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Activists Call for Creation of a High Commissioner for Future Generations at Rio+20 Por Stephen Leahy UXBRIDGE, Canada, Jun 4 (Tierramérica).- A High Commissioner for Future Generations would act to balance the short-term nature of government electoral cycles by advocating for the interests and needs of coming generations. The theme of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) is "The Future We Want", but there is no official role for youth nor a spokesperson for future generations who will inherit that future. Now there is a growing call for the creation of a United Nations High Commissioner for Future Generations to be one of the outcomes of the summit, which will take place Jun. 20-22 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. "I was born in 1992, the year of the first Earth Summit in Rio. The world has changed a lot since then," says Vincent Wong of Burlington, Canada. Wong will be going to Rio+20 as part of a delegation from Students on Ice, a Canadian organization that offers educational expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic for students, educators and scientists. "We want to bring the voice of our generation. They will be making decisions on our behalf," Wong told Tierramérica. "Who can be opposed to protecting the rights of future generations?" asks Alice Vincent of the World Future Council (WFC) in London, UK. "The proposed High Commissioner for Future Generations would act to balance the short-term nature of government electoral cycles by advocating for the interests and needs of future generations," Vincent told Tierramérica. According to Kathleen Dean Moore, distinguished professor of philosophy at Oregon State University, "The injustice of climate change, resource depletion, etc. is that those who will suffer the most terrible consequences - future generations - had no role in creating them." "They will gain nothing from the ransacking of the Earth that is going on all around us, but they will bear the consequences: the floods, the droughts, the disrupted food systems, shortages, and violent weather," Moore told Tierramérica. "A UN Commissioner for Future Generations can stand up against the unjust treatment of those not yet born, which future generations, of course, cannot do for themselves," she added. Nothing like a Commissioner for Future Generations exists in the UN system or at national level, with one or two exceptions, such as the Ombudsperson for Future Generations in Hungary, said Vincent of the WFC, which championed the idea. The WFC is a charitable foundation based in Hamburg, Germany and London, focused on bringing the interests of future generations to the center of policy making. 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In the May 28 version of the zero draft, nations only agree to "consider" the establishment or appointment of a High-level Representative for Sustainable Development and Future Generations, which would likely be located within an existing UN agency, not independent. But is crucial that the high commissioner have a strong mandate to pursue its own agenda, in which the needs of future generations are considered alongside present interests, Vincent stressed. "We envision one High Commissioner for Future Generations, with a small office (10 people) with a multi-disciplinary staff working in cooperation with existing institutions, agencies and stakeholders," she added. With an annual budget of two to three million dollars, the commissioner's office would offer advice on implementation of existing intergovernmental commitments respecting the needs of future generations. 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I am developing a code for capturing blast furnace hysteresis as a part of my masters research work. And as a part of it i need to add a k-epsilon turbulence model into it. Can someone please send me a simplistic 2-D code for flow through pipe using standard k-e model ? I haven't used OpenFoam. I am done with most of my work. So if someone can send me the code then I can make the necessary changes as per my requirement instead of writing and debugging a new code at my own. So it will be of great help if someone can give me this code. you can mail me at firstname.lastname@example.com regards, rakesh |
It's already in OpenFOAM.
It's already in OpenFOAM.
For a steady solution: simpleFoam. For an unsteady solution: turbFoam. Regards, Alberto |
OpenFOAM will do this for out
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In Rhodes it was one power plug between 30 tourists vying for a place to charge their phone and camera batteries. The stench of toilets made me dry retch, as did the bird poo splattered windows that flung open, letting cold air into my room every night.
Cold showers, no elevator and the useless guy at reception reckoned he's done his back, so no help there.
For 10 Euros a night, what do I expect?
Rewind two nights to Rethymno, Crete.
The bathrooms were clean, the kitchen facilities generous, there were fewer steps to climb, and my roomies were always in party mode.
All for the same price as the hostel from hell.
I say it's high time one uniform rating system was applied to different types of accommodation around the world.
As a lonesome suitcase dragger (I don't wear a backpack), looking for rooms to rent in the Greek islands, London and Paris, I wasn't asking for much.
Available. Central location. Social. Cheap for the area. That was the checklist.
Finding a bed was easy, but finding accommodation that ticked all the boxes was another battle.
Gone are the days when the one to five star rating scale stood for something we understood, and used to narrow our search.
Between STAR Ratings, ARTA Accommodation Assessment, the Grading Scheme set up by Youth Hostel Association of Australia, PRAISE colour coding and others, standards have been thwarted.
