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Dennis is one of the heroes, his theme being kicking. He has several highly damaging unbreakable combos, including an indefinite one. His dash attack is quite quick and far-reaching. On the downside, his punch is somewhat slow, which is a huge problem in PvP, and his super punch is horrendously slow.
|Warmup time
|Super punch
|Run attack
|Dash attack
|Energy Blast
|Chasing Blast
|around 53
|Whirlwind Kick
|35 per kick
|around 56
|Running speed: 9.5
|Dashing speed: 17
Basic movesEdit
Dennis is faster than average. He travels faster by repeatedly dashing than by running.
Dennis' punch (or rather, kick) is slow but far-reaching, and counts as 1.5 punches when it comes to damage, fall and bdefend. While it has average warmup, the cooldown time is bad. Because of this, if Dennis punches someone twice, there will be two frames before the second punch lands during which the target is in standing position. Characters with quick attacks can make use of this brief window, as follows:
- Davis may Dragon Punch; he even has time to turn around first if he's facing away from Dennis.
- Deep may Strike, with varying results depending on the positioning:
- If Dennis is well behind Deep, the Strike will propel Deep out of Dennis' second punch's range, and Dennis will get hit by the backswing;
- if Dennis is well in front of Deep, the second punch will land before the Strike comes in range;
- otherwise, both Deep and Dennis will get hit, with Deep taking more damage (2Kicks = 60 Dmg and 1Strike = 54Dmg). Deep will recover from DoP before Dennis has a chance to attack. This trade off does not have a good risk/reward ratio.
- LouisEX and Firzen may punch or attack with a (non-heavy) item, though not quickly enough to avoid Dennis' punch.
Super punchEdit
Dennis' super punch is a very wide roundhouse kick. It deals good damage, but due to the ridiculous warmup time, one is usually better off doing a Strafe. In particular, using a super punch as a follow-up to a punch which broke the target's defense gives the target two frames of standing before the super punch lands, as with consecutive punches described above. The last three frames of cooldown can be skipped by doing a Chasing Blast, Strafe or Whirlwind Kick.
Run attackEdit
Dennis' run attack is a reverse roundhouse kick which sends the opponent into DoP. It does very little to break defense, even less than a typical punch. Afterwards, Dennis can do a super punch, skipping the two cooldown frames, or immediately launch into a Chasing Blast, Strafe, or Whirlwind Kick, aborting the second half of the run attack entirely.
Jump attackEdit
Dennis has a fairly quick jump attack. Though it only deals 35 damage, the attack range is quite good. Since it knocks the opponents into the air, Dennis' jump attack is useful in setting up a team combo. Dennis can do two jump attacks in a single jump, or a single jump attack followed by a dash.
Dash attackEdit
Dennis has a quick dash attack with average damage and fairly long range.
Special movesEdit
Energy BlastEdit
Input method:
|First ball
|Damage: 30
Fall: 20
Bdefend: 10
|Warmup: 8
Cooldown: 7
Cooldown if Attack is pressed (minimum): 4
|Second ball
|Damage: 30
Fall: 20
Bdefend: 10
|Warmup: 6
Cooldown: 7
Cooldown if Attack is pressed (minimum): 2
|Third ball
|Damage: 30
Fall: 20
Bdefend: 10
|Warmup: 8
Cooldown: 0
|Fourth ball
|Damage: 30
Fall: 20
Bdefend: 10
|Warmup: 6
Cooldown: 9
Cooldown if Attack is pressed (minimum): 8
Dennis shoots a little energy ball with his hand, optionally spending more mana to shoot some more balls. The balls are cheap, but too weak for most situations; they do little more than harass. In PvP, they are good for keeping an opponent who is already in DoP in DoP, because they have a small fall. Against bots, they can be used to delay an approaching enemy, or can be spammed to some effect, particularly if one is almost dead, for then the mana drain from continually shooting (3.6/frame) is largely canceled by mana regeneration.
Normally, if an enemy is hit by the first ball, they will have two frames where they're in standing position before the second ball hits—potentially enough time to move out of the way, and enough for characters with punch warmup time 2 frames or less—Davis, Woody, LouisEX, and Firzen—to punch back the second ball. However, if Dennis shoots from very close, where the first ball will spawn inside the enemy's hitbox, the second ball will have no more distance to cover than the first did, and as such the enemy will be given only enough time to defend. The same is true of the third ball following the second ball. The fourth ball comes very soon after the third, so there is no time to even defend between the third and fourth balls, no matter the distance they are shot from.
The first ball costs 40 mana. Pressing Attack after shooting the first ball will make Dennis shoot another from his other hand, costing an additional 40 mana. If he presses Attack again, he will shoot two more balls, costing 70 mana. Pressing Attack yet again will restart the four-ball cycle. The first and third balls fly straight, while the second ball flies a little into the screen and the fourth ball flies a little out of the screen. They all move at the speed of 15 px/frame.
Chasing BlastEdit
Input method:
|Damage: 40 (65 for the first three frames)
Fall: 70
Bdefend: 60
|Warmup: 9
Cooldown: 13
Dennis releases a big energy ball which picks an opponent to chase, flying away after a little while if it does not manage to make contact. Normally it deals 40 damage, but it will deal 65 if it hits as soon as it leaves Dennis' hands. When rebounded, it will switch teams, but the chasing duration does not reset, so it is not always able to hit an enemy before flying away. This move can be done while grabbing, though there is no point in doing so, as the enemy would have plenty of time to punch Dennis. Overall, the main feature is the chasing, since apart from that it has unimpressive damage, long execution time, and a hefty mana demand.
Input method:
|First kick
|Damage: 27
Fall: 1
Bdefend: 16
|Warmup: 2
Duration: 2
Cooldown: 0
|Forward: 54
Backward: 14
Upward: 28
|Second kick
|Damage: 27
Fall: 1
Bdefend: 16
|Warmup: 2
Duration: 2
Cooldown: 0
|Forward: 51
Backward: 12
Upward: 36
|Third kick
|Damage: 27
Fall: 1
Bdefend: 16
|Warmup: 2
Duration: 2
Cooldown: 0
|Forward: 49
Backward: 12
Upward: 44
|Fourth kick
|Damage: 27
Fall: 70
Bdefend: 60
|Warmup: 4
Duration: 2
Cooldown: 6
|Forward: 58
Backward: -2
Upward: 59
|Damage: 108
Fall: 70
Bdefend: >60
|Warmup: 2
Duration: 16
Cooldown: 6
|Forward: around 53
Backward: from 14 to -2
Upward: from 28 to 59
Dennis rapidly kicks four times in sequence, the last one knocking down the target(s). This is Dennis' best special move, for its high damage, unbreakability, and multi-hitness. It can be executed while grabbing someone, with no time for them to jump attack unless they are LouisEX. Once started, Dennis is locked in for 24 frames, so he is completely vulnerable to any enemy not caught by the Strafe. Dennis' strafe is the best strafe for its lack of gaps between the kicks (even projectiles cannot sneak in, and Davis cannot do his Dragon Punch), so Strafe tactics work particularly well with it.
