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A local firm of solicitors is praising the enhanced performance of the UK's probate sector over the last year which has seen thousands of client applications turned around in just seven working days.
Shrewsbury-based PCB Solicitors has welcomed the latest reports which suggest the Probate Service has significantly improved its efficiency, issuing 161,000 grants of representation submitted by solicitors to within the target of seven working days. The target for personal applications of eight weeks was also met in 97.6 per cent of cases.
A grant of representation is issued to an individual who is dealing with the estate of someone who has passed away, enabling them to collect any money, deal with any assets such as sell shares or a house and pay off debts that may have been owed by the deceased.
The improvements coincide with newly implemented changes to the probate application fee structure, which came into action on 22nd April. The changes will see probate applications through a solicitor rise to £155, and personal applications increase to £215.
Julie Griffiths, Wills and Probate Specialist at PCB Solicitors, explained: "The Probate Service report is fantastic news as it demonstrates that individuals that are utilising the support of a solicitor are receiving a quick and convenient service, rather than having to wait weeks on end as previously expected, or if they progress the application themselves. The death of a loved one can be extremely distressing and the faster service enables them to start the estate administration process without any red tape delays.
"The increase in fees is obviously frustrating, and means individuals will have to pay an increased cost when applying for probate. I'd urge anyone that needs to start the probate process to get in touch on 01694723818 or to call their nearest office to talk through their options."
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We enjoy sharing glimpses of life at Fennies with parents and families every day, through our Fennies Facebook, Instagram and Twitter pages where we receive lots of lovely comments and likes. We are also delighted to have been recognised for many childcare industry awards and in particular those that acknowledge our commitment to training and developing our people.
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During the summer of 2019 our CEO Steven Fenn along with our Business Developer Bradley Fenn completed the epic 500km London to Paris bike ride. The two took part in the 3-day event in aid of Pancreatic Cancer Action and they have managed to raise a whopping £2,705. Well done!
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A HUGE thank you to everyone who helped us collect Easter eggs and craft items for The Royal Marsden Cancer Chairty Easter Egg Appeal. We collected a whopping great 278 eggs alongside lots of craft materials for the appeal. Dayna and Jess, our Manager's from St Augustine's and Bromley, led the collection for a cause that is very close to their hearts. Here is a picture of them both with Manager's Jaimie and Stacey donating the Easter eggs to The Royal Marsden Easter Egg Appeal volunteers.
The Children's Trust 2016
We were very proud to have raised a whopping £7,000 for The Children's Trust. This was a culmination of all our nurseries fund raising efforts for The Children's Trust in 2016. This is a picture of our CEO, Steven Fenn and Head of Marketing, Kerin McDonald presenting the big cheque to The Children's Trust fundraising team. They were given a tour of the facilities and learnt more about how our money will support this amazing charity.

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Sailor ManAssault and battery has been taken to a new gritty height in the Two-Fisted Theater Company's Sailor Man at the Bleecker Theater. The play, inspired by the 30s cartoon-sailor Popeye,who touted the restorative powers of spinach and won the 2008 NY International Fringe Festival Best Play Award.
In this darkly comic tribute to the Popeye mythos, Sailor Man (Ryan Iverson), Brute (Scott Peterman), and Olive (Lauren Blumenfeld) have taken on real flesh-and-blood and been placed in a naturalistic setting. Their story is a violent triangle, in which the Sailor Man and The Brute realize their mutual need for a wife. To wit: Miss Olive. All 3 characters adhere to their prototypes in the play. Just when you think you can predict the next step in scenario, you'll have the rug pulled out from beneath you as, presto, the straightforward storyline becomes more humanly complex. The show is peppered through with lines of dialogue from the original cartoon ("I'll fight to the finish 'cause I eat my spinach."), magically drench us in nostalgia.
To be sure, this play is not for the squeamish. The fight scenes are executed with all the passion of a Mohammed Ali vs. George Foreman match. Fight choreographer Jacob Grigolla-Rosenbaum crosses realistic violence with cartoon slapstick, and the combined effect is at once hilarious and horrifying. Though we see lots of blood and guts flying onstage, we never worry that any actor has really broken a nose or cracked his cranium. In short, the stage combat and fisticuffs are great displays of stagecraft.
Peter James Cook directs with acrobatic balance and verve. Arija Weddle's costumes are very much to the point. The Sailor Man's marine get-up and the Brute's funny fat man suit have been culled from the Saturday cartoon but boldly interpolated by her imaginative hand. Olive's wardrobe runs the gamut from a simple shift dress, to a casual jersey and shorts, to a very seductive looking silk robe that a Geisha-girl would feel at home with. The grungy set (6 garbage cans strategically arranged on stage) and Samuel Lang Budin's lighting are just right.
Though not meant to be profound, Sailor Man does somehow prove capable of flipping the evening's nonstop fighting into a thought-provoking reflection on our popular culture that surely begs some questions: Why does a violent cartoon like Popeye the Sailor Man appeal to the masses? Does sexual politics distort male female relationships and personalities? As disturbing as the Sailor Man and the Brute's use of brass-knuckle tactics in their fights over Olive is that Olive's fickleness (she alternately champions Popeye and The Brute) slowly devolves into having her killer instincts surface as she literally becomes a femme fatale.
