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Why Expanding Colleges Won’t Fix Income Inequality
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On the blog of the respected Chronicle of Higher Education, Richard Vedder, a researcher at the conservative American Enterprise Institute, recently made a strikingly counterintuitive argument against expanding access to college. Using a regression analysis of 2000 census data, he found that states with higher college graduation rates had worse income inequality. He also found that the opposite was true of those states in the 1970s, when the nation’s college graduation rate was much lower on average but wages were more equal.
What’s going on here? “I suspect the law of diminishing returns is at work,” Vedder writes. “When college attendance/graduation is relatively rare, expanding it does bring in a number of able students who graduate and become productive members of the labor force.” But when the number of graduates outstrips the number of available high-paying jobs, “the incremental graduates do not fare as well economically.”
Vedder is no doubt onto something here. His findings illustrate why we can’t save the American middle class by investing in education alone; we’ll also have to figure out how to revive unions, fix tax and trade policy, and make the kinds of investments in technology and infrastructure that put Americans back to work.
That said, Vedder’s findings are no cause to give up on publicly funded higher education. The five states with the highest college graduation rates all rank above average for median income. So college graduates aren’t doing worse than non-graduates per se. In economically stratified (and highly educated) places like New York, Connecticut, and Silicon Valley, income inequality is to a large degree a gap between the affluent and the spectacularly affluent.
More important, Vedder fails to account for how inequality is widening between colleges themselves. Between 1999 and 2009, private research universities increased their per-student spending by about $7,500, to almost $36,000. Meanwhile, spending on the average public community college student stayed nearly flat, at slightly more than $10,000 per student. It should come as no surprise then that graduates of prestige schools continue to outpace other collegians.
As a conservative, Vedder wants to see schools tighten their academic standards and teach people the kinds of skills that they need to get jobs. Those are fine ideas. But we also need to stop eviscerating the budgets of public universities and colleges even as they expand enrollment. You don’t have to be a Harvard grad to understand that you get what you pay for.
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Family feud looms as Davido’s girlfriend, Chioma dumps school
Joel O
Reports has been going round for a while now that Davido’s girlfriend, Chioma dropped out of school.
It seems though that from every indication right now, it looks like Chioma has finally dumped school to concentrate on her love affair with Davido.
According to Vanguard Ripples, a reliable source revealed the story and the report also has it that the chef’s family members are not happy with the new development.
The source also revealed that Chioma’s father, who is a devout Seventh Day Adventist is not particularly pleased that his daughter has not been serious with her studies.
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Chioma who gained admission into Babcock University (a Seventh Day Adventist school) to read economics in 2012 is yet to graduate, when she should have completed the course since 2016.
Chioma, once skipped a whole session because she was travellling around with Davido and had to defer her studies. For months now, she has not been attending classes. I can’t even remember the last time she was in school. The last thing I heard from her friends in school is that she’s not interested in coming back to Babcock. She’s travelled out of the country again and it doesn’t look like she’s coming back.
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A friend confessed to me that she told her she’s not coming back to Babcock, said a source who wouldn’t want her name in print. It was further gathered that her father has had a strict talk with her that she must finish school before embarking on any marriage plans.
The devout Seventh Day Adventist parents are said to be pained about their child treating her celebrated love affair with the superstar singer as top priority over her education. It is public knowledge that Chioma and Davido are already living like they are married. Wherever there’s Davido, Chioma is sure to be there.
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Joshua Tree National Park has an arid desert climate. It is dry year-round, with occasional, brief thunderstorms occurring in late summer. Summer days are extremely hot and often windy. For this reason, the summer is the park’s off-season. Winter temperatures are pleasant during the day, although it can get cold at night. There can be occasional light snow at the highest elevations of the park. Spring and fall bring warm days and pleasant nights.
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Revealed: Which sex gets more stressed over “every key life event”
And the research shows it is women who suffer more stress than men in their lives.
Published: 06:00 Sunday 19 March 2017
New research has determined which sex gets more stressed over “every key life event” - from losing their smartphone to Brexit.
The greatest difference between the sexes showed women are far more fearful of terrorism than men while the narrowest gap was over the birth of the first child.
The Physiological Society spoke to 2,000 Britons to discover the difference in the way the men and women react to the tensions of modern life and the impact on health.
The report ‘Stress In Modern Britain’ published by the Society showed London was the area most stressed about Brexit, but the controversial issue also had the greatest variety of responses.
Respondents were given 18 different life events, and asked to grade them on a scale of 0-10, with 0 meaning “not at all stressful”, and 10 meaning “Very stressful”.
People living in London and Scotland were most likely to get wound up about “the process of leaving the European Union” than those in Wales and most of the rest of England.
Those with degrees were almost more upset about leaving Europe than people with just GCSEs or A-Levels.
Not surprisingly, the most stressful event was the death of a spouse/relative with an average score of 9.43 out of 10, closely followed by fears of imprisonment, with an average score of 9.15.
The end of a long term relationship or losing a job, both scoring 8.47, appears to be less stressful than being flooded which scored 8.89.
But after terrorism the greatest differences between the sexes were over being seriously ill, moving house and money problems.
Becoming a parent was the issue the genders had the most similar rating towards, with particular prominence among those aged 25-34.
Scotland was found to be the the most stressed area in the UK, with the South East of England the least stressed.
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The study also revealed stress levels increase with age, most notably over concerns over long-term problems such as illness or imprisonment.
However, an exception to this trend was over the loss of a smartphone, which was a more prominent cause of stress for younger respondents.
Overall, the most common responses concerned driving: car breakdowns, traffic, busy motorways, road rage, or being the passenger of a careless driver all featured.
One person replied writing “Being driven by my wife. This is a serious comment.”
Next on the list was work-related stresses, particularly job applications and
Another set of common responses described caring for aged, ill, or disabled people. Illness and loss of pets also featured commonly, showing that those close to us need
not be human to cause emotional effects.
Some answers revealed concerns over more trivial matters such as “family arguments at Christmas” or “the scrutiny of social media”.
The Physiological Society conducted the study to raise awareness of the effect of stress and its impact on health.
During stress, the body responds by releasing hormones into the blood stream, which affects the heart as well as digestive and immune systems.
Frequent and prolonged stress can cause long term physiological problems in the body.
Dr Lucy Donaldson, Chair of The Physiological Society’s Policy Committee, said: “The modern world brings with it stresses we would not have imagined 50 years ago, such as social media and smartphones.
“It was striking that for every single event in this study, from money problems to Brexit, women reported greater stress levels than men.
“This could have a real impact on women’s health.
“While many people are aware of the effect of stress on mental well-being, it is also important to consider the impact on the body’s systems.
“Your brain, nervous and hormonal systems react to stress and it affects your heart, immune system and gastrointestinal system.
“When stress is prolonged, these effects on the whole body can result in illnesses such as ulcers or increased risk of heart attack.”
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Police: Credit card thief tries to rack up several thousand dollars in purchases
By Karina Bolster | September 12, 2019 at 11:38 AM EDT - Updated September 12 at 6:58 PM
HENRICO, Va. (WWBT) - Henrico police are searching for two women they say stole several credit cards and attempted to purchase several thousand dollars worth of items.
Police responded to the Short Pump Town Center on Saturday at 4:11 p.m. for a reported larceny. A personal item was stolen and various transactions were attempted.
Barbara Davison said while shopping with her daughter and granddaughter at the mall, her wallet with seven credit cards inside was stolen.
“I received a credit card alert saying someone tried to use my card at the Apple store at 3:30 p.m.,” she said.
Investigators believe the total attempted charges were in the several thousands of dollars, however the actual successful charge was significantly less.
“My understanding is that the majority of the transactions were declined after the initial successful fraudulent charge,” a detective said.
"It's just a violation,” Davison said. “You work hard for your stuff and your money and someone who doesn't care is just going to come and swipe all of that from you."
Davison is frustrated because she believes employees did not ask for identification when her credit card was swiped multiple times with success and sometimes declined.
“I mean red flag, hello, could this be fraud?” she said. “Nothing."
Messages to Apple on Thursday were not immediately returned.
Police were able to retrieve surveillance images of the suspect and a woman investigators believe is her accomplice.
Henrico Police say the woman on the left stole a woman's credit card on Saturday at the Short Pump Mall. The woman on the right is believed to be the suspect's accomplice. (Source: Henrico Police) (Source: Henrico Police)
Mall security was able identify a vehicle the women were in, a newer dark-blue or black Chevrolet Tahoe, which appeared to have out of state plates, police said.
Davison added the women also used her credit cards at nearby Target before the cards started getting declined.
"I had a pin number, I had to have a P.O. number for most of my cards, how on earth did it go through?” Davison said.
That's not the only thing that has left Davison puzzled.
“They had to actually come from behind and reaching in to be able to do that and just take [the wallet] out,” she said. “It was definitely professional.”
Davison has since canceled all of her cards and is working on getting replacements, but she's urging others to make changes when out shopping.
"Zip up your purses, know your surroundings, sign up for those credit card alerts,” she said.
“Henrico Police encourages our community to always keep personal items nearby and within sight or with them to deter this type of criminal activity,” a spokesman said. "It is important to report these larcenies to police, security staff, as well as notify affected banking institutions promptly to have cards deactivated immediately.
Anyone who can identify these women is asked to call Henrico Police at 804-501-5000.
Karina Bolster
Karina Bolster is a multi-media journalist for NBC12 News. She joined the team in March 2018.
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It’s Rattlesnake Season
Hot and Dry Weather Means Prime conditions for Rattlesnakes to be Out Sunning Themselves. With Rattlesnakes on the Move, People Need to be on Snake-Watch!
By Julie Brayton • Published at 6:10 pm on June 30, 2010
It's early summer, hot and dry in southern California, which means prime conditions for rattlesnakes to be out sunning themselves. With rattlesnakes on the move, there is a county wide push for people be on snake-watch.
Rattler season had an early start this year, with roughly a dozen people being bitten since April.
Experts says rattlesnakes can slither approximately 2-3 miles per hour, which means a person should typically be able to out-walk a snake. The reptile will rarely chase a human down, but even so, the push is on to warn residents of what they may encounter.
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"Watch where you putting your hands, your feet. Make sure that you're dressed appropriately if you're out hiking. If you're working in areas where you could come in contact with the snakes," warns Kimberly McWhorter of Riverside County Animal Services.
Riverside County Animal Services says they are getting two to three phone calls a day of rattlesnakes, especially in western portions of the county.
"A lot of rural areas, and so you find a lot of people encroaching on their habitat, and coming into contact with them," according to Kimberly McWhorter of Riverside County Animal Services.
Roy Malleappah is part of a non-profit team of scientists and researchers on a humanitarian mission to develop better venom treatment worldwide.
"We love the people, and we love the snakes, and we bring equilibrium into this so that we don't kill the snakes, and also save the people. Then the people know that if they are bitten, they're not going to die, that is the crucial turning point to us," according to Roy Malleappah, of Animal Venom Research International.
Anti-venom is available, which is comforting especially since a striking snake can cover a foot in a split second.
"Most bites in California are attributed to young rattle snakes, but it's often in dealing with someone picking them up, not realizing they are rattlesnakes. So, the key thing is education, avoidance. Identify what you're dealing with," is advice according to Tracy Brehm-Ialden, a researcher.
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County Supervisor Calls New Details About Condition of San Onofre Land ‘Extremely Troubling’
Dianne Jacob said Southern California Edison needs to be transparent and honest with the public about the condition of the land the nuclear plant occupies
By Lynn Walsh • Published at 6:28 pm on January 4, 2016
San Diego County Supervisor Dianne Jacob called the latest details revealed in an NBC 7 Investigates story about the condition of land at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) site "extremely troubling."
On Monday, Jacob told NBC 7 Investigates Southern California Edison (SCE) needs to tell the public what condition the land is in at the SONGS.
“Southern California Edison should first be honest with the public,” she said. “If the land is contaminated, they should clean it up, clean it up in its entirety. Be honest, be transparent.”
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Through the federal Freedom of Information Act, NBC 7 Investigates obtained letters from the United States Navy to SCE that show portions of the land around SONGS “may be contaminated from activities conducted during SCE’s occupancy and use.”
According to one of the August letters from the Navy’s Engineering Command, the Mesa site could be contaminated because of how SCE used the land. The Mesa site is 135 acres of land in and around the reactor domes and across Interstate 5. In the documents, the site is called Japanese Mesa or the "Mesa.”
Click here to see the complete investigation and read the letters from the Navy.
SCE has not responded to questions about the information revealed in the letters. In a statement sent to NBC 7 Investigates on Oct. 2, 2015, after a previous NBC 7 Investigates story aired, SCE spokesperson Maureen Brown said, “There is no current radiological contamination” and “readings (at the SONGS property) are normal background radiation levels."
One of the letters from the Navy was sent to SCE’s Manager of Government Lands Messeret Yilma a month before that NBC 7 Investigates story aired. That story detailed secret negotiations happening between the Navy, SCE and San Diego Gas and Electric to discuss the condition of the land where SONGS sits.
SCE leases the land in and around SONGS from the Navy. That lease is set to expire in 2023. According to the lease, any contaminated land is to be restored for unrestricted use by the Navy. The dynamic can be described in a simple equation: the more the land is contaminated, the more cleanup is needed to satisfy the Navy. The more extensive the cleanup, the more money it costs the utilities.
The Navy letters describe how SCE’s own internal reports show the site may be contaminated. According to one letter, “SCE’s request for partial termination” of the lease “is held in abeyance” until “SCE restores the contaminated site to levels that achieve unrestricted use/unrestricted exposure (UU/UE) closure.”
“It raises a big question that needs to be answered,” Jacob said. “Not only do we want the spent nuclear waste out of San Diego, but we don't want the contaminated property there either. So good for the Navy for calling it out; the public needs answers."
A plan to store nuclear waste from San Onofre in North County was approved but is being challenged in court.
In the letter from Brown, she said, “none of the contamination identified by inspectors in the [NRC] report exceeded allowable limits.”
In an email to NBC 7 Investigates, NRC Public Affairs Officer Scott Burnell said the agency will make sure the utility has “properly decommissioned the site (or any portion of it)” before they can be released from its “regulatory requirements.”
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Annu Rev Immunol. 1993;11:49-77.
Immunological memory.
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Department of Immunology, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London, United Kingdom.
The past five or six years has seen a resurgence of interest in immunological memory. Areas in which important advances have been made of late or in which problems in understanding persist are covered here: (i) Selection of virgin B cells for entry into the peripheral pool. (ii) Expression of immunoglobulin isotypes and other markers on memory B cells. (iii) Development of memory B cells as a separate lineage from primary response B cells. (iv) Sites of production of memory B cells. (v) Signals that rescue mutating B cells in germinal centers, forming the basis of affinity selection, and programming further differentiation. (vi) The myriad markers of memory T cells, in particular CD45R isoforms. (vii) Selective migration pathways of memory T cells and its possible molecular basis. (viii) The lifespan of memory cells and factors that influence their long-term survival. The data accumulated during this period which have vastly increased our understanding of memory have at the same time highlighted unresolved problems that could block further progress in the field. The thorny question that we cannot at present answer is: How does a memory cell differ from an activated cell and, in the case of T cells, from an effector cell? The problem bears on the interpretation of any study that sets out to correlate memory phenotype with memory function. Immunologists may have donned an intellectual straitjacket in their search for the memory cell.
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B-Lymphocytes/physiology
Cell Movement
Cell Survival
Immunoglobulin Isotypes
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Pipes are seen at the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain facility in Edmonton, Thursday, April 6, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Groups preparing new pipeline legal challenge, argue government’s mind made up
A Vancouver-based environment charity is readying itself to go back to court if the federal government reapproves the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.
Dec. 18, 2018 10:30 a.m.
A Vancouver-based environment charity is readying itself to go back to court if — or they believe when — the federal government re-approves the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion next year.
The Wilderness Committee returned $25,000 in participant funding to the National Energy Board last month citing the short timeline for the board’s new review on the marine impacts of the proposed expansion.
Peter McCartney, climate campaigner for the committee, says the timelines are so short it underscores his belief the government is doing this just to fulfil the Federal Court of Appeal’s concerns with the original review, rather than to seriously reconsider the approval given to the project.
“They’re going through the motions but they’ve already made up their mind,” he said. “I don’t know what confidence they’re trying to inspire in people to trust this review.”
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said many times the pipeline is going to be built. His government stepped in to buy it and build the expansion itself when political opposition left Kinder Morgan and its shareholders unwilling to continue. In an interview last week Trudeau said any decision to move forward again will be made as the review process is completed.
“What’s at issue here is not just this pipeline,” he said. “It’s our capacity as a country to get our resources to market.”
However, McCartney said the government’s actions suggest the Liberals are going to approve it again no matter what and he warned they should expect another lawsuit as a result.
“Absolutely there will be,” he said. “People are already talking about that.”
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The federal cabinet approved Trans Mountain in the fall of 2016. That approval was challenged by several environment groups and Indigenous communities who argued the original review didn’t properly consider impacts on marine life from the extra oil tankers required to carry more oil away from the marine terminal where the pipeline ends.
Indigenous communities also felt their concerns had not been addressed as is required by the constitutional duty to consult them.
The Federal Court of Appeal agreed and in August tore up the cabinet’s approval for the project, halting construction in its tracks.
In response, the federal Liberals ordered a new round of Indigenous consultations and also asked the NEB to go back and do a more thorough look at marine impacts. There is no specific timeline for the Indigenous consultations but the government gave the NEB only until Feb. 22 to complete its work.
The NEB’s original review did conclude that there would be negative impacts on marine life, including killer whales. But the board said marine impacts were outside its jurisdiction and, therefore, had no impact on its decision to approve the project.
McCartney said the Feb. 22 deadline is just way too short for a thorough review. Accordingly, his organization withdrew from the review and returned the funding given to help it gather research to make its case.
Conservative natural resources critic Shannon Stubbs said the fact that environment groups are already planning another lawsuit is proof of the energy industry’s contention that environmentalists don’t want proper consideration given to the project, but rather want to delay it enough to eventually kill it.
“They will just do everything to stop it.”
Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press
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Have we gone soft?
Ass February 15, 2019
Are we losing the fire in our bellies? Are we slacking off and allowing lethargy and ennui to erase the gains of our revolution? The answer to both questions is: “Umm, that’s a thought.”
How else does one explain the sharp drop in the number of bunds, chukka jams and todfods in the past fiscal year? Ever since the Left Honourable Prime Minister assumed office there has been only one arson attack on a government car. We are keeping close count here at the newsroom, and have found there was an entire rush hour period on Tuesday evening when no Mandales in Mandala intersection incinerated tyres on the asphalt.
There has even been a sharp drop in sit-ins, sleep-outs, stand-ups, pen-downs, and goof-offs in government departments. The civil service strike was a lack-lustre and half-hearted affair, with not a single effigy of the prime minister set on fire. How can this country be effectively governed if there is so little interest in creating mayhem and anarchy?
Not a single royal statue was vandalised throughout this erstwhile kingdom in 2075-76 BS, but that seems to have been because there are no royal statues left to knock down. The Mahindra & Mahindra Highway was actually not blocked for six hours on Sunday after a minor traffic altercation in Lahan. No one stoned any newspaper office on Thursday. This is a scandal.
Are we going to let go of the gains of our revolutionary past so easily? Will we allow the euphoria of liberation to evaporate into thin air? Have human beings outlived their usefulness? What is the best cure for hair loss? Will someone stop me before I ask another rhetorical question? Thank you.
