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Ferrari believes there will be a better balance between its Formula 1 qualifying and race performance in 2015 due the major design overhaul for the SF15-T.
Comprehensive engine changes have featured in Ferrari's winter efforts, and technical director James Allison believes a big step forward will be that its race form will no longer be compromised by its power unit being unable to recover as much energy as its rivals.
"We had a number of issues with last year's engine and power unit," explained Allison.
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"Early on in the season the power delivery was not particularly sophisticated and quite tough for the drivers to get the type of throttle response that they wanted.
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"A definite weakness of last year's car was that the amount of electrical energy that we were able to recover from the turbo was not really good enough for producing competitive power levels during the race.
"It was one of the reasons Ferrari's qualifying performance was relatively stronger than race performance last year.
"We have tried to change the architecture of the engine to make it a better compromise between qualifying and racing performance."
The FIA agreed earlier this month that development tokens could be used at any point over the campaign, rather than all pre-season, and Allison thinks this will help too.
"When you are coming from a position like we are, of attempting to recover a gap in performance between our car and some of the opposition, it is quite galling to have an idea for how you might improve your car but to not be able to do so because the regulations freeze a certain part of the design for a whole season," he said.
"It is frustrating seeing something on the shelf that can deliver more performance.
"It is good to have the flexibility we enjoy in 2015 to keep that development programme going through the year.
"It will allow us, if we do a good job, to develop stronger and faster than we would otherwise."
IMPROVED COOLING AND AERO
After calling the pace difference between Ferrari and Mercedes "unacceptably large", Allison says a lot of effort has also gone into aerodynamics.
The rear of the car is much more tightly packaged, and there has been considerable work on improving cooling efficiency.
"The back of the car is something that is noticeably different to the 2014 car, where we have been successful in pulling the bodywork much tighter to everything under the skin," he said.
"That has been done through a lot of work, not just in the windtunnel, but also in the design part of the company to try to find radiator designs that were fundamentally more efficient.
"So for every square centimetre of radiator, we were able to extract more cooling than last year and therefore able to close the car down at the back as a consequence."
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Micron Technology will immediately cease development of 3D XPoint memory and shift resources to products based on the emerging Compute Express Link standard for connecting compute, memory and storage.
The memory and storage manufacturer, based in Boise, Idaho, determined there was "insufficient market validation to justify the ongoing high levels of investments required to successfully commercialize 3D XPoint at scale to address the evolving memory and storage needs of its customers," according to a press release. Micron said that, although development would end now, the manufacturing of 3D XPoint products would not wind down until it completes industry commitments over the next several quarters.
Micron began jointly developing 3D XPoint memory with Intel in 2012 to fill the performance gap between more expensive DRAM and cheaper NAND flash. In 2019, Micron bought out Intel's interest in the IM Flash Technologies fabrication plant that is dedicated to 3D XPoint production in Lehi, Utah, and in March 2020, they ended their joint development program. Although Micron and Intel ended their joint development work, Micron had continued to supply 3D XPoint wafers to Intel under a contractual agreement.
Micron's president and CEO Sanjay Mehrotra said during a conference call that the company hopes to finalize the sale of the Lehi fab by the end of 2021 and is in discussions with several potential buyers.
In response to the news, Intel issued the following statement: "Micron's announcement doesn't change our strategy for Intel Optane or our ability to supply Intel Optane products to our customers."
Jim Handy, general director and semiconductor analyst at Objective Analysis, said Intel likely had put together a contingency plan, since Micron has slowly been extricating itself from the 3D XPoint business. He said he expects Intel to continue to promote and keep 3D XPoint technology as a competitive advantage over AMD processors. Handy noted that Intel could acquire the Lehi fab or ramp up its Rio Rancho, N.M., manufacturing site that runs prototype lots.
Jim HandyGeneral director and semiconductor analyst, Objective Analysis
Micron's decision was more sudden than Handy anticipated it would be, but he said he could understand the rationale.
3D XPoint market has been sluggish
"The market for 3D XPoint has grown significantly more slowly than Intel and Micron had hoped back in 2015 and earlier when they committed to the effort," Handy said. "This entire time, both companies have been losing money. Since the SSD market didn't develop, and since that was supposed to be the volume driver that would help them drive production costs down, it was getting hard to see how the product could become profitable in the foreseeable future."
Joseph Unsworth, a research vice president at Gartner, said he wasn't surprised to see Micron end its 3D XPoint work, given that the company had yet to commercialize any SSD or other products in volume and "must have been losing considerable money on the technology." But Unsworth did not think the Micron decision will kill 3D XPoint. "It certainly complicates the supply/manufacturing situation and puts Intel as a true single-source," Unsworth said.
Greg Wong, founder and principal analyst at Forward Insights, noted that "one of the major concerns for customers" is that there is no dual source for Optane, and "Micron's decision kills any hope of a dual source." Wong said he thought Micron would give 3D XPoint a couple more years before deciding whether to continue.
Micron said it plans to apply the knowledge gained from its 3D XPoint development, as well as related engineering expertise and resources, to new types of memory products that can address the requirements of AI and data analytics workloads. The company said it sees great promise in new classes of memory-centric technologies that use Compute Express Link (CXL) to scale capacity, performance and content.
Raj Hazra, senior vice president and general manager of the compute and networking business unit at Micron, told TechTarget earlier this year that CXL would "open the door to an unprecedented level of system architecture innovations starting in the next 18 to 24 months." He said CXL would facilitate different ways to connect memory and storage with compute.
"It's an open industry specification, so it allows more players to innovate on a standard bus," Hazra added. "It's no longer a proprietary interface that you have to license for a particular CPU. So, whether you're building an accelerator, storage class memory or storage devices, the CXL standard gives you the ability to put your innovation on that compute platform."
Carol Sliwa has been a TechTarget senior writer since 2008. Her coverage area includes enterprise architecture, flash, memory and storage drive technology.


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Press Release concerning the Decision Dismissing the Request for Annulment of the Allegedly Unconstitutional Provisions of the Forest Law
The Constitutional Court, at its session dated 20 December 2018, dismissed the request for annulment of the certain provisions of Article 11 of the Forest Law no. 6831 and dated 31 August 1956 which are allegedly unconstitutional (file no. E.2018/33).
In the impugned provisions, it is set forth that announcement to be made through posting a list shall be considered as notifications addressed personally to those concerned; that reports and maps which have not been sued shall become final; and that any complaint and case cannot be filed, relying on the legal grounds prevailing before the cadastral survey, upon the expiry of 10 years as from the finalization date of the reports and maps issued by the forest cadastral commissions.
Grounds for the Requests for Annulment
In the petition, it is maintained that owners are not aware of the determination of the forest boundaries by the forest cadastral commissions, which lead to finalization of the forest cadastral report without the owners raising no objection to such determinations; and that upon the expiry of 10 years, no case may be filed in respect of the final reports. It is accordingly claimed that the contested provisions are unconstitutional.
