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Panorama has a core team of reporters. Some of the BBC's best correspondents and presenters also make occasional films for Panorama.
Jane Corbin
I've always loved travelling. I was four days old when I made my first plane trip! And working on Panorama has given me a fantastic opportunity to be in the front row as history is being made around the globe as well as in the UK.
I started in television as a reporter for Thames, Granada and ITN and then I worked as a correspondent for Channel 4 News.
I joined the BBC at the beginning of 1988 as a reporter on Panorama and was the first UK journalist to film widely in Cambodia.
In 1999 I worked on three programmes about the war in Kosovo and carried out the first in depth investigation into atrocities in the villages of western Kosovo.
In the last few years I've concentrated my investigative skills on the Middle East to make programmes about Saddam Hussein and the threat from Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaeda terror network.
I travelled through Afghanistan with exclusive access to US and British forces.
I investigated the link between the Bali bombers and al-Qaeda, managed to track down al-Qaeda's man in Indonesia and spoke to his wife.
In Iraq I persuaded Dr Rihab Taha, known as Dr Germ, to be interviewed for the first time by a journalist.
I covered the war in Basra and was able to get the first eyewitness accounts from Iraqis inside the city who lived through the war. In 2006 I returned to follow the same British forces as the city slipped out of their control.
I made a hard hitting six-month investigation into the hunt for the elusive weapons of mass destruction in Iraq with exclusive access to the secretive Iraq Survey Group. I detailed the frustrating task of searching for the weapons and the lack of progress.
And in 2006 I revealed the story of a real-life Dr Strangelove. The Pakastani scientist who ran a clandestine supermarket for nuclear technology which could enable Iran to build the Bomb.
I've written a book called The Base: In Search of al-Qaeda after five years of researching and investigating the terror group for the BBC.
I have also presented the BBC's Money Programme, made films for the BBC's Political Documentaries Unit and presented and reported editions of BBC Two's Correspondent.
I've won four Royal Television Society journalism awards and been nominated several times for an Emmy for best investigative international journalism.
Shelley Jofre
Life as a Panorama reporter since 2000 has given me a unique opportunity to pursue investigations that really matter.
I have been given the space and resources to unravel an international drug company scandal that fundamentally questions how much faith we should put in the medicines we take.
The first film I made about GlaxoSmithKline's best-selling antidepressant, Seroxat, generated an unprecedented viewer response; a staggering 65,000 people rang the BBC helpline after the programme.
I was able to continue digging away at the story in three further films. These have resulted in a complete rethink of the drug's safety and effectiveness as well as an overhaul of the way patients report side effects from any prescription medicine.
The films won a Mental Health Media Award for Public Impact and were shortlisted for the Royal Television Society Awards in 2003.
I have also exposed a catalogue of errors in Britain's oldest branch of forensic science, fingerprinting.
My investigation has been instrumental in the quashing of one man's conviction for murder and the granting of an appeal for another man convicted of burglary, as well as a reorganisation of Scotland's largest fingerprint bureau and a Scottish parliamentary inquiry.
I most enjoy the diversity of places the job takes me to. From grilling crack dealers and fertility doctors to interviewing violent young men in prison about their crimes. Life is never boring.
I have also worked as a reporter for the BBC on The Culture Show, the Money Programme, Frontline Scotland and Newsnight.
I live in Glasgow with my husband and daughter.
Paul Kenyon
As an investigative journalist, my aim is to uncover corruption, hypocrisy and injustice amongst the rich and powerful.
If we don't keep an eye on them no-one does because they're the people who make the rules.
I'm originally from Bury in Greater Manchester and used to visit Gigg Lane every weekend to witness my team's inevitable humiliation.
My first job was a trainee reporter in Hull where I rushed around Humberside, with a suitcase-sized phone, filing reports on local politicians. I remember confronting John Prescott about some thorny local issue and him wrestling me off a train (the train wasn't moving).
I then moved to the BBC as a journalist for GLR, the local station for London, where amongst other things I produced James Whale. Once a listener called in to say he'd set fire to James's house. James ran out of the studio whilst on air, leaving me to take over. The call was a hoax.
Then the serious stuff. Political Reporter for BBC radio, Home Affairs Correspondent for BBC South, News Correspondent at BBC Television Centre. And then I was given my own series on BBC One, Kenyon Confronts.
It was four years of undercover filming and racing around the world confronting corruption. Most memorable was faking my own death in Haiti to expose a life insurance fraud but the most rewarding was uncovering a child abuse scandal amongst Catholic priests in the UK.
Later, I began specialising in foreign investigations for BBC Two's This World. I travelled to Iran and was the first journalist to film their secret nuclear bases. We were detained for two days but had already managed to smuggle the tapes out. Our documentary was shown around the world.
The following year in India I exposed the role of western pharmaceutical companies using the poor and illiterate as human guinea pigs. The twist was that the patients themselves didn't know they were being experimented on.
I made my first Panorama in May 1999, and am now proud to be working full time on the most prestigious current affairs programme in the land.
Raphael Rowe
I joined the BBC as a reporter for the flagship radio news programme Today in 2001.
Born and brought up in South East London my tone, style and accent caused a stir for the traditional Radio 4 listener.
But then my path to becoming a reporter has been remarkable and unique.
In 1988, aged 19, I was sentenced to life imprisonment for a murder and robbery I did not commit.
In July 2000, after 12 years in prison, the Court of Appeal quashed my wrongful convictions and I was freed.
After a year travelling the world I returned to the UK determined to become a reporter.
During my years in prison, against the odds, I studied journalism through a correspondence course. I am self-educated on the criminal justice system.
My campaign for justice was high profile so I myself have been the subject of many stories from broadcast and print journalists. My perspective is from both sides of the coin.
I specialise in investigations but I have experience reporting on domestic issues, for both television and radio.
I've never entered myself for awards so I don't know if I'll ever win one but I'm sure I've made journalistic history being the first person of mixed race, complete with dreadlocks, to report for the BBC on Today, the Six O'Clock News and now Panorama.
I have a good list of stories behind me but if pushed I'd say I'm most proud of my report into the heroin trade from Afghanistan to Britain, my exposé of the exploitation and routes used by terrorists to smuggle conflict diamonds, and human tragedies born from wrongs within the criminal justice system.
Also my three part investigation that revealed the UK's first criminal underworld rich list and my investigation for Panorama into the murder of Jill Dando.
My interests include socialising and sport but most importantly chilling out with family.
I believe that current affairs and news moves the world on. Without it civilization would be less the wiser.
John Sweeney
John Sweeney says there are three rules in journalism. First, find a crocodile. Two, poke it in the eye with a stick. Three, stand back and report what happens next.
If it's a sodden log you'll be quite safe. If it's a crocodile you've got a story.
Sweeney started out life as a worm on the Sheffield Telegraph and fell to Fleet Street where he worked for The Observer for more than a decade.
In 2001 he joined the BBC, and has helped free or clear the names of seven men and women falsely accused of child killing by questionable expert evidence.
In 2006 he gave evidence against six Serb former army and police commanders accused of mass murder at The Hague.
He has won a number of awards from people who should know better.
Peter Taylor
I defected from ITV's This Week programme more than a quarter of a century ago with longer hair and flared trousers and joined Panorama.
It had always been my ambition to sail on the flagship and I continued to do so through most of the eighties, sometimes through politically rough seas, until I disembarked to present BBC Two's Brass Tacks from Manchester and then Public Eye from London.
Into the nineties I made a series of documentaries, including films on Bloody Sunday and the Maze prison, and then concentrated on making authored series including States of Terror, True Spies, and my Irish trilogy, Provos, Loyalists and Brits.
I've continued in this vein and after 9/11 completed a BBC Two trilogy on Al Qaeda and Islamist extremism.
I've always regarded Panorama as home and over the years have returned to make occasional programmes including recent specials on the London 7/7 bombings and the Stockwell shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes.
