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Once the East End’s most upmarket shopping destination, the peculiar-looking building holds a secret history of family feuds and rifts between locals and big business.
The building that spans 69-89 Mile End Road looks more like it should belong on the streets of nineteenth-century Paris than here in the East End. Between Stepney Green and Whitechapel stations, the classical Beaux-Arts structure is embedded into the high street. You wouldn’t guess that the building was once Wickham’s Department store, known as the ‘Harrods of the East End’ and holds a hidden history of family feuds and gentrification dating back to the early 20th century.
From Whitechapel Market to Petticoat Lane, our area is known for its mercantile flare. The rapid industrial and commercial boom of the nineteenth century revolutionised the high street into an upmarket destination and introduced a wave of department stores opening across Europe and the US. Harrods moved from Stepney to Knightsbridge in 1849 and Selfridges was opened later in 1909. At the height of the growing trend, the East End had its very own department store called ‘Wickham’s’, built in 1927 and located on Mile End Road.
The story of Wickham’s begins with a family of drapers originally from Kent who traded at 69, 71, and 73 Mile End Road. The Wickhams family saw the growing market potential of the East End and had ambitions to develop a department store that rivalled those in the centre of the city.
The family commissioned T, Jay Evans & Son, an architectural company, to design a building that would inhabit 20 stores on Mile End Road. Though it was later known as the Harrods of the East End, the design intended to mimic the structure of Selfridges with its colonnade front-facing style. The building even includes a central tower and clock that Gordon Selfridge originally planned but never achieved.
The building contract was signed and after long negotiations, businesses agreed to sell their lot to the Wickhams. But the plans were abruptly halted by one store that absolutely would not sell up – Spiegelhalter’s, a jewellery and watchmaking business at number 81.
The Spiegelhalter family were German immigrants and local business owners who made their home in the East End. In 1828, George Spiegelhalter immigrated from South West Germany to Whitechapel and established a jeweller, named after their family title.
Due to anti-german sentiment throughout the First World War, the family changed their name from Spiegelhalter to Salter in 1919 but their shop kept the original title. As business grew, Speigelhalters moved to 75 Mile End Road where the three Spiegelhalter brothers were born above the store and would eventually take over from their father.
It was around this time that Wickham’s interest in commercial growth was driving out local business on Mile End Road. Faced with the Wickham’s expansion, the Spiegelhalter brothers gave in a little and agreed to move from 75 to 81 in 1892 so that the family from Kent could extend their plot.
By 1927, the Wickhams had almost absorbed the block except number 81, owned by the Spiegelhalters. A mutually agreeable price was never reached between the families as the Spiegelhalter brothers remained adamant that they would not sell their business under any circumstances.
The mouth with the missing tooth
With building plans for the department store close to underway, the grand Wickham’s design was subject to quick reconsideration. What was built can only be described as the mouth with the missing tooth on Mile End Road. With seven windows bordering each side of the clock tower, the gaping dip in the structure where the Spiegelhalters held their ground, gave the building a distinct asymmetrical shape.
Some consider the building to be an architectural eyesore, others praise it as a mistake of genius. Famous mid-century architectural critic Ian Nairn described it as ‘one of the best visual jokes in London’.
The Spiegelhalters resumed their trade as usual, existing somewhat like a Chinese nail house on Mile End Road. Though the jeweller was dwarfed by the department store structure surrounding it, Spiegelhalter’s excelled when it came to attracting business.
Following the post-war economic crisis, Wickham’s was sold to Great Universal Stores in 1951 who owned the business until 1965, after which it was divided up between several different occupiers. The Spiegelhalters on the other hand, held onto their business until 1982 and their predecessors turned the store into an off-license.
History repeats itself
By 2014, the Spiegelhalter-Wickham conglomerate was mostly an abandoned, derelict building on Mile End Road, with a Tesco Express and Sports Direct renting the ground floor. Until it caught the eye of Resolution Property, a property development company that planned to transform it into an office space, replacing the missing tooth with a glass atrium entrance.
Over 30 years since the Speigelhalters sold their business, the property once again risked demolition at the mercy of giant investors. This time, it was the help of local community campaigning that saved Speigelhalters against the force of big business.
In January 2015, a petition supported by the Victorian Society and the Twentieth Century Society surfaced online. The aim was to push Tower Hamlets Council planning department to place the building on the local list to ensure the charm of the structure was preserved.
Like wildfire, the petition garnered over 2,700 signatures and even caught wind of national news outlets such as the BBC and the Financial Times. The story captured the age-old David and Goliath trope whilst calling into question how the integrity of local history can be kept alive in an age of rampant gentrification.
Though hopeful in their aims for modernisation, Resolution Property doubled down on their initial plans to remove the Speigelhalter facade after being faced with a wave of local and national resistance. Instead, they remodelled the building so that the first floor of the Spiegelhalter shop formed an archway over the entrance, finding a way to incorporate the old into the new.
Forward six years later, the reconstruction of Wickham’s was re-opened in September 2021 as ‘Dept W’, now belonging to Queen Mary University of London. Close to a century since it was built, you can still visit the building which was once the Harrods of the East End on Mile End Road. Though you’ll struggle to find any luxury department store goods if you look close enough above the entrance you can spot the original moniker ‘Spiegelhalter & Bros LTD’ where the family jewellers first opened in 1880.
They say history repeats itself and this may be the case for this local tale. What’s certain is that the Wickham’s building is distinguishable not only for its bizarre appearance but also for the legacy left behind.
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The hope of better days to come
Most centers within the country provide relief in the form of food baskets to families who are in specific need from time to time. However, in recent months, many more families are looking to local church partners for assistance.
“Many families are facing hardships and they have called on us to help. We’ve spoken to the Compassion Ghana office, and we are hoping to resume sharing food baskets soon.”
For Abigail and her son Raphael, that news has brought some hope. “When the center provides food baskets, it’s a huge relief for us. Food is our most pressing need, because we have to feed four children daily. With the food baskets we receive from Compassion, we have peace of mind for a few weeks. We don’t go borrowing and so we have relief from being harassed by food sellers because we defaulted in repaying. The children are happy, and we are also happy.”
For Raphael, Saturday is the best day of the week — a day to play with his friends, learn new Bible stories and, of course, eat something nutritious and delicious.
“I’m happy when we go to the center on Saturdays,” says Raphael. “We play football and learn about the Word of God. They give us food too, and the food is always delicious. Sometimes, too, Compassion gives us food items. I’m happy when we receive them.”
Ghanaians expect to see a continual rise in food prices in the coming months. More families will be thrown into survival mode. But Compassion centers across the country hope to do more for the families as they support the most vulnerable.
“We hope to give more food baskets,” says Godwin. “With adequate funding, we hope we can even provide these food baskets on a monthly basis to the families.”
In the struggle to feed her children, Abigail says she is grateful for the partnership of the local church and the Compassion center. With typical optimism, she holds out hope for better times.
“We are grateful for Compassion’s help over the years,” says Abigail. “Even though we are facing issues with food, we know it could be worse. Compassion takes care of school fees and supplies and even pays for medical bills. Imagine the burden on us if this was not the case! We are grateful and look forward to better days.”


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And when I say "strict," what I mean is "strictly ignore" the constitution.
The Constitution provides that acts of Congress “shall be the supreme law of the land” which is why states do not have the power to ignore federal law. Nevertheless, five Georgia state senators — including Majority Leader Chip Rogers (R) and senate President Pro Tempore Tommie Williams (R) — apparently do not believe that the Constitution applies to them. All five lawmakers introduced a wildly unconstitutional plan to have Georgia and its citizens simply ignore laws that its conservative leadership doesn’t want to follow.
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Our friends in Georgia are taking the same path as Gov. Rick Perry chose in Texas when he pushed through a bill that would nullify a Federal law concerning light bulbs. It is amazing to me that in the year 2012, we are even having this discussion. The Supremacy Clause of the Constitution, Article 6, Clause 2, makes it very clear that Federal law is the “law of the land”.
“This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.” U.S. Constitution The Supreme Court has upheld and confirmed the supremacy of Federal law over conflicting State legislation. But this idea of States nullifying Federal legislation continues to fester.
Nullification. Because it worked so well in the past.
Meanwhile, these are the same people who will tell you that President Obama is the one who is assaulting the constitution. And apparently he has a funny way of doing that, wherein he frequently references the need to avoid constitutional conflicts.
The Republican Party is permanently locked in Crazy Season.

