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Hours of work: full-time

Due to Covid-19 and the worldwide pandemic, we are currently only accepting applications from New Zealand Citizens, New Zealand Residents who are either residing in New Zealand or overseas OR applicants who hold a valid work visa and are currently living in New Zealand.

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Mentor in Mathematics - multiple opportunities

Developing Mathematical Inquiry Communities is a research informed professional learning and development approach. We are now seeking to appoint multiple facilitators to join our mentor team based in Auckland on a full time, fixed term appointment commencing 18 Jan 2021 – 14 Jan 2022.
You’ll work with teachers in primary or secondary schools to support them to develop their mathematics teaching in an ambitious, culturally sustaining way.

You will possess a relevant teaching qualification, have recent teaching experience in Aotearoa NZ, and have some experience and understanding of Developing Mathematical Inquiry Communities. You will be able to provide evidence of the application of best-practice in mathematics teaching in your pedagogy.

The role will involve working with teachers during mathematics lessons in a range of schools and leading professional development in meetings. You’ll take leadership in developing cross community communication. Working with the school and local wider community you will:

• Lead parent mathematics workshops
• Mentor parents to lead mathematics workshops
• Lead teacher and parent meetings which support shared communication

Massey University is committed to being a Treaty of Waitangi-led organisation. It is therefore expected that you will have or be committed to develop an appreciation of the Aotearoa New Zealand context and a demonstrable empathy towards the needs and aspirations of indigenous peoples. The Institute of Education is actively committed to develop a diverse staffing profile that matches that of New Zealand society as a whole.

Enquiries of an academic nature can be directed to Dr Jodie Hunter, Institute of Education, Massey University, V: +64 6 414 0800 extn 43518; E: [email protected]

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Woman crushed in Allston elevator mishap

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Accident scene. Photo by Live Boston.

Update: WBZ reports the woman died.

Scott Eisen reports on a major elevator incident at 1140 Commonwealth Ave. between Harvard Avenue and Packards Corner:

One person crushed in the elevator shaft another trapped in the car.

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Oh God.

Who is inspecting these elevators?
How many dangerous faulty elevators that are still in operation out there?
This has been happening a lot lately.
Not just in Boston but throughout .

The City of Boston inspects elevators. You were expecting???

The MA Office of Public Safety and Inspections is responsible for elevator inspections.

That elevator sounds like a very old-fashioned, outdated elevator that was a fatal accident just waiting to happen. This elevator should've either been closed permanently, or replaced by a much more modern elevator that would've at least reduced the chance of Carrie O'Connor's tragic death occurring.

Crushed as in dead? Wouldn't call it a mishap.

This happened to a friend of mine in college. He jumped out of the elevator doors and then fell down onto the shaft behind him.

A kid died after jumping from one car to the next-- or failing to-- in Southwest:

***And yes, it was in 1990. Which was still the 80's. It just was. Probably only one elevator here though, but: Kids would stop the elevator between floors, pull the elevator doors open, and then undo the catch on the building-side doors, and then someone could climb onto the top of the car (yes, you might need to do this on two successive floors, but the idea is that once the catch on the building-side door is open, it's open as long as someone stands there to hold it. (Trap doors in the ceiling aren't really a thing any more, outside of the movies)

My source for this also talked about "stairwell beer keg Donkey Kong", which was just how it sounds. No fatalities reported, just sprains and concussions... not that you'd have noticed the latter at UMass.

...is that even possible?

Guess he lost his balance as he hit the floor.

Mishap is standard terminology for this sort of occurrence.

As many rickety elevators as I have been in, I never felt like it was going to fall or that the doors would open to an empty shaft. This one is scary.

I can't figure out the physics of what happened (if she was in the elevator at the time it failed, wouldn't she have just fallen with it), but in any case this is absolutely horrific. Most of us have lived in a rickety old building at one point or another, and with landlords that don't bother to keep up with maintenance. There should be another level of inspection when an elevator is involved :(

The linked article has more information, maybe it was updated after you posted. It doesn't make it a lot clearer. Says she was putting bags in the elevator I'm guessing standing outside the elevator and it either went up or down with her halfway in. That's the best I can figure. It sounds like it's a pretty rickety old elevator that probably doesn't have many redundant safety features. Horrific.

There is another level of inspection for elevators, escalators, dumbwaiters, and other modes of moving people.

I don't know how many inspectors there are now, but back in the day (like, the 90s), there weren't many and they were tough to get to show up for the annual inspections. Which weren't and aren't just a looksee at the mechanical room and cab but a process of that _and_ loading the cabs up with weights and running them through their paces. Co-workers who'd been in the business longer than me at the time recalled having to physically chase down an inspector who drove by a site, or on another occasion finding them at a restaurant and bringing them back. Now that may have said something about the inspectional division at the time, but still.

This one is definitely going to get all the eyes on it and will have every building owner reviewing their inspection program and certs.

What a shame for this to have occurred when there was absolutely no need for it to. Sympathies to this woman's family, friends, and neighbors. And all the anger at the building manager/owner.

Back when I used to be a bike messenger I spent as much time in elevators as on the bike. And as a hobby I used to note just how many expired, out of date inspection certificates were in the elevators downtown. Many of the elevators in the older or medium sized buildings were not maintained.

What are truly scary are Paternosters - elevators that do not stop moving.

If the elevator dropped while she was entering it, then she may have been crushed between the car and the walls of the shaft. From one of the interviews I saw, it sounds like she was halfway into the elevator when it dropped.

Live Boston talked to some neighbors about what might have happened. Pretty awful, as you might expect.

From the eyewitness who appeared when screaming was heard from the apartment nearby the elevator, all she saw was the roof of the elevator that sat still in the door opening. No body. She assumed the person was in the elevator when it dropped ... if an elevator drops quickly and a person has just entered it, the speed of the elevator roof coming down on them could easily hurt or kill them as their body would rise up with the floor under their feet suddenly dropping and the force of their body hitting th roof of the elevator while inside would be crushed as if they were thrown into the roof of the elevator with a great speed. This seems to be what happened as firemen found her in the car deceased and no part of her body was found outside of the elevator.per the first witness. Since she lived on a higher floor, and the elevator was on the 1/2 ground floor under the 1st floor, as explained by the witness, the elevator must have dropped down on it own as she would have pushed her upper floor button, if she had a chance to push it at all. Someone said the box may have triggered the button or sensor too as it was supposedly large and she had attempted to enter the elevator with the box a couple times before with no success as the box per the man who took the stairs told her the box was too big for the elevator, but she told him she would try once more.

A college friend lived in that building from 1970-72 and even then we usually took the stairs as we were scared of that thing.

WBZ reports she was Carrie O’Connor, 38, a lecturer in French at Boston University.

