Canada is attempting to block a $1.3 billion industry in Australia by blocking imports of new motion picture cameras and video recorders.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Wednesday that the Federal Government will take action against the Motion Picture Industry Council (MPIC), the industry lobby group that represents the Motion Pictures and Television Association of Australia (MPTA).
According to a press release, Trudeau’s move will require Canadian companies to obtain a licence from the MPIC.
This means that they cannot import motion picture equipment that has been approved by the MPC, and will have to apply for a new one.MPIC is one of the biggest lobbying groups in Australia, with representatives in every state and territory.MPI is an association that represents all of the major Motion Picture and Television industries.
The MPI is a registered lobby group in Canada, but it has never lobbied the U of A in its entire history.
However, the MPI has repeatedly sought to use the U and Canada to stifle the motion picture industry and stop the importation of motion picture technology.
In 2013, MPI and its allies lobbied Canada to block the import of motion pictures, and have been working since then to block new imports of motion cameras.
The industry group is currently suing the federal government for failing to properly monitor importation and use of motion-picture equipment in Canada.
The MPI also threatened to file an antitrust complaint with the Canadian Competition Bureau (CCB) if the federal Government did not take action to prevent imports of Motion Picture equipment.
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and the Motion Video Association of Canada (MVCA) have also taken action against Canada in the past.
The MVA, a trade group for the Motion picture industry, is currently appealing the motion to stop imports.
The Canada-US Free Trade Agreement, which is being negotiated, would provide the federal and state governments with the power to intervene in the motion Picture Industry, which would in turn have a direct impact on motion picture exports from Canada.
If this is allowed to stand, Canada could block imports of foreign motion picture and television equipment in an effort to stymie new imports and competition.
The U.K. has also threatened action against Motion Picture Manufacturers and Exporters (MPMA) in the Motion Production Industry, a group that has lobbied against the import restrictions.
Motion picture producers, film producers and exhibitors say the motion production industry, which accounts for around 50 percent of the U:S.
motion picture market, has been negatively affected by these export restrictions.
The motion production sector, however, has a major stake in the continued export of motion film technology.
Under the terms of the motion pictures agreement, the U, U.A. and U.N. would be able to take action unilaterally against Canadian motion picture producers and exporters and Canadian motion film equipment manufacturers.
The U.U.S., which has the world’s second-largest motion picture production industry and has been in the process of negotiating a motion picture agreement with the U., would also be able unilaterally block the export of Canadian motion-film equipment.
The Motion Picture Production and Distributors Association of North America (MPAAN), which represents Motion Picture Producers, Filmmakers, and Exhibitors (MPPIE) in Canada and the U.:U.K., has repeatedly warned that the Motion Producers Export Control Act would prevent Canadian manufacturers and exporter from exporting the production of motion images and that the law could prevent foreign companies from importing the production.
In February, MPPIE released a report, “The Impact of Motion Pictures Restrictions on Motion Picture Imports and Exports,” which found that Motion Picture Export Control is “one of the most effective ways of keeping Canadian companies and their productions out of the Motion Portfolio,” according to the MPPIA.
According to the report, Canada has also been accused of stifling innovation by preventing foreign companies to compete on the same terms as domestic companies, and has not done enough to stop the imports of video recordable and electronic equipment from being used to create motion picture films.
Motion Picture Equipment Act (MPEA) provisions currently under consideration by Parliament include:The Motion Production Exporter Protection Act (MPEPA) would also prevent the import, use, or export of film and video equipment.
However: “The motion picture Industry Council of Canada and its affiliated trade associations will not be allowed to be active in the Canadian motion production market, and the motion-video equipment industry will be unable to enter the Canadian market.”
The U:U.A., the UIA, and other Motion Picture Exporting Associations in the U.-U.N.-MPAAM and MVCA, and others in the United States, have all argued that Motion Production Export Control (MPEC) and Motion Picture License Exemption (MPLE) are necessary to prevent domestic and


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text: There’s no such thing as being too young to think or envision your future. Be smart and wise, and think ahead. Plan ahead. Want more. People think that because you’re in your early 20’s you’re too young to be in love, too young to know what you want, too young to start you’re real life… But they’re wrong. 20’s are the years to figure yourself out. 20’s are the years to make your mistakes, and start making the right choices. Make it happen. Prove the world wrong. Be the 20 year old that’s not expected. It’s okay to be different. It’s okay to start your life early. No such thing as too young or too old in this world… Go to college at 50. Think about what kind of house you want, or how many children you want at 20. If you’re thinking about it, and can see it, it can happen; so make it happen. Don’t listen to what people say, what people are thinking, or how YOUR actions make THEM feel. Do what you want, think how you want, and worry about how your actions make you feel.