It's enough to prompt a U-turn, and that's without even leaving the country.
In a world of the 7 star hotel complete with Rolls Royce fleets and personal butlers, is five stars the old three stars?
From a budget traveller's perspective, it seems renewed benchmarks of class are coupled by new depths of crap.
How to find awesome accommodation? That is the question.
The search has turned into a quasi-competition between myself and a mate from Melbourne who had a blast bunking up in Barcelona but hated Athens.
We scroll Hostelworld, read the Lonely Planet, ask at the i for information booths, but whatever our starting point, a happy ending is always hard to come by.
A lot of it depends on what you want from your holiday experience, and frankly, I'm pretty flexible.
But it always creeps me out when I see families or anyone over 35, shacking up in a youth hostel. Boozy, flirty, travellers and little kids with wrinkled, married Dads just don't mix around the breakfast table the morning after.
Thumbs up for accommodation with age restrictions, I wouldn't even consider a place with a curfew.
Surely I can be forgiven for preferring to relax with a like-minded crowd in comfortable surroundings. Plus there's nothing like a free 'welcome shot' in a hostel bar to lift the spirits after cramming half an island's worth of sight seeing into one day.
Travellers of all ages and ilks struggle to find their niche, but it's especially troublesome for young people who don't want to book in advance, and don't have the cash to rely on brand reputation.
Often we're the first of our intrepid friends to explore a new destination, and all we've got is advice from strangers on a bus, or internet forums where an 80% customer rating can be achieved from two lukewarm reviews.
Sure, a bit of trial and error makes for great travel stories to spice up bland dinner parties.
But on behalf of those for us who know our flavour and are tired of sifting through other's acquired tastes, I say it's time to skip the grease.
In a world of man made islands and rumoured nine star accommodation, it can't be that hard to systematically rate a good nights sleep and a fun time.
Street cred doesn't always cut it, and there shouldn't be a need to grasp a different rating system every time you pick up another brochure.
Straight forward standards taking everything from budget basics to incredible indulgences into account should be established by the one global authority.
We should all speak the same language when it comes to a roof over our heads.
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James says:
I'm probably wrong, but it seems like your expectations are a little too high for the price you pay.
And the idea of age restrictions on hostels is just silly, I reckon it's great when you get to meet a mixture of people at hostels from all age groups and cultures (btw I'm 24)
davido says:
I am 39 and I still love staying in backpackers! When I first started they were real backpackers now they are just cheap hotels with more beds shoved in.
I agree that it is not really good for young kids.
Natasha says:
Mostly booked through hostelworld and read all the reviews beforehand. 80% rating off 2 reviews? Why go somewhere that only has 2 reviews? We don't need a rating system that would only increase prices - you just need to read the reviews. I've only had a problem with hostels in Australia!
Clint says:
WTF are you talking about, just go to hostels.com or a similar site and check the ratings, ive stayed in a good 50 hostels or more and have always found the best rated are always good, if you want fun just look for one with a high fun rating!
we have a system, just cross reference with a few of the sites, it will take you a minute!!! problem solved, thankyou and good night!
mark says:
you're making mountains out of molehills. If you're looking for perfection around every corner, stay at home and love your house. How would you go in places like India?
Great stories have been built on shocking experiences.
And btw - it wasn't so long ago that suitcase carriers were discriminated against by 'genuine' backpackers!
Caroline says:
Clint provided and explanation of a rating system that works. And knock off the discrimination of families and older people staying at hostels (I'm 29).
And BTW "intrepid" is the last adjective I'd use to describe your attitude based on what you've written. It sounds like you are more interested in drinking and partying. Why bother going to a new country if that is all you are interested in doing.
Thumbs down is my rating for this piece!
Mat says:
Painful reading.
Its very simple:
1. Go to Hostelworld.com
2. Read reviews. Make sure theres more than 2… Like Clint said, the top-rated ones are normally good to great.
3. Happy holidays and never a bad hostel experience in months of travelling.
sam says:
You had me at "I don't wear a backpack" .... lol
Some good suggestions in the comments though, maybe some of these people would have been a better choice to write an opinion article about hostels ... you know, people who know what theyre talking about.
regina says:
10 euros a night and you expected the guy at the front desk to carry your bags for you. that's very funny.
papachango says:
Take some advice from an old fart (38) who according to you shouldn't be allowed in to hostels anyway. I stayed in a fair few in my time, and while I had my share of dodgy dives, it's not that hard to find the better ones.
