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Luminal B breast tumors are not HER2 positive
Breast Cancer Research volume 10, Article number: 404 (2008)
We read with interest the article by Tamimi and coworkers recently published in this journal . The authors compared the molecular subtypes of invasive carcinoma versus ductal carcinoma in situ and found significant differences, as expected . However, we have some concerns regarding the criteria used in the study.
First, the authors classified estrogen receptor (ER)-positive/human epidermal growth factor receptor (HER)2-positive tumors as luminal B (LUMB). Although this classification is in accordance with that used in the Carolina Breast Cancer Study , the LUMB tumors – as identified by gene expression profiling – were all negative for HER2 . The LUMB tumors are defined as tumors that show low to moderate expression of luminal specific genes, including the ER cluster [3, 4]. Extrapolating these findings to routine practical use, one must use semiquantitative immunohistochemistry (Allred-score, Q-score, or an H-score like method) [5–8] to define and distinguish luminal A (LUMA) and LUMB tumors. A large amount of information is lost when one labels a tumor as a mere ER-positive one, because a tumor in which 15% of cells exhibit weak ER staining is biologically different from one that demonstrates strong intensity staining in about 90% of cells. Although the vast majority of ER-positive tumors show strong immunoreactivity, approximately 20% of tumors exhibit variable ER expression. ER expression in breast carcinoma is a continuous variable, which has been demonstrated not only by immunohistochemistry and ligand binding assay, but also by quantitative RT-PCR assays [6, 9–11]. Moreover, using data from the NSABP B-14 clinical trial, Baehner and coworkers  demonstrated that the greater benefit from tamoxifen is seen in patients with greater ER expression, as determined by RT-PCR.
Although it is difficult to define a cut-off, any ER-positive/HER2-negative tumor showing diffuse and strong ER expression in two-thirds of the tumor (an H-score of 200 or higher) could be considered to be a LUMA tumor and the remainder of ER-positive/HER2-negative tumors could be considered LUMB. Although not the most accurate, this arbitrary cut-off is simple and keeps the category of LUMA tumors as pure as possible using immunohistochemistry. The ER-positive/HER2-positive tumors could similarly be subdivided into LUMA-HER2 hybrid (LAHH) and LUMB-HER2 hybrid (LBHH), based on ER expression levels. The LBHH tumors probably correspond to the originally described luminal C tumors . LAHH tumors definitely exist but do not have a molecular correlate. We believe that this distinction is necessary before studies utilizing surrogate immunohistochemical markers are undertaken, because HER2-positive tumors should be separated from pure luminal tumors, which should be further categorized as LUMA and LUMB tumors.
Second, the authors considered HER2 2+ expression by immunohistochemistry to be a positive finding. Numerous studies have shown that only one-quarter of immunohistochemical score 2+ cases demonstrate HER2 gene amplification by fluorescence in situ hybridization . The authors did mention that 'the results of analyses in which HER2 positivity was defined as 3+ were very similar to those presented with a definition of 2+ and 3+'. However, the more important question is about the comparison of '2+ only' cases with '3+ only' cases.
Tamimi RM, Baer HJ, Marotti J, Galan M, Galaburda L, Fu Y, Deitz AC, Connolly JL, Schnitt SJ, Colditz GA, Collins LC: Comparison of molecular phenotypes of ductal carcinoma in situ and invasive breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res. 2008, 10: R67-10.1186/bcr2128.
Carey LA, Perou CM, Livasy CA, Dressler LG, Cowan D, Conway K, Karaca G, Troester MA, Tse CK, Edmiston S, Deming SL, Geradts J, Cheang MC, Nielsen TO, Moorman PG, Earp HS, Millikan RC: Race, breast cancer subtypes, and survival in the Carolina Breast Cancer Study. JAMA. 2006, 295: 2492-2502. 10.1001/jama.295.21.2492.
Sørlie T, Perou CM, Tibshirani R, Aas T, Geisler S, Johnsen H, Hastie T, Eisen MB, Rijn van de M, Jeffrey SS, Thorsen T, Quist H, Matese JC, Brown PO, Botstein D, Eystein Lønning P, Børresen-Dale AL: Gene expression patterns of breast carcinomas distinguish tumor subclasses with clinical implications. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2001, 98: 10869-10874. 10.1073/pnas.191367098.
Sorlie T: Molecular classification of breast tumors: toward improved diagnostics and treatments. Methods Mol Biol. 2007, 360: 91-114.
Goldstein NS, Ferkowicz M, Odish E, Mani A, Hastah F: Minimum formalin fixation time for consistent estrogen receptor immunohistochemical staining of invasive breast carcinoma. Am J Clin Pathol. 2003, 120: 86-92. 10.1309/QPHDRB00QXGMUQ9N.
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Baehner FL, Maddala T, Alexander C, Gown A, Goldstein LC, Achacoso NS, Shak S, Quesenberry CP, Habel LA: A Kaiser-Permanente population-based study of ER and PR expression by the standard method, immunohistochemistry (IHC), compared to a new method, quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) [abstract 88]. ASCO Breast Cancer Symposium. 2007, [http://www.genomichealth.com/pressroom/postersandabstracts.aspx?FileMaterialID=38]
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During this 65th anniversary year, articles of interest from old Guild newsletters will be reprinted. This article was first published in May 1965.
Beetroot are plentiful just now so this is an ideal time to try them as dye material. The old stringy ones discarded for culinary use are quite suitable for the dye pot. First wash off the dirt then cut into pieces and tie up in a muslin bag. Boil until a good colour has been extracted. Wool should now be entered into the dye pot with one or other of the following mordants:
- Alum – for old gold shads and with a particularly strong dye a bright bronze is obtained
- Bichromate of potash – bronze
- Copper sulphate – sage green
- Cream of tartar and tin – apricot
- Alum and aluminium and soda – yellow
Note: Be sure you have washed all the dirt and natural grease from your wool before attempting to dye. Move the wool gently about in the dye pot to be sure of equal dyeing. Odd ends of skeins of white wool can be used very successfully after dyeing to add life and interest to standard patterns.

