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Bullying and Offensive Stereotypes in Our Society

I once read an issue of Marvel’s Captain America and I saw a scene where the Red Skull (the villain of the piece) tries to justify the terrible atrocities he has committed over the years. He said something along the lines that “everyone secretly wants to bully and be bullied by others”. For those unfamiliar with the character, he is the long-time archnemesis of Captain America. He’s the guy with the red skull for a head which should be obvious. He is famous, or rather infamous, for being one of, if not the, worst villain Marvel Comics has to offer because of his cruelty and utter lack of empathy. This is a guy who beats his wife to the brink of death on a regular basis, eats an apple in front of starving children and almost kills his daughter for not being a boy. Unlike all the rest of Marvel’s villains such as Magneto (who’s just trying to protect his fellow mutants), Dr. Doom (who only wants the best for his country), Deadpool (who’s simply insane) and Galactus (who’s just hungry), the Red Skull’s justification is just that: He does what he does to bully people because it gives him a purpose and because everyone secretly wants to be bullied. When analyzed further, the Red Skull’s justification takes on a more disturbing implication: bullies do what they do so that they can feel special and the bullied allow it because it also makes them feel special.

An image of a silhouette behind glassNow, to the point, as I was growing up, I noticed something about my classmates over the years. I was a pretty weird kid as I grew up with my American grandfather here in the Philippines and I spoke more English than Tagalog and I was always fiercely inquisitive, awkward and clumsy. It annoyed my classmates and it pissed of my father. As such, I was all too often the victim of bullying. I thought it was just me but then, later on in life, things changed. However, it seems that my classmates, both old and new, always found someone to bully. Sometimes it was that fat girl in the corner, other times it was that campy gay guy in the back and, when they couldn’t find anyone else, they would all go back to bullying me. I will admit that my clumsiness, awkwardness and occasional dickery does bite me in the ass every now and again but there have been times when I think that things just got ridiculous.

Okay now, with the observations above, I can now say that people in the society that I know are almost always looking for someone to bully. What’s worse is that the media isn’t doing anything to stop it. If anything, I noticed they seem to be encouraging it if my following observations are correct. Here are some of the most common stereotypes that would probably be offensive in any other country but are par for the course in Filipino mainstream films, TV series, comic books and books:

  1. Dark-Skinned People: This is probably the worst offender of all and is why I’m putting it on number one. There’s nothing wrong with being light-skinned but the way the media depicts dark-skinned people is just preposterous. In the United States, depicting someone as a blackface will earn the ire of every African-American citizen in the country. However, here in the Philippines, dark-skinned characters are constantly ridiculed and portrayed as unattractive simpletons. The best you probably get is Bakekang who, unlike her TV persona, was depicted as a dark-skinned woman in the original comic by Carlo J. Caparas but was nonetheless implied to be very unattractive. Here in the Philippines it’s even trendy to call dark-skinned people “itang-gala” which is almost equivalent to calling an African-American “Little Black Sambo” and the dark-skinned people of the Philippines are even expected to take this kind of racism to their face.
  2. LGBT/Homosexuals: In more progressive countries, the LGBT or Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender communities are an accepted if not recognized part of society. In some recent studies, it’s been shown that LGBT people are every bit as diverse and productive as heterosexual people and it’s not all that surprising to find gays in the British S.A.S. and lesbians among Brazilian supermodels. Here in the Philippines however, if you’re gay, you’re probably something like Vice Ganda with his flamboyant attitude and zero respect for others and himself (to say nothing of his last atrocity of a film) and that all gays want to be women. All lesbians are expected to be manly and unattractive (to both genders) and are always trying to flaunt their non-existent masculinity and there is also the atrocious idea that raping them will turn them into “real” women. Now, minus the rape part about lesbians, there are quite a few of these stereotypes in the Philippines what with the predominance of the gay community and Ms. Gay competitions. However, the remaining LBT of LGBT is often poorly represented and poorly understood by common Filipinos. If there are Ms. Gay competitions, why are there not Mr. Lesbian competitions as well? Do all homosexuals envy the opposite gender and want to become them? As for bisexuals, people who are okay with either gender, most people just pretend they don’t exist and, with the Filipinos’ tendency to create false dichotomies, immediately group them as either gay or lesbian.
  3. Unattractive People: Okay, here we go. This goes with item #1 above as a lot of Pinoys often consider dark skin unattractive. Not everyone can be Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, that much is certain. However, it’s amazing how people will get down to bullying or traumatizing people who are obese, skinny or just not as cute or pretty as most celebrities. One can say that American actor Steve Buschemi isn’t exactly firecrackers as he is, as some people say, ridiculously average looking but is still considered a good actor much like Brad Pitt or any other Hollywood actor. No one ever makes fun of him because of his looks and while he does comedy roles from time to time such as when he plays a serial killer in Con-Air, a womanizing geologist in Armageddon or a bumbling pilot in the first Final Fantasy Film, he draws laughs from his deadpan attitude and absurd lines and not because he looks funny. However, in a lot of Pinoy media, people with unattractive faces are ridiculed and humiliated just because they aren’t pretty boys like Coco Martin or Piolo Pascual. I have also seen this kind of behavior in noon-time shows when hosts, who are probably given ample make-up and possibly a bit of plastic surgery beforehand, openly make a laughing stock of impoverished contestants and audiences who have weird hair, missing teeth or mismatched eyes. What’s worse is that they encourage said people to degrade themselves further by making fun of even themselves.

The three items mentioned above are probably the most commonly ridiculed, humiliated and bullied people in both media depictions in real life. Bullying is a problem anywhere you go but more progressive countries are trying to minimize if not altogether eradicate the issue of bullying. In many cartoons and anime, you see children standing up for their friends and try to protect their friends from bullies. In Pinoy shows however, it seems that bullying is even encouraged with said dark-skinned people, gays and unattractive people getting abused both emotionally and physically on a regular basis, implying that bullying said people is not just okay but also funny.

Now let’s go back to what I was talking about earlier. In just about every community I was a part of, people always found someone to bully. It’s like everyone wanted someone to be their butt-monkey, their footstool. They all wanted someone they could step and stand on so they themselves would stand out above everyone else. Then, there are those people who allow themselves to be bullied and laughed at for just a few seconds of fame. It’s like for these people, it’s okay to be the butt-monkey of society as long as it makes one famous. You don’t need to date people you find unpleasant, but is it right abuse them? I think that for a lot of people in the Philippines, the answer is not just yes but that we should abuse them at every opportunity. For a lot of Filipino communities, it’s not “Why bully that funny/dark/gay/ugly person?”, it’s “Why NOT bully that funny/dark/gay/ugly person?”.

Now, here’s the question: Is the Red Skull right? Was he right about people’s need to bully and need to be bullied? Would the Philippines make him happy and proud if he ever found himself in it?

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you forgot how people bully intellectuals, naming them mayabang out of fucking nowhere even when theyre being constructive with comments. btw so far you’re my favorite writer on here.

