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I was once ostracized for refusing to give James Crosby an MTWT Gold Star. I had not seen the man do anything good without being pushed, cajoled, and threatened - and then all he gave up was crumbs. Kay Lee
Scandals test state prisons chief
Corrections Secretary James Crosby came in to straighten things out, but now he finds himself among widening investigations.
By Steve Bousquet
St. Petersburg Times
Wednesday, October 12, 2005
CRAWFORDVILLE - As the leader of one of the nation's largest prison systems walked to the podium, applause rippled through a sparsely decorated conference room at Wakulla Correctional Institution.
Corrections Secretary James Crosby was eager to perform a task he enjoys: giving a pep talk to the troops. About 150 probation officers had gathered for a seminar in August on the Jessica Lunsford Act, the state's new sex offender law.
Introduced simply as "the secretary," Crosby praised rank-and-file workers for their dedication and reminded them of the thanklessness of their work.
"We are judged strictly by our failures," Crosby said. "That's a tough business to be in. That's a tough job."
The same might be said of Crosby himself.
Three years after Gov. Jeb Bush asked him to take command of a rudderless agency, Crosby's deep familiarity with the prison culture and his intense loyalty to its players no longer look like assets. Even in a bureaucracy with 20,000 employees, 86,000 inmates and a $2-billion annual budget, the steady drip-drip-drip of bad news on Crosby's watch is impossible to ignore.
A Crosby friend and protege, Allen Clark, resigned in August as a regional director in charge of 13 prisons while a joint state-federal probe focused on allegations of improper use of prison labor and equipment.
The FBI and the FDLE are conducting probes that seem to widen daily. To date, eight corrections officers have been charged with crimes ranging from steroid use to embezzlement, personal vehicles of two high-ranking prison officials have been seized and a former inmate has given investigators a diary of the work he says guards forced him to do to benefit them personally.
Crosby himself voluntarily gave investigators three items they requested from his Tallahassee home: a metal rack used to hold firewood, a leaf blower and a ladder. Investigators declined to say why they requested the items and Crosby also wouldn't comment.
"It's like there's blood in the water and the sharks are circling," said David Murrell of the Florida Police Benevolent Association, a union leader who supports Crosby. "If we had our way, he would continue. He's really been a strong advocate for the corrections officers."
Crosby himself is not talking, but his boss, Bush, voiced strong confidence in his appointee Tuesday.
"He's a good man. He's done a good job," Bush said. "There are times when there is a piling on and a frenzy and sometimes the inclination in public life is to cut and run, and throw the guy off the boat. I'm not that kind of person."
Three years ago, "Jimmy" Crosby was the local boy who made good, thanks in part, to Bush.
Crosby is from Bradford County, where generations of young men viewed a career in the prisons as practically a birthright. He got a journalism degree at the University of Florida, but came home to the company town that raised him.
Growing up in the shadow of Florida State Prison, Crosby worked his way up from intake supervisor to warden of the state's toughest institution, home of death row and cellblocks housing the state's most incorrigible killers.
He also had an appetite for politics. Crosby, 53, was mayor of his hometown of Starke. He switched his party affiliation from Democrat to Republican, worked as a local volunteer for George W. Bush's 2000 campaign and was a delegate that year to the Republican convention.
Bush's hiring of Crosby, after the rocky tenure of his predecessor, Michael Moore, inspired such optimism that 1,000 people turned out for a reception honoring him in 2003.
"I hope Secretary Crosby and his administration live up to the expectations and the hopes that so many people had when he took office," said one who was there, Crosby's longtime friend, state Sen. Rod Smith, D-Alachua, in an interview last week. "I think people are hoping for the best but are wanting to get to the bottom of this."
Smith, now a candidate for governor, said Crosby's close tie to Clark was a concern to many.
"They've been around each other a long, long time, and obviously that's of great concern to people, when Allen resigned," Smith said.
Because Crosby and Clark are so close, Clark's sudden resignation cast an ominous shadow on Crosby, which the secretary sees as an unfair case of guilt by association.
With Crosby's support, Clark worked his way up to a $94,000-a-year job overseeing North Florida prisons. Clark was known for fierce competitiveness at softball and seemed to have a secure future in the system despite a personnel record checkered with disciplinary investigations.
Now, Clark, 40, is out of a job. FDLE agents have taken possession of his Jeep Wrangler. They also seized vehicles and trailers belonging to five other prison employees, scattered across six counties from Santa Rosa to Bradford.
Crosby, bald with piercing blue eyes and built like a fireplug, has risen above controversy in the past. He was in charge of Florida State Prison in 1999 when inmate Frank Valdes died after a beating in his cell while guards were moving him. Crosby was on vacation at the time. The guards, tried in a local courthouse where prisons are the dominant employer, were found not guilty.
In the Valdes crisis, the gregarious Crosby defused the controversy by throwing open the doors of FSP's notorious X-Wing for tours by reporters and camera crews.
"We want people to look at us," Crosby said then as the FBI and FDLE looked into charges of brutality by guards.
Today, however, Crosby, who earns $124,000 a year, is powerless to put a happy face on an agency increasingly beset by problems.
The investigations began last year, with allegations that a ring of guards imported illegal steroids and distributed them. Four corrections officers pleaded guilty and a fifth will go on trial next month.
Since then, investigations have expanded to the pilfering of scrap metal from prison grounds, the alleged misuse of state-owned property and the use of prison inmates for work on the private vehicles of prison officials and guards.
Murrell of the PBA, a Crosby ally whose union represents prison guards, called Crosby progressive, open-minded and fair. He said Crosby has been an advocate of higher pay and benefits for correctional officers, or COs, as they are known.
"He came up through the ranks," Murrell said. "He's always been close to rank and file officers. He cares about them and empathizes with them."
Murrell remembers a prison guards' rally at the Capitol where Crosby rallied the troops. "He talks their talk, and they were just ecstatic," Murrell said.
What is perhaps Crosby's greatest asset, his skill at public relations, is nowhere to be seen in the current controversy. He's not allowed to give interviews.
He cannot discuss, for instance, what he sees as a success that undercuts perceptions of cronyism. It is the agency's A grade by a black-oriented newspaper, Capital Outlook, for diversity in hiring and promoting African-Americans in senior management positions.
The newspaper found that seven of the 26 senior management jobs in the prison system are held by black people.
Lately, Crosby spends his days looking over his shoulder as investigators swarm over his fiefdom, seizing property and grilling his subordinates on everything from hiring practices to the handling of prison scrap metal. Crosby's spokesman, Robby Cunningham, tells reporters that they can't talk to Crosby.
"He's not available for interviews," Cunningham said.
Times staff writers Joni James and Lucy Morgan and researcher Cathy Wos contributed to this report.
JOB: Secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections
DUTIES: Oversees one of the nation's largest prison systems, with 86,000 inmates
IN THE NEWS: Investigators took three items from his Tallahassee home as part of a widening inquiry into the state's prison system.
