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For many city councils, the price of democracy is that moment of peak fatigue, after deliberations have gone on too deliberately. A rule of thumb is that, when the meeting goes late, the quality of discussion is not great.
For that reason, many city councils have rules that put a fence around how late a meeting can go.
Tempers were short and angry words were exchanged when a recent Berkeley meeting went past midnight and more members of the public wanted to be heard on the topic of a draft of the city’s Climate Action Plan.
At the end of the meeting, bleary council members were unsure if they were voting on a resolution to extend the meeting or voting on amendments to the Climate Action Plan.
Mayor Tom Bates was trying to hasten the vote because of symbolism, hoping to have a plan in place by the next day, Earth Day. By the time the council voted to adjourn, it was Earth Day. It was after midnight.
The issue was resolved at the next meeting. All’s well that ends well.
“We have a rule on the books that we’re supposed to end at 11,” said Bates. “Eleven is pretty much the bewitching hour.”
As he presides over meetings, Bates takes into account the need to vote to extend the meeting past 11 with respect for residents who have come to speak on the issue. In many cases, it’s unfair to ask people to come back for another meeting if an issue is postponed, he said.
“We’re a perfect candidate for a TV reality show,” Bates said of the ebb and flow of Berkeley council meetings.
Most meetings have some street theater mixed in with the participatory democracy.
Berkeley will always have a place in the history of participatory democracy. It was home to the Free Speech movement in 1964-65, a civil rights landmark.
Most California cities wrestle at one time or another with the proper way to close discussion and vote on issues before council members become too punchy. Often this is expressed by putting a time limit on speakers. Most cities have a three- or five-minute limit on speakers. In Berkeley, this limit is two minutes.
“Berkeley is known for having lots of people wanting to speak on an issue, which is a good thing,” said Bates.
At one time, Bates noted, Berkeley council meetings started with a “lottery” in which five people’s names were drawn out of a drum, out of all those who wished to speak on non-public hearing matters. After some people objected, the city received a legal opinion that that method was illegal. Now the policy is that if less than 10 residents have signed up to speak, they get two minutes each. If it’s more than 10, they get one minute.
“You can say a lot in a minute,” said Bates.
In his six-and-a-half years as mayor, Bates said he has tried to limit the chaos in meetings, urging speakers to stick to the topic at hand. That advice includes council members — Bates said he has instituted two-minute limits on the lawmakers as well.
The Berkeley council policy guide has this rule:
No Council meeting shall continue past 11:00 p.m. unless a two-thirds majority of the Council votes to extend the meeting to discuss specified items; and any motion to extend the meeting beyond 11:00 p.m. shall include a list of specific agenda items to be covered and shall specify in which order these items shall be handled.
Galt, a small city in the Central Valley, is no stranger to late meetings, either. In an attempt to control the clock, Vice Mayor Barbara Payne put forward a resolution reducing the time for residents to speak from five minutes each to three minutes. Her resolution was voted down in January by other council members who didn’t want to restrict residents’ time.
Payne said she wanted to make sure the council retained enough time to take care of scheduled business. Also, she said, she felt sorry for city staff members who had to stay late even when discussion didn’t pertain to their departments. And fiscally, she noted, some staffers were being paid overtime as the clock ticked toward midnight.
“After a certain hour, after 11, you’re not as sharp and maybe your decision making isn’t as good,” said Payne. She lost the vote but, she noted, ever since then the meetings have ended at reasonable hours. One recent meeting ended at 8:40 p.m.
Sometimes it’s enough just to raise awareness.


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Series: A Billionaire Bride Pact Romance #8
Published by Birch River Publishing on 2016-12-03
Length: 161 pages
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Reading Challenges: Audiobook Challenge 2017, HoHoHo Readathon 2017
Spend Christmas in a welcoming bed and breakfast filled with romance and heartache in the latest Billionaire Bride Pact by bestselling sweet romance author, Cami Checketts.
Zander Keller survived a stint on reality TV and the addiction recovery center that fame forced him into, but he should never have agreed to do an undercover boss ploy to help his father. The beautiful manager of the Southern bed and breakfast makes him laugh and forget his troubles, until she tries to solve his commitment issues like every woman has since his mother’s murder.
Trin Dean has no intention of becoming besotted with Zander like every other red-blooded female who drooled over him on television. But when he begins helping out at her ancestral bed and breakfast, she discovers the true Zander, who has overcome more heartache than most people can understand. Can she risk falling for him and jeopardize her job and the home her family has treasured for generations?
I’m a sucker for overly sweet, cliché holiday romance and The Faithful One by Cami Checketts is just that. This is the first book I’ve read in the popular A Billionaire Bride Pact Romance series and it won’t be the last. The series follows a group of woman who as girls made a pact to marry billionaires. It was a silly promise that Trin rarely thinks about and when she does, she’s embarrassed to admit it.
I like Trin. She works hard for everything she has in life, including keeping her grandparents’ legacy alive, running their Bed and Breakfast, even if she no longer owns it. When the son of the new owner comes to stay at the B&B, she finds herself terrified, wondering if he is planing to sell her home. Determined to keep that from happening, she doubles down on her work, hoping to prove that the B&B is worth keeping.
Zander is a mess. I fell in love with him from the first moment he entered the story. He is so broken. As a teen, he found his mother murdered. As an adult, he turned to alcohol to numb the pain and escape the memory. Now after rehab, he is finding peace. When his father asks him to do an undercover boss type scenario at the B&B, Zander agrees, eager to help the man who has stood behind him when he was at his worst. Only one problem, he is too recognizable. Even though he doesn’t reveal who he is, he suspects the beautiful manager knows the truth from the moment she sees him. However she doesn’t reveal it, which leaves Zander able to get to know her and the staff, to find a purpose in his life.
Overall, The Faithful One is a short, sweet read about broken souls who learn to love again. If you enjoy clean, contemporary romance, I highly recommend you read Trin and Zander’s story.