I enjoy coming back as I know I will be working with colleagues out of the top drawer of television journalism.
I'll be working with Panorama's new Editor, Sandy Smith, with whom I made the BAFTA nominated Brighton Bomb and my recent series, The New Al Qaeda.
Much of my work over almost 40 years has been about the Irish conflict, terrorism and the intelligence services and I've written seven books around the subject. But I've also covered many other domestic and international issues.
I've won many awards for my work including an OBE (2002) and six Royal Television Awards including Journalist of the Year (2003).
My documentary SAS: Embassy Siege won the John Grierson Award and was a BAFTA nominee.
Jeremy Vine
My first paid job in journalism was as a trainee on the Coventry Evening Telegraph.
In my opening week there I went to court to cover the case of a man who attacked a woman in the park.
He ran up to her shouting "I want sex" and she fought him off with a shoe.
Next day I wrote the article with the top line, "A Coventry court heard today how a man ran up to a woman in the park shouting I WANT SEX."
The news editor put a red line through my copy saying it wasn't a story because everyone wanted sex. The story was that she fought him off with the shoe.
That fundamental lesson in journalism got me into the BBC as a news trainee.
Arriving at the same time as John Birt, but not in a senior enough position to be seriously frightened, I was a Today programme reporter; political correspondent at Westminster; Africa correspondent in Johannesburg in the late nineties; then the third presenter on Newsnight.
I was relieved of that post after crashing the Newsnight van, a 1970s Volkswagen sprayed with the programme logo, during the 2001 election.
I joined Radio 2 to replace Jimmy Young and was named Speech Broadcaster of the Year in 2005.
Then someone from Panorama rang me ...
Panorama is a programme you would pay to go and work for but don't tell our employers that. Its job is to find out what's really happening and not what seems to be happening.
When you tell people from whom you are seeking information that you are from Panorama, it's often clear from their reactions that that's exactly what they think the programme's job is too.
I first reported a Panorama in 1988, but I've worked elsewhere in between. My background is that I've been a television researcher and producer, radio reporter for LBC/IRN, television reporter for Granada TV and Channel 4's A Week in Politics and I've presented the BBC's Sunday political programme, This Week, Next Week.
I specialise in not specialising in any particular subject. The pleasure of Panorama for me is the chance to report, variously, on Guantanamo Bay, NHS Hospitals, what British Muslims feel and Eastern European immigration to the UK.
One Panorama in 2001, Condition Red, won me a Medical Journalism award, which was very pleasing.
What do I enjoy most about Panorama? Meeting people, on the road, and learning from them. It's a highly educational job for us.
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My notebook has finally died. The binding has gone, and it is now a mere collection of paper collected together in its former covers.
It's not been a bad innings for something I've been carrying around with me for seven years. And I mean literally seven years. The first entry in the book is a draft of a blog post I wrote about my upcoming wedding dated 15th September 2009.
That's literally seven years ago to the day!
How's that for freaky?
There's just so much in this little book; Story ideas, book drafts, brainstorming sessions, quick poetry, directorial notes, stage manager plans, to-do lists, job application notes, notes from seminars, room plans, timelines, meeting minutes, family trees. I wrote in a previous post how important a good notebook is to a writer, it feels truer than ever right now. There is a little piece of everything that was part of my life in the last seven years in here.
And today, seven years to the day when I made my first entry, its replacement has arrived.
Look at it. Isn't this just a thing of beauty. What is it about a Moleskine notebook that's just so… right. They have something different about them, but I can never put my finger on what.
Well, here's to another seven years with my little green book.

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One of the main functions of the TRC Global Rankings is to shine a light on individuals to watch - jockeys, trainers, owners and sires who are growing in influence, perhaps before many realise it. Today that light is shining quite clearly on three stallions whose steady rise marks them out unequivocally as sires of real importance.
Make no mistake, the impressive climbs in this week's updated standings of Not A Single Doubt, I Am Invincible and Tavistock are no flashes in any pans. These stallions have been improving their positions gradually and consistently throughout the history of our rankings, and that momentum is unlikely to slow anytime soon.
Tavistock, who stands at Cambridge Stud in New Zealand, is particularly notable. The son of Montjeu has just three crops of racing age, yet he has already reached joint #28 in the sires' list (up from 38) thanks to a seven-point improvement after last week's Group and Graded results. His star performer last week was the 2016 Australian Derby winner, Tavago, who won a G3 at Rosehill on Saturday.
He is also the sire of highly-rated Hong Kong Derby winner Werther and triple G1 winner Volkstok'n'barrell.
You'll see from the accompanying graph of rankings points totals over the last three years that Tavistock's progression is very similar to the other two stallions we are highlighting here.
I Am Invincible is alongside him at #28, up eight places on the back of a six-point week-on-week gain. His main contributor was Saturday's G2 Flemington winner I Am A Star. The son of Invincible Spirit, who stands at Yarraman Park in New South Wales, is also the sire of Brazen Beau, one of the world's most accomplished sprinters of recent years and now standing at Darley's Dalham Hall Stud in England.
TRC has featured Not A Single Doubt before - Arrowfield Stud's son of Redoute's Choice was one of the three stallions who made the biggest climbs in the world rankings in 2016. Well, he hasn't stopped climbing. This week he breaks into the world top 20, a four-point gain lifting him from 26 to joint #19, with Saturday's Rosehill G2 scorer Single Bullet chief among his contributors on this occasion.
The sire of Extreme Choice and Miracles Of Life has 253 runs from 80 horses counting in the current three-year TRC rankings window. I Am Invincible, who has fewer crops running for him, has 113 from 47 horses, while Tavistock has 91 from 22.
Street Cry is a little higher up the sires' rankings. He also gains four points this week - and he didn't need his most famous offspring, Winx, to do it. The late son of Machiavellian is up two places to #12 after two big wins last Saturday - a G3 with the Godolphin filly Circular at Flemington and the G1 Coolmore Classic at Rosehill via Heavens Above.
The most significant move in the trainers' standings also came from Australia, with the partnership of David Hayes, son Ben and nephew Tom Dabernig gaining four points to climb five places to #13 after wins for the Pierro filly Tulip in a 2-year-old G3 at Rosehill and Redkirk Warrior in the G1 Lexus Newmarket Handicap at Flemington.
As the graph shows, this is merely continuing a steady run of fine form over the last three years for David Hayes, son of the legendary Colin Hayes and already a Hall of Famer in his own right.
Most prolific performer of the week was Tulip's rider, Kerrin McEvoy, who also won a G2 on the same card at Rosehill on Saturday, having landed a G3 at Kembla Grange on Friday. It all added up to a seven-point week-on-week gain, which lifts him six places to world #15.
Most dramatic rise up this time came from Stronach Stables, up from 313 to 137 in the owners' standings after a gain of seven points thanks to Shaman Ghost's victory in the Santa Anita Handicap on Saturday.
Click here for a list of the week's biggest points gainers.
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expensive but worth it based on the hands on experience you receive.
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the field of computer science is rapidly growing today, as more and more individuals are interested in conducting research and expanding the boundaries of our knowledge. in order to do this, most students decide to pursue a phd in computer science once they are done with their master's degree.
who could enroll in a phd program?
one of the misconceptions about a phd program is that only those interested in entering academia should choose to pursue this degree. while this is a general trend, it is not a concrete requirement. students can choose to pursue a phd in computer science if they wish to expand their knowledge in a particular area of the field. this can be artificial intelligence, computer vision, network security, telecommunications, software development, or any other field which falls under the scope of computer science. using the knowledge gained from the program, phd graduates could either apply it in a professional setting or become a professor to teach students in an academic setting.
the typical duration of a phd program in the us is five years. during this time, phd candidates conduct extensive research in an area of their interest, which is funded through a fellowship or grant or a scholarship. at the end of the five years, the student will prepare and present his dissertation to a panel, and will have to successfully defend his work from the questions of his peers to be awarded the doctoral degree.
online phd computer science
while most people do not consider the option of obtaining a phd degree online, it is a rather convenient and an approved alternative to a campus-based program. for professionals who have already earned a master's degree and are working in the computer science field, the idea of quitting a full-time job to resume studying does not seem feasible. for these people, an online phd computer science is great. this is because online courses are much more flexible than campus-based programs. this makes it easier to work around scheduling conflicts, while at the same time continuing research and earning money. furthermore, the cost of online programs is often cheaper than campus-based programs, making it a great cost-saving option.
