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The Gazette building might also house some departments currently in City Hall, such as planning, building inspections and economic development.
The last building in the mix, at 20 E. William, formerly housed the city’s engineering department. The department moved into a new building late last year at the public works facility, 440 E. William.
Walker said there is a 90-day timeline to complete the study. Having concept drawings and knowing the approximate cost to renovate will help the city in securing grant funding, she said.
“Our design firm is very excited to get started,” Walker said. Council agreed to declare an emergency, and unanimously passed the measure on second reading.
During the public comment portion of the meeting, resident Aleksandar Llic asked the city to help him with his idea of organically worm-composting food waste from local restaurants and farm manure.
http://aimmedianetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/40/2016/04/web1_DSCF7608.jpgThese three city-owned buildings will be studied for concept drawings and construction estimates for renovations.
David Einhorn continues to be confused by the stock market.
The hedgie’s Greenlight Capital is down 13.6 percent through the first quarter — after gaining a meager 1.6 percent in 2017.
It’s the sixth time in the fund’s 22-year history that it has experienced a quarterly loss greater than 5 percent — but the first time the hedgie is not sure why the roughly $7 billion fund is underperforming.
“In our history, we’ve had five other quarters with a greater than 5 percent loss,” Einhorn wrote in a letter to investors. “In four of those, there were clear world or market events that provided a simple explanation, and in one, a few positions in our portfolio went wrong at the same time.
“This period has not been like any of these,” he added.
Greenlight holds a mix of long and short stock positions. Unfortunately for Einhorn, there was an “asymmetry” in how first-quarter results were received by the market.
Long positions, such as GM and Mylan, that met or exceeded earnings expectations collectively fell 4 percent in the quarter, Einhorn noted.
Meanwhile, short positions that beat the market’s expectations soared 19 percent in the quarter — to the detriment of Greenlight, which was betting that their stock prices would fall.
Einhorn’s letter comes after earlier this year he lamented on a call with investors that in January Greenlight had its worst monthly performance relative to the S&P 500 in the fund’s history.
What to tell kids about Santa?
One. Whatever you do, don’t lie. You’ll wreck your relationship and scar them.
Opinion: Rick Salutin says that we should ask them what they think.
And two, make some vague point about how there’s no actual Santa but anyone can be him if they’re kind and generous.
But as for lying, everyone does, it’s a necessary life skill, hopefully in a good cause. What people need to learn is when and how. Miss Scott lied to us in Grade 1. She told us passionately that anyone who says there’s no Santa is ill-intentioned and not to believe it. I’ve retained a lifelong respect for her not beca...
As for telling kids everyone can be Santa, I find it even more devious because it avoids the issue.
Instead, what about trusting their ability to sort it out themselves. Leave it to them. Tell them, “It’s a hard question smart people differ on.” If you feel a need to express an opinion, say, “I don’t think so but others disagree. What do you think?” That way it becomes an early test run for kids realizing they can de...
It’s not as if their wise, all knowing elders have left the world in such great shape for them. An early start on figuring things out themselves might make sense. Of course, like everything else you do with kids, if it doesn’t work for you — skip it.
If you want to enjoy Colin Farrell in a witty, morally challenging thriller about two London-based hitmen, see Martin McDonagh's In Bruges. Steer well clear of Woody Allen's Cassandra's Dream, in which Farrell and Ewan McGregor play two cockney brothers hired by their rich uncle (Tom Wilkinson) to murder a business ass...
Allen has made a succession of excellent films, some among of the best of the past 30 years, but leaving New York for London, he's floundered, first with Match Point, then with Scoop, which has yet to find a distributor here, and now with this.
Supposedly a psychological thriller (there's a feeble, last-minute attempt to suggest we're witnessing a Greek tragedy), Cassandra's Dream is a succession of ill-staged scenes, mostly involving static two-shots in which characters look awkwardly at each other as they exchange ill-written dialogue full of clunking expos...
A fine British cast is badly directed, woeful line-readings are retained, Philip Glass's pulsating music is wholly inappropriate to the subject and setting and the great Vilmos Zsigmond's photography is blandly mediocre. I take as much pleasure in writing this as Jed Leland did in reviewing Susan Alexander's opera debu...