Allow me to ping the sweeping generalization and age-based discrimination right back at you – you Gen Y types don't have a clue, do you? You want everything on a plate with no effort. Do a bit of research. There's this thing called the Internet, which your demographic is supposed to be good at using. Research hostels on it – I used to use lonely planet's 'thorn tree' blog, but I'm sure that's been superseded since 'my day'.
Of course nothing beats talking to other backpackers – you get an idea of which places are good and which are crap pretty quickly.
You can always check out a few hostels before deciding which to stay in. Have a meal somewhere leave your backpack with the restaurant, and look at your leisure.
Finally, just accept you'll occasionally get a dive and, to use one of those awful linguistic shortcuts of your generation, HTFU.
Having a universal star system for hostels is impractical - they start up and close down so quickly, who's going to keep it updated? Not a bunch of lazy Gen Y backpackers who can barely manage a 160 character Tweet
Aaaah… i do miss the ol' backpacking days, but definitelynot that flea pit In KL where I woke up covered in bedbug bits and itched for days afterwards ...
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- X-rays. X-rays may be needed to rule out a bone fracture. However, X-rays can't visualize soft tissues such as ligaments and tendons.
- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). An MRI uses radio waves and a strong magnetic field to create images of both hard and soft tissues within your body. An MRI can show the extent of an ACL injury and whether other knee ligaments or joint cartilage also are injured.
- Ultrasound. Using sound waves to visualize internal structures, ultrasound may be used to check for injuries in the ligaments, tendons and muscles of the knee.
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First and foremost I just want to congratulate ALL Kansas City fans for having a great season. Well deserved, especially since everyone and their mothers just waited for Kansas City to implode, which they never did.
I've pretty much been saying all year that if the Chiefs land a spot, that going INTO the new Arrowhead (which I believed to ALWAYS be the loudest and toughest place to play) would be very tough for any opponent to walk in there and get a victory. Arrowhead is your saving grace and for good measure, esp being out of the playoffs for a few years.
Out of all of the playoff teams in the AFC Conference, it's the Chiefs that are well equipped to play spoiler and I think you guys can get it done tomorrow against Baltimore, who I think is nowhere CLOSE to being as good as their 12-4 record indicates.
According to Baltimore fans on the Steelers boards, they are laughing this game off and pretend this game doesn't exist and they got a BYE. I say give them hell, get loud as ever and pull a big upset!
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John Kerry: Bitterly Clinging to the Right to Be Stupid
by Eileen | 8:23 pm, February 26, 2013 | Comments Off
John Kerry has assured the Germans that Americans have the right to be stupid. Read into that what you will. It certainly continues a tradition of wannabe statesmen making asses of themselves to Berliners.
To wit, Kennedy's moronic 'Ich bin ein Berliner' comment. This was profoundly stupid (as was his right) not because the President may, or may not, have identified himself as a jelly filled doughnut, but because of the context in which he made that statement. The Berlin Wall, truly the architecture of evil, was going up around him and instead of condemning the assault on humanity, Mr. Camelot was content to burble on about some mushy ideal of global brotherhood and such.
It took Reagan to point out the obvious – that there was no justification for Der Mauer. John Kerry, in contrast, rhapsodized about his youthful excursion into East Germany as if it were some anthropological jaunt, pure fun with any moral aspect or lesson. I'm only surprised he didn't opt to stay in the DDR. Hell, it's entirely possible the Stasi tossed him out for being too far left. Anyway…
In full, Kerry's diplomatic brilliance went:
In America, you have a right to be stupid, if you want to be. And you have a right to be disconnected to somebody else if you want to be. And we tolerate that – we somehow make it through that.
Believe me, boy, every citizen in America knows all about abiding and surviving the stupidity of others, the others being nearly every elected official we have.
I think that what he reads as 'stupid' is actually the rational ignorance of people who have little hope of impacting the policies of their own nation, in no small part owing to the machinations of the John Kerry's of the world. To assume that being 'disconnected' from others is somehow connected to stupidity is…well…stupid. And vile.
A liberal takes it as a self-evident truth that we all get to choose with whom we associate and that we 'disconnect' from others for what are often very good reasons. Only a hardcore collectivist could peacock about and expect praise for the mere act of not forcing people to connect. Knowing the sort of man Kerry is, I have no doubt he truly is astonished to notice that society manages to keep going in spite of a lack of coerced fraternization.