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Belleville council puts forth affordable housing law
Development seemed to be the dividing word at Tuesday's Belleville Township Council meeting.
The council introduced an ordinance that night regarding affordable housing in the municipality.
The ordinance establishes standards for the collection, maintenance and spending of development fees to be used for the purpose of providing low and moderate incoming housing in the township.
It creates an Affordable Housing Trust Fund for the development fees collected from residential and non-residential developers, to be used "for any activity approved by the Court to address the Township of Belleville's fair share housing obligation and may be set up as a grant or revolving loan program," states the ordinance. The activities include preservation or purchase of housing for the purpose of maintaining affordability controls; rehabilitation; new construction of affordable housing units and related costs; conversion of existing non-residential buildings to create new affordable units; green building strategies; purchase of land for affordable housing, among other uses.
The ordinance stipulates that the funds should not be used to reimburse the township for past housing purposes.
Township Attorney Thomas Murphy said during the meeting that municipalities, including Belleville, had been told by the state Supreme Court that they were required to come up with housing and spending plans, even if they were non-binding, for the sake of future growth projections.
Belleville resident and council candidate Jeff Mattingly said that the council had told the public nothing at a special meeting held on March 16 to discuss affordable housing, as the council went into private session that afternoon after a short public discussion.
"Belleville is fully developed, by many standards," said Mattingly.
He called it "ridiculous" about how the council had entertained a year of meetings about affordable housing concerning Maser Associates, including its expert Darlene Green, who spoke during the private session of the special meeting, a session the public was not privy to. Mattingly also spoke about how 2,500 new proposed residential units in town would raise taxes exponentially on all residents, in a town that already suffered from aging infrastructure.
He added that 8 percent of the township was uninhabited at present, including duplexes that were lived in on one side but not the other.
"We need to rein in our spending," said Mattingly.
Murphy said the council was not trying to hide things, and that some money would come to the town from development, with development fees from such projects as the former Roche property paying for some things.
He added that the Roche site, located near Clara Maass Medical Center, had previously been envisioned 15 or so years ago as a gated community, but was now seen as a fee producer with medical and commercial properties that could perhaps generate $2 million or more.
Murphy said that Belleville would likely get credit for units at the Franklin Manor age-restricted housing complex still under construction at the intersection of Franklin Avenue and Mill Street. Taxpayers would also likely realize savings from the former geriatric hospital in town.
Murphy also pointed out that the township council was responsible in that it had last year shut down the Second River mega-proposal that would have introduced thousands of new residential units to Belleville, extending from Washington Avenue down to Main Street.
He also talked about the David Kinsey report, from the Rutgers Law Review, that had been sent to the courts and had revealed Belleville as a town that did not require additional affordable housing.
Murphy said the courts had required the aforementioned housing/spending plans, but that they did not affect the township's zoning. He said it would be handled on a case-by-case basis, to see what was good or bad. He also said that no agreement had been made with the Finkelsteins, who owned roughly 23 acres of much-coveted land on Main Street. He said the Finkelsteins were entitled to development, as it was their property, and that the town could not inversely condemn the property, which in the past had been considered contaminated.
"I don't know what they want to do," said Murphy.
Earlier proposals on the site were never realized, such as a Lowe's home improvement warehouse.
Phyllis Frantantoni later said, regarding affordable housing in town, that taxes never went down. She also said that more housing in Belleville would put more children into the already-overcrowded schools.
"You'd better think twice," she told the council.
Belleville resident and council candidate Mary Higgins said there was no court obligation in Belleville regarding the fair share plan, and also felt it was a conflict of interest for Maser to be advising the township on affordable housing if the firm had been part of the rejected Second River project. She also wondered about re-zoning, but Murphy reiterated there had been nothing in the draft about changing zoning.
"Belleville used to be a stable community," charged Higgins. "No more."
She spoke of foreclosures, and how houses in town were "jammed together" with no side yards or trees, such as in neighboring Nutley. She said the public had been misled, and had been abandoned by the governing body, and that there was a "complete disconnect" due to politics, nepotism and other issues.
Murphy said the affordable housing issue was being heard in court that week.
Deputy Mayor Steven Rovell, up for re-election this spring in the Second Ward, sent a letter to the Times Wednesday night, clarifying some things from the council meeting. In it he said that the matter of affordable housing had been turned over to the courts last year, and was a situation that municipalities were required to address. He said that Belleville was a fully developed community, via the Kinsey report, and had met the affordable housing requirement.
Rovell further elaborated that money would come from developments, not the taxpayers, from properties such as Roche, and that the council had not approved or even considered a large-scale housing development, as had been hinted at the previous night by state monitor Thomas Egan at the Belleville school board meeting. Egan had asked residents to urge their representatives to include school officials in development planning, especially with a proposed town development that could include some 2,000 new housing units and a potential large influx of students that the district's aging school buildings could not handle.
"In our (the township's) proposal, we have proposed an alternative to low income housing. We are requesting approval for what is known as a local housing rehabilitation program to meet any possible growth share. This program would create a trust fund that can be used to help those with qualifying incomes rehabilitate their homes in Belleville. Should development occur, the funding for this program would come from the developments/developer, not the taxpayer," he wrote.
The next regular meeting of the council will be held on April 12 at 6 p.m. at Belleville Town Hall.

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Mike, I'm currently having a problem with cutting out thinset that oozed up in the grout joints while setting mosaic tile, and it hardened (long story, don't ask). My usual means of cutting it out won't work because it's a little hex mosaic, similar toThe high speed burns up every bit in seconds
As you can see, this won't work in the case of the mini hex mosaics.I use a multi tool to remove the extra thinset if I let it go to long to simply knife it out.
I don't understand this at allThe tile you have sound like the blades might be to long----could you trim down an old blade with a pair of tin snips?
Agreed, as the proper blade will be able to handle the work depending on the power tool that is.Should work on all of those substrates with the correct blade.
On Dremel's main website, model number 7144 is diamond particles.What I found was the the 7144 didn't seem to get hot. It was "cool" to the touch during normal use. It must have a thin coating of diamond on it. As soon as the very tip broke or rubbed off, or the diamond coating wore off in a spot, things went downhill very quickly. Then they would heat up, but at those spots it was spinning plain metal. I'm not sure they "burned" up as simply wore off.


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Background and activities
General practitioner and researcher at the General Practice Research Unit, Department of Public Health and General Practice, NTNU.
The research field is the continuous doctor-patient relationship and inter-professional communication in the health care system in Norway.
The title of my PhD thesis:
"Knowing patients as persons. A theory-driven, qualitative study of the relevance of person-related knowlegde in primary health care"
The aim of the PhD project was to explore the medical relevance of knowing patients as persons. The research project was divided into two phases: In the exploratory phase, two groups of GPs were invited to reflect upon their ways of knowing about "their" patients. The consequent phase consists of an intervention into the interface between GPs and a nursing home, emphasizing communication among caretakers of their knowledge about patients as persons.
Scientific, academic and artistic work
Displaying a selection of activities. See all publications in the database
- (2021) Palliative care in general practice; a questionnaire study on the GPs role and guideline implementation in Norway. BMC Family Practice. vol. 22:64.
- (2021) Er fastlegen det normale barnets vokter?. Dagens medisin.
- (2021) Lettvinte løsninger på tunge problemer. Dagens medisin.
- (2021) Pennevenn med fastlegen. Dagens medisin.
- (2020) Bruk av refleksjon i praksisnær undervisning på medisinstudiet ved NTNU. En metode for å fremme læring innen profesjonalitet. Læring om læring. vol. 5 (1).
- (2020) Elefanten i rommet. Adresseavisen.
- (2020) Flott å være spesialist på det vanlige. Dagens medisin.
- (2020) Når legehjertet synker. Dagens medisin.
- (2020) Om kostholdsdebatt, vikarierende motiv og (u)kritisk journalistikk. Adresseavisen.
- (2020) Aftenpostens legeroman. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.).
- (2020) Belastende livserfaringer blant pasienter med sykelig overvekt. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. vol. 140 (16).
- (2016) Applying clinical guidelines in general practice: A qualitative study of potential complications. BMC Family Practice. vol. 17 (1).
- (2015) General practitioners’ experiences with multiple clinical guidelines: A qualitative study from Norway. Quality in Primary Care. vol. 23 (2).
- (2015) Knowing patients as persons A theory-driven, qualitative study of the relevance of person-related knowledge in primary health care. Nidaroskongressen 2015 . Nidarosfondet; Trondheim. 2015-10-19 - 2015-10-23.
- (2014) Can person-free medical knowledge inform person-centered medical practice?. European Journal for Person Centered Healthcare. vol. 2 (1).
- (2013) Knowing patients as persons: Senior and Junior GPs explore a professional resource. European Journal for Person Centered Healthcare. vol. 1.
- (2013) Standardization meets stories: contrasting perspectives on the needs of frail individuals at a rehabilitation unit. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being. vol. 8.
- (2013) What Do GPs Actually Know About Their Patients As Persons?. European Journal for Person Centered Healthcare. vol. 1.