Two-Fisted Theater Company's reprise of what was riginally billed as a Saturday cartoon delivered Sam Shepherd style at the NY Fringe Festival, is again a bang-up entertainment, but with a more seasoned and confident cast.
RumspringaIt would be nice if both parts of this doube bill were equally satisfying. Unfortunately, Peter Zinn's muse is not up to wrestling with the concept of evil in Rumspringa. This is a comedy noir that topples over into tragedy, when a Rumspringa (the Pennsylvania German expression literally translates to "running around") Amish rave turns deadly. This coming-of-age work purports to gives you a chance to explore several persons' life choices, but the storyline has no affecting center, and the six characters are not credible enough to constitute a genuine drama.
in an Indiana cornfield. We get an opening scene on Southwest flight 1079 from L.A. to Chicago, in which we meet 28 year-old surfer Brandon (C.S. Drury) and 57 year-old software executive Steve (Jim Boerlin). It's a cold December night in 2003, and though the passengers are total strangers, they gradually take an interest in each other's lives. The free-spirit Brandon persuades the married family man Steve to join him and Cecily (Mickey Somner) on a Rumspringa rave in an Indiana cornfield. Yes, this is the story of Eden
Of the silly scenes and dance sequences you'll be bombarded with only a few can lay claim to being funny. Jim Boerlin's Steve has a non-functioning brain. His midlife crisis is amusing to watch but his character is really a cartoon, and ultimately forgettable. Mickey Sumner's puckish good looks and sassy acting make her a good fit for hCecily, Brandon's sweetie, but she's much less convincing as Steve's daughter Chelsea. Rounding out the cast are Kirsty Meares as Steve's dotty artist-wife Diane, and C. S. Drury in the dual roles of Brandon and Amish (a stock character ). In a better vehicle, Drury's acting talent would probably lift off.
The problem with Rumspringa is that it treats a dark subject altogether too lightly. Zinn, wearing two professional hats as playwright and director, needs to rein in his comic parade. At first blush the term title seems to loosely correspond to the proverbial expression "sowing one's wild oats," but a rave actually represents something infinitely more dangerous. In short, an Amish teenager on a rave throws care to the wind, and develops a temporary amnesia to the church. The fake liberation is reinforced by the teenager's drinking alcohol, popping Ecstasy, and perversely exploring all kinds of inner demons.
Those who emerge from the theater can testify they have seen the desecration of the Amish traditions in the play. But the flimsy storyline doesn't hold the weight of its subject. Although the final scene somewhat compensates for the preceding frivolities, it calls to mind the old cliché: Too little, too late.
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Contrary to what some reviewers of this book say, I'm going to crawl onto the limb of a creepy old tree and say that the author, Sinclair McKay does actually like Hammer Horror films
I find it hard to imagine that anyone would go to the time and effort to write a book about Hammer films while disliking them, so I think he likes them fine. Besides, he's clearly invested enough time and energy in them to know what he's talking about,
There's a flippancy to the book's tone though, a need to constant make jokes and point out flaws, rather than necessarily extol the virtues. Being a Hammer fan is like being a classic era DOCTOR WHO fan, one loves the flaws almost as much as one loves the good bits. So, we can acknowledge those parts that now look cheesy and crap (and maybe always did look cheesy and crap), even laugh at them, but we don't necessarily want the rubbish to be the main focus.
All that is to say I enjoyed the book more that some readers, but I just wished it had a clearer view on what was actually good about the films, as well as – and this is the more important point – that it had greater depth. I can't imagine anyone reading this book who wasn't already invested in the world of Hammer Horror. But it's too superficial and skirts over too much to really please those of us who are already invested in Hammer and, since no one else is going to pick up, it made me wonder quite what the intended audience was. I for one would have liked to read more about MANIAC and PARANOIC, the supernatural thrillers of the early 60s – the entire set of which here gets one paragraph.
The whole is breezily written by a man who clearly knows a great deal about his subject and (despite what some online might say) manages a few good jokes. However, Hammer fans – and I can't see anyone else ever pick this up – will probably be left wanting more.