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Djoko Soegiharto Tjandra, a graft convict and former fugitive in the high-profile Bank Bali corruption case, allegedly planned to bribe officials at the Supreme Court and the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) to help him secure an acquittal in the case.AGO spokesperson Hari Setiyono said the figure was estimated to be around US$10 million.“Djoko, along with prosecutor Pinangki Sirna Malasari and NasDem politician Andi Irfan Jaya, agreed to provide $10 million to be handed to some officials at the Supreme Court and the AGO for securing the acquittal,” Hari said on Thursday as quoted by kompas.com. The AGO had previously accused Pinangki of receiving a $500,000 bribe from Djoko to lobby the Supreme Court to overturn a 2009 verdict that found him guilty of involvement in the 1998 Bank Bali corruption case.In a proposal named “action plan”, Pinangki reportedly asked for $1 million from Djoko in exchange for the prosecutor’s help with the case. Djoko reportedly accepted the offer and paid half of the sum as a down payment. Djoko later canceled the remaining payment after seeing that things had not gone as planned, according to the AGO.Read also: AGO arrests prosecutor Pinangki for alleged corruption in connection with Djoko TjandraPinangki has been named a bribery and money laundering suspect by the AGO for allegedly using the $500,000 bribe to buy a luxury car and pay rent for two apartments in Jakarta, among other purchases. Andi, the NasDem politician, was named a suspect for allegedly serving as a middleman between Pinangki and Djoko.AGO prosecutors reportedly handed Pinangki’s case file over to the Jakarta Corruption Court on Thursday.The AGO previously declared Pinangki guilty of an ethics violation for going on nine international trips to Singapore and Malaysia in 2019, reportedly to meet with Djoko while he was at large.Djoko fled the country in June 2009, a day before the Supreme Court sentenced him to two years in prison and ordered him to pay Rp 546 billion ($37 million) in restitution for his role in the corruption case. He spent more than a decade on the run before being arrested in Malaysia and deported to Indonesia in late July of this year. (vny)Topics :
Facebook Twitter Google+ Published on April 5, 2019 at 1:48 pm Contact Anthony: [email protected] Jesse Edwards became the fifth player to join Syracuse’s 2019 recruiting class Friday.Edwards is a 6-foot-11, 205-pound, center currently enrolled in IMG Academy in Florida, a team he joined in January from the Netherlands. Edwards chose the Orange over four other Division I schools, including Georgia Tech, Providence, Stanford and Creighton. Assistant head coach Allen Griffin was the lead recruiter for Edwards, who visited campus on Monday, April 1 before making his decision.He joins Joe Girard III, Brycen Goodine, Quincy Guerrier, and fellow center John Bol Ajak in the committed freshmen class for next season. The Orange will have to replace graduating senior center Paschal Chukwu in next year’s rotation. Bourama Sidibe and Marek Dolezaj will return to SU for their junior seasons. Comments AdvertisementThis is placeholder text
Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa re-injured himself in the Crimson Tide’s game against Mississippi State on Saturday.Tagovailoa, with Alabama up 35-7 and enough time remaining for one final drive in the half, was seen lobbying Nick Saban to reenter the game. He was injured on third play of the ensuing drive; he left the game on an injury cart, unable to put any weight on his right leg. He also seemed to have suffered a facial injury. MORE: SN Week 12 college football scores, updatesAlabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa goes down hard, visibly in pain and is being helped off the [email protected] | #RollTide pic.twitter.com/vySHyVBufY— Collin Wilson (@_Collin1) November 16, 2019Alabama QB Tua Tagovailoa is being helped off the field after an apparent injury. pic.twitter.com/IxSvSxeyLC— Sporting News (@sportingnews) November 16, 2019According to the ESPN telecast, Tagovailoa suffered an injury to his right hip — not his knee or ankle. He was also heard screaming in pain and is heading to receive an X-ray.Saban later said it was his decision to place Tagovailoa back in the game, in order to run a two-minute drill.Here’s Nick Saban’s halftime interview with ESPN on Tua Tagovailoa’s hip injury and the plan before halftime pic.twitter.com/ZKixkhf2Ds— Marq Burnett (@Marq_Burnett) November 16, 2019According to the ESPN telecast, Tagovailoa left Davis Wade Stadium in an ambulance. He was then helicoptered to St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Birmingham, Ala., according to a report from the Tuscaloosa News’ Cecil Hurts. Staffers moved a State banner in front of the open ambulance that Tua is presumably being transported in.What a time. pic.twitter.com/wsLLDWtQ1g— Ross Dellenger (@RossDellenger) November 16, 2019A long-lasting injury to Tagovailoa would be a worst-case scenario for Alabama, which likely needs him to beat Auburn in the Iron Bowl later this season and, presumably, make a final attempt at the College Football Playoff.Tagovailoa finished the game 14 of 18 passing for 256 yards and two touchdowns.This story will be updated.
Cillian Morrison believes he can make a big impact at The Brandywell.Derry City striker and Letterkenny native Cillian Morrison insists he doesn’t feel any added pressure despite the exit of star player Rory Patterson.Patterson was one of the leading marksmen in the League of Ireland for the last number of years and will be sorely missed by Derry City.However, manager Peter Hutton will be hoping Morrison can fill the void left by the departure of Patterson. Morrison signed for Derry City in December following a frustrating six-month spell at Cork City.Morrison had established himself as a player with plenty of potential by scoring regularly for UCD.Morrison insists he doesn’t feel any added pressure with Patterson leaving the club and is just focused on working hard and performing to the best of his ability.Morrison told The Irish Daily Mirror, “If you’re playing up front you have to score goals, that comes with the territory. “Rory was a great talent but I’m not going to read too much into it. I’m not here to fit into anyone else’s role or anyone else’s boots.“I’m going out every game to score goals and time will tell if I can do that, but I’d be fairly confident that I will .” CILLIAN MORRISON NOT FEELING ANY ADDED PRESSURE DESPITE PATTERSON EXIT was last modified: January 29th, 2015 by Mark ForkerShare this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to share on Skype (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window) Tags:Cillian Morrisonderry citynewssoccerSport

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This street poll in the USA causes amusement and bewilderment on Tiktok.
The clip is intended to show how little men know about the female body. Numerous passers-by are peppered with questions about female anatomy and periods. The result: many men seem to know shockingly little about these topics. Here some examples:
“Can you pee with a tampon?”
“I think you need to get him out. That’s probably why there are tampon bins in the bathroom.”
“Can you pee with a tampon? I don’t think it’s recommended.”
“How many tampons does a woman use per period on average?”
“A? Two? A! If I’m honest, I think one.”
Finally, the men are asked whether they are registered voters. The respondents unanimously answered “Yes!” to this question.
The clip is produced by a group of US health activists.
Compared to the star the group explains that the men’s false answers are authentic and not staged – the only actress involved is the presenter.
They further explain that while some men answered correctly, the majority of respondents answered the questions incorrectly.
But the video, which is funny at first glance, has a serious background. Because the amusing video is an election advertisement that will be published in the USA before the midterms.
With the video, the group wants to call on women to vote in the midterm elections in the United States.
A high female voter turnout is intended to take the helm out of the hand of men who, according to the video, have no idea about the female body when it comes to issues such as abortion and physical self-determination. The issues had been the subject of controversy during the election campaign.