In the so-called “progressive” countries, a weird phenomenon is happening: the “oppressed” bullying their “oppressors”. Feminists bullying men, LGBTs bullying straight people, blacks bullying whites, etc. And their bullying is to be tolerated due to political correctness, the “bullies” of today were the “oppressed and marginalized” of yesterday, as they say. The present oppressed and bullied call down the present oppressors and bullies as “Marxists”.

Sea Bee

I suppose ripping the whip out of someone else’s hand can be seen as bullying. Priviledge is invisible to those who enjoy it. They are taught to think of their own lives as morally neutral and normative. Several GRP bloggers state that they cannot see any great disadvantage suffered by the LGBT community. As if, living with your partner openly and without fear, is of no consequence. Discrimination and bullying is a fact of life in the Philippines and little is done to combat it.

it looks like being bullied is a sick fantasy which most teleserye fans subscribe to. Because if you are bullied and oppressed, you are noticed, as you are the underdog, therefore the bida. give it time (no effort needed, take not, leave everything to your god), everything will work out because in the end, thanks to divine intervention bullshit and karma. you’ll get your revenge, your bully will burn, you’ll find true love, and you get your happily ever after in that teleserye in your fucking head.

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Many seem to agree with Red Skull. They feel that life is a tooth and claw affair. Typical among these are Nazis and their favorite philosopher: Nietzche who said, “Life, simply is the will to power.’ This would explain the need to bully because ultimately, “All is force against force, nothing more.” This would not explain to “need to be bullied.” People accept being bullied because it is a survival strategy that allows them to associate with the dominant power. No one needs to be bullied. It sounds more like a fantasy of the bully in order to justify his… Read more »
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There are people, who are born bullies. They enjoy bullying people; especially people, who are not “normal” people. Just stand up against the bullies; if you are bullied. You cannot escape these “nasty” people.

Sea Bee

I suggest you use the word “different”; instead of “normal.” You obviously have not given adequate thought to the concept. One cannot escape these nasty people? Why? Don’t you think that society will evolve to the point where violence against one another will no longer be tolerated? Filipino thought seems to be riddled with fatalism and Social Darwinism; wrapped in a package of optimistic passivity. No wonder so little seems to get accomplished.

Sea Bee,
Though I agree with your comment, that’s just Toro talking. The Filipinos has nothing to do with the kind of person he is.

I’ve always thought bullying has a correlation to crime. There are times that just removing the word ‘bullying’ and replacing that with other terms..I think it is indeed a crime. A bully threatens to hurt you physically and eventually does so? That’s assault and battery. A bully tries to damage your good reputation? That’s defamation or slander..or libel. A bully goes to obtain something from you especially money either through brute force or grave threats and coercion? That’s extortion. And yes people get away with this shit. The only thing that may solve this if due process will never work… Read more »

What comes around goes around.Life can seem long and twists and turns usually have a way of making things even out.Stick up for yourself, don’t take any shit from anyone, and fight back.People will respect that, especially the bully.

I would rather be a little nobody, than to be an evil somebody.

I was once a bully, not in the violent sense. And was also often bullied, by bigger and older kids of course. But I learned to fight back, I’d take their beating but I’d also get some shots off. Violence became the answer. So, I guess, this world is simply “Survival of the fittest”. No, nobody ever wants to be bullied. But everybody learns to cope with it. Either by ignoring it or fighting back. Any which way to survive.

Now, here’s the question: Is the Red Skull right? Was he right about people’s need to bully… ======== Apparently, there is some truth to that. There are people out there that are just bullies. Hiding their insecurity by covering it with bully mentality. They cannot start anything without their need to bully. They will say one thing over and over again until the cows come home and bore you to death. These bullies will accuse and practically convict you without proof. And what’s shameful is they even had the gall to proclaim they’re educated and work abroad. These bullies will… Read more »

Ive always loved the David vs. Goliath story. About how the righteous and faithful defeats the wicked. What i dont like is how it is perceived as the “little man” defeats the big man. Im a relatively tall Filipino but i was unathletic,unaggressive, and socially awkward growing up. I just hated how little guys always would try to bring me down because it made them feel masculine. I would always hear “youre a big guy,you should be able to defend yourself”. Against 3-5 guys? How’s that for a peersspective on “privilege”.

I recently had this tussle with someone in a Facebook who opposes anti-bullying laws. He or she says anti-bullying law is a communist initiative through feminazis. That’s such a stupid tinfoil hat view. I for one am alarmed by someone opposing such an initiative while at the same time promoting that the bullied just fight back – answering violence with violence. That can escalate into things like gang wars. I wonder if those opposing anti-bullying are just harboring children who are bullies or are the immature bullies themselves. Or are fans of the Hunger Games.

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I'm best friends with Michael's at this point. We're close buddies.

Now you all might be familiar with the random trend that arose, the leather harness belt. I'm sure it's been around longer than I think it has, but I just recently noticed it popping up everywhere and I loved the look it brought to a rather plain outfit. A plain white tee, a solid color dress, etc etc.

All things unique intrigue the shit out of me. So I went online searching, free people, urban outfitters, everywhere seemed to have them. But the cheap ass that I am felt weird spending $75 on three skinny pieces of leather. Now, I understand that the pricier ones had braids and chains (like above) and I admire the skills in putting those together, I understand why those are priced the way they are... but the plain ones, didn't really make sense to me. Us poor folks can't be running around spending that much cash on something so little and so simple.

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Manchester United and Manchester City transfer target Arturo Vidal is not for sale, according to Juventus general director Beppe Marotta.

The 25-year-old Chilean international midfielder is attracting interest from across Europe, with Sky Sports reporting that both Real Madrid and Bayern Munich are keen on the player.

And, talkSPORT reported back in February that the player could be on the market for £30million in the summer, with both the Red Devils and Citizens keen as the Bianconeri look to raise funds for a striker signing at the end of the season.

However, Marotta has played down the speculation, insisting that the Serie ‘A’ giants are under no pressure to sell the former Colo Colo starlet.

"We are not a club that sells. Last season there were big requests as well, but I repeat, we are not sellers," he said, according to Sky Sports.

Manchester United lost one of their young stars to Juventus in the summer, with Paul Pogba swapping Old Trafford for Italy in a controversial move.

A switch for Vidal would go some way to repairing the damage, but it now looks like Sir Alex Ferguson won’t be able to add the attacking midfielder to his Red Devils squad.

Manchester City, meanwhile, have spent big in the past, with the club's Abu Dhabi-owners bringing world class players to the Etihad Stadium in their quest for glory.

However, Roberto Mancini's expenditure has been reduced in recent times, and it now seems unlikely that the Citizens will test the Italian club's resolve with a mega bid for Vidal.

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Bayern Munich midfielder Franck Ribery has revealed that he came close to joining Barcelona in the summer of 2009, reports

The 30-year-old recently put pen to paper on a new long-term contract at the Allianz Arena, extending his stay with the Bundesliga club until 2017, in the hope of ending his career in Germany.

However, Ribery's future could have played out differently, had he caved in to the advances of defender Eric Abidal, who tried to lure the France international to Camp Nou during his time at Barcelona.

