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NHS Continuing Healthcare: why it's important to have a coordinator
Claiming NHS Continuing Healthcare in the UK is an uphill struggle. Our expert Roger Burgess explains why it's so important to ensure an independent coordinator is appointed.
Before you begin
Find out more about NHS Continuing Healthcare and why your parent might claim it if they have complex health needs by reading Roger's first two articles.
Download the National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare & NHS Funded Nursing Care and have it to hand. You'll also need the Decision Support Tool mentioned in this article.
What does a coordinator do?
Many individuals go into their assessments for NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) with very limited or no understanding of the procedures. The coordinator's role in the CHC assessment procedure is a vital part of that process. They should ensure that the individuals and/or their representatives receive a clear and proper understanding of how the continuing healthcare system works.
The coordinator has a duty of care towards the individual and their representatives, keeping them informed on all points shown on page 71 paragraph 26.4 of the National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare & NHS Funded Nursing Care. They should schedule the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) meeting and ensure that a fair, robust and above all transparent assessment takes place, whilst also ensuring that the framework is being adhered to at all times.
When a coordinator is assigned they can help control most of the assessment complaints that can lead to unnecessary conflict between NHS/CHC staff and the individuals or their family members, as well as creating additional and unnecessary stress on the patients themselves.
However, there appears to be certain influences at work within some NHS/CHC areas that insist on trying to move goal posts, often creating flawed policy in their wake. This then starts to create even more problems and complex issues, which involves further time-consuming and costly interventions to resolve.
Many complaints could be avoided simply by ensuring that MDT members carry out their duties correctly and in accordance with the framework, by, for example, ensuring that at least two member from different NHS disciplines attend the meeting in order to form part of a legitimate MDT. Sadly this is not always the case. Once again this should be part of the coordinator's role as they also has a duty to attend the meeting themselves. Failure to attend and assume their proper responsible position means that they are unable to comply with page 15 paragraph 34 of the Decision Support Tool.
Coordinator separation
Page 71 paragraph 26.3 of the Framework explains how there should be an appropriate separation between the coordinator and those responsible for making the final decision on eligibility. (In this respect the decision makers are of course the MDT members, because they make the recommendations which the CCG's should accept, "except in exceptional circumstances"). It is thereforethe duty of the CCG to ensure that this appropriate separation is maintained.
The coordinator should ensure that the Decision Support Tool (DST) is completed correctly before it is signed off by MDT members at the end of the meeting. It is not good practice to change part of the DST after it has been signed off.It should remain consistent with the recommendations made at the MDT meeting. (Sometimes changes do mysteriously take place, and the individual and/or their representatives only find out when they receive their copy of the DST, normally by post.)
It is the duty of the coordinator to present the signed DST along with its recommendations to the CCG panel for final confirmation.
As mentioned earlier, when the MDT recommendation is received by the CCG they should accept that recommendation. Only in exceptional circumstances would this not apply, for example, incomplete domain information to support a particular care need.
However, if the coordinator is carrying out their function correctly they would ensure that all necessary information pertaining to the individual has been gathered from all potential sources prior to the meeting -normally a 28 day period allows for this to take place prior to the MDT meeting. Therefore problems of this nature should not arise. This is just another reason why it is so important to have a coordinator assigned to each case.
NHS CHC Governance and Assurance
According to the NHS continuing healthcare "Governance and Assurance", the process to determine eligibility for NHS funding under continuing healthcare is defined in the national framework and associated tools. These are the processes that must be applied in all cases when determining eligibility and there should be no deviation from them.
The Right to Appeal
Everyone retains the right of appeal against a decision made by the MDT members or the CCG panel and there are procedures and timetables in place for this phase of the eligibility process.
However, it can sometimes be confusing and individuals are often left to find out for themselves, or in many cases they just don't appeal.
As stated earlier, if the coordinator carried out their duties as required in accordance with the framework, there would be less room for errors or complaints from the individual or their representatives, which in turn would save the NHS so much valuable time and money.
Until the national framework is officially amended, the coordinator will continue to be the key to the Continuing Healthcare structure.
Without the assignment of a coordinator the whole CHC process will fail in its legitimacy to function in accordance with the framework. Once a recommendation has been made for a full assessment to take place, no individual should be denied or not provided with full access to the services of a coordinator. Otherwise the system is in danger of failing to operate correctly and many unforeseen and unnecessary problems will no doubt start to emerge throughout the assessment process.
Further information
Guidance and checklists can be found in these downloads and having copies of these documents to hand will help understand the process:
- National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare & NHS Funded Nursing Care
- Decision Support Tool for NHS Continuing Healthcare November 2012 (Revised)
- Check List for NHS Continuing Healthcare November 2012 (Revised)
- NHS Continuing Healthcare Refreshed Redress Guidance (Gateway Ref: 03261)
- Equality Analysis (revised November 2012)
The National framework and its associated tools are underpinned by legally binding directions and standing rules. This is laid down in the NHS England "Guide for Health and Social Care Practitioners" publication, page 4 Para 2.4 refers.
This article was published in February 2016.
Roger Burgess is happy to answer any questions you might have on NHS Continuing Healthcare. You can contact him by email on [email protected] or by calling 01288 381397 or 07798 902693.


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TransCanada Corp.'s Keystone pipeline leaked roughly 5,000 barrels of oil in South Dakota, the company announced Thursday.
Although the company isolated the problem quickly and shut down the pipeline, the leak comes only a few days before the Nebraska Public Service Commission decides whether to let the company build a controversial extension through their state.
TransCanada TRP, +0.80% TRP, +0.67% shut down the pipeline Wednesday morning after its systems detected the leak, the company said in a statement. The leak amounts to 210,000 gallons. Sections of the pipeline that runs from Canada's Alberta province to Illinois will be shut, although parts of the southern leg to Texas will stay open.
The leak comes at an awkward time for Calgary-based TransCanada. The company is seeking approval to build an extension of the pipeline and is awaiting an important vote from the Nebraska Public Service Commission, expected on Monday. Opponents of the extension, who argue that it endangers the environment, said the leak only demonstrates the weakness of the pipeline.
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To whoever can help: I need to do some reading up on the differences between languages that see verbs in terms of past/present/future, and those (like the Semitic languages) that use only a perfect/imperfect distinction. There was a brief blurb about it on a site mentioned here which gave some examples of Arabic verb conjugations. It didn't really go into detail on how the perfect/imperfect system works. I'm thinking of using such a system in an upcoming project, but I need to know how it works. Any info you could point me to would be appreciated. NS P.S. When I reply to messages, they don't get included in the "thread" for some reason, even though the subject line says "Re: whatever". What's going on? _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com
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New Version of MailsmithAugust 27th, 2009
Mailsmith used to be the best mail program on the Mac platform. However it has gotten long in the tooth and has crashed far too much costing me many of the mails I've saved for years. I restored some, but I just got used to it crashing, waiting the long rumored update.
Now the program has informed me an update is available and the program which was always based on BBEdit is now owned by another software firm instead of Bare Bones:
On August 18, 2009, Stickshift Software, LLC. completed the acquisition of Mailsmith from Bare Bones Software, Inc.. Complete details are available in the press release, but the essentials are that Mailsmith support and updates are now available through this web site, starting at the top: http://www.mailsmith.org/.
A new version of Mailsmith is also available. Please see the Mailsmith Updates page for complete information and change notes.
I'm going to download and install the update now, hopefully they eventually add better character set support, spelling services integration, and support for other mail protocols. Apple is adding Exchange support so it is getting harder and harder to compete with Mail.app
I installed it, it looks a lot different, a lot more like Apple's Mail.app a lot more like a Cocoa app versus the other version which may have used the Carbon frameworks. I never had a problem with the GUI, I'm more interested in supporting standards and stability.
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Just a sneak "peep" at what Easter is going to bring! Shown here is a Whipper Snappers design stamp colored with Copic markers on X-Press paper.
