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Are Transactions Safer on Your Mobile or Computer?
Business has been made to be so simple these days. By allowing transactions to be made on computers, tablets, and mobile devices, it's also very convenient. We tell our friends all the time convenience is in constant tension with security. As a managed service provider, we encourage everyone to value the security of their information over convenience. Realistically, we know that's not always how it is. If you are using your computer or mobile device for transactions, here are some tips you should consider.
Consider These When Doing Business Online
Obtaining bank, credit card or other financial credentials are the ultimate goals of cyber criminals. If they are put on the "dark web" or the marketplace of illegal activity, those credentials could be sold to many cyber-thieves. To help keep your credentials and money safe, consider how and where you access your accounts.
Access the internet via a private network.
That means using your computer at home on your own private, password-protected network is safer. The risk increases when you take your laptop to your local coffee shop and access the internet through their public Wi-Fi.
How many people are using your computer?
If you share a computer at home with your family, your risks are different than when you're on your own personal computer or mobile device. Children (or unsuspecting adults) might accidentally click on links or allow malware to be installed on your PC without your knowledge.
What device are you using to access your accounts?
Criminals are constantly developing malware for popular devices. While Windows is the most popular operating system in the world and the most targeted, Apple users are not immune. Mobile devices are increasingly susceptible as well. Is your computer's firewall turned on? Do you have updated antivirus software? On your mobile device, have you restricted what each of the apps is allowed to do? Many people have security setting available that are simply turned off.
Is there an app available?
If you can confirm that you have downloaded the correct app for your financial institution, that is safer than accessing through a web browser. Many banks, insurance companies, retail stores and more have developed proprietary apps for mobile devices, and have enhanced security capabilities within them to protect customer data.
Is two factor authentication (2FA) available?
Most financial institutions have the option to secure your account with two factor authentication or 2FA. This means a criminal needs to have access to your phone, mobile, or a physical key in addition to your login and password. This site lists known websites that have 2FA capabilities. You should enable 2FA for your cloud email services as well.
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A blog about our life in Sant Cugat between 2007 and 2015, strange discoveries, amusing local news, politics, economics and cute stories about kids.
If you buy a round trip ticket and don't use first part of the ticket, airlines will typically cancel your return ticket as well. A recent court case in Spain decided that this is illegal, and that is lacked "reasonable" justification.
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This is an interesting species of Justicia and a member of the broad Acanthaceae family of plants. Its natural habitat includes India and tropical east Africa. It is sometimes called the white shrimp plant or squirrel's tail. Its summer blooms are held in slim upright spires and are comprised of papery, green-veined white bracts enclosing pale pink flowers. It is very effective grown with white-variegated foliage plants nearby as illustrated below; I also like it with very dark foliage (such as a purple-leaved Canna hybrid for drama).
It grows to around 1 m in height. It needs to be cut back hard in late winter and tip-pruned as it grows through spring and early summer, to promote a compact shape, otherwise it can become leggy. It grows OK in part shade though mine flowers much better in a sunny spot. It can tolerate dry soil. It is resilient to hot summer weather in Sydney.
Note that this plant can become weedy in subtropical and tropical climates, so should probably not be grown in gardens in these regions.


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Wednesday, September 26, 2012
fall colors....
the stamps i used are from the wplus9 design stamp sets woodgrain silhouettes & woodgrain silhouettes additions. both sets contain solid images of leaves in several sizes that fit perfectly with the idea i had in mind for my card. the largest leave is actually part of a spray of two leaves, but i was able to ink up just one leaf and then stamp it using the pumpkin pie ink. the other leaves were stamped using rich razzleberry ink and versamagic pumpkin spice chalk ink. the sentiment from the flourishes zinnias set was stamped using latte chalk ink. i added a rhinestone to each leaf for a little bit of shine.
thanks for stopping by....
supplies: cardstock: pti white; stamps: wplus9 design & flourishes; inks: su! pumpkin pie & rich razzleberry; versamagic pumpkin spice chalk ink & hero arts latte chalk ink; rhinestones: hero arts
28 comments:
- Christine said...
It's a beauty Rosy! Nice colours!
- September 26, 2012 at 11:51 AM
- Unknown said...
your card is beautiful- I love it!!
- September 26, 2012 at 11:58 AM
- Robin said...
I love the simple beauty of this card! And the lovely rhinestone details are perfect.
- September 26, 2012 at 12:08 PM
- Martha said...
Rosemary, I seem to always say, "WOW!" whenever I see your BEAUTIFUL creations. WOW...WOW...WOW! This is one GORGEOUS CAS card! I love the colorful leaves with rhinestones, and the lovely design. YOU ROCK!
- September 26, 2012 at 1:16 PM
- Ardyth said...
Gorgeous! Great autumn card!
- September 26, 2012 at 2:06 PM
- craftieodmae said...
this is absolutely gorgeous, as all your creations are, I would appreciate you going to Heartfelt Creations and voting for me. thanks
- September 26, 2012 at 3:20 PM
- Tracey McNeely said...
Rosemary this is so gorgeous! Love it and thank you so much for joining us this week at the colourQ!!
- September 26, 2012 at 5:35 PM
- Barb said...
Love the way you used the colors and sketch, Rosie - such pretty leaves!
- September 26, 2012 at 7:46 PM
- Iwona Palamountain (Chupa) said...
Stunning in its simplicity! LOVE!!
- September 26, 2012 at 8:56 PM
- Jan Castle said...
Beautiful!!! Yes, fall is here, and your card is wonderful!
Paper Hugs,
- September 26, 2012 at 9:30 PM
- Sylvia said...
