bristol City Council to plan a parade through Downend into Bristol for a civic reception at City Hall. Jenny is hoping that the 4pm start on Monday 3 March will mean that school children and students will be able to come and see her and I hope to see as many people as possible lining the streets to cheer her on.
"I'm looking forward to meeting Jenny and her guests on Monday on what promises to be a very proud day for the region as we celebrate this fantastic sporting achievement."
Although she is still coming to terms with all the attention Jenny said the homecoming was "very lovely".
Jenny, who went to South Gloucestershire and Stroud College, formerly Filton College, has become an overnight celebrity since winning her medal and has now appeared on countless television programmes including The One Show, The Jonathan Ross Show and ITV's Daybreak.
The parade will leave Downend for Westerleigh Road, Cleeve Road, Badminton Road, and Downend Road before making its way into Bristol.


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The 'Girl Gone Wild' singer wears Cub Scout uniform when presenting Anderson Cooper with Vito Russo Award to take aim at the Boy Scouts gay ban.
Madonna appeared at the GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) Awards on Saturday, March 16, in a Cub Scout uniform to call on the organization to lift its ban on gay people. The Cub Scouts are part of Boy Scouts of America.
At the event, Madonna presented Anderson Cooper with Vito Russo Award, which honors openly gay media professionals who have made a significant difference in promoting equality. She also kissed the popular broadcaster and TV host onstage.
"I wanted to be a Boy Scout, but they wouldn't let me join. I think that's f**ked up. I can build a fire. I know how to pitch a tent. I have a very good sense of direction. I can rescue kittens from trees. Listen, I wanna do good for the community," she joked before handing out the award. "I think I should be allowed to be allowed to be a Boy Scout. I think they should change their stupid rules."
The 52-year-old singer got serious as she talked about the conflicts in the world and of the bullying of young gay, lesbian and transgender people. "When I think about young kids in America who are being bullied and tortured, I want to sit down and cry a river of tears," Madonna said. Noting that she has teen children herself, she said, "It's an atrocity to me. I don't accept it."
Later, Madonna welcomed Cooper to stage to present the 45-year-old man, who confirmed in 2012 that he was gay, with Vito Russo Award. Accepting his award, Cooper said, "I am only here tonight because I've benefited from what they and so many others have done... Being gay is certainly one of the greatest blessings, it opened my head and heart in ways that I never could have predicted."
Boy Scout of America is one of the largest private youth organizations in the United States which prohibits atheists, agnostics and "open or avowed" homosexual people from membership in its Scouting program as directly violating its fundamental principles and tenets. The organization has denied or revoked membership status or leadership positions for violation of these foundational principles.


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PLASTICA: Bento Box
These are the neatest things...can be used for lunches...as organizers...and I don't think a lot people have even heard of them...Highly recommend.
I love bento lunches. I think this cute burger one is so funny! I am so gonna have to get it!
Child sized retro freezer and refrigerator for the little chef's gourmet kitchen. It's even magnetic.Added 9 Years Ago from Wellappointedhouse


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(CBS/AP) LAWRENCE, Kan. - A suburban Chicago mother was sentenced Wednesday to one year of probation after two of her children were found bound and blindfolded in a Walmart parking lot in Kansas.
Deborah Gomez, 43, and her husband, Adolfo Gomez, 52, of Northlake, Ill., have been in custody since they were arrested June 13, 2012, when police found two of their children, ages 5 and 7, bound by their hands and feet in a Walmart parking lot in Lawrence.
Three other children, ages 12, 13 and 15, were inside the family's vehicle, unrestrained.
Deborah Gomez pleaded no contest last month to three counts of child endangerment.
Adolfo Gomez, who also pleaded no contest to two counts of felony child abuse and three misdemeanor counts of child endangerment, is scheduled to be sentenced on Feb. 8.
Angela Keck, Deborah Gomez's court-appointed attorney, said her client was an unwilling participant in binding and blindfolding the children, which Adolfo Gomez did to ward off demons. Keck said Deborah Gomez has since been freed from her husband's influence.
Deborah Gomez said at her sentencing Wednesday that she hopes to work toward regaining custody of her five children, who have been placed in protective custody, The Lawrence Journal-World reported.
"I love my children very much," Deborah Gomez said.
She also said that if she gets permission from probation officials she plans to move to Arizona, which is where the family was headed to visit relatives when the parents were arrested in Lawrence.
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My lovely friend, Charlotte, once said, "life is fun."
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Controlling the Price Level
Governments determine the size of the unit of value just as they determine the length of the length and weight of physical units of measure. What are the different ways that a government can control the size of the unit of value, that is, control the price level? In general, the government designates a resource—gold, paper currency, another country's currency—and defines its unit of value as a particular amount of that resource. An interesting variant—proposed by Irving Fisher in 1913 and implemented more recently in Chile—is to alter the resource content of the unit to stabilize the price level. Another idea is to alter the interest rate paid on reserves in a way that stabilizes the price level.