Dennis moves forward slightly as the Strafe progresses and the final kick has significantly less backward range than the others, so if he starts out overlapping his opponent, by the time he gets to his final kick, he may have moved too far forward, and it may miss entirely. This is normally a bad thing, as it gives the opponent a free punch while Dennis is busy doing the fourth kick, but it can be exploited by making sure the enemy is in DoP before strafing.
Whirlwind KickEdit
Input method:
|First (one-time) kick
|Damage: 35
Fall: 20
Bdefend: 16
|Forward: 54
Backward: -10
Upward: 69
|Warmup: 4
Duration: 2
Cooldown: 2
|Backward kick
|Damage: 35
Fall: 20
Bdefend: 16
|Forward: 27
Backward: 35
Upward: 78
|Warmup: 0
Duration: 2
Cooldown: 0
|Forward kick
|Damage: 35
Fall: 20
Bdefend: 16
|Forward: 59
Backward: 2
Upward: 72
|Warmup: 2
Duration: 2
Cooldown: 2
Dennis indefinitely floats forward, swinging his leg in a circle. Dennis can stop at any time by pressing Defend or Jump. He moves at the speed of 9 px/frame, normally going straight but optionally slanting into the screen (by holding Up) or out of the screen (Down). The kicks themselves have the frequency and fall characteristic of punches, though they deal more damage than a typical punch and are multi-hit.
There are large gaps between the individual kicks, meaning that it is quite possible for enemies—even Justin, who has the shortest range in the game—interrupt Dennis with a well-timed punch. Projectiles, at least, cannot interrupt at all unless they approach from behind or above. However, because most dash attacks have at least as much range as the kicks, if an enemy dash attacks Dennis from in front, Dennis will get hit, while the enemy will only take a kick at most. This interruptibility, combined with the fact that Dennis is practically locked into a straight predictable path, makes it silly to use the Whirlwind Kick in a frontal assault.
It is, however, the preferred way to quickly stop defending when one's opponent is nearby and a Strafe would be too risky. If, for instance, Dennis has just defended against something and the enemy is near enough that he cannot afford to wait for his defence to end, he may use a Whirlwind Kick to either attack, if the enemy is too stupid to move out of the way, or to carry himself safely away. Another situation in which the Whirlwind Kick excels is in stopping spontaneous dash attacks and Woody's Tiger Dash from close up, because it hits very high.
The Whirlwind Kick can be executed while grabbing, with overall success depending on whom is being grabbed. Characters with jump attack warmup time 2 or less—Rudolf, Deep, Mark, and LouisEX—can attack Dennis before the Whirlwind Kick even really starts. Characters with punch warmup time 2 or less—Davis, Woody, LouisEX, and Firzen—can punch Dennis after the first kick, once they land on the ground. The rest can simply defend against the second kick, taking two kicks worth of damage but then letting Dennis float past (unless a wall is in Dennis' way, in which case they will take another kick and go into DoP).
The first kick is a special forward-facing startup kick, costing 75 mana, then he alternates indefinitely between a backward-facing kick and a forward-facing kick. 17 mana is deducted when the backward-facing kick happens, and another 17 mana is deducted while continuing to the forward-facing kick. Stopping takes 7 frames of cooldown.
Dennis' combos exhibit a rare combination of high damage and unbreakability. In fact, some players will avoid using the longest combos in PvP, because it seems unfair to deal that much damage without giving the opponent any chance to retaliate.
In addition to the default two-kick lead-in, the run attack makes an excellent lead-in and does almost as much damage as two kicks: 50 as opposed to 60. If the run attack is done when Dennis has almost run past the opponent, Dennis may immediately do a Chasing Blast (which will go past the opponent) and still have time to keep the opponent in DoP with a Whirlwind Kick, having dealt 85 damage and used 175 mana, with a chasing ball still approaching. If Dennis kicks his opponent twice but they defend against the second kick, they can still be sent into DoP by a swift Whirlwind kick, for 68 damage total.
Overlapping StrafeEdit
When Dennis stands relative to his opponent such that half to all of their shadows overlap (with Dennis facing in the direction of the portion of his shadow that does not overlap his opponent's), and Dennis executes a Strafe, the first three kicks will hit and renew the DoP but the final knockdown kick will miss, leaving the opponent in DoP if they began that way. This does 81 damage and takes 75 mana.
It is possible, though difficult, to repeat this continuation, or to do it starting from a non-overlapping position; see the sample combo below, in which Dennis shoots an Energy Blast then runs back into position. There seems to be no other way of repeating the overlapping strafe. Three theoretically possible methods that don't work in practice are:
- Walk back.
- Walk on to a different row, walk back to the proper column, then walk back to the proper row.
- Do it against a wall so that Dennis can't end up in the wrong position.
These don't work because
- Dennis will grab the opponent.
- Not enough time.
- The strafe will actually propel the opponent into Dennis' fourth kick.
Grab to Whirlwind KickEdit
While grabbing an opponent, Dennis can perform a Whirlwind Kick. By stopping after three kicks, Dennis will leave the opponent back in DoP, having dealt 105 damage and consumed 109 mana. This is quite easily breakable, as discussed above, unless done against a wall.
Despite being just a special move, a Strafe makes for a good unbreakable finisher, dealing 108 damage and costing 75 mana. It can even be done while grabbing (though that becomes susceptible to a quick jump attack), so when it is combined with a grab and five kicks, 183 damage is dealt.
Multiple chase ballsEdit
The best unbreakable thing Dennis can do to recently-frozen opponents is to fire a chase ball in such a way that the opponent gets sandwiched between the ball and a dash attack, for 105 (40(late chase ball)+65(early chase ball)) damage and 100 mana. If Dennis leaves time for them, they may anticipate the dash attack and flip to avoid it, in which case he can turn the dash attack into a feint, and run attack instead. If the opponent is computer-controlled, or just too ignorant to flip, it is possible to do 225 (40+65+50+70) damage, like so:
It is interesting, if impractical, to consider the upper limit (if there is one) on the number of balls that can hit the opponent under the best conditions without help from anyone else. If they stand completely still, at least four are possible:
Run attack plus super punchEdit
Run-attacking an airborne enemy from practically the same x-coordinate enables the follow-up super punch to hit them as they fall:
They need not be airborne: it can also work if they walk into the run attack when it is almost over.