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The Value of IP: Raising Capital With Patents As Collateral
The Importance of Intellectual Property
Intangible assets make up over 80% of the S&P 500 today. In today’s market, intellectual property holdings have become core aspects in a growing number of businesses in a multitude of sectors from biotech to cyber security. As a result, asset-based lenders have turned to IP portfolios as another form of collateral to secure their loans. This creates new pathways for companies to raise capital using their IP. If lenders deem the value of physical assets inadequate to serve as insurance, patents could offer an alternative source of collateral that can often surpass the value of physical assets. Join us to discuss how to harness the value of a robust IP portfolio and learn the necessary requirements to utilize these intangible assets as a tool to secure funding.
Our panelists discuss:
– IP backed debt capital financing and its advantages
– Raising capital without highly dilutive round
– No equity or minimal warrant ownership
– Leveraging IP value to reduce cost of capital
– Ability to raise more capital for longer runway
– First hand experiences with the process from companies
– Basic Requirements
– Balancing this option with traditional debt and equity raises
About the Speakers
Moderator – Keegan Caldwell
Dr. Keegan Caldwell has an extensive and diverse experience with advising clients from innovation conception to 9-figure monetization events. Keegan works with start-ups and established entities to develop patent portfolios with as many options as possible for an ROI. Keegan has assisted clients with a broad spectrum of patent issues in tech and in life sciences and takes pride in curating high value patent portfolios. Keegan is particularly knowledgeable with respect to Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) procedures. His experience working at the United States Patent and Trademark Office in the Central Reexam Unit coupled with his deep patent prosecution experience uniquely positions him to provide valuable insights during a PTAB procedure to help clients win.
Geoff Pope is a risk professional with extensive experience providing insurance, risk management, and human capital services and solutions for middle-market, large private, and publicly-traded companies in various industries. He’s responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with prospective and current clients, as well as overseeing the delivery of excellent service. Former NFL player with the unique experience of leading teams and accomplishing goals. MBA from Columbia Business School with a concentration in macroeconomics, corporate finance, and strategy. Aon plc (NYSE:AON) is a leading global professional services firm providing a broad range of risk, retirement and health solutions. Aon’s 50,000 colleagues in 120 countries empower results for clients by using proprietary data and analytics to deliver insights that reduce volatility and improve performance.
Arran Stewart is the co-founder and CVO of blockchain recruitment platform Job.com. Relying on a decade worth of experience in the recruitment industry, Arran has consistently sought to bring recruitment to the cutting edge of technology. Arran helped develop one of the world’s first multi-post to media buy talent attraction portals, and also helped reinvent the way job content found candidates through utilizing matching technology against job aggregation. Arran is currently launching the first blockchain recruitment platform with Job.com – which aims to be the most secure, efficient, and transparent hiring process ever. As a first-mover in online recruitment technology with a decade of experience in recruitment, Arran’s expertise has been featured in Forbes, Reuters, Wired, and Hacker Noon, among other publications.
Chad Willardson is the President and Founder of Pacific Capital and is a Certified Financial Fiduciary, Accredited Wealth Management Advisor and Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor. He is the Author of two best-selling books, “Stress Free Money” and “Smart Not Spoiled” and Co-Founder of GravyStack, a new banking app that helps kids manage money. Before founding Pacific Capital, he spent 9 years at Merrill Lynch, where he ranked in the top 2% of over 16,000 Financial Advisors nationally. Chad is passionate about financial education and believes that with the right tools and resources, people can be empowered to make smart money decisions. He loves to help people organize their financial life, clarify their goals, and make decisions that lead them to a successful and fulfilling life.
He’s been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Inc., Yahoo Finance, Investment News, NASDAQ, U.S. News & World Report, Entrepreneur Magazine, etc.
Christian Wentz is the founder and CEO of Gradient, a secure data infrastructure company developing a solution for protecting computing and sensor infrastructure from silicon up to software, across edge to cloud devices. Gradient serves the enterprise market broadly, with a focus on critical infrastructure, fintech and defense intelligence applications.
Previously, Christian was founder and CEO of Kendall Research Systems, a neural interface company acquired by Kernel.co in 2017. He was a member of the founding team at Misfit, Inc., acquired by Fossil Group (NASDAQ: FOSL) in 2015 for $270MM.
Wentz received the inaugural Forbes’s 30 Under 30 award in Science & Innovation and was awarded the Hertz Foundation Myhrvold Family Fellowship to pursue a PhD at MIT. He earned an M.Eng in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science under Profs. Ed Boyden and Rahul Sarpeshkar, and an S.B. in Electrical Science and Engineering, both from MIT.


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On virtually every front—from trade and investment to technology and innovation—it has become clear that the U.S.-China relationship has entered a new, increasingly contentious period marked more by overt confrontation and competition than by coordination and cooperation.
In testimony before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, C. V. Starr Senior Fellow and Director for Asia Studies Elizabeth C. Economy argued “smart competition” means the U.S. must know what it is competing for, understand its competitor, and marshal the necessary resources to achieve its objective. While the Trump administration and Congress deserve credit for identifying and responding to many of the new threats posed by Xi Jinping’s China, the current strategy is falling short. To be successful and compete smartly, the administration must move beyond its reactive and defensive strategy to adopt policies that reflect a more sustainable path to effective competition with China.
To hear Dr. Economy’s testimony on how the U.S. can best do this, watch here.

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The former head of MI6 has warned Europe is facing a populist uprising
Sir Richard Dearlove warned the continent is facing a “populist uprising” amid growing anger from voters who feel they have been betrayed by political elites in London, Paris, Berlin and Brussels.
The retired spy chief said millions more migrants will come to Europe over the next few years, which could spark a terrifying spiral of events ending in bloody uprising against leaders across the West.
He also urged Brussels bureaucrats not to press ahead with a hugely controversial and shambolic deal with Turkey, which will grant visa-free access to the EU to more than 80 million citizens of the predominantly Muslim country.
Sir Richard’s remarks came after the UN ambassador and American actress Angelina Jolie warned the world will descend into “chaos” if Europe does not solve its migration crisis.
Sir Richard Dearlove, left, said anger over mass migration is spiralling out of control
Far-right groups like Pegida have enjoyed a spike in popularity
More than a million migrants came into Europe last year, opening up unprecedented divisions within the EU and sparking a surge in support for far-right parties.
Mass demonstrations against immigration have taken place in a number of European countries and especially Germany, where a gang of 1,000 migrant men raped women out celebrating New Year’s Eve in Cologne.
The far-right group Pegida, which began in Germany, has spread out across the continent amid growing anger and suspicions that officials are covering up sex crimes committed by migrants.
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Sir Richard warned there are no 'James Bond-esque' solutions to the migrant crisis
Angelina Jolie said the world is heading for 'chaos' over the migrant crisis
The EU will find itself at the mercy of a populist uprising, which is already stirring
And in a dire warning today Sir Richard said: "If Europe cannot act together to persuade a significant majority of its citizens that it can gain control of its migratory crisis then the EU will find itself at the mercy of a populist uprising, which is already stirring.”
The respected former spy chief described Britain’s referendum on leaving the EU as "the first roll of the dice in a bigger geopolitical game”, and branded the EU-Turkey deal "perverse, like storing gasoline next to the fire we're trying to extinguish".
He urged European countries to reject Turkey’s blackmailing and pledge more money to tackling the origins of mass migration in North Africa instead, adding that a ”massive response" and a "much more aggressive operation” was needed.
But he cautioned against shutting the door to migration altogether, saying: ”In the real world there are no miraculous James Bond-style solutions.
“Human tides are irresistible unless the gravitational pull that causes them is removed.”
A number of European nations including Austria, Germany and Hungary have moved to reintroduce border controls in recent months, pushing the EU's Schengen zone to the point of collapse.
Sir Richard was speaking to the BBC during a day of programming by the corporation focussing on the raging debate around migration.
Earlier Angelina Jolie warned of a a “race to the bottom” between European countries to reintroduce border controls, adding that “fear of migration” could threaten world peace.
She added that politicians’ failure to gain control of the migrant situation had “eroded public confidence” in the current refugee system, lending “a false air of legitimacy to those who promote politics of fear and separation”.