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Peter Dews
The Latest Revolution
Critique Janvier 1980, no. 392.
The Parisian Left Bank is accustomed to rapid changes in intellectual fashion. Shortly after the Liberation, Catholics and Communists found themselves allied in their denunciation of the existentialist doctrines which had enthralled the youth of the capital, while in the early 60s phenomenologists and existential Marxists were in turn obliged to denounce structuralism as a veiled apologetics for the new technocracy. Since about the middle of the 70s a fresh upheaval has been taking place in Paris, this time however with significant differences. For the latest revolution has consisted primarily not in the replacement of one set of philosophical premises by another, but in an invasion of the publishing houses, the press and – more importantly – the popular medium of television by a new substitute for philosophy, composed in roughly equal parts of metaphysics, political journalism, and sibylline imprecation.


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One Sunday evening, as I contemplated the long, early Monday morning drive back to work in the winter fog, my mind seemed at last to disintegrate into small, sharp-edged, monochrome pieces. I may have been a psychiatrist, but I was unable to think with any clarity. I sank down into the sofa in front of the fire and wept. I watched the flames and listened to the fire crackle, yet was strangely unable to feel any warmth. I was just cold and lifeless. I was forced to admit at last that there was something seriously wrong with me.
I didn't know the answer – I still don't. This is who I am. I cope most of the time; I am well for months, sometimes for more than a year, but there are recurring periods when the world seems a darker, more hostile and unforgiving place. I am a person who gets depressed. In the past 30 years I have listened to many stories of depression and despair, and learnt a great deal from the people who have shared their lives with me. Although their experiences have resonated with my own, I generally haven't revealed my own history of depression.
Whenever I haven't been well enough to treat others, I have sought help and worked at achieving my own recovery first. Yet, I believe my experience of depression has helped me to be a more humane, understanding therapist.
When you are caught deep in the jaws of depression, recapturing a sense of hope seems almost unimaginable. Low mood colours the way we see our lives and clouds our judgment, not only about others but most particularly about ourselves. It is hard to think positively, as others often insist when you consider yourself to be completely worthless.
It was never the patients who kept me awake at night, but my interactions with the system I worked in. At times of stress I become increasingly fearful and anxious, and when I feel as though I am losing control over my life, despair soon sets in. That sense of being in charge is important to me. Yet I also know that this need to retain control can prevent a person from seeking assistance when they really need it, since accepting help can also be seen as relinquishing power over one's own life, of giving in and losing personal freedom, which can feel very frightening indeed.
Even as a medical student in Edinburgh, I remember waking early each morning, listening to the milk float clattering along the cobbles and the swell of the rush-hour traffic beginning in the distance, dreading the start of another day.
My life was charted out in blocks of time, each specifying a goal I must achieve. If I failed to attain the daily objective, I might lose more time by obsessing over how to rewrite my work timetable. I became enslaved by white sheets of paper spreading out over the floor.
I hadn't always wanted to be a doctor. The idea came to me quite suddenly around the age of 15, when I realised that I didn't want to be a biology teacher, which was the direction in which I thought things were heading. I was, quite simply, good at science, the first member of my family to go to university and, when I wasn't feeling anxious, determined to make the most of the opportunity. The problem was that I did feel anxious about it, quite a lot of the time. Anxiety became my default state of being.
Sometimes I forgot to wash or dress if I didn't have to leave the house, which was often the case as the days went by. I crawled into the revision lectures but avoided having conversations with anyone. From a distance I observed the ebb and flow of my classmates in and out of their conspiratorial circles. I was sure they knew all of the things about me that I didn't want them to know. And I was convinced that they knew I was going to fail.
My increasingly erratic behaviour puzzled my then husband. "What the hell are you doing?†he asked one night, as I sat rocking backwards and forwards in the chair by the fire. "I'm trying to get rid of the pain,†I muttered.
The tension in my gut made eating difficult, and I woke in the night racked with colicky pain that I could only relieve by rocking, just as I remembered my little brother doing as a child when he was upset. "Don't you think you ought to go and see the doctor?†my husband asked. "There's nothing bloody wrong with me,†I screamed back across the room. But he could see I was afraid.
After I qualified as a psychiatrist, I was still prone to depression. Sensitive or too thin-skinned? I was able to give the appearance of steel and ice but this was, and still is, just a performance; inside, beneath the surface, I was jelly and water. I was too easily wounded and my interactions with others, especially my family, had left their emotional scars.
I had always tended to dwell more than I should on the significance of what others said or did; I would mull over difficult conversations in my mind long after they had finished, hurt by things said without any cruel intention.
I often found myself wanting to please other people in order to be liked, but then resenting how this prevented me from doing the things I wanted to do. I would say something hastily in irritation, only to regret it later, and then begin the cycle of ruminative thought all over again.
An acquaintance once asked me why I didn't see more of my mother. It was very difficult to tell her that my mother and I could not tolerate each other's company. Although the general belief is that "all mothers love their childrenâ€, I wonder why people make such assumptions when there is so much evidence in the world to the contrary. In moments of generosity I could believe that my mother probably loved someone who looked and sounded exactly like me. The problem was that I could never be that person and retain my sanity.
Instead, my mother and I engaged in a kind of prolonged warfare, each of us not receiving from the other what we really wanted and inflicting more punishment in return. I no longer belonged with my family; it felt as if there was no room for me there.
I realise now how it never provided the kind of warm, secure and loving home that many of my friends seemed to have had. I didn't feel there was a real place for me anywhere, except at work, on the ward. There I had an identity and a purpose, and my history was unknown.
No one knew I was my mother's "ungrateful childâ€. I could continue to create the new persona that I had been constructing since medical school. I was efficient, caring and, outwardly at least, quite tough. I was succeeding in my career and I had something crucial in common with my patients: we had all been wounded by life.
By the time I reached my thirties, I began to understand that if I wanted to overcome some of the problems I faced in my life, and be more successful in my relationships, I was going to have to learn how to manage my fear of loneliness and tolerate my own company. I also began to recognise how fear of loneliness had prevented me from addressing the shortcomings of my own marriage after the death of my father. My life too had been emotionally "on hold†– a future postponed. After the end of my first marriage, I understood the pain of loneliness – the terrible fear that I would be on my own for the rest of my life, that there would come a time when I would never again experience the physical warmth of a sleeping lover by my side in the morning.
I was scared that I would be one of those old women who die alone and are found in their kitchen having not been seen for several weeks. Like many of my patients, I was afraid of feeling isolated and cut off from the rest of the world. Isolation, loneliness and depression are closely related to each other. Being apart from others can contribute to us becoming depressed and also prolong our recovery. The problem is that when we become depressed, we often begin actively to isolate ourselves from others, because it's difficult to talk, enjoy company or trust anyone.
Compulsive behaviour has been something only too familiar to me. I grew up with a brother with obsessive compulsive disorder. I recall how a particularly painful relationship had finally come to an end some years ago. I remember how nothing seemed more important than just trying once more to speak to my former lover; how I hoped that he, my lover, would change his mind and come back to me after all; how I hoped that he was thinking about me, missing me as much as I missed him. I was convinced all of my friends were wrong – I knew he really cared about me and that I just had to try once more.