Boston University professor killed in elevator accident
By Joseph Wilkinson
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Sep 15, 2020 at 9:31 PM

...Police found O’Connor’s body in the elevator on the first floor of the building, according to local CBS affiliate WBZ. She died of traumatic asphyxia; her death was ruled accidental.

Police said the building, which was built in 1920, passed all recent inspections, WCVB reported. Neighbors said O’Connor had just moved in.


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Memling, Hans

Memling, Hans
or Hans Memlinc

born с 1430/35, Seligenstadt, near Frankfurt am Main
died Aug. 11, 1494, Bruges

Flemish painter.

He settled in Bruges in 1465 and established a large workshop that became very successful and made him one of the city's wealthiest citizens. Though somewhat derivative of the works of contemporary Flemish painters (Jan van Eyck, Dirck Bouts, Hugo van der Goes, and particularly Rogier van der Weyden), his art has great charm and a distinctive character. Memling's religious paintings and portraits of wealthy patrons (e.g., Tommaso Portinari and His Wife, с 1468) were, and remain, enormously popular.

"Diptych with Madonna and Martin van Nieuwenhove" (left wing), oil on panel by Hans ...

By courtesy of the Memling-Museum, Brugge, Bel., photograph, © A.C.L., Brussels

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▪ Flemish painter
Memling also spelled  Memlinc
born c. 1430/35, Seligenstadt, near Frankfurt am Main
died August 11, 1494, Bruges

      leading Flemish (Flemish art) painter of the Bruges school during the period of the city's political and commercial decline. The number of his imitators and followers testified to his popularity throughout Flanders. His last commission, which has been widely copied, is a Crucifixion panel from the “Passion Triptych” (1491).

      Memling, born in the region of the Middle Rhine, was apparently first schooled in the art of Cologne and then travelled to the Netherlands (Early Netherlandish art) (c. 1455–60), where he probably trained in the workshop of the painter Rogier van der Weyden (Weyden, Rogier van der). He settled in Bruges (Brugge) in 1465; there he established a large shop and executed numerous altarpieces and portraits. Indeed, he was very successful in Bruges: it is known that he owned a large stone house and by 1480 was listed among the wealthiest citizens on the city tax accounts. Sometime between 1470 and 1480 Memling married Anna de Valkenaere (died 1487), who bore him three children.

      A number of Memling's works are signed and dated, and still others allow art historians to place them easily into a chronology on the basis of the patron depicted in them. Otherwise it is very difficult to discern an early, middle, and late style for the artist. His compositions and types, once established, were repeated again and again with few indications of any formal development. His Madonnas (Madonna) gradually become slenderer and more ethereal and self-conscious, and a greater use of Italian motifs such as putti, garlands, and sculptural detail for the settings marks the later works. His portraits, too, appear to develop from a type with a simple neutral background to those enhanced with a loggia or window view of a landscape, but these, too, may have been less a stylistic development than an adaptation of his compositions to suit the tastes of his patrons.

      A good example of the difficulties of dating encountered by scholars is the triptych of “The Virgin and Child with Saints and Donors” that Memling executed for Sir John Donne (National Gallery, London), which until recently had been dated very early—around 1468—because it was believed that the patron commissioned the work while visiting Bruges for the wedding of Charles the Bold (duke of Burgundy) to Margaret of York and that he died the following year (1469) in the Battle of Edgecote. It is now known that Sir John lived until 1503 and that it is probably his daughter Anne (born 1470 or later) who is portrayed as the young girl kneeling with her parents in the central panel, thus indicating that the painting was commissioned about 1475.

      Memling's art clearly reveals the influence of contemporary Flemish painters. He borrowed, for example, from the compositions of Jan van Eyck (Eyck, Jan van), the famed founder of the Bruges school. The influence of Dirck Bouts (Bouts, Dirck) and Hugo van der Goes (Goes, Hugo van der) can also be discerned in his works—for example, in a number of eye-catching details such as glistening mirrors, tile floors, canopied beds, exotic hangings, and brocaded robes. Above all, Memling's art reveals a thorough knowledge of, and dependence on, compositions and figure types created by Rogier van der Weyden. In Memling's large triptych (a painting in three panels, generally hinged together) of the “Adoration of the Magi” (Prado, Madrid), one of his earliest works, and in the altarpiece of 1479 for Jan Floreins (Memling-Museum, Brugge), the influence of Rogier's last masterpiece, the “Columba Altarpiece” (1460–64; Alte Pinakothek, Munich), is especially noticeable. Some scholars believe that Memling himself may have had a hand in the production of this late work while still in Rogier's studio. He also imitated Rogier's compositions in numerous representations of the half-length Madonna with the Child, often including a pendant with the donor's portrait (the “Madonna and Martin van Nieuwenhove”; Memling-Museum, Brugge). Many devotional diptychs (two-panel paintings) such as this were painted in 15th-century Flanders. They consist of a portrait of the “donor”—or patron—in one panel, reverently gazing at the Madonna and Child in the other. Such paintings were for the donor's personal use in his home or travels.

      Most of Memling's patrons were those associated with religious houses, such as the Hospital of St. John in Bruges, and wealthy businessmen, including burghers of Bruges and foreign representatives of the Florentine Medicis and the Hanseatic League (an association of German merchants dealing abroad). For Tommaso Portinari, a Medici agent, and his wife, Memling painted portraits (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City) and an unusual altarpiece that depicts more than 22 scenes from the Passion of Christ scattered in miniature in a panoramic landscape encompassing a view of Jerusalem (Galleria Sabauda, Turin). Such an altarpiece, perhaps created for new devotional practices, became very popular at the end of the 15th century. His best known work with extensive narration is the sumptuous Shrine of St. Ursula in the Hospital of St. John. It was commissioned by two nuns, Jacosa van Dudzeele and Anna van den Moortele, who are portrayed at one end of the composition kneeling before Mary. This reliquary, completed in 1489, is in the form of a diminutive chapel with six painted panels filling the areas along the sides where stained glass would ordinarily be placed. The narrative, which is the story of Ursula and her 11,000 virgins and their trip from Cologne to Rome and back, unfolds with charm and colourful detail but with little drama or emotion. Other patrons of the same hospital commissioned Memling to paint a large altarpiece of St. John with the mystical marriage of St. Catherine to Christ as the central theme (Memling-Museum, Brugge). Elaborate narratives appear behind the patron saints John the Baptist and John the Evangelist painted on the side panels, while the central piece is an impressive elaboration of the enthroned Madonna between angels and saints (including Catherine) that one finds in innumerable other devotional pieces attributed to Memling.

      Because Memling's work was so strongly influenced by that of other painters, it often has been harshly dealt with by 20th-century critics. Yet in his own lifetime he was acclaimed. Recording his death, the notary of Bruges described him as “the most skillful painter in the whole of Christendom.”