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The prestigious Scottish Harp competition, the Princess Margaret of the Isles Memorial Prize for Senior Clàrsach (UK), is now open for entries. The competition is open to all players aged 18 and over. The competition recital will take place at Armadale Castle, Isle of Skye, on Saturday 13 June 2020 at 2pm. The winner will receive a prize of £2000 and the opportunity to perform at the 2021 Edinburgh International Harp Festival through a new collaboration with The Clarsach Society.
The lead adjudicator for this year’s competition is the internationally acclaimed clàrsach player Gillian Fleetwood. The panel will also include two local tutors.
Competition performances will be live streamed on Armadale Castle’s social media channels and a film made available online.
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Candidates should prepare a 20 minute recital. The recital should include: a variety of Scottish styles, traditional and contemporary; candidate’s own arrangement of a piece from The Patrick McDonald Collection; and a new composition (or compositions) by the candidate.
Please download the How to Enter form (right) for important further information. Deadline for entries is 25 April 2020.
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Now in its third year, the Princess Margaret of the Isles Memorial Prize for Senior Clàrsach is organised by Clan Donald Lands Trust (CDLT) as part of its programme of support of the Gaelic performing arts. The prize is named after Princess Margaret of Scotland, the daughter of King Robert II and the wife of John, Lord of the Isles, who was a great patron of the arts. Read a news story about the 2019 competition and watch video highlights.
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Bitcoin Mining as an Energy Industry Side GigMarch 7, 2020
Unlike the concept of bitcoin investing, the idea of bitcoin mining is truly something that ebbs and flows over the years. Investing might have its spikes and downward spirals related to general price movements in the bitcoin network, for example, or the market cap numbers at any given point. However, even when these are not at the forefront of any discussion in the mainstream media, a number of individuals and even businesses decided to go into crypto with some fiat funds.
The same does not regularly occur for crypto mining. In fact, this activity has seen huge changes in general trends just during this short decade since bitcoin began working. Today, it might seem that mining is all but spoken for by a small number of mining companies and miner pools that hold all of the cards. This is also evident in any expansion project that mostly aims to utilize low electricity prices with an abundance of natural cooling.
However, there are also some shifting paradigms in the energy industry that might result in some major mining disruption in the time to come. While this trend is presently not exactly steamrolling ahead or anything like that, it is still an interesting development that is apparently just starting to leave its mark on both the crypto industry but the energy producing sector as a whole.
New York Power Plant
A recent news from the US showed a brief glimpse into the potentially growing domain of business connected with power generation. A power plant in the upstate New York has been using its own supply of power to mine bitcoin. The same business is doing this on an industrial scale. The plant is called Greenidge Generation and it is a natural gas facility.
It is located in the Finger Lakes region, near the town of Dresden. It announced that it managed to install a mining farm right in its facility. The farm includes almost 7,000 individual rigs and gets its power from the electricity the plant generates. The rigs combined have a hashing potential that is very impressive. The plant said that their miners can generate about 5.5 BTC every day. This is about 50,000 USD in current price.
This sum is no spare change. On a monthly level, this ends up being around 1.5 million USD in BTC tokens. To do that, it is employing what is called the “behind the meter” electrical power. It is generated and provided using the basic costs and nothing more. This allows the price to be at the bare minimum. Thanks to the same power, the Greenidge can now gain unique exposures to two different industries. The first is the energy market which they are a part of, while the cryptocurrencies are now their secondary market.
Naturally, getting that piece of the crypto pie is something that most businesses would love to have if it just came to them for the blue. However, all such ventures are based on just cheap electricity but also millions of USD in investments in mining rigs. In the case of Greenidge, their server farm was created as a part of a renovation project that cost 65 million USD.
It transformed the plant from a business that used coal to a setup that employs natural gas. Besides this, the plant also included the physical equipment needed to power and operate crypto mining rigs. So, the profits that the mining rigs create have been all preceded by a huge investment in infrastructure. Still, the operator experts believe that the farm will remain in the profit margins even when the halving takes place in the bitcoin network in May of this year.
The plant began operating in 1937. Previously it used to work only during its peak periods – mostly during the winter and summer months. Now, however, with the mining segment of the business, it can operate year-round. The process of installing all mining rigs took four months. Presently, its power consumption stands at 15 megawatts.
The overall output of the facility is at about 106 megawatts. The same power is enough to supply about 11,000 US homes with average consumption. While this might seem like an enormous amount of energy to be inserted in crypto mining in a country like the US, the people behind the Greenidge plant clearly believe they have a solid business concept. The same goes for their backers and investors who had to pledge substantial sums to the plan.
Power Production Add-on
With the Greenidge example, the issue arises whether or not all power plants should consider this type of add-on side business. The funding should not be an issue because most believe presently that the crypto field has a lot of potential. A similar thing applies to the price of both BTC and electricity. While there are no guarantees about the price of BTC token, the price of electricity is far more predictable.
Greenidge and others businesses like this are likely created with a long-term plan related to energy consumption and the price of power. Without such plan, any major business move forward would not find backing in the investment community, no matter if it is or is not crypto-related. This is as true in the power-generating community as it is in the esports business, for example. Furthermore, there are businesses where the environmental factors, like a naturally colder climate, would be able to additionally help the price of BTC mining. The same is true for renewable sources like solar or wind.
However, the main obstacle to the introduction of mining on a broader scale is the mindset of the management. As long as most perceive such a venture as something highly risky and unpredictable, they will steer clear of any such possibility. This is why it is the job of those who are more knowledgeable about crypto to try and win over others in the same power companies who are not. Without a general grassroots support for this kind of cross-industry effort, most power plants will not take the Greenidge route in the near future.

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NASA explained the reality of the image of the sun while “smiling” by saying that “dark spots on the sun, which are seen through ultraviolet light, are known as coronal holes, and they are regions where the fast solar wind flows into space,” reports a local Arabic daily.
However, the scientists pointed out that “the coronal holes are open magnetic field regions, which allow the solar wind to flow out of the sun’s core and create solar storms.”
The scientists also indicated that “waves flowing from the holes may reach a speed of 2.9 million kilometers per hour.” The regions appear dark because they are cooler and less dense than the surrounding plasma regions.
The National Weather Service of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States warned of a solar storm that could hit Earth in the coming days, but reassured that it is from the low G1 level.
Magnetic storm G1 has the potential to cause slight fluctuations in power grids and increase aurora activity at the poles.
The website “Science Alert” explains that what happened is the so-called “paridolia” phenomenon, that is, “when we imagine seeing things like faces on random patterns. The trick of the mind this time got a huge body, which is the sun.”


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This Resort in Costa Rica's Cloud Forest Should Be on Every Coffee Lover's Bucket List
One of Costa Rica's most prized cultural exports is coffee, yet some of the best is difficult to find domestically. At Hacienda AltaGracia, Auberge Resorts Collection, located among the spectacularly lush mountains of Pérez Zeledón, coffee gets the spotlight it deserves. At the resort's on-site coffee bar Mercado, head barista and coffee scientist Fabiola Rojas showcases the region's best-in-class coffee, some sourced from farms just a few kilometers away.