I was prepared to beg this person, who had rejected me so painfully, to come back to me. I remember calling him. I held my breath for a second. "Hello?†he answered. "I'm so pleased you answered. I had to speak to you.†There was a silence. I could hear his breathing. I sensed his impatience, but I couldn't help myself. "Why are you doing this to me? We know it's over and now you ring me here.â€
It was a kind of love, but it was far from kind. This tortuous pattern repeated itself in my life more than once. I had a series of relationships with unsuitable men who seduced me with their charm, but rejected me when they discovered that beneath my veneer of independence and apparent self-possession there was another – much less confident and sometimes needy – individual who was often anxious and uncertain of herself.
I was stuck in the vicious cycle so often I can still narrate each step. You start to hope again. You watch him all the time, and try to please him. You cannot afford to be yourself in case he doesn't like you – until the day arrives when he doesn't seem to like the "other you†either, the person you are trying to be.
Your other self, needy and voracious for both love and tenderness, seems to have revealed herself despite your efforts to suppress her. You know it's over, but you can't bear it. You love him. You hate him and you hate all men. You think about him all the time. You can't sleep. If this is love, you don't want it and yet you really do. But he doesn't want you. He says he has fallen out of love with you because you are "no fun any moreâ€. He walks away, but you beg him to hurt you one last time.
Like many people who have difficulty trusting in the fact that they can genuinely be loved, I chose men who were not available. These were married men who could not give me what I needed and with whom I simply repeated the experience of rejection, which confirmed my negative self-perception.
Moreover, I knew it was even more important that I prevented myself from driving a decent and loving man away with my sometimes difficult and unpredictable moods. This recurring compulsion to feel the pain of rejection has its origins somewhere in the complicated relationship I had with my parents, in particular with my father. I remember how I could feel the tears welling up in the corners of my eyes when I spoke to my former lover that last time on the telephone. I knew I was becoming pathetic, but I couldn't help myself.
"I just need to hear your voice; my life seems so empty without you,†I said to him. There was a pause, then he replied, "Don't call here again.â€
There have been times when I have felt low in mood and physically exhausted, as though there was a weight bearing down on my chest, which prevented me from moving. On other occasions, it has seemed as though anything and everything is possible. At those times I did seem to lose control and retreat from reality. It was then that the suicidal thoughts would return, although by then usually only fleetingly.
The life events that trigger an episode of depression usually have one important thing in common: they are concerned with loss. In a person who is vulnerable, perhaps because of their early life experiences or family history, this is often the case. Sometimes it is too painful to begin to address and manage the thoughts and feelings connected to what we have lost and we simply get stuck; we ruminate about the past, going around in circles, unable to let go and move on.
When I once again reached a moment when there seemed little point to living my own life, it was still unexpected, despite what had happened in the past. I ignored the warning signs: the early-morning wakening, the sapping of energy from my limbs, the increasing irritability and anger. There had been a series of losses, each of which undermined the tenuous hold I had on my sanity. A good friend, Sam, died in a tragic mountaineering accident. And then, another loss.
"Have you heard about E?†a psychotherapist colleague rang to ask me. E was a therapist I had seen for three years. She knew I had seen E as a patient in the past, but she did not know for how long I had depended on him or how important he had been to me.
"I thought about you. I didn't know if you knew.†"Knew what?†Once again, as had been the case when I had heard of the death of my father, there was little or no warning to prepare me for the bad news to come.
"E drowned himself in the river last week. He's gone. He's dead. I can't believe it.†I could hear the tears in her voice, but I could not speak. I slumped into a chair and simply tried to keep breathing.
The fact that he had been my therapist was a secret known only to one or two people. And E was in disgrace; I had discovered a couple of years after he disappeared from my life how he had been suspended from his post and then dismissed for reasons unknown. He had become persona non grata in the circles in which he had been local aristocracy as a senior therapist. I knew little about what happened to him. Now I would never see him again.
My response to these events, as in the past, was to work even harder, with ever decreasing efficiency. This time I did not draw up plans on paper to master my problems, but ruminated ceaselessly instead about the mounting difficulties at work. I had allowed myself to hope I would never feel so unbearably anxious and fearful again, but the bleak, hollow feeling returned. This time I felt exhausted, weak and dead inside.
"So, do you want to try an antidepressant?†my GP asked me the first time I told him the story of my recurring symptoms.
I liked my doctor. However, I wasn't sure whether he really got what it was all about for me. I felt I was living on the edge of the abyss and sometimes, I suspected, I wilfully threw away the rope.There were things I did not tell him: how I cried myself to sleep on a pillow, damp with sweat and tears; how I believed I was hopeless at my work and could never make a success of anything; how I felt isolated from the world and cut off from everyone around me. I did not tell him about the recurring dream in which there was a task I had to do – an examination to pass, a piece of work I had to finish – which required me to depend on others: colleagues at the hospital usually, but sometimes my mother appeared, or my father, and I found myself back in the home of my childhood, in my bedroom. Whoever I had to confront did not want to do what I wanted them to do and so we began to argue.
I also did not tell my doctor about the terrible weight pressing down on my chest, which became lighter when I cried but only for a while. My body felt as though lead had seeped into my blood vessels and bones, slowing down my whole being.
I called a colleague and friend, Susan, who was one of the few people I trusted to give me an honest opinion of my mental state. She asked me to come and see her that afternoon. As I feared, it was not long into our conversation before she approached the death question. "I have to ask this,†Susan looked directly at me with her clear grey-blue eyes. "Have there been times when you have felt so bad you have thought life isn't worth living?â€
"Yes,†I replied. There was a sense of relief to be able to talk about it, but it wasn't easy to find the words to describe such a painful feeling, and I could not stop sobbing as I replied. "Sometimes when I'm on the motorway … driving … I just can't get the thought out of my head that I could simply put the handbrake on when I am speeding. I know it would spin the car and turn it over, and I don't think I really want to do it … but I can't … I can't get it out of my head. I can't stop thinking it.â€
"So you know what you are describing,†she said, as she stopped writing for a moment.
"Do you think these might sometimes be obsessional thoughts?†I had talked about my brother's illness, and the delay in beginning to grieve for my father. The past I tried so hard to leave behind was catching up with me. I told her about problems I had been having at work.
"Do you think I'm paranoid?â€
"I think,†Susan paused for a moment, "that you are really very ill, and I'm so pleased you got in touch and came to see me. I know how difficult it must have been for you.â€
She looked at me. "I can tell you what I think. I think you have a severe depressive illness. But what do you think?†Susan's words did not come as a complete surprise. In a similar way, my psychiatrist went through the different options with me. She was also sure that I would benefit from antidepressants. The problem was that I had hated taking them previously.
I was nervous about taking new medication, and over the first few days I felt quite nauseous, especially in the morning. I learnt to take the tablet with food, which helped me to tolerate it. I also noticed I was getting even more headaches than usual. Apart from giving me side effects, which gradually disappeared, 20 milligrams of paroxetine did not seem to do very much at all. I felt less agitated, but the morbid bleakness did not leave me.
I began to wonder if I would ever feel any better, as I still found it difficult to get out of bed before the late morning and – most distressing of all for a person who had always surrounded herself with books – I felt unable to even open one of them. An increase to 40 milligrams didn't make much difference.
So, after three months or so of treatment, I started on lithium. It is well known as a treatment for bipolar disorder but, in about half of the people who are not responding to an antidepressant, can also be an additional therapy for depression, because it improves mood fairly rapidly. The problem is that – among other more unpleasant things such as kidney disease – it requires regular blood tests and can, as I would discover, cause underactivity of the thyroid gland.
One morning, a couple of weeks after starting the lithium, something happened. I turned over to bury my face in the pillow, which was damp from another night of dreaming, chasing after a resolution to a problem I could never define. I checked for the awful weight on my chest, since it usually caught me in the moment between waking and full consciousness. But this time it didn't.
I opened my eyes and looked around: a hint of sunshine through the curtains, the scent of grass wafting in the breeze and the sound of birds singing. When had the birds returned? I hadn't noticed them for a long time. Something had changed; it was a subtle alteration.