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It is obvious that the contested provisions constitute a restriction on the rights to property and to legal remedies. However, regard being had to the fact that these provisions do not completely preclude the right to sue against the cadastral determinations but rather impose certain restrictions in respect of the notification procedure and the term of litigation, it has been concluded that they do not infringe upon the essence of the right to access to court as well as the right to property. Accordingly, it must be assessed whether the imposed restriction is in compliance with the principle of proportionality.
In the event that any action is not brought against the reports and maps concerning the decisions taken by the forest cadastral commissions, which have been announced by way of posting a list, within 30 days as from the posting date, these reports and maps will become final. Thereby, the boundaries of both forests and other immovables are re-assigned. It appears that the intent of notifying cadastral determinations to those concerned through posting a list is to end uncertainties concerning the ownership of all immovables located on the land where cadastral survey is carried out. Given the fact that forest cadastral survey concerns many plots of land and is carried out, in certain circumstances, also on lands with no records of land registry, the practice of notification through posting a list was found to be a convenient and necessary means for attaining the aim pursued.
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For the reasons explained above, the Court found the impugned provisions constitutional and accordingly dismissed the request for annulment.
|This press release prepared by the General Secretariat intends to inform the public and has no binding effect.|

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Ryman Healthcare’s full year underlying profit up 13% to $178 million
Consent received for three new villages with a value of more than $1 billion
Ryman Healthcare’s underlying profit rose 13% to $178 million during the year, while valuation gains lifted audited
reported profit after tax by 17% to $357 million. Total assets grew 24% to $4.9 billion.
Ryman’s shareholders will receive a final dividend of 9.3 cents per share, which will be paid on June 23, with the
record date for entitlements on June 9. This takes the total dividend for the year to 17.8 cents, up 13% in line with
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Chairman Dr David Kerr said strong gains from the resale of occupancy rights had driven the result, and Ryman had
invested a record $525 million to meet the demands of a growing older population.
“We've made good progress thanks to growing resident demand for our unique Ryman-style villages and a strong real estate
Dr Kerr said it was a satisfactory result given that four new villages were in the establishment phase during the year,
and there was no development contribution from Melbourne.
Ryman has recently received consent to build three large new villages. Together, the villages at Brandon Park in
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“They’re outstanding sites, we are delighted to have received consent for them and we already have strong interest in
all three from residents wanting to move in,’’ Dr Kerr said.
During the year Ryman increased its land bank by more than 30%, and now has 13 new villages in the pipeline in Australia
and New Zealand.
As well as investment in building new villages and lifting the land bank, Ryman had invested in upgrading existing
villages, IT systems, leadership training, and innovation – all to improve the resident experience and prepare for the
next phase of growth.
“All of this investment puts us ahead of the curve as we head into decades of unprecedented increases to the number of
people aged over 75.’’
Ryman’s established villages ended the year with care centre occupancy at 97%, and only 32 of the 6,000 units in its
portfolio of town houses, apartments and serviced apartments were available.
“We are confident demand for our villages will continue to grow,’’ Dr Kerr said. “Our villages meet a real and growing
need in the community, and remain affordable for residents to move in and free up capital.’’
“Our target is to open five villages in Melbourne by 2020. In the medium-term our goal is to be opening four new
villages a year – two in New Zealand and two in Melbourne.’’
Ryman has delivered 15 consecutive years of underlying profit and dividend growth. Dr Kerr said Ryman’s medium-term
target remains to grow underlying profits and dividends by 15% a year, which means the company doubles profits and
dividends every five years.
Existing villages under construction:
Bob Scott, Petone: Village and care centre open, final stages under way.
Possum Bourne, Pukekohe: Village and care centre open, final stages under way.
Charles Upham, Rangiora: Village complete, extension planned.
Bert Sutcliffe, Birkenhead: Village and care centre open, remaining stages under way.
New villages under construction:
Greenlane, Auckland: Construction continuing, first residents expected late 2017.
Brandon Park, Melbourne: Site works under way.
New villages consented:
Devonport, Auckland: Mediation successful, consent pending.
Tropicana, Auckland: Consent received, work about to begin.
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On the HVAC market front, the stars aligning for residential on employment, lower gas, and higher consumer confidence, all on an easy weather comparison with better price/mix and lower raw materials costs, while commercial markets face a steady nonresidential recovery. The underlying trends here are now firmly above the EE/MI sector average and, importantly, should be sustainable. From a macro perspective, the HVAC market is mostly immune to concerns around currency-related competitive risks.
Potential upside from continued release of pent-up demand and an easy weather comp from a cool summer in 2014. While the pre-buy impact from 13 SEER should reduce reported AHRI volume numbers by 8% in 2015. 14 SEER is positive with less risk around share shift and a positive benefit to margins and sales from mix up, which comes, for some, on a similarly priced cost base.
US Commercial HVAC market remains a more straightforward call, where about 5% growth in 2015/16 based on an ongoing non-res construction recovery (6-7% growth) and stable 4% replacement. Ductless continues to be the talk of the industry, a market that could come to represent 15% of the industry for both residential (~10%) and commercial (~5%).
OEMs were able to realize solid pricing gains in 2014, with most companies announcing low- to mid-single- digit price increases for 2015. Providing dedicated chapters on residential HVAC market, commercial HVAC market, sub-markets and a research on HVAC margins, this market research and analysis repot is supported with 87 global and US focused charts. Order a copy of Research on Global & US HVAC (Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning) Industry, 2015 at http://www.reportsnreports.com/Purchase.aspx?name=406772 .

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History of Soul Music
Amy Winehouse, Rolling Stones
Soul music became popular almost by accident. During the 1940's and 1950's Doo Wop music was the "in" thing. Gospel music sung by African-Americans also had a big place in society at that time. These two distinctive types of music merged into Soul. This type of music was well received by blacks and whites alike, and played a big part in the end of segregation. Whites, some of whom were prejudiced and close-minded, began to change their views about blacks. The two cultures started to come together, and it was in part because of the music.
Some of the earliest soul artists were Ray Charles, Sam Cooke and James Brown. Ray Charles, blind since he was a child, made the nation fall in love with him thanks to hits like "Hit the Road, Jack," and "Georgia on My Mind." Sam Cooke, who got his start in gospel music in the '50s, was known for hits like "Twistin' the Night Away," and "Another Saturday Night." James Brown, who was doing Soul music before almost anyone else, got famous thanks to hits such as "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag," and "Cold Sweat."
Although Soul music sounds slightly different than it did back in the day, it is still very much in the forefront. Artists like Whitney Houston, Anita Baker and Aretha Franklin have all done their part to keep Soul music alive. Soul music is also no longer directly related to African-Americans. White artists like Taylor Hicks, George Michael and Amy Winehouse can be considered modern day Soul artists.