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Try to imagine the most likely buyer for a large, established prosecco producer in Italy; chances are a sparkling wine house in southern Russia might not be the very first to spring to mind.
And why should it? Given that the vast majority of national output is still cheap, bulk-production offerings, Russia's nascent quality-orientated wine industry has understandably tended to focus on improving its infrastructure and wines, rather than expanding into new territories.
However, as the industry continues to grow in confidence, its more adventurous figureheads are realising that they cannot rely on domestic production and the Russian market alone. Consequently, in an unprecedented move, Russian sparkling wine producer Igristy Vina sealed a deal to purchase the Italian brand Contarini in April of this year, the first such acquisition of a prosecco maker by a Russian firm.
Igristy’s timing could not be better: in 2013, more than 307 million bottles of prosecco were sold worldwide, with sales continuing to grow as the classic Italian wine continues to cement its status as the affordable sparkler of choice.
Igristy reportedly paid €8m (£6.6m) for the property, in addition to inheriting debts of more than €20m. But considering the staggering popularity of this “Champagne lite” party-starter, this may be a modest price to pay when weighed against the potential volumes to be shifted worldwide.
Contarini currently exports around 500,000 bottles of prosecco to Russia annually; once the dust has settled, Igristy Vina plans to increase this supply to 1m bottles, as well as using the Italian premises for their own brands. With western demand for Russian domestic wine virtually non-existent, it looks like a shrewd move – if not a safe bet – to invest in such a worldwide phenomenon as prosecco.
Abrau-Durso, started the ball rolling back in 2010, with the purchase of Château D'Avize, a derelict property in France’s Champagne region.“As we continue to grow and learn as an industry, it was only natural that we would start to look outward,”says Abrau chairman Pavel Titov. “A diversified portfolio is a safer portfolio.”
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The ensemble, co-founded by conductor John Boyd and internationally-acclaimed conductor Frederick Fennell, combines the British band tradition with the American town band and the distinct 20th Century American orchestral wind/percussion sound.
"Ghosts," recorded in ISU's Tilson Auditorium in August 2004, features Richard Rodney Bennett's "Morning Music," "Ghosts" by Stephen McNeff, Gustav Holst's "Capriccio," and "L'Homme Arme Variations" by Christhoper Marshall.
"Laude," featuring the music of influential educator, conductor and composer Howard Hanson, was recorded June 2005. In addition to its title track, listeners can enjoy "Chorale and Alleluia," "Dies Natalis," "Centennial March" and "Merry Mount Suite," a tribute to Fennell, who passed away in December 2004.
"Merry Mount," Hanson's only opera, was rearranged by Boyd in 1998 in honor of Fennell's 85th birthday. Boyd's version of the opera had its world premiere by the ISU Symphonic Wind Ensemble under the direction of Fennell.
The ensemble's recording sessions provide area students with a unique learning opportunity. Students from area high schools and Vincennes University have observed the recording process from the control room in the Tirey Hall basement.
"Many students don't avail themselves to this opportunity, but a select few do," Boyd said.
One ISU student gained experience not by observing, but by participating. Keith Sorrels garnered valuable professional experience, by playing on both recordings. Although he had performed in many concerts and recitals, this was a totally different setting.
"Participating in the recordings was very different from a normal concert performance. It was at times intimidating because I was trying to play perfectly for each take," he said.
Sorrels, a senior music major invited to participate by Boyd, enjoyed working with the group of seasoned professionals and educators.
"It's always exciting to perform with really great musicians," he added.
When it was all over, Sorrels said he learned the importance of being able to play with confidence, precision, and musicality at all times, as well as the ability to do so repeatedly.
Philharmonia A Vent is a professional ensemble in residence at ISU. It consists of woodwind, brass and percussion players from surrounding universities, University of Missouri, the Terre Haute Symphony and central Indiana.
ISU music department faculty members Paul Bro, Joyce Wilson, Randy Mitchell, William Denton, Chad Roseland, Sarah Burk, Brian Kilp, Jimmy Finnie, Daniel Kelley and Alex Lapins serve as the ensemble's nucleus.
"Some of them have played with us from the ensemble's very beginnings," Boyd said. Other players have traveled from as far away as Missouri, Florida, and North Dakota.
"They come because they enjoy playing with a group of this caliber," he added. Boyd says the rave reviews received by the two releases are a reflection of not only the musicians but ISU as well.
"It's just one example of the high level of work the faculty is doing. By garnering national and international attention, Indiana State University is now being considered a place where serious music is done," he said.
The two current releases were made possible through grants and funding by ISU.
Both works, "Ghosts" and "Laude" are available from Klavier Music Productions (http://www.klavier-records.com).
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- Paige Marie Tippet, 25, of Carlisle, was charged with theft by unlawful taking and receiving stolen property after police said she stole cash out of a co-worker’s purse at an Upper Allen Township business on Feb. 23. She was arrested at her residence on March 10 with help from Lower Allen Township Police. She was released on $5,000 unsecured bail.
State Police at Newport (717-567-3110)
- A chainsaw was stolen from Bucks Valley Road in Buffalo Township around noon March 4.
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- A white woman in her mid-20s driving a black Dodge Durango pumped gasoline at the Sunoco gas station in the 3000 block of Shermans Valley Road in Tyrone Township and left without paying around 7:55 p.m. March 8.
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Troubled teens around the world will find the ‘planchette jewel box’ suitable for their Ouija board-using dark souls. From the Etsy store BloodMilk, these gothic jewelry boxes were created in collaboration with artist Paul Romano to showcase the inner depths of one’s soul.
The jewelry boxes are featured in a series of heart shapes with a small glass window that symbolizes the emptiness of a person’s soul more or less. The morose jewelry boxes are made from composite wood and are hand-painted, making each box stand out from other boxes. The cover of the jewelry boxes can also be used for Ouija board summoning to help goth teens call forth souls of damned -- if that’s more of your thing.


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|Black Jail Population||5|
|Latino Jail Population||4|
|Native Jail Population||–|
|White Jail Population||63|
|Total Prison Admissions||187|
|Female Prison Admissions||36|
|Male Prison Admissions||151|
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|Black Prison Admissions||11|
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|Native Prison Admissions||–|
|White Prison Admissions||205|
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How to Do a Free Jail Records Search
If you are looking for a criminal background check in Lawrence County, you can get it from the comforts of your home. There are two main criminal justice websites on the internet that you can access to perform this search. They are,
You can find access to jail records and other criminal public records from the official website of the county. This site has all the information you could ever need on any criminal or civil matters. You can find out more about the case, the accused, their attorney and other related court files. They also have links to various newspapers from around the area that have jail records of people who were convicted of different crimes. You can see if they were ever convicted of a crime of violence, sexual abuse, domestic violence, sex crimes and much more.
When searching for criminal records of people who were arrested or convicted for a felony in the county of Madisonville and surrounding areas, you will also want to visit the website of the Criminal Justice Information Services Division (CJISD). This is the Central Criminal Records Office and it is the county’s repository for all the criminal court files. They maintain a large database which includes felony, misdemeanor and summary records for all the offenses in each county in the state of Ohio. When doing a search for jail records you will be directed to the correct page. If the person you want to search is in the system you already know the address of then you will just need their name and birth date.
One thing you should know about when it comes to doing a criminal background check is that you will not get complete results for free. There are many record sites that offer free criminal searches but they will only be able to give you limited information. The information they provide will mostly consist of the city and county where the person was found. This information will usually give you their address, current occupation and how long they have lived there. The search will also show any criminal activity that might have occurred in the person’s past.
The good news is that you can still get comprehensive information for free. If you are looking for jail records in Cleveland or Columbus you can try a public records website. These two cities have their own government websites which provide information on past court cases, felony charges and other records pertaining to arrests. The information is provided for free but it will not include traffic violations, sexual offenses, prison and jail records. These types of jail records are not available for free. If you are looking for sex related offenses or other jail records then you will have to pay for them.
You can always do an online search. Just do a quick Google or Yahoo search to find reputable sites that offer this service. After you have found the site that you feel most comfortable with then simply enter all the information that you have and click the search button. If you don’t have any results then you can always look at the “advanced search” option which will bring up some more specific types of information. Free searches usually just return municipal records, county records and federal records.