Looking back, this was when I began to recover. It was a lightening of my heart, a new ability to notice the world around me. Could these improvements be connected to the tablets I had been swallowing? I found it hard to believe. Although I knew that tablets could change your perception of the world, I didn't want to believe the solution to my problems could be so simple – and yet it was true. The terrible weight seemed considerably lighter and, while I could still sense its presence in the wings of my mind, something else was preventing it from taking centre stage: the sound of the birds, the smell of the grass and the brightness of the daylight. The world was singing to me. Life had returned.
The tablets worked for me then and they have continued to work for me on most occasions whenever the terrible burden returns. Without them, I don't think I would have survived to wonder again at the sharp, fresh beauty of a spring morning. I've learnt a great deal about depression in my life. I know much more about what causes it and its consequences than I did in the past. I can help people who suffer from it.
In the past decade I have experienced a relapse of my depression every couple of years or so. My periods of low mood, which have from time to time been more severe, necessitating a change in my treatment, have almost always been triggered by life events related to my work. My skin is still too thin and I am easily wounded, and I still live my life in a state of perpetual fear of being discovered to be a fraud. I am frequently anxious. Day-to-day life can still be a struggle.
Yet, despite experiencing depression, I have achieved a great deal in my work and been very happy in my second marriage; I think both of these owe something to my extended therapies and medication, and each of these methods of treatment played an important role.
Depression is a profoundly personal illness. It burrows into the soul and damages our sense of who we are and our reason for living, in the same way a worm makes its way to the core of a ripening apple. We all have to find our own ways of managing the damage it causes, but I know from my own experience that it can be done.
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This song was written from scratch on July 30, 2007, during the second test run, the first with all kids, of the Potluck Creative Arts Songwriting Workshop. It took 135 minutes with breaks, starting only with music as the topic. Learn more about the Songwriting Workshop which uses Appreciative Inquiry to foster collaborative creativity.
Music and lyrics by Ethan Husted, Tessa Husted, Jimmy Melitski, Sophia Meritt, Jan W. Midtskogen, Katerina R. Midtskogen, Chapman Odlum, Molly Odlum, Karana Stokum with Mark S. Meritt (facilitator)
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Bank Owned Real Estate Auction
Income Property, Land & Lots - Most Selling Absolute!
Assets in Barrow, Dekalb, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Madison & Stephens Counties
Bidding Opens: Thursday, August 30 at 1:00 PM ET
Bid Deadline: Thursday, September 6 at 1:00 PM ET
Sale Manager: Austin McRoberts 404-408-5222 or firstname.lastname@example.com
1698 Jenkins Ferry Rd, Martin, GA 30557 (Stephens County)
7.4± Acres of Wooded Land
Sells Regardless of Price!
137 E May St, Winder, GA 30680 (Barrow County)
.9± Acres of Commercial Land
Sells Regardless of Price!
2412 Snowshoe Bend Southeast, Bethlehem, GA 30620 (Gwinnett County)
Lot 71A in Wynterberry subdivision
Sells Regardless of Price!
7625 Keith Bridge Rd, Gainesville, GA 30506 (Forsyth County)
1± Acre Potential Commercial Lot
Sells Regardless of Price!
1462 North Hairston Rd, Stone Mountain, GA 30083 (Dekalb County)
1.7± Acres with Former Car Wash
46± Acres on Vineyards Creek Church Rd, Comer GA 30629 (Madison County)
Terms: Bank Proof of Funds Required to Bid, 10% Buyer's Premium added to winning bid to determine sale price, 20% Earnest Money Deposit, close by October 5, 2018.
Auctioneer is not responsible for bidding errors caused by internet outages, bid platform failures, or power failures.
All of the properties sell individually as "lots" however they are all tied together by the auction clock. We will set a bid deadline for all of the assets. Once we get within 5 minutes of that bid deadline, any bid placed on Any of the assets will extend All of the assets another 5 minutes. This extension will continue until no bids are placed on any of the assets in a five-minute window.
This feature is in place partially to prevent "sniping" which can occur on online auctions with a hard deadline. It recreates the action of a "Live Auction". If your opponent bids in the waning seconds of the auction, you still get another chance to bid.
With that in mind, don't wait out the bid until the last second, because the auction will remain open. Waiting it out can only put you at risk for not getting your bid in before the 5-minute clock runs out.
AUCTION REGISTRATION: In order to register for the auction, you must have pre-inspected the property and must confirm that you have done your own inspection prior to registration. You must provide proof of funds from your bank showing sufficient funds to cover the required 20% earnest money down payment in order to obtain a bid number. This may be accomplished by faxing the proof of funds to 770-980-9383 or emailing to firstname.lastname@example.com in advance of the auction. Proof of funds consists of a copy, fax, or scanned pdf of a current bank statement in bidder's name showing sufficient funds for earnest money deposit. If you are unable to provide these in advance, please contact the auctioneer for instructions.
AUCTION INFORMATION & OFFICES: All available material and updates are posted to www.AMCbid.com . Due diligence materials, Auction Purchase and Sale Agreement, Broker Registration forms, and other information may be obtained by calling 770-980-9565, or by visiting our website.
CONDUCT OF THE AUCTION: Register to bid at our website at www.AMCbid.com . Online bidding will begin one week prior to the auction. The auction ends when the highest bid is recognized by the auctioneer. Bid increments and bidding methodology are subject to change at the sole discretion of auctioneer. This Auction includes a grouped Extension feature.
GROUPED EXTENSION: This auction uses the grouped extension bidding feature. All lots in this auction have been placed in an extension group. Any bid within the last five minutes of bidding for an auction lot that causes an automatic extension of bidding on that auction lot and on ALL auction lots in that group. When 5 minutes passes with no more bidding, bidding on all assets in that group will close simultaneously, with high bidder on each asset being declared the winner.
EARNEST MONEY REQUIREMENT: Winning bidders must deliver earnest money via wire transfer to the Escrow and Closing Agent escrow account immediately following the auction, in the amount of twenty (20%) of the purchase price (calculated by adding the high bid amount plus a 10% buyer's premium). Balance will be paid in full at closing. Earnest Money must be in the form of wire transfer only. The earnest money deposit is non-refundable.
PURCHASING AND CLOSING: The successful bidder will be notified immediately following the closing of the auction and emailed the Auction Purchase and Sale Agreement ("Auction PSA"), to sign and return. Buyer shall execute the Auction PSA for the property immediately after being declared the successful bidder by auctioneer. A form Auction PSA is available at our websites and at the auction site prior to the auction. The Auction PSA which Buyer must sign at the auction contains an acknowledgment that Buyer has inspected the property prior to the auction, is relying solely on his/her inspection, and is purchasing the property As Is with all faults and without reliance on any warranty of any kind whatsoever. NO CHANGES WILL BE MADE TO SAID AUCTION PSA OR ANY EXHIBITS ATTACHED THERETO, AND BUYER WILL BE OBLIGATED TO EXECUTE AND DELIVER SAID AUCTION PSA ON AUCTION DAY. Provided, however, Seller reserves the right to modify or amend said Auction PSA, to complete blank sections, to attach appropriate exhibits, and to comply with state and local laws as may be enacted or amended from time to time.
Closing must occur no later than Friday, October 5, 2018 unless extended in writing by mutual consent of the parties. Buyer not closing within the contractual time period to close may forfeit his/her earnest money deposit. Buyer shall execute an Auction Purchase and Sale Agreement for the property immediately after being declared the successful bidder by auctioneer.All payments (i.e., Earnest Money, Closing Funds) must be in the form of wire transfer only.
