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Born in 1975, the product of two beautiful parents. Raised in West Baltimore -- not quite The Wire, but sometimes ill all the same. Studied at the Mecca for some years in the mid-'90s. Emerged with a purpose, if not a degree. Slowly migrated up the East Coast with a baby and my beloved, until I reached the shores of Harlem. Wrote some stuff along the way.
Authorities said Beatriz Cintora-Silva called 911 shortly after 4 a.m. to report shots fired. The 911 dispatcher heard her cry, "No, no, no," followed by a gunshot. Sanchez took the phone, told the dispatcher he had killed three people and that he was going to kill himself, authorities said. The dispatcher then heard a single shot followed by silence.Cook said Sanchez had been arrested Saturday in Longmont on charges of domestic violence, kidnapping and false arrest for allegedly holding Maria Cintora-Silva against her will after their relationship ended. Sanchez was released on bail from the Boulder County jail at 10 p.m. Monday and drove to the home where Cintora-Silva had taken refuge with her sister and brother-in-law, Cook said. "He shot out the back door," Cook said. "He shot that out then gained entry into the house."The bodies of Ojeda and his wife were found in one bedroom. His sister-in-law and Sanchez were found in another, Cook said. Authorities found a .45-caliber Glock handgun near Sanchez's body and 16 spent shell casings around the house, Cook said, adding that investigators were still examining the house and might find more.Cook said Sanchez had two magazines for the gun, and each held 13 rounds of ammunition. Sanchez had been living in another house in the same neighborhood of tidy modular homes, winding walkways and parks.Investigators searching that home found the original box the handgun had been sold in, but they did not find a receipt, and it was unclear when he bought it, Cook said.
My ex-husband tried to kill me after months of working himself up to it. The day of the event he was at my house, and spent a good half hour following me around, badgering me about things, working himself up into a frenzy about nothing, until he totally lost it and started beating the crap out of me.The only thing that stopped him from grabbing a knife and finishing the job was that someone walked in on him. Amazingly then the first thing he said was 'oh my god what have I done, please don't have me arrested'. In retrospect I see it as a long brewing, calculated step into madness, then an attempt afterwards to blame me for it. 15 years later he still takes no responsibility.To think that a person who is consciously capable of that kind of act, or a person so lacking in relationship skills that he can't manage to get out of a situation without killing the other person is going to possess the skills to know when it's time to give up his gun is not realistic. These guys are deep in the depths of denial.
After our first date, my future wife's stalker, a truly pathological man she had briefly dated months earlier, revealed himself by physically attacking her in a grocery store parking lot. This started a three month reign of terror, which included an attempt to choke her to death in the unattached garage where the laundry room was. He was finally jailed after beating another woman he was stalking at the same time into a coma. The harassment didn't stop until I beat the sh*t out of a friend of his he had stalking her further, when he tried to break into her house while I was dog-sitting.There are truly ill people in this world. I'm sure my wife's stalker is out of jail now. I contemplate what I shall do should he ever appear again. I am ashamed to say that my guilt over not being able to protect her -- a bullshit male response if there ever was one -- were it not for the fact that we now have children, might well result in his death should he approach her again. It remains the only time in my life I have coldly reasoned how much violence I wish to mete out, and how I could get away with it.
Someone I dated briefly in high school showed up at my house one night shortly after I stopped going out with him drunk and with a pistol, threatening to shoot me. A mutual friend was also there and restrained him. I never even told my parents, who were upstairs asleep at the time, let alone called the police. He verbally terrorized me for months afterward, making life in my small high school pretty ugly for awhile.I marvel now, more than 35 years later, that I was so accepting of the idea of my own powerlessness in the situation that it never occurred to me to defend myself or to prosecute the guy in any way. Nor did it occur to any of my classmates who knew about the incident to discuss it with any authority figure. Profoundly fncked.
My ex-wife's second husband during the dissolution of their marriage shot a rifle in her vicinity inside their house, in a room where my second daughter and granddaughter by my first daughter, no more than an infant at the time, were also. He was not a hunter; I had never known him to shoot or discuss self defense. He was not a collector. This was Texas, where guns and rifles in the home are as common as cups and saucers.For a month afterwords, my daughter stayed in the same bed as her mother (I did not find out till all this was over or I would have been very upset) to protect her. He was never arrested, albeit there was a restraining order put on him to stay away from my ex-wife, though not my daughter or granddaughter, after a hearing in which my daughter, who had had an excellent relationship with him for years, had to testify to assure the petition's success. She told me later it was, up to that point, the most terrible day of her life, and I believe it was the event that triggered her bi-polar condition in ensuing years. The rifle was legal and registered.He has denied the incident ever occurred for over a decade, so convincingly so that one must infer that his memory has erased the event and replaced it with an entirely different narrative he has supplied for himself and repeated to himself. He has never once since demonstrated any violent behavior toward anyone, let alone gun use. If he had hit either my granddaughter or daughter it would have been an accident, a slip or trip, perhaps a ricochet: he was not, according to my daughter, aiming in their direction.
The investigation into the attack on the diplomatic mission and the C.I.A. annex in Benghazi that resulted in the deaths of Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans also faulted State Department officials in Washington for ignoring requests from the American Embassy in Tripoli for more guards for the mission and for failing to make sufficient safety upgrades.The panel also said American intelligence officials had relied too much on specific warnings of imminent attacks, which they did not have in the case of Benghazi, rather than basing assessments more broadly on a deteriorating security environment. By this spring, Benghazi, a hotbed of militant activity in eastern Libya, had experienced a string of assassinations, an attack on a British envoy's motorcade and the explosion of a bomb outside the American Mission.Finally, the report blamed two major State Department bureaus -- Diplomatic Security and Near Eastern Affairs -- for failing to coordinate and plan adequate security. The panel also determined that a number of officials had shown poor leadership, but they were not identified in the unclassified version of the report that was released.
Ambassador Stevens had e-mailed his superiors in Washington in August alerting them to "a security vacuum" in the city. But the report found that in planning his trip there in September, he did not foresee that the compound could come under such a sustained attack, which included mortars and rocket-propelled grenades, despite the worsening security situation."His status as the leading U.S. government advocate on Libya policy, and his expertise on Benghazi in particular, caused Washington to give unusual deference to his judgments," it said.Mr. Stevens was making his first visit to Benghazi in 10 months. But his plans for taking only two American security agents "were not shared thoroughly with the embassy's country team, who were not fully aware of the planned movements off the compound," the report determined.
Less than two months ago, Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher sent a foreboding text message to a secret girlfriend, expressing turmoil and frustration with his longtime girlfriend, Kasandra Perkins. In the message, Belcher said he "would shoot" Perkins "if she didn't leave him alone," according to police reports obtained by The Star.At the time, the secret girlfriend thought Belcher was joking.
Police found a bullet hole in the bathroom floor under Perkins' body that went through to the basement, possibly indicating she was on the floor when Belcher fired that round. Shepherd said she heard a "thump" before the gunshots. Police found eight spent shell casings and three bullet fragments in the bathroom and one spent bullet in the basement. Police observed 10 apparent gunshot wounds on the front of Perkins body, including to her neck, shoulder and chest, and five wounds on her backside. The medical examiner said four bullets remained in her body.