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Real StoriesJune 06,2022
Tragic Death of 4-Year-Old Prompts Action to Implement Safer Windows
Evan, the son of a career Navy officer, fell through a screened window at Aliamanu Military Reservation in Honolulu in 2011. This tragedy served as the catalyst for federal legislation that will safeguard windows in privatized military residential housing.
Just a few weeks before his 5th birthday, Evan was playing with his brother in their upstairs bedroom. They opened the window to call out to a child neighbor playing below, and Evan leaned into the insect screen and fell through. Evan was rushed to the hospital with a severe head injury. Tragically, he passed away two days later. The incident sparked a coalition of advocates and lawmakers concerned about child window falls to change state and federal laws to require stronger window protections.
In 2017, Congressman Michael Turner (R-OH) introduced “Evan’s Law” into the National Defense Authorization Act of 2018 which mandated window safety devices in privatized military homes. Unfortunately, the law applied only to a limited number of windows, and to new or “wholly renovated” homes. Over the next 2 years, and with the support of other concerned lawmakers, including Senators Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Joni Ernst (R-IA), and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), the National Defense Authorization Acts of 2019 and 2020 included provisions that tightened “Evan’s Law”, expanding the safety requirement to windows where the bottom is within 42 inches of the floor, as well as establishing a Defense department grant program for privatized housing companies to retrofit existing homes. The measure applies to all privatized military housing.
This important milestone will greatly reduce accidents and fatalities for children who are at risk of falling out of windows. Now that the law has passed, the focus has shifted to monitoring compliance and encouraging rapid installation of window safeguards in military housing projects on military installations across the United States. Advocates have been calling on lawmakers to address the window safety issue for years, but pushback from industry groups have been a roadblock. Nearly 15,000 children fall out of windows in the United States each year.
Jean's Debilitating Injury Almost Ignored
Jean Larson experienced a traumatic multi-vehicle collision that ended her career as a registered nurse, and nearly walked away with zero compensation. Jean, a mother of six and grandmother, was working for Caring Choice Transportation, a medical company, when the life-altering crash occurred. She was out on a job one day, riding in the company van as a passenger, when she was struck by another vehicle. The van flipped on its side, resulting in Jean’s right arm being degloved. (Degloving is a severe, debilitating injury where the skin and top layers of tissue are completely ripped off.) Jean’s devastating injury affected her right forearm, from her elbow to her knuckles, and also damaged the tendons on her right arm. Jean, being a nurse, knew she would never work again.
Jean was supposed to be compensated through her employer’s worker’s compensation carrier, an insurance company. That company also filed a claim against the other vehicle’s driver. Throughout the process, Jean was reassured by the insurance company that “everything would work out OK.” However, after the parties negotiated a settlement, the judge ruled that the insurance company was entitled to the entire amount. Jean was left with no future career prospects, a debilitating injury and no compensation of any kind.
Jean reached out to a local attorney. Her attorney fought for her justice and successfully petitioned the court that Jean was entitled to compensation. While the insurance company was looking out for itself, Jean found accountability through civil justice and a lawyer who looked out for her.
Brave Survivors Fight to Hold University Accountable
It was the fall of Rachel's senior year at a public university when she reported being sexually assaulted by a fellow student. She was on track to graduate summa cum laude that spring, but she says the experience and how it was handled derailed her plans.
Sexual violence is a form of gender discrimination prohibited by federal civil rights law under Title IX. When a report of sexual assault is filed, under Title IX schools are required to take prompt and effective steps to end discrimination and prevent recurrence of sexual violence. Under the federal law, all reports of sexual violence must be investigated and supported by impartial and prompt processes.
After the alleged assault, Rachel reported it to the assigned university administrator. Rachel’s complaint states she was shepherded from an unwelcoming counseling center to an uncooperative administrator, as she tried to maintain her status as a student while struggling with the reality of being a survivor. Rachel stated that she later learned the university contact for the complaint process was allegedly personally linked to her assailant as his fraternity advisor.
The struggle to cope became near impossible for Rachel. She felt unsafe leaving her apartment, wasn’t eating, and stopped attending classes. After negotiating with her fall semester professors to finish the courses, Rachel reported that upon returning to school in the spring, it felt like campus backs had been turned.
Rachel’s complaint states that the university failed to provide a fair and timely hearing. Additionally, she reported that the student who she says sexually assaulted her was allowed to question her about her past sexual history, a direct violation of Title IX. According to Rachel, while the governing board decided he had only broken student handbook agreements, he walked away with a slap on the wrist.
Throughout the harrowing ordeal, Rachel said the school never connected her with trauma-informed care, and she was made to feel as though she were a nuisance, not a student. Rachel also stated that due to the stress and trauma she endured as the result of the sexual assault and the lack of support from the university, she withdrew from the school before she had the opportunity to graduate.
Thanks to the civil justice system and her attorney, Rachel was able to obtain a small measure of justice for her horrific experience.
Students who have been sexually harassed and assaulted deserve support. Only the civil justice system allows Rachel and others like her to hold institutions accountable when they fail to protect and support survivors of sexual violence.
Forced Arbitration Trumps Workers Right
Ji-In Houck, a promising graduate of Georgetown Law, was hired as a contract attorney for the California office of a Washington, DC-based corporate law firm, Steptoe & Johnson LLP.
Despite garnering praise in her performance reviews and working her way up to being an associate with the firm, she was consistently earning about 30 percent less than her male counterparts – even her bonuses fell short of what males in the office were receiving. Realizing she would never be able to catch up with her peers, Ji-In left the firm.
But she wasn’t the only woman who experienced drastic pay discrepancies while working for Steptoe.
Ji-In filed a lawsuit on behalf of other women to hold the law firm accountable in court for systemic gender pay discrimination. As a part of their claim, they asked that Steptoe compensate female attorneys fairly and take action to address the firm’s equal pay and opportunity issues.
However, Ji-In and her colleagues will not be getting their day in court.
Like so many, Ji-In’s initial offer letter from Steptoe included a forced arbitration agreement. Despite her efforts to join with others to fight for equal pay, the U.S. Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision in Epic Systems v. Lewis, Ernst & Young v. Morris, and National Labor Relations Board v. Murphy Oil stripped Ji-In, and other workers like her, of the right to bring class actions for labor law violations by allowing employers like Steptoe to force workers into individual arbitration.
Because of this devastating decision, Ji-In and her colleagues will have to take on Steptoe alone in a system that is rigged against them. And this won’t be the last case: employers put forced arbitration in all types of agreements and other contracts and will view this decision as a green light to continue their discriminatory practices knowing they will be shielded from accountability.
The time is now for Congress to restore workers’ rights, for Ji-In and for every worker whose rights have been violated by the Epic decision.
A Soldier Returns Home... To Find His Job Filled
It’s hard to imagine a group of Americans more deserving of our protection than the servicemen and women who protect our country. Javier, an Army Reservist from Florida, is one of them.
But Javier – like too many others – was a victim of something called forced arbitration, and the fact that he served our country apparently made little difference to those who employed him.