"My France team-mate Eric Abidal, who played under Pep Guardiola at Barcelona, approached me in 2008-09," Ribery told German newspaper Sport Bild

"Of course, I did consider joining Barcelona at the time. They had the best team in the world back then. It was not an easy situation.

"I had an ongoing contract with Bayern and I have always respected the club, also because of Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and Uli Hoeness, who are very important to me."

Unbeknown to Ribery, he would later play under Guardiola, after he replaced Jupp Heynckes in charge of last season's treble winners, Bayern Munich.

The reigning Bundesliga champions also claimed the German Cup, and beat domestic rivals Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League final at Wembley in May, in what was a dramatic end to a successful 2012/13 campaign.

Guardiola actually approached Ribery after Barcelona knocked the Bavarians out of Europe's elite club competition in 2008/09, when a potential transfer to Spain was first mentioned.

"I first spoke to Guardiola after our Champions League exit in 2009," he explained. "He approached me after the 1-1 in Munich to congratulate me with my performance and told me I'm the best. That meant a lot to me."

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Inter Milan want to bring Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho back to the San Siro this summer, according to reports in Italy.

As reported by Le 10 Sport, Inter Milan president Erick Thohir has targeted Mourinho as his ideal replacement for current boss Walter Mazzarri.

When Mourinho took control at Chelsea for the second time he refused to rule out a return to Inter Milan further down the line.

He won a Champions League and two Serie A titles during a hugely successful two-year stint in Italy.

He left for Real Madrid but returned to Chelsea last summer. And while there's no indication he would ever think of leaving Stamford Bridge in the immediate future, the report claims Inter Milan have still identified Mourinho as a potential target.

Earlier this week Mourinho opened the door to a potential return to Italy when he gave an interview to Italian media organisation Mediaset.

He said: "Right now I'm fine at Chelsea, but in the future Abramovich could decide that my adventure here is over.

"That day I could go back to Italy and it's normal for me to think about Inter. But only Inter, not another Italian club."

Chelsea are in the title race in the Premier League this season, although Mourinho continually insists his side are not built to compete for a championship this season.

Inter Milan meanwhile currently sit fifth in Serie A, and don't look likely to qualify for the Champions League next season.

They are 11 points behind third placed Napoli.

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Before his move to Manchester City, it seemed Jack Rodwell was destined to become the first of the next generation of talented young Englishmen; someone to fill the boots of Paul Scholes and challenge the likes of Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard.

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Even before he had hit 20, he demonstrated a real talent for box-to-box play, terrific stamina and a strong tenacious presence. It seemed Everton had their hands on a truly special talent - a future international star - a future England captain?

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And then Rodwell moved to Manchester City in 2012 for a £12 million transfer fee that saw his limitless potential grind to an abrupt halt.

Just 16 appearances for City in the two years since is a bleak statistic by anybody's standards. Although he has been plagued with injuries throughout those two years, even had he remained fully fit, it is unlikely he would have found many opportunities with the likes of Yaya Toure, Javi Garcia and Gareth Barry ahead of him in the midfield pecking order.

At the time, the move seemed a not-so-subtle way for Manchester City to fulfill their home-grown players' quota; further emphasised by the arrival of Scott Sinclair - a good player and another promising young Englishman but nowhere near the level of City's existing crop. Both players were dooming themselves to a career spent in the reserves. For an enormous talent such as Rodwell, this should have been unthinkable.

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Rodwell has now joined Sunderland in an attempt to resurrect his fallen career. It seems a good marriage - Sunderland are in need of quality players to bolster their team and Rodwell needs Sunderland to help him rekindle his career.

The sad fact is that Rodwell is now 23 and has lost two years' worth of development at Manchester, even though he had almost broken into the Everton first team before he moved away anyway.

Had he remained, there's no telling where this young man could have been by now. Many saw him, not just as a superb Premier League player, but as a potential England captain - a midfield workhorse to lead the new generation of English players. Two years on and you could be forgiven for wondering what all the fuss was about.

Rodwell can get back to his best

Hopefully given a year or two at Sunderland (should the move be completed), Rodwell can get back on the path to greatness, as well as force himself back into the England team, for which he has not played since he left Everton.

He still retains talent and enormous potential and should now be given the chance to demonstrate it away from City. While it would be unfair to suggest Man City alone are responsible for his decline, as injuries have also played a huge part, Rodwell remains the perfect example to young footballers of a player with huge potential making a near-fatal big money move too early in his career..

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Questions must be asked about England's new-look squad

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After the unveiling of the newly put together England squad earlier this week, it would seem clear the direction Roy Hodgson wants to go.

As we take a look around now the only member left of the once elite 'Golden Generation' is Wayne Rooney, this comes after the recent retirement of senior pros such as Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard, who ended their careers on 108 and 114 caps respectively.

Many believed that it was the right time for them to hang up their international boots but there were still those who thought they both still had something to offer in the centre of midfield for England.

Take Lampard for example, how many 36 year old footballers can still put in a performance at the highest level like he can? However, after the recent run of form he had been enjoying for City he has since been side-lined with an injury but is expected to be fully fit in the coming weeks, perhaps after the international break.

Gerrard, on the other hand, has not performed this season and seems to have had issues negotiating a new contract with Liverpool, it has been reported that he doesn’t want to hang up his boots just yet and would even consider joining another team to carry on playing, much similar to his former England team mate Frank.

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However, even after losing such quality talent as these two in the centre of midfield on international duty, there is always a silver lining. Young up and coming talent now have a chance to prove themselves in an England shirt.

Players like Saido Berahino, Calum Chambers, Raheem Sterling Kieran Gibbs, Luke Shaw and Ross Barkley all have the opportunity to shine with the chance they’ve been given by boss Roy Hodgson.

Other players like Harry Kane for Spurs are also expected to get a chance soon enough as he is another great example of an exciting young talent in fine form in all competitions for his club.

Youth is the Future

Many have their doubts about the stability of the national team as most are inexperienced at that level and are still at a very tender age with the average player being around 21. Then again there are those who believe in giving young talent a chance and looking to the future long term and planning ahead.

A lot of people if you asked them would most likely say club of country any day and some of the bigger clubs don’t want their players going away for international duty and coming back injured and unavailable for selection come match day with their respective clubs.

However, with the international break fast approaching it is a perfect opportunity for the players involved to show themselves off a prove to everyone that they are good enough to play at the level required and try and improve on a disappointing World Cup campaign. After all if you’re good enough you’re old enough right?

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Since Summerslam back in August we have seen the Bella Twins rivalry heat up before they went head-to-head at Hell in a Cell with the loser being forced to be the winner's personal assistant for 30 days.

Brie's assistant duties have since expired and now she is free from her sister Nikki's control, but it seems that the two have patched up their differences and are now both going after AJ Lee instead.

Does this mean Brie is set to turn heel? Just when her husband returns to WWE TV, Brie turns on the fans that chant his name? This isn't likely and is probably why WWE are still yet to decide on a path to choose for the former Divas Champion.