As we all know, there are entire sections of society that are still not using their hard-won freedoms to reignite a class war, to take up arms against feudalism, and struggle against crony Communist rulers to bring the nation’s capital to a grinding halt for the right to fast onto death over and over again.
How come no one set off a firecracker beneath the table of the Minister of Lethargy and Ennui when the government decided to cancel national holidays on all five Losars? And why are tanker drivers sitting idly by and not gheraoing the prime minister’s residence after the NOC said it would book anyone found siphoning off diesel? Have we as a nation gone soft? Have we stopped honouring the sacrifices of martyrs who defended this country against imperialism?
Fortunately, we see signs of the revolutionary spirit reasserting itself. Comrade Big Plop has stepped up his extortion racket with the slogan: ‘Make Nepal Greater Again’. The Minister of Doublespeak is pushing a draft law to punish anyone who ridicules the government on social media to be sentenced to jail for five years or pay a bribe of Rs 1 corrode, whichever comes first.
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Open source vs. Windows: Security debate rages
Does GPL still matter?
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Open-source licensing: GPL is a better model
By Matt Asay
No one open source license is ideal in every circumstance. Different licenses serve different ends. Berkeley Software Distribution-style licenses have been used to govern the development of exceptional open source projects such as Apache. Clearly, BSD has its strengths.
However, all things being equal, I prefer the General Public License (GPL ). The GPL is one of the most exciting, innovative capitalist tools ever created. The GPL breaks down walls between vendors and customers while enabling strong competitive differentiation. Unlike the BSD, which strikes me as serving an ever-narrowing slice of the development community that shares code simply for the sake of sharing, the GPL takes a hardheaded look at software development (and human nature) and works to maximize choice, control and a free market.
From its inception, the IT business has depended on intellectual property. This dependence is enshrined in the U.S. Constitution, Section I, Article 8, which establishes copyright/patent to "secur[e] for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries." This limited monopoly grant has enabled software companies to create exceptional, customer-focused products without inordinate fear that competitors will freely clone their innovations for sale as their own.
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In the open source world, copyright continues to play a role, but it's a different kind of copyright. Dubbed "copyleft," it means I freely share the source code to my software, with the requirement that those who benefit from my software by modifying and distributing it also must share their modifications.
Is BSD a better open source licensing model than the GPL?Read what they have to say, then add your own thoughts.
Executives from Novell and Covalent debate both sides of the issue.
This benefits end users who gain access to source code, giving them visibility into their vendors' products and allowing them to customize these products to meet specific requirements. As long as end users do not distribute the modified code, they can keep their modifications private. The GPL makes co-creators of vendors and buyers, lessening the sometimes-adversarial relationship between the two.
No other open source license has done more than the GPL to make open source commercially viable. By emulating the traditional copyright format, the GPL facilitates commercial involvement in open source communities, which is important for expediting the spread and depth of open source software. Free market open source, thanks to the GPL.
Asay is director of Novell's Linux Business Office. He can be reached at masay@novell.com.
The opposing view by Mark Brewer of Covalent Technologies
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Subway vows to ensure Footlong is full size after Aussie teen’s photo sparked lawsuit
THE chain has settled a US class-action suit filed after Perth teenager Matt Corby posted a photo of his inadequate sub on Facebook.
APMarch 2, 201612:58pm
Matt Corby, from Perth, posted this photo of his inadequate sub on the chain’s Facebook page.Source:Facebook
SUBWAY customers can finally rest assured that their “Footlong” sandwiches will be as long as promised.
A judge last week granted final approval to a settlement of a class-action suit filed against Subway after an Australian teenager posted an image on Facebook of a sandwich that was a mere 11 inches.
The photo of a turkey sub alongside a tape measure shared by Matt Corby, from Perth, on the company’s Facebook page garnered international media attention back in 2013.
The New York Post found thatfour out of seven Footlongs it purchased in New York “measured only 11 or 11.5 inches.”
A judge in Wisconsin gave preliminary approval in October to a settlement between Subway’s parent company Doctor’s Associates and plaintiffs’ lawyers, with final approval granted on February 25.
As part of the settlement, Subway agreed to institute practices for at least four years to ensure its bread is at least 12 inches long. The judge approved $520,000 in legal fees and $500 for each of the 10 individuals who were representatives of the class, but no monetary claims were awarded to potential members of the class.
“It was difficult to prove monetary damages, because everybody ate the evidence,” said lawyer Thomas Zimmerman, adding that the fees were being split between 10 law firms.
Subway said in a statement that it was pleased the judge found no wrongdoing on its part.
The chain has agreed to ensure franchisees use a tool to make sure subs really are a foot long.Source:News Limited
“This allows us to move forward, without distractions, on our goal to provide great tasting sandwiches and salads, made exactly as each guest likes,” the statement said. “We have already taken steps to ensure each guest receives the Footlong or six-inch sandwich they order.”
Lynn Adelman, judge for the US District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin, wrote in the final approval that the plaintiffs’ lawyers realised their claims “were quite weak” after an initial mediation session.
Instead of trying to get class certification for monetary damages, he said plaintiffs decided to focus on injunctive relief requiring Doctor’s Associates to ensure its sandwiches are at least 12 inches long.
Adelman wrote that the plaintiffs’ lawyers learned Subway makes its bread with “dough sticks” that weigh the same when they arrive at stores frozen. The dough is then thawed and stretched before baking, a process that can lead to variability in the size and shape of the bread.
While the dough may have different shapes, it still has the same quantity of ingredients, Adelman wrote. The amount of meat and cheese is also standardised, the judge observed, but it was possible a shorter bread loaf might lead to less filling.
For instance, “a sandwich that was \-inch shorter than advertised might be missing a few shreds of lettuce or a gram or two of mayonnaise,” the judge wrote.
But Adelman also noted that sandwiches are made in front of the customer, who can ask for more filling.
“Thus, the plaintiffs learned that, as a practical matter, the length of the bread does not affect the quantity of food the customer receives,” he added.
Subway nevertheless agreed as part of the settlement to take steps to ensure its bread is at least 12 inches long, including requiring franchisees to “use a tool for measuring bread.”
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Honorary Degrees and Speakers
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The 2020 University Commencement will be held on Friday, May 15, at 11:30 a.m. in the Arthur Ashe Stadium at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, Queens.
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Questions? Email commencement@newschool.edu or call 646.909.2580 (x2580 for campus extensions).
The New School’s 2019 commencement ceremony celebrated a century of forward-thinking education that has dared to push the culture forward. This year’s graduating class welcomed MeToo movement founder and social activist Tarana J. Burke; human rights advocate, World War II refugee, and New School Board of Trustees member Robert Mundheim; and Crazy Rich Asians author and Parsons alumnus Kevin Kwan as honorary doctoral degree recipients. Student speaker Ta Kasitipradit and GRAMMY Award winner and School of Jazz and Contemporary Music alumna Linda Briceño inspired graduates preparing to follow in the footsteps of the trailblazing New Schoolers who came before them, furthering the university’s mission of creating a more just, more beautiful, and better-designed world.
Tarana Burke, #metoo movement founder and honorary degree recipient, challenges New School graduates to use their privelege and power for change.
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Twitter Users Phone Numbers And Emails Were Used Illegally For Targeted Ads
Brian Gideon Larsen
At this point, it’s painfully unsurprising to hear new examples of tech companies misusing customer data. But a particularly shameful version of the story has become increasingly common: services pulling phone numbers and other data used for two-factor authentication into their marketing databases. On Tuesday, Twitter became the latest tech giant to join those ranks.
In a statement, Twitter revealed that this was “inadvertently” done by its Tailored Audiences advertising program.
“We recently discovered that when you provided an email address or phone number for safety or security purposes,” the statement explains, “this data may have inadvertently been used for advertising purposes, specifically in our Tailored Audiences and Partner Audiences advertising system.”
“When an advertiser uploaded their marketing list, we may have matched people on Twitter to their list based on the email or phone number the Twitter account holder provided for safety and security purposes. This was an error and we apologize,” the company wrote in its statement. “We’re very sorry this happened and are taking steps to make sure we don’t make a mistake like this again.”
Facebook admitted that it, too, had used phone numbers customers had shared to set up two-factor authentication for marketing and customization. The Federal Trade Commission fined Facebook a record $5 billion in July over numerous instances of user data mishandling.
Bugs and mistakes happen, but when it comes to misuse of information users provide for security services, it’s especially obvious that companies aren’t prioritizing user privacy and security ahead of their business goals.
“If you wanted to secure the phone numbers you’d just put them in a database table called ‘2FA numbers don’t sell to marketers,'” says Matthew Green, a cryptographer at Johns Hopkins University. “This stuff is like a bank leaving customers’ money lying around and then spending it on snacks. Obviously that could happen. We just try to prevent it from happening because, you know, ethics.”
This isn’t the first time this type of violation has occurred, and it won’t be the last. But let it be a reminder that every time you give your data to a company, no matter what they say it’s for, it could end up being used for other purposes—specifically, other profit-driven purposes.
Twitter says that it has “addressed the issue that allowed this to occur and are no longer using phone numbers or email addresses collected for safety or security purposes for advertising.”
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VEGAS (December 21, 2019) - Vegas Golden Knights General Manager Kelly McCrimmon announced today, December 21, that the team has signed defenseman Kaedan Korczak to a three-year entry level contract.
Korczak was selected by the Vegas Golden Knights in the second round (41st overall) of the 2019 NHL Entry Draft. He has appeared in 32 games during the 2019-20 season with the Western Hockey League's Kelowna Rockets, recording 28 points (5 G, 23 A) to go with 10 penalty minutes. He ranks second on the team in points and leads all defensemen. Last season with the Rockets, the Yorkton, Saskatchewan native finished with 33 points (4 G, 29 A) to go with 64 PIM in 68 games.
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Is There an App for Us?
By Nick Allen
How are nonprofits going to get a bigger piece of the always-on/in-your-pocket/smartphone/Internet of things that is eating the world?
Our donors, clients, funders and friends are connected practically 24/7 with Facebook and FaceTime, Tinder and Twitter, Fitbit and FuelBand. They spend 86 percent of their mobile time on apps, only 14 percent on the mobile Web. On their smartphones, they play games 32 percent of the time and on Facebook 17 percent, but surf the mobile Web just 15 percent of the time.
But how many nonprofits are playing in the app space? How many have created apps that are not just downloaded but actually used regularly? Not very many ... and it's not easy!
Like so many things in fundraising, it's all about relationships. What kind of relationship do you want with your supporters, and more important, what kind of relationship do they want with you? Can an app make it easier?
Successful apps provide value for users over time. They are tools you want to use — if not many times every day (Facebook, Google Maps, MapMyRun), then at least regularly (United Airlines, Hotels Tonight, Tinder). When I asked a group of guys smoking cigars on a street corner to recommend a good taco stand, they thought I was a dope: "Don't you have Yelp?"
Some organizations have started to make apps work. PETA has apps that let you take advocacy actions (and earn points for Peta2 prizes) and a HappyCow vegetarian restaurant finder. The advocacy apps generate an outsize portion of PETA's actions. World Wildlife Fund's gorgeous animal app for iPad has been been downloaded more than 1 million times.
A few years ago, a British organization that helps homeless youths created a Tamagotchi-like app that required you to take care of a begging, drug-addicted homeless kid for three days. It caught a wave of publicity for the charity (and the ad agency that produced the app) but expired after the three-day experience (and generated very few donations). The Salvation Army has a Red Kettle app for Christmas fundraising, and Relay for Life and other events have nice apps.
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White, Male Punks Were Self-Centered. The Clash’s Eponymous Debut Was Anything But.
April 17, 2017 | by Joey Daniewicz
Before his Les Paul heart-attack machine anchored the world’s greatest band, Mick Jones worked at the Department of Health and Human Services. As the United Kingdom had been on high alert for letter bombs, part of his job was simply to open the mail. Nothing is so illustrative of the restlessness that birthed punk as an Englishman, in order to eat and sleep, offering himself up as a shield so that the British government wouldn’t suffer. Such bleak comedy is at the heart of the Britain that The Clash captured on their self-titled debut better than any of their punk peers.
Seven years after the Beatles’ dissolution, The Clash emerged as the most essential document of British culture. But where The Beatles brought their country nothing but pride, The Clash were every bit as important as The Beatles but brought nothing but shame. Perhaps more infamously at the time, so did the Sex Pistols. But in 1977, the actual anarchy in the U.K. sounded a lot more like The Clash.
After warning on their first B-side that in “1977” London wouldn’t find comfort in the the Fab Four or the Rolling Stones, The Clash rolled out a sort of Bizarro World British Invasion, with madman Joe Strummer barking about traffic systems and concrete blocks. Though they’re drenched in boredom and contempt, many of the songs on The Clash rock a guitar-pop discipline that makes them sound and shine like a ‘60s band that never made it out of the garage — in fact, the album’s proudly dissociative finale “Garageland” treats that as the ultimate compliment.
This synthesis was a product of excellent timing. Mick was still developing his guitar sound and has a scrawny warmth in his riffs on “Remote Control” and “Hate and War” that would simply evolve into something else altogether as quickly as the following year. Paul Simonon’s obsession with reggae had yet to distinguish itself in his playing; he was in fact so new to the bass guitar that it’s rumored Mick recorded over all of his parts.
Most importantly, The Clash were still undergoing their epic origin story when the album was released. Terry Chimes was so obviously a temporary drummer that he’s the only band member missing from its cover. The sessions for The Clash were Chimes’ last with the band, and they’d replace him with Topper Headon, who was such a powerhouse that his contemporaneous explosiveness on “Complete Control” or “Tommy Gun” could never characterize the unemployable U.K. that punk had materialized in.
The Clash wouldn’t truly embrace the ferociousness punk was capable of until they witnessed a newfound fear of the National Front and the rise of Thatcher in 1978, so their early restlessness manifested itself in guitar-backed rants in which they sound bored out of their damned skulls, with the tracklist more or less being a list of how to stave it off: brothels, heroin, riots.
But even moreso than its embodiment of the country’s ambivalence at the time, what makes The Clash one of the premier landmarks of British guitar music is a lyrical approach that spared neither unflinching truth nor an enormous sense of empathy to the dreariness and the downtrodden. This is unavoidable when Joe’s truthing/truthbombing collides with Mick’s soothing/aching compassion: During the end stretch of “Hate and War,” Mick cries the song title as Joe enters: “I hate all the blindness. I hate all the cops.” They land the same trick in “Remote Control,” with Joe announcing he’s “gonna be a Dalek.”
Inspired by the Notting Hill riot for which Joe and Paul were present (one chaotic enough that Paul spotted a white guy dressed as a clown hiding in a basement), "White riot" is the most productive idea on the album and possibly the most groundbreaking examination of privilege from a white artist since the protest folk era up to that point. Frustrated with white indifference to racial oppression, “White Riot” realizes in song that whites won’t fight for others unless their situations are more directly tied together. Joe’s search for racial solidarity results in the album’s best line: “Everybody’s doing just what they’re told to, and nobody wants to go to jail!”
The other concerns of these bored white dudes are more straightforward: “Janie Jones” is about a horny office worker waiting for the end of the day to hit up the brothel. “Career Opportunities” details how working to survive can be just as miserable as going without income. “London’s Burning” is Joe’s unimpressed shrug at heroin’s high. The slightest song on the album, “Protex Blue,” is simply about condom fucking. But no matter how simple or thesis-worthy the subject, every track on The Clash feels classic just for the elevation of some special line: “I won’t open letter bombs for you,” “someone just asked me if the group would wear suits,” “there’s no payola in his alphabetical file, except for the government, man!”
There was one track that should have tipped everyone off that The Clash would become an unfuckwithable force musically in short order, and it was the first of many Clash covers that either equaled or outright clobbered the original. Their version of Junior Murvin’s “Police and Thieves” pulls off just one of many tricks they’d perform with the punk form, particularly on London Calling. Set against an already-established song, this tune was the clearest picture of The Clash’s still-gelling style of the moment. Both Bob Marley and Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry liked it, even, with the latter even offering to produce the band’s next single, but one wonders what course the band might have taken if reactions had been different. “By rights they should have said, ‘Hey there man, you ruined it!’” Joe added in all modesty. “We tried to cut a version, which, when I listen to Junior Murvin’s original today, makes me think, ‘What a bold brass neck we had to try and attempt that!’ ‘Cos he sings like a smooth river of silk.”
While both the Ramones and Sex Pistols used punk as an end, their albums defining a genre, the Clash wielded it as a means to something larger and greater. Engaging with the same national climate, the Pistols reacted by reveling in their own nihilism, but The Clash’s keen senses of empathy kept them optimistic enough to actually envision a way forward and look beyond their own privilege, with the results every bit as arresting as a horrorshow sendup like “Bodies.”
The Clash is not only the musical key to understanding the punk of ‘77, but the best that one of music’s most thrilling moments had to offer. As this band (and punk in general) went in new directions, their successes, as much a product of timing as of craft, couldn’t be replicated. Give ‘Em Enough Rope set its sights far beyond England, its opening track set in Jamaica, and made the debut sound outright quaint by comparison. London Calling continues those trends but also sounds more like a love letter to rock and roll than a sendup. And by Sandinista!, The Clash finally felt entirely removed from its scene. They’d spend their tenure as a band traveling the world knowing they could always return to their safe European homes, but there was nothing safe about the home they occupied and sang about on The Clash.
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Influencing Government
This podcast gives a behind the scenes look at life as a backbencher in Parliament.
MP for Broxtowe, Dr Nick Palmer, explains how you can get a start in the career and once there how to influence policies and Prime Ministers.
Dr Palmer was speaking at the second seminar in a series hosted by the Centre for British Politics.
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A press brake is used to form straight line bends in sheet-metal and plate. Press brakes are adjustable which means that the depth of the stroke can be varied throughout operation. Once it is accurately adjusted, start forming the transition using the correct pressing sequence. The finished transitional shape is checked with templates and by laying it over an identical layout on a flat surface to ensure that the corners are square (90 degrees), there is no twisting, the round end is the correct
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Deze presentatie kan je gebruiken bij een les rond woordkunst. De kinderen krijgen eerst enkele voorbeelden te zien waarna ze zelf een woord bedenken dat ze willen tekenen. Iemand die het woord niet kent, moet aan het ontwerp kunnen zien wat het …
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Marmite – Denmark's latest outlaw?
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By Emma Hilton, writer at Nutritionist Resource
Published on May 26th, 2011
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According to BBC News, the British Savoury spread Marmite could soon be made illegal in Denmark if it doesn’t meet the safety requirements of the Danish authorities.
By law, the authorities in the country must approve any foods which contain any fortified vitamins and minerals, to assure they are not a potential danger.
Allegedly, a shop selling the product in Copenhagen received a phone call from the Danish authorities asking the owner to remove the product from the shelves as there had been no record of an application for the sale of the product.
A spokesman for the Danish Food and Veterinary Administration said ”We have neither forbidden or accepted it.”
The nutritional checks before the decision is made could take up to six months.
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“Marmite plays such a useful part in many people’s diet, and in my practice it’s incredibly useful for older people…who are short in vitamin B12”. She said.
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Gunter 'left one out there' on near pick 6
It was one of several chances the Packers defense had to turn around Sunday’s game.