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STROUD AC's Lee Rankin powered to his first ironman victory at the Forestman event in the New Forest.
He crossed the line 30 minutes ahead of the next competitor in the field and completed the challenge in 10 hours and 35 minutes.
The event consisted of a 2.4 mile swim , 112 miles bike ride and marathon run.
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The Chinese women's curling team made a stop at the Four Seasons Curling Club in Fogerty Arena in Blaine last week for a tune-up ahead of a tournament or Summerschpeil scheduled in Fort Wayne, Ind., last week.
The Chinese team handed reigning national champions, Team USA Allison Pottinger a 5-4 loss, Aug. 11, which was preceded by a defeat of 2012 national champion USA Team Erika Brown.
China's squad included Liu Yin, Yilun Jiang, Yue Q. Sh., Zhou Yan and head coach Marcel Rocque.
Rocque is a four-time Canadian national champion who has been amazed by the level of dedication to the sport by the Chinese people.
Curling took off in China within the last 10-12 years and is growing at a similar rate as the U.S., Rocque said.
"Consider that they never played the game before," he said, ready to rattle off impressive results from an emerging group.
In 2008, a women's team made the world finals; in 2009 the team won the worlds and 2010, China won an Olympic bronze medal. "No other country's development has occurred that quickly," Rocque said. "It's a testament to the Chinese and the way they approach business. I don't know anyone else who works harder at something."
World class ice
Less than a year old, Rocque praised the condition of the Fogerty Arena ice, given the time of the year, when humidity and heat can wreak havoc on the frozen surface that is vastly different from that of a frozen pond or hockey rink.
"This is world-class in terms of ice-making skills," Rocque said about the new facility and work by ice maker Todd Birr and his staff. "People have a treat here and they don't even know it. This is equal to national-level competition ice. So people here are competing on a real nice surface. It's not a common thing for curling club ice."
To be able to provide world class-level ice in the summer takes a certain level of skill.
"The ice maker here deserves a raise. This ice is fantastic," Rocque said.
He praised Birr's talent, especially under the less than ideal conditions to create ice in Minnesota's August heat.
Having a year-round facility like that in Blaine can only help fuel the growth of the game across all ages and levels, Rocque said.
Another reason Rocque planned to practice in Blaine was the proximity to Fort Wayne, Ind. "This was a natural pit-stop for us and we're only a short flight away [from Indiana]," he said.
Growing the game
The opposite is occurring in Canada where clubs and venues are closing due to a lack of interest and participation.
"The potential and future of the game is really healthy both here and in China," Rocque said.
The Chinese team hopes to build off the training sessions and tournaments in North America ahead of next February's Sochi Olympic games, according to Rocque, an Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, native who is coaching outside Canada for the first time.
"It's a testament to how the Chinese approach business," Rocque said. "I don't know anyone who has more dedication or works harder than the Chinese and this team to get better."
At the same time, he said he's learning as much from them as they are learning from him. A recently retired curler after a 30-year playing career. Rocque played on Team Ferbey also known as the Ferbey 4 that won three world titles and five consecutive Canadian national titles.
The biggest challenge for Rocque and the rest of the squad is bridging the language barrier. Fortunately, he received a minor degree as a second-language teacher from university.
Rocque picked up on phrases like "good shot," "good morning" and "good afternoon" to get the basic messages across during practice or matches. He's also encouraged the team to pick up English phrases, but they use a translator whenever possible.
The universal language of acting out phrases like a sweeping motion, stop, etc. helps get a point across immediately as the team has its fifth non-Chinese head coach in program history in Rocque.
Aside from the language barrier, Rocque said the team developed its own technique of moving down the ice during a recently completed six-week training period in China.
Typically, players with the broom, called sweepers or sweeps, have one tacky or gripper shoe and one slick shoe. The Chinese learned to play the game without a gripper typically used to propel teammates across the surface.
"These people figured out, on their own, from what they saw on TV how to sweep [with slick shoes] on both sides," Rocque said about the reverse technique from how much of the curling world plays. "It's fascinating to see the dynamics develop naturally."
Lui Yin, a native of the Harbin-area where many winter sports are played, picked up the game in 2000 and the stop at Four Seasons Curling Club was her first stop in America. She said the passion for the game and to ultimately win an Olympic gold medal is the ultimate goal for the still young group.
After the Fort Wayne tournament, the Chinese team will head to Edmonton to train for one month before participating in another tournament. After that the team travels back to Asia for the Chinese Open in Beijing where the top eight countries in the world will compete in the nation's largest arena.
