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It's rare for public officials to push legislation that would limit their own powers, but Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum has drafted companion bills that would do just that.
Senate Bill 1370 and House Bill 215 would limit the attorney general's authority to contract with private attorneys for litigation and impose a contingency fee cap of $50 million.
McCollum wants to maximize the amount of money that goes into state coffers instead of lawyers' pockets in big verdicts and settlements, and business groups have thrown their support behind the proposals.
Deputy Attorney General Joe Jacquot said the bill would codify procedures the office already follows before "something happens down the road." McCollum has not hired any attorneys on a contingency fee basis since he took office.
"It's just good government," Jacquot said.
But critics contend the proposals could handcuff the attorney general's office. Plaintiffs attorneys contend the state's top lawyer should assemble the most qualified team of attorneys to take on complex cases such as securities and mortgage fraud or claims against pharmaceutical companies. The plaintiffs lawyer group Florida Justice Association is lobbying against the measure.
Lawyers who would be bound by the fee caps say the business support is a red flag.
"It begs the question of who are we doing this for," said Debra Henley, the association's deputy executive director. "Are we doing this for the citizens of Florida? Or the industries that might find themselves in positions of harming the state of Florida who want to make sure the best and brightest aren't opposing them?"
William Large, head of the business group Florida Justice Reform Institute, said McCollum was elected to represent the state of Florida, and his office is "best suited" to file suits to protect its citizens.
"When the attorney general is going after a bad actor, there is seldom a conflict between his compensation and doing what is right," and the attorney general isn't driven by the need to get a big payday for himself, he said.
Jacquot noted the legislation binds only the attorney general's office. He said the governor's office and other state agencies are free to contract wit attorneys for larger contingency fees. He dismissed concerns the bill is bad just because it has the support of business.
"We drafted the legislation in the attorney general's office," Jacquot said. "Once we have a product out there, [the businesses are] welcome to support that, and we'll welcome support for the legislation."
This is the second year that the proposals have been filed. They stalled in the Senate last year.
In addition to the $50 million cap, the bills would require the attorney general to do a thorough assessment of his office's ability to handle cases. If the attorney general determined outside counsel were needed, he would have to explain why in writing and post that explanation and any contracts on his Web site. The bill also sets a sliding formula for contingency fees based on an award or settlement value.
The House sponsor, state Rep. Eric Eisnaugle, R-Orlando, said adopting policies with an eye on taxpayer dollars is especially important as the economy falters.
"It doesn't limit the state's ability to address grievances or serious problems in any way," he said. "It creates accountability and transparency when the attorney general [contracts with lawyers] and creates a very reasonable aggregate attorney fee."
The bill is sponsored in the Senate by Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey. His chief legislative assistant, Gregory Giordano, said the bill would ensure transparency in spending by the attorney general's office.
"We're trying to make open to the public every possible area so they know the Legislature is trying to be as responsible as it can with every public dollar," Giordano said.
The phrase causing consternation with plaintiffs lawyers is the cap of $50 million "irrespective of the number of lawsuits filed or the number of private attorneys retained." Henley said you don't know how many firms you'll have to work with or how long the litigation could take.
Jacquot noted attorneys general around the nation are looking at the issue, and the cap amount was set after surveying law firms.
"We couldn't think of a case that would justify something more," he said. Giordano said the argument that the $50 million cap is too low is not valid
"It would allow the attorney general to hire four law firms with two lawyer per firm being paid $600 per hour for 40 hours per week for 52 weeks per year for five years," he said. "That's a lot of legal service for $50 million."
Constantly cited in the discussion is the civil case authorized by Gov. Lawton Chiles against tobacco companies in the 1990s to recoup smoking- related Medicaid expenses. The state settled the case for $13 billion, and the legal "dream team" hired by the governor's office won nearly $3 billion in legal fees through a separate arbitration with the tobacco companies.
The state contract with the lawyers authorized a 25 percent contingency fee, but payment was not part of the settlement, and several lawyers retained by the state filed liens against the settlement.
W.C. Gentry, a Jacksonville attorney who worked on the case, said if he and his colleagues faced a maximum recovery of $50 million, many attorneys wouldn't have taken on the case. He said the legislation seems "pretty silly."
"Why would you, as a supposedly trustworthy political servant, feel it necessary to limit your own ability to enter into appropriate contracts for the benefit of the public?" he asked.


Intel posts strong Q4 performance with revenue of $13.5 billion, and EPS of $0.48 despite low PC demand
Today Intel reported its fourth quarter financial performance: including revenue of $13.5 billion and earnings per share of $0.48. Intel had a total net income of $2.5 billion for the quarter.
For the full year, Intel had revenue of $53.3 billion, operating income of $14.6 billion, and net income of $11.0 billion. The firm concluded 2012 with cash and equivalents of $8.478 billion, up sharply from the $5.05 billion it concluded 2011 with.
Global PC demand declined last year, a key weakening for the chip provider, whose name has long been synonymous with personal computers. Analysts had expected earnings per share of $0.45 and revenues of $13.53 billion. Intel bested the earnings per share expectations, and was all but flat in regards to its total sales for the quarter.
Intel is a bellwether of sorts, given its high-profile status in the PC market — if Intel earnings are down, it could spell tough times for all firms involved with the creation, sale, and running of computers, including software providers.
The company acknowledged the market's weakness, stating that "[t]he fourth quarter played out largely as expected as we continued to execute through a challenging environment." Intel went on to claim that it has made "tremendous progress" in the year, citing progress into the tablet and smartphone markets; if you were looking for a post-pc era point, that's it right there.
