As Washington adjusts to the unceremonious firing of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, experts and current and former State Department staffers are cautiously optimistic about his likely successor, CIA Director Mike Pompeo.
Tillerson’s nearly 14-month tenure, marked by public disagreements with President Donald Trump, took a wrecking ball to staff morale as he downsized and reorganized the department while dismissing career diplomats.
Several diplomats told PRI they are relieved to see Tillerson go.
“There is hope Pompeo will restore some normalcy to the department,” said one State Department official serving overseas, who spoke to PRI on condition of anonymity in order to speak freely.
Pompeo’s Senate confirmation hearing is expected to be held in April. After that, he will have to set his priorities and appoint staff to several senior State Department positions Tillerson leaves empty in his wake. The process may be just as drawn out as it was the first go-around with Tillerson, the official said.
“It’s like starting over again,” the official said. “We will be halfway into the new administration before there is any clarity in terms of what the department is actually doing.”
Pompeo, a former businessman and conservative Republican congressman from Kansas, gained political prominence for his tough grilling of Hillary Clinton over her handling of the Benghazi attack. He has a reputation for hawkishness on policy issues such as North Korea, Iran and China. He is perceived as aggressively partisan and a Trump loyalist. And he has no formal diplomatic experience.
At the CIA, Pompeo worked to send more spies into the field and tried to improve the agency’s speed by cutting bureaucratic red tape — which State Department observers view as good signs for his new role.
“I do think Pompeo would be smart — if he’s confirmed later this year — to make job No. 1 a fresh start inside the State Department and to leverage the talent of career diplomats who are already inside,” said David Wade, who served as State Department chief of staff under Secretary of State John Kerry. “Tillerson never had influence with the President, so he was never empowered to do diplomacy. And he seemed to have disdain for the State Department itself, so morale hit rock bottom.”
Relations between Tillerson and Trump were strained almost from the start. Tillerson was often the last to learn of Trump’s foreign policy actions, most recently Trump’s decision to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
By contrast, Pompeo and Trump seem to have a genuinely healthy relationship. Several days per week, Pompeo conducts the President’s 10 a.m. intelligence briefing, during which the two have lengthy discussions on everything from Congressional developments to national security.
Many think the State Department will fare better — both internally and externally — under a leader who has the President’s ear.
“Former secretaries of state going back to Henry Kissinger say that a secret of their success … was they had a close relationship with the President, and Mike Pompeo clearly has that,” said former US Ambassador Nick Burns, who served as the State Department’s Undersecretary for political affairs during the Bush administration. “The Secretary of State also needs to be able to disagree with the president and give frank advice and not be afraid to speak truth to power when that's necessary. And I think that will be an early test of a secretary of state.”
It’s unclear whether Pompeo will stand up to Trump — and that worries some current and former officials. Still, Trump’s constant public undermining of Tillerson meant foreign leaders could not take him seriously. The department found itself sidelined on national security issues.
“Tillerson is his own man, and while he was certainly a disaster and diplomats didn’t like him, he was quite sensible and willing to tell Trump when he disagreed with him. Trump didn’t like that,” said Ian Bremmer, president of the Eurasia Group, a New York-based political consultant group. “Pompeo is much more politically savvy and engaged, he’s much more of an enabler, and he’ll never contradict Trump.”
“The potential upside,” Bremmer continued, “is that Pompeo is good at managing both up and down. From an institutional, managerial perspective, this is a good thing. But in terms of foreign policy, [his nomination] is negative and a danger.”
Trump’s displeasure with Tillerson — who often disagreed with him publicly and once called him a “moron” preceded by an expletive — was an open secret, as was Trump’s plan to replace him with Pompeo. No one seemed prepared for Trump’s Twitter announcement Tuesday — an event that perfectly encapsulates this administration.
It is unclear whether Tillerson, who had just returned from a final trip to Africa, had any inkling of his firing. In a statement to reporters Tuesday morning, State Department spokesperson Steven Goldstein implied the agency was caught off-guard.
“The Secretary had every intention of staying because of the critical progress made in national security,” Goldstein wrote, adding that Tillerson “did not speak to the President and is unaware of the reason” for his ouster. Shortly afterward, Goldstein was was fired himself for contradicting the White House’s account.
But the reason is simple: Trump wants a Secretary of State with whom he gets along.
In quick remarks on the White House lawn Tuesday, Trump said Pompeo has “tremendous energy, tremendous intellect. We're always on the same wavelength. The relationship has been very good. … I think Mike Pompeo will be a truly great Secretary of State. I have total confidence in him.”
As for Tillerson: “I actually got along well with Rex. But really, it was a different mind-set. It was a different thinking.”
Tillerson, the former CEO of ExxonMobil, was considered a moderate for this administration. But the gap between the Secretary, who is supposed to be the President’s chief foreign policy adviser, and the President himself weakened Tillerson’s credibility at home and abroad. Tillerson wanted to preserve the Iran nuclear deal, while Trump wanted to scrap it. Tillerson wanted the US to stay part of the Paris climate accord, while Trump wanted to leave it. And on the issue of North Korea’s development of nuclear weapons, where Tillerson sought dialogue, Trump took to Twitter to tell Tillerson he was “wasting his time trying to negotiate with Little Rocket Man.”
Tillerson’s undoing appeared to be his statement that a recent, deadly nerve-gas attack in Britain came from Russia. The White House, by contrast, called it an “outrage” but stopped short of blaming the Kremlin.
“At a minimum, when Pompeo goes around the world, people will think they’re hearing the voice of Trump,” said Heather Hurlburt, a former State Department and White House staffer who is now a project director at New America, a think tank. “Whether having what Trump thinks accurately represented and whether that helps US foreign policy — that’s a separate question.”
When it comes to their respective strengths, Pompeo and Tillerson are polar opposites.
Despite Tillerson’s strained relationship with Trump and his own department, his approach to foreign policy was widely viewed as a pragmatic. But at home, he was an aloof manager who didn’t seem to understand his boss, nor did he have much patience for currying Trump’s favor.
Pompeo’s views on issues like North Korea — which will become critical as the US prepares for high-stakes talks with Pyongyang — signal a different approach to foreign policy. He has also criticized the Iran deal and seemed to mislead the public on the intelligence community's findings on Russian meddling in the 2016 election.
But at home, Pompeo could be just what the embattled State Department needs to boost morale. Immediately after Trump’s announcement Tuesday, there were calls for Pompeo to abandon Tillerson’s plan to shrink the department budget by 30 percent.
“So if Secretary Pompeo is going to be effective, he's going to need to convince Donald Trump that diplomacy and diplomats are important,” Burns said.
He’ll also need to get the State Department rank-and-file behind him. Burns added: “They feel forsaken.”
Dozens of positions need to be filled.
“I am hopeful, and I think a lot of people will be, that he will stop the hemorrhaging of talent that has happened under Mr. Tillerson,” said Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley, a career diplomat who served as US ambassador to Malta from 2012 to 2016.
She is among the several senior ambassadors who have left the State Department in recent months.
Still, some don’t see how Pompeo can fix the damage they believe Tillerson inflicted.
“Unfortunately, the State Department is going to go from a T-Rex that was stomping throughout Foggy Bottom, to a person who comes from the James Bond world of international affairs, and that’s a very different tradecraft in the art of diplomacy,” says Brett Bruen, a former State Department official who served as the White House’s director of engagement under Obama and now heads the Global Situation Room, a consulting firm of former government officials.
Bruen worries that Pompeo’s skills and personality — his hawkishness, his reputation as combative, and his intelligence background — will damage US foreign relations.
“That will cost us influence. And we are in a situation where American influence is at a historic low,” Bruen says. “We need ambassadors, we need diplomats to convince suspicious and frightened leaders of the world that America should be trusted. I don’t see Pompeo as the best messenger for delivering those reassurances.”
For now, the State Department can only wait and see.
“Certainly I think everyone in the building wishes him the best, and wishes him good luck to do good for the US and all those who are still trying to carry out foreign policy in our best interest,” Abercrombie-Winstanley said. “So, fingers crossed.”


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2 MMDA traffic enforcers fined for not wearing helmet
After being severely reprimanded, two Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) traffic enforcers who were caught riding a motorcycle without the required crash helmet on Roxas Blvd. were slapped with a P1,500 each for the violation.
MMDA Chairman Danilo Lim has ordered traffic enforcers Armando Lopez and Rodrigo Dayota to be fined for their brazen violation of road regulations.
“Being true to our promise to cleanse our ranks of erring personnel, we will not let such things pass without the appropriate sanctions. This will serve a warning to our field personnel that no one is above the law. We are enforcers of the traffic laws and we should all comply with them,” Lim said.
Aside from the fine, Lim also directed the two traffic personnel to undergo traffic management and safety course at the agency’s Traffic Academy.
“They should brush up on their knowledge on the rules and regulations on the road. They should know them by heart,” he said.
The MMDA chief earlier confronted Lopez and Dayota about the photo posted on popular social network site, Facebook, showing them in MMDA traffic uniform on a motorbike but not wearing crash helmets.
Aside from dressing down the two men, Lim said the traffic personnel should have been more courteous in replying to the query of the motorist who posted the photo, which later one went viral.
“Dapat magalang kayo sa pagsagot…hindi nakakatulong sa imahe natin ‘yan,” Lim told the two traffic enforcers, who were ordered to stand in front of MMDA officials and employees during a recent flag-raising ceremony at the agency’s main office in Makati City.
According to the motorist, one of the men even allegedly replied “Sa operations kami, wala ka na dun,” when he asked why they are not wearing any crash helmets.
MMDA traffic personnel are authorized to flag down and apprehend violators of the policy of not wearing helmet while riding a motorcycle.