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Looking back, The Microphones were less a band than lo-fi’s answer to the Wagnerian cycle. From the mid-90s to 2003, the Anacortes, Wash., band tested the limits of indie-folk metaphor (its four proper albums formed a loose Bildungsroman exploring the four classical elements) and DIY recording (its swan song, Mount Eerie, is surely the most sonically ambitious album ever recorded on a 16-track). Then, The Microphones — which is to say Phil Elvrum, its mastermind — broke up. He started touring as Mount Eerie, and his music became less narrative and twee, and more hermetic. And he recorded a lot: The point of listening to the stripped-down Mount Eerie became volume, not scope or statement.
So perhaps it will surprise fans that Wind’s Poem, an oppressively noisy, often alienating affair, is Elvrum’s fullest and most coherent album in years.
For much of the album, which is in stores today, Elvrum — although now he’s Elverum, as in his P.W. Elverum & Sun label — replaces his eccentric folk music with what he calls “black metal with natural materials.” That’s fairly self-evident: Elvrum drenches dirges like “Wind’s Dark Poem” and “The Hidden Stone” in clamorous, bulky distortion, a blanket of sound that’s both ambient and antagonistic. The noise sounds like a wrathful deity, and it nearly overwhelms Elvrum’s gentle, searching murmur. As it has been in the past, Elvrum’s M.O. is using dense studio wizardry to approximate nature’s grandeur and horror.
That’s nothing new to Elvrum: Man’s relationship with nature is his most frequent theme. But where The Microphones’ albums saw the natural settings of the Pacific Northwest (as well as some more fictional landscapes) as paths to existential truth, Wind’s Poem has other perspectives. Sometimes, it’s downright dystopian: Where Elvrum’s protagonists were once carried by gusts (like in the Microphones song “I Want Wind To Blow”), here they’re conquered by vengeful storms. Other times, in droning, more benevolent songs like “Wind Speaks” and “Through The Trees,” his voice is the wind’s itself. “I remove bodies, and I hold void, I have no shape,” Elvrum sings midway through the album; a song later, he pleads, “Come wind, destroyer of worlds.” Far from its amiable title, Wind’s Poem is a pitched battle, with Elvrum inhabiting both combatants.
That can be draining, at least until “Between Two Mysteries,” the closest thing to a pop song here. Set to a casual, brushed rhythm and a gurgling glockenspiel, it also has a summary purpose, taking measure of the album’s themes before the noisy denouement. With The Microphones, this was Elvrum’s great trick: The songwriting was as impressive as the big statements. In the years since, with a string of LPs, CD-Rs, and other small projects, Elvrum has focused on the songs. Now, the ideas are re-emerging.

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The Mobile Dairy Classroom Experience has just returned from a week long adventure to the North Okanagan. From June 9th to June 14th, the Mobile Dairy Classroom trailer visited 10 schools and over 1200 kids. From Armstrong to Salmon Arm, Chase to Kamloops, the Mobile Dairy Classroom Experience was a great hit! The presentations emphasized the importance of milk as a part of a healthy balanced diet and the process in which milk goes from the dairy farm to the family. Equipped with a fully functioning milking machine attached to the trailer, the Mobile Dairy Classroom Experience brought the dairy farm to the playground. The audience were in for a treat as the facilitator milked a dairy cow right before their eyes. Followed by a calf feeding, children and equally curious parents were given the full dairy farm experience. With the help of our dairy cows, the Mobile Dairy Classroom Experience was able to help children create the connection between the dairy produce on the store shelves with local farms.
The Mobile Dairy Classroom Experience would like to thank the local dairy farmers for their support which made the trip possible. The cows were provided courtesy of local dairy farmers and were the stars of the show! The Mobile Dairy Classroom Experience would like to thank The White family of White Grove Dairy for lending Charm and Lucky. The Born Family of Village Ranch for allowing us to use Tara and Glacier Glen. The Shaafsma family of White Creek Dairy and the Lancaster family of Lancaster Family Farm. The cows sparked interest and won the affection of children all across the Northern Okanagan.
For more information on the Dairy Classroom Experience or to book us for your school or fair, visit https://bcdairy.ca/bc-dairy-classroom/.

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Katrine Meisfjord «Soups & Stories Project»
“I have my reality because I grew up in that street, with those people.”
Katrine Meisfjord started the Soups & Stories project to create a platform for people to meet across social class, age, ethnicity and background. She wants to create a dialogue which serves as a negotiation concerning what sort of society we want to have.
Katrine participated in the Impact Challenge 2017 with her project and presented it to our members on at our weekly Waffle Pitch to receive feedback and ideas.
Socially Engaged Art
The Soups & Stories sessions are formed based on the individuals which partake. By adjusting the sessions based on interests and personalities she can better reach an outcome which benefits both society and the participants.
A part of the goal is to create Socially Engaged Art as a result of the dialogue between the individuals present at the sessions. Socially Engaged Art is an art form based on social interactions, and the norms of social interactions. The goal is to alter these social norms and behavioural patterns. Meisfjord has experienced that people rarely want to represent a group. They want to represent themselves. Thus, through these conversations they become an individual and not a representation of a group.
A young girl participating in a Soups & Stories session said that “Before I started working with you, I felt that I didn’t have opinions about anything. But after taking part in these sessions many times with you, I now feel that I have opinions about all sorts of things.”
A corporate market
A member pointed out during the Waffle Pitch that here is a market for these within corporations and companies. There are many similar products such as “design thinking” and workshops; however, the companies’ focus is not necessarily social. Their goal is more directed towards efficiency and productivity. Therefore, Katrine understands that in order to find her space in the corporate market, she must form an offer which helps companies to see the value in a healthy social environment at work.
Meisfjord sees the dialogues as a way to reach the untapped potential within individuals. This could be to create art, function better at work, or strive and do better in life as a result of social confidence and learning from talking with others.
You can find out more about the Soups and Stories project on their website and Facebook page.
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President Trump‘s Russian headache isn’t subsiding anytime soon.
On Thursday two reports revealed that three additional members of his inner circle held previously undisclosed meetings with Russia.
J.D. Gordon and Carter Page–campaign advisers on Trump’s national security committee–spoke to Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak at a conference related to the Republican National Convention in July, according to USA Today. And in December, as the Obama administration was preparing to sanction Russia for its election interference, senior aide/son-in-law Jared Kushner joined since-ousted adviser Michael Flynn for a meeting with Kislyak at Trump Tower, according to the New York Times.
The White House maintains these short meetings were held to “establish a line of communication,” according to spokesperson Hope Hicks.
The news comes after Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself from investigations on Thursday, after failing to disclose two pre-election meetings with Russian officials at his Senate confirmation hearings.
Although campaign interaction with diplomats is not unusual, Trump’s campaign repeatedly denied any communication with Russian officials. According to USA Today, Trump’s team issued at least 20 different denials of contact with Russians from the GOP convention, up until late February.


Monitors live fuel usage by communicating with the vehicles engine management system.
Information is relayed back to Webfleet via a Bluetooth link to the Link530
The device works on most light vehicles that have an OBD Port.
It does not work on many heavy vehicles with FMS
TomTom have an alternative solution for heavy vehicles
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Internet of things (IoT) is not a mere buzzword in India anymore. From smart homes to digital payments we see IoT being implemented in almost every industry. But there are many challenges being faced by these industries especially with the increasing demand for connectivity and need to secure data in every step. To understand this better Ankita KS from EFY had an interaction with Akshay Bellare, vice president and general manager, Honeywell Technology Solutions, India.
Q. As a solution provider, what do you think are the major points to consider while designing the IoT solutions?
A. The first challenge is to understand the right customers, if not we end up with solutions that nobody cares about. Earlier, the product was always built first and then the customers buy them according to their needs. Now with everyone pivoting towards IoT, it is more about the right solutions. Having the good understanding of the customer needs is the most critical part today.
The second thing is being aware of potentially disruptive technologies. Ten years ago, disruptions were not that easy, but today with digital transformation, it is becoming a lot simpler. Initially, it was all about hardware and very little software, then came the hardware and embedded software. Now it is hardware, embedded software and data and this data bubble are getting bigger and bigger. Today, it is easier for somebody who doesn’t understand the domain to come up with a software capability and drive insights. So, to understand disruptive technologies is another critical thing.
Q. How is this Digital Transformation progressing in India?
A. With the digital India initiative, there is a lot of development happening in India. One big example is Aadhar authentication. No other country can say that they have biometric data of 1.2 billion people. So, digitisation is happening in India very rapidly through Make in India initiatives.
Q. Could you name a few industries that are adapting and growing with IoT on a vast scale in India?
A. In certain industries like oil, gas and aerospace, I see the IoT adaption is happening rapidly. For industries like autonomous vehicles, it would still take time but in smart cities and cashless payments we do see immense growth. Even in the United States, you need a credit card for any transaction but here I can order food using PayTm. Things are changing in India in a steady scale.
Q. Any example that you would like to share about Honeywell solutions that are impacting this growth?
A. In India, even though the labour is cheap, the maintenance cost is high. The best example would be the Honeywell’s Auxiliary Power Units (APU). Every aircraft has an auxiliary power unit that provides power when the jets are not running. Over 70% of APUs around the world are Honeywell APUs, including the one on the flight 1549 that Landed on Hudson river in 2009. Today with IoT, we are not only providing the APU but also provide the maintenance software. This software pulls the data from the APUs on a regular basis and performs analytics on it and proactively informs the aircraft maintenance crew about the health of the APU well ahead the crucial stage. So, there is no flight delay or risk of a defective APU and thus a lot of money gets saved. We have seen that this creates value for all airlines in India as well. So, there are some very specific areas where IoT is making a lot of sense.
Q. What are the major problems faced while deploying any IoT solution in India?
A. When you talk to the telecom guys, you see that they are struggling to keep up as the demand is increasing so much. Everyone needs more data, thus the bandwidth required is also high, this is one challenge from the IoT perspective. Also, when you provide an IoT solution, the bandwidth requirements keep going, this rises the concern of cybersecurity. So building a secure system is very important because if you do not have secure systems, there could be loss of the data hosted on the cloud and thus loss of customers.
Q. How is Honeywell tackling the IoT security issue?
A. When we talk about our offerings be it connected plants or connected supply chains, at the foundation of that, we have a big box named cybersecurity. Because without security the whole thing will collapse. So, we have embedded cybersecurity experts into every program. Because if we don’t have secure offerings, we lose our creditability, especially because the offerings are critically connected systems like defence, energy and aerospace. For us, cybersecurity is the foundation on which all the other systems are built.