Kick grab strafeEdit
This combo is easy and reliable, yet deals 243 damage, taking 75 mana.
Repeated overlapping StrafeEdit
This is a demonstration of the very finicky trick of running back to repeat the overlapping strafe. 534 damage is dealt and 420 mana is consumed.


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Supreme Court of Maine
July 10, 2018
STATE OF MAINEv.MALIK B. HOLLIS
Argued: June 12, 2018
P. Howaniec, Esq. (orally), Lewiston, for appellant Malik B.
Katherine E. Bozeman, Asst. Dist. Atty. (orally),
Androscoggin County DA's Office, Lewiston, for appellee
State of Maine
SAUFLEY, C.J., and ALEXANDER, MEAD, GORMAN, JABAR, HJELM, and
Malik B. Hollis appeals from a judgment of conviction of
reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon (Class C), 17-A
M.R.S. §§ 211(1), 1252(4) (2017), and criminal
threatening with a dangerous weapon (Class C), 17-A M.R.S.
§§ 209(1), 1252(4) (2017), entered in the Unified
Criminal Docket (Androscoggin County, Stokes, J.)
after a jury trial. According to Hollis, who describes
himself as an African American male, the trial court erred
when it overruled his objection to the State's use of a
peremptory challenge that excluded from the jury the sole
person of color[1] in the jury pool. Because the record
supports the trial court's determination that the State
did not engage in purposeful discrimination when it
peremptorily challenged the juror, we affirm the judgment.
On May 21, 2016, an altercation occurred between Hollis and
several white men outside an apartment building in Lewiston.
Although what precipitated the altercation and how it
escalated were disputed at trial, [2] there was no dispute that at
some point during the incident, Hollis ran around the corner
to his apartment and returned with a handgun. Upon returning
outside and seeing the men, Hollis proceeded to fire the gun
at a dirt pile located near him.
On May 23, 2016, Hollis was charged by complaint with
reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon and criminal
threatening with a dangerous weapon. A jury trial was
scheduled for July 2017.
Jury selection took place on July 6, 2017. Of the thirty-two
randomly selected prospective jurors, only one-Juror 71-was a
person of color. Neither the prosecutor nor defense counsel
challenged Juror 71 for cause, but the prosecutor used a
peremptory challenge, see M.R.U. Crim. P. 24(c), to
strike Juror 71. Defense counsel objected to the State's
exercise of a peremptory challenge to strike from the jury
the sole person of color in the jury pool. The prosecutor
offered an explanation that the juror's "ethnicity
had no bearing in regards to why I struck him. I was looking
for his level of education and other various factors that
were provided in the list from the court." According to
the information about the prospective jurors provided by the
court to both parties, Juror 71 had an eleventh-grade
education, which was the lowest education level among the
thirty-two prospective jurors randomly selected from the jury
pool. The court noted the objection but stated that it could
not make any findings of systemic exclusion based on one
juror. Hollis did not request that the court engage in any
further inquiry, and he did not object to the way the court
addressed the issue. Juror 71 was struck from the jury.
Hollis's trial took place on July 13 and 14, 2017. The
defense strategy was one of self-defense and the court
instructed the jury accordingly. The jury found Hollis guilty
on both charges. The court then sentenced Hollis to serve a
term of three years for each charge, to be served
concurrently, and ordered Hollis to forfeit his firearm.
Following the trial, Hollis filed a motion for judgment of
acquittal, or in the alternative for a new trial, on the
basis that the State's striking from the jury the sole
person of color violated the principles of equal protection
and due process as outlined by the United States Supreme
Court in Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986). The
State filed a response and the court held a hearing on
Hollis's motion.
The court denied Hollis's motion in a written order on
October 6, 2017. The court acknowledged that it had erred in
the handling of Hollis's Batson challenge at the
time of Hollis's objection during jury selection by
mistakenly focusing on the absence of any systemic exclusion
of minorities when, as it now understood, the
"Constitution forbids striking even a single prospective
juror for a discriminatory purpose." The court then
described the three-step process outlined in Batson
that it acknowledged it should have applied when Hollis
objected to the State's peremptory challenge. After
applying the Batson test to the circumstances of the
case at hand, the ...
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Given the current Covid-19 outbreak, our committee has taken the decision to cancel or postpone our events until further notice. At time of writing, Elizabeth Gaskell's House has closed its doors until a planned review in July. All events listed are subject to change or cancellation.
Please stay safe, dear members, and we hope to see you at our events and meetings again before too long.
- This event has passed.
Knutsford Meeting – March 2020 – CANCELLED
25 March, 12:30 pm - 3:00 pm
In March, we'll be discussing the short story, The Well of Pen-Morfa.
Our monthly meetings are held on the last Wednesday of each month, between October and April (except December). An excellent buffet lunch is served at 12.30pm followed by a talk and discussion, led by Dr Diane Duffy, 2-3pm.
There will also be a chance to visit the Gaskell Exhibition Room, upstairs in the Chapel Hall building.
Everyone is most welcome – £10 members, £11 non-members if you'd like lunch.
£5 members, £6 non-members for the talk only.
As you'll appreciate, arrangements can change, so please be sure to check details before you leave home.


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Solution to Stretched-Out Women's Jeans
A question in the Forever 35 facebook group (check out their podcast!) recently caught our eye:
Hey folks! Fashion question here: I have a pair of jeans that fit literally perfectly when they're fresh out of the dryer, but after wearing for a few hours just completely stretch out and end up being a good size or two too big and really unflattering. I don't want to get rid of them, but they're definitely not working for me at the moment. Is it worth getting them taken in? Any tips?
This caught our eye because we can relate to this feeling – most women can. We've all tugged at stretched out jeans, worried about butt-sag, and been cut across the stomach due to tight jeans (do you know the elastic trick?).
We don't know about you guys – but we hate the feeling of being restricted by pants in any which way – too tight, too loose, hitting at the wrong spot – whatever it is.
Don't' get us wrong – nothing else provides that downtown "cool" or "rock and roll" look better than jeans. Our take? Keep one or two pairs on hand for nights out on the town, dates, or other events with a scene.
The rest – donate them. And replace them with comfortable pants you can wear 90% of the time.
We actually created the Bravi in response to what we see as awful women's jeans. They are created in the same style of the classic 5-pocket jean, but offer way more comfort given the technical fabric. We can be seen wearing them around town, or while we travel (they are the best travel pant!). It comes in a straight leg and cropped version.
Besides the Bravi, there are other great-looking jean replacement options, including leggings (kind of digging this leather pair), trousers, and other stretchy pants.