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What is the issue?
The Scottish Government has announced its intention to bring forward a Private Tenancies Bill which will have a wide-reaching impact on the private rented sector (PRS) in Scotland. The bill follows on from the issues explored in the Scottish Government’s recent consultation on a new tenancy for the private sector.
The Private Tenancies Bill is intended to increase security of tenure for tenants while providing appropriate safeguards for landlords, lenders and investors. Specifically, the bill will:
- Introduce a Scottish Private Rented Tenancy to replace the current Assured system.
- Remove the ‘no-fault’ ground for repossession, meaning a landlord can no longer ask a tenant to leave simply because the fixed-term has ended.
- Provide comprehensive and robust grounds for repossession that will allow landlords to regain possession in specified circumstances.
- Provide more predictable rents and protection for tenants against excessive rent increases, including the ability to introduce local rent controls for rent pressure areas.
- Create a more streamlined, clearer to understand tenancy system that is fit for the modern private rented sector.
We believe that many of the Scottish Government’s proposals for a new PRS tenancy will enhance security and flexibility for both tenants and landlords and we want to build on that consensus. However the devil is in the detail and we are concerned that a number of the proposed measures, such as the introduction of rent controls and the removal of the �?no-fault’ ground for repossession carry a significant risk of hindering investment in the sector, while dis-incentivising small and large landlords from participating and/or maintaining their properties to a high standard. The consequence of this will be a drying up of supply and a more limited choice for tenants, as well as depleting the quality of Scotland’s housing stock.
We are urging the Scottish Government to take fully into account the views of landlords and those operating in the PRS to ensure that the Private Tenancies Bill does not deliver reforms that risk undermining the future investment that Scotland’s PRS needs.
Instead, we are calling on policymakers to adopt a more strategic, wider reaching supply and tenure model appropriate for Scotland, which addresses the necessity for investment in rental properties as well as the needs of tenants across the income spectrum. With the policy tools available to us, we have the opportunity to create a distinct model for others to follow.
What we’re proposing: a new Scottish framework for housing supply and tenure.
Housing supply is the critical issue and only with healthy and appropriate supply levels to meet the demand, can Scotland build a PRS that meets the needs of households across the income spectrum. First and foremost, the issue of supply needs to be addressed

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Peripherally inserted central catheter for use in home parenteral nutrition: a 4-year follow-up study.
JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2014 Nov;38(8):1003-6
Authors: Christensen LD, Rasmussen HH, Vinter-Jensen L
BACKGROUND: Peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) are a relatively new device for home parenteral nutrition (HPN). Usually, tunneled central catheters such as the Hickman catheter are used for this purpose. However, severe complications (eg, pneumothorax) have been reported in association with the insertion of the central catheter. In contrast, PICCs may offer some advantages due to the peripheral insertion. There are only few studies on the use of PICCs for HPN.
METHOD: A retrospective study (2008-2012) was performed in our Center for Nutrition and Bowel Disease. Patients receiving parenteral nutrition through PICCs were identified, their files examined, and indication, dwell time, cause of removal, and complications recorded.
RESULTS: Fifty-six patients (aged 28-81 years) had a total of 94 lines. Total catheter days were 9859. Mean catheter days per patient were 179.1, and mean dwell time of each line was 104.9 days (longest, 572 days). There were no major complications in relation to the insertion of the catheters. The catheters were removed due to catheter-related sepsis, mechanical reasons, and thrombotic complications in 1.7, 2.1, and 0.2 per 1000 catheter days, respectively.
CONCLUSION: This study demonstrates that PICCs are appropriate for use in HPN for at least 3-4 months (a period that sometimes unexpectedly becomes long term). The complications equal those reported for tunneled central catheters. We conclude that PICCs are a relevant alternative to patients receiving HPN, especially if they cannot handle a central line. At present, the choice of catheter must be determined on an individual basis.
PMID: 24225264 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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Money for maritime related research
Two different research projects focusing on the maritime sector has received support from the Swedish innovation agency Vinnova. One project deals with environmental control charges and incentives for ports while the other project focus on supply chain economics. Several parties are involved in the projects, among them the School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg and IVL, Swedish Environmental Research Institute, both members of Lighthouse.
Environmental Governance fees and incentive for ports
The project is based on an interdisciplinary approach, examining how differentiated environmental charges and incentives in ports can reduce the environmental impact of the different modes of transport serving the ports. The project's main focus is on the local level to improve air quality in the port city, but also climate effects are included. The long term goal of this work is to promote a shift to more environmentally efficient transport, vehicles, ships, technologies and alternative fuels, which is an extremely important task for achieving our environmental and climate targets for the transport sector. The project includes IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute (IVL), Gothenburg University (GU), Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI), the Port of Gothenburg, Trelleborg Port and Ports of Stockholm.
The project addresses both incentives and fees for land and sea transport to and from ports. Examples of incentives are given priority, when entering the port, for trucks with higher Euro emission standard and fees may vary according to the type of fuel used by ships and trucks. An arrival fee based on the environmental performance of the trucks can be a very powerful instrument for reducing road traffic emissions in the urban environment. The purpose of the contributions and the incentives is to create conditions for sustainable growth by affecting shipping lines, trucking companies and rail operators to choose eco-efficient solutions
Supply Chain Finance: New roles for the logistics and transport industry
Supply chains are obviously not stronger than its weakest link and thus supply chain efficiency needs to be studied from a holistic systems perspective in order to create visibility for the transport sector to purposefully meet the competitive and environmental challenges faced. This project is part of a broader research effort at the School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg, which adopts such a holistic systems perspective within the framework of supply chain finance (SCF).
The project aims to contribute to the political transport goals by analysing and developing new and innovative systems and procedures for integrating flows along supply chains. In particular, the project brings together logistics, finance and law to address the functionality goal at a business level by focusing on platforms for electronic information sharing as a means for increased supply chain efficiency.
The two projects will be implemented over two years starting in December 2016.