Beautiful card, Rosemary, I do like those leaves on the clean white background! So happy to see you this week at the colourQ, thanks for sharing your card with us.
- September 26, 2012 at 10:41 PM
- kingstonmama said...
Oh so pretty! Your leaves look gorgeous in those colors. ann
- September 26, 2012 at 11:05 PM
- Viv said...
More gorgeousness Rosie, I love those pretty leaves in the rich Autumn ( fall) colours too,and that added sparkle of course :) Viv xx
- September 27, 2012 at 8:58 AM
- Marybeth said...
Love your card Rosemary! Love the simplicity of it and the bit of bling to each leaf. Great way to get the colors in.
- September 27, 2012 at 9:24 AM
- Kara said...
i really love this rosemary!! so beautiful! thanks so much for joining us this week at the ColourQ!!
- September 27, 2012 at 2:25 PM
- Jacquie Southas said...
Eye catching & delightful - beautiful card!
- September 27, 2012 at 2:47 PM
- Amanda said...
Good Goodness, I love, LOVE your card! Your falling leaves, the colors and your CAS design are absolutelty Stunning!! I love it all :)
Thank you for playing along with us in Flourishes Timeless Tuesday!!
~ Amanda :)
- September 27, 2012 at 5:03 PM
- Greta said...
Fabulous design, Rosemary--LOVE this card!
- September 27, 2012 at 6:42 PM
- Daffodil Cards said...
This is gorgeous, a gorgeous colour combo and fits those leaves to a T
- September 28, 2012 at 12:01 PM
- Michelle said...
Love these pretty leaves blowing in the wind! So pretty, Rosemary!
- September 28, 2012 at 8:04 PM
- Gibmiss said...
Hi rosie
Fabulous card....,
Hope you are well
Hugs Sylvie xxxx
- September 29, 2012 at 3:31 PM
- HappyCrafter said...
Wow, such a professional looking elegant card, it is really beautiful.
- September 29, 2012 at 9:40 PM
- LeAnne said...
GORGEOUS CAS creation! Just love it! Thanks for playing with the CQC colors this week!
- October 1, 2012 at 6:30 AM
- Unknown said...
Super beautiful CAS!! Thank you for playing along at the FTTC.
- October 1, 2012 at 12:51 PM
- Anita Scroggins said...
This is a lovely card,, great job! Thanks for joining us at ColourQ!!!
- October 2, 2012 at 2:33 PM
- Jen W. said...
Gorgeous! Fabulous movement and you've reminded me why I want those stamps! :)
- October 3, 2012 at 3:04 AM
- N@ Ali said...
perfection! thank you for joining us at the colourQ ; )
- October 8, 2012 at 10:50 AM
- shirley-bee said...
Congrats on your colour win, it's a lovely card :)
- October 10, 2012 at 4:34 AM


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Setting the Paris Agreement in Motion: Key Requirements for the Implementing Guidelinesby , , , , , , , , , , and -
Parties to the Paris Agreement are under pressure to meet the December 2018 deadline to operationalize the climate accord. Building on prior analysis and the firsthand experience of negotiators and other key stakeholders, this working paper by the Project for Advancing Climate Transparency provides both an overarching vision and practical suggestions for the foundational elements of the Paris Agreement's implementing guidelines. This unique analysis should help negotiators overcome the remaining negotiating hurdles in order to achieve clear, robust and cohesive implementing guidelines.
Key Findings
Executive Summary
Why the Paris Implementing Guidelines Matter
The Paris Agreement's implementing guidelines—also known as the Paris Rulebook—are essential to operationalize national and international contributions to combat climate change in a fair and effective manner. The guidelines will create the framework for how countries will implement their climate plans and bring the Paris Agreement to life.
Parties to the Paris Agreement set their meeting at COP24 in December 2018 in Katowice, Poland as the deadline for developing and adopting the implementing guidelines.
The Paris Agreement implies a cycle of planning, implementing, and reviewing progress of climate actions is essential and that developing implementing guidelines is necessary to support the cycle. This cycle can guide governments by illustrating the iterative nature of the Paris Agreement's approach. For the planning phase, countries develop and communicate their nationally determined contributions (NDCs) and adaptation efforts, and can use indicative information on future financial support to identify opportunities to go further and faster. In the implementation phase, countries work to meet their contributions and report on their progress to the international community as well as to their national stakeholders. Finally, in the review phase, countries participate in a technical expert review of their individual efforts, then share their experiences and best practices with their peers in a multilateral setting in a facilitative manner. Finally, they undertake a global stocktaking of collective progress toward the Paris Agreement's goal. Countries struggling to meet their requirements, or facing other systemic issues, can be referred to the committee established to facilitate implementation and promote compliance. Following the review phase, countries can use new information to reconsider and strengthen their NDCs in light of their different national circumstances.
Negotiating Context
The deadline of December 2018 is very quickly approaching, and Parties are under pressure to adopt guidelines in order to drive effective implementation of the Paris Agreement. Adopting clear, robust, and cohesive guidelines is necessary for building trust, confidence, and credibility in the international climate regime. Clear guidelines will enable all Parties to understand their obligations. Robust guidelines will signal a level playing field. Cohesive guidelines will effectively incorporate linkages across the various elements of the Paris Agreement. Clear, robust, and cohesive guidelines can support long-term support the international climate regime, steer national policies, send market signals, and establish processes for shared learning. It is critical to meet the December 2018 deadline for the adoption of the foundational elements of the implementing guidelines to set in motion the five-year cycles of action established under the Paris Agreement and enable Parties to plan effectively and respond to the call for enhanced ambition.