We encourage you to experiment with different styles and find the freedom that comes with avoiding women's jeans and bad pants in general.


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In the past, we have paid a lot of attention to technology and the ways in which it is changing the world.
From education to the way we communicate with each other, technology has become an important influencer and will continue to do so in the years to come. But what happens when technology harnesses the worlds biggest commodity? Big Data?
Richer than gold?
In the past, large corporations had an advantage over smaller ones in that they had significant human capital and the products to bulldozer over smaller companies. However, this is now a thing of the past because Big Data allows smaller companies to personalize their service to customers in a way that larger companies may not have the ability to.
I recently read an article on theglobeandmail.com which discusses this in detail.the article points out that today's teeming tech environment has created a level playing field. As such, how you leverage technology is even more important to success than your ability to access capital.
Spoils to the victors
The article adds that victory will belong to the enterprises that make the right investments and embrace what the digital age really means: mass personalization, creating exponential value, leveraging ecosystems and embracing risk. Using technology to satisfy these Business 4.0 demands will have more of an impact on a company's long-term viability than any temporary infusion of cash.
The proliferation of interconnected data channels has enabled access to knowledge at a never-before-seen scale. This democratization of information, so to speak, has created unprecedented opportunities for entrepreneurs. Take the sensational success of the free messaging platform WhatsApp, which currently has more than 1.3 billion users – three times that of Twitter. Its co-founder, Jan Koum, certainly didn't have much in the way of capital – and, for a brief period, lived off welfare. What he did have was an idea and self-taught technical skills that he gleaned from available sources. In 2014, he and his co-founder, Brian Acton, sold WhatsApp to Facebook for US$19-billion.
Embrace cloud computing
The article points out that the emergence of cloud computing is another example of how businesses today require less capital to compete. It has afforded them the opportunity to tap into a wealth of resources at a fraction of the cost. Everything from data storage to operational software can be accessed through the cloud. It also makes it far easier for organizations to scale up when – and not a moment before – they need to.
For software companies, the cloud has fundamentally changed the speed at which products are created. Leading organizations are using the cloud to develop and upgrade software in an agile and interactive manner. What once took at least six months to develop is being deployed to consumers in a matter of days or weeks.
Expedited speed
The article adds that even physical products are being brought to market at expedited speeds. Cloud solutions allow companies to evaluate designs, test performance and prevent quality issues. They have also given companies without deep pockets the ability to experiment with simulations – once the exclusive territory of the biggest players. A competitor to a bank or retailer, for example, can run simulations that predict the adoption rates of a new product before ever introducing anything to the market. On the other hand, an institutional company planning a digital transformation can pre-emptively look at its impact on profitability via cloud simulations.
Relatively cheap tech solutions are making a real difference beyond commerce – they are aiding in research and development, as well as social responsibility. Harvard Medical School's Laboratory for Personalized Medicine is speeding up research on the clinical value of new genetic tests through the use of a cloud-computing platform. Similarly, the pharma company Novartis accelerates its preclinical efforts for drug development on the public cloud.
Level the playing field
This all makes sense. However, what happens when a big company has access to mountains of Big Data? This has been the major calls for regulation when it comes to data portability. This issue was discussed in detail in a recent article on forbes.com.
What's The Case for Regulatory Intervention?
The article points out that facilitating development in Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies forms a substantial part of the case for these kinds of regulatory interventions. As noted in a variety of reports by Accenture, the Council on Foreign Relations, the McKinsey Global Institute, the World Economic Forum, and President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, among others, AI has the potential to boost productivity and economic growth. However, the most dramatic advances in AI arise from a data-intensive technique known as machine learning, which requires lots of data to create, test, and "train" the algorithms underlying the AI.
The article adds that as AI-enabled technologies are becoming more important to the economy, so too are large datasets. A firm that lacks access to good data faces a substantial barrier to entering a market involving AI technologies. These potential obstacles have led some regulators to question the extent to which some firms control data; if barriers to entry are too high, entrants will be kept out, established firms will not face competitive pressure, and innovation may suffer.
Over the past several years, incumbents have made substantial investments in AI startups, including outright purchases. McKinsey Global Institute's ("MGI") analysis, as well as our own analysis using data from Crunchbase, indicates that venture-capital investment in AI startups grew by about 40 percent between 2013 and 2016. MGI estimates that established firms spent between $18 billion and $27 billion on internal corporate investment in AI-related projects in 2016 alone.
The article adds that in contrast, investments by AI startups appear to be heading in the opposite direction. For example, the number of seed-stage financing deals is apparently down 40 percent from a peak in the middle of 2015, and some of the decline is reportedly due to fear of established firms, particularly large, platform-oriented technology firms. However, Ian Hathaway shows that even as the number of deals has dropped, the capital invested in seed stage deals has increased.
Anecdotal evidence suggests that dominant tech platforms are aggressively assimilating apps from smaller providers, a practice that may discourage edge innovation. Some of the best evidence of the risks to innovation posed by large technology platforms comes from UT Austin's Wen Wen and Harvard's Feng Zhu. Wen and Zhu show that when a platform starts to appropriate features of its developers' applications, the application developers cut back on innovations to those applications.
What's to be done?
The article points out that despite mixed evidence on the need to introduce either new regulatory oversight of technology firms or intervention in technology markets, there have been multiple calls for such measures. For example, New York University's Scott Galloway has called for the break-up of the "Big Four" (Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google), essentially arguing that they are capturing more value than they are creating, especially when considering employment and taxes. Similarly, Lina Khan of the Open Markets Institute and Yale Law School has advocated reconsidering and modifying current antitrust frameworks to address certain practices of Amazon. Others have called for the formation of a Net Tribunal, which would police discriminatory conduct by vertically integrated platform providers in favor of their own apps.
The article adds that any strategies that involve litigation and that are employed to broaden entrants' access to large datasets—regardless of whether they adhere to a consumer-welfare antitrust standard or advocate for one that is broader—should be complemented by more forward-leaning regulatory approaches. These potentially include data portability requirements, the introduction of temporary data monopolies (followed by complete data availability), the use of trusted third parties, and blockchain-enabled technological solutions.
The debate continues.