James E. Snyder

Major Works
“The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian” (c. 1470; Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels); “Portinari Triptych” (c. 1470; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City); “Portrait of Gilles Joye” (1472; Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Mass.); “The Last Judgment” (c. 1473; Marienkirche, Gdańsk, Pol.); “Triptych: The Virgin and Child with Saints and Donors” (c. 1475; National Gallery, London); “The Deposition” (c. 1475; Museo de la Capilla Real, Granada, Spain); “The Virgin and Child” (c. 1475; Museo de la Capilla Real); “The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine of Alexandria” (c. 1475; Louvre, Paris); “Christ Surrounded by Angel Musicians” (c. 1475; Musée Royal des Beaux-Arts, Antwerp); “Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine of Alexandria” (1479; Memling-Museum, Brugge); “Adoration of the Magi” (1479; Memling-Museum); “The Descent from the Cross” (1480; Memling-Museum); “Scenes from the Life of Christ and the Virgin” (c. 1480; Alte Pinakothek, Munich); “Madonna and Child with Angels” (c. 1480–85; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.); “Moreel Triptych” (1484; Groeninge Museum, Brugge); “Bathsheba” (c. 1485; Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, Ger.); “Diptych with Madonna and Martin van Nieuwenhove” (1487; Memling-Museum); “St. Benedict” (1487; Uffizi, Florence); “Portrait of Benedetto Portinari” (1487; Uffizi); “The Virgin and Child” (1487; Staatsliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin); St. Ursula Shrine (1489; Memling-Museum); “Resurrection” (c. 1490; Louvre); “Passion Triptych” (Crucifixion Panel, 1491; St.-Annen-Museum, Lübeck, Ger.).

Additional Reading
Lengthy bibliographies on the artist appear in A. Wurzbach, Niederländisches Künstler-Lexikon, vol. 2 (1909); and V. Denis, Encyclopedia of World Art, vol. 9, col. 729–735 (1964). Among the earlier studies of Memling, see especially J.A. Crowe and G.B. Cavalcaselle, The Early Flemish Painters (1857); L.J. Krämmerer, Memling (1899); F. Bock, Memling Studien (1900); W.H.J. Weale, Hans Memling (1901); and K. Voli, Memling (1909). For the relationships with Rogier van der Weyden, see especially G. Hulin de Loo “Hans Memling in Rogier van der Weyden's Studio,” Burlington Magazine, 52:160–177 (1928); and M.J. Friedländer, “Noch etwas über das Verhältnis Roger van der Weydens zu Memling,” Oud-Holland, 61:11–19 (1946). The standard references are L. von Baldass, Hans Memling (1942); M.J. Friedländer, Memling (1950) and his Die altniederländisch Malerei, vol. 6 (1928; Early Netherlandish Painting, vol. 6, 1971); and Georges Henri Dumont, Hans Memling (1966; Eng. trans. 1967); also see the discussions of Memling's works that have appeared in the series Les Primitifs flamands, especially vol. 9, J. Bialostocki, Les Musées de Pologne (1966); and vol. 11, M. Davies, The National Gallery-London-III (1970).

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What’s unpatriotic is the slaughter of thousands of black Americans being killed by police and getting away with it.
Kneeling is not unpatriotic. We ask that you honor the flag by showing us that all lives matters as most would graciously point out, but they forget that it including Black Lives too!!
Us getting killed and mugshots showing up as all around the media, dismissing the fact that during the time the life was taken they weren’t doing anything but their skin color was a threat.
Many ask, what did he do? Sometimes it could be following the instructions of the officers. Sometimes it could be running away because we know we could be killed and somehow we are the threat. Sometimes, it could be asking too many questions.
To my white friends, would you trade places with us since we are being treated so well?
#BlackLivesMatter show us that much, but giving us real justice. Show us, but holding people accountable for taking lives as if they are judge and jury.
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Just watched a documentary about this young man life after he was locked up for allegedly stealing someone’s book bag. There was no real proof that he did such a thing, but even if he did steal this person’s book bag, doesn’t explain why a 16 year old was sent to one of the worst jails in the world, Rikers Island. Kalief was never convicted, of this crime but spent 3 years of his life in this jail mostly serving time in solitary confinement. Remember this is a 16 year old. He was abused by other inmates and guards a like. He was starved and didn’t received the medical attention he needed. But let’s not forget he was never given his right to stand trial, a speedy trail at that. He spent 3 years locked up for something he didn’t even do.

I watched this documentary and shed so many tears. Watch this young man go through this, just hearing his story and watching how the one person (his father) who could’ve help didn’t. So because he mother couldn’t make bail in time he was sent to Rikers pending his trial date.

What was even worst was the mental state he was in once released. No apologizes we made to Kalief or his family. The witness story all over the place and then no witness to move forward. After several adjournment later he was released as if nothing ever happened. How was he expected to move forward? He attempted suicide several times in jail, maintain his innocence and remained reluctant to take a plea even it if meant him coming home the same day. To, me and many others that screams he innocent.

Kalief decided to seek justice against a system that let him down. He faces the hardest of critics and systems that had no interest in admitting they fucked up and need to help this man with closer for him and his family. The fame negativity effected him later on down the line and a string of incidents that followed brought back demons within him that brought him back mentally to his solitary confinement days. He began to become paranoid, depressed and thought that taking his life was the only way to silence the demons or silence the threat.

After Kalief’s death his mother continued his lawsuit going adding on the wrongful death of her son. Which most believe was a direct reflection of what the system had done to him. Battling her own issues with a heart condition she then how to fight with her estranged husband who was seeking to profit from his son’s death. When Kalief was originally locked up, his father believe that he did commit the crime and refused to help him and had no contact with him since but seeking a pay day.

Kalief’s mother fought the fight so she can get closure for her son. All the wild her estranged husband decided to sell the house she had lived in for 31 years, raising Kalief and his brothers and sisters. Kalief’s mother’s condition worsen and took a turn for the worst. She passed away due to her heart condition and her and Kalief’s family still hasn’t gotten the closure the deserve.

Three days after Kalief’s mom passed, his father sold the house and forced the family to vacate the premises.

The Browder family still is waiting for Kalief’s day in court. Hopefully this will happen sooner rather than later.

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After having a hiatus over the month of December because we had the team hard at work with items relating to the Untitled Chapter’s 1st Birthday event. We are delighted to announce the first theme of 2013!

With a new year, it is always the start of a fresh start so we decided that the theme that would be for the month of January would be “Dawn”.

Dawn is the start of a new day, it symbolizes a new start filled with possibilities and hidden mystery that an individual has yet to discover.