Gunter 'left one out there' on near pick 6 It was one of several chances the Packers defense had to turn around Sunday’s game. Check out this story on packersnews.com: http://pck.rs/2f2G3pI
Ryan Wood, USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin Published 9:32 p.m. CT Oct. 30, 2016 | Updated 11:09 p.m. CT Oct. 30, 2016
Atlanta Falcons tight end Jacob Tamme (83) picks up a first down with Green Bay Packers cornerback LaDarius Gunter (36) during the Green Bay Packers NFL game against The Atlanta Falcons, Sunday, October 30, 2016 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta Georgia.(Photo: Rick Wood /USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin)
ATLANTA - In a game decided by a single point, Green Bay Packers cornerback LaDarius Gunter will be reliving what could have been a late, game-winning interception.
“Ah man,” Gunter said, “I left one out there.”
With three minutes left, the Atlanta Falcons were driving for what would become a late touchdown, securing a 33-32 win. Gunter was line up across Falcons receiver Julio Jones, but he jumped an underneath route intended for Mohamad Sanu.
Gunter said a pick six flashed before his eyes. With nobody between him and the end zone, it likely would have been an easy touchdown.
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Instead, the pass ricocheted incomplete.
“He actually got his hands on it before I could really get a grasp of it,” Gunter said. “That’s one you want to have back.”
Gunter did an admirable job against Jones, perhaps the NFL’s top receiver. Jones entered Sunday leading the league with 830 receiving yards. Gunter held him to 29, tied for his second fewest this season.
But he’ll be reliving the play he didn’t make. It was one of several chances the Packers defense had to turn around Sunday’s game.
“When you’re playing against a good offense like that,” defensive tackle Mike Daniels said, speaking for the entire unit, “just doing your job is not enough. You’ve got to go above and beyond, and we’ve got to make sure we put ourselves in position to do that more.”
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[OBG] Nature of Race Full
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2015-Sep-11, 05:27:39 (This post was last modified: 2015-Sep-11, 05:34:44 by Chuck.)
(2015-Sep-10, 18:33:31)Krom Wrote: Despite the standard scientific/textbook definition of a (gamo)deme is a more-or-less isolated breeding group/mating circle.
Why not just type "gamodeme"/"deme" and search Google books. Its not hard.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gamodeme
You missed the point as usual. (I wasn't discussing degree of isolation here, but location on a continuum.)
(1) Demes can be cut from an isolation by distance breeding continuum. True or false?
(2) If you want to say that these demes which fall on a breeding continuum are "sharply differentiated", then you must also say that my discretely conceptualized (non-overlapping) races cut from a continuum are likewise "sharply different".
I am fine with that. Just acknowledge the point. It's odd that you can't see the symmetry.
[OBG] Nature of Race Full - by Chuck - 2014-Dec-25, 21:33:36
MERGE - by Emil - 2015-Apr-08, 16:15:44
RE: [OBG] Nature of Race Full Version [merged] - by Chuck - 2015-Apr-08, 18:51:44
RE: [OBG] Nature of Race Full - by Chuck - 2015-Apr-08, 18:58:05
RE: [OBG] Nature of Race Full - by Emil - 2015-Apr-11, 02:04:42
RE: [OBG] Nature of Race Full - by Meng Hu - 2015-Apr-15, 00:59:14
RE: [OBG] Nature of Race Full - by Chuck - 2015-May-01, 04:37:45
RE: [OBG] Nature of Race Full - by Krom - 2015-Apr-16, 19:52:02
RE: [OBG] Nature of Race Full - by Krom - 2015-May-01, 00:12:32
RE: [OBG] Nature of Race Full - by Emil - 2015-May-01, 03:48:15
RE: [OBG] Nature of Race Full - by Duxide - 2015-May-04, 19:58:20
RE: [OBG] Nature of Race Full - by Peter Frost - 2015-May-05, 20:15:03
RE: [OBG] Nature of Race Full - by Duxide - 2015-Jun-01, 15:56:30
RE: [OBG] Nature of Race Full - by Chuck - 2015-Jun-02, 23:09:46
RE: [OBG] Nature of Race Full - by Meng Hu - 2015-Jun-01, 07:48:29
RE: [OBG] Nature of Race Full - by Emil - 2015-Jun-01, 16:21:27
RE: [OBG] Nature of Race Full - by Krom - 2015-Jul-03, 20:17:56
RE: [OBG] Nature of Race Full - by Chuck - 2015-Jul-03, 20:44:49
RE: [OBG] Nature of Race Full - by Emil - 2015-Jul-04, 15:02:47
RE: [OBG] Nature of Race Full - by Zoidberg - 2015-Jul-23, 06:42:23
RE: [OBG] Nature of Race Full - by Peter Frost - 2015-Jul-27, 23:14:46
RE: [OBG] Nature of Race Full - by Krom - 2015-Aug-28, 05:52:36
RE: [OBG] Nature of Race Full - by Chuck - 2015-Aug-28, 20:07:31
RE: [OBG] Nature of Race Full - by Chuck - 2015-Sep-09, 20:37:55
Behavior - by Emil - 2015-Aug-28, 21:13:26
RE: [OBG] Nature of Race Full - by Krom - 2015-Sep-01, 00:42:22
RE: [OBG] Nature of Race Full - by Emil - 2015-Sep-07, 03:44:27
RE: [OBG] Nature of Race Full - by General-Factor analyst - 2016-Jan-21, 02:57:26
RE: [OBG] Nature of Race Full - by Chuck - 2016-Jan-21, 03:21:15
RE: [OBG] Nature of Race Full - by Duxide - 2016-Jan-23, 19:14:09
RE: [OBG] Nature of Race Full - by General-Factor analyst - 2016-Feb-11, 01:35:21
RE: [OBG] Nature of Race Full - by Chuck - 2016-Feb-11, 06:45:54
RE: [OBG] Nature of Race Full - by Emil - 2016-Feb-11, 09:29:40
[OBG] Nature of Race part 1 & 2 - by Chuck - 2014-Dec-27, 02:48:10
[OBG] Nature of Race part 4 - by Chuck - 2014-Dec-30, 23:58:10
RE: Nature of Race part 4 - by Peter Frost - 2014-Dec-31, 18:11:25
RE: Nature of Race part 4 - by Chuck - 2015-Jan-01, 00:20:51
RE: Nature of Race part 4 - by Peter Frost - 2015-Jan-01, 23:36:17
RE: Nature of Race part 1 - by Emil - 2015-Jan-04, 07:27:12
RE: Nature of Race part 1 - by Meng Hu - 2015-Jan-05, 18:57:40
[OBG] Nature of Race, part 3 - by Chuck - 2015-Jan-09, 23:33:46
RE: Nature of Race, part 3 - by Peter Frost - 2015-Jan-11, 04:16:31
RE: Nature of Race, part 3 - by Chuck - 2015-Jan-11, 05:51:03
RE: Nature of Race part 4 - by Duxide - 2015-Jan-12, 18:44:54
[OBG] Nature of Race part 5 - by Chuck - 2015-Jan-14, 04:25:25
RE: Nature of Race, part 3 - by Meng Hu - 2015-Jan-18, 04:59:02
Some comments - by Emil - 2015-Jan-23, 21:01:32
Comments on version 3 - by Emil - 2015-Jan-24, 07:34:24
RE: Nature of Race part 1 - by Dalliard - 2015-Feb-04, 16:44:13
RE: [OBG] Nature of Race part 1 - by Chuck - 2015-Feb-12, 01:16:14
[OBG] Nature of Race part 6 - by Chuck - 2015-Mar-05, 22:39:52
RE: [OBG] Nature of Race part 6 - by Emil - 2015-Mar-06, 01:33:45
RE: [OBG] Nature of Race part 6 - by Chuck - 2015-Mar-06, 01:36:16
RE: [OBG] Nature of Race part 4 - by Meng Hu - 2015-Mar-07, 00:16:16
Nature of Race Full Version - by Chuck - 2015-Mar-13, 23:03:56
RE: Nature of Race Full Version - by B.B. - 2015-Mar-19, 14:00:41
RE: Nature of Race Full Version - by Chuck - 2015-Mar-19, 17:21:11
RE: Nature of Race Full Version - by Emil - 2015-Mar-19, 19:19:17
RE: Nature of Race Full Version - by Peter Frost - 2015-Mar-20, 05:18:27
RE: Nature of Race Full Version - by Meng Hu - 2015-Mar-20, 15:45:47
RE: Nature of Race Full Version - by Peter Frost - 2015-Apr-01, 00:11:29
RE: Nature of Race Full Version - by Chuck - 2015-Apr-01, 01:52:41
RE: [OBG] Nature of Race part 1 - by Peter Frost - 2015-Mar-13, 23:06:45
RE: [OBG] Nature of Race, part 3 - by Meng Hu - 2015-Apr-03, 03:22:30
RE: [OBG] Nature of Race part 2 - by Meng Hu - 2015-Apr-03, 04:19:12
RE: [OBG] Nature of Race, part 3 - by Chuck - 2015-Apr-03, 06:28:02
RE: [OBG] Nature of Race part 2 - by Chuck - 2015-Apr-03, 18:29:11
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Home » Prince Harry Promoting Orlando’s Invictus Games…
Prince Harry Promoting Orlando’s Invictus Games…
Posted on October 30, 2015 July 7, 2018
Orlando Attractions Update – Prince Harry has met US president Barack Obama during a visit to the US to promote the Invictus Games.
The Games are an international event for injured and sick service personnel.
The first Invictus Games took place in London last year, with the next due in Orlando, Florida, next year.
The prince met Mr Obama in the Oval Office of the White House for an informal chat.
Earlier he joined Michelle Obama to meet injured service personnel in Virginia, and is set to meet Games organisers at the British ambassador’s residence in Washington DC.
There were screams of excitement as Prince Harry entered the gym hall. He was here to watch former soldiers in a very different type of combat – wheelchair basketball.
He and First Lady Michelle Obama were glued to the game as the chairs clashed across the court. At one point the prince caught the basketball and handed it to her.
This is a couple who share the same passion – helping injured servicemen. But the pair, who have met several times, can also share a joke. Addressing the women present, she said: “Don’t pretend you haven’t noticed Prince Harry is here.”
The hundreds gathered were told that sport had changed the lives of many injured servicemen. Max Rohn, who lost his leg in Iraq in 2009, said Harry’s support meant the world to him. Sport, he said, gave him the hope he was missing.
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Image captionThe prince and the US president had an informal conversation and spoke about the Invictus Games
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Image captionDuring his visit Prince Harry chatted to injured veterans at an art therapy class
Prince Harry and the first lady were joined by Jill Biden, the US vice-president’s wife, for a tour of the purpose-built United Service Organizations Warrior and Family Center at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, which supports troops, their families and carers.
They joined an art therapy class for veterans then visited a music therapy room.
They also watched a sports event before giving speeches.
Prince Harry, Michelle Obama and Jill Biden listened to US Marine Sgt Roderic Liggens perform
‘Personal sacrifices’
In his speech, Prince Harry said his deployments to Afghanistan “changed the direction” of his life.
He said that after returning to the UK on a flight with three critically injured British soldiers, he realised he had “a responsibility to help all veterans, who had made huge personal sacrifices for their countries, to lead healthy and dignified lives after service.”
He added: “I hope that Invictus 2016 will remind people everywhere just how incredible our service personnel are, and how much of a positive contribution to society they make.
“I am sure the American public will embrace the Invictus Games, just as the British public did in 2014.”
Prince Harry embraced Sgt Liggens at Fort Belvoir
Prince Harry founded the Invictus Games after seeing a similar event, the Warrior Games, held in the US in 2013.
He said the aim was to change perceptions of physical and mental injury.
“One thing we have to talk about more is breaking down these barriers around so-called invisible injuries, like post-traumatic stress, just as we have for physical injuries like the loss of a limb,” he said.
“We have to help [veterans] to get the support they need, without fear of being judged or discriminated against. Not only is it OK to talk about it, we have to talk about it.”
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Deer of the Year: Little Girl, Giant Buck
When an Ohio girl asks her dad if girls can hunt, he gives the best answer possible. He takes her hunting.
Ryle Howard's big Ohio whitetail.
As told by Rylee Howard to Chris Howard/Scioto County, Ohio
Last year, my 6-year-old daughter asked me if girls hunt, too. I told Rylee they absolutely do, and showed her video clips of female hunters, including Tiffany Lakosky and Eva Shockey. That settled it: She wanted to hunt deer with me.
Neither of us could wait until the season opened. We practiced every day with the crossbow and soon discovered Rylee was a natural shooter. After testing her understanding of shot placement, I knew she was ready for the hunt. We made the two-hour trip to our hunting property and camped out in the blind. Within an hour, a few does emerged from the wood line. Rylee picked one and set up the shot.
It was amazing to see such a young kid remain calm and collected. She took a deep breath, and the arrow flew straight and true. I watched it hit just behind the doe’s shoulder, and I knew my little girl had harvested her first deer. I don’t know who was more excited—her or me. Before we left we pulled the memory card from our trail camera. It revealed a big 9-point coming in during daylight hours.
“Dad, I want to hunt that deer next,” Rylee said. All Rylee could talk about was the big buck, but two weeks passed before we could return, when a cold front moved in the Friday after Thanksgiving. We climbed into the blind again, shared a short prayer, and settled in. We started to see deer, but when we didn’t see the buck Rylee had her heart set on, she picked out a big doe instead. Just as she was preparing to pull the trigger, I heard a stick break beside me and told her to wait. Her big buck showed himself.
“Dad!” Ryle said, too loudly. “Big buck, big buck!” I had to calm her, and myself. He had five does with him, and we watched the deer for nearly 15 minutes without a shot opportunity.
Meanwhile, I was getting more nervous by the minute and kept telling Rylee that she needed to stay on him. One of the does spotted our movement in the blind and I thought it was over. When I told Rylee to sit still, she told me to calm down, and I had to smile. Just as the doe was about to bust us, the big 9-point turned broadside. “Dad, I’m on him,” she said softly.
I watched the lighted nock hit him behind the shoulder, just as it had with her doe. He took off into the woods and stopped after 50 yards. He stood for what seemed an eternity, and then fell over. We could hardly contain ourselves, and as Rylee walked toward him, I saw her smiling from ear to ear. She had just taken her first buck.
But the moment that made me most proud happened on the ride home. “Dad?” she asked. “You know how you always tell me to eat all my dinner, because there are families out there that don’t have food?” “Yeah?” “Is there any way to give this deer meat to one of those families?” I was floored.
The next day we drove her buck to the processor and donated the meat. Teaching my daughter what I know about the outdoors is bringing us closer than I could have ever dreamed. I am so proud of the person she’s becoming, and cannot wait to see what the future holds for her.
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Episode 530: The First Sharknado was Much More Serious
On the Overthinking It Podcast, we tackle the “Sharknado” movie series and different dimensions of badness in entertainment.
by Matthew Wrather
On the Overthinking It Podcast, we watched Sharknado—all six of them—so you didn’t have to. Matt Belinkie, Pete Fenzel, and Mark Lee discuss the surprising Greek tragedy of its overarching storyline, the meaning of those insane celebrity cameos, and different dimensions of badness in entertainment.
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About Matthew Wrather
Matthew Wrather started Overthinking It in 2008 with his smartest, funniest friends, and has hosted over 500 hours of podcasts on the site. An LA native, he is an actor and computer programmer, but has worked as a writer, tower bell-ringer, birthday party clown, poet, janitor, and call center manager. He also has a Twitter and a Tumblr.
Or read more from… Overthinking It Podcast, action movies, b movies, horror, sharknado, sharks, syfy
One Comment on “Episode 530: The First Sharknado was Much More Serious”
John C Sep 1st 2018 2:59 pm #
You know, I didn’t really have any interest in seeing the movies until Pete mentioned that they’re produced by The Asylum. Movies that aspire to “so bad it’s good” invariably fall short, but the mockbuster is an artform I kind of enjoy, at least in an “it would be fun to see how this would evolve under a Creative Commons license” kind of way…
Speaking of “so bad it’s good,” I should point out Vice’s interview with Tara Reid around the time of the first Sharknado, where she’s excited to find someone who didn’t enjoy the movie and admits that it’s still a good career move. https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/8gdxnv/tarafied-hanging-out-tara-reid
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Measured Realism
(p.111) Four Measured Realism
This chapter defends a relatively modest but distinctive version of scientific realism, measured realism, that steers a middle course between minimal and robust realism. Measured realism includes four theses: (1) at least some of the quantitative methods and practices of science reliably detect and identify some of the central posited entities, processes, states, properties, and events in the social and behavioral sciences; (2) sometimes behavioral and social scientific theories, more often the generalizations that constitute them, are confirmed by the application of accepted methodological standards in the field; (3) in our best psychological and social theories, confirmation relations important to theoretical progress in those sciences are epistemically bite-sized and, accordingly, some parts of the tested theory are typically confirmationally adipose or extraneous; and (4) the reality described by our best psychological and social theories is independent of us as observers of, or as thinkers about that reality. Drawing on scientific evidence, psycholinguistics, signal processing, and paleontology, it is argued that these four theses provide the best explanation for the reliability of methodology in the social and behavioral sciences. The epistemic relation of mercenary reliance — the remote dependence upon experts outside of one’s discipline — provides a clear and novel illustration of adipose theory and bite-sized theoretical commitments.
Keywords: measured realism, quantitative methods, confirmation, adipose theory, social sciences, behavioral sciences, mercenary reliance, theoretical commitment
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Origin PC's refreshed Chronos fits a Titan X in a tiny chassis
By Matt Porter 2016-01-05T17:31:03.4Z
Origin has unveiled a new iteration of its Chronos desktop, its smallest PC ever, and for its size, it's pretty impressive.
Despite dimensions of just 11.75 x 4 x 13.75-inches, Origin has somehow managed to find enough space for an Nvidia GeForce GTX Titan X, up to an Intel Core i7 5960X or i7 6700K processor, up to 32GB of DDR4 RAM, four 2.5-inch SSDs and one 3.5-inch storage drive. Origin has even managed to squeeze a one-of-a-kind-liquid cooling system in there.
Read more: GeForce RTX 2070 Founders Edition is only 12 percent faster than a GTX 1080 but costs 33 percent more
You're also able to use the case horizontally, vertically, or even upside down, making it look more like a console than a powerful little PC. At a glance, this iteration of the Chronos seems much better suited to a living room setup than last year's hulking Omega, although without the space for dual GPUs.
The new Chronos will be available next month.
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Roger Tsien came to the University of Cambridge on a Marshall Scholarship to in 1972 to work towards his Ph.D. with R.H. Adrian, son of E.D. Adrian. Tsien set out to design and synthesise new dyes for imaging neuronal activity and collaborated with Ian Baxter in the Chemistry Department. He eventually made the molecule we now call "BAPTA", from which fluorescent dyes were then developed for visualising calcium ions inside nerve cells and other cell types. After his PhD Tsien became a Research Fellow at Gonville & Caius College Cambridge and collaborated with Timothy Rink in the Physiological Laboratory, making calcium-selective electrodes and then fluorescent indicators for calcium. He moved to Berkley in 1982 and to UCSD in 1989.
Roger Tsien was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2008, along with Osamu Shimomura, Martin Chalfie, "for the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, GFP", work that he carried out at Berkley and UCSD.
http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2008/tsien-bio.html
http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2008/tsien-lecture.html
At the Tsien display, we will look at ways for visualising cells and calcium ions inside cells using tools that Roger Tsien developed.