State Sen. Frank Niceley (R) told TPM on Tuesday he believes it's time for that to change. He plans to introduce legislation in the next session, which begins Jan. 8, that will require all schools to have an armed staff member of some kind. The current language of the bill -- which is in its early form -- would allow for either a so-called "resource officer" (essentially an armed police officer, the kind which most Tennessee high schools have already) or an armed member of the faculty or staff in every school in the state. The choice would allow schools that can't afford a resource officer to fulfill the requirement without having to pay for anything beyond the cost of the training and, presumably, the weapon. But Niceley said schools should use the wiggle room to train and keep on hand armed staff not in uniform. That's the best way to protect students, he said."Say some madman comes in. The first person he would probably try to take out was the resource officer. But if he doesn't know which teacher has training, then he wouldn't know which one had [a gun]," Niceley said by phone. "These guys are obviously cowards anyway and if someone starts shooting back, they're going to take cover, maybe go ahead and commit suicide like most of them have...""Look at it this way, you never see one of these whacko shooters go to a gun show and start shooting. They don't go down to the police station and start shooting," he said.
The Southfield man killed by police after opening fire inside police headquarters Sunday was a veteran, described as a kind man who had lost the ability to speak.Harold J. Collins, 64, had been battling health problems for many years, including a tumor on his face, when he walked into the Southfield Police station on Sunday and without a word, tried to fire his gun on an officer behind protective glass. He was shot and killed by Southfield Police officers, but not before a Sergeant got shot in the left shoulder.
A chilling video shown in Hampden Superior Court today captured the moment an 8-year-old boy from Connecticut fatally shot himself with an Uzi submachine gun at a 2008 gun show in western Massachusetts.The video, which showed the boy squeezing the trigger and the automatic weapon suddenly tilting upward and then backward in his small hands before he apparently shot himself, elicited shrieks from shocked spectators in the courtroom and the jury box.Earlier Dr. Bizilj of Ashford, Conn., said he and his son Christopher, as well as Christopher's older brother, Colin, 11, had checked out the Oct. 26, 2008 show at the Westfield Sportsman's Cub and had a lunch of hamburgers and hot dogs before they decided they were interested in firing the submachine gun.Bizilj testified that his father-in-law, who was also along for the trip, shot the Uzi, then Bizilj shot the Uzi, and then Colin fired the Uzi. But the Uzi jammed for Colin and a "rangemaster" -- the person in charge of safety on the range -- switched the group to an even smaller "micro-Uzi" gun. Colin fired that weapon a little more.Then, Bizilj said, Christopher said, "Dad, can it be my turn now?" Bizilj said his youngest son fired 10 rounds, then the gun jammed. Bizilj said he was taking pictures and fiddling with his camera when he looked up to find his son was no longer in the viewfinder.He rushed over to find his son on the ground and put his hand behind him to pick him up only to find his head had been grievously wounded."I think you can imagine this has gone through my head a thousand times," Bizilj said, referring to his decision to bring his sons to the show.
But what troubles me most about this suggestion -- and the general More Guns approach to social ills -- is the absolute abandonment of civil society it represents. It gives up on the rule of law in favor of a Hobbesian "war of every man against every man" in which we no longer have genuine neighbors, only potential enemies. You may trust your neighbor for now -- but you have high-powered recourse if he ever acts wrongly.Whatever lack of open violence may be procured by this method is not peace or civil order, but rather a standoff, a Cold War maintained by the threat of mutually assured destruction. Moreover, the person who wishes to live this way, to maintain order at universal gunpoint, has an absolute trust in his own ability to use weapons wisely and well: he never for a moment asks whether he can be trusted with a gun. Of course he can! (But in literature we call this hubris.)Is this really the best we can do? It might be if we lived in, say, the world described by Cormac McCarthy in The Road. But we don't. Our social order is flawed, but by no means bankrupt. Most of us live in peace and safety without the use of guns. It makes more sense to try to make that social order safer and safer, more and more genuinely peaceful, rather than descend voluntarily into a world governed by paranoia, in which one can only feel safe -- or, really, "safe" -- with cold steel strapped to one's ribcage.
While we are having this discussion over Newtown, political scientist Patrick Egan asks us to remember that, overall, this is a much less violent country than it was a few decades ago, and it is also a country in which people own fewer guns.
I think it's easy to fall into a conversation about "America's gun culture," but we should keep in mind that we are talking about a shrinking group of people who collectively own a shocking number of guns:
A decreasing number of American gun owners own two-thirds of the nation's guns and as many as one-third of the guns on the planet -- even though they account for less than 1% of the world's population, according to a CNN analysis of gun ownership data.
To state the obvious, there is something more than self-defense at work here.
While we're all talking about what might done about gun safety, it's also worth talking about what might be done in the realm of mental health. This piece, provocatively entitled "I Am Adam Lanza's Mother," is really worth a read.
Liza Long recounts her long fight to help her young mentally ill son, and the great fear that he will someday harm her, her two younger children, or someone else:
I live with a son who is mentally ill. I love my son. But he terrifies me. A few weeks ago, Michael pulled a knife and threatened to kill me and then himself after I asked him to return his overdue library books. His 7- and 9-year-old siblings knew the safety plan--they ran to the car and locked the doors before I even asked them to. I managed to get the knife from Michael, then methodically collected all the sharp objects in the house into a single Tupperware container that now travels with me.
Through it all, he continued to scream insults at me and threaten to kill or hurt me.
That conflict ended with three burly police officers and a paramedic wrestling my son onto a gurney for an expensive ambulance ride to the local emergency room. The mental hospital didn't have any beds that day, and Michael calmed down nicely in the ER, so they sent us home with a prescription for Zyprexa and a follow-up visit with a local pediatric psychiatrist.
We still don't know what's wrong with Michael. Autism spectrum, ADHD, Oppositional Defiant or Intermittent Explosive Disorder have all been tossed around at various meetings with probation officers and social workers and counselors and teachers and school administrators. He's been on a slew of antipsychotic and mood-altering pharmaceuticals, a Russian novel of behavioral plans. Nothing seems to work.
This piece is a gripping read. I think, as parents, we think of our influence as all-powerful. When a kid succeeds, we like to point to the home; when he doesn't, we do the same. And yet here is an illness that has no respect for the old words of "discipline" and "toughness."
With that said, I didn't hear any mention of a father in this piece. I don't want to overstate the value of fathers, and some fathers (chronically abusive ones, for instance) can contribute the most by exiting the scene. Yet, on some level, parenting is work, and when all hands are called to deck (as must be the case when your son is threatening murder and suicide), a set of hands here is missing.
These spree shooting are almost wholly perpetrated by men. Perhaps this is just a matter of genes. But I also wonder about what we (as fathers) are communicating to our boys about what the world owes, and the methods they may use to secure it.
Gun control supporters have the blood of little children on their hands. Federal and state laws combined to insure that no teacher, no administrator, no adult had a gun at the Newtown school where the children were murdered. This tragedy underscores the urgency of getting rid of gun bans in school zones. The only thing accomplished by gun free zones is to insure that mass murderers can slay more before they are finally confronted by someone with a gun.
People should have the ability to defend themselves. Mass shootings take many lives in part because no one is firing back at the shooters. The shooters in recent massacres have had many minutes to complete their evil work, while their victims cower under desks or in closets. One response to the tragic reality that we are a gun-saturated country is to understand that law-abiding, well-trained, non-criminal, wholly sane citizens who are screened by the government have a role to play in their own self-defense, and in the defense of others (read The Atlantic article to see how one armed school administrator stopped a mass shooting in Pearl Mississippi). I don't know anything more than anyone else about the shooting in Connecticut at the moment, but it seems fairly obvious that there was no one at or near the school who could have tried to fight back.
