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Superior Court of Delaware
June 14, 2018
THE STATE OF DELAWARE, Plaintiff,v.PREMIER HEALTHCARE INC. d/b/a NEWARK MANOR NURSING HOME, BRUCE BOYER, DAVID BOYER, and SUSAN COMEGYS, Defendants.
Submitted: May 30, 2018
Defendants' Motion to Dismiss. DENIED.
S. Keller and Laura N. Najemy, Esquire, Deputy Attorneys
General, Department of Justice, Wilmington, Delaware,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
R. Granaudo Gesty, Esquire, Burns White LLC, Wilmington,
Delaware, Attorney for Defendants.
State of Delaware ("Plaintiff) filed a Delaware False
Claims and Reporting Act ("DFCRA") action against
Premier Healthcare Inc. d/b/a Newark Manor Nursing Home
("Newark Manor"), Bruce Boyer, David Boyer, and
Susan Comegys (collectively "Defendants"). The
complaint alleged that since 2011 Defendants have submitted
or caused to be submitted fraudulent claims for Medicaid
reimbursement for "non-existent, grossly deficient, and
materially substandard and/or worthless nursing home
services" provided to five residents of Newark
issue at this stage is whether Plaintiff has alleged
sufficient facts in the complaint for a DFCRA claim, an
unjust enrichment claim, and DFCRA liability as to the
individually named Defendants to survive Defendant's
motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim pursuant to
Delaware Superior Court Civil Rule 12(b)(6).
Court concludes that Defendants' motion fails to
demonstrate how Plaintiff is not entitled to recovery under
any reasonably conceivable set of circumstances since this
Court must accept all well-pleaded factual allegations as
true under the standard of Delaware Superior Court Civil Rule
12(b)(6). The Court thus denies Defendant's motion to
dismiss, without prejudice with leave for Plaintiff to amend
the complaint at a later time, if needed.
Manor is a Delaware licensed, long term care nursing
facility. Bruce Boyer is the owner of Newark Manor. David
Boyer and Susan Comegys were administrators at Newark Manor
at various times.
2009, Newark Manor contracted with the Delaware Medicaid
program through the Contract for Items or Services Delivered
to Delaware Medical Assistance Program Eligibles in the
Department of Health and Social Services ("DMAP").
The DMAP provides that when a healthcare service provider
submits a claim for payment for items or services provided
under the DMAP, the provider certifies that the items or
services were in compliance with the DMAP rules, regulations,
and policies.
to federal law, nursing facilities, such as Newark Manor,
must provide services that "meet professional standards
of quality" to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid
programs.[2] This compliance is a prerequisite to
participation to participation in the Medicaid program.
Compliance is assessed through annual survey inspections.
asserts that, since at least 2011, Defendants "submitted
or caused to be submitted claims for payment for
non-existent, grossly deficient, and materially substandard
and/or worthless nursing home services, provided to highly
vulnerable, elderly and disabled residents at Newark
Manor."[3] Plaintiff argues that Defendants were
informed about the multiple failures of care at Newark Manor
and were provided state survey reports. Defendants contend
that Plaintiff required Defendants to submit plans to correct
the deficiencies and return Newark Manor to substantial
compliance.[4] Defendants state that Newark Manor in fact
returned to its compliant standard and Plaintiff renewed
Newark Manor's license as an nursing home in Delaware.
However, Plaintiff now, according to Defendants, seeks to
further penalize Defendants with sanctions under the DFCRA
for every claim relating to five identical residents that was
submitted before, during, and after the alleged violations.
filed a complaint on September 18, 2017 which alleged that
Defendants are subject to not only the penalties related to
their noncompliance with the DMAP, but are also subject to
DFCRA liability and should not receive payment from Plaintiff
for any service provided to five Newark Manor residents.
Plaintiff has identified five residents whose alleged
substandard care by Newark Manor warrants recoupment by the
State of its Medicaid payments to Newark Manor.
Resident 1
1 was an 88 year old woman admitted on December 30, 2010 who
suffers from cognitive decline and Alzheimer's Disease.
The care provided to Resident 1 was inspected by Plaintiff on
four occasions between 2011 and 2014. Plaintiff alleges that,
on June 7, 2014, Resident 1 suffered severe burns when a
Newark Manor staff member's coffee spilled on Resident
l's leg. Plaintiff contends that Defendants did not
transport Resident 1 to the hospital, nor did they administer
first aid, [5] with the exception of removing her
clothing. Plaintiff also noted deficiencies in 2011 and 2014,
respectively, in the form of weight loss and verbal abuse.
Resident 2
2 was a 95 year old woman who was admitted to Newark Manor
with dementia, agitation, balance problems, and decreased
muscle coordination. After numerous fall risk assessments,
Newark Manor identified Resident 2 as a fall risk. Plaintiff
alleges that Resident 2 fell eight times between February 24,
2014 and June 22, 2014.[6] Plaintiff also alleges that
"[d]espite the eight falls in the four month period in
2014, Newark Manor failed to ensure Resident 2's safety
by implementing an effective fall prevention
2 suffered an additional ten falls between July 8, 2014 and
September 25, 2015.[8] Resident 2 was also found lying on her bed
with a television on her body that had apparently fallen off
of its mounted position on the wall.[9]
Resident 3
3 was an 88 year old woman who suffered from disorientation,
weakness to her left side cause by a stroke, confusion, and a
history of falls and agitation. Plaintiff states that
Resident 3 fell twenty-two times between June 14, 2013 and
September 9, 2014, three of which resulted in "serious
injuries."[10] On June 26, 2013, Resident 3 suffered a
fractured neck.[11] Plaintiff contends that after Resident
3's return from the hospital, Defendants failed to
implement the correct care plan for Resident 3. Plaintiff
contends that Defendants did, however, change Resident
3's care plan to ensure her safety from falls after
Resident 3 fractured her vertebrae on September 9, 2014.
contends that Resident 3 also suffered a coffee burn less
than two months after Resident l's coffee burn. Plaintiff
alleges that Newark Manor did not have a burn policy in place
when both Residents were burned, but implemented one
afterward "that did not meet Mayo Clinic
Resident 4
4 was an 88 year old woman who suffered from low sodium
levels and high potassium levels due Syndrome of
Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone release. Resident 4's
six-year residency at Newark Manor is the longest of the five
Residents discussed herein. Plaintiff alleges that
"Defendants failed to monitor Resident 4's fluid
intake and failed to request sodium chloride tablets as
needed for Resident 4's condition."[13]
also contends that Defendants failed to implement an
appropriate fall prevention plan for Resident 4, as she fell
fourteen times between November 23, 2012 and July 2, 2015.
Plaintiff states that Resident 4 suffered a fractured rib and
a right tibial fracture as a result of two of those falls.
Plaintiff also asserts that Defendants failed to implement an
effective dental plan or plan to restore Resident 4's
Resident 5
5 was an 88 year old man who was diagnosed with legal
blindness and a had history of blood clots and strokes.
Allegedly, Defendants did not provide Resident 5 with his
anti-coagulant medication for over four months, during which
time he suffered edemas.[14] During the state survey, on August
30, 2016, Defendants "admitted that there was no
clinical reason for discontinuing Resident 5's medication
[and] that the lack of anti-coagulant was an oversight and
'missed medication.'"[15]Defendants contend that,
following this survey, they began to again give Resident 5
his medication.
alleged in its Complaint that "[t]he substandard,
grossly negligent and practically worthless services provided
by the Defendants to Residents 1 through 5 would have been
material to the [Managed Care Organizations], and the State
Medicaid Agency's decision to make these [claim] payments
. . ., "[16] Plaintiff contends "Defendants were
aware of the failure to provided care that met professional
standards of quality when they submitted claims for
payment."[17]Plaintiff claims that, despite being made
aware of the significant deficiencies in their service,
Defendants still knowingly submitted claims for $1, 515,
504.35, which was paid to them by Medicaid.
assert that the question of the applicability of the DFCRA or
the parallel federal law, the False Claims Act
("FCA"), "to claims related to services by a
medical provider such as a nursing home" is an issue of
first impression in Delaware.[18] Defendants now bring the
Motion to Dismiss pursuant to Superior Court Civil Rule
12(b)(6) for failure to state a claim for which relief can be
Defendants' Contentions
argue in favor of dismissal on essentially four grounds.
First, Defendants contend that Plaintiff cannot make a DFCRA
claim under either the "worthless services" or
false certification theories. Second, Defendants maintain
that Plaintiff cannot make out a claim for unjust enrichment.
Third, Defendants assert that Plaintiff fails to state a
cause of action against the individually named Defendants,
Bruce Boyer, David Boyer, and Susan Comegys. Fourth, and
alternatively, Defendants argue that Plaintiff fails to make
a fraud claim under the strict pleading standard of Superior
Court Civil Rule 9(b).
Defendants claim that the Complaint should be dismissed
because Plaintiff fails to allege a proper DFCRA claim under
either the "worthless services" or false
certification theories.[19]
contend that, for a DFCRA claim to be successful under the
"worthless services" theory, "Plaintiff must
show that 'performance of the services [was] so deficient
that for all practical purposes it is the equivalent of no
performance at all."'[20] Defendants illustrate this
argument by stating, "[i]t is not enough to offer
evidence that the defendant provided services that are worth
some amount less than the services paid for. That is, a
'diminished value' of services theory does not
satisfy this standard. Services that are 'worth less'
are not 'worthless.'"[21] As such, Defendants
maintain that, although state surveys revealed certain
deficiencies in the service provided to the five Residents,
Plaintiff cannot reach the conclusion that "the entire
bundle of services provided to each of the five Residents
during their long residency was substandard, much less
state that the purpose of the DFCRA is to punish and deter
the submission of fraudulent claims for payment to the
government. Defendants contend that the goal of the DFCRA is
not to focus on "torts, medical negligence, regulation