CLOSING: All closings are to occur at the offices of Dickason Law Group, attn: James Ottley, (770) 349-8214 ("Escrow and Closing Agent") as noted in Auction Purchase & Sale Agreement, or as announced at the auction. Only the following sale closing costs will be paid by seller: (1) Commissions or brokerage fees to Auctioneer and/or cooperating Brokers as set forth in separate agreement with Auctioneer, and as established in these Terms and Conditions; (2) reasonable title corrective expenses, in Seller's sole determination; (3) 0% of closing fees charged by Escrow and Closing Agent; and (4) Prorated property taxes as set forth in the Purchase and Sale Agreement and back taxes due, if any. All other closing costs, including but not limited to surveys, title examination, title insurance, transfer taxes, prorated property taxes, 100% of closing fees charged by Escrow and Closing Agent, loan closing costs, and Buyer's attorney fees (should Buyer engage its own attorney) are at the expense of the Buyer.
BUYER'S PREMIUM: Property will be sold with a ten percent (10%) buyer's premium. The bid amount plus buyer's premium equals the final purchase price. For example: A $100,000 bid, plus the 10% ($10,000) buyer's premium, equals the $110,000 final purchase price.
FINANCING: Please note that financing is NOT a contingency of this transaction. Because financing is NOT a contingency, all potential bidders must make certain in advance that they are capable of obtaining the necessary financing to close the transaction.
PLATS/SKETCHES/DRAWINGS AND PHOTOS: Are not to be relied on. Existing legal descriptions are not guaranteed for complete accuracy. All acreage and dimensions are approximate and could be subject to change upon an actual field survey. All stakes, signs or flags indicating boundaries or location are for general location purposes only and are not to be construed as precise property corners.
AUCTION POWER OF ATTORNEY: For interested bidders who cannot attend the auction but would like to have a representative bid at the auction on their behalf, an Auction Power of Attorney can be obtained by contacting the Auction Information Office at (770) 980-9565.
TAX EXCHANGE: Sellers and Purchasers agree that certain Sellers may effectuate 1031 Tax Exchanges on certain properties sold herein. Buyers will agree to cooperate and execute necessary documents to enable Sellers to consummate said transactions.
EASEMENTS: All property sold is subject to recorded easements which include existing roads and planned roads, power line and other utility easements, ingress and egress easements, and other easements of record.
BROKER PARTICIPATION INVITED: Unless noted otherwise in property listing or herein, a broker commission of two percent (2%) of the Winning Bid will be paid on real estate. A commission will only be paid to the properly licensed broker whose prospect purchases and closes on the real estate. To qualify for a commission, the Broker must register by mail, email, fax or hand delivery using the Broker Registration/ Opening Bid form posted to the website for the property listing prior to bidder registration. The registration form must be signed by the prospect and the Broker, and must be received at an office of Auction Management Corporation no later than 5:00 PM two (2) days prior to the bid deadline via fax or mail. In no case will a broker registration be accepted after a bidder has registered. If bidder bids onsite, Broker must also attend the auction and sign the Auction Real Estate Sales Contract if their client is the winning bidder. Commissions to be paid only upon closing. A Broker cannot act as a principal and a broker on the same transaction.
BUYER'S NOTE: Auctioneer reserves the right to add or delete property from this auction or to alter the order of sale from that published herein. Auctioneer reserves the right to convert the bidding platform from an online to an onsite bidding platform if no bidders register and submit required bid deposit by the online bidding deadline. Personal on-site inspection of the property is strongly recommended. Failure to inspect property prior to auction does not relieve purchaser of contractual obligations of purchase. Property sells As Is - Where Is with no warranties expressed or implied. Real property to be conveyed by Limited Warranty Deed. If any elements of these Terms and Conditions conflict with the Auction PSA, the elements of the Auction PSA shall govern.
Information was gathered from reliable sources and is believed to be correct as of the date this material is published, however, this information has not been independently verified by sellers or auctioneers. Its accuracy is not warranted in any way. Any asset not advertised and promoted as Absolute, No Minimum Bid, or Selling Regardless of Price will be sold subject to Seller confirmation. There is no obligation on the part of Sellers or Auctioneer to update this information. ALL ANNOUNCEMENTS MADE AT THE AUCTION TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER ALL ADVERTISING. The sellers do not have any liabilities whatsoever for any oral or written representations, warranties or agreements relating to the property except as expressly set forth in the Auction PSA. There is no obligation on the part of the Sellers to accept any backup bids in the event the high bid falls through.


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SHELTON -- A Norwalk man is once again facing charges after allegedly having "inappropriate contact" with a 15-year-old boy.
Brian Corringham, 54, of Elmcrest Terrace, initially was first arrested in 2006 on charges of inappropriate contact with minor children, Det. Ben Trabka said.
He was placed on probation for those charges earlier this year, Trabka said, but on May 21 was arrested for not complying with his sexual-related probation orders.
The latest arrest stems from a complaint police received from the 15-year-old's parents, Trabka said. On Monday, in addition to arresting Corringham for allegedly violating his condition of release, police executed a search warrant at his home and found pornographic material, Trabka said, another violation of his probation.
Corringham was held in lieu of $50,000 bond and was arraigned Monday in Derby Superior Court, where his case was continued to Aug. 28.


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Wider Outreach & Service
Our faith teaches us that we are inextricably connected to our sisters and brothers throughout the world—that when one person suffers, we all suffer, and when one person rejoices, we all rejoice. Village Church sponsors regular service trips to Fumbelo, Zambia; to Quito, Ecuador; to the pueblos of New Mexico; and to the Dominican Republic; among other opportunities. We also support development and relief efforts across our nation and our world through our denomination, the United Church of Christ.
Please use the links below to learn more about these global outreach and service ministries.
For His Children, Ecuador
Our partnership in Ecuador is with For His Children an orphanage in Ecuador that serves abandoned children, many of whom have special needs. Currently, 40 to 50 children are cared for in two homes in the city of Quito and a home in the town of Latacunga. The environment provides physical and emotional support, spiritual nurturing, and lots of tender, loving care. The residents of For His Children range from newborn to 18 years of age. <read more>
Friends of Fumbelo, Zambia
Our partnership in Zambia is with the village of Fumbelo, outside the capital of Lusaka. We are connected through Communities Without Borders, a nonprofit organization that builds relationships between communities in the U.S. and in Zambia. A group of Village Church members travels to Fumbelo each summer to support school teachers and students with supplies and aid, help in the building of a new school, spend time with children, and support the community. In addition, we raise funds and collect donations of books and school supplies to bring with us. <read more>


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Located about 5km from the ancient town of Hội An, Cửa Đại Beach was known as one of the most stunning beaches in Asia. Its white sand and pristine blue water made it a popular destination among tourists. However, the beautiful beach has been threatened by coastal erosion in recent years. The rate of erosion has been rapid, with a yearly average of 10-15m with 2,000m in length, according to experts at a national conference discussing saving Hội An's coastal area.
The once-beautiful beach is now marred by thousands of sandbags. The local tourism industry now faces various issues to attract investment and visitors. Even multi-million dollar resorts and hotels have been abandoned, with many slowly falling into ruin as the sea swallows large swaths of land.
Despite local authority's efforts to stop the erosion by installing concrete dykes, the establishment of hydro-dams in upstream rivers, climate change and illegal sand dredging in local rivers pose serious threats to the existence of the beach. Environment and climate change experts have recommended a complete ban on local sand mining and the construction of an underwater dyke to help save the beach. — VNS


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You will need the following materials and supplies: PVC pipes, gravel and river stones, a valve, a pot and a deep pot, decorative pot, copper pies, a pump, adhesive (waterproof), electrical cable, a cutter, scissors, a drill and also a power source to your brand new fountain. You can also purchase some paint if you want to paint the fountain.