This is the new GTS version of the Porsche Boxster
The 718-generation Boxster is our favourite roadster of the moment – so is this new GTS variant worth the extra outlay?
The Toyota Yaris GRMN is a hot version of the supermini, tuned by the firm's Gazoo Racing division
Can a supercharged 209bhp engine, a Torsen differential and a host of other changes turn the Yaris into a true Mini Cooper S Works 210 rival?
The new Honda Civic 1.6i DTEC EX
The latest generation Civic gains a diesel engine – which promises warm hatch fun and big gains in fuel economy. Can this Ford Focus rival deliver?
The large E-Class Cabriolet receives a splendid 328bhp twin-turbo V6 engine and AMG trim – does that make it a refined choice as an open-top cruiser?
Audi has gone and done the unthinkable: made a rear-driven R8. Can it offer McLaren 540C thrills for a price cut?
The hugely capable high-end SUV is now available with a V8 engine. Does a smaller engine makes it an even more compelling luxury offering?
The new BMW 6 Series Gran Turismo
The top-of-the-line 6 Series Gran Turismo has arrived in the UK, but does a more potent engine increase its unusual appeal?
The new Range Rover Velar P300 features a four-cylinder petrol engine
JLR’s most powerful four-pot isn’t the engine the Velar truly wants but perhaps the one that makes most sense
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Mitsubishi's unexpectedly refined family cruiser doesn’t conform to the class typecast, but is that ultimately to its detriment?
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We must be aware of and check our own acts of racism, prejudice, says Ramaphosa
The president delivered the national Heritage Day keynote address on Thursday under the theme ‘Celebrating South Africa’s Living Human Treasures’.
JOHANNESBURG - President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday urged South Africans to use Heritage Day to reclaim their identity and re-establish the spirit of Ubuntu as a nation.
The president delivered the national Heritage Day keynote address under the theme Celebrating South Africa’s Living Human Treasures.
Ramaphosa also used the occasion to honour legends, including Dr Esther Mahlangu, Madosini Latozi Mpahleni, and Ouma Katrina Letsau, who he said had upheld the country’s unique customs and traditions.
He said South Africa’s complicated and divisive history ridiculed the culture, identity, and appearance of many citizens.
Referring to the controversial Clicks TRESemmé advert, which sparked widespread outrage across the country, Ramaphosa said in order to achieve a united nation citizens should be aware of the country’s past and their own prejudice.
“An offensive hair advertisement that was recently published shows that we still have a long way to go,” Ramaphosa said.
He added: “It is disheartening to see that in democratic South Africa, there are still crude stereotypes of black women being put on public display.
“The social cohesion we seek in this country means we must be mindful of the legacy of our past, whether we are businesses selling products, whether we are producers of content for television, or otherwise.
“Building a united nation means we must be aware of and check our own acts of racism and prejudice continuously.”
The president said while South Africa continued to make a mark in the world through its display of culture, monuments glorifying a dark time in the country’s history should be repositioned and relocated, despite the controversy this has generated.
“This has generated controversy, with some saying we are trying to erase our history. Building a truly non-racial society means being sensitive to the lived experiences of all this country’s people,” Ramaphosa said.
“We make no apologies for this because our objective is to build a united nation. Any symbol, monument, or activity that glorifies racism, that represents our ugly past, has no place in democratic South Africa.”
The president said future generations should be proud to inherit a democracy that affirmed the worth and dignity of all its citizens.


A federal appeals court in New York has resurrected an ERISA lawsuit against Cammack LaRhette Advisors LLC, relating to its role as an investment adviser to a pair of 403(b) plans offered by New York University.
The Oct. 1 decision by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a New York federal District Court judge's ruling in March 2018 that had dismissed Cammack as a defendant in a fiduciary breach lawsuit against the 403(b) plans' fiduciaries.
"We do not comment on pending litigation," said Cara McAuley, a spokeswoman for parent company Cammack Retirement Group, in an email. Ms. McAuley's company provides investment advisory services through Cammack LaRhette Advisors.
The appeals court ruling — which sent the case back to the District Court — is the latest action in complex litigation involving the two NYU 403(b) plans.
Participants have argued that plan fiduciaries violated their duties under ERISA. Their complaint included allegations of excessive fees, poor-performing investments and failure to monitor co-fiduciaries.
The original lawsuit was filed in August 2016 only against New York University. Twelve months later, U.S. District Court Judge Katherine B. Forrest dismissed some of the complaints in Sacerdote et al. vs. New York University.
In November 2017, the participants filed a second lawsuit naming several other defendants — but not NYU. One month later, these defendants asked the judge to dismiss this complaint because it duplicated the first lawsuit. (Judges use the terms Sacerdote I and Sacerdote II to distinguish the cases.)
In January 2018, the plaintiffs amended their complaint, adding Cammack to the list of defendants in Sacerdote II. They maintained that the firm was a co-fiduciary to the plans and thus subject to ERISA's rules.
In January 2018 and again in March 2018, Ms. Forrest dismissed the claims in Sacerdote II, saying it duplicated Sacerdote I.
Ms. Forrest wrote that she dismissed the case because NYU and Cammack firm were "in privity," a legal term indicating that their interests were "aligned" because they had "a sufficiently close relationship."
However, the appeals court ruled against her interpretation. "Especially at the pleading stage, it was error for the district court to accept Cammack's argument that its interests were identical to those of NYU over plaintiffs' plausible assertions to the contrary," the appeal court judges wrote.
"The contractual and co-fiduciary relationships between NYU and Cammack are insufficient to find the parties in privity," they added.
The District Court judge's dismissal of Cammack in the Sacerdote II case "was legal error, and thus an abuse of discretion and a violation of the fundamental principle that a plaintiff has 'as many causes of actions as there are defendants to pursue,'" they wrote.
Meanwhile, plaintiffs in Sacerdote I have filed an appeal to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. In July 2018, Ms. Forrest ruled, after a trial, that the plaintiffs failed to prove that the NYU fiduciaries acted imprudently.
Jerome Schlichter, the lead attorney for plaintiffs in both NYU cases, said in an interview that no timetable has been set for the appeals court's review of Sacerdote I. Mr. Schlichter is the founding and managing partner of Schlichter Bogard & Denton.