As for Four Seasons Curling Club, national and international teams will continue to train and compete in Blaine, especially with the Winter Olympics six months away. Five American teams looking to compete in the United States Olympic Trials will return to the facility for more training Aug. 23-25. World silver medalist and former Olympian Cassie Potter will play Team Fogerty made up by Birr and 2010 Olympian John Benton among other Fogerty staff in a free exhibition match Aug. 24 at 7:30 p.m. Three more exhibition matches will follow Aug. 25 starting at 9:30 a.m.
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A total of 329 graduates participated in the 67th Annual Southwest Texas Junior College Commencement Ceremony held May 10 before a standing-room-only crowd at the Uvalde Honey Bowl Stadium.
Taking part in the ceremony were December 2013 graduates, May 2014 graduates and August 2014 candidates for graduation. PHOTOS
"It could have been cooler, but considering we had a storm come through the day before, sunny and warm was perfect weather for a commencement ceremony," said SWTJC Registrar, Luis Fernandez. "This years commencement ceremony ran smoothly and all due to our staff's hard work. It was a great day."
A total of 743 graduates were listed in this year's commencement program, with 406 receiving the associate of arts degree in general studies and 24 awarded the associate of science degree. An additional 79 students earned the associate of applied science degree and 244 students received basic certificates and certificates of completion.
SWTJC Uvalde Catholic Club secretary Julia Quiroga of Uvalde delivered the invocation. SWTJC student ambassador Ruth Alcantar led the singing of The National Anthem. SWTJC Del Rio Associate Vice President Derek Sandoval was master of ceremonies.
Hector Gonzales, Ph.D., SWTJC president, introduced college trustees and honored guests, and SWTJC Vice President for Academic Affairs Mark Underwood, Ph.D., introduced keynote speaker Poncho Nevarez, State Representative for House District 74.
SWTJC Vice President for Academic Affairs Mark Underwood, Ph.D., recognized honors graduates and outstanding students from individual programs.
Underwood recognized associate degree recipient Monica Jazmin Martinez of Eagle Pass for maintaining a perfect 4.0 grade point average (GPA) in earning her degree.
Certificate recipients recognized for a perfect 4.0 grade point average include: Samuel G. Aguirre of Crystal City, Joshua Castillo of San Antonio, Mara De Hoyos of Uvalde, Baldemar Delgado and Josue A. Leandro of Eagle Pass, Andrew Esquivel of Carrizo Springs, Mark A. Lopez of Hondo, Roberto Mejia of Del Rio and Megan Treviño of Round Rock.
Summa cum laude (3.9 to 4.0 GPA) honor graduates include Sunjin Park Contreras and Anisha Hindocha of Uvalde, Edgar Gonzales of Eagle Pass and Shauwna Mason of Batesville.
Magna cum laude honor graduates (3.7 to 3.899 GPA) from Uvalde include McKayla Kay Donovan, Alysa Suzette Freier, Sarah L. Hill, Jesus G. Morales IV, Ariel Elise Reyes and Maria Antonieta Rodriguez.
Area magna cum laude graduates were Ashley Campos and Eduardo Cuellar of Crystal City, San Juanita Castillo of Quemado, Anthony Garcia, Jr., Miriam Lopez, Krystal Marais, Francisco M. Sanchez of Eagle Pass, Yolanda Rocha and Gabriela Velazco of Del Rio and Esmeralda Ruiz of Utopia.
Cum laude honor graduates (3.6 to 3.699 GPA) from Uvalde was Marissa Andrea Sosa.
Area cum laude honorees were Teresa E. Chapoy and Esther R. Jimenez of Del Rio, Rita Chavarria, Raquel Espinoza, Hilda Guadalupe Garza-Garcia and Ovidio Marines of Eagel Pass, Eliazar Cuellar and Veronica Hernandez of Crystal City and Marcos S. Reyes of Pearsall.
Outstanding students in various technical programs were also recognized including: Debbie Gauna of Uvalde, Dorothy Tucker of Del Rio and Josefina Verjan of Crystal City, Administrative Information Technology; Abisai B. Rendon of Uvalde, Air-Conditioning & Refrigeration Technology; Jacob Calderon of Uvalde, Automotive Body Repair Technology; Michael A. Rubio of Uvalde, Automotive Technology; Diana E. Garcia of Eagle Pass and Maria Cristina Rios Rodriguez of Uvalde, Child Development; George Kimble, III of Del Rio and Gurprit Singh of Eagle Pass, Computer Information Systems; Selina Tovar, of Uvalde, Cosmetology; Alysa Freier, Criminal Justice; and Oscar Arredondo of Eagle Pass, Diesel Technology.