violation, contractual breaches or other
also argue that Plaintiff cannot make out a DFCRA claim under
the false certification theory because Plaintiff fails to
allege "materiality." Defendants contend that
Plaintiffs argument that, because Defendants participated in
DMAP, they certified that they complied with all regulations
is incomplete because it fails to allege the materiality of
Plaintiff s payment decision.[24] Defendants seem to make this
argument on the basis that Plaintiff continued to make
payments to Defendants with knowledge of the alleged
noncompliance with DMAP.[25]Defendants claim that, because the
State had knowledge of the deficiencies and still paid the
claims, the DMAP requirements were not
material.[26] Defendants reiterated this argument at
oral argument asserting that this Court need not reach the
"worthless services" portion of the DFCRA analysis
because Plaintiff has failed to adequately plead materiality,
which is an essential element of the claim.[27]
Defendants assert that Plaintiff fails to set out a proper
unjust enrichment claim because the DFCRA claim
fails.[28] Defendants state, "[s]ince the
[DFCRA] claims fail as a matter of law, Plaintiffs common law
claim for unjust enrichment must also fail because the
facility's retention of the benefits is not
Defendants argue that Plaintiff has failed to sufficiently
plead "any factual allegation that could establish a
basis for false claims against individual Defendants"
Bruce Boyer, David Boyer, and Susan Comegys.[30] Defendants
contend that Plaintiff "cannot establish that any of
these individuals had any reason to believe that an action
they took constituted a 'false or fraudulent
Defendants argue in the alternative for dismissal because, as
they claim, Plaintiff fails to meet the strict pleading
requirement of Superior Court Civil Rule 9(b). Defendants
contend that Plaintiff "fails to state when the
fraudulent misrepresentation occurred[, ]" and that
Plaintiff "does not articulate any factual basis to
support the conclusion that there was a fraudulent intent
behind the submission of requests for
Plaintiff's Contentions
responds to Defendants' four arguments in order and also
makes a fifth argument. First, Plaintiff argues that it has
made a DFCRA claim under the "worthless services"
and false certification theories. Second, Plaintiff claims
that the complaint makes an adequate showing of a claim for
unjust enrichment. Third, Plaintiff contends that the
complaint states a cause of action against the individually
named Defendants, Bruce Boyer, David Boyer, and Susan
Comegys. Fourth, Plaintiff states that it has pleaded its
complaint with specificity in accordance with Superior Court
Civil Rule 9(b). Fifth, Plaintiff argues that Defendants'
arguments come under the guise of a Rule 12(b)(6) motion to
dismiss for failure to state a claim when they are more
appropriately brought under a motion for summary judgment.
Plaintiff argues that it has pled a sufficient DFCRA claim
under the "worthless services" theory because it
alleges facts that show the care provided to Residents 1-5
was so collectively deficient in ...
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- A number of research centres at UC utilise data science, including Toi Hangarau | Geospatial Research Institute, Hangarau Tangata, Tangata Hangarau | HIT Lab NZ, Wireless Research Centre, Te Kāhui Roro Reo | NZ Institute of Language, Brain and Behaviour, and Te Pokapū Aronui ā-Matihiko | UC Arts Digital Lab.
Year 13 studies in maths, statistics, or computing will give you a good background for your first-year courses, however these are not essential to major in Data Science.
UC offers a major in Data Science as part of the Bachelor of Science.
Data Science major
Students complete these courses throughout their degree for the Data Science major:
- COSC 121 Introduction to Computer Programming or COSC 131 Introduction to Programming for Engineers (available in 2021)
- COSC 122 Introduction to Computer Science
- MATH 102 Mathematics 1A
- MATH 120 Discrete Mathematics
- STAT 101 Statistics 1
- COSC 262 Algorithms
- COSC 265 Relational Database Systems
- DATA 201 Data Wrangling
- DATA 203 Data Science Multivariable Methods
- One course from STAT 211–299
- COSC 367 Artificial Intelligence
- DATA 301 Big Data Computing and Systems
- MATH 303 Applied Matrix Algebra
- STAT 315 Multivariate Statistical Methods
- STAT 318 Data Mining
With approval, students doing a double major with Data Science and another related subject may instead complete DATA 301 and three of the required 300-level courses.
Graduates of Data Science will find their knowledge is in high demand, as there is a global shortage of expertise to support the steady growth in data collection and digitisation.
You can find employment in business and technology sectors as a data scientist, data advisor, data/analytics consultant, and insight analyst. With this degree, you will build a background in project implementation, research, critical analysis, problem solving, and communication skills in discussing and explaining data findings, all of which are useful skills in a number of careers.
Find out more about what you can do with a degree in Data Science.
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FBI Will Not Release The Documents About The Secret Comey – Obama Meetings
More and more scandals related to Obama and his administration has been revealed to the public! Latest in the chain of scandals was the revelation that former FBI Director James Comey held a secret Oval Office meeting with President Barack Obama just two weeks before Trump's inauguration and may have deliberately misled Congress about it, according to an email sent by National Security Advisor Susan Rice that GOP Sens. Chuck Grassley and Lindsey Graham partially unclassified.
The meeting — which Comey never previously disclosed to Congress — occurred in the White House on Jan. 5, 2017. It included Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Rice deputy Attorney General Sally Yates, and Comey. The topic of the meeting was potential Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
And now, according to a Feb. 26 letter that the bureau sent to The Daily Caller News Foundation, the FBI refuses to release the documents about secret meetings between FBI Director James Comey and former President Barack Obama.
On Feb. 16, 2018, theDCNF requested records of all meetings between Comey and Obama and sought an "expedited process" as provided under the act when issues are of great interest to the media and the records address issues pertaining to government integrity.
"The issue of Director Comey's meetings with President Obama is a key troubling issue for Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley," TheDCNF wrote in its application for the expedited processing.
However, David Hardy, the section chief for the bureau's Record/Information Dissemination Section, told TheDCNF failed to meet its standards for expedited processing as provided under 28 CFR 16.5 (e)(1)(iv).
"You have not provided enough information concerning the statutory requirements permitting expedition: therefore your request is denied," he told TheDCNF.
Such information is not "a matter of widespread and exceptional media interest in which there exists possible questions about the government's integrity which affects public confidence."
It is absolutely wrong that FBI can make this choice for the American people! Who is it that has THIS authority over the people?
What happened to FBI's TRANSPARENT Administration? This is one more piece of evidence that the FBI is no longer trustworthy. Its pretty obvious to everybody that the FBI is in full deep state cover-up, obfuscate, delay, misdirect, disinform, lie, cheat, steal mode.
We the public are extremely interested and we have a right to ALL information that is NOT classified as National Security.
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If you are an attorney or deputy you are likely to be acutely aware of the importance of your role for the person you support. There are subtle differences between the role of an attorney (appointed under an Enduring or Lasting Power of Attorney) and a deputy (appointed by the Court). A deputy has additional compliance duties as they must report each year to the Court with financial accounts. As an attorney is not obliged to report their financial dealings to anyone, the question is; how does the Court find out about financial abuse and protect the vulnerable?
The Mental Capacity Act 2005 provides that there must be an officer (known as the Public Guardian) who must, amongst many other duties, supervise deputies, investigate complaints and maintain a register of all Lasting Powers of Attorney.
It is worth noting (and to be reassured) the statistics available to us from the Office of the Public Guardian show that most attorneys and deputies exercise their powers in the correct way and the risk of financial abuse once you have lost capacity are low. However for those where safeguarding measures have been put in place, the Court say that the abusers are almost exclusively close family members.
The Stats
15,000 applications were made to register Enduring Powers of Attorney
395,000 applications were made to register Lasting Powers of Attorney
14,130 deputies were appointed by the Court
The Office of the Public Guardian received 1,970 safeguarding referrals.
So who makes the referrals? They come from a number of sources including relatives, local authorities, care homes and even financial institutions.
The Powers
If financial abuse is established it is a serious financial crime and the Court can cancel the use of an Enduring or Lasting Power of Attorney.
The Court can also cancel the appointment of a deputy if they are satisfied that person is unsuitable or have not acted in the best interests of the protected party. The Court will find a suitable replacement and may choose to appoint a professional deputy who is completely independent from the vulnerable party. Acting deputies must also ensure an insurance policy is put in place and paid for (before the Court will appoint them) to recover funds if they are found to have been lost due to the deputies' actions.
For an acting deputy, annual supervision of the Court is likely to act as a deterrent and, as can be seen from the powers the Court have, action can be taken to protect the vulnerable. If you do suspect suspicious behaviour by an attorney or deputy you can report this by either speaking with a professional first or contacting the Court of Protection directly.
If you are considering making a power of attorney then we would recommend discussing your choice of attorney with a professional, as there are many options available that you may not have considered.
If you wish to discuss any of these issues raised with a solicitor at Berwins please contact us at email@example.com or call us on 01423 543102.
Further information and statistics can be also found in the Office of the Public Guardian Annual Report & Accounts 2014 -2015