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Easter is just around the corner and it’s time to start thinking about Easter Egg Hunts, Easter dresses and of course Easter Brunch. I am a big fan of brunch and plan lots of my celebrations around this low-key, sorta fancy, definitely delicious meal. I teamed up with Tuesday Morning to show you how easy it is to bring the fresh look of springtime to your table, and get your celebration hopping with a stylish bunny themed Easter Brunch table setting.
By now, you I am a big fan of brunch, which explains why I have changed our families typical Easter dinner tradition to a more casual brunch celebration. I found so many great finds at Tuesday Morning for our brunch table setting and hope you will hop on over to the Tuesday Morning Blog to check out all of the details.
I was inspired by these cute egg holders and set out to create a colorful table setting centered around these little bunnies.
Now that the table is all set and ready for our guest to arrive it’s time to start thinking about what you will serve at your Easter brunch. One of the great things about brunch is you can still serve the traditional Easter ham and cheesy potato casserole, but you can pair it with lighter dishes and incorporate lots of pastries and sweets, like these Lemon Cheesecake Crescent Rolls. I made a delicious Asparagus Tart with Lemon Honey Sauce that is not only delicious, but pretty too!
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TOPSHAM, Maine — Music filled the Orion Performing Arts Center as the Midcoast Symphony Orchestra prepped for two concerts, just over a week away.
Most of the musicians likely began playing when they were children, and either kept at it over the years or came back to their instruments as adults.
Then there is Sally Gunderson.
Sally said she wanted to play the flute as a young girl but never got the chance.
“My mom looked at me when I was four or five years old and [I] said I wanted to play the flute,” Gundersen recalled. Now a grandmother herself, she recalled the reaction to that flute request many years ago.
“She said, 'Your brother just quit the piano, you can play the piano.' I wasn’t impressed.”
But the girl didn’t drop the dream. Gundersen said she learned to play the pennywhistle and the recorder as a young mother. Then, in her mid-20s, she finally decided to ask her friend Linda Brunner for lessons.
Brunner is an accomplished flute player herself, and taught flute, mostly to young people.
Brunner responded by going home, without explanation, and returning with a flute for Sally to try.
“She said 'Here is where you put your fingers, play with it four or five days... if you get noise out of it, let me know.'"
Sally said she got the notes and called, and lessons began.
“I thought she’s really nice and everything, but I didn’t think she would do anything with it, particularly,” Brunner recalled with a laugh.
That turned out to be an underestimation of the persistence of her new pupil.
Gunderson worked hard at learning how to both read the music and play the flute.
“I just wanted to play, and so I just started playing and took it from there,” Sally said.
“She did it!” Brunner said with a smile and obvious pride in her friend and former pupil.
Sally admitted it wasn’t easy. After a couple of years of lessons, Linda got Sally playing with local bands in Hallowell and Bath, to help her gain confidence and ability in counting notes and staying on tempo — a step Sally admits was intimidating.
“I remember I played with a woman in the Wiscasset town band whose husband was a pretty good French horn player. He looked at us after the first concert and said 'You guys have a lot of nerve to get up and do that.' And I don’t think that was a compliment,” Sally said with a laugh.
After playing with multiple bands, Sally took the big step at Linda’s suggestion and tried out for the Midcoast Symphony. She eventually joined the orchestra and has been playing their concerts, along with Linda, for more than 25 years.
“Sometimes it still terrifies me but I love it,” she explained, then smiled.
And Sally isn’t the only member of the orchestra to find their passion for playing music at a similar age. Retired attorney Robert Frank said he was over 30 when he began learning the violin and actually helped start the Midcoast Symphony 30 years ago.
“It's part of who I am now,” Frank said. “I just can’t imagine my life if I were not playing regularly in some kind of musical setting.”
Frank said he definitely felt at a disadvantage learning to play as an adult, while children seemed to learn more quickly and easily.
“I’m still on the steep portion of my learning curve,” he said.
Asked about the difficulty of learning both music and the instrument as an adult, Linda said it’s a matter of persistence.
“If you want it, it isn’t that much of a challenge. You just do it.”
Sally sees it a little differently, though with the same result.
“Sometimes it seems darn near impossible still,” Sally explained.
“I don’t know, I just kept playing and playing.”


Health Reform and John Wesley Powell - Health Care Editorial
We all knew we were in for a bumpy ride when the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was signed into law in 2010. As we continue our journey, I can’t help but be reminded of an explorer who passed through Colorado nearly 150 years ago on his way to Green River, Wyoming.
Prior to Major John Wesley Powell’s expedition in 1869, there was widespread belief that no one who ventured down the Colorado River would ever emerge from it alive. However, Major Powell and nine other men embarked on a journey that would prove this belief false and forever change the West.


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A woman who sued Beyonce Knowles alleging the singer illegally used her lyrics on the hit song Baby Boy has taken her case to a federal appeals court.
Jennifer Armour of Shakopee, Minnesota, claims the 26-year-old diva took the lyrics from her song, Got A Little Bit Of Love For You.
Her lawyer argued that the copyright infringement lawsuit — dismissed by a Houston judge’s summary judgment in favour of Beyonce last year — should be heard by a jury.
The singer did not attend the hearing before a three-judge panel from the New Orleans-based 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals, which was convening in Lubbock, Texas, for three days of hearings. The panel has yet to make a ruling.
Armour’s attorney, Dana Kirk, told the judges that an expert analysed Armour’s slow and melodic version alongside Beyonce’s hip-hop song and that the two are substantially similar.
But Cynthia Arato, representing the Destiny’s Child star, said the standard for copyright cases is what an ordinary person hears, not an expert’s analysis. The judge who heard the case in Houston last year had ruled the two songs were “substantially dissimilar.”
Armour’s lawsuit claims she heard Beyonce performing Baby Boy in 2003 “and recognised the hook and some of the lyrics from her song.
“I do believe it was the heart of my song,” she said after Wednesday’s hearing. “When I first heard it, it hit me.”