"I buy the coffee from when they are green beans, and I'm in charge of roasting profiles and all coffee experiences on the property," says Rojas, who is the brains behind Mercado. "We really wanted a high-end coffee experience, the same way you would get a high-end wine experience at our restaurant Grano." Much like the detailed wine menu at Grano, which serves elegant dishes spotlighting indigenous ingredients and cuisines throughout Central America, Mercado has a coffee menu that specifies each bean's farm of origin, varietal, and processing method.
Guests can set up private coffee tastings with Rojas, or they can grab a latte at Mercado and watch the peaceful cloud forest downpour from the cozy interior.
On a recent visit, I did both. The picturesque resort, which is dotted with thousands of coffee plants and 50 spacious casitas, offers guests some of the most immersive coffee experiences of anywhere I've traveled, on- and off-site. Coffee-obsessed guests can visit scenic local coffee producers and farms located in the nearby mountains, followed by immersive tastings and seminars on roasting styles. If your vacation personality is more about luxuriating, you can stay put — surrounded by 180 acres of rainforest — and drink some of the world's best coffee from the comfort of your casita (or even exceptional coffee soda, complimentary in the mini fridge). Even for the spa-inclined, there are coffee options: The Well at Hacienda AltaGracia offers luxurious river baths, which include a handmade coffee scrub treatment, in the middle of the verdant on-site forest.
At Mercado, I marveled at the chalkboard of coffees on offer, and the incredible amount of detail. If guests like a particular coffee, Rojas can arrange to ship it to them when they return home from vacation. And since the menu changes often, she can recommend other beans with similar flavor profiles.
Rojas scouts the coffee herself, which means she maintains strong relationships with growers and producers; this usually involves proving to them she will roast, brew, and serve their beans properly before they'll even sell to her. Currently, Rojas is overseeing a new project for Hacienda AltaGracia, Auberge Resorts Collection, to produce its own coffee.
"There are around 7,000 coffee plants on the property," she says. "The idea is to produce very good quality coffee. We always support our producers and will work with the best to make our own. We have four varieties that will be ready in one and two years. In March we saw some flowers."
During my tasting at Mercado, Rojas presented the hometown favorite Milenio F1, a new honey-processed coffee that had just days prior had won the "Cup of Excellence" at a prestigious green coffee competition. I sampled it in three different formats: made with a siphon, a Vandola (a terracotta, Costa Rican-invented, pour-over brewing device), and another locally made, clay pour-over pot. She tasted along with me, remarking on the different qualities each process extracted from the beans.
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Parents condemn B.C. psychologist's choice to retire rather than face hearing for role in custody cases
Investigators with the College of Psychologists allege Dr. Allan Posthuma's work fell below standards
A little more than a year ago, a Toronto man signed a court order in B.C. surrendering all parental rights to his two children.
He agreed to sign it after a long and painful custody battle with his ex, which included a psychological assessment by Vancouver's Dr. Allan Posthuma.
Posthuma wrote that it was too dangerous for the children to live with their father because of a risk he could be violent. He recommended that a judge grant the mother sole guardianship of the children and be allowed to move them out of the province.
"This report ruined me," the father said in a recent interview.
He denies ever being violent with his children or their mother. He said he never would have given up his kids if it weren't for Posthuma's assessment, but felt "completely, physically, emotionally spent" by the expensive legal process.
CBC is not naming him in order to protect the privacy of his children.
It wasn't until 10 months after he signed the court order that the father received an investigation report from the College of Psychologists of B.C., outlining numerous ways that Posthuma's assessment allegedly "fell below minimum expected standards."
The report is written by the college's inquiry committee, which investigates complaints against B.C. psychologists. It does not have the power to make findings of fact or decide discipline, but can recommend that the investigation proceed to a disciplinary hearing, which is what happened in Posthuma's case.
In the report provided to the father, the inquiry committee described dozens of alleged "gaps and deficiencies" in Posthuma's work, including that he had completely omitted or only partially addressed things like the family's legal history and the children's attitudes toward their parents. The report suggests Posthuma didn't clearly differentiate between his opinions and the objective information gathered during his assessment.
The college's report also suggests that someone like this father "may be in a vulnerable position" as a result of an unfavourable psychological assessment and "may feel pressure" to agree to terms he or she otherwise wouldn't.
The father isn't alone. His case was one of five the college investigated involving Posthuma's assessments in child custody and parenting capacity disputes.
CBC has obtained four of those investigation reports and spoken to three complainants about their experiences. Two of those parents lost most or all access to their children, as Posthuma had recommended.
The third has full custody of her child, but only because a judge chose to ignore Posthuma's advice to grant sole guardianship to her ex, who has a documented history of domestic violence.
Among numerous other claims, college officials allege Posthuma neglected to gather enough information to support his opinions, gave opinions on a stepmother's appropriateness as a caregiver without actually interviewing the stepmother, allowed an unlicensed colleague to perform an assessment without the family's consent, and provided a recommendation for a child he hadn't interviewed.
In a written statement, Posthuma's lawyer, Michael Schalke, warned that the parents who spoke with CBC may be opening themselves up to defamation lawsuits.
Schalke alleged the parents "are seeking to use the media to further a high-conflict agenda, by unfairly attacking Dr. Posthuma, with false or inaccurate statements, during his retirement."
Until now, none of this information was available to the public.
When Posthuma retired at the beginning of this year after more than four decades as a psychologist, the college closed five investigations into his work, cancelled a citation against him and closed the door to any possible discipline.
In doing so, the college also closed the door for at least one parent to use the findings of the investigations in court to try to see her children more often.
The only public record of what happened was a short notice posted on the college website, saying that Posthuma had agreed to consult with a colleague about his work, but did not admit to breaching any professional standards.
That's despite allegations from the college that Posthuma failed to meet at least 17 standards of its Code of Conduct, along with one section of the Family Law Act, according to the reports reviewed by CBC News. Those allegations have not been proven.
'What value is this?'
For the parents at the centre of these family court battles, there's some satisfaction in having their concerns about Posthuma echoed by someone in a position of power.
But without a formal finding of wrongdoing, they've been unable to use the information gathered by college investigators to secure more access to their kids.
"What value is this?" one mother asked. "Who benefits from it? It's not the children. It's not the families who were harmed. The only person who benefits from the resolution was Dr. Posthuma."
The three parents who spoke with CBC for this story believe they've been let down by a justice system that puts too much stock in the opinions of expert witnesses, and let down again by a regulatory system that fails to put the public interest first when health professionals are accused of wrongdoing.
More than anything, they wish the college had gone ahead with a disciplinary hearing for Posthuma, which would have made the allegations a matter of public record.
Posthuma 'satisfied' with record
Before his retirement, Posthuma had been in private practice in Vancouver since 1977. He charged as much as $13,500 for a child custody and access report, according to his website, which is no longer active.
Posthuma is quoted as an expert in more than 200 legal rulings available online, the majority of which concern family law matters. These court decisions date all the way back to 1982, and judges frequently accepted Posthuma's recommendations and referred to him as a knowledgeable and experienced witness.
But some judges have been skeptical of his expert opinion.
Three years ago, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Bruce Butler rejected Posthuma's recommendations in a child custody case, writing that he "ventured to offer an opinion which goes far beyond his limited foundation of fact and information."