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4 Festive Italian Twists on Holiday Entertaining
The holidays are about creating memories – over a table full of incredible food and drink, of course. For a delicious season and a Buon Natale, tap into the spirit of Christmas in Italy with these festive menu twists.
1) Create a sensational antipasto platter
For a simple, stylish appetizer full of Italian flair, use seasonal vegetables, premium Italian cheese and cured meats. Beetroot, baby carrots and cherry tomatoes provide a riot of colour on a holiday table, while Prosciutto Toscano DOP and Bresaola della Valtellina IGP are beautiful options to serve with Mozzarella di Bufala Campana DOP and Pecorino Romano DOP. Add artichokes in drizzled with Extra Virgin Olive Oil and pan-fried polenta wedges adorned with shaved Parmigiano-Reggiano.
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Since WordPress 2.3, WordPress Dashboard provides an Incoming Links widget that ables to display backlinks that have been received by the blog, i.e. inbound links that point from external blogs and bring link juice (aka Google PageRank) to the linked blog. WordPress has been using Google Blog Search as the search engine to provide such information on incoming links.
The Incoming Links widget box on WordPress Dashboard allows blogger to customize and configure the number of inbound links items that user want to display in the Dashboard. However, with the default configuration of Google Blog Search Incoming Links RSS feed URL, it's impossible to increase the number of incoming links displayed (cannot make the number of incoming links displayed to more than 10 (ten)).
The cause for the WordPress Incoming Links widget maximum number of items error is because the default Google Blog Search RSS feed limits the maximum backlinks returned by Google to 10. And WordPress does not cache the older incoming links that have previously been received by it, making the Dashboard only has a maximum of 10 inbound links to display at any time.
To fix problem cannot or unable to increase number of incoming links displayed on WordPress Dashboard, just increase the number of back links returned by Google Blog Search RSS feed. To do so, hover the mouse over the Incoming Links widget pane, and click on Configure that appears. Edit the existing RSS feed URL to change the number of items from 10 to 20, or any number you like. However, value greater than 20 is not meaningful as widget can only display maximum of 20 incoming links.
For example, the modification has to be done to the num parameter, which is bold.
Adjust also the value of number of items you would like to display from the pull down list. Click Submit when done. Voice, now more than 10 incoming links can be shown on Dashboard.