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was an American professional basketball player who is currently retired. He have played for the Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers. He is the greatest player of all time.Early Life (Childhood)
He was born to Cora Lillian and Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Sr. He was the only child of his parents. His father was a transit police officer and his mother was a department store price checker. He studied at Power Memorial Academy in Manhattan.Interesting Facts
His birth name is Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr. His net worth is $20 million. He weighs 102 kg. His zodiac sign is Aries. He got nickname “The tower from Power” by his Power Memorial team coach Jack Donahue.Personal Life
He got married to Habiba Abdul-Jabbar. Her birth name is Janice Brown. The couple first met each other at a Lakers game at UCLA. The couple two daughters and a son. In 1978 they got divorced. Cheryl Pistono gave birth to his son named Amir.NETWORTH And ACHIEVEMENT
In 1980, 1977, 1976 he won NBA MVP Award. In 1970 he won NBA Rookie of the Year Award. In the same year he won NBA All-Rookie Team. In 2013 he won NAACP Image Award. He became Naismith Men’s College Player of the Year in 1969.Rumor
While he was playing for LA, there were many rumors about him leaving the team.


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The Brookhaven City Council voted Aug. 19 to approve issuing a 6-month moratorium on rezoning requests, in part to halt the rapid development including hundreds of apartments that have been proposed along Dresden Drive.
The moratorium went into effect immediately and is expected to be lifted by February 2017.
“Right now, Brookhaven has been labeled the fastest growing ZIP code in the Atlanta area. This moratorium will allow us to chart Brookhaven’s course to become the smartest growing ZIP code in the Atlanta area,” said Mayor John Ernst.
The moratorium is also tied to the city’s current character area studies of various neighborhoods in the city as residents provide input on how they went to preserve where they live. Mayor John Ernst said by halting rezoning requests and proposed developments, residents can concentrate solely on their visions for their neighborhoods and the surrounding area.
“I look forward to working with residents and staff over the next six months on our Character Area Study and Peachtree Corridor Overlay District and Zoning Ordinance rewrites to define this shift in our community. We want to provide clarity and welcome developers who share our vision of a city that is a model for future urban development.”
The City Council votes Aug. 23 on one of the proposed Dresden Drive propose mixed-use developments. The Planning Commission voted Aug. 3 to recommend denying approval of the development that includes a proposed 194-unit apartment complex with 20,000 square feet of retail space. Developers want rezone more than 3 acres at 1336-1370 Dresden and 2544-256 Caldwell, where the DeKalb County Tax Commissioner office is located, from O-I (office institution) and PC-2 (pedestrian community) to entirely PC-2.
The moratorium will not affect applications already on file with the city or requests for variances, including the Brookhaven-Oglethorpe MARTA redevelopment. The proposed MARTA plans go before the Planning Commission Sept. 7.
The moratorium does not affect development that does not require rezoning.
The rezoning applications affected are those that request a change to or from a single-family residential, two- and three-family residential, multifamily residential zoning classification, and PC-1, PC-2, PC-3 and OCR zoning districts. The moratorium does not apply to the Special Tax District – the area annexed by the city near I-85 that is primarily owned by Emory and CHOA, according to the ordinance.

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07-19-2010 05:44 PM
I too have the same issue on a Thinkpad T410s 2901-CTO. It has both a NVIDIA discrete and Intel integrated graphics card. I put the laptop to sleep in the night and the next morning the band appears all of a sudden. I called Lenovo today and they are sending me a shipment box. I have been given a turn around time of 1-3 business days, so lets see. Good Thinkpad, but bad display design. On the other hand my 5 year old T43 is still rocking (better resolution 1400x1050 and form factor) and can show me what I am typing, every pixel!
07-19-2010 07:22 PM - edited 07-19-2010 07:24 PM
I'm just curious as to what would be the cause of this malfunction? Is it the manufactured LCD (that came out on certain dates?) or just the way the user normally handles the laptop?
The hardware maintenance manual (pg 137 or pg145 of PDF file) says not to put pressure on the base of the LCD (because of the PCB that's there). But if you close the laptop, then hold the laptop like a notebook at the base of the LCD (in between the hinges), that would apply pressure on that site. When I closed my laptop and tried to hold it there, I could definitely the base of my LCD screen bending...
07-22-2010 04:57 AM
Lenovo came to my work place to fix my laptop...........
Day 1 - Replaced LCD Screen and LCD cable. Same problem again, vertical band. I was told then that the Motherboard needed to be changed (very strange)
Day 2 - Replaced LCD Screen again and the Motherboard. This time NO power. Motherboard was stuffed. So much for QA in Lenovo factory
Day 3 (today) - Replaced Motheboard...Finally it works. So far so good. Although it is only 8 hrs old at the moment
07-22-2010 09:41 AM - edited 07-22-2010 09:42 AM
They replaced the LCD in my T410s and so far so good. Called Lenovo on Monday, recieved a shipment box on Tuesday, sent by UPS overnight to Memphis, repaired on Wednesday and rcvd today. Hope it does not need further Lenovo visits.
07-22-2010 12:19 PM
They swapped my LCD as well and so far so good. (though it has only been a few days) Hoping whatever underlying defect caused this is addressed.
(though if someone else needed their motherboard swapped then I am wondering how well the problem is understood and under control)
07-27-2010 11:09 AM
got 2 out of 15 laptops recently purchased exhibiting this same symptom. both going in for service ASAP. funny how the tech was like, oh ive not seen this, but issued the box ASAP without any dorking of drivers/bios, etc.
07-28-2010 08:53 AM
Egad! We are rolling out 23 new ThinkPads (five T410, fifteen T410s and four T510) and one T410 had a "white screen" issue (LCD replaced) and now one of our T410s' has a vertical white stripe. I don't have enough fingers to keep crossed!
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A Low HERS Score Delivers High Returns
September 19, 2018
When you’re looking for a home that is high on energy efficiency, look for a low number. The Home Energy Rating System (HERS) was established to provide a careful standard for evaluating new and resale homes. With this particular series of tests, you don’t want to score high on the scale. In fact, a low HERS score delivers high returns. So, Cothran Homes aims low when we build our homes and communities in Greenville, SC, and the surrounding area.The HERS scale runs from 0 to 150. A rating of 100 is the industry standard for energy efficiency. On the upper end of the scale is a home that doesn’t deliver on energy efficiency or comfort. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) established that a typical resale home rates a 130, which means it’s 30% less energy efficient than this baseline. A typical new construction home that was built to 2004/2006 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) is rated 100 on the HERS Index. Convert those percentage points into dollars and 30% equals approximately $539 in annual energy savings!Every point below that level indicates a percentage point of improvement. So, a home that has been inspected by a certified HERS rater and given a 70 HERS score is 30% more energy efficient than a typical new home and 60% better than a typical resale.Can your home ace this test?The HERS inspection literally examines a home from top to bottom:
- All exterior walls, above and below grade
- Floors covering unconditioned spaces (garages and cellars)
- Attic, foundation, and crawlspaces
- Windows and doors
- Vents and ductwork
- HVAC system
- Water heating system
The third-party-certified inspector looks for leaks and checks the effectiveness of your systems and insulation, as well as identifying any possible combustion safety issues.More than 2 million homes have undergone the in-depth HERS inspection since the program was started.The rewards of a low HERS scoreThere’s significant value in learning the HERS rating of a home—whether it’s the one you own or one you’re thinking about buying:
- Save on energy bills. With more energy efficiency throughout your home, you save money on your utility bills.
- Lower cost of homeownership. Those high energy bills should be factored in when calculating the total cost of ownership.
- Higher resale value. A home that can verify its energy efficiency with a low HERS index rating has been shown to gain an average of 8% in resale value.
- Qualify for an energy mortgage. This mortgage credits the value of a home’s energy efficiency, which could allow for a higher debt-to-income ratio for the homebuyer.
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We interrupt my real life in the H1N1 response to bring some sad news to the Stargate family. Dom DeLuise, talented comedian and the creator of the much-beloved character Urgo, has died at the age of 75.
Urgo once said, “I wanna live! I wanna experience the universe! And I wanna eat pie!” Hopefully you’re now getting to do so.