Last spring, Ellen DeGeneres presented Mr. Booker with a superhero costume after he rushed into a burning building to save a neighbor. But Newark had eliminated three fire companies after the mayor's plan to plug a budget hole failed.In recent days, Mr. Booker has made the rounds of the national media with his pledge to live on food stamps for a week. But his constituents do not need to be reminded that six years after the mayor came into office vowing to make Newark a "model of urban transformation," their city remains an emblem of poverty. Cory Booker's promise -- captured in two books, two documentaries and frequent television appearances -- was to save a city that had been hemorrhaging residents, industry and hope since the riots that ripped it apart 45 years ago.But a growing number of Newarkers complain that he has proved to be a better marketer than mayor, who shines in the spotlight but shows little interest in the less-glamorous work of what it takes to run a city.
Asked about complaints from residents and business owners that garbage is not picked up, abandoned buildings are not boarded up and public spaces are in disrepair, the mayor talked about a new system that allows him to track which streets need snowplows and which departments are paying for too much overtime -- even when he is out of town.He invited a reporter to see the system in action. He then called to apologize that he could not be there: "I'm in and out of New York all day." Instead, his staff demonstrated the system.Mr. Booker was on his way to host a reading at a bookstore on the Upper West Side, filmed by CNN. He then spoke at a benefit at Cipriani and attended a movie premiere at Google's New York headquarters. Afterward, he announced on Twitter, "I sat on a panel with Richard Branson."
Eighteen children were killed on Friday morning in a shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., about 65 miles northeast of New York City, according to a person who had been briefed on the shooting. Another law enforcement official said preliminary reports suggested there could be as many as 20 fatalities.
UPDATE: I think everyone should read this post from Jim Fallows.
"Whenever you can relate to the population of the team that you play for, I think it makes it that much more special," Griffin said. "I don't play too much into the color game, because I don't want to be the best African American quarterback, I want to be the best quarterback."But to the fans, and to the fans who think that way and look at me as an African American, it's important that I succeed, not only for this team, but for them," he continued. "Because it gives them that motivation, that hey, you know, an African American went out and played quarterback for my Washington Redskins. So I appreciate that; I don't ever downplay anything like that. Whoever I can go out every week and motivate to do better and to try to go after their dreams, I'm up for that."
"For me, you don't ever want to be defined by the color of your skin," Griffin said. "You want to be defined by your work ethic, the person that you are, your character, your personality. That's what I strive [for]. I am an African American, in America, and that will never change. But I don't have to be defined by that.""I am [aware] of how race is relevant to [some fans]. I don't ignore it," Griffin said Wednesday. "I try not to be defined by it, but I understand different perspectives and how people view different things. So I understand they're excited their quarterback is an African American. I play with a lot of pride, a lot of character, a lot of heart. So I understand that, and I appreciate them for being fans."Griffin also addressed the persistent stereotyping of African American quarterbacks, saying he hopes his passing ability will set him apart. "They're always going to try to put you in a box with other African American quarterbacks: [Michael] Vick, [Cam] Newton, Randall Cunningham, Warren Moon," Griffin said. "But there are guys like... Warren Moon and Doug Williams who really didn't run that much. I think that's the negative stereotype when it comes to African American quarterbacks, that [all they do is] run. But those guys threw it around, and I like to think I can throw it around a little bit. And that's the goal -- not to go out and prove anybody wrong, but just to let your talent speak for itself."
"We've got bigger fish to fry," Obama said of pot users in Colorado and Washington during an exclusive interview with ABC News' Barbara Walters."It would not make sense for us to see a top priority as going after recreational users in states that have determined that it's legal," he said, invoking the same approach taken toward users of medicinal marijuana in 18 states where it's legal.
What I think is that at this point, Washington and Colorado -- you've seen the voters speak on this issue. And as it is, the federal government has a lot to do when it comes to criminal prosecutions. It does not make sense from a prioritization point of view for us to focus on recreational drug users in a state that has already said that under state law that's legal.
Griffin acknowledged his appreciation for black Washington Redskins fans proud of his transformative debut season -- and noted how he hopes to erase lingering stereotypes concerning African-American quarterbacks."For me, you don't ever want to be defined by the color of your skin,'' Griffin said at the end of Wednesday's post-practice news conference in reference to a question about Martin Luther King, Jr. "You want to be defined by your work ethic, the person that you are, your character, your personality. That's what I've tried to go out and do."I am an African-American in America. That will never change. But I don't have to be defined by that.''
"My question is, and it's just a straight, honest question: Is he a brother, or is he a cornball brother," Parker said. "He's not really. He's black, he does his thing, but he's not really down with the cause. He's not one of us. He's kind of black, but he's not really like the kind of guy you really want to hang out with."Parker said he wants to know more about Griffin's personal life before he can accept Griffin as authentically black. "I want to find about him," Parker said. "I don't know because I keep hearing these things. We all know he has a white fiancee. Then there was all this talk about he's a Republican, which there's no information at all. I'm just trying to dig deeper into why he has an issue. Because we did find out with Tiger Woods, Tiger Woods was like, 'I've got black skin, but don't call me black.' So people wondered about Tiger Woods."Asked by fellow panelist Skip Bayless about the fact that Griffin braids his hair, Parker said that's an aspect of Griffin that he approves of. "That's different, because, to me, that's very urban," Parker said. "Wearing braids is, you're a brother. You're a brother if you've got braids."
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Malaga province's capacity to produce renewable energy continues to grow. The electricity provider Endesa, through its renewable division Green Power Spain, has this week received authorisation to build a new wind farm, generating 34.6 megawatts of power, the sixth of its kind in the province.
The project, affecting the municipalities of Almargen, Teba and Campillos, will involve an investment of 25 million euros and create 60 jobs. Once it is running, the farm will produce enough energy to power 30,000 homes for a year, according to research carried out by the company.
The works are estimated to start in the middle of this month and will take around seven months. The objective is that at least some of the jobs generated will be for local people. Endesa will carry out training in the area regarding the operation and maintenance of solar and wind farms.
The turbines will be installed using the "sustainable construction site" system of Enel green power, which incorporates the use of renewable energy, through solar panels, as well as tanks for collecting rainwater for later use.
The works will use low-energy lighting, as well as having specific protocol for the responsible management of waste and for informing citizens about the project.
Malaga is the second Andalusian province, after Cadiz, to produce the most electricity using wind turbines, according to data carried out by the Association of Renewable Energies of Andalucía (Claner).
The province produces 606 megawatts of power, (of the total of 3,301 in Andalucia), on 25 wind farms, mainly in the areas of Ardales, Teba, Almargen, Carratraca, Campillos, Sierra de Yeguas, Cañete la Real, Casarabonela, Álora and Casares.