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Chris McNeil of Kamloops lunges up a set of stairs during the final lap of his victory in the 30-39-year-old division race at the 2013 Canadian Cyclo-cross Championships
PHOTO: Stair climber
Some of the top mountain-bikers were at South Surrey Bike Park last weekend, taking part in Canadian Cyclo-cross Championships.
Chris McNeil of Kamloops lunges up a set of stairs during the final lap of his victory in the 30-39-year-old division race at the 2013 Canadian Cyclo-cross Championships, held Nov. 30 at South Surrey Athletic Park.
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Brian P. Collins
bcollins@pedersenhoupt.com
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University of Illinois College of Law, 2002, J.D., cum laude
Marquette University, 1999, B.S.
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Brian Collins serves as the Managing Partner of Pedersen & Houpt. He also is a member of the firm's Corporate and Business Counseling Practice Group. Brian is a business lawyer who concentrates his practice on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, banking and finance.
Brian advises closely-held and middle-market companies involved in a wide range of transactions, including: highly leveraged deals, tax-free reorganizations, public and private company mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures. Brian works closely with his clients to negotiate terms and structure and finalize each transaction.
Brian has evaluated, structured and negotiated private equity led transactions. His experience in this area extends to representing private equity funds and their portfolio companies in leveraged buyouts, refinancings, recapitalizations and fund exits.
Brian also represents lenders and borrowers in structuring and documenting a wide range of commercial finance transactions involving both traditional and creative lending methods. He is experienced in structuring mezzanine and other subordinated financing transactions as well as negotiating intercreditor issues associated with multi-lender transactions.
Brian is actively involved with the Evans Scholars Foundation of the Western Golf Association, the Chicago Parks Foundation, and Cristo Rey Jesuit High School.
Represented a private equity fund in all aspects of its recent acquisition of facilities involved in the treatment of substance abuse, including the capitalization and financing of the transaction.
Represented a regional beer distributor in connection with the sale of its assets and real estate to a strategic buyer.
Represented a Chicago-based private equity fund in the recent sale of three portfolio companies.
Actively represents several regional lenders in connection with all aspects of their commercial lending transactions.
Represented a Chicago-based private equity fund in connection with its acquisition of a national airplane jack company.
Represented a commercial lender in connection with the financing of a gulfstream private jet owned by a group of high net-worth individuals.
Represented a privately held mail order business in connection with its merger with a division of Liberty Media Corp. (NASDAQ: LMCA).
Regularly counsels a Chicago-based manufacturer in connection with its acquisition of strategic partners and assets.
Represented a closely held business in connection with an asset based loan from a regional commercial lender.
Represented a regional commercial lender in connection with a syndicated construction loan for a condominium development in Chicago.
Advised a group of high net worth real estate investors in connection with an acquisition of a California franchise hotel.
Regularly counsels a Chicago-based developer of casual dining restaurants throughout the Midwest.
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The Diary of a Madman and Other Stories
By Nikolai Gogol
Introduction by Donald Fanger
Afterword by Priscilla Meyer
Category: Fiction Classics | Literary Fiction
Mar 05, 2013 | ISBN 9780451418562
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About The Diary of a Madman and Other Stories
Some call him a Russian Mark Twain. And with his special blend of comedy, social commentary, and fantasy, Nikolai Gogol paved the way for his countrymen Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky. This sampling of Gogol’s works includes the increasingly fantastic entries of “The Diary of a Madman,” followed by the wonderfully surrealistic “The Nose,” in which the title character embarks on some unlikely activities when separated from its owner’s face. In “The Carriage,” a pompous landowner gets his comeuppance when he attempts to impress a general. Rounding out the collection are the woefully comic tale of a clerk’s acquisition of “The Overcoat” and the celebrated novella “Taras Bulba” about the Ukrainian mythic hero said to have led a bloody Cossack revolt against the Poles.
Translated by Priscilla Meyer and Andrew R. McAndrew
With a New Introduction
and an Afterword by Priscilla Meyer
Also by Nikolai Gogol
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About Nikolai Gogol
Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol was born in 1809; his family belonged to a minor gentry of Ukrainian Cossack extraction, and his father was the author of a number of plays based on Ukrainian popular tales. He attended school in Nézhin and gained… More about Nikolai Gogol
Published by Signet
Mar 05, 2013 | 256 Pages | 4-3/16 x 6-3/4 | ISBN 9780451418562
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“The greatest artist that Russia has yet produced.”—Vladimir Nabokov
“Behind his laughter you feel the unseen tears.” —Alexander Pushkin
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Jerry Sandusky case review being done to see if the state should have notified his charity in 2008
By Sara Ganim | The Patriot-News
AP Photo/Genaro C. Armas/fileA for sale sign is displayed at the headquarters for The Second Mile charity in State College, Pa., Monday, June, 25, 2012. The charity's founder, former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, was convicted last week of 45 criminal counts at his child sexual abuse trial. (AP Photo/Genaro C. Armas)
The director of Clinton County Children and Youth Services says he has asked the state Department of Welfare to perform a review of how his office handled the Jerry Sandusky case as it relates to Victim One.
Gerald Rosamilia made the request after being questioned by a Patriot-News reporter about
why no safety plan was put into place after Victim One
-- the Clinton County teen whose allegations eventually led to Sandusky being charged with abusing 10 boys -- first came forward.
State law says that if anyone associated with a child care agency is accused, the agency must be notified and a written safety plan enacted.
Rosamilia told The Patriot-News that he did not believe a safety plan was necessary, since Victim One was no longer in contact with Sandusky and hadn't alleged abuse while participating in activities at Sandusky's charity, The Second Mile. But to be sure, he asked for a review.
The state came to the office last week, but has not given him results, he said.
Sandusky had met Victim One and almost all of his victims through The Second Mile.
A similar lapse was made in 1998, when Sandusky was accused by a different boy -- known as Victim 6 -- who went to police and said he was touched during a shower.
In that case, Jerry Lauro, the DPW investigator, said he would have put a safety plan in place if he felt it was necessary.
Sources close to the charity say no safety plan was implemented in either 1998 or 2008.
In 2008, Rosamilia did call Second Mile vice president Katherine Genovese and told her that Sandusky was under investigation because he wanted to cut all ties from the Clinton County branch of the charity.
However, it was Sandusky himself who first informed the charity of the formal investigation against him, leading officials to immediately remove him from programming with kids.
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ZAGENO Names Industry Veteran, Paul Goetz as Chief Revenu...
ZAGENO Names Industry Veteran, Paul Goetz as Chief Revenue Officer
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and BERLIN, Oct. 22, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ZAGENO, a leading enterprise marketplace solution connecting e-commerce to life science, today announced the appointment of Paul Goetz as the company’s chief revenue officer. In the role, Mr. Goetz will be responsible for ZAGENO’s sales and marketing with an emphasis on delivering value to ZAGENO’s research scientist customers and its supply partners.
Mr. Goetz is known for getting results through building revenue engines and scaling high-tech organizations. At Brightcove, a video hosting platform and online video player solution, he led go-to-market strategies, which resulted in an initial public offering (IPO). The outcome of his leadership at Upserve, a developer of restaurant management software, culminated in a company sale. Earlier in his career, Goetz spent nearly 20 years in sales and marketing roles at EMC, across both U.S. and EMEA markets. During this time he had revenue responsibilities of up to $1 Billion USD.
“Paul is one of the most successful enterprise sales leaders in the north east region of the U.S. with a proven ability to pivot from small to mega sized deals that exceed $100 million,” said Florian Wegener, co-founder and CEO of ZAGENO. “As a seasoned executive, Paul has made significant contributions to the success of the brands, which he has led. His keen understanding of market dynamics is exceptionally well paired with the analytical skills commonly found among our customer and partner communities.”
"I'm excited and honored to be joining ZAGENO,” said Paul Goetz, chief revenue officer at ZAGENO. “Features like the Scientific Score (rating system) is just one, brilliant example of how ZAGENO assists research teams cut through thousands of offerings, and to choose the right product for their work. I look forward to connecting life science suppliers to customers and reduce the time it takes to order laboratory supplies so that more time can be spent on research."
ZAGENO is the 2019 recipient of Frost & Sullivan’s Enabling Technology Leadership Award for North American eCommerce Solutions. To learn more, visit the ZAGENO news page at https://blog.zageno.com/news.
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ZAGENO is on a mission to accelerate scientific innovation by streamlining biotech purchasing processes with its award-winning, first-of-its-kind e-commerce platform. With over 10 million products available, ZAGENO makes online shopping for any research material convenient, efficient and reliable. The ZAGENO experience includes its Scientific Score, a best-in-class product rating system that offers unbiased, peer-reviewed ratings to support accurate purchasing decisions. Available on desktop, tablet, and mobile devices, ZAGENO makes biotech purchases easier than ever and is an ideal sales channel for suppliers and partners. Founded in 2015, ZAGENO has offices in Cambridge, Massachusetts and Berlin, Germany. Visit ZAGENO on the web at zageno.com; follow ZAGENO on social media at LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
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HRA PHARMA ANNOUNCES INTERNATIONAL EXPANSION
· HRA Pharma, owners of Compeed®, the number one for blister and scar care in Europe, have announced their expansion into the Middle East.
· After conducting comprehensive and exciting market research, HRA Pharma highlighted a gap in the Middle Eastern market for specialist blister plasters, and have confirmed Compeed’s expansion into the UAE and Kuwait with Saudi Arabia and more countries in the region to come soon.
· David Wright, CEO of HRA Pharma, says, “Our expansion into the Middle East marks a milestone moment in the growth of HRA Pharma as we introduce Compeed® to new markets.”
Consumer healthcare company HRA Pharma will be expanding internationally into the Middle East, with the UAE and Kuwait being the first movers with the iconic footcare care brand Compeed®. HRA Pharma are number one in blister care and emergency contraception in Europe, offering superior products including, ellaOne® and NorLevo®.
The study, which over 1000 male and female participants took part in, explored the use of Compeed® in Saudi Arabia and the UAE, and lead to the exciting decision to expand into the Middle East.
HRA Pharma’s Middle Eastern expansion highlights their dedication to providing quality products to consumers all over the world, with plans to target other markets in the Middle East. In the meantime, Compeed® is expected to be on the shelf in the UAE through their partner ARABIAN ETHICALS and in Kuwait through SAFWAN Trading & Contracting Co. by early January, with Saudi Arabia through SITCO Pharma soon to follow.
Martina Gripp, Head of Marketing for DACH, Africa and the Middle East, says, “Our research revealed that there is a gap for Compeed®, the leader of specialist blister plasters, in the Middle Eastern market. Whilst we will be distributing our products in the UAE and Kuwait in the new year, we’re not stopping there.”
David Wright, CEO of HRA Pharma, says, “Expanding into the UAE and Kuwait is a fantastic achievement, demonstrating HRA Pharma’s commitment in supplying customers with the best quality products.”
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Sheffield is a wonderful city which can be found in South Yorkshire, England, right here in the UK. Known as part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Sheffield’s name derives from the lovely river found running through the city, the River Sheaf.
Starting with largely very industrial roots, Sheffield has now grown to encompass such a wide range. Back in 2011 it was estimated that the population was approximately somewhere in the region of 551,800 people making it the third largest district in England based on the general population figures.
Sheffield really is a lovely city boasting lots if green space. In fact 61% of Sheffield is green space boasting lots of woodlands and gardens including over 250 parks. More than most other cities! In these parks and woodland areas there are an estimated 2 million trees. Wow! This gives Sheffield the highest ratio of trees to people than any other city in Europe..
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Metal work has been the main industry that people are aware of since the 1700’s. Sheffield has led some great innovations that have been adopted throughout the steel industry. It was Sheffield that discovered a form of crucible steel process which in turn allowed them to manufacture better steel than was previously possible. Also responsible for what is known as Sheffield Plate. Sheffield plate is a technique that was developed with the idea of silver plating in mind which was to fuse a thin sheet of silver onto a copper ingot.
Moving onto the 1800’s the innovations continued and so due to this and the increase in population during that they call the industrial revolution, Sheffield received its municipal charter on 1843 and in 1893 become known as the City of Sheffield.
As the Second World War loomed over everyone, the regular work for the steel factories were halted and the factories and the workers were set to work making weapons and ammunitions for use in the war. As you can imagine, this was quite a big thing and unfortunately it made Sheffield a prime target for bombing. More than 660 souls lost their lives and many buildings were destroyed during the Sheffield Blitz. The folks of Sheffield had such wonderful spirit and didn’t give up and went on to rebuild the Sheffield that we know and love today.
In the 1950s and 1960s, many of the slums were torn down to make way for housing association flats and housing areas and large parts of the city centre were also removed to make way for a new road system. Increased automation and of course competition from elsewhere , mainly overseas, resulted in the closure of many steel mills. The 1980s saw the worst for Sheffield’s industries. Sheffield was not alone however as many other areas of the UK were suffering also. I
n 1990, a former steelworks factory was turned into the Meadowhall shopping centre and got very mixed reviews. Whilst it was creating many new jobs it was said to be helping the decline of the city centre.
Attempts to regenerate the city were kick-started with new buildings. The city hosted the 1991 World Student Games, which saw the construction of new sporting facilities such as the Sheffield Arena, Don Valley Stadium, and the Ponds Forge complex.
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Daily planner for Oct. 6
Daily planner for Oct. 6 Daily planner for Oct. 6 Check out this story on poughkeepsiejournal.com: http://pojonews.co/1Rrnl7f
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Noticing Nature Workshop — Courtyard by the Barn, Farm and Ecological Preserve, Vassar College Farm and Ecological Preserve, 124 Raymond Ave., Poughkeepsie. 5 p.m. Oct. 6. Enjoy a one-hour walk on the Vassar Farm and Ecological Preserve; contribute to data that is strongly linked with climate change; make observations about the life cycle of plants and trees and learn to identify plant species. Meets 5 p.m. Tuesdays through October. Free. 845-437-7439.
Author discussion — Oblong Books & Music, 6422 Montgomery St., Rhinebeck. 7 p.m. Oct. 7. James West Davidson will discuss his book, “A Little History of the United States.” 845-876-0500.
Lunch ‘N Listen concert series — First Evangelical Lutheran Church, Mill and Catharine streets, Poughkeepsie. noon Oct. 7. “Fall Piano Parade” concert with student musicians. Free. 845-452-6050.
Bhaktifest — Main Building, Villard Room, Vassar College, 124 Raymond Ave, Poughkeepsie. 7:30 p.m. Oct. 6. Internationally known vocalist Gina Sala will perform a concert of North Indian devotional music. Sala will be accompanied by Grammy Award winner Steve Gorn on Indian bansuri flute and clarinet and Rob Morrison on tablas. The program will feature Kirtan chanting and songs. Free. 845-437-5370.
Hispanic Heritage Month film — Dutchess Community College, James and Betty Hall Theatre, Pendell Road, Poughkeepsie. 7 p.m. Oct. 6. Documentary called “DREAMers Among Us” on the DREAM Act and its impact on young people. Free. 845-431-8446.
Arts awards event — Villa Borghese , 70 Widmer Road, Wappingers Falls. 5:30 p.m. Oct. 7. The 29th annual Dutchess County Executive’s Arts Awards with cocktails and silent auction before moving on to a seated dessert and award presentation. Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro, members of Arts Mid-Hudson and civic leaders will honor this year’s recipients. Reservations requested. Call 845-454-3222 or visit www.artsmidhudson.org
Computer virus workshop — Boardman Road Branch Library, 141 Boardman Road, Poughkeepsie. 6 p.m. Oct. 7, The Poughkeepsie Library District hosts a two-part workshop on “Demystify Computer Viruses” on 6 p.m. Wednesdays, Oct. 7 and 14. This presentation takes the mystery out of identifying and extracting computer viruses and discusses no-cost, simple measures every computer-user can take to protect themselves. This course is not for computer novices. Participants should be comfortable using a computer with XP, Vista, Win 7 or Win 8.X operating systems. Familiarity with WordPad and/or Notepad helpful. For further information or to register, see www.poklib.org or call 845-485-3445 Ext. 3702.
From Memory to Family Memoir program — Pawling Free Library, 11 Broad St, Pawling. 6:30 p.m.-8 p.m. Oct. 7. Each of us has a wealth of memories. Please join us and learn how to write your family and personal history. Our presenter Robin Lester will help you get started. You can do it. Surprise your children and grandchildren who’ve wanted you to do this. The biggest surprise for you will be in recalling your wonderful life! 845-855-3444
Medicare 101 — LaGrange Association Library, 488 Freedom Plains Road (Route 55), Poughkeepsie. 6:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Oct. 7. Program set for 6:30 p.m. Oct. 7 and Nov. 4. Whether you’re preparing to enter Medicare or are already on it, we’ll help you navigate the ins and outs. Topics include how to qualify, available options, past and future changes, Part D prescription drug plans, secondary insurance, IBM/ATT/Verizon benefits and Medicare Advantage. Presented by Donna Yoanidis, Bankers Life Insurance Agent. 845-452-3141 (845)452-3141.
Program on nutritious lunches for children — MidHudson Regional Hospital of Westchester Medical Center, 241 North Road, Poughkeepsie. 5:30 p.m. Oct. 7. Digestive Disease Center of the Hudson Valley will host “Lunchbox Lessons,” a discussion for children facilitated by Theresa Zangerle-McArtin, a certified dietitian and nutritionist. Participants will learn how to get kids to eat healthier at school and to stay more active. Reservations are recommended by calling 845-452-9800. Children are welcome.
HEALTH/SUPPORT GROUPS/FITNESS
Intermediate Hatha Yoga — Pawling Free Library, 11 Broad St, Pawling. 1-2 p.m. Tuesdays. Please wear comfortable clothing and bring a yoga mat or blanket. Each session ends with a guided meditation. 845-855-3444.
Shamanic Journeying — Pawling Free Library, 11 Broad St., Pawling. 7 p.m. Oct. 6. Shamanic Arts Practitioner and Qigong instructor Nadiya Nottingham will help participants discover their power animal. No experience necessary. 845-855-3444.
Teen Challenge Program — Mental Health America of Dutchess County, 253 Mansion St.Suite 201, Poughkeepsie. 6 p.m. Oct. 6. Forat-risk youth ages 14-19 with a weekly life-skills curriculum instruction and activities; monthly community service and monthly recreational activities. Meets 6 p.m. Tuesdays to Dec. 29. 845-473-2500.
Program on veganism — The Fountains At Millbrook, 79 Flint Road, Millbrook. 2 p.m. Oct. 7. Veganism is a way of living that seeks to exclude, as far as is reasonably possible, the use of animals for food, clothing, entertainment and experimentation. It is a movement towards conscious and compassionate living. 845-677-8550.
National Alliance on Mental Illness Support Group — Dover High School , State Route 22, Dover Plains. 6:30 p.m. Oct. 7. Support Group for families and friends with loved one who have a mental illness (brain disorder). Resources, support and hope. 845-206-9892.
Young Adult Transition Program — Mental Health America of Dutchess County, 253 Mansion St.Suite 201, Poughkeepsie. 6 p.m. Oct. 7. This program is for persons aged 18-25 with mental illness. Program addresses possible challenges thru weekly life skills curriculum, vocational/educational mentoring, jobs and education, and community service projects. Meets 6 p.m. Wednesdays to Dec. 23. 845-473-2500.