For 2013, Intel expects its revenues to rise a low-single digit percentage; this isn't sharp growth. It's not hard to find the reason for this, as Intel stated today: "PC Client Group revenue of $8.5 billion, down 1.5 percent sequentially and down 6 percent year-over-year." That specific weakness is likely the key drag-point that will keep the firm in slow-growth mode for the coming 12 months.
At CES this year, Intel highlighted its progress powering smartphones and tablets, and announced coming, lower-power chips that will run the next generation of its Ultrabook project.
According to IDC, PC sales slipped a sharp 6.4% in the fourth quarter, noting that "Windows notebook sales were going down all year. This isn't new. This isn't an acceleration." Still, acceleration or no, it remains poor news for Intel and its ilk.
During normal trading, Intel rose roughly 2%. In after-hours trading, directly following the announcement, Intel is up more than a percent.
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What follows is Intel's release:
SANTA CLARA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Intel Corporation today reported full-year revenue of $53.3 billion, operating income of $14.6 billion, net income of $11.0 billion and EPS of $2.13. The company generated approximately $18.9 billion in cash from operations, paid dividends of $4.4 billion, and used $4.8 billion to repurchase 191 million shares of stock.
For the fourth quarter, Intel posted revenue of $13.5 billion, operating income of $3.2 billion, net income of $2.5 billion and EPS of 48 cents. The company generated approximately $6 billion in cash from operations, paid dividends of $1.1 billion and used $1.0 billion to repurchase 47 million shares of stock.
"The fourth quarter played out largely as expected as we continued to execute through a challenging environment," said Paul Otellini, Intel president and CEO. "We made tremendous progress across the business in 2012 as we entered the market for smartphones and tablets, worked with our partners to reinvent the PC, and drove continued innovation and growth in the data center. As we enter 2013, our strong product pipeline has us well positioned to bring a new wave of Intel innovations across the spectrum of computing."
Full-Year 2012 Key Financial Information and Business Unit Trends
PC Client Group had revenue of $34.3 billion, down 3 percent from 2011.
Data Center Group had revenue of $10.7 billion, up 6 percent from 2011.
Other Intel architecture group had revenue of $4.4 billion, down 13 percent from 2011.
Q4 Key Financial Information and Business Unit Trends
PC Client Group revenue of $8.5 billion, down 1.5 percent sequentially and down 6 percent year-over-year.
Data Center Group revenue of $2.8 billion, up 7 percent sequentially and up 4 percent year-over-year.
Other Intel® architecture group revenue of $1.0 billion, down 14 percent sequentially and down 7 percent year-over-year.
Gross margin of 58 percent, 1.0 percentage point above the midpoint of the company's expectation of 57 percent.
R&D plus MG&A spending $4.6 billion, in line with the company's expectation of approximately $4.5 billion.
Tax rate of 23 percent, below the company's expectation of approximately 27 percent.
Intel's Business Outlook does not include the potential impact of any business combinations, asset acquisitions, divestitures or other investments that may be completed after Jan. 17.
Full-Year 2013
Revenue: low single-digit percentage increase.
Gross margin percentage: 60 percent, plus or minus a few percentage points.
R&D plus MG&A spending: $18.9 billion, plus or minus $200 million.
Amortization of acquisition-related intangibles: approximately $300 million.
Depreciation: $6.8 billion, plus or minus $100 million.
Impact of equity investments and interest and other: net gain of approximately $100 million.
Tax Rate: approximately 25 percent.
Full-year capital spending: $13.0 billion, plus or minus $500 million.
Revenue: $12.7 billion, plus or minus $500 million.
Gross margin percentage: 58 percent, plus or minus a couple percentage points.
R&D plus MG&A spending: approximately $4.6 billion.
Amortization of acquisition-related intangibles: approximately $75 million.
Impact of equity investments and interest and other: net loss of approximately $50 million.
Depreciation: approximately $1.7 billion.
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Steve Harwell's throw was "Just a bit outside"
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Naturally, I didn't see it, but all reports are that Harwell is a better singer than he is a pitcher.
The lead singer of Smash Mouth gave a better performance in the rock band's post-game concert Saturday than he did throwing out the first pitch before the game.
Steven Harwell's toss was so bad it skidded past its generous intended target - the rotund mascot Billy the Marlin.
"He yelled at me,'' infielder Jason Wood, who caught a pitch from another band member. "He said, 'Why didn't you catch that ball?' I said 'Because you threw it way outside. You couldn't even hit Billy the Marlin.' ''
I was told he is a pretty snappy dresser wearing a Marlins shirt and all. So I guess some allowances should be given.
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Alan Carr will host this year's Royal Variety Performance amidst a galaxy of stars
The line up has been confirmed for this year's show and the stars will be out in force
Ed Sheeran (Image: PA)
It's one of the most glittering and star-studded highlights of the TV calendar and this year is set to be one of the most dazzling displays yet.
Comedian Alan Carr has been announced as the host of this year's Royal Variety Performance which will take place at the Royal Albert Hall in London this December.
It's the world's longest-running entertainment show and this year's occasion will be extra special as 2021 marks not only the 109th event of its kind but also the Royal Variety Charity is celebrating 100 years of our reigning Monarch being their Patron.
Senior members of the Royal Family will be smiling (organisers would hope, anyway) down at performers from the royal box as usual and the evening looks set to be truly spectacular with stars confirmed as performing so far include multi award-winner Ed Sheeran, international sensation Sir Rod Stewart, Brit Award winner James Blunt, the cast of the Royal Shakespeare Company's phenomenal Matilda The Musical, chart-topper Anne-Marie and music from Years and Years.