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It takes a lot more to be a successful thermoforming company than just equipment. Just ask Jay Baker, President of Jamestown Plastics in Brocton, NY. The company has longevity — it was founded in 1958 — and has expertise in both inline thin- and heavy-gauge forming. “After 62 years, we think we’re pretty good at both,” Baker told PlasticsToday. Currently the company operates more than 60 thermoforming machines for both light- and heavy-gauge forming and has more than 120 employees.
Jamestown Plastics has donated TrueHero face shields to healthcare workers and is
Family-owned Jamestown Plastics believes that success depends on diversification across markets, customers, products, and processes; innovation using state-of-the-art machinery and automation, including robotic laser cutters; and invention. The company’s latest challenge came last March when Baker got a call on a Saturday morning from a county executive: The county didn’t have enough face shields and the local official wanted to see if Jamestown could help. That same weekend, Baker received a call from the nearby community college wanting assistance in designing and making the forehead piece for a face shield.
Jamestown has in-house design and tooling capabilities, so the team got right on it, taking a “fresh approach” to design and development. By Monday morning, the single-cavity mold was being built and by Tuesday afternoon the first face shields were in the hands of medical professionals. Eight days later, the company had a production tool running, cranking out the TrueHero Extreme Coverage face shield.
Jamestown Plastics has donated many TrueHero face shields to local healthcare hospital workers, as well as hospitals in New York City and others across the country. The company is now marketing its face shield to other industries, including restaurants, salons, retail stores, and schools. The company has just created the TrueHero Student, a smaller model for school-aged children and shorter adults. Jamestown’s most recent additions to the TrueHero line are the HatTrick, a shield that works with a ball cap, and the HardHatter, a shield that fits onto various styles of bump caps and hard hats.
“While we’ve served the medical and pharmaceutical markets for more than 35 years, we’d never ventured into the PPE side, most of which was being produced offshore, driven there by margins,” said Baker. “With everyone jumping into PPE production, I thought we wouldn’t put all our efforts into this only to have it go away in a few months. However, here we are, so I guess we’re in it for the long haul now.”
One of the most innovative packages invented by Baker is the Click it Clam, the world’s first certified child-resistant clamshell container. Click it Clam’s closure technology is centered on a snap closure that produces an audible click and ensures the clamshell holds securely even when dropped from a height. Click it Clam has multiple intellectual property patents globally, including in China. One of the applications was a new child-resistant package for Superglue. “The package has opened a lot of doors for us,” said Baker. “The closure mechanism allows the container to be snapped closed in a secure manner. It’s a superior way to close clamshell containers.”
The world’s first certified child-resistant clamshell container, patented Click it Clam technology has opened a lot of doors for Jamestown Plastics, said company president Jay Baker. Image courtesy Jamestown Plastics.
When asked how he feels about the campaign to rid the world of single-use plastic containers — his business — Baker replied: “How do you fight the misconceptions out there? I wish that so many who think plastic is bad would just extract all plastic from their lives in 24 hours and see how they function without it.
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The Virtual Summit will live-stream 27 dynamic, thematically linked 12-minute talks that highlight the remarkable and mostly untold stories of innovative projects unfolding in arts and culture organizations. These talks are about letting go of the certainties and "best practices" of the past by encouraging a spirit of inquiry and experimenting with "next practices." The takeaways: practical tips and a big dose of inspiration.
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The tragic death of YouTube star Emily Hartridge following an accident involving an e-scooter has put the spotlight on the current regulations around the use of e-scooters. It is currently illegal to use them on the pavements and roads, so can therefore only be used on private property. However, the recent increase in sales does not suggest they are being purchased for legal usage, people appear to be either unaware of the law or prepared to flaunt it in aid of an alternative mode of transport.
Emily Hartridge’s accident occurred on a roundabout which was designed to keep cyclists separate from other traffic, but the design has been criticised as being confusing and a cyclist died after being hit by a bin lorry last year.
The reality is that UK urban roads are heavily congested, and the safety of existing vulnerable road users like cyclists, motorcyclists and pedestrians are already in question. It is illegal to ride electronic scooters, segways and hoverboards on public highways, but ministers were considering overturning this ban when they called an urban mobility review to look at a permit system for motorised bikes back in March, the findings of which are still outstanding.
A recent report on road safety from the European Transport Safety Council highlighted that lack of data and regulation around the use of e-scooters and other new forms of mobility might be hindering the innovation and progression in mobility patterns.
Charlotte Waller, a solicitor at Pryers Solicitors LLP, who regularly commutes by bike in York said “we see a lot of accidents involving cyclists who are using the road legitimately, so the issue with the influx of e-scooters may not be around their deemed roadworthiness, but how they fit in with our existing infrastructure. It is important to reduce the congestion on our roads, so an infrastructure that supports alternative modes of transport would encourage people to swap their cars for a more environmentally friendly method. If e-scooters are to share cycle lanes and pathways, their speed needs to be restricted to a suitable level at source rather than having to rely on regulations and monitoring.”

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Many regions of the country were left in the dark yesterday night for nearly an hour because of the inability to cope for the high energy needs.
Two engines of the Central Electricity Board (CEB) were unable to supply a number of villages with their electricity needs which created an imbalance necessitating an exceptional measure: leaving them in the dark, reports l’Express.mu.
The affected regions included Grand-Baie, Calodyne, Amaury, Mahebourg, Souillac, Providence, Roches-Brunes, Tamarin, and Flacq.
According to l’Express.mu, over 75MW of power was lacking.
The gas turbines at Nicolay had had to be activated to maintain the balance between demand and supply.

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Crocodile shot after attacking woman in outback lake
A woman has suffered serious leg injuries after being bitten by a crocodile measuring 2.5m long in far-north Western Australia.
On Monday, the 38-year-old woman was swimming at Lake Argyle in the remote Kimberley region when she was attacked by the freshwater crocodile.
The attack was unprovoked and the woman is in a stable condition in hospital.
When parks and wildlife staff did a patrol in the area on Tuesday, a freshwater crocodile of a similar size approached their boat.
"Both the behaviour of a crocodile approaching the boat and the events of the previous day is consistent with what staff would identify as a problem animal," a DBCA spokeswoman said.