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—Johnson & Johnson, manufacturer of the nation's most popular personal lubricant, K-Y Jelly, held a press conference Monday to unveil its new line of K-Y Jam, which the company has touted as having "that thick, homemade feeling you've been craving."
"Our new K-Y Jam contains no additives and is made from only the finest natural ingredients, resulting in a luscious blend that's packed with rich, jammy goodness," Johnson & Johnson CEO William Weldon said as he spooned out a dollop of the clear, glycerin-based jam. "A heaping spoonful of this stuff every morning will...
Just before 10am on Sunday morning (23rd January) Hampshire Fire and Rescue were alerted to an animal rescue incident at a farm near the entrance to Sandy Balls holiday centre, in Godshill village.
A four-year-old horse, aptly named ‘Mischief,’ had become trapped and had to be rescued by firefighters after it wandered on to the plastic covering of a neighbour’s swimming pool in the New Forest.
The animal’s owner was able to keep the horse relatively calm until local vet, Luke Gamble of Pilgrims Veterinary Practice, was able to heavily sedate the 14-hand horse so that firefighters could rescue him.
Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service used specialist animal rescue techniques and equipment to lift the animal from the water. Fire crews from Fordingbridge attended the incident and were supported by the Service’s newest addition to its fleet - the dedicated Animal Rescue unit sponsored by the Petplan Charitable Trust - ...
Mischief the horse was rescued from the swimming pool using specialist techniques and released to pasture land, where he is in a stable condition and none the worse for his ordeal.
From the early days, young Aborigines were trained and used as labour on VRD and the number of white men, according to Big Mick, was very small, often only the manager, head stockman and cook. In those days the Aborigines received no wages, only rations of dry bread and beef, sugar and tea, and at the end of the season...
The latest edition of the National Library Magazine, from the Australian National Library in Canberra has a fascinating article by Penny on the life and works of the French naturalist and ornithologist François le Vaillant.
A dominant first half set the foundation for the Golden Flashes to cruise to a Mid-American Conference road win Wednesday night.
Kent State (13-9, 6-5) jumped out to an 18-13 lead after one quarter before using a 22-11 run to take a 40-24 halftime advantage.
Alexa Golden led the way for the Flashes, drilling three 3-pointers en route to a game-high 17 points. She also grabbed 10 rebounds.
The University of Akron will play Youngstown State in the 2020 season opener, the schools announced Wednesday.
The game will be played on Sept. 5, 2020, at InfoCision Stadium. The schools have played 35 times before, with the Penguins holding a 19-14-2 advantage.
A girls football team has scored a new kit, thanks to the support of a building society.
Players from Buxton’s SK Vipers under-10s team visited the town’s branch of The Nottingham to meet customer services assistant Emma Greenfield and Robin Hood.
They were delighted to receive a cheque for £250 towards the purchase of new kit, which has The Nottingham logo on shirts, and training equipment.
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Australian Ambassador Penny Richards with Health Minister Dr Mam Bunheng.
MORE than 50 Cambodian students will be offered scholarships to pursue their master’s or doctorate degrees in Australia this year, the Australian Ambassador to Cambodia, Penny Richards, announced last week.
Applications are now open for the Australian Leadership Awards and Australian Development Scholarships to support their education costs overseas. The closing date is May 31.
Over the last 17 years, 440 students from Cambodia have been awarded the scholarships, with many returning to take up positions of leadership in all sectors, said the ambassador.
“Study has covered a broad range of areas, including health, agriculture and rural development, infrastructure and law and justice,” said Richards.
“We have more than 40 alumni working in the Ministry of Health, one of our four main areas of development cooperation with the royal government of Cambodia.
These include reducing rural poverty, improving health services, supporting infrastructure for growth, trade and travel, and promoting access to justice, she said.
For further information on the scholarships offered, please visit www.australiaawards.gov.au.
Benn Affleck and Olga Kurylenko star in "To the Wonder."
In the spirit of a Terrence Malick screenplay, certain rhetorical questions to be spoken in hushed voice-over present themselves regarding Malick's latest, "To the Wonder."