Other outstanding technical program students were: Maria R. Alfaro of Del Rio; Sandra O. Martinez of Uvalde; and Jose F. Vargas of Hondo, Management; Daniel Ibarra of Uvalde, Registered Nursing; Donaji Hernandez of Eagle Pass, Margarita Garcia Guerra of Uvalde and Juan Alaniz of Del Rio, Vocational Nursing; Jonathan Rodriguez of Uvalde, Welding Technology; and Jill Morgan, of Uvalde, Wildlife Management.
The Uvalde American Legion Post #26 Distinguished Achievement Award was presented by Underwood to Jorge Fernandez of Eagle Pass and Yvonne Mitton of Uvalde.
SWTJC trustees including Dr. Harry O. Watkins, Toni Moreno and Rodolfo R. Flores of Uvalde, Victor Lopez of Crystal City, and Anita Shackelford of Leakey all took part in the presentation of degrees and certificates.
Following the ceremony, graduates and their families attended a light reception hosted by the college in the Matthews Student Center on the SWTJC Uvalde main campus.
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Murray holds nerve to beat Kohlschreiber
Upon entering Suzanne Lenglen Court on Sunday, Andy Murray must have been thinking he should not have even been there.
Normally, he is extremely adept at closing out matches; it is a quality that has seen him win many a big match during his career, two Grand Slam titles and an Olympic gold medal at London 2012.
So when he found himself cruising up two sets to one and 4-2 in the fourth against Philipp Kohlschreiber on Saturday evening, the seventh seed seemed headed for a fairly routine victory. Sure, he had had some dicey moments earlier that night; he had dropped the first set following a rather sloppy performance to open this third-round match. But after settling into a rhythm to take the next two, order appeared restored.
Not so. What followed was an epic that reached 7-7 in the fifth set before fading light caused the cancellation of play. When they returned today in brighter conditions, Murray finally wrapped up the four-hour, seven-minute match 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 12-10.
"Today is a very good win for me to beat a player like him on this surface. Hopefully I can keep improving, keep learning," Murray said. "There are certain things I can learn from today's match that if I do take on board the things that I didn't do so well at times and hopefully I can make some adjustments for the next match and play better."
He'll play Fernando Verdasco, a 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 winner over 12th seed Richard Gasquet earlier on Sunday.
That was a match also held over from the previous night, with Verdasco holding a commanding two-sets-to-love lead over Gasquet on Philippe Chatrier Court. Yet when play resumed at 2-2 in the third set on Sunday, it was the Frenchman who made the first move to break the deadlock and wrest the momentum back.
That chance lasted all of a single point – with a break opportunity leading 30-40 in the seventh game, Gasquet stretched for an overhead after an epic point, but dumped it into the net. Verdasco, having avoided that scare, promptly replied with two winners to hold, broke serve in the very next game, and served out the match with little fuss over the ailing Frenchman, who was taking his first tentative steps back on court following a back injury.
But back to Murray. A day earlier, consecutive double faults in that seventh game of the fourth set had given the German a sniff, and when he broke to get games back on service at 3-4, it began a run of four straight games that saw the No.28 seed take the set and force the match into a fifth and deciding stanza.
Impressively, Murray refocused, breaking service immediately to open the fifth set en route to a 2-0 lead. But again, the wobbles returned. Kohlschreiber played a delightful drop shot winner to hold for 1-2 – a chase which left Murray grimacing and clutching his left hamstring – and after the Scot failed to put away a volley and then sent an approach shot long in the fifth game, Kohlschreiber drove a forehand return winner to break for a 3-2 lead. Murray broke back in the very next game despite his tightening hamstring – which required medical attention at several changeovers – and games progressed on service until play was suspended.
"I was cramping. That was what it was. It wasn't something I went into the match with," Murray explained. "It was the first five-set match I played since my surgery (last year). Obviously playing late, heavy conditions, is tough on the legs in the evening."
When they returned, both players had their chances. Murray reached match point in the 18th game, yet Kohlschreiber – who had botched a number of overheads already – finally connected with one to save it and level at 9-9. And in the very next game, the German reached break point, only for the seventh seed to produce his own clutch winner.
Ultimately, and somewhat expectedly, it was Kohlschreiber who cracked first. Having been so consistent, he sprayed some ground-strokes, including a forehand wide, to give Murray match points. The Scot would need just one; he belted a backhand return winner and celebrated intensely, the job finally complete. "Today was a pretty high standard, I thought, for probably the best standard of the match I think from both of us," Murray said.
"He came up with some great shots when he was behind in games today. I thought both of us served a little bit better. It was a good finish to the match."
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Chaconia, (Warszewiczia coccinea), also popularly known as the Wild Poinsettia, or Pride of Trinidad and Tobago, is the national flower of Trinidad and Tobago.