Chess Club —East Fishkill Community Library, 348 Route 376, Hopewell Junction. 1:30-4 p.m. Tuesdays. This is a group for adults interested in learning, improving and playing the game of chess. Game boards and pieces will be supplied. Open to all levels. Meets Tuesdays to December. 845-221-9943.
Life Drawing Intensive — Gallery, Unison Arts Center, 68 Mountain Rest Road, New Paltz. 7:30-9:30 p.m. Tuesdays. Opportunity for professional artists and students to work with experienced models under controlled lighting. There is no instruction. Cost is $10 for members, $15 for non-members per session or $36 for members, $55 for non-members to participate in a series of four sessions. Visit www.unisonarts.org or call 845-255-1559.
Community Stitchers — East Fishkill Community Library, 348 Route 376, Hopewell Junction. 12:30-3 p.m. Tuesdays. The Community Stitchers meet weekly to sew for others, working on a variety of projects including bedrolls for the homeless and quilts for the babies and children at the Poughkeepsie Children’s Home. Additionally the group has been making cozies for local Meals on Wheels groups to keep the delivered meals hot. Participants may bring equipment such as sewing machine, rotary cutter and board or iron to help with these projects. Donations of quilt batting or clean mattress pads for the lining of the quilts for Hudson River Housing are needed. Please call ahead before bringing materials. Meets Tuesdays through December. 845-221-9943.
Women’s writers group — Cross Room, East Fishkill Community Library, 348 Route 376, Hopewell Junction. 10 a.m. Wednesdays. Group meets 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Wednesdays to Dec. 30 and is a critique group for serious writers who have published or desire to become published authors. Focus is on short stories, essays and books, both fiction and non-fiction. Goal is to give constructive critiques that foster the creative process and growth as writers. This is not a writing workshop. New members must bring a sample of their writing. 845-221-9943.
Garden volunteers needed — The F.W. Vanderbilt Garden Association needs volunteers to help weed, deadhead and prepare the gardens for winter at the Vanderbilt National Historic Site in Hyde Park. No experience necessary. Volunteers may select Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday mornings and are needed through October. Call 845-229-6432 or email info@vanderbiltgarden.org.
One More Time thrift shop — St. Augustine’s Church, basement, 55 Main St., Highland. Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1-3 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Clothing and shoes for all ages, purses, baby items, toys, linens, curtains, kitchen items, jewelry, knick-knacks, books and videos. Weekly sales. Donations accepted during shop hours or may be put in the green bins by the door any time. 845-691-7673.
Community chorus — St. Andrew’s Church, 110 Overlook Road, Poughkeepsie. 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays. The Poughkeepsie Newyorkers Barbershop Chorus meets. Male a cappella group sings in the barbershop style. Guests welcome. Sight reading not required. Visit www.newyorkerschorus.org.
SCHOOL REUNIONS
Roy C. Ketcham High School class of 1965 reunion — The Roy C. Ketcham High School class of 1965 will have its 50th reunion Oct. 9-10. A meet and greet will be held Friday at River Station, Poughkeepsie. A dinner dance will be held Saturday at the Villa Borghese, Wappingers Falls. For details, email RCK1965classreunion@gmail.com.
Our Lady of Lourdes High School class of 1970 reunion — Reservations required for the Our Lady of Lourdes High School class of 1970 45th reunion on 6 p.m. Oct. 10. Tickets are $50, per person. Checks made payable to OLL1970 45th reunion and send to: Mary Westermann 36 Monroe Dr. Poughkeepsie, N.Y., 12601-6019. For details, contact Roxanne Yovella Kozma at Krazykozmas68@yahoo.com.
Arlington High School class of 1976 reunion — A 40th reunion is planned for July 2016. For more information, contact Cathy McClellan Gilbert, 845-471-2428.
FARMERS MARKETS/FLEA MARKETS
Amenia Farmers Market — Amenia Town Hall, 4988 Route 22, Amenia. 3-7 p.m. Fridays. Open year-round. 845-373-4411. www.ameniafarmersmarket.com.
Arlington Farmers Market — Vassar College Alumnae Flats Lawn, Raymond Avenue, Poughkeepsie. 3-7 p.m. Thursdays through Oct. 29. Market open weather permitting. In addition to vendors there will also be entertainment. www.arlingtonhasit.org.
Fishkill Farmers Market — Parking lot, 1004 Main St. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Thursdays through Oct. 29. 845-897-4430.
Gardiner Farmers Market — on the Rail Trail, Main Street, near Pasquale’s Restaurant, Gardiner. 2-7 p.m. Fridays through Oct. 9. 845-219-4174.
Kingston YMCA Farm Stand — Kingston YMCA, 507 Broadway, Kingston. 4-7 p.m. Thursdays through Oct. 15. 845-332-2927.
Poughkeepsie Plenty Mobile Farmers Market — Poughkeepsie Housing Authority, New Hope Community Center, Smith Street, Poughkeepsie. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Tuesdays through Oct. 27. 845-219-4174. www.dutchessoutreach.org
Poughkeepsie Plenty Mobile Farmers Market — Interfaith Towers, Washington Street, Poughkeepsie. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Thursdays through Oct. 29. 845-219-4174. www.dutchessoutreach.org
Poughkeepsie Plenty Mobile Farmers Market — The Family Partnership Center, 29 N. Hamilton St., Poughkeepsie. noon-4 p.m. Fridays through Oct. 30. 845-219-4174. www.dutchessoutreach.org
Share the Bounty Farmers Market — Hudson River Healthcare, 3360 Route 343, Amenia. 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Tuesdays through Nov. 3. 845-838-7038
Todd Hill Farmers Market — Taste NY Market at Todd Hill, 4640 Taconic State Parkway North, Poughkeepsie. (one mile south of Route 55) 2-6 p.m. Fridays through Oct. 23. Sponsored by Cornell Cooperative Extension of Dutchess County, Taste NY and FarmOn! Foundation. Email TasteNYatToddHill@Cornell.edu or call 845-677-8223 Ext. 115.
Woodstock Farm Festival Farmers Market — 6 Maple Lane, Woodstock. 3:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesdays through Oct. 21. 845-901-5970.
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Sometimes the proof isn’t there, but the evidence adds up and it just makes sense to jump to a conclusion.
That’s the case with bad links and search engine optimization.
Let’s start with one important piece of evidence in that vast and much-debated mystery of search engine algorithms.
One of the most important tools for any site is Google’s Webmaster Central. Anyone who is interested in using it can go to Google, click on Business at the bottom of the page and Webmaster Central at the bottom of that page.
Sign in, follow the instructions and add the site to track. Wait a day or two for data to start showing up.
Now click into the site profile. On the left side, click on Crawl and then Crawl Errors.
Note the number of errors and the different types:
“Site errors” take place when a clicked link times out. That’s often related to performance problems either with the site itself at that point in time or the page itself.
A “soft error” means the URL doesn’t exist, but the link doesn’t result in a 404 page either. That signals the need to create a 404 page that automatically displays when a page is not found. The 404 page should contain a site map.
“Not found” means the link led to a 404 page rather than the expected document. IMPORTANT: Google notes that “Generally, 404 errors don’t impact your site’s ranking in Google, and you can safely ignore them.”
ere is a simple question: Why would Google create these reports if they weren’t important? And if they are important to Google, they are important to search engine rankings.
The reason why is the user experience, which matters in fixing bad links for that reason alone and not just to improve SEO rankings.
Imagine going through a reorganization of a site that changes the paths of certain folders.
If links for those folders exist within articles or other navigational means, they will no longer work.
Likewise, imagine an article that expires or is deleted but has links going to it. Again, the links will no longer work.
Because Google tracks user behavior, it will note that a user goes to a page, clicks on a link and gets a not found or “404” error page.
Similarly, Google’s crawlers will go through a site on a regular basis (sometimes repeatedly throughout the day depending on the site) and test the links it finds.
The end result is the report in Webmaster Central.
Tracking Bad Links
he first problem for many site managers is that checking bad links often seems to be 98th on a priority list.
Even more, it is something that might be done once — when someone remembers to do it — and then forgotten once again until it is rediscovered a year or two down the road.
An easy answer is an automated reminder in a digital calendar. Once a month is ideal.
Although fixing a small number of errors may not have much impact on a site’s rankings, there is evidence to indicate that fixing numerous errors will have an impact.
Fixing them also will increase use experience, pages per visitor and total ad inventory.
In the complex world of SEO, fixing bad links is just one of many tactics that will help. But it is certainly worth doing on a regular basis.
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The Hainan gibbon, a unique species found in tropical Hainan province, has been identified as one of the world"s top 25 most endangered primate species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
With their black faces and thick fur that changes color at different ages, Hainan gibbons－Nomascus hainanus－all reside in Bawangling National Nature Reserve, a 29,980-hectare rain forest more than 200 kilometers south of Haikou, the provincial capital.
There were more than 2,000 gibbons on the entire island in the 1950s, but the primates were later found only in the Bawangling reserve. By the 1980s, there were only seven gibbons.
The population has since increased to 27, belonging to four families, thanks to decades of effort, according to a recent investigation.
Hong Xiaojiang, deputy director of administration for the Bawangling reserve, said historical records showed the main threat to Hainan gibbons was habitat destruction, particularly from the burning and clearing of tropical forests, which led to habitat loss that drove the rare species to less suitable habitat at higher altitudes.
Meanwhile, natural factors can prove fatal, too. In 2014 and 2016, heavy typhoons hit the area, causing landslides and destroying the forests, which cut off the gibbons" travel corridors and threatened their lives.
To protect them from extinction, a series of actions have been taken at the reserve, including public science education, punishment for activities such as illegal logging and hunting, habitat remediation, and the introduction of gibbon experts to offer better care for the animals.
More than 20 kinds of trees, such as purple mangosteen, have been planted over more than 333 hectares in the past 12 years. They are expected to provide food and build a corridor of trees for Hainan gibbons, Hong said.
"The wild plants can provide enough food for the gibbons, but we need to act in advance. Food will be a problem if the population keeps increasing in the next 30 years," he said. "The gibbons are known to live by hanging in the trees and never come down to earth. In this regard, we need to build tree corridors for them to make sure they have a sound area to live."
More than 200 forest protectors and 15 gibbon inspectors have joined the protection effort.
Chen Qing, 57, is among them. The local villager is an experienced inspector who has helped guard the Hainan gibbons for 33 years. He patrols the forest daily to observe and record their activities.
"Thanks to all the efforts and improvement of public awareness, the gibbons on Hainan now have a better living environment," said Chen, who also works as a researcher to help gibbon experts and a university center with gibbon protection and development.
"More efforts are still needed for the small group of Hainan gibbons, as any accident could lead to their extinction," Hong added.
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SunX Solar is a residential solar sales and service company serving San Diego and southern California. Before PipelineDeals, they struggled with an inefficient system of paper service sheets and Excel spreadsheets. "We kept losing track," says Stifle.
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Publishing History > The Wonder Books (Ward, Lock & Co.) - Book Series List
The Wonder Books
Publisher: Ward, Lock & Co. Country: United Kingdom. Date: c. 1906 - 2008.
The Wonder Book of Motors: The Romance of the Road.
London and Melbourne, Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, no date [c. 1950]
(The Wonder Books series). Fifth edition.
Hardback with illustrated boards and a green cloth spine and black titles. No dust wrapper. 256 pages. Eight colour plates and almost 300 illustrations (both colour and black and white photos and drawings). Illustrated endpapers (black and white cartoon drawings). Size: 24.5 cm. No author attribution.
THE WONDER BOOK SERIES (WARD, LOCK)
Series Note:
Ideal Gifts for Young People
Each 10" x 7 1/2". Varnished Picture Boards. 8 Colour Plates. 200-250 Illustrations.
These popular and well-known gift books are appropriate to every season of the year and to every occasion -- birthdays, prize-givings, Christmas, etc. They are both entertaining and instructive and constantly revised and brought up-to-date. (...)
From all Booksellers.
Ward, Lock & Co., London and Melbourne.
Source of above Publisher's advertisement: one of final pages of DP held copy of: The Cub by Ethel Turner, London and Melbourne, Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, n.d. [c. 1950]
The publisher of this series was listed in different volumes and in different editions of the volumes as follows:
- Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, London, Melbourne and Cape Town
- Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, London and Melbourne
- Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, London
The majority of the volumes were republished in more than one edition (and sometimes in many different editions) with most new editions having different cover art.
Series editor: Harry Golding.
Wonder Books - Collecting Books and Magazines website edited by John Tipper
1950s Books Non-fiction Series - Facebook page edited by John Tipper
also: image of The Wonder Book of Daring Deeds here
List in Publishers Trade List Annual (1970 edition)
Edward Living, Adventure in Publishing: The House of Ward, Lock 1854-1954, London, Ward, Lock & Co., 1954, pp. 81-82, 93.
Title / Annotation
The Wonder Book of the Farm
All aspects of modern farming and food production are fully described.
The Wonder Book of Aircraft
Describing and illustrating the wonderful strides made in civil aviation.
The Wonder Book of the R.A.F.
All about the boys in the Air Force Blue and their marvellous machines.
The Wonder Book of Railways
Scores of interesting articles about railways and locomotives the world over.
The Wonder Book of Ships
All about the great liners and other vessels of the Merchant Navy.
The Wonder Book of Science
Many famous living authorities tell of modern discoveries and theories.
The Wonder Book of Motors
The Romance of the Road. "The Rolls-Royce of gift books."
The Wonder Book of Why & What?
Answers to children's questions on all sorts of subjects, finely illustrated.
The Wonder Book of the Army
Romance and adventure of the modern soldier.
The Wonder Book of Nature
Will interest boys and girls of every age.
The Wonder Book of Bible Stories
From Old and New Testaments, re-told for children. 33 Colour Plates, 100 Drawings
The Wonder Book of the Navy
All about the wonderful Navy of to-day.
The Wonder Book of Animals
A Zoo in every home.
The Wonder Book of Wonders
The most wonderful things in the world fascinatingly described and illustrated.
The Wonder Book of Do You Know?
Answers to many puzzling questions that begin: How? Why? and Where?
The Wonder Book of Tell Me Why
A fascinating companion volume on similar lines to Do You Know?
The Wonder Book of How It's Done
Describes many interesting things we see, how they work, where they come from, or how they are made.
The Wonder Book of Would You Believe It?
Tells of many strange and wonderful things that are nevertheless true!
The Wonder Book of Things to Do
Numerous things to make, puzzles, tricks, competitions, hobbies, games, etc.
The Story Wonder Book
Delightful Pictures and Stories for youngsters of every age.
Source of the above series list and descriptions:
Publisher's advertisement in one of the final pages of :
The Cub by Ethel Turner, London and Melbourne, Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, no date (but later than 1940)
Further titles in the Ward, Lock's Wonder Book series:
- The Wonder Book of Adventure
- The Wonder Book of Children of all Nations and the People They Live With
- The Wonder Book of Daring Deeds
- The Wonder Book of Empire for Boys and Girls
- The Wonder Book Of Engineering Wonders
- The Wonder Book of Machinery
- The Wonder Book of Pets and How to Keep Them
- The Wonder Book Of Ships and the Sea
- The Wonder Book of Wonders
- Ward, Lock & Co.'s Wonder Book: A Picture Annual for Boys and Girls - volumes of this title appeared annually in the years 1905-28
- The Wonder Book Dictionary
- The New Wonder Book Encyclopedia
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Why US farmers love Trump2 years, 1 month ago
US farmers uneasy with Trump trade agenda, but most stay loyal
Andrew Marshall@BurrenAndrew 20 Dec 2017, 6:30 a.m.
US farmers are cheering Donald Trump's environmental re-set, but unsure what to expect from Washington's ag trade and tax policies
Rural Americans are apparently getting poorer, and many are extremely nervous about losing agricultural trade opportunities, but on average they still love unorthodox President Donald Trump.
A year after his surprisingly strong US presidential election win, Mr Trump’s agricultural agenda remains a bit of a mystery to the farm sector.
He only last month appointed a Secretary of Agriculture to his cabinet.
Yet despite rising reservations about the new administration’s grasp of agricultural industry concerns, its conflicting ideas on trade policy and even its long-promised tax reforms, producers remain largely supportive of the Trump presidency.
The main reason is Washington’s tough stance on dismantling or modifying many environmental laws and government attitudes which farmers found increasingly bureaucratic and unfair during the previous Obama administration’s eight years in the White House.
“I think President Trump still has a very strong following, and folks in his core rural constituencies will be with him the loudest,” said recently retired US farm sector lobbyist, Bob Young.
He’s not going so great on what he said he’d do in many areas, but he has been supportive on environmental issues which ordinary farmers found confusing and unpopular - Dr Bob Young
“Farmers are mainly swayed by the environmental changes.
“He’s not going so great on what he said he’d do in many areas, but he has been supportive on environmental issues which ordinary farmers found confusing and unpopular.”
Dr Young, the recently retired chief economist and deputy director of public policy for the 6 million-strong American Farm Bureau, told the Australian Farm Institute’s recent roundtable conference “we find ourselves where we are, and we’re still working it all out”.
“During the presidential campaign there was a lot of discussion about the qualification the various candidates brought to the table, and Donald Trump presented as a shrewd businessman who knew how to make things happen.
“To a large extent that’s kinda why a lot of folks decided to hire him as president.
“But it’s one thing to run an election campaign and be in business, it’s another thing when you are actually the president of the USA.”
Former US Farm Bureau boss, Dr Bob Young.
Like the rest of the world watching the unusual first year of the Trump presidency, the US farm sector has seen election promises drift, or the rhetoric change, while many key personnel heading the Republican government’s agriculture department are yet to be appointed, or have come and gone.
Last month new Agriculture Secretary, Sonny Perdue, suddenly scrapped a complicated market reform aimed at levelling America’s meat packer-dominated livestock and poultry markets, just as it was set to become law.
The changes had been supported by non-aligned cattlemen, pig farmers and poultry producers who had spent almost a decade campaigning for reforms.
New trade agenda fears
On the trade front, farmers and agribusinesses of all sizes are uneasy about the Trump administration’s attacks on free trade agreements, in particular its views on the viability of the 13-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with neighbours Mexico and Canada, which is now being reviewed.
The Trump team’s talk of quitting NAFTA has been roundly criticised by the farm sector.
NAFTA partners accounted for about $51 billion of the US’s $183b ($US140.5b) agricultural trade in 2016-17, .
Farm leaders claim even suggesting a US withdrawal could destabilise trade activity and substantially harm farmers, ranchers and the broader economy.
Early this year the US pulled out of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade plan with Australia and host of Asian and South American countries citing a new preference for bilateral country-to-country trade partnerships.
Dr Young said while some US industries such as Californian tomato growers were “genuinely scared” of increasing competition from Mexican growers, others such as the dairy and beef industries had gained much from NAFTA links with Mexico.
Supply chains between Mexico, the US and Canada had also become closely integrated.
While immigration from Mexico was a contentious and emotive election campaign theme for President Trump, US cattle producers recognise 83pc of Mexico’s imported beef is sourced from their farms.
Dr Young said at least 1m Mexican cattle were trucked north to US feedlots for fattening each year, then returned to markets south of the border, while the Californian and Texas dairy sectors had extended production facilities into Mexico, including feed production and customer bases.
Rail company Kansas City Southern had invested billions of dollars on rail links into Mexico and within the US to improve the flow of grain and agricultural goods being now being traded.
“You’ve got to wonder why a country so important to us is in the position we see it in at the moment,” he said.