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In our ruling today, we are required to defer to the Department of Labor's interpretation of the FMLA. While I concur in the judgment, I write separately to note my discomfort with our reasoning, which is dictated by the regimes of deference adopted by the Supreme Court in Chevron, U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., 467 U.S. 837 (1984), and Auer v. Robbins, 519 U.S. 452 (1997). The doctrine of deference deserves another look. Chevron and Auer and their like are, with all respect, contrary to the roles assigned to the separate branches of government; they embed perverse incentives in the operations of government; they spread the spores of the ever-expanding administrative state; they require us at times to lay aside fairness and our own best judgment and instead bow to the nation's most powerful litigant, the government, for no reason other than that it is the government. The problems they create are serious and ought to be fixed. . . .Deference to agencies strengthens the executive branch not only in a particular dispute under judicial review; it tends to the permanent expansion of the administrative state. Even if some in Congress want to rein an agency in, doing so is very difficult because of judicial deference to agency action. Moreover, the Constitutional requirements of bicameralism and presentment (along with the President's veto power), which were intended as a brake on the federal government, being "designed to protect the liberties of the people," are instead, because of Chevron, "veto gates" that make any legislative effort to curtail agency overreach a daunting task.In short, Chevron "permit[s] executive bureaucracies to swallow huge amounts of core judicial and legislative power and concentrate federal power in a way that seems more than a little difficult to square with the Constitution of the [F]ramers' design." Gutierrez-Brizuela v. Lynch, 834 F.3d 1142, 1149 (10th Cir. 2016) (Gorsuch, J., concurring). . . .I am not arguing that there is no role in our system of government for deference to administrative agencies. They unquestionably have institutional expertise that allows them to understand some provisions of law "based upon more specialized experience and broader investigations and information than is likely to come to a judge in a particular case." Skidmore v. Swift & Co., 323 U.S. 134, 139 (1944). Such expertise may give agencies and the courts assistance when confronting technical issues. . . . But Supreme Court precedent before Chevron already granted the "rulings, interpretations and opinions" of agencies a level of deference consistent with "the thoroughness evident in [the particular decision under] consideration, the validity of its reasoning, its consistency with earlier and later pronouncements, and all those factors which give it power to persuade." Skidmore, 323 U.S. at 140. That level of deference appropriately takes into account an agency's specialized knowledge while retaining for the judiciary the prerogative "to say what the law is." Marbury, 5 U.S. at 177.Highly specialized or technical matters are far different, however, than the legal matters on which federal courts are now routinely told, in the name of Chevron, to bow down and obey the executive branch. . . .It is worth pondering how we arrived at this point. The trajectory is more important than the result in this particular case.
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The first images of the 2013 BMW M6 Gran Coupe have surfaced the Internet. Could debut next month in Detroit.
The first images of the 2013 BMW M6 Gran Coupe have surfaced the Internet.
Featuring a more aggressive styling with larger side skirts, flared wheel arches, bigger alloys, carbon fiber roof and revised mirrors, the new "M" member gets beefier brakes to match the additional horsepower.
Under the long hood is the familiar V8 4.4-liter twin-turbo engine producing 560 HP (412 kW) and 680 Nm (502 lb-ft) of torque borrowed from the latest M5. Power is sent to rear wheels through a 7-speed automatic transmission with the firm's smart active rear differential.
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I've just finished watching Steve Hassan's interview with Hoyt Richards. Hoyt is a famous model with a long career in TV and movies, co-writing such hits as the comedy Dumbbells, which alludes to cult involvement. As with many authors, he is writing about a subject he knows well: for years he was embroiled in Eternal Values, a group based on eastern ideas.
Many times I have talked with people who feel that they have wasted their lives through involvement in a totalist cult. I often share with them how Victor Frankl digested his experience in Dachau and Auschwitz to further develop his logotherapy (see Man's Search for Meaning and The Doctor and the Soul).
Those who survive and are able to digest their experience will find that they have unique skills. Those who cannot digest their experience will struggle with bitterness in everything they do.
With this in mind, I was impressed by Hoyt's positive attitude towards his cult involvement. He says that he wears it as a 'badge of honour'. He speaks of the compassion and empathy that can come from enduring and surviving a cult.
A large part of this is the humility that comes with the realization that our beliefs and convictions were seriously skewed, and that we were taken in by a self-inflated narcissist and acted in ways that we now find embarrassing. This humility helps us to see others as human: susceptible to deliberate deception and manipulation.
It is good to see that at least a few celebrities are willing to speak out about the invidious practices of totalist groups. If the Beatles had explained why they abandoned the Maharishi ('great teacher') it is unlikely that so many people would have been duped and harmed by Transcendental Meditation. Instead, we were left to figure out the cryptic message in Sexy Sadie on the White Album. When he died in 2008 the 'great teacher' left about seven billion pounds (and, yes, his enlightened followers are still squabbling over the will).
Too many celebrities have worked as cult recruiters, often without realizing the dreadful, dehumanizing treatment the uncelebrated suffer at the hands of totalist groups. It is high time that more people who are in in the public eye followed Hoyt Richards's courageous lead and helped set the record straight by warning the world about the perils of undue influence and totalism.
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I can't install Raspbian. It runs out of space as I try to install it. I didn't have any data on it, I am just trying to retrieve the card.fungus wrote: ↑Sun Feb 10, 2019 3:22 pmWhen you dd a raspbian image onto a SD card, everything on that card is whiped, no way back from that. The reason why it only shows up as 4GB is because that is the size of the system partition and file system in the image. Whenever raspbian is actually run from the SD card, the file system will be expanded automatically and show up as 16-ish GB.