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Having been referred to as the wild poinsettia, Chaconia flowers are in no way, related to the true poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima). Chaconia tree and flowers are used for ornamental purposes. Synonyms of Warszewiczia coccinea/Chaconia are Calycophyllum coccineum (Vahl) DC., Macrocnemum coccineum Vahl, Mussaenda coccinea (Vahl) Poir, Warszewiczia maynensis Wedd, Warszewiczia poeppigiana Klotzsch, etc.
Chaconia tree is remarkable for its inflorescence with bright red bracts and inconspicuous yellow flowers and petals. Flowers are yellow-orange colored which have scarlet, 3-inch-long, enlarged lower lobes. The inflorescences show leaf-shaped, bright-colored calycophylls, expanded foliaceous structures made from floral petaloids with enlarged showy calyx-lobes. The flower has the tubular yellow corollas and the inferior ovaries.The characteristic feature of these flowers are one-inch bright red bracts of the calyxes, grouped together in panicles, which are often found to grow more than a foot in length.
Facts About Chaconia flower
- Chaconia tree is an evergreen ornamental tree.
- Chaconia tree grows to 20-feet in height with opposite, undivided, obovate leaves ranging from eight inches to two feet in length.
- The most widely cultivated form is Double Chaconia which has a double row of bracts.
- Chaconia has loosely organized pseudanthium or cluster of flowers that mimics a single flower as the attraction unit for pollinators,i.e, the main task of calycophylls is to attract pollinators.
- Chaconia represents the imperishability of life and the continuity of the nation - Trinidad and Tobago.
- Chaconia known by its long sprays of magnificent vermilion usually blooms around the time of the Trinidad's anniversary of Independence.
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Propagation of Chaconia by seeds is a very rare phenomenon, but not completely absent. Chaconias are mostly propagated by cuttings taken directly from the plant.
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The Way We Worked
The second series of The Way We Worked tells the stories of women's work in Ireland from the 1930s and 1940s through to the 1980s. The six-part TV series looks at change in Ireland through the fabric of working women's lives.
Episode One
In this first episode of The Way We Worked we meet women who have lived, loved and worked a lifetime of farming. The farm has always been both a business and a way of life for many Irish families. The farmer's wife had often an unacknowledged but pivotal role from book-keeping to stock rearing and milking.
Eileen Cronin grew up on a farm before she met and married Patjo Cronin. Together they worked their farm in Ballingarry, Co Limerick. After 14 years of marriage Patjo died from a brain tumour. Eileen was left with a broken heart, seven children under the age of 14, huge debt to the banks and a farm to run on her own.
Lily O'Donoghue runs a farm in Kilrush, Co Clare with her husband Patsy. Lily was responsible for the poultry and would often drive the tractor during hay cutting. When Lily and Patsy's seven children were reared, Lily returned to education and got a job with a community organisation.
Letty Cooke worked with her husband Billy on their farm in Kilcooley, North Tipperary. Letty kept poultry and geese, and reared their four children. She still takes a huge interest in the running of the farm and says 'you don't own the land you're just a caretaker'.
Episode Two
This week on The Way We Worked we meet three industrious women who turned their talent for home knitting into a source of extra income for themselves and their families.
Eileen O'Connell from Macroom, Co. Cork, learned to knit at school. The early death of her father meant she had to leave school early. She began knitting to help make ends meet at home, and even used bicycle spokes as knitting needles. Now in her eighties, she is an active member of the Macroom Knitting Circle.
Kathleen Meehan, from Glencolmcille, Co. Donegal learned to knit at her mother's knee. She went on to work part-time in local factories, supplementing that income with earnings from the sale of hand-knit clothes. She now sells her knitwear all over the world through her website on the internet.
Rosemary Slaughter was born on Arranmore Island, off the coast of Donegal, but had no interest in knitting when growing up. As a young girl she came to Dublin to work in Bewleys and Jacobs biscuit factory. She began knitting to pay for the little extras in her life, and soon her hand knits were in great demand. She's still busy knitting for friends and family.
Episode Three
This week The Way We Worked focuses on domestic service. Many rural women had to leave home in their teens to work as maids, housekeepers or nannies. They often worked long hours with little time off. The pay was meagre but the wages they sent home were vital for the family's income.
Nora Fahey from Dungarvan, Co Waterford went into service with a local family when she was four-years-old. She dreamed of becoming a nurse but her family couldn't afford to send her to secondary school.
May Giggin's father died when she was five. She had to leave school at 12 to work in a boarding house in Wicklow Town.
Maggie O'Connor from Wexford worked as a housekeeper with the same Dublin family for 55 years. She never married but become a beloved member of her employer's family.
Episode Four
This week's The Way We Worked is all about women working in shops. In the 1980s most Irish towns featured a draper, a hardware store, grocers and post office. In the days before supermarket chains they were often family concerns or a place where young women first found work. Most female workers left their jobs when they married but some were able to combine work and raising a family.