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Hakam Karim, the man who recently earned his 1,200th Platinum trophy, has since told Eurogamer in an interview that "there is no recognition" of his achievement from Sony.
In order to be rewarded with a Platinum trophy on PlayStation Network, players have to earn every other trophy that the game offers. It's no surprise, then, that reaching 1,200 took an immense amount of work and dedication, and it's a point that only one other player, roughdawg4, has reached. Only a few more have managed over 1,000 trophies, emphasising the size of Karim's achievement.
He reached the 1,200 milestone after earning all trophies in Nioh, the video of which you can watch below.
However, despite playing through in excess of 1,200 PlayStation games, many of which were expensive imports, Sony hasn't recognised the feat. "Sony treated me like a wall" he told Eurogamer, before revealing his disappointment at how the gaming giant "doesn't show love towards its most loyal customer".
On the other side of the console war, Microsoft has thrown public praise at the Xbox GamerScore leader Scallion83, even interviewing him on the official Xbox news page. Stallion83, or Raymond Cox when the controller is down, achieved an unthinkable score of 1,000,000. The fact that Karim performed similarly amazing feats on PlayStation consoles surely deserves recognition also.
How many trophies do you have on PlayStation Network? Let us know in the comments section below.


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Turkey Lifts Ban After Twitter Complies With Demands
Twitter heeds request to remove photographs of Istanbul prosecutor held at gunpoint by far-left militants; Talks with YouTube still underway, Turkish official says.
Twitter has complied with Turkey's request to remove photographs of an Istanbul prosecutor held at gunpoint by far-left militants, an official said, and a ban on the micro-blogging site was lifted, several hours after it was imposed.
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"Twitter has agreed to shut down accounts and remove images relating to last week's hostage-taking. The web site will reopen to access very shortly," the senior official told Reuters before the site became accessible again.
Twitter was not immediately available for comment. The web site earlier said it was working to restore service.
Turkish authorities banned access earlier on Monday to Twitter and YouTube after an Istanbul judge imposed a block on access to social media sites showing photographs of slain prosecutor Mehmet Selim Kiraz held at gunpoint by far-left militants and taken hours before he was killed in a shootout last week.
Talks with YouTube were still underway, the official said. YouTube remained blocked after the ban on Twitter was lifted.
Facebook said it had complied with a Turkish court order requiring it to restrict access to some content or face a block on its service. A company spokesman said it would appeal the order.
Presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said a prosecutor had demanded the block because some media organisations had acted "as if they were spreading terrorist propaganda" in sharing the images of the hostage-taking.
"This has to do with the publishing of the prosecutor's picture. What happened in the aftermath is as grim as the incident itself," Kalin said. "The demand from the prosecutor's office is that this image not be used anywhere in electronic platforms," he told a news conference in Ankara.
Prosecutor Kiraz died from his wounds last Tuesday after security forces stormed the office where members of the far-left Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C) had taken him hostage. His two captors were also killed.
The DHKP-C had published a picture of Kiraz with a gun to his head and said it would kill him unless its demands were met.
"The wife and children of prosecutor Kiraz have been deeply upset. The images are everywhere," the Turkish official earlier said.
Google said it was working to restore service to the YouTube video-sharing site, which it owns.
Turkey's telecoms regulator could not immediately be reached and there was no statement on its website.
Turkey temporarily blocked Twitter and YouTube before local elections in March 2014, after audio recordings purportedly showing corruption in then-Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's inner circle were leaked on their sites. That decision caused a public uproar and drew heavy international criticism.
Turkey filed over five times more content-removal requests to Twitter than any other country in the second half of 2014, data published in February by the micro-blogging site showed. Last year, Turkey tightened laws allowing sites to be blocked by the authorities more easily.


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Because it's not JUST about what's on the inside! We have the largest selection of unique greeting cards, gift wrap and ribbon you'll find in the area. You'll find brands such as Papyrus, Elum, J. Faulkner, Karen Adams Designs, Rifle Paper Co., Sapling Press, First Snow, Avanti and so much more.