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While fourth degree tears are not common in the UK, they can affect women giving birth by way of vaginal delivery.
Who will get a fourth degree tear?
A fourth degree tear is when the perineum, anal sphincters and rectum tear during childbirth. The injury can theoretically affect any woman giving birth vaginally, although the risk is increased if one or more of the following factors are at play:
- First vaginal birth
- Large baby (more than 4kg)
- Shoulder dystocia
- Forceps/ventouse delivery
- Induction of labour
How often do fourth degree tears happen?
It is difficult to say exactly how many women in the UK will suffer a fourth degree tear.
In 2008, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists estimated that each year 9% of women giving birth in the UK will sustain either a third or fourth degree tear. A third degree tear is similar to a fourth degree tear but does not involve the rectum.
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust issued a patient information leaflet in 2011 suggesting that 2% of women suffer a third or fourth degree tear each year.
The figures are therefore slightly different, and are also not distinct from third degree tears. Nevertheless, it is fair to say that fourth degree tears that not particularly common in the UK.
Fourth degree tear complications
In the same leaflet, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust estimates that around 20% of women will develop complications after a severe perineal tear. This can include perineal pain, faecal urgency and incontinence.
The problems may resolve with physiotherapy. However, it is possible that complications continue in the long-term. This is much more prevalent amongst women whose fourth degree tear was missed, and was not therefore repaired.
Missed fourth degree tear
If a fourth degree tear is not diagnosed and repaired, the level of care will not be of the standard expected. This represents a breach of duty. If this breach of duty causes a patient to develop complications – such as faecal urgency – there will be grounds for a medical negligence compensation claim.
To find out if you can claim compensation for a fourth degree tear, please get in touch with us at Glynns Solicitors. We specialise in these claims and have helped a number of women obtain the compensation they deserve. Although this will not undo the trauma you have experienced, it will provide some form of recompense.

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New York-based Jefferies, which also highlighted MMG's operational risks in a weekend note on the 75%-China Minmetals Corp owned company, said its high level of exposure to a weaker copper price was one concern, but probably not as big a problem as its "relatively high operating risk [Las Bambas and Kinsevere] and a levered balance sheet".
"Net debt was reduced by $226 million to $7.47 billion at the end of 2019 but is still high, especially in light of the new, unprecedented macro risks," the bank said.
The outlook for 2020 was "softer than expected".
"MMG now expects between 418,000-445,000t of copper production and 225,000-245,000t of zinc production in 2020. This is slightly below 2019 output due to lower grades at Las Bambas and Rosebery," Jefferies said.
"Cost guidance also rose across operations, with Las Bambas cost guidance rising from US80c-90c/lb to 95c-$1.05/lb.
"Rosebery is expected to produce only 55,000-65,000t of zinc in 2020, down from 83,500t in 2019.
"While further deleveraging would help, growth is likely to remain the focus for MMG moving into 2020."
MMG said last week this year was likely to be its peak capital spend period with $650-700 million earmarked for expansion projects. In 2021 capital expenditure was likely to be $500 million.
Chief financial officer Ross Carroll said at current commodity prices, MMG would be unable to make a $700 million loan repayment due in 2021. Discussions were underway with lenders.
MMG's share price was down another 11% today at HK$1.38, capitalising the company at HK$11.12 billion. The shares are around their lowest levels in 12 months and well off the peak for the period of HK$4 reached last April.


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Because of the rapid development of nanoscience and nanotechnology, nanoscale materials have drawn much attention. With decreasing the size of crystals to the nanoscale, many quantum-mechanical effects become more observable and can even dominate the electronic and optical properties of the materials. Also due to the promising, tunable, optoelectronic properties and potential for efficiency improvements, quantum confined (QC) semiconductor systems have drawn much attention for device applications. One of the attractive properties arising from quantum-mechanical effects is a size tunable band-gap since the band-gap increases as crystal size shrinks to smaller than the Bohr exciton radius. Quantum confined silicon nanoparticles (SiNPs) have received considerable attention, in part because Si is abundant and non-toxic, and in part because of the historical significance of Si in the microelectronics industry. Hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) has an even longer history of investigation and use in applications than SiNPs. The detailed properties, however, of the hybrid of those two materials when the SiNPs are quantum confined, is still missing. The hybrid material is a nanocomposite material, often called hydrogenated nanocrystalline silicon (nc-Si:H), consisting of SiNPs embedded in an a-Si:H matrix. Conventional nc-Si:H already exists and it has previously been shown that carriers transfer from a-Si:H to SiNPs rapidly. In addition, because of this carriers transfer, conventional nc-Si:H has less photodegradation than a-Si:H . However, in the growth processes of conventional nc-Si:H, the SiNPs form through spontaneous nucleation, so control of the SiNP size, surface termination, and distribution is weak and the Si nanocrystallites in conventional nc-Si:H normally are too large to exhibit quantum confinement effects. The band-gap of conventional nc-Si:H is essentially the same as crystalline silicon (c-Si) . This dissertation examines the optoelectronic and defect properties of quantum confined SiNPs, conventional a-Si:H and in particular of the same SiNPs in a-Si:H (QC-nc-Si:H). With a novel deposition process, we are able to reduce the SiNP size into the quantum confined regime and embed the quantum confined SiNPs into an a-Si:H matrix. QC-nc-Si:H is found to have a band-gap larger than c-Si while smaller than a-Si:H consistent with published model results. Using this QC-nc-Si:H we have seen the photoexcited carriers generated in the aSi:H matrix transfer into SiNPs much as they did with conventional nc-Si:H. In addition, this carrier transfer process dramatically reduces photodegradation (the Staebler-Wronski effect (SWE)) in the material. The QC-nc-Si:H with properties we have explored would open up new device possibilities such as an all nanocrystalline silicon-based multi-junction thin film solar cell or an alternative emitter or collector layer for a c-Si heterojunction (HIT) cell.
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I’ve written before about the Down syndrome holocaust happening in our country and around the world. For every ten babies diagnosed prenatally with Down syndrome, only one will get to live. The other nine will be killed, simply because they have an extra chromosome.
Many people blame the prenatal testing. But that isn’t the problem – the tests just provide information. The problem is how our society views Down syndrome. Consider this perfect example, where a couple reveals the results of their prenatal test on the Today show. Matt Lauer congratulates them on their good news, and then the mother remarks that they’re “safe” from Down syndrome.
That’s poor word choice, at the very best.
Not many people would pray for a child with special needs. I understand that. But to phrase Down syndrome so negatively is exactly why people feel that getting a negative result is “good” news, or that Down syndrome is something that they need to be “safe” from. This implication that Down syndrome is a curse to be avoided is disturbing and insulting. The Today show had an opportunity to do something good here, and instead, they perpetuated the same negative stereotypes.
People use Down syndrome as an insult. They say people with disabilities lead meaningless lives. People talk about making mercy-killings of the disabled legal. Parents have even filed wrongful birth lawsuits because they had babies born with Down syndrome. And now, we have Matt Lauer giving a couple the “good news” that they are “safe” from Down syndrome on a television show that reaches millions of viewers.
And we wonder why so many mothers abort their baby after a prenatal diagnosis?
We need to stop defining children by the number of chromosomes they have, or by the diagnosis of a disability. That doesn’t affect their worth. Parenting, and loving your child, should not be reliant upon having a “perfect” child.


