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Trump’s lawyers, CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang, had told council officials it would only agree to put in a sewer if it was “triggered by the additional load arising from the development” and it did not affect the current onsite drainage system, known as a soak-away.
Sepa has rejected the proposal. It said the soak-away was approved only as a temporary measure until December 2018 “due to concerns about the potential for impact on groundwater quality”.
It said the Trump Organization had known it needed to build a proper sewerage connection ever since it won planning approval for the first course in 2010. “It is clear that connection to the public sewer was agreed as part of the original golf course proposal before this new golf course was proposed,” Sepa told the council last week.
Sepa thanked the company for dropping its plans to use the stream as irrigation, but insisted it built bridges and crossings over it able to withstand a massive one-in-200 years flooding event, building in an extra 20% capacity to cope with climate change.
It underlined several other conditions it wanted placed on the new course, including a ban on planting non-native plants near one hole and that Trump agrees to protect rare local habitats known as wet dune heath and “slack communities”.
It said the environment management plan condition must be enforced, and require written approval from Sepa and SNH before work on the new course is carried out. Sepa said that was necessary “to control pollution of air, land and water”.
Trump’s company, Trump International Golf Course Scotland, now run by his son Eric, had to employ a specialist ecological clerk of works to inspect the construction work every day, Sepa said. Its rules would include: all waste water should be sealed up and taken off site; pollution prevention works to prevent contamination from oil spillages was needed; and strict control on any pesticides to prevent groundwater or rare plant contamination.
SNH has already told the council it is unhappy with the design of the new 18-hole course, which Trump plans to name the Macleod course after his Scottish-born mother Mary Macleod, because of its impact on the coastal dunes. The dunes naturally move and change shape, but the company plans to stabilise and wall them up.
Those enclosures were new maps showing the plans for the stream and public access, and a seven-year-old study and drawings of water abstraction and irrigation methods.
Multiple Man in X-Men: First Class? Beast Re-Casting?
As we get down to the wire for its August production start, we're seeing the roster of characters for X-Men: First Class finally coming together. A partial mystery and topic of speculation has revolved around what characters Bryan Singer, Matthew Vaughn and Fox would include in the X-Men prequel - mainly due to significant continuity differences between the film franchise and the X-Men comics.
X-Men: First Class, a prequel to the main X-Men trilogy, is set to take the audience back to the origins of Professor X, his first school of mutants and his friend-turned-enemy, Magneto. Professor X will be played by James McAvoy and Magneto will be portrayed by Michael Fassbender - now it's time to fill out the rest of the cast as we learn what other characters may make it onto the X-Men roster.
Prior to the rumor mill spouting out names of actors and their respective characters from the X-books, the only three characters we were sure of being a part of First Class were Cyclops, Jean Grey and Beast, with the fourth likely being Emma Frost (due to her appearance in X-Men Origins: Wolverine and Bryan Singer's interest in the character). As fans of the comics know, Marvel continuity places Iceman and Angel as part of the original team but that can't happen since this is not a franchise reboot, but a prequel (they're introduced later in the series and Iceman is too young for the prequel).
So, what other characters (good or bad) are a part of X-Men: First Class so far?
Assuming Banshee and Frost are members of the X-Men roster in First Class, we've got our five characters. However, early reports about the project, back before Bryan Singer and his writer took over, had them including more characters, even creating a few not from the X-Men comics. One additional character, a fan favorite for comic readers, could be Multiple Man if the latest rumors hold any truth.
Comic Book Movie is reporting from a Marvel Studios source that Multiple Man, a mutant who can create duplicates of himself, is a "definite" part of Charles Xavier's First Class. The report continues to detail that three actors have been approached about the role and if you remember, the character had a small part, played by Eric Dane in the terribly disappointing X-Men 3.
In the books, Multiple Man (real name: Jamie Madrox) is currently the leader of X-Factor, a mutant detective agency. The X-Factor series has undergone several relaunches and it originally began as the team containing the original five X-Men, back when they went international with the main team (bringing in Storm, Banshee, Wolverine, etc.).
I was a big supporter of Peter David's relaunch of X-Factor, which saw Madrox become a star character for Marvel Comics. Although it's since gone downhill as a series for me, Madrox is a great character who (if done right) would make for an excellent on-screen presence in a feature film.
EDWARDSVILLE – The SIUE women’s soccer team defeated Austin Peay 1-0 in overtime Friday on senior night. The Cougars improve to 3-5 (2-1 Ohio Valley Conference) and the Governors fall to 6-3-1 (1-1-1 OVC).