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Anthony completed his first degree in Sports Science at Liverpool John Moores University, graduating with First Class Honours. He went on to complete a postgraduate certificate of education (PGCE) at the University of Greenwich in 2004 and a year later attained a master's degree in Sport and Exercise Psychology (with Distinction) from Loughborough University. Anthony also conducted his doctoral studies at Loughborough University, and graduated with a PhD in 2011. Having briefly left Loughborough to be Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology at London Metropolitan University, he has since returned to join the School of Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences where he is now Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology.
Anthony’s research employs qualitative methodologies as a means to understanding the life experiences of marginalised groups and clinical populations. For example, his published work has addressed topics such as eating disorders in sport, the role of exercise in mental illness, and physical activity promotion in people with a disability. As an advocate of implementation science, Anthony integrates a variety of knowledge translation strategies into all of his academic endeavours. His book, “The Very Alternative Guide to Spinal Cord Injury”, translates academic research into a commercial product of the self-help genre.
Selected grant funding
- Exercise as Medicine in Secure Mental Health Settings (St Andrews Healthcare). 2018-2021. Co-investigator. £30,000.
- Understanding the Transition into Elite Disability Sport (English Institute of Sport). 2017-2018. Principal Investigator. £3,623.
- Life with a Spinal Cord Injury: Development of a picture book resource (Higher Education Innovation Fund, Enterprise award). 2013-2014. Principal Investigator. £15,000
- Evaluation of the Wheelchair tennis Silver Fund programme (International Tennis Federation). 2012-2013. Co-Investigator. £5,774
Anthony is Mental Health and Wellbeing Lead for the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES). Anthony has also provided sport and exercise psychology consultancy to a range of organisations, including the British Parachute Association, Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service, Triathlon Foundation, and The Thomas Pocklington Trust. He sits on the editorial board for Psychology of Sport and Exercise and Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health.
- Rogers, E., Kinnafick, F. E., & Papathomas, A. (2018). Physical activity in secure settings: A scoping review of methods, theory and practise. Mental Health and Physical Activity.
- Kinnafick, F. E., Papathomas, A., & Regoczi, D. (2018). Promoting exercise behaviour in a secure mental health setting: Healthcare assistant perspectives. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing. 1-8.
- Cecilie Thøgersen-Ntoumani, Papathomas , A, Foster, A., Quested, E., Ntoumanis, N. (2018). ‘Shall we dance’? Older adults’ perspectives on the feasibility of a dance intervention for cognitive function. Journal of Physical Activity and Aging, 1-25.
- Papathomas, A., Petrie, T., & Plateau, C. (2018). Changes in body image perceptions upon leaving elite sport: The retired female athlete paradox. Sport, Exercise and Performance Psychology, 7, 30-45.
- Williams, T., Hunt, E., Papathomas, A., & Smith, B. (2018). Exercise is medicine? Most of the time for most; but not always for all. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 10, 441-456.
- Richardson, E. V., Smith, B., & Papathomas, A. (2017). Crossing boundaries: The perceived impact of fitness instructors with a disability in the gym. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 29, 84-92.
- Williams, T.L., Smith, B., & Papathomas, A. (2017). Physical activity promotion for people with spinal cord injury: Physiotherapists’ beliefs and actions. Disability and Rehabilitation, 40, 52-61.
- Richardson, E. V., Smith. B., & Papathomas, A. (2017). Collective stories and exercise: Investigating the impact of exercising with disabled peers in the gym. Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly, 34(3), 276-294.
- Plateau, C. R., Petrie, T. A., & Papathomas, A. (2017). Exercise attitudes and behaviours among retired female collegiate athletes. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 29, 111-115.
- Plateau, C. R., Petrie, T. A., & Papathomas, A. (2016). Learning to eat again: Intuitive eating practices among retired female collegiate athletes. Eating Disorders, 1-7.
- Richardson, E. V., Papathomas, A., Smith, B., & Goosey-Tolfrey, V. L. (2017). The psychosocial impact of wheelchair tennis on participants from developing countries. Disability and Rehabilitation, 39(2), 193-200.
- Richardson, E. V., Smith, B., & Papathomas, A. (2016). Disability and the gym: Experiences, barriers and facilitators of gym use for individuals with physical disabilities. Disability and Rehabilitation, 1-8.
- Papathomas, A., Williams, T. L., & Smith, B. (2015). Understanding physical activity participation in spinal cord injured populations: Three narrative types for consideration. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 10.
- Papathomas, A., Smith, B., & Lavallee, D. (2015). Family experiences of living with an eating disorder: A narrative analysis. Journal of Health Psychology, 20(3), 313-325.
- Papathomas, A., & Petrie, T. (2014). Towards a more sophisticated eating disorders in sport research base. Psychology of Sport and Exercise. 15, 675-679.
- Papathomas, A., & Lavallee, D. (2014). Self-starvation and the performance narrative in competitive sport. Psychology of Sport and Exercise. 15, 688-695.
- Williams, T., Smith, B., & Papathomas, A. (2014). The barriers, benefits and facilitators of leisure time physical activity among people with spinal cord injury: A meta-synthesis of qualitative findings. Health Psychology Review, 8, 404-425.
- Papathomas, A., & Lavallee, D. (2012). Eating disorders in sport: A call for methodological diversity. Revista de Psicologia del Deporte, 21, 387-392.
- Papathomas, A., & Lavallee, D. (2012). Narrative constructions of anorexia and abuse: An athlete’s search for meaning in trauma. Journal of Loss and Trauma: International Perspectives in Stress and Coping. 17, 293-318.
- Papathomas, A., & Lavallee, D. (2010). Athlete experiences of disordered eating in sport. Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise, 2, 354-370.
- Papathomas, A., & Lavallee, D. (2006). A life history analysis of a male athlete with an eating disorder. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 11, 143-179.
Selected Book Chapters
- Papathomas, A. & Smith, B. (in press). Psychology of disability sport: Participation and performance. In T. Petrie & M. H. Anshel (Eds.), American Psychological Association Handbook of Sport Psychology. American Psychological Association.
- Papathomas, A. (2018). Disordered eating in sport: Legitimized and stigmatized. In M. Atkinson (Ed.), Sport, Mental Illness, and Sociology. Emerald Press.
- Papathomas, A., White, H., & Plateau, C. (2018). Young people, social media and disordered eating. In V. Goodyear & K. Armour (Eds.), Young People, Social Media and Health. London: Routledge.
- Smith, B., & Papathomas, A. (2017). Understanding disability, physical activity and sport through innovative methods: Mobile interviewing, autoethnography and creative non-fiction. In J. Brooks & N. King (Eds.), Applied Qualitative Research in Psychology (pp. 175-187). London: Palgrave.
- Papathomas, A. (2016). Narrative inquiry: From cardinal to marginal…and back? In B. Smith & A. Sparkes (Eds.), Handbook of Qualitative Methods in Sport and Exercise (pp. 37-48). London: Routledge.
Recent conference communications
- Papathomas, A., & Paulson, T. (December, 2018). Understanding the transition into elite disability sport. Oral communication delivered at the 6th Rehab Move Conference: Groningen, Netherlands.
- Hunt, E., & Papathomas, A. (September, 2018). The power of stories to promote physical activity: Evaluating the quality and utility of a video narrative tool. Oral communication delivered at the Eighth International Conference on Health, Wellness & Society, London, UK.
- Hunt, E., & Papathomas, A., (July, 2017) How do illness stories shape physical activity experiences? Insights into arthritis as redemption and contamination. Poster presented at 14th World Congress of ISSP, Seville, Spain.
- Papathomas, A., Hunt, E., Williams. T., & Smith, B. (July, 2017). Exercise is medicine: Extending the metaphor to include biomedical ethics. Oral communication at 14th World Congress of Sport and Exercise Psychology, Seville, Spain.


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Whenever we talk about the best fashion designer of India, the first name clicks in our mind is of Manish Malhotra! Yesterday, (November 5, 2015) the man, who re-defined fashion in the Bollywood, celebrated his 50th birthday and many B-town divas were spotted at his private birthday bash.
Actresses including Kareena Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Sridevi, Shilpa Shetty, Raveena Tandon, Urmila Matondkar, Karisma Kapoor and Sophie Choudhary were seen partying hard and it was such a treat to our eyes to see these divas together.
Hate Story 3 Second Day (Saturday) Box Office Collection: WAY TOO IMPRESSIVE
Manish was also seen celebrating his birthday with the Ambanis and wrote, "A very #special #birthday for me with the #increible #ambanis #blessed #happiness #positivity #beautiful #nitaambani #ishaambani #mukeshambani #gratitude #overwhelmed"
Recently, Vogue's December edition celebrated the 25 years of Manish Malhotra in Bollywood with his leading ladies including Kareena, Kajol, Alia, Sridevi & Karisma on its cover page. Did you know that Manish won his first Filmfare award in 1995 for best costume design in Rangeela and marked his foothold in the tinsel-town?
Manish entered the film industry as a costume designer when the concept of 'costume designing' was alien to many. He had said, "My journey has been unconventional; instead of mainstream designing, I started my career with film costume. The journey has been phenomenal, I have received tremendous response."
All the leading actresses of Bollywood from Aishwarya Rai Bachchan to newbie Kriti Sanon, have worn his designs. And we gotta say that he is singularly responsible for the modernising the way, actresses look in films today! In fact, no B-town wedding is complete without his designed costumes. Manish has also designed Kareena Kapoor's wedding outfit, which was just wow!
We won't test your patience anymore! Click on the gallery to check out all the inside pictures from Manish Malhotra's birthday bash!
Manish Malhotra's birthday bash was indeed one private affair but it was absolutely a star-studded, which witnessed the presence of stunning divas including Kareena, Raveena, Sridevi, Urmila, Shilpa, Alia, Karisma & Sophie.
This picture of Manish Malhotra and Karisma Kapoor along with so many birthday cakes is just too adorable. It's a known fact that the duo shares a very special bonding with each other.
Along with other divas, Alia was also present at the event. Manish posted this beautiful picture of him with Alia on his Instagram account. Did you know that Manish has designed Alia in her debut flick, Student Of The Year?
Shilpa Shetty Posted This Picture & Wrote:
"Happyyy birthday to my dearest most talented and amazing @ManishMalhotra , u deserve all the success u have and much more. Soo much fun @manishmalhotra05 #love #party"
Pretty Urmila Matondkar
It is so pleasing to see actress Urmila Matondkar in Manish's birthday bash. Like always, she is looking damn pretty, while posing for the camera along with the birthday boy.
And here comes the super hot selfie of Raveena Tandon and Manish Malhotra from the birthday bash. "Wishing my darlingist brother a very happy birthday! @ManishMalhotra," wrote Raveena.
With The Kapoors
Probably, this is one of the best pictures from the birthday bash, in which Manish is posing for the camera, along with Kareena & Karisma. And we gotta say that this trio is looking damn awesome together!
By looking at these pictures, one can easily say that all of these actresses, who were present at the bash, had a blast!
One of the most evergreen actresses of Bollywood, Sridevi was also present at the birthday bash and posted this picture on Twitter and wrote, "Wishing my favourite @ManishMalhotra a very Happy Birthday!"
With The Ambanis
Last, but not the least, Manish was also seen celebrating his 50th birthday with Mukesh Ambani and his family. Keep watching this space to get more updates, stay tuned!

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I'm working on a birthday album for each kid, and I'm working my way backwards through their birthdays. Since I haven't scrapped any of their birthdays, I've got a lot of work to do!
As I was putting the page together, I remembered that the family came to visit me in NJ / NYC a couple of days before her birthday, and they went back to Michigan before her birthday. I remembered that I wasn't home on THE DAY of her birth nor was she in NJ / NYC with me on the day of her birth.
Surely scrapping a page about us shopping and theatre-ing in NYC would suffice as her birthday layout, right?
It didn't feel right. There had to have been something more to her birthday celebration ON her birthday.
And there was!
Blogging saved my scrapbook page.
Birthday in New York (pardon the flash on the photo).