The line-up has been revealed for this year's Royal Variety Performance
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Performances by Gregory Porter and Elvis Costello are rumoured too plus a special collaboration from actress Keala Settle and the Some Voices choir with the amazing, award-winning song 'This is Me'. All that AND comedy from Judi Love, Bill Bailey, Chris McCausland and Josh Widdicombe.
Alan Carr said: "It's such an honour to be asked to host this year's Royal Variety Performance, it really is a dream come true. With so many amazing performers it's going to be a night to recollect and if I remember correctly, the last time I appeared I was wearing a skimpy leopard print mini dress so I'm hoping as host this time I'll be wearing something a bit more classy!"
The star-studded spectacular will be screened on ITV and ITV Hub in December.
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RIU Hotels and Preverisk Group, working in partnership for hotel sustainability
The Mallorcan company Preverisk Group runs sustainability training and internal audits of almost all RIU's hotels worldwide.
RIU Hotels & Resorts is pursuing its commitment to hotel sustainability together with its partner company Preverisk Group (Gestión de Riesgos Ambientales S.L.), a company with more than 20 years of experience in the sector. Since 2015, this Mallorcan company has been responsible for providing RIU with consultancy services, sustainability training and internal audits of RIU hotels around the world. Preverisk Group carries out the relevant inspections and pre-audits, then the British certification body Travelife, which specialises in sustainability management for the tourist industry, steps in to officially audit the hotels.
This partnership with Preverisk Group represents a significant investment on the part of RIU Hotels in resources allocated to sustainability and corporate socialresponsibility. In 2018, pre-audits were carried out in 72 of the company's hotels and, this year, that figure rises to 88 establishments where exhaustive work will be undertaken to achieve the sustainability goals set out in the Travelife certification.
For the CSR director of RIU Hotels, Catalina Alemany, Preverisk Group "is a perfect fit with our approach because we share such important values as humility and a passion for service." Caterina Ramis, head of operations for corporate projects at Preverisk Group, says, "it is a pleasure to collaborate with the directors, delegates and, in particular, the corporate social responsibility team at RIU, because of their professionalism, willingness and commitment to sustainability."
In terms of Preverisk Group's training and consulting for RIU Hotels, in 2015 and 2016 the focus was on actions aimed at middle management roles in relation to environmental awareness and sustainability, as well as disseminating the chain's policy, developing in-depth knowledge and a sense of belonging to the brand. In 2017 and 2018, 1,313 courses took place with 25,570 new participants who learned about the same topics as in previous years, but with new training in the Travelife programme and, in certain destinations, in the EPCAT code, which aims to prevent commercial sexual exploitation of children in tourism and travel.
This year the collaboration between RIU and Preverisk Group is even closer, as the latter has become the direct and operational spokesperson for RIU Hotels & Resorts in matters of sustainability. From this year, Preverisk serves several destinations simultaneously, which is a novel approach that streamlines the working time needed to achieve sustainability certificates. In addition, with this partnership RIU reinforces its training in sustainability, the ECPAT code and ongoing improvement, with the help of a specialist external company.
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Week 3 NFL Picks: The Road to 0-3 Goes Thru New Orleans! (And Molly's Pick is Nearly Controversial!)
Posted on September 20, 2012 September 20, 2012 by Ross Gariepy
Through two weeks, I'm 16-14-2 against the spread. Just enough above average to be winning you a small amount of money if you've been smart enough to go with all of my picks. If you were betting $100 on each of my picks, you'd have a $60 profit so far. If I keep up this pace over the course of the 17-week season, you'd profit $510. Not too shabby. But of course you're not betting $100 on each of my picks because for some reason you still don't trust me. I get it. It's gonna take a 13-3 week or better for you to finally give in and follow my advice in each game. I'm not sure it'll be this week because the schedule's pretty unforgiving from a betting standpoint (by the way, good luck feeling super comfortable with your suicide pick this week if you happen to be part of the 3% that avoided New England last week).
Let's get on with it and see if I can finally convince you to follow my lead (home team underlined):
Carolina(-3) over NY Giants: I'm fully prepared for the Giants to fuck me over here, but I gotta take Carolina for a couple reasons. First, how many injuries can the Giants sustain on offense and still put up points? No Hakeem Nicks, Domenik Hixon, Ahmad Bradshaw or David Diehl. Second, the emotional toll last week's comeback win over Tampa must have had on the Giants isn't something to ignore. Coming off a game like that, the loss of several key players and a short week…I also think Carolina, which only won three home games last year, turns into one of those teams that's very difficult to beat at home this season.
Dallas(-8) over Tampa Bay: Is the real Tampa Bay the team that only allowed 10 points to Carolina in week 1 or the team that allowed 41 points (and more than 500 passing yards!) to the Giants in week 2? That's the key to whether Dallas can cover this spread. I'm saying they're closer to what we saw in week 2. I also don't believe Tampa can play catch-up very well if it falls behind by 14 or 17 points, which I see happening. Dallas starts out fast in this one and covers the 8 points.
Jacksonville (+3) over Indianapolis: If the NFL combined the best players from these teams into one team, would it even be competitive? You'd have Luck at QB, MoJo at RB, Reggie Wayne and Laurent Robinson at WR…ugh. If the RedZone Channel gave you the ability to choose certain games for them to never check in on, wouldn't this be at the top of your list for week 3? Anyway, I think MoJo continues to round into form and runs all over Indy so I'm going with the Jags…it's literally their only chance to avoid an 0-8 start.