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University Hospital of North
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Carlsen S.M.,Norwegian University of Science and Technology |
Svartberg J.,University Hospital of North |
Svartberg J.,University of Tromsø |
Schreiner T.,University of Oslo |
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Clinical Endocrinology | Year: 2011
Objective Treatment with somatostatin analogues is the primary medical treatment of acromegaly. Controversies still exist whether acute octreotide effect predicts long-term biochemical effects, tumour regression or surgical cure. This prospective study investigates effect of 6-month treatment with octreotide long-acting repeatable (LAR) on insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) and growth hormone (GH) levels, pituitary function, tumour regression and postoperative cure in de novo acromegalic patients. Design and methods After a baseline evaluation including fasting hormone levels, MRI scan and an acute 50 Îg octreotide test, 32 patients were treated with octreotide LAR 20 mg every 28th day for 6 months before surgery. Treatment effects on IGF-1 and GH levels, serum hormone levels and tumour volume were monitored. Surgical cure was evaluated 3 months postoperatively. Results Mean tumour volume reduction was 35%, in one-third of the patients more than 50%, while approximately one-third achieved biochemical remission evaluated by normalized IGF-1 levels. The GH reduction following an acute octreotide test was 81 ± 19% and associated with long-term GH reduction (r = 0·78, P < 0·0005). However, neither acute (r = 0·29, P = 0·12) nor the long-term octreotide effect (r = 0·11, P = 0·58) on GH levels was associated with tumour volume reduction and did not predict subsequent surgical cure. Conclusion Six months of long-acting octreotide using a fixed dose, 1/3 of the patients came in biochemical remission, while 2/3 had significant tumour reduction. Moreover, an acute effect of octreotide seemed to be a prerequisite for long-term effect. © 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Vedeler C.A.,Haukeland University Hospital |
Vedeler C.A.,University of Bergen |
Farbu E.,University of Stavanger |
Mellgren S.I.,University Hospital of North |
Mellgren S.I.,University of Tromsø
Acta Neurologica Scandinavica | Year: 2013
Background: Chronic immune-mediated demyelinating polyneuropathies can often lead to severe neurologic disability. Materials and methods: Literature review and personal experience with these types of neuropathies. Conclusions: It is important to recognize these immune-mediated neuropathies as they respond to treatment. © 2012 John Wiley & Sons A/S.
Hegstad K.,University Hospital of North |
Hegstad K.,University of Tromsø |
Mikalsen T.,University of Tromsø |
Coque T.M.,CIBER ISCIII |
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Clinical Microbiology and Infection | Year: 2010
Mobile genetic elements (MGEs) including plasmids and transposons are pivotal in the dissemination and persistence of antimicrobial resistance in Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium. Enterococcal MGEs have also been shown to be able to transfer resistance determinants to more pathogenic bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus. Despite their importance, we have a limited knowledge about the prevalence, distribution and genetic content of specific MGEs in enterococcal populations. Molecular epidemiological studies of enterococcal MGEs have been hampered by the lack of standardized molecular typing methods and relevant genome information. This review focuses on recent developments in the detection of MGEs and their contribution to the spread of antimicrobial resistance in clinically relevant enterococci. © 2010 European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.
Oliveira M.,University of Aveiro |
Serrano J.A.,University Hospital of North
Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE | Year: 2010
This paper tends to present how eLearning strategies and policies used, in a Portuguese district (Aveiro), are enhancing learning and knowledge for heterogeneous audiences with constraints that are beyond the usual. Besides time to learn and physical distance, they face new challenges like, the need to get specialized in areas where economy is growing; where companies need to adapt to new markets; where the technology revolution is a priority. Experience achieved tells the professionals observed have shown great interest in eLearning actions and for a hybrid methodology. By a simple empirical evaluation, professionals agree that information and communication technologies (ICT) are, in fact, very helpful for those who have several constraints to learn. The use of Learning Management Systems (LMS) tends to accomplish the learning assessments and skills, although there are a lot of improvements that can be done through ICT, especially to promote self-study. The paper presents experiences done with a new learning application that enables a more intelligent and friendly content organization and promotes actor's participation powering efficient learning. © 2010 IEEE.

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It is entitled 'Art Garfunkel: Paul Simon a jerk with short man syndrome'
Here is the key passage
I have no idea what actually went down between Art Garfunkel and Paul Simon. I wasn't born and I don't care. I'm assuming the interviewer, Nigel Farndale, wasn't there either - so why does he jump to the conclusion that Paul Simon's decision to stop performing with Art Garfunkel was related to his height and the mythical short man syndrome?
Why not simply ask 'Why do you think Paul Simon stopped performing with you'?
Why phrase the question in such an offensive way? Was it an attempt to be insightful? If so it was a cheap shot.
As for Art Garfunkel's comments, well, I now have my own working theory as to why Paul Simon might not have wanted to be in his company any longer.

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Amstrad CPC Preview Version of Pinball Dreams, New Nightmare Table Graphics Update!
Back in October 2016 we announced the release of the Amstrad CPC version of Pinball Dreams by Batman Group. Today we have some interesting News from “Rhino” over at cpcwiki forums, showing a new preview table update called “New Nightmare”. Just like “Steel Wheel” and “Beatbox”, this new preview is looking fantastic!, we can’t wait to give it a spin! It will be a while before we get to play this table as the group said that they will only publicly release the update once everything is polished and to their liking. Stay tuned, as always we will keep you updated. 🙂
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Most everyone experiences the pain of social rejection at some point in their lives. It can be triggered by the end of a romantic relationship, losing a job or being excluded by friends.
The emotional distress that often accompanies these experiences is called social pain, and it may cause sadness, depression and loneliness, as well as actual physical pain, research has shown.
A study, published recently in the Annals of Behavioral Medicine may have found an antidote – forgiveness combined with acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol.
For the study, researchers followed a group of healthy adults for three weeks and randomly assigned them to receive daily doses of either 1,000 mg of acetaminophen, 400 mg of a placebo potassium pill, or no pill. They also measured their levels of forgiveness on a daily basis using a questionnaire. For example, participants were asked to rate how strongly they agree or disagree with statements, such as, "I hope this person gets what's coming to them for what he/she did to me."
George Slavich, PhD, director of the UCLA Laboratory for Stress Assessment and Research, a senior author on the study discussed the results.
What is the key takeaway from this study?
When combined with a tendency to forgive, taking acetaminophen substantially reduced how much social pain people felt over time. More specifically, participants taking acetaminophen who were high in forgiveness exhibited an 18.5% reduction in social pain over the 20-day study period.
What made researchers think that acetaminophen and forgiveness might ease the pain of rejection?
Research has shown that physical pain and social pain are influenced by some of the same biological processes in the brain and body. Based on this research, we thought that acetaminophen, which is commonly used to treat physical pain, might also be able to reduce social pain. Related Stories
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THIS IS OUR MUSIC: The Clash – “I Fought the Law”
Another of their famous covers, “I Fought the Law” still sounds like a song that The Clash should have written. They hadn’t even heard the song until they were in San Francisco recording overdubs for Give ‘Em Enough Rope. The studio had a bunch of old records on the jukebox, and included was Bobby Fuller’s version of “I Fought the Law”. They listened to the song, learned it, and by the time they returned to England a month later, they were playing it live.
They recorded it and it originally appeared on the The Cost of Living EP in the UK, but their label decided to bundle it in the shuffled US release of The Clash. Their rendition explodes with a cacophony of cymbals and guitars, refusing to let up with a bevy of percussion. The snare hits on “robbin’ people with a six-gun” and just nails the listener to the wall. It’s still hard to believe Strummer didn’t have a hand in the words at all. It’s a match made in protest heaven.
The Only Lyric That Matters: “Robbin’ people with a six-gun/ I fought the law, and the law won”.

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The U.S. State Department approved the sale of Sidewinder air-to-air missiles to Italy, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced.
The requested $90 million package includes the AIM-9X Sidewinder Block II+ missiles; containers; weapon support and support equipment; spare and repair parts; logistics support services and other related elements.