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Statement by RONAN, J., as to the ownership of inventions made by employees during the period of their employment.
The facts that, although an employee was under no express contract to assign to his employer rights to inventions made by him during his employment and was not expressly employed as an inventor and it was on his own time and at his home that he made drawings of an improvement invented by him during his employment upon a patented machine of the employer, but it nevertheless was understood that part of the employee's duties was to study improvements and developments for the employer's machine and that inventions might result from such work, and the employee knew that the improvement so invented by him, if perfected and patented by a competitor, might destroy the employer's business, justified a conclusion that the employee was under
an implied obligation to assign to the employer a patent which he obtained upon such improvement after his employment had terminated.
From findings that during his employment an employee had conceived an idea for an improvement upon a patented machine of his employer, that in the three months before leaving his employment he had made a drawing and had shown and explained it to others, including a patent attorney and one who became willing to invest money in a project for development of the improvement, and that, when he left his employment, the idea of the improvement "was sufficiently definite in his mind and in the minds of others that it was workable and practical and capable of development to make it possible to secure financial backing for its development," a conclusion was warranted that the employee had invented the improvement before he left his employment.
The mere facts, that employees of a corporation, following an application by a former employee as inventor for a patent on a certain machine, had filed an application as inventors for a patent on the same machine, that interference proceedings had resulted, that, upon filing of affidavits by the parties as to dates of first drawings, the employees had not offered further evidence and the interference proceedings had been terminated and the former employee had procured his patent, did not as a matter of law require a finding that the employer was estopped to contend thereafter that the former employee had invented the machine during his employment and that under the terms of his employment the employer was entitled to an assignment of his patent.
On a bill in equity disclosing ground for relief by an injunction only against exploiting a certain edge setting machine for wood heels invented by the defendant, a former employee of the plaintiff, the decree improperly included an additional injunction, in accordance with a prayer therefor, against exploiting "any invention, device, improvement, machine or attachment for setting the edges or breasts of heels for shoes."
BILL IN EQUITY, filed in the Superior Court on February 19, 1941, against Oscar L. Lawson and Lawson-Porter Shoe Machinery Corporation.
The suit previously was before this court when a report by Greenhalge, J., was dismissed as appears in 315 Mass. 127 . Further proceedings in the Superior Court are described in the opinion.
L. Withington, (L. G. Miller with him,) for the defendants.
H. D. Linscott, for the plaintiff.
RONAN, J. The plaintiff manufactures an automatic wood heel edge setting machine known as the Howard machine upon which it holds a patent, and leases the machines under license contracts to wood heel manufacturers.
It services these machines, supplies parts and receives a royalty for their use. The bill alleges that the defendant Lawson while in the plaintiff's employment had invented an edge setting machine for wood heels, which on account of the nature and terms of his employment belongs to the plaintiff; that Lawson had applied for a patent for his invention; and that he had assigned his rights in the application to the defendant Lawson-Porter Shoe Machinery Corporation which, the plaintiff alleged, was organized to develop, manufacture and lease said machine in competition with the plaintiff's machine. The bill seeks an assignment from the defendants of the application for letters patent, an injunction prohibiting the manufacturing, selling or leasing of the machine by the corporate defendant, an accounting and damages. Since the filing of the bill, Lawson has died and the administrators of his estate have been substituted for him. Letters patent have also been issued on the machine and are now held by the corporate defendant, which has developed and manufactured the machine and has distributed it to the makers of wood heels. By agreement of the parties and with the assent of the judge, the only question presented was the right of the plaintiff to an assignment of the patent, and if such right was established then the matter of an accounting and damages was to be later determined. After rescript was sent down, National Development Co. v. Gray 315 Mass. 127 , further proceedings were had in the Superior Court. The judge ordered that a decree be entered in conformity with the third and fourth prayers of the bill, which in substance sought to require the defendants to assign the patent to the plaintiff and to enjoin them from manufacturing, selling, leasing or using edge setting machines embodying the patented invention, and in accordance with the fifth prayer, which sought to enjoin them from using "any invention, device, improvement, machine or attachment for setting the edges or breasts of heels for shoes." The judge then reported the correctness of his action in ordering the decree.
The plaintiff's wood heel edge setting machine was invented by one Howard in 1929, who assigned the patent to
the plaintiff, which was organized to develop the patent. The plaintiff made a five year contract with the Pope Machinery Corporation (hereinafter called Pope) by which the latter built the machines, put them out on leases, supplied parts and serviced the machines, and received a rental or royalty, a portion of which it paid over to the plaintiff. Difficulties had arisen between the plaintiff and the Pope concern, and it seemed likely in the summer of 1933 that the contract with Pope would not be renewed upon its expiration in January, 1934. The plaintiff anticipated that Pope would not turn over the plans, drawings and parts, and that, if the plaintiff decided not to renew the Pope contract but to manufacture its own machines, it would be necessary to make drawings of the separate parts of the machine, make patterns for the drawings, make or have the parts made and assemble the machines. This could be done only by studying the existing machines and the Howard patent.
Lawson had been employed prior to 1927 as a draftsman in an experimental machine shop maintained by the A. E. Little Company, and had worked on the Howard machine and had made some drawings for the patent application. He left the employ of the A. E. Little Company in 1927, and became an employee of the United Shoe Machinery Corporation as an inventor. His employment there terminated in September, 1932. He then worked on inventions for one Matson until Matson went out of business in July, 1933. Sometime thereafter, in 1933, Lawson became an employee of the plaintiff. Little, who owned all the stock of the plaintiff, testified that after a series of conversations with Lawson beginning in August or September, 1933, he hired Lawson on December 26, 1933; that Pope would not return the plaintiff's drawings; that he told Lawson that he needed a man to make complete drawings of the machine, and all its parts; that he wanted that done first "and then -- as a draftsman-inventor, and if we decide to install a shop of our own, supervise the work of making the parts, and we shall expect -- I want you to be able to carry out any -- willing to carry out any suggestions I make for other things,
and we want an understanding that all inventions or all ideas talked over" become the property of the plaintiff. He told Lawson that his duties would be those of a designer, inventor, supervisor, and that he was to carry out Little's suggestions as far as he could. Lawson said that he understood exactly what Little wanted and that he was "willing to come under those arrangements." He entered the employment of the plaintiff. Lawson studied the plaintiff's machines which were in use in the wood heel factories, made drawings of the parts, had the parts made and assembled the machines. The plaintiff began to service the machines in these factories. Lawson then spent most of his time making drawings and experimenting on improvements on the plaintiff's machine and on improvements on machinery unrelated to wood heels. Little and Liberty, an employee of the plaintiff, would tell Lawson what the trade required and ask him to develop something to take care of that requirement. Lawson in the course of his experimental work made three inventions upon which he secured patents and assigned them to the plaintiff. One was a patent for a heel attaching machine, the second a patent for an edge setting iron which was an improvement on the plaintiff's edge setting machine, and the third an edge setting machine. Applications for two other patents were assigned to the plaintiff but no patents were issued.
The manufacture, leasing and servicing of the edge setting machine and the supplying of parts were practically all the business that the plaintiff did. It was desirable, therefore, that the plaintiff keep its machine up to date. After a wood heel is fashioned, a thin piece of leather called a top lift is attached to the bottom of the heel. Edge setting consists in finishing and polishing the round edge or periphery of this top lift and in rolling in the joint, making the surfaces of the heel and the edge of the top lift smooth and continuous. This work was done by the plaintiff's machine by rotating and oscillating the heel against a heated iron. The plaintiff's machine did not set or polish the straight edge or breast of the top lift. When the machine was invented, most of the wood heels were of the "Louis" type
and it was not necessary to set the breast, for shoe manufacturers usually polished the breast in bottom-finishing the shoe. Cuban style heels were coming into greater use in 1935 and 1936. These heels were lower and broader than the Louis style. Little and Liberty saw the necessity for an edge setting machine that would set the breasts of Cuban heels. Both of them talked with Lawson in 1936 and 1937. Little told him that he thought that a machine could be made where the iron would travel around the heel and Lawson said it might be possible, but after he made some drawings he reported that he saw no way of heating a travelling iron. Little then suggested to Lawson the possibility of putting an attachment on the present machine for setting the breasts of the heels. Lawson worked on this suggestion, but there was no evidence that he ever subsequently invented such an attachment. He left the plaintiff's employment on August 28, 1937. It thereafter appeared that Lawson while in the plaintiff's employment had prepared a drawing at his home showing an edge setting machine designed to operate by having the iron rotate around the heel. This drawing was dated May 21, 1937, and served as a basis for the construction of such a machine and the issuance of the patent therefor which was assigned to the defendant corporation.
The judge found that there was no express contract that Lawson should assign any patents, nor was he satisfied that Lawson was expressly employed as an inventor, but he found that it was understood that Lawson should study improvements and developments for the machine and that patentable inventions might result from the work that he was to do or the ideas that he might conceive; that Lawson, while employed for the purpose, among others, of developing and perfecting the plaintiff's machine and if possible of combining with the operation of setting the periphery of the top lift the further operation of setting the breast of the top lift, conceived an idea for such a combination, and on his own time so far perfected it as to interest others to promise financial aid; and that this was accomplished by him before he left the plaintiff's employment and when he knew that the
contemplated machine, if perfected, would compete with the plaintiff's machine and might destroy the plaintiff's business.
The principal contention of the defendants is that Lawson was employed as a mechanic draftsman and superintendent and that his general employment in these capacities would not support any implied obligation to make inventions and to assign the patents therefor to the plaintiff.