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Bleeding For 2 Months After The Biopsy?
Pg doctor My mother had bleeding after a biopsy to this day, it has been 2 months. How to deal with it?
Good morning, thanks for the question
Prolonged bleeding after invasive procedures including biopsy is not a normal condition. The causes include:
1. Wound infection
2. Vascular injury
3. Blood clotting disorders
4. Take blood thinners
In such conditions further evaluation by the attending surgeon is necessary. If the bleeding is seeping then the action that can be done independently in the form of performing dressing in a related location, after that it still needs further examination to determine the cause so that further management can be more directed.
If it is caused by an infected wound, the wound needs to be sterile cleansing and administration of adequate antibiotics. If caused by a blood vessel injury, ligation or cauterization is needed to stop the bleeding, and so on. This condition needs special attention and appropriate treatment because prolonged bleeding will cause circulation disorders to shock due to reduced blood volume.
That's all, hope you can help.

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Here are terms (many with definitions!!) that are used with embedded Linux.
- Abatron is a Swiss company that makes a popular Jtag debugger often used to debug embedded Linux. Their primary products are the 'BDIx000' line of Jtag debuggers.
- Short for "Joint Test Action Group", jtag refers to a debugging interface used to validate hardware and debug software on an embedded board. See the wikipedia JTAG entry.
- The Linux kernel is the core software in a Linux system that interfaces with the hardware, manages resources on behalf of process, and mediates interactions between processes and the hardware, and between processes themselves.


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Wow! Cardi B from ‘L&HH: New York’ has some dreams of walking the red carpet at the Academy Awards and we’ve got all details on her big plans here!
Cardi B, 24, wants to take her drama from reality TV to the big screen! “Cardi’s likely going to be at some Oscar parties but man, she’d love to be walking on the actual red carpet, wearing a fierce ass designer gown, and being nominated for best actress or best musical score!” a source told HollywoodLife.com EXCLUSIVELY.
“She’s got so much potential that’s ready to be unleashed and now that Jay Z got inducted into the songwriters hall of fame, she knows her dreams can be reached,” the insider said. Cardi definitely has some big dreams for the future and “wants to taken as a serious actress.” She will be choosey about what projects she picks even though she’s “got acting scripts coming her way left and right,” and the source said, “she’s choosing very carefully what she takes.”
“She’ll definitely be watching Hollywood’s biggest night in hopes that in five years, she’ll be on the stage accepting her very own Oscar,” the source told us. Wouldn’t that be something? In the meantime, Cardi B has plenty to be excited about with her budding relationship Migos rapper, Offset. “Even thought the relationship is still fresh, Cardi’s really into Offset,” a source previously told HollywoodLife.com.
“Like, for real for real. She digs his sex appeal and how raw and authentic he is. Everything is perfect between them and she wants to grow with him, but she doesn’t want fame to ruin their relationship,” the insider said. The two are clearly into each other and Offset even dropped $25,000 on a diamond Cartier bracelet! “Like the Cliffhanger game on the Price Is Right, they’re both on that steep incline to stardom and Cardi doesn’t want their careers or their relationship to fall off,” the insider added.
HollywoodLifers, do you think Cardi B will win an Oscar someday? Tell us in the comments below!

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PACK EXPO International takes place at McCormick Place in Chicago, IL October 14th - 17th. This RoboticsTomorrow.com Special Tradeshow report aims to bring you news, articles and products from this years event.
Booth #N5853 - KEBA offers KeMotion which is a complete solution for robot and machine automation. PLC, motion, robotics, drive technology, safety technology and HMI are all combined in a compact system.
Booth #S2373 - Pack Expo will allow us to introduce our MotoMini robot to the packaging community.
Exponential technology advances, strong economy propel North America's premier manufacturing show
IMTS is the North American launch pad for our new flagship line of cobots, the e-Series. With e-Series, we raise the bar for cobots, strengthening the core principles that define collaborative robots: Visit us at Booth #236861 for more.
Expanded technology pavilions, co-located shows, conferences, events and two AMT's Emerging Technology Centers; digital connectivity and additive manufacturing among hottest technologies showcased for manufacturers and job shops.
Majority of Exhibitors at North America's Largest Manufacturing Show Pick Universal Robots for Collaborative Robot Applications
With more than 20 exhibitors at IMTS choosing collaborative robot arms from Universal Robots for their show applications, the Danish robotics pioneer will be the number #1 cobot on display
Smart Manufacturing Hub, North Building, Level 3, Booth 236800 connects with the leading thinkers and doers in the manufacturing industry. The Smart Manufacturing Hub will feature hourly presentations on the most advanced and innovative solutions.
Meet 100 robotic solution providers, suppliers and enabling technology innovators while networking with 2000 attendees. There will be distinct educational themes and 120 presenters.
Booth #134845 - OMRON's flexible manufacturing demo will present several solutions designed to help companies meet the customization demands imposed by today's increasingly globalized and eCommerce-driven market.
Booth #236200 - KUKA's KMP 1500 is an omnidirectional, mobile platform that combines autonomous navigation with modular versatility.
Booth #121659 - The KeTop T150 has a capacitive touchscreen that can be operated as a true multi-touch and thereby scores with its intuitive usability, maximum ergonomics and best user experience.
Booth #121838 - We'll be showcasing Energid's real-time adaptive unified online robot control software called Actin, and demonstrating it being used in a variety of applications one of which is a turn key bin-picking solution
Get a sneak peek at this year's PACK EXPO International and Healthcare Packaging EXPO show floor
Booth #236417 - ATI will present three new products at the 2018 show. You may have heard about the Axia80; ATI's high-performance, low-cost force/torque sensor, but this year attendees can see it live in an interactive demonstration.
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Our fully autonomous intelligent vehicles will help you to transform the way you move materials and route your workflows. Increase throughput, eliminate material flow errors, improve traceability, maximize flexibility and allow your employees to focus on higher level tasks. Unlike traditional AGV's, our mobile robotics navigate using the natural features of your facility and do not require expensive facility modifications or guidance. Our AIV's can adapt to changes in their environment and work freely and safely with your staff. Our mobile robots are intelligent enough to quickly learn their environment and then automatically find the optimal path to where they need to go. They also automatically make adjust for dynamic environments and can work together in fleets of up to 100 robots.