"In order to ensure public safety in the popular recreation and swimming area and with consideration to large community events such as the annual Lake Argyle swim taking place this weekend, staff destroyed the animal."
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Salt Lake police say the man who shot and killed a homeless man in an apparent case of self-defense, had a concealed weapons permit.
More information about the fatal incident was released by police today.
Mike Mays, 47, was walking along West Temple just before 12:30 p.m. Wednesday when he stopped in front of Mama's Southern Plantation Restaurant, 1394 S. West Temple, and yelled at the people eating lunch on the patio, "What the (expletive) are you looking at?" according to police.
Mays and a security guard, George Harrison, 59, got into an argument, according to police.
Mays dropped his backpack and then intimated that he was reaching for a gun as he approached Harrison in an "aggressive" manner, according to witnesses.
Harrison, who is a concealed weapons permit holder, drew his weapon and fired once at Mays, striking him in the chest and killing him. Mays' body was covered with a white blanket as it lay on the ground in the street while Salt Lake police detectives talked to witnesses and collected evidence.
Harrison stayed at the scene and waited for police to arrive. Investigators said he was cooperative with them and up front about what had happened.
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For most of us, several years pass between the day we first admit to ourselves that we’re gay and the day we first admit to another person that we’re gay. As Christians, that “incubation time” is filled with a powerful mix of emotions and questions. We’re afraid, lonely, and confused. We’re ashamed of the things our bodies want to do. We’re frustrated that we can’t control our desires and properly “repent.” We question whether God can forgive us for feeling the way we feel. We pray for God to make us feel things we’ve never felt. We wonder what everyone would do if they knew our “secret.”
We want to serve God, love Jesus, and worship with our family and friends… but wonder if this is a life gay men and women are allowed to live.
My coming out process would have been so much easier if I had known other gay Christian men and women… people who could have told me it’s possible to live as an openly gay person and still worship God in a church on Sunday morning. If I could have heard their stories, I might have believed there was life outside my closed closet door. Just as Thomas needed to feel the scars on Christ’s hands before he could believe the resurrection was real, I needed to “poke the wounds” of a few gay believers before I could believe the impossible was possible.
That’s why it’s so incredibly important for those of us who have walked this road to share the story of how we found the strength to live as gay Christians. By telling our story, we fulfill the Great Commission… we preach the gospel… we stand as a light on a hill… we calm fear…. we provide hope… we act as a “great cloud of witnesses”… we assure our LGBT bothers and sisters that faith in God is possible, even for us.
In the weeks to come, a few of my friends have volunteered to share their story on this blog. Some of these stories will come from straight people (including a few pastors). Others will be from LGBT people (including a few pastors).
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…my personal experience as a gay person from the South has shown me that some of the people who most readily accept me have been evangelicals or conservatives. I have known I was gay since the very first time that I learned what the concept was. As soon as I hit puberty my realization that I was not attracted to girls like the other boys began to be confirmed for me. Until this date, I have never been sexually aroused over women, so my homosexuality has always seemed to me so central a part of how God made me that it is unfeasible for me to believe it is something that I could ever change.
As I grew older I began to be as certain in my identity as a gay person as I was certain that God was the force that had brought so much good into my life. And so when I was a freshman at Harvard College, in a spirit of love and honesty, I chose to come out to my parents. About two months after that, they expressed an unwillingness to accept me and went so far as to disown me completely. I haven’t spoken to them since that time. But out of this horrible ordeal, I have gained a great faith in God and the purposefulness of my life in His eyes. Ironically, it was through my very gayness and the qualities of humility, resilience, and tolerance that it has forced me to develop that I have grown to be a stauncher Christian than I ever was before I fully embraced my identity.
As I began to reach out to other relatives and family friends, I was most struck by the fact that many of those who I most suspected would be most homophobic have actually been the most accepting. Some of the most supportive people for me have been the very same conservatives and evangelical Christians that I had so readily written off before. What began to change their mind on this issue was not some abstract set of arguments, but rather the personal connection and love they had for me…
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A woman has called out her husband’s mistress for allegedly selling her acid instead of organic product for her face.
A woman takes to social media to call out her husband’s mistress for allegedly giving her acid instead of organic product for her face.
In a trending video shared on Instagram by blogger Cutie Juls, the woman alleged that her husband forced her to use an organic product for her face.
The lady revealed that she gave in and used the product due to her husband’s constant complaints about, her complexion and dull skin.
The woman stated that her husband gave her the contact of the lady who is her husband’s supposed side chic who is into skin care products.
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“So many people would flip but if the couple at some point announced they were engaged I’d be happy,” tweeted one fan. On Saturday, Niall Horan’s rep said “no comment” when asked whether the 23-year-old singer was tying the knot.
It's an impressive figure, especially given the fact that they spend at least 9 months of the year on the road.The singer commented on Ben Winston's Instagram photo that he posted of his daughter Ruby and it is truly an adorable photo. #besttalkshow #criticschoice A photo posted by Ben Winston (@mrbenwinston) on So cute!As all true Directioners know, Ben was the film producer who worked on the band's movie In case anyone is wondering why he said "see her again," it is because being the great friend that he is Niall has already gone to visit the baby as soon as she was born. Love you." , he attended the Critics Choice Awards not too long ago and posted a super adorable moment between him and his child "Off to Critics Choice Awards. #besttalkshow #criticschoice," he wrote in a shot of him holding his baby girl. Just been told my plus one Ruby isn't old enough to come. Ben and Ruby are lucky to have a friend like Niall, but seeing the singer hold a baby only makes us wonder, when we will see a photo of any of the guys holding baby Freddie Tomlinson?!Niall Horan has commented on a girl's photo and it has his fans going wild!The One Direction singer was seen leaving a sweet commented under a beautiful girl named Ruby, but do not worry Niall Girls because there is no romance here, she is a newborn baby!

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A new leader in International Master Oliver Dimakiling assumed the top spot in the 2012 National Open Chess Championships Friday at the Paraw Club in Boracay.
Dimakiling, who steered De La Salle to numerous UAAP men’s chess championships in the past, drubbed FIDE Masters Haridas Pascua in the eight round and surprisingly found himself alone on top as previous co-leaders GMs Joey Antonio and Darwin Laylo fell by the wayside one after the other.