Before the game, SIUE seniors Avery Anderson, Natalie Freeman and Ashlyn Walter were recognized for their Cougar athletic careers.
In the first half, SIUE outshot Austin Peay 9-4. They had multiple good looks on target, but Austin Peay goalkeeper Mary Parker Powell recorded five saves in the half.
The second half was much of the same with good looks from both teams. In the 57th minute, Austin Peay’s Amber Bateman took a ball into the box and hit the post with a low driven shot.
SIUE’s Tamia Cash tried to slide in a shot near post from around 20 yards out, but Powell kept it out of goal.
In extra time, SIUE recorded three shots, including the winner by Angel Ikeda. Courtney Benning crossed the ball into a scrum inside the six yard box, where Ikeda slotted it home for her first goal of the season.
The Cougars took 21 shots on the night, the second most this season.
Becca Jostes and Andrea Frerker both recorded four shots, leading the Cougars. Jensen Schoch recorded five saves on the night.
SIUE will be back in action at 1 p.m. Sunday when it plays host to Murray State.
Groundspeed Analytics (“Groundspeed”), a leading insurance technology company specializing in artificial intelligence (AI) and data science solutions to the $800 billion global commercial property and casualty insurance industry, today announced a $30 million Series B funding round led by Oak HC/FT. The investment will be used to continue to expand products and reach as well as grow the 40-person data science and engineering team.
Founded in 2016, Groundspeed focuses on solving the insurance industry’s toughest data challenge – unlocking the value of unstructured information. Groundspeed Adaptive Data Pipeline™ enables its carrier, broker, and MGA clients to improve margins, identify underwriting profit pools, and enhance customer experience. Groundspeed’s automation and analytics platform helps eliminate 90% of administration expenses while improving underwriting and analytics efficiency, delivering 10-times the data with 99% accuracy.
Prior to joining Groundspeed as Co-CEO, Andrew Robinson served as Executive in Residence at Oak HC/FT, where he will continue as a senior advisor to the company. Matt Streisfeld and Michael Heller of Oak HC/FT have also joined the Board of Directors.
Oak HC/FT is the premier venture growth-equity fund investing in Healthcare Information & Services (“HC”) and Financial Services Technology (“FT”). The fund and its investors contain deep domain experience and are uniquely positioned to provide entrepreneurs and companies with strategic counsel, board-level participation, and access to an extensive network of industry leaders.
Groundspeed Analytics, Inc. (Groundspeed) accelerates commercial insurance performance with the power of machine learning and artificial intelligence. The Groundspeed platform automatically turns loss runs, exposure documents and policy files into actionable information, empowering users to identify profitable pools of risk and drive better financial outcomes. Groundspeed is privately-funded and based in Ann Arbor and Atlanta. To learn more about Groundspeed, please visit www.groundspeed.com.
Founded in 2014, Oak HC/FT (http://oakhcft.com) is the premier venture growth-equity fund investing in Healthcare Information & Services (“HC”) and Financial Services Technology (“FT”). With $1.1 billion in assets under management, we are focused on driving transformation in these industries by providing entrepreneurs and companies with strategic counsel, board-level participation, business plan execution and access to our extensive network of industry leaders. Oak HC/FT is headquartered in Greenwich, CT with offices in Boston and San Francisco. Follow Oak HC/FT on Twitter, LinkedIn and Medium.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- While many Americans worry that the Social Security Administration won't have enough money left to pay their benefits when they retire, the agency is doling out millions of dollars to people who aren't even alive.
The Social Security inspector general estimates that the agency has made $40.3 million in erroneous payments to deceased beneficiaries -- even though the administration had already recorded their deaths in its records. The estimate is based on a sample tested during its most recent audit in January 2008, the watchdog agency said.
One man told CNNMoney that he notified Social Security four years ago that his mother had passed away, but he still can't get the agency to stop sending her checks every month.
Dennis Marvin, a Cleveland-based financial advisor, said several of his clients have grown frustrated by how long it took them to convince Social Security to stop sending payments to deceased family members.
Hey Social Security, I'm not dead!
"My clients are very concerned about whether Social Security is going to be there for them -- there's a tremendous lack of confidence in the system," said Marvin. "The fact that some of the benefits they could get are being taken away because they are being spent on the deceased just adds fuel to the fire."
