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Cutler, whose property would be crossed by the pipeline, told his life story -- of living with relatives after the death of his father and attending a series of boarding schools, never really having a place to call home. Years later, after raising three boys in the Boston area, he discovered Western Massachusetts and decided to purchase a rural property and stay.
"I finally had a place. I was home. Then the pipeline came, like a stranger stepping out of the shadows," said Cutler.
Cutler is founder of Hilltown Community Rights, a group formed in 2014 to fight the 412-mile pipeline, which would carry gas from the Marcellus region of Pennsylvania to markets in the Northeast, while cutting through 16 rural towns in Western Massachusetts.
The Wastelands Project bills itself as performing in "the detritus of this world -- ruins of factories, overgrown lots, junk piles that were once industrial parks," while costumed in "dust and dirt, ash and burlap."
Children of the Wild is currently in residence at Ashfield's Double Edge Theater. The group plans pipeline processions in Deerfield (Aug. 29), Montague (Sept. 5), Northfield (Sept. 13) and Winchester, New Hampshire (Sept. 20). More information can be found at the group's website.
Kinder Morgan hopes to file an application this fall with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which has the final say over whether the pipeline is built. While proponents insist extra pipeline capacity is needed to boost the New England economy, opposition to the project has been fierce in Western Massachusetts.
There is a common misconception by smaller businesses or companies outside of the European Union (EU) that the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) does not to apply to them.
For example, a GDPR readiness survey, conducted by Vanson Bourne between May and August 2017, found that only 16% of US-based respondents thought they needed to comply.
Even more interesting is that 14% of the worldwide respondents who believed they did not need to comply also admitted to collecting personal data from EU citizens.
Clearly, there is still considerable confusion – and very little time left to clear it up.
GDPR is much more inclusive than we’ve seen in other regulations. It covers direct and indirect data, and calls out specific data such as IP addresses as personal data.
The problem is that unless you consider all the personal data covered by the regulation, you risk implementing half-measures that may reduce your penalty, but will not keep you from getting cited and then experiencing a higher cadence of compliance audits and reporting.
Complying with GDPR requires organisations to make difficult changes to processes, such as mandating notifications and granting data subjects the authority to remove and change personal data. This creates lengthy projects, including re-architecting databases or recoding the operational systems that provide automated messages.
This also creates the need to retrain staff on new or changed processes, and means getting humans to break established habits.
In the Vanson Bourne survey, respondents that were already working towards GDPR compliance estimated that they would become compliant within seven months, on average, and only 10% said they were already fully compliant.
Businesses just beginning a compliance project cannot afford to waste time, and should look for help to accelerate the process.
Some organisations jump right into the Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) and working with new data protection officers (DPOs) with cross-functional teams, even before they fully understand the regulation.
This can lead to delays and frustration, and cause organisations to consume all the time remaining on research and failed compliance efforts.
Instead, while the impact analysis is underway, take time to implement the simpler upgrades that almost everyone needs to make to become compliant. For example, an upgrade to network security is almost always warranted.
These are the solutions that provide organisations with “situational awareness” and enable preventative, corrective and mitigating actions in near real time – as is specified in the regulation. These are easily deployed and reduce the potential penalties, even if not fully compliant by the deadline.
Waiting to see if the courts decide that GDPR is legal or not is a risky strategy, but some companies are thinking this way.
However, every organisation that complies with GDPR gains the benefits that come with stronger security – including a reduced risk of top-line losses associated with breach-related business disruptions.
Additionally, GDPR clearly defines a new minimum for data security and privacy. So, with a clear doctrine, and individual and market-wide benefits, GDPR is a good model for modern data security, even if compliance is not mandatory.
Data breach notification: Controllers and processors are now required to notify supervisory authorities within 72 hours of learning of a breach and to notify the people to whom the data applies (data subjects) “without undue delay”. It should be noted that a breach of encrypted data is specifically excluded from notification requirements and so may factor in your compliance strategy.
Explicit consent: GDPR requires that at the time you collect personal data, explicit consent must be given by the data subject. This means organisations can no longer bury generic consent in a long form full of legalese. Instead, organisations must offer specific information on what data is collected, how the data will be stored and processed, and must use clear and plain language. Nothing short of opt-in will do, and it must be as easy to withdraw consent as to give it.
Data transfer out of the EU: Personal data must not leave the EU unless you have approval from the supervisory authority, or where the data subject is informed of the data transfer and associated risks and authorises the transfer.
Data protection officer (DPO) appointment: If you process data on a large scale then you must appoint, hire, assign or contract with a DPO, who is your representative to the supervisory authorities that monitor and ensure compliance with the regulation. The DPO is also the contact for any requests or complaints from data subjects, should lead your compliance activities and handle communication on security policies, assessments, compliance and requests from data subjects and breach notifications, among others. Per the regulation, the DPO reports to the executive level manager and is a two-year appointment that may be extended.