The contract, announced Friday, specifies that RTX will be the principal contractor. The sale still requires the approval of the U.S. Congress, which was notified of the State Department’s approval of the deal.
According to the DSCA, the proposed sale will improve Italy’s capability to meet current and future threats by providing training missiles and guidance units for Italy’s F-35 fleet in support of NATO’s defense mission.
The AIM-9X Sidewinder missile, which entered service in November 2003, includes advanced infrared-tracking, short-range, air-to-air and surface-to-air missiles. The Block II variant, which completed its first test firing in November 2008, has a redesigned fuse and a digital ignition safety device to enhance ground handling and in-flight safety.


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In the animated movie, a new dark force threatens Ponyville, and the Mane 6 – Twilight Sparkle, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy and Rarity – embark on an unforgettable journey beyond Equestria where they meet new friends and exciting challenges on a quest to use the magic of friendship and save their home. The "My Little Pony" movie will feature all new music with the Mane Six characters voiced by Tara Strong, Cathy Weseluck, Andrea Libman, Tabitha St. Germain and Ashleigh Ball.
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Apple may not be actively pursuing a foothold in the HDTV market outside of its Apple TV set-top box, but it doesn't mean the company isn't still considering how to improve on HDTV technolo
Comcast has its own portable device app. Time Warner Cable is "working on its own app. Now, Cablevision has released its own app for iOS and Android.
The new Apple TV poses a major threat to Roku's set-top box with its Netflix-streaming capabilities and $99 price point.
After years of selling its DVR as a relatively pricey piece of consumer electronics, TiVo is experimenting with adopting the cell phone model of product and service pricing.
Audio processing technology company Audyssey has come out with its own hardware, in the form of an iPod dock.
Television show and network apps for the iPhone/iPad/iPod are a dime a dozen, but ABC is offering something surprising and new.
It seems that Oakley is joining the 3D glasses market.
Denon is continuing its 100th anniversary proceedings by declaring its "Centennial Partners," a group of 5 home theater technology companies tha
Starting Wednesday, September 22, Canadian residents will be able to subscribe to Netflix's streaming video service, without receiving physical discs in the mail.
Roku is finally rolling out the newest Roku Player models.
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A breaking news report out of the UK revealed that one of Queen Elizabeth’s royal aides tested positive for coronavirus right before the 93 year-old monarch left Buckingham Palace to go into self-isolation at Windsor Castle last week.
Buckingham Palace Aide Tests Positive For Coronavirus
According to The Sun , the unnamed Buckingham Palace staffer tested positive for the virus while the Queen was still at the London residence. It is not known how close the staffer got to the queen, but every aide who came into contact with the unnamed individual has now been placed in self-isolation as well.
“The worker tested positive before the Queen left for Windsor,” a palace source said. “But the Palace has 500 members of staff so, like any workplace, it’s not inconceivable it would be affected in some stage.”
The palace itself refused to give much information on the situation.
“We wouldn’t comment on individual members of staff,” a palace spokesman said. “In line with the appropriate guidance and our own processes, we have taken the necessary actions to protect all employees and people involved.”
The Queen can be seen leaving Buckingham Palace with her one of her cherished dorgis, a dachshund-corgi mix, in the tweet below.
Queen Elizabeth II leaves Buckingham Palace, for Windsor Castle to socially distance herself amid the coronavirus pandemic and a bit of daily life as a young boy dressed in a bearskin watches members of the Household Cavalry ride past Buckingham Palace. pic.twitter.com/GjHDKZ3f8c
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The Queen Is In Self-Isolation At Windsor Castle
The Queen cancelled all upcoming royal events and is set to remain at Windsor Castle with her 98 year-old husband Prince Philip indefinitely.
Given the advanced ages of the Queen and Philip, they are considered high risk for having a serious reaction to coronavirus should they become infected. So it’s crucial that the royal couple avoid exposure at all costs.
The Queen will reportedly give a televised statement in the near future about coronavirus. Not surprisingly, both royal and government officials feel that the Queen’s leadership could do wonders to ease anxieties in the United Kingdom during this time.
“The voice of Her Majesty will provide calm reassurance that, ultimately, we will get through this,” a source with the British government said.
The Queen Speaks Out About Coronavirus
The Queen released a statement to try and calm the public over the pandemic last week.
“We are all being advised to change our normal routines and regular patterns of life for the greater good of the communities we live in and, in particular, to protect the most vulnerable within them,” the Queen said . “At times such as these, I am reminded that our nation’s history has been forged by people and communities coming together to work as one, concentrating our combined efforts with a focus on the common goal.”
“Many of us will need to find new ways of staying in touch with each other and making sure that loved ones are safe,” she later added. “I am certain we are up to that challenge. You can be assured that my family and I stand ready to play our part.”
News that a royal aide who was in the same residence as the Queen tested positive for coronavirus is nothing short of terrifying. One creative Twitter user even imagined the beloved Queen in coordinating face masks to remind us all to stay safe and take precautions.
Queen Elizabeth in her royal Corona Design 👌 Wear those masks people, wash your hands and stay home to stay safe pic.twitter.com/SLZmKVSCMP
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All we can do is hope and pray that the Queen Elizabeth II did not come in contact with this aide or anyone they might have infected.
The last thing this world needs is for Her Majesty the Queen to come down with this virus herself.


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By Abdul-Rahim Abdulai, PhD Student, @Feeding9Billion Research Lab, Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics/Arrell Food Institute; Emily Duncan, PhD student; and Prof. Evan Fraser, Director of the Arrell Food Institute and Canada Research Chair in Global Food Security.
Digitization could change the game for agriculture in Africa. That’s a key message in a report recently released by an international institution that enhances smallholder farming in African, Caribbean and Pacific countries.
The Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) focuses on poverty reduction through modernizing smallholder farming by fostering innovation and knowledge sharing.
Digitization refers to everything from delivering farming advice via text messaging to interactive voice response. It also includes smart phone applications that link farmers to multimedia advisory content, farm inputs, and buyers. And it covers the use of drones and satellite systems to inform farmer activities, such as crops and times to plant; and types and amounts of inputs to use.
Other global organizations have echoed this message. These range from NGOs like Solidaridad Network – a civil society organization that accelerates sustainable and inclusive development – to the World Bank. These organizations believe that digital technologies can create employment for young people in the agricultural sector, promote economic activity, and enhance food security.
For the past two decades, digitization has steadily transformed African farming. In Ghana, for instance, online platforms such as Esoko, Farmerline, and Trotro Tractor have provided farmers with accessible services. These have included voice messages and SMS extension advice. This helps farmers obtain information about how to access markets and extension services..
Elsewhere on the continent, international organizations help provide precision advice to farmers. An example is the CTA’s ‘Transforming Africa’s agriculture: Eyes in the sky, smart techs on the ground” project that supports the use of drones for agriculture.
The continent’s digital agriculture industry is growing. The number of farmers subscribed to digital services has grown by between 40% and 45% per year in the last three years.
Annual revenues from digitally supported farming are estimated at about $140 million. Services are provided by a small but growing number of providers — some of which are estimated to generate €90 of revenue per farmer annually, partly through service charges. This trend looks set to continue.
But the success of digitization in agriculture shouldn’t just be evaluated by its economic value. Its benefits must be enjoyed by smallholder farmers and rural populations. Smallholder farmers, most of whom have access to less than two acres of land, produce more than 80% of the food in sub-Saharan Africa.
African smallholder farmers will ultimately determine the continent’s digital farming story. Only through collaborations with them, and among sectors, will the digital transformation become a success in Africa.