Buffalo (-3) over Cleveland: One of two things is happening in this game: A barn-burner with the Bills getting to 40 points first and holding on for a win, or this pathetic Cleveland team is gonna finally make the Buffalo defense look legit, and the Bills win 34-10. Either way we inch closer to my prediction coming true on the first coach fired this season as Cleveland's Pat Shurmur is officially placed on the hot seat.
Miami(+3) over NY Jets: Miami's run defense is legit. So the only chance the Jets have of cracking that elusive 10-point ceiling on offense is if Mark Sanchez puts on a show. Do you really think we're gonna have many weeks this year where "Mark Sanchez" and "puts on a passing clinic" are used in the same sentence? Me neither. I know the Dolphins are still planning on being a bad team, and they have a rookie QB and all, but I think they can take a very conservative approach offensively and see if their defense can win the game for them. Looking forward to hearing the "Tebow should start" chatter go from a whisper to a dull roar after this one.
New Orleans(-9) over Kansas City: "The road to 0-3 goes through New Orleans" is what I picture someone like Greg Gumbel saying during CBS's pregame show Sunday morning. New Orleans has plenty of built-in excuses to be this bad, and it's not like their interim interim coach has to be worried about being fired. But it's much more of a must-win game for KC because they have no excuses…they have their real coach (who did have the interim tag last year, but not the little-used interim interim), and they have their health for the most part. This game pits the two teams tied for last in the NFL in points allowed (37.5). The big difference is on offense, where the Saints are 6th in scoring (29.5 points per game) while the Chiefs are 26th (20.5ppg). Is the pick really as simple as which offense is better? Yes, yes it is. Saints get their first win AND cover the big nine points.
Cincinnati (+3) over Washington: On Tuesday this line was -4 for the Redskins and I meant to bet big on Cincy with the points. Because if the Redskins are gonna be winning anymore games this year, it'll be by a field goal or less. Obviously I forgot to bet it because I got distracted trying to find out how much I could sell all my DVDs for on zumu.co. Washington's already-terrible defense just got worse with the loss of a couple key guys, and we need to remember that their QB is a rookie. The Bengals feel like a very balanced team. Without looking at stats, I'd guess they are above average in all phases of the game. Both these teams will play a lot of close games, so I gotta take Cincinnati with the points, but I'd feel a lot better if it was still -4.
Molly is now 1-1 in her picks for the year. Of course I'm disappointed as I expect perfection from my offspring. This will be her last football pick as an unspayed dog. Next week's video may feature her with one of those funny cone necklaces on. I'm giving Molly the St. Louis at Chicago (-7.5) pick this week, and as you'll see, my girlfriend actually had to help me decipher who Molly was choosing because it was such a close call:
San Francisco (-7.5) over Minnesota: Easy logic for picking the 49ers. Minnesota barely beat Jacksonville (a horrible team) at home in week 1, and they lost to Indianapolis (a very bad team) on the road in week 2. San Francisco easily handled Green Bay (a very good team) on the road in week 1, and they beat Detroit (an above average team) at home in week 2. This logic was so easy and convincing that I picked the 9ers in my suicide pool this week.
Detroit (-4) over Tennessee: The Titans have been a model of mediocrity for so long that I think we all just pencil them in for 8-8 every year without even really evaluating them. It's like how for the last five years we could safely assume that the NFC West would be the worst division in football and we'd be right. But then all of the sudden, the NFC West creeps up on you and becomes a sneaky decent division. Well the same goes for the Titans but reversed. They've sneaky become an awful team, averaging 11.5 points per game so far and putting up a solid 2.2 yards per rushing attempt. The Lions may take a step back from last year, but they're still more than capable of beating this Titans team by a touchdown.
Atlanta (+3) over San Diego: If you want to discount what the Falcons have done so far by saying they faced one putrid AFC West team (the Chiefs in week 1) and one mediocre AFC West team (the Broncos in week 2), that's fine. But what caliber of AFC West team are they facing in week 3 at San Diego? The Chargers look fine so far, but let's get serious and realize the best of the NFC is much better than the best of the AFC. Even if the Chargers end up with a 12-win season, they're not in the same class as where I think the Falcons will end up. It feels wrong to be getting Atlanta as an underdog at this point. Enjoy it.
Philadelphia (-3.5) over Arizona: You know how every couple years there's that one team that keeps winning early in the season, and you and your buddies keep laughing at that team because you know they're not really good? Think about the 49ers last season or the Vikings in 2009 when they had Brett Favre. We kept betting against them every week because their luck had to run out at some point, didn't it? Except that for both those teams, their "luck" took them all the way to the NFC Championship game (and if memory serves, both teams were one play away from going to the Super Bowl). Is it possible the Eagles are this year's version of that team? Could they cover the spread in Arizona this weekend on some combination of Kevin Kolb's poorly-timed turnovers and a fluky special teams bounce? Of course they could, and then we'd still be laughing at them because they'll be 3-0, but an ugly 3-0. And then suddenly it's 12 weeks later and this team is 12-3 somehow. Gross. I'm going with the Eagles to finally get their first non-one-point win of the year.
Oakland(+4.5) over Pittsburgh: Hmm…Pitt just dismantled a Jets team that looked unstoppable in week1 while Oakland got shellacked by what everyone considers to be a pretty terrible Dolphins team. The Raiders haven't scored more than 14 points in a game yet this season. But no, I'm not biting on this line for Pittsburgh. The Steelers still have a ton of injuries to key guys (James Harrison, Troy Polamalu, Rashard Mendenhall), and it feels like they're in the mode of "let's just hold this thing together and remain competitive however we can right now. Once we get all of our reinforcements back from injury we'll be a team no one wants to face." This game feels like one of those ugly matchups traditionally saved for "St. Louis at Cleveland" where there may not be a single offensive touchdown and the final score is something like 15-12. I'm taking the home team and the points.