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Laptops have become an essential part of our everyday lives. The primary issue that arises most often due to laborious usage of Sony VAIO laptop keyboards is damaged keys. However, laptop keyboard repairs are assuredly likely if you have a problem with some of the keys on your Sony VAIO.
Consider all of the germs, bacteria and other micro-organisms hiding out in your in your Sony VAIO laptop keyboard. Often, we do not take the time clean our hands properly every time we sit down to begin work at the computer. If you were to use a white keyboard, you would be able to trace the dirt easily. Unfortunately, the majority of laptop keyboards are black and often fail to display the need for a good cleaning.
Airborne particles are everywhere and increasing at a rapid pace. An incredible amount of dust can accumulate within just a short time in a normal home or office, so you can imagine the amount of dust that is in your Sony VAIO laptop keyboard. It is important to maintain your Sony VAIO properly to avoid the need for laptop keyboard repairs.
Removing the keyboard is a relatively simple task because the majority of keyboards are held in place with just a couple of screws. In some models, a couple of screws may also need to be removed from the unit base. A quick call or visit to an experienced laptop computer technician is the best way to handle Sony VAIO laptop keyboard repairs.


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Explorations of a travel writer living in the beautiful Texas Hill Country...flora and fauna, nature and mysteries...food and wine...life.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Why We Have Cats
When I was single I used to tell people I had cats for two reasons--sanity and security.
The sanity part was because if you have a cat, then you aren't talking to yourself. The men in white jackets don't take you away for talking to the cat.
The security part related to bumps in the night. Oh, it's only the cat.
But since Ernest came to live with us, there's another reason--
--to laugh.
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WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Jan. 27, 2014) – The Army's chief of staff said contrary to what many people may think, the Army has been doing anything but slowing down and becoming stagnant, despite cash flow and end-strength issues.
Speaking before a full house of Association of the U.S. Army members at their monthly Institute of Land Warfare breakfast in Arlington, Va., Jan. 23, Gen. Ray Odierno said the Army "is not standing still … the Army is doing many, many, many things in order to shape the future environment and prevent conflicts around the world."
In his third year as the 38th chief of staff, Odierno makes trips often around the country and overseas, checking on the force and its capabilities. He said because the Army is out of Iraq and drawing down in Afghanistan, people tend to think there's not much going on in the service.
"Every one of our components is incredibly busy and continues to be," he said. "A few months ago I was out at Fort Carson [Colo.] and the 4th Infantry Division was laying out all its missions for the next three years … it's mind-boggling to just listen to what they're doing. You go down to Fort Bragg [N.C.], and go to the 82nd Airborne Division, (and the) 18th Airborne Corps; you go out to Fort Bliss, Texas, and the 1st Armored Division, and the missions and requirements they have worldwide outside of Afghanistan are quite significant.
"We have forces that are tailored and scaled, that are conducting operations, training, building partner capacity in many parts of the world and that's what we'll continue to do … and, oh, by the way, we still have about 30,000 Soldiers in Afghanistan; we still have another 20,000 in other places in the Middle East; and, we have Soldiers in Turkey," Odierno continued. "And, we've deployed our air defense capability to Guam in response to North Korea, and what a lot of people don't know is I have a battalion commander and about 50 Soldiers at the embassy in South Sudan, and they've been there now for several weeks."
Odierno said his number-one priority and something the Army had to stay out in front of was leader development because information travels so quickly that it gets pushed down to lower and lower levels.
"We have to develop our captains faster than when I was a captain. We have to develop our lieutenant colonels faster, and we have to develop them in many more diverse ways to give them an understanding of the socioeconomic culture and religious environments around the world because those are the environments they will operate in," he said. "We have to have leaders who can do critical thinking under pressure and who can make tough decisions at the right time. That will always be our number-one priority and is an advantage we have today, and it's an advantage we must sustain into the future."
Addressing the non-commissioned officer corps, the chief said, "The mental agility, their understanding of the issues we have is at the highest levels I've ever seen it, so we must continue to develop that because what makes us different from everyone else is our NCO corps."
The chief said a globally responsive Army of the future must be leaner, smaller, tailorable, scalable and gets back to the expeditionary mindset — "our command and control systems are too heavy today."
"We have to be able to deploy very quickly, get there in small packages and then potentially build on them, and we have to get there with the least amount of support necessary," he said. "We have to be able to go to remote areas anywhere in the world while building on our advantage of tactical operations strategic ability."
Remote areas include looking at the African continent on which he said Army units have conducted between 80 and 100 missions over the last eight months. Some of them took 10 Soldiers, while other missions took 200. Their key mission, he said, was to support the AFRICOM commander's objectives across central and North Africa. He added that the Army has to build a force which understands what's going on there.
"The future is working in coalitions with multinational partners … how we develop that," he said. "These are the kind of things we have to do when we talk about regional engagement."
Odierno also made remarks on the state of the Army's modernization program, which he said, would continue to be centered on the Soldier and squad, not just infantry squads, but logistics and artillery squads and the like.
Unfortunately, due to budget constraints, "our modernization strategy is going to be a bit delayed," he said. "We're not going to be able to do everything we wanted to do, but what we do must be affordable, versatile and tailorable."
The chief reiterated that over the next three years the Army will be relying on some mature technologies, but it will continue to modernize the Paladin howitzer and make cost-effective improvements in the Abrams tank and the Bradley Fighting Vehicle along with improvements to the M4 and M4A1 carbines.
"We're going to build new when it's absolutely essential — the JLTV (joint light tactical vehicle) and the AMPV (armored multi-purpose vehicle) replacement for the M113 (joint armored personnel carrier)," Odierno said. "We have to have these systems. Do we need a new infantry fighting vehicle? Yes. Can we afford a new infantry vehicle? No."
In this last statement, he inferred that the Ground Combat Vehicle — which has been under design to replace existing infantry fighting vehicles — is on hold, at least for now.
The general says he hopes technology will continue to all the Army so that in three to four years it will be able to build an infantry fighting vehicle … "That's absolutely necessary for us as we go forward," he said.
"We're going to continue to modernize our aviation fleet, but we cannot afford our aviation fleet today … so we're going to have to make some difficult decisions in our modernization strategy … reduce the number of systems that we have … do the best we can to mitigate the risk as we move forward and make sure the systems we have are the best systems possible."
The UH-60M Black Hawk will replace all L models, while the CH-47 Chinook and AH-64 Apache fleets will also undergo modernization.
"Does that mean I'm walking away from the Scout helicopter? No," said Odierno. "I think we need a Scout helicopter, but we can't afford one right now, so we'll have to figure out what we do as we move forward."
Odierno concluded his remarks noting that the Army would continue to invest in science and technology, but be very choosy about where it invests.
"We have to be able to find leap-ahead technologies," he explained.
"We want to look at vertical lift and what that means for the future. We want to look at manned/unmanned teaming, but what is that leap-ahead technology that we need that can make a real difference for our Soldiers on the ground?" he asked. "Is it materials technology that allows us to decrease the weight, so we can be more expeditionary?
"Over the last several years what we've done is trade mobility for survivability — we've got to get back in line," he said. "I need tactical mobility for the future, so we need to move toward mobility and figure out how do we sustain survivability while increasing mobility."


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1. Childhood is a vulnerable period, psychologically, children are not yet independent, are not yet fully aware, and their personality is not yet stable or not yet fully formed. In other words, their psychological state is still unstable, not independent, and easily influenced. Given this condition, children cannot be fully responsible for their own actions, because as perpetrators they are not pure perpetrators but also victims. This principle is clearly depicted in article 40 sub article 1 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child which provides that:
"States Parties recognize the right of every child alleged as, accused of, or recognized as having infringed the penal law to be treated in a manner consistent with the promotion of the child's sense of dignity and worth, which reinforces the child's respect for the human rights and fundamental freedoms of others and which takes into account the child's age and the desirability of promoting the child's reintegration and the child's assuming a constructive role in society"
2. Prior to the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, in 1985 the international society through the United Nations has also adopted a principle that "The juvenile justice system shall emphasize the well-being of the juvenile and shall ensure that any reaction to juvenile offenders shall always be in proportion to the circumstances of both the offenders and the offence."
