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"Arts and culture are consistent sources of economic growth, during both good and difficult economic times," according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. "Specifically, arts and culture policies and programs increase economic development in states by attracting businesses, creating new jobs, increasing tax revenues and promoting tourism."
Communities with a diverse offering of arts will also attract a high caliber of new residents and new talent, Theresa Foxley, president and CEO of the Economic Development Corporation of Utah, told the Utah Department of Heritage & Arts.
"Research demonstrates that arts, culture, museums, libraries and the like are not 'nice to have' in local communities, they are the very amenities talented individuals seek out, and therefore companies look for as they decide where to locate and where to expand," Foxley said.
As businesses open, there are job opportunities for residents of all ages and experiences. This is where libraries, often centers of arts and culture in their communities, play a key role.
There's a sense of community pride that comes from living in an area that emphasizes the arts. People connect over art and cultural offerings and may reach out to each other, helping to combat isolation. This connection may lead people to live in an area longer and take better care of their community resources.
And adults aren't the only ones who take stewardship of their community more seriously.
"High school students who engage in the arts at school are twice as likely to volunteer than those who don't engage in the arts and are 20 percent more likely to vote as young adults," according to the Arts Council of England.
For more information on how culture and arts programs can benefit communities or to find out how to get involved in your community, visit heritageandarts.utah.gov.
Luxury brand Audi has been taken to the Federal Court for allegedly claiming its cars were environmentally friendly and compliant when they were actually fitted with software to cheat emissions tests.
More than 12,000 affected Audi cars, including A4 Sedan and TT Coupe, are on Australian roads.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has launched court action against German company Audi, its local subsidiary Audi Australia, and the brand's owner, German company Volkswagen, alleging they misled consumers about diesel emissions.
It says the installation of software so that a car passed emissions tests in lab conditions but not on the road was in breach of the law. It launched similar action against Volkswagen late last year.
The 2015 Volkswagen Passat is one of a number of vehicles that has VW in trouble with US authorities over diesel emissions.
"It was important to launch proceeding against both Audi and Volkswagen because their behaviours were similar and extremely serious, misleading consumers," said its chairman Rod Sims.
"We did have discussions with the companies but it's fair to say they didn't go anywhere near what we thought was appropriate and we felt there was no choice but to take legal action."
The consumer watchdog's action against both companies is on top of class actions by Maurice Blackburn and Bannisters Law that are seeking redress for Volkswagen customers.
In regards to the latest proceedings, the ACCC alleges that between 2011 and 2015 Audi engaged in misleading conduct by not disclosing the use of "defeat" software so that vehicles in lab conditions produced less nitrogen oxide.
Audi has been swept up in the on-going VW emissions scandal.
Secondly, it alleges that both Audi and Audi Australia unlawfully claimed the vehicles were compliant when, because of the defeat software, that was not the case.
Thirdly, it says Audi Australia misleadingly marketed the vehicles as being environmentally friendly, producing low emissions and complying with stringent European standards.
And fourthly, the ACCC alleges parent company Volkswagen designed and supplied the engines and defeat software to Audi for installation in the affected vehicles.
Audi Australia told Fairfax Media the ACCC's action didn't provide any practical benefits to consumers as "technical measures" that addressed most of the vehicles captured under its voluntary recall were available or imminent.
The recall began in December and involves a software update and in some cases a minor hardware upgrade.
"The company believes that the best outcome for those valued customers with an affected vehicle is to have the voluntary recall service updates installed," its spokesperson said.
"Audi Australia is reviewing the claims made by the ACCC [and] defending class action suits brought by private plaintiff."
In January, Volkswagen in the US pleaded guilty to conspiracy, obstruction of justice and importing vehicles by using false statements in relation to its use of software in diesel engines on nearly 600,000 VW, Porsche and Audi vehicles.
Consumer group Choice questioned why Australian customers were not being offered the same compensation or a refund - similar to the deal given to US drivers.
Mr Sims said admission made by Volkswagen in the US gave the ACCC further impetus to its work.
"We are somewhat perplexed by the different approaches Volkswagen Group is taking in the US versus Australia," he said.
"We allege that this is misleading conduct, there is a defeat device in these vehicles, and I think what surprises us is that Volkswagen and Audi are now recalling vehicles to fix some software, and I guess we're curious as to why there's a need for a fix if the allegations we're making are denied by them."