Houston (-3) over Denver: This line is a slap in the face to Houston. They have the top-ranked defense in the NFL, and they have a top-10 offense. They're facing a Denver team whose only win was against a still-in-preseason-mode Pittsburgh squad in week 1. When I guessed the line for this game on Tuesday, I had Houston -8. Needless to say this is my lock of the week. Why isn't my lock of the week also my suicide pick? Because a very small part of me fears that Peyton Manning, in his first non-nationally-televised game of the season, will quietly stun us this weekend. Can't you picture yourself watching the RedZone Channel, enjoying the back-and-forth action in Arizona, when all of the sudden Andrew Siciliano appears on your TV and says, "While you were watching Michael Vick's seventh turnover of the Eagles/Cardinals game, Peyton Manning just led the Broncos on three unanswered scoring drives against Houston to put his team up by 10 in the 4th quarter"? OK, it's unlikely. But I'm giving Manning a couple more weeks before I write his football eulogy.
New England (+3) over Baltimore: These two teams have been engaging in quite the role reversal shenanigans so far this season, haven't they? Over the past five years, we'd expect the Patriots to be the offensive juggernaut with the sketchy defense and the Ravens to be the defensive stalwart whose offensive continually let them down. It's only two games into 2012, but we're seeing a Patriots defense that ranks in the top 10 in all major defensive categories, and a Ravens offense that ranks 2nd in scoring. These may be the two most-evenly matched teams in the NFL, but I'm putting my faith in the Patriots quickly remembering that Wes Welker is a 120-reception wide receiver, and starting to use him accordingly.
Green Bay (-3.5) over Seattle: Sure, this game has all the makings of a close one. A Green Bay offense that hasn't fully hit its stride (don't forget I was the first one to point out that their offense seemed off through two weeks) against a very good Seattle defense…in Seattle, where the 'Hawks are coming off a huge win over Dallas. But I think in week 3 we see things go back to a more "normal" world in football. The Packers should win this one by at least a touchdown as we all remember the Packers are the Packers and the Seahawks are still the Seahawks.
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'Challenge the inevitability of suicide' – Health Minister Alastair Burt
Suicide is not inevitable, delegates at the National Suicide Prevention Alliance conference were told by Health Minister Alastair Burt MP yesterday.
Outlining successful interventions that supported his stance, including empowering local communities to implement suicide prevention plans, he said that suicide was often known as a "silent killer" because the people close to the person who had taken their own life often did not know anything was wrong, and this is where communities could intervene.
Pub landlords, gym workers, coroners and others who might come into contact with people in distress have been trained in suicide prevention as part of one of the Zero Suicide pilot projects.
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MugiMugi
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I'm debating to change the tag system around a tad bit, right now it do not feel to usefull and it's just to much work adding how often something contains in a book, plus a bit confusing for new users to just add simple information like this that mostly don't need Japanese reading skills.
So the idea is basically this
* Combine Content/Genre not even sure why I split this.
* Remove frequency on these & for Characters. Maybe even Parody.
* Make it easier to add them to books, do not need to go to Edit2 page but front page, Trust users won't need to comit new versions theyh will apply at once.
* Make it possible to combine tags for more advance tagging. Example (Swimsuit x Cat Girl)
* Make adding character work in combination to this, so you can tag Char * Char or Char * Tag.
I'm not sure this is what best but I think streamlining this would help the site overall, plus we get the option to combine characters and tags.
There might be more good ideas for this so if you have any let me know.
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I think there is a valid reason to split Contents and Genres, which is that I think that Contents tag individual elements of the work, while Genres categorize the entire work. So while Genre will always describe something about the entire book/item, Contents will tell you what that book/item contains.
But it brings up an issue I have with Genres, which is that at the moment I think it is overloaded with Type information:
1) Traditional Genres of "Media"/"Entertainment" (books, videos, games) (OK by me):
https://www.doujinshi.org/browse/genre/3/Comedy/
https://www.doujinshi.org/browse/genre/21/Historical/
https://www.doujinshi.org/browse/genre/6/Horror/
2) More Type than Genre (stretching the meaning of Genre, and why I think Genre is overloaded):
https://www.doujinshi.org/browse/genre/162/Mug,-Glass-%28goods%29/
https://www.doujinshi.org/browse/genre/201/Magnet-Sheet/
3) Valid Genre, but specific to Video Games and unlikely (but not impossible) for a Book:
https://www.doujinshi.org/browse/genre/145/Shooting-game/
I think #1 is valid and good use of the categorization, #2 is more about the "Type" of item versus its "Genre", and while #3 is a Genre I think its parent "Video Games" should be considered a "Type" versus a "Genre".
So instead of collapsing Content and Genre into 1 collection, I'm actually proposing to create 1 more collection to make 3 total: Type, Genre, and Content:
* Content would be the same as it is now, a system of tagging any and all items with snippets of information that describe something an item contains.
* Genre would be similar to how it is now, except all Genres would have an ancestor (a direct parent or the parent (of a parent) ad infinitum) Type that they'd belong to (the most general category being "Media" or "Entertainment" for most books, videos, games, and something like "Item"/"Object"/"Thing" that would contain mugs, keychains, and things that aren't strictly "Media" (or items that are meant to be entertaining)).