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or the Dawn of a new fresh start, leaving the past behind you

or the Dawn of something big that is about to unfold

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Today’s RefWatch is dedicated to Phil Gregory (although Dogface hasn’t approved this because we didn’t have time to tell him).   Phil writes on economics and does our match previews, and today joins the refereeing clan by taking his first match.  Everyone at Untold and in the wider multiverse wishes you all the best Phil

  • Referee:              Kevin Friend
  • Assistant 1:         2nd Official
  • Assistant 2:         3rd Official
  • 4th Official:        Lee Probert

Good morning stat-fans and welcome to an unusually piss poor Refwatch.

‘But why?’

I hear you ask [yes I hear you]; well – it breaks down like this – today we have the pleasure of Kevin Friend and this is his first time ever at the whistle for Arsenal in the EPL.

‘But what about Wigan’

I hear you interject… well – our Kev has only had one match for Wigan and they lost that finishing at -1.00 against the handicap – so I suppose that’s something.

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I hear you yell… ok – it’s the same 4th official we had in the last EPL (West Ham United) game and not much has changed then – we have Lee Probert involved in an EPL Arsenal match yet again – what are the odds of that then?

A recap: 1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses; 1.67 PPG, +0.33 AHS, 1.00 BPM and 11.33 FPB – more info can be found here:

‘Right, then make up a nice pretty graph about Lee Probert and Wigan then and let’s look at that’

I hear you feign interest… ok – I’ll do that but, if you recall, we did have Lee Probert as the referee in the previous EPL match against Wigan [away] in which we were mugged 2-2, but we’ll have another glance right after we have a quick look at Kevin Friend:

  • Full name:                          Kevin Friend
  • Date of birth:                     8 July 1971 (1971-07-08) (age 39)
  • Home town:                       Leicestershire, England
  • EPL Referee Since:          2009/2010
  • EPL Games to date:         21

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Suits you sir!

What’s encouraging here is that Kevin is a sprightly 39 and should be able to keep up with the run of play, but as a relative new boy, and will probably be relying on the more ‘experienced’ Lee Probert for guidance.  Lee has been a referee since he was 13 as he was crap at football – well this may or may not be the case but the real reason is that his father [Doug Friend] was also a referee.  There seems to be a lot this sort of thing going on at the ‘highest’ levels of refereeing in the UK [following in the father’s footsteps] which just goes to show, it’s not what you know it’s who you know… and also what you know… y’know?

Our Kev has had his share of the usual controversies, selective myopia and erratic calls [as you would expect from a Select Group referee] but most of those were just him proving his mugging mettle in the Championship so we should be fair to him here as an EPL official, just keep an eye on him and document it.

So without further ado – let’s check out how Wigan do under the auspices [or not] of Lee Probert:

Lee Probert has had 10 games for Wigan Athletic consisting of 0 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses… and we thought we had it bad – that is woeful form in anyone’s book.

Wigan Athletic are currently in 25th in Lee Probert’s personal Points Per Game, for matches in the EPL, with an average of 0.30 PPG – yes that’s right – less that a 3rd of a point per game – a whole season of that kind of form and you would finish with 11 points!

In Lee Probert’s personal Handicap Swing League, for matches in the EPL, Wigan Athletic come 22nd with an average negative swing of -0.68… hmm, not as bad – so it looks like Wigan have had a lot of games under Lee that they were never expected to win anyway – but still pretty poor… which is amazing really when you consider how much of a positive swing he gave them this season in the 2-2 draw!

In other news – Wigan Athletic are currently in 19th in Lee Probert’s personal Booking’s Per Match League, for matches in the EPL, with an overall average of 1.60 BPM and in Lee Probert’s personal Fouls Per Booking League, for matches in the EPL, Wigan Athletic come 14th with an overall average of 8.56 FPB.

Let’s have a look now at what little data exists regarding Kevin Friend vs the EPL for the swing agains the handicap (selected teams only):

Teams on the down-swing are Blackburn, Bolton, Stoke and Tottenham [I approve] and teams on the up-swing are Birmingham, Fulham and Sunderland.  As I said – very little data – but if you can find some kind of pattern there worthy of note then please leave a comment.

So what can we expect?!  I dunno… I mean – I reckon we’ll win or we should do – even if we have the pitch of the pitch titled against us we’ll still have ‘the pitch’ in that it’s not a cabbage patch [like Wigan’s] so it’ll be all passes, moves and avoid the hooves!

But before I go I did notice a couple of games that caught mine eye – I wouldn’t normally say anything but it’s such a minimalist Refwatch that I may as well give you something.

Consider these Manchester matches:

Match 1 – the Murks v the Burks

  • Manchester United v Birmingham City (15:00)
  • Referee:      Mike Jones
  • Assistant 1:                 John Flynn
  • Assistant 2: Andy Madley
  • 4th Official:                Phil Dowd

Just like the Tottenham game – this is a bad choice of officials for the Red Devils… so maybe we are witnessing a little ‘reigning in’ here to plump the brand.  Everyone bangs on about how the EPL is biased in favour of the Murky Mancs… and it is in a way – but there are conflicts of bias that you must understand.  These things are not black and white and despite SAF’s influence, he’ll never get it all his own way – after all, it’s in nobody’s economic interest for Manchester United to win the EPL before the ides of May.

Let’s look to the other side of Manchester

  • Aston Villa v Manchester City (17:30)
  • Referee               :               Howard Webb
  • Assistant 1:         Dave Bryan
  • Assistant 2:         Darren Cann
  • 4th Official:        Mike Dean

Ho, ho, ho – if Mancini is ‘clued up’ here he’ll be parking that gold plated bus again – almost a ‘perfect storm’ methinks!  Waddayareckon – Darren Bent to score on his debut?  I can almost hear the orgasmic excitement of the Sky commentators already.

But don’t get your hopes up, it’s a funny old game and we’ll wait and see what the weekend brings.

The Complete Wigan Extravaganza

Step aside Ms Cheese – Phil’s got his computer going

Bogus Cheese runs her fingers over the pundits

Snooping around Wigan.   (This might be a health hazard)

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24 comments to RefWatch – Arsenal v Wigan Athletic (22/01/2011 15:00)

  • Nabil Danial

    Another excellent post! Keep it up! GO GUNNERS!!

  • DogFace

    This one’s for you Phil!

  • Red Jessie

    My heart has just dropped. This guy is seriously weak. He is not premier league status. He has been pushed through becuase of the poor quality of officials around him. He is in a group with people like Mason, Jones and Probert who are also seriously weak. Tip of the day – watch out for a flurry of cards, many puzzling decisions, a few chants of ‘You don’t know what you’re doing’ and a good chance of a red card.

  • Armin

    Hey everyone has to start somewhere so our friend, has to. Lets not dismiss him even before we see what he is capable of. I don’t ask Friend to be friendly, just objective and I ll be fine with it.