Perhaps he can nominate himself for an award for having come to this realization. What would actually be a shock would be John Kerry grasping that he epitomizes the practice of pursuing isolation from the vast majority of others. He talks, but the only meaning in his comments lies in everything he doesn't get and doesn't say.
Our newest Secretary of State has inadvertently revealed a great truth about America's leadership class. The 'right to be stupid' has been reinterpreted as the 'right to say asinine things in a position of power and then pretend there are no repercussions for that'. Let's survey the last few days.
Joe Salazar, who doesn't think the little women of America are smart enough to know when they're being threatened, certainly merits attention here. The most charitable reading anyone can give him is that he wasn't thinking. That's the kind assessment. As best, he's stupid. At worst, he would honestly prefer higher rape incidence to allowing citizens to arm themselves. Speaking of the right to stupidity, the citizens of Colorado sent this man to the legislature with almost ten points between him and his opponent in the general election.
Ah, but Joe is small-time and will likely stay that way. Those who control advancement within the Democratic party certainly agree with him on disarming citizens regardless of the human costs, but they can't tolerate a man so impossibly stupid that he actually says as much.
This is something of an irony, as some of the most fully stupid speakers in American politics are already at the top. I suppose the key to success is to moderate yourself and have friends in the media. Then, after you've made it, the stupid can come out.
Kerry and the right to stupid was the first thing I saw when I climbed out of my coffin this morning, cursed the sun, and booted up the laptop. And then I saw the comments made by his nominal employer, Barry, and Barry's wife, the reliably stupid Shelly-Belly. These two are a special kind of stupid. They're educated and can score impressively enough on the sort of standardized tests they are so fond of denouncing. By any possible metric, they've made it in life. The former has won his last election and now has, to resurrect last year's meme, more flexibility in what he says and does. The latter is not actually appointed or elected to anything, so the most anyone can do is criticize her abuse of a position that ought to be apolitical.
They're arrogant, they don't need (or don't think they need) to please anyone, and they float through life certain they know everything and surrounded by sycophants who will reinforce that delusion. Of such cossetting and isolation is all big government made.
Today alone, POTUS came out with a soaring oratorical tribute to hypocrisy and a near-total lack of introspection:
You know, the one thing about being president is, after four years, you get pretty humble. You'd think maybe you wouldn't but actually you become more humble–you realize what you don't know.
You realize all the mistakes you made. But you also realize you can't do things by yourself. That's not how our system works. You've got to have the help and the goodwill of Congress, and what that means is you've got to make sure that constituents of members of Congress are putting some pressure on them, making sure they're doing the right thing.
Well, well, well…on the surface, Obama is not humble, let alone more humble than he once was. He has yet to admit, certainly not publicly and probably not even to himself, that there is anything he's wrong about, any mistake he made, or anything he needed to learn. Of course, that's the window dressing. That garbage was merely the run up to yet another criticism of a Congress that is acting as a Constitutionally mandated check on the Executive rather than the mindless flunky to which Barry feels so deeply entitled.
Exploring Dear Leader's thoughts, we see a worrying depiction of the citizens (miserable pests that they are) as being useful only to hound Congress into giving in to the President. Our job is to "[make] sure [Congress' does the right thing"? I must have missed the debate where we all decided that Barack Obama alone knows the right course in all matters and that it only remains to cudgel the voters into cudgeling Congress into rubber stamping Barry and all his right-ness.
That bit about realizing you can't do things on your own wasn't an honest admission that society relies on cooperation and division on labor, but a child wailing that he has no choice but to play games and compromise with others. He's not telling us he's learned about the need to work with others. He's bitching that things are that way.
His wife was also in her usual form – haranguing and patronizing, dispensing her little shards of wisdom, blissfully unencumbered by facts or reflection. On a softball interview on ABC, the First Lady dragged a murdered child out of her fresh grave in order to assault the Second Amendment, again.
Jesus Christ, girlfriend. No one elected you to do anything. Go read to children. If you want to shape policy, why not do a little work and win office on your own. Then you can be legally accountable to the people whose lives you're screwing up.
Her explanation of why 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton was cut down is that, "some kids had some automatic weapons they didn't need." Lovely, except that Miss Pendleton's murderer used a handgun. (ABC edited the First Lady's comments before broadcast to remove the factual error, something the network swears it did only for time constraints.)