* Type would replace the Type combo box on the Edit page, and would contain the Types of objects contained the database. This would allow items such as mugs, keychains, posters, figurines, etc. to be identified right away, and allow new types of items to be added without twisting it into a category that doesn't really fit it. It would also have hierarchy like Content and Genre currently do, so that categories of types like "Item"/"Entertainment"/"Book"/"Manga", "Item"/"Entertainment"/"Video Game", and "Item"/"Mug, Glass" could be established.
This would require some other changes, the most notable being the doujinshi/manga distinction might need to be handled differently. In the Type list I'm imagining, instead of there being "Doujinshi" and "Manga" entries, there would just be a "Book" entry that would parent a "Light Novel" entry and a "Manga"/"Comic" entry.
To handle the "Doujinshi" distinction, a division already exists in the current list of Types between Doujinshi and Commercial books and items. It seems like it'd be better and simpler to just make that divide into a checkbox, so that the "unofficial books and items" called "doujinshi" are kept separate from the commercially-produced books and items, while allowing the Types of doujinshi items to grow (there are doujinshi games, goods, and videos out there I believe).
Probably a good idea. I didn't really notice that I had control over frequency on these items until the other day; and then it became difficult for me to know what frequency I should set on Objects/Items. The settings leave it open to too much interpretation for me to be confident using it; the difference between "some" or "many" is subjective, and I feel like I'd get it wrong in the opinions of others.
This also reminds me about a similar issue I have with the "Censorship" selector: the settings are too vague for me to know what to do with them. If it listed specific types of censorship like "white-out", "black-bar", or "mosaic", then I would be able to make a decision on what to use more often.
* Make it easier to add them to books, do not need to go to Edit2 page but front page. Trust users won't need to commit new versions as they will apply at once.
Sounds good. Might have some tag-wars between users changing tags back and forth, but since it's registered users and not fully anonymous users doing the editing hopefully that would keep it from being too hostile.
I like the idea, but I have a nagging feeling that there might be complications with this. Right now you have Contents tags as {id, text} values that you link on Objects/Items and index to link those items together in a graph. You've also added the ability to organize Contents tags in a strict hierarchy with the "Parent" field.
This new feature you propose sounds like you're adding an "AND" to link Contents tags and other Items together. I don't know enough SQL to know how this would be implemented, but I imagine the query for a combination-tag would change "SELECT objects, items WHERE tag1 AND tag2" to "SELECT objects, items WHERE tag1&2", where tag1&2 is a new tag created from tag1 and tag2, and where tag1, tag2, and tag1&2 are all Items(Contents, Character, Author) or a subset thereof in the DB.
Another a slight complication with the combination-tag and the Parent hierarchy is if 1 of the pair in the combination-tag uses a parent or ancestor of itself.
But like I said initially, I like the idea and can imagine some nice uses of it in tagging items.
Sorry for the long post! I've not been around here for very long, but I've found this database to be a really useful asset in my organizing. I give these suggestions hoping that in some minor way they can help improve the site, even if they are just used as counter-examples to direct development in another direction. In any case, I imagine that the users who have been around longer will have more informed opinions about these changes.
MoeMoe
Radical changes ideas
https://www.doujinshi.org/forum/index.php?IIID=1235
Restructuring TYPE
Restructuring Contents and Genres
Suggestion: Internal Link in Info field
Type of parody
External link needs new Type (availability)
・finished updating (due to moving)
・closed (only announcement left)
・dead links (404)
Member of the circle needs new Type
・representative (private circle)
・member (group or joint circle)
・old member
・guest→collaborator
After reading over MoeMoe's links and thinking about it some more, I understand why it's a good idea to combining Content and Genre. Tags are already capable of being organized hierarchically, and so my categories of "Type", "Genre", and "Contents" are just tags at different locations in that hierarchy: "Types" = root-level tags, "Genres" = branch-level tags, and "Contents" = leaf-level tags.
(1) Naming of the merged Contents/Genres:
I think it'd be simple and the most direct to call the merged Contents/Genres Tags. Definition of a "tag" is a "non-hierarchical keyword or term assigned to a piece of information" (from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tag_%28metadata%29), which is how these Contents/Genres entries are applied to the books. They are organized in a hierarchy behind-the-scenes, and while this hierarchy might make the use of "tag" questionable based on that definition, I think the term "Tags" makes it more immediately apparent than "Contents" or "Genre" what these collections of terms/keywords are.
Liking these ideas more and more. Several existing tags could be split into parts, like "Naked Apron" becoming "Naked"+"Apron", or most of the "Sex at" or "Sex with" tags becoming "Sex"+"(location, person, entity)" tag combinations. A theoretical "Naked" tag reminds me of feature that I think would help my tagging attempts a great deal:
(2) Multiple names for the same tag
As an example, a fictional tag K1000 could be identified with English names "Nude" and "Naked". That way "Nude" could be used when tagging a book containing nudity, and "Naked" would be paired with "Clothing/Apron" to get "Naked"+"Apron". This is instead of forcing "Naked" or "Nude" to be used in both cases: "Nude"+"Apron" doesn't work as well, and "Naked" on a book might be fine but "Nude" seems better somehow.
A more concrete example that I have run into is "Cumming Inside / 中出し, 膣内射精" (K180); the term I originally searched for to describe 中出し in English was "Nakadashi". I think it'd be nice to have both "Cumming Inside" and "Nakadashi" both link to K180.
(3) Tag definitions by other tags
Not a fully-formed idea, but I was thinking that "Exhibitionism / 露出癖" (K70) could be defined using other tags, like "Naked"+"Public" or "Naked"+"In Public".