Congress enacted a law called the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) to protect members of the Armed services when they are deployed from losing their jobs upon returning to the United States. It’s simple fairness. A nation that asks young men and women to defend this country with their lives should protect them from losing their livelihood when coming home.
Unfortunately for Javier, who claims he gave his employer adequate notice that he was about to be deployed for six months, his boss filled his position after he left. Despite having 900 job openings, the company claimed it could not find even a single job position after returning.
USERRA should have protected him. That was Congress’ intent. But because of a forced arbitration clause in his contract, he could not prove his case.
Denying men and women like Javier the right to file a claim in court when they’ve been wronged – even when the law may have been broken – doesn’t make sense. And it’s just wrong.
Man Dies from Neglect and Family Forced Out of Court
Dean Cole suffered from dementia and his wife was no longer able to provide the special care he required. Dean was admitted into a local nursing home in Minnesota, where his wife was asked to sign lengthy admissions documents that included a forced arbitration clause.
Instead of receiving the care Dean needed at the nursing home, he was neglected by staff and suffered from massive dehydration. Less than two weeks after being admitted, Dean lost 20 lbs. of body fluid and fell into a dehydration-induced coma. Dean was transferred to a nearby hospital, but it was too late. His weight loss and lack of food and fluid intake was so severe that he died less than one month later.
Dean’s family tried to hold the nursing home accountable in court. However, instead of being able to pursue justice openly in court, the nursing home forced him into arbitration, an unfair system that allows the nursing home hide the truth from the public.
Seeking Justice for Anna and Thousands of Other Woman
Anna Jennings was told by her doctor that implantation of the Essure birth control device would be a safe, nonsurgical alternative to getting her tubes tied. She thought she was making the safe choice for permanent birth control.
But Anna quickly learned that was not the case. Anna’s very first period after implantation was like something out of a horror movie. She thought "this can't be normal," but the doctors assured her that her body would adjust. The “adjustment” was severe--she felt like she aged two decades overnight.
Over the course of five years, Anna went to several doctors to get help. They told her all this was in her head, or it was stress-related. Anna believes the doctors ignored her symptoms because they listened to Bayer, who told them that Essure was safe, so there must have been some other cause for her ailments. Eventually, Anna figured out that she had a nickel allergy, and that her body was reacting violently to the coils placed inside of her without sufficient warnings of the danger. On top of that, one of the coils “migrated” and was no longer in place.
Anna isn't alone. She has learned of other women whose lives were twisted by the coils inside of them. She found a doctor who would remove the Essure coils inside of her, and flew across the country to have them removed. Since the procedure wasn't covered by insurance, Anna spent thousands of dollars of her own money to pay for surgery to remove what she was told would be a safe, non-surgical birth control device.
Bayer needs to understand the harm Essure can cause, and to make sure other women won't have to suffer for years, spend thousands of dollars, and endure surgery for what they were told was a safe, non-surgical product. Bayer needs to hear what they have done to Anna and thousands of women like her. Anna is seeking justice through the civil justice system where she is part of a mass action that seeks to hold Bayer accountable for the harm Essure devices have caused thousands of women.
A Banking Nightmare He Never Could Have Imagined
All James wanted was to fund his small business with a loan provided by a business partner. Once the loan was authorized, the money would show up in James’ bank account - which he could then use to pay bills.
That’s exactly what James had every reason to expect. Despite his bank statement not displaying the transfer, the bank manager repeatedly assured him the loan money had been deposited and even provided cashier’s checks for him to begin spending. He could not have known that the money wasn’t there.
Unbeknownst to James, his business partner had backed out of the deal at the last minute. Because neither the bank nor his business partner warned James of this, he continued writing checks. And those checks began bouncing – pushing him more and more overdrawn on his account.
James learned what happened too late, when the bank manager called to say there was an urgent problem. That’s when James discovered for the first time that the checks he was writing were based on bank funds that were never there.
The resulting financial mess was devastating. James now owed back everything he had borrowed and more. He was forced to close his business. He lost his house and even his car.
James should be allowed to hold the bank accountable for the mistake through our civil justice system – but he can’t. Because of a small clause in the fine print in his checking account application, James has become a victim of forced arbitration. Banks and a growing number of other corporations force arbitration on consumers to keep complaints out of court and push them before an “arbitrator” they’ve hand-picked and paid. It is an inherently biased process without justice.
James fought without success for six years to keep his case from being forced into arbitration. Now, with nothing he can do about it, James has watched his case drag on in arbitration for two years. He has yet to have a hearing on the merits of his case. Forcing arbitration on consumers like James isn’t justice. It’s a tool that powerful corporations use to evade responsibility.
Veteran, Community Activist and Mesothelioma Victim
As a young man, James served in the Navy performing engine room maintenance. After his honorable discharge, James went to work as a machinist, technician and maintenance general at a rubber plant in Pennsylvania.
James and his wife of 50 years were active in their community. A health buff, James ran every day, was diet-conscious and participated in numerous community organizations. He and his wife were particularly fond of doing service work in the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area.
Despite his healthy lifestyle, James had been unwittingly exposed to asbestos during his years of working with pumps, valves and compressors. Six months after his mesothelioma diagnosis, James died.
What may be most troubling are the outrageous claims made by Big Asbestos, some politicians, and even some reporters that asbestos victims like James are simply lying about their asbestos exposure. Those making these claims are pushing a bill known as H.R. 982 , nothing more than a thinly-veiled effort by politicians to benefit their Big Asbestos friends. Under this bill, these toxic wrongdoers will win. Workers like James and their families will lose.
No Legal Rights Despite the Terrible Facts of What Happened
Jocelyn was born with CHARGE Syndrome, meaning all her organs did not properly connect at birth. Because of this, she required assistance with daily activities. Despite the odds, she lived a joyous, full life.
At a school party, she ate a corn dog too fast and was rushed to the hospital. Wanting to help her daughter as quickly as possible, Jocelyn’s mom, Deidre took her to the closest hospital, rather than the usual one. It was the decision almost any mother would have made.
Twenty minutes into the procedure, the doctor informed Deidre Jocelyn had Abdominal Compartment Syndrome due to her endoscopy. When Deidre saw her daughter, she was swollen and cold. Nurses forced tubes down her throat to relieve the swelling, perforating her esophagus and her colon causing sepsis. A second doctor performed a second surgery on a now brain dead Jocelyn and left six sponges in her spleen.
Because of the surgeon’s mistakes uncovered in an autopsy, the true scope of medical negligence was clear. Jocelyn suffered multiple perforations in her esophagus, one in her colon that led to sepsis, two heart attacks, went comatose, had six sponges left in her spleen and then bled completely out because her blood could no longer coagulate.
Deirdre will never forget her daughter’s last words: “Momma please help me.”