Can we ever see enough sunsets as filmed by Malick and his mighty cinematographer, Emmanuel Lubezki? Is serious spiritual yearning even worth attempting to capture in a series of moving images? And will Malick ever tire of the look of tall grass in the wind, bending this way and that, much as his characters conform the...
Shot in Bartlesville, Okla., and in France, "To the Wonder" finds Malick pursuing a form of visual storytelling that is closer to chamber music, or symphonic rapture, than conventional film narrative. It skates along the edge of self-parody every second. Compared even with his previous feature, "The Tree of Life," this...
Whatever. Minor Malick does not mean "To the Wonder" is a nothing. It is very much something: supple and a bit mad. What that something is — well, you're the interpreter, as much as the writer-director in charge.
It depicts an Oklahoma man, played by Ben Affleck; a Ukrainian woman living in Paris, played by Olga Kurylenko; another woman back in Oklahoma, Rachel McAdams; and a fourth character, a Catholic priest stricken by a crisis of faith and purpose, played by Javier Bardem. Affleck's Neil, whom we see sampling soil for grou...
Where is "wherever"? Oklahoma. It's a strange new world to Marina and her 10-year-old daughter, no less so than the land Malick presented in his earlier film, "The New World." At one point in "To the Wonder," a classically Malickian transition glides from a shot of the shoreline off Normandy into a gliding frame of gra...
The relationships come and go; Marina drifts back into Neil's life. Since her voice-overs from the start favor the past tense, we sense impermanence throughout. The film is a reverie, a memory reactivated, in a land of beauty despite the Sonic drive-ins and drab suburban cul-de-sacs.
I admire the picture, though little of "To the Wonder" jells in the usual way. Bardem's priest interacts only briefly with the other major characters; he's a state of troubled mind more than a dimensional being. The women competing for Neil's conscience and heart are largely nonverbal sprites, endlessly photogenic. The...
However elliptical, "To the Wonder" clearly speaks to, and from, Malick's own experience. It's conjecture, of course, but he appears to be atoning for past relational sins with his story of Neil, described as a taciturn but "incredibly loving" man. (It's not an unflattering self-portrait, to be sure.) "Weak people neve...
So, to get back to the rhetorical questions: Can we ever see enough sunsets as filmed by Malick? The answer is no. Is serious spiritual yearning even worth attempting to capture in a series of moving images? The answer is yes. Malick's images may run together, gliding in and out of windows, up quiet streets, in ways th...
Oh, and: Will Malick ever tire of the look of tall grass in the wind? The answer is no. He will not.
AFTER seeing his side notch up a second successive pre-season friendly victory, Iestyn Harris is delighted with the progress Crusaders are making.
It is now less than three weeks before Crusaders kick off their Super League season with a match against Salford City Reds on Sunday, February 13 as part of the Millennium Magic Weekend.
And preparations are gathering momentum as a mix of experience and youth in Perpignan proved too much for Catalans Dragons and saw the Welsh side claim a 34-22 win.
Harris handed a start to 20-year-old prop Gil Dudson and there were first appearances of the year for Ryan O’Hara, Jason Chan, Adam Peek and Gareth Thomas.
Head coach Harris admitted he was very impressed with how his side coped against a near full-strength Catalans side.
“I am happy with the result,” Harris said. “It is very difficult to go to Catalans and get a win so I am very pleased about the result. I am very pleased with some of the things we achieved on the field, as well as our training camp.
“We’ve been working hard in training and the lads are starting to apply everything into games now. We are where we want to be in terms of our preparations and we are getting more and more players back every game.
Mercurial scrum-half Jarrod Sammut starred in the 34-22 victory, scoring a hat-trick of tries and slotting over five out of six conversions.
And Harris was keen to praise the Maltese international’s effort against the French side, insisting he has the potential to be one of Super League’s best.
Harris added: “I was impressed with Jarrod. He’s got certain aspects of his game he needs to work on and to be fair to him he’s working on them daily and we are starting to see improvements in his all round game.
“What you can’t deny about Jarrod Sammut is that he’s more than capable of breaking the line and more than capable of scoring something out of nothing.