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Performance of major bank stocks has been promising over the last five trading sessions. Positive developments on several fronts including the U.S.-China trade conflict and Brexit boosted the stocks.
Also, this resulted in a rise in treasury yields and widening of the spread between long- and short-term rates. Banks will, thus, gain from higher market interest rates as widening spread will support net interest margin – the key indicator of a bank’s profitability.
With expectations of continuation of these favorable developments next year as well, investors were somewhat bullish on bank stocks.
Talking about company-specific headlines, banks continued with their efforts to resolve legacy legal matters. Further, banks are undertaking measures to expand globally and diversify revenues.
(Read: Bank Stock Roundup for the Week Ending Nov 15, 2019)
Important Developments of the Week
1. Wells Fargo (WFC - Free Report) and the City of Philadelphia announced settlement of a discrimination lawsuit filed against the bank in May 2017. Per the terms of the settlement deal, the bank will contribute $10 million for sustainable housing-related programs for low-and moderate-income residents. (Read more: Wells Fargo & City of Philadelphia Resolve Discrimination Suit)
2. JPMorgan (JPM - Free Report) has finally received regulatory approval to set up a majority-owned securities joint venture in China. The banking giant will set up a completely new unit in the country, which will offer brokerage, investment advisory, underwriting and sponsorship services. (Read more: JPMorgan to Set up Majority-Owned Joint Venture in China)
3. 3. Ratings and assessments of PNC Financial (PNC - Free Report) and its banking subsidiary, PNC Bank have been affirmed by Moody’s Investors Service, the rating division of Moody’s Corporation (MCO - Free Report) . The bank’s senior debt has been given A3 rating. Also, the ratings outlook remained stable.
The subsidiary’s deposit rating was Aa2/Prime-1, and the senior and subordinated debts were rated A2 and A3, respectively.
Per Moody’s, PNC Financial generates solid earnings on the back of retail and commercial banking businesses and balanced revenue base. Nearly 57% of the bank’s revenues comprise net interest income, and the rest are generated from various non-interest income sources.
Further, PNC Financial’s direct banking franchise supports financials with a sizable, low-cost core deposit base, healthy liquidity and geographic diversity. Also, the bank’s recently launched retail national expansion strategy bodes well, along with its efforts to fortify presence in untapped markets. The company’s healthy market position and strong treasury management franchise support funding.
Also, PNC Financial’s efforts to conservatively manage loan growth and limit concentration risk have resulted in lower level of net charge-off rate and nonperforming assets, reflecting strong asset quality. Also, the bank has healthy liquidity and capital, indicating a solid balance sheet position.
These factors will help the bank to survive, even in an unfavorable economic environment. Moody's unchanged assessment of the bank's credit profile is reflected in the stable ratings.
Per the rating agency, PNC Financial’s favorable asset risk and liquidity profiles outweigh the decline in capital ratios in the recent quarters. Also, the bank’s strong capital position makes it more resilient to stress compared with its peers. Notably, Moody’s believe that PNC Financial’s 22% stake in BlackRock, Inc. will provide significant capital, when needed.
While PNC Financial’s large investments in technology and digital capabilities were costly and led to average efficiency ratio, such efforts benefited its retail and corporate operations.
PNC Financial’s diverse franchise and strong management team are likely to continue to benefiting it. With this expectation, Moody's kept the bank’s outlook stable. However, with the recently finalized U.S. regulatory tailoring rules, the company will be subject to 85% of the full liquidity coverage ratio requirements. This rule, set to be effective Jan 1, 2020, can hamper the bank’s liquidity profile to some extent.
Here is how the seven major stocks performed:
Over the last five trading sessions, Citigroup (C - Free Report) and Bank of America (BAC - Free Report) were the major gainers, with their shares rallying 2.4% and 1.5%, respectively. However, shares of Capital One (COF - Free Report) fell 0.9%.
In the past six months, shares of JPMorgan and Bank of America have appreciated 26.9% and 24.9%, respectively. Further, shares of PNC Financial have gained 21.7%.
Over the next four trading days, performance of bank stocks is likely to remain the same unless any unexpected event occurs.
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Marks and Spencer's latest Christmas special is flying off the shelves.
Its festive gin is proving so popular it is selling out in stores and customers face restrictions on how many they are allowed to buy.
Now shoppers are going to extreme lengths to find the 'must-have' new Christmas light-up snow globe gin.
Some have "spent weeks" trying to get hold of it, only for new stock to be snapped up in a jiffy, reports My London.
Overseas customers are even asking for the product to be shipped over, and it's reportedly being bought and sold on the black market for much higher prices.
According to one M&S Facebook group, shoppers have had a lot of trouble getting their hands on the product.
"Hubby trying to get one of these for weeks," one shopper said.
"Went this morning, they told him they had a delivery on Wednesday of 1,500....all gone."
"Again another failing I've been trying to buy it for over a month!!" another added.
Even those who have managed to get hold of it had to show resilience and dedication first.
Here's something else making Christmas extra special this year: KFC’s new gravy Burger Box Meal
This year may have been tough but it’s good to remember it has also served up some incredible stories of kindness, determination and joy in communities across the UK. And we think that calls for more…gravy!
To add some festive cheer, and give us all more of what we love, the Colonel has a special gift for the nation: behold KFC’s new Gravy Burger Box Meal, featuring a fillet burger with added gravy! There’s also a new gravy boat to add lashings of legendary KFC gravy to your chicken burger, topped with a specially-dimpled hash brown that allows the gravy to pool over your meal.
The sides have had a gravy upgrade too, mayonnaise becomes Gravynnaise…yes, that’s mayo with added KFC gravy!
"I got mine in Blackburn this morning after going in every day for over a week, thanks Blackburn," one shopper said.
And the craze has travelled even further afield.
"Just 18 Pound?" one fan said, "Its possible zu shippping to Germany?"
The gin liqueur comes in two flavours - clementine and new offering, rhubarb.
Both contain 23-carat edible gold leaf which creates a sparkly effect, which dazzles when shaken in the light-up bottle - just like a snow globe.
Customers across the country have been going so wild for it, with M&S stores declaring it as "Breaking News!" when they announce new stock on social media.
The craze has now got so out of hand, staff have been left with no choice but to restrict their gin-obsessed shoppers - limiting purchases at two bottles per customer.
But this still isn't stopping some shoppers, who have turned to more devious ways of getting the goods.
"People are buying them up and selling them for about 30/40 pound on marketplace and ebay" according to one M&S fan on social media, returning to stores to build up their stock and sell on.
One screenshot even showed a bottle of the gin being sold for £50 on a random buy and sell website.
The gin at one point this weekend was entirely sold out on the M&S website due to "extremely popular demand", but customers continue on their quest for a bottle.
One shopper shared a sneaky idea about how to get your hands on a bottle.
"My local store keep them out the back as people were clearing the shelves," they said, "I found this out when I asked when the next delivery was and the assistant kindly went and got me one."
The Marks and Spencer Christmas light-up snow globe gin is recommended best served on the rocks, with tonic or with the M&S Conte Priuli ORO prosecco.


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A teenage girl allegedly committed suicide by taking some poisonous substance in tral area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district.
Reports reaching Asian News Hub (ANH) said that a teenage girl name (withheld) resident of Tral allegedly committed suicide by taking some poisonous substance at her residence on Wednesday.
They said she was shifted to a nearby hospital for treatment, where she was shifted to SMHS Hospital for specialised treatment. However, she sccumbed at the hospital this morning.
Police have taken cognizance of the incident, reports added.

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Daily errands do not require a car.
Gloucester Avenue has a Walk Score of 95 out of 100. This location is a Walker’s Paradise so daily errands do not require a car.
Nearby parks include Castlehaven Open Space, Chalcot Square Greens and Camden Gardens Park.
Explore how far you can travel by car, bus, bike and foot from Gloucester Avenue.

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America, The Owner's Manual
You Can Fight City Hall - And Win
by Senator Bob Graham, Chris Hand
In 2016, Americans fed up with the political process vented that frustration with their votes. Republicans nominated for president a wealthy businessman and former reality show host best known on the campaign trail for his sharp rhetoric against immigration and foreign trade. Democrats nearly selected a self-described socialist who ran on a populist platform against the influence of big money in politics.
While it is not surprising that Americans would channel their frustrations into votes for contenders who pledge to end business as usual, the truth is that we don’t have to pin our hopes for greater participation on any one candidate. All of us have a say—if we learn, master and practice the skills of effective citizenship.
One of the biggest roadblocks to participation in democracy is the perception that privileged citizens and special interests command the levers of power and that everyday Americans can’t fight City Hall. That perception is undoubtedly why a 2015 Pew Charitable Trusts survey found that 74 percent of those Americans surveyed believed that most elected officials didn't care what people like them thought.
Graham and Hand intend to change that conventional wisdom by showing citizens how to flex their citizenship muscles. They describe effective citizenship skills and provide tips from civic experts. Even more importantly, they offer numerous examples of everyday Americans who have used their skills to make democracy respond. The reader will see themselves in these examples of citizens who chose to be victorious participants rather than tranquil spectators in the arena of democracy. By the end of the book, you will have new confidence that citizen participation is the lifeblood of America -- and will be ready to make governments work for you, not the other way around.
About Senator Bob Graham
Daniel Robert "Bob" Graham (born November 9, 1936) is an American politician and author. He was the 38th Governor of Florida from 1979 to 1987 and a United States Senator from that state from 1987 to 2005.
Graham tried unsuccessfully to run for the 2004 Democratic presidential nomination, but dropped out of the race on October 6, 2003. He announced his retirement from the Senate on November 3 of that year.
Graham is now concentrating his efforts on the newly established Bob Graham Center for Public Service at his undergraduate alma mater, the University of Florida. He served as Chairman of the Commission on the Prevention of WMD proliferation and terrorism. Through the WMD policy center he advocates for the recommendations in the Commission report, World at Risk.
Graham also served as co-chair of the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling and a member of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission and the CIA External Advisory Board.
In 2011, Graham published his first novel, the thriller The Keys to the Kingdom. Graham has written three non-fiction books. Workdays-Finding Florida on the Job; Intelligence Matters and America: The Owners Manual.