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How far would you go for complete control? I'm not talking about simple decision-making or a choose your own adventure kind of lifestyle, I mean complete control. Total world filtering. Choosing the amount of noise on the street that you hear, filtering the light that hits your eyes, never smelling anything awful again, these are things that people want. Not world changing ideals or technology that stops an oil spill, but gadgets and tools that allow them to completely "perfect" the world around them or at least their experience of the world around them. … Read More
Emerging to Mainstreaming: The Ebb and Flow of Trends
Good surfers know how to ride a wave, but really good ones know how to read a Wave. He or she can gaze toward the horizon and choose the right swell because they recognize the signs that tell them it's going to be a big one. … Read More
Living the Food Revolution
Eat this, but don't eat that. Eat at this time of day, but not a minute before or after. Every day, new products, research, and the media bombard us about diets that are promising to make us live forever or kill us slowly and painfully. Not exactly appetizing! … Read More


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Losing the Battle for Talent
Patrick Allossery
National Post, October 2000
The Lure of High-Tech Salaries is Bleeding the Marketing Sector
[This event was moderated by Rick Wolfe of PostStone]
The Canadian marketing and advertising sector is experiencing an unprecedented brain drain that will only intensify over time, and university graduates show little interest in filling the growing talent void.
That's the consensus opinion that emerged during an expert-panel round table on recruitment -- "Talent Wars: Who Is Winning the Battle for Marketing Talent and Why?" -- hosted Oct. 4 by the Toronto Chapter of the American Marketing Association.
Timothy Snelgrove, one of four seasoned recruiters who made up the panel, said much of the blame for the high rate of defections from the traditional ad business is attributable to the burgeoning high-tech industry. Mr. Snelgrove, a partner at Toronto's Snelgrove & Associates, which specializes in recruiting executives for dot-com startups, noted that "80 per cent of high-tech executives come from outside high tech."
He said the sector's ability to buy the best talent available has cut a wide swath through old-economy marketing departments.
The high salaries offered by tech-oriented companies are obviously a major inducement for people to change jobs, but it's more than that. High-tech firms have also been at the forefront of refashioning job descriptions and work environments to meet the expectations of the less-traditional, more-self-interested Gen-X set.
Panelist Stefan Danis, president and chief executive of Toronto-based Mandrake Management Consultants, said old-economy marketers are just now waking up to how much import young people put on such things as corporate culture, mentoring, training programs and generally feeling appreciated by their office superiors.
The latest rage in the United States is sabbaticals, Mr. Danis said. "That is the number one request now by employees. After five years, they want to take a year off."
Mr. Danis added that the Canadian ad industry's struggle to attract talent is part of a worldwide phenomenon in the field, brought on by a boom economy coupled with a limited supply of workers. With economic expansion expected to continue and the talent supply moving in the opposite direction, the imbalance is destined to get worse, he said.
Panelist Sylvia MacArthur, president of Toronto's Madison MacArthur Inc., said it is astounding how undesirable advertising careers have suddenly become in the eyes of graduating business students. To illustrate, she told the story of an unnamed, tier-one packaged goods company that held a recruiting drive at a major university last spring and made 25 employment offers.
"Only four accepted. Generally, the complaint among students has been that marketing companies hadn't been recruiting enough. Now they don't seem to require it."
If clients have lost their lustre as employers in the view of university recruits, agencies appear in danger of becoming invisible. The root of the problem is salaries.
According to a recent Mandrake study, agencies, which are notorious for underpaying juniors, offer an average starting salary of just $28,000. Clients, meanwhile, offer a more respectable $47,000. But both pale next to the $85,000 stipend for first-year workers offered by the large management consultancies.
After the event, Mr. Danis said the migration of senior-level talent to other fields and the shortage of qualified young people are creating enormous headaches for company managers. But he said he worries that the problems down the road will be even bigger.
"The business is losing its wisdom. By historical standards, already, today's senior executives are younger and less experienced."
Despite this, they're making more than ever. According to Mr. Danis, the president of a top-30 agency can expect to rake in $275,000 to $400,000 annually, plus a car and a bonus, while the president of a leading consumer goods company can command from $280,000 to $350,000 a year, plus car, bonus and, more importantly, stock options.
And they could soon be in a position to make even more, should a panel prediction come true. Apparently, the balance of power in the workplace has tipped so far in the direction of employees that the market is ripe for employee free agency. Such a market would likely be limited to executives who are the superstars in their specialties.
Under this system, the executive would sign with a personal agent, who would manage the executive's career and negotiate his or her employment packages. For a fee, of course.


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"Vladimir Putin has signed a decree granting Russian citizenship to Gerard Depardieu," French actor Gerard Depardieu has obtained Russian citizenship, according to a brief statement posted on the Kremlin website. Mr Depardieu recently announced he would give up his French passport after the government criticised his decision to move abroad to avoid higher taxes.
And the man really moved abroad all the way from the taxes tundra of France to the ice tundra of Putin! Just imagine the transformation of the miserable to Gollum counting coins and whispering …my precious!!!


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GREENWOOD, Ind. – Police in Greenwood are looking for a suspect in a car theft who used a stolen camera to snap a selfie.
According to the Greenwood Police Department, the man stole a black Volkswagen Jetta from a garage on Hacienda Place earlier this month.
The thief also broke into a pickup truck, taking a bag containing cosmetology tools and a camera. He snapped a selfie with the camera and also took another picture of himself.
The theft was reported on Nov. 6, 2017 and happened sometime between 10 p.m. on Nov. 5 and 8 a.m. the next day.
The owner of the Jetta said he'd parked the car in the garage and was putting in a new stereo. He'd left the keys inside the car. The thief used the garage door opener inside the pickup truck to open the garage door and gain access to the car, police said.
Greenwood police said the camera was pawned in Indianapolis before being recovered by police.
Anyone who recognizes the man in pictures should call the Greenwood Tip line at 317-865-0300 or Crime Stoppers at 317-262-TIPS.


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About a month ago, the elementary school that my sister teaches at (PS 212 in Jackson Heights, Queens) invited me to be a guest speaker there. Believe it or not, I wasn't invited to talk to them about books or literature. I was invited as geologist!
I spent about 6 months between my M.A. and Ph.D. working at a gold prospect in the Alaskan Interior. The prospect was a large scale operation, and they a number of renowned geologists working there to analyze core samples, decipher stratification, plan extraction, etc. Aside from those "top" geologists, there were about 15 other geologists who were by my side 18 hours a day, 7 days a week, teaching me the ins and outs of field geology. I certainly don't consider myself an expert, but I may be able to get by as a geologist minor.
So, PS 212 invited me to speak about my experiences with rocks, minerals, plate tectonics, mining, and all things in between. I brought about 15 samples with me to pass around- everything from quartz intrusions to pyrite to ultramafics, sedimentary to metamorphic to igneous, rock I've polished and turned into clocks or drink coasters, and rocks I've found high in the Alaskan mountains that contain fossils from the ocean floor. I also brought in the bone of a moose jaw that I found on an Alaskan riverbank, still with the teeth set in it and all.