Antonio lost to GM Roland Salvador, while Laylo suffered the same fate against GM Rogelio Barcenilla.
Dimakiling now has a 12.0 total, while Antonio and Laylo were stuck at 10.0.
GM Mark Paragua climbed to solo second with 11 with his victory over FM Randy Segarra, while GM Eugene Torre kept himself in the hunt with 10.0 points after another draw, this time against top seed GM Oliver Barbosa.
The top three finishers in the tournament dubbed `Battle of the Grandmasters’ will gain outright seats in the men’s national team competing in this year’s World Chess Olympiad in Istanbul, Turkey on August 27 to September 10.
Top Filipino player GM Wesley So is already assured of a slot while the National Chess Federation of the Philippines has the option to pick the fifth player of the men’s team.
Woman International Master Catherine Perena paced the women’s division with 13.0 points followed by Woman FIDE Master Cherry Ann Mejia and Woman National Master Janelle Mae Frayna with 12.0 points each.
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CBD oil will have to be artificially denatured in order to be marketed, according to a decision by the Confederation. It arouses shock and incomprehension among consumers and professionals.
The cannabis sold legally in Switzerland (with a psychotropic substance (THC) level of less than 1%) has many followers among people seeking to relieve their ailments. Consumers, often elderly, ingest it in the form of oil to calm insomnia, inflammation, or chronic pain.
The Federal Office of Public Health (OFSP) decided otherwise, considering that it is not a therapeutic product, nor a foodstuff. Last week, it issued a ruling requiring producers of CBD-containing oils to introduce a denaturant in an effort to “discourage abusive oral ingestion.” In other words, the oil must be made unfit for consumption.
At the start of the year, CBD food products were the subject of a large crackdown for exceeding the maximum authorized levels. This time, it is as a chemical product that it is being measured. In a report published in February, which precedes the decision of the Confederation, the Association of cantonal chemists had established that 85% of the products analyzed presented a risk to health, especially oils, considered under the standards applicable to food products. They must now all be made impossible to swallow.
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For Carlo, who has been using it for 3 years for his shoulder pain, the denaturation of his product is a shock: “I put two drops of it before going to bed, each time the pain starts again. For me, this decision is a scandal. It shocks me, I don’t understand.”
To relieve his pain, sharp and disabling, he just had to go to a store. Today, he doesn’t know how he’s going to get it. “If necessary, I will go and look for him abroad.” Because the alternative offered to him by traditional medicine, an operation or very strong drugs, does not suit him.
On the side of the producers, the pill does not pass either. In Sierre (VS), Benjamin Foro, co-founder of B-Chill, has been selling CBD oil for 5 years. “Some of our customers are worried. They were happy with this product. Now there is still CBD for smoking or CBD in cosmetic form. But with this legal framework, we will no longer be able to sell oils”, laments- he.
Misunderstanding also reigns among some doctors. Barbara Broers, vice-president of the Swiss Society of Cannabis in Medicine, approves of the desire to regulate this “slightly wild” market of CBD-based products. But she disputes the decision. “As a doctor, this worries me. Because we are going to make a product that was not dangerous to health, and in which some people find a benefit.”
Research into the health effects of CBD is still ongoing. But according to Barbara Broers CBD is less dangerous than many other products prescribed by doctors. “In my experience, I’ve seen that it can help some patients decrease their opioid use and have less pain. If people are taking this product, which is relatively expensive, it’s working for them. If it didn’t work, they’d arrest him.”
The professor now fears that these patients, who found a benefit in consuming the oil, would turn to smoking CBD. “We risk encouraging them to smoke. It’s paradoxical,” she insists.
The Swiss Society of Cannabis in Medicine also regrets the lack of consultation before this decision. For their part, CBD producers are considering an appeal to the Administrative Court, possible by the end of April.
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DECATUR – Work to finally remove enormous piles of debris from the former Aaction Equipment building is underway — almost three years after fire destroyed the 1060 E. Grand Ave. structure.
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Crews are removing piles of bricks, pipes and other debris from the site, which takes up nearly an entire block along North Illinois Street between East Grand Avenue and East Locust Street. The rubble, which is believed to contain asbestos, has been sitting there since January 2015, when fire gutted the warehouse. Firefighters from across the region were called in to battle the blaze, which could be seen for miles as it lit up the night sky.
WHY THE DELAY
The building eventually collapsed but was never cleaned up. "It's just literally become a landfill," neighbor Charity Doyle, told the Herald & Review in September. The case has been tied up in a protracted legal battle between the city and those who control the property. The owner died and the building was not insured. Click here to read more about the case.
WHO IS DOING THE WORK
The city has partnered with Operating Engineers Local 965 in Springfield for the removal. The city at first said the project would cost $300,000, but officials now estimate it will be lower because of the partnership. They're not sure how long it will take.
On Monday, a crane and other equipment was brought in as the area was sprayed with a hose. The union is using the cleanup to offer training opportunities for members.
HISTORY OF THE BUILDING
The three-story warehouse starting in the 1890s housed Faries Manufacturing, makers of kitchen cabinets, mirrors, bird cages and stands. The business sold the building to Sol Tick & Co. in 1955 and moved to Elkhart, Indiana. The restaurant equipment company was housed there since the 1970s.


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Pret has snapped up Eat’s 94 shops and will convert 'as many as possible' into Veggie Prets, as revealed by the Standard last week.
Pret opened its first Veggie Pret in September 2016 and it now has four in total.
The deal is understood to be valued around £60 million.
Clive Schlee, chief executive at Pret, said: “The purpose of this deal is to serve a growing demand of vegetarian and vegan customers who want delicious, high quality food and drink options. We have been developing the Veggie Pret concept for over two years and we now have four hugely successful shops across London and Manchester.
"The acquisition of the EAT estate is a wonderful opportunity to turbo charge the development of Veggie Pret and put significant resources behind it."
Retail analysts said the tie-up made sense as the restaurants scene grapples with falling footfall.
Britain’s High Streets are struggling, with celebrity chef Jamie Oliver’s restaurant chain on Tuesday joining a string of companies going into administration with the loss of 1,000 jobs.