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IF THE NEW BUSINESS AGREEMENT between Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. and TriPath Imaging, Inc. is successful, then the anatomic pathology laboratory may have a very different look in future years.
Last week, Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. announced a five-year global supply agreement with TriPath Imaging, Inc. that involves two primary objectives. First, Ventana will put its brand on a version of TriPath’s interactive histology imaging system and sell it worldwide. Second, this instrument system will be designed to run proprietary imaging assays produced by both Ventana and TriPath. TriPath Imaging will seek 510K clearance from the FDA for performance of the Ventana assays on the interactive imaging system prior to its launch in the U.S.
New Tools For Pathologists
THE DARK REPORT believes this collaboration has the potential to produce an integrated technology platform that gives pathologists a host of new diagnostic capabilities. It is the intent of both companies to provide pathologists with a way to complement cell morphology with molecular technology.
“We believe Ventana has long viewed imaging as part of the ‘total solution’ for the AP lab,” stated Paul Sohmer, M.D., President and CEO of TriPath. “A key part of its long-term business strategy is to compliment its staining solutions with an effective imaging solution.
“For TriPath Imaging, the Ventana agreement brings us two direct benefits,” explained Sohmer. “One, Ventana has the largest sales force in both the United States and the world calling on anatomic pathology laboratories. It is the goal of both companies to leverage this resource to place these imaging systems in laboratories throughout the world. That gives both Ventana and TriPath an installed base of instrument systems which can run new molecular assays as they are developed by both our companies.
“Two, rapid advances in genomics and proteomics are creating a new challenge for pathologists. In order for a pathologist to extract and deliver the full depth of information possible to a clinician, he/she must have a way to correlate cell morphology studies with the growing number of molecular assays relevant to that particular case,” he noted.
“Combining Ventana’s stainers with TriPath’s imagers allows us to provide pathologists with a way to make that correlation,” said Sohmer. “This need already exists for ER, PR, and Her2Neu testing, for example.”
“It is being developed as an interactive system,” noted Sohmer. “The pathologist must guide the system and the supporting technology to the clinical answer. It is also ‘real time.’ As the pathologist evaluates different areas of the specimen on the screen, alongside the image will be the data, including histograms and similar results.”
Sohmer revealed that a molecular cytopathology system is under development. “In contrast to histopathology, which needs to analyze and correlate a variety of supporting technologies, our molecular cytopathology imaging station is designed to increase productivity. Our molecular assay for cervical cancer, for example, will be developed to be used with and without an imaging device. It will complement our FocalPoint™ slide profiler, a screening system for cervical cytology,” he said. “Technology used in both the histopathology and molecular cytopathology systems is very similar.”
For TriPath Imaging, the Ventana agreement has at least three strategic business benefits. “This expands our presence into an entirely new segment of the clinical market,” explained Sohmer. “We will have a place in the anatomic pathology (AP) lab, just as we now have a place in the cytology lab.
“Next, this agreement provides TriPath with an opportunity to generate new revenue streams directly from the fee-for-service instrument placements sold to Ventana,” he continued. “As these instruments come into clinical use, it then supports the sale of proprietary assays developed by Ventana and TriPath.”
Two Molecular Assays
Sohmer noted that, in August, TriPath released two new molecular Research Use Only (RUO) products to select research centers for cancers of the cervix and breast. “These assays are available for research,” he said. “We expect to begin clinical studies early next year and file with the FDA for approval in late 2005.”
THE DARK REPORT considers the Ventana/TriPath collaboration to be a significant event. It should lead to an integrated system of specimen processing and specimen diagnosis in the anatomic pathology laboratory.
Of equal significance, these products are designed to support molecular diagnostic technologies as they evolve. The profession of anatomic pathology is at the earliest stages of a clinical evolution. Cell morphology as the primary source of AP knowledge is increasingly being supplemented by molecular (genomic/proteomic) analysis.
At some point, advances in molecular diagnostics may cause it not to supplement cell morphology, but to supplant it as the primary source of diagnostic information.
TriPath, Digene File HPV Docs with FDA
Even as Tripath Imaging announced its agreement with Ventana Medical Systems, it was taking steps to advance its liquid preparation Pap smear product.
On August 26, 2004, TriPath filed supplemental data with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to allow TriPath’s SurePath™ Test Pack as the specimen-collection medium for Digene Corporation’s hc2 High-Risk HPV DNA Test™. Both companies want FDA approval to use their products in this complementary fashion.
Just last Thursday,Digene Corporation disclosed it had filed its own premarket approval (PMA) supplement application with the FDA to allow use of TriPath’s SurePath™ Test Pack as the specimen-collection medium for Digene’s hc2 High-Risk HPV DNA Test™.
Typically, the FDA has 180 days to issue a ruling on these types of applications. For that reason, a decision on these PMA requests is not expected until the first half of 2005.


QUOTE (Franchize @ Dec 24 2012, 10:41 AM)
Its incredibly disheartening. I think ppl dont realize how detrimental it is to the sport. It all goes back to the irresponsible journalism Ive been preaching for the last two years. ESPN has boxing analysts yet how many times have you seen Dan Rafael, Teddy Atlas or BJ Flores on First Take? So essentially, your allowing Skip Bayless, who probably only watches Pacquiao fights, formulate the opinion of millions of casual fans. Its a huge black eye on the sport. Its the reason Mayweathers image has been tarnished. Its the birthplace of Pactard nation. Its the reason Marquez wont ever get the credit he deserves for the win. Its the reason people wont appreciate how great Cotto is. Its the reason why guys like Andre Ward dont get the recognition he deserves. All because of ESPN, its irresponsible journalism and its laziness to allow a guy like Skip Clueless to repeatedly and demonstratively speak on shit he has no clue about.
If you didnt see that Marquez vs Pacquiao fight, youd think Manny was dominating him and Manny just got caught with a lucky shot. When in fact, he was eating counters all night and got knocked down FOR THE SECOND TIME and simply could not get up. Not to mention, Skip joined Lampleys butthurt clan and is pushing this foul play conspiracy. Yet neither has mentioned the fact that Roach has had numerous fighters pop for PEDs and his only reasoning against stricter testing is because Manny wasnt willing to do it himself.
The light at the end of the tunnel is that sooner, rather than later, Pacquaio will retire and people like Skip Clueless (I like that one) will move on.
I'm optimistic for 2013 and beyond. We have more promoters in the mix., which should result in more boxers getting deals and more places to watch quality boxing (still not as it was years ago, but it's improving). More boxers are starting their own promotional companies and a lot of great young boxers are coming up.
The P.E.D issue is being discussed more often now.
I'd still like to see a boxers union, but I'm not holding my breath. Apart from that, I think things are now moving in the right direction.


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The community libraries in East End and Anegada are now open for regular hours, government announced last week.
The East End library closed for unexplained reasons in September 2019, leaving residents with no operational public libraries on Tortola.
The main library branch in Road Town shut its doors in early 2016 because of mould and other issues.
Though government later began work on a new library in Pasea Estate, the facility was converted into a temporary high school shortly after Hurricane Irma, and it still serves that purpose.
Deputy Premier Dr. Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley announced last month that plans for a national library and museum are in development, and that government would announce further details soon.
A Feb. 2 government bulletin states that the East End library is now open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday. The Anegada library is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 1 to 5 p.m. on Friday; and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday. Both facilities are closed on Sunday.
While the announcement didn’t list operational hours for the Virgin Gorda Community Library, it said the facility can provide information on request.
Visitors can contact the library in East End at 468-9750, in Anegada at 468-4991, and in Virgin Gorda at 468-9971.