One by merely entering an employment requiring the performance of services of a noninventive nature does not lose his rights to any inventions that he may make during the employment, although the employment may have afforded the opportunity or occasion for the conception of an idea which may lead to a patent and the rendition of services in the course of his employment may have so enhanced his mechanical skill, scientific knowledge and inventive faculties as to enable him to develop and perfect the idea into a patentable article, and this is true even if the patent is for an improvement upon a device or process used by the employer or is of such great practical value as to supersede the devices or processes with which the employee became familiar during his employment. Public policy favors the exercise by an individual of his inventive powers and seeks to stimulate the exertion of such powers by granting him the exclusive use and enjoyment of the fruits of his endeavors for the period of seventeen years. The law looks upon an invention as the property of the one who conceived, developed and perfected it, and establishes, protects and enforces the inventor's rights in his invention unless he has contracted away those rights. American Circular Loom Co. v. Wilson, 198 Mass. 182 . American Stay Co. v. Delaney, 211 Mass. 229 . Manton-Gaulin Manuf. Co. Inc. v. Colony, 255 Mass. 194 . New Method Die & Cut-Out Co. Inc. v. Milton Bradley Co. 289 Mass. 277 . George C. Miller & Co. Inc. v. Beagen, 293 Mass. 54 . Hapgood v. Hewitt, 119 U.S. 226. Dalzell v. Dueber Watch Case Manuf. Co. 149 U.S. 315. United States v. Dubilier Condenser Corp. 289 U.S. 178. Pressed Steel Car Co. v. Hansen, 137 Fed. 403. State Board of Education v. Bourne, 150 Fla. 323. Gear Grinding Machine Co. v. Stuber, 282 Mich. 455.
The discovery of an invention by an employee, whose duties to his employer do not require him to make any inventions, during the course of his employment through the use of the employer's equipment, materials and labor does not deprive the employee of his invention although the employer has a shop right in the invention which gives him a nonexclusive irrevocable license to use the invention. M'Clurg v. Kingsland, 1 How. 202. McAleer v. United States, 150 U.S. 424. Gill v. United States, 160 U.S. 426. Monsanto Chemical Works v. Jaeger, 31 Fed. (2d) 188. Bowers v. Woodman, 59 Fed. (2d) 797. Barton v. Nevada Consolidated Copper Co. 71 Fed. (2d) 381.
One may be hired for the specific purpose of making a particular invention or a series of inventions in some special branch of a business. The employee is ordinarily paid wages while he is engaged in preparing drawings, making researches, conducting experiments and performing whatever other things he deems necessary to accomplish the purpose of his employment. If the employee fails to reach his goal the loss falls upon the employer, but if he succeeds in accomplishing the prescribed result then the invention belongs to the employer even though the terms of employment contain no express provision dealing with the ownership of whatever inventions may be developed. If the employer contemplates the discovery of an invention and enters into a contract with another to endeavor to make the invention for the benefit of the employer and the contract, construed in the light of the attending circumstances, shows that the employee must have reasonably understood that such inventions as resulted from his performance of the contract should belong to the employer, then the employee is under an implied obligation to assign any patents acquired by him for said inventions to his employer. Solomons v. United States, 137 U.S. 342. Standard Parts Co. v. Peck, 264 U.S. 52. Magnetic Manuf. Co. v. Dings Magnetic Separator Co. 16 Fed. (2d) 739. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. Miller, 22 Fed. (2d) 353. Houghton v. United States, 23 Fed. (2d) 386, affirming 20 Fed. (2d) 434. St. Louis & O'Fallon Coal Co. v. Dinwiddie, 53 Fed. (2d) 655, affirmed Dinwiddie v. St. Louis & O'Fallon Coal Co. 64 Fed.
(2d) 303. Famous Players-Lasky Corp. v. Ewing, 49 Cal. App. 676. State v. Neal, 152 Fla. 582. Bryan & Co. v. Scurlock, 184 Iowa, 378. Parker Rust-Proof Co. v. Allen 231 Mich. 69. Air Reduction Co. Inc. v. Walker, 118 Misc. (N. Y.) 827. Quaker State Oil Refining Co. v. Talbot, 315 Penn. St. 517. Am. Law Inst. Restatement: Agency, Section 397, comment a.
Even though Lawson was not expressly employed as an inventor, he was hired for the specific purpose of developing and perfecting the plaintiff's edge setting machine. That apparently was Lawson's principal work after the plaintiff had succeeded in building its own machines and putting them on the market. Little and Liberty knew that the change in the style of wooden heels from the Louis to the Cuban type would create a demand by the wood heel manufacturers for an edge setting machine that would set the breast of the Cuban heel. Lawson attempted to work out an attachment for the plaintiff's machine that would set the breast, and also attempted to work out a machine that would accomplish this by having the iron travel around the heel. He reported to Little that both propositions were not feasible. Lawson had previously assigned to the plaintiff another improvement on the machine which he had invented. If Lawson succeeded in increasing the efficiency of the plaintiff's machine and in improving it so that it would set the breasts of Cuban heels, then the benefit of this work, the performance of which was one of the purposes for which he was hired and paid, would accrue to the plaintiff; and if an invention resulted from the execution of this work, then it could properly be found that an implied term of his employment was that he should assign to the plaintiff any patents that might result from this work. We think that the judge, in view of his finding as to the nature of Lawson's work and the granting of relief to the plaintiff, has in effect found that Lawson was under an implied obligation to assign the patent to the plaintiff and we draw the same inference from his findings. Distasio v. Surrette Storage Battery Co., ante, 133, 135. It follows that an implied obligation to assign the patent to the plaintiff arose out of Lawson's employment.
Aronson v. Orlov, 228 Mass. 1 , 5. Wireless Specialty Apparatus Co. v. Mica Condenser Co. Ltd. 239 Mass. 158 , 163. Hoyt v. Corporon, 268 Mass. 544 , 549.
The judge found that Lawson conceived the idea of a machine which would set all the edges of the top lift by having an iron rotate about a stationary heel; that it appeared from Lawson's affidavit that "he invented his machine, made drawings of it and explained it to others in May, 1937"; that he completed his drawing on June 30, 1937, and showed the drawing to a patent attorney; that neither the idea nor the drawing was developed completely enough on August 20, 1937, to permit the construction of the machine; and that the idea for the construction of the new machine at the time Lawson left the plaintiff's employment on August 28, 1937, "was sufficiently definite in his mind and in the minds of others that it was workable and practical and capable of development to make it possible to secure financial backing for its development." We think these findings bring the case within the decisions last cited if Lawson may be said to have made the invention while in the plaintiff's employment.
The defendants contend that Lawson had not made any invention up to the time he quit his employment. No new machine had been constructed or put in operation at that time, but he had worked at his home and prepared a drawing of the proposed machine. Of course there is a distinction between the conception of an idea and the reduction of the idea into practice. The idea is only the starting point, and it does not become an invention until it is developed and perfected and becomes embodied in some tangible form which becomes some novel and useful device or process. Lamson v. Martin, 159 Mass. 557 . T. H. Symington Co. v. National Malleable Castings Co. 250 U.S. 383. United States v. Dubilier Condenser Corp. 289 U.S. 178. Lawson had progressed far beyond a mere mental concept of the new machine. He had prepared a drawing which was sufficient to satisfy his own patent attorney and the attorney of Porter that it would not be an infringement of the plaintiff's machine and to induce Porter to invest in the project
and to form a corporation giving Lawson one half of the stock for an assignment of the patent. Even though the drawing was prepared in his own home, we think it came within the scope of his employment by the plaintiff and that it belonged to the plaintiff no less than if the drawing was made at the plaintiff's shop. Toledo Machine & Tool Co. v. Byerlein, 9 Fed. (2d) 279. United States v. Houghton, 20 Fed. (2d) 434, 438-439, affirmed Houghton v. United States, 23 Fed. (2d) 386. Crown Cork & Seal Co. Inc. v. Fankhanel, 49 Fed. Sup. 611. We think that the idea had crystallized into such definite form by the time Lawson left the plaintiff's employ that he and those with whom he spoke concerning the new machine knew in a general way the principles governing its operation and its probable practical value. Indeed, that is the gist of the affidavit which Lawson filed in the interference proceedings by which he established priority for his invention. It is plain from the evidence and the findings of the judge, none of which can be said to be plainly wrong, that the drawing was the nucleus from which the machine emerged; that whatever Lawson accomplished up to the time he quit his employment belonged to the plaintiff; that the defendant corporation took an assignment of the patent with notice of the plaintiff's rights; that the activity of Lawson in reference to the new machine constituted a breach of his contract of employment with the plaintiff; and that the latter was entitled to the patent.
The defendants make various other contentions which may be briefly discussed. When Lawson left the employment of the United Shoe Machinery Corporation in September, 1932, he was restricted by a contract made with that company from making any inventions of shoe machinery for others within the period of two years after he quit his employment with the company. The defendants urge that the contract asserted by the plaintiff to have been made with Lawson in 1933 was illegal as it was a breach, as both Lawson and the plaintiff knew, of Lawson's contract with the United Shoe Machinery Corporation. The short answer to this contention is that illegality is not pleaded by the defendants and the illegality was not of such a nature that the court of
its own motion was required to act and to bar relief. Barsky v. Hansen, 311 Mass. 14 , 17. Gleason v. Mann, 312 Mass. 420 , 422. Moreover, the invention was not discovered by Lawson until more than five years after he ceased to work for the United Shoe Machinery Corporation.
We find nothing in the record indicating any error in the finding that the plaintiff was not guilty of laches. Westhampton Reservoir Recreation Corp. v. Hodder, 307 Mass. 288 , 291. Fortier v. H. P. Hood & Sons, Inc. 307 Mass. 292 , 301.
The defendants finally contend that the plaintiff, having previously contended that two of its employees, Bratt and Liberty, had invented the new machine, is estopped from contending that it was invented by Lawson. Lawson filed an application for a patent on March 16, 1938, and Bratt and Liberty filed their applications on January 12, 1939. The patent office issued a declaration of interference in reference to the two edge setting machines mentioned in the applications. The question then was one of priority between rival inventors. Bratt and Liberty filed a preliminary statement giving the date of their first drawing as July 1, 1937, but Lawson filed an affidavit giving the date as to when he made drawings and disclosed the invention to others as May 21, 1937. After this affidavit was filed, Bratt and Liberty offered no other evidence in the interference proceedings which then terminated on September 8, 1941, and Lawson was granted a patent on June 16, 1942. The evidence would justify a finding that the plaintiff never knew that Lawson had invented the machine while he was in its employ or at a date prior to that urged by Bratt and Liberty as the time they made the invention. The judge could find that the plaintiff was ignorant of the date of Lawson's invention, and did not mislead the defendants or induce them to change their positions. The defendants knew from the beginning when Lawson discovered the invention. One who has been shown to have mistaken his remedy, when facts in possession of a defendant are disclosed, is not thereby barred from availing himself of the proper remedy. The question of estoppel is ordinarily a question of fact, and the finding
that the plaintiff was not estopped from maintaining the present bill cannot be reversed when not shown to be plainly wrong. Butler v. Hildreth, 5 Met. 49 , 51. Doucette v. Baldwin, 194 Mass. 131 , 135. Furber v. Dane, 204 Mass. 412 , 415. Brighton Packing Co. v. Butchers' Slaughtering & Melting Association, 211 Mass. 398 , 402. Jennings v. Wall, 217 Mass. 278 , 281. Boston & Albany Railroad v. Reardon, 226 Mass. 286 , 291. Augello v. Hanover Trust Co. 253 Mass. 160 , 167. Sheehan v. Commercial Travelers Mutual Accident Association, 283 Mass. 543 , 551. Cleaveland v. Malden Savings Bank, 291 Mass. 295 , 298. Schiller v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. 295 Mass. 169 , 175.
The decree ordered, in so far as it would grant relief under the fifth prayer of the bill, enjoining the defendants "from manufacturing, marketing, selling, leasing, renting or in any way exploiting any invention, device, improvement, machine or attachment for setting the edges or breasts of heels for shoes," was too broad and was beyond the scope of the bill. Pickard v. Clancy, 225 Mass. 89 . Matter of Lyon, 301 Mass. 30 . Blair's Foodland Inc. v. Shuman's Foodland, Inc. 311 Mass. 172 . The order must be modified by striking out the granting of any relief under the fifth prayer of the bill and as modified must be affirmed.