Jason Geisker of Maurice Blackburn said it's been astounded by the numerous procedural and technical points taken by Volkwagen in this litigation.
"[This] should cut through some of these procedural obstacles being raised by VW and allow the parties to get on with resolving the real issues in dispute," he said.
Skoda-branded vehicles are also affected, but the ACCC has decided not to pursue further action, citing lower sales volume and class actions.
The watchdog is seeking declarations, pecuniary penalties, corrective advertising, orders relating to the future use of findings of fact and costs.
Former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams (D) addressed rumors that former Vice President Joe Biden Joseph (Joe) Robinette BidenMcAuliffe says he won't run for president in 2020 Ex-Obama campaign manager: Sanders can't beat Trump Trump says he'd like to run against Buttigieg MORE is considering her as a 2020 running mate Sunday, saying only that the two had a "lovely lunch" while dismissing "pure speculation made up by somebody else."
"Vice President Biden and I had a lovely lunch. And we talked about food and we talked about, I mean look, we talked about the presidency and what it means," Abrams said at an event in Los Angeles promoting her new book, "Lead from the Outside."
"We talked about whether I was thinking about running. We talked about whether he was thinking about running. But we did not have that conversation and everything else is pure speculation made up by somebody else."
Axios reported earlier this month that advisers to Biden, who has not officially jumped into the 2020 Democratic presidential primary, are considering announcing Abrams as his vice-presidential pick if and when he launches his campaign.
Representatives for both Biden and Abrams, however, have denied that such a plan is in the works.
Abrams, who was ultimately unsuccessful in her bid for Georgia governor this past fall, has seen her national profile grow in recent months and delivered the Democratic response to President Trump Donald John TrumpHouse Dems demand Barr cancel 'inappropriate' press conference on Mueller report DOJ plans to release 'lightly redacted' version of Mueller report Thursday: WaPo Nadler accuses Barr of 'unprecedented steps' to 'spin' Mueller report MORE's State of the Union address in February.
She has also been floated as a potential 2020 candidate for either the White House or the Senate.
On Sunday, she said that her choice whether to run for president is "not very planned out."
"I am thinking about it," she added.
CHURCH SERVICE: Sunday, St Peter’s Church, 10.15am Sunday School in the church hall, 10.30am Family Communion followed by coffee in the hall.
OPEN GARDEN: It’s that time of year again when the most beautiful gardens in Sussex will be taking part in the National Open Garden Scheme when gardens are open for charity. I know that a lot of people look forward to visiting the garden at Offham House, which will be open on Sunday April 29 from 1pm to 5pm. Offham House is two miles north of Lewes on the A275 and is on the main road between Offham filling station and the Blacksmiths Arms. Admission £5, children free. Tea and home-made cakes. Romantic garden with fountains, flowering trees, arboretum, double herbaceous border, long peony bed. 1676 Queen Ann house (not open) with well knapped flint facade. Herb garden and walled kitchen garden with glasshouses, coldframes, chickens guinea fowl, sheep and a friendly pig. The garden will also be open on Sunday June 3. Reminder later.
WILDLIFE TRUST: Dr Tony Whitbread is retiring as chief executive of Sussex Wildlife Trust. He joined the Trust in 1991 as head of conservation and took on the role of chief executive 12 years ago. During this time, Dr Whitbread has played a huge role in seeing the trust’s membership double to 30,000.
OART: I missed an important piece out when I wrote about OART last week, as I think there maybe some people who would like to get involved to help protect their local river and its wildlife. OART ask: Will you help protect your local river and its wildlife? Why not go along to one of their river Task Force events. For details email taskforcce@oart.org.uk or call Rachel on 07789 442 687.
LOVELY SIGHT: Recently I spotted on one of the bird feeders, a little family of lesser spotted woodpeckers. Four of them all feeding together. There are four that seem to stay together and visit daily. We also have the great spotted woodpecker that visits. There are a lot of goldfinches this year and a lot of tiny wrens. It is wonderful to hear the birds singing again and the familiar sound at first light of cooing pigeons.
Another lovely sight is on one of the verges on the B2116 near the farm, a whole mass of celandines, one of my favourite early spring flowers. Even on the dullest of days they shine like little stars and take away the gloom of all the rainy days that we had in March.