Follow the instructions: Set up the place where your future fountain will be. Dig a large hole so that you can position the basin. The home must be a little bit larger then the basin because you will have to add also the PVC tubes that will isolate the fountains power cord. In order to have support place some river stones on the bottom of the hole. Place the pump in the centre of the container connecting it right to the pipe. Now its time to instal the valve. Ass I said before isolate the power cord using the PVC pipes. Make a stone support: take the stones and glue them to each other using the waterproof adhesive. Do not forget to make openings so that the copper pipe can pass through the stones. The valve will open in the moment when you will add water in the basin. Don't forget you have to fill it. Hide all the pipes and give a natural look to your fountain by adding river stones and also decorative items. Now all you have to do is to turn the power on and your amazing rock fountain is finished. Use pots to make food recipients so that you can attract birds and also add water if you see that your fountain is leaking or the water is evaporating. Enjoy!!!
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The BC IBA program is coordinated by BC Nature (the Federation of BC Naturalists) with support from national partners Nature Canada and Bird Studies Canada. BC's 83 designated sites form a significant portion of the network of ~600 IBAs across Canada, which is not surprising considering 76% of Canada's bird species are found in BC. An additional 185 sites were nominated for inclusion in the IBA network, which indicates that there are many more outstanding sites for birds in BC.
Each IBA in BC has a site summary, which can be viewed on the IBA Canada website. These summaries and associated maps were published in 2000 and are regulary updated. Additional information about BC's IBAs can be found in the annual reports and photos submitted by volunteer Caretakers for each IBA. To view annual reports, or learn more about the volunteer Caretaker Network or how you can get involved, please visit our Caretaker page.
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The new BBQJuly 26, 2018 Drink Trends; Food Trends; General; Latest Features; Latest News; Recipes; Trends
Healthy eating is on the rise, and with millennials leading the way people seem to be more proactive than ever before, according to surveys. We're starting to care more about what we eat and where it comes from. So, what does this mean for our ceremonial summer BBQs? Fear not. While trends are changing, it's all about substitution. Here's how a few simple changes to your summer BBQ can tick all the health-conscious trends. Swap the crate of beer for craft soft drinks. Brits aged 16-24 are... Read More
Everything you need to know about the latest street food trendsJune 26, 2018 Food Trends; General; Latest Features; Latest News; Recipes; Trends
What was once considered on- the- go, unhealthy grub is now coming into the mainstream with a whole new reputation. As featured in our new Trend Set 8 magazine, street food is making a move into our everyday lives. Moving off the streets and into well known and established restaurants, bars and cafes with the latest cutting-edge trends from across the globe. Originating from Europe in the 19th century, street food has come a long way since the days of fried strips of potato... Read More
Cool down and enjoy the weather with the latest trends in ice creamMay 25, 2018 Events; Food Trends; General; Latest Features; Latest News; Trends
It's estimated that ice cream evolved into what we know now sometime in the 16th century. However, there's no denying that both the recipe and presentation of these sticky sweet treats has changed massively since the days of Mr Whippy and 99's. According to the DairyReporter, ice cream sales generate over £1bn in the UK, remaining the most popular and affordable treat. In order to keep up, there are now more independent companies than ever before and a growth of niche manufacturers taking advantage... Read More
How does Instagram effect food trends?February 27, 2018 Drink Trends; Food Trends; General; Latest News; Trends
In the age of social media, we are all guilty of falling for a well snapped meal. Whether it's a burger oozing with cheese or a brightly layered rainbow cake, some Instagram snaps are just too tempting to resist. As a result, when we see a good-looking meal, full of colour and vibrancy we can almost taste it through the screen. One minute you'll be looking at a mouth-watering picture of pizza then the next thing you know, the cravings have kicked in and... Read More
National Chef of the YearOctober 17, 2017 Events; Food Trends; General; Latest News; Trends
Each year since its launch in 1972, The National Chef of the Year competition seeks to find the best national and young national chefs. Carried out by the Craft Guild of Chefs this award hand picks the most prestigious fresh talent to find the next big thing in the culinary world. Previous winners of this award include familiar faces, such as Mark Sergeant, Gordan Ramsey and Alyn Williams. The judging panel is a culmination of well- known and respected talents; from Tom Kerridge to... Read More
National Burger Day 2017: 5 of the most extravagant burgers!August 15, 2017 Food Trends; Latest Features; Latest News; Trends
Famously an American favourite, Burgers have pathed the way for wacky and extravagant food concoctions, some of which include chocolate flavoured burgers, pizza burgers and glazed donuts added to an accumulation of meats and cheeses – in true 'Man v's Food' style! In honour of National Burger Day on 24th August, we have identified some of the latest burger trends which are sure to attract a diner or two! If you're on a diet – look away! DOUBLE DONUT BURGER Sweet meets savoury with... Read More
KEEP THE KIDS HAPPY AND HEALTHY WITH SMARTER TABLEWARE CHOICESJune 28, 2017 Food Trends; General; Latest Features; Latest News; Trends
'New Kids on the Block' is just one of the many features in this month's edition of Trend Set magazine which talks about healthy food options, food presentation and trends which are being rapidly embraced by restaurants nationwide. Parents are increasingly looking for healthier foods to serve to their children, from swapping beans for peas and battered chicken to fresh fish. However, with this movement towards healthier food as well as the recently announced push for us to eat a mega 10 fruits and... Read More
RISING FOOD WASTE IN THE UK | 2017February 06, 2017 Drink Trends; Food Trends; General; Latest Features; Latest News; Trends
Food waste in the UK is a rotten topic at the moment. Three major WRAP studies published in 2013 and 2016 estimated annual food waste arisings within UK households, hospitality and food service, food manufacture, retail and wholesale sectors at around 10 million tonnes, 60% of which could have been avoided. This has a value of over £17 billion a year, and is associated with around 20 million tonnes of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Around 85% (by weight) of the avoidable food waste arises... Read More
AVOID THE NEW YEAR FAD DIETS AND LEARN ABOUT A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE WITH NATIONAL OBESITY AWARENESS WEEKJanuary 13, 2017 Drink Trends; Food Trends; Latest Features; Latest News; Trends
1 in 4 adults in the UK are considered to be obese, and figures indicate that almost 20% of children leaving primary school are obese according to the national JanUary organisation. This January 11th through to the 17th, National Obesity Awareness organisers are asking the UK to join in with a national New Year's resolution to help improve the nation's health. Whether it's cooking more healthily, avoiding snacks, or being a little more physically active, the aim is to give those who need it... Read More


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On September 13, 2016, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held as patent-eligible patent claims directed to automated lip-synching for animated characters. This holding builds upon the few decisions thus far where the Federal Circuit has found software/computer invention claims to be patent-eligible subsequent to the Alice and Mayo decisions.1 It is also the second decision to give teeth to the so-called "Step 1" of the Alice/Mayo test for subject matter eligibility, and should give pause to reliance on the "gist" abstraction of claimed subject matter while bolstering the defensibility of Step 1-patentability arguments.2
In McRo v. Bandai3, the claims concerned the automation of prior art manual methods for synching animated talking figures with speech parts, called phenomes. Judges Jimmie V. Reyna, Richard G. Taranto and Kara Stoll unanimously held that McRo's claims represent a genus of rules having a common characteristic (i.e., that they are directed to the ordered combination of claimed steps for automating part of a preexisting 3-D animation method, using unconventional rules that relate sub-sequences of phonemes, timings and morph weight sets). They reversed a decision on the pleadings of the US District Court for the Central District of California and ruled that the claims are not directed to an abstract idea and therefore are patent-eligible subject matter under 35 U.S.C. §101.
Under Alice/Mayo Step 1, a determination is made as to whether the claim at issue is "directed to" a judicial exception, such as an abstract idea. See, e.g., Alice, 134 S. Ct. at 2355. If the claim fails Step 1, in Step 2, a determination is made as to whether the claim contains an "inventive concept" sufficient to "transform the nature of the claim into a patent-eligible application." Id. In doing so, both the claim as a whole and its individual elements are considered in determining whether it contains "an element or combination of elements that is 'sufficient to ensure that the patent in practice amounts to significantly more than a patent upon the [ineligible concept] itself.'" Id. (quoting Mayo, 132 S. Ct. at 1294) (alteration in original). In McRo, the Court determined that the claims passed the Step 1 inquiry and thus did not need to undertake the Step 2 analysis. In formulating its decision, the Court carefully examined the issue of preemption and distinguished this case by explaining that here there was no preemption of an entire field, but only coverage of one specific method for incorporating lip synching into animated characters.