  • Gf60

    Well, young Oliver was unknown to us when he had us last year. Seem to remember him getting one of the highest scores Walter has given. ?Walter?

    Hell of a pity it was against WBA and we lost. Hope this is not an ongoing trend!

  • rusty

    In hindsight, it seemed to me like the linesman had a lot of the bad decisions (aside from the Fabregas / Caldwell battle, and he got his in the end). Will await Walter’s review for a professional assessment.

  • Mahesh

    Wow! What a horrible ref today! I wonder who taught him? 😉

  • DogFace

    lol – well the Mancs murked their way to 5-0… I’ve only seen the half time highlights and Birmingham looked like they were just laying down and taking it – shame on them!

    Our game was a stroll in the park to say the least.

  • Sammy The Snake

    You should have seen B’ham managers delight at losing to ManU at the end of the game. His face was a big smile when he shook SAF’s hand. I think he almost bent to kiss it, then he noticed the cameras…

  • Wrenny

    McLeish must have got some pointers on playing Utd from Fat Sam. And they worked a treat.

  • RedGooner

    The ref was pure crap to be honest no protection for fabregas not surprised at all that he eventualy lashed out on caldwell.

    Cards needed to be handed out much earlier as fabregas was targeted by the wigan team in general we dont need injuries due to poor referees.

  • Sammy The Snake

    Does anyone around here remember me sayin 3-0 to Arsenal? Yeahhhhh!

  • DogFace

    LOL – Bent just scored… whadda the odds eh?!

  • DogFace

    Well – that’s next years season ticket paid for, cheers Webby and thankyou Dazza!

  • Sammy The Snake

    Dogface – your prediction was with a question mark. Mine had an exclamation mark!
    I win.

    The real winner today was AAA, they were all right all along. Wenger must go. He can’t even teach our players to take penalties. We beat Wigan with just 3 goals. We should be more like Liverpool, winning by 3 goals. Even better, we should spend like manC and then lose to Villa!

  • DogFace

    Mine had very good odds in my favour – so I win: Villa (win), Sell ManC and Bent to score – therefore I win – lost a bit on selling ManU but the City game came in like a tsunami of cash.

    3-0 was a good call though – fair play… exact scores can be tricky – but you would have doubled through I reckon buying Arsenal on the handicap. I thought we’d win but I had no idea as to the margin.

    Also, as a fan, it’s never a good idea to back your team, the money will weigh heavy on their backs – real fans should always stick money the other way to take the pressure off!

  • walter

    For the impatient ones: I will only have the time from sunday afternoon.
    But must say that I had to mention the ref too much to my liking in my live match report. But we will see what it makes at the end of the day, which will be tomorrow in this case

  • Sammy The Snake

    Have never put money on sports, probably never will.

  • DogFace

    It never held any appeal to me Sammy until I realised that gambling is THE corrupting influence in football – it’s something I had to understand as part of my research, the easiest way to do that, for me, was to get involved in it to some extent.

    I now use it as a marker to give substance to my theories…

    …after all – money talks.

  • FinnGooner

    Sammy I was thinking how AAA had won too. Mainly after the match when Cesc tweeted that he was disappointed not to score and RvP saying he is sorry for missing penalty (he got hattrick).
    Wigans goalkeeper had great day yesterday and I’m happy with 3-0 victory.

  • steven

    I for one think Spurs are putting together one hell of a squad, they may or maynot challenge for the title this season, but they will have one hell of a team by next season if they can keep the team together, which there is no reason to believe they can’t. VDV for me is the signing of the season so far, Modric is on fire and Bale is the most improved player in the league this season. They have added quality to the ranks like Pienaar for very little money and are being linked with the likes of Diarra and others. There is still a long way to go this season, but next season I think will see a huge difference in the league, with United, Chelsea and Arsenal having to make way for the likes of City and Spurs. As a United fan it’s hard to say, but unless we invest in the team we will be under severe pressure to compete with Spurs and City and I think exactly the same of Chelsea and Arsenal. Chelsea have lost some of their strength in depth and the team is showing signs of age and injuries, Arsenal are young and growing, but still lack steal and seem to have a policy of moving players on and bringing through youth all the time, which means they remain in “transition” – interesting times ahead ! Cheers

  • A Casual Observer

  • gandiv

    Just reflecting on the Wigan game on Saturday and I am starting to get slightly worried about what’s going on at the Arsenal.

    The atmosphere on Saturday was a complete joke. The worst I have even seen at the Grove. This was alarming as we won the game 3.0.

    My season ticket is situated is the so called red section where blocks 5 and 6 generally generate most of the noise that comes from the stadium. Though it has his critics I do feel that normally it’s a great atmosphere in these blocks and it has his regulars that are of older age (not teenagers or jcl’s) that really help generate noise. These fans make a massive difference and when not there you can really hear the difference in the stadium.

    I speak to many of these guys on a regular basis and they have had there season tickets at Arsenal from Highbury days and have not moved from there seat at block 6 since the Grove opened its doors.

    Though we are in all 4 competitions at the moment many of these fans are simply not happy with Wenger and the lack of ambition from the board. The year by year habit of us under achieving in the transfer market and the constant mistakes in the past has taken its toll on said fans, and they no longer trust Wenger or the club anymore.

    The fact that we are fighting for 1st ,the Wigan game was massive for us and the lack of old school genuine fans at the grove does speak in volumes. Also the fact that considering our place in the league many of our games are going to general sale.

    Go back 2-3 seasons there would be no way a game would go to general sale especially if we were still in the title race. As a lonely red member I could just about get tickets on first morning of sale and that was for every game.
    I think many fans have started to get sick and tired of the lies at the club, and the business side of Arsenal is pushing out many of us.

    Some will say its about vat and finance reasons but I do not agree with this at all.

    Many said fans are also getting increasingly annoyed with the new wave of younger jcl fans who love to sing things “wenger give us a wave” or “1 Arsene”
    I understand fans still like Wenger but to have so many in volume sing his name blindly just because we score a goal against a shit weak team is a joke. It was only 2 weeks before we lost to Ipswich and drew to Leeds! Many people sing these chants at really inappropriate times and this just adds to the frustration of everything. I am not saying your wrong for singing said chants but use your brain when singing chants like that.

    The same kind of fans then go silent of we go a goal under and don’t join in again until we score or win and then its “wengers give us a wave”

    I have witnessed many signs of unrest at the grove and seen gooners turning on each other regarding the whole Wenger issue and at times reached boiling point when fights actually break out.

    In all my years of football I have never really seen such a divide. Even back in George days post glory, I never saw such tension in the crowds.

    If the lack of transfer activity costs us the title again it will make a huge difference with regards to some fans simply not wanting to continue with there hard effort and support any longer.