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The 17-year old protagonist and prisoner of Incarceron, Finn (played by Lautner) endeavors to be the second man to ever escape. Along the way he meets the warden’s daughter, who wishes to escape the place itself as well as her father’s expectations. It is this character–Claudia–who producers hope will be played by Watson. SourceView All Photos ›


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Medicare Fraud Penalties Could Lead Hospital to Close
According to attorneys for the hospital, Tuomey Healthcare System could close its doors if it is forced to the full judgment in a Medicare fraud case.
The attorneys say in court papers that closing the hospital would be “a public health disaster” for the area unless a stay is granted in the case. They add further: “If a stay is not granted, Tuomey’s ability to operate as a going concern will be immediately impaired,” stated the motion. “Tuomey, and the public it serves, will suffer irreparable harm.”
“If the Government is allowed to execute upon the judgment before Tuomey’s right to appellate review is exhausted, Tuomey will be financially ruined and the people of Sumter and Shaw Air Force Base will suffer irreparable harm,” continued the motion.
“In this case, denial of a stay would require Tuomey to immediately pay the entirety of the $237,454,195 judgment—a fiscal impossibility. The inevitable result will be that Tuomey as it currently operates—a charitable institution that provides care to a community that is both underserved and underinsured, taking all patients regardless of ability to pay—would cease to exist.”
While parties explore the possibility of a settlement in the Medicare fraud case, the federal government has agreed to refrain from taking action for enforce full judgment. The nearest hospital to Tuomey is Clarendon Memorial Hospital, which is 20 miles away. The hospital employs about 1,700 people directly, and is indirectly responsible for 5,000 healthcare jobs.
The federal government seeks $237 million in damages for the Medicare fraud. According to federal prosecutors, Tuomey Healthcare collected $39 million in false claims and Medicare fraud between 2005 and 2009, based on inaccurate billing for doctors’ procedures. A previous whistleblower trial in 2005 also found Tuomey guilty of Stark Law and False Claims Act violations – a four week trial with a 10 person jury ruled that the healthcare group was in effect paying kickbacks to doctors who were contracted part-time, but paid full-time wages.
Under Medicare law, it is illegal to pay physicians with part of the referral fees received, and constitutes kickbacks, which violates the False Claims Act. Tuomey allegedly filed several of these illegal referrals between 2005 and 2009 for procedures performed by the physicians. The doctors’ contracts suggested nothing about the referral fees paying a portion of their salary, but prosecutors for the government argued that Tuomey paid far more than fair market value to sign the physicians on, and therefore kickbacks had to be involved in their pay.
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As a Sandhurst-trained military officer, Gohar Ayub Khan was aide-de-camp to his father Ayub Khan, Pakistan’s first military ruler (1958-69). Besides, he has held senior ministerial berths in several Pakistan governments and has been foreign minister and Speaker of the National Assembly. At 78, he remains articulate and forthright in his views as he talks to Pranay Sharma about the ’65 war. Excerpts:
How do you see the 1965 war when you look back now?
It was a war which should not have taken place. It set Pakistan back and was also costly for India. It led from events in Kashmir which Pakistan considered would be contained there and not turn into an open conflict between the two countries. But when India attacked Lahore and other fronts, it led to a general war between India and Pakistan. Ayub Khan was not looking for a war with India.
Did the war have any clear winners or was it a draw for both sides?
Well, let me give you a few figures. Pakistan’s losses were: 3,200 soldiers killed and wounded, 132 tanks were lost (of which some were recovered) and 19 aircraft. On the other hand, India lost 200 tanks, 35 aircraft, 2,763 Indian soldiers were killed, 8,444 were wounded and 1,507 were missing. So you can see the losses India suffered in this war.
But the figures do not show a clear winner.
From my point of view, the winner was Pakistan. It was a smaller country with a smaller army which managed to hold India and inflict a terrible punishment on it. However, Pakistan would not have been able to continue this war for very long because India had the capability of attrition on Pakistan. It had a tremendous advantage to resupply and replenish its losses, whereas we could not. So the war would eventually have come—as it did—to a stalemate.
How do you see America’s role?
We were expecting the US to come to our assistance. We had an agreement which said if there was an attack from a Communist country, the US would come to the assistance of Pakistan. But that clause was not implemented in the war with India, and relations with America soured. On the early morning of September 6, the American ambassador met the president and said, “Mr President, the Indians have got you by the throat.” And the president said, “Not yet, we will see what happens in the next few days.”
What happened in the next few days?
In the next few days, the war started. We were looking at two major things of India. One was its 1 Armoured Division. Through ‘intelligence purchase’ we knew exactly where the Indian armoured division attack would come from. The other was its aircraft carrier Vikrant.
How did you deal with the two?
For the Indian armoured division, we had the 6 Armoured Division in position and we also had the 15 Infantry Division. So the Indian armoured division could make no headway and suffered terrible losses. The aircraft carrier Vikrant never left the port in Bombay; our submarine Ghazi was there three days before the war looking for it. Had Vikrant come out, it would have been sunk.
But India moved up to Lahore and could have taken the city...
Had the generals and the Indian army been determined, possibly they could. Because Pakistan has no depth—be it Sialkot, Lahore or other places, we are sitting at the border. On the early morning of September 6, they possibly could have. General J.N. Chaudhuri had said he will have his whisky in the Lahore Club. Now Gen Chaudhuri and my father Ayub Khan were coursemates at Sandhurst; they were in the same company and were also commissioned on the same day. Ayub Khan knew Chaudhuri very well and knew how he would act and react.
And how did he react?
The Indians did not cross the BRB (Bambawali-Ravi-Bedian) canal. The Indian division that attacked Lahore was not carrying their bridging equipments. And knowing the Punjab and its canals and channels, you need bridges for them. They are quite broad and are like rivers in Europe. So they were sluggish, they were slow. The Pakistan army was not moved till later. The Indians were on the offensive and advancing. They had the initial advantage of surprise and speed. They could have taken Lahore; also Sialkot and other areas. But I think the Indian army faltered very heavily.
What role did the Soviet Union play?
The Soviet Union was naturally tilted towards India. All its equipment and everything else were from there and also on Kashmir it had vetoed. We had the moral support of China and after the ’65 war military assistance from China increased while our military relations with the US declined to a very large extent.
But the Soviet Union mediated to bring the two sides to Tashkent?
I think that was a tremendous breakthrough. Previously they were not interested in Kashmir or the ’65 war. But I see this as an achievement of the Soviet leadership and of Mr Shastri and Ayub Khan. Unfortunately, Mr Shastri died of a heart attack and the personal relationship between the two could not materialise.
General Ayub Khan came under a lot of criticism in Pakistan for agreeing to the ceasefire...
UN secretary-general U. Thant had visited Pakistan after Delhi. India had asked for a ceasefire. There was no TV in those days and most of the media was state-controlled. What was happening in Kashmir or at the front were really “blown up”. People in Pakistan thought they were winning. So when the ceasefire came, they thought Ayub Khan had let them down at Tashkent though they had won at the battlefront.
What role did Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, the then foreign minister, play?
His role was to take Pakistan to war with India. In my view and that of many others, this was because he wanted to remove Ayub Khan and one way of doing that was to inflict a defeat on him by India through a war.
Pakistan had thought that if it went to war with India, people in Kashmir would rise in revolt against India. But that didn’t quite happen.
Bhutto and some generals gave the impression that people in Kashmir were ready to rise in revolt. But that was not the case. The Indian army had clamped down heavily on them and most Kashmiri leaders were in prison. The infiltrators who went there under Operation Gibraltar were themselves surprised that they hardly had any support.
After the war, Ayub Khan’s popularity declined and Bhutto’s rose. Did Bhutto outmanoeuvre the general?
Bhutto was out in the wilderness after Tashkent. Ayub Khan suffered a massive heart attack on February 2, 1968; he was more or less dead but the doctors revived him. So for three or four months after that he was incapacitated and could not look after affairs of the state properly. In the ensuing vacuum, the then army chief, General Yahya Khan, saw the possibility for him to take over. He started positioning himself by making necessary changes in all the important sectors by bringing in his own men. So it is he and not Bhutto who was manoeuvring to take over.
What is the takeaway from the ’65 war for Pakistan?
Pakistan should not have gone into war. Pakistan’s economy was at a takeoff point, it was much larger than India’s. Its food production was improving, its industrial policy very good. The combined exports of the Asian Tigers of the time could not match Pakistan’s. The ’65 war set back Pakistan in a major way from which it hasn’t been able to recover.