There are five notable considerations in the Court's discussion that should bolster software patent claims.
1. Interplay with claim construction: The Court specifically noted that claim construction was helpful to resolve the question of patentability under §101. The parties disputed the breadth of the claims. However, the Court said the dispute was resolved on the face of the claims, and that the claims were limited to rules that required the evaluation of a sequence of phenomes, rather than, for example, an individual phenome. With this construction, the rules required by the claims were considered to be much more limited, and not preemptive to other rules that might be used in such an automated process.
2. Degree of abstraction of the claimed subject matter: The Court took issue with the lower court's oversimplified abstraction or characterization of the claims. The lower court held that the claims were "drawn to the [abstract] idea of automated rules based use of morph targets and delta sets for lipsynchronized three-dimensional animation." In disagreeing, the Federal Circuit found the claims to be limited to rules with specific characteristics, i.e., that " they 'define[] a morph weight set stream as a function of phoneme sequence and times associated with said phoneme sequence.'" Slip op. at 21, citing, J.A. 4171 (Dist. Ct. Claim Construction Op. 16) (itself quoting the '567 patent, cl. 1). The Court also noted that the claims further require "applying said first set of rules to each sub-sequence . . . of timed phonemes." Id. Then the Court stated that "[w]hether at step one or step two of the Alice test, in determining the patentability of a method, a court must look to the claims as an ordered combination, without ignoring the requirements of the individual steps. The specific, claimed features of these rules allow for the improvement realized by the invention." Id. As a result, the claims could not be abstracted to a simple gist.
3. Improved operation of a computer: The Court noted the claimed invention provided an improvement in the operation of a computer. The improvement is allowing computers to produce "accurate and realistic lip synchronization and facial expressions in animated characters" that previously could only be produced by human animators. Slip op. at 22, citing '576 patent col. 2, ll. 49–50. "As the district court correctly recognized, this computer automation is realized by improving the prior art method through 'the use of rules, rather than artists, to set the morph weights and transitions between phonemes.'" Id. Notably, this "improvement in the operation of a computer" was not an improvement in electronic or mechanical operation.
4. Preemption based on breadth of genus claims: The Court analyzed the issue of preemption and navigated the issue of broad genus claims in relation to preempting all uses of software to generate lip-synched animated characters. The Court found the claimed rules for generating lip-synching to be limited to rules with certain common characteristics, i.e., a genus. The Court noted that while "genus claims" create a greater preemption risk, they are not necessarily unpatentable. The Court determined that despite being "genus" claims, the claims were directed to one specific method for generating lip synching and, therefore, did not preempt the entire field of software based lip synching for animated characters.
In doing so, the Court noted:
Patent law has evolved to place additional requirements on patentees seeking to claim a genus; however, these limits have not been in relation to the abstract idea exception to § 101. Rather they have principally been in terms of whether the patentee has satisfied the tradeoff of broad disclosure for broad claim scope implicit in 35 U.S.C. § 112. E.g., Carnegie Mellon Univ. v. Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., 541 F.3d 1115, 1122 (Fed. Cir. 2008). It is self-evident that genus claims create a greater risk of preemption, thus implicating the primary concern driving § 101 jurisprudence, but this does not mean they are unpatentable.
Claim 1 of the '576 patent is focused on a specific asserted improvement in computer animation, i.e., the automatic use of rules of a particular type. We disagree with Defendants' arguments that the claims simply use a computer as a tool to automate conventional activity.
Slip op. at 23-27(emphasis added).
5. Interplay with tangibility of results: The Court noted that although the results produced by the claimed process were not "tangible," patentability is not dependent on a method being tied to a machine or transformation of an article. From the opinion:
Further, the automation goes beyond merely "organizing [existing] information into a new form" or carrying out a fundamental economic practice. Digitech, 758 F.3d at 1351; see also Alice, 134 S. Ct. at 2356. The claimed process uses a combined order of specific rules that renders information into a specific format that is then used and applied to create desired results: a sequence of synchronized, animated characters. While the result may not be tangible, there is nothing that requires a method "be tied to a machine or transform an article" to be patentable. Bilski, 561 U.S. at 603 (discussing 35 U.S.C. § 100(b)). The concern underlying the exceptions to § 101 is not tangibility, but preemption. Mayo, 132 S. Ct. at 1301.
Slip op. at 27 (emphasis added).
There are several takeaways from this decision:
- Software- or computer-based inventions can be the subject of patents if claimed properly.
- The scope of a software claim can greatly affect its subject matter eligibility under §101. Claims with more specific limitations are more likely to pass muster because they cannot be unduly abstracted and are less likely to invoke preemption concerns.
- A method need not obtain a Diehr[4] -like tangible result; the concern is preemption, not intangibility.
- The improvement in a computer need not relate to the electronic or mechanical operation of the computer itself (e.g., the efficiency of the processor), but can relate to the improvement in accuracy and effect provided by the computer.
1 Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank Int'l, 134 S. Ct. 2347, 2355 (2014) and Mayo Collaborative Servs. v. Prometheus Labs., Inc., 132 S. Ct. 1289, 1293 (2012)
2 The first decision is Enfish, LLC v. Microsoft Corp., 822 F.3d 1327, 1336 (Fed. Cir. 2016).
3 McRo, Inc. v. Bandai Namco Games America Inc., slip op., 2015-1080 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 13, 2016)
4 Diamond v. Diehr, 450 U.S. 175 (1981)
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DAILYHOSTNEWS, October 31, 2011 – Internap Network Services Corporation, a provider of intelligent IT Infrastructure services, announced last week its participation in the VMware Service Provider Program (VSPP) and that its public and private cloud services have achieved VMware vCloud Powered status. As part of the VMware partner ecosystem, Internap delivers public and private cloud services that are VMware vCloud Powered, providing enterprise customers with the benefits of VMware virtualization in a completely managed cloud environment.
VMware's vCloud initiative enables a powerful, easy-to-use set of cloud computing services that supports the largest set of existing applications, allowing Internap to drive down management and development costs and increase the flexibility of its cloud offerings. Customers can migrate and run virtualized applications on Internap's cloud platforms immediately, with the same level of security, availability and performance that is expected in an on-premise VMware environment.
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Internap has two offerings in the market courtesy of VMware's vCloud Director. Internap's Virtual Private Cloud service allows customers to reserve compute, memory and storage resources with the flexibility to tailor each virtual machine instance to meet organizational needs. For completely on-demand usage with utility-based billing, Internap's Custom Public Cloud service allows customers to address fluctuating infrastructure requirements such as prototyping, testing and dynamic application scalability.
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"Our cloud services are designed to meet the diverse requirements of enterprise customers today – with multiple public and private options, as well as different infrastructure platforms," said Paul Carmody, senior vice president of product management and business development at Internap. "Our VMware vCloud Powered services build on the choices we offer our customers and further differentiate our IT Infrastructure portfolio, which is backed by a performance-optimized network, global footprint and award-winning customer service."
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News in Brief
Federal Grants Offered for Kindergarten Tests
States will have a chance to vie for $9.2 million in federal grant aid to help them create kindergarten-entry assessments, which evaluate young children in several areas related to school readiness.
The description of the funding opportunity says that the U.S. Department of Education expects to make two grants. Groups of three or more states working together will be given an edge in the competition. The deadline for the notice of intent to apply is June 24; applications are due July 8.
Kindergarten-entry assessments are designed to measure a child's "essential domains of school readiness," which include language and literacy development, cognition and general early knowledge, readiness to learn, physical well-being, and social and emotional development.
Vol. 32, Issue 33, Page 5Published in Print: June 5, 2013, as Federal Grants Offered for Kindergarten Tests
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