Kitty Drea from Co Kilkenny took over the post office in Inistioge, Co Kilkenny in 1960, when she was 23-years-old. She had six children but was normally back behind the counter within a week.
Dorothy Humphries started working in a drapery store in Cork when she was 15-years-old. She has often been on the picket line to fight for the rights of female workers.
Chris Kilboy ran a furniture shop and funeral home in Loghrea, Co Galway with her husband. When her husband Joe became sick, she had to take over the family business.
Episode Five
This week's The Way We Worked reveals the memories of Ireland's factory girls. As more factories opened up around Ireland from the 1940s onwards, the number of women working in them also grew. Many girls left school at 14 or younger to go to work and earn money for their families. The pay was often low when compared to men's earnings but an income was vital for a sense of independence.
Bridget Moran started working in a knitting factory in Bangor Erris in 1943 when she was 16. After six years she married and and re-settled to Meath as part of the Land Commission's
re-settlement programme.
Peig McManus, 72, left school at 14 to work in Varian's Brush factory in Dublin. Marriage meant she left her job, but when her children grew up, she developed a challenging new career.
Mary O'Connor started working in the Faber-Castell pencil factory when it opened across the road from her house in Fermoy
in 1955. She left to have children but later returned and went on working in the factory until it closed down in 1990.
Episode Six
This week The Way We Worked is set in the office. Many rural women moved to big towns or cities to work as secretaries, accountants, telephonists and civil servants. But before a bar was lifted in 1973, women had to leave work when they married.
Catherine Gunning from Clara, Co Offaly, was lucky enough to get a local job in Goodbody's. She was one of the first Catholics to get an office job in the Quaker company.
Hinda Duff from Swords, Co Dublin dreamed of a career in hotel management, but didn't have the right connections. She got a job as a telephonist instead and had great career ambitions.
Mary Lacey from Glenties, Co Donegal, moved to Dublin to work as a telephonist. The ban was lifted when she married in 1973, but she lost all her seniority when she returned to work as a married woman.
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FDA set to issue ban on indoor tanning for children teens: FDA Indoor Tanning Ban Teens
Published: December 20, 2015
FDA set to issue ban on indoor tanning for children teens: FDA Indoor Tanning Ban Teens, The Food and Drug Administration proposed unprecedented new rules Friday that would bar anyone under 18 from using a sunlamp or indoor tanning device.
The proposed new rules also would require anyone over 18 who uses a tanning salon or other product to sign a certification saying they understand the risks – which include skin cancer and severe burns.
And the FDA, which regulates the tanning beds and sunlamps as medical devices, said it would force manufacturers to make already required warning labels more prominent, add a "panic" button to turn the lamp off, and make other safety modifications.
Too many people still believe that indoor tanning is somehow safer than being out in the sun. It isn't, said Dr. Vasum Peiris, chief medical officer in the FDA's division that regulates medical devices for children.
"Indoor tanning is designed to deliver large amounts of UV (ultraviolet) radiation in a short time," Peiris told reporters.
Some of the lamps can deliver 10 to 15 times the intensity of the midday sun, he said.
"The FDA's long-awaited tanning device proposals are an important step that will help to reduce skin cancer diagnoses and deaths," the American Cancer Society's Cancer Action Network, which advocates in Washington on health issues, said in a statement.
""Once it spreads, almost nothing works…I know I'm looking at a virtual death sentence.""
"We commend the FDA for educating the public about the dangers of exposure to harmful ultraviolet radiation and restricting use for our nation's youth. Indoor tanning devices are not safe."
The FDA has been gradually ratcheting up the warnings on tanning beds and lamps. They must already carry a "black-box" warning saying they should not be used by people under 18.
The Indoor Tanning Association, which does not conduct its own research into the health effects of tanning, told the Associated Press that decisions about tanning should be left to parents, not the government.
"We are concerned that the proposed requirements will burden our members with additional unnecessary governmental costs in an already difficult economic climate," the group representing makers of tanning beds told the AP.
Peiris said the FDA has not made final decisions on how it would enforce the rules. The agency can seize products that don't meet standards, and can also work with the Justice Department, state and local government and other agencies to bring civil and criminal charges against repeat offenders.
"The FDA understands that some adults may decide to continue to use sunlamp products," continued acting FDA Commissioner Dr. Stephen Ostroff.
"These proposed rules are meant to help adults make their decisions based on truthful information and to ensure manufacturers and tanning facilities take additional steps to improve the safety of these devices."
Tanning beds send hundreds of Americans to emergency rooms each year with burns, including to their eyes.
And melanoma rates are up by 200 percent since 1973. Melanoma kills 10,000 Americans a year.