You might think this is a clear cut case where a jury should have all the power it needs to determine justice. But this happened in Texas where medical malpractice caps and other draconian barriers to holding those accountable are rampant. The sad fact is, even though the facts of this case are well documented, Deidre can’t even sue because the potential costs of bringing a lawsuit in the first place are more than state law allows her to recover in court. Texas lawmakers have rigged a system where civil justice is off limits to those who need it most – perhaps, if you live there, even to you.


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Sale of these assets may generate Rs 8,000-10,000 crore, according to initial estimates.
Farmers said they had tried to make representations to district collector and other authorities in the past six months but to no avail
The $1.85-billion group has finalised expansion plan for its shipping division and acquired a Very large Crude Carrier this year
The top spenders in terms of absolute CSR expenditure were Reliance Industries, ONGC, Tata Consultancy Services, HDFC Bank, Indian Oil Corp, Infosys, ITC, NTPC, Tata Steel and Wipro.
The Tariff Authority for Major Ports (TAMP) passed an order for wharfage compensation payable by ONGC on October 3, 2018.
ONGC produced about 64 million standard cubic meters per day (mmscmd) of gas in November last year and this year the output is close to touching 70 mmscmd, sources said.
The vice-president of ONGC Tripura Power Company (OTPC) and four other officials, including the plant in charge, were suspended on Wednesday after they were accused of sexual harassment by a former employee.
The company posted a net profit of Rs 1,384 crore for the six months period ended September on a consolidated basis as compared to Rs 142 crore in the corresponding period last fiscal.
The government is planning to amend a provision on sale of petroleum in its new exploration licensing policy that would let the upstream regulator.
This is the second attempt by the oil ministry to take away some of the fields of ONGC for private and foreign companies
The ministry has removed three of the existing companies GAIL, Engineers India Ltd and Container Corporation of India in the ETF basket and has replaced them with four new companies
The state government is mulling to acquire 26 percent equity share of 726.6 MW gas based combine cycle. Presently the state government has 0.5 percent stake.
The company got USD 73.07 for every barrel of crude oil it produced and sold in the second quarter, up 48 per cent from USD 49.43 per barrel realisation a year ago.
India is expanding its pipeline network and building new liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminals to boost use of the cleaner fuel in the country.
India has currently nearly 25,000 mw of operational gas-based capacity, all of which is stressed because of gas unavailability.
Due to Venezuela's economic meltdown and sanctions that complicate payments through U.S. banks that had made it difficult to pay in cash.
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London, 20 Feb – According to the Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA), Iran’s Defense Minister Amir Hatami said on February 19, that Iran’s enemies focus on the Islamic Republic’s military expenditures in Syria merely to “sow discord in Iranian society.”
On that same day, according to state-run Mehr News Agency, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s top military adviser, Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi, said that Iran will recoup what it has spent in Syria by exploiting the war-torn country’s oil, gas and phosphate resources. “The reconstruction of Syria will take several years and cost between $300 billion to $400 billion,” Safavi said. He added that the Syrians have agreed to reimburse Iran with their natural resources, and that while various countries competed in Syria and Iraq, the Russian-Iranian alliance prevented the defeat of the Syrian government. According to Safavi, the U.S., Israel, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Jordan lost.
The anti-establishment uprising that began spontaneously in the holy city of Mashhad late in December of 2017 and continued into the New Year, criticized the government for squandering the country’s financial resources on military ambitions in Syria and elsewhere.
Iran’s enemies focus on political and economic pressure points, including sanctions and military spending, to influence public opinion in Iran, Hatami said. However, the facts are that Iran’s unemployment rate among those aged 15 to 29 is well over 24%, according to official statistics — and even higher among urban youth and women. The Iranian people were promised that their economic situation would improve following the lifting of sanctions that came with implementation of the 2015 nuclear deal. Instead, they have seen little benefit, and greater military involvement in the region by their government. In fact, the latest annual defense budget allocated by the Rouhani administration for next year is roughly $10 billion.
Additionally, another $2.5 billion was allocated to the defense sector by the Iranian Parliament after Khamenei authorized the withdrawal of money from the country’s National Development Fund. As well, Iran’s five year development plan has been modified to allocate an extra five percent of the cost of every development project to defense.
According to the Institute for Strategic Studies journal Military Balance, Iran’s 2016 defense budget was $15.9 billion. Military observers say Iran’s defense budget has increased by 128% in the last year.
Bloomberg reports that in 2015 Tehran spends at least $6 billion in Syria each year, with annual spending reaching $15 billion in some instances.
Reuters and other agencies report that Iran has also allocated a $5.6 billion credit to Damascus, which is mainly used to import oil from Iran.
Critics agree with the Iranian people: this spending is unjustifiable while Iranians are experiencing serious economic hardships.

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text: Once someone realizes that they have an addiction, the next step is to get help. There are detox programs available that can help patients detox safely and effectively. Because of the potential side effects, it is never a good idea to go through detox alone\r\nHow Do Detox Programs Help With Recovery?\r\nOne of the major reasons to use detox programs is because of withdrawal symptoms. When someone quits using drugs or alcohol, their body goes through withdrawal. Over time, the patient's body and mind became used to having drugs present. When these chemicals are removed, the body is unable to compensate.\r\n\r\nDepending on the type of drug, patients may develop a variety of different side effects. Some of the most common withdrawal symptoms include anxiety, pain, nausea, hallucinations, heart arrhythmia and shaking. Since these symptoms can be life-threatening, it is important to go to a professional drug and alcohol detox center.\r\nWhat Are the Benefits of Detox?\r\nThrough different detox programs, patients can get help with the withdrawal process. At an inpatient facility, patients are monitored at all times. Medical staff members can help prevent and treat severe side effects.\r\n\r\nIn addition, detoxing at professional detox programs allows patients to completely quit using. Since patients are monitored at all times, they cannot relapse while they are at the treatment center. This helps to support long-term recovery. The detox center also removes stress factors that could otherwise trigger a relapse.\r\n\r\nDepending on the program, patients may get help with more than just detox. Therapy options can help patients heal relationships with the people around them. They learn how to develop a support system and find new hobbies to replace the addiction. In addition, the medical care in detox programs helps patients experience better physical and mental health.\r\nWhat Treatment Options Are Available?\r\nEvery detox center is different, but the best centers offer individualized care. Through individualized programs, patients are given the exact type of treatment they need. Patients can get help through options such as:\r\n\r\n \tDual diagnosis treatment\r\n \tGroup therapy\r\n \tFamily counseling support\r\n \tMedically supervised detox\r\n \tIndividual and cognitive behavioral therapy\r\n \tTrauma therapy and support\r\n\r\nDual diagnosis treatment is a popular option at treatment centers. Many people in treatment have a mental disorder like anxiety, depression or bipolar disorder. Previously, they may have used their addiction to self-medicate.\r\n\r\nWhen drugs and alcohol are removed, patients still need help for their mental disorder. Dual diagnosis treatment is designed to treat the addiction and the mental disorder at the same time. As a result, patients get more support for their long-term sobriety.\r\nDetox Is Not Enough for Long-Term Sobriety\r\nThe goal of detox is to safely remove drugs and alcohol from the body and manage withdrawal symptoms. While this helps patients become sober, it does not remove their addiction. The underlying causes of the addiction are still present. To stay sober, patients need to have extra support through therapy and rehab. Developing a support network of sober friends and family members can also help patients with recovery.\r\n\r\nAfter having an addiction for years, it will take time to treat the factors that contribute to substance abuse. Rehab helps find these underlying causes. In addition, patients are provided with addiction education, therapy and other programs to improve their chances of maintaining long-term sobriety.\r\n\r\nMany thousands of people have successfully recovered from a drug or alcohol addiction. After someone realizes that they have an addiction, the next step is to find the right detox and rehab centers. If you or a loved one suffers from an addiction, help is available. To find out how you can begin your journey toward sobriety, call us at Beaches Recover at 8666050532 today.