Schalke, Posthuma's lawyer, told CBC that "Dr. Posthuma is satisfied with his record in court."
Domestic abuse not documented
College registrar Andrea Kowaz said she was unable to comment on the specifics of the investigations, but noted in a written statement that the complaints raised "serious concerns."
The investigation reports show that the college's inquiry committee believed the allegations were serious enough to warrant a citation against Posthuma. A disciplinary hearing was scheduled for July 2018, but postponed after Posthuma filed a human rights complaint against the college alleging discrimination on the basis of age.
The hearing was cancelled when Posthuma signed a settlement with the college in August 2018, agreeing to retire. He has withdrawn his human rights complaint.
In one of the cases reviewed by CBC, Posthuma recommended that a father be given sole custody of his daughter, despite the fact that he had been accused of slapping the little girl, convicted of assaulting her mother, and had dealt with the RCMP on multiple occasions for allegations of domestic abuse.
The mother in this case told CBC she was beside herself with worry after reading Posthuma's recommendations.
"I was scared every single day that some kind of shoe is going to drop and someone's going to show up at my door and take my child away from me under misguided information," she said.
In its report, the college's inquiry committee says it should have been obvious that family violence was a central concern in the custody dispute. Posthuma's assessment, however, "does not document a prior history of domestic violence and the related court findings."
In the end, a judge discounted Posthuma's recommendation and granted the mother primary custody of her little girl.
No recourse in court
A second mother who spoke with CBC is currently allowed just two hours of contact with her children via Skype every two weeks.
She's fighting for more access, and recently tried to have the college's report submitted as evidence in the ongoing family matter, hoping she could use the findings to counter two assessments prepared by Posthuma.
There is no way to know for sure if she'd be allowed more time with her children if it weren't for Posthuma's assessments. Still, according to the college's report, Posthuma gave some opinions about the mother, her ex and their children without a "sufficient basis" in fact.
That included assessing the parenting abilities of the ex's new partner without even meeting the woman, which meant it was impossible for Posthuma to rule out the possibility that the stepmother had alienated the children against their mother, according to the report. The college also alleged that Posthuma recommended a parenting plan for a child he hadn't actually assessed.
But at a hearing in B.C. provincial court on March 22, Judge Paul Meyers declined to accept the report, saying that without a disciplinary hearing and an official finding of fact, the report is "not of any importance."
The mother said she can't understand that decision, and she wishes the college would have proceeded with a disciplinary hearing for Posthuma.
"I've been denied my children. My children have been denied me — their mother," she said.
Kowaz, the college registrar, said she was unable to comment on the judge's decision not to accept the inquiry committee report.
Addressing the parents' frustration about the lack of a disciplinary hearing, she said settlement agreements are often preferable because they take less time and have a more certain outcome.
When a psychologist voluntarily cancels his or her registration, as Posthuma did, "this may better serve the interest of public protection," she said.
Kowaz also acknowledged criticism suggesting the complaint process lacks transparency. She pointed out that health regulation expert Harry Cayton has recommended a complete rewrite of B.C.'s Health Professions Act to address the "secrecy" built into the complaints process.
"For the time being, however, the college must of course continue to comply with the existing provisions of the HPA," Kowaz said.
More complaints under review
As for Posthuma, he "looks forward to spending more time with his family" in retirement, according to his lawyer.
Schalke alleged it's becoming more common for "high-conflict individuals" to file complaints to the college when they're unhappy with an assessment in a child custody or parenting matter.
"Our concern is that in some cases complainants seek to further their personal goals in the family law litigation by making a complaint to the college," Schalke wrote.
CBC has confirmed that the college has received at least two more complaints about Posthuma since his retirement. Kowaz said those will be reviewed and considered in accordance with the law.


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By Jagat Narula, Stephan Achenbach, MD, FESC, FACC and Takeshi Kondo, MD
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Cardiac CT obtains information about coronary arteries, great arteries and veins, and heart valves. It shows the location and extent of calcified plaque in the coronary arteries and helps detect coronary artery disease at an early stage, which neither traditional imaging techniques nor cardiac testing can do. Over the last decade technologic advances in CT angiography have been made at a rapid rate, and the new applications and refinements of existing technology continue to be made. This issue will help practicing cardiologists to keep up with the latest technology in this important and swiftly moving field.
By Jagat Narula; Stephan Achenbach, MD, FESC, FACC, Professor of Medicine, Chairman, Department of Cardiology, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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* U.S. judge finds PrandiMet patent invalid
* Unclear when or whether a generic will be launched
* U.S. sales of Prandin, PrandiMet $134 mln for 9 months
NEW YORK, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk (NOVOb.CO) said on Wednesday it will appeal a U.S. court ruling that found the patent on its combination diabetes drug PrandiMet to be invalid, a ruling that could open the door to generic competition.
PrandiMet combines Novo’s Prandin, known chemically as repaglinide, with the widely used generic Type 2 diabetes drug metformin.
Judge Avern Cohn of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan found the U.S. patent covering the combination use of repaglinide and metformin for the treatment of Type 2 diabetes to be invalid and unenforceable.
It is unclear whether or when a generic version of Prandin or PrandiMet will be available in the U.S. market, Novo said.
“We are disappointed with today’s ruling. We believe that it is contrary to the evidence and we intend to appeal the ruling,” Novo’s Chief Financial Officer Jesper Brandgaard said in a statement.
The company, one of the world’s largest makers of insulin and diabetes products, said it was weighing its options for launching its appeal.
Prandin and PrandiMet had U.S. sales of $134 million for the first nine months of 2010. (Reporting by Bill Berkrot; editing by Andre Grenon)


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I was reading a story about a sound engineer that worked on many Beatle albums. He said the sounds he would hear would brings colors into his mind. So when he would mix a song, he would feel like he's actually creating a painting with colors through the music. I remembered that from the book when I sat down to write the song, and put my own spin on it with painting emotions on canvas that are going on in life.
The painter in this song is having a rocky relationship with his current girlfriend. He finds out she is cheating on him. With nowhere else to relieve his grief over the situation, he puts paint to canvas, and paints his feelings. Anger, frustration, hurtfulness, etc. Using dark colors to reflect his mood at the time, especially Black.

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In this groundbreaking work, don Miguel Ruiz Jr. writes that we have all unwittingly made agreements about how we choose to live our lives and what we believe our personal truths are.
But what we may not realize is that each one of these agreements represents an attachment, a limiting filter on who we think we are, and what the future could hold.
The Five Levels of Attachment are a measuring stick to understanding how tied you are to any particular belief, idea, or opinion.
Each level represents how controlled you are by your own particular way of thinking.
Armed with the awareness of which beliefs and ideas you are most attached to, you can better navigate the recurring situations in your life that cause you suffering and release any unhealthy beliefs that are no longer serving you.
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Please allow me to explain the 5 Levels of Attachment using the analogy of soccer (or football, as it is known almost everywhere outside the United States). You don’t actually have to like soccer or even sports in general to get this analogy. In fact, you might even discover that not liking sports enhances your understanding of the concept.