No the card worked with full 26 GB capacity, but later turned into less capacity storage after the dr command. Thanks for the inputbougti wrote: ↑Thu Feb 14, 2019 5:12 amBeware of cheap cards being sold on Ebay. Many are fake. Apparantly there are those who try to pass off old low capacity cards as 16 GB cards. Some cards are listed as 16 Gb, which means 16 gigabits, or only 2 gigabytes. Many are fooled into thinking this means 16 gigabytes.
I deleted, recreated the partition, it didn't help. I surely feel it's very strange.
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Apparently King Cyrus of Persia was a follower of Zoroastrianism. Yet we hear nothing about that in the Bible. What was Zoroastrianism?
Zoroastrianism is the name of a religion founded by Zarathustra, a prophet from Persia. The Greek rendering of his name is Zoroaster, hence the name of the religion. Scholars are not certain when he lived on earth. Most think it was around 1500-1000 BCE, which would place him in the time of Moses/David. Some, however, think Zoroastrianism had its beginnings as early as 6000 BCE, and Zoroaster simply revived a faith that had been practiced thousands of years earlier. This could pre-date Abraham. Most agree that the latest it began would have been around 600 BCE. Regardless of its beginnings, Zoroastrianism was the state religion of Persia until the Islamic wars of the 7th century CE, lasting a good 1000 years. After that, the number of participants began to dwindle, but readers might be interested to know that present-day adherents still number in the tens of thousands. It is most prevalent in India.
There are many legends about Zoroaster. One is that his birth was predicted and he was supposedly born in Northeast Iran or Southwest Afghanistan. This would have been the "Bronze Age" when people worshipped many gods, mostly through animal sacrifice or intoxicants. When he was thirty, he had a divine vision of God during a purification rite. As a result, he tried to change everything about his life. He was not a follower of the religious culture that worshipped multiple gods. He felt that the wealthy controlled the people through prescribed worship, rituals, and ceremonies. He also had some rather negative things to say about the various gods that people were worshipping. His mantra was "good thoughts, good words, and good deeds." Needless to say, his ideas were not readily accepted – especially by those in power.
After a dozen years of trying to get people to change their religious views, he left his home and moved to Bactria. The king and queen of Bactria overheard him having a heated debate with the religious authorities. They were so impressed by Zoroaster, that they made Zoroastrianism the official religion in their land. From then on his religion spread like wildfire throughout the region. He supposedly died around 70 years of age.
By the time of Cyrus, King of Persia, Zoroastrianism was a well-established religion. Some of its tenets seem strikingly similar to those of Christianity and Judaism. It is monotheistic. There are stories of a virgin birth, a son of God, a resurrection, angels and demons – even a savior. The question then becomes "who borrowed from whom?" Scholars have lively discussions about that, but since no one knows for sure when Zoroaster lived, they're all pretty speculative.
The bottom line is that many Jews stayed in the Persian Empire even after they were allowed to return to Jerusalem. And scholars know that Judaism changed a lot after the exile. Did these changes occur from the convergence of the two religions or the fact of the exile? It is probably a bit of both. Both religions had a strong oral tradition and it is reasonable to assume that stories were shared about God, creation, good and evil, judgment, and the end of the world.
The Judeo-Christian tradition has the Bible; Zoroastrianism has the Avesta. Like the Bible, this is a collection of sacred texts that have been redacted over time. These are comprised of three types: hymns, prayers, and ritual instructions. Most of the texts can be dated back to 648-330 BCE, though scholars are convinced they were probably transmitted orally for centuries before they were written down. As more ancient texts are discovered and interpreted, it is likely that interest in Zoroastrianism will continue.
One thing is certain: the composition by Richard Strauss, Sprach Zarathustra [Thus spake Zarathustra], featured in the opening scene of the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, has forever memorialized this Persian prophet named Zarathustra (Zoroaster, in Greek).
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How are you guys? I hope you're enjoying August (cause it came out of nowhere!) the boys officially went back to school this week! (YAY!)
I'm lying, kind of, well — they started school on Wednesday. Haha! And, they also have Monday off.. (shrugs). We are finally getting back into the swing of things. We got new uniforms this year and the kids love their teachers!
I'm glad that we are consistent with schools this year. That was my biggest worry that they'd have to start all over again. Currently, the boys have no complaints… yet. I've kept them on their sleep schedule throughout the whole summer (Yes, I'm that Mom). But, thankfully it worked out in my favor! They wake-up before their alarm, get ready for the morning, eat breakfast and put the door they go! Happy Mama!
Now, if I can only say the same about my sleep schedule! Phew! I've been everywhere, my sleep has been fluctuating– one day I'm super exhausted the next night I could stay up and run laps! It's frustrating and funny. On the nights I can't sleep I play solitaire or watch a documentary! I love documentaries, so sometimes that makes it worst cause I end up binge watching a bunch of documentaries.
They will officially have a full week of school in two weeks. Haha! But, as of now, it's been a smooth sail! Have your kiddos started school?
Happy back to school month!
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2004 Festival of Art opens
Haileybury's annual Festival of Art, which celebrates the talents of artists of all ages and raises funds for the Isabel Hospice, opened to great fanfare on Wednesday.
Dozens of people from the local community came to see a wide range of exhibits in assorted media, from watercolour painting to welded metal sculpture. The setting of the venue, the Attlee Room, provided an intimate atmosphere which set off the work to its best advantage.
The chair of the Isobel Hospice, John Lockhart, commented that the work on show looked great, and he was inspired to buy a lovely oil study.
It was a most successful evening and hopefully an indicator of things to come over the next few days. The Festival runs until Sunday, 21 November. Admission is free and it will be open to the public from 12 noon to 8pm on Friday and Saturday and 11am to 2pm on Sunday.
Go to Isabel Hospice for more information on the charity.


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Ten Celebrities Who Have Student Loans
Taking out a loan to finance one's studies only shows how the person gives such value to education
Getting a good education is has always been very expensive. Young people who have the privilege of being borne into wealthy families and who have parents who believe in education are the luckiest people on earth. Not everyone is blessed with the means to attend college, even celebrities that we follow.
And that is why it is so interesting to know who among the famous individuals in the entertainment business and political arena are determined enough to get a degree, but with a lot of help from the government and private institutions alike. Not having the resources should never be an excuse not to pursue one's studies and dreams of becoming big. Take it from these people who have found a way to finance their pursuit with the help of what else but student loans and study grants that they were willing enough to secure.
Ted Cruz
The American politician and lawyer from Texas served as the junior US Senator representing his hometown and ran for office recently under the Republican party. He's the longest-serving and first Hispanic Solicitor General in the history of Texas. Cruz took out a USD 100,000 student loan to finance his education at Princeton University where he graduated cum laude with a degree in Bachelor of Arts in Public Policy. He entered Harvard Law School, this time graduating magna cum laude with a Juris Doctor degree. He already finished paying off his debt.
Miles Teller
The American actor was critically acclaimed for his portrayal in The Spectacular Now, and bagged the Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize for Dramatic Acting. He was also nominated for the Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Actor because of his role in Whiplash. Teller got himself a student loan worth USD 100,000 to support him in his studies at New York University. He admits that he didn't right away settle the obligation because the loan has a very low interest.
Martin O'Malley
Here's another American politician who took out a loan. O'Malley was the 61st Governor of Maryland and also served as the Mayor of Baltimore from 1999 to 2007. He was responsible for signing a law that grants free college tuition to children of illegal immigrants. Such is his faith in getting a good education that he applied for funding from the Parent PLUS loans worth USD 339,200 — not for himself, but for his daughters. They attended Georgetown University and College of Charleston.
Kevin Bozeman
The actor is known for Making Revolution and Flat Chested. These days, he has continued to enjoy his stint as a stand-up comedian – a job that he started to enjoy more than ten years ago. Back in college, he had a basketball career at the University of Wisconsin – Whitewater, but he supported his education by getting a student loan. However, he was unable to finish paying for his obligation as he didn't finish school. Talk about unfinished business!
Kerry Washington
She has become popular for starring in Scandal, playing the role of Olivia Pope for which she received two nominations. The actress continues to be active on both TV and film as she and husband David Moscow raise their two children. Washington took out a student loan to help defray the cost of her education at George Washington University. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa with an impressive double major in sociology and anthropology.
Finesse Mitchell
He was a cast member of Saturday Night Live and was seen on TV shows such as Comedy Central Presents, Showtime at the Apollo, Late Friday, just to name some. The actor, who is also an author and comedian, applied for and got a student loan for his college tuition at the University of Miami. He confessed that he was unable to pay off his debt on time, but didn't say why. Mitchell finished college where he was part of the football team and the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity.
Jane Lynch
She tasted fame because of Best in Show and her recurring role on Two and a Half Men where she received a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award. The actress-singer-comedian did other portrayals, including her award-winning character of Sue Sylvester in Glee. Thanks to a student loan that she got and paid for by the time she was thirty years old, Lynch was able to earn her Bachelor's degree in theatre from Illinois State University and her MFA in theatre from Cornell University.
Marco Rubio
Yet another politician and lawyer is Marc Antonio Rubio , US Senator from Florida. The young politician initially wanted to run for US President under the Republican flagship, but you know who remained and won the Presidency in the end. Rubio was the recipient of federal grants and student loans amounting to a total of USD 150,000. He attended Tarkio College then moved to University of Florida. He got his law degree from the Miami Law School.
Michelle Obama
The former First Lady of the United Stated is a lawyer and writer. Even she has great faith in the value of education that she applied for a student loan that helped finance her studies. She graduated cum laude with a degree in Bachelor of Arts in sociology and minored in African American studies. Three years later, she completed her Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School.
Barack Obama
Former U.S. President Obama is the first African American to hold office and the first born outside the continental United States. The Hawaiian descent politician financed his education through the help of a student loan which he was able to settle by the time he was forty years old. He attended Occidental College and moved to Columbia University where he majored in political science, with a specialty in international relations. He finished his law studies at Harvard Law School where he served as president of the Harvard Law Review.
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Alabama School District Nears Race Unification
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (CN) – Desegregation progress has led the U.S. government and an Alabama school district to come to an agreement about future work.
The Tuesday agreement resolves some of the claims against the Fort Payne City School District initially brought in 1963.
If approved by the court, the proposed settlement would declare the school district partially desegregated in the areas of extracurricular activities, school facilities and transportation.
As such, the case would be dismissed in those areas.
But the order also requires the district "to take additional steps to reach full compliance, including ensuring that its student transfer practices do not impede desegregation and taking measures to promote racial diversity in its faculty and staff," according to a statement from the Department of Justice.
The government would still monitor the district's efforts. Compliance with the terms of the two-year agreement can lead to full dismissal of the case.
Fort Payne's case is part of Lee v. Macon County Board of Education, the 1963 desegregation lawsuit that hammered schools across the state.
In 1968, the Supreme Court identified six factors to determine whether a school district has fulfilled its desegregation duties.
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Are Side Guards Being Taken Seriously by Lawmakers?
- February 15, 2018
- Truck Accidents
When a passenger car and tractor trailer collide, the results are often devastating. If the vehicle hits the side of the trailer and slides underneath, the accident is usually gruesome and fatal. Such an accident decapitated a Tesla driver in Florida in 2016. The problem is that in underride crashes the top of the vehicle is sheared off, rendering useless most of the safety features of modern cars.
These side underride accidents are more and more common, according to recent reports. Government statistics show that more than 200 Americans die in these accidents annually. These horrifying accidents, some experts say, could be prevented if tractor trailers were required under U.S. law to have side guards. Underride guards are required on the back of U.S. trailers, but not on the sides.
Safety advocates have long suspected that federal lawmakers have been hesitant to require side guards because they receive millions in campaign donations from the transportation industry. This, despite the fact that the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has been recommending side guards on trailers for years. The agency released a non-binding recommendation in 2014 that stated all new trailers should have side protection installed. Little has been done about it since.
Trailer Side Protection System Bill Introduced in Congress
But things may be about to change. A bipartisan bill to require side guard protection systems on trailers that would prevent cars from sliding underneath is working its way through Congress. The Stop Underrides Act of 2017 was introduced by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D- N.Y.) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), as well as Reps. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) and Mark DeSaulnier (D-Calif.).
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The bill, if it passes, could help to reduce the carnage on American highways each year. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety reports that 1,475 people in cars, trucks and SUVs died in accidents with big rigs in 2016. Of those, 295 deaths were attributed to side collisions with trailers; 238 died when their car hit the rear of the trailer. The spokesman for IIHS, Russ Rader, agrees with the intent of the proposed bill in Congress, saying that side underride guards would save American lives and that most underride deaths are preventable.
The bill would require that rear and side underride guards be designed and tested to keep a passenger vehicle going 35 mph from sliding under the trailer. The new standard would apply to tractor trailers that weigh more than 10,000 pounds.
Last May, the IIHS did a 35 mph crash test with a passenger car and a trailer with a side guard. The test vehicle hit the side of the trailer; while the side panel bent, it prevented the vehicle from sliding underneath.
It remains to be seen what the fate of the current bill in Congress will be. The fact that it has bipartisan support is encouraging.
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Are you ready pilgrim?
Ready Pilgrim? is the overall title we have chosen for our theme this month which is centred around pilgrimage. During a visit to Argyle Presbytery in November 2017 I heard about a project which was seeking to re-establish a pilgrimage between Tarbert and Oban. Kenny Wilson, a youth leader for the Church of Scotland in Argyll shared how he was taking a small group of young people from Tarbert, Loch Fyne to Glencruiten (Oban) in June.
I thought some of our community members would be interested in this new initiative. Next Sunday I'll be visiting the group of pilgrims and sharing in their celebrations when they arrive at Port Ban. I'm hoping that a short film about the experience will appear on the site at some point within the next few weeks.
I will now hand over to Kenny Wilson, the organiser as he reflects on getting ready to start his pilgrimage. - Albert Bogle
Perspective is an interesting thing to me at present mainly because I am discovering all kinds of new things as I read my Bible because my own personal perspective is focused on something new. Let me explain. In just a few days I am embarking on a 'Pilgrimage' where myself and a few younger Christians are walking from Tarbert to Oban in Argyll in an attempt to link up two better known walkways: from the Mull of Kintyre up to Tarbert and from Oban to Iona. If we are successful in creating a walkable track from Tarbert to Oban it may open up the possibility of a long distance pilgrim walk from where St Columba first came to 'Scotland' on the Mull of Kintyre to the place where he settled and made his base: the beautiful island of Iona. So it is that I am discovering a new perspective in passages of the Bible.