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Thousands of refugees held in detention centres in Libya’s capital are in serious danger after becoming trapped by fighting that has engulfed the city in recent days, rights groups have warned.
Since fighting erupted between rival groups last week, more than 8,000 people have fled Tripoli and the surrounding area. But refugees detained in makeshift prisons in the city are at the mercy of government militias holding them.
“There is a serious risk to thousands of refugees and migrants trapped in detention, with at least one detention centre located in the direct vicinity of the fighting,” said Sam Turner, Doctors Without Borders’ (MSF) head of mission for Libya and search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean.
“Several other detention centres are dangerously close to the front lines. With the use of heavy weaponry and rapidly changing conflict dynamics, all people in these centres are at significant risk,” he told The Independent.
Nearly 7,000 migrants and refugees are being held in detention centres across Libya – around half of them in Tripoli. Detainees are arbitrarily detained in squalid conditions at the makeshift facilities, where torture and abuse is rife.
When fighting hit the city last year, hundreds of migrants were abandoned in one centre without food or water after guards fled in panic.
Heads of government detention centres in and around Tripoli told The Independent that hundreds of migrants have already been moved from areas on the frontline to central Tripoli, but there were concerns what would happen if the fighting entered the city centre.
Abdel-Rahim Rajahi, who used to run a migrant detention centre in Garabulli, east of the capital, said that hundreds of people had been transferred out of Ain Zara, a southern district of the capital which has been engulfed in fighting.
Mr Rajahi said his security colleagues in Tajoura, an eastern suburb of the capital, had received some of the migrants detained. Others were being sent to Triq al-Sikka, in the heart of the city.
“It is almost certain that the [fighting] will reach the detention centres,” he added. “Migrants will have to be transferred again by the forces of the anti-immigration agency.”
Haj Nasser, First Lieutenant at Triq al-Sikka, said that over 700 migrants had been temporarily transferred there. He added that Libya’s anti-illegal migration authority known as DCIM had set up a crisis centre fearing a repeat of 2018.
“We need the international community to help us with supplies,” he added.
The United Nations' refugee agency said on Thursday that it had evacuated 152 women and children from one centre near the fighting in the south of the city, and that more could follow.
“We are receiving calls of refugees who tell us they are scared for their safety,” said Paula Barrachina, a spokesperson for UNHCR. “Some of them can hear the clashes, they are worried about security.”
Ms Barrachina added that the UN said other relocations would “depend on the security situation on the ground”.
Libya has been in an almost constant state of chaos since the overthrow of longtime dictator Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 by a popular revolution backed by Nato airstrikes.
The country split into numerous armed factions in aftermath of the uprising. One of those factions, led by Khalifa Haftar, the self-declared field marshal of the eastern-based Libyan National Army, now vies for power with a UN-backed government supported by a collection of militias in the country’s west.
Last week, Mr Haftar launched an offensive to capture Tripoli with some 15,000 troops. More than 50 people have already been killed in the fighting.
The latest clashes in Libya have created a perfect storm for refugees who ended up in the country trying to reach a better life in Europe. Libya is thought to host some 700,000 migrants and refugees, who fled to the country from across Africa and the Middle East.
In recent years, the European Union has worked with the internationally recognised Libyan government to crack down on migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean, through funding and training the Libyan coastguard. As a result, thousands are now languishing in detention centres that the UN has described as “inhuman and shocking”.
While the number of refugees crossing the Mediterranean has steadily declined in recent years, more than 11,000 have made it across since January, according to the UN.
Almost 2,300 people died in 2018 trying to make the journey, compared to 3,000 in 2017. So far this year, an estimated 283 have perished during the crossing.
Last month, the European Union downgraded its own maritime rescue mission in the Mediterranean in a further effort to deter migration. Operation Sophia has been credited with saving nearly 50,000 lives since it was launched in 2015, at the height of the migrant crisis.
The downgrading of the EU mission appears to have come as a result of pressure from Italy, where anti-refugee sentiment is high and a populist government has cracked down on charity rescue missions operating off its coast.
On Wednesday, a boat carrying 20 migrants was taken back to Libya by the country’s coastguard more than 10 hours after issuing a distress call to EU authorities.
“In the vacuum of any dedicated search and rescue response, people’s lives are significantly at risk at sea just as they are in Tripoli’s conflict areas,” said Mr Turner.
“The European Union and its member states are complicit in violating international law by virtue of the fact that they are enabling the Libyan Coast Guard to intercept and forcibly return people to a country that is in no way a place of safety for refugees and migrants. The law clearly stipulates that survivors must be taken to a place where their safety is guaranteed,” he added.
A spokesperson for the European Commission said they were “closely monitoring the situation in and around Tripoli, especially in the detention centres located in conflict areas”.
“Our assistance will continue to address the needs of specific vulnerable groups such as children and women among others,” said Natasha Bertaud, the commission’s migration spokesperson.
She added: “For the EU, it is also essential to put an end to the cruel business model run by traffickers and smugglers with scant regard for human life. That is the objective of training the Libyan coast guard to carry out search and rescue it its own Search and Rescue zone, whilst at the same time working to evacuate people from Libya, open up legal resettlement paths and put an end to despicable detention conditions.”
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Looking to make the launch of the 2014 Corvette Stingray as efficient as possible, Chevrolet will be limiting the numbers of its dealers that can sell the all-new coupe and convertible. According to Automotive News, sales of the C7 Corvette will initially be limited to less than a third of Chevy's total dealership network when the 'Vette goes on sale this summer.
Only 900 dealers out of more than 3,000 locations nationwide will be allowed to sell the new Corvette at first, and the reason for this is so that there are no shortages at dealers that can actually get the cars sold. The article says that the 900 dealerships chosen represented 80 percent of total Corvette sales in 2012.
Some of the requirements dealers had to make to get initial allocation of Stingray sales include having sold at least four Corvettes in 2012 and having a Corvette Stingray specialist who will be required to have gone through a training session costing more than $2,000 per attendee. Once demand for the 2014 Corvette Stingray begins to subside - approximately six to nine months after it goes on sale - then allocation could open up to more dealers, but the report indicates this could happen following the 2014 model year.
'Tis the season... for road salt. And with that, comes rust. And what does rust bring? Well, for Ford and General Motors, a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration investigation. According to The Detroit News, NHTSA is looking into potential recalls issues with Chevrolet Express vans and Ford Freestar minivans.
The feds have received five complaints that rust has caused leaking fuel filler pipes on 2003 Express vans. Separately, seven complaints have been filed over excessive rust in the rear wheel wells of 2004 Ford Freestar and Mercury Monterey minivans. The Freestar and Monterey went out of production in 2007. Neither issue has resulted in any crashes or injuries, according to the report.
Chevrolet has thrown down the next hand in the pickup truck poker wars and revealed at least a couple of potential aces - depending on which numbers matter most to you. The 2014 2014 Silverado 1500 with its 5.3-liter EcoTec3 V8 gets 335 horsepower and 383 pound-feet of torque, is mated to a six-speed automatic, can tow 11,500 pounds with the optional Max Trailer Package and costs the same as the outgoing Silverado, $24,585 (*including $995 destination fee). Chevy says the Silverado also stands atop the fuel economy charts when comparing any competitor with a V8 engine - and some competitors with V6 engines. The two-wheel drive model returns 16 miles per gallon city, 23 mpg highway, 19 mpg combined in two-wheel drive guise and 16 mpg city, 22 mpg highway and 18 mpg combined as a four-wheel drive.
For context around those numbers, the most fuel efficient V8-powered 2013 Ford F-150 pickups lose about two mpg in every metric compared to the Silverado, the 3.5-liter V6 EcoBoost returning 16 city, 18 highway and 22 combined in two-wheel drive. However, that EcoBoost does have 365 hp and 420 lb-ft of torque. You can get a Ram 1500 with a 3.6-liter V6 that gets 25 mpg highway, but it has 305 hp and 269 lb-ft of torque. The 2013 Ram with the 5.7-liter Hemi V8 and its 395 hp and 407 lb-ft drops one mpg in every category to the Silverado. Its tow rating is 200 pounds beyond its nearest competitor, the F-150 with the Max Trailer Tow Package.
Elsewhere, the new Silverado gets a quieter cab with a redesigned interior, a new bed with improved load-management possibilities, disc brakes all around, tweaked steering and suspension, along with free standard scheduled maintenance for two years or 24,000 miles.


Cass County legalizes ORV use on roads; county fee removed
Published 8:00 am Tuesday, May 10, 2022
CASS COUNTY — Sharing the road is about to take on a new meaning in Cass County.
After listening to members of the public and debating among themselves, the Cass County Board of Commissioners approved an ordinance authorizing and regulating the operation of Off-Road Vehicles on roads in Cass County. The ordinance passed by a 5-2 vote, with Commissioners Mike Grice and Robert Benjamin voting against.
Benjamin, who represents Milton Township, said one of his concerns with the ordinance was it allows riding at night as long as the ORV has front and rear lights.
“I’d be concerned with not having some limits,” said Benjamin, during discussion of the ordinance. “We have townships that have already said ‘Hey, we’re allowing it.’ So, let them regulate it. I’m going to be opposed to this ordinance because the supervisors have told me to vote no.”
Throughout the course of the meeting, the ordinance was revised in several places. While the initial draft of the ordinance required operators to register ORVs with the county for a $75 fee, this section was removed entirely. During the April 21 public hearing, as well as public comment on May 5, several residents strongly objected to the fee, saying they already pay for state registration and a trail permit.
Commissioners cited these opinions during discussion of changes to the ordinance.
According to the ordinance, a person over the age of 16 may operate a state-registered ORV on the far right of the county-maintained roads, with several exceptions. ORVs will not be permitted on roads which a township, city or Cass County Road Commission has designated closed. They also will not be allowed on state or federal highways, as well as all identified U.S. Forest Service roads.
Permitted vehicles include side-by-sides, all-terrain vehicles, utility terrain vehicles and other similar vehicles. Golf carts are not permitted under the proposed ordinance.
Townships in the county may adopt ordinances to close roads to ORV use within its boundaries, as well as authorize the operation of ORV’s on particular township roads.
Additionally, the Cass County Road Commission may close no more than 30 percent of county roads to if the operation of ORV’s pose a threat to the environment or public safety. Further, the road commission may not close a municipal street to ORV’s opened by individual township ordinance.
The speed limit of ORVs will be 25 miles per hour or lower, depending on the road speed limit. A 12 by 12-inch safety flag must be affixed to the ORV, extending from a 10-foot pole. Violations of the ordinance would result in a fine of up to $500.
The board of commissioners may review or revise the ordinance as necessary, and it will become effective upon publication of a notice of adoption in the newspaper.