On the other hand, you might see an accurate reflection of your own level of attachment to a game or a team or recognize these examples in the people around you. Remember, you can apply the meaning behind this analogy to any situation you have in your life.
Imagine that you like soccer, and you are sitting in a soccer stadium watching a game. It could be a magnificent stadium or a dirt-filled field. The players could be great or mediocre. You are not rooting for or against a side. It doesn’t matter who is playing. You simply enjoy watching the game for what it is. The players could even be kicking around a tin can, and you would still enjoy the ups and downs of the sport! The moment the referee blows the whistle that ends the game—win or lose—you leave the game behind. You walk out of the stadium and continue on with your life.
At Level One, you are pure conciousness, and you enjoy a moment in time without any real attachment. You invested just enough of yourself to choose to watch the game. You experienced the purest form of joy, stemming from your pure desire to experience life without conditions.
This time, you attend a game—again, at any stadium in the world, with any teams playing—but now you choose to root for one of the teams. You’ve realized that if you invest a little more of yourself by identifying a preference, the emotional roller coaster makes the game more exciting. You could decide which team to root for based on just about anything—from the color of the uniforms to the names of the players. Perhaps you simply pick the home team. You spend the game rooting for one team, but not necessarily against the other. And when the game is over, just like at level one, you walk out of the stadium and leave it all behind you. At this level, you’ve invested a small piece of yourself in the game for a brief moment in time. You formed an attachment to something, however arbitrary, and based your decisions and actions on that attachment. You have engaged in a preference for a team, but only for the period of the game.
You created a story of victory or defeat that shaped the experience, but the story had nothing to do with you personally, because the story was about the team. You engaged with the event and the people around you, but at the end of the game, you simply say, “That was fun,” and let go of the attachment. This ability to attach and detach easily allows you to invest an emotional side of yourself that will enjoy the ups and downs of a great game.
Life is happening, and you are able to share it with those around you, regardless of how they see themselves.
This time, you go to see a game, but you are now a committed fan of a particular team. Their colors strike an emotional chord inside of you. When the referee blows the whistle, the result of the game affects you on an emotional level. This is your favorite team. You can still go to any stadium or field in the world, but nothing compares to seeing this team play. Your team, winning or losing, partially defines your character beyond the ninety minutes of the game. You feel elated when your team wins; when your team loses, you feel disappointed. But still, your team’s performance is not a condition of your own self-acceptance. And if your team loses, you’re able to accept the defeat as you congratulate the other side. You accept the victories and disappointments as part of the emotional roller coaster that makes life interesting, but your self-worth is not based on these outcomes. If you meet a fan of the opposing team, you see not only a fan of soccer but also a fellow human being with whom you are willing to share a beer. You can sit together and discuss soccer and you can talk about how great you think your team is. You might even admit that you think their team is great as well. Your feelings and opinions surrounding your team are not a condition by which you relate to other or to yourself.
But it as at level three that your attachment to your team begins to impact your personal life outside the stadium gates, as you now relate to the world as a “fan.” The separation isn’t quite as clear as it was at first. At Level Three, this culture, this team, has become a small part of your identity. When the event or moment passes, it still forms who you think you are. You take the knowledge with you and begin to shape parts of your life around this team, bringing it to other environments that have nothing to do with it. For example, if your team loses, you might have a bad day at work, argue with someone about what or who is responsible for the team losing, or feel sad long after the game is over, despite the other good things going on around you.
No matter what the effect is, you’ve let an attachment change your persona. Your attachment bleeds into a world that has nothing to do with it.
At Level Four, your association with your favorite team has now become an intrinsic part of your identity. The story of victory and defeat is now about you. Your team’s performance affects your self-worth and your own self-acceptance. When reading the stats, you admonish players for making us look bad. If the opponent team wins, you get angry that they beat you. You feel disconsolate when your team loses, and may even create excuses for the defeat. Of course you would never sit down with a fan of an opponent in a pub for a friendly chat! You might even find yourself consumed with finding out more information about the players. On the other hand, each and every word of praise your team earns feels as though it is directed at you. Not only have you brought the game home, you have completely incorporated it into your persona, shaping your identity by your belief of what it means to be a “real fan.”
Although in reality this team has nothing to do with who you really are, your self-importance and self-acceptance correlates with your attachment. The difference between your real life and your attachment are so blurred that everything starts to revolve around this team. With a Level Four attachment, you begin demanding ceratin behaviours of fellow fans based on your interpretation and definition of what it means to be a real fan. And if others don’t live up to your standards, you insist they should either change or depart. Furthermore, you will raise the subject of soccer with others and argue that your team is the best. You automatically believe that anyone who doesn’t agree with you is wrong. This is the point where the belief has moved from an identity to internalization. When dealing with the fans of opposing teams, you will argue and shout, but it will stop short of fisticuffs. You can still limit your defense to just arguing. While you may allow some friends in your life who are not soccer fans, you much prefer the company of those who think like you. As your attachment grows, you might make your loyalty to this team a condition by which you allow others to be in a relationship with you, including yourself.
In other words, you have internalized your attachment to such an extent that it has become a condition of self-acceptance. Thus, you begin to impose this image onto the people you love as well as the people you interact with in your everyday life.
At Level Five, you worship your team! Your blood bleeds their colors! If you see an opposing team’s fan, they are automatically your enemy, because this shield must be defended! This is your land, and others must be subjugated so that they, too, can see that your team is the real team; others are just frauds. What happens on the field says everything about you. Winning championships makes you a better person, and there is always a conspiracy theory that allows you to never accept a loss as legitimate.
There is no longer a separation between you and your attachment of any kind. You are committed to your team through and through, a fan 365 days a year. Your insist that your family must also be fans of your team. If any of your kids become a fan of an opposing team, you will disinherit them.
At Level Five, your family can easily be torn apart and destroyed if any one of you turns your back on the team. Relationships mean nothing to you unless they are a believer in your team. Every action you take, every decision you make, is within the rules by which you think make a great fan. Of course, you can’t see anything from the point of view of someone who does not share your love of your team. If you do, you would be considered a traitor by your own standards.
At Levels Three and Four you may still have friends who do not like soccer, but at Level Five you don’t waste your time with people who don’t love the sport. They do not know better. You choose not to have them in your life, and you are willing to fight for what you believe in. Your belief becomes more important than the experience.
As your attachment grows, it can reach a culminating point where respect is lost even for humanity. In your eyes, a true fan is willing to die and kill for his team. It doesn’t even matter if the referee blows the whistle to start or end the game. It doesn’t even matter if they play soccer. The symbol and the colors are more important than your own life or anyone else’s life.
If you are having difficulty relating to the sports analogy at this level of attachment, let me conclude with two real-life examples. At the end of one soccer season in Europe, a big name club was relegated into the second division, a lesser division. After witnessing that team’s final loss, a fan went home and hung himself. For him, life was no longer worth living if his team wasn’t in the Premier League. In another instance, a bus driver was a fan of a team that lost the Champions League final. He was so upset by this that he drove his bus into a group of people wearing the winning team’s jersey. Four people died for wearing the “wrong” colors. This man’s attachment to his team was so great he killed for it.