I played the part of a wild, outdoorsy geologist, too. I dressed up in my knee-high boots, my Carhartts, my headlamp, my leather gloves, and safety goggles. The students loved it! They were so excited to see rocks that had stories behind them or minerals that had immense monetary value behind them. I think most of all they were excited that a boring school topic suddenly became very alive and tangible. I'm still waiting on my sister to send me pictures from some of the classes I spoke in (I had four 50 minute classes altogether), but I'll post those when I receive them.
It was also a really good pedagogical exercise. I find that a lot of the teacher training I've received for primary and secondary school classrooms is equally effective at the postsecondary level. Positive reinforcement is so important for elementary schoolers, but guess what! College students also need positive reinforcement. Like younger students, they also like to feel important and meaningful. College students are at an age where adults often don't pay as much attention to them anymore, but that doesn't mean that they don't thirst for praise and encouragement. I believe all human beings need these things, and a classroom without these things is a sterile, less productive classroom. Even other skills that I learned while teaching younger children have been extremely important for my classroom leadership and presence at the college level. Recognizing when second grade students' attention spans are expiring is essential! When I would see that, I would take a moment to stop, collect the classroom, maybe have them stand up and shake out their excess energy, and begin fresh with a new pace and tone of voice. The same goes for a college classroom. Attention spans only last so long, so before they run out, I like to re-energize the class a little bit. It's often with something as simple as a change of my voice, or a pause to ask if there are any questions thus far. Sometimes I'll incorporate technology to break up the lesson. An informative YouTube video related to class material can sometimes be a great tool as well. More than anything, I think back to my experiences teaching elementary schoolers, and I always think of how much fun it was- how energetic the classes were and how much excitement there was. Because we were all smiling, we were all glad to be there, and thus the students learned better. The same principle applies to college level students. I teach at 8:30 AM, and one of the most frequent pieces of feedback I get on course evaluations is how energetic and engaging the class is at that early hour. I firmly believe that the instructor can only expect to get as much out of students as he or she puts into them.
Anyway, I just had to take a break to watch my grad student mentor defend her dissertation. Congratulations
Brandi Dr. So! I'll have to write a post on her one day and how much her mentorship influenced my identity and role in the English Department. For now, my momentum is broken, and it's time for the long commute home. Ave atque vale!


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Hello, today we are going to get into wedding photography, and how to make editing this complex subject easier, using the "Forever Thine Workflow" by Sleeklens.
The best part about this Forever Thine workflow is that it is specifically aimed towards wedding photography, which is extremely helpful for a photographer who has taken hundreds of shots, and then needs to make a ton of quality edits in a short amount of time. Our "Forever Thine Workflow" comes with 112 wedding specific presets which will give you plenty of options to edit with. This workflow also includes 23 brushes, allowing you to make any local or precise adjustments to your photograph.
I have my photo pulled up, so let's go ahead and get right into it. The first thing that I am going to do is go into the "Forever Thine" presets. We'll scroll down to the Base presets and click on Base – Warmer. Then we will scroll down some more until we get to the Tone/Tint presets, this time going to Fading Dream. Remember, even though presets are one click edits, you can still go over to the navigation to tweak and adjust as needed.
For my photo I am going into the Basic tab, then changing the Tint to +45 and the Clarity to +40.
Next, we will use a brush to make a small adjustment to the photo. Going into our "Forever Thine" brushes, we will use the Fix Underexpose brush. We'll apply this brush right in the center, directly on the subjects to bring a bit more light to them.
As you can see, that edit took less than a minute to perform, improving the overall quality of the photograph and added a nice, warm dreamy feel to it.
Moving on to the next photograph. For this one, we will be using the "Forever Thine" Black & White presets. So,let's scroll down and select the Black & White – Ivory preset.
Once applied, we will tweak this preset a bit by going over to the panel and moving the Whites up to +31.
Next, we'll go back to the "Forever Thine" brushes to make a few small adjustments. Going into the Wedding brushes, we'll go with Shiny & Bright. We will use this brush generally on the subjects, doing this three times, clicking New each time. This is just bringing up the shadows a little bit and adds a bit more light.
Now we'll go back and choose another one of our "Forever Thine" brushes, this time we are going to use the Wedding – Clarity & Detail brush. As its title suggests, this brush is used in areas where you want to enhance the clarity and details. For the photo that I am using, We'll run this brush mostly over the bride's veil and dress, which will help bring out the detail of the lace a bit more.
Now that we are done with this one, the before and after shows that after only about a minute or so of work, we have taken a color photo and quickly created a nice black & white photograph with beautiful enhancements.
And now on to our third and final photograph. In this photo, we will start out by using one of the "Forever Thine" Wedding – Film presets, we'll go with Breakfast at Tiffany's. This preset adds some contrast and gives this photo a really nice brownish, sepia like tone.
Next, I will go over to the panel and use the Spot Removal Tool to clear up the street in the picture a little.
Now that we have done that, let's go into our "Forever Thine" brushes. Once again, we are going to use the Wedding – Shiny & Bright brush. We will run that brush over the bride and her veil, then click New to start a fresh brush, this time going with Wedding – Fix Underexpose.
We will use the Fix Underexpose brush on the bride and her bridesmaids in the back, slightly turning up the Exposure as we go, just to add some more light to all of them.
So, now I am going to use one of the custom brushes that comes with Lightroom. We'll go with the Tint brush, but make some minor adjustments before we apply it. I'm going to set the Tint to 36 and the Temperature at 29. We will use this brush on a couple of the bridesmaids who have a little paler skin, just to make them blend in a bit more.
We can tweak this photo a bit more by going to the Detail tab, then to Sharpening and raise the amount just a bit more.
In the end effect, we have really brought the bride out more and muted the colors some with a nice slight sepia tone. We have also enhanced the contrast and light, giving the photograph a more polished and professional look overall.
As you can see the "Forever Thine Workflow" not only helps make editing wedding photos much easier, but drastically cuts down on processing time as well, while allowing you to create breathtaking photographs, preserving those memories for a lifetime.
I hope this Forever Thine workflow tutorial was helpful. Make sure you check out our other tutorials and hopefully you can try these workflows for yourself soon.
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According to a study by the US branch of Home Instead Senior Care, over 75% of Americans would rather think about what they want when they're no longer here rather than make plans for later life.
Their survey, which looked at two groups – one aged 45 to 69 and the second aged over 75, found that while 73 per cent had taken financial steps to prepare for later life, only 13 per cent had saved financially for their long-term care. Over half the respondents who said they had made plans hadn't actually made any arrangements either – mainly because they are still in good health (54 per cent) and they trust their loved ones to handle their arrangements for them (48 per cent).