To adopt implementing guidelines this year, negotiators must navigate sensitive and potentially divisive challenges, including how to reflect differences in national circumstances while driving climate progress by all. Reflecting these differences, while maintaining the "Paris spirit" of solidarity, trust, and ambition, will be difficult but can reap dividends in terms of strengthening the global commitment for long-term climate action. A second key challenge—and opportunity—is to leverage the linkages between different elements of the Paris Agreement to create a cohesive package that enhances national and global climate action and support. Another challenge—and opportunity—is developing durable implementing guidelines that can be adjusted to scientific, technological, and societal change and progress. Making sure that the set of adopted guidelines are inclusive provides an opportunity to accelerate the pace and scale of investments and actions necessary for the transformation to a low-carbon and climate-resilient society.
About the Paper & Navigating our Guidance
This paper is designed to support international negotiators in adopting clear, robust, and cohesive guidelines in December 2018 for implementing the Paris Agreement. While previous PACT publications focused on individual parts of the implementation cycle and related guidelines, this publication guides negotiators through developing rules to implement the Paris Agreement. Though negotiators face a challenging task, the PACT consortium hopes they will find the suggestions for individual elements useful and will use our overall vision for designing the Paris Agreement implementing guidelines as a catalyst for action and support.


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Do you have to be in shape to participate?
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What is the age limit for guests?
We accommodate teens in our program (ages 14 – 17) but they must be accompanied by an adult to all activities.
How long do people stay at the resort?
The program runs in 7-day cycles with the minimum stay being one week with mandatory check-in on Sunday. Guests are welcome to stay for as long as they wish – many guests stay for multiple weeks at a time, the average is around four weeks.
How much does it cost?
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What happens when I book a reservation but have to cancel it?
If you have to cancel or reschedule, we will hold your balance as a credit on file for a future stay at our resort for the period of one year. If you cancel or reschedule your stay within two weeks of arrival a $300 per week rescheduling fee will be applied. As a resort policy, we do not accept cancellations via email. You are required to call the reservations team to request a cancellation or reschedule your stay.
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Your room features everything you need to relax and refresh after the day's activities.
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Our weight loss resort features gym facilities with top-of-the-line equipment, spacious aerobics rooms with great sound systems to keep you motivated and a swimming pool for aquatic workouts. Our location also features additional facilities such as a basketball court, lounge areas, and lecture hall. For additional details, call our reservations team at (888) 870-2639.
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Dear Editor,
Just read in a Diario de Yucatan of October 6, 2017 newspaper that the conjunctivitis epidemic is not fully over yet and we are now facing a Hepatitis outbreak. This one will damage your liver. As usual the schoolchildren are the most vulnerable.
Extreme hygiene is a part of the solution; keeping the flies away is very important. Washing well the kitchenware and separating the infected person's utensils is also of utmost importance.
GOB should start a vaccination program. Hope we don't wait until it is upon us to try to stem its propagation. Like I stated before: If we do not take care of our health, it will cost much more to take care of our disease.
Yours in health.
Romel Cuello


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- Source: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 75, Issue 4, 1 Oct 2006, p. 688 - 690
f WEST NILE VIRUS QUANTIFICATION IN FECES OF EXPERIMENTALLY INFECTED AMERICAN AND FISH CROWS
To better understand the potential environmental health risk presented by West Nile virus (WNV)-contaminated feces, we quantified the amount of WNV present in the feces of experimentally infected American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) and fish crows (Corvus ossifragus). Peak fecal titers ranged from 103.5 to 108.8 plaque-forming units (PFU)/g for 10 American crows and from 102.3 to 106.4 PFU/g for 10 fish crows. The presence of infectious WNV in bird feces indicates a potential for direct transmission of WNV. Thus, handlers of sick or dead birds should take appropriate precautions to avoid exposure to fecal material.
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In the 1970s and 1980s, Father Richard Cattell was a Catholic priest in western Sydney, where he committed sexual crimes against boys. In the early 1990s, the Catholic Church promoted Cattell to become the Vicar-General of the Parramatta diocese, supervising 48 parishes in western Sydney on behalf of the bishop. Eventually, several of Cattell's victims spoke (separately) to the police, so Cattell was jailed in 1994 and again in 2015 and again on 26 July 2019.
Broken Rites has ascertained that Father Richard St John Cattell was ordained on 18 July 1964 for the Sydney archdiocese. He was in the same graduating group as another New South Wales priest, Vincent Kiss, of the Wagga Wagga diocese. (Vincent Kiss was eventually jailed for sexual crimes against children.)
Cattell worked in various parishes (Broken Rites has compiled a list of these) until one victim managed to get Cattell convicted in court in 1994. Since 1994, various Cattell victims have contacted Broken Rites which has advised these victims to have a private chat with NSW Police detectives These victims are from several parishes (and various years) and they do not know each other.
In 1973, when Father Richard Cattell was a priest in the Liverpool parish in Sydney's south-west, he sexually abused a boy ("Albert") who eventually reported this crime to the police twenty years later. This resulted in Cattell being jailed in 1994 after pleading guilty. This 1994 court case, researched by Broken Rites, demonstrates that church victims should report sexual crimes to the civil authorities, not to the offending organisation (the church).
In the early 1990s, Cattell was the vicar-general of the newly-created Parramatta diocese, administering it on behalf of Bishop Bede Heather. In his role as the vicar-general, it was possible that Cattell could be approached by church-abuse victims wanting to report the crimes of one of Cattell's fellow-priests. It was after his appointment as the vicar-general that "Albert" (a victim of Cattell from the 1970s, at the Liverpool parish) spoke to detectives from the New South Wales Police, resulting in the 1994 court case.