(Rule 5.1 of the Beijing Rules)
3. According to the accompanying Commentary, the above-mentioned rule refers to two of the most important objectives of juvenile justice;
- The first objective is "the promotion of the well-being of the juvenile", which should not only be emphasized by those legal systems in which juvenile offenders are dealt with by family courts or administrative authorities, but also "in those legal systems that follow the criminal court model" in order that they contribute "to the avoidance of merely punitive sanctions".
- The second objective is the principle of proportionality, which in this particular context means that "the response to young offenders should be based on the consideration not only of the gravity of the offence but also of personal circumstances", such as "social status, family situation, the harm caused by the offence or other factors affecting personal circumstances". Such circumstances "should influence the proportionality of the reactions (for example, by having regard to the offender's endeavor to indemnify the victim or to her or his willingness to turn to wholesome and useful life)".
The principle of proportionality must however also be safeguarded in ensuring the welfare of the young offender so that the measures taken do not go beyond what is necessary, failing which the fundamental rights of the young offender may be infringed. In other words, Rule 5 "calls for no less and no more than a fair reaction in any given cases of juvenile delinquency and crime. The issues combined in the rule may help to stimulate development in both regards: new and innovative types of reactions are as desirable as precautions against any undue widening of the net of formal social control over juveniles."
4. The Convention on the Rights of the Child, which entered into force on 2 September 1990 is the first legally binding instrument designed to protect and promote the rights of people under 18 years old. The Convention has now (as of 1 December 2010) achieved near-universal acceptance, with ratification by 193 parties. Its adoption by the UN General Assembly on 20 November 1989 is celebrated annually as Universal Children's Day. Indonesia ratified the Convention in 1990 through the Presidential Decree no.36 of 1990.
5. Every child, without discrimination on any ground such as parental income, family circumstance, geography, disability, race or gender, has an equal right to enjoy the protection of the Convention and the rights it sets out.
6. The Convention sets out rights that children enjoy as human beings and also identifies special rights and protections they require during this vulnerable phase of their lives such as those children who are affected by the administration of justice through criminal, separation or adoption proceedings.
7. There are 54 articles in the CRC which have now become universal human rights, including those rights related to the administration of juvenile justice as stipulated by Articles 12, 37, and 40 which are the primary provisions in the Child Convention relevant to the administration of justice.
- Article 12
Safeguards each child's right to be heard in legal proceedings
- Article 37 (Detention and punishment) provides that:
States Parties shall ensure that:
(a) No child shall be subjected to torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. Neither capital punishment nor life imprisonment without possibility of release shall be imposed for offences committed by persons below eighteen years of age;
(b) No child shall be deprived of his or her liberty unlawfully or arbitrarily. The arrest, detention or imprisonment of a child shall be in conformity with the law and shall be used only as a measure of last resort and for the shortest appropriate period of time;
(c) Every child deprived of liberty shall be treated with humanity and respect for the inherent dignity of the human person, and in a manner which takes into account the needs of persons of his or her age. In particular, every child deprived of liberty shall be separated from adults unless it is considered in the child's best interest not to do so and shall have the right to maintain contact with his or her family through correspondence and visits, save in exceptional circumstances;
(d) Every child deprived of his or her liberty shall have the right to prompt access to legal and other appropriate assistance, as well as the right to challenge the legality of the deprivation of his or her liberty before a court or other competent, independent and impartial authority, and to a prompt decision on any such action.
- Article 40 (Juvenile justice) further provides that:
1. States Parties recognize the right of every child alleged as, accused of, or recognized as having infringed the penal law to be treated in a manner consistent with the promotion of the child's sense of dignity and worth, which reinforces the child's respect for the human rights and fundamental freedoms of others and which takes into account the child's age and the desirability of promoting the child's reintegration and the child's assuming a constructive role in society.
2. To this end, and having regard to the relevant provisions of international instruments, States Parties shall, in particular, ensure that:
a). No child shall be alleged as, be accused of, or recognized as having infringed the penal law by reason of acts or omissions that were not prohibited by national or international law at the time they were committed;
b). Every child alleged as or accused of having infringed the penal law has at least the following guarantees:
(i). To be presumed innocent until proven guilty according to law;
(ii). To be informed promptly and directly of the charges against him or her, and, if appropriate, through his or her parents or legal guardians, and to have legal or other appropriate assistance in the preparation and presentation of his or her defence;
(iii). To have the matter determined without delay by a competent, independent and impartial authority or judicial body in a fair hearing according to law, in the presence of legal or other appropriate assistance and, unless it is considered not to be in the best interest of the child, in particular, taking into account his or her age or situation, his or her parents or legal guardians;
(iv). Not to be compelled to give testimony or to confess guilt; to examine or have examined adverse witnesses and to obtain the participation and examination of witnesses on his or her behalf under conditions of equality;
(v). If considered to have infringed the penal law, to have this decision and any measures imposed in consequence thereof reviewed by a higher competent, independent and impartial authority or judicial body according to law;
(vi). To have the free assistance of an interpreter if the child cannot understand or speak the language used;
(vii). To have his or her privacy fully respected at all stages of the proceedings.
3. States Parties shall seek to promote the establishment of laws, procedures, authorities and institutions specifically applicable to children alleged as, accused of, or recognized as having infringed the penal law, and, in particular:
a). The establishment of a minimum age below which children shall be presumed not to have the capacity to infringe the penal law;
b). Whenever appropriate and desirable, measures for dealing with such children without resorting to judicial proceedings, providing that human rights and legal safeguards are fully respected.
4. A variety of dispositions, such as care, guidance and supervision orders; counseling; probation; foster care; education and vocational training programmes and other alternatives to institutional care shall be available to ensure that children are dealt with in a manner appropriate to their well-being and proportionate both to their circumstances and the offence.
8. By ratifying or acceding to the Convention, national governments commit themselves to protecting and ensuring children's rights as outlined in the Convention and they hold themselves accountable for this commitment before the international community.
9. Although the Convention on the Rights of the Child has achieved universal ratification and proved to be a major milestone in the universal promotion and protection of the rights of the child, numerous challenges remain to be overcome in many countries, including in Indonesia, before the rights of the child can become a living reality. In particular for those rights which are dealing with particular situations of children who are in conflict with the law. In Indonesia, the implementations of these rights are still problematic and need to be promoted through multi-pronged strategies in order to uphold the Convention's principle "for the best interest of the child".
10. Non compliance takes many forms and for many reasons from lacking of capacity of the law enforcers to in absence of laws, procedures and juvenile courts. To date, the following practices are still common;
- the minimum age of criminal responsibility which was set at eight years has resulted in the imprisonment of very young children,
- arbitrary detentions of "rescued" street children,
- the use of imprisonment for minor infringements of the law by very young children,
- children in conflict with the law undergo investigation without the presence of public defender or council,
- the practice of corporal punishment as a means of imposing discipline in juvenile prison,
- very large number of children sentenced to jail only for petty crimes and despite article 66, paragraph 4, of Law No. 39 of 1999 on Human Rights,
- children are still often detained with adults,
- documents on child trials provided by police investigators in the context of Special Women and Children Units, using the Law on Child Protection, are still hampered by a lack of understanding among law enforcement officers (judges and attorneys), who have been accustomed to using the Indonesian Penal Code (KUHP) rather than the new Law on Child Protection. In fact, compared with the Penal Code, the Law on Child Protection guarantees sanctions even for minimal charges for perpetrators, thus carrying a deterrence effect,
- There is not yet a common perception among law enforcement officers regarding the handling of Children in Conflict with the Law for the best interests of the child,
- Limited facilities and infrastructure for the handling of Children in Conflict with the Law during the court process (pre and post judgment),
- Coordination among law enforcement officers, police, public prosecutors, judges, lawyers, correctional board/BAPAS, detention centers, correctional institutions, is still hampered by the existence of ego-sectoral constraints.