It is important for people to think about care they may need. Findings by tas.health.nz indicate the current and future use of residential care in New Zealand:
- Around 1 in 6 older people live with one or more long-term conditions.
- While people are living longer, the proportion of their years spent living with some form of disability-related dependency is increasing.
- Maori and Pacific Peoples tend to spend a greater period of their lives with a disability-related dependency, but are less likely than older New Zealanders to live in an aged residential care setting
- There were 607,000 people aged 65 and over in 2013. This number is expected to grow to 1.6 million by 2063.
- The proportion of older New Zealanders living in aged residential care has been decreasing over the past 10 years. Nonetheless, with significant population ageing, the number of aged care residents is expected to increase by up to 72% from now until 2031.
One thing few people understand about getting older is just how complicated it can be. There are a lot of things to think about: You are responsible for the payment of your care, if you do not qualify for a subsidy how are you going to afford care if needed? Would you prefer to you move into a residential care facility or have a home support service provider come to you? Or, what about moving into a retirement village who could deliver care into your unit without the need of you moving once more? If you wish to move out of your home, what type of facility do you wish to move into? What type of room would you want? What supports do you have to allow you to age in place? etc.
It is pretty easy to see how people can get overwhelmed and put off thinking about these things! But it is important that you do, even if you are in good health at the moment or think your loved ones know your wishes. It is more often than not that an event may happen that forces an older person, or their family to make hard decisions at an emotional and stressful time. If an older person has made decisions about what they want to do and shared this with important people, this can make the process easier, and less stressful for those involved. When older people are involved and in charge of their lives they're happier. This means people should be making decisions for as long as possible, about as much as possible. With the right information you can trust yourself to make the right decisions. Never forget to speak your mind, no one knows you quite as well as you!
Things that can make the decision making process easier:
The Where from Here book contains all the information you need to get a handle on all the options available to you, or your loved ones. It also contains important information regarding subsidies, funding and payment of care and has information tailored to your region. Pick up a free copy at your local Age Concern, Grey Power, CAB, library etc. Or, you can order a book via our website here, or give us a call 0800 162 706.
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Support services for older people are available to help you stay independent, participate in your community and continue to live in your own home, as long as it is safe.
Care Plus is available if you have health problems and need extra support from the health system – it ensures you get comprehensive care at a low cost.
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Welcome To The Tennis Section
About the tennis club
We are a friendly and progressive Club with an active membership made up of players of all ages. Our four all-weather floodlit courts are ideal for all levels of player and are open 365 days a year. We offer a full coaching programme led by LTA qualified coaches for pre-school players to adults. We also have up to 20 teams participating in leagues and cups throughout the year. For those who just want to come along to enjoy social tennis, there are club nights twice weekly and plenty of free court time for those who like to arrange their own tennis. New members are always welcome.
The Club is a British Tennis Registered Venue and meets the LTA's Minimum Safeguarding Standards. Anyone who would like to try out tennis before joining or signing up to coaching may do so by contacting Head Coach, Gordon Watson.
Coaching for junior and adult members is provided by our Head Coach, Gordon Watson, and his team. Gordon is a Level 4 Performance Coach with many years of tennis experience, both as a player and as a coach. All coaches and coaching assistants in the team are LTA qualified and disclosure checked (PVG). Individual lessons are also available. Contact Gordon for details and prices.
New to Tennis?
Juniors – Contact Gordon to arrange a trial lesson (£7) before signing up to a coaching block and joining the club.
Adults, Students & Teenagers – Contact Gordon to arrange a lesson or to attend a free Senior & Teen Club Night on Wednesdays from 6.30 p.m. (April to September)
Coaching Programmes
Coaching for adult and junior members takes place during school term time. Holiday 'Camps' run during Easter, Summer and October school holidays for pre-school to teenage children. Non members may attend the holiday camps. Details will be posted on the website.
AGE GROUPS are as defined by the LTA. Your child's age on the next 31st March and 31st August will determine their summer and winter age group.
Red – 8 & under ; Orange – 9 ; Green – 10 ; Yellow – 11 & over
DRESS FOR THE WEATHER: Coaching takes place outdoors in all weather, except when courts are very wet or slippery – the coach may take the children indoors on these occasions. Lessons are unlikely to be cancelled. Appropriate clothing for the conditions is therefore essential. In the sun and heat, wear a hat, sunscreen and bring plenty of water. In cold weather, a sweatshirt, hat and jogging bottoms are best. In WET weather, make sure tennis shoes have good tread on the soles to avoid slipping. Wear a light waterproof and cap. Bring water to all lessons.
Social Tennis
Social tennis for club members takes place four times a week and is free. Floodlights are funded by the club. All standards of player are welcome to come along and join in. There's no need to bring a partner – just turn up and be ready to mix in.
Monday Club Nights: adult members 6.30pm – 8.30pm
Wednesday Club Nights : teenagers and adults 6.30pm – 8.30pm
Friday Club Morning: mainly ladies but all welcome 9am – 10.30am
Saturday Club Afternoon: adult members 1.30pm - 3pm
Pay & Play - PLEASE NOTE NOT AVAILABLE AT PRESENT
Members of the public can Pay and Play tennis for £8 per hour. Court 4 is for public booking.
- Open our Online Booking System on the right.
- Email the tennis secretary to arrange payment and receive an entry code. Please do this at the latest by 12 noon the day before your booking.
Payment by bank transfer is preferred.
Please wear suitable footwear. Players are expected to adhere to club rules while using the facilities.
Wimbledon Ballot
Tennis members have the opportunity to enter our annual Wimbledon ticket ballot which is held in early spring. Each year the LTA gives an allocation of tickets to the club. The number of tickets we receive is based on the number of our members who have joined the LTA as British Tennis Members. They must also have linked their membership to 'Linlithgow LTC' and 'opted in' to the ballot by the required date. Eligible members age 11 and over may enter the ballot.
We encourage all Tennis Club members to become British Tennis Members and 'opt in' to help the club receive more tickets. It's free and easy to join via the LTA website. Sign up as a 'Club Member'.
Tickets allocated to the club will be notified to members mid March and the ballot will take place by the end of April each year. Full information on entering the ballot is distributed to members in March. New members interested in entering the ballot should contact the secretary for details.
Team/Competition Tennis
We have a wide variety of tournaments on offer throughout the year and hope there is something for everyone to participate in and enjoy.
Tournament Days are social competitions for members which take place regularly, going indoors at Linlithgow Academy in winter. Check club Face Book for information or contact Gordon to enter.