High Street food chains have also been struggling to compete with the rising demand for home delivery offered by the likes of Deliveroo and Just Eat.
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The US Navy on Wednesday sent a destroyer ship off Chinese-held islands in the disputed South Sea. On the other hand, China said that it has pushed back this warship. Due to this, there is a possibility of increasing tension in the area once again.
The US has said that it has sailed the missile-guided destroyer USS Benfold through a strategic sea route as part of territorial independence. The ship crossed the Paracel Islands and passed through the South China Sea. Such operations are seen as vital for the US Navy to maintain its presence in the Indo-Pacific. Here China has increased its presence on a large scale through ships. Tensions have increased between the US and China in this water area. China has claimed to have pushed back the American ship, saying that the US should desist from inciting regional tensions.
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned China to abide by the 2016 accord. Rejecting Beijing’s claims in the South China Sea, Blinken said Washington is obliged to defend the Philippines if Chinese military ships or air strikes occur in disputed waters.
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China has been continuously sending its aircraft carriers and naval boats to the disputed waters of the South China Sea. Brunei, Taiwan, Malaysia and Vietnam have been opposing it, including the Philippines. All the claimant countries have also said that there are reports of Chinese boats assaulting fishermen in their region. America has warned China on this issue to give up its aggressive behavior.

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In 1951, a British Home Office official named John Moss inspected and reported on Australian and New Zealand institutions where British child migrants were living. Moss spent July-December 1951 travelling around Australia and to New Zealand, inspecting institutions and making recommendations. His report, known as the Moss Report, was submitted to the British government in 1953.
John Moss, formerly of the Kent County Welfare Office, had served on the British Curtis Committee, which had investigated British out of home care in 1946. Moss was also a member of the British Central Training Council in Child Care. Later, he became an Assistant Under-Secretary of State in charge of the Children’s Department of the Home Office.
His visit to Australia and New Zealand was a privately undertaken tour during which he inspected Homes so that he could report back to the British government. Moss inspected multiple Homes in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia.
Moss also met with representatives of the Department of Immigration in Canberra, gave public talks, and met with the heads of welfare departments and church organisations responsible for the management of Homes. As well as providing broad recommendations about the continuation and scope of child and youth migration from Britain to Australia, he also provided specific recommendations for improvements for many of the Homes he visited.
His final report, known as the Moss Report, was submitted to the British government in 1953. The report included recommendations about recordkeeping and the full provision of case histories from Britain to Australia, the age of children and youths for different migration schemes, and appropriate conditions for the Homes. While there was correspondence between the Department of Immigration and the organisations responsible for running the Homes about the implementation of at least some of the Moss Report recommendations, it is not clear that any major changes were effected by the Moss Report. Coldrey (2001) notes that, despite noting issues with some Homes, Moss was generally in favour of sending British children to Australia.
Information and correspondence about the Moss visit and Report is located at the National Archives of Australia. There is also correspondence in state archives about the activities of Moss in that state, for example Archives Tasmania.

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When the Dodge Caliber was dropped in 2011, rumor had a new Fiat-based car based on a Fiat taking on the Caliber name. Chrysler applied for trademarks on Hornet, Dodge Dart, Dodge Duster, and even the frankly odd Dodge Camber.
The car was reportedly in early pilot production in late October 2011.
As early as 2009, this car was planned on extended Fiat C-EVO dimensions and the Fiat electronics network, along with a retuned Chrysler World Gas Engine and the 1.4 liter turbocharged Fiat engine.
Reliable source oh2o predicted what we got in the Dodge Dart with a surprising level of detail, getting nothing wrong. With oh2o and our own thoughts, we estimated 160 hp for the 1.4, and 185 hp for the 2.4, with 170 lb-ft of torque (a tad optimistic); we guessed “a bit over 32 mpg” on the 2.4 and were right, as it came in at 33 mpg. “PhantomSpazz” confirmed numerous other points of appearance and pricing that turned out to be accurate.
The name Dodge Hornet was incorrectly predicted by Allpar long in advance. “duster92” wrote: “The SRT engineers occasionally hold webchats. Before a recent webchat, the engineers stipulated that they could not talk about the Hornet SRT4.”
J. White saw spy shots of an obvious mule with a Caliber body shell in May 2010. The stance and length looked similar to those of the Lancia Delta. (Body shells on mules serve to hide the car underneath, and look normal from a reasonable distance so average people don’t see anything unusual).
Dan Minick and MadWasp believed the Hornet will be built in Belvidere, Illinois, which is being expanded with a 550,000 square foot body shop. This turned out to be correct.
The “Hornet,” of course, turned out to be the 2013 Dodge Dart.
The first new use of the Hornet name — famously used by Hudson, and less famously by AMC — was the 2006 Dodge Hornet concept car, a subcompact; company officials said it was to be a Nissan Cube variant "based on a unique Chrysler concept and design."
The Dodge Hornet was powered by a Chrysler 1.6 liter supercharged engine with 170 hp and 165 lb-ft (224 Nm) of torque (both at 4,000 rpm).
Following the original Nissan Cube-based concept, rumors started floating that the final Hornet would be sharing the basic chassis of the new Mercedes A-Class, with joint engineering by Chrysler and Mercedes. Then Automotive News claimed that the Hornet would be engineered in China by Chery, bolstered by independent sources who claimed that Chrysler engineers had been sent to China to work on it.
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Wright Medical Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: WMGI), a global orthopaedic medical device company, announced today that results of a prospective, randomized controlled clinical study evaluating biologic augmentation of challenging arthroscopic rotator cuff repairs with GRAFTJACKET® Matrix were presented by F. Alan Barber, MD at the recent Arthroscopy Association of North America (AANA) annual meeting. The study showed rotator cuff repairs augmented with Wright's GRAFTJACKET® Matrix were intact in 84% of the patients while only 46% of those in the control group were intact as measured by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). In addition, the study showed that patients in the GRAFTJACKET® Matrix study group gained statistically superior function compared to the control group. Joseph P. Burns, MD of the Southern California Orthopedic Institute, Allen Deutsch, MD of the Kelsey-Seybold Clinic of Orthopaedics, and Marc R Labbe MD of the Bone & Joint Clinic of South Houston were also authors on the paper presented.