There's something to be pulled out of all this. With all four people I've mentioned, all far-left social engineers who are, to put it charitably, contemptuous of other people, there's massive disdain for the very representative process that allows the 'little people' a say in their own governance.
Joe Salazar doesn't want people making their own choices about carrying a firearm and he doesn't trust people to make a correct assessment of a situation and then react appropriately.
Barack Obama can't stand the fact that people want a say in the rules that bind them and chafes at his inability to get 310 million Americans to acquiesce to him in all things.
Michelle Obama is so damn to giddy to see Americans disarmed that getting a readily verifiable fact correct becomes superfluous.
And John Kerry is not only certain we're all stupid, he wants to make sure we all know he tolerates us.
One gets the sense that it's not the average voter who's stupid. One also senses the ruling class very much wishes we were.
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Bernice Liu doesn't get paid for attending charity functions
Monday, March 15, 2010
Bernice Liu dressed up as a fairy when she attended the opening ceremony for "MegaBox 4D Dome Garden" in Kowloon Bay yesterday. Talkng about Stephen Chan who was arrested by ICAC for the allegation of corruption, Bernice expressed that she was shocked. She revealed that so many people asked her about it, but she was not sure what was it about? Bernice said for the past two years, she hasn't been working for TVB a lot of the time. Bernice didn't want to say too much. Reporter asked if she has been approached by the ICAC for questioning yet? Bernice replied "No." Bernice went on to say that her workload are arranged by the TVB manager. The reporter asked has she ever worked with no fees or reducd pay? Bernice said "I have to find out from the company. I hardly deal with the clients direct. I wouldn't know how either. When my friends asked me to attend a function, I would go and support them, such as attending the premier. Sometimes, I don't even get a red packet. For example, if I visit people in the hospital, I don't ask for money. I don't ask for money if it is a charity function either, or I would donate my fees to charity".
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when my computer attempts to update windows this error appears: Windows update cannot currently check for updates because the service is not running. can anyone help me?
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Go to Services scroll down to Windows update and make sure it is set to automatic and running.
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A bit more detail on where to go to find Services, Services-start/disable. Scroll down for Windows update and check that it is set to automatic.
Something else to try. Restart Windows update.
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Native Outsider: Sylphs are outsiders with the native subtype. Medium: Sylphs are Medium creatures and have no bonuses or penalties due to their size. Normal Speed: Sylphs have a base speed of 30 feet. Darkvision: Sylphs can see in the dark up to 60 feet. Whispering Wind: Some sylphs are especially thin and wispy, as though they were made more of air than flesh. Sylphs with this racial trait gain a +4 racial bonus on Stealth checks. This racial trait replaces the sylph's spell-like ability racial trait. Energy Resistance: Sylphs have electricity resistance 5. Breeze-Kissed: Breezes seem to follow most sylphs wherever they go, but some sylphs are better able to control these winds than others. A sylph with this racial trait surrounds herself with swirling winds, gaining a +2 racial bonus to AC against nonmagical ranged attacks. The sylph can calm or renew these winds as a swift action. Once per day, the sylph can channel this wind into a single gust, making a bull rush or trip combat maneuver attempt against one creature within 30 feet. Whether or not the attempt succeeds, the winds are exhausted and no longer provide a bonus to the sylph's AC for 24 hours. This is a supernatural ability. This racial trait replaces air affinity. Languages: Sylphs begin play speaking Common and Auran. Sylphs with high Intelligence scores can choose from the following: Aquan, Dwarven, Elven, Gnome, Halfling, Ignan, and Terran. WIZARD: Class Skills: Appraise (Int), Craft (Int), Fly (Dex), Knowledge (all) (Int), Linguistics (Int), Profession (Wis), and Spellcraft (Int). Weapons & Armor: club, dagger, heavy crossbow, light crossbow, and quarterstaff, but not with any type of armor or shield. Armor interferes with a wizard's movements, which can cause his spells with somatic components to fail. Cantrips: Wizards can prepare a number of cantrips, or 0-level spells, each day, as noted on Table: Wizard under "Spells per Day." These spells are cast like any other spell, but they are not expended when cast and may be used again. A wizard can prepare a cantrip from an opposition school, but it uses up two of his available slots (see below). Air Supremacy (Su): You gain a +2 enhancement bonus on Fly skill checks. This bonus increases by +1 for every five wizard levels you possess. In addition, you can cast feather fall on yourself at will. At 5th level, you can cast