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, Jan. 13, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bright Rich/CORFAC International was awarded the exclusive marketing assignment and listing for a new commercial business center in St. Petersburg that will be the first newly constructed LEED Gold building in the historic Russian city.
Called Eco Status, the Class A project is being built to qualify for certification by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) for the environmental and sustainable features that are being integrated into construction of the new office building, which includes ground-floor retail.
When complete and if the owners certify the building with USGBC, it would be only the sixth LEED certified building in Russia and the second in St. Petersburg. In 2010 a Moscow property was the first to be LEED certified in Russia and an office building in St. Petersburg was renovated to LEED Gold earlier this year. The LEED data was verified by a spokesman with USGBC at its Washington, DC headquarters.
Located in St. Petersburg's historic district at Ligovsky Prospect, 140 (off of Ligovsky Avenue) and about 200 meters from the metro station "Obvodny canal," the eight-story office and retail building totals 6,080 square meters (approximately 65,445 square feet) plus two atrium terraces. Marina Kukharenko, Acting Head of the Department, Foreign Markets, of Bright Rich/CORFAC International won the listing and is marketing space in the building on a lease basis.
The average leasable floor area in the building is 590 square meters (approximately 6,349 square feet) and divisible from 50 square meters (538 square feet) to 300 square meters (3,228 square feet).
Asking rates at Eco Status for the office space are 450-to-560 Russian Rubles per square meter, per year (roughly $13.69 USD to $19.14 USD. Retail rates range from 675-to-1,125 Russian Rubles, or $23.07 to $38.45 in U.S. dollars. Rents include VAT (value-added tax), OPEX (operating expenses) and utilities (electricity, telephone/Internet) and cleaning according to usage.
The business property is scheduled for completion and ready for occupancy June 20, 2014. In addition to technical innovations, the business center will have exceptional ambiance with two fully landscaped terraces.
"The great location, certified LEED design and high service-level makes this property a very attractive location for major Russian and foreign companies," said Marina Kukharenko, whose firm is based in St. Petersburg and joined CORFAC International in 2012.
ARCore coding teardown reveals Google’s plans to unveil affordable Pixel devices with midrange internals.
Google’s most hyped Pixel 3 has been on the shelves for a while and with a premium price tag, it’s mostly out of reach for those who care for their wallet as well. Google brought down the price of the older Pixel 2 XL drastically, but the slightly older underlying technology makes it a tough sell over the likes of the OnePlus 6T and ASUS Zenfone 5z. It seems that Google wants to keep its game strong in the affordable segment with two new mid-range smartphones.
Rumours of an affordable Google-branded smartphone were doing rounds of the Internet a few months ago and some fresh information has come out related to that. An APK teardown of ARCore 1.5 by Android Police has found evidence of two mysterious devices that follow Google’s nomenclature for unreleased phones — Google codenames for unreleased phones are based on fish names. There will be a bigger model akin to the Pixel 3 XL, called the Bonito while a smaller one is under development by the name of Sargo.
Previously, another leak from Roland Quandt mentioned that Bonito will be based on a Snapdragon 710 SoC while Sargo will be using one of the newer Snapdragon 600 series chips as its brains. The midrange chips will help Google price it much lower than what the mainstream Pixel devices sell for.
While there’s no other information regarding these new phones, it’s expected that Google will ship these with a Pixel-like UI experience and will be guaranteed for the latest as well as timely Android updates. The smaller Sargo could sport a Pixel 3-like design while the Bonito could go ahead with a notched display. There could be a possibility that Google will opt for LCD panels on these instead of AMOLED panels to keep the costs under control. They could also do with single camera setups for both the front and rear, and considering Google’s prowess in computational photography, these phones could be some of the best midrange phones for shooting photos. There’s also a chance that Google could revive the Nexus lineup with these two handsets and go head-to-head with OnePlus, ASUS, Honor, Huawei and Samsung.
Do note that these are still rumours and until an official confirmation comes out, you should take this with a pinch of salt.
A knife-wielding man on Tuesday killed an officer in a neighborhood police station in northern Japan, took the man’s gun and fatally shot a security guard at the entrance to a nearby elementary school, police said.
Toyama prefectural police and school officials said the unidentified male suspect, who walked into the school, was shot by a second police officer and captured after the afternoon attack, when children were still at school.
Police said his motive was not known.
Teachers put all the children in the school gymnasium for safety after being cautioned by police, principal Yoshiaki Iino told reporters.
Teachers called police and an ambulance after spotting the suspect in the school yard and the guard lying on the ground, Iino said.
Video showed many police officers outside the school.