“Most folks seem to think Mexico causes very little harm – we actually have more trade disputes with Canada.”
US farm and agribusiness are worried even suggesting a US withdrawal from the North American Free Trade Agreement could destabilise agricultural trade activity and substantialy harm the broader economy.
However, farmers have been relieved to finally see President Trump’s long-promised tax reform proposals, particularly plans to eliminate death taxes by 2024, although observers say the real beneficiaries will likely be wealthy business bosses, not farmers.
Long-time Illinois-based agricultural writer, Alan Guebert, noted while most farm groups had hoped, prayed and begged for this Christmas present for years, congressional research showed just 65 farm or ranch estates actually paid inheritance taxes in 2015.
Tax reform winners
On the other hand, he said the final Republican Party tax plan would collectively save more than $US3b in estate taxes upon the deaths of just four White House officials, including the President and his Commerce Secretary, Wilbur Ross.
Attempts to simplify US tax policies also appeared to fail according to Mr Guebert.
“Although nearly every major farm and commodity group enthusiastically endorsed congressional efforts to reform the federal tax code, experts agreed during the Senate debate that the effort, if completed, would ironically add another 10,000 pages to today’s already hog-choking 70,000-page federal tax code,” he said.
Others fear the tax reforms will pay now, but blow out America’s long-term debt.
Meanwhile, Mr Guebert said recent US Department of Agriculture research showed the gap between rural poor and non-poor continued to widen, “and faster than in any of the nation’s grittiest cities or suburban counties”.
USDA and University of New Hampshire studies pointed to a dramatic downturn in rural America’s economic and social outlook in the past decade and few signs of a quick turnaround.
The story Why US farmers love Trump first appeared on Farm Online.
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#mechanicmonday honors Gareth Jones
A new week means a brand new Mechanic Monday feature to share! Today we are excited to introduce you to Gareth Jones of Atlanta, Georgia by way of the UK!
Gareth got his start working on bicycles as a teenager in his local shop in the UK. His cycling industry career was put on pause while he finished university and served in the military. Ultimately, once he immigrated to the United States, Gareth picked back up in the cycling industry as if he’d never left, and he hasn’t looked back since. We had a chance to catch up with Gareth recently, and we’re excited to share some of his story with you today, in his own words.
PBMA: How did you become involved in cycling and/or cycling mechanics?
GJ: I started working at my local shop in the UK at 14. I worked there for 4 years until I went to college and then the Royal Air Force. I spent 10 years in as an Airframe Technician before leaving to live in the United States. I got my first job in the US at Free-Flite Bicycles one month after getting here. My technical abilities learned working on aircraft helped develop the skills needed to become a successful professional bicycle mechanic.
PBMA: Do you have a favorite moment or story from your time in the cycling industry?
GJ: I’d have to go with working IM Chattanooga on the Saturday before race day. [It was a] long day of the most varied repair work, from rigging snapped derailleur hangers to replacing the internal cables and housing on a gunked-up, filthy Tri bike.
PBMA: What motivation or advice would you give to aspiring professional bicycle mechanics?
GJ: Embrace the challenge of finding the problem. Don't assume the first fault you find is the primary reason for the issue. Attention to detail is key and safety check the bike front to back, last thing before test riding.
GJ: Q Tips
That’s all for this week! Thank you for following along with our series and sharing our support for our fellow mechanics. We’ll be back next week with a new feature. In the meantime, we are still in need of nominations!! You don’t need to be a PBMA Member to nominate or be featured! (All that we ask is for no self-nominations, please.) Click here to learn more about our 2018 Mechanic Monday series, and here to learn more about how to nominate your favorite mechanic!
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#mechanicmonday honors Alastair Glover
Welcome back to Mechanic Monday! We took a two-week break at the beginning of August, but we are thrilled to share a brand new feature with you today. This week’s honoree is Alastair Glover of Isle of Lewis, Scotland!
Alastair Glover is a lifelong cyclist and mechanic. He spent the early part of his career working and cycling his way through the hills of Scotland, before returning home to the Isle of Lewis to start his own business, BeSpoke Bicycles, in 2013. BeSpoke Bicycles is truly a community bicycle shop. It began as a mobile enterprise, but as the business grew, it was in desperate need of a physical home. But Alastair wouldn’t settle for just any location; he wanted something that would give back to and inspire his community. And so the restoration of Storonway’s historic 19th-Century “Glen House” began. Nearly three years later, Alastair has given the property a new life and BeSpoke Bicycles is thriving. A herculean undertaking like that doesn’t come without stories – and we are pleased to share some of Alastair’s with you in his own words!
PBMA: How did you get involved in cycling and/or cycling mechanics?
AG: Hailing from the Outer Hebrides off the northwest coast of Scotland, my first real introduction was when I worked as an outdoor activities instructor on the island of North Uist. It was also here that I experienced my first big crash from a bike – and although it hurt, it didn’t put me off!
A move to Glasgow saw me out and about mountain biking more and more in the Scottish hills, and I became further involved in the industry working on the sales floor of Alpine Bikes. Following this I was offered a position as floor manager at Dales Cycles in Glasgow and this was really where I gained a huge amount of experience on how a successful bike shop is managed, as well as learning about the mechanics of a bicycle, maintenance and repair.
PBMA: Can you tell us the story of your current shop, Bespoke Bicycles, and its home?
AG: I moved back home to the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides and had a hiatus for a few years as family life took over, although I still enjoyed taking to my bike, both on-road and off, to get away from it all and burn off some energy.
But I discovered that the pull of the cycle world was too strong – and so in August 2013, I began my own cycle repair company BeSpoke Bicycles, starting part-time offering a mobile repair service in the evenings and weekends, attending call outs in the family car.
Things snowballed rapidly and six months later BeSpoke became a full-time operation; the business expanded into selling new bikes and accessories. I also secured a number of high quality brands to al bespoke bike orders specific to the needs of an island cyclist.
Work on The Hub first began in January 2016. BeSpoke was bigger than ever but homeless and in desperate need of a new base. I had a dream about an old ruined house in Stornoway – Glen House. It only took two and a half years of literally rebuilding Glen House to see my dream become reality!
One of the oldest buildings in Stornoway (the main town of Lewis), Glen House was originally build around 1844. Over its lifetime it has been used as a school, an Admiralty house, a lodge, and private residence. Before BeSpoke came along however it had lain empty for a number of years, left to the ravages of the Hebridean weather.
The roof was letting in water; the window frames had rotted; the stairs inside had dropped because the ground floor joists were decimated by wood worm, and the ground floorboards rotted with a small river running underneath! There were mould cultures on the walls that a scientist would be proud of; the electrics were shot, the mains plumbing leaked; the drains were blocked, and the chimneys had tress growing out of them.
It took two and a half years of hard work, but we repaired the roof, fitted new windows and doors, laid a new floor downstairs, replaced the electrics, plumbing, and drainage systems, and added new insulation and plasterboard – transforming Glen House into The Hub.
The Hub brings together all elements of cycling in the Outer Hebrides – from road cycling to mountain biking, BMX to Trials, kids to adults, visiting tourists to the local pedaler – housing an up-to-date retail outlet; bike-wash station and comfy waiting room; a fully equipped workshop, as well as the Nice‘n’Chilled café upstairs offering a refuel for cyclists and the general public.
The Hub has also been adopted as HQ for the Hebridean Cycle Club.
And, always a company to assist and benefit the local community, BeSpoke is registered with various operators and employers as part of the UK government’s Cycle-to-Work scheme; assists with the island council’s Outdoor Education Department to deliver Introductory Mountain Bike sessions on community bike trails; develops and delivers Cycle Skills courses to local school pupils and offers work in partnership with the island health board helping with Cardiac and Sports Rehab.
PBMA: Do you have a favourite moment or story from your time in the cycling industry?
AG: Although it might sound very cheesy, my favourite moment in time has to be the completion of the renovation work of Glen House and being able to open the doors to my own business in a premise that I literally rebuilt to welcome my first customers in.
AG: Learn. Learn. Learn. Constantly learn! The day that you think you know everything is the day that you should retire.
PBMA: What is your favourite tool?
AG: My least favourite tool is the internal routing kit! Although not my most favourite, a tool which does produce the most satisfying results is what I call my “gentle persuader” – a hammer! My favourite tool, however, would have to be my Park wheel-tuning stand because I can achieve amazing results with it, and I do love everything to be perfect!
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What Is the Line a Darts Player Stands Behind Called?
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The line a darts player stands behind to throw their darts is called the throw line. The throw line measures 96 inches from the face of the dartboard. According to the NDA rules, dart players may throw the dart while leaning over the line, as long as they are not stepping over the line.
In the international darts rule book, as well as in British dart competitions, the throw line is called an "oche." The true origins of the word is unknown. Oche was first used to refer to the throw line in the 1920s, and it was originally spelled as "hockey." It wasn't until the late 1970s that people began spelling it as oche.
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The Roys Go To D.C.: Succession Episode 9 Recap
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You Can’t Make A Tomlette Without Breaking Some Greggs: Succession Episode 9 Recap
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Photo: Courtesy of HBO.
Congress never had a chance. In Succession’s penultimate episode, the Roy Squad swarms our national’s fine and totally-not-corrupt capital in a Trump-meets-Kardashian political outing, with enough drama and corruption to last us until next week’s finale.
Before we get into the recap, a quick history lesson! The motto of Washington D.C. is “Justitia Omnibus,” meaning “justice for all.” The phrase appears on the corporate seal of the district, which depicts a man standing on what appears to be the shoulders of a woman. Those same words close out our country’s “Pledge of Allegiance,” as taught to me by years in the public school system. One place this concept doesn’t exist? Within the halls of a Senate hearing in which Waystar Royco is being questioned. No one’s getting justice, and there is no “all,” only one: Logan (Brian Cox).
"DC" opens with a frat party in Logan’s den: the Roy boys are watching a 20/20-esque special about the allegations against Brightstar Cruise Line. In the report, Lester McClintock, Gerri Killman (J. Smith Cameron), Kendall Roy (Jeremy Strong), and Tom Wamsgans (Matthew Macfadyen) are specifically named, and tied to the coverups. The team’s initial plan is say “Fuck ‘em” to the allegations and basically discredit the company’s whistleblower, James Weisel. But then an old friend of Siobhan Roy’s (Sarah Snook) pops up: Senator Gil Eavis (Eric Bogosian). He calls for a Congressional hearing regarding the allegations, but what he really wants is to finally see Logan burn. (Quick Logan enemy count ahead of the finale: The Pierces, Stewy [Arian Moayed], Sandy [Larry Pine], Gil, and Marcia [Hiam Abbass] — who doesn’t appear at all this episode.)
Gerri dismisses the hearing as no more than just “C-SPAN filler,” but reality sets in once the Roys and their inner-circle arrive in D.C. and realise that Gil not only has an advantage by sparring with Tom (who is asked about a series of 67 emails sent to Greg [Nicholas Braun] with the subject line: “You can’t make a Tomlette without breaking some Greggs“), but he also has a key witness against Lester. What with her being more than willing to share her story, and the shareholders meeting only weeks away, Waystar is in big, big trouble.
This is a mess, but it’s also part of Shiv’s plan from “Dundee.” Remember, Rhea Jarrell (Holly Hunter) is CEO now, so she’ll take most of the heat for any failures in the board meeting, opening up a seat at the head of the table for Shiv once again. While part of Shiv’s plan works — in the final scene of the episode, Rhea tells Logan she’s out; there are too many bodies in the closet — she also doesn’t quite account for the idiots in the room: Her brothers.
Roman Roy (Kieran Culkin) has been on the sidelines, business-wise, for most of this season, but that all changes when he’s held hostage at a hotel in Turkey while trying to convince a bajillionaire to purchase Waystar Royco in the event that the company gets fucked at the Congress hearing. Tasked with this high-level assignment, Roman immediately tells his dad he is...what’s the word...unqualified. But Logan doesn’t care.
“You act the fuck knuckle, but people like you,” Logan tells him, ending the debate, and sending him off with Laird (Danny Huston) and Carl (David Rasche) in tow to provide a back-up plan if things in D.C. go sour.
It turns out Roman is a great hostage negotiator — not in terms of negotiating himself and dozens of other hostages free from being withheld in a Turkish hotel, but in terms of negotiating deals for his dad while being a hostage. He gets a verbal confirmation that his new billionaire bestie and his dad are down to purchase Waystar and take it private. And suddenly, just like that, Roman isn’t such a bad idea for a successor after all… at least in the eyes of Logan, who is clearly more confident in his youngest child than he lets on. (By, you know, emotionally and physically knocking him down at every opportunity.) He finally did something right! And it was pretty easy for him to pull off. “Should we see if any of the other hostages want to cut a deal?” he jokes.
Honestly, all the kids pull through for an undeserving Logan in this episode. Roman cinches his deal, Kendall gracefully saves the hearing by calling Gil out for personal bias against ATN, and Shiv successfully convinces Gil’s key witness to not take the stand. Originally, Rhea was supposed to take care of the witness with Shiv — “soft skills lady-duty shitwork” — but when the car arrives at the playground where the witness is playing with her kid, Rhea sits it out. “You don’t have to do this,” she tells Shiv, not understanding just how badly Shiv wants to impress her dad and get the company. Rhea isn’t cut from the Roy cloth, so she just doesn’t get just how fucked up this family is.
Logan’s kids accept Logan for his aggression, deceit, and greed, but it’s all too much for Rhea. Instead of her being pushed out, as Shiv hoped, she willingly steps down because she’s scared of Logan. He’s a liar, and she can’t trust liars. “You know who I am,” he tells her, almost begging her to stay on as CEO. “I don’t know if you care about anything,” she replies. “And it scares me.”
The natural response to someone being told that they are scary, intimidating, and morally bankrupt is for them to sit back and take a minute to reflect. But Logan’s a bloodthirsty businessman. No reflection. No apologies. He wants a “blood sacrifice” (I really hope he doesn’t mean this literally…) to ensure the shareholder’s happiness, so someone’s definitely getting fired. Someone big. Shiv clearly thinks she's caught her dad's eye with her commitment to him by the episode's end, but is it enough for him to see her as more than just his token smart child?
Shockingly, the Kendall’s daddy rap did NOT come up once, which is clearly an oversight as we all know that is all anyone would be talking about.
Cousin Greg’s Corner:
Greg cuts ties with his grandpa — losing his chance at inheriting $250 million — after his pep talk with Uncle Logs in Scotland. He really feels a part of the family, without knowing just how rich his extended family is. He tells Connor (Alan Ruck) and Tom that even without the quarter of a million, he’s still inheriting $5 mill as a back-up, which is apparently...trash. “Five will drive you un poco loco, my friend,” Connor tells him, explaining it’s not enough to retire, and will make him feel like the “poorest rich person in America.”
I’d also like to remind everyone that Greg literally has stolen incriminating documents hidden in apartment (aka Kendall’s flop house). His name was also brought up during the hearing, which means he’s on everyone’s radar. This cruise drama is so far from over.
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New Orleans City Business
November 6 2017 | News
Rizzuto's Ristorrante & Chop House was featured by Tom Fitzmorris in New Orleans City Business!
Rizzuto’s elevates former Tony Angello's restaurant
BY TOM FITZMORRIS | RESTAURANT WRITER | OCT 30, 2017
The first time that my wife, daughter and I had dinner at Rizzuto’s, the dining room staff was clearly pushing us in the direction of the restaurant’s many steaks. They are USDA Prime, they said, unless we wanted to escalate to Wagyu beef (you know – the breed from which comes the famously fatty beef of Kobe in Japan).
But even though all three of us are dedicated steak eaters, we could not bring ourselves to order outside the constricts of Italian food. Because this was for us the first dinner we would have in the house that Tony Angello built since the Rizzuto family took over. Even though we knew that Mr. Tony’s Eggplant Tina and the lobster cup were unlikely to be here ever again. And that there would be no more “Feed Me, Mr. Tony” menus in their multiple small courses. But in its stead, here were the spaghetti and meatballs, veal parmigiana, pasta bordelaise, fettuccine alfredo and all those other Sicilian dishes that drew continuous full houses to Mr. Tony since the 1970s. Close enough for comfort.
And, besides, the steak entrees were at least twice as expensive as the pasta marinara. That wouldn’t bother us on our second dinner at Rizzuto’s. By which time we were unanimous: Rizzuto’s has clearly assembled a much better restaurant than Mr. Tony – may he rest in peace – ever served.
WHY IT’S NOTEWORTHY
Rizzuto’s is the latest and most ambitious restaurant on post-Hurricane Katrina Harrison Avenue, the food-and-drink nightlife district of Lakeview. Even though the 2005 flood did great damage to that area, the neighborhood has bounced back well beyond what it had been. And there are plenty enough customers to keep all these eateries prosperous. The fact that Rizzuto’s is a bit more formal than most other Lakeview restaurants fills a gap.
WHAT’S GOOD
“Ristorante & Chop House” well explains the culinary ambitions of Rizzuto’s, even though it takes two languages to do so. There’s nothing really new here, nor should there be. Lakeview diners tend to the familiar side of the kitchen. What makes that exceptional is the polish found in even the simplest dishes here. Even though meatballs are kid food, they are exceptionally well made.
The steaks are selected, trimmed and seared carefully, with sizzling butter around the edges of the plate. That’s everything I want from a steak, and here it is. And in a time when $50 and beyond a la carte prices for steaks are not uncommon, Rizzuto’s is okay with $45 for its 16-ounce strip steak USDA Prime. And so am I.
We must begin with Tony Angello. His popularity from the 1970s through the early 2000s let him get away with an unlisted phone number. Katrina was the beginning of the end for Mr. Tony’s place. He did have the Lakeview restaurant rolling along well before he passed away in 2015. His family kept it going, but an increase in rent brought an end to that chapter.
This is the second serious restaurant for brothers and owners Phil and Jack Rizzuto. The first one was Amici on Magazine Street. (Side note: the guys who bought Amici wound up expanding the ancient Felix’s oyster bar in the French Quarter.) Amici was good and sometimes excellent, but I will always think of it as a training ground for Rizzuto’s.
The flood put water covered much of the roof (!) at Tony Angello’s. The man himself had inadequate insurance. Yet Mr. Tony fully repaired the restaurant, with more or less the same look as before. One enormous main dining room was flanked by many smaller ones. An antique quality made it look as if it dated back to the 1800s. Something I’ve always noticed here is an unusually large number of beautiful women of all ages. My daughter says I am imagining this.
The service staff is everything one could want from a server. From the suggestions for new cocktails (the bar is deft and well stocked) to thoughts about side dishes, they’re always a jump ahead. The owning family is all over the dining room, checking.
DOZEN BEST DISHES
Oysters Rizzuto
Crab-stuffed mushrooms
16-oz. strip steak
14-oz. aged ribeye
16-oz. Tomahawk Porkchop
Chicken | Veal Marinara
Chicken Scarpariello (Italian sausage, roasted potatoes)
FOR BEST RESULTS
By all means, get a reservation. The place is full most of the time. Parking isn’t as hard as it looks. The grassy lot across the street is open to Rizzuto’s customers, but be careful rolling over the curbs.
OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT
The staff may be a bit pushy in its desire for you to eat the best steaks.
FACTORS OTHER THAN FOOD
Up to three points, positive or negative, for these characteristics. Absence of points denotes average performance in the matter.