Challenges of smallholder farming
Smallholder farmers face daunting political, economic, social, cultural, and institutional barriers. They have limited access to information, markets, capital, land tenure, and even basic inputs like fertilisers and seeds.
Added to these are environmental issues like soil erosion and a changing climate. In recent years, droughts, rising temperatures, and El-Niño events left nearly 13 million people from Kenya, Ethiopia, and Somalia needing humanitarian assistance.
This makes traditional farming hard for smallholders across the continent, and can undermine their capacity to fully benefit from the digital revolution.
Also, connectivity tends to be limited in rural areas. And, even if farmers can connect, they may not have enough money to access the services.
These concerns limit the production and profits of farmers and undermine rural development. This is where digitization comes in. It has potential to increase access to information and resources to provide solutions.
Elsewhere, digital technologies are already showing promise for rural farmers. The Chinese government partners with private actors like Alibaba to digitize agriculture. From web-portals to Mobile Internet Based Services, rural farmers benefit from access extension advice and capital. This leads to increased productivity and incomes.
Inclusion in digitization
There have been positive strides in ensuring smallholders become involved in digital agriculture. An estimated 33 million people – about 13% of all sub-Saharan African smallholders and pastoralists – are already registered for services such as weather updates and market linkages.
Ethiopia’s “80-28” hotline – a farmer advisory service – has about 4 million users, the highest on the continent. Beyond being a free service, its success is partly due to the delivery of services in local languages. Aligning services to local circumstances encourages farmers to subscribe willingly.
Kenya leads the way in digitization in Africa. Collaborations between agriculture and telecommunication has been instrumental in their success so far.
These examples show what is necessary to help smallholders become connected to digital services.
One additional strategy is to blur the boundaries between different sectors. Digitization is not just an agricultural issue, or a technological one. It involves many parts of the economy. Hence, digitization must be situated within a broader development and poverty reduction agenda. For instance, education is critical to farmers’ ability to use and benefit from digital technologies.
It is also crucial to place smallholders front and centre when designing policies and specific digital products meant to help them. In this way, digital transformation will reflect the users’ needs.

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3 San Diego Mazda dealers awarded highest corporate honor
Mazda’s North American headquarters in Irvine awarded its highest honors to three of the five dealerships in San Diego County. The Gold Cup certification was given to John Hine Mazda in San Diego and Temecula and Mazda of Escondido.
Dealers qualify for Gold Cup certification by meeting sales loyalty goals, customer satisfaction requirements, maintaining a quality dealership image and ensuring their sales and service staff stay current with Mazda training requirements.
Of the 635 dealers in the U.S., only 125 dealers were designated Gold Cup status.
“We’ve won it every year,” said Dave Miller, general manager John Hine Mazda San Diego. ”Our service loyalty is almost 9.2 percent higher than Mazda dealerships nationwide.”
One of the benefits for employees working at a Gold Cup dealership is being able to buy new Mazdas at a special rate, Miller said. “That’s why most all of our salespeople own a new Mazda, which is not common at many dealerships.”
Today through Sunday will be the 48th annual ritual of the Big 3 (Auto) Parts Exchange and Car Corral at Qualcomm Stadium. The sprawling array of parts, pieces and vehicles is presented by the local branches of the Horseless Carriage Foundation, Antique Automobile Club of America and the Early Ford V-8 Club of America – the three big supporters. The event typically has more than 2,000 vendors and around 200 vehicles in the for-sale corral ($35 to display), with cars for sale scattered throughout. Shopping begins at noon today and 8 a.m. tomorrow and Sunday. Admission is free but parking is not. Info: Big3partsexchange.com or (619) 276-7135.
The city of San Diego will have a recycling event tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Morse High School, 6905 Skyline Drive, 92114 (in the parking lot at 69th Street). Get rid of used motor oil, oil filters, fluorescent bulbs, household batteries, auto batteries and antifreeze. The recycling is for San Diego residents only and no business waste will be accepted. Info: (858) 694-7000. www.sandiego.gov/esd/recycling/events/usedoil.shtml.


America's top dog is just 11 pounds: Malachy, a 4-year-old Pekingese, was named Best in Show last night at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at Madison Square Garden. Malachy, who has won 115 best in shows and was Westminster's No. 2 dog last year, will retire after this victory. "He's a lot of dog in a small package," says handler David Fitzpatrick. The Pekingese is the fourth of his breed to win Westminster, USA Today reports.
Malachy competed against more than 2,000 dogs, including an Irish setter named Emily who won the sporting group after giving birth to 15 puppies in May, and a Doberman named Fifi who has her own Facebook page—the Fifinator—who won the working group. The hound group went to a wire-haired dachshund named Cinders, the terrier group to a Kerry Blue named Chelsey, and two other dogs—a Dalmation and a German shepherd—also reached the Best in Show competition. As for Malachy, the New York Times reports, he will now live a life of relaxation with his handler. "He will chase squirrels," says Fitzpatrick. "He will be pampered."


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The IRS doled out more than $5 billion in potentially bogus college aid payments under an Obama stimulus tax credit in 2012, according to a new report Tuesday from the agency’s inspector general that said the administration still doesn’t have a good handle on how to root out erroneous claims.
More than 3.8 million students received more than $5.6 billion in questionable tax credits, the audit found — more than half of those never filed their tuition statement, while others were paid tax credits even though the schools they attended weren’t acceptable institutions.
Still other students claimed the credit for more than four years.
“The IRS still does not have effective processes to identify erroneous claims for education credits,” said J. Russell George, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, who said he’s repeatedly warned the IRS about the problem but “many of the deficiencies TIGTA previously identified still exist.”
Many of the problems, however, lie with Congress, which needs to grant the IRS new powers to check students’ claims against other government databases, Mr. George said.
The tax break at issue is known as the American Opportunity Tax Credit, which was a creation of President Obama’s 2009 stimulus. It was slated to expire in 2010, but Mr. Obama and Congress have extended it through 2017.
The credits are designed to offset the costs of college.
IRS officials said part of the blame for the potential fraud lies with schools and the school year itself, saying that information on students’ attendance comes too late for the agency to be able to check it against returns.
Read more: washingtontimes.com
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COVID-19 Rescue Plan Act Expands Paid Leave Availability but Does Not Revive Employer MandatesMarch 26, 2021
On March 12, 2021, President Biden signed into law the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill known as American Rescue Plan Act (the “ARP Act”). With respect to paid leave, the ARP Act builds upon and expands the tax credits first created by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”). (More information on the FFCRA’s tax credits can be found here.) The ARP Act’s impact on employers is likely to be limited, however, because it does not revive the FFCRA’s requirements that compelled millions of smaller employers to provide paid leave due to specified coronavirus-related reasons. This alert provides an overview of the paid leave options available to eligible employers.
Tax Credits Remain Available to Covered Employers Who Voluntarily Provide Paid Leave
The ARP Act does not reinstate the mandate that employers provide paid family or sick leave to qualifying employees as previously required by the FFCRA’s Emergency Paid Sick Leave (EPSL) and Expanded Family and Medical Leave Act (EFMLA) provisions. As we reported in our prior alerts, that mandate expired on December 31, 2020. However, tax credits for employers that choose to continue providing EPSL or EFMLA now remain available through September 30, 2021. Employers have discretion to offer either or both of the 10-day EPSL benefit and the full 12-week EFMLA benefit, or no paid leave at all. If an employer chooses to offer benefits, it must do so broadly, and cannot discriminate in favor of highly-compensated or full-time employees, nor can it condition eligibility upon an employee’s tenure with the company.