Parents came to pick up their children, with some saying the attacker’s brief intrusion into the school reminded them of a 2001 attack at an Osaka school in which eight children were killed and 15 others, including teachers, injured.
Public television NHK and other Japanese media said police identified the suspect as a 21-year-old.
He was shot in the stomach and unconscious.
Prefectural police director Tomohiro Yamada apologized in a televised news conference for a gun crime that caused fear in the neighborhood.
“We regret that the police officer had his gun stolen,” Yamada said.
Japan, known for its relatively low crime rate, has been experiencing a series of apparently random stabbings.
In a case on a bullet train earlier this month, an attacker fatally stabbed a passenger who tried to stop him after two others were injured.
In Shizuoka in central Japan, an 18-year-old man was arrested earlier this week for allegedly slashing a boy on his way home from school.
In 2016 there were 25 shooting arrests, including nine involving fatalities, compared with more than 130 cases of knife possession and attacks, according to National Police Agency data.
A man who should definitely not be pursuing a criminal career had a rough summer after he not only allegedly tried to sell cocaine to an undercover cop but also tried to rip the cop off by handing him a bag full of crushed-up Pop-Tarts.
Cameron Mitchel was reportedly making deliveries when the undercover cop approached him and asked him for some crack cocaine.
Officers say Mitchel obliged, went to the cab of his truck, crushed up some Pop-Tarts, and demanded $20.
The cop field tested the bag and quickly discovered it wasn't an actual drug deal. But although the officer couldn't smoke Mitchel's sugary rocks, he did have another way to get back at him.
The 30-year-old—who said he sold his breakfast to the undercover cop because he needed the money—has been charged with creating and selling a counterfeit controlled substance.
Thousands of documents, including medical records, x-rays and lab results, were found in a disused hospital.
The UK's Information Commissioner's Office has imposed a fine of £225,000 on Ireland's Belfast Health and Social Care Trust (BHSCT) for failing to destroy thousands of documents containing personal data on patients and staff, including medical records, x-rays, scans, lab results, and staff payslips.
"The BHSCT merged with six local Trusts in April 2007 and, in turn, took over the management of more than 50 disused sites," writes IT PRO's Caroline Donnelly. "One of these sites, Belvoir Park Hospital, was accessed by trespassers in March 2010, who took photos of patient records to post online."
"The Trust arranged for an inspection of some of the buildings, but parts of the site were cordoned off due to asbestos concerns and a lot of the records had been damaged by damp and mould," writes The Register's Brid-Aine Parnell. "The Trust upped security and fixed damaged doors and windows, but the Irish News reported in April last year that it was still possible to get onto the site."
"The trust has now removed patient records from the site and examined them and either retained or securely disposed of them as required," writes SC Magazine's Dan Raywood. "A decommissioning policy has also been implemented by the trust to ensure that personal information is securely destroyed once it is no longer needed."
A Battle Creek woman is looking for a new home after fire destroyed her Bedford Township house Wednesday.
Joanne Martin was meeting Thursday with representatives of her insurance company outside the remains of her home at 237 Boyes Drive.
The fire was reported at 7:40 a.m. and fire was burning out of the windows when the first firefighters from Bedford and Pennfield townships arrived. Investigators said the fire was accidental and may have been caused by an electrical problem but that remains under investigation.
Ninety percent of the tri-level house was destroyed, Martin said.
No one was in the house at the time of the fire. Martin, a fourth/fifth-grade teacher at Battle Creek's Ann J. Kellogg Elementary School, had left for the day with her daughter, Reegan, a kindergartner.
Martin said she began receiving support from friends and family immediately.
Neighbors gathered in the yard even as firefighters continued their work and helped salvage some papers and valuables from inside the house.
Friends established a fund at www.gofundme.com/martinfire and several people donated clothes, especially for Reegan, Martin said.
By mid-afternoon Thursday, $2,200 had been donated to the account. The site listed 45 donors so far.
"I really would like to thank everyone," Martin said. "It is so overwhelming. I was totally blindsided by it."
Martin said she was staying in a motel provided by the Red Cross. Until she has some firm plans for where to live, she isn't telling her daughter about the fire.
"She thinks we are on a mini-vacation," Martin said.
Martin's sister, Cathy Moore, is coordinating any gifts to the family. She said the family is grateful to anyone willing to donate to her sister and said gift cards would be the best gift until Martin has a place to stay.
"Right now she doesn't have anyplace to store anything and is even eating on the run," Moore said.
Moore can be reached at 269-419-8544.
In many ways, Cuties Coffee is simply a coffee shop. The menu is uncomplicated: espresso for $3, cold brew for $5. The teas are made in-house, including hibiscus, lychee black and English breakfast. The snacks are purchased from local businesses, like vegan and gluten-free doughnuts from Erin McKenna’s Bakery on Larchmont, and sandwiches from Friends and Family and Bread Lounge.