“He is not the complete player yet, he is only young and he is still learning the game, but we are expecting big things from Jarrod over the next two years.
“But it was a team effort. The pack’s performance certainly impressed me. When you are playing Catalans, you ask every team in Super League how tough their forwards are to play against and they will all come back with the same answer. They were nearly at full strength and I thought our pack of forwards played brilliant...
The match was part of Crusaders’ four-day training camp in the south of France, and an ideal opportunity for the squad to work on key skills ahead of the start of the new season.
“The camp was very beneficial.” Harris said. “It was important for us to get away for a few days.
“During pre-season, there is a lot of physical and technical work to be done so it was nice to spend some time together.
Crusaders take on Leeds Rhinos in the final pre-season match on Friday, January 28 (7pm). Tickets can be bought by calling into the club shop or by calling the ticket office on 0871 221 9511.
Fans will also be able to pay on the gate on the night, however all credit/debit card payments will need to made via the ticket office located in the club shop on Mold Road.
Full transparency is vital to establishing real solutions to oil spills and oil theft in the Niger Delta. But those that resist this most are oil companies such as Shell. If they are committed to addressing the Niger Delta’s problems of theft, sabotage and oil spills, why will they not disclose the relevant oil spill i...
With that question in mind, here are 6 other questions Shell seems to be unable to answer about their role in oil pollution in Nigeria.
Has Shell been completely transparent in their investigations? A secretly videoed oil spill investigation where Shell changes the cause from “operational failure” to “sabotage” – doing so unilaterally, with no evidence and after the official investigation was completed. There is also evidence that the methodology used ...
Where is the data coming from? Shell’s claims about the proportion of oil spilt due to operational problems rely almost exclusively on data that is compiled by Shell itself, with little or no meaningful oversight.
And what about the oil regulators? The weakness of Nigeria’s oil regulators has been widely exposed. Most recently, the U.N. Environment Program stated that regulators were “at the mercy of oil companies” when it came to visiting oil impacted areas. This echoed a 2006 finding by the U.N. Development Program which state...
What is the condition of Shell’s infrastructure in the Niger Delta? For example, a U.S. diplomatic cable from 2008, published by Wikileaks, stated that a contractor with many years’ experience of laying pipelines in the Niger Delta told the U.S. consulate in Nigeria that “73 percent of all pipelines there are more than...
Are oil spills in Nigeria really out of Shell’s control? A problem of large scale oil theft in the Niger Delta. The report focused on two kinds of theft: large-scale illegal bunkering operations involving organized extraction and transport (taps on pipes, boats for transport) and theft at export terminals, which it say...
So what’s the distinction between oil theft and oil spills? Oil theft is not the same as oil spills. It is possible for theft to occur with little spillage. Small-scale theft may be more problematic in terms of oil spills than larger, professional operations. But the amount stolen is not the amount spilled. Data availa...
Oil theft does lead to some of the oil spill pollution that scars the Niger Delta. But establishing the extent to which oil theft, sabotage and aged and corroded pipes respectively are the cause of pollution requires something the Delta has never had: real transparency over the condition of oil infrastructure and the o...
There are currently two competing narratives about oil pollution in the Niger Delta.
Amnesty International and other NGOs have put significant evidence into the public domain that demonstrates that Shell has underestimated oil spilled due to operational failures.
The first is that oil companies, particularly Shell, are responsible for massive pollution caused by leaks from their operations and for the failure to clean up spills and protect their infrastructure from damage.
This narrative acknowledges that oil theft and sabotage of oil infrastructure occur and contribute to pollution; however it cautions that theft and sabotage, as causes of pollution, are over-stated by oil companies in a bid to deflect criticism about their environmental impact.
The second narrative claims that almost all spills are caused by oil theft and sabotage and that companies are doing their best to combat this scourge. It goes on to say that the failure to clean up properly is generally due to the communities not letting the oil companies into the area to do the cleanup.
What both narratives accept is that the Niger Delta is massively polluted and that those living in the area are suffering the consequences.
The former lays the blame substantially (although not exclusively) at the door of the oil companies and the government of Nigeria’s pitifully weak regulatory system. The latter blames the communities themselves, local militants and criminals.

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