11. It is for these reasons that the Government is currently in the process of revising Law No. 3/1997 on Children's Court (from the discourse of diversion, restorative justice, increasing the minimum age for the penalization of children from 8 to 12 years of age). In this context, the Government is undertaking efforts to bolster the role of the Penitentiary Agency (Bapas) in order to strengthen civil society's studies/evaluations to further help judges in examining cases involving children.
12. The Government is also embarking on the development of 16 special child penitentiaries that are separated from adult prisons; formulating a model of the courts that is child friendly; as well as formulating restorative justice in Central Java and West Nusa Tenggara as a pilot project. These efforts are also being supported by the establishment of law enforcement networks (police, attorneys, judges, penitentiary boards, and legal aid foundations, with the Regional Bureau for the Empowerment of Women and Child Protection acting as the coordinator). At the early stage, this will be carried out in eight provinces in order to ensure the protection of children facing legal problems.
13. Aiming at further strengthening national compliance with the CRC, the Indonesian Government established a thematic relevant national human rights institution in addition to a National Institution for Human Rights. In this regard, the Commission on Child Protection was established in 2003 as one of the national mechanism to protect and promote the rights of children. However, this commission has no legal standing and no mandate to investigate any cases concerning the violation of child rights.
14. The Indonesian Government fully realizes of the intertwined relationship between birth registration and the implementation of juvenile justice and fully recognizes that the right to a name and nationality is well established and is enshrined in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child through Article 7 which stipulates that every child has the right to a name, identity and nationality. Therefore, in 2005, the Indonesian Ministry of Home Affairs, which has responsibility for birth registration, established key guidelines for birth registration, including the policy, mechanism, requirements and standard forms to be used. The government has further committed for all children in Indonesia to be registered by 2011. The legal basis for the implementation of that policy has then strengthened by the Law no.23 of 2006 concerning Population Administration. However, the UNICEF - Indonesia data reveals that the number of local governments who have already introduced free of charge birth certificates has increased from only 16 districts in 2005 to more than 300 districts in 2009.
15. At the district level, UNICEF field offices have advocated the use of innovative strategies to increase the birth registration rate through adopting local regulations on "simplified procedure and free of charge birth registration" as well as developing birth registration networks with community volunteers, health post cadres, local and religious leaders, village midwives, and others. These networks facilitate timely submission for parents to fulfill requirements to register their child's birth. UNICEF has supported the capacity building of policy makers from the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights, academicians, selected district and provincial registrars, and members of the Consortium on Civil Registration to understand the importance of birth registration, as part of the overall civil registration system as well as its role to fulfill fundamental children's rights.
In collaboration with the Ministry of Home Affairs, UNICEF has also supported the
development of a Training Module on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics for civil registrars. This serves as the basis for more structured training for Indonesia's transition to a functioning civil registration system.
16. The Indonesian Government consistently strengthens its effort to comply with the recommendation provided by the CRC committee to amend all the laws and local regulation in relation to birth registration as well as develop strategy to achieve 100% child birth registration by the year 2015. With the existence of Indonesia's vibrant NGOs, the Government commits to strengthen its work at the community level to ensure that parents fully understand the importance and value of birth registration for their children.
17. Being a ratifier country who ratifies of the Convention on the Rights of the Child Indonesia strongly upholds the principle that punishment for children is only of the form of ULTIMUM REMEDIUM which has been harmonized in the Indonesian Act on Human Rights No. 39 of 1999 (Article 66 section 3 and 4) and Act No. 3 of 2002 on Child Protection (Article 16 section 3). This principle has also been confirmed by the former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in his article that appealed to judges "to avoid the detention of children and give priority to verdicts in the form of rather than from prison".
18. In line with Indonesia's commitment to strengthen the implementation of article 12, 37 and 40 of the CRC, on 22 December 2009, at the peak of the 81st Mother's Day Celebration, a Joint Decision of the six Government's Ministers on the Handling of Children in Conflict with the Law, was signed and launched by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Indonesia, the Attorney General of the Republic of Indonesia, the Chief of the Indonesian National Police, the Minister of Justice and Human Rights of the Republic of Indonesia, the Minister of Social Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia, and the Minister of Women Empowerment and Child Protection of the Republic of Indonesia. This "Joint Decision" has been complemented by the trilateral Agreement between the Ministry of Social Affairs No. 12/PRS-2/KPTS/2009, the Ministry of Law and Human Rights No. M.HH.04.HM.03.02 on 2009, the Ministry of National Education No. 11/XII/KB/2009, the Ministry of Religious Affairs No. 06/XII/2009, and the Indonesian National Police No. B/43/XII/2009 on the Protection and Social Rehabilitation of Children in Conflict with the Law (dated 15 December 2010).
19. The joint decision provides a stronger legal basis to strengthen the capacity of all relevant state apparatuses - police, prosecutors, professional officers - to acquire appropriate skills to deal with children in conflict with the law in order to strengthen the State capacity to implement a juvenile justice system which is fully in line with article 37 (b) and article 40, paragraph 2 (b) (ii)-(iv) and (vii) of the Convention, as well as the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice (the Beijing Rules) and the United Nations Guidelines for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency (the Riyadh Guidelines), based on multi-tiered interventions of family-based, community-based and state-based care in order to promote the restorative justice approach.
20. The Government of Indonesia's effort in promoting and protecting the rights of children in conflict with the law is supported by a solid legal basis provided in:
- The Constitution of 1945, Article 28 B section (2) and Article 28 H section (2)
- The Act No. 4 of 1979 on Child Welfare
- The Presidential Decree No. 36 of 1990 on the Ratification of The Convention on The Rights of The Child (State Gazette of The Republic Indonesia of 1990 Number 57)
- The Act No. 12 of 1995 on Community Affairs
- The Act No. 3 of 1997 on The Children's Court (followed by the Attorney General of Indonesia Circular SE-002/j.a/4/1989 on the Prosecution of Children)
- The Deputy Attorney General for General Crimes Circular B-532/E/11/1995 (dated 9 November 1995) on Technical Guidance on the Prosecution of Children
- The Act No. 39 of 1999 on Human Rights
- The Act No. 23 of 2002 on Child Protection (complemented by Presidential Decree No. 59/2002, on the National Action Plan to Combat the Worst Forms of Child Labor; and Presidential Decree No. 87/2002, on the National Action Plan to Combat the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children)
- The Act No. 23 of 2004 on Domestic Violence
- The Supreme Court Circular No. 1 of 2005 (dated January 2005) regarding the appointment of a Children's Court Judge. Indonesian Supreme Court Chief Justice Circular MA/Kumdil/31/I/K/2005, regarding the obligation of each district court to provide a special courtroom & a special waiting room for children to be tried
- The MOU 20/PRS-2/KEP/2005 between the Directorate for Social Development and Rehabilitation of the Ministry of Social Affairs and the Directorate General of Correctional Services of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights regarding extra-institutional counseling for children in conflict with the law
- The Act No. 13 of 2006 on Witness and Victim Protection
- Law No. 23/2006 on Population Administration
- The Act No. 21 of 2007 on The Eradication of Human Trafficking
- The Appeal from the Indonesian Supreme Court Chief Justice to refrain from the detention of children and prioritize sanctions other than detention (dated 16 July 2007)
- The Chief of Indonesian National Police Regulation 10/2007 (dated 6 July 2007), on the Women and Children's Services Unit (WCS) and 3/2008, on the establishment of Special Service Unit RPK (Police Women's Desk) and procedures for the examination of witness and victims
- TR/1124/XI/2006 (The Instruction Cable) from the Indonesian National Police's Crime Investigation Agency (dated 16 November 2006) and TR/395/VI/2008 (dated 9 June 2008), regarding the implementation of diversion and restorative justice in the handling of juvenile offenders, as well as the fulfillment of the best interests of the child as a defendant, victim or witness
- The Agreement between the Ministry of Social Affairs No. 12/PRS-2/KPTS/2009, the Ministry of Law and Human Rights No. M.HH.04.HM.03.02 on 2009, the Ministry of National Education No. 11/XII/KB/2009, the Ministry of Religious Affairs No. 06/XII/2009, and the Indonesian National Police No. B/43/XII/2009 on the Protection and Social Rehabilitation of Children in Conflict with the Law (dated 15 December 2010)
- The Joint Resolution between the Indonesian Supreme Court Chief Justice, the Attorney General of Indonesia, the Chief of the Indonesian National Police, the Minister for Justice and Human Rights, the Minister for Social Affairs, the Minister for Women Empowerment and Child Protection, No. 166/KMA/SKB/XII/2009,No.148A/A/JA/12/2009, No. B/45/XII/2009, No. M.HH-08 HM.03.02 on 2009, No. 10/PRS-2/KPTS/2009, No.02/Men.PP and PA/XII/2009 on 22 December 2009 on Children in Conflict with the Law
21. The Government fully realizes that legislations alone are far from sufficient to guarantee the effective protection of the rights of Indonesian children in conflict with the law. It is for this reason that the right to participate of children as one of the main stakeholders in promoting and protecting the rights of children in conflict with the law should be strengthened. There are numerous initiatives and activities involving and led by children are put in place, such as:
(i). Children's Forum
The establishment of the Forum was initiated by the government and Child Protection Agency. It provides a medium to discuss issues affecting children at the provincial and regency levels, which will be channeled to the people's representatives at the provincial parliament. The Forum's members are child representatives.