Fortunately, murder and suicide due to a favorite team’s loss are rare occurrences. But when we turn to topics such as religion, politics, or our ideas about money, sex, and power, the examples of attachment at this level are numerous. Turn on any news station and it’s easy to see confirmation of this. It’s important to realize that when we, or anyone else, become attached to a set of beliefs at this level, it is easy not to see the humanity of an individual since we can only see the personalization of an idea that we stand against.
At Level One, you can go to any church, synagogue, temple, mosque, or drum circle, and you will find and feel the love and grace of God. At Level Five, God just happens to be the focus of devotion that the religion is centered on; in other words, the religion is more important than God. Apply the levels to race or ethnicity or sexual orientation. Apply it to love. The Five Levels of Attachment can be applied to any form of information, and suddenly the consequences become far less trivial.
While this soccer analogy is a good introduction to the Five Levels of Attachment because it breaks down the concept into fairly understandable parts, the purpose is for you to see how the levels play out in your own life situations, and what you can do to let go of your attachments. As I explain the levels in detail in my book, The Five Levels of Attachment, you will begin to think about how attached you are to your various beliefs. You will learn how to assess what level you are on for every belief that you have—not as a basis for judgment, but rather to perceive a deeper understanding of self. The goal is to shift your perspective and see the potential that is present beyond your beliefs, and notice how your understanding of love and respect changes as your attachments’ hold on you diminishes.
I invite you to join me on the journey.
don Miguel Ruiz Jr.
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Major studying methods and their new development related to palaeo ocean dissolved oxygen are summarized and discussed. Studying methods discussed include bioturbation, sulfur/carbon ratio, degree of pyritization (DOP), sulfur and carbon isotopes, trace element, rare earth element (mainly cerium anomaly), organic geochemistry and palaeo ecology (mainly dissolved oxygen index). It is proposed that reestablishment of the paleo ocean dissolved oxygen will greatly benefit to understand paleo ocean current, paleo climate, bio events, and organic evolution, which will largely be relied on establishment of substitute markers for dissolved oxygen, knowledge of oxic environment and oxygen cycle of Earth science system.

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Gasp! Shock! This time around, the Classics gang is going SOLO!! Or…um…trio. What do you call it when a group of three is going alone? Whatever that is, that’s what we’re doing. It’s no big deal. We’re just changing up some behind-the-scenes stuff which will mean more guest co-hosts sometimes, as well as the occasional episode with just the three of us.
In this, our latest episode, Jon Wilson, Joshua Bertone, and Donovan Grant venture beyond the realm of the three Pocket Books reprints that Jon had as a youth, looking at Spider-Man’s first fight with the Beetle, and his last fight with the Circus of Crime (at least for a long, long time to come). Along the way, we laugh at Dorrie Evans’ insane demands on Johnny Storm, and Betty Brant’s insane jealousies of Peter.
There was a cool pin-up in issue 21, and I realized I should show more of the pin-ups. So in lieu of amusing scenes this time around, here for your viewing pleasure are links to high-resolution images of all the pin-ups we’ve had so far.
As always, I hope you enjoy the episode. We do answer your emails this time around, and we’ll do more next time as well, along with coverage of Amazing Spider-Man 23. So please continue send us email or share your thoughts in the comment section below. We also always welcome reviews on iTunes. Emails and iTunes reviews will receive response on the show. Enjoy!


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As one of the most commonly used medical devices, the Patient monitor is widely used in various clinical departments and has a high frequency of use. Therefore, the number of failures is relatively large. To ensure the normal operation of the Patient monitor, not only can the patient provide comprehensive Patient monitoring, but also improve the efficiency of the medical staff, and provide important and effective information for disease analysis and diagnosis.
The following describes how to troubleshoot and troubleshoot common Patient monitoring problems with the Patient monitor.
First, ECG-related failures
The Patient monitoring of the ECG of the Patient monitor is the process of detecting the potential difference formed by the bioelectric current generated on the body surface by using the ECG lead to detect and receive the electrical excitation of the heart. There are two common types of Patient monitor failures:
Symptom: After the human body is correctly connected to the ECG electrode, the Patient monitor prompts "no signal reception" or "electrode dropout."
Fault analysis and exclusion: The Patient monitor prompts "no signal reception" or "electrode dropout", which is usually caused by the electrode falling off, damage, or malfunction of the ECG module. The ECG analog signal generator can be used for detection.
Exclusion procedure: Correctly connect ECG analog signal generator and ECG lead wire, and start detection.
(1) If the waveform and numerical value of the ECG signal are normal, the Patient monitor and the ECG lead are normal. Check whether the electrode and the human body are connected properly. If the electrode is peeled off or the pad is used for too long, it will result in no display of the ECG waveform.
(2) If there is no waveform or numerical display of the ECG signal, it is necessary to judge whether the ECG lead wire is intact. Replaceable ECG leads are tested again. If the fault is removed, the original ECG leads are damaged and need to be replaced.
(3) If the fault has not been removed after replacing the ECG lead wire, you should suspect that the ECG module is faulty and you need to disassemble it for maintenance or replacement.
Symptoms: ECG signal scan baseline can not be displayed on the screen, drift indefinite; abnormal ECG waveform or interference, measured value is not allowed.
Failure analysis and exclusion: ECG baseline drift, abnormal waveforms, inaccurate measurements, generally associated with external interference or machine settings.
(1) Check whether the patient's electrode pads are clean and moist. If necessary, use alcohol to clean the skin.
(2) Check whether the electrode pads are connected properly or melted because they are used for too long. They need to be replaced. It is generally recommended that the pads should be replaced within about 3 hours.
(3) The inside of the machine is damp, and it needs to be continuously turned on for 24 hours for drying.
(4) Move the machine to a place with less electromagnetic interference and restart the observation to eliminate the influence of electromagnetic interference from peripheral machines.
(5) Check whether the machine AC power supply has a grounding wire. If it is not connected, it must be reconnected.
(6) Check whether the selected ECG filtering method or power frequency setting is correct. If it is not correct, select the appropriate filtering method and power frequency (usually set to 50Hz).
Second, SPO2 related faults
The Patient monitor measures SPO2 using the absorbance characteristics of Hb and HbO2-εcd in the blood and the lambdaier's law I=I0e (where I and I0 are incident and transmitted light intensities, respectively, ε, c, d are Material absorption coefficient, solution concentration, and light passage path are achieved. There are two kinds of common faults:
Symptoms: In the normal power-on condition, there is no blood oxygen waveform and digital display. Failure analysis and exclusion: no blood oxygen waveform and digital display, generally due to the blood oxygen probe damage or blood oxygen module failure.
Exclusion procedure: connect the oxygen probe properly and start the test.
(1) Determine if the blood oxygen probe is intact. You can check if the diode light in the probe is normal or replace it with a new one. If it is determined that the probe is damaged, it needs to be replaced. There are generally two types of damage to the PO2 probe:
1 finger sets in the light-emitting diode or photodiode burned;
2 The inner conductor of the connector is desoldered. At this time, the connector can be unscrewed and the circuit re-welded.