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Controlling Static Charge Generation with ESD Flooring
Static discharges can be noticed when you touch an object of different electrical potential such as a door knob, and a bolt of electricity flows from your charged body to the door knob. This flow of electricity is actually a result of the stored static charge that is being rapidly transferred to the knob. This discharge that can be felt as well as seen, is commonly referred to as an electrostatic discharge, or "ESD".
The generated static charges are a potentially costly occurrence for office and factory employers. You will learn in today's post how they can easily be controlled with different types of floor material.
Static Charge Generation from Flooring
When a person walks across a floor, a triboelectric charge builds up in the body due to the friction between the shoes and floor material. The simple separation of two surfaces (such as a person walking across a floor with soles contracting and separating from the floor) can cause a transfer of electrons resulting in one surface being positively and the other one negatively charged, resulting in static charges.
Generating Charges by walking across carpet
It is not necessarily the static charge generated in the body that does the damage as much as it is the difference in potential that creates an electrostatic discharge.
The problem with ESD
The generation of a static charge can pose quite a problem for environments that contain sensitive equipment or components that are vulnerable to static damage, such as electronics manufacturing, repair facilities and medical facilities, including computer rooms and clean rooms.
Controlling the damage and costs caused by ESD is usually the main concern that drives a company to implement a static control programme. The costs involved with static damage not only include the immediate cost of the damaged component, but the contributing cost of diagnostic, repair and labour that is needed to replace or fix the component. In many cases the labour involved can far exceed the component cost.
Flooring Materials
There are several options available on the market ranging from coatings (floor finish or paint) to coverings (vinyl or rubber). The choice of material depends on the mechanical and optical properties required as well as the available budget.
In general, floor coverings will last longer (10 years or more) than a floor coating. They are more durable and have a specific resistance to ground that remains constant over time.
Types of Floor Coverings – click here for more information
Coatings are easier to apply and repair and their initial cost is considerably lower. Coatings are usually applied to existing floors and often serve to convert a conventional floor into an ESD floor. However, regular maintenance is required as coatings will lose their ESD properties over time.
1. Floor Coatings
- Antistatic Coating:
Conventional carpets can be treated with an Antistatic Coating or other treatment. It is required that the treatment be replenished on the carpet as it wears away due to foot traffic.
ESD carpet is available but proper maintenance is very important.
- ESD Floor Finish:
Existing hard surfaces (e.g. concrete, sealed or painted wood, linoleum, asphalt) can be treated with ESD Floor Finish to eliminate the need for ESD control flooring. Repeat applications are required periodically to keep ESD properties within specification.
- ESD Paint:
Paint is ideal for providing a cost effective static-free environment and is very effective as a static control floor coating for electronics manufacturing, assembly and storage. It controls dissipation of static electricity and provides path to ground.
2. Floor Coverings:
Floor coverings will have either "conductive" or "dissipative" electrical properties:
- Conductive materials have a resistance to ground (RG) of greater than 1 x 103 ohms but less than 1 x 105
- Dissipative materials have a resistance to ground (RG) of greater than 1 x 105 ohms but less than 1 x 1012
It is recommended to use conductive flooring material; EN 61340-5-1 requires ESD flooring to be less than 1 x 109 ohms (RG). The same standard requires a person/footwear/flooring to be less than 3.5 x 107 ohms (resistance in series of operator plus footwear plus floor). Remember that floors get dirty which can raise floor resistance. Therefore, it is good to start off with a floor that is conductive (less than 1 x 106 ohms). So even if the resistance increases, you're within the required limits of the ESD Standard.
- Carpet:
ESD control carpets are made with static dissipative yarn and only require that the yarn be kept clean and free of insulative dirt, dust and spray cleaners.
- Matting:
Types of matting range from vinyl to rubber and anti-fatigue matting.
Vinyl is generally cheaper and provides high resistance to many chemicals. Rubber on the other hand is more durable and can withstand extreme hot and cold temperatures. Anti-fatigue matting (AFM Series) is designed to provide comfort for personnel that must stand or walk for long periods.
Considerations when using Flooring Materials
1. Grounding
EN 61340-5-1 requires that all conductors in an ESD protected area, including personnel, must be grounded. This includes ESD flooring; it must be electrically connected and attached to a known ground. The Desco Europe floor mat ground cord 231265 is just one option for grounding floor matting.
2. Periodic Verification
All ESD control items (including ESD flooring) have to be tested:
- Prior to installation to qualify product for listing in user's ESD control plan.
- During initial installation.
- For periodic checks of installed products as part of EN 61340-5-1 clause 5.2.4 Compliance verification plan.
Measuring Surface Resistance of ESD Floor Matting – click here for more information
A surface resistance meter can be used to verify compliance of the ESD floor with the ESD standard.
3. Person/Footwear/Flooring System
ESD flooring does not ensure protection from ESD damage unless operators walking across the ESD floor wear ESD footwear, either ESD shoes or ESD foot grounders.
ESD foot grounders are designed to reliably contact grounded ESD flooring and provide a continuous path-to-ground by removing electrostatic charges from personnel. They are easy to install and can be used on standard shoes by placing the grounding tab in the shoe under the foot.
Foot grounders must be worn on both feet to maintain the integrity of the body-to-ground connection Wearing a foot grounder on each foot ensures contact with ground via the ESD floor even when one foot is lifted off the floor. This will more reliably remove static charges generated by human movement.
Desco Europe offer a number of different foot grounder types for your requirements.
Static charges can easily be controlled with different types of floor material which vary in their properties, cost and durability. The best static control systems are not only the ones that protect sensitive components and equipment but are: A) at hand and readily available, B) easily maintained. Floor coverings are long lasting and maintain their ESD properties over time, while existing floors can be economically converted for use in an ESD control program using various types of coatings.
Remember that all ESD control items such as flooring, personnel grounding and specialty equipment should be grounded and tested periodically to verify all components are within specification.
Not sure which ESD flooring is right for you? Request a free ESD Survey at your facility by one of our knowledgeable representatives to evaluate your ESD programme and answer any ESD questions!
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Money is SO the Route of all Evil!!
The Rich get rich and the poor get poorer
Money doesn't grow on trees is another classic
Isnt that what you were told when you were younger?
Maybe from your parents or school teachers or just the people who you surrounded yourself with on a regular basis
These beliefs are told to us at such an early age that we then make them our own belief and our own truth.
It isn't your parents fault as this is what they were told when they were young and their parents before that.
They say your beliefs are formed up to the age of about 9 years old and then they are with you for life unless you make an effort to change them to something more positive.
So what are your current beliefs around money?
Do you draw money to you?
Or as soon as you have it does it go out again?
If you are the latter then you will no doubt have some concerns and beliefs around your Money Story.
So the question is: What can you do about it?
Well the good news is no matter what your beliefs are now, these can be changed with some work on your side.
You have start with making a real commitment to changing your beliefs about money. Understand and recognise that money is an exchange of energy from one thing to another.
There is an old saying that "Money doesn't buy you happiness" and in a way that is true as true happiness comes from within but what money does do is give you a better quality of life and it gives you CHOICES.
- It will allow you help other people like your family or your favourite charity
- Improve your skills by affording you to go on courses and workshops
- Broadens your horizons by allowing you to travel to wonderous places all over the world
- Bring the fun element into your life by having a fabulous social life
- BUT most of all it brings you peace of mind
I recommend that you follow the Wealth Chef Ann Wilson's 12 keys to your wealth vault. I guarantee it will make you start to think about money in a different light.
Don't focus on the money you are wanting to bring into your life, start to focus on the end result – as in what will you do with the money once you receive it?
How will it make you feel? What will you be doing? Who will you be helping? Create a real positive feeling when you are doing this exercise.
Use the Creative Visualisation Techniques
You can also say Money Affirmations:
Money Flows To Me Easily
I am a Money Magnet
I have more than enough Money
Or find one that resonates with you
So my challenge to you now is to change your Money Story and embrace all that money can bring you in your life rather than looking at what the lack of it does
I would love to know your thoughts on this
Love & Light
Jackie x


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The African Union (AU) believes Africa will have a united and functioning single military by the end of this year as leaders on Monday pledged to accelerate the operationalisation of the African Standby Force (ASF).
This is one of the resolutions adopted at the 25th AU Summit which ended in Johannesburg on Monday night.
The continent desperately needs a g force for peace and security that would ensure the continent has the stability it needs for sustainable development to take root.
Such a force would also be crucial to counter terrorists groups like Boko Haram and Alshabab that have killed thousands of people and displaced many in west Africa. The envisaged 25000-g ASF operating through five regional brigades is expected to be the backbone of the continent's new peace and security architecture. AU Chairperson Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe confirmed that the first training exercises for the force would be held in South Africa towards the end of October. It is hoped that by the end of the year, all regions will be ready to form part of the single force.
Reading from the declaration of the summit, President Mugabe noted that the "troubling" state of peace and security in the continent needed to be given attention.
"We condemn the act of terrorisms committed by extremists across Africa and we resolved to confront terrorism collectively in order to defeat it," he said.
The summit at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg was held under the theme "Year of Women Empowerment and Development towards Africa's Agenda 2063".
After two days of intense deliberations on the future of the continent, Mugabe said the AU leaders resolved to adopt the plan to implement the first 10 years of the Agenda 2063 blue print. Leaders also backed initiatives aimed at women empowerment and highlighted what they called "eradication of the hoe" and introduce modern equipment for women working in agriculture.
The political crisis in Burundi, and ways to fund the AU operations, were also discussed intensely.
Leaders resolved to intensify their effort to address the issue of migrants crossing the Mediterranean, and improving infrastructure and technology aancement on the continent. With thousands of African migrants losing their lives in the Mediterranean Sea while trying to reach greener pastures in Europe, the issues of migration is evidently a worrying issue for the AU.
The summit was, however, overshadowed by the participation of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir who is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for alleged war crimes. The ICC on Sunday urged the South African government to arrest the Sudanese leader.
But AU Commission Chairperson Dr Nkosaza-Dlamini Zuma defended the continental body's decision to invite Albashir. Dlamini-Zuma said the AU was not party to the Roman statute but member states were.
"He has always attended out summits, this was not the first time. The AU is not a bilateral meeting, it is a multilateral meeting. When a country hosts an AU summit it sticks by the AU rules. President Albashir has always attended our summits and will continue to do so," said Dlamini-Zuma. -SAnews.gov.za
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Saving Eddie
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This is a fictionalized paranormal retelling of celebrated author Edgar Allan Poe's life using the imaginary journals/diaries of his real-life brother, Henry Poe and a female admirer that follows his activities mostly from afar. Can Edgar's ghostly brother use his one chance to save his brother's life. Or will the author's otherworldly gifts to see heaven, hell, and the world of Ideas be his undoing?
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Todd McKinney shares how to share Christ with others. Nov 4, Sunday morning service.
"A Pattern For Parenting"
I just finished teaching at a family conference for pastors and their wives today, in Vizianagaram, India. Having finished, I thought I'd pass along the main points of one of the two sessions. "Joseph (was a) just man (Matt 1:19)". "Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart (Luke 2:19)."
"Fall Festival 2012"
Last Sunday, October 14, we held our annual Fall Festival at the Fitzgerald-Samples Farm. We baptized five new believers to start the fun! Our India Mission Team performed their drama, and we prayed for them as they prepared to leave in three days. Our chili cook-off is becoming highly competitive with lots of secret ingredients […]
"Restore My Joy"
We hosted our first women's conference "Restore My Joy" on Saturday, September 22, 2012. Meef Lawton of Calvary Chapel Santee, CA, taught from Psalm 51. Our ladies also spent time in prayer, worshiped, and took communion together.