Dining environment +2
Consistency +1
Service +2
Value +2
Attitude +2
Wine and bar +1
Local color +1
Open Sunday lunch and dinner
Rizzutos Ristorante
6262 Fleur de Lis Dr.
New Orleans LA 70124
504.300.1804 | contact
DINNER HOURS
Tuesday - Thursday: 5:00pm - 9:00pm
Friday: 5:00pm - 10:pm
Saturday: 5:00pm - 10:00pm
Full Service Bar
Opens at 4:00pm everyday
Tuesday-Friday & Sunday:
New Years Day - Wednesday, January 1st
Super Bowl Sunday - Sunday, February 2nd
Mardi Gras - Saturday, February 22nd - Tuesday, February 25th
4th of July - Saturday, July 4th
Christmas Day - Friday, December 25th
*Easter Sunday: 11am - 6pm
*Mother’s Day: 11am - 6pm
*Thanksgiving: 11am - 6pm
*Christmas Eve: 11am - 9pm
*New Year’s Eve: 11am - 9pm
HOLIDAY RESERVATIONS MUST BE MADE BY TELEPHONE
**PLEASE NOTE THAT WE ARE ALLOWING 1 HOUR, 45 MINUTE SEATING TIMES FOR ALL HOLIDAYS**
*Reservations can only be made over the phone, please call 504.300.1804*
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Food and water to be cut at Manus Island detention centre
2:21 pm on 23 October 2017
Refugees and asylum seekers held at Australia's immigration detention centre on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island have been told water, food and power will be cut at the end of the month.
A Manus Island detainee holds a placard during the 81st day of protest. Photo: Behrouz Boochani
The centre, at the Lombrum naval base, is due to close on 31 October, when detainees have been told fences will be removed and the PNG defence force will take command.
The centre's 700-odd male occupants are being co-erced into moving to three buildings in the island's Lorengau town, which they are resisting out of fear of further attacks by the local population.
Dozens of detainees had been robbed and assaulted in Lorengau, whose residents are also opposed to the detainees' relocation.
Earlier this year, naval personnel opened fire on the detention centre following a dispute with detainees.
Kurdish journalist and detainee Behrouz Boochani said the men in the centre were terrified by the danger posed by locals on one side and the navy on the other.
Their protest against the relocation and their indefinite detention continued into its 83rd day yesterday, with local Manusians planning their own protest on the 31st.
About 2000 people have been marooned on Manus Island and Nauru for four years for trying to reach Australia by sea to seek asylum.
Photo: supplied
Australia justified its offshore detention policy as a deterrent to people smugglers and other displaced people considering the dangerous ocean voyage from Indonesia.
But the United Nations Human Rights Committee roundly criticised Australia last week for rights violations arising from the policy.
Manus Island
Manus Island detainees given too many drugs - Doctor
Advocacy group Doctors for Refugees says Manus Island detainees have been allocated a dangerous amount of medication.
Crisis imminent on Manus Island - UN
The United Nations has warned of an imminent humanitarian crisis if Australia fails to maintain essential services for Manus Island detainees.
Manus locals face job losses as detention centre closes
Local businesses on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island are bracing themselves for business closures and job losses as Australia's offshore detention centre is closed.
Hundreds march in Sydney before PNG camp closure
Hundreds of protesters have marched through Sydney to call for detainees on Nauru and PNG's Manus Island to be allowed to stay in Australia.
Manus detainees given a month's worth of medication
Detainees taking medication on Papua New Guineas' Manus Island have been given a month's worth of pharmaceuticals, prompting fears some may overdose.
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How the Mid-Engine Corvette Helped Chevy Make a Better Small Block
We went to GM's racing headquarters in Pontiac, Michigan to learn all about the C8 Corvette's LT2 V-8, and how it improves on the legendary small block.
DW Burnett
Chevy's main reason for making the C8 Corvette mid-engined was improving traction. Putting more weight over the driven wheels gives the new Stingray furious straight-line performance and ferocious traction exiting a corner. But there were other benefits to the move that you might not have expected.
Chevy invited journalists to the GM Performance and Racing Center in Pontiac, Michigan, for a deep dive into the drivetrain powering the C8 Stingray. There, we learned about the many ways that the Small Block has evolved for its role in the mid-engine Vette.
If you've driven a C7 Stingray, you've probably appreciated the car's surprisingly low hood line, which gives great forward visibility. GM's pushrod engines are shorter than the typical overhead-cam engine, allowing for a nice low hood. The C7's designers augmented this by tightly packing the engine compartment, using a compact low-rise intake manifold on the naturally aspirated LT1 V-8.
Steve Fecht/Chevrolet
There's no such packaging compromise with the LT2 powering the C8. Because the mid-engine Vette situates its engine so low in the chassis, Chevy had more space above the engine block. The C8's intake manifold has a volume of 14.1 liters, compared to 11.1 liters on the C7's LT1. And where the LT1 had smaller intake runners on cylinders two and seven (to make room for engine-mounted fuel pumps), the LT2 has equal-length runners on all cylinders.
The result is that the LT2's new intake manifold allows the engine to make roughly 3 percent more peak power than the same engine fitted with the LT1 intake, with increased torque at the top of the power band. The catalytic converters are closer to the exhaust ports, helping to reduce cold-start emissions. The new catalysts allowed Chevy to increase exhaust valve lift by 1mm and duration by 18 degrees, for more exhaust flow.
A few engine components carried over, like the pistons and rods, but this philosophy of small changes defines the evolution from LT1 to LT2. All in all, when equipped with the optional performance exhaust system, the LT2 in the C8 Stingray makes 495 hp and 470 lb-ft of torque, improvements of 35 hp and 5 lb-ft over the C7's LT1.
All C8 Stingrays use dry-sump lubrication, a feature that wasn't offered on base-model C7s. The LT2's oil tank holds 2.25 quarts less than the dry-sump LT1, but improvements to the system mean that less of that oil is caught up in the pumping system at any given moment—Chevy says there are 2 more quarts of oil flowing through the engine at max RPM.
The LT2. The dry-sump tank is located on the right-hand side in this photo.
Many of the new components designed for the LT2 are lighter than those they replace, but overall, the LT1 and the LT2 weigh the same, 472 pounds with fluids. The extra weight comes in part from the block-mounted oil tank and the redesigned crankshaft, which has a slightly longer nose to accommodate the scavenger pump.
Even with all these improvements to the LT2, it's still a GM V-8—the valvetrain architecture is the same as every other small block, and the cylinder heads are shared with all GM 6.2-liter V-8s. Mike Kociba, assistant chief engineer for small blocks at GM, told Road & Track that using a familiar engine family helps Chevy to sell the C8 Stingray at a relatively low base price.
The LT2 mated with the C8’s new eight-speed dual-clutch transmission.
Learnings from the LT2 will trickle down into other small blocks. "Running the Corvette durability schedule, you're beating the shit out of it, you're simulating track conditions," Kociba said. "Everything I learned to make it better, you get on a truck for free."
The Stingray is unique among its competitors for sticking with natural aspiration—nearly every performance car today is turbocharged. Ostensibly, downsized turbo engines offer better fuel economy, but Kociba argued that those benefits are only apparent in laboratory testing. In a turbocharged engine, "exhaust valves get really hot, and as a result, you end up having to go richer than [stoichiometric] to protect components," he said.
"With a large displacement V-8, we don't have to do that. So, with every gram of air flow, we're adding just enough fuel to burn that amount of airflow. We don't have to go rich." Add in GM's cylinder deactivation, and like the LT1, the new Stingray engine should offer impressive fuel economy for a large-displacement engine. (EPA fuel economy ratings have not yet been finalized.)
We asked Kociba if this means the Corvette will never go turbo, but he declined to comment. What he did confirm is that his small-block team is the same group that developed the new naturally aspirated 5.5-liter DOHC flat-plane V-8 powering the C8.R race car. Based on FIA homologation requirements, a version of that engine will have to find its way into at least 300 production road cars, but neither Kociba nor anyone else at Chevy was willing to comment on that.
CAMDEN THRASHER
Like many mid-engine supercars, the C8 shows off its engine under a glass lid. Because of that, the engineering team worked with GM designers to dress the engine for the occasion. Tom Peters, head of design at GM Performance Car, personally specified the design of each visible bolt on the engine. The rocker covers are painted Edge Red, with the Corvette crossed-flags logo molded in. Production cars will wear an engine-bay badge paying tribute to the Tonawanda, New York workers who build the LT2—an exact recreation of the badge placed on big-block V-8s made there in the 1950s and '60s. GM president Mark Reuss specified the badge, inspired by a big-block rebuild project of his own. It's just another symbol of how the C8 offers ever-improving performance by building on GM's long history of pushrod V-8 performance.
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Rokkan, JetBlue and VH1 Save The Music Encourage Viewers to “Let Music Move You”
NEW YORK, Sept. 14, 2016 – For New Yorkers, buskers are a daily fixture, often overlooked and considered background noise. As New York’s Hometown Airline®, JetBlue wanted to acknowledge their talent and thank them for being the soundtrack to the city. In partnership with VH1 Save The Music students of P.S. 048 in the Bronx and Rokkan, JetBlue’s Lead Creative Agency on this campaign, JetBlue surprised three NYC buskers with one year of free travel–because the cost of travel is one of the greatest expenses for up-and-coming musicians.
The film, for which Rokkan handled all production and strategy, showcases three buskers: Jesse Cohen, Najah Lewis and Zach Orion. It highlights what makes them unique and features the moments when they’ve realized that JetBlue has given them one year of free travel. The video will live on JetBlue’s YouTube channel and Rokkan will be supporting the campaign via other social engagements throughout the next several weeks.
Rokkan has been working with JetBlue since 2010 as its Digital Agency of Record and Lead Creative Agency on select campaigns. When the partnership started, Rokkan was focused mainly on reimagining JetBlue’s digital platforms, but the relationship has since evolved into one in which Rokkan is now creating original content with JetBlue. Over the course of the partnership, JetBlue and Rokkan have worked together on a number of successful initiatives and campaigns, including the redesign of JetBlue’s digital customer experience in 2011, the launch of JetBlue’s TrueBlue loyalty program in 2013, “Share a Coke with Humanity” in partnership with Coca-Cola in 2015, and now “Let Music Move You” in partnership with VH1 Save the Music.
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Chapter 48- Scapegoats
Last chapter of the week. Hope you enjoyed the triple release. I had to hold them back for the April fool joke
***June 20th, 965 A.F. ***
***Dwarven Capital***
***Queen Rosie Barrett***
In a dressing room, a team of maids is busy running around the chamber helping Queen Rosier out trying different dresses for the occasion. She finally settled on a plain, but elegant, long black dress with a bit of frill around the neck. She was in front of a tall mirror making some final adjustments when she a heard a knock on the door.
*Knock Knock*
“My queen.”
“Is it Sebas?”
“Yes, my queen.”
“Let him in. Everyone else, leave.”
All the maids did a small curtsey towards the queen before leaving the room, leaving the door open for Sebas. After letting everyone exit the room, he silently stepped inside the chamber and closed the heavy door behind him. After that, he knelt on one knee to show respect towards the queen. Still looking at the mirror, she issued a command.
“You may rise, Sebas. Do you have something to report? Oh, and can you hand that ruby necklace to me?”
He quickly rose and did as the queen commanded, carefully handling the box that contained the necklace. Not wasting any time, he gave the queen the report.
“Yes, my queen. Duke Robert has begun to move behind the scene as you had predicted. He has been trying to gather support from other nobles.”
“Is our present for him ready?”
“Good, then there is nothing to worry about. Help me put the necklace on.”
Hesitating for just a moment at the queen’s request, he picked up the expensive necklace with both hands. He approached the queen from behind to put on the necklace. Just as he was about to put it on, the queen held onto his hand. The queen’s action gave Sebas a shock, causing him to drop the necklace. The necklace shattered into a million pieces on impact. Sebas tries to retreat, but the queen held onto his arm. Seeing that there is no point to struggling, he finally gave up and fully embrace the queen from behind. Rosie closed her eyes and enjoyed the warmth from Sebas.
“I didn’t want to marry him. I had no choice.”
“Do you blame me?”
“No, I don’t, my quee… my little Rosie.”
Rosie turned around and planted a passionate kiss on Sebas’ lips. After what seems to be an eternity, she finally let released her lips and cling onto Sebas’ chest.
“I am tired, Sebas. I am tired of all these cloaks and daggers, but we are almost there.”
“Yes, we are, my little Rosie. We just need to wait for our son to sit comfortable on the throne. Then we can retire in the rural. Just you and me.”
“I can’t wait for that day to come.”
***June 20th, 965 A.F.(Night) ***
*Clang* *Clang*
The rhythmic sound of a hammer hitting a red hot iron echoed throughout the spacious cathedral. In the front of the temple were two expert swordsmiths. Drenched with sweat, they were forging a sword near a furnace while singing an ancient dwarven hymn. They were performing the funeral rites for the king of the dwarves, passed down generations after generations. The rites were pretty simple. The body would be cremated in a forge. After collecting the ashes, it would be then reforged into an iron sword that the king used before, turning it into a steel sword. The final product, the sword of a king, would be then placed in the royal vault.
There were rows of seats in the cathedrals, much like a church from the human world. In the first row were seated the king’s relative. There were only two people in this row. It was Alan and Rosie. Behind them were other officials of the dwarven kingdom. The less important you were, the further back you were seated. Everyone would observe in silence until the whole forging process is completed.
*Clang* *Clang* *BANG*
The rhythmic forging sound was disrupted by the sound of the door crashing open. In the doorway stood Duke Robert alongside with several soldiers armed to the teeth. Everyone turned around and gasped in shock. Seeing that he has the full attention of the room, he walked into the cathedral with confidence. With a booming voice, he announced to the whole room.
“Rosie Barrett.”
Standing up from her seat, Rosie immediately confronted Robert with his insolence.
“What is the meaning of this, Duke Robert? It’s one thing if you didn’t attend the funeral, but you crossed the line when you disrupt the funeral rites of the late king. How dare you be this disrespectful.”
“Rosie Barrett. You are under arrest for the murder of all the royal concubines and princes that happened recently.”
“What proof do you have?”
“Proof? Do I need proof? I thought you would be smarter than this Rosie. Killing everyone else, leaving your son to be the sole heir to the throne. Even the blind could see that it was your doing.”
Rosie started shaking her head in disappointment and sighed.
“I was waiting to deal with this quietly after the funeral since you are his brother. I was trying to be respectful to the late king, but you left me with no choice, Duke Robert. Sebas!”
*Snap*
The snap of the finger echoed the cathedral. When the echo died, Sebas appeared in the doorway like a ghost, holding a stack of parchments in his hands. He walked slowly and stopped beside the queen. Rosie grabbed the top sheet and waved it in the air.
“We caught most of the assassins. These are confessions and testimonials of the captured assassins that murdered everybody. All of them were hired by a one of your subordinate.”
Everyone in the room gasped in surprise. Seeing the reaction, the queen pushed on. She dropped the first parchment onto the floor and grabbed another sheet of paper and waved it in the air once again for theatrical purposes.
“This is the confession from your subordinate. He confessed that you ordered all the murders and planned to pin the blame on me. Once I am gone, you would use Alan as a puppet king and control the kingdom from behind the curtain. I didn’t believe it at first since you are the king’s brother, but it looks like everything he confessed was true.”
“YOU! YOU BITCH!”
Of course, everything was forged. The confessions they got was from torturing innocent bystanders. After they had confessed, they were promptly executed using the reason “perpetrating murder of a royal family” so that they could not be cross-examined.
“Duke Robert. Under the witness of everyone here, you are, hereby, stripped of your title of Duke for the assassination of members of the royal family. In the consideration that you are the brother of the late king, I will not sentence you to death. However, you spend the rest of your life in prison. Guards, take him.”
A squadron of royal guards rushed into the room, surrounding Robert and the four soldiers he brought with him. Seeing that they were completely outnumbered, the soldiers laid their weapon on the floor and surrendered. The royal guards apprehended Robert and dragged him away.
“BITCH! THIS IS NOT THE LAST OF ME! YOU WILL PAY FOR YOUR CRIME!”
The queen turned back towards the two expert blacksmith and sat down.
“Please, continue with the funeral rites.”
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What you need to know about UNR's 2015 graduation
Class of 2015: UNR to hand out a record number of degrees at ceremonies starting Friday
What you need to know about UNR's 2015 graduation Class of 2015: UNR to hand out a record number of degrees at ceremonies starting Friday Check out this story on rgj.com: http://on.rgj.com/1Hi5eir
Siobhan McAndrew, smcandrew@rgj.com Published 6:41 p.m. PT May 13, 2015 | Updated 3:22 p.m. PT May 15, 2015
New this year are photo frames the University will have at each graduation ceremony to encourage graduates and families to have fun with them, take their own photos, post to social tagging @unevadareno and use #PackPride.(Photo: UNR handout)
The must-have accessory this weekend will be a cap and gown when the University of Nevada, Reno hands out a record number 2,454 degrees and certificates in ceremonies starting Friday.
There will a lot of tassels turning. Students will be celebrating, but so is UNR as it boasts a 37 percent increase in degrees awarded since 2007. During Friday and Saturday commencement ceremonies 1,908 bachelor, 476 advanced degree certificates and 70 medical degrees will be given. It's up from 2,251 degrees awarded last spring. Combined with winter 2014 graduation at UNR, more than 3,500 degrees were awarded during the 2014-15 school year.
It's diverse. Although the average graduate is 26 years old, the range spans 61 years. UNR will graduate an 18-year-old woman and 79 year-old man this weekend. This year 1,382 women and 1,030 men will receive degrees. Of the Class of 2015, 85 student athletes will graduate.
It will be online. Don't fret if family or friends can't attend. All three main ceremonies will be live streamed at www.unr.edu. Closed captioning will also be available on mobile devices for those with hearing impairments. Last year the university did a test run of live streaming, but this year will expand with more cameras and promotion.
It has a hashtag. If you don't know what this means, ask your graduate. UNR wants graduation to be a social media event and are promoting the hashtag #packpride to tag photos and comments on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. It is the second year UNR pushed social media including again using the social tag @unevadareno. New this year are photo frames that will be at each ceremony to encourage attendees to have fun when posting.
Plan for traffic. UNR is warning the public to expect traffic so arrive at free public parking spots early. Parking is available on the top two floors of the Brian J. Whalen Parking Complex and the West Stadium Complex, both accessible off North Virginia Street. Shuttles will be available.
All ceremonies have been moved indoors. Due to expected inclement weather, both Friday and Saturday ceremonies scheduled in the Quad have been moved to Lawlor Events Center. Times remain the same.
8 a.m Friday: College of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources, College of Business, Division of Health Sciences at Lawlor
1 p.m. Friday: University of Nevada Medical School at Lawlor
4:55 p.m. Friday: College of Engineering, College of Science at Lawlor
8 a.m. Saturday: Reynolds School of Journalism, College of Liberal Arts, College of Education at Lawlor
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You are here: Home Environment Nature and conservation Ecology and geology
Ecology and geology
North Yorkshire County Council's (NYCC) Ecology Service provides an objective approach to nature conservation in North Yorkshire. Ecological advice is given to the planning system, including advice on developments, mineral applications, bats and bridges and Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation (SINC).
For further information visit the North Yorkshire County Council website.
Please note, NYCC is the planning authority for any application for fracking in the County. Ryedale District Council is a statutory consultee in respect of any minerals applications, or a consultee on the minerals and waste local plan.