In the Penrith Local Court on 19 August 1994, Richard St John Cattell (then aged 54) pleaded guilty to five counts of indecent assault on a male. The court was told that in 1973 (when Cattell was aged 33, working at the Liverpool parish), a 14-year-old boy ("Albert") went to him, reporting that he had been sexually assaulted by a schoolteacher. Instead of helping the boy (for example, by getting the teacher punished), Cattell allegedly told the boy that this sort of experience was "normal". Cattell then committed indecent assaults against the boy several times during the next three years.
The sentencing process began in Penrith District Court on 25 November 1994. The prosecution brief was compiled by Det. Sgt. Malcolm Hockenberg (of Penrith), working in association with Detective Sue Lightfoot of Penrith.
On 9 December 1994, Judge Saunders sentenced Richard Cattell to three years jail, with parole possible after serving two years behind bars.
On the day of the sentencing, the head of the Parramatta diocese (Bishop Bede Heather), wrote to Cattell's former parishioners, supporting the convicted criminal Richard Cattell, rather than supporting the victim.
Bishop Heather wrote: "The Church's message is one of mercy. From me and the priests of Parramatta Father Richard will receive forgiveness and support. He continues to be our brother priest..."
Bishop Heather's attitude demonstrates why church victims should report the crime to the civil authorities — not to the offending organisation, the church.
On 19 December 1994, Heather wrote to his clergy about the Cattell case and several similar cases in his diocese. He gave Cattell's prison address, with suggestions for those priests "intending to visit". He also indicated his depressed mood about all the scandals, saying that "priestly ministry has suffered a severe setback in the eyes of many people." (That is, it was unfortunate that the scandals had become public.)
The Liverpool victim ("Albert") who got Cattell jailed in 1994 was setting an example which could be followed by other victims. Broken Rites knows the contact address for child-protection units in each Australian state, where a victim can have a confidential chat with a specialist detective.
Broken Rites has ascertained that, after retiring from parish work in the 1990s, Richard Cattell lived privately at Port Macquarie on the New South Wales mid-north coast. At the sentencing in the Penrith District Court on 20 February 2015, the court was told that Cattell left Port Macquarie after local people learned about his connection with child-abuse.
The Port Macquarie house was then put up for sale. The real estate agent's advertisement (which Broken Rites has examined) said that the house was being sold because the owner was "moving interstate". Indeed, Cattell went to live with his brother on the Queensland Gold Coast — until the New South Wales police caught up with him in 2014, resulting in his conviction in 2015.
New South Wales detectives travelled to the NSW/Queensland border, and interviewed Richard Cattell about one former altar boy ("Zachary") who alleged that he was sexually abused while Cattell was based at parishes in western Sydney in the 1980s. The matter was officially filed in a NSW Local Court on 24 March 2014.
At the time of the offences against Zachary in the 1980s, Father Cattell was based at a parish called "Our Lady of the Rosary" in a suburb called St Marys [situated 45 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, near Penrith]. According to a church website, Reverend Richard Cattell was the parish priest in charge of Our Lady of the Rosary parish from 1982 to 1994.
Police alleged (in court documents) that, during three years between 1984 and 1987, the priest interfered with the young boy's genitalia.
During 2014 the case began going through its next steps at the magistrate level in Local Courts in western Sydney. In late 2014, Cattell pleaded guilty to two charges.
The guilty plea meant that Cattell was convicted. Therefore, the victim was not required to appear in court.
The case was then passed on to a higher court, the Penrith District Court, for sentencing by a judge on the particular charges relating to the guilty plea. The District Court case number was 2014/00062169.
The police investigation in Zachary's case was conducted by Plain Clothes Senior Constable Peter Shedden, of the Taree Detectives Office, because it was he who conducted the first interview with this victim. (Other alleged victims of Cattell have spoken to Detectives Offices at other police stations around Sydney.)
Zachary told the police how he came from a broken, disadvantaged family (his father was absent from the home). Zachary encountered Cattell in the early 1980s at the age of 11. Cattell used his status as a Catholic priest to take control of Zachary's life.
The abuse of Zachary began at Cattell's holiday house in Mollymook on NSW south coast, 225 miles from Sydney. That is, Zachary was away from home and in Cattell's custody. The abuse continued, at various times, in Cattell's parish house (the presbytery) in western Sydney.
Zachary has stated that he was intimidated into remaining silent about the crimes, because (according to Cattell) "nobody" would believe complaints about a Catholic priest. This church cover-up damaged Zachary's teenage and adult development.
Although Zachary suffered multiple incidents, the Office of Public Prosecutions selected (for court purposes) two representative incidents (occurring after Zachary reached the age of 12).
In Penrith District Court on 20 February 2015, Judge Jennifer English began by hearing submissions from the prosecutor and the defence about what kind of sentence should be imposed.
The defence requested a suspended, non-custodial sentence, claiming that Cattell had been successfully rehabilitated after he served a jail sentence in the mid-1990s for similar offences.
The prosecutor, however, called for a "full-time custodial sentence" as the victim was just 12-years-old when the sexual assaults began and the assaults took place when "the victim was under the authority of the accused".
The court was told that one of the early assaults involved Cattell handling his young victim's genitals in a fold-out bed of Cattell's church residence at St Marys.
Similar sexual assaults took place during holidays at other locations in country New South Wales.