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“And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.”
Jesus knows their works, and He deems them completely repulsive. What are their works, and why are they unpalatable to Him? Whether we are considering an actual church, Christian individuals—or preferably ourselves—we can consider works to be anything done in the Name of Jesus. Though His sacrifice pays for our sins and there is no sacrifice that we can add to remove our debt to Him, we are supposed to offer ourselves to the Lord because this is our reasonable service and the response of true faith. This could include Christian sermons, Christian music or other forms of media, or most importantly, the manner in which a Christian conducts their life.
Jesus describes their works as “neither cold nor hot,” but instead they are “lukewarm.” As such, they are not sacrifices that He deems acceptable. How does this apply? They do not openly oppose the gospel or reject the faith of Jesus Christ, nor do they completely embrace it with fervent dedication. In many ways, they are simply going through the motions. They occupy a somewhat safe middle ground that does not create any controversy. Nice and tepid. The “comfortable” church or Christian is not overly zealous, so they cannot be overly offensive to the cold or the hot. They do not overly trouble the unbelievers, nor do they oppose Christ to such an extent as to deny the faith.
Jesus would rather that they were cold or hot.
If they were cold, or completely opposed to Christ, then it would be clear that they did not serve Jesus. An avid atheist is not mistaken for a believer, so they are easier to spot and less dangerous in many ways than one who retains an heir of Christianity but without real dedication. Such lukewarmness can be dangerous to those who are new to the faith or weak in the faith because they pull many into the same, half-hearted comfort zone.
Such as these are also likely to bring disgrace to Jesus and His servants. “If this is what being a Christian is about, then I don’t want it” is a common reaction caused by lukewarm believers whose pretense and lack of real dedication leads to hypocrisy, sloppy doctrine, and lack of any serious conviction towards a life that brings the good things of God to others.
If they were hot, or fervently affected by the things of Jesus and His gospel, then it would be clear that they serve Him. They could not be mistaken for an unbeliever, because they strive to do their upmost for God as one who grows in their ability, by the grace of God, to “do all things as unto the Lord” and to “love the Lord, thy God with all thy heart, soul, and mind.”
“Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked.”
There are few Christians or churches as prosperous as those who “serve God and mammon.” By occupying the safe and soothing middle ground of lukewarm dedication to the truth of Jesus Christ, they are greatly enriched. This can include actual material wealth, but not exclusively. This can also include a wealthy reputation. People have a generally favorable opinion of them, and they have a glowing opinion of themselves. They might even believe that God has blessed them, thinking themselves to be exemplars of the faith that others should revere and look up to.
Through the blindness of their pride, they consider themselves to have all that they need, both materially and spiritually. However, Jesus, who is the “faithful and true witness” can see what they really are: wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked.
They are not so saintly as they seem, nor are they as blessed and full of joy as they pretend to be. Within their hidden lives, out of the view of others, they are hateful and miserable. They might have material security and wealth but are not rich in the things that truly matter: the riches of the Kingdom of Heaven, and they cannot seem to see their lack.
Though they dress fancifully, which we can consider in the literal and in the spirit as one who is cloaked with the pretense of holiness that is outward but not sincere, Jesus says that they are naked. They are not clothed with His righteousness, but with their own, which do not even compare to “filthy rags,” but are far worse. At least filthy rags offer some clothing, but instead they are totally exposed: exposed to Him who can see what is really going on, and who will judge it for what it is.
“I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.”
Gold tried in the fire. What is this gold? This is the life of Jesus Christ. These are His works, which when put to the test, are as pure as gold. Consider all that Jesus endured, and without sin. Compare this to ourselves, who with the least provocation can become spiteful, covetous, proud, or liars, to name a few. His life was tried more than any man could be tried. He was the Son of God, yet He was humble. He was hated vehemently, yet He loved. He was opposed by religious authorities, yet He spoke the truth. He was killed, yet He remained faithful to the Father. Truly, His life and His sacrifice are pure as Gold, and He offers this to us freely.
Instead of being ambitious in this world and through wealth and popularity “buy” the goodwill of man, we should “buy” of Christ so that we can obtain the goodwill of God. The truth is, we cannot buy it. However, if it could be bought, then we should count what Jesus offers as that “pearl of great price that once found, a person would sell all that they have to buy that pearl.” Such is the Kingdom of God, and we only obtain this precious treasure from Him. Through faith in Him, we experience the true riches of His kingdom as the “beginning of the creation of God” works within our hearts, giving us a new nature that is free from the slavery of this world. Through faith in Him, we will be “born again” at His coming, renewed fully and adopted as the sons of God.
White raiment. These are the robes of righteousness that are given to the saints of God—the righteousness of Christ that we wear to cover our sins. We are never good enough to stand before God on our own. Without the righteousness of Christ, we are naked, and all of our sins are fully exposed. We cannot fashion clothing for ourselves. We cannot perform enough good deeds to make up for our sin. We all need Him, because without His sacrifice our sins remain and we have nothing coming to us but the just punishment, which is death.
Anointing eyesalve. Salve is a healing ointment, and with this ointment, the blind can see. Nothing blinds quite like pride, and through pride, we can easily see ourselves and others in an unrighteous manner. We can see ourselves as righteous, and all the while we embrace sinfulness and decadence. We can see ourselves as holy, and all the while we despise our fellow servants and mankind in general.
Sinners cannot see God, and there are no sinners more hopelessly blind than those who think that they are righteous while they despise the things of God and despise others. If our gold is of Him and our righteousness of Him, then we can see Jesus. We can get to know who He really is, and we can see our great need for Him. We can learn to see others with a kinder eye as well, not as those who flatter and ignore sin to gain the gold of this world, but as those who understand their own depravity were it not for the mercy of God found in Jesus Christ.
“As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.”
If those who are as the Laodiceans do not become serious about the things of Jesus Christ and His gospel, then He will rebuke and chasten them. This is a good sign because it means that Jesus still considers them to be His sons. As the author of Hebrews wrote, God chastens every son that He loves. If no chastening is given, then we are not sons.