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Oman Said to Invite Banks to Arrange Potential Dollar BondBy and
Sultanate has sent request for proposals to interested banks
They have until this week to respond to the invitation
Oman is preparing an international bond sale, two people with knowledge of the deal said, as the country seeks to plug a budget deficit caused by low oil prices.
The sultanate has sent invitations to banks to arrange the sale of a dollar or Islamic bond, the people said, asking not to be identified because the information is private. Responses are due this week, they said. An official at the central bank said last month that Oman is planning to raise up to $2 billion through bond sales this year.
A fresh sale would be the latest in a series of issues by the non-OPEC oil-producing state. The sultanate sold $2.5 billion worth of bonds in June last year in its first such sale since 1997 and tapped the bonds for an additional $1.5 billion in September. It was reported to have raised $1 billion from the international loan market last January and will get 600 million rials from local debt in 2017.
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Buckland medical practice was placed into special measures in 2018 by the CQC. Patient safety was the main concern.
All previous inspections having rated as ‘good’, did anybody identify the key staff change which resulted in the rapid deterioration of the surgery?.
The practice manager for many years, [name removed], had vacated her position and compromised her patients safety in doing so.
Partner practice to the Buckland Medical Centre is the Peter Street Surgery. Check their staff lists and you will discover Where [name removed] had gone.
Peter Street had been rated as ‘good’ under [name removed] management, so why would patient safety be compromised at Buckland for [name removed] to take over from [name removed], who incidentally stood down as manager, at Peter street?
I have the full details if anybody is interested. Anybody signed up to either surgery should be very concerned
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Ok so following on from my last post, we know patient safety was compromised at Buckland Medical Centre and that they had been left with no manager. We also know that the absent manager had very quietly taken over the daily running of the Peter Street Surgery. But why?
Peter Street was rated as ‘good’ by CQC inspectors under [name removed] leadership.
Manager that are successful and doing well may at times move on, but [name removed] incredibly stood down and continued to practice as a G.P only, still at Peter Street. His vacated position was filled by the Buckland Centres manager which compromised patient safety there.
None of it makes any sense at all. right?.
Well here’s the heads up of behind the scenes main points that bring the events into some focus.
A patient exercised his legal rights and made an access request for a copy of his medical records following much concern for his wellbeing by friends. Peter Street had to release the records.
[name removed] was aware he had been the primary care provider to the patient, he was also aware the records exposed fully gross misconduct and criminal abuses he had committed against the patient.
Certain of a complaint being imminent, a manager had to be available to address the complaint, but this manager could not be [name removed] for the simple reason that he has no possible defence to justify his actions.
Up steps the manager of Buckland which allowed [name removed] to stand down and take cover practicing only as a G.P, all managerial obligations removed from his shoulders.
The Buckland manager at that point became an accessory to assist [name removed] in evading justice and avoid the impossible burden of addressing the complaint.
The safety of Buckland patients was compromised so the manager could engage in committing criminal acts.
The crimes and abuses that both managers have gone on to commit against the patient are deplorable, inhumane, and criminal, for which both deserve to face incarceration.
An accurate rundown of their crimes will be made available in my next post.
You're making some pretty bad accusations here so I'm going to ask that you don't name anyone involved, and don't post anything that can't be proved.
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Don’t worry Chris, unlike my rights, which have been completely violated and denied to me, those involved are invited and encouraged to pursue slander or defamation cases, but between them so many human rights and criminal breaches have taken place against me then let em bring it on. If you think serious allegations have been made already then heavens knows what you will think of the full story.
Innocent people are able to explain themselves they don’t run and hide like chickens. I will avoid names though from now.
So a visibly distressed patient attends his doctors and asks for help to come to terms with the trauma and grief from the loss of his son as he was not coping well. The patient adds that his sons 18th birthday had recently passed and that this event had been the trigger for his condition.
To corroborate his claims historic entries were available in the patients medical records.
Several more appointments were attended by the patient who related the above account each and every time he attended.
The patient was asked to see a counsellor, which he did, after which a report was made available for patients G.P. The report states that the patient is ‘adamant’ the loss of his son is all that is the cause of his current condition.
The doctor then had all he needed to make an accurate diagnosis, prognosis, and the trigger point that had led to the patients suffering.
So in recording a misdiagnosis the doctor did so deliberately and with intent to cause the patient severe harm.
All G.P’s are fully briefed on the dangers of grief and imperative for early intervention, accurate assessment, and correct treatment, owed to the very high probability of death to the patient in the event of the condition going untreated.
So after making the misdiagnosis the doctor prescribed drugs that unbeknown to the patient were very strong psychiatric drugs which were life changing, mind altering, emotional killing, sole destroying shite, that were a drug used to treat the misdiagnosis.
So not only was the patient drugged to near comatose state for 4 years of his life, but worse still his true condition was left untreated.
Being acts of deliberate intent this amounts to no less than attempted murder.
The doctor was fully exposed when the patient obtained his medical records that identified the doctor had not made a single reference to the patients son or any indication the son even existed.
And so instead of ending the patients suffering the doctor chose to run and hide and attempt to evade justice, aided fully and provided the opportunity by the manager of Buckland Medical Centre.
The anticipated complaint was inevitably submitted to which the doctor has never responded to or even been requested to give comment upon owed to the Buckland manager placing herself directly in front of the doctor and acting to deny and violate the patients every human rights which I will cover in my next post.
Innocent managers don’t stand down and run to hide like chickens!!!
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Why has it taken so long for this issue to be raised and made public?
Well my personal opinion and general belief is not to do your dirty washing in public, there are as a rule many alternative forms of action far more appropriate to any given situation.
So with that in mind what is it that has possessed me to bring this issue to public attention?
The answer is simply that as a result of the abuses I have suffered at the hands of these high flying professionals it is me, the victim, in the matter that continues to be persecuted, simply as a result of asking my doctor for help.
If anybody is not aware the legislation pertinent to any standard medical practice, we’ll let me assure you that, any patient that receives a service from a NHS provider, if dissatisfied, has a fundamental legal right to make a complaint, to have that complaint properly investigated, and to receive a full written response to the complaint.
Do your research and see if you can find a case in any archive that covers the issue of a patient failing to get any response to a complaint. You won’t find any reference covering this issue as it simply does not happen. Until now that is.
I have put my complaint to every appropriate governing body, it now sits with our MP’s office, I have been fighting the case for moving into years now, I still have no response.
To a certain degree I could handle this fact but the situation this whole affair has left me facing is that it is now impossible for me to access any trusted alternative care services, I know the content of my medical records is totally inaccurate, which leaves my life under constant threat. Enough is enough.
I know posting this will leave me in serious danger of repercussions but weighing that against the rights of residents in Dover and st Margaret’s, if anything does happen to me then I hope to be remembered for standing up against the evil wrongdoings of our authorities.
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And so to the part played by the Buckland manager, well that has been the driving force behind my complaint not being responded to.
On initial request for her intervention to have my doctor respond to my complaint I received threats from this person and had my frame of mind questioned, a bit rich considering her awareness that I would be in a critically dangerous predicament from all the drugs I had been given and now suddenly had no access to any more. A more appropriate response would have been to ensure continuity of care and to investigate my complaint.
I took the matter up with the ombudsman but when they spoke to the manager she convinced them I had been provided all response letters.
Effectively she sabotaged my complaint and made it impossible for me to access alternative medical services or any support service that could investigate the complaint. Basically she violated all of my civil, legal, and human rights.
This remains the case to date.
Who should be aggrieved for me posting this matter on site? The answer is not those responsible, the answer is me!!!
Why should I be forced to resort to such drastic actions when all I have done is ask for a complaint to be answered.
I have only disclosed main points of the case, to delve deeper I have been sent to hell and back.
I have reached a point that I do not care any longer what further abuse is to come because without access to medical care I will inevitably suffer a slow and painful death anyway.
At least you residents can now make an informed choice who you wish to provide your care.
Happy Bank Holiday to you all
Have you raised the issue with either your MP or the General Medical Council?
I'm confused as to what treatment you wanted from the GP if pills and counselling weren't it. Most Gp's will prescribe anti depressants if a patient claims to be feeling sad, depressed etc. I'm not sure I follow your grievance.
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Have you raised the issue with either your MP or the General Medical Council?
Line 15 in post 7 Peter.
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15 across 7 down.
The issue has been raised with everybody I can think of but the surgery have misled and deceived anybody involved.
When the dust settles the very sad thing is that one simple action could clarify the entire issue of exactly who is being persecuted and who is not playing by the rules.
The surgery are legally obliged to maintain an accurate up to date and completed catalogue of all complaints that are received. Added to all entries there should be a record of the actions taken and more importantly the responses that have been sent to the complainant.
The surgery have been contacted no less than 9 seperate occasions about my complaint so it impossible for them to deny that they are completely aware of the complaint.
The ombudsman claims I do not have a final response letter, a conclusion he made after discussions with the surgery manager.
Therefore the complaints catalogue held by the surgery will identify beyond any doubt that my every right is being denied.
Either my complaint is properly recorded but has not been followed up or my complaint has never been recorded at all. In either eventuality the only two possible scenarios there can be are a total violation of my rights.
With such a very simple action as to apply for access to the surgery complaint records pertinent to my complaint, it’s beyond an absolute liberty that I remain in the position I am.
What is the point of legally binding legislation if it can be ridiculed and ignored.
We have a national NHS Constitution for the simple reason that the worst abuses which can be inflicted upon us are through the use of the medical services. When laws and procedures in this area are disregarded then this is the day, as a nation, we relinquish our very being, our right to life.
Animal rights protesters would not allow the abuse of animals so why is there little resistance against the abuse of people.
I should never have been forced into disclosing this matter the way I have done but when your human rights are violated and denied, take my word for it, you take any action available.
Different diagnosis and medications can be given and blagged away. Failing to record and deliberately omitting all mention of a patients reason for seeking medical assistance cannot be blagged away.
When this happens then anybody in the future which may require the patients records in an emergency or whatever then that person is given a totally false perception and cannot therefore administer correct treatment with misinformed history. A patients wellbeing is severely compromised
My doctor knows exactly what he has done which is why he took urgent unorthodox actions
Your situation sounds awful, I can only advise keep on to the ombudsman and the MP.
There are other avenues for patient complaints as well.
Hope you can get the resolution you need.
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Arte et Marte
When public NHS medical care goes wrong there is a legal process by which we may pursue to rectify the problem and prevent reoccurrence.
When the medical care we are provided has been administered to us with the knowledge it is wrong, then there has been no mistake made, and instead of acting to rectify the error, we alternatively come up against a series of obstacles that are placed in our way to de rail the standard legal process.
The use of our medical care provision to attack and abuse us is very serious crimes against humanity. Adolph Hitler can vouch for that.
In this country, when these rare, but not unheard of, events occur, it is very darkened futures we, and our offspring, face when there is combined and coordinated effort by the authorities to cover up these atrocities.
I’m sure I will face more troubles owed to this story, but I have no rights in place anyway.
This story is in no way delivered to ride a sense of any anger, but instead is intended to do totally the opposite, and provide the local residents the right to make informed decision who they wish to care for them.
Trust your own feelings and make your own investigations for more definitive conclusions.
Awful like you would not believe in your most terrifying nightmares, and very sadly I have barely scratched the surface in these posts, there is a hell of a lot worse still to come yet but I’m going to let the dust settle just for now.
When a person is seriously abused in any way we have the resilience to put bad times to rest, leave them in the past, and re calibrate our train of thought to visualise only better times in the future. In this regard we as human beings are lucky.
When exactly the same abuses are suffered but we are denied the opportunity of laying the past to rest it is not possible to forget and move on.
In this situation, with no possibility of accessing future healthcare services, and with great uncertainty what further abuses are still to come, the worst of two evils is not what has happened but for certain is the uncertainty of what the future holds.
My main concern at present is simply what am I supposed to do if I become very ill or have an accident? It’s an uncertainty that is relentless in ones mind, and a joke that anybody should have to live with the fact.
Out of curiosity, does anybody know the ‘official’ excuse given to the public as to exactly why the Dover Mental Health Services was discontinued and shut down?
Otherwise write to the CQC as they have to reply to you and can sanction the Practice.