“This multi-center clinical study supported the hypothesis that augmentation with GRAFTJACKET® Matrix resulted in improved repair healing for large rotator cuff tears and provided statistically better functional outcome scores.”
Dr. Barber of the Plano Orthopedic & Sports Medicine Center in Plano, TX, commented, "This multi-center clinical study supported the hypothesis that augmentation with GRAFTJACKET® Matrix resulted in improved repair healing for large rotator cuff tears and provided statistically better functional outcome scores." The arthroscopic arm of the Level-1 rotator cuff study, presented at AANA, included 36 patients with arthroscopic rotator cuff repair including 20 patients in the GRAFTJACKET® Matrix study group and 16 in the control group. All tears were classified as "large to massive," which is defined as measuring 3 to 5 cm in width with at least two-tendon involvement; the mean time to follow-up was 18 months (range 12 to 33). MRI follow-up at a minimum of 12 months showed 84% of the repairs with GRAFTJACKET® Matrix were intact, while only 46% of those in the control group were intact (p<0.05). In addition, there was significant improvement in the American Shoulder & Elbow Surgeons (ASES) and Constant-Murley scores.
The treatment of large to massive rotator cuff tears remains a significant clinical challenge with re-tear rates reported as high as 90%. There are over 400,000 rotator cuff repairs performed annually in the United States with an estimated 75,000 of these considered large to massive. GRAFTJACKET® Matrix is the only soft-tissue graft shown to reduce the re-tear rate and provide functional improvements post-operatively in a multi-center, prospective, randomized, controlled study. These benefits may ultimately lead to better clinical outcomes for patients as well as economic benefits for the health care system by reducing the need for costly revision surgeries.
Wright Medical's GRAFTJACKET® Matrix is a processed three-dimensional human dermal tissue matrix that allows the body to rebuild areas of deficient tissue. After GRAFTJACKET® Matrix is applied to soft-tissue repair, the body's natural repair process revascularizes and repopulates the GRAFTJACKET® Matrix with its own cells, gradually converting the graft into the patient's own living tissue. Wright is the exclusive distributor of this acellular human dermis technology, provided through a supply and development relationship with LifeCell Corporation, a KCI company, for orthopaedic and podiatric applications, including diabetic foot wounds, in the United States, Canada and other select international markets.
Wright Medical Group, Inc.


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The breach of the US Embassy compound in Baghdad has prompted Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to postpone his trip to Ukraine and four other countries.
Pompeo was to arrive in Ukraine late on Thursday in his first visit to the country at the center of President Donald Trump's impeachment, then on to Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Cyprus.
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He delayed the trip "to continue monitoring the ongoing situation in Iraq and ensure the safety and security of Americans in the Middle East,” State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said Wednesday. She said he intends to reschedule soon.
In Baghdad, militiamen withdrew from the US Embassy compound after two days of clashes with American security forces. The US has sent hundreds of additional troops to the Middle East to increase security in the volatile aftermath of the embassy attack and as tensions with Iran rise.
In Kyiv, Pompeo was to meet Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, whose July 25 phone call with Trump triggered the whistleblower complaint that led to Trump's impeachment.
In that call, and through aides at other times, Trump pressed Zelenskiy to investigate potential 2020 election rival Joe Biden, his son, Hunter, and a discredited theory that Ukrainians and Democrats colluded to influence the 2016 election.
Pompeo also planned to meet Ukrainian religious, civic and business leaders to discuss human rights, investment and economic and political reform, the department said before the postponement.
The sanctions, announced at the White House, marked the latest salvo in a US-Iranian confrontation that risked sliding into war a week ago with the deadly US drone attack on general Qasem Soleimani, who was by some measures the second most influential person in Iran.
The US blacklisted Iran’s energy industry in late 2018 but granted Baghdad a series of temporary waivers, hoping Iraq would wean itself off Iranian energy by partnering with US firms.
On a day trip scheduled after Iran shot down a US drone, Pompeo flew into the Red Sea city of Jeddah and met with King Salman at his palace.
Caretaker Information Minister Amir Mir confirmed Elahi's arrest, saying he was in his vehicle and "trying to flee" when he was arrested.
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The marriage of Crown Prince Hussein, 28, and Saudi architect Rajwa Al Saif, 29, drew a star-studded guest list including Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate, as well as US First Lady Jill Biden.
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The government on Wednesday announced a series of measures to expedite corruption cases against public servants includes setting up of 71 fast-track special CBI courts, fixing a limit of three months to grant sanction for prosecution and strengthening the vigilance administration.
The decisions, which would be implemented soon through issuance of government orders, were taken on the basis of the recommendations of a Group of Ministers (GoM) to curb corruption, headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee.
It also decided to bring a new policy and a bill on public procurement in the Winter Session of Parliament to tackle corruption and make the procedure more transparent, Law Minister Salman Khursheed and Minister of State for Personnel V Narayanasamy told reporters in New Delhi.“The first report of the GoM has been submitted to the government and the prime minister has approved many of the recommendations,” Narayanasamy said.
Asked whether anti-graft measures were being announced under the impact of the Anna Hazare agitation, he reminded that the GoM on corruption was set up on January 6 much before Hazare began his fast.
“The government is very concerned about corruption and is taken steps. Anna Hazare gave his views. We are considering it. That does not mean whatever he says is going to be accepted. There are several other views also,” he said.
Observing that he was hopeful that the Lokpal Bill would be studied by the Standing Committee and tabled in Parliament in the upcoming session, he said a decision has also been taken to curtail the discretionary powers of Ministers as part of the anti-graft approach of the government.
Narayanasamy said the GoM has recommended that the ministers would have no discretionary powers in the allotment of land, telephone and petrol pumps.
“These powers have been removed,” barring in cases of compensation to victims of Naxal violence by the Home Ministry and to war widows by the Defence Ministry, he said.
In all corruption cases where the investigating agency has sought sanction for prosecution, it would be mandatory for the competent authority, including the prime minister and ministers concerned, to take a decision and give a ‘speaking order’ within a period of three months from the date of receipt of the request.