How will He chasten them? This can take many forms. This can mean rebuke in spirit that brings the heart of the believer down so that they might seek the Lord. This can mean loss of the things that they trust in more than God. This can mean humiliation as they are exposed for having fallen into a state of lukewarmness, leading to false appearances of righteousness. Whatever form this might take, the result will not fail for those who truly belong to Jesus. He will complete His work in the children of God, even if that work means painful experiences for the believer.
Rather than suffer chastisement, it would be better if the believer would listen to what Jesus has to say. He “stands at the door.” He wants to talk to us, but we need to listen.
We cannot hear Him if our ears are dulled by the undeserved praise of this world. We cannot hear Him if we are listening for opportunities to tear others down so that we can feel superior. We cannot hear Him if we are listening to the wisdom of this world that is foolish to God, telling us that we must do as the world does and prosper thereby. We can not hear Him when the enemy of our soul is clouding our mind with intrusive thoughts of blasphemy, accusations, vanities, envies, murders, and covetousness. The enemy indeed sends loud, raving waters after us. Thanks be to God that if we seek Jesus in faith and with honesty, He will say to those waters, “peace, be still” so that we can hear Him by the Spirit given to us.
“To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.”
If we hear Jesus and strive to commune with Him, then He will lead us and there is no further need for chastisement. Rather, we have assured victory in Christ. What should sitting in the throne with Jesus represent for us? Should this represent power and control over others? Perhaps in His Kingdom. We will reign with Him. What does it mean to reign? Does not Satan also have this desire, and more?
Satan does not want to share Jesus’s throne. He wants it all for himself and by his own strength. We who overcome Satan, by the power of Jesus only, will indeed have authority. However, this should first be a desire to be in authority over ourselves.
Through faith in Jesus, and by His strength, we can grow in our ability to control our sinful desires and bring ourselves into greater submission to Christ. The greater we submit to Him, the better we can serve Him. As Jesus said, “the greatest among you will be your servant.” Unlike Satan whose rule is one of tyranny that seeks his own pleasure and glorification, our throne is service to God and man through submission to Christ for His glory and good pleasure. Our desire is for Him: to know who He is, to be where He is, and to serve Him faithfully all the days of our life—which if we are in Christ—are days innumerable.
The above is a section of a chapter I am working on within a book entitled, “These Things Saith He.” This chapter considers what the Spirit of the Lord is communicating to the church of the Laodiceans in Revelation 3. Previous sections considered key attributes of Jesus Christ that the church was being reminded of, so as to make this message resonate more fully with the believer. That is the hope of These Things Saith He–to consider who Jesus is, to put Him first, and hopefully have “ears to hear” for the edification of the writer and for the church. Next, Lord willing, I will publish the completed chapter. Then, the completed book.
Previous section of this chapter: Jesus is the beginning of the Creation of God
Previous completed chapter: These Things Saith He Unto the Angel of the Church in Philadelphia
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Amanda nice differencing His work over our works. His righteousness by faith and us trying to appear righteous which is blasphemy. Amen
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This week’s “Consumed” (written by Matthew Negrete and Corey Reed) was a quiet episode that packed an emotional punch, giving us rich characterization with well-established characters who still have new things to tell us about themselves. It also proved – yet again – that The Walking Dead doesn’t need constant zombie kills to tell a dramatic, effecting story.
Whereas last year gave us a Daryl and Beth dynamic (which was surprisingly enjoyable), it makes sense that in this season we would see Carol and Daryl join forces in order to rescue Beth. All three characters have undergone major change since they were introduced, and all three have acquired certain traits that have been influenced by one another (Beth taught Daryl hopefulness, Daryl taught Beth to be strong, Daryl is trying to teach Carol hopefulness – thus the connections are threefold). Taken together, Beth, Carol and Daryl form an interesting character triangle, and their stories intersecting at Grady Memorial seems very appropriate. It may have made more sense to have “Consumed” right after “Slabtown” chronologically, but then again, Abraham’s story and the events of last week’s “Self-Help” had to line up with a certain timeline within the rest of the group’s actions, and waiting does build up anticipation, something the show knows how to do very well.
This episode – just like last week’s – gave us flashbacks scattered throughout the hour. But whereas the ones in “Self-Help” served as mere factual in order to give us backstory on Abraham before he ran into Maggie, Sasha, and Bob, this week’s flashbacks peeled back the curtain to reveal Carol’s state of mind and explore her continual transformation in light of recent events. We see Carol right after Rick banished her (and it was nice to see him again, even if only for a split second), making her way to a law firm in town and carving out a safe haven for herself, only to go rushing back to her people when she saw smoke billowing up from the prison’s exterior walls.
The building turns out to be temporary housing that Carol and Sophia fled to while attempting to escape Ed’s abuse. Once Daryl and Carol clear the area, they settle into a small room, and the first of many deeply layered conversations begin. Carol doesn’t believe they get to save people anymore. She’s burdened by the memories of all she’s had to do just to survive. Not much more is spoken in words, but Norman Reedus and Melissa McBride’s performances in this scene – and throughout the whole episode – convey a breath of emotions that say volumes about where both characters’ heads spaces are at now.
When Carol and Daryl hear some noises, they go to investigate and find two walkers behind a door. Only the shadows of the zombies are seen, but it’s enough to highlight their height disparities, as well as the difference in the size of their hands – big and little – pressed up against the glass – and we instantly know it’s a woman and child. The subtlety in this scene was brilliant: After four seasons, we viewers have become somewhat desensitized to the tragedy of a person’s fate after they turn, so most of the time, the walkers don’t make us stop and take notice of them anymore (unless they’re particularly gross). By removing that visual element and letting us see – literally – the shadow of what these two people once were (and to drive the knife in our hearts deeper, it was possibly a mother and child), it makes the scene that much more effecting. Those images, accompanied by a haunting musical piece, did indeed make us stop and take notice.
Daryl stops Carol from “killing” the walkers, and then in in order to save her the pain, he later does it, then wraps the woman and child in sheets and burns their bodies. As Carol awakens, she sees smoke in the air and gazes through the window, witnessing Daryl’s act of kindness. In addition to this scene, the image of smoke is present in every flashback we see of Carol: It emanates from the prison, alerting Carol to her friends being in danger; Smoke rises up near the grove as Carol and Tyreese bury little Mika and Lizzie; It wafts up in the prison courtyard as Carol stands over the charred remains of the two plague victims she killed; And plumes of smoke roll up toward the sky as Terminus burns after Carol’s heroic rescue of her people. The smoke metaphor can have many interpretations in these flashbacks, but each time Carol saw something smoldering, a chapter in her life was closing, burning away who she thought she was, and bringing forth new parts of herself – parts both good and bad.
But Carol certainly isn’t the only one who has undergone profound transformation, and Daryl’s was also touched on in this episode. His act of compassion for Carol, his true brotherhood with Rick, and his deep concern for Beth that started his and Carol’s mission in the first place, all point to him becoming the man (and no longer the kid, as Carol later points out) that Beth once told him he could be: Someone who is strong, loyal, – and maybe even hopeful – who can be a valued member of a real family (even if not a blood one). It’s ironic that so many people have lost who they are during the zombie apocalypse, but Daryl has actually come to find himself.