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Serena wins first match at Key Biscayne
KEY BISCAYNE, Florida - The Associated Press
Serena Williams showed no signs of lacking match practice when she beat Zhang Shuai of China at Key Biscayne in her first tennis match after a two-month absence. REUTERS photoSerena Williams returned to tournament tennis after a two-month absence and beat Zhang Shuai of China 6-2, 6-3 at the Sony Ericsson Open on March 22.
No. 2-seeded Maria Sharapova overcame 12 double faults and erased 10 break points to rally past Shahar Peer of Israel 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, while No. 4 Caroline Wozniacki beat Barbora Zahlavova Strycova 6-4, 6-0.
Two-time champion Kim Clijsters defeated No. 14-seeded Julia Goerges of Germany 6-2, 7-5. No. 13 Jelena Jankovic lost her opening match to Mona Barthel of Germany 6-0, 6-3.
U.S. Open champion Sam Stosur beat Russian qualifier Valeria Savinykh 6-4, 6-0 and American qualifier Sloane Stephens ousted No. 30 Sara Errani 3-6, 6-2, 7-5.
Williams’ victory also marked her first match at Key Biscayne since she lost to Victoria Azarenka in the final three years ago.
“I was really nervous out there,” Williams said. “I haven’t played here for so long, and I wanted to do well. My worst fear actually was as long as I don’t hit a ball in the stands, I’ll be good. I didn’t do that today, so it worked out well for me.”
Williams, who received a first-round bye because she’s seeded 10th, looked fit but rusty and endured some sloppy moments. At one juncture she froze in a pose behind the baseline, hands on her hips as she fumed after making a flurry of mistakes.
“I got a little frustrated,” she said. “My frustration is more like a motivation frustration, so it helps me.” While her returns were especially erratic, she served six aces and lost only seven of 34 points on her first serve.
Williams said she found her older sister’s first-round victory inspiring. Venus was diagnosed last summer with a fatigue-causing autoimmune disease, and Serena has tried to help her sister adjust to a restricted diet by keeping unhealthy food out of the kitchen.


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|Author(s):||Larry Wall, Tom Christiansen & Randal L. Schwartz|
|Audience:||Beginner Intermediate Advanced||Rating:|
|Publication Year:||1996||Publisher:||O'Reilly & Associates||ISBN:||1565921496|
The grand-daddy of all Perl books, now in it's second edition! This is the quintessential Perl reference guide, written by the language's principal author (Larry Wall) and co-written by two of the Perl community's leading authorities (Tom Christiansen & Randal Schwartz). No collection of Perl books should be missing this one!
While some could compare this to Ellis & Stroustrap's The Annotated C++ Reference Manual, I think it more closely resembles Lipmman's C++ Primer, more of a useful reference than a technically complete one.
I find this book most useful when I come across some feature of the language someplace else, and just need a little more info on the implementation and intended usage. Although a lot of this info can be found in the man pages, I personally prefer printed material. And there's quite a bit more here in the book than there is online (but then, the online docs are more up-to-date). YMMV, of course!
The book is broken up functionally into 9 large chapters. The second chapter covers most of the core programming language, from basics like data types and operators, to regular expressions and formats. It's definitely a "jump right in" kind of book. There are also chapters covering all of the Perl built-in functions and standard Perl library, as well as chapters on more advanced topics like references and packages.
This book is a good first book for beginners who have experience in other programming languages, and with common tools found on Unix systems (such as awk, sed, sh, grep, etc.). You also need to be a good self-teacher.
If you don't have a lot of other programming experience, or are unfamiliar with Unix tools, I'd suggest starting with Learning Perl or Learning Perl on Win32 Systems, as they will ease you into Perl programming in general, and Unix tools. Note: please don't read too much into the "Unix tools" thing mentioned. Perl is a very cross-platform language, more so than most. But, it has definite roots in Unix, and to those with little or no Unix experience, concepts like regular expressions or simple statements like "open(IN, 'ps |')" could seem baffling!
Intermediate & Advanced
If you haven't bought Programming Perl yet, you probably should. It will help answer the low-level, really nasty, splitting hairs type of questions that keep programmers up at night.
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A NEW mother accused of allowing her home to be used as a cannabis-growing factory, and her partner who was allegedly caught with more than €13,000 worth of drugs, are facing trial on the charges.
MAGDALENA Krol (30) and her two children, including a young baby, were at home in west Dublin when gardai raided it.
Her partner Piotr Siatka (31) was not there at the time; he was subsequently arrested and charged.
Judge David McHugh adjourned the matter for five weeks for the service of the book of evidence.
Krol, of Newlands Manor Green in Clondalkin, appeared before Blanchardstown District Court charged with knowingly allowing the manufacture of a controlled drug at her home.
The incident took place at her home at Newlands Manor Green in Clondalkin on September 19.
Siatka, of Fortunes Lawn, Tallaght, is charged with possession of cocaine, cannabis and amphetamine, as well as having the drugs for sale or supply.
He is further charged with cultivating cannabis without a licence and with possession of amphetamine with a street value of more than €13,000.
A State solicitor said the DPP has directed trial on indictment in the Circuit Court.
Garda Padraic Walsh alleged that when gardai searched the accused's house they found a cannabis-growing operation as well as cocaine and a large amount of cash.