Or, (which requires an exclusion/without "-" operator along with the combination "+" operator) something like "Ecchi" being defined by something like "Sexual Acts"-"Depictions Of Sex".
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Protests about ticket price rises hit hundreds of railway stations
The demonstrations were in response to an average price rise of 2.3 per cent
Tuesday 03 January 2017 15:36
Manuel Cortes, General Secretary of the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association, (left) joins Labour politicians Emily Thornberry and Andrew McDonald (right) outside King's Cross Station in London
Campaigners gathered outside hundreds of railway stations across the country to protest about train fare increases.
The largest demonstrations were planned for King's Cross in London, Glasgow Central and Manchester Piccadilly, but smaller protests took place elsewhere.
Three campaign groups, Action for Rail, Bring Back British Rail and We Own It, came together to organise two days of action in response to an average price rise of 2.3 per cent for most passengers.
Analysis from Action for Rail, said passengers are spending six times more on fares than those in Europe. Those commuting to London from Luton pay on average £387 a month.
Rail passengers hit by hikes of up to £2,100 in cost of annual tickets
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Passengers in Paris or Rome would pay £61 for a similar journey over the same period.
Samuel Tarry, the national political officer for the Transport Salaries Staff's Association (TSSA), which is part of the Action for Rail coalition, told The Independent it was time to put passengers ahead of profit.
"Rail fares here are now six times higher than the rest of Europe, with many passengers paying over a month's salary just to get to work," he said. "It's time for a rail system that puts people before profit, and instead of shareholders or the Governments of other European companies benefiting at our expense, we should take back public control of our railways for the benefit of the British commuters."
TSSA General Secretary Manuel Cortes added that any profit should be reinvested to ensure cheaper fares and upgrades for passengers.
"It's high time we stopped this annual rip-off of our passengers and take back control of our train companies for the British taxpayer," he said.
But Transport Secretary, Chris Grayling insisted "wages are growing faster than regulated fares."
The government's "commitment to cap regulated fares in line with inflation will save annual season ticket holders an average £425 in the five years to 2020," he said.
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"To improve services, we are investing more than £40billion into our railways," he added. "This will provide passengers with better trains that are faster and more comfortable.
"We are delivering the biggest rail modernisation programme for more than a century, providing more seats and services. We have always fairly balanced the cost of this investment between the taxpayer and the passenger. On average, 97% of every £1 of a passenger's fare goes back into the railway."
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I first met Tarana Burke in October 2018 at an InStyle dinner in Los Angeles. We had overlapped earlier that year at the Golden Globe Awards, where she and fellow activists joined forces with prominent actresses to represent the launch of Time's Up. Burke founded #MeToo in 2006 but really surged into the public consciousness in 2017, when the initial sexual-assault allegations against Harvey Weinstein surfaced and the movement gathered momentum online and became a viral hashtag.
A born activist, the Bronx, N.Y., native, who is a survivor of sexual abuse herself, began the drumbeat of women speaking up, being supported, finding people to listen, and, of course, taking action.
And she has not stopped. While the intensity of 2017 has cooled to a more workable climate, Burke has remained steadfast in her vision. She is focusing on creating an online network that survivors can access to find help on a local level.
That said, she's not #MeToo all the time. She can't be. After Burke walked into our InStyle dinner that night in October, I raced up to her and said, "Do you need a glass of wine?" She responded with a prompt yes, a laugh, and a grand reveal that, while she's a pioneer, she's a woman too. One who keeps the culture in perspective and loves a joke, a whiskey, and a good pair of Fendi boots. Long may she reign.
LAURA BROWN: We know the origins of the #MeToo movement, but I'm curious how it runs day to day.
TARANA BURKE: So, I never wanted to have an organization. I have worked at organizations my entire life, and I wanted to figure out how to do the work and not have to get into the administration of it. In 2018 the day to day was doing different bits of media, traveling around, giving speeches. I would liaise with a group of women who run other national organizations — Aijen Poo from the National Domestic Workers Alliance, Fatima Goss Graves of the National Women's Law Center, and [Alianza Nacional de Campesinas co-founder] Mónica Ramírez, who is my favorite. We were always strategizing about what's next and how we move forward. But after Brett Kavanaugh's [Supreme Court nomination] hearings, I started feeling like I needed more structure.
LB: Go on.
TB: So, I started the #MeToo International organization in November 2018. And we also partnered with the global ad agency FCB [Foote, Cone & Belding], which helped us build a tool that is launching this summer that serves as a digital platform of sorts for survivors. And for people who want to help support them.
LB: Because previously there weren't many options.
TB: Previously, if you went on the Internet looking for help as a victim of sexual assault, it would send you to one website, which is RAINN's [Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network]. They are a great organization and have been doing this for a long time, largely without peers, and they run the National Sexual Assault Hotline. But as a survivor, I need a different kind of information — more accessible, more personal. Me as a survivor and you as a survivor have different experiences around what that means. I always describe our work as healing and action. There is a healing side to the website, and then on the action side is this tool that allows you to put in your zip code and find out all the ways people are working to end sexual violence right in your neighborhood. You can volunteer, donate, pray, all the ways you want to be a part of that.
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Florida pastor who dismissed coronavirus as 'just the flu' dies
Brian and Erin Hitchens before the pandemic (Credit: Facebook)
A Florida pastor who at one point dismissed the threat of coronavirus as "just the flu" has died of complications caused by the illness, her family said on Monday. Her husband, who was equally skeptical, was also hospitalized but has since recovered.
Erin Hitchens, a 46-year-old pastor in West Palm Beach, fell ill in April and spent months in the intensive care unit, where she was put on a ventilator and sedated with no signs of improvement. She died this month of heart problems related to COVID-19.