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The first-ever Albay Sports Summit has officially kicked off yesterday at the Bicol University.
Hundreds of coaches, trainers, athletes and sports coordinators gathered at the Bicol University grounds yesterday, August 29, to attend the Summit.
The said sports event was organized by the Provincial Government of Albay, led by Governor Al Francis Bichara, in partnership with the Philippine Sports Commission and Bicol University.
“Internationally licensed coaches and officiating officials from the PSC are onhand to conduct trainings and seminars to local sports leaders, officials, and coaches to cascade updates and innovations in their respective sports,” said the provincial government.
“During the course of the 4-day program a series of consultative meetings, seminars and talks will cover sports science and grassroots coaching in several field of sports, namely; Athletics, Basketball, Baseball, Football, and volleyball,” it added.
PSC officials earlier visited various departments at the Capitol to pay a courtesy call.
“The staffs, coaches, athletes, and consultants from the Philippine Sports Commission paid a courtesy visit to Governor Al Francis Bichara, today August 28, 2018, at the Dignitaries Hall, Albay Capitol,” said the provincial government.
Bichara has mentioned that, together with Bicol University’s President, Arnulfo Mascariñas, they are pushing to have a Regional Office for Philippine Sports Commission here in the province.


OnePlus 7T Pro Launch: After the launch of OnePlus 7 and OnePlus 7 Pro, the company is no longer in the mood to wait for next year. Perhaps this is why OnePlus is now planning to bring the T version to its series. If the news is to be believed, then the company is planning to bring OnePlus 7T Pro soon. As of now, some renders and leaks of OnePlus 7T Pro are being seen online, but now the most important detail of the smartphone has been leaked. The launch date of this smartphone has been revealed.
According to the tweet by popular tipster Max J, OnePlus 7T Pro will be launched on October 15. There is no information about the launch of the phone in India, but if we look at the company’s previous record, then it can be launched in India shortly after the global launch of OnePlus 7T Pro. In such a situation, it can be said that OnePlus 7T Pro can be launched in India in the last week of October. Keep in mind, there is no official information about the launch date of OnePlus 7T Pro. According to earlier renders, the design of the phone will be similar to OnePlus 7 Pro. It can be estimated that OnePlus 7T Pro can be given features such as 90hz display, in-display fingerprint sensor, triple rear camera, pop-up camera, etc. According to Leaks, despite being the same design, this phone will be better than the upgraded version and OnePlus 7 Pro.
OnePlus 7T Pro Launch: OnePlus 7T Pro can be given bigger specifications than OnePlus 7 Pro. Snapdragon 855 Plus processor can be given in the smartphone. It is the latest processor of Qualcomm. According to leaks, this phone will also have a camera upgrade in both front and back. It is also expected to be given a larger battery. Before the OnePlus 7T Pro, the company is planning to launch its first Smart TV or say OnePlus TV. The name of the TV will be OnePlus TV, it is not confirmed yet. It can be launched next month. OnePlus TV can be launched in many variants. The company will bring TV, apart from this, no information is available about it yet.


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Alon Lotringer an accomplished songwriter and producer known for his unique and personal song writing and refined, cross-genre production style, Alon’s albums have been critically acclaimed in his native Israel, where his previous album “Ground” was nominated for “Album of the Decade.”
“In Light” was recorded at the end of October 2020, with the majority of its songs written the same year especially for this recording and with the specific musicians and recording techniques in mind. They represent Lotringer's signature songwriting style and unique mixture of influences from old school R&B and Folk to Art Rock and Ambient music. The album was produced by Guy Sternberg and Alon Lotringer at LowSwing Studio and cut in lacquer at Emil Berliner Studios, both of which are located in Berlin.
Most of the tracks were recorded live in the LowSwing studio on 28 October, 2020 with legendary musicians Greg Cohen (Tom Waits, Lou Reed, Ornette Coleman, Bob Dylan), Earl Harvin (Tindersticks, Air, The The, Jeff Beck), Thomas Moked Blum (Fink, Patricia Kaas) and later overdubbed by Alon and guest musicians including Lianne Hall. LowSwing records are recorded and mixed to analogue tape and then cut directly to vinyl. No computers, digital mixing or AD/DA conversion are used in the mastering process. The album utilizes LowSwing's unique collection of vintage equipment and instruments from the 1960's and ‘70's, much of which has been modified to the studio’s exacting requirements.
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UK summers are likely to regularly see temperatures above 40°C even if humanity manages to limit global warming to 1.5°C, meteorologists have warned.
The UK is already seeing increasingly extreme weather, with 2020 the third warmest, fifth wettest and eighth sunniest year on record – the first to fall into the top 10 for all three variables. Data published in the The State Of The UK Climate 2020 report today revealed the average winter temperature for last year was 5.3°C, which is 1.6°C higher than the 1981 to 2010 average.
That makes December 2019 to February 2020 the fifth warmest winter on record, while the average temperature last summer was 14.8°C, 0.4°C above the 1981 to 2010 average.
Early August 2020 saw maximum temperatures hit 34°C on six consecutive days, with five “tropical nights” above 20°C, making it one of the most significant heatwaves to affect southern England in the past 60 years, the report’s authors said.
Comparing data from the Central England Temperature series, which goes back to 1772, the research found the early 21st century in this region has been 0.5°C to 1°C warmer than 1901 to 2000 and 0.5 to 1.5°C warmer than 1801 to 1900.
Liz Bentley, chief executive of the Royal Meteorological Society, which publishes the report, said the world was already seeing extreme heat as a result of warming of 1.1°C to 1.2°C above pre-industrial levels.
“If you take that up by another 0.3°C, these [heatwaves] are just going to become much more intense – we’re likely to see 40°C in the UK although we have never seen those kinds of temperatures [before],” she said.
“As we hit 1.5°C of global warming, that’s going to not just become something that we see once or twice, it’ll start to become something that we see on a much more regular basis.”
“In seven out of the last 10 years, we’ve seen temperatures of 34°C in the UK compared to seven out of the previous 50 years before that,” he said. “So this is an indication of the fact that our baseline of our climate is changing and what we regard as normal is changing.”
International Journal of Climatology DOI: 10.1002/joc.7285
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Local Sequel Beats Global Franchise
As last week’s blockbuster cooled significantly, the door was left open for new entries from home and abroad to shake up the charts in mid-June. Hollywood maintained a slight edge at 56% of sales while admissions dipped just over 20% to 1.95 million entries overall.
Topping the charts by a razor-thin margin in its opening weekend was local sequel The Accidental Detective 2: In Action
. With 687,000 viewers (USD 5.56 million), the investigative comedy-thriller with KWON Sang-woo
and SUNG Dong-il
fell shy of its predecessor, which ultimately carved out a 2.63 million admissions haul during the Chuseok holiday period in 2015. Since its debut on Election Day, The Accidental Detective 2: In Action
has brought in a respectable 1.03 million spectators (USD 8.22 million).
Ebbing 63%, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom came just shy of a repeat on the top of the charts with 667,000 entries (USD 5.51 million) recorded over the frame. To date, the dino-blockbuster has brought in 4.75 million admissions (USD 38.23 million) and will come close to Jurassic World’s lifetime total in the market, which stands at 5.55 million viewers.
Lacking the visibility in Korea that the franchise has elsewhere, Ocean’s 8 had a middling debut in third place with 355,000 tickets (USD 2.96 million) shifted over the weekend with a total 623,000 seats (USD 5.08 million) filled since its Wednesday launch.
After shedding a large number of theaters to make way for new titles, LEE Hae-young
was down just over two thirds as it pulled in 127,000 viewers (USD 1.05 million) in its fourth weekend. To date, the Korean Drug War
remake has amassed a terrific 4.83 million entries (USD 37.64 million).
Down 60% and one spot was US comedy I Feel Pretty, which added 27,000 spectators (USD 228,000) in its sophomore weekend for 180,000 admissions (USD 1.45 million) banked to date.
Looking to make a surprisingly strong debut this week is the high school drama Student A
, distributed by Lotte Entertainment
. The film is currently topping the reservations chart and is far ahead of several other new openers, which include Wed Anderson’s Isle of Dogs