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You all know how much I love getting stuff in the mail. I love it so much that I've participated in Foodie Pen Pals for over a year! I also think that my love for baking is fairly apparent.
I was perusing recipes one day, and became pretty curious when I saw a badge on the footer of The Little Ferraro Kitchen that said The Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap 2012. I mean, what was Ms. Samantha up to last year?! Obviously, I clicked on it and it took me to a site that was reminiscent of Lindsay's Foodie Pen Pals. Speaking of which, I've gotta sign up for that by November 4th!
If you want to know what this is all about, read on..
As pulled from their website, and lightly summarized, here's the 4-1-1:
The Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap (GFBCS) brings together food bloggers from around the world in celebration of all things scrumptious. The premise is as follows: Sign up. Receive the addresses of three other food bloggers. Send each of them one-dozen tasty, homemade cookies. Receive three different boxes of one-dozen tasty, homemade cookies from other bloggers. Eat them all yourself/Share them/Regift them/Do with them as you will. Post your cookie recipe on your blog. See everyone else's cookie recipes and bake lots of goodness during a time when the weather's kinda crappy.
This year the GFBCS powers that be are partnering with Cookies for Kids' Cancer (CFKC). Click their link to see what loveliness they're doing.
Here's how you can join in on the fun:
- SIGN UP. Fill out the sign-up form on the GFBCS site to participate. Be sure you meet the basic requirements for participation (on their site). Complete this by 11/4/13.
DONATE. Once you complete the sign-up form, you will be re-directed to PayPal to make a $4.00 tax-deductible donation directly to Cookies for Kids' Cancer. 100% of this donation goes directly to CFKC. It is required that you complete this payment to participate in the swap (Why does GFBCS require this?) Once your payment is approved you will receive an email confirming your donation and your participation in GFBCS 2013.
MATCH. On 11/11/13, you will receive the names and addresses of three other food bloggers from the GFBCS gods. These are the people to whom you will be sending cookies! It's important you keep these matches a secret until they receive your cookies.
BAKE & SHIP. Bake a batch of delicious cookies. Photograph your cookies. Now ship one dozen to each of your three matches by the shipment deadline (12/2/13).
POST. Post your cookie recipe on your blog and submit the post along with an image (that one you remembered to take before mailing them off) on 12/11/13. GFBCS will then collect and compile all participants' posts and publish them in one huge roundup!
Keep in mind that there are other requirements, as listed on their site. But it sounds like easy peasy fun! I've already signed up, and can't wait to find out who I'll be sending cookies to.
Doesn't this sound like delicious fun? Will you join me, pretty please? Let me know if you do sign up! And now I have to find a recipe to bake..


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There is a disturbing trend climbing in America surrounding the use of heroin. A story on ABC News highlighted the connection and referenced the recent death of actor Cory Monteith, which was proclaimed to have been partially the result of heroin use.
The increase in heroin use was predicted by many and has been anticipated due to the skyrocket in prescription painkiller abuse. As cited in the ABC article, heroin is cheaper and stronger than painkillers such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, so it is often the next step downward on the destructive path of opiate addiction.
In 2011, there were 178,000 persons aged 12 or older who had used heroin for the first time within the past 12 months while just six years earlier the number was 90,000. Overall there were 620,000 people in the United States who addmitted to using heroin in 2011, which was up from 373,000 just four years earlier.
Given that the use and abuse of prescription opiates is at an all-time high, it wouldn't be surprising to see the number of users to top over one million per year in the near future.
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Heroin is an opioid drug that is synthesized from morphine, a naturally occurring substance extracted from the seed pod of the Asian opium poppy plant. Heroin usually appears as a white or brown powder or as a black sticky substance, known as "black tar heroin."
If you would like information on conducting an intervention for heroin addiction for a loved one, contact Family First Intervention today.


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Each set comes with eight versatile bins, three different sized compartments.
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- Easy to clean / Wash with soap and water
- Works in virutally any drawer
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Whether you're going all-out with an elaborate spring brunch menu or you want to keep it fairly simple, here's some easy and wholesome recipes you can put together quickly.
How to Make a Fantastic Spring Brunch
If you're making an elaborate spring brunch, or you plant to feed eight or more guests, you'll want to plan to make about seven dishes for your menu. That can include roasted ham or another meat, eggs, a big spring salad, two sides, bread and a dessert.
If you're planning a smaller get-together or an intimate family brunch, you can plan to include three to five dishes. Eggs, a salad, a side and a dessert is usually enough to make sure everyone at the table has enough.
Serve some drinks with your spring brunch menu.
You'll want to make sure that your guests have plenty to drink. And it's always a good idea to serve big pitchers of still water. You can add fresh herbs or lemon to give the water a delicate flavor.
Springtime weather is unpredictable, and if it's chilly outside, plan to serve something warm whether that's hot coffee, herbal teas and infusions or even matcha lattés.
If the weather's cooler, you can plan for freshly pressed juices, kombucha, or jun tea to your spring brunch menu.
Make some incredible (easy) eggs to your spring brunch menu.
Eggs are at the height of the season during spring and summer months. They're also easy to make and fairly inexpensive, so they're an essential addition to your spring brunch menu.
Instead of cooking eggs to order, or making a big batch of scrambled eggs (that can later turn rubbery!), try baking the eggs with herbs, vegetables and other ingredients in individual ramekins. You can also make frittatas and quiche in advance to share on the table.
- Baked Eggs with Smoked Salmon
- Fresh Herb Frittata
- Creamed Kale with Eggs
- Baked Eggs with Ham and Soffrito
Add something fresh and green.
It's nice to serve a big salad of spring greens and herbs to lighten the meal. You can add herbs like mint, chives, parsley and dill to the lettuces, or top the salad with springtime vegetables like asparagus and radishes or fruits like strawberries.
- Springtime Salad with Crispy Prosciutto and a Creamy Lemon Herb Dressing
- Fresh Greens with Maple Mustard Vinaigrette
- Spring Salad with Lemony Turmeric Dressing
- Strawberry Green Salad with Mâche
And something on the side.
Depending on how many guests you plan to serve at your spring brunch, you may want to add one or two side dishes to your menu. Roasted potatoes can be nice, but focus on other spring vegetables like asparagus, spinach and radishes, too.
- Crispy Roasted Potatoes
- Charred Lemony Asparagus
- Old-Fashioned Buttered Spinach
- Blistered Radishes with Parsley
Remember the bread basket.
If you have time, remember to bake some biscuits, muffins or sourdough bread the night before you serve brunch. Cover them in a dishcloth and warm them in the oven right before your guests arrive.
End your spring brunch on a sweet note.
Add a dessert to your spring brunch menu, too. Dessert for brunch can be as simple as a seasonal fruit salad dotted with fresh herbs, or you can make something more complicated.
It's nice to add something to the menu that bridges the gap between breakfast and lunch, like coffee cakes, clafoutis, yogurt and fresh fruit.