Planning consent was given in May 2016 to the company Third Energy, to hydraulically fracture for shale gas.
As part of the decision by NYCC planning committee, mitigation of the effects of the development were required to safeguard the natural environment, protect species and habitats and the amenity of local residents (including light and noise mitigation), protect ground and surface water quality. A traffic management plan also had to be agreed, which related to the prevention of mud on roads and to the financial commitment required of Third Energy, or any subsequent owner of the site, to deliver the restoration and aftercare of the development.
Third Energy have now discharged these planning conditions, which will be carefully monitored throughout the operation. There are a series of conditions to meet for a number of other agencies including the Environment Agency, Health and Safety Executive and Oil and Gas Authority.
The role of the County Council now is to ensure that the planning conditions are fully discharged and they will be carefully monitoring the discharge of the planning consents and responding to questions and concerns that are raised.
Both the County Council and the Police are providing information online, through dedicated webpages, including updates on frequently asked questions and answers to queries from the local community.
Contacting the Regulators
Please report incidents that relate to waste management, odour or pollution of local water courses to our 24-hour Incident hotline 0800 80 70 60. For general enquiries e-mail the team at yorkshireoil& and for information on the regulation of Third Energy see the Environment Agency website.
To report issues relating to compliance with planning conditions including traffic, noise, dust and light pollution please e-mail the team at
Most matters are covered by the Environment Agency and the County Council however Environmental Health Officers can be contacted at
Safety on the drilling site, including well integrity, is regulated by the Health and Safety Executive.
Oil and Gas Authority
The Oil and Gas Authority regulate seismic risks from hydraulic fracturing through a traffic light monitoring system. Information relating to their role can be found at on their website and they can be contacted at .
Public Health England has an advisory role on the potential public health impacts of exposures to chemical and radioactive pollutants as a result of the shale gas extraction process. Email
Operators hotline
Third Energy’s contact details can be found on their website.
Fracking Parish Liaison Meeting - Wednesday 22 October 2014
A presentation on Fracking was made by Vicky Perkin, Head of Planning Services at North Yorkshire County Council. (PDF, 43 pages, 3.017MB).
Unpacking Fracking - 4 February 2015
A public meeting to learn more about fracking was held at the Milton Rooms, Malton on Wednesday, 4 February 2015.
The meeting was recorded to enable people who were unable to attend the event the opportunity to hear the discussion, both the audio and video are attached below.
Please note: the audio recording is in two separate files. There is a small break in the recordings where the CDs were changed.
January 2015 letter from DECC re fracking (PDF, 21 pages, 299kb)
Shale gas and fracking: examining the evidence (PDF, 16 pages, 381kb)
Review of the potential public health impacts (PDF, 60 pages, 703kb)
Professor Richard Davies, Newcastle University (PDF, 13 pages, 1495kb)
Mike Hill, Chartered Electrical Engineer (PDF, 25 pages, 1752kb)
Chris Redston, Frack Free Ryedale (PDF, 54 pages, 3239kb)
John Dewar, Third Energy (PDF, 1 page, 510kb)
Audio Unpacking fracking - presentations
Audio Unpacking fracking - Q&A session
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Great deals lead to worse treatment for customer service workers: study
New psychological study looks at the implications of a bargain-hunting mentality
As shoppers search for the best post-Christmas deals, a study by the University of British Columbia has found bargain hunters tend to dehumanize customer service staff.
The study published this month in the Journal of Consumer Psychology looked at the implications of a bargain-hunting mentality and found it causes shoppers to be less attuned to the human needs of employees and more likely to report bad service.
“It kind of has this perverse effect of, ‘Oh I’m paying less, hence they’re worth less,’ and the other effect that is, I am so narrowing down on paying the lowest price that I don’t take the time to look around and appreciate what’s going on,” said co-author Johannes Boegershausen, a PhD student at the Sauder school of business.
In one experiment, researchers compared over 2,000 online reviews of airlines Lufthansa and the low-cost carrier Ryanair by looking specifically for more than 100 words that reflect the humanity behind the service, such as friendly, compassionate, kind or helpful.
The humanizing terms were used far less often for Ryanair than the higher-end Lufthansa, even when results were adjusted for differences in quality.
Perceptions of advertising between the two airlines were also tested. Identical ads of a flight attendant branded for both airlines and a neutral non-brand found that people perceived the Ryanair employee in a lesser light.
Boegershausen said it’s believed this is the result of the perceived cost-benefit of the interaction based on market pricing.
The perceptions can also affect how consumers then rate their experience with a customer service agent.
In a test asking consumers to rent a car online that included interacting with a rude employee in a chat room, consumers tasked with finding the best deal were harsher in their review of the chat support.
With car rental or car sharing platforms, such as Uber and Lyft, relying on customer reviews to monitor the quality of their employees, Boegershausen said bargain hunters are 18 per cent more likely to leave a review that triggers a disciplinary meeting for a driver.
“Basically when you shop at price-conscious mentality … you actually perceive the employee as somewhat less human and because of that, when they do something wrong, you punish them more, or you are more likely to punish them,” he said.
The findings are not intended to paint bargain hunters in a bad light, Boegershausen said.
“I think almost every one of us is in that state at some point in their life through, say, a particular sale and it’s not that we’re necessarily particularly bad people, but we can lose sight of what is really important,” he said.
Employers with discount brands should keep in mind that their staff may face greater stress and burnout when facing price-conscious consumers, he said.
Especially during the deal hunting around the holiday season, Boegershausen said.
“It’s a little ironic that Christmas is a celebration of love and that can get lost very quickly,” he said.
“It’s not that much of an extra effort to treat someone with human kindness.”
Linda Givetash, The Canadian Press
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Statement from Detainee Q
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The ban on publishing the name of detainee Reda Dendani - formerly know as "detainee Q" - has been lifted at his ownrequest. Reda will attend his hearing on 12 January at SIAC (the Special Immigration Appeals Commission) in London.Here's Reda's story, in his own words.
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A Libyan known only as Detainee "AS", has given an exclusive interview with Islam Channel News.
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We’re incredibly proud to let you know that we’ve been recognised for our outstanding customer service by the biggest award scheme in the UK residential property industry – The ESTAS Customer Service Awards.
The ESTAS honours the best letting and sales agents in the UK based on research carried out amongst customers who are asked a series of questions about the service they have received from their agent during the home moving process. With a record amount of entries there was stiff competition for us this year, with 40,000 customers completing one of the online ESTAS surveys.
Letting and Sales agents have been shortlisted in 24 regions around the UK. The regional and national winners will be announced at the 16th annual ESTAS ceremony at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London on 10th May. The awards will be presented by TV property expert Phil Spencer in front of 1,000 of the UK’s top property professionals, Spencer said “The ESTAS are special because shortlisted and winning firms are selected purely on the service delivered to customers and I don’t think there can be a greater honour in the industry (or in any industry for that matter) than to receive an award based on that mantra.”
Simon Brown, founder of The ESTAS says “At ESTAS we’re proud to say we believe in old fashioned values like customer service. We know how hard it is to deliver it - week in week out - that’s why we put the spotlight on property firms who are committed to providing excellent service. The ESTAS brand can help generate consumer trust for all property professionals involved in the home moving process.”
Commenting on our achievement, Chris Sawyer said this was a great example of “more great work by our fantastic team. These awards are solely based on customer feedback/experience. Well done everyone!!”
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Home Feature Bless Us With Blood: Bloodborne and the Horror of Childbirth
Bless Us With Blood: Bloodborne and the Horror of Childbirth
Michael Wahba
Enough has been said of Bloodborne’s inspiration from the works of H.P. Lovecraft, however not nearly enough discussion is given to what Bloodborne takes from the gothic literary tradition. In developing his unique brand of existential, cosmic horror, Howard Phillips Lovecraft sought to improve upon the traditional gothic story which he viewed as “tedious, artificial and melodramatic…impaired by a brisk and prosaic style whose urbane sprightliness nowhere permits the creation of a truly weird atmosphere”1. Lovecraft detested the cliché-ridden traditional gothic ghost story and has forgone the expectations of the genre to develop a brand of horror personified by a ” pervasive cosmic evil that lurks just behind visible reality and always threatens to burst forth into the prosaic, mundane world”2. Bloodborne too seeks to assault the nerves of even the most hardened player on a psychological level. As much as Bloodborne draws from Lovecraft, its gothic influences go beyond merely its aesthetic and lays dormant in a sublimely intimate manner.
Blood, is a common symbol in gothic literature classically used as “a metaphor for vampirism, carrying within it both monstrosity and traces of its opposite, humanity”3. Bloodborne evolves this symbolic understanding to encompass the maternal/menstrual blood associated with birth. As said best by Master Willem, “We are born of the blood, made men by the blood, undone by the blood”. Which is to say that the blood through which we were born carries an immense power that can deliver a new horror to our world. Harkening back to Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Bloodborne too reminds us of the sublime nature of childbirth, how it can both awe with its beauty and terrify with its implications. Exploring the sublime nature of childbirth is just one of many ways Bloodborne evolves from the classic gothic ghost stories and contributes to the fertile discourse surrounding the female gothic.
Ellen Moers first used the term — female gothic — in 1976 and expanded on it to broadly encompass “a coded expression of women’s fears of entrapment within the domestic and within the female body, most terrifyingly experienced in childbirth”4. After all, What could be more horrific than the cage of Victorian domesticity which kept women sexually repressed, submissive and nothing more than a procreative tool5. The deep, occult mythos of Bloodborne, is bathed in blood and forgoes a traditional gothic ghost story in favor of exploring the psychological and corporeal horror of childbirth. Through its exploration of blood, procreation and trauma, Bloodborne provides some insight into the psychological burden taken on from childbirth while innovating on the classical archetype of a gothic story.
Birthed by Blood
“Seek the old blood. But beware the frailty of men. Their wills are weak, minds young”
The cobblestone streets of Yharnum are lined with the blood of both man and beast, but there is another type of blood of prime interest; the blood that we are born in. Bloodborne is rife with references to the sanguine, sublime nature of birth. Blood ministration, the process by which Yharmanites cure disease and ailment by ingesting blood of a Great One, is not too dissimilar from the sharing of blood between mother and child. Blood ministration not only cured ailments, but also provided superior agility and strength to those who partook. Yharmanites became dependent on the blood, needing it to survive just as a baby in the womb also requires its mothers’ blood.
In Bloodborne, not even the player is spared from a bloody birth; they are brought into the game via a blood transfusion signifying their parturition into Yharnum’s streets. Through Bloodborne’s repeated references to menses and to the moon, a body used to track passage of months, we can start to see that this powerful blood is meant to represent menstrual blood and the metaphor is extended to include maternal blood in general. For example, the progress of the game is based around phases of the moon, climaxing at the unveiling of the blood moon. The blood-stained moon not only represents the monthly rhythm of menstruation but also, according to a note found in Byrgenwerth, a period in which the cosmic Great Ones descend to bless a womb with child.
The blood which has imbued us with life also holds the power to enhance us as well as the power to create unspeakable horrors. Following the discovery of the healing power of the Old Blood, there was debate among Byrgenwerth scholars over how the blood should be utilized. Concerns over whether the blood “Makes us more than human” reveals the still unknown nature of the power of blood. Keeping in mind the blood of the Great Ones flows through the mothers carrying their children, we see that the true power in Yharnum lies not with the healing church, or even the hunters of the dream but through the givers of life whom provide the means to transcend to a higher power. It is through the dual symbolism of blood that Bloodborne expertly manages to juxtapose the drive to create life with the drive to destroy it.
“I have love in me the likes of which you can scarcely imagine and rage the likes of which you would not believe. If I cannot satisfy the one, I will indulge the other” — Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
In examining the complex dichotomy between birth and death, one can look no further than the queen of gothic literature herself, Mary Shelley. In her seminal work Frankenstein, Victor aims to “bestow animation upon lifeless matter”6 and does so by raiding graves and morgues to gain enough necrotic material to create life from death. Like her most famous literary creation, Mary Shelley’s experiences with childbirth are also shrouded by spectres of death. Shelley’s journal entry following the loss of her first unborn child lays bare her postpartum trauma and a yearning for power over death. “Dream that my little baby came to life again… that it had been cold, and that we rubbed it before the fire, and it lived”7. The deep psychological wounds compounded during a later pregnancy unleashed a torrent of anxieties and fears of a mother awaiting her child. ”What if my child is born deformed… Could I still love it, or would I wish it had never been born? What will happen if I cannot love it?”8. This deep-rooted maternal fear is explored and exploited by Bloodborne, producing a truly unnerving nightmare.
A Nightmare is Born
“Every Great One loses its child, and then yearns for a surrogate, and Oedon, the formless Great One, is no different. To think, it was corrupted blood that began this eldritch liaison.”
The people of Yharnum have gone beyond merely communicating with the Great Ones. “When the red moon hangs low, the line between man and beast is blurred. And when the Great Ones descend, a womb will be blessed with child”9. The presence of the red moon carries a hefty weight as it not only alludes to the Moon Presence, the true final boss who ‘s defeat truly ends the nightmare of Bloodborne, but also to the menstrual and pregnancy cycles afflicting certain women. Women who have communed with the Great Ones intimately and borne them children. These defiled offspring are the source of the nightmare and must be silenced ”lest the night carry on forever”. The nightmare plaguing Yharnum was born, not of an eternal Great One, but of a woman. Bloodborne is quick to remind us of the ”revulsion against newborn life, and the drama of guilt, dread, and flight surrounding birth and its consequences”10.
Said consequences of a traumatic birth to an unholy creature is best exemplified by Arianna after she gives birth to a creature of her own. Despaired by the bulbous, tentacled monstrosity which sprung from her womb, Arianna can do nothing but hide her head in her hands and lament “it can’t be…this is a nightmare”. Eighteenth-century infant mortality rates occurred in numbers as high as 300 per 1,000 births11; beating those odds only for your child to be an abomination of flesh and blood would bring any mother to the brink of madness. Bloodborne allows this subconscious maternal madness to breed and fester endlessly until manifesting itself into a literal ”Nightmare of Mensis”.
The boundless horrors of a typical Lovecraftian tale stem from our “oldest and strongest kind of fear” that of the unknown12. Nothing could be more cryptic, more terrifying, than the possibility of giving birth to a monster. Fictional or real, every monster, whether it be Grendel or Jeffrey Dahmer, had to have been born to a mother. Any possibility to bring a new life into this world is also a possibility to introduce a new evil to the world. That is the true horror that Bloodborne draws from as these subconscious familial fears are materialized in Bloodborne through the suckling source of the Yharnum‘s nightmare. Only upon silencing the cries of infantile Great One Mergo, is the player met with the message ”Nightmare Slain” instead of the usual post-boss battle message of ”Prey Slaughtered. Implying that the true source of horror in Yharnum stemmed from this neonatal nightmare.
The true cosmic horror found in Bloodborne is less about what unknown horrors can be found in the cosmos, but what unknown horrors can be birthed from your own body. The inspired creature design embraces body horror and viscerally metamorphosizes the human form into grotesque monstrosities. The design of many of the beast-like enemies invokes the “inner clash…the urge to transform into a beast”13; Bloodborne takes our fear of the unknown and turns it inward on our own body to devastating effect.
Lest the Night Carry On Forever
“Fear the old blood…By the gods fear it”
Bloodborne is undoubtedly an excellent game internalizing what made Lovecraft’s writing so memorable, but not for the reason you might be thinking. Yes, its insight mechanic is an interesting way for the player to subtly peel back the veil on their reality and the player needs to be just as wary of psychological damage as they are with physical damage taken. However, what separates Bloodborne from the litter of Lovecraftian media is how it reveals the deeper fears and cosmic uncertainties in our own banal lives.
As much as we have a natural desire to demystify our universe, we carry an innate drive to also demystify the miracle of childbirth here on Earth. New parents consume books on what to expect, and how to raise their children in hopes that their little angels will grow up to change the world.
Bloodborne is a sobering reminder, that sometimes our children change the world for the worse.
1 Lovecraft, Howard Phillips. Supernatural horror in literature. The Palingenesis Project (Wermod and Wermod Publishing Group), 2013.
2 Shreffler, Philip A. The HP Lovecraft Companion. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1977.
3 Stephanou, Aspasia. Reading Vampire Gothic Through Blood: Bloodlines. Springer, 2014.
4 Smith, Andrew., and Diana Wallace. “The Female Gothic”. Gothic Studies. University of Glamorgan. 2004.
5 Vicinus, Martha. Suffer and Be Still (Routledge Revivals): Women in the Victorian Age. Routledge, 2013.
6 Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft. Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus, 1818. Engage Books, AD Classic, 2009.
7 Moers, Ellen. “Female gothic.” Gothic: Critical Concepts in Literary and Cultural Studies (1976): 123-44.
8 Schor, Esther, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Mary Shelley. Cambridge University Press, 2003.
9 Miyazaki, Hidetaka. Bloodborne. FromSoftware, 2015
10 Moers, Ellen. “Female gothic.” Gothic: Critical Concepts in Literary and Cultural Studies (1976): 123-44.
11 Millward, Robert, and Frances Bell. “Infant mortality in Victorian Britain: the mother as medium.” The Economic history review 54.4 (2001): 699-733.
12 Lovecraft, Howard Phillips. Supernatural horror in literature. The Palingenesis Project (Wermod and Wermod Publishing Group), 2013.
13 Miyazaki, Hidetaka. Interview for Bloodborne Collector’s Edition Guide. Future Press 2015.
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Two motorists were arrested for alleged reckless and negligent driving in separate incidents during a special operation conducted on the R21.
Following the arrest by the Gauteng Traffic Police High Speed on Monday night, the drivers are facing charges of reckless driving with an alternative charge of exceeding the speed limit.
A 31-year-old man driving a VW Polo was arrested at around 7:08pm after being found driving at an average speed of 179 km/h in a prescribed maximum limit of 120 km/h.
In the second incident, a Zimbabwean national was arrested at 8:51pm after being found driving a Toyota Corolla at an average speed of 184 km/h in a prescribed maximum limit of 120 km/h.
The drivers were detained at Olifantsfontein police station and Lyttelton police station respectively. They are expected to appear in the Olifantsfontein and Lyttelton Magistrate Courts on Tuesday.
"The department will continue to raise alarm about the growing pattern where drivers intentionally violate traffic rules, resulting in many unnecessary fatal crashes. It is our responsibility to stamp our authority on the roads and ensure that this unwarranted conduct by drivers on our roads does not continue unabated,” Gauteng community safety department spokesperson Ofentse Morwane said.
Morwane said the law enforcement agencies will continue to conduct operations on all the major routes with a special focus on drunken driving, overloading, driving without licences, reckless and negligent driving.
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Recent Climate Reports Underscore Genuine Emergency
Friday, 29 November 2019, 6:37 pm
Press Release: The Wise Response Society
The Wise Response Society is anxious the underlying message in a suite of recent reports about the evolving climate crisis is fully recognised and heeded. While the New Zealand Government has been making big efforts to address national climate risks, what these reports together do is reinforce the need for all sectors of the economy and society to embrace the required changes with utmost urgency and purpose.
A group of eminent scientists have stated that the tipping points could be exceeded between 1 and 20C warming and lead to a cascade of unstoppable events (reported in Nature 27 Nov. 2019). The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has reported that yet another high record level of Greenhouse Gas concentration has been reached (20 Nov. 2019). The UN Environmental Programme (UNