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Ok... big deep breath, and exhale aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
I didn't sleep well last night, too keyed up to sleep. When I did fall asleep, I had a fairly intense anxiety dream (of which I can remember nothing). But I woke up and stayed in bed a good long time. And it slowly began to occur to me that I didn't need to go to work today....and I don't need to go to work tomorrow. It's been a while since I've woken up knowing that I had two whole days with no obligations. Well, I did have an obligation to pack & get moved out by Friday. But then I thought "Why? Why am I creating more stress for myself?" All I really want to do today is hang out at Starbucks all morning, then maybe watch some DVDs while I slowly pack & repack my stuff. So I went downstairs and 'talked' to my landlady and told her I'd rather move out on Saturday. No problem! The sense of complete freedom is slowly but surely replacing the sense of anxiety. I think I'm going to be okay now.
And I've come up with the next step in my travel plans. There's a guest-house in Ban Phe that's part of the restaurant I like to go to on Sundays. It's cheap, familiar, there's a bookstore next to the restaurant, and there's a view of the ocean from their rooftop garden. This is the ideal spot for me to decompress for a bit before going into adventure mode. It'll also give me a chance to make sure I've packed everything that I need and nothing I don't. I'll be leaving the bulk of my stuff at the head teacher's place..... including my computer.
It was a tough call - I genuinely love my computer and I'm finally getting over feeling guilty about that. So I will bring it along to Ban Phe, spend some time organizing the photos I have accumulated and scouting out guest houses. But then I'll drop it back off with the rest of my stuff before I go to Bangkok and on to parts unknown.
Speaking of parts-unknown, I'm officially dubbing the next six weeks Rebel's Moderately Magical Mystery Tour. I'm going to take it easy. I'll plan each section step by step as opposed to trying to get it all sorted out in advance. This is radical people!!! But I will plan - I won't leave city #1 unless I have reservations for a place to stay at city #2.
You can count on me to spend copious amounts of time at various internet cafes, so I don't plan on going dark for any lenght of time... but pictures might be a bit scarce.
So that's that. I'm feeling a LOT better than I did last night. =) Still not sure how I'm going to cram appropriate clothing for a trip through three countries over the course of six weeks into a backpack and an overnight bag... but we'll see.
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Bad Moods and Risky Drivers
There's a new article from Transportation Research Part F that explores a possible link between driver mood and risky driving. Researchers from Peking University's Department of Psychology tested to see how a good or bad mood could affect driving bevaior. From the paper, "Negative or positive? The effect of emotion and mood on risky driving":
This research explored how two states of affect, emotion and mood, would influence driver's risky driving behavior through risk perception and risk attitude. An experiment and a survey were adopted to test the two paths. In this model, negative affect played an opposite and more powerful role compared to positive affect. Study 1 was an experimental study with four treatment groups. Participants watched one of four video clips (traffic-related negative, traffic-unrelated negative, positive and neutral) and different emotions were induced. Negative emotion significantly elevated drivers' risk perception but such perception failed to develop an appropriate attitude for drivers. A more favorable risk attitude resulted in increased reports of speeding. Turning from a "point" effect to a similar "period" effect, a survey was carried out in Study 2 to explore the effect of positive and negative mood instead of emotion. Mood states affected drivers' risky driving behavior through risk perception as well as risk attitude, which was in line with the results of Study 1. The "bad is stronger than good" effect and the two paths in the model were discussed.
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As families and friends come together to enjoy the unofficial end of summer this weekend, sheriff's offices and state troopers across Michigan are urging drivers to "Click it or Ticket" or "Buckle Up or Pay Up", the state's familiar mottos for safety belt enforcement efforts.
To that end officers throughout the state will be conducting stepped-up seatbelt enforcement over the Labor Day weekend.
Michigan State Police Petoskey Post Commander F/Lt. Aaron Sweeney cited a new survey which indicates safety belt use continues to increase, up to more than 88 percent in August. The most recent observation survey was conducted by the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute as part of ongoing measures of safety belt use.
The new figure, 88.3 percent, tops a record set earlier this summer when UMTRI measured safety belt use at 86.8 percent following a safety belt enforcement effort in May. Area law enforcement agencies are conducting safety belt enforcement which will include zones that are located in high crash or low safety belt use areas throughout Charlevoix and Emmet counties. Portable "safety belt enforcement zone" signs alert motorists they are entering the enforcement area. One officer serves as a spotter, radioing unbelted motorist information to nearby marked patrol vehicles who then stop the motorist and issue a citation. More than 650 of these zones are being conducted in 28 counties across the state during the two-week enforcement effort that runs through Sept. 12.


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Ground Penetrating Radar Systems, Inc. - GPRS - of Arizona was contacted by a general contractor to locate all post tension cables within the concrete slab for an extensive tenant improvement renovation project in Phoenix, AZ.
The general contractor was responsible for expanding certain rooms and installing new sewer drain lines. Knowing that the floor contained post tension cable reinforcements, it was necessary to call upon Ground Penetrating Radar Systems to safely locate all post tension cables so that they would know where they could safely cut into the slab without causing costly or dangerous damage from cutting post tension cables or conduit.
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MICHIGAN — Motorists who cross over the centerline on rural state highways will hear a rumbling sound in the near future.
Working with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to review crash data on Michigan roads, the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is adding centerline line rumble strips on rural two and four-lane highways.
MDOT projects a reduction of more than 300 crashes annually; a reduction of approximately 60 incapacitating injuries annually; to save more than 15 lives annually, as a result of the $8 million project.
MDOT spokesman Bob Felt described the sound from these corrugations as "the sound of another life being saved."
The three-year initiative will affect only MDOT roads, all of which begin with either "M" or "US."
Interstate (I) roads have had shoulder rumble strips since late 1990s and are not included in the plans for centerline rumble strips at this time. The project will be integrated over the next three years.


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This is a couple of pictures o the middlesex (christian) crusaders.
They play at Lords, hence the crusading.
And the pink.
Two things you may notice here.
No dirty Dirk.
And their players look like Jockeys in this fucked up uniform.
None more so than Ed Joyce.
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There are several adjustments associated with the TVS90's mechanical governor. There is one primary, fundamental adjustment that establishes the relationship between the governor's 'at-rest' control lever position, and the carburetor's wide open throttle (WOT) position. The adjustment is 'static' because it's made with the engine stopped; it's 'baseline' because it's the initial adjustment from which correct governor operation can commence and be further adjusted.
One simple fact about the governor's operation will help you understand the adjustment; i.e. an engine stopped condition must result in a WOT condition. Think of it this way -- the governor must respond to a slowing engine by opening the throttle to speed up the engine. There's no slower engine speed than 'stopped', so the appropriate governor response to that is WOT. (Even though a stopped engine cannot, of course, accelerate.)
Here's a view of the governor's control arm in its at-rest (engine stopped) position.
(The shroud, air cleaner and fuel supply hose have been removed for clarity. I've whitened the end of the governor's control shaft.)
The governor's control shaft swings the control arm via a short, rectangular clamp-arm. A 1/4" hex head screw on the clamp-arm permits adjustment of the control arm's angular relationship to the governor's shaft. Here's the adjustment procedure.
a) Throttle control cable disconnected. Clamp-arm loosened.
b) Clamp-arm/governor-shaft biased fully CCW. (i.e. the governor is held at its at-rest position.)
c) Throttle held at WOT.
d) Tighten clamp-arm.
That's it; the adjustment is made. The governor's at-rest (engine stopped) condition produces a WOT condition. The governor is ready to operate with the engine running. Governed operating speed and governed idle speed can be adjusted.
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Podium pics from Salzadella 2015.
Podium pics from Salzadella 2015.
Yesterday was qualifying day at Salzadella. We started the day with race to qualify runs for classic luge, women and juniors and freeride runs for open and street luge.
We are in Spain for the new WQS race Salzadella Downhill, in La Salzadella, which is the start of this year's Euro 'tour'.
These are the results of the race to qualify session that took place today.
A while back the IDF decided to set the opening time of a registration on a 'fixed' time. That means every event registration will start at the same time, regardless of which event or on which day the registration will start.


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We genuinely want to help Nevada companies and communities grow by elevating our state's creativity, imagination and innovation in marketing.
For nearly 50 years, we've been helping pioneering thinkers and businesses blaze trails. It's our purpose and passion. It's what we truly love. Because pioneering thinking is what makes our state so unique and will continue to raise the bar for Nevada as it grows and evolves.
We know that helping businesses stand for something meaningful, which helps them stand out from the competition, can make a huge difference on the bottom line, so we'll always push our clients to think differently and use imagination with purpose.
With offices in both Las Vegas and Reno, we've done exactly that for a variety of innovative Nevada companies and organizations, helping launch massive new community endeavors, changing perceptions of established brands and kickstarting startups.
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Learning How to Select the Best of the Best When it Comes to Internet Service Providers
In order to have some access to the internet or the digital web, then you must have the right internet service provider around. You should know that there are numerous kinds of internet service providers made available out there. It would either fall under the category of community owned, privately owned, or commercial. There is some necessity when it comes to having the right kind of internet service being given to you by the local provider. Internet could be accessed in so many ways imaginable by the innovative mind. Although, there are some considerations done on the area that the internet is provided. In the current meta, a number of internet service provides would either use cable television line, satellite connection or even DSL or dial-up.
Before such service providers were foremost given some introduction to the market scenario, only a few people had access to the digital web itself. A good recommendation to the people who have used the internet in the past would be people who have worked under government agencies or even universities. Thanks to the advent of the twentieth century, there was the prevalence of internet service providers made available in the market. You could say that the prevalence was around ten thousand all over the world. A number of that demographic in fact came from the United States. Service providers at the time though were headed by various small businesses or companies. Once a smaller company is designated, then they would connect themselves to a much larger provider company. After having to connect, then they would give out their services to various different prospects. In the western side of the world, AOL or American Online was probably the leading internet service provider at the time. This is where Asia also had some considerations when it comes to providing internet service companies or corporations. Though, in the long run, the dial-up connection did not work as much as individuals actually prefer having a broadband connection as it is much faster in its delivery of content.
If you have or had a dial-up connection, then you would know how vital are these landline telephones are to the people. This connection would only slow you down when it comes to doing a number of stuff in the internet. If you want to download big memory files in your laptop or desktop, then you would take forever to have the outcome that you want. Watching good quality videos may not also be achieved by this type of connection. But if you are only there to look at those emails or pages of yours, then there is no doubt that you are capable of such dial-up connection.
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NEW YORK, December 3, 2009 —Jean Avnet Morse, who served for 13 years as president and CEO of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, will become the new Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at the New York University School of Continuing and Professional Studies (NYU-SCPS), beginning in January 2010.
In this newly created position, Morse will oversee the quality and timeliness of the NYU-SCPS undergraduate, graduate, and continuing professional education programs, and guide programmatic innovation and collaboration across the School's eight divisions. She will also oversee enhanced student academic support and counseling services.
During her tenure from 1996 to 2009 as head of Middle States—which accredits nearly 500 colleges and universities in Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands—Morse was chief liaison to member institutions, government, and the general public, led in creating and revising the Commission's policies and programs, and directed its research and training activities. Her initiatives included creating new accreditation standards that emphasize student learning and that address distance learning and other non-traditional types of teaching and learning.
Before joining Middle States, she served as deputy to the president of the University of Pennsylvania and deputy associate dean and director of the College Office (the senior administrative dean) at Penn's School of Arts and Sciences. Prior to that, Morse was associate dean for administration at NYU Law School, under then-dean (now NYU President) John Sexton.
"There are few individuals in the landscape of American higher education better equipped than Jean Morse to assume this important leadership role within the NYU School of Continuing and Professional Studies," said NYU-SCPS Dean Robert S. Lapiner.
"Her experience and familiarity with the full range of higher education institutions, including her depth of knowledge and respect for the place of distance learning and continuing education, as well as traditional undergraduate, adult undergraduate, and graduate professional programs, are comprehensive and will assist NYU-SCPS in demonstrating the most rigorous standards as we innovate in our existing and future offerings."
"I am delighted to be joining the NYU School of Continuing and Professional Studies," said Jean Morse. "The School has rightfully earned a reputation as a developer of leading-edge academic programs, and I am eager to help forward its important mission, which I believe is increasingly important and exciting in today's rapidly changing 'knowledge society'."
Jean Morse began her professional career as a corporate attorney. She was a partner in two Los Angeles firms, Hufstedler, Miller, Carlson & Beardsley, and Kaplan, Livingston, Goodwin, Berkowitz and Selvin, before transitioning into a career in academia.
Morse has taught in the sociology and women studies departments at the University of Pennsylvania. While there she also served as acting assistant provost and strategic planning consultant to the School of Arts and Sciences' committees on undergraduate education, graduate education, and lifelong learning.
Morse has published in the field of higher education quality assurance, and has frequently been a featured lecturer and expert consultant, nationally and internationally. She has served on several boards of directors, including the board of the International Network for Quality Assurance in Higher Education, where she headed revision of international guidelines of good practice for quality assurance agencies and also directed a World Bank project to create a program to train quality assurance professionals. She founded the Individual Rights Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association.
Morse is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Wellesley College, where she earned a B.S in History with High Honors, and was both a Trustee Fellow and a Durant Scholar. She graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School.


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HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow)- It is a festival that showcases original short films, music videos, experimental videos, and short video segments that are based on an on-going, supernatural drama series called SOUL SAVIOUR.
SOUL SAVIOUR was the creation from local filmmaker JEFF KATTS. For 6 years, he created a project that has been showcased in the local entertainment circuit. SOUL SAVIOUR is the story of regular human beings that are chosen by God to save human souls. Though the subject matter deals with different aspects of religion, the SOUL SAVIOUR project is a work of fiction and serves more like an on-going, local soap opera or drama series.
This year, there are at least 10 different short films and music videos will be showcased at the festival. All entries are from Hawaii and some from different parts of the world.
Once again, THE SOUL SAVIOUR FILM FESTIVAL takes place on WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22nd at the WARD CONSOILDATED THEATERS AUDITORIUM #14. Show times are to be announced.
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Charitable Giving?
Probably one of, if not the, largest (so called) charitable swindles in the history of the United States and it never gets investigated. The Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
Wonder why the Clinton Foundation folded so suddenly after she was no longer in a position of influence, perhaps will give some insight into the crooks.
They list 486 employees (line 5)! It took 486 people who are paid $34.8 million and $91.3 million in fees and expenses, to give away $5.1 MILLION
This is real You can check the return yourself (see below). The real heart of the Clintons can be seen here. Staggering but not surprising. These figures are from an official copy of the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation for the tax year 2014. The copy of the tax return is from the National Center for Charitable Statistics website. You can get the latest tax return on any charitable organization there.
Total revenue (line 12) $ 177,804,612.00
Total grants to charity (line 13) $ 5,160,385.00 (that's less than 3%)
Total expenses $ 91,281,145.00
Expenses include:
Salaries (line 15) $ 34,838,106.00
Fund raising fees (line 16a) $ 850,803.00
Other expenses (line 17) $ 50,431,851.00
Travel ($8 Mill. to give away $5) $ 8,000,000.00
Meetings (What does this mean?) $ 12,000,000.00
They list 486 employees (line 5)! It took 486 people who are paid $34.8 million and $91.3 million in fees and expenses, to give away $5.1 MILLION
Line 22 shows ending year net assets/fund balances of $332,471,349.00 which is up $85,171,891 from last year's tax return!
And they call this a CHARITY?
The full tax return is at:
http://990s.foundationcenter. org/990_pdf_archive/311/ 311580204/311580204_201412_ 990.pdf
Feel free to pass this on to your friends so they can also be informed.


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I now have constant chest pain. It feels like something is being ripped out of my chest when I cough. I feel like someone has their hand wrapped around my throat all the time now. I'm beginning to wonder if this is more than Hashimotos. Has this happened to anyone else?
I was at my doctor's yesterday and he put me on a beta blocker because he said my thyroid problem could be causing heart issues. I have a goiter and high T3 and tests are currently being run for thyroid antibodies and such.


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Music Celebrations International Turns 25!
We are thrilled to celebrate Music Celebrations International's 25th Anniversary in 2018! Throughout the years, we have organized thousands of custom tours, events, and parades. We went back through our history and wanted to share why Music Celebrations is the most experienced tour operator in the country!
We truly believe music can change the world and look forward to many more years producing performance tours and events that inspire and change lives!


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Ealing Council and the Ealing clinical commissioning Group (CCG) have set out a four year strategic direction and priorities for special educational needs and disability (SEND) for children and young people aged 0-25 years.
The overall aim of this strategy is to raise expectations, improve our performance, provide services that improve outcomes for children and young people with SEND and support them to lead the lives that they want as adults.
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Five Easy and Natural Ways to Reduce Eye Puffiness
- Sleep on your back. When you sleep on your stomach you restrict blood flow to the skin.
- Keep two large spoons in your freezer at all times. Place the cold spoons over your eyes for a few minutes to reduce swelling.
- Eliminate soda from your diet. Soda contains phosphates (dangerous additives) and sodium. Too much salt in your diet leads to puffy eyes and face.
- Grate cucumber and wrap it in cheese cloth. Place the entire cloth across your eyes for maximum impact.
- Chamomile has a lot of great qualities, including anti-inflammatory qualities. Soak two teabags for 30 seconds or so in water and then place the bags over your eyes for several minutes. Or, if you want to use fewer teabags, make a cup of tea and soak a washcloth in the tea.
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The Beat on Ruby's Street by Jenna Zark is a book about Ruby Tabeata, an eleven-year-old living in Greenwich Village.
Full disclosure: I was given a free copy of this book by the author in exchange for an honest review. This did not affect my rating in any way.
The Beat on Ruby's Street by Jenna Zark
The last thing eleven-year-old Ruby Tabeata expected to happen on her way to a Jack Kerouac reading was to be hauled to the police station.
It's 1958 and Ruby is the opposite of a 1950s stereotype: fierce, funny and strong willed, she is only just starting to chart her course in a family of Beat Generation artists in Greenwich Village.
Ruby dreams of meeting famous poets while becoming one herself; instead, she's accused of trying to steal fruit from a local vendor and is forced to live in a children's home. As Ruby struggles to return to family and friends, she learns her only choice is to follow her heart.
Join Ruby's journey as she finds unexpected friendships, the courage to rebel against unjust authority and the healing power of art in this inspiring middle-grade novel by Jenna Zark.
My thoughts:
I thought that this book was written very well, style wise! I really enjoyed how perfectly the author captured the persona of the eleven-year-old main character. The storyline flowed in a linear fashion over a seemingly short period of time.
My favorite feature of the book was that throughout the story the main character was always a rambling off a random fact, definition, or anything that she's learned from her teachers. This was written in a way that I felt was constantly backing up the fact that she has learned plenty in her nontraditional schooling.
I do wish that we had gotten more about the characters and their dynamics early on. The lack of family backstory made me feel lukewarm about the characters, especially when it came to the parents. But of course, if I had read this when I was in the targeted age group, I don't think that would have been an issue.
I also wish there had been more of a deeper explanation about the historical factor. I personally didn't take much away from this book in regard to the Beat poets.
While I did enjoy the read, I can't say it was exactly in my wheelhouse. I would still recommend this book to others, but I personally wouldn't pick it up again. I gave it three stars.
I would recommend this book to readers that really enjoy quick, realistic middle grade stories with a focus on personal growth, family problems, and poetry.
My favorite passages:
The night I saw it, someone said the lights made it look like a pearl necklace, which I wrote down in my notebook. If you want to be any kind of writer, you should always have a notebook with you.
It's really hard getting Ray to worry. He's a lot like Gary Daddy-o, who says while everything matters, nothing matters very much. I think that's another one of those Zen sayings. What it really means is if you want to get through life without falling apart, you can't let every flippy little thing get to you.
"Oh, yeah. Sure," I say like it was nothing, but my heart's going so fast I'm sure he can hear it.
It's funny how something can look pretty good until you see it with someone else's eyes.
It's the ugliest budding on the block, wide and squat, and if it had a color you wouldn't know it. I think it's yellow, but it could easily be gray.
I think Nell-mom can sense what I'm feeling because she asks, "Are you okay?"
I lick my lips, trying to decide I feel like the lady in King Kong when he picks her up and shakes her while he's walking through the jungle. When he finally puts her down, it must have been strange to be standing on the ground again. But how do I say that?
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NZSO's cello principal, Andrew Joyce conducts and plays the solo. The programme is fun for all ages!
[Meet the orchestra - A concert for children of all ages]
- Gabrieli, Giovanni - Canzon per sonar septimi toni a 8, Ch.171, Sonata Octavi Toni a 12, C.184
- Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel - Cello Concerto in A major, Wq.172 (H.439) (solo : Andrew Joyce)
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"New vaccine replaces statins?" Not So Fast!
News reports suggest new drugs may replace statins. PSCK9 inhibitors are useful, but only along with statins in high risk patients not controlled on statins alone, or for patients who can't tolerate statins. They're not about to replace statins.
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The bottom line is that there are trade-offs and complexities when it comes to biology. A high carbohydrate diet is a risk factor for many diseases, and this is highly genetically variable. Types of sugar matter, weight matters, exercise matters, and genetics matter. The same is true of fat.
A review of Benecol, a plant-stanol margarine
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People love the idea of preventive medicine. Preventing a disease, before it occurs, seems intuitively obvious. But when it comes to taking medicine to prevent a disease before it occurs, people tend to be much less comfortable. Not only are there the concerns about the "medicalization" of healthy people, there are good questions about benefits, risks, and costs. Cardiovascular disease will kill...
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The consensus of mainstream medicine is that a high blood level of LDL cholesterol is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease and that lowering high levels can help with prevention and treatment. Statins have been proven effective for lowering cholesterol levels and for decreasing cardiovascular and all-cause mortality. I recently wrote about the new guidelines for statin therapy. Currently half of...
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More than 120 guests from all over the world travelled to the McLaren Technology Centre to join us in celebrating a very memorable year in McLaren Automotive's history at the inaugural McLaren Winter Ball.
Whilst guests were relaxing at their hotels, the team at MTC were busy transforming the boulevard into a winter themed spectacle.
On arrival at the ball, guests were greeted with a champagne and canapé reception whilst a roving saxophonist provided background music.
One of the highlights of the evening was the dramatic reveal of the McLaren 675LT Spider, giving customers the opportunity to see our newest model up close before anyone else. The car swept around the lake before entering the darkened boulevard where Bruno Senna brought it to a stop in front of the guests, and emerged to share his first impressions with CEO Mike Flewitt.
After the exclusive reveal, a gourmet dinner was served by our award-winning in-house caterers.
Throughout the evening we were honoured by the company of some very special individuals who also entertained guests between courses. Special guests included Emerson Fittipaldi, Pedro de la Rosa, Bruno Senna, Derek Bell and Kenny Brack.
After dinner the skies above the MTC lake were lit up by a spectacular display of fireworks choreographed to music. To finish off an already remarkable evening, guests danced the night away to a soundtrack provided by our live band and DJ, whilst also enjoying the range of cocktails and drinks available at our waiter-serviced bar.
Thank you to all those who joined us to make the first McLaren Winter Ball a truly unforgettable evening and certainly one we hope to repeat next year.
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As we prepare ourselves to welcome new Intenational students in September and will, inevitably be saying farewell to some, either at the end of this term, or at the end of the summer, Head of our EAL (English as an Additional Language) department, Guy Monk, says that students coming to West Buckland will gain friendship, skills, language, knowledge and a sense of humour!
International students at West Buckland School are amazing! Studying in another country where the weather can be cold and grey, the food is strange (!), everything is done in English and the educational culture is different, requires strength and courage. All our international students are fantastic; just for being here.
Sense of Humour Required!
If Mr Bohl, Mrs Cartmell, Mrs Episkopos and I could build a perfect EAL student, what would they be like? Firstly, they'd laugh at our jokes! In addition, they'd get involved in the life of the school. We understand that it can be difficult, perhaps frightening, to leave your room and join in an activity. However, playing football, badminton or basketball, going to the Socrates or Phoenix debating clubs, or joining one of the many other available activities will help a student make friends, improve their English and have fun.
The Importance of Immersion
Our perfect student would immerse themselves in the language. They would read books, short stories, magazines, internet articles, newspapers, etc. They would listen to English radio, watch English films and listen to pop music with English lyrics. They would mix with a range of students, not just people from their own country. They would realise that their English is the key to success and would make every effort to develop their English throughout their school career and beyond.
What we do in EAL
The EAL (English as an additional language) Department aims to support all students who need to improve their English. That means developing the language they need to survive and flourish in the social and everyday life of the school, the language they need in their lessons and to do their homework, and the language they need for exams, such as IELTS, the university entrance exam. Hopefully, students feel that EAL classrooms are a safe place, where they can learn and try out new language, take risks and make mistakes.
Learning Culture as well as Language
If an international student starts in September, within a short time they have experienced Halloween, Bonfire Night and Remembrance Day, probably with little knowledge of why these events take place or the background to them. The EAL teachers help students learn about British culture and some of the stories behind the events and celebrations that happen throughout the year. Students also get the opportunity to discuss their own national or regional celebrations.
Friendship and Academic Success
This is my third year at West Buckland School and I have had the privilege of working with students from over 15 different countries. Watching students arrive unsure of themselves, in a strange environment and out of their comfort zone, seeing them gain confidence, make friendships and develop their language, and then seeing them leave with new friends, better English and having achieved academic success is a genuine pleasure.
The EAL Department looks forward to welcoming more amazing students from around the world and we hope that we can be part of the West Buckland team that supports them and enables them to achieve the success they deserve.
Having been a master at West Buckland for a number of years, and now the schools' archivist and historian, Berwick Coates knows the history of West Buckland School better than anyone. Here he clears up some confusion over the age of the school and us gives a fascinating insight into the school's founder, The Revd. Joseph Lloyd Brereton and his vision for 'county' schools.
If you are a well-informed member of the school, you will know that it was founded in 1858. So, by simple arithmetic (if you have a calculator handy), you can work out that, in this year of grace, 2017, it is 159 years old. But if you are extremely well-informed – like, say, the School Archivist – you will know that the school is only 105 years old.
No catch. No trick. Just a matter of names.
When the Revd.Joseph Lloyd Brereton founded the school, his idea was that the boys would do lessons in the school house in the morning; in the afternoon, they would work on the school farm. They would sell the produce, and the income from that would help to pay for the upkeep of the school – buildings, books, meals, staff salaries, and so on. (The rest of the money would come from investors, who would be given dividends from the profits every year.)
Profits? With only three pupils to begin with? It takes very little insight to realise that there were going to be very few profits with a set-up like this. It was typical of Brereton; in a long life, he was forever hatching wonderful schemes for advancing education, and making money, very few of which ever came to anything.
West Buckland did, but not by virtue of being the 'West Buckland Farm and County School', which was Brereton`s first name for it. That very speedily faded into the mist of broken dreams. But Brereton kept the 'County' bit. His idea was for a nation-wide network of secondary schools for the sons of middle-class people in every county. Hence 'county'. Therefore, the West Buckland Farm and County School became simply the 'Devon County School'.
As such, it thrived. Pupil numbers soon rose above a hundred. The DCS became a national celebrity as the first successful secondary school for the 'middle class'. Journalists wrote articles about it. Celebrities came to visit it. It came top of the league in exam passes three times, against competition like Manchester Grammar School. Two archbishops of Canterbury came down to present the prizes (not together, of course – separately).
Then, towards the end of the century, the country suffered an agricultural depression. Local farmers, as well as local butchers, bakers, and candlestick-makers found that they could no longer make ends meet. They had to make economies. They took their sons away from the school. By the 1890`s, the school was not doing well. It nearly closed twice. Numbers dropped as low as 31. Dividends were no longer being paid. Something Would Have to be Done.
It was. A new headmaster was appointed. The school company was put into liquidation, and the shareholders were persuaded to give up their investments. The county council agreed to put in a grant, so long as the school promised a few places to bright sons of local citizens. The school income was to come in future entirely from fees, all of which were to be spent on the school, not on dividends.
At a meeting in Barnstaple on the 24th May, 1912, in the solicitor`s office, the Devon County School officially died, and a new one rose in its place – 'West Buckland School'.
Take 1912 away from 2017, and what do you get? Exactly – 105 years. So now you know.
Having just been received a conditional offer to read Physics at St Peter's College, Oxford, Year 13 student Tom Perry gives some interesting insights into the daunting Oxbridge interview process and how best to prepare.
When applying for Oxford, or Cambridge, you must either apply to one of the 38 colleges or for an open-college application. I applied to St John's, Oxford, but I was assigned to St Peter's, as St John 's didn't have enough space. This happens with some applicants, so do not be alarmed if it happens to you as it doesn't really matter in the long run.
Arriving off the train, the daunting interviews lay ahead of me, but the beautiful city, with its archaic shopfronts, winding backstreets and atmospheric high street lifted my spirits on the journey to St Peter's College. Upon arrival, I was greeted by a team of students eager to help and show me round. I was given a brief tour and a pack of useful information.
My interview period was over two days, I spent these in St Peter's accommodation. All applicants stay in a standard first-year room in order to get a good feeling of what it would be like. My room had a brick archway in the middle but was very spacious with a great layout and a sink, I shared a bathroom with three others. The raised area with a desk in the room provided a great environment in which to work.
I mainly revised my Physics knowledge the night before my first interviews and that evening had the opportunity to speak to the other students in the Dining Hall. They came from a variety of backgrounds but all were keen to talk about their main worries for interview and how theirs had gone already. The main worry seemed to concern being asked about books they had claimed to have read in their personal statement, but hadn't. Everyone was incredibly friendly and were all trying their best to calm the others.
In the useful information pack I was given, I had a timetable for the coming days. On the morning of the first day, an informal orientation meeting was arranged. However, I was timetabled to attend an interview at my second-choice college at the same time so, unfortunately, missed it and therefore missed out on some vital information. I had two interviews at my first-choice college and one at my second-choice, Lady Margaret Hall.
The interviews were nowhere near as horrific as they have been made out to be. Mine consisted of answering several tricky Maths and Physics questions on paper. All three interviews were conducted by a panel of two different college tutors. They led the session in a similar manner to that of a tutorial lesson here at school. They made me feel at ease and did their best to work through the catching points in the questions with me and tried to teach me more about the subject matter at the same time. They were just looking to see if I would fit in well with the tutorial style of teaching and had sufficient aptitude with the subject.
If I could do it again with my knowledge now, I would tell myself to remain calm and not fall into a state of panic after each falter. They expect you to make mistakes, they are looking to see how you deal with this. Also, I would recommend talking through technical aspects of your subject with someone who has similar interests to you, whether that be a teacher, parent or friend to become more accustomed to the level of precision in discussion that they are looking for.
I enjoyed the experience greatly and I wish anyone who is applying the very best of luck.
At the end of an exciting term of boarding, we hear from Shaun Morrison, Lead Houseparent of Boyer (our boys' boarding house) who tells us about a term of busy schedule of boarders' activity, a particularly momentous event in his own life and some healthy inter-boarding-house rivalry!
It all started off so well… at the beginning of term we were barefoot playing volleyball and slacklining out at the front of school; and now as we are approaching Christmas we're gritting the walkways and running to the Karslake between squalls to avoid getting blown off our feet. The Autumn Term's length is not to be scoffed at, and the boarders have done remarkably well in staying enthusiastic right up to the end.
Despite our 'boarding entertainment budget' being less than excessive, we live by the motto that there is no creativity without constraint. Even last week Mrs Booker showed her culinary creativity by running a Great WBS Bake Off in which the boarding participants producing some fantastic (and admittedly some wonderfully weird) results. A few weeks ago Mr Conlon ran a Take-Me-Out-Come-Blind-Date style event where the eventual dates had a candlelit dinner in the Karslake (eating the same food as everyone else of course). And Mrs Turner, together with her team, worked their magic with the Boarders' Christmas Ball last weekend.
I'm also going to give an important mention to Mr and Mrs Ford - often they are the first people we turn to when we need guidance and they have been rocks!
On a personal note, I have been heavily involved in all my standard activities: we now have a healthy, regular group of boarders going to Saturday morning ParkRuns in Barnstaple; volleyball is going well – we usually have a few 'legendary' rallies every session; boarders' badminton is proving really popular and everyone is improving – I hope to continue improving as well (hopefully to beat Benson Tai one day).
For me, a couple of big things have changed this year: firstly, Mrs Morrison and myself started our new family with the birth of our daughter Effie Morrison; and, secondly, the levels of rivalry between Boyer and Bamfylde (girls' boarding house) have reached new levels of pettiness. It turns out that my new counterpart in Bamfylde, Mrs Bailey, is incredibly competitive. For example, I told Mrs Bailey that I'm planning to redecorate Boyer slowly with pictures and framed work; the next thing I know, she's commandeered the Artist-in-Residence, (the too nice) Zoe Roberts, and she's making artwork for the entirety of her boarding house! The challenge has been laid down!
I've had a fantastic first term as Boyer's Lead Houseparent working with the wonderful boarding team. I'm looking forward to seeing the boys in the New Year, even with their inevitably questionable haircuts.


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It's that time of year again! We are now accepting artwork for our statewide art competition sponsored by the J.A. and H.G. Woodruff, Jr. Charitable Trust. If you're a Georgia student in the 9th grade or above, including both full and part-time college students, we want to see your artwork.
Winning artwork will also be used to create items such as T-shirts, stationary, and totes, to be sold in the Garden's gift shop, therefore pieces should follow guidelines closely. Artwork must be two-dimensional in square, horizontal, round, oval, or vertical format and be within 24" x 36". Pencil, pen and ink, photography, collage and computer enhanced graphics are all welcomed. Please remember to sign your artwork.
For more guideline information and the entry form visit http://botgarden.uga.edu/docs/visit/artcomp.pdf#.
Submissions will be taken at the lower level of the Callaway Building at the Gardens or mailed to Connie Cottingham at 2450 South Milledge Avenue, Athens, GA, 30605.
Deadline for submissions is November 30, 2012, at 3 p.m.
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So here we are, ready to begin the last week of the show. I'm an emotional rollercoaster. This show has been an absolute dream to work on, which is a lot more than I can say for some other shows I've done in the past, let me tell you.
As we approach this last weekend, I start to become reminded of why it is that I do theatre. I originally started acting because I eventually wanted to be in broadcasting and TV, always thinking about what it would be like to have my own late night talk show or sitcom on the Disney channel. But as you begin to involve yourself into this wonderful world of community and art, you begin to see how acting is so much more than just trying to get noticed. When you talk to people after a show or in a post-show discussion and they tell you how profoundly moving the production was to them, or when some people actually cry at what they have seen on stage and they get caught up in the moment of the scene, it makes you feel lucky to do what it is you do. Being an actor is truly the greatest job in the world and I thank God every day that I get the chance to do it on at least a semi-regular basis.
I probably won't be writing too much more after this blog since I have a ton of homework to do this weekfor school, and also because I'll undoubtedly get caught up in the constant partying that always ends up happening during the last weekend of the show. As usual, this run was too short, but then again they always are. I've never really looked forward to seeing a show end, but this one is a hard one to let go inparticular because of the incredible cast I got to work with and because of the fun that I have in just doing the show. This is one of the few shows I've done that I can honestly say I could do over and over again for years and never get tired of it. There have onlybeen two other shows in my career that I can honestly say that about, so this one certainly has a special place in my heart.
Trivia question:
Who keeps a picture of LillieRichardson (the Angel from Actors Theatre's Angels in America)on their dressing room mirror?
a. Joe Kremer
b. Katie McFadzen
c. Kyle Sorrell
Take a wild guess.
You got it....................(b)
Another Trivia Question: Which actor in The Pursuit of Happiness decided that Katie's name should now be Katie McFabulous?
a. Gene Ganssle
b. Lindsey Marlin
c. Joe Kremer
okay, okay, you got me. ..................................(c)
One more: Which stage manager for The Pursuit of Happiness gives us a "places" call in the style of a Gregorian Chant?
a. April Smith
b. April Smith
c. April Smith
d. all of the above
that's right..............(d)
Okay, last one: Which actor from The Pursuit of Happiness will probably never work for Actors Theatre again because he (or she) writes blogs discussing drunkeness and lewd behaviour?
a. Joe Kremer
b. Kyle Sorrell
c. Gene Ganssle
d. Katie McFadzen
e. Lindsey Marlin
f. all of the above except for (a.)
If you chose (f.) you are CORRECT!
Okay, okay, I'm just kidding.
It's (a.)
Talk to you all very soon. Much Love!


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The Black Cat is the tale of a man, his cat, his wife and an accident. An unnamed man tells the story of how he comes to be, stating right at the beginning of the piece, 'Tomorrow I die.' He tells of his childhood, his love for animals, his wife and the series of events that have led up to this moment. As we listen to the story weaving in and out of song there is cause to question the line between sanity and madness and what can trigger the fatal step over that line. Is he confessing, is he boasting or is he simply mad?
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"Saw Steve Nicholson perform this one man musical tonight- breathtaking (don't think I took a breath for at least half and hour) and truly chilling."RuthAudience Member
"Well done on a very well directed piece, properly disturbing and very well acted. I appreciated how Poe's original language, gorgeously rich and poetic, was maintained. "MikeAudience Member
"If you like your theatre tense, dark, disturbing and captivating then you should probably go see The Black Cat. Forty minutes of intense theatre. I'm hoping I don't have freaky dreams now! Brilliant performance, strong script, simple and powerful staging...and the sfx will haunt me for a while, I think!"EmmaAudience Member
"Fantastic evening watching Steve Nicholson in 'The Black Cat'! Deliciously sinister, hugely disturbing and intensely captivating from beginning to end! Wow!! Huge congrats to Corkscrew Theatre Company on another incredible piece of theatre!"KarenAudience Member


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Family Justice Young People's Board
Who are we?
We are the Family Justice Young People's Board (FJYPB). We are a group of over 50 children and young people aged between seven and 25 years old who live across England and Wales. All of our members have either had direct experience of the family justice system or have an interest in children's rights and the family courts.
Our overall aim is to support the work of the Family Justice Board which is to deliver improvements to the family justice system so that it provides the best result for children who come into contact with it.
We work hard to help ensure that the work of the Family Justice Board is child-centred and child-inclusive. We do this by participating in all its meetings to enable young people to have a direct say in its work. In doing this we work closely with other young people's groups and stakeholders within family justice.
Read our Family Justice Young People's Board terms of reference.
"I really enjoy being a member of the FJYPB. It is really fun and amazing. It has so many rewards and we have the privilege of working with some really awesome people. I stand tall and proud as a member of the FJYPB and I feel united with fellow members at getting our voices heard. It's amazing to see our voices and the voices of other children having an impact on key services for children and young people. We are helping to change our futures and how children are both seen and heard."
– Matthew, FJYPB member, aged 15
Our work
We work to promote the voice of children and young people that experience family breakdown including those children and young people who are involved in family court proceedings. We do this by actively taking part in various meetings, projects and events, and working together with various agencies and organisations. Below are a few examples of what we do.
Sharing personal experiences of proceedings
Members bravely share their experiences to professionals to highlight the areas where improvement is needed.
Professionals training
Deliver presentations and targeted and interactive workshops.
The FJYPB regularly participate on interview panels to recruit new members of staff for Cafcass, including Family Court Advisers (FCAs) and senior managers.
Consultations and research
The FJYPB take part in funded research projects. Members will share views and opinions for targeted consultations.
Policy development
The FJYPB are involved with policy development for various organisations and agencies.
Reviewing services
- Cafcass offices
- Court reviews
- National Association of Child Contact Centres
- Mediation centres.
Who we work with
The FJYPB work with a range of family justice organisations and agencies. These include, but are not limited to:
- Cafcass
- Ministry of Justice
- Family Justice Board
- Mediation services (including National Family Mediation, NFM)
- National Association of Child Contact Centres (NACCC)
- Judiciary
- Local authorities.
Our achievements
The FJYPB National Charter aims to strengthen professional practice. It sets out the aspirations that children and young people want from family justice services such as the Ministry of Justice, the Department for Education, the judiciary (judges and magistrates) and many more. We're working with all family justice organisations to implement the charter and make these aspirations a reality. It is our aim that our charter will help improve children and young people's experience of the family courts and dispute resolution services.
Our glossary
We have put together a very useful glossary explaining some of the words and phrases which children and young people may hear during a family court case and may have difficulty understanding. We are currently working to update our glossary.
Our Annual Review 2017
Our Annual Review 2017 gives us an opportunity to reflect on the work which we have carried out over the past year and the impact the FJYPB have had across the family justice system.
The annual review also provides a chance to look ahead to the future and sets out our priorities for 2018/19.
Sorting out separation
Some of our board members worked with the Department of Work and Pensions to help develop this video to encourage parents to focus on their child when they are separating.
Our top tips for professionals
We have developed a range of top tips aimed at professionals working with children and young people. Check out our top tips posters and short films below:
Watch this space! We are currently developing more top tips focusing on:
- Best practice for professionals working with migrant and refugee children and young people.
- Best practice for professionals working with brother and sisters.
- Best practice when working with LGBTQI children and young people.
- Professionals working with children and young people affected by domestic abuse.
FJYPB's top tips for respecting children and young people's diversity
The FJYPB has devised top tips for respecting diversity and effectively including children and young people within family justice. The top tips were shared at this year's Voice of the Child 2017 conference.
Aleesha's top tips for working with children and young people with a disability
Aleesha has cerebral palsy and has such a positive outlook on her abilities. She wanted to ensure that professionals understood the delicate and complex needs that children and young people with physical disabilities may have.
Matthew's top tips for working with children and young people with autism
Matthew has based his tips on his own experiences of working with professionals throughout his court proceedings and education. Matthew shared his top tips at last year's Voice of the Child Conference 2017 and they were really well received.
Sasha's top tips for Cafcass practitioners working with children and young people
Sasha has worked closely with the rest of the Board to develop key top tips for Cafcass practitioners working with children and young people to encourage best practice.
Top tips for Cafcass practitioners for keeping children and young people informed and at the centre of their case
Keeping children and young people engaged and informed is a way of ensuring their voice is heard. The FJYPB and Cafcass have produced best practice tips for ensuring children and young people are kept informed and at the centre of their case.
Top tips for Cafcass practitioners for keeping children and young people informed and keeping them at the centre of their case
Top tips for working with transgender children and young people
The FJYPB and Allsorts Youth Project have worked together to create these top tips for professionals who work with transgender children and young people.