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Enduracididine is an α-amino acid that is non-proteinogenic. It corresponds to alanine with 2-imino-4-imidazolidinyl group in place of a methyl hydrogen.
Enduracididine is not genetically encoded in protein sequences, but rather is generated as a posttranslational modification. For example, enduracididine is found in the antibacterial compound teixobactin.

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I started at 14 stone 13 pounds. My doctor has told me I am significantly over weight. I am 62 semi retired My clothes do not fit me. I have to do something as I have been too big for too long and very embarrassed about the way I look.I have stopped drinking booze completely and started running well shuffling along! I have lost ten pounds so far. I am hoping not to drink till December 25 my healthy weight should be between 10 5 and 12 12 so I have a long way to go. Wish me luck. I have just been eating salads lean meats fish and fruit for lunch. I have been trying to enjoy the sensation of feeling hungry as I am thinking that's when my fat reserves may be being used. I have not started counting calories yet. I need to find it on the web site
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Long time Xbox Live Arcade players and PSN players are no stranger to The Behemoth’s fan-favorite platform action game Castle Crashers, and now they have even more reason to rejoice.
Former knights and dames now have the chance to play a remastered version of their favorite medieval action game. The Behemoth has announced that they are re-releasing Castle Crashers for the Xbox One. The remaster will include 60FPS gameplay, quicker online search times, new characters, game modes, and even more animal orbs.
The developers also announced that owners of the Original Castle Crashers on the Xbox 360 will be able to acquire this new remastered version free of charge if you download the game with an active Xbox Live Gold account with the original CC game in your purchase history before September 20. After September 20 a discounted price of only $5.00 (US) will be charged – first time players will have to pay the full $14.00 (US). Also Xbox 360 gamers will be able to transfer their old game data from the original to the new game. No announcement has yet been made for a PS4 release.
This is a great opportunity to relive one of the last generation’s greatest arcade hits.
Source: The Behemoth

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National Cancer Survivors Day® is a CELEBRATION for those who have survived, an INSPIRATION for those recently diagnosed, a gathering of SUPPORT for families, and an OUTREACH to the community. The 6th Annual Butterfly 5K Run/Walk and 1 Mile Survivors Walk presented by Baptist Health will be virtual this year and should be completed by June 30th. The 5K run/walk was created by the Pink Ribbon Symposium and is a sanctioned National Cancer Survivors Day event. One of our local survivors, Kerri Henderson shares her story.
I never really considered myself a survivor. As strange as it sounds, I never felt like I was sick enough or really had a battle like many have. But aren’t we all survivors in some way? Haven’t we all survived something and if we have hopefully are better because of it? Today, like everyday I celebrate life. But today, I celebrate it a little more. It’s a little more special as I celebrate two huge milestones…. Leaving oncology and transferring to Mayo’s Survivors Clinic and graduating Cardiac Rehab. 4 years after my breast cancer diagnosis, I learned I had over a 90% blockage of my main artery to my heart and ended up with two stents. Apparently, a damage caused by radiation treatment. Never did I think I would find myself at 50 years old ending up on the good side of breast cancer and surviving coronary artery disease.
1 out of 8 women are diagnosed with breast cancer and only 10% have a family history and heart disease is the number one killer among women. I did not have a family history. Am I a lucky girl or what? Many would say I would be lucky if I never contracted these diseases. But I guess it depends what way you look at it. On September 10th 2014 my life was change forever. What I didn’t realize then that I do now is that in some strange way it changed for the better. Fortunately, we caught both my breast cancer and heart disease and they were both treatable. Our son was grown and off at college, I had flexibility with my job so a cancer and later heart disease diagnosis would not financially paralyze our family. Unfortunately, many women are not in the same situation.
Over the last 5 years I’ve spent dealing with both, I met a tremendous amount of women that have shared their struggles while battling these dreaded diseases. Many have had young children to care for, had to quit their jobs or lacked the support of family and friends. Which is why we started “Hope Floats” with the help of a group of fantastic friends, four which are survivors of breast cancer (one unfortunately, we lost this year). We have raised close to $75,000 in the past 3 years.
Hope Floats raises funds to benefit the Donna Foundation. 100% of the money we raise is through individual donations, corporate sponsors and events. These funds are used to serve women and men currently battling breast cancer and their families that are in critical need via the Donna Foundation. But this is just part of what Hope Floats mission is. We do so much more. We support other awesome organizations like Pink Ribbon in their mission to spread awareness and educate the community in hopes that breast cancer is eradicated once and for all. So we can all celebrate life!!!!

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Beyond the media hype of the Brexit battle between Boris and Theresa May this year’s Conservative Party conference was a heart searching and navel gazing spectacle.
Clearly still rattled by the result of 2017 election where Theresa May lost them their overall majority – by far the biggest topic on the fringe was how can they woo back droves of people under 45 who have deserted them for Labour.
Unusually for a party in power there were strident calls to develop new policies to win back these lost voters. Usually parties in government can take the initiative as they have the reins of power and can produce plenty of fresh ideas.
But the Tories at this conference were behaving like a party in opposition – a huge navel gazing exercise in a desperate search for new policies. Tory MP Chris Skidmore, policy vice chairman of the party, virtually gave the game away at a reception for the Conservative Policy Forum – when he alluded to the great revival of ideas by Sir Keith Joseph, which propelled Margaret Thatcher into Downing Street. But that was the 1970s when the party had lost power after Edward Heath’s disastrous performance.
David Cameron also tried to soften the image of the party – again the new ideas came when the party was in opposition in 2008.
So what are they trying to do? One of the more illuminating debates came at the Centre for Policy Studies fringe with the intriguing title, Today’s Millenials, Tomorrow’s Conservatives?
Chaired by Times columnist, Rachel Sylvester,it was platform for two potential rising stars, Sam Gyimah, the universities minister and a late replacement, Guy Opperman, the pensions minister.
The two were remarkably honest about the dilemma. Sam Gyimah admitted they were used to 18-21 year olds being left wing radicals but not the 25 to 45 year old age group. whom would be in work and bringing up families.
He blamed the continual war within the Tory party over Brexit as putting off young voters.
Guy Opperman admitted that they would not win by negative campaigning against Corbyn ” We won’t win by portraying Corbyn as an insane antisemitic Hamas supporting, Cuba loving, terrorist” he said.
That message did not seem to have reached the Tory party platform where Sajid Javid , the home secretary, warned of the security risk of having Corbyn as Prime minister and May devoted part of her speech to denouncing Corbyn over antisemitism, supporting Russia, decrying Nato and appearing on Press TV.
What did they want. Well, without a real trace of irony, it was the need for momentum without the capital M.
Energy, drive, policies that were inclusive, equal pay for women, responsible capitalism, support for the NHS and more and more housing. In olden times, it would be called progressive conservatism. Guy Opperman as pensions minister, was asked by one member of the audience whether to remove parts of the triple lock on pensions to assuage the plight of the young. He was remarkably silent on this saying he did not want to make manifesto commitments at this time. Pressed afterwards he said he liked to get away from always talking about pensions.
But what was missing was any big idea on how to tackle the issues that Labour was pushing – the failure of private firms running the railways, over crowded classrooms, police and prison service in crisis,giving workers a bigger stake in private companies. They will have to offer real alternatives to wean voters away from Labour. Their only big point was that Corbyn hadn’t the money to do anything about it without ruinous taxation and borrowing.
It is all predicated on Britain entering the sunny uplands once we have left the EU and can plan for a post Brexit society. If Brexit turns into chaos it will further alienate that target age group.
Labour should not be complacent about the dilemma the Tories face. At the Conservative Policy Forum reception there was a strong rallying cry for people to set up constituency wide policy groups to try and draw up more attractive policies and to reach out to non Conservatives – I expect aimed at that 25-45 year age group – to participate.
Just before I left I had a word with George Freeman, Conservative MP for Mid Norfolk, one of the most active MPs seeking new Tory policies to appeal to the younger voter. Surprised to find that a hack had sneaked into the reception to hear about their plans, he jested I was only there for the drink. Then being more serious he asked:
” Why don’t you join the Conservative forum and help us devise new policies?”
I politely declined, made my excuses and left.