Just this morning for example I was reading Luke Chapter 2 and suddenly realised that travelling or even pilgrimage was a major part of my reading. You could say that the 'wise men' made a pilgrimage to Bethlehem, that the shepherds made a pilgrimage to the stable or even that Mary, Joseph and the babe Jesus made a pilgrimage to Egypt! Travelling was a very important part of the Christmas story. Theologically of course, God becoming man and arriving as a babe on our planet was also an incarnational 'pilgrimage'. And so as a future pilgrim I acknowledge that much of scripture involved a kind of travelling which, being God directed, was a pilgrimage. And what makes a pilgrimage? That when we travel we do so with a sense of the numinous; a sense that, as we travel, God travels with us and that we seek him out as we travel.
Lord God, patron of travellers, of those who seek you, we want to say that we are delighted to move through this day as pilgrims, seeking your direction for all that we do and seeking to walk in your footsteps by the manner of our conduct.
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If all of the above apply to you, then this new Summer Adventure to mark The Year of Young People may be right up your street.
In the last week of June this year a team of 12 young Christians will help to re-establish the 'missing' leg of The Columba Way, one of Scotland's new long distance walkways and they will do it in style. They will follow in the footsteps of St Columba who was the first person to bring the good news of Jesus to the land we now know as Scotland. In doing so he experienced quite a few challenges and during this week-long trek this cohort of 12 young Christians will face challenges that emulate some of the things that Columba faced. They will be crossing lochs and sea, climbing hills, helping the communities that they will be passing through and walking for long stretches of time each day. On their trek they will also be sharing their faith with some of the people whom they encounter along the way. Using the tools and context of today's world the team will also be blogging, giving interviews and collecting data as they go and facing other challenges too.
For those chosen to participate, the cost will be minimal so… if this kind of challenge floats your boat, for more details contact Kenny Wilson on firstname.lastname@example.com asap.


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spirit of compassion beats: thumpty thump thump
There must have been some magic
in that old silk hat they found
for when they placed it on his head,
he began to dance around.
Whether or not we believe in Frosty the Snowman,
the Spirit of Compassion
*is* alive as we can be…
Not merely one day a year,
not one week, or month,
nor one season;
but every day,
each hour,
every moment,
our lives pulse
with the universal rhythm of care…
…thumpety thump thump
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Life presses us,
to breathe, to eat,
to dance around—
to care for other living beings.
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inside our hearts it grows!


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The Gradient in Sub-Saharan Africa: Socioeconomic Status and HIV/AIDS
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- Population Association of America
- Volume 45, Number 2, May 2008
- pp. 303-322
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Using data from the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) for Burkina Faso (2003), Cameroon (2004), Ghana (2003), Kenya (2003), and Tanzania (2003), I investigate the cross- sectional relationship between HIV status and socioeconomic status. I find evidence of a robust positive education gradient in HIV infection, showing that, up to very high levels of education, better-educated respondents are more likely to be HIV-positive. Adults with six years of schooling are as much as three percentage points more likely to be infected with HIV than adults with no schooling. This gradient is not an artifact of age, sector of residence, or region of residence. With controls for sex, age, sector of residence, and region of residence, adults with six years of schooling are as much as 50% more likely to be infected with HIV than those with no schooling. Education is positively related to certain risk factors for HIV, including the likelihood of having premarital sex. Estimates of the wealth gradient in HIV, by contrast, vary substantially across countries and are sensitive to the choice of measure of wealth.


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Peacock in Nantwich is a country pub oozing rural charm and rustic character. Our picturesque surroundings provide the perfect backdrop for savouring the hearty, seasonal pub-food on our menu, and the carefully nurtured cask ales and fine wines gracing ou
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Yago Hortal is a very young artist but very compromised with the most classic artistic media: painting. The act of painting itself is to Hortal a very valuable concept, which involves the whole world of art.The canvas is to Yago Hortal a scenario in which the artist projects forms and structures full of vivid colours, which come from a mix of conscious acts and randomness. Which also characterizes Hortal's work is the fact that the canvas is not a limit for the artist, in the contrary, he excedes and gets over it, making the spectator want to touch the painting, as if the paint was trying to reach him. So Hortal does not only paint forms and colours, but also creates sensations.
The talent of this very young artist was noticed from the beginning, when he was awarded with the Prize to Young Painting a year after he greaduated from Fine Arts. His works have been exhibited all over Spain and also in the rest of Europe and the United States.
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Delectable, aromatic and filled with the goodness of fine spices, chai lattes are to die for. Famously known as Masala Chai, this much beloved tea's recipe varies with every household. Some use full spices, while some grind them as all-spice powder, some add more water while some like it milky. Nevertheless, with the right mix of spice to sweetened milk, chai lattes can be brewed to perfection. If you ever set foot in the busy streets of India or get to travel by the Indian railways, it is certain that you would hear the call of the chai wallah chanting "gharam chai, gharma gharam chai" whilst the aroma of cardamom and cinnamon invites you over for a sip. The magic of the recipe lies in the quality of spices and the tea powder. Here is a simple recipe to brew your own chai latte at home:
2 tea bags or 1 tea spoon of CTC black tea
½ teaspoon of dry ground ginger or 1 inch of fresh crushed ginger
1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon or ¼ stick of cinnamon
2 pods of bruised cardamom
2-3 cloves
Sugar to taste
• Boil ¼ cup of water with 1 cup of milk in a small sauce pan
• Add all the spices and tea powder once it comes to a boil
• Stir the tea mixture and let it simmer for 3 minutes
• Add sugar to taste
• Strain in to a mug and enjoy
Most Indian households, more importantly the grandmothers, allow the tea mixture to boil over 3 times as they remove and return the sauce pan to the stove. While there is no science behind this practice, maybe it was meant as third time lucky? Well we'll never know, I guess. Try this recipe and may be add your own twist to it, you will love it for sure!