"The behaviour of the accused represents a gross breach of his trust and position," the prosecutor stated. "The offences were not isolated and occurred over a number of years," the prosecution stated.
As well as giving police a written statement about the crimes, Zachary was invited to compile a separate statement (called a victim impact statement), which was submitted to the judge to help her in preparing for the sentencing.
Zachary's impact statement (tabled in court) said:
"As a 43 year old father of four and a survivor of child sexual assault, I recognise this crime as hideous and horrific perpetrated by cowards for deviant purposes. But as an 11 year old victim, you, Richard Cattell, stole my childhood and robbed me of a normal adult life. Your actions have both pervaded and devastated my life for the past 30 years.
"You were aware that I came from a broken family and that we didn't have much, and in 1982 when my mother started volunteering at the local Catholic Church you saw this as an opportunity to take me under your wing where you started grooming me with holidays, gifts and pocket money for doing odd jobs.
"Your holiday house in Mollymook is where the abuse started. I was only a child, I was petrified, hurt, confused and very alone. This is the day you exploited your position of trust, violated my innocence and destroyed my ability to trust another human.
"If this wasn't enough, you then started to control all aspects of my life – I found myself sleeping over at the presbytery on weekends; you also engineered a change of school. I had no way of escaping your cycle of abuse. My helplessness often turned to uncertainty as you would tell me you loved me and what you were doing to me was normal. If it was so normal, why was it a secret?
"I was conflicted internally — 'tell someone' [but] 'they'll never believe you'— thoughts raced through my head constantly about wanting to speak up, but shame and fear held me back.
" I spent my late teens isolating myself from friends and family, so they didn't see the guilt, shame and toxic thoughts I carried with me. (Feelings of worthlessness and wanting to hurt myself.) This isolation lead to a period of unemployment as I spiralled into a world of depression, abandoned to face the demons of the abuse you inflicted. I simply lost the ability to see any joy and have fun.
"During my 20s and into my 30s I struggled to keep jobs having had 14 different jobs in total. I continued to suffer socially and now I was feeling the full economic stress of my past.
"The burden of your abuse weighs heavily on my marriage and my children, your actions have not only impacted my childhood but theirs. I'm overly protective, lack the confidence to trust people in their lives and they go without wonderful childhood opportunities so they never have to carry the pain and suffering I endured at your hands.
"The impact of your crime has also passed to my extended family and handful of friends, who have also struggled. You conducted the wedding for my sister and brother-in-law, who now feel guilty, as they should have known…or should have been there for me.
"It took until 1998 before I had the courage to tell my wife and for the first time in my life I felt a little less dirty.
"In February 2012 I decided it was time to change my life. I consulted a psychiatrist and was diagnosed with Major Depression. I'm currently taking anti-depressants and have been seeing a clinical psychologist on a fortnightly basis for the past two and a half years.
"It is with this help I understand why this happened to me. I did nothing wrong. I was an easy, vulnerable target for a predator.
"For the first time since you attacked and assaulted this 11 year old boy in Mollymook all those years ago, he now has the strength and courage to say no more.
"Today I leave this courtroom with my head held high."
In handing down the jail sentence, Judge Jennifer English read extracts from the victim's impact statement, for example, where the victim described being "deprived of a normal childhood".
Judge English said she had taken into account Cattell's age (74 years in 2015) and his recent good behaviour but, she said, a full-time custodial sentence was important because "a message must be sent to those who abuse trust".
Judge English sentenced Cattell on two charges (one charge called sexual assault and one called indecent assault) regarding this one boy, "Zachary". Cattell had pleaded guilty to both charges. Cattell was sentenced to 1 year 6 months on one charge and 2 years 6 months on the other charge, with parole possible. These jail terms were to be served concurrently, with Cattell becoming eligible to apply for parole after 18 months behind bars. He received a discount on his sentence because of his guilty plea.
Broken Rites has searched through old editions of the annual Australian Catholic Directory to compile a list of Cattell's parishes. His early parishes included: Concord West and Lakemba in the 1960s; and Liverpool, Windsor and Castle Hill in the 1970s. These are in Sydney's west.
In addition, he spent time at Forestville (Our Lady of Good Counsel parish), in Sydney's north, about 1970; plus some some time at the East Gosford parish, north of Sydney, in the 1970s.
In 1982, Cattell was listed as being in charge of St Matthew's parish, Windsor, in Sydney's north-west.
For the remainder of the 1980s, until 1994, he was listed (in the Australian Catholic Directory) as the parish priest in charge of the "Our Lady of the Rosary" parish in the outer-western Sydney suburb of St Marys, near Penrith. The "Our Lady of the Rosary Parish" includes the suburbs of Claremont Meadows, Colyton, Oxley Park, St Marys and Werrington.
In the mid-1980s, parishes in Sydney's outer-west were separated from the Sydney archdiocese to form a new separate western-suburbs diocese, which is called the "Diocese of Parramatta" (because the bishop is located in Parramatta). Father Richard Cattell became a senior priest in the new diocese; and in the early 1990s he was listed as the Vicar-General, helping Bishop Bede Heather to administer the new diocese.
Apart from the above-mentioned story of "Zachary", Broken Rites has received complaints about Richard Cattell from other parishes. For example, "Percy" (a former altar boy at St Patrick's parish, Gosford) told us:
"In the early 1970s, Cattell wanted to take me from Gosford to a religious retreat at Orange. My parents liked this idea. Near Orange, Cattell merely took me to an isolated house where I would be staying the night alone with him. He molested me in my bed but I managed to ward him off.
"Cattell apologised for his action. He begged me to keep quiet about it.