(2) Check that the machine probe connection port and its wiring are normal. Dropping or loosening of the probe's ports or connected lines, connectors, can cause the probe to fail. At this point, you need to disassemble the port and the line to re-fix the probe detection.
(3) If the possible failures mentioned in the previous two steps have been eliminated and the machine still does not have a blood oxygen waveform and a digital display, the oxygen module should be considered for failure and need to be repaired or replaced.
Symptoms: Blood oxygen waveforms and figures are displayed, but the waveform interference is large or the blood oxygen measurement is inaccurate.
Failure analysis and exclusion: blood oxygen waveform interference or measurement values are not accurate, generally caused by external environmental factors.
Exclusion procedure: Exclude the interference of the patient's own activity, make the patient quiet and test. Care should be taken to detect the effects of light in the environment. From the light absorption characteristics of HbO2 and Hb shown in Fig. 1 and Lambertian's law (I=I0e), it can be seen that when strong light (especially red light and infrared light) is irradiated in the detection environment, I0 and I may be changed. , resulting in inaccurate measurements.
Also pay attention to the effect of the dye. If a patient is injected with a stain before performing SPO2 measurements, the blood concentration (c) and the absorbance coefficient (ε) will change, affecting the final measurement.
Finally, avoid measuring with the NIBP on the same side or using the same finger for a long time. When the SPO2 probe cuff is pressed against the same finger for a long time, and the compression force of the cuff on the arm is measured by the NIBP measurement, blood flow of the finger may be poor, which may cause measurement errors and patient discomfort.


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Directed by David Leitch, Chad Stahelski
Written by Derek Kolstad
Starring Keanu Reeves, Michael Nyqvist, Alfie Allen, Willem Dafoe
An ex-hitman comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him.
Don’t ever fondle another mans’ puppies. Well, not unless you know whose puppy it is. And if it belongs to John Wick and the cute little thing is a present from his dead wife, you might want re-think that visit in the dead of night just because you like the look of his car.
Wahay! Keanu’s back! And not before time. Say what you like about his acting ability (and many, many people have) you can’t deny that the man has always had something of a magnetic screen presence. He may be lamenting a lack of studio offers in recent months, but nevertheless, we say keep on keeping on, Neo. Hollywood may not love you as much as when the Wachowski’s were still able to hold a cock fight, but we still do. Okay, so Johnny Mnemonic (and others) happened, but look at that carpet over there, Keanu. Here’s a brush, just start sweeping under it.
Impossibly tough hard men that are essentially good at heart, despite their questionable pasts, are more prevalent than ever in Hollywood these days, not least thanks to the likes of Liam Neeson and the idea that you, as a general rule, should not fuck with them, is not completely original. Ignorance of your unfortunate wrongdoings is no excuse, because when a man like John Wick is wronged, well, you might as back yourself into a quiet little corner, cry for your Mum a bit, and pray. Not that any of this will do you any good, of course.
I guess you could legitimately call John Wick unashamedly brazen. It knows exactly what it is and, well, it’s going to bloody well do it anyway. What’s more, it knows you will love it. The action scenes
are choreographed superbly and the close-quarter gunplay is both refreshing and innovative. The story itself maybe less than original, but the way Leitch and Stahelski go about delivering it is something else entirely. What has been lacking in these generic revenge stories of late was never thrills, but providing thrills and remaining wonderfully cool in the process, which Reeves helps achieve here with bags of it to spare.
In fact, it’s not just Reeves that shines. Michael Nyqvist and Willem Dafoe are both deliciously menacing in their own, albeit less admirable, way. These three combined make this not only exciting for the action junkies, but quite the treat for everyone else too, with surprising levels of acting prowess being bandied around. It is what it is, however, so let’s not expect Thespian levels of performance.
Don’t get me wrong, this isn’t going to be nominated, far less win awards, this year, but it does provide bundles of satisfaction for the viewer, even if is completely and supremely ridiculous. If it had tried to take itself too seriously, which I am happy to say that it doesn’t, this may have been a completely different review, but if you don’t get at least one or two knowing chuckles out of it, then you may be missing the point. Personally, I haven’t enjoyed an action thriller of this type quite as much since Taken was released. The same feeling of relish is prevalent here for the viewer, even if it is for what may seem initially like nothing more than over-reacting to a stupid mistake by a young man with ideas above his station and no respect for his elders.
Overall, a slick, shiny and slippery little bugger that will impress with it simple ideas told with bags of undeniable flair and maybe more than a nod to days gone by. Never smart enough to test audiences, this is little more than an hour and a half of showing off for Reeves and his Directors. Not the most fulfilling, intellectual or emotional time you’ll have at the cinema this year, but it may come close to being the most fun. If you’re an action fan, I challenge you to leave the cinema at the end without grinning. Recommended.
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The unsorted material is composed of: miscellaneous files with off-prints; manuscript and typescript material; material relating to Where two blades growand, one private library stamp for F. J. Bolton.
Poems of Frederic James (Deric Bolton) Bolton (1908-1993)
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The poet Frederic James (Deric Bolton) Bolton was born in Paisley in 1908. He was educated at Shewsbury and studied at Birkbeck College, London University. He was a research chemist as well as a poet, and worked as a Technical Director with the firm of J. F. Macfarlane and Co. Ltd., in Edinburgh, 1937 to 1962. Bolton was Convener of the Edinburgh Frontier Group, Vice-Chair of the Scottish Association for Speaking of Verse, 1970-1973, and Chair of the Edinburgh section of the Society of Chemical Industry, 1951 to 1953, and 1972 to 1974. His work includes A view from Benmore (1972), Glasgow Central Station (1972), The wild uncharted country: a scientific pilgrimage (1973), and Grown over with greenness (1976). Bolton has made excellent use of the scientific viewpoint in his poetry and My Uncle Eustace, maker of rings (published in Nature in 1977) was said to be likely the poem in English by a scientist about a scientist. Frederic James (Deric Bolton) Bolton died in 1993.
Generally open for consultation to bona fide researchers, but please contact repository for details in advance.
Material acquired from Professor Ian Campbell, Edinburgh University, September 1993, Accession no. E93.74.
The biographical/administrative history was compiled using the following material: (1) Glen, Duncan. The poetry of the Scots. pp.99-100. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1991. (2) Wilson, Norman (ed.). Scottish writing and writers. p.75. Edinburgh: The Ramsay Head Press, 1977.
Compiled by Graeme D Eddie, Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections Division.
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Important finding aids generally are: the alphabetical Index to Manuscripts held at Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections and Archives, consisting of typed slips in sheaf binders and to which additions were made until 1987; and the Index to Accessions Since 1987.
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- The Marriage Ref
The Marriage Ref
The Marriage Ref title card, featuring host Tom Papa
Language(s) English No. of seasons 2 No. of episodes 19 (List of episodes) Broadcast Audio format Dolby Digital 5.1 Original run February 28, 2010– present External links Website
The Marriage Ref is a TV reality show and panel game hosted by comedian Tom Papa and produced by Jerry Seinfeld, in which a rotating group of celebrities decides the winners of real-life marital disputes. The show premiered on NBC on Sunday, February 28, 2010 on the final night of the Olympics before moving to Thursdays. The show's second season debuted on June 25, 2011. It is unknown if there will be a third season.