In the event of refusal of sanction to prosecute, the competent authority would have to submit its order, including the reasons for refusal, to the next higher authority for information within seven days, Narayanasamy said.
Wherever the minister in-charge of the department is the competent authority and he decides to deny permission for prosecution, it would be incumbent on the minister to report it to the prime minister within seven days.
On the fast-tracking of almost 10,000 pending CBI cases, he said a decision to set up 71 special courts has been taken and 44 of them have started working already.
A committee, headed by a sitting Supreme Court judge, would be set up for studying cases which have been pending trial for more than ten years and make recommendations for their speedy disposal or withdrawal.
The committee, which would look at cases under the Prevention of Corruption Act, would include retired CVC, CBI Director and another person of impeccable repute from civil society, he said, adding that almost 2,600 cases were over a decade old.
With the GoM recommendations accepted, now onwards mere retirement would not be a ground for dropping proceedings against corrupt government servants who will now face a 10 per cent cut in pension in case of minor penalty, for a period not exceeding five years.
The present major penalty of compulsory retirement with full benefits would be changed hereafter with a cut of 20 per cent in pension.
On amendment to Art 311 of the Constitution to provide for summary proceedings in cases of grave misdemeanour or acts of blatant corruption by public servants, it was felt that there was need to strike a balance between fundamental rights of individuals and administrative agencies.
“Yes Article 311 will remain untouched,” Narayansamy said to repeated questions on the issue.
“Lot of discussion took place in the GoM over the issue and it took a conscious decision that at least one opportunity should be given to an officer. A person is not dismissed as soon as he is caught taking bribe. He will be given at least one chance,” he said.
The GoM has also decided to make the departments and ministries to primarily use serving officers as inquiry and presenting officers in one of the steps towards speeding up the inquiry proceedings.
“The committee has recommended that the vigilance officers especially the investigating officer should not be by name but by designation so that the other officer, who is appointed can continue the inquiry in any case,” Narayanasamy said, adding that delay in many a cases occurred due to change of IOs.
In important cases, the officers may request the Central Vigilance Commission to appoint their Commissioner of Direct Inquiries as Investigating Officer.
The GoM also decided to dispense with the practice of seeking second stage advise of the CVC in corruption cases.


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Redcat presents adaku, part 1: the road opens featuring Okwui Okpokwasili runs Thursday through Saturday May 25, 27, 2023 at 8:30pm. Admission is $25.00 per person.
Okwui Okpokwasili’s new theater piece centers around a young African American girl who loses all of her hair after using a chemical straightener, only to have it restored by the power of a mysterious, unhoused woman. The young girl’s hair comes back with properties that restore genetic and cultural memory and allow her to discover her family’s precolonial past. A work that centers around the complexity of repair, physical and psychic, that will require traveling to the past and into the future.
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My first exposure to the Bronx-bred, Los Angeles relocated Def Jef came via the Fox comedy series “In Living Color” with the Fly Girls gyrating their hips to the sounds of Jef’s biggest smash to date, “Black To The Future”. Then later I would take notice to Jef when he delivered an exceptional verse for the “West Coast meets for a good cause” track, the anti-gang violence anthem “We’re All In The Same Gang”. Also, if you paid very close attention you may have also caught a glimpe of Jef in the movie “Deep Cover”. Even though I passed on Def Jef’s debut effort “Just A Poet With Soul” that dropped two years prior in 1989, I made it a point to scoop up Jef’s sophomore effort, the highly sociopolitical “Soul Food”. Of course, Jef was signed to the same roster that boasted huge hits from the likes of Young MC and Tone Loc, but it was Def Jef who delivered some of the label’s most potent product prior to the arrival of the Pharcyde. Some of you may be even more familiar with Jef from his production work he did after his emcee career came to an end, for the likes of Nas (“Life’s A Bitch” Arsenal Mix), Boss (“Deeper”), Snoop (“Betta Dayz” from Snoop’s “No Limit Top Dogg”) and even Shaquille O’Neal (I Know I Got “Skillz”), than by his first-rate lyrical abilites.
While Jef’s debut, the aforementioned “Just A Poet With Soul”, may not have moved near as many units as Tone Loc’s “Loc’d After Dark” or Young MC’s “Stone Cold Rhymin”, cuts like the Etta James featured “Droppin’ Rhymes On Drums” and “God Made Me Funky” made it quite clear that Jef was more than capable on the mic. Def also injected a heavy dose of reality into cuts like the exhilarating “Downtown” and “Black To The Future”, devoting more time to deliver the “message” than your typical braggin’ and boasting rhymes that were so heavy in the late-80′s. Def followed up his debut with the equally fresh “Soul Food”, but sadly that’s where Jef’s recording career ceased due to the fact that he never really gained the critical acclaim that both of the albums deserved. Again, on “Soul Food” Jef is at his best on political cuts like “Don’t Sleep” and “Get Up 4 The Get Down”, while the reggae-tinged “Voice Of A New Generation” was slighty run-of-the-mill, but catchy in it’s own way. Even when Jef veered from his typical lyrical path on cuts like the Tone Loc-assisted “Cali’s All That” and “Here We Go Again” he still proved that he could hang with the best of em’ while crafting tracks that were very danceable but also offered your brain a workout as well.
Even though Jef was based in California when he dropped “Just A Poet…” and “Soul Food”, he still dropped two albums that sounded as if his heart was still in the East, conjuring up memories of his upbringing in the neighborhoods that blessed us with legendary greats such as Kurtis Blow and Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five.
Many people believe that the early 90′s crew Powerule consisted of just one person, when it was actually comprised of three native New Yorkers, MC Prince Power, Vill and DJ Ax. The first Powerule single to make any significant noize was “Brick In The Wall” which was distributed by the little-know Revenge Records in 1990. Powerule later signed to Interscope and began working on their debut “Volume 1″. However, it wasn’t until this 1991 full-length debut that the full extent of Powerule’s abilities hit wax and it more than delivered on their promise. Representing their Puerto Rican heritage to the fullest, the majority of the tracks that you’ll find on Powerule’s very impressive debut (even when listening to it today) are uptempo bangers that are sure to induce neck pain.