Erin and her husband, Brian Lee Hitchens, were both skeptical of the virus when it reached the U.S. and began to spread. They believed online conspiracy theories, didn't follow health guidance, and waited to seek help when they fell ill, according to the BBC, which featured Brian's story in May.
"The news is emphasizing way too much on this coronavirus garbage, all it is is just the flu," Erin wrote on Facebook on March 12, when she mistakenly believed that she had already gone through COVID-19 in the past. "I recently had it, I'm not dead. I'm not in the hospital and I'm fine."
Erin added: "Can we all come together and get a petition going and tell the news to stop creating hysteria? Dr. Oz and other doctors are calling the news media's out saying there is mass hysteria … Enough is enough, and you know what, I'm not scared, this is why I'm speaking out. Others need to speak out too with their voice."
In later posts, however, she appeared to take the virus more seriously. "Let's give these doctors and nurses a thank you," she said on Facebook, adding that she was praying for the world to get healthy again and for life to get back to normal.
Brian told the BBC on Monday that he wished he had listened from the beginning and hoped his wife would forgive him. "This is a real virus that affects people differently. I can't change the past I can only live in today and make better choices for the future," Brian said.
At least 23 million people have been infected with coronavirus since it first emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019, killing more than 810,000 people around the world, including 177,000 people in the U.S.
Erin Hitchens on Facebook on March 12
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by Crispin Kott/ July 15, 2019 /Comments closed
Kirk Reinhardt (photo by David Gordon)
The Saugerties schools reorganizational meeting on July 10 proved a largely uneventful affair with no new trustees and no changes in board leadership. Robert Thomann will remain president and James Mooney vice-president of the school board, with Katie Emerson-Hoss, Elena Maskell and Paul VanSchaack retaining their board seats after running unopposed in May.
The agenda included numerous appointments and designations, and a traditionally long list of media outlets and websites where the district plans to report delayed openings, early dismissals and outright closures. Trustees rolled over existing bylaws and policies, authorized various administrators and support staff to perform the duties of administrators and support staff, and set the district calendar for the 2019-20 school year.
There were resolutions pertaining to fuel-oil bids (pre-pay price of $2.049 per gallon for 17,000 gallons to Morgan Fuel & Heating) and propane bids (pre-pay price of $1.14 per gallon from Paraco Gas for 22,000 gallons at Mt. Marion Elementary and 1000 gallons at Grant D. Morse Elementary), and a no-charge agreement with Diaz Memorial Ambulance Service to provide non-dedicated service at home football games, with the stipulation that the ambulance will leave the field in the event of an emergency elsewhere in the town.
The meeting was also officially the first for a pair of new administrators, superintendent Kirk Reinhardt and business manager Jane St. Amour. They began their work in the district July 1, after the district spent the 2018-19 school year with interim administrators in their place. Deputy superintendent Lawrence Mautone served a dual role as interim superintendent during the 2018-19 school year following the departure of superintendent Seth Turner in the summer of 2018. St. Amour was hired as the district's business manager after the district saw both Warren Donohue and Donald Gottlieb steer its finances in an interim capacity after Lissa Jilek left last summer.
"It was a good first one," said Reinhardt after the meeting.
Another administrative job, deputy superintendent, is still vacant. School officials are still discussing how to shape the deputy superintendent role before deciding whether to post for an opening. "We haven't had any discussions yet," said Reinhardt. "That will probably happen during the next executive session, what that might look like. I have some ideas, and I will probably shoot that off to the board so they know what I'm thinking."
Reinhardt said he's sought feedback from other school officials as to how best to serve the district. The next deputy superintendent's title may change as the position's responsibilities are considered and reconsidered.
"I've had an opportunity to talk to a lot of the central office people to discuss where we're at and where we're going," Reinhardt said. "We're looking at data a lot more. We're looking at student success, and that will probably drive that conversation as well. I'm new, the business person is new. So we want to see what are the gaps, and what do we need to do to build our cabinet to be directed toward student success. I think that's the most important thing, not to do something just to do it but because it's going to be what's best for students."
In mid-June, Thomann said the board was open to working with Reinhardt on filling the vacancy.
"We're going to talk with the incoming superintendent, Mr. Reinhardt, and kind of brainstorm to see what he thinks the district's needs are and what support he needs," said Thomann. "It might be another deputy, it might be an HR person, like a director of HR. We're just not sure right now, and we need to talk about it."
Reinhardt was previously the principal of Kingston High School. Because of his close proximity, he was able easily to meet with other school officials prior to officially becoming superintendent this month. That's made it easier, he said, to hit the ground running and ensure the summer months are productive before students return to school in early September.
"The big thing is obviously staffing," Reinhardt said. "What teacher positions need to be hired, what do we do with central office? That's the initial thing. I've had the opportunity to meet with most of the building leaders, and I will continue to do that as we move forward. One of my goals as to align the four elementary schools."
On Wednesday, Thomann said he was pleased that Reinhardt was able to connect with board members and district staff ahead of time, and was also impressed with the superintendent's vision for the Saugerties district. "We had two committee meetings prior to the board meeting last night," Thomann said. "It was a really great discussion on data driving student achievement. I think you're going to see some really exciting things in the future."
Reinhardt hopes to put together a professional development retreat for school administrators at the end of August. "I'd like to kind of go over my vision, what I want to see in the classroom, what kind of data collection I'd like to see," he said. "I'm excited about that."
The next meeting of the board of education is scheduled for Tuesday, August 13.
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