Climatic Correlates of Tree Mortality in Water- and Energy-Limited Forests
Recent increases in tree mortality rates across the western USA are correlated with increasing temperatures, but mechanisms remain unresolved. Specifically, increasing mortality could predominantly be a consequence of temperature-induced increases in either (1) drought stress, or (2) the effectiveness of tree-killing insects and pathogens.
Using long-term data from California’s Sierra Nevada mountain range, we found that in water-limited (low-elevation) forests mortality was unambiguously best modeled by climatic water deficit, consistent with the first mechanism. In energy-limited (high-elevation) forests deficit models were only equivocally better than temperature models, suggesting that the second mechanism is increasingly important in these forests. We could not distinguish between models predicting mortality using absolute versus relative changes in water deficit, and these two model types led to different forecasts of mortality vulnerability under future climate scenarios.
Our results provide evidence for differing climatic controls of tree mortality in water- and energy-limited forests, while highlighting the need for an improved understanding of tree mortality processes.


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This New York Apartment Is What Dreams Are Made Of
The notion that all bachelors live in mismatched dorm-like apartments is antiquated—especially among Manhattan's crop of...
The home’s entry as it is today is a planar collage of right angles and various materials.
The minimal aesthetic is seen in the galley-style kitchen, where the cabinets have no visible hinges...
A garden of of small herbs and vines creates a fan of green as the plants creep up the outside walls.
The birch plywood cabinets, designed by Jeffries, are paired with engineered wood countertops by Valchromat and...
A cedar-slat rain screen hangs on the facade of Denis Carpenter’s concrete house in Jersey City, softening its...
Large scale narrow modular pavers surround an outdoor fountain at this residence.
Vegetation from the garden on the lower roof provides a contrast to the backdrop of Gowanus’s rapidly changing...
Passive House guidelines, like thick insulation, can often result in very simple forms, she says.
Architect Indra Janda hand-cut sheets of polycarbonate into 15¾-inch square shingles and clad the entire timber...
The house that came with the lot had suffered years of neglect, but its old bricks were readily salvageable.
A mix of red cedar shingles and scales make of the exterior.
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Farm & Ranch Living…
For Families Who Love the Land
Farm & Ranch Living celebrates families who believe words like “rural,” “land,” “soil” and “earth” have very special meanings. Each issue of the magazine features month-long diaries by four farm or ranch families in different parts of the country. These day-to-day journals describe work, fun, church, 4-H, FFA and even the menus of some family meals.
Throughout the magazine, Farm & Ranch Living readers tell about their own experiences raising livestock, growing crops and gardens, putting up produce for winter consumption and working to constantly improve their land. Readers include traditional farmers and ranchers whose families have been on the land for generations and for whom farming or ranching is their only way of life and only source of income.
But readers also include small-acreage farmers and ranchers who see a piece of land of any size as agricultural as long as there is a serious attempt to grow or raise crops or livestock. Regardless of the size of their land—and regardless of whether they have off-the-farm jobs—Farm & Ranch Living readers believe in raising their families in the country where rural values of work and neighborliness still prevail.
Since 1978, Farm & Ranch Living has worked hard to be inspiring, heartfelt, entertaining, friendly, warm and fun to read. Its short articles and essays tug at the heartstrings, and its agricultural photos range from cute and humorous to breathtakingly beautiful.
A Brief History of the Magazine
Back in 1978, our company had been successfully publishing its first ad-free magazine, Farm Wife News. That magazine surprised the publishing industry for two reasons: Most farm magazines had announced they were going to drop their women’s sections because they couldn’t sell enough ads to support the sections; and now here was a new magazine—targeted solely at farm women—that was not only surviving, but thriving without advertising.
What’s more, the staff at Reiman Publications soon learned that farm husbands were reading Farm Wife News. The men obviously enjoyed the change of pace offered by the articles in FWN.
As a result, the idea for a separate magazine began to emerge: If farmers and ranchers were so eager to read FWN, why not turn out a rural lifestyle ad-free magazine for farm families?
With that concept in mind, Farm & Ranch Living was launched in March 1978. The Premiere Issue had a gleaming color cover, high-gloss paper inside, and no ads.
Readers were told right up front that this wasn’t another agri-business publication. Instead, it would help folks who believed there’s no better place to live or work than on a farm or ranch share their beliefs and experiences with others of the same mind.
The magazine was an immediate success—and it still is! By the way, Farm Wife News went on to change its name to become Country Woman.
Next year, Farm & Ranch Living will be celebrating its 30th anniversary!