In the city, Carol and Daryl make their way to another building to getter a better view of things and possibly get more clues to Beth’s whereabouts. Here we see more shots of decimated Atlanta, and we also get what may have been another homage to the series pilot, just as we saw (in Slabtown) Beth waking up like Rick, we see a tank in the middle of the street – just like the one Rick took refuge in back in Episode 1. It was haunting to see the city in ruins, yet it was also strangely nostalgic. We haven’t seen Atlanta since the first season, and for those of us that have been with the show since the pilot aired, it felt – in a weird way – like coming home again.
Inside the building, Carol and Daryl make their way past a group of previous survivors in sleeping bags and tents who have now turned. The strange sight confounds even Daryl, who remarks, “Some days I don’t know what the hell to think.” We also glimpse that someone is following our duo.
All the interactions between Daryl and Carol in this episode are multi-layered, even though the two don’t actually share much dialogue. When Carol asks “how did we get here?” while viewing the wasteland of Atlanta, even Daryl’s mumbled “we just did” means more than meets the eye: They are where they are, and they have to move on from exactly where they’re at. The trouble is, Carol is haunted by her past, both by her pre-zombie apocalypse actions and by what she has had to do since to stay alive. But Daryl believes in starting over, because they have to.
As they’re leaving the area via a small opening in a chained up door – and I have to wonder why Carol doesn’t first slide herself out of the door and leave her gun behind with Daryl, and once she is on the other side have Daryl pass the weapons to her before he goes through the door – then they would always have control over their arsenal. However, none of that happens, and Carol leaves the gun out by itself and then Noah shows up, holding them up at gunpoint (he ended up being the one following them). Once in possession of Carol and Daryl’s weapons, Noah runs off, but Carol has one more handgun behind her and she aims to get a shot off to incapacitate Noah – but Daryl stops her, concerned she might kill the kid. Despite her guilt, Carol’s mentality is still to do what needs to be done to survive, even if that means hurting those outside her inner circle. She doesn’t want to die, and she doesn’t want to lose any more of her friends either, thus her attempt to leave with the car back at the church. But Daryl, who was haunted by his selfish past, but (with the help of Beth) has come to reconcile himself to it, is willing to sacrifice his well-being if it means avoiding hurting a kid. It’s ironic, then, that Carol and Daryl will switch philosophies so soon when they meet up with Noah again.
We get some walker action when Carol and Daryl find a van with a cross on it half-suspended from the roof of a building. They search the van and piece together that Beth might be at Grady Memorial Hospital, but they attract a large group of walkers in the process. When the walkers become too plentiful to fight through, they decide to belt themselves in the van and go over the roof. With a chance they might not make it but with no time to spare, Carol holds Daryl’s hand in a split second gesture that shows the depth of her fondness for him. Even in that moment they are connecting.
The van goes over the roof but lands on its four wheels (though when it started to tumble downward, it certainly looked like it would roll over, but with the magic of TV editing, it didn’t). A second later, it starts raining walkers (and it’s impressive that the show always manages new, clever ways to display walker guts). Carol is injured from the crash, but armed with new information about Beth, she and Daryl move on.
As they keep watch in a building across from the hospital, Carol laments how everything she’s been through has burned away parts of herself, and “everything now just consumes you.” She’s afraid there isn’t anything good left in her (but her heroic actions at Terminus prove otherwise), but Daryl reminds her, “We ain’t ashes.” He wants to help lift the burden of guilt that Carol carries and give her some hope, just as Beth did for him.
Daryl and Carol end up having another confrontation with Noah, which leaves him pinned under a bookcase with a walker closing in on him. This time it’s Daryl who is willing to not only leave an injured Noah, but stand back and watch him die by the bite of a walker. But Carol, who certainly has retained some of her humanity (despite her fears), pleads with Daryl to help Noah, and Daryl comes through, ironically using an arrow shot out of the crossbow that Noah stole from him at gunpoint. Despite everything, they still do get to save people.
Daryl and Carol learn from Noah that Beth is at the hospital (I don’t know how many people inhabit Grady Memorial, but apparently Beth is the only blonde girl in the place), and as Carol runs out of the building ahead of the guys, she’s hit by the car with a cross on the back of it, filling in the last of the blanks to how she got on that gurney in “Slabtown.”
The last shot of the episode shows us Daryl and Noah speeding by in a truck, which brings us to the point Michonne saw Daryl emerge from the trees (now we know with Noah behind him) in “Four Walls and a Roof.” Clearly, another mission is on the horizon.
This episode gave us great interaction between Carol and Daryl, provided new insight into both of their mindsets, and still managed to move the story forward. After almost four and a half seasons, Carol has become one of the most interesting characters on The Walking Dead, which leads me to fear for her future, especially given the fact that character deaths have been pretty sparse this year (we’ve only had Bob so far other than Terminus people). Anyone is fair game on this show, and Carol may be particularly susceptible since there’s been a lot of spotlight on her recently. The show seems to love letting us get to know established characters in new ways (like Hershel) and then letting them die violent deaths (like… oh I don’t know – Hershel!). However, we’ve also had new character exploration with Beth and Abraham, so their days could just as easily be numbered. In any case, it looks like we’ll get some exciting action when Daryl and Noah round up Rick and the others to stage a big rescue. I only hope everyone makes it out ok. Yet somehow, I just know they won’t.

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photo above: a pod of gray whales and the cruise ship
The overcast skies gave way to partly sunny skies as the Condor left Sea Landing for its 12noon trip along the coast of beautiful Santa Barbara and in all, we closely watched eleven gray whales. There were 5 mother-calf pairs and a single. We followed them from east beach westward to Arroyo Burro. As has been happening lately, the youngsters spy hopped and tried to climb on mom’s back. Many groups formed and parted during the trip.
Out of this world! I’ll post the photographs no later than Tuesday to https://www.CondorExpressPhotos.com
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Steve Harris is pleased to announce that Momma Said, an original composition, had been selected by a global celebrity team of judges to receive an honorable mention in the 2021 International Songwriter's Day (“ISD”) competition. This year’s theme was “inspiration” – songs that celebrate new beginnings, second chances, and starting over. “As a song about a young man’s turn from hate to love for all of humanity, Momma Said fit well into the theme,” Harris said.
Competition winners were announced by ISD on its webpage and social media on April 9, International Songwriters Day. The celebrity panel of six “golden ear” judges for this year’s competition included multi-award-winning artists and production executives who have worked with some of the greatest names in music today, including Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger, Elton John, and Ozzy Osbourne.
Momma Said is included on Harris’ Come on Home album and is available on all global digital download and streaming music platforms. Special edition CDs of the album along with a download version are also available directly from Harris.


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