levitate on yourself at will. At 10th level, you can cast fly on yourself at will. At 20th level, whenever you make a Fly skill check, assume the roll resulted in a natural 20. Lightning Flash (Su): As a standard action, you can unleash a flash of electricity. This flash deals 1d6 points of electricity damage + 1 point for every two wizard levels you possess to all creatures within 5 feet of you and dazzles them for 1d4 rounds. A successful Reflex save negates the dazzled effect and halves the damage. The DC of this save is equal to 10 + 1/2 your wizard level + your Intelligence modifier. You can use this ability a number of times per day equal to 3 + your Intelligence modifier. ROGUE: Class Skills: Acrobatics (Dex), Appraise (Int), Bluff (Cha), Climb (Str), Craft (Int), Diplomacy (Cha), Disable Device (Dex), Disguise (Cha), Escape Artist (Dex), Intimidate (Cha), Knowledge (dungeoneering) (Int), Knowledge (local) (Int), Linguistics (Int), Perception (Wis), Perform (Cha), Profession (Wis), Sense Motive (Wis), Sleight of Hand (Dex), Stealth (Dex), Swim (Str), and Use Magic Device (Cha). Weapons & Armor: all simple weapons, plus the hand crossbow, rapier, sap, shortbow, and short sword. They are proficient with light armor, but not with shields. |


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When and how to file a lawsuit in Chicago
If you are a resident of Chicago, Illinois, and have suffered some sort of wrong that you think has gone against your personal beliefs and principles, it is wise to file a lawsuit. However, before doing so, it is imperative that you get acquainted with some basic formalities so you steer clear of complications that may emerge mid-way through the proceedings and render a blow to your case.
When and How Is It Best To File a Lawsuit in Chicago?
You can proceed to court anytime you feel that your rights have been violated. All the same, you want to carry out a cost-benefit analysis so that you are sure that it is really the best decision to take. Remember, lawsuits have been filed on everything. So, no matter how big or small your issue might be, when the law is on your side, be sure to take the right steps and talk to those people that have the experience to help you.
Here's how to go about filing a lawsuit in Chicago.
First off, get a good lawyer
In some instances, figuring out what you need to do can seem straightforward. But depending on the specifics of law, the better part of the job may actually be very complicated than you probably think. That is why you need to work with a good lawyer. Some doctrines that govern the filing of a suit in Chicago require professional interpretation and it is only when working with an expert that you can know what to best do.
The Steps Involved in Filing a Suit in Chicago
1. Drafting the complaint
Before you begin to write a complaint, organize your thoughts. Make an outline of claims to be included in the complaint and ensure that you arrange them logically. Please note that the complaint is what sets the tone for the rest of the legal process and as such you need to capture all the essential details in a very specific manner. This should be done while keeping in mind that the defendant will respond to each allegation as stated on each paragraph. Our advice:- keep your statements short and simple to reduce the possibility of error and ambiguity. Once you are done writing the complaint, the next step is to file it with the court.
What fees are charged for filing a complaint?
Well, the current fees for filing a suit change depending on the extent of the claim. What is important is that you keep all your receipts safely for costing and follow-up purposes.
2. Serving the defendant
You must serve the defendant as required by Chicago law and have legal proof that the complaint was delivered to them. Some common ways of serving a defendant include:
- By Sheriff – Have the sheriff in the defendant's residence serve them for you.
- By Certified Mail – Mail the summons to their mailing address.
- By Acceptance of service – Where the defendant signs a sworn affidavit before an attorney acknowledging the receipt of the complaint.
- By publication – This is the last resort while all other efforts have failed and involves paying for a newspaper notice. Additional court forms will be necessary.
The law of Chicago requires the defendant to be served personally, as a matter of basic fairness.
3. Await the defendant's response
Now that you've served the defendant with the complaint, the next thing is to allow him time to respond. By law, the defendant has a certain amount of time to lodge a formal response to your claims. They will either accept or deny the specific allegations that you raised against them on the complaint letter. It is not uncommon for defendants to admit the allegations that are minor but deny those that bear serious legal implications. In case they fail to respond within the recommended timeline, then the court rules in your favor.
Well, this is just but a basic outline of the activities that take place between filing a lawsuit in Chicago and the first court hearing. Note that all cases are not treated the same especially as far as timelines and presentation of evidence are concerned. The final verdict may take days, months or even years and so you need to be very patient.