    Many of you will say if a fan decides not to go anymore means they are not a real fan in the first place. This is simply not the case. It must be hard for someone who has been a hardcore fan for years to decide he has had enough with what’s going on.

    Like I said this season has been successful so far though I still don’t think its paints a fair picture, and only time will tell if I am wrong or not.

    Regardless of said success this season the vacant seats at the grove is a massive concern. What’s worse is the kind of fan that is making the seat vacant.

  • A Casual Observer

    gandiv – I have seen this post multiple times on multiple forums from multiple posters.

    Conclusion – this is a co-ordinated political attack from the self harmers.


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Odisha Tourism along with stakeholders of the State Tourism fraternity organised a massive Tourism Walk from Master Canteen to Ekamra Haat.

Tourism Minister Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi inaugurated the Walk in the presence of Odisha Tourism Development Corporation (OTDC) chairperson Shreemayee Mishra, Tourism secretary Vishal Kumar Dev, Tourism director Nirmal Chandra Mishra and host of other distinguished dignitaries.

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“Our goal for the next 3 years is to promote ecotourism, ethnic & handicrafts tourism, besides capitalising on niche segments like heritage homestays, sports & adventure tourism so that more tourists can explore the unexplored Odisha,” tweeted the Tourism secretary.

Participants from Hotel & Restaurant Association of Odisha (HRAO), Travel Agents Association of Odisha (TAAO), Odisha Tour Operators Association (OTOA), Indian Association of Tour Operators (IATO -Odisha Chapter), Indian Institute of Tourism & Travel Management (IITTM), Institute of Hotel Management (IHM), Skating Associations, Tourism and Hospitality Management Institute’s Students participated in the Walk.

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My writings influence readers: novelist Bibhuti Patnaik

Bhubaneswar: A literary work of art should influence the readers and not just entertain them, said noted Odia novelist Bibhuti Bhushan Patnaik at a monthly literary event called KLF Corner here.

Discussing his journey of life and his evolvement as a popular love story novelist, he said, “My creations have become popular because I write to influence and not to entertain the readers.”

His works influenced famous Odia music director Akshaya Mohanty and he had worked with him to fine-tune lots of lyrics, he revealed during a conversation with Odia story writer Rajendra Roul.

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Patnaik was a celebrated Odia writer for several decades. His several stories have been made as films. However, he was not satisfied with his novels being made as films.

His primary objection was movie scripts are flexible and don’t confirm to storyline of plot. “That’s why movies based on my novels didn’t get public appreciation while the novel was well-read,” he said.

His novels were such a craze among readers that once an electrical engineer demanded Patnaik to visit his home in exchange for connecting his native village with electricity.

Patnaik has touched many lives through his literary creations and most of his stories are based on love. Even till date, many college hostels in the state has copies of his novels. These novels have long been able to capture emotions of youth since love is an important emotional aspect of life, he described.

“My stories are based on love since there is no life without love,” he said in the ninth edition of KLF Corner.

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Are ‘Taken’ Men Sexier?

It’s human nature to covet what we can’t have…

The man sitting across from me is in every single woman’s husband wish list: smart, charming, attractive, successful. His style of dress is very GQ, and his conservative suit with the artsy purple tie tells women he is responsible yet spontaneous. The gold band around his ring finger reflects the harsh light of the commuter rail — blinding, but not binding. So what if he’s married? His wife is no more real to me than Santa Claus. Like many women, I want the unattainable man. But what is it that makes the unattainable so desirable?

Are ‘Taken’ Men Sexier?

It’s human nature to covet what we can’t have. When we diet and restrict certain types of food, the desire for what is denied us becomes unbearable. The taken man is the chocolate cake of dating — sinful yet simultaneously irresistible.

Some women also love to compete with each other. We can thank messed up lessons from Disney for that!

“If a woman who knows you’re spoken for comes on to you, it’s flattering. It’s tempting. But remember that she’s doing it to feed her own ego, not yours. She wants to see how much power she holds over you. And if you take her bait, she then knows she must be superior in every way to your sweetie. Deep down, she has nothing but contempt for both your male weakness and your mate’s existence. That should really piss you off.” Men’s Health Magazine

In short, a committed man is appealing for just that reason: he’s committed to a relationship.

Are ‘Taken’ Men Sexier?

Women have been trained, since childhood (think: Disney) to compete with each other…

There’s also the other woman to think about. It’s one thing to get involved with a man who slips his ring in his back pocket every time a cute pair of Manolos walk by, but it’s quite another to knowingly pursue someone who’s clearly marked territory. Being cheated on hurts, and if getting a lump of coal in your stocking isn’t enough to deter you, then the guilt you’d feel after intentionally causing his wife pain definitely should be.

We assume that a man who’s in a serious relationship with someone must have a lot to offer. The fact that he’s so desired by someone else (and that’s doubly true if that someone else is viewed as a catch herself) makes him all the more attractive to the other woman. In this day and age where many men fear commitment more than a root canal without pain-killers, a loving husband is a rare gem. What women tend to forget is that that same attribute which makes them attractive isn’t very compatible with their intent to lead them astray.

Are ‘Taken’ Men Sexier?I’ve never been the man-stealing type, but I’ve certainly had more than a few friends who were all-too-eager to throw their panties in the ring. Some did it for a narcissistic ego-boost (if I can tear him away from his wife and kids then I must be really special), others did it because they have intimacy issues (if the person can’t commit to you then you don’t need to commit to them).

Years ago, I had a friend named Sally. She was cute, fun, had a great personality, and could attract practically any man she wanted. She also had serious relationship with her boyfriend Danny. She said she loved him and they always talked about marriage and their future. For some reason (ego and insecurity is my best guess) Sally always found herself seeking attention from other males within our friend group; she was particularly interested in one man named Gary, who was (at the time) happily married.

Are ‘Taken’ Men Sexier?

Her ego was constantly getting the best of her

Just like Scarlett O’Hara, she always wanted the one she couldn’t have. Granted, Gary’s wife Carla was a bit lacking when it came to having a pleasant personality, but perhaps that was because Sally was always trying to blatantly flirt with Gary. These flirtations fueled Carla’s anxiety, insecurity, and general contempt for Sally and other women who could be a “threat”. Carla’s attitude towards Sally, in turn, gave Sally more motivation to continue flirting.

I realize now, looking back, that sure, Sally found Gary physically attractive, but it was all just a game to see how much she could tempt him and control the situation. If Gary had given in to Sally’s actions, the thrill of the chase for Sally would have come to an abrupt end.

Gary actually eventually called Sally out about what was happening due to the fact that Carla constantly complained to him about Sally’s actions. Naturally, Sally denied any wrongdoing which fueled a public fight between Sally and Carla, and Danny and Gary.