RURAL CRIME: Having written about rural crime, I then read a piece headed Manners Making Man, which then says: Crime in the UK has leapt in the past year, with anti-social behaviour the most reported offence of 2017, up 44 percent.
Officials have released the identity of a woman killed Wednesday night in car crash in Port Hueneme.
Anit Bergher, 29, of Oxnard, died as a result of injuries suffered during the crash, according to the Ventura County Medical Examiner's Office.
The crash was reported Wednesday night at 9:57 p.m. in the 600 block of West Channel Islands Boulevard.
According to the Port Hueneme Police Department, the crash occurred when a Chevrolet Malibu was westbound on Channel Islands Boulevard at a high rate of speed when it ran a red light and collided with a Hyundai Accent that was making a left turn into a shopping center.
The driver of the Chevrolet, identified as Jose Garcia Rodriguez, 24, of Oxnard, was arrested on suspicion of felony gross vehicular manslaughter and felony driving under the influence causing injury. Authorities also said Rodriguez was driving without a license.
Bergher was a passenger in the Hyundai. She and the male driver of the vehicle suffered major injuries in the crash and were taken to a hospital for treatment. Bregher later succumbed to her injuries.
The collision remains under investigation. Anyone with additional information is asked to contact Detective Mike Hamrick at 805-986-6541 or mhamrick@cityofporthueneme.org.
SOUTH JORDAN, Utah - The driver of a Tesla Model S told police she was using the car's autopilot feature and was looking at her phone when she crashed into a fire truck at 60 miles an hour.
According to South Jordan Police, the Tesla was traveling southbound on Bangerter Highway (SR-154) Friday around 6:30 p.m. before it crashed into the truck that had been stopped at the red light at 10400 South.
Police said that after being interviewed, the 28-year-old driver from Lehi, Utah, said that she was using the car's autopilot feature at the time the accident occurred, but looking down at her phone.
"She was comparing the address with a second, faster route on her phone and was looking at her phone," Sergeant Samuel Winkler said. He continued that she, "Looked up shortly before the accident, and was unable to do anything."
He indicated that even when the car is in autopilot mode, the driver still needs to pay attention and intervene when necessary.
"These are still semi-autonomous vehicles, so that means the driver is still required to have input into the vehicle," Sgt. Winkler said. "They need to be aware all the time of what's going on around them."
Patrick Wiggins, a Tesla enthusiast who owns two of the battery-powered cars of his own, echoed that autopilot does not mean the car is fully autonomous.
"You never know when something might really quickly pull out in front of you, and the car can't react to that," he explained. Wiggins also said Teslas can't detect red lights or stop signs, so it's up to the driver to stop the car.
Wiggins said he uses autopilot everywhere he drives, and he explained data shows it is safer to drive that way.
"The accident rate has gone down significantly with autopilot-engaged cars," he said. Still, even if his hands are off the wheel and his foot off the pedal, his eyes are still on the road.
The driver in Friday's crash was transported to a nearby hospital with a broken ankle. Police say the driver of the UFA truck was not injured and left later in the same truck.
Winkler said Tesla sent out a team to gather and review data stored in the vehicle.
"As a reminder for drivers of semi-autonomous vehicles, it is the driver’s responsibility to stay alert, drive safely, and be in control of the vehicle at all times. Tesla makes it clear that drivers should always watch the road in front of them and be prepared to take corrective actions. Failure to do so can result in serious injury or death. Check with the vehicle’s owner manual to determine if this technology can be used on city streets or not."
Chris Wood and Melissa Benoist.
Melissa Benoist, star of the DC Comics series "Supergirl," said "yes" to her boyfriend and costar, Chris Wood. The two have been dating since 2017.
On Instagram, Benoist posted a photo of themselves, with her engagement ring on display, and wrote, "Yes, yes, yes. It's always yes." On Wood's page, the actor posted the same picture, and said, "The happiest."
Benoist continues to play the Kryptonian superheroine for a fourth season. Wood first appeared in the second season as recurring character Mon-El, a Daxamite, also a powerful alien. The two heroes are some of the most powerful characters in the DC comic books.
The actors are both 30. Benoist was previously married to "Glee" costar Blake Jenner. Wood, meanwhile, dated his "The Carrie Diaries" costar AnnaSophia Robb.
, they were also more powerful and had a stronger bite, study researcher Jean-Marc Elalouf, of the Instituteof Biology and Technology Saclay, in France, told LiveScience.
The new data suggest that these prehistoric predators were probably a subspecies of the modern spotted hyena and liked to dine on red deer.
Elalouf and colleagues extracted DNA from nine specimens of fossilized dung, called coprolites, from a cave in the French Pyrenees. Two samples yielded good results, which the researchers analyzed further.
They specifically looked at DNA in the dung's mitochondria, or the cells' energy-generating structures. By comparing this genetic data with the mitochondrial genes of living hyenas, the researchers found that this cave hyena is very closely related to the modern spotted hyena, and less closely related to the modern striped hyena.
The results support previous studies that have indicated the "cave hyena" was an ancient subspecies of the modern spotted hyena — and should therefore be called the "Ice Age spotted hyena," Cajus Diedrich, a researcher from the Paleo-Logic Research Institute in Germany who wasn't involved in the study, told LiveScience in an email.
The DNA also suggested the hyena feasted mainly on red deer, something researchers had suspected based on bite marks found on deer bones in caves. The genetic data is confirmation of the diet, since it is less biased than bone finds; some animal bones are less likely to survive to modern times, Elalouf said.
In addition, "the DNA information could give us valuable insights into the population structure of the European populations in the run-up to their extinction," study researcher Gerrit Dusseldorp, of the University of Witwatersrand, in South Africa, told LiveScience.
The study will be published tomorrow, March 28, in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.
Pick up at your hotel between 7:00am and 8:30am. The first stop is Tian'anmen Square. Tiananmen Square was named after the Tiananmen (Gate of Heavenly Peace), entry to the Forbidden City. As the world's largest city square, It has great cultural significance as it was the site of several key events in Chinese history.
Then move on to the Forbidden City. The Forbidden City was home to 24 emperors between 1368 and 1911. It is the largest and the best preserved ancient imperial architecture complex in the world. It takes about 2 hours visiting the Forbidden City along the central axis from south to north.
Continue our tour to visit the Temple of Heaven. On the way to Temple of Heaven, you will have a chance to visit the Chinese traditional medicine culture.
The Temple of Heaven was built in 1420 during the Ming Dynasty, which is the largest ancient imperial worship architecture complex in the world where the ancient Emperors of Ming and Qing Dynasties prayed for peace and harvest. The visit to Temple of Heaven takes about 1 hour.
After Chinese lunch (40 minutes) in local restaurant, enjoy a short visit to a pearl free market not missed.
Then we drive 30minutes to Summer Palace, the largest and best preserved imperial garden in China. The visit takes about 1 hour and 20 minutes.
Back to your hotels at around 6:00pm.
2.You may visit some local shops on the trip, but there is no force-shopping!
Egypt's private sector activity declined marginally in September for the first time in three months as demand weakened and output dropped, according to a new survey of companies.
Non-oil business activity fell to 48.7 points in September from 50.5 in August, the Emirates NBD Egypt Purchasing Managers’ Index showed. Readings above 50 signal an expansion and below indicates contraction.
"Approximately 18 per cent of panellists registered a decline in output, which they widely linked to weak underlying demand and unfavourable market conditions," according to the report. "That said, the rate of contraction was modest."
Egypt, North Africa's largest economy, is implementing an economic reform programme backed by a $12 billion (Dh44bn) loan from the IMF since late 2016. Under the programme, the country made deep cuts to energy subsidies, introduced new taxes and floated the currency with the intention to overhaul the economy, boost investor confidence and restore stability to capital markets.
New business orders placed with firms declined in September for the first time in three months because of weak market demand but the rate of decline was "modest", the survey showed.
New export orders also declined due to reduced international demand for Egyptian goods but the rate of decline was marginal.
Companies reported a rise in purchase prices mainly because higher fuel costs drove purchase costs, the report said.
However, the rate of input cost inflation dropped from July's recent high and was below the historical average levels.
Still, firms are optimistic about the outlook for the next 12 months as they hoped the volume of output would be stable. However, the latest reading remains below the historical average, indicating that optimism is subdued among private sector firms.