Thoughts on filing a lawsuit
To sum it up, filing a lawsuit in Chicago is a serious decision that should be treated just as that – seriously. You want to ensure that you have your goals clear and that you are sure about your stand. Also important, you want to weigh both the best and worst case scenarios of carrying on with the decision to proceed to court. Make sure to think through it step-by-step and talk to an experienced attorney at the earliest.


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Here's an opportunity to open the way to a better quality of life for many in your local community—while building your own practice and professional reputation. According to MarkeTrak VII, fifty percent of adults with hearing loss have never had their hearing professionally tested. We believe accessibility to a simple five-minute screener may provide motivation for them to want to visit you for in-depth testing or for an objective hearing screening. Our quick hearing screener is correlated with objective measures of hearing loss, provides norms compared to more than 2,000 adults with hearing loss as well as perceptions of the person's hearing loss by their significant other.
For Better Hearing and Speech Month the Better Hearing Institute (BHI) is inviting all hearing health professionals nationwide to help kick off the Across America Hearing Check Challenge, a nationwide campaign to help millions of Americans reclaim their quality of life by facing up to unaddressed hearing loss. Spouses, baby boomers and their aging parents, and all American families and friends are encouraged to rise to the challenge and get their hearing checked—together. Now, simply by visiting www.hearingcheck.org and walking through a simple, 15-question self-screener in the privacy of one's own home, anyone can easily take the first step in addressing hearing loss.
BHI is excited to offer you this turnkey press kit to help generate media coverage in your local area on the Across America Hearing Check Challenge and Better Hearing and Speech Month.
By participating in this outreach effort, you will be supporting your own practice while helping many in your community take that critical first step in facing up to hearing loss. No doubt, the news stories that you help generate will improve the lives of many people experiencing the negative effects of unaddressed hearing loss.
This year, we want to motivate millions of couples, families, friends, and baby boomers and their aging parents to reclaim their quality of life by get their hearing checked—together. We think the Across America Hearing Check Challenge is a great vehicle for helping us achieve that goal.
Please join BHI and other hearing health professionals as we rise to the challenge of moving America to take the Across America Hearing Health Challenge. It's sure to change lives for the better!
Getting Started BHI has developed everything you'll need to quickly and effectively generate media interest that we hope will not only result in increased awareness of the importance of hearing health and the Across America Hearing Check Challenge, but that also will increase patient appointments and physician referrals to your practice.
Attached are media materials we developed for you to tailor and send to local print, radio, and TV reporters in your area. You can send them to health and lifestyle reporters by e-mail and/or mail.
To make your media list, just call the local newspapers, radio and TV stations and ask for the name, address, and e-mail address for their health and lifestyle reporters.
If you e-mail the press materials, you can put in your subject line: "News about the Across America Hearing Check Challenge and this May's Better Hearing and Speech Month." And send the first three items listed below as part of the email. All you need to do is open each of the documents, copy them, and paste them into the body of your email. If you mail them, print the press release on your letterhead.
We suggest you review these messages prior to talking with reporters and think of situations in your own practice that can help substantiate and personalize these points.
Remember: You can always call a reporter back if there are questions that you cannot answer during the initial interview-or if you feel there is further information or clarification you wish to offer later.
You also may wish to suggest that reporters interview patients of yours who have had success with hearing aids and who may have stories to share. (Be sure, however, to talk with your patient in advance and to get their permission to pass on their name and phone number.)
Let Us Hear From You We've prepared these materials to help you raise awareness of the Across America Hearing Check Challenge and Better Hearing and Speech Month while spotlighting your practice within your local community. Please let us know what you think and how it goes. We welcome your suggestions and will post the best stories you generate on the Better Hearing Institute website. Good luck. And thank you for being part of this important outreach effort.
Sergei Kochkin, Ph.D. Executive Director Better Hearing Institute email@example.com


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If you are trying for a boy or girl, the planner will also suggest some actions that many influence the sex of the child, based on the scientific research of Dr Landrum Shettles and David M. Rorvik, who published findings in a book called "How to Choose the Sex of Your Baby: The Method Best Supported by Scientific Evidence."