Designwise, Cuties is more unicorn vibes than unicorn beverages. A disco ball greets you at the entrance and the space is washed in pink and teal. The sounds of Björk are likely to be flowing over the speakers as you order your coffee and possibly a pronoun pin: she/her/hers, they/them/theirs, he/him/his. Here you’re encouraged to ask people's pronouns, never assume. “All are welcome” is the mantra.
Before opening Cuties, co-owners Virginia Bauman and Iris Bainum-Houle created the monthly pop-up event Queers, Coffee & Donuts, a gathering of friends and friends-to-be often held in private backyards. After running the event for about a year, the team began the process of building a more permanent space to help decrease social isolation in L.A.’s LGBTQIA+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, intersex, asexual and all other sexualities and genders) community.
Bauman says such isolation is a problem in every city but that L.A. has specific geographic challenges because it is markedly spread out.
In addition to the ongoing Queers, Coffee & Donuts, Cuties hosts a variety of events including craft nights and Gush, an audio variety show featuring music, storytelling and games. The coffee shop is an alternative to the profusion of nightlife geared toward the queer community, and inclusive of those who are in recovery.
When Googling LGBT events in Los Angeles, the first page of results generally is entertainment-focused, mainly dance clubs and drag shows. The Los Angeles LGBT Center offers programs and resources for people in need, and there are queer-friendly congregations like reform synagogue Beth Chayim Chadashim, which hosts movie nights, barbecues and book clubs. But in general, there are a dearth of businesses that aim to make LGBTQIA+ people feel welcome.
Bauman says Cuties’ goal is to give queer people more options and events to look forward to, which the shop communicates through its weekly newsletter promoting community happenings across the city.
According to the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, there are currently 1.4 million LGBT-owned businesses in the United States. However, most don’t prominently market themselves as a safe space specifically for the queer community.
Cuties is located at Heliotrope and Melrose, right outside of Los Angeles Community College, and directly next door to the cult-favorite ice cream shop Scoops. “You can order an affogato with us by going to go get ice cream of your choice and we'll put espresso over it. It's delicious,” Bauman says.
710 N. Heliotrope Drive, East Hollywood; (424) 744-0348, hicuties.com.
Review the competition to see what’s selling and who’s buying.
Promoting your gift basket business should include segmenting the market into personal and corporate customers for maximum revenue potential. In addition to selling to different audiences, creating different themed baskets lets you further give people a reason to buy from you. Creating different baskets to meet specific customer needs will help you better promote your business, increase sales and generate profits.
Promote your gift basket business by helping people looking for special-occasion gifts find you. Think about the terms people type into an Internet search engine when looking for gifts. If you have a website with a statistics package, look to see what keywords they used to find you. This will give you ideas to create baskets for holidays, children, business occasions, romantic events, birthdays and get-well situations. Create two main lines of baskets: corporate and personal gifts. Talk to human resources professionals at large companies in your area, ask if they send corporate gifts and what parameters they use for selecting gifts. Go into local gift stores each month to keep track of what they promote, who they target and how they sell.
Make it easy for customers to shop without having you waiting on the phone line or hanging over them in person. Create a website that shows your products and prices and lets consumers create their own baskets. Divide your website into areas with pages for each type of basket you decided to offer during your market segmentation planning. Talk to your website hosting company about any turnkey online store packages they offer -- you might find it’s easy and inexpensive to let customers shop, order and pay online using low-cost software and a PayPal account.
The people who buy from you can be a significant source of business because consumers trust the advice of friends more than a paid ad. Create a referral program that gives customers a discount on future purchases for each basket they refer. Small bonus amounts might not motivate people to refer you, but doing something nice for their friends might get them to promote you. Offer to give friends they recommend a discount on their purchases. When you deliver baskets, include referral coupons with a personal code or the customer’s name on each one to let them use at their discretion. Generate referral traffic to your website with Facebook Like, Google Plus, Twitter and LinkedIn buttons, and put customer testimonials on your site. Don’t forget to give your vendors brochures -- the more they promote you, the more product you’ll buy from them.
If you have large companies in your area that might be a source of repeat business, send the president a corporate gift basket. Ask his administrative assistant for his birthday and information about his hobbies and create a personalized basket. You might send a golfer a basket with food items, a sleeve of balls, golf tees and a green marker. Donate baskets to charity events that allow a large number of people to see and bid on your basket over the course of an hour or more. Offer several different baskets as raffle or door prizes to let people see your range of gifts, making sure the charity puts your brochures on the table.
Ashe-Edmunds, Sam. "How to Promote a Gift Basket Business." Small Business - Chron.com, http://smallbusiness.chron.com/promote-gift-basket-business-62788.html. Accessed 18 April 2019.
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