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December 22, 2012
There is help for our veterans who are looking to refinance their mortgage loans. With the help of a VA home loan when using a VA Streamline loan the refinancing process should be very easy.
What Is The VA Streamline Loan
The VA Streamline loan was created in 1944. The purpose of this loan was to give aid to the former military personnel when purchasing their homes and helping maintain their homes. This is a loan that was guaranteed by the Veteran’s Administration. With this type of a loan the veterans would receive an interest rate that was considerably lower than that of a typical financial lender.
Even as a veteran there are those that are being denied for the VA Streamline Loan. They are being denied due to a not so good credit history or because the home that they own has lost it’s original value. Believe it or not even though the banks are denying you there is still help and options available to you.
Guidelines To A VA Streamline Loan
Even though the lenders claim that they know all of the mortgage rules and policies for every type of a loan out there the personal loans for bad credit lenders who are unfortunately denying the VA Streamline loans are doing so because they do not know the policies of the lending for the Veteran’s Administration. They will deny the loan due to them not wanting to take the risk. This is not correct. It is important that as a veteran you know the guidelines and rules as well as the lender.
The first and major thing to remember when applying for one of these loans is that there is no credit score required. Many lenders will demand that they run your credit score. If you are a person with a not so good credit history it might be a great idea to walk away from that lender and find one who will follow the correct policies of the Veteran’s Administration.
Another guideline that should be followed is that there is no appraisal required. This is a very important guideline to remember because in today’s housing market there are many people who have upside down mortgages. This is because the values of their homes have crashed and the amount of their mortgage is more than what their house is worth. As a Veteran you have the option of refinancing your home under the VA Streamline loan without having to worry about how much is owed on your current mortgage loans with no credit check.
The last guideline is that manufactured homes are eligible. If you are a veteran with a current VA mortgage loan you will be eligible for this loan whether you have a manufactured home or a home that the frame has been built.
As a Veteran you have many advantages when it comes to certain things. A home loan and a refinance of your home loan is one of these advantages. You should take advantage of all of the benefits that you receive. After all you have served the country and you deserve what it gives back to you.
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December 21, 2012
Thanks to rising costs in general and the need to save a bit more, Christmas has started to get harder to deal with on a financial basis with each new year. Those with big families tend to find it the hardest, but everyone can benefit from a few simple budgetary tips.
There are so many options and methods to be implemented to ensure that you are not overstretched at Christmas and all shouldn’t be too hard to apply to your festive spending habits.
- Although this is perhaps a tip that is a bit late, it is certainly one that is effective; the tip being to start your Christmas shopping early. This allows you to take your time and survey all the numerous offers and sales that are almost certain to be in effect. Remember to look on the internet as well as the high street for deals.
- Using online vouchers or eMoney will help restrict your expenditure, as well as ensure your payments are safe and anonymous. Online vouchers from somewhere such as Ukash only allow you to put a certain amount of money on them and so you can’t spend any more than you have on the voucher.
- Setting a maximum budget for all the people on your shopping list allows you to see the most you will spend on Christmas presents and so you can budget for that set amount, because as long as you don’t go over it, you can set your other budgets in relation to your shopping list.
- Another good tip is to buy early if you’re buying online. Some online stores hike up the delivery prices in the run up to Christmas to take advantage of those late to Christmas shopping and have no choice but to pay the heightened prices.
- Ensure that you are realistic about what you can afford and that you have considered all the other expenditure that is coming out that month that might include heating, gas and water, as well as the likes of travelling costs over the festive period.
Implementing these tips will help you save bundle of money each Christmas and may even inspire you to more helpful tricks to help curve expenditure at one of the most expensive parts of the year.
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December 20, 2012
Before you decide to jump into foreign exchange market as a broker or as an investor, you must acquire a basic knowledge of how this market operates and the terms used in it. The foreign exchange market never shuts down and operates 24 hours a day on all working days. It is the largest liquid financial market. It’s not like a typical ‘market’ or stock exchange. There is no central trading location. All the transactions are conducted over the telephone or electronic foreign exchange trading networks. The ‘interbank market’ is the primary market for currencies. First of all, remember foreign exchange has been abbreviated to ‘forex’ and ‘FX’ by the people who are active participants in foreign exchange trading. Here is a list of the basic terms used in forex trading.
- Exchange Rate: The exchange rate expresses the value of one currency in terms of another. For example, AUD/JPY = 88.6348352. This means, 1 Australian dollar is equal to 88.6348352 Japanese yen.
- Currency Pair: The two currencies shown in an exchange rate are called a ‘currency pair’. The first currency is known as the ‘base’ currency, and the second one in the pair is called ‘counter’ or ‘terms’ or ‘quote’ currency.
- Currency Codes: There are eight major currencies which are traded in the forex market. There is a three character code that denotes the country. The major currencies are;
USD = US Dollar
EUR = Euro
JPY = Japanese Yen
GBP = British Pound
CHF = Swiss Franc
CAD = Canadian Dollar
AUD = Australian Dollar
NZD = New Zealand Dollar
- Lot: The standard unit size of a transaction. A 100,000 units of the base currency are called a standard lot. If its 10,000 units, traders refer to it as ‘mini’ and 1,000 units are called ‘micro’.
- Pip: This is the smallest unit in price quote for currency. Beginners will note that forex traders quote currencies with 4 decimals. For example if a price is quoted as 1.2345 the last digit ‘5’ is known as ‘pip’. If it goes up by 3 pips it would be 1.2348.
- Bid and Ask Price: The bid price is the price at which the forex market will buy a particular currency from you. The ask price is the price they are ready to sell a currency to you. The market makes money when the ask price is higher than the bid price. The difference in the two prices is known as the bid/ask spread.
- Sell Quote / Bid Price: The sell quote is the currency on the left of the pair known as the base currency. For example, if AUD/USD = 1.0532/03, this means you can sell 1 Australian dollar at the bid price of US$ 1.0532.
- Buy Quote / Offer Price: The buy price is displayed on the right of the currency pair. This is the price at which you can purchase the base currency. It is also known as the market maker’s ask or offer price. For example AUD/USD = 1.0532/03 means that you can buy 1 Australian dollar for US$ 1.0532.
Once you are familiar with these basic terms of forex trading you can take the plunge and learn more advanced terminologies and how this unseen market operates.
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December 19, 2012
To profit when buying a stock, you must be right on the direction as soon as you enter the trade. If the stock goes up, you’ll make money, and if the stock goes down, you’ll lose money. If you short a stock, and the stock goes down, you’ll make money and if the stock goes up, you’ll lose money. Pretty basic, right?
However, once I learned how options work and started to trade them many years ago, I realized Newton’s law of motion could allow me to profit regardless of whether a bullish trade went up, or a bearish trade went down.
To quote Isaac Newton, and I paraphrase, “A body in motion will remain in motion.” The Moses corollary to that would be: “A stock in a trend, will remain in a trend – until it isn’t.” And as long as it stays in that trend, there are numerous options strategies designed to take advantage of one of the attributes that make options unique: time decay.