Typically, family members or funeral directors notify the Social Security Administration of a person's date of death. The deceased's identifying information, including their Social Security number, date of birth and date of death, is then added to the agency's Death Master File, a database that contains 87 million death records.
People who fail to report this information and continue to receive payments risk fraud charges and will be forced to repay the money.
California resident Rand Washburn, for example, was charged by the San Diego County district attorney with cashing in on more than $300,000 in Social Security checks that were sent to his mother for about 15 years after she died. After burying her body in the backyard, he failed to report her death to authorities, according to the DA's office. Washburn pled guilty to felony grand theft.
Even in cases where the Social Security Administration has received notification of a death and adds the data to its master file, it has continued to make erroneous payments.
The inspector general estimates that as of January 2008, nearly 2,000 deceased beneficiaries were receiving benefits for months or even years after the agency had been notified of their deaths. If those payments were not stopped, the SSA likely dished out another $7 million in additional payments over the course of 2008, the inspector general estimated.
The Social Security Administration did not return calls or e-mails requesting comment on these errors or what it has done to reduce erroneous payments.
In its report, the inspector general estimated that the Social Security Administration could save about $152 million in unnecessary costs this year if it does a better job identifying who is actually owed money and who is not.
In addition to paying deceased beneficiaries, the inspector general's review found that the agency overpaid about $313 million to 89,300 beneficiaries and improperly paid about $7.3 million to 11,912 non-beneficiaries.
The audit also found that of the approximately 2.8 million death reports the Social Security Administration receives per year, about 14,000 -- or one in every 200 deaths -- are incorrectly entered into its Death Master File.
These million-dollar mistakes come at a time when millions of elderly and unemployed Americans are relying heavily on Social Security's disability program to get by.
"Any threat to a person receiving his or her [Social Security] benefits would add another level of worry to the already shaken sector of senior citizens," said Gail Cunningham, a spokeswoman for the National Foundation for Credit Counseling, a nonprofit organization representing credit counselors.
About 21 million Americans expect to depend on Social Security in retirement as their main source of income, according to the Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies. In 2011, 55 million Americans will receive monthly benefits from Social Security adding up to $727 billion in benefits, according to SSA.
Nelms hopes to be able to confirm firm details in the “near future” but took the opportunity to update supporters on the switch from Dens Park to Camperdown in his programme notes for the match against Celtic.
He said: “We seem to be finally starting to make progress on the financing of the new stadium project and anticipate getting the new project moving forward again.
“It feels like it has been stalled forever as we negotiated with the City of Dundee, who were and continue to have quite a bit of trouble with their own budgets.
“On the other hand, Scottish Government has been very helpful with their guidance during this part of the process.
Lung cancer sufferers could be cured thanks to an advanced technique to remove tumours via a matchstick-sized incision in the side of the chest.
The new procedure has been hailed by leading NHS lung surgeons as an effective alternative to risky open surgery.
A small tube – known as a port – is inserted to allow access to the lungs, through a gap in the rib cage. Surgeons are then able to carefully remove the part of the lung containing the tumour without causing damage to surrounding tissue.
The procedure replaces older methods which involve a large incision in the chest, or a keyhole operation that uses three separate incisions, and the advance has slashed time spent in hospital from two weeks to as little as four days for some, as patients recover faster and are in less pain.
Lung cancer is the third most common cancer suffered in Britain, with around 46,000 Britons diagnosed each year. Since many are diagnosed too late, just ten per cent are offered surgery to remove the segment of the lung containing the cancer.
The highest incidence of the disease is in smokers and those aged 85 or over, and many are in poor health, so open surgery may not be an option.
'The new method is much less invasive and so is less painful for the patient and recovery is faster,' said Laura Socci, consultant thoracic surgeon at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, who introduced the so-called single port video assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) technique in 2013.
Her team carries out 70 per cent of its lung surgery using single port VATS, combining it with an enhanced recovery programme so patients can go home in four days.
During the procedure, the patient is positioned on their side under general anaesthetic. The anaesthetist collapses the side of the lung where the tumour is to provide space for the surgeon to work.
Next, a 2in incision is made between two ribs and a plastic plug is inserted, through which the instruments are introduced.
The surgeon then inserts a long-handled camera which can angle up to 30 degrees, before sealing off the artery to the growth, preventing blood loss. She cuts away the growth and places it in a special bag which is pulled out of the body through the incision, preventing any cancer cells from spreading.