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Exercise-induced hyperthermia syndrome (canine stress syndrome) in four related male English springer spaniels
Authors Thrift E, Wimpole JA, Child G, Brown N, Gandolfi B, Malik R
Received 4 October 2016
Accepted for publication 5 December 2016
Published 1 September 2017 Volume 2017:8 Pages 59—68
DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/VMRR.S123836
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Review by Single anonymous peer review
Peer reviewer comments 3
Editor who approved publication: Professor Young Lyoo
Elizabeth Thrift,1 Justin A Wimpole,2 Georgina Child,2 Narelle Brown,1 Barbara Gandolfi,3 Richard Malik4
1Animal Referral Hospital, 2Small Animal Specialist Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia; 3Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA; 4Centre for Veterinary Education, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Objective: This retrospective study describes the signalment, clinical presentation, diagnostic findings, and mode of inheritance in four young male English springer spaniel dogs with presumptive canine stress syndrome.
Materials and methods: Appropriate cases were located through medical searches of medical records of two large private referral centers. Inclusion criteria comprised of English springer spaniel dogs with tachypnea and hyperthermia that subsequently developed weakness or collapse, with or without signs of hemorrhage, soon after a period of mild-to-moderate exercise. The pedigrees of the four affected dogs, as well as eleven related English springer spaniels, were then analyzed to determine a presumptive mode of genetic inheritance.
Results: Four dogs met the inclusion criteria. All four were male, suggesting the possibility of a recessive sex-linked heritable disorder. Pedigree analysis suggests that more dogs may be potentially affected, although these dogs may have never had the concurrent triggering drug/activity/event to precipitate the clinical syndrome. There was complete resolution of clinical signs in three of the four dogs with aggressive symptomatic and supportive therapy, with one dog dying during treatment.
Conclusion: Dogs with canine stress syndrome have the potential for rapid recovery if treated aggressively and the complications of the disease (eg, coagulopathy) are anticipated. All four dogs were male, suggesting the possibility of a recessive sex-linked mode of inheritance. Further genetic analyses should be strongly considered by those involved with the English springer spaniel breed, either with a genome-wide association study using canine single-nucleotide polymorphism arrays or whole-genome sequencing of affected and closely related dogs.
Keywords: malignant hyperthermia, canine stress syndrome, coagulopathy, dog, English springer spaniel
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In the latest Batman film, the villan's green clown wig and make-up are gone! Instead, The Dark Knight's "Joker" is the very face of evil. And yet, in his madness, he forces the citizens of Gotham to examine their own good and eviland the shadows that lie between.
Bruce (Batman) Wayne pleads to his butler, "People are dying. What would you have me do?"
Alfred replies, "Endure. You can be the outcast. You can make the choice that no one else will facethe right choice. Gotham needs you." One of the most dramatic scenes is when the Joker stands unarmed in the street taunting Batman to kill him with the Batcycle.
District Attorney, Harvey Dent, foreshadows his own moral choice when he tells Wayne, "You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain."
Police Commissioner, James Gordon, asks Batman how one can remain a decent man in indecent times.
A boatload of prisoners and a boatload of Gotham citizens must decide to either blow up the others' boat or both be blown up at the stroke of midnight.
And, finally, as the trailer asks, "Can you avenge evil and not become it?"
Writer and director, Christopher Nolan, has provided a whole Bat Cave full of legal, philosophical and spiritual quandaries and skillfully portrays how his characters struggle to deal with them. (This is a great movie to see as a group and then meet afterwards at Starbucks to discuss.)
In the end, Batman is viewed as a masked villain and rides off scorned by the very people he sought to savelike many situations we face in our personal lives. What is right and wrong is not always obvious. Doing the right thing is not always popular or politically correct. Right is not always rewarded. Evil doesn't always where smeared clown makeup; sometimes it wears a badge or a tailored suit. And all of us will eventually confront the "dark knight" of our souls.
But we must "endure." We "can make the choice that no one else will facethe right choice."
(And, oh yah, it's a great movie, and Heath Ledger is amazing as the Joker.)
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The purpose of the project was the rearrangement of an existing house, characterized by a multiplicity of levels of the interior. It has up to 5 levels, with 90 m2 of the living space. The significant problems of this system were: communication nuisance and low penetration of natural light inside the residential space. The project was focused on natural light exposure improvement and bringing into it a high-quality artificial light as well as facilitation home program by moving the existing functional system. Ascetic design and bright colours of the interior made it possible to emphasise the experience of openness space.
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