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Thursday, July 21, 2016
You can find out more about the events that have now happened at the Mad Pride Toronto site.
Sunday, April 24, 2016
- Contribute through monetary or in-kind donations
- Volunteer with event planning and/or on-site at events
- Spread the word about Toronto Mad Pride Week 2016
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Forcillo is the only officer facing charges. The police may offer more training in the future, but they have been saying they will improve training for decades. I offer a Proposal to ensure that the other officers are accountable and learn from experiences like this.
- Police at the scene of a violent encounter with a person in crisis (PIC) have a mandatory debrief.
- During training, police have an experience of institutionalization (1-3 nights) in a forensic mental health facility or prison.
- All officers who fail to deescalate a situation involving a PIC have to reenter the insitutionalization process for training purposes.
|Const. James Forcillo, left, is accused of second-degree murder and attempted murder in the 2013 shooting of 18-year-old Sammy Yatim, right. (Toronto Star)|
The verdict is disappointing for both sides. Forcillo is likely going to jail with a target on his back as a police officer. No one else is being held to account.
Yatim's family will have to live with this forever:
“Sammy was a young man who had his whole future ahead of him. Because of what the police did, we lost him forever. Nothing in this world will compensate me for the loss of my son, nor will anything bring him back to me, but I would like, for the sake of this great country, that the police remain a source of confidence, security and respect for all people.”Toronto Star gives a longer account of the verdict:
However, they clearly found that the second volley of shots fired five-and-a-half seconds later was neither justifiable or in self-defence. The finding of guilt suggests the jury felt Yatim was no longer a threat when Forcillo fired at him six times, striking him five times in his lower part of his paralyzed body but not causing the fatal injuries that led to his death, possibly before he was Tasered by another officer.
...Defence counsel for Forcillo characterized the verdicts as a “compromise” but repeatedly said this is just Phase 1. Over the two weeks in May set aside for a sentencing hearing, the defence will bring an abuse-of-process application to have the charges stayed. Following that, they will seek to prove the mandatory minimum sentence for attempted murder is unconstitutional.The challenge is to find ways to stop this from happening in the future. Incentives for police must align with the interests of the public. Avoiding training institutionalization would encourage other officers to stop their aggressive partners.
Saturday, December 26, 2015
So I was surprised, when I realized how much I was listening to catchy pop tunes by SIA, Demi Lovato, Taylor Swift, Alessia Cara and Miley Cyrus, I was surprised.
Have I mellowed in my old age? Well, yes. But also, I like the drama, the pathos, the hope or the sense of everything being important and new. I also like to stretch my vocal range (Demi Lovato Confident):
And the cynicism is fun too (Alessia Cara Here):
Friday, December 11, 2015
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According to Shell president Marvin Odum, the otter has been putting on "quite a show" in front of rescue workers and clean-up crews, and is making the 860,000-gallon, three-mile-wide toxic slick seem like a much bigger deal than it actually is.
"He's fine," said Odum, referring to the 40-pound sea creature, who was found washed ashore and appeared to be suffering from anaphylactic shock. "Trust me, before all of the cameras and reporters showed up, our little buddy here was having no problem at all cleaning himself off. Now, all of a sudden, it's severe spastic convulsions this and complete kidney failure that."...Ollila went on to praise a number of petroleum-soaked seals, pelicans, and sea turtles in the contaminated area, commending them for remaining completely still and silent, and not "making a big production" out of the environmental disaster when rescue and camera crews arrived at the scene.
On a more serious note, oil spills present a particularly severe risk in the Arctic Ocean. The ecosystem is more vulnerable to disruptions, because there is a delicate balance of life that can exist in cold temperatures. The issue of Arctic sovereignty for Canada and other Northern nations is important here, because if the North West passage is owned by Canada then Canada can enforce environmental standards against ships that fly any flag. This way we can board, inspect, punish and deter rickety ships that travel with "flags of convenience". Maybe we can protect some otters too...


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What does an ERISA prohibited transaction look like? Learn what ERISA prohibits, which parties to watch; also, identify which transactions are not problematic at all (especially in a 401(k) context). Finally, ROBS -- the rollover business start-ups. . . why they are a great source of financing for companies and don't implicate prohibited transactions.
Identify the transactions ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code prohibit

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On stage, Fishbone performs like an aged fighter backed into a corner and down on points. At the High Noon Saloon in Madison on Friday night, the band reinforced their reputation as uncompromising musical pioneers and thick-headed stalwarts even as bar-band doom stares them in the face.
As a treat for all the ghosts and goblins you love, here are a few songs that are worth adding to your Halloween playlist in time for the costume parties to come.
At the precipice of a new year, there’s only ever one important question to be asked at this moment in December: What will we remember?
Although sometimes seen as a divisive figure among music fans and the industry in general, former Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland had an undeniable impact with a steady string of alternative-rock hits in the 1990s and early ’00s. His death on Thursday offers a chance to reflect on those contributions.
A new, massive box set released Friday documents Bob Dylan’s whirlwind year of 1965 and 1966. While this compilation offers many examples of how masterpieces emerged in the recording studio, it also brings fans perhaps the greatest incomplete song in Dylan’s canon.
Although the members of the Dave Rawlings Machine took the stage in Madison Friday night dressed as every rural American archetype, the reason wasn’t to get a start on Halloween trick-or-treating. This Appalachia-loving string band was just getting in character to do what musical evangelist do best: Bring the fire to the people.
As a favor for those ghost and ghoul wannabes, here are a few songs that are worth adding to your Halloween playlist in time for the costume parties to come.
Authors and critics might be correct when they write off Detroit-area saxophone player Steve Mackay as simply a sideman to the Iggy Pop-led Stooges in the early ’70s, but doing so sadly undervalues the importance of his contributions. Hired hand or not, any musician would want to be involved in making a musical masterwork.


Weekend Bentleyville goers can beat the traffic and $10 parking fee on site by taking the free weekend shuttle, or the "Jingle Bus."
The free bus will run every 10-20 minutes starting at 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday nights, according to a news release from the Greater Downtown Council. The bus travels through downtown Duluth and Canal Park. Stops include Buchanan Street near Canal Park Drive in Canal Park as well as the Greysolon Plaza, the Holiday Center and the Radisson Hotel downtown.
The service will be offered through Dec. 18.


Commute to Downtown Lewiston
Daily errands do not require a car.
This location has a Walk Score of 91 out of 100. This location is a Walker’s Paradise so daily errands do not require a car.
This location is in Lewiston. Nearby parks include Marcotte Park Playground-Ball Field, Lewiston Athletic Park and Pierce Street Playground.
Nearby schools include Governor James B Longley Elementary School, Lewiston Regional Technology Center and Lewiston High School.
The closest grocery stores are Bourque's Central Market, Poirier's Market and Speaker's Variety.
Nearby coffee shops include The Ronj, Ross House and Forage Market. There are nine restaurants within a 15 minute walk including Angelo's Pizzeria, Mooses Mobile Kitchen and Blue Goose Bar & Grill.
This location is near Bates College.
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This location is in the city of Lewiston, ME. Lewiston has an average Walk Score of 44 and has 36,592 residents.Learn More About Lewiston


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