She then stitches the incision. The extracted section is examined to identify whether the cancer has spread, as this may prevent patients from having unnecessary further treatment such as radiotherapy or chemotherapy. It's hoped the procedure can eventually be rolled out across the NHS.
One patient to benefit is Nick Ross, 70, a retired national secretary of a charity from Derbyshire. He visited his GP in November 2016 after he felt tingling in his lower back.
Miss Socci, explained that she could operate to remove part of the left lung and the 1in tumour using the VATS procedure.
Mr Ross had the two-hour operation in February.
'There was very little pain afterwards. I was moving the next day and could come home after four days which was marvellous,' he said.
Chancellor George Osborne is expected to reveal a major push to open up data, intended to aid economic growth, transport and healthcare.
Under the plans, understood to be announced in tomorrow’s autumn statement alongside a multi-billion pound transport investment, Osborne will say that having more open data will aid investment in medical research, by enabling healthcare to be better tracked across the NHS.
The release of better data on transport, health, weather and house prices near Tech City in London – and other technology clusters – will be aimed at aiding investment in the areas. This data will also allow companies to develop relevant apps to sell.
The government is also expected to make available real time information on roads, trains and buses nationally, data around which developers could use to create apps to link into satellite navigation devices, among other things.
It is understood that all the data will be managed by a new body, led by prominent technology entrepreneurs including Sir Tim Berners Lee.
The coalition government made several open data announcements when it came to power last year, including the disclosure of the salaries of public sector officials. But tomorrow's announcements could be its largest open data initiative so far.
A FEMALE taxi driver had her nose broken when a passenger allegedly turned violent and stole her car.
A Queensland Police Service spokesman said a 32-year-old female driver attended a taxi rank on Miles St, Mount Isa, about 4am Sunday, where she was flagged down for a fare by a male customer.
He said the driver then transported the man to a number of locations before being directed to an address along Duchess Road.
"The man allegedly took the items before punching the driver in the face and making further threats for her to exit the vehicle.
"The woman complied and the man allegedly fled in the stolen taxi southbound along Duchess Road."
The victim walked 1.5 kilometres before flagging down a passing motorist for assistance.
She sustained a broken nose as a result of the alleged attack.
Ongoing investigations by detectives resulted in the stolen taxi and cash being located along Blainey Rd around 8.40am the same day.
A 21-year-old Townview man was arrested a short time later and charged with robbery with violence, unlawful use of a motor vehicle, driving a vehicle unlicensed and possessing dangerous drugs.
He is due to appear in Mount Isa Magistrates Court today.
Once again partnering with the Community Health Foundation of Western and Central New York to study issues of regional health, the UB Regional Institute developed a series of four research briefs for a speaker series in the Central New York region. The series, “Speaking of Health in Central New York: Discussions on Topics that Matter,” was designed to foster dialogue among community members and health care leaders on critical health and health care challenges facing the region. Events featured expert presentations and discussions of best practices, as well as research on the state of these challenges in the region.
In November 2011, the institute completed an analysis of the scope and impact of adverse experiences on young children in Central New York, from child abuse and neglect to witnessing domestic violence, as well as strategies for building resiliency in children. For the series’ inaugural event in June 2011, the institute explored the issue of building a sustainable health care system for an aging population. The institute will produced research briefs for two additional speaker events to held in 2012.
In 2009, the institute concluded a two-year research engagement with the Community Health Foundation for “Reaching for Excellence,” a comprehensive community health planning initiative for Western New York.
GUYTON - One of Effingham County's biggest drug suppliers was shut down Friday, sheriff's deputies there said, after they served a warrant around noon.
Sheriff's Detective David Ehsanipoor said eight people were arrested at a Saddlehorn Lane address in southern Effingham County. He said marijuana, crack cocaine and Ecstasy pills were seized, along with two vehicles.
The sheriff's drug enforcement unit and investigators carried out the bust after a long-term investigation, Ehsanipoor said.
-- Cedric Griffin, 29, of Clyo.
-- Frank Lang, 29, of Springfield.
-- Ontario Pinkney, 26, of Springfield.
-- Cornelius Goldwire, 25, of Springfield.
-- Ebony Gadsen, 22, of Springfield.
-- Jasmine Gadsen, 24, of Springfield.
In addition, Eric Holbert, 21, of Springfield, and John William Richard, 25, of Rincon, were charged with possession of marijuana. Holbert also was charged with unlawful use of a communication device.