Reasons for Leave Are Clarified and Expanded to Cover Vaccine-Related Absences
Under the FFCRA, employees were entitled to take up to 10 days of paid sick leave for six enumerated coronavirus-related reasons, including time off when quarantine was required by a health care provider or government order, when needed to seek a COVID-19 diagnosis, and when necessary to care for someone who is quarantining or a child whose school or care provider was unavailable due to COVID-19. (More information on FFCRA-qualifying reasons can be found here.) Up to 12 weeks of EFMLA were available as well, but for just one of those reasons: to care for a child whose school or care provider was closed. The ARP Act expands the opportunity for paid leave under the EFMLA to include all six EPSL reasons.
Going a step further, the ARP Act extends eligibility under both EPSL and EFMLA to cover situations where the employee is:
- seeking or awaiting the results of a diagnostic test for, or a medical diagnosis of, COVID-19 and such employee has been exposed to COVID-19; or
- the employee’s employer has requested such a test or diagnosis; or
- the employee is obtaining immunization related to COVID-19; or
- the employee is recovering from any injury, disability, illness, or condition related to such immunization.
Daily Pay Rates Remain Unchanged, but the Aggregate Tax Credit Is Increased
The FFCRA’s EPSL provisions provided tax credits of 100% of an employee’s wages (up to $511 per day) for an employee taking time to quarantine or seek a diagnosis, and 2/3 of an employee’s wages (up to $200 per day) to care for another or for childcare reasons. The ARP Act continues these rates, and classifies the newly-expanded reasons for leave at the 100% / $511 level for 10 days. All EFMLA remains payable at 2/3 pay (up to $200 per day), but the aggregate cap is increased from $10,000 to $12,000.
Interaction Between EPSL and EFMLA in First Two Weeks of Leave Remains Murky
Under the ARP Act, paid EFMLA is now available for immediate use, even if an employee has EPSL available for the same reason and for the same time period. (Previously, the paid portion of the EFMLA did not commence until after the first 10 days of leave had passed.) The Act makes clear that employers cannot take two tax credits for the same wages. This seems to prevent a situation where an employee would take both EFMLA and EPSL for the same days. But the Act is unclear about exactly how the two entitlements are intended to interact. As with the FFCRA in 2020, we expect the U.S. Department of Labor to provide guidance on this front.
Employees’ Emergency Paid Sick Leave Bank Will Reset on April 1, 2021
Under the original FMLA, eligible employees are entitled to 12 weeks of leave over a 12-month period. The EFMLA adopted this construction, but with a sunset of December 31, 2020, no employee would have ever been entitled to more than 12 weeks of coronavirus-related EFMLA. With the ARP Act’s expansion, employees who took EFMLA in 2020 will have additional time available in 2021 based on standard FMLA principles, if their employers elect to offer the benefit.
Emergency Paid Sick Leave, on the other hand, was a one-time entitlement under the FFCRA that has expired and would not automatically renew after 12 months. In light of that fact, the ARP Act effectively reset employees’ EPSL grant of 10 days or 80 hours, effective April 1, 2021. Thus, employees who previously took EPSL will again be eligible if their employers choose to make this benefit available.
Should Employers Offer the Expanded Leave?
With vaccine availability increasing, it is likely that many employers will be allowing employees to take work time to get vaccinated. And many of those who have been vaccinated to date have reported experiencing short-term side effects, particularly after receiving their second shot. Under the ARP Act, an employer who anticipates such absences can elect to have the federal government subsidize the paid time off through the expansion of EPSL and/or EFMLA. And with cases on the decline and schools reopening, there may be less of a risk that employees will take lengthy leaves in 2021. And yet, expanding these paid leave benefits on the heels of a year of remote work and disruption may not be right for many employers. Ultimately, each eligible employer will need to weigh the pros and cons of the voluntary expansion and make the decision that best fits its workforce.
For more information regarding the FFCRA, the ARP Act, or COVID-19’s impact on your business, or to discuss whether it makes sense for your business to offer additional EPSL or EFMLA, please contact one of our employment or tax attorneys.


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DEARBORN, Mich. - After railing at Dearborn City Hall against Muslims and African-Americans, Quran-burning Pastor Terry Jones and his supporters were thwarted Friday in their plans to speak out some more at a nearby Arab festival after a group of angry protesters confronted him.
"Dearborn has made it clear: racist bigots aren't welcomed here," shouted members of a small group of protesters who surrounded Jones as he tried to walk up Schaefer Avenue near City Hall. Earlier, Jones had led a rally against Islam, where pastors and a rabbi spoke about what they saw as the threat of Islam in the U.S.
Jones sported sunglasses, a bulletproof vest, and a T-shirt that read: "Everything I ever needed to know about Islam I learned on 9-11."
He tried to walk the two miles to the Arab festival, but had to keep changing directions as protesters - mostly with the group By Any Means Necessary - blocked his path.
After a few minutes of scuffling, Dearborn police swarmed in to whisk Jones and his assistant pastor, Wayne Sapp, into a police car. Jones did not speak at the Arab festival as planned.
Police arrested six counter-protesters, ages 18 to 22, Dearborn Police Chief Ron Haddad said. Five of the six arrested were not from Dearborn, he said, and city life proceeded as normal despite the rally.
"We kept Michigan Avenue open," Haddad said. "That's very important. ... No one knew he was here."
Compared to a similar rally Jones held in April at City Hall, this one attracted markedly fewer supporters and counter-demonstrators. There were about 15 Jones supporters, one of them holding up a U.S. flag as he sported a belt buckle in the shape of a human skull.
Matthew Keller, 78, a Dearborn resident who supports Jones, carried a U.S. flag and wore a T-shirt that said: "Islam is of the Devil."
Keller said he has Muslim neighbors, but is concerned about Islam.
"They got to be put under control," Keller said. "I'm a patriot. I'm a Christian. I believe in Jesus Christ above everything."
Jones announced a new plan to target Muslim-heavy communities across the U.S., including neighborhoods in Chicago where the Nation of Islam has a presence. He said he would be back in Dearborn.


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With a pipe in his mouth and a paper under his arm. Sailor knew they’d choose the right door to knock on. He presented Mr. Pony and himself in order to ask for hospitality. Mr. Pony and Sailor had been hiding in the forest for days. German officers had hunted them, and now they were caught in the middle of nowhere. Since Mr. Pony was working as a lumberjack and Sailor had travelled the world, they had amazingly good survival skills.
The Gentleman told how he loved classical music, how he used to be a general but was discovered by SS for helping Jewish people escaping and that this had brought him in constant danger. He had to go and hide as soon as possible. They spend the whole evening talking about where their hearts desired going. Auntie had once told Sailor that if he ever needed a place to stay, she had a place for him in Paris. They concluded that it was a good step on the way to Brazil. Off they went to find Sailor’s boat on the coast, miles away.
The war showed its worst faces. Getting to Paris was a hassle, but nothing compared to the zigzagging they now had to do in the streets trying to avoid the shootings and the falling bombs. Following the exact directions and only asking a few people on their way, they finally stood in front and knocked on a closed door. No one replied. Sailor started to hammer in the door with his bare arms. Blood flooded from his scratched hands, but he was strong. With the door shot in, they were meet by a very dusty apartment. It had been left for decades. Dust was laying in a thick layer covering everything. Auntie haven’t been here for years.