The two have exchanged promo's since AJ dropped her title to Nikki Bella at Survivor Series with AJ delivering one of the best promo's of 2014 when she told the Bellas that "talent is not sexually transmitted" obviously relating to Nikki Bella's relationship with the former 15 time World Champion John Cena and Brie's marriage to the former WWE World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan.

Nikki responded on Smackdown telling AJ that everyone has heard her sob story and that she has fought harder than AJ to be where she is before AJ came out to confront the twins and Nikki ran away leaving her sister to face AJ's wrath.

With TLC being just over two weeks away it seems that a triple threat match could be on the cards for the pay-per-view but there could also be a handicap match, dependant on if the build up for the match changes.

AJ still has her rematch clause to cash in and since the former champion isn't advertised for any WWE live shows after the last pay-per-view of the year then she would want to cash in her opportunity before she takes some time away from the ring.

Given the CM Punk podcast this week and the reaction to it from the people in power at WWE, the best option for AJ would be to take some time off and let the hype from her husbands comments die down before she makes a return to WWE next year.

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The Cleveland Cavaliers have been preparing hard ahead of the 2015-16 NBA season.

After losing in the NBA Finals to the Golden State Warriors, thanks to some cripplingly bad luck with injuries that left LeBron James having to carry the Cavs on his bad through the series, Cleveland bowed out in six to the excellent Warriors, for whom everything seemed to click at the right time.

The Cavaliers had to keep their star players in Cleveland which is what they did, with both LeBron and Kevin Love agreeing to new deals with the franchise, despite being runners-up. But, the Cavs still need a lot more work.

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Alongside the aforementioned re-signings of Love and Lebron, the Cavaliers also managed to ink Iman Shumpert to a new contract while bringing in former Hornets and Timberwolves man Mo Williams, bringing him back to Cleveland for the first time since the guard left in 2011.

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At the moment though, the Cavaliers only have ten players on their roster and five empty spots left to be filled. Three of them could be filled rather soon however.

According to a report from ProBasketballTalk, the Cavaliers have their eyes on several of the top free agents still available, some of them they already know well.

Thompson and Co.

The first name on the list is Tristan Thompson, the best player available in free agency who has only been talking to the Cavaliers. Thompson wants to stay in Cleveland and the Cavs want to keep him, but not at the money he is demanding.

Reportedly, Thompson - who has the same agent as James - wants the kind of money that Draymond Green just got, which is ridiculous. There is no real market for Thompson at this stage of free agency either, so he will likely have to take a reduced offer.

Then there is Matthew Dellavedova and J.R Smith, two men who spent last year with the Cavaliers and are now free agents. Smith opted out of the $6.4 million he would have been owed and it looks like he should have taken it. While Delly on the other hand is loved by the Cavs and is a lock to sign a new deal with the team.

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On December 10, 2014, the National Labor Relations Board (Board) ruled in Purple Communications, Inc., 361 N.L.R.B. No. 126, that employees have a right, protected by the National Labor Relations Act (Act), to use an employer’s email system during non-working time for communications protected by the Act (e.g., to discuss union issues or other protected concerted activities protected by Section 7 of the Act). The Board has thus overruled prior precedent, as set out in Register Guard, 351 N.L.R.B. 1110 (2007), that the Act did not give employees the right to use their employer’s email systems for Section 7 purposes.

A copy of the December 10, 2014 Board decision can be found here. The following passage sums up the scope of the Board’s ruling:

First, [this ruling] applies only to employees who have already been granted access to the employer’s email system in the course of their work and does not require employers to provide such access. Second, an employer may justify a total ban on nonwork use of email, including Section 7 use on nonworking time, by demonstrating that special circumstances make the ban necessary to maintain production or discipline. Absent justification for a total ban, the employer may apply uniform and consistently enforced controls over its email system to the extent such controls are necessary to maintain production and discipline. Finally, we do not address email access by nonemployees, nor do we address any other type of electronic communications systems, as neither issue is raised in this case.

The Board’s decision may be appealed by the employer, but even if it is not appealed, the email issue will likely continue to be litigated before the Board. For now, employers should review their electronic communications policies to ensure compliance with the Board’s new standards or to, at a minimum, understand their risk.

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IAEA Director General Yukiy Amano Opening Remarks At The World Cancer Day Event

Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, dear Colleagues.

I am very pleased to welcome you all to this IAEA World Cancer Day event.

I thank our main speakers – Her Royal Highness Princess Dina Mired of Jordan, Her Excellency the First Lady of Belize Ms Kim Simplis Barrow, and Mr Amadou Diarra of the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations.

Improving access to effective cancer treatment in developing countries has been a key priority for me since I became Director General in 2009.

My first official visit was to Nigeria, where the immense tragedy of avoidable deaths from cancer was brought home to me.

I was shocked to learn that, in this nation of 173 million people, many thousands of people died from cancers that would often be treatable if they lived in a country with enough trained personnel and equipment.

The situation was similar in many African countries. In fact, around 80 percent of Africa’s 1.2 billion people have no access to radiotherapy and related cancer services at all.

If we look at the global picture, it is estimated that, by 2030, over two thirds of all cancer-related deaths will occur in developing countries.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

The IAEA is doing everything it can to address this crisis. Our focus is on making radiotherapy and nuclear medicine more widely available.

In Ghana, for example, we provided diagnostic equipment for child cancers. We helped Nigeria to develop its institutions and infrastructure for fighting cancer, and provided training for dozens of oncology, nuclear medicine and radiotherapy professionals.

We have helped Lesotho plan its first radiotherapy centre and arranged training for local doctors in radiation oncology so that they can provide treatment when the new centre opens in a few years’ time.

Specialist training – for doctors, medical physicists, nurses and researchers – is at the heart of what we do.

We have unique e-learning initiatives such as our Virtual University for Cancer Control, which enables medical professionals in African countries to gain access to high-quality training courses, free of charge.

Our Human Health Campus website is an information resource for professionals in medical physics, nuclear medicine, radiology, radiation oncology and nutrition, providing insight into modern clinical practice.

Our training is not just for students and newcomers. We also help experienced professionals to maintain and update their skills and to keep pace with technological advances.

Some developing countries already have considerable technical expertise in radiotherapy and nuclear medicine – for example, Morocco, Egypt and South Africa. They provide training to experts from other African and Arab countries. They are key partners for the IAEA and we rely on their support.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Many parts of the IAEA are involved in our cancer work: our Programme of Action for Cancer Therapy – PACT –, our Division of Human Health, our regional technical cooperation desks, and our nuclear safety experts.

The IAEA Dosimetry Laboratory at Seibersdorf, near Vienna, helps hospitals around the world to calibrate radiotherapy machines properly to ensure that patients receive exactly the right dose of radiation – neither too much nor too little.

Our approach is very much “one house.”

In order to ensure the most effective global response to the cancer crisis, we cooperate with other organisations whose expertise complements ours.

We are working with the World Health Organization, the International Agency for Research on Cancer and others to help countries devise comprehensive cancer control programmes through a Joint Project on Cancer Control.