Most of the album is produced or co-produced by Powerule themselves along with the album’s standout, “Gots Ta’ Get This” which was produced by and also features Large Professor. Throughout “Volume 1″ Powerule injects a strong Puerto Rican influence into their music, in the form of salsa breaks and samples and shuffle beats and rhythms (which is very noticeable in songs such as “When the Rhythm Calls,” with its unbelievable scratched beat, and “Que Pasa?”). Mixed with the hallucinatory, stop-action, stoned New York vibe of East Coast hip-hop (sounding like an East Coast version of Cypress Hill at times), the album often takes on, to a greater degree than many from its era, the resonance of swaggering nightlife, sweltering summertime block parties, and the cramped, sweaty spaces in which the hip-hop lifestyle has always thrived.
From the opening cut, “Back,” to the end of the album, Volume One characterizes where hip-hop was born and where its beating heart has always remained: musty basements, rooftops, electric after-hours clubs, and hazy studios, with the ever-present thump of low-end pounding at the gut and the tension of the unknown hanging in the air. The trio moved from the mellowness of hanging out (“Back,” “Que Pasa?”) to kicking rhymes with friends (“Rub Off the Wax,” featuring Leaders of the New School, and “Young Stars From Nowhere”) to doing a show (“5 Minutes 2 Showtime”) to hitting the clubs (the aforementioned Large Professor asstisted brag-fest “Gots Ta Get This,). And on the molasses-thick, reggae-ish “Premises,” MCs Prince Power and E. Ville go beyond simply reflecting the culture, and reflect on it as well.
Another great Tuff City artist, YZ came up when the label was at it’s creative peak. He dropped the highly slept-on “Sons of the Father” back in 1990 and followed that up with this nice six- track EP which featured a few tracksthat didn’t make the LP along with the instrumental to his biggest hit, “Thinking of a Master Plan”. The EP also features the creative production talents of Tony D who is primarily responsible for the majority of the classics you’ve heard from the Poor Righteous Teachers catalogue. This joint is filled with strong numbers like the uplifting “When the Road Is Covered With Snow”and the party cut “Mixel Plic Remix”. “Crocodile Dundee” is also a strong track that has YZ labeling himself, one can assume, as a Hip Hop underdog in a strange land of wack MCs.
“Taggin It Up” is YZ’s ode to the B-Boy art of graffiti. In my opinion this is one of the better, handful of Hip Hop cuts that have covered the subject. “And this was in me to give you, a wall to look up to… so i’m taggin it up” shouts the MC as he puts up a “wall of words”. He encourages the community not look down on graffiti, but to look up to it’s positive essence and ability to enlighten it’s on-lookers. There’s some nice subtleties in here too, like the use of the spray can’s “shhhh” and rattle as a percussion element. Nice! This one used to be a cut out a while back but as with all Tuff City records of this era, they are getting tougher to find.
YZ’s “chanting” over most of the tracks has always made for an interesting combination on both this and “Sons Of The Father”, if you’re looking for an enthusiastic emcee who had one of the brighter up-sides in Hip Hop but never realized his full potential that give YZ a listen, you won’t be dissapointed.


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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Traditionally large groups would gather at the Springfield College track to help one-day find a cure for Huntington’s disease, a fatal genetic ailment that attacks the mind and the body, but because of Covid-19 dangers the walk went on in a different form.
Many small groups helped raise money during the Virtual Team Hope Walk Saturday, for the life saving search to continue. Kinser Cancelmo, of the Massachusetts & Rhode Island Chapter of Huntington’s Disease Society of America, told 22News she has lost family to Huntington’s disease.
“My husband passed away from Huntington’s disease four years ago, and my 15-year-old daughter passed away from the juvenile version five years ago,” she said.
Cancelmo explained that children diagnosed with Huntington’s disease have a 50/50 chance of becoming infected by the degenerative genetic disease.
“There’s a lot of us for a cure which is why I’m doing what I’m doing. Why I’m on the board of directors, why we raise money for the Huntington’s Disease Society of America, and there’s no cure, there’s only medicine,” she continued.
Cancelmo said she’ll continue to raise money walking on behalf of the many lives lost to Huntington’s disease and for the 41,000 who are symptomatic and the 200,000 more at risk.


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The Judge Premieres on Independent Lens
Monday, November 19, 2018 on PBS
Online Streaming Begins November 20
“In its engaging fashion, it strikes one inspirational note after another as its follows an ambitious, tough-minded and cheerful social revolutionary.” — The Hollywood Reporter
(San Francisco, CA) — Religious courts in the Middle East, including the Shari’a courts of Islam which adjudicate domestic and family matters, have traditionally banned women from serving as judges – until Kholoud Al-Faqih dared to challenge that history. In 2009, with the support of a progressive Sheikh, Kholoud became the first woman Shari’a judge in the Middle East with her appointment to a Palestinian Shari’a court in the West Bank. A portrait of a remarkable woman and an eye-opening look at an often-misunderstood culture, Erika Cohn’s The Judge premieres on Independent Lens, Monday, November 19, 2018, 10:30 PM-12:00 AM ET (check local listings) on PBS.
When she was a young lawyer, Kholoud Al-Faqih walked into the office of Palestine’s Chief Justice and announced that she wanted to join the bench. He laughed at her. But just a few years later, Kholoud defied the odds and made history. The Judge offers a unique portrait of Kholoud — her brave journey as a lawyer, her tireless fight for justice for women, and her drop-in visits with clients, friends, and family. With unparalleled access to the courts, The Judge presents an unfolding vérité legal drama, with rare insight into both Islamic law and gendered justice. In the process, the film illuminates some of the universal conflicts in the domestic life of Palestine — custody of children, divorce, abuse — while offering an unvarnished look at life for women under Shari’a law and an inspiring look at an unforgettable woman.
“Before we named the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements, the first female judge of Shari’a law revealed what it takes to fight dominant chauvinism in Palestine’s justice system,” said Lois Vossen, Independent Lens executive producer. “A trailblazer who resembles a ‘Notorious RBG’ of her country, Judge Kholoud never suggests that Islam is anti-feminist — only the people who are resistant to equality and change.”
Visit The Judge page on Independent Lens, which features more information about the film.