First thing Mr. Pony did, was an intensive search for something to eat, knowing that if he did find something, it would have exceeded the last day of use years ago, but he was hungry. Cupboards, drawers and loose plates in the kitchen were opened up. After some time he got on track of a hidden room. Hidden behind some tiles, close to the floor in the back of the cupboard. Mr. Pony opened up to the sight of wooden boxes all filled with crystal bottles of liquor, covered with thick grey dust. At least he could get drunk. He grabbed the first bottle which smelled of cognac and took a good sip of it, but immediately spitted it out again. Sailor came from the living room to hear what was going on, and looked at Mr. Pony. It tasted strange, was the only information from Mr. Pony who sat the bottle down and went disappointed out of the door.
Sailor took the crystal bottle, removed the dust with his sleeve and took a good and long look at it. In the bottom of it, there was something odd. Very dark, flesh structured. Sailor took an even closer look, and frowned. He had a clue. He remembered someone telling him about this. A very long time ago. He had expected it to be a cock-and-bull story. It sounded like, and it could for sure have been, but here was the actual proof. Mr. Pony just found Chopin’s heart, in what seemed like being a cognac bottle, in an apartment that hadn’t been used for decades.
He went back to the living room, sat down and stuffed his pipe. He needed to think. He had it. One of the lost treasures. He had Chopin’s heart. He couldn’t believe it. The Gentleman saw the crystal bottle in Sailor’s hand and starred hypnotized at it. He was, in spite of everything, not believing this could be true. Chopin was one of his masters. If this was what happened when Sailor went on adventures, then he would forever go with him!
Sailor tried to puzzle things together. He remembered that Chopin had a sister, which even might be around Paris. The sister badly wanted her brother’s heart back to Poland where it belonged. Tracing her down was easier than expected, she was still in Paris, and willing to come by. So she did. Now Sailor needed Auntie, but no one knew where she was.
Sailor let his thoughts wander. He puffed his pipe and turned his head to the window, just to see how bad the war was out there, and if the sky by any chance had turned blue today. A pigeon was sitting at the window frame, looking at him. He stood up, walked over there, and it occurred to him that it was a carrier pigeon. He opened the window immediately, loosened the message from the foot and slowly unfolded the paper.
“I figured that you might be there by now. Let me know if you need anything. Just call out my name, and I’ll be with you. – A.”
Perfect timing dear Auntie, Sailor said out loud, wondering if that was enough “calling” for here to come.
The door opened up and Auntie entered. She was really getting old, but her handshake was still strong and womanish. Gentleman came to greet her. He had a bottle of cognac in his hand. It smelled as it should, and tasted even better.
Auntie walked around. She hasn’t seen the apartment since the day her and her husband left each other. None of them had been here since, and she realized that she’d missed it.
Auntie sat down and sipped in the cognac. Delight was written all over her face. It tasted incredible good.
She remembered a very early morning, after a exclusive night out, her husband came home with a heart of another man in his arms. He was very drunk and didn’t seem to find it odd that he carried a heart; he rather found it funny, and unable to see the seriousness of what it was. He went to get a drink in the kitchen. Drunk as he was, he must have dropped the heart into one of the cognac bottles in the secret room, where we stored our liquor. I guess he forgot all about it afterwards. The only thing he told was that he’d won it in a play poker.
Since her husband had problems telling the truth Auntie thought that he’d killed another man, but the heart didn’t seem fresh. Auntie decided to go back to bed and ask the day after, but then the circumstances was forgotten and they never talked about it again.
Later on Auntie read in an article that Mr. Thierry had passed away. The interesting part was that he’d owned the greatest chamber of curiosities ever seen in Europe, which had been a secret until now, but with him gone the family saw a chance to earn money, so they opened it up as a museum. Auntie puzzled the pieces together as she knew Mr. Thierry had grandsons, and that one of them was a notorious gambler and criminal, who had been stealing objects in order to keep playing poker.
The grandfather was a very old man; he’d gone senile with the years and forgotten about his gracious collection of pure obscureness. So the grandson had seen a source of objects that could be worth some money. The grandson was well known in the gambling milieu as the obscure guy, but no one ever stopped him, or asked where his constant and endless source came from.
Auntie was guessing that the heart was ended up in the chamber, as a matter of upper class intrigues. It was normal procedure that money, favors, and young girls was trading objects. Pride only existed on the facade. It was never mentioned anywhere that the heart had gone missing from the chamber of curiosities. And since it went missing in the first place, long before our time, we kind of forgot about this very old heart conserved in cognac in our kitchen.
Auntie looked at the Sister, and apologized for the trouble she’d caused. Not knowing what the famous heart was intensively searched for years. The Sister had been so close, and yet so far. Worst of all was that Auntie had forgotten all about it. The Sister and her family were now finally able to get the closure on a very long chapter of their life. She left Paris for good, going home where she and the heart belonged, to get it buried in the church in Poland that was made as a memorial for Chopin.
She was indeed forever grateful.
Author: Sandra Blichert Christensen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
The story was received trough the international short story competition for the project Secret Heart by KOLEKTIVA in 2010.

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Among the extensive 18 Parvas of Mahabharat, the Book of the Women is the eleventh book. The book Stri-parva has eighty-one to eighty- five sub parvas. In this parva, it has been widely explained how the women of Mahabharata including Gandhari, Kunti and the other women or stri of the Kurus and Pandavas lament the dead of their kith and kin in the battle at Kurukshetra. Gandhari is a vital woman character in the Hindu epic, the Mahabharat. In the epic, she was the daughter of Subala, the king of Gandhara,. She was married to Dhritarashtra, the blind king of Hastinapur and successor of the Kuru Clan. Gandhari voluntarily blindfolded herself throughout her married life. She was the mother to hundred sons and one daughter.
According to the book, Stri Parva, a detailed account of the pain and lament for the death has been given. When the evil characters of the great epic, Duryodhana ad Dushana lost their battle and they became the prey to their foe. Although Gandhari's sons were portrayed as villains, the Mahabharata attributes high moral standards to Gandhari. It is being put forth in the Stri Parva that she repeatedly exhorted her sons to follow dharma and make peace with the Pandavas. Moreover, Gandhari especially had closer ties with Kunti who respected each other.
In the Stri Parva it is depicted that Gandhari made a single exception to her blindfolded state, when she removed her blindfold to see her son Duryodhana rendering his entire body except his side invulnerable to any foe. Apart from the mournful act, Gandhari was anguished in the loss of her hundred sons resulted in her cursing Lord Krishna. This parva also provides in sequence the wrath and power of Gandhari on his sons' death.
The Stri Parva also gives the information about Kunti, who was another sufferer after the battle of Kurukshetra. She was the mother of the eldest three Pandava brothers in the Indian epic Mahabharata. It has been rightly described in the Stri Parva that the men of Mahabharata played dice and waged wars in but it is the women who wieled power and influence. Moreover, it is explained that most of the decisions were taken by women and decided the fate of men. In the striparva it is insisted that the women are the true leaders of the Epic. The battle of Kurukshetra is termed as Dharma Yuddha. It is observed that at the end of the war very few warriors were alive and thus the women mourned the loss. Indeed, the theme of The Book of Women is the grief of the women left by warriors slain in battle. The book details the keening of palace ladies as they see their dead husbands and sons. In the Book of Women or Stri Parva the portrayal of the women's grief leads into a crisis of conscience.

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