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When you stop taking Adderall, dopamine levels drop and force your brain to adjust to the change. If this drug is taken as instructed, it reduces the possibility of experiencing any Adderall withdrawals. Using this drug too often or taking too much increases the likelihood of experiencing withdrawal symptoms.
At Healthy Life Recovery, our San Diego drug rehab knows that developing an Adderall addiction is not uncommon. This drug can be abused by students, professionals, athletes, and people with eating disorders. When Adderall is abused for long periods of time, it can become difficult to quit. For some people, Adderall withdrawals can be too overwhelming to quit on their own and should seek help at our treatment facility.
Symptoms of Adderall Withdrawals
Adderall withdrawal symptoms are not the same thing as side effects. Symptoms appear after you stop using the drug, while side effects occur while you’re on the drug.
These symptoms are also the complete opposite of the drug’s effects. When one is taking Adderall as prescribed, it increases concentration, euphoria, and energy. After stopping Adderall cold turkey, a crash will likely occur with the reversal of these effects. The more dependent on the drug a person is, the more severe withdrawal they will face.
If you have taken Adderall or abused the drug, you can experience one or more of these symptoms after you stop taking it:
- Depression, irritability, or other changes in mood
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- Stomach aches or cramping
- Increased appetite
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In some cases, symptoms of Adderall withdrawals can make you feel drunk, intoxicated, or hungover. Although this usually happens when people do not take the medication as prescribed.
Managing Withdrawal Symptoms
There is no specific treatment for Adderall withdrawal. If you wish to stop taking the drug, speaking with the doctor is the safest way to quit. Your doctor will most likely lower your dose before having you stop taking it completely.
Prescription or not, physical withdrawal symptoms can typically be managed at your own home. If you start to feel any psychological symptoms like severe depression or suicidal thoughts, treatment centers such as Healthy Life Recovery can help. Therapy, counseling, and medication, such as antidepressants, may help.
Adderall should be taken as prescribed by a doctor and for a short period of time. Just because you use the drug as prescribed, there is still no guarantee you won’t experience withdrawal symptoms. The risk of experiencing these symptoms are less likely if you:
- Take as instructed by a doctor
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- Talk to your doctor about lowering your dose before stopping
Long-term treatment for Adderall withdrawal all depends on the nature and circumstance of the drug use. For instance, if you take the drug exactly as prescribed, there most likely will not be a need for any long-term treatment. However, if you have been abusing or misusing this amphetamine for some time, professional medical advice and treatment may be needed. San Diego Adderall rehab can be extremely beneficial for a long-term treatment plan.
All drugs that can lead to addiction affect dopamine levels in some way. This is because stimulants have an effect on dopamine receptors, which is the brain’s reward system. When this reward system is affected, your mind has trouble resisting cravings for these drugs.
Behavioral therapy is the leading treatment for long-term amphetamine addiction treatment. The two types of behavioral therapy that have been proven effective are cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and contingency management (CM).
Adderall vs. Adderall XR
There are two different forms of Adderall, instant and extended or time-release (XR). Regular Adderall is instant and can last for up to six hours. Adderall XR is taken for long-lasting effects for the entire day.
The length of withdrawal symptoms varies between the two forms. Regular Adderall works immediately and leaves the body quicker. In comparison, Adderall XR builds up in the body and stays in the body longer. A person who takes regular Adderall will show withdrawal symptoms sooner than a person who has taken Adderall XR. Furthermore, time-release Adderall withdrawals might last weeks longer due to the body taking longer to detox.
Recovering From an Adderall Addiction
Abusing Adderall and taking it as prescribed can both cause withdrawals when you stop taking it. Quitting Adderall can be challenging, but withdrawal symptoms are rarely dangerous. It can still be hard to accomplish alone, with cravings so intense that it may lead to a relapse.
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Radix: A Radically Different Layer 1
Decentralized finance (DeFi) and Web3 technologies are gaining in popularity, promising more accessible, transparent, and democratic financial services. However, despite the potential benefits, mass adoption of DeFi and Web3 still faces significant challenges such as scalability, usability, and development complexity.
Radix is a platform that aims to overcome these challenges and facilitate the mass adoption of DeFi and Web3 by providing a scalable, secure and easy-to-use decentralized application infrastructure. In this article, we will take a deeper look at what’s hindering the adoption of DeFi and Web3, and explore how Radix’s innovative technology solves these problems, paving the way for a more decentralized financial future.
What are DeFi and Web3?
Decentralized finance (DeFi) and Web3 are two related concepts that are changing the way we think about finance and the Internet.
DeFi belongs to a new form of financial system that is built on decentralized networks like blockchain. Unlike traditional finance, where financial institutions act as intermediaries between individuals and their money, DeFi operates without intermediaries. It allows users to transact directly with each other in peer-to-peer (P2P) mode. DeFi services and protocols use smart contracts to automate financial transactions, which offer market participants a variety of ways to generate passive income. Users independently control their funds and can earn interest on their crypto assets through staking, farming and lending without relying on banks or other financial institutions.
And Web3 belongs to the next generation of the Internet, where decentralized technologies such as blockchain, peer-to-peer networks, and cryptography are used to create a more open, transparent, and user-centric network. Web3 is often associated with DeFi, as both technologies focus on decentralized networks.
Together, DeFi and Web3 represent a powerful force for change in the financial world. By removing intermediaries and giving users more control over their assets and data, these technologies can potentially democratize finance, reduce inequality and create a platform for innovation and development. However, the road to mass adoption of these technologies is still quite thorny, due to issues of scalability, usability, and development complexity.
Three main barriers to the mass adoption of DeFi and Web3
Innovative technologies typically encounter resistance at the beginning of the path to widespread adoption. In the case of decentralized finance, Web3, and blockchain technologies in general, common challenges are customer experience, development, and scaling issues.
User Experience (UX) Challenges
In order for a certain technology to be used by a wider circle of people, it should be clear and simple. Accordingly, the complexity of using DeFi programs is a significant obstacle to their widespread implementation. Many DeFi protocols involve interacting with smart contracts, managing private keys, and navigating through unfamiliar interfaces, which often discourages newcomers. Additionally, DeFi apps typically lack user-friendly features and design elements that users expect from traditional financial services, such as clear instructions and intuitive interfaces. Solving UX problems plays an important role in making DeFi more accessible to a broader audience.
Developer experience challenges
Creating DeFi applications is a difficult process that requires special knowledge of blockchain, smart contract development, and other technical skills. The lack of dedicated tools for efficient development reduces the number of developers who can potentially contribute to the DeFi ecosystem. Improving DX DeFi development, such as providing better tools and documentation, can help attract more developers to the space, accelerate its growth, and avoid some of the mistakes that have led to billions of dollars of DeFi hacks over the last few years.
Another major challenge facing the blockchain industry is scalability. Many blockchain networks, including Ethereum, are capable of processing a limited number of transactions per second, which can lead to network congestion, slow transaction processing, and high fees. Partially solving the scalability problem is crucial to unlocking the full potential of DeFi and ensuring its mass adoption.
Overall, removing these barriers is key to realizing the full potential of Web3 and DeFi. Offering a user-friendly and accessible platform, solutions like Radix aim to minimize these barriers and create a more inclusive and dynamic DeFi ecosystem.
What is Radix?
Radix is a Layer 1 protocol that makes it easy, secure, and intuitive for users to use Web3 and DeFi and for developers to program and scale Web3 and decentralized finance (DeFi) applications by reducing the risk of network overload, hacking of smart contracts, and exploits. The project is radically different from competitors and presents itself as a “full-stack” solution, closely integrating:
- Smart Accounts instead of a seed phrase;
- Radix Wallet, which allows you to fully manage your user experience from your mobile device;
- Native tokens instead of spend approvals;
- Implementation of digital identity;
- Transactions in natural language instead of blind signings.
Simplifying the development of DeFi and Web3 products is possible thanks to the special Scrypto programming language, the Radix Engine runtime environment, and Cerberus, a special consensus protocol to ensure unlimited linear scalability.
The team plans to launch its mainnet dubbed Babylon in the second quarter of 2023, with more than 50 projects soon to create DeFi and NFT platforms based on Radix.
How does Radix solve the three barriers to Web3/DeFi adoption?
To solve the “trilemma” of DeFi and Web3, the Radix team uses several tools. Let’s consider them in the context of each problem.
Improving User Experience for DeFi and Web3
From a practical point of view, not all modern Web3 and DeFi programs are convenient to use. Could you imagine your parents entrusting their savings to a seed phrase? And do you sign a transaction in Metamask with peace of mind, knowing for sure that no one will get your NFT?
Radix solves this with an intuitive mobile wallet that gives users complete control over all their funds. All this is thanks to five leading technologies:
All users’ funds are held on-chain in their own smart contract, called a Smart Account. This obsoletes seed phrases by giving users native multifactor or social recovery to their account.
While modern Web3 authentication obsoletes passwords, you are still signing in with your account, giving away the contents of your wallet and entire transaction history. Radix allows its users to have any number of their own smart contracts on-chain that serve as their online identities, fully recoverable in the same way that Smart Accounts are.
The Radix Wallet is a mobile solution that connects to any desktop session using Radix Connect. Users control their entire experience through their mobile.
On other platforms, tokens are lists of balances in smart contracts that are not accepted by the platform itself. In Radix, all tokens are native, which allows the platform to determine asset behavior and security, greatly reducing the chance of error.
Signing a transaction bears a bit of a risk. Radix fixes this with its Transaction Manifest, which puts users in complete control of their asset transfers, presenting transactions in natural language, and allowing users to specify how many tokens they must receive from a transaction.
The project team plans to launch the new Radix Wallet mobile app in the second quarter of 2023 with the Radix Babylon mainnet.
Improving Developer Experience for decentralized application development
The working environment of DeFi and Web3 developers can hardly be called ideal. Developers spend most of their time on security and testing rather than building new features. Part of the reason is that developers create assets from scratch inside each smart contract, often copying and pasting code from other repositories. As a result, the slightest mistake can lead to a hack. DeFi and Web3 won’t go mainstream until the developer experience is fixed.
Radix solves this with the Scrypto programming language and the Radix Engine runtime environment. These technologies can be considered to be similar to a “game engine” for DeFi and Web3, as all the important components such as token creation, token sending, and token holding, are available to developers off the shelf, just like a game engine gives games developers physics and gravity off the shelf.
With developer-friendly tools, creating DEXs such as Uniswap is reduced from over 750 lines of Solidity to less than 180 lines of Scrypto, significantly improving developer productivity and the security of their smart contracts.
Almost all smart contract platforms have their own vision of solving the age-old problem of scalability. The Radix team has found a potentially successful approach for global DeFi and Web3. Each transaction on Radix will have its own shards, and Cerberus’ special cross-shard consensus protocol ensures that Radix gets the best of both worlds: the linear scalability offered by sharding while maintaining atomic composability between these shards. The implementation of the idea is included in the upcoming release called “Xi’an”.
Radix’s innovative technology and approach to solving the problems of scalability, usability and development of Web3/DeFi applications make the project an extremely promising option for users who want a safe, easy and intuitive Web3 and DeFi experience, and developers who want to further contribute to the development of the field of decentralized finance. To learn more about Radix, watch their RadFi keynote.