"I didn't tell my parents, or anybody else about it, because I didn't think I would be believed. Years later, I told my father, who said that if he had known at the time, he would have flattened Cattell."
In 2017 and 2018, prosecutors filed multiple additional charges against Cattell. In the Penrith District Court on 26 July 2019, Cattell was given a 30-months jail sentence (with a minimum of nine months behind bars) for sexual crimes committed against five victims during his time at several parishes between 1968 and 1991. The victims were aged between six and 16, including four males and one female.


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Lynette Carroll Bolton from Love LCB has stopped by the Greenwood blog to share tips on how we can bring the art of mindfulness into our parenting.
What is mindfulness?
Mindfulness is a term that we hear used all the time in our ever increasingly health and wellness focused society. In fact, it is quite difficult to open a magazine, turn on the TV or read a health and wellness blog without learning about the latest mindfulness technique taking the world by storm.
To me, mindfulness is the art of being in the current moment. It is about being 150% in the here and now, not worrying about what has happened in the past or thinking about what is going to happen in the future. To be mindful is the art of being aware of what is happening both internally and externally. We have to be able to acknowledge our current situation without passing any judgment whatsoever on what is happening.
When putting this into practice as a parent, and in turn fostering mindful parenting, we can create an environment for our kids filled with self compassion, self acceptance and self awareness. And, as with most behaviours viewed by kids, the more we can showcase this skill ourselves the more our little ones will mirror our conduct.
Some of my favourite ways to bring mindfulness into my parenting and at home include:
- Putting my phone down, switching off the TV and unplugging the iPad. It is so easy to waste hours on end with technology. These days I make a conscious effort to get my screen time in when the little ones are out or in bed.
- Establishing a regular family mindfulness practice. This can be as easy as sitting together and undertaking breathing exercises. Even just for a minute or two. Being able to sit still and breath is not only an amazing stress relief for both big and little ones it is an amazingly simply mindfulness technique that you can do together as a family.
- Going for a walk in the garden, lying in the grass and watching the clouds or just sitting and listening to the birds chirping in the backyard. Be intentional and conscious of the environment around you. Feel, touch, listen, see. You'll be amazed at how many different things you will notice.
Lynette Carroll Bolton is a television and radio presenter, wedding and events planner, wellness entrepreneur, blogger and most importantly mumma to beautiful Siarra and Piper!
You can find Lynette at lovelcb.com or on Instagram @lovelcb_ and facebook.
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Mind you, this brings us to the "mystery" angle. I don't EVER want to see Doctor Doom's face (tho in my younger days I did take a swing at drawing it). Do we really want to see Vader's face?
I go back to something Archie Goodwin said, when Vader's face was revealed. "All that buildup, and then we get Ray Milland?" The face we saw certainly was not so horrible as to have caused the reaction we saw in that Imperial officer in EMPIRE!
Hmmm. . . . . .
(A brief sojourn into CITY AT WORLD'S END again. One of the aliens in that book, La'lor, is described as having heavy, drooping skin. Years ago I was researching facial burns, and came across a man whose face had essentially melted. And there was La'lor! It was. . . disturbing!)
I was sure I recalled something, but I could not find it on BING. Perhaps I was not using the correct combination of search words. I remember something with lots of machine parts -- which made sense. Just didn't want to SEE it!
Same with Vader -- the machine parts, I mean. I like the idea that he's mechanical thru and thru. What was it Lucas said in that interview, so long ago? That Vader is "one destroyed human being" inside the suit.
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See, Scott? Be careful what you wish for!
And it ties in well with what we saw in EMPIRE:
Anhoo, I see that there was also a bust of unmasked Doom released a few years back. Sigh.
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Albena Shkodrova has a MA in Slavonic philology (Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian), and has specialized in International relations at the Law Faculty of Sofia University "St Kliment Ohridski" and the London School of Economics (New Europe in World Economy). She has briefly worked as a diplomat, and for many years – as a journalist. Since 2008 she is the head editor of Bulgaria's Bacchus magazine (bacchus.bg) – a journal on food and wine culture, and in 2014 she published Communist Gourmet. The curious story of food in People's Republic of Bulgaria.
From January 2015 onwards, she started working on her PhD, titled The Rebellious Cookbook: Writing Recipes as an Act of Resistance in Communist Bulgaria, with prof. Peter Scholliers as supervisor. Starting from the notion of cuisine as a concise expression of social circumstances in all their complexity, the research will examine the motivation behind private attempts to correct, amend or replace official culinary literature.
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- Shkodrova, Albena. Communist Gourmet. The Curious History of Food in People's Republic of Bulgaria. 2014. Zhanet 45
- Shkodrova, Albena. U.S. gourmet raw food craze hits Belgium. 15 June 2013. Latitude News, Boston
- Shkodrova, Albena. Serbia's Testicle-Cooking Championship: Machos at Your Table. First published in October 2009 in Bacchus, Bulgaria
- Shkodrova, Albena. Leave Your Stomach in Bansko, Bulgaria. First published in December 2008 in Bacchus, Bulgaria
- Shkodrova, Albena. Balkan Culinary Wars I: Turkey, Bulgaria, Serbia and Greece in a Ruthless Fight over a Greasy Snack . 29 August 2007. BalkanTravellers.com


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Outside the realm of the internet, MLM leaders throw business opportunity meetings for the "new bloods" to attend to. This is where you can take your prospects to listen to your opportunity. One quick tip: NEVER ever "kidnap" your prospects just for the sake of prospecting. Pitch them in about your offer first before you bring there.