(ii). Youth Parliament
To familiarize the functions of the Indonesian Parliament system, a number of non-governmental organizations in collaboration with the Indonesian House of Representatives established the a Youth Parliament in 2003. The Youth Parliament consists of an equal number of teenage girls and boys representing 50 high schools from five provinces of Indonesia. The Youth Parliament discusses various topics relating to; the history of the Indonesian Parliament; children; preparing legislation documents; decision making mechanisms.
(iii). National Conference on Children In the annual celebrations of National Children's Day, the government organizes a National Conference for Children in collaboration with civil society, non-governmental organizations and stakeholders from all provinces of Indonesia. The Conference is attended by children representing each province of Indonesia and concludes with several recommendations on children's issues, which are presented to the President of Indonesia during the ceremony of National Children's Day on 23 July every year.
(iv). Children's Participatory Forum In 2004, a Children's Participatory Forum was held and resulted in two outcomes:
a). the enhancement of developing the participatory capacity of children;
b). a document on children's participation
(vi) Children's National Consultation Meeting In 2005, the Government in collaboration with civil society and non-government organizations at national and provincial levels held a Children's National Consultation Meeting discussing among others the theme of Child Abuse from a Child's Perspective. Five recommendations resulted from the meeting and two children were elected to represent Indonesia in the Regional Consultation meeting held in Bangkok, Thailand in 2005.
(vi) Indonesian Youth Leaders Since 2004, the government has supported the election of youth leaders at state and regional levels. The objective of this activity is to (i) give recognition to teenagers under the age of 18 that have actively participated in socializing the rights of children; (ii) promote children's awareness of their important role in the country's future including their rights and obligations; (iii) enhance community participation in realizing the vision of an Indonesia Fit for Children. At every election, three representatives receive recognition from the President at the ceremony of the Children's National Day. In 2006, the finalists of the elections took the initiative of establishing a Forum for Indonesian Youth.
22. A series of standards provided by the international community aimed at promoting the protection of the rights of children in conflict with the law such as:
International standards and norms on children as victims or witnesses:
Non child-specific:
International standards and norms on crime prevention and criminal justice:
International standards and norms on victims and witnesses:
23. In addition to that, the United Nations' Human Rights has also adopted Resolution 10/2 on Human rights in the administration of justice, in particular juvenile justice[2]. The resolution encourages States that have not yet integrated children's issues in their overall rule of law efforts to do so and to develop and implement a comprehensive juvenile justice policy to prevent and address juvenile delinquency as well as with a view to promoting, inter alia, the use of alternative measures, such as diversion and restorative justice, and ensuring compliance with the principle that deprivation of liberty of children should only be used as a measure of last resort and for the shortest appropriate period of time, as well as to avoid, wherever possible, the use of pretrial detention for children (paragraph 9); The development of a comprehensive juvenile justice policy at the national level in line with relevant international standards is encouraged by the Committee on the Rights of the Child, and guidance is provided in the Committee's general comment No. 10 (2007) on children's rights in juvenile justice.
Furthermore, in paragraph 6 of resolution 10/2, the Human Rights Council invites governments to provide for training, including anti-racist, multicultural and gender-sensitive and child rights training, in human rights in the administration of justice, including juvenile justice, for all judges, lawyers, prosecutors, social workers, immigration and police officers and other professionals working in the field of administration of justice, including personnel deployed in international field presences.
24. The Government of Indonesia upholds the view that children in conflict with the law should not be stigmatized as 'wicked' or threatening. The establishment of a solid juvenile justice mechanism should be supported by the public opinion which is not in favor of tougher responses and harsher sentences. The media plays strategic roles to promote restorative justice approaches to children in conflict with the law, through a series of interventions such as:
- Strengthening objective and responsible reporting of crimes committed by children
- Strengthening media coverage in all forms of abuses faced by children in contact with the law
- Supporting the Government in strengthening the involvement of community in the process of restorative justice
- Strengthening media campaign for law enforcement officials to be familiar with constructive approaches that make it possible to avoid formal arrest and detention of children in conflict with the law
- Strengthening media campaign for building the capacity and knowledge of juvenile judges, magistrates, social workers and police in the area of juvenile justice
- Strengthening media campaign and dissemination on international standards and norms on children in conflict with the law[3]
- Strengthening media campaign to disseminate good practices by local governments all over Indonesia in implementing restorative justice for children in conflict with the law in their respective jurisdiction
- Strengthening media campaign to promote ongoing dialogue among relevant actors at the local level for both the government and nongovernmental entities in order to seek for the best and solid juvenile justice reform at the respective province
- Supporting data collection for accurate statistic on the number of children in detention, the proportion of those awaiting trial and trends in sentencing.
25. In line with the principle upheld in the Human Rights Council Resolution 10/2 in which it recognizes the links between development processes and the protection of human rights in the administration of justice and invites governments to include in their national development plans the administration of justice as an integral part of the development process, the Indonesian Government is in the process of strengthening its effort to encourage the involvement of all relevant stakeholders at all levels; the government, nongovernmental, academicians, religious leaders, women's rights activists and the media for the promotion and protection of the rights of Indonesian children in conflict with the law as part of Indonesia's national development plan in the judicial system.
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[3] Link to http://www.juvenilejusticepanel.org/en/ihrs.html
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Continuous and intermittent sibutramine were equally effective at 44 weeks for reducing weight in obese personsPDF
ACP J Club. 2002 Mar-Apr;136:49. doi:10.7326/ACPJC-2002-136-2-049
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Wirth A, Krause J. Long-term weight loss with sibutramine: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2001 Sep 19;286:1331-9. [PubMed ID: 11560538] (All 2002 articles were reviewed for relevancy, and abstracts were last revised in 2008.)
In obese persons, is sibutramine effective for reducing weight?
Randomized (allocation concealed*), blinded (investigators and patients),* placebo-controlled trial with 44-week follow-up after randomization.
108 private practices and 3 hospital outpatient departments in Germany.
1001 patients who were 18 to 65 years of age (mean age 43 y, 77% women), had a body mass index (BMI) of 30 to 40 kg/m2, and had ≥ 1 previous unsuccessful attempt at losing weight by using dietary measures. Exclusion criteria were serious cardiovascular or metabolic diseases; history of drug or alcohol abuse; need for antidepressants, β-blockers, or any drugs influencing body weight; or inadequate contraception in women of childbearing age. 79% of patients completed the study; all patients were included in the analysis.
Patients who responded (i.e., weight loss of ≥ 2% or ≥ 2 kg) to sibutramine, 15 mg/d, during a 4-week run-in period were allocated to 1 of 3 groups for 44 more weeks: continuous sibutramine, 15 mg/d (n = 405); intermittent sibutramine, 15 mg/d during weeks 1 to 12, 19 to 30, and 37 to 48 (n = 395); or placebo (n = 201).
Main outcome measure
Weight loss.
Main results
Analysis was by intention to treat. Mean weight loss at 44 weeks after randomization was 3.8 kg (95% CI 3.2 to 4.4) for continuous sibutramine and 3.3 kg (CI 2.7 to 4.0) for intermittent sibutramine; patients in the placebo group gained weight (mean 0.2 kg, CI −0.6 to 0.9) (P < 0.001 for the difference between each treatment group and placebo). More patients in each of the treatment groups than in the placebo group lost 5% and 10% of their baseline weight (P < 0.001 for all comparisons) (Table). The 2 treatment groups did not differ for weight loss.
In obese persons, continuous or intermittent sibutramine were equally effective for reducing weight.
*See Glossary.
Source of funding: Knoll Deutschland GmbH.
For correspondence: Dr. A. Wirth, Teutoburger-Wald-Klinik, Germany. E-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
Table. Continuous sibutramine (CS), intermittent sibutramine (IS), or placebo for obesity†
|Outcomes at 44 wk
|Event rates
|5% weight loss
|CS vs placebo
|65% vs 35%
|86% (54 to 130)
|4 (3 to 5)
|IS vs placebo
|63% vs 35%
|81% (49 to 123)
|4 (3 to 6)
|10% weight loss
|CS vs placebo
|32% vs 13%
|148% (71 to 266)
|6 (4 to 9)
|IS vs placebo
|33% vs 13%
|154% (75 to 276)
|6 (4 to 8)
†Abbreviations defined in Glossary; RBI, NNT, and CI calculated from data in article.
Given the unabating rise in obesity prevalence, our treatment armamentarium clearly leaves something to be desired. Pharmacologic choices are limited and have a questionable safety record, and none is impressively effective. The study by Wirth and Krause of sibutramine, an anorexigenic noradrenaline and serotonin-reuptake blocker available since 1998, is of some interest to clinicians who are challenged by the prospect of helping their obese patients. The interest in this study is not so much because of its redundant finding that sibutramine has a modest salutary effect over placebo for initial weight loss but because it showed that intermittent treatment (about 75% of the time on, 25% of the time off) was about as effective as continuous treatment. One 36-week controlled trial of an older agent, phentermine, also found this effect when alternating 4-week blocks of time on and off the drug (1).
Since most patients I see take antiobesity medications in an intermittent fashion anyway, this finding is reassuring. Intermittent use is also probably safer than the never-ending treatment of obesity that is often advocated but has yet to be shown effective in studies of > 2 years. Whether any antiobesity agent that acts systemically will prove entirely safe in the long term is, unfortunately, unknown. Sibutramine has certain known problems, notably its propensity to raise blood pressure and pulse (in part undermining one of the main reasons to use it in the first place). Nonetheless, sibutramine has some proven efficacy, and we should not hold antiobesity drugs to a higher standard than drugs used to control hypertension or diabetes. If only we had as many good choices and combinations for obesity as we do for hypertension and diabetes: To begin with, we would not need to treat nearly as many patients for the latter two.
Given the high stakes, we have no choice but to keep trying to find effective and safe pharmacologic and other treatments for obesity. Basic science and pharmacology will no doubt uncover further options as the years unfold.
Lawrence J. Cheskin, MD
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
1. Munro JF, MacCuish AC, Wilson EM, Duncan LJ. Comparison of continuous and intermittent anorectic therapy in obesity. Br Med J. 1968;1:352-4. [PubMed ID: 15508204]


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Anti-establishment mood threatens fossil fuels, not just politicians
Whatever you think of Donald Trump's politics (disclosure: it would be safe to say that I am not a fan), there is no denying that his explosive primary run has unearthed some long-simmering resentments and upended many of the assumptions that "establishment" politicians had about the loyalty of their base. The same could be said for Bernie Sanders too. But the anti-establishment mood doesn't begin and end with party politics.
The suits in fossil fuel board rooms may be slowly realizing that for them, too, the days of unquestioning loyalty from their base (i.e. customers) may finally be coming to an end.
The most prominent proof that things are changing fast was the dizzying rush for pre-orders for the Tesla Model 3. While it's true that these pre-orders won't necessarily turn into purchases, it is also undeniably true that they do mark a huge surge in interest from buyers, many of whom aren't usually considered gearheads and car nuts. (I have at least one friend who stayed home on a Friday night to get drunk and watch the livestream of the launch all by himself.)In the same way that voters are excitedly embracing disruption to the establishment's status quo, and appear willing to place a bet on an unproven candidate, car buyers are excited about a company and a product that looks and feels different to the mediocre gas burners that they've been stuck with for decades—and they are willing to put up a not insignificant chunk of their money with very little information about what it is they are actually buying.
Now don't get me wrong. Before any Tesla fans bash me for comparing Elon to The Donald, I am not trying to make a direct correlation. But as someone who has previously remarked on how fossil fuel execs don't understand their own unpopularity—and who has been told by many commenters that they do understand, but that they simply don't care—I am fascinated to watch what happens when people are offered a choice of something truly different. In the same way that the GOP elites assumed that their voters cared primarily about states rights and free trade, oil and coal companies have assumed that just because they fuel our cars and keep our lights on (for the moment), we would simply overlook the fact that they also poisoned our air and undermined our future.
Whether it's bike-friendly cities, tech-enabled ride sharing or the rise of solar + storage, all of us are getting a whole host of new tools with which we can express our discontent.
The establishment, in both the political and the business world, can go an awful long way while taking its base of support for granted. The trouble is, there's a cost to that complacency.
And by the time the complacency itself becomes apparent, it may be too late to do much about it. I'm just glad that we have options to express our anger other than voting for you-know-who...


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Today, TLC announced the expansion of the season 9 premiere of hit returning series The Little Couple to a two-hour block on Tuesday, September 19 starting at 8/7c. The supersized premiere will feature a one-hour special following Bill as he heads back to the beloved city to pitch in with the Hurricane Harvey relief efforts.
We'll check in on the couple as they discuss the effect of Harvey on friends, family, and strangers, as well as how they are attempting to make a difference in any way they can. As Jen stays back with the kids, Bill heads to Houston with his brothers Tom, a fire chief, and Joe, a former first responder, to help strangers whose homes have been badly damaged, and volunteer handing out pet food. Eventually making their way to a pet rescue, where a lot of displaced animals are being sheltered, Bill's brother, Tom ultimately adopts a puppy affected by the storm.
The special will point to how viewers can help, by visiting TLC.com/Harvey to help donate to the relief efforts. Donations will help Save the Children protect vulnerable children and provide desperately needed relief to families. In the wake of devastation, Save The Children are working around the clock to provide family-friendly supplies and services to survivors. Donate here or text CHILDREN to 707070 to support rescue efforts.
The couple and their children are currently staying with family after evacuating their home in St. Petersburg, Florida, as Hurricane Irma makes its way up the coast.
As Jen details in an Instagram video on Sunday, "We are grateful to be safe and sound up here in the northwest, the kids are doing great. Now we're just praying for the safety of our loved ones who are still in central Florida. Please keep everybody in Irma's path in your prayers today."
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Women's shelter's teach it, women propagate it, and the family court system indulges it. Of course, this is the reason why in most states a woman cannot be charged with perjury for anything that she alleges in a complaint to secure a Domestic Violence Protective Order.
Holding women accountable for telling the truth would be bad for two things: it would be "bad for business" for the Feminist False Allegations Industry and it would be bad for the feminist Myth of the Dangerous Beast Named Man.
"Domestic Violence" is a political crime of the nature of "Criticizing the Glorious Proletariat" in a Communist regime. It is vague, contradictory, and unconnected to real violence of any kind. It represents an offense to a viewpoint rather than an actually-definable crime.
People are alternately amazed, incensed, and incredulous when they learn that it is considered "domestic violence" to fail to take a woman's feelings into account, or withhold money from her, or make her feel that relationship problems are her fault.
Because, of course, rational people realize that quite often, an individual's feelings can't really define a course of action. Much more important issues such as morality, necessity, and opportunity sometimes dictate one's decisions, and our feelings - if we are mature adults (and this is the crux of the problem for spoiled feminists) - simply have to follow behind. What is claimed in court as "withholding money" can actually be a version of "what we can afford right now," and its opposite would sound like, Sure honey, feel free to bankrupt us! And to imply that making a woman feel that relationship problems are her fault is somehow a crime, is of course to deny that relationship problems can ever be a woman's fault - an irrational leap possible only for the same illogic that gives birth to modern feminism.
But too, the goal of the Feminist False Allegations Industry, whether domestic violence or "date rape" or sexual harassment or any of an endless number of manufactured offenses is concerned, is ultimately political. That is why, in family court, no matter what a man's testimony is, he simply can't win. If he works hard, he is neglectful of her needs and distant. If he spends time at home, he has failed to earn enough to provide a decent living for his wife.
The brazen, naked politics of the Domestic Violence Industry is made quite plain in the below quote:
"As a feminist sociology professor and a researcher with specializations in family studies and criminology in general and domestic abuse specifically, expert witness work on behalf of battered women has evolved naturally from my research, teaching and community work related to families, crime, and domestic abuse. I was able to read, teach, and research about domestic abuse – the politically motivated terrorism of women and children held hostage by batterers in our patriarchal social order – for only so long before I was compelled to act. I consider my expert witness work on battering and its effects as a form of feminist activism that follows naturally from the expertise I have gained as a researcher, teacher, and author of domestic violence. It is creative applied sociology."
These words were spoken by Ann Goetting, a professor of sociology at Western Kentucky University.
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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) - Microchip and hardware stocks advanced on Wednesday as part of a broader market rebound.
The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index SOX, +0.53% rose 6.7 percent and the Goldman Sachs Hardware Index $GHA rose 3.4 percent.
All major technology sectors were higher, contributing to a 3.6 percent gain for the Nasdaq Composite. The Dow Industrials rose 2.1 percent to 9,240 on the strength of its tech members, as well as cyclicals.
Motorola, a major player in cell phones and microchips, reported a quarterly loss that matched Wall Street's expectations, but it also said it would cut 7,000 jobs as "visibility" remained low. Shares of Motorola rose 19 cents to $16.91. See full story.
Chip equipment stocks lagged tech peers due to a blanket downgrade and a dour outlook from Lam Research.
J.P. Morgan H&Q analyst Scott Williamson lowered his ratings on a number of semiconductor capital equipment outfits: Applied Materials, KLA-Tencor, Novellus Systems and Varian Semiconductor were cut to a "market perform" from a "long-term buy" while Teradyne and Mattson Technologies were maintained at a "market perform."
Varian VSEA fell nominally while Applied AMAT, -3.95% KLA KLAC, +0.98% Novellus NVLS Teradyne TER, +0.61% and Mattson MTSN each stepped higher.
J.P. Morgan said a positive turn in fundamentals has been pushed to late 2002 and early 2003 due to reduced capital expenditures. The firm cut 2002 revenues and earnings-per-share for the group as indications point to a 10 to 15 percent decline in expenditures for 2002 vs. the 6 percent decline that had been previously expected.
Late Tuesday, Lam Research beat Wall Street's earnings and revenue targets, but orders were less than expected. Lam also said that results for the current quarter will be worse than expected. Nonetheless, shares LRCX, -0.13% rose $1.21, or 7.3 percent, to $17.85. See full story.
PC makers ended higher and even IBM IBM, +1.14% recovered to post an 11-cent gain after Goldman Sachs' analyst Laura Conigliaro cut fourth-quarter and 2002 earnings estimates for the company due to expectations for a continued slowdown in information technology spending.
Numero-uno PC maker Dell DELL, +1.14% edged up 57 cents to $23.22. Hewlett-Packard HWP climbed 28 cents to $17 while merger partner Compaq CPQ gained 49 cents to $9.50. Gateway GTW added 3 cents to $5.01.
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"The HSEs assertion that families looking for sanctuary in the closed refuge in Wexford town will be able to seek asylum in one of four other centres across the south of the country is completely false," Mr O' Connell said. "These other centres, like their counterpart in Wexford has been over the past few months, are being overran as it is. They cannot accommodate all of those needing help in their own areas, yet alone those needing shelter from a Wexford centre that serviced a population of 150,000."
"The closure of the Wexford refuge for thirteen weeks means that those fleeing domestic violence will be left out in the cold, at the mercy of the very pending danger they find themselves in. They will not get help from other centres that are already overstretched. This cut amounts to the state abandoning these families."
"Sinn Féin is calling for the immediate reversal of the decision to close the women's refuge. It's been closed because of an alleged over budget run of €67,000. What a tiny sum considering how much the government has pumped into bailing out banks and bondholders. It is brazen cheek to suggest for even a minute that this closure is justified, warranted or rational. This centre must be reopened now."


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Private Client Solicitor
- Recruiter
- Chadwick Nott
- Location
- England, Kent
- Salary
- £45000 - £67000 per annum
- Posted
- 26 Feb 2018
- Closes
- 26 Mar 2018
- Ref
- Contact
- Liam Andrews
- Sector/Practice Area
- Private Client
- Vacancy Type
- Lawyers, Private Practice
- Contract/hours
- Full time
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Tunbridge Wells
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|FlipSid3 Tactics
|Match type
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Last time when we saw their performance was two games against mousesports (mouz had two stand-ins in those games) and their performance was pretty mediocre winning 16-5 de-dust2, but falling short on de_cache 9-16. Considering the fact that mouz had two stand-ins, HellRaisers had to win pretty much both games easily, but they won only one of those. As I said, their performance is pretty mediocre and this team is fairly inconsistent when it comes to online matches. Releasing s1mple and markeloff to bring in AdreN and flamie was not a right choice, because s1mple was carrying them in most of the matches and now it seems like they're not doing that great without him. If they are not bootcamping, then Kazakhstanian player AdreN will have around 100 ping which is a bad thing.
FlipSid3 Tactics
FlipSid3 Tactics has been doing bad lately losing 4 matches in a row. 0-2 against Virtus.Pro was a huge blow for them, because they had that game in the bag, but ddos happened and they had to play with a stand-in without their ingame leader in the last game. TSM crashed FlipSid3 0-2 in maps without even giving them a chance of winning. EnVyUS literally crashed them on de_inferno 2-16, but that was because WorldEdit and s1mple were both playing really poorly. We expected EnVyUS to win, but we expected a lot closer game than that. Probably the biggest dissapointment lately for this team is that they lost a BO3 game against Copenhagen Wolves 0-2 in maps. Copenhagen Wolves played that game with a stand-in "Snappi" who is not even a professional player, however he managed to out-awp both s1mple and WorldEdit.
All in all we believe that FlipSid3 is still a better team than HellRaisers, because they've a really good ingame leader, a very good dedicated awp'er and two great riflers. This will be a very close game and it will be basically a war, because FlipSid3 is hungry for wins and they really want to qualify for all the LAN events possible since they joined this organisation.
It's 10 days before the Katowice starts and as we all know, F3 is playing will play with a stand-in "DavCost" in Katowice. We don't know how well this team is prepared with s1mple, but we still think that they've a really good chance of winning this BO3 considering the fact that s1mple and WorldEdit are better awp'ers than kucheR, markeloff and bondik are great rifles who could win this game alone if they step up and B1ad3 who's overall a better ingame leader than ANGE1 from HellRaisers.
Conclusion: We expect FlipSid3 Tactics to win this BO3 series 2-1 in maps.
Suggestion: Don't go all in on this match, as this is probably riskiest match to bet on today. We'd suggest a low bet on FlipSid3 considering it's a 50%/50% game.
Don't bet what you can't afford to lose! Good luck in your bets!


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The immersive technologies, virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), mixed reality (MR) and 360° video, have reached a tipping point and advanced enough to put a basis to a new industry – the digital reality. Soon our means of interfacing with digital information will no longer be screens and hardware but gestures, emotions, and gazes.
The enterprise adoption of immersive technologies is currently outpacing the consumer one and the growth rate of investment in professional application is between 100 and 150% per year. Companies are shifting from experimenting with VR and AR devices to building mission-critical applications in the enterprise. Immersive tech is already impacting industries such manufacturing, construction or health care, profound transformation of commerce, retails and workplace organisation is on the way. During the next 18 to 24 months, the digital reality trend will likely gain momentum as more companies pilot use cases and accelerate into production. In the same time, consumer-oriented investments in gaming, education, social applications and entertainment will continue to grow, driven by improvement and availability of hardware and creation of new applications.
In the course of the next few years, this transition to the digital reality, driven not only by immersive tech but also artificial intelligence, wearables or blockchain, will mean leap forward comparable to historic transitions from client-server to the web, and web to mobile. It will clearly bring new opportunities and challenges and the next digital revolution will be run by those who grasp the chance early on.


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"The feline had to wear body and leg weights to keep him grounded. Though Alice thought it was funny, one day when she removed them just to watch him trying to walk the walls and the ceiling in the low gravity."
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"Once we are in flight please wait for an orderly to show you to your sleeping quarters. And they are 'quarters', due to sizing restrictions, the rooms are not very big with vertical beds that do not need extra room."
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Details(False Spirea) Astilbe 'Country and Western' PP14,969 is very floriferous with pink flowers that look like fluffy puffs of cotton candy. The healthy dark green foliage contrasts nicely to the bright flower color. 'Country and Western' PP14,969 also makes nice cut or dried flower arrangements.
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Common Name False Spirea USDA Hardiness Zone 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 Plant Type Perennial Sun Exposure Full Shade (0-4 hrs.), Full Sun (+6 hrs.), Part Shade (4-6 hrs.) Soil Moisture Needs Moderate, Moist Nature Attractions Bee-Friendly Critter Resistance Deer, Rabbit Flower Color Pink Shades Attributes Cut Flower or Foliage, Deciduous, Dried Flower, Fragrant Design Use Border, Container, Massing Season of Interest (Flowering) Summer
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"Eddie's Birthday"
|Season 1, Episode 38
|Prod. code
Robert Adamson as Phil
|Air date
August 8, 2012
Flint Wainess
Larry Carpenter
|Episode Chronology
"Eddie's Birthday" is the thirty-eighth episode of Hollywood Heights. It first aired on Nick at Nite in the United States on August 8, 2012 and received 0.659 million viewers.
Eddie writes songs with Loren on his birthday and asks her if he should give Chloe another chance. Tyler is tired of playing by the rules of Chloe's game. Nora is worried about Loren's feelings for Eddie and Max doesn't want Eddie to lead Loren on.
Extended Plot
Loren shows Nora the pic of her and Eddie and Nora warns her to approach with caution. It's Eddie's birthday!
Tyler slept over at Chloe's without actually doing anything. Chloe won't give up on trying to get back Eddie. Not wanting to be her second choice, Tyler leaves, very maturely.
Kelly calls Loren to work on music, and she also presses Loren for some new stuff. Traci is making Jake feel guilty about Kelly. Traci invites Kelly to lunch, and she's acting weird around her, too.
Jackie finds out Chloe bought a super expensive watch for Eddie's birthday. Jackie's worried that Chloe's going to get into a super huge debt with all the spending and none of the earning.
Loren wants Cam to know she's not dating Eddie, even though the tabloids are all over it, but he's not believing it.
Adam found Beth but Mel doesn't want to hurt her mom by finding her.
Eddie visits Jake, thanking him for the car the label got for him. Eddie sent a car for Loren at school and all the other students freak out. Cam and Adriana look super jealous, but obviously for different reasons. Adriana's acting like Loren's friendship with Eddie is supposed to be hers and plots to bring her down.
Loren gets to the apartment complex and remembers the doorman's (who didn't get fired) name. Eddie answers the door and Loren gives him a song writing notebook, which he very much likes, with the lyrics she tweeted him in the front to inspire him. Jeffrey brings up the present from Chloe, interrupting their moment. He opens it in front of Loren and they see that it's a Rolex and he tells her that he's going to return it.
Jackie visits Tyler to tell him to get Chloe back because she needs him so much.
Traci and Kelly are eating and Kelly's paranoia is making her act weird around Traci.
Eddie plays Loren a song and she tells him that it's his birthday but he's serenading her. He tells her that he misses Chloe and Loren tries to rationalize it for him. He asks her if he should give Chloe another chance.
Max visits Eddie while Loren's there and Max tells her to stay while he presents to Eddie a Martin Guitar that he used to play when he was famous.
Adriana's talking to Phil 'covertly' about the break in. Her friend wants in on the 'capers.'
Max loves Eddie's song and the new direction he's going in. They invite Loren out to dinner, and her mother. Nora's excited about dinner and the fact that Loren hasn't 'hooked up' with Eddie.
Max questions Eddie about Loren and their relationship, hinting at the mutual feelings they have for each other. He doesn't want to see Loren get hurt and cautions Eddie not to lead her on.
Jake wants to set up a meeting with Loren to pep talk her for Kelly. Kelly gets flustered after hugging him and runs out. Traci's suspicious of why Kelly came home early.
Nora questions Loren about whether she wants to 'hook up' with Eddie. She tells Nora that she likes him, a lot, in a different way than before she got to know him. Nora thinks that Loren is young and inexperienced and could get hurt by Eddie.
Jackie is still begging Tyler to save Chloe. Jackie threatens Tyler with the car crash if he doesn't help her. Then she tries to bribe him with a new motorcycle.
We see Loren getting ready for dinner and the episode ends.
- Cody Longo as Eddie Duran
- Brittany Underwood as Loren Tate
- Daphne Ashbrook as Jackie Kowalski
- Brandon Bell as Jake Madsen
- Ashley Holliday as Melissa Sanders
- Shannon Kane as Traci Madsen
- Hunter King as Adriana Masters
- Nick Krause as Adam
- Yara Martinez as Kelly
- Melissa Ordway as Chloe Carter
- Justin Wilczynski as Tyler Rorke
- Jama Williamson as Nora Tate
- Carlos Ponce as Max Duran
- Kelli Goss as Kim
- Wyatt Nash as Cameron
- Christopher Goodman as Jeffrey
- Joe Reegan as Steven
Songs featured
Zara Phillips - Hold On (23:58 – Traci & Kelly at the café)
Twirl - It Girl (28:54 – Adriana & Kim at the café)
Katt Rockell - Oh My My (40:00 – Loren gets ready for dinner)
All times are based on the episodes available on iTunes
- The same people who wrote "Melissa's Birthday" wrote this episode.
- Goof: When Chloe was looking at Eddie's Twitter page, it said "Edit your profile" as if she was logged into his account.