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Capitol Hill was alive with the sound of smashing China this week. The Congressional Executive Commission on China held an update on repression in the Uyghur region, and members of the House Committee on Ways and Means shifted their focus from Tax Day to the Red Menace.
Not to be left behind, the House Select Committee on the CCP, led by Wisconsin Rep. Mick Gallagher wargamed the invasion of Taiwan.
Ways and Means Committee members are eying various legislative proposals to crack down on China’s predatory trade practices – an effort they expect will be bipartisan. Members from both sides of the political aisle raised the need for a legislative response to China at a Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee hearing on China Tuesday.
“Across the board, China seeks to dominate global trade and supply chains. They are using all tools at their disposal to advance their ‘Made in China 2025' initiative, subcommittee chairman Adrian Smith (R-Neb) said at the outset of the hearing.
“Today, we will hear why the United States must lead from a position of strength,” he continued. “We can do this by addressing the CCP’s practices directly while simultaneously using trade programs, agreements, and other tools to show we are a reliable and attractive alternative for nations around the world.”
Lawmakers should craft a Trade Promotion Authority bill “to put Congress in the driver’s seat,” reauthorize critical trade programs aimed at increasing US competitiveness and continue efforts to impose consequences for China’s trade practices, he said.
Full committee chairman Jason Smith (R-Mo) agreed that the committee should develop a bipartisan bill “to use our authority over trade, and to use our leverage as a nation to strengthen critical supply chains and reduce dependence on adversarial nations like China and Russia.”
Smith criticized the Administration for excluding Congress from trade policy, saying it “only emboldens China and ignores the voices of the American people. Frameworks and dialogues are no substitute for congressionally binding action on trade.”
Trade subcommittee ranking Democrat Earl Blumenauer (Ore) said he is ready to work across the aisle on China-related legislation. Closing the loophole of the US de minimis rule, which is being exploited by China to evade oversight and avoid duties, is one step Congress should take, he said.
“Because of this loophole, there is no way to tell how many of the more than two million packages per day contain products made through forced labor, intellectual property theft or are otherwise dangerous,” he stated.
The de minimis loophole can allow evasion of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, Mr. Blumenauer said. “This subcommittee must send a clear message to China that the United States will unequivocally protect worker and human rights.”
De minimus rules permit vendors to send materials without paying customs duties or reporting basic data if the value is under $800. CBP is conducting a voluntary test of a de minimis commercial entry process through the creation of the new Entry Type 86, which provides additional information to CBP that can be useful for enforcement purposes.
Mr. Blumenauer has led past efforts to close the loophole, facing stiff resistance from Amazon and the package delivery industry.
The de minimis exemption also came up at a hearing yesterday by the Congressional-Executive Commission on China focusing on implementation of the UFLPA. The commission issued a brief last week that raised concerns about Customs and Border Protection’s implementation of the law.
Commission member Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass) suggested that Congress may need to make some tweaks to the UFLPA as implementation progresses and issue emerge.
The Commission hearing opened with Rep Christopher Smith calling on CBP to redouble its efforts to prevent slave labor-produced goods from entering the U.S, saying
"We have questions as to why the robust Entity List of bad actors that UFLPA requires remains so spartan."
Mr. Smith cited reports that work gloves sold under the Milwaukee Tool label in venues such as Home Depot are produced by prison labor, and the role of Thermo Fisher Scientific in genetic data collection for forced organ harvesting.
China has been accused of using incarcerated prisoners of conscience as an organ donor pool, executing them and harvesting their organs against their will. China's transplant program expanded rapidly in the early 2000s without a corresponding increase in voluntary organ donors, raising questions about the source of the organs.
Testimony from Anasuya Syam, Human Rights and Trade Policy Director, The Human Trafficking Legal Center acknowleged the progress to date, noting
"While we still have a long way to go to achieve FCPA anti-bribery levels of compliance, forced labor is now getting more traction from senior management, as well as from investors.
"The message from the top is clear - forced labor is a “top tier” compliance issue. It is no longer the provenance of weak Codes of Conduct or Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) measures."
A familiar face to followers of the topic, Dr. Laura Murphy, a human rights expert at Sheffield Hallam University, testified before the Comission. Murphy noted that since the UFLPA's implementation, there has been swift enforcement and targeted funding allocations.
However, she highlighted that many U.S. corporations lobbied against the law and its enforcement, with some companies still avoiding scrutiny by shifting the burden of due diligence onto their suppliers.
Murphy described how companies in China have been using various tactics to evade regulations, such as changing subsidiaries' names, shipping products through other countries, and bifurcating their supply chains. She called for the U.S. government to prioritize expanding the entity list and urged Congress to presume that all state-sponsored labor transfers in the Uyghur region constitute forced labor.
Dr. Murphy stressed that the UFLPA is a human rights policy, not a measure to advance geopolitical or economic interests, and urged the U.S. government to encourage allies to align their laws to prohibit the import of forced labor-made goods.
Ways and Means also held a markup of H.J.Res 39, Disapproving the Solar Panel AD/CVD waiver by the Department of Commerce “Procedures Covering Suspension of Liquidation, Duties and Estimated Duties in Accord With Presidential Proclamation 10414.” The measure was favorably reported to the House of Representatives by a roll call vote margin of 2:1. The rule is not expected to survive a presidential veto.
The full Committee on Ways and Means also held a hearing Wednesday on the U.S. Tax Code Subsidizing Green Corporate Handouts and the Chinese Communist Party, affording members and their invited guests an opportunity to air greivances.
Chairman Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and the House Select Committee on the CCP, not to be outdone, spent Wednesday evening wargaming a Taiwan Invasion at the Center for a New American Security, a Washington think tank. Mr. Gallagher, a former marine with a PhD in International Relations from Georgetown, has been a leading voice for military preparedness for a Chinese invasion of Taiwan.
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