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Alexandria, Va. -- The U.S. Department of Defense has identified a new foe in the national security battle: climate change. Last fall, the Pentagon released a new report detailing its strategy to adapt to and mitigate the effects of climate change, both at home and internationally.
The report broadly calls for increased training of military forces and equipment testing, improvements to infrastructure and stabilization of supply chains for emergency provisions to fight everything from rising sea levels to increased dust to extreme weather.
Read more about the threats identified in the report and how the Pentagon aims to deal with them in the February issue of EARTH magazine: http://www.
For more stories about the science of our planet, check out EARTH magazine online or subscribe at http://www.
Keep up to date with the latest happenings in Earth, energy and environment news with EARTH magazine online at http://www.
The American Geosciences Institute is a nonprofit federation of 50 geoscientific and professional associations that represents more than 250,000 geologists, geophysicists and other earth scientists. Founded in 1948, AGI provides information services to geoscientists, serves as a voice of shared interests in the profession, plays a major role in strengthening geoscience education, and strives to increase public awareness of the vital role the geosciences play in society's use of resources, resiliency to natural hazards, and interaction with the environment.


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"You have to change to stay the same", said the abstract artist Bill de Kooning. He recognised that to do the same thing while all around you changes is not to do the same thing. It's a challenge for the Church, an organisation which is naturally drawn to do the same thing as its founding events, the Jesus experience, are 2,000 years old. The social environment of Hampshire is changing and the church will need to change to engage with this dynamic context but this involves the risk of upsetting regular parishioners, and takes energy and endurance.
We could start with the purpose of the church. We are to be people who recognise that we are blessed by God, a blessing we experience in Christ Jesus and then share. We are to be salt of the earth and light of the world, as we seek the best for our society and share our faith. However, our inherited model of church involving building, vicar and Sunday morning is struggling to engage with contemporary people's lives. It's time to become re-immersed in our context.
Of course this is nothing new. In the 1960s Vincent Donovan wished to share faith with the Maasai of Tanzania. He recognised that his understanding of church was contaminated with Western assumptions and practices. To share he had to embrace local practices. We've lived with continuous change for several generations and the church has, just about, kept pace. We're now in a period of discontinuous cultural change; contemporary change is disruptive and unpredictable. If pollsters have a hard time, so much more the church.
To resonate with our context, we need to encourage dissent within the church. Dissenters are those with imagination, those who can see ways of bridging gaps, and the best dissenters are "dreamers who do". According to the Catholic priest and anthropologist, Gerald Arbuckle, for the church to engage with contemporary culture you need both "pathfinding dissenters" who drive the change on the ground, and "authority dissenters" in a leadership position giving space and encouragement to those pushing the bounds. Leaders can either facilitate or squash cultural engagement, and the church can be primarily for our society or for church members.
It's hard to imagine new ways of being the church. Sometimes it feels as if we're in a room and the only available world view is from that room. However, in any building there is a room next door with a different view; a view we can see if we can only move into the adjacent room. If we can see that view then we can embrace new possibilities, it's the "adjacent possible" view of change. We can either stay in our room where we are comfortable and where we can consolidate our own view of church; or we can embrace different ways of being church and of engaging with society. As a church we need to turn away from narrow models of Christian life and recognise God's image in those who are not in our image.


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SIF and Well-Informed Investors has been saved
SIF and Well-Informed Investors
Deloitte Luxembourg can help you getting compliant with the requirements of Article 2 and Article 2 (3) of the amended SIF Law.
In accordance with Article 2 of the amended Specialised investment fund (SIF) law, well-informed investors can be an institutional investor, a professional investor as well as any other investor that:
- has declared in writing his/her adhesion to the status of well-informed investor, and
- (i) invests a minimum of EUR 125,000 in the specialised investment fund, or
(ii) has obtained a statement from a credit institution or from a management company as defined in the Directive 2001/107/EC testifying to his expertise, his experience and his knowledge to appraise in an appropriate manner an investment in the specialised investment fund.
Key Issues
Article 2 (3) of the amended SIF Law specifies that the specialised investment fund shall have the means necessary to ensure compliance with the requirements related to the definition of well-informed investors. This new requirement is applicable since April 1, 2012.
What does this imply for the SIF?
- At initial subscription date, management will check the compliance of the investor with the definition of well-informed investors;
- And, subsequently, will monitor that such investor remains compliant over time.
What is the challenge?
Our market intelligence in the SIF industry has revealed that compliance with the requirements of Article 2 and Article 2 (3) of the amended SIF Law may represent a real challenge, particularly when financial intermediaries (such as nominees, distributors, etc.) invest in the SIF on behalf of underlying investors.
Our services
How can Deloitte Luxembourg help?
- Assessment of the compliance of existing monitoring procedures with the requirement of Article 2 (3) of the SIF law: GAP analysis;
- Assistance in the design of monitoring procedures reflecting the requirements of Article 2 (3);
- Assistance in the performance of checks on the investors compliance with the requirements of Article 2 (3);
- Annual health check of the compliance of the monitoring procedures with market practice.


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Kate Taylor BA (Hons) MSc | Managing Director
As the founder and Managing Director of Sporting Start Kate is passionate about helping children to develop their skills and sense of achievement within physical activity and sport.
Active promotion of subject specialists by Ofsted confirms what all of us have long known - standards rise when high quality external support is used well.
Here at Sporting Start, we are fully committed to helping guide children towards a more exciting and fulfilling future. Self-esteem, confidence and attainment are crucial aspects of our work. The change of pace and in-depth subject expertise we provide can help children to dramatically improve their communication skills, fitness, discipline and a whole range of life skills.
Claire Taylor | Physical Education Curriculum Specialist
Claire Taylor has been an integral part of the Sporting Start team for almost two years. She graduated in 2011 from Durham University with a BA Hons degree in Sport.
Claire's role within the company is Physical Education Curriculum Specialist and she supplies the company with all planning in line with the National Curriculum.
Claire is also the leader of the Gifted and Talented program. This program works to support and progress the highest level performers within the primary schools to help them develop their skills, ensuring they reach their potential.
Claire's background in sport is very varied. She had a spell at Manchester United playing football for their ladies team before continuing with football in the highest university league with Durham University. Claire is also a talented hockey, cricket and rugby player.