We are an active partner in the United Nations Joint Global Programme on Cervical Cancer Prevention and Control, which aims to reduce cervical cancer mortality in participating countries by 25% by 2025. This cruel disease afflicts women in their most productive years and is highly preventable – and curable, if caught early.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

I have seen real progress in the availability of cancer services in recent years, in Africa, in particular.

New specialist cancer centres have been established in some countries. Radiation oncologists and medical physicists are deploying the new skills they acquired with the support of the Agency.

I am very grateful for the strong support for our work provided by Member States, funding institutions, NGOs, corporate donors and industry groups.

The IAEA’s cancer activities have undoubtedly saved many lives. But, to be frank, we are only scratching the surface. A great deal more needs to be done.

There is an estimated shortage of 5,000 radiotherapy machines throughout the world. To meet the cancer needs of developing countries, we need around 10,000 additional radiation oncologists, 6,000 medical physicists, 3,000 dosimetrists and 20,000 radiation therapists.

The adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals in 2015 was a very important step in building awareness of the problem of cancer in developing countries among world leaders.

As you know, the SDGs include a commitment to reduce early deaths from chronic diseases, including cancer, by one third by 2030.

That is an ambitious goal. But I believe it is achievable if governments, organisations such as the IAEA and WHO, non-governmental organisations, and the private sector work together.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

I am considering devoting the IAEA Scientific Forum in September to exploring the benefits of nuclear medicine and radiation technology for human health, including in cancer control.

The IAEA is firmly committed to playing its part to help ensure that all countries will be able to offer their people access to the highest standards of cancer care.

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Brian “Bre” Lee Jenson

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Our beloved son, dear brother, uncle and loyal friend, left this life to return to his Savior on January 1, 2018 in Salt Lake City. We were blessed to have him in our lives for 46 years. He is a unique and creative spirit and found his voice in music and artistic endeavors.

He was born on October 10, 1971 in Salt Lake City to Lee and Linda Jenson. He grew up in Midvale, UT. Brian was a great gymnast through Junior High and won many medals and awards. He attended Hillcrest High School graduating in 1990. While in high school, he participated in the Concert and Vocal Ensemble choirs. Brian and some close friends (Kami Hall and Rob Mouritsen) also formed a band named Banlecoixe (Banish the silence in French), which was featured on KJQ’s “Locals Only” several times and played gigs in some local spots. They produced an album “World of Images” in 1991.

Brian served an LDS mission in the Spain Barcelona Mission from 1991 – 1993. He loved Spain, the architecture and the people. He continued to have contact with many close friends from Spain.

He received an Associates Degree from Salt Lake Community College in Graphic Design. This was an area where Brian had specific talents and continued to use these talents to design cover art for various artists and musicians.

Brian worked for the United States Postal Service for 25 years as an encoder at the REC (Remote Encoding Center) in Salt Lake City. He made many cherished friendships there and was recognized for his outstanding work.

He was a self-proclaimed music addict. He particularly loved Depeche Mode, OMD, Erasure, Thompson Twins, Radiohead, Howard Jones, Sigur Ros, Tori Amos, Sarah McLachlan, etc. (the list could go on for a long time). He attended many concerts with close friends and recently visited England. The highlight of his trip was visiting some original Depeche Mode sites in Basildon. Brian was known to burn or produce unique collections of music for his friends and family once he knew who their favorites were. He has a collection of music so vast that it would take lifetimes to listen to. Brian taught himself how to play the piano at a very early age by ear. He would hear a song and be able to sit down and play it. Most recently Brian was helping on the synths for The Elixirists and The Magickal. He helped contribute to many other music podcasts. Music truly was his voice.

Brian has a fun-loving personality and liked to tease and surprise those he loved. He was extremely shy and quiet. When you were his friend and he loved you, he was fiercely loyal. He was generous in giving of his time and talents to help others. He adored his nieces and nephews and they loved him because he made them laugh and feel loved. He had nicknames for everyone and often gave original cards and notes with one of a kind lettering and design.

He will be greatly missed by family and friends. We love you Bre and can’t wait to see you again and give you a big hug!

Brian is survived by his parents, siblings – Sheri (David) Willett, Julie (Wayne) Porter, Marci (Jim) Duke, and Brett (Krista) Jenson; many nieces and nephews and friends. Preceded in death by infant brother, Jeffrey Andrew Jenson.

A memorial service will be held at 3:00 pm on Sunday, January 7, 2018 at Anderson & Goff Mortuary, 11859 South 700 East, Draper, Utah. Friends may visit with family following the service.

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Rory McIlroy looks to defend his title this week at the WGC Match Play Championship in an event that’s seen a slight change of format and a new venue

The WGC Match Play begins on Wednesday at the Austin Country Club in Austin, Texas to mark the second World Golf Championship of the year.

Last year’s playing saw Rory McIlroy come out triumphant after beating Gary Woodland 4&2 in the final at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco, California.

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The event was previously played at Dove Mountain in Marana Arizona from 2007-2014 before last year’s WGC-Cadillac Match Play in San Francisco.

This year marks the first of Dell’s title sponsorship, Cadillac was title sponsor last year and Accenture was the main sponsor from 2001-2014.

The field

The field is made up of 64 players and they’ll be placed into 16 groups of four.

The 64 players are chosen from the top 64 in the Official World Golf Rankings on 20th March.

Only two of the top 64 players in the world miss out – Henrik Stenson (personal reasons) and Jim Furyk (wrist injury) will not play in Austin with number 65 Patton Kizzire and 66 Thorbjørn Olesen stepping in.

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All players are seeded based on their world ranking and seeds 1-16 will be the top seeds in their respective groups.

The rest of the field will be randomly assigned to their groups following a draw that takes place live on the Golf Channel on the Monday evening of the tournament week.

Each player will play three round-robin-style matches and the winner of each group progresses into the last-16.

The group matches take place on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

All 64 players will be out on the course so there will be 32 games each day.

Players receive 1 point for victory, 0 for defeat and ½ point for a draw – matches all-square after 18 do not go to extra holes – this is different from last year where all halved games went to sudden death.

The last-16 begins on Saturday morning with the quarter-finals taking place in the afternoon.

Sunday sees the semi-finals played in the morning before the final.

The purse is $9,500,000 and the winner will receive $1,620,000.