"The risk of developing melanoma increases by 59 percent for individuals who have been exposed to UV (ultraviolet) radiation from indoor tanning, and the risk increases with each use," the American Academy of Dermatology said in welcoming the proposed rules.
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Radcliffe was confronted by his 'Harry Potter' co-star soon after they were off the red carpet because she heard he described her 'a bit of an animal'.
Daniel Radcliffe faced an embarrassing red carpet showdown with his "Harry Potter" co-star Emma Watson after he gave away details of their kissing scene - the actress scolded him at the latest film's London premiere.
The actor appeared on U.K. TV show "Daybreak" last week to promote new movie "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1" and host Kate Garraway asked him about the moment he locked lips with his co-star onscreen. The presenter jokingly described Watson as "a bit of an animal" and the comments were later wrongly attributed to Radcliffe.
And the star admits Watson gave him a tough time when they later met up on the red carpet. He tells Reuters, "When you're in this period of time when you do an interview and it's aired the next day, your quotes come back at you so quickly. On Daybreak the other day... Kate Garraway was interviewing me... and she said 'Oh the kiss with Emma in this film, she's a bit of an animal, isn't she?' and I said 'Yes', and then it was like I'd said it."
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The need for leadership across all clinical disciplines has been shown to be integral to safe practice and strong staff morale. Providing a clear and unambiguous framework for practice and fostering skills in moral stewardship is known to enable personal growth and strong clinical care. This unit explores a range of issues for clinicians including their legal and ethical obligations, concepts of accountability and collegiality, and strategies to increase resilience and emotional intelligence. It aims to equip students to take initiative, create supportive and sustaining clinical environments, have the courage of their convictions, and to celebrate curiosity.The Australian health care system has experienced significant clinical, structural and socio-political transformations over the last two decades (collectively referred to as reform). The need for stronger and more effective leadership has never been more evident, particularly at the clinical interface. The chronic recruitment and retention issues and the changed nature of the nursing workforce and health workforce generally, vis-à-vis different levels of carers with diverse skill mix, have constructed a healthcare environment in which experienced (advanced) clinicians are positioned at the core of leadership development. While the concept of leadership is not new, the provision of leadership in the clinical arena is now a central component of clinical practice for all health professionals, regardless of experience, education or position. As we increasingly experience a globalised world, we recognise that leadership is not the same in all contexts. This unit is structured on an innovative case-based approach. Through using case studies along with the theoretical constructs / perspectives, students are encouraged to critique the achievements and failures of real-time leadership scenarios (and the leaders). This approach to student learning moves away from the traditional 'constructivistic approach' to management education, which is both subjective and prescriptive (Darmer 2000). The case study method facilitates examination of real leadership scenarios through which students can gain greater insight into the challenges that confront leaders in complex environments and how these challenges impact decision-making processes.As a postgraduate unit of study, this unit pursues critical analysis of the context in which leadership occurs. In the process of completing this unit, students cover a broad range of topics and explore the literature from a number of disciplines including management, sociology and nursing. While this unit of study is broad, it is designed to allow students to gain a more detailed understanding of the multiple and often conflicting contexts in which health leadership is now situated.
Our courses that offer this unit of study
- Graduate Diploma in Advanced Nursing Practice
- Graduate Diploma in Cancer and Haematology Nursing
- Graduate Diploma in Emergency Nursing
- Graduate Diploma in Intensive Care Nursing
- Graduate Diploma in Medicine (HIV, STIs and Sexual Health)
- Graduate Diploma in Mental Health Nursing
- Graduate Diploma in Primary Health Care Nursing
- Graduate Diploma in Science in Medicine (HIV, STIs and Sexual Health)
- Master of Advanced Nursing Practice
- Master of Cancer and Haematology Nursing
- Master of Emergency Nursing
- Master of Intensive Care Nursing
- Master of Medicine (Advanced) (HIV, STIs and Sexual Health)
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- Master of Mental Health Nursing
- Master of Nursing (Nurse Practitioner)
- Master of Primary Health Care Nursing
- Master of Science in Medicine (Advanced) (HIV, STIs and Sexual Health)
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Kazakhmys PLC ("Kazakhmys", "Group") announces that it has today completed the acquisition ("acquisition") of the Ekibastuz coal-fired power plant, and the Maikuben West coal mine in Kazakhstan, the largest power plant in Kazakhstan.
Ekibastuz is a strategic asset in the Central Asian power market:
The expected growth in demand for electricity in Kazakhstan and the tight reserve margins make the electricity market an attractive growth platform for Kazakhmys
Ekibastuz GRES-1 is the largest source of power in Kazakhstan, with nameplate capacity of 4,000MW, in a market increasingly short of power supply. The acquisition makes Kazakhmys the largest generator of power in Kazakhstan
Ekibastuz offers significant growth opportunities from existing infrastructure with capacity to double output over the next 5 years from current available capacity of 2,250 MW
The captive coal mine at Maikuben provides a secure base of raw material supply, with current output of 3.1 million tonnes of coal and an estimated mine life of approximately 30 years based on A, B, C1 classification of reserves.