The club runs two open tournaments annually. The Linlithgow Mini Open for ages 8 - 10 takes place in June. The Linlithgow Junior Open for ages 12 - 18 is held in September. Entry is via the LTA website.
The Tennis Club has a number of adult and junior teams playing in the Tennis Central Scotland and Aegon leagues. If you are interested in playing for team, please contact the relevant team captain or for further information email the tennis secretary.
|Mens Doubles 1st
|: Kevin Doyle
|Mens Doubles 2nd
|: Brian Joy
|Mens Doubles 3rd
|: Andy Bonnar
|Ladies Doubles 1st
|: Roxanna Milne
|Ladies Doubles 2nd
|: Caroline McKie
|Ladies Doubles 3rd
|: Sally Bell
|Ladies O45
|: Edith McDowall
|Mixed O55
|: Brian Joy
|Mens Singles
|: Brian Joy
|Autumn League 1
|: Diane Mackie
|Autumn League 2
|: Norrie Watson
|Autumn League 3
|: Anne Marie French
|Winter League
|: Roxanna Milne
|Gillespie Cup
|: Diane Mackie
|Boys & Girls 16u - 1
|: Kerry-Anne Muir
|Boys & Girls 16u - 2
|: Ian Shearer
|Boys & Girls 12u - 1
|: Elaine Honeyford
|Boys & Girls 12u - 2
|: Fiona Neave
|27 April
|Quorn Cup Family Doubles
|10U & adult family member
|28 April
|Wimbledon BallotPresident's Day
|Eligible members
|28 April
|Mixed Doubles Event
|Adult & Teen Doubles
|11 May
|Road to Wimbledon
14U Doubles
|14U boys and girls singles
|19 May
|Nature Valley Big Tennis Weekend
|Open Day
|01 June
|Club Championships
|Preliminary rounds fro 12 weeks
|8-9 June
|Linlithgow Mini Open
|8U & 9U Sat, 10U Sun
|June (date tbc)
|President's Day
|Adult & Teen Doubles
|July (date tbc)
|Wimbledon Social
|Adult & Teen Doubles
|20 July
|Central Development Circuit
|8U, 9U, 10U & Yellow match play
|3 August
|Central Development Circuit
|8U, 9U, 10U & Yellow match play
|24 August
|Mini Club Championships
|25 August
|Finals Day - Club Championships
|Adults & Juniors (tbc)
|6-8 September
|Linlithgow Junior Open
|12U, 14U, 16U, 18U singles
|19 October
|Ladies' end of season social
|Tennis & tea - ladies and older girls
|26 October
|Hallowe'en Tournament
|All junior age groups
|14 December
|Tinsel Tennis
|Junior social tennis
Safeguarding Standards
As a British Tennis Registered Venue, Linlithgow Tennis Club policies meet LTA Safeguarding Standards.
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Tennis Members Handbook
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Tennis Kit
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Just send us an email and we'll make sure you're directed to the person best placed to handle your enquiry and get back to you.


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Kym heads our clinical negligence team in Southampton.
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Kym has experience in dealing with a range of clinical negligence claims but has particular expertise in claims arising out of catastrophic injuries, cauda equina syndrome (nerve damage) and delay in diagnosis of fatal conditions.
She has successfully pursued claims for clients with a wide range of injuries, against individual practitioners, NHS Trusts and private hospitals, securing compensation ranging from £10,000 to several hundred thousand pounds.
Significant Experience
- £400,000 in compensation for cauda equine syndrome following spinal surgery
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Welcoming in the Year of the Dog with cake, osechi and nail art – for dogs
For millennia, the dog has held a special place in human civilization. The animal that in ancient Egypt was said to represent a deity is now one of the most popular pets in the world. And, in a few days' time, it will be celebrated anew as we enter another Year of the Dog.
And what a celebration it is shaping up to be – especially in Japan. New Year's Day is traditionally observed in the Land of the Rising Sun with highly aesthetic and carefully crafted meals known as "osechi ryori." This cuisine is also designed to represent special messages of happiness and celebration in abundance for the season, as well as last the first few days of the new year. Served in stacked lunchboxes known as "jubako," they include such delicacies as skewered prawns (symbolizing long life for their resemblance to bearded old men) and konbu (which sounds like "yorokobu," the word for "joy").
And, in 2018, Japan's dog-owners are once again making sure that their pooches will be taking part in the celebrations. Meet the latest thing in canine cuisine: osechi for dogs. This is another specialized category on Rakuten's online marketplace that is generating a lot of attention.
Not to be outdone by the human versions, osechi for dogs is delivered in smart black lunchboxes. Some vendors emphasize their use of "all natural ingredients," without sweeteners or coloring. Some meals feature organic vegetables. And then there's the meat: chicken and seafood pate, lamb chops, fried pork or boneless salmon steaks. One vendor even offers black soybeans – a dish generally included in the human version – with a spectacular sprinkle of gold powder. Yes, gold powder.
For dessert, the choices continue. Some vendors offer a "chocolate cake" made of bean paste, strawberries, banana and pineapple. Others feature bean-based "ice cream" or vegetable-based "cake."
With the New Year rapidly approaching, Rakuten's canine cuisine specialists are doing a brisk trade. One even reports tripling their sales of dog osechi over last year.
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Nail art for dogs – Japan
Gone are the days of the simple mani-pedi. With the explosive popularity of nail art in Japan, a visit to the salon these days is akin to a stop at Picasso's studio. Or should we say, 'Pupcasso?' Some nail artists around the country are introducing services for a canine clientele. Next time you are in Japan, be sure to check out the well-groomed masterpieces strolling the streets of Tokyo.
Christmas Dinner for dogs – UK
Dog lovers in the U.K. who didn't want their pets to miss out on the Christmas festivities were able to share gifts in the latest trend in Western culinary indulgence – a dog version of turducken (a three bird roast packed with turkey, duck, goose and "and all the trimmings").
Canine cologne – US/UK
What do the terms "Fetch," "Sexy Beast," "Old Spike" and "Kennel No.5" have in common? They're the brand names of various fragrances designed specifically for dogs, of course. Our favorite has to be "Santa Paws," which is described as a "delightful orange and cinnamon fragrance."
Non-human residents? – Spain
While not quite up to the level of Ancient Egpyt, one town in Spain holds its pets in extremely high regard. In a story that recently gained global attention, the Spanish hamlet of Trigueros del Valle officially recognized dogs and cats as "non-human residents," according them virtually identical status to its human residents. Although the move was largely seen as a deterrent against bullfighting, we still can't think of a more dignified gift than citizenship to bestow upon your furry friend.
With the new year set to begin next week, we hope this list serves as inspiration. Happy Year of the Dog!