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On a vacation to visit Lisas Family in Louisville, we were able to take along our Bike Fridays in hopes of getting in some riding around Louisville. We noticed right away that while Louisville is a great town, it is not as bike friendly as places such as Portland. We did do a couple of independent rides, having to pick our routes very carefully. Most roads around Louisville dont have the wide shoulders, and bike markings that we have become accustomed. However, with the help of a Joe Ward's Book "Wheeling around Louisville" we were able to map out a route that was quite nice.
For our organized ride , we had missed their premier ride, "The Horsey Hundred" by the Bluegrass Bicycling Club, so settled on the "Mayor's Healthy Hometown Hike and Bike ride"
It is the first annual event, planned to make a difference in a city that was recently ranked very high on a list of "Fattest Cities of the US" It seems that outdoor phyisical activities is not high on the list of popular trends. But judging from the turnout, it seems like there is a percentage of the population that is at least interested in riding. To quote the News-Enterprise paper, "The inaugural Mayor's Healthy Hometown Hike and Bike drew nearly 1,000 cyclists and dozens of walkers and joggers to a scenic route between downtown and Shawnee Park on Memorial Day." And, they are planning another to be Sept 5, Labor day, of 2005.
While the 14 mile route is short, it did seem adequate to most riders. It was a free ride, we just met at the parking lot of the Louisville Slugger field, listened to the short program expousing the virtues of an excercise program, thanking all the coordinators, and saying a lot of other good things, we were then off on a route through downtown, west, out to Shawnee Park, then back south, along the Ohio River, back to the start. After completion of the official ride,and talking with the folks at the biking advocacy group, who also owned a Bike Friday, we headed for the second street bridge that would take us across the Ohio River, and into Indiana. From there we headed west again, to the  Falls of the Ohio Park, which is home to one of the greatest fossil beds in the country and
where Meriwether Lewis and William Clark began their famous 1803 expedition.
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    I am bummed out that someone stole my mower.
    it was old but was the best at cutting tall overgrown grass.
    Oh well i am learning to keep everything locked down.

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    What state are you in? Keep an eye on Craigslist for someone selling it.
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        That's rough. I had 2 gas cans stolen one evening while at a friends after work. Now I got 2 lengths of cable, and 2 locks. Now I lock up all the time.

        The one good thing that came out of it is that I wanted to get bigger cans anyways...but it still sucks.

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Fun Zombie and Sugar Skull T-Shirts for Autumn

I'm thinking of adding a couple t-shirts by Black Market Lowbrow to my fall wardrobe. I work at home, so I wear pajamas and a T-shirt all day.

While tattoo-inspired, lowbrow, skull art like this is more often worn by rockers, not goths, the sugar skulls and zombie theme appeal to more than just rockers.

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Three vehicles produced at the BMW's Spartanburg County plant - the X3, X5 and X6 - helped drive the company's U.S. sales to their best ever mark in 2012.

Spartanburg County-based BMW Manufacturing Co.'s more than 7,000 employees can raise a toast to themselves this New Year.
Three vehicles produced at the German automaker's local plant - the X3, X5 and X6 - helped drive the company's U.S. sales to their best ever mark in 2012, BMW of North America reported Thursday.
BMW sold 347,583 vehicles in this country last year, a nearly 14 percent increase from 305,418 in 2011. In December, the company sold 43,855 vehicles, a nearly 35 percent increase from 32,545 during the same month a year prior.
“To turn months of critically short supply into the best year ever for the BMW Group in the U.S. is a monumental achievement, emphasizing what a customer-oriented dealer network with an agile logistics team can do,” Ludwig Willisch, president and CEO of BMW of North America, said in a statement. “The post-recession sales momentum that started in 2010 reached an unprecedented level in December, making us strongly confident and optimistic as we enter 2013.”
A big part of that success, according to the company, was the outstanding performance of it Sport Activity Vehicle segment, which is almost exclusively produced in Spartanburg County.
Sales of the X3 increased over 46 percent in December to 5,162 units, up from 3,532 during the same month of 2011. For the year, 35,173 X3's were delivered to customers, which was a nearly 27 percent increase compared to 27,793 a year earlier.
X5 sales decreased almost 5 percent in December, but were up nearly 10 percent for the year to 44,445 units, compared to 40,547 in 2011.
The company made solid gains in sales of its X6, with 1,039 units sold in December, a nearly 37 percent increase from the same month of the prior year. For 2012, X6 sales increased 9 percent to 6,749 units, compared to 6,192 in 2011.
As a whole, BMW's SAV division saw a nearly 16 percent sales increase in December, and for the year. the segment accounted for about a quarter of the company's U.S. sales overall.
“There's no question; we are extremely pleased with what Spartanburg is doing,” said Kenn Sparks, business communications manager for BMW of North America. “The Spartanburg-produced SAV's are some of our hottest-selling vehicles, not just in the U.S., but around the world.”
BMW Manufacturing Co. started off 2012 with a bang by announcing a $900 million expansion in January.
The plan included the addition of more than 1 million square feet of production space and the hiring of 1,000 full-time employees over the next three years, including 300 associates by the end of year.
It also facilitated the production of a new vehicle model - the X4 - and ramped up the plant's total anticipated output to 350,000 vehicles by 2014, including increasing production from a record 276,000 vehicles last year to 300,000 this year.
When the expansion wraps up, the plant will be more than 5 million square feet, employ 8,000 workers and represent a $6.3 billion investment in the Upstate.
State and local leaders already have started moving forward with two infrastructure projects aimed at enhancing BMW's exports, as well as meeting the shipping needs of the state's other exporters.
The first project is a $30 million inland port in Spartanburg County on property at the intersection of Highway 290 and the J. Verne Smith Parkway.
Goods would be shipped between Greer and Charleston within a few hours along an existing Norfolk Southern rail line. Construction of the port is expected to be completed in 2013, officials said.
The other project is the Port Authority's $2 billion improvement plan that includes deepening the Charleston port from 45 to 50 feet and other infrastructure improvements.
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BATON ROUGE - Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards released the following statement on the inclusion of flood relief funding in the Continuing Resolution (CR) to be considered by Congress. The Continuing Resolution (CR) contains $500 million for flood relief less than two months after the flooding began.

“Historic flooding has uprooted homes and communities in every corner of our state,” said Gov. Edwards. “The people who’ve been impacted need to be reassured that help is on the way, and I am extremely grateful to the president and our entire congressional delegation for their commitment to bring much-needed relief to the people of Louisiana.  Make no mistake, this is a down payment from the federal government on our recovery needs, and I am hopeful and optimistic that the final CR passed by Congress will include this assistance. I look forward to working with Congress in the coming months to address Louisiana's long-term flood relief.

"I couldn't be more appreciative of the collaborative , bipartisan manner in which we all worked to have this funding included in the CR so quickly. Everyone, from our entire congressional delegation to Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser and Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain, played a significant role in making this happen. The people of Louisiana should have confidence in their elected leader's ability to work together for the betterment of this state, and I know we'll continue that approach when Congress returns after the election to bring additional assistance home."

Gov. Edwards made three trips to Washington, DC to lobby Congress for federal assistance in the CR. During his visits, he met with Congressional leaders, including House Speaker Paul Ryan, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid. In addition, Gov. Edwards met with various members of Congress who are influential in the appropriations process and related to flood insurance, as well as members of the Obama Administration who formally requested the additional assistance from Congress on September 13, 2016.


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First Aid and Medical Supplies Tender

First Aid and Medical Supplies Tender

This contract is to provide a direct delivery service of First Aid and Medical Supplies to Lancashire County Council establishments.

UK-Preston: Medical kits

2012/S 250-414343

Contract notice

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)

Lancashire County Council
Corporate Procurement, E38, PO Box 100, County Hall
Contact point(s):
For the attention of: Fiona Jackson
PR1 0LD Preston

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority:

Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: The above mentioned contact point(s)

I.2)Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.3)Main activity
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities

The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: yes

See vi.3 and tender documents

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
LPcoe supply of First Aid and Medical Supplies.
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
NUTS code UKD43
II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
The notice involves a public contract
II.1.4)Information on framework agreement
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
This contract is to provide a direct delivery service of First Aid and Medical Supplies to Lancashire County Council establishments.
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

33141620, 33140000, 33141623, 33192600

II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): no
This contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.9)Information about variants
II.2)Quantity or scope of the contract
II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
Estimated value excluding VAT: 560 000 EUR
II.2.2)Information about options
II.2.3)Information about renewals
II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1)Conditions relating to the contract
III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:
III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
III.1.4)Other particular conditions
The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: no
III.2)Conditions for participation
III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
III.2.2)Economic and financial ability
III.2.3)Technical capacity
III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts
III.3)Conditions specific to services contracts
III.3.1)Information about a particular profession
III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate
IV.1.3)Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue
IV.2)Award criteria
IV.2.1)Award criteria
The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction will be used: no
IV.3)Administrative information
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document
IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
12.2.2013 – 10:00
IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up
IV.3.7)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
IV.3.8)Conditions for opening of tenders
Date: 12.2.2013

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence
VI.2)Information about European Union funds
The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
VI.3)Additional information

This contract will be awarded for a period of 2 years with an option to extend for a further 2 years. The tender documents are available on Lancashire County Council’s electronic tendering site Use of this system does not require high specification IT equipment or connections, nor high level personal IT skills/capabilities. Access to the system/software and advice is free of charge. The contract covers the administrative County of Lancashire; however, where a successful bidder’s capacity and capability permits, the agreement will be open to other Public sector bodies, who may wish to access the provision. The list of possible Local authorities, police, emergency services and NHS bodies that are eligible to join the contract are listed in the following websites:

Central Government Departments and their Agencies.

UK Local Authorities, colleges, academies, higher education establishments (including universities) and schools;

Fire and rescue service;

Access to this agreement will be under the terms agreed with LCC. Further information will be released at Cycle 2 to those suppliers who qualify from Cycle 1.
LCC will expect a successful tenderer, when approached, to be willing to contract with other UK Public Sector Bodies for the works outlined herein, at the prices agreed as a result of this tender process.
Any such contract entered into between one or more of the successful tenderers and another UK Public Sector Body will be wholly independent of the both the contract and relationship between the successful tenderer and LCC, and will be entered into by the successful tenderer without any reliance on any representations made by LCC.
For the avoidance of doubt, where contracts are entered into with any third party other than LCC, LCC accepts no liability for the act or omissions of that third party with the exception of personal injury, death or fraud where such is either directly or indirectly caused as a result of LCC’s act or omission.
A tenderer’s capacity and capability, or even unwillingness to contract with other UK Public Sector Bodies as described above will NOT affect or be considered as part of the scoring of a tenderer’s submission.

VI.4)Procedures for appeal
VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures
VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals
VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:28.12.2012

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Largest Ever Collection Of Patient Data Will Further The Understanding Of Inherited Epilepsy Conditions

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Researchers from Swansea University Medical School have joined up with five other centres from around the world to compile the biggest recorded collection of families with forms of epilepsy where genetics may play a part in the recurring feature of the condition.

The aim was to determine if specific clinical epilepsy features aggregate within families and whether this may constitute distinct family syndromes that could inform on subsequent genetic research.

The study involved epilepsy researchers from six Centres (Melbourne, Swansea, Montreal, Columbia University, Dublin and Otago) assembling a cohort of ‘genetically enriched’ common epilepsies by collecting families containing multiple individuals with unprovoked seizures. 303 families with three or more individuals with unprovoked seizures were included in this study and collected across the six Centres and as part of the Epi4K consortium. Twenty-eight families collected from across Wales by the Neurology Research team met the study criteria.

Clinical analysis of the 303 families revealed that families had a range of epilepsies that were the same by diagnosis but also had mixed forms of epilepsy.  In addition some familial epilepsies, that were regarded as rare, are more common than had been appreciated.  Also by having well-characterised families this will help in the search for epilepsy genes – a search which is underway at the Columbia University Institute of Genomic Medicine.

Speaking about the research Professor Mark Rees, Swansea University said:

“This is the first time that an analysis of this scale has focussed on common familial epilepsies. My Swansea University colleagues Dr Owen Pickrell and alumnus Dr Rhys Thomas (now University of Newcastle) worked hard over 10 years to collect 112 epilepsy families in Wales of which 28 qualified for this study.  Some of these families had over eight or nine affected individuals which adds to the likelihood of finding new epilepsy genes.”

Dr Pickrell added “Epilepsy has a significant effect on people’s lives and this project has increased our knowledge on how some kinds of epilepsy run in families. We are looking forward to further results from the study in the future which will may help us develop new epilepsy treatment plans.”

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Archer and The Dedicated Meta-Reflexive

By | August 13, 2013

In this third blog in the series I offer a characterisation of another key set of players in the substantive area of health inequalities, those who stand up against or resist the ‘greedy bastards’. The greedy bastards here comprise a cabal at the core of the capitalist executive class (CCE) supported by the state’s power elite (PE), whereby CCE + PE = OLIGARCHY). I call these resisters dedicated meta-reflexives. The primary references for this series of blogs are appended to the first blog.

It is now more anachronism than platitude within sociological circles that people have beliefs, values and attitudes that owe more to their natal or involuntary placement in society than to the exercise of agency. Bhaskar and Archer acknowledge as much but yet allow for the transformative power of agency. As far as the CCE/PE dyad is concerned, they are without doubt prime peddlers, via mass media and heavily sponsored think tanks, of the prevailing neo-liberal ideology. The ideology of sociological salience, in other words, is that of the capitalists, the bourgeoisie, the ‘neo-cons’, the CCE/PE and so on. It is one matter to inherit interests that go ‘with’ the structural/ideological flow, another to inherit interests that come up ‘against’ them. This was once a commonplace in sociology. To re-introduce the concept of ideology is necessarily to re-introduce that of ‘false consciousness’. Any discomfort at doing so is arguably itself a function of a degree of (ideological) taming of the discipline.

Resistance necessarily involves countering, subverting and ultimately undermining the global/national/local potency of ideology, in the present the ideology of neo-liberalism. And the accumulated evidence of the post-welfare-statist decades leads ineluctably to the conclusion that health inequalities in the UK and elsewhere cannot be addressed effectively by Popperian ‘piecemeal social engineering’: meaningful resistance necessarily reaches deep down into generative social mechanisms, be they of structure or agency. The class/command dynamic that characterizes the present represents the key and overriding structural input into health  inequalities/inequities. But what of the potentially transformative power of agency?

For Archer, meta-reflexives, oriented by values, are characterized by ‘contextual incongruity’, which denotes an incongruity between dreams and aspirations and contextual factors that obstruct their realization. But not all dreams and hopes fade away, and those organizers and leaders of resistance to neo-liberal ideology might be said to represent a sub-set of meta-reflexives whose value-driven commitments become central to identity for self and others and transmute into life-long advocacy on behalf of the ‘community as a whole’. I cal them dedicated meta-reflexives.

These putative activists might superficially appear to resemble the CCE/PE contingent of focused autonomous reflexives; but Archer separates them unambiguously. While the focused autonomous reflexives are almost entirely instrumental, strategically, single-mindedly and ruthlessly oriented to the pursuit of their own interests, the dedicated meta-reflexives are value, other- and community or ‘third sector’-oriented. As Archer shows, the:

‘ … meta-reflexive concern for ‘community’, despite its varied meanings, is light years removed from both the communicative reflexives’ preoccupation with their own micro-life worlds and the autonomous reflexives’ use of the locality as a place for out-sourcing and paid access to selected facilities … what unites (meta-reflexives) is not a burgeoning communitarianism, but rather a common belief that social problems will not yield to individualistic incentives or to centralized political interventions’.

Michael Marmot, a key public health practitioner and leader in World Health Organization and UK health inequalities research and policy, often cites Neruda’s injunction to ‘rise up with me against the organization of misery’, a plea he regards as an international rather than national or local call to arms. There is a question here of the degree of commitment to ‘making a difference’. Terry Eagleton writes:

‘reform is vital; but sooner or later you will hit a point where the system refuses to give way, and for Marxism this is known as the social relations of production. Or, in less polite technical language, a dominant class which controls the material resources and is markedly reluctant to hand them over. It is only then that a decisive choice between reform and revolution looms up’.

In a neo-liberal era Marmot has fought nobly but unavailingly. If he and sociologists of health inequalities are (in a Hegelian sense) ‘serious’, then there will have to be a sociological reckoning with the contradictions of capitalism and the likes of transnational and national relations of class and command, a step far beyond an abstruse, academic fascination with socio-economic group/status and health. The SEG/S and association with health cannot be explained sociologically in the absence of a more comprehensive theory of social class and class struggle.

Key protagonists in such a struggle are presented here as dedicated meta-reflexives. Given the low visibility of class politics in the neo-liberal era, dedicated meta-reflexives are unlikely to see themselves, or be seen by others, as class warriors engaged in an ongoing struggle. They are more likely to be the issue of a heterogeneous array of ‘mobilizing potentials’. Some of their number, whether campaigning against the hike in student fees, the abolition of the Education Maintenance Allowance or the Health and Social Care Bill, might be paid up members of an anti-capitalist ‘movement of movements’, but others are manifestly not. The characteristics of this sub-type of meta-reflexive are as follows:

Picking up on Archer’s narrative, dedicated meta-reflexives are oriented to community. In Habermasian terms their natural mode of relating is communicative rather than strategic. Their actions are informed by values of sociality, favouring norms of reciprocity.

Activists falling within the category of dedicated meta-reflexive have strong ego-defences, allowing them to have enduring lifeworld rather than system ambition. Their aspirations are unlikely to be easily undone by, Habermas again, the ‘steering media’ of the economy or state, that is, money or power.

Optimism of the will subduing pessimism of the intellect is likely to be on the calling cards of dedicated meta-reflexives. These are disciples of Gramsci, refusing not to act against the odds. They do not just have ‘system immunity’ but are committed to better futures.

However embryonic, the dedicated meta-reflexive envisages a future that improves on past and present, and does so for the ‘community as a whole’ rather than a discrete (wealthy, powerful) segment (like the CCE/PE). Their vision belongs within Giddens’ category of ‘utopian realism’.

Dedicated meta-reflexives ‘care’ in ways often antipathetic to instrumental or strategic action. Their challenge is Lenin’s and is around Hegel’s notion of ‘seriousness’. If they are ‘serious’ about their activism, however, are they not ceding crucial territory to the focused autonomous reflexives of the CCE/PE by their therapeutic orientation?

It is in their predisposition to act, to intervene, to make a difference, that the dedicated meta-reflexives’ therapeutic orientation is leavened by engagement.

There may be a tension here, however, between actions aimed at consensus and actions aimed at outcome. Which do dedicated meta-reflexives privilege, representing the communities in which they participate or securing utopian realist benefits on their behalf? Or is it necessary to choose? Castells suggests that contemporary movements are more consensual than their predecessors (see my blog on ‘Habermas, Civil Society and the Public Sphere’).

These blogs on Archer’s work are cumulative: it is best, even necessary, to read them in order. The first offers an exposition of Archer’s stance. The second and third have ventured ideal types of those primarily responsible for producing and reproducing health inequalities (number two) and those most likely to resist them (number three).

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Feeding Mouths to Feed Minds
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Separate traveler donations support the same cause: a dining hall for Tanzania's Njia Panda Primary School

When Sue and Rick Jayroe of Rochester Hills, Michigan, visited Tanzania with Overseas Adventure Travel (OAT) last September, Sue was immediately struck by the people she met. The Trip Leader and driver-guides on her Safari Serengeti: Tanzania Lodge & Tented Safari adventure treated her small group of 13 "like we were their family," she says. And as she learned about the local culture through their eyes, she began to truly appreciate, as she puts it, "how much we have here and how little they have there."

This point was underscored by the OAT group's visit to the Njia Panda Primary School, which serves 600 students in first through seventh grades. There, Sue learned that the students walk an average of four miles each way to get to school, and if they return home for lunch, they're unlikely to return in the afternoon.

Yet, the dining conditions for the students touched her heart. At lunchtime, all 600 children lined up outdoors for a cup of food. "It was hot, dry, very dusty," Sue recalls. "There were no seats except the ground."

Yvonne and Michael Fuchs of Tehachapi, California, had a similar response to the visit to the Njia Panda school on their Safari Serengeti adventure this past January. "Overall, on our trip, we were really impressed with how passionate and educated the people we met were," says Yvonne. "They have so much less than we have in the United States, but they seem very passionate, caring, and happy."

During their respective adventures, the Jayroes and the Fuchs each asked the school principal, Agnes, what they could do that would help the most. Agnes responded that what Njia Panda needed most was funding to build a kitchen and a sheltered place for the children to eat.

Sue decided to help by raising funds through her church, the Lutheran Church of the Master in Troy, Michigan. She made a video that prompted an outpouring of response. "My church pledged $10,000," she marvels. "Their hearts just poured out. They said, 'Even if we can't do our own rebuilding project at the church, we will sponsor this.'"

The Fuchs were similarly moved by the plight of the students and Agnes' dedication to their education. "After visiting the school and seeing all the children, it was clear that a contribution would mean so much to them and have a huge impact on dozens and dozens of children," says Michael. "We feel that it is very important to see the world to understand it better. Part of understanding the world is participating in a positive way. We cannot think of a better way of participating than to support a school in a beautiful country."

Inspired by this sentiment, the Fuchs made their own donation of $5,000 to the school. The fact that every dollar they donated would go to the Njia Panda school had an impact on their decision to contribute. "It just feels good knowing that we can affect people's lives like that," says Yvonne.

Sue concurs, saying, "I feel very appreciative of OAT helping us understand the people and the land of Africa. It's our time to give back."

Featured in our May 2012 E-Newsletter. Read the full issue here.