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Comparing Statistical and Data Mining Techniques for Enrichment Ontology with Instances
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Aurawan Imsombut and Jesada Kajornrit
DOI: https://doi.org/10.6000/1929-7092.2017.06.39
Published: 09 June 2017
Abstract: Enriching instances into an ontology is an important task because the process extends knowledge in ontology to cover more extensively the domain of interest, so that greater benefits can be obtained. There are many techniques to classify instances of concepts with two popular techniques being the statistical and data mining methods. The paper compares the use of the two methods to classify instances to enrich ontology having greater domain knowledge, and selects a conditional random field for the statistical method and feature-weight k-nearest neighbor classification for the data mining method. The experiments are conducted on tourism ontology. The results show that conditional random fields methods provide greater precision and recall value than the other, specifically, F1-measure is 74.09% for conditional random fields and 60.04% for feature-weight k-nearest neighbor classification.Keywords: Ontology Enrichment, Statistical Technique, Classification, Conditional Random Fields (CRFs), Feature-weighted k-Nearest Neighbor.


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- On a page split, SQL Server generally moves half the total number of rows in the original page to the new page.
- If new rows are added in the order of the clustered index, then the index rows will be always added at the trailing end of the index, preventing the page splits otherwise caused by the INSERT statements.
- For queries that don't have to traverse a series of pages to retrieve the data, fragmentation can have minimal impact.
- For a table with a clustered index, the fragmentation of the clustered index is the same with the fragmentation of the data pages, since the leaf pages of the clustered index and data pages are the same.
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- For better performance, it is preferable to use sequential I/O, since this can read a whole extent (8 x 8KB) in a single disk I/O operation. By contrast, a noncontiguous layout of pages requires nonsequential or random I/O operations to retrieve the index pages from the disk, and a random I/O operation can read only 8KB of data in a single disk operation (this may be acceptable, however, if you are retrieving only one.


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Bumi Plc, London-listed parent company that controls two previous coal assets in Indonesia, reported a US$62 million in operating profit for the first half of this year on the back of higher thermal coal prices. However, the company recorded a US$308 million net loss in 1H 2011.
The net loss was contributed by loss in fair value after Bumi Plc took over majority stakes in PT Berau Coal Energy Tbk (BRAU) and PT Bumi Resources Tbk (BUMI).
Bumi Plc spent US$3 billion to acquire BRAU and BUMI. In June, Bumi Plc has revealed its intention to buy 75% stake in PT Bumi Resources Minerals Tbk (BRMS).
Nowadays, Bumi Plc controls 85% shareholding in BRAU and 29% stake in BUMI. Revenue of Bumi Plc in 1H 2011 reached US$478 million.
"I am pleased to report that we have delivered a strong performance for the first half of the year. Despite high levels of rainfall in the first quarter, a significant amount of the shortfall was made up in the second quarter. Higher volumes in the second half, coupled with record coal prices, should ensure a strong overall performance for 2011," said Bumi Plc CEO Ari Saptari Hudaya in an official statement published today.
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Okara is a soy bean pulp that occurs as a by-product during the production of soy milk and tofu. Most okara worldwide is used as animal feed and the rest mainly as a natural fertilizer or compost. However it also has potential for human consumption, in that it adds texture to baked goods and is a nutritional protein enhancer.
This is increasingly seen as a valued opportunity for food manufacturers to make valuable use of a waste by-product, but only if the processing challenges of producing low moisture, fine particle sized, protein preserved powders can be addressed.
These challenges include the ability to produce a low moisture product that will be subject to less risk from deterioration yet remain unaltered in colour, taste or mouthfeel by any drying or grinding processes. On the market today are machines capable of meeting these challenges. These can grind, classify and dry to produce a stable product, eliminating several stages of powder handling typical in more traditional processing systems.
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Women's Shoes: Best and Worst Picks for Problem Feet
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It's funny. Just now, typing that title, I got a suddenly contrary perspective to what I was planning to deliver. But enough about unconscious illuminations…
I considered a while back what it would be like for my writing to "sound 72." Recently, I found at least a partial description of what "Writing '72'" characteristically included.
As you get older, I have noticed, you become more….
Hold on, I will get the word I am trying to think of in a second.
Which is another thing about "72". You, at least momentarily, "blank" on the word you are attempting to access. I have a trick for retrieving elusive words and recollections. Who knows? It might work for you too. And then it will be not just a hopefully amicable exercise, this post will simultaneously be useful.
Wouldn't that be excitingly "Win-win"?
What I do on such occasions – when I am unable to think of something – is that, instead of forcing myself to remember it, I counter-intuitively say – out loud or in my head – "I can't think of it." Then, more often than is reasonably imaginable, shortly thereafter,
I do.
My guess is, giving up diminishes the pressure to succeed, and my brain, grateful for the relief, rewards me with a recollectional cookie.
Okay, let's see now…
"As you get older you become more…"
I still can't think of it.
(For the moment.)
Anyway, what came to mind on a recent "Thursday Walk" – and by the way, although there is the palpable sensation of spring in the air, I saw leaves wafting lazily down from numerous trees.
Spring and autumn at the same time. Wacky, wacky California.
Anyway, a second time…
What popped to mind was an anecdote that…
"Reflective!" That's the word I was looking for!
Alwright! The strategy works again!
(Okay, that was a "Simulation" (based on actual events.) But take a shot at that "surrendering" strategy. I find it surprisingly effective.)
Anyway, for a possibly record-breaking third time…
Feeling in an age-appropriate reflective frame of mind, what floated to mind was a story I once heard from (now) Senator Al Franken, related to him by comedian Chris Rock whom I once met – dropping two names superfluous to the story in one sentence, which is likely also a record.