The two couples’ friendship dissipated after that confrontation, and eventually they had to stop hanging out together, changing the dynamics of the entire friend group. Not only were friendships ruined, but good memories were lost as well.

Are ‘Taken’ Men Sexier?

My friend Sally knew it was flattering to Gary to make him feel wanted by her. Of course a man would be tempted, but Gary knew Sally was playing a game. A self-indulgent, ego boosting game. Sally didn’t care about making Gary feel good about himself; she did it because she needed to see how much power she could exercise over Gary in comparison to Carla. And because Sally found something in Carla that was threatening to her, Sally chose to channel her inner temptress by exercising the power of her sexuality to ensure she had the upper hand.

Even if temptation is given into, far more often than not, the husband won’t ever seriously consider leaving his wife. The grass is greener on the other side… but only for a moment, then reality sets back in!

Even if Gary had entertained the idea of giving in to temptation with Sally, he was right to get angry (as was Carla) and expose Sally’s bad behavior. Carla was right to bring the situation up to her husband, she was right to be mad at Sally, and she was right to be able to confront Sally once the situation was brought to light. Ultimately, Sally didn’t care about either of her “friends”, nor did she seem to care much about her serious boyfriend Danny – or herself for that matter.

Are ‘Taken’ Men Sexier?

It’s about ego and power, not the man

When you boil it all down, some people are simply competitive and some can’t resist a challenge regardless of the destructive fallout (I bet I could get you to leave her if you could have me instead).

While the pursuit of the unattainable man can be a thrilling challenge, the end result always ends up in heartache; one cannot unattach anything without ripping some seams. And in the event you are successful and end up attaining the unattainable, there is bound to be distrust on both sides.

Even if temptation is given into, far more often than not, the husband won’t ever seriously consider leaving his wife.  The grass is greener on the other side… but only for a moment, then reality sets back in!

For him, there’s the fear that you’re not the type who respects relationships, and that it might extend to your own. For you, well, you know for certain that the man you’re with has cheated at least once, but unlike Santa, will never know for certain if he’s been bad or good…

If you’re feeling tempted, keep these tips in mind:

  1. If he seems too good to be true – he is. If he seems perfect, just remember that he’s not. Remember that he will not be emotionally available, which is what you will be wanting most, because he is already taken. No man in the world has enough sensitivity to distribute to more than one woman at a time!
  2. Someone will always find out. It’s inevitable.
  3. What about your significant other? They can cut ties too, ya’ know?
  4. If you’re lonely – here’s a quarter, call someone who cares! Otherwise you run the risk of ruining friendships and doing something you will regret.
  5. Remember the Golden Rule – do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
  6. Do you really want to be the last man standing (or this case, woman)? You could end up ruining friendships, getting a bad reputation, and wasting time that you could have been spending in a real relationship. Look at Sally — she ended up without a man she could have truly made a life with, and destroyed two other friendships in the process of her actions.
  7. Do you really want to be the kind of woman who is with the kind of guy who cheats on his woman?
  8. If you succeed at temptation, and somehow you or the guy get found out, the blame will inevitably fall on you, even if it’s unfairly justified. Why? Because you are the woman – remember Adam and Eve?

Keep the items above filed in your subconscious and share them with your best friends: you just might be able to help protect a friend from making a regrettable mistake…

Sitting across from me in the crowded train is a man who is perfect in that innocent way that only a man in a relationship can be. My stop approaches and I get up to leave. My life is complicated enough and besides, that great suit that he’s wearing was probably laid out for him by his very real wife.

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Reader Discussion: 347 Comments

  1. Nowadays everyone has social media so don’t believe them if they say they don’t have it. Add him!! See if he has a wife. Comment and like his pictures

  2. Amelia Hartley

    When you date a married man, he’ll definitely cheat on you if both of you end up together, which is approx. 30% or less to spend the rest of your time with him,, who agrees with me? ???

  3. Angela Sullivan

    If a man is “cheating”, then there was no TRUE marriage to begin with! Marriage is in the heart, not just a piece of paper and a ring. A truly married man will not cheat!…Truth.

  4. Omar Silva

    Some people suck, like manipulating people, and destroying relationships. Alternatively, some men misinterpret friendliness for flirtation. (Women working in retail can confirm this) So when you’re married, women may consider you safe to interact with in an unreserved way. They treat you the same as they do other women and gay men. (Stuff like hugging, touching, initiating conversation often). And some guys mistake this as sexual interest.

  5. Alisha Nixon

    Yes, they are hotter, but it’s a sin you covet married men. If you don’t want to be a sinner, better stop thinking about having an affair with a married man because it’s unforgivable especially if you are the woman.

  6. Jodie Bell

    That is why I am afraid to get married easily. I have to know the man I am marrying first. In this world, no one is faithful. I don’t want to have a broken family because even the nicest guy you’ve known can cheat on you.

  7. Sabrina Melendez

    This article is great. You can see in the comments how are they against in cheating. Of course, never tolerate cheating!

  8. Cesar Hayes

    I am a man, and I am not afraid of commitment. I don’t know, I am 30, and I am ready to settle down. It’s always important to have someone who is right beside you, and you are not afraid of being cheated on. If you want to get the loyalty you want, you have to be one too. ?

  9. Are you happy that you are going to ruins someone’s marriage? Can you imagine what if you are the wife, and your husband is cheating on you? It hurts, right?

  10. Niamh Townsend

    What’s the point of this article? To teach women how to flirt with married men, or to teach men how to flirt while being married?

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William Wallace Scott, MD (1913 - 2000) was born in Kansas City, Kansas, on January 27, 1913. He attended the University of Missouri at Columbia for four years and supported himself by driving a cleaning and pressing truck for Vanity Fair and working in the Sigma Nu fraternity house. Early in college, Dr. Scott aspired to become an engineer. However, after working in the research laboratory at the University of Chicago during the summer of 1932 and being exposed to his older brothers—one a physiology student and the other a medical student, he was convinced that a career in physiology or medicine was for him. Consequently, he began medical school at the University of Chicago in the fall of 1934.

Dr. Scott received the Sydney Walker III Fellowship, which paid tuition for the final years of his schooling. This included graduate work culminating in a PhD in physiology in 1938 and an MD in 1939. After the first two years in medical school, during which he took all the electives in physiology and biochemistry, Dr. Scott decided to follow in his two brothers' footsteps and work toward a doctorate in physiology. His doctoral thesis was "The Physiology of Cerebral Concussion," and for a time he considered going into neurosurgery. However, after he obtained his medical degree and interned in surgery under Dallas B. Phemister, MD, a strange set of circumstances pushed him toward urology. Dr. Scott worked with Charles Huggins, MD and later became his resident and associate. Dr. Scott's experiences with Dr. Huggins convinced him that he wanted to pursue a life in urological surgery and research.