This means it’s possible for a stock to go absolutely nowhere, or to even be wrong directionally on a stock/option trade, and still be able to profit. Now I don’t mean is Enron wrongÉ but it is possible to have a stock go against you directionally by 5%, sometimes even 10%, and still profit. This strategy can be accomplished by the buying and selling of out of the money options, which if they are still out of the money on their expiration date, will expire worthless (and traders would keep the premium sold).
Now while I can’t speak for everybody, the only reason I’m in the market, the only reason I’m a trader, is to… make a profit. So how liberating is it to know that you can profit, even when wrong on the direction your analysis suggested a stock would move in?
Here are 7 conservative options strategies designed to profit when stocks either go nowhere, stay above or below specified demand or supply levels, or stay within a defined range.. for approximately anywhere between three and six weeks:
1) Bull/Put Spread – You sell a put option at the strike price you expect the stock to stay above, and buy another put option at the next out of the money strike price.
2) Bear/Call Spread – You sell a call option at the strike price you expect the stock to stay under, and buy another call option at the next out of the money strike price.
3) Bull/Call Spread – You buy a call option, and sell another call option at a strike price you expect the stock to stay over.
4) Bear/Put Spread – You buy a put option, and sell another put option at a strike price you expect the stock to stay under.
5) Cash Secured Put – You sell a put option at a strike price you expect the stock to stay over.
6) Covered Call – On a stock you already own, you sell a call option at a strike price you expect the stock to stay under.
7) Iron Condor – You enter a bull/put spread and a bear/call spread at the same timeÉ looking to capture a range you expect the stock to stay in between.
Every option trade carries risk of loss, up to and including 100% of the principle invested.
This is a guest post by Steve Moses, Options Trader and Instructor at Online Trading Academy
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December 18, 2012
In simple terms FOREX or foreign exchange trading is simply that, trading in foreign currency. You can trade one currency for another. For example, you can trade between the Euro and the dollar or vice versa or between any other currencies. The world is open to you. It is easy to start trading in FOREX, all you basically need is a computer, an internet connection, some basic knowledge about the market and obviously, some money. In the foreign exchange you can trade 24 hours a day, five days a week at any amount. You don’t need to have a lump sum of money to start trading, you just need to have enough to allow you to trade and turn a profit.
Some points to keep in mind when trading
If you are trading in the foreign exchange market and are doing well and want to keep your advantage then there are some points to keep in mind. Always know the market. Study it, so you know what is going on.
Always have a plan in place. Know when to get in to the market and when to step back. Always use your head and your research, never your gut or instinct.
Never invest all your money in one place. Always keep a certain percentage aside for each trade. That way if you incur a loss you wouldn’t have lost everything. Also, if you lose in a certain area then pull out and don’t invest in that again. Move on.
Always trade with the trend and never try and think you can beat the market. The market is always right and you will do well keeping that in mind.
Never try and make a profit in all your trades. Just ensure that you keep a good and positive balance between your winnings and your losses.
Lastly, you might have heard and noticed that all successful traders usually buy when they hear bad news and sell when they hear good news. So why not give it a try? After all it is working for them.
Another advantage of trading in FOREX is that you can enter and leave the market whenever you like. You are not bound by anything. The foreign exchange market is also the most liquid financial market there is and therefore, over three trillion dollars are traded on a daily basis.
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Children of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Realizing Children’s Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Following a recent particularly violent war, Bosnia-Herzegovina is progressively attempting to rebuild itself. Since 2003 it has been a potential candidate for the European Union, like all of the countries of the old Yugoslavia.
Realization of Children’s Rights Index: 8,36 / 10
Population: 4.622 million
Life expectancy: 76,4 years
Main problems faced by children in Bosnia and Herzegovina:
Despite a growing economy that is doing well, poverty and social inequality are still important concerns. In fact, according to a report by the United Nation’s Development Program (UNDP) in 2007, 20% of the population lives below the poverty line ($1.25 US/day) and 30% live just above it.
Though very worrisome, minors found guilty of criminal offenses and sentenced to a prison term are often incarcerated with adults, even sharing the same cells. The Committee for the Prevention of Torture is concerned that juveniles do not have a regimen adapted to their specific needs and that education is not offered to them, in addition to being concerned about the lack of adequate facilities and personnel trained to work with these young people.
Nevertheless, there is progress, including the opening of the Educational-reformatory in Tunjice in 2007. Also since 2006, in compliance with international and European conventions, there has been an adoption of laws fighting minor delinquency even if the implementation of said laws is delayed.
Children separated from their parents
Despite the lack of concrete figures, it is estimated that close to 3,000 children do not live with their parents.
As a result of a legal decision , children are sometimes placed in institutions. Unfortunately, the majority of these establishments do not employ enough staff to correspond to the number of children housed there.
The separation can also happen without the authorities’ awareness. It happens in cases in which children are the victims of trafficking, street children, as well as children left with other members of the family or friends.
Physical punishment, although prohibited at school, is legal in the home. Despite the efforts of Bosnian legislation against violence and abuse, awareness campaigns remain insufficient, especially against domestic violence.
Numerous children are victims of slavery, mainly young girls and adolescents who are targets of prostitution rings. These Mafia-like networks kidnap or, less often, pay the parents in order to take advantage of young girls in Bosnia, in the Balkans region and also throughout Europe.
Healthcare expenses in Bosnia and Herzegovina are similar to those of other countries in the region, however access to healthcare differs from region to region.
Bosnia and Herzegovina are divided nations in many places; the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina unites Croatians and Bosniacs, and the Republika Srpska where mostly Serbians live.
The right to education is not standardized within the country, and due to the practical division of the nation there are numerous cases of the discrimination of students based on their origin.
In Bosniac-Croatian regions, a system of “two schools under one roof” exists, which is the case for close to 54 schools. It is a system in which scholarly establishments provide different, even contradictory, education to Bosniacs and Croatians. The students of one group have no contact with those of the other and learn opposing versions of recent history, and yet are encouraged to build the future of their countries together.
In the Republika Srpska, the educational system is not interethnic and is not adapted to different minorities.
As for the children of Romanis, the situation is very disquieting. In general, the level of education is weak and the illiteracy rate is extremely high. Women and above all young girls are once again the most affected. Not very many Romani children go to nursery school and according to a report from UNICEF dating from 2007, 64% of Romani children do not attend grade school.
In Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Constitution only three ethnicities are recognized: “constituent people” who are Bosniacs, Croatians, and Serbians. The rest of the populace is designated as “others,” this population category mixes close to 17 different minorities, of which the Romanis are the most affected by discrimination.
During the war, a large amount of Romani families had to leave their homes and rarely recovered their houses after the end of the war; which is why even today the majority of Romanis live in very harsh conditions and often in extreme poverty.
It is a shame that the integration of children of Romani origin, especially in the educational system but also in society in general, is not a priority of the Bosnian government.