Anyw… no, I can't do that. Four "Anyways" is like, "finger down your throat."
The story I heard concerned a major league ballplayer who had this detectable flaw that the entire league eventually caught on to and subsequently utilized against him.
It was observed that when that particular ballplayer got a base hit early in the game, satisfied that "I got my hit", his "success rate" at the plate invariably dropped off as the ballgame progressed.
As a result of this noticeable proclivity, opposing pitchers allowed – as best as natural "competitive fire" will allow trained athletes to concede anything – the opposing pitchers allowed this easily satisfied ballplayer to get his hit during his initial "at bat", believing – and statistics bore out their hypothesis – that, by delivering the ballplayer early success, they would neutralize his effectiveness for the remainder of the game.
That's interesting, isn't it? It was to me when I heard it. Becoming even more interesting in the habitual "reflective" posture accompanying my early eighth ("Holy Cow!") decade on this earth.
The related anecdote led me to ponder whether I had engaged in a similar behavior.
Consider the evidence.
I had moved to California, trading my glacial surroundings for enveloping sunshine and palm trees. I'd had substantial early success, working on the most respected sitcoms of the day. (Mary Tyler Moore, Taxi, Cheers.)
But then I arguably "took my foot off the pedal", as it were, having, similar to the ballplayer, "gotten my hit." Leaving my "career aspirations", such as they were, comfortably satisfied.
It occurred to me that wondered that that ballplayer's cautionary trajectory might apply equally applicable to me. Or, as came to mind at the top of this broadcast and in sync with an earlier post suggesting I might possibly be "normal", that I did not require tons of success – just an acceptably sensible amount of it – and that I was actually – another concept I am generally not associated with…
… happily content.
I am honestly not certain which one it is.
Fortunately, I am old and have little to do beyond doctors' appointments and avoiding imagining what they might find,
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Charlton LTD has the franchise to screen Euro League football matches in Israel, and does so via cable television networks HOT and YES.
Charlton sued Sachar Abu Saah for screening the matches without permission, claiming statutory copyright damages of NIS 100,000.
Judge Hadassa Asif of the Hadera Magistrate's Court threw the case out since Charlton only attached some pages of their contract, and not all of it, and the defendant successfully argued that by not submitting the contract in its entirety the plaintiff had failed to establish that they owned the copyright allegedly infringed.
ת"א 18812-01-13 צ'רלטון בע"מ נ' אבו סאח
T.A. 18812-01-13 Charlton LTD vs Abu Saah, Judge Hadassa Asif of the Hadera Magistrate's Court, 22 December 2013
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Political staffers, consultants, reporters and more share how they practice self-care when their jobs make it hard to unplug.
Women and those who experienced multiple coronavirus symptoms are among the most vulnerable groups.
"Online introverts have been awfully quiet ever since they won the war on parties."
The COVID-19 pandemic, election, racial injustice and more have made this year hell. Here's how the pros get rest during it all.
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a constant this year. What's been less constant is a national leader who recognizes our collective suffering.
Runners, swimmers and walkers tell HuffPost UK their failsafe hacks for year-round enjoyment.
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Beware of these errors when disinfecting your hands for germs, including the virus that causes COVID-19.
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Flu season is just getting started, and misinformation about influenza and the coronavirus is already swirling.
Here are all the ways our well-being may change by the end of 2020 ― from anxiety to trauma to less stigma around therapy.
People with anxiety share how this hell year — from the pandemic to the racial injustice — has affected their mental health.
Health experts share their predictions for the future of live music in the age of the COVID-19 pandemic.
It's purely speculation that Mike Pence had pink eye. But while we're here, this is what you should know about conjunctivitis and the coronavirus.
Here are mental health experts' tips for addressing anxiety and practicing self-care during election season (because even the pros need help right now).
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Bids soar to $15k for scarce Flying Eagle Cent
Bids soar to $15k for scarce Flying Eagle Cent
Only a dozen of this 1856 numismatic rarity are thought to exist - and one is currently for sale online
World class collections are the name of the game at Heritage Auction Galleries March 25-28 Signature ANA US Coin Auction, part of the week-long happenings at the ANA National Money Show in Fort Worth, US.
Highlights willinclude commemorative gold, cents large and small, and quarter eagles.
"As always, it's an honour to present the official auction," said Greg Rohan, President of Heritage Auction Galleries, in a statement.
"Our track record of successful events speaks for itself and is a sign of trust from both the ANA and our consignors. This auction will add to that legacy."
The most impressive grouping of the auction is the commemorative gold, which features no less than seven 1915-S Panama-Pacific fifty dollar gold coins, three round and four octagonal.
"In most of our auctions, one of these California commemorative coins would be a star highlight," said Rohan. "With seven of them in this auction it's more like an ensemble cast."
Other highlights will include the 1856 1C PR63 NGC (pictured).It is believed that just 20 were struck in 1858, with about half a dozen surviving today.
Coins from this Flying Eagle Cent's die were struck copper-nickel, copper, bronze, nickel alloy and possibly white metal. This coin is apparently the copper-nickel variety.
Both sides are fully reflective with mirrored fields on tan surfaces that host splashes of gold toning. The design features are boldly struck up, according to Heritage's experts.
Consigned from The Cliff Street Collection, bids on the coin at the time of writing (March 25, 5pm) stand at $15,000 andwill likelycontinue to rise.
Meanwhile, here aresome otherhighly collectible and ancient coins currently for sale on the market.
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