Aside from his work on the prostate gland, Dr. Scott had an interest in renal transplantation. In the early 1950s he was the first—with Johan de Klerk, MD and H. William Scott, MD—to use cortisone in an effort to increase the length of survival of heterologous renal transplants in dogs.

In Dr. Scott's 1965 presidential address to the Mid-Atlantic Section of the American Urological Association, he spoke on "The Training of a Resident" (unpublished). Much of what he said was to point out that a year in research during a clinical residency was very worthwhile, regardless of whether the trainee subsequently pursued a career in academic medicine or private practice. It was extremely gratifying to Scott that 22 of 65 of the residents training during his tenure later went on to head departments of urology in medical schools here and abroad.

During his tenure, Dr. Scott gave 15 named lectures and participated in 25 visiting professorships. Among the lectures, he was most honored to give the Austin M. Curtis Memorial Lecture at Howard University, the first Nathan G. Alcock Lecture at the University of Iowa, the Ramon Guiteras Lecture, the Dallas B. Phemister Lecture and the Hugh Hampton Young Lecture. In addition to keeping busy with the affairs of the Brady Urologic Institute, Dr. Scott also served the faculty committees of the School of Medicine at Johns Hopkins and the National Institutes of Health and Armed Forces in Washington, DC.

Scott received numerous awards. These included sharing the Gold Medal for Research in Prostatic Growth with Charles Huggins and Phillip Clark, presented in New York City in 1940 by the American Medical Association; the Distinguished Service Award of the university of Chicago in 1958; both the Barringer and Keyes medals of the American Association of Genito-Urinary Surgeons; the  Ramon Guiteras Award* and the  Eugene Fuller Triennial Award* of the AUA; and an honorary Doctor of Science degree from the University of Missouri. He served as president of the Mid-Atlantic Section of the AUA in 1965 and of both the Clinical Society of Genito-Urinary Surgeons and the American Association of Genito-Urinary Surgeons in 1974 and 1978, respectively, and was an honorary member of several of the sections of the AUA and of the British Association of Urological Surgeons.

Dr. Scott died in 2000.


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Arizona Bar Places Aaron Kelly & Daniel Warner on 2 Years Probation

Accused of very serious allegations of fraud on multiple courts, Attorney Aaron Kelly and Daniel Warner faced possible disbarment for the following accusations made by the Arizona Bar:

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As first time offenders, the Arizona Bar accepted a plea bargain to reduced charges in lieu of trial, placing both Warner and Kelly on probation until August of 2020.   Additionally both lawyers received formal admonishment and are forced to participate for the next 24 months in the State Bar’s Law Office Management Assistance Program (LOMAP).

“The allegations in the complaint are troubling and raise multiple concerns” stated the bar in the plea bargain.   Fake notarizations; non-existant defendants across multiple cases; forged signatures…indeed, very disturbing to say the least.

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As a failed defense, The Kelly Warner Law firm posted alerts that attempted to blame and USA Herald for their legal problems.  “And much like before, attorney Daniel R. Warner and attorney Aaron M. Kelly are grateful to work with the State Bar of Arizona to ensure the good guys will win again.

In the end, faced with the very real possibility of disbarment, Aaron Kelly and Daniel Warner capitulated via a plea bargain.  With a permanent black stain on their legal records and on thin ice with the Arizona Bar, these lawyers need to desperately stay out of more legal trouble…until August of 2020 at a bare minimum.

New Allegations of Fraud & Law Enforcement Action

Daniel Warner is facing new allegations of legal fraud, this time from Melayna Lokosky, a federally recognized whistle blower.

According to sources, the Arizona Bar is aware of the situation and will determine what if any action is necessary in the near future.

Additionally, sources have confirmed that the South Carolina AG dropped the cease & desist action against Aaron Kelly’s business for jurisdiction purposes only.   Apparently the investors that Shipchain provided to the AGs office were not located in South Carolina, hence no nexus.

It has also been confirmed through sources that multiple government agencies are investigating Shipchain and its officers for possible securities violations.   More to come on this in a follow-up story.

Indeed, the good guys won, that is of course the Arizona Bar & the entire legal system.   Until August of 2020 both Aaron Kelly and Daniel Warner will be on probation with the Arizona Bar.  Admonished by their peers and placed in State Bar’s Law Office Management Assistance Program (LOMAP), any further infraction is akin to the sun coming up for these lawyers standing on thin ice.

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Sale Boots, Pumpkin Candles, Cloud Robes, & More Top Buys This Week

The goods that we buy on a fleeting basis may not ultimately wind up on our monthly most wanted list, but that doesn’t mean they’re not worthy of their own shopping spotlight. Welcome to our newest series that details just that: peeling back a more of-the-moment curtain on the top weird to wonderful items that people purchased this week.

Each of the products ahead was anonymously sourced from both top-performing R29 stories as well as shopping data that details the most current bestsellers. This means that everything you’ll find featured — from the value-pack of soothing hand sanitizer to the soft-as-a-cloud cotton robe — is a freshly baked slice of what’s trending in virtual carts across the web at this very moment. Scroll on to see what else is on the menu (spoiler alert: it involves a desk chair from Kelly Clarkson’s home line and a cult-status organic lube).

At Refinery29, we’re here to help you navigate this overwhelming world of stuff. All of our market picks are independently selected and curated by the editorial team. If you buy something we link to on our site, Refinery29 may earn commission.Pumpkin Candle

It’s pumpkin SZN — and you know what that means? Search for pumpkin-flavored-and-scented everything is up over 200% this week. Here’s one product in particular shoppers can’t get enough of: Homesick’s Pumpkin Picking Candle.

The nostalgic-scent-crafting brand’s timely fall votive is filled with what it describes as “Vibrant leaves welcoming hayrides and the search for the perfect pumpkin. A cool fall day with hot apple cider and pumpkin spice.”

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Homesick Candles Pumpkin Picking Candle, $, available at Homesick CandlesHand Sanitizer Family Packs

Tis’ the season to restock your family-sized packs of hand sanitizer — and shoppers’ choice is this bestselling 6-pack by Pipette crafted from clean yet effective germ-killing ingredients that also boast calming and hydrating properties.

(Currently, you can build your own bundle and save up to 40% off as well as score a free travel-sized lotion with purchases of $25+ using code CALM.)

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If this trending weekly buy doesn’t have you at “cloud cotton,” then perhaps its rave customer reviews will: from “It took me a while to pull the trigger and make this purchase — but I’m happy I did! It makes me feel dreamy for my extended time frolicking around my apartment” to “This robe is lovely. It manages to be light and airy, but cozy as well. Magical” and “Softest most beautiful cotton robe.”

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