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Are You Prepared For A Baby? By Jean Borgia
You're having a baby . Are you prepared? Do you know what to expect? Do you know what is normal and what is not? They say that ignorance is bliss . Not when you are pregnant. The birth of a baby can be a very rewarding experience if you are properly educated. Not knowing can turn this wonderful experience into a very frightening one. Classes today are not just for the parents who want to go " Natural". Classes cover a wide variety of things from Baby Care, Infant CPR, How to have a healthy pregnancy, Sibling classes and even Parenting 101- pre birth Parenting. That's just an example of what is offered in most of the area hospitals. Classes are often free or chargr small fees which vary at times In order to make this service convenient to their customers; the question asked is what does the public want? The answer is education. There is no excuse to not know what to expect. The library has a great number of books and videos, which are great resources. Ask your Doctors office about classes. Some of the doctor's even have classes in their offices. You should pre-register at your delivering hospital by your sixth month, At that time ask about what your insurance co-pay is for your hospital stay, also don't forget to ask about anesthesia costs, this is separate from your regular hospital bill. A lot of policies do not cover epidural for the labor patient or there is a co-payment. You should do this even if you don't plan on one you always can change your mind especially if you are self-pay you can make payments prior to your admission to the hospital. At this time ask about the classes that they offer. If they are not convenient to your schedule you may go to another hospital to take classes for a small fee. If you are on bedrest Inquire at your hospital or doctors office there are educators who teach privately in your home for a fee. Your basic childbirth class covers the labor process, what to bring to the hospital, your pain management options, and the usual procedures that occur while you're in the hospital. Be prepared, because this event will change your life, as you now know it, in a very wonderful way. Below is a list of a few area hospitals and there phone numbers to register. Hope you and your new baby have A Great Birthday Party!


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"More than 250,000 troops, or approximately 25% of those deployed during the first Persian Gulf War, have been diagnosed with Gulf War Illness (GWI). Although medical professionals have recognized the chronic and often disabling illness for almost two decades, brain changes that uniquely identify GWI have been elusive until now," explained principal investigator Bart Rypma of The University of Texas at Dallas. This study, published in Clinical Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, is novel in that it confirms GWI deficits in working memory, a critical cognitive function that enables short-term retention of information for higher-level thinking ability. In addition, brain alterations revealed in the study show a consistent pattern representing a neurobiological marker that could potentially be used to positively identify GWI. The research team assessed three aspects of working memory: accuracy, speed, and efficiency. Results showed that participants with GWI performed significantly slower and less accurately than matched healthy veterans, and their efficiency decreased with increasing task difficulty. During these difficult conditions, the participants showed relatively lower levels of activity in prefrontal brain regions which may compromise their ability to implement effective, higher-level thinking strategies in cognitively demanding situations. "Our results revealed that at the root of cognitive issues in GWI patients are profound working memory deficits that correlate with a unique brain change visible in the fMRI scanner. These results support an empirical link between exposure to neurotoxic chemicals, specifically sarin nerve gas, and cognitive deficits and neurobiological changes in the brain," said Rypma. "Implementing interventions that improve working memory could have positive effects on many aspects of daily life from the ability to complete a shopping list, match names with faces, all the way to elevating mood." "Difficulty remembering has been the most common, unexplained impairment resulting from service in the 1991 Persian Gulf War," said Robert Haley, co-investigator and Chief of Epidemiology at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. "This functional MRI study provides the first objective evidence showing the exact malfunctions in the brain's memory circuits that underlie these chemically induced memory problems." The new findings may also have implications for the treatment of several disorders involving similar neural systems, including one Alzheimer's disease. "Both GWI and Alzheimer's disease result in profound cognitive impairment and share similar neurochemical underpinnings," explained the study's lead author Nicholas Hubbard. "The distinct neural markers associated with cognitive performance and GWI revealed in our study can be useful for future research to objectively measure the efficacy of treatments for GWI as well as other brain disorders related to the same neurotransmitter system, like Alzheimer's disease." ### Additional co-authors include: Joanna L. Hutchison and Michael A. Motes of The University of Texas at Dallas and The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; and Ehsan Shokri-Kojori, Ilana J. Bennett, and Ryan M. Brigante of The University of Texas at Dallas. This work was supported by the Friends of Brain Health research endowment (to N. A. Hubbard), the Department of Veterans Affairs (Grant VA549-P-0027 to R. W. Haley), and the National Institutes of Health (Grant 1R01AG029523 to B. Rypma). ### For advertising and promotion on HealthNewsDigest.com, call Mike McCurdy: 877-634-9180 or firstname.lastname@example.com. We have over 7,000 journalists as subscribers. Top of Page
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As previously reported, Arianny Celeste was arrested early Saturday morning in Las Vegas for alleged domestic violence. Celeste was booked at the Clark County Detention Center under her real name Arianny Lopez at 7:30 AM on Saturday and was posting to Twitter in the hours before her arrest.
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