Top tips for working with transgender children and young people
Top tips for working with LGB children and young people
The FJYPB and Allsorts Youth Project have worked together to create these top tips for professionals who work with lesbian, gay or bisexual children and young people.
Top tips for separating parents
The FJYPB have devised these top tips for parents to help them think about matters from their child's perspective.
Top tips for parents who are separated
Our annual Voice of the Child conference
The annual FJYPB Voice of the Child conference is completely led, organised and run by members of the FJYPB, with an audience of about 200 delegates including senior figures and family justice professionals.
Our goal is to bring together the key professionals in the family justice world to deliver speeches, participate in a panel discussion and lead workshops that are ideas-focused and on a wide range of key family justice topics. The conference also provides the opportunity to interact with and learn from board members and fellow attendees to discuss how to implement best practice when working with children and young people.
Are you a young person (aged 7-24) with experience of the family courts?
If you are, and you would like to find out more about joining the Family Justice Young People's Board, please contact us at [email protected]. We can then provide you with an application pack to complete and return.
If you have any questions about the role, please do not hesitate to get in touch!


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Hui Chen ( www.HuiChenEthics.com) was the Justice Department's first-ever compliance counsel expert before leaving in June to start her own private compliance consulting service. Before she joined the DOJ, Hui served in global senior compliance lead positions at Microsoft, Pfizer, and Standard Chartered Bank.
On Nov. 29, 2017, the Department of Justice ("DOJ") released its new Corporate Enforcement Policy for prosecutions of corporate cases under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ("FCPA"). This policy is an extension of the 2016 FCPA Pilot Program, providing companies with incentives to self-report, cooperate, and remediate. The new policy has gone further than the pilot program by granting "a presumption that the [qualifying] company will receive a declination absent aggravating circumstances …"
The FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy is not the DOJ's only policy that grants corporations leniency from criminal prosecution to incentivize self-disclosure and cooperation. The Antitrust Division, for example, has had a Corporate Leniency Policy that grants automatic leniency from criminal prosecution to qualifying companies since 1993. In a February 2010 speech, Scott Hammond, the then-Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Criminal Enforcement in the DOJ's Antitrust Division, called the Leniency Program "Antitrust Division's most effective investigative tool." Hammond cited over $5 billion in criminal antitrust fines since 1996, and attributed 90 percent of this total to "investigations assisted by leniency applicants."
Note that Hammond referred to the Leniency Policy as an "investigative tool" and he focused not on fines from the leniency applicants, but on fines generated by investigations assisted by them. That focus on the investigative value of cooperation is significantly absent from both the pronouncement and the discussion on the FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy. It seems as if the FCPA bar believes the enforcement policy begins and ends with the reporting company itself, with declination as the ultimate end result. Such a view may be short-sighted.
One of the oldest and most useful prosecutorial tools is the use of cooperators. No diligent prosecutor is satisfied with ending an investigation with just the cooperator: it is always about how that cooperator can provide information to the next investigation, and the next. When Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein cited the increased number of self-disclosures during the FCPA Pilot program (30 versus 18 in the 18-month period), I view those as nothing but preliminary indicators of how many potential cooperators there might be, not results of what their cooperation could lead to. The measure of this enforcement policy's success will be its effectiveness as an investigative tool. Given the length of complex white-collar crime investigations, it will be several years before the Criminal Division can cite the type of data that Hammond cited: amount of fines and penalties from investigations assisted by cooperating companies. That is where the real influence and impact will be: cases made from information gained through self-disclosure and cooperation that might not otherwise have been made.
There is another interesting comparison between the FCPA Corporate Enforcement Program and the Antitrust Leniency Program: the latter has an individual component. The Antitrust Division's Leniency Policy for Individuals grants leniency from criminal prosecution to individuals who report wrongdoing. I am not aware of publicly available data on the contributions of individual versus corporate cooperators in developing investigations, yet the injection of the individual leniency approach is certainly one that might change a company's self-disclosure calculus. Has the DOJ analyzed the data from the Antitrust Division's decades-long Leniency Program to determine whether it might be worth considering in the FCPA context?
Finally, it is not clear why such a corporate enforcement policy should be limited only to FCPA matters. In his announcement, Rosenstein repeatedly stressed the point about transparency regarding the cost and benefits of self-disclosure and cooperation. Why is such transparency not equally as desirable in other corporate cases: securities fraud, market manipulation, health-care fraud, money laundering, sanctions violations, environmental crime, etc.? The policy itself refers to the "inherently international character" as a "unique issue" in FCPA matters, but aren't money laundering, financial fraud, import/export matters, narcotics matters often international in nature as well?
Rosenstein also spoke of combating corruption. According to the Fraud Section's 2016 Year in Review, the FCPA Unit secured charges or guilty pleas against 17 individuals and 13 corporate resolutions. During the same year, over 700 federal, state, and local government officials were charged for corruption by the DOJ, yet there is no data on corporate prosecutions in the Report to Congress on the Activities and Operations of the Public Integrity Section for 2016. Does the DOJ have a policy governing corporate prosecution of domestic corruption cases? If not, why not? Has the DOJ coordinated its domestic and international anti-corruption investigations and prosecutions to ensure consistency?
If the goal of the new policy is truly to combat corruption, and to secure the partnership of corporations in such efforts by providing greater transparency and consistency, then isolating its application only to the FCPA is an unfortunate limitation that invites inconsistency in the bigger picture.
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Today is the day. The day I turn 39 for the…. um….. 4th time??? Yep that's right.
Celebrating your birthday really changes when you become a parent, because let's face it, it's not as if my children are going to take the day off from their innumerable needs just so I can lie around and eat Nutella and celebrate the fact that I'm one year closer to qualifying for Medicare. Meals still must be prepared, bottoms wiped, dishes washed, DVD's played over and over, and there's always the issue of the shocking volume of laundry to wash.
Today, I will just stay home in my favorite place in the world and soak in all the blessings I have been given during my 39 years on this Earth, take a few pictures of my neighbor's pregnant belly, eat a lovely dinner out with my in-laws, dance to Yo Gabba Gabba with Emily, fold some clothes, snuggle with my husband after the girls to to bed and pray that I will continue to be drawn closer to Jesus and become a better Christian, wife and mother.
And I'll feel happy that, I have all of you to share my birthday with. Thank you.
Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.
~Charles Schulz