Creates diversification into the commercial power market and brings considerable potential for strategic opportunities with off-take partners. Ekibastuz also secures the Group's power needs for the major Boschekul and Aktogay projects .
Total payments of up to US$1.5 billion, subject to adjustment under a closing mechanism.
Includes an initial cash consideration of US$1,100 million and a deferred cash consideration and other payments of up to US$381 million, subject to various growth targets being met
The transaction will be funded through an existing debt facility, placing the Group into a net debt position, for the first time since listing in October 2005
Oleg Novachuk, Chief Executive of Kazakhmys said "The acquisition of Ekibastuz is an important strategic move for Kazakhmys. It is clear that electricity demand in Kazakhstan and the region is increasing significantly and the spare capacity at Ekibastuz will be key in satisfying market demand. Ekibastuz offers substantial commercial opportunities as well as underpinning all our future internal electricity requirements. The acquisition represents excellent value and should deliver substantial earnings growth and attractive returns for our shareholders."
For further information please contact:
Kazakhmys PLC
Head of Corporate Communications
Tel: +44 20 7901 7882
Tel: +44 78 7964 2675
Olga Nekrassova
Financial Analyst
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David Simonson
Tel: +44 20 7653 6620
Tom Randell
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Notes to Editors
Kazakhmys PLC is the largest copper producer in Kazakhstan and one of the leading copper producers in the world. Kazakhmys is a fully integrated copper producer from mining ore through to the production of finished copper cathode and rod. The Group produces significant volumes of other metals as by-products, including zinc, silver and gold. Existing operations include 20 open pit and underground mines, 10 concentrators, two copper smelting and refining complexes, a copper rod plant, a zinc plant and a precious metals refinery. Production is backed by a captive power supply and significant rail infrastructure. Kazakhmys also owns MKM, a copper products fabrication company in Germany, and has Gold and Petroleum Divisions with assets in Kazakhstan and other parts of Central Asia. The Group's strategic aim is to diversify and participate in the development of the significant natural resource opportunities in Central Asia.
The electricity market in Kazakhstan offers an attractive growth platform to Kazakhmys given the momentum in the industrial sector in Kazakhstan and the resulting growth in demand for electricity. The power sector in Kazakhstan has favourable economic fundamentals and offers value-enhancing growth opportunities, in turn underlying the attractiveness of the Acquisition on a standalone basis. Since gaining independence on 16 December 1991, the Kazakh Government has introduced a series of important measures resulting in full restructuring of the country's electricity generation market. The Government introduced a new regulatory framework, privatised generation assets and deregulated pricing of the wholesale/retail power market. Kazakhstan has experienced a rapid recovery of its economy, with a real CAGR in GDP of c.10% over 2001-2006. Economic recovery was the key driver for growth in the electricity sector, with demand increasing by an average of 5.2% per annum over the same period. The growth momentum is expected to continue in the medium term. The demand for electricity is projected to exceed 6% per annum through 2011 and 3% per annum in the long run, according to the forecast of the Kazakh Government. Kazakhmys already participates in the power market in Kazakhstan by owning and operating three power plants with total gross capacity of over 900 MW, which supply all of the Group's current power needs.
Information on the Ekibastuz coal-fired power plant and the Maikuben West coal mine and transaction
Ekibastuz, located in northeastern Kazakhstan's Pavlodar Oblast, is the largest power plant in Kazakhstan with a nameplate capacity of 4,000 MW. Maikuben West Coal mine, an open cast mine located 65 kilometers from the Ekibastuz power plant, has an estimated mine life of about 30 years based on A, B, C1 classification of reserves and supplies a sizeable portion, around 20% of the power plant's fuel requirements, producing over 3.4 million tonnes of coal in 2007 and 0.9 million in Q1 2008. The power plant produced 9,434 GWh of electricity in 2007 and 3,046 GWh in Q1 2008. As at 30 May 2008, the plant's current available capacity is 2,250 MW, which is expected to significantly increase in stages over the next five years to 4,000 MW. This in turn will allow Kazakhmys to capitalise on the expected growth in electricity demand in Kazakhstan. For the year ended 31 December 2007, the revenues, profit before tax, and gross assets of the combined operations of Ekibastuz GRES-1 and Maikuben West were US$185 million, US$46 million, and US$374 million, respectively1.
1 Combined aggregated (unconsolidated) numbers based on the AES management accounts prepared in accordance with the US GAAP.
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