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Introduced and marketed under the name Fernand Petzl in 1968, are Petzl's first rope ascenders and descenders. The Petzl mountaineering headlamp was invented in 1973. Established in 1975 in Crolles, France, the Petzl company has grown into a world leader in crafting and designing ascending and descending solutions for mountaineering.
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By joining our program, you are making a commitment, a promise, to attend class on a regular basis and take required assessments. You do not pay tuition or any fees to participate in our instructional program. However, you do owe us your time and effort.
Our program is grant-funded with Federal and State funds. When students are absent from class and do not take assessments, our program can lose money that keeps our program available for the community.
Carefully consider your work schedule, medical appointments, vacations, childcare and all barriers that might keep you from attending your assigned class.
- Registration, orientation, testing, and classes are FREE of charge.
- Registration, orientation, and testing are held at Ferrari Learning Center, 107 W. Rampart Drive, San Antonio, TX 78216
- NO CHILDREN ALLOWED during enrollment, orientation, or in class.
Step 1) HSE Enrollment
Once you submit the inquiry form you will be contacted with class assignment information
Inquiry Form
Step 2) Enrollment Form
Please complete the enrollment form below once you have registered for an appointment date. This enrollment form will need to be brought with you on your scheduled appointment date.
Download and print: Enrollment Form 2019-2020
Step 3) Before attending your registration date please watch this video.
The video below will give you a better understanding of what to expect and what to bring on your registration date.
There are additional steps for minors, 16-, 17-, 18-year olds.
The additional steps for anyone under 18 are found here.
HSE Orientation and Information
Call Ferrari Learning Center: 210-356-7412
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Losing a family member or a loved one is a hard situation to get over with. There seems nothing that can be done to make up for the sadness. However, sympathy and support from you will make your friend to feel better over the death of a loved one. If your friend in Singapore is terribly saddened because a loved one passed away, you can send him or her sympathy flowers today. The Flower Delivery Singapore is an option to make your sympathy flower sending more meaningful and caring. The Florist Singapore can help you choose the right flowers to express your sympathy in such a personal way to make your friend feel your support.
When sending sympathy flowers, the online florist Singapore suggests that you consider the choice of flowers. It is important to know what a flower means in sending a flower arrangement even on situation like this. You may send the flowers or the color of flowers the deceased person liked most. If you opt for the florist delivery to be sent on the funeral home, your best choice is to send a wreath or a flower basket.
If you are sending the sympathy flowers straight to the residence, a bouquet or an arrangement in a vase or box may also do. The color and the type of flowers would be enough to express your sympathy to a friend who is grieving. You may also send ornamental plants instead. But there are some people who do not want to receive any sympathy flowers at their homes. Based on their culture or tradition, flowers are prohibited in their homes. If you are not sure of this, it is best to ask your friend first.
Some families also prefer charity donations in lieu of flowers. Most of their announcements are posted along in the obituary section. You may also ask the florist in Singapore for some related information because they always have access regarding these things.
Sending sympathy flowers to a friend, colleagues, relatives, and loved ones in Singapore is already a simple task, and you do not have to worry about it now that the florist online is around to handle all the purchases and delivery services to any place in Singapore. The Flower Delivery Singapore is a good way to start with the choices to make your sympathy flowers sending more meaningful and full of thoughtfulness for your friend.


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Hello everyone!
🍓✨ So incredibly we've reached 1000 #guineapig wheekly family members on our instagram account alone which is incredible! ✨ 🍓 So as a thank you we wanted to do something special!
Everyone loves a giveaway and here we're giving the chance for one of you to win a personalised professionally hand drawn portrait of your pet and we'll even mail it straight to you ! From a guinea pig, hamster, rabbit and more whatever loved furry one you'd like to see doodled may come true by entering this giveaway.
Visit our instagram page here commenting on the competition post to enter.
✨🐹 What to do 🐹✨
- This giveaway is free to enter, although you do need to be a wheekly family member, following our account and therefore have a instagram account.
- You ⚠MUST⚠ Comment here telling us about your special furry friend and why they're so special to you to be entered .
- You should be over 18 to enter and if not please ask the permission of your parent or guardian to do so as we would like a forwarding address to send your personalised portrait to you
- This competition is open to both uk and international entries
- Finished illustration will be a5 in size , hand drawn and coloured portraying your pet of choice ( you will need to provide us a reference picture via instagram direct messaging so that we can make your picture for you)
Please note: guineapig wheekly is not responsible for any additional fees , customs or charges after mailing your prize
💞Competition ends : saturday july 4th 2015💞
Good luck! Katie x


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Dr Bevan Koopman
Research Scientist
Contact details:
For more details please see my homepage at http://www.koopman.id.au
Bevan Koopman is a Research Scientist at the [Australian e-Health Research Centre](http://aehrc.com], CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation).
My research interests are in Information Retrieval (i.e., Search). I am specifically focused on Semantic Search. I apply my research within Health Informatics — how can we improve the access, delivery and quality of health information to the people who need it.
About Me
- I completed a PhD in Information Retrieval from Queensland University of Technology in 2014.
- I've worked in research as an engineer/scientist for the University of Queensland and the Distributed Systems Technology Centre (DSTC).
- I've worked in industry as a software engineer for Mincom Limited and Permeance Technologies.
Research Interests and Current Projects
Semantic Search as Inference:
- My interest here is in models for semantic search: Information Retrieval (IR) models that elicit the meaning behind the words found in documents and queries rather than simply matching keywords.
- This is achieved by the integration of structured domain knowledge and data-driven information retrieval methods. A key novel components of such models is that retrieval is driven via an inference mechanism, i.e., to what extent does a information need (query) infer a document, rather than match a document.
- Finally, an important component of these models are graph-based representations and inference realised as as a traversal over the graph.
- This was the focus of my PhD thesis: "Semantic Search as Inference: Applications in Health Informatics".
Health Informatics and e-Health:
- Conducted with the Australian e-Health Research Centre, much of my Information Retrieval research is set within health informatics to tackle the unique challenges within this domain; specifically, how to bridge the 'semantic gap'; that is, how to overcome the mismatch between raw medical data and the way human beings interpret it.
- This may be a problem for medical professionals searching patients records, for researchers trying to search for eligible patients for clinical trials or even for the public trying to search for accurate, reliable and readable health information online. Overcoming some of these challenges in health informatics has the potential to have significant impact into an issue that is critical to us all: our health.
Current Roles
Research Scientist
I lead a number of projects applying Information Retrieval (IR), Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Machine Learning (ML) to real-world problems, mainly in the health domain. In IR, I contribute core research in ranking and matching methods, evaluation and user behaviour and understanding. In NLP and ML, I contribute the application of relevant technology to domain specific problems.
Academic Qualifications
Queensland University of Technology
BInfoTech(Hons I) UQ
University of Queensland