The premise of the show involves real-life couples who have been having an ongoing argument. In season one, a video clip was shown to a three-member celebrity panel depicting both sides of a dispute. The celebrities made humorous observations, deliberated the merits and voted on who should win the debate. Though the Marriage Ref (Papa) took their votes into consideration, he was free to make his own decision about who was right.
In addition to the celebrity panel, season one featured a fact checker who could provide additional information to aid in the decision making. Today correspondents Natalie Morales and Maria Menounos and MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski filled this role.
Changes have been announced for season two. In these episodes, couples will appear live in studio, and at the end of each show, the studio audience will vote on which of the night's three winners is "The Rightest." The winner will receive $25,000 and a billboard in their hometown declaring that they are right.
The Marriage Ref was originally scheduled to air Sundays at 8 pm in NBC's 2009–2010 season. NBC greenlighted the show "within minutes" of Seinfeld pitching the concept. Its premiere was delayed, however, until the show was used to help fill the 10 pm time slot vacated by Jay Leno after he returned to The Tonight Show in early 2010.
The executive producers of The Marriage Ref are Jerry Seinfeld, Ellen Rakieten, Nick Emerson, Jennifer O'Connell, and Al Berman. Seinfeld selected comedian Tom Papa, his longtime warm-up act, to serve as the show's host and referee. The program is produced by Seinfeld's company, Columbus 81 Productions. Endemol provides services of international distribution of The Marriage Ref. Central Talent Booking manages the composition of each show's celebrity panel.
The Marriage Ref received an overwhelmingly negative reception from television critics. It currently receives a 41 out of 100 on Metacritic based on 11 reviews. According to the news agency, Reuters, the television program received "scathing reviews". An analysis of reviews in The Guardian noted that The Marriage Ref, "has been so thoroughly panned by critics its future looks in doubt even before it begins." A review of the program on National Public Radio called the television show "painfully bad"; the reviewer commented, "I was optimistic that I'd be writing something of the 'Don't assume this show is terrible' variety. But it's ... terrible." The newspaper The Star Ledger described it as "heinous", and called it an "ugly, unfunny, patronizing mess". The New York Times called the show "funny, despite a cheesy game show premise". A review by Entertainment Weekly called the program "silly fun", and commented, "The Marriage Ref exists to permit the celebrity judges to comment amusingly on the cases to be adjudicated." An analysis in Variety magazine characterized the program as "a breezy, inexpensive approach to comedy that brought to mind the panel shows of yesteryear". The Wall Street Journal characterized the show as a "panel" form of game show, commenting, "The concept is essentially a re-jiggering of a genre staple of television's halcyon days: the 'panel' game show".
A commentary on the show in Time magazine commented that The Marriage Ref was "the most God-awful mishmash of a comedy-variety show". Time gave it an F, as did The A.V. Club who noted how confused the premise of the show is claiming that the pilot "safely toe[s] the line between all of [its] options and never commit[s] to one of them." A reviewer for TV.com commented, "The Marriage Ref may be the worst television I've seen in awhile [sic]." The review concluded that the program was an "atrocity" and, "a pathetic half-hour that's edited to hell, results in meaningless resolutions, features the worst animated intro of all-time, and is just plain uncomfortable to watch".
"Who knew Seinfeld could be this unfunny?", commented a review in The Baltimore Sun; the review stated that the program was not worthy of its Thursday slot or daytime syndication. The Huffington Post asked a similar question, "How could a man as funny as Seinfeld produce such a remarkably unfunny show?" The website Gawker mused as to whether "Jerry Seinfeld's new show almost cancels out Seinfeld", and IGN wrote, "The Marriage Ref just felt utterly dead on arrival." New York Magazine characterized The Marriage Ref as "kinda terrible". An analysis of the show in The Hartford Courant wrote, "What do you do if you've managed to pull your network up from fourth place after two weeks of highly-rated Olympic Winter games? If you're NBC, you squander it immediately on an unfunny little thing called 'The Marriage Ref.'" The review concluded that "absolutely nothing funny happened", and called the show "about as wrongheaded an offering to prime time as, well, anything on NBC these days"
In the ratings, the program's debut performed worse than the CBS Network television reality show Undercover Boss even with the Olympics closing lead-in. The pre-empting and tape delay of the remainder of the 2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony after late local news in order to broadcast the premiere of The Marriage Ref was immediately criticized by viewers over social networking websites such as Twitter. The week after its debut, The Marriage Ref dropped to number three in the ratings; losing to the CBS program The Mentalist and the ABC Network program Private Practice. The program had been in first place in its first week, but fell 21 percent in the ratings in its second week. The program has seen steady ratings decline with each episode since its debut. The first showing of The Marriage Ref had 14 million viewers, and by the fourth full episode the number of viewers had declined to 6.5 million. As of the fourth episode, the program had "posted its lowest rating to date", with a rating of 2.5/7. In the program's sixth broadcast, the April 8, 2010 edition of The Marriage Ref hit a season low with a rating of 2.1, just three days after it had been renewed for a second season.
The show's second season premiere had ratings 20% lower than the first season premier, at a 1.6.
Country Name Host Network Date premiered Arab World قاضي الغـرام
Qadi El Gharam
Moustafa Shaban Abu Dhabi TV September 20, 2010-December 13, 2010 Argentina El referí del matrimonio Gabriel Corrado Telefe December 13, 2010-March 2011 Russia Семейный приговор
Gennady Khazanov TV3 February 2011 Serbia Bračni sudija Sanja Marinković Pink September 21, 2011 United Kingdom The Marriage Ref Dermot O'Leary ITV June 18, 2011
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- ^ Weisman, Jon (March 12, 2010). "'American Idol' tops Thursday ratings - NBC's 'The Marriage Ref' down 21% in key demo". Variety magazine (www.variety.com). http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118016397.html?categoryid=14&cs=1. Retrieved 2010-03-15.
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- ^ Gorman, Bill (March 1, 2010). "TV Ratings: Winter Olympics Win One More For NBC; Undercover Boss Working Hard". TV by the Numbers. http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/03/01/tv-ratings-winter-olympics-win-one-more-for-nbc-undercover-boss-working-hard/43277. Retrieved 2010-03-15.
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- ^ http://telefe.com/2010/12/el-referi-del-matrimonio-con-la-conduccion-de-gabriel-corrado-2/ Argentinian version Official website
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- ^ http://www.blic.rs/Zabava/Vesti/278231/Sanja-Marinkovic-kao-bracni-moderator
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Vucic: “I am guilty because I believed that the EU and the USA would fulfill what they signed. (They also signed the Minsk agreements on Ukraine with the clear intention of not respecting them according to the words of the former German chancellor, Angela Merkel).
The second mistake is that I allowed myself to depend on those who led us by the nose, one by one siding with [Kosovo Prime Minister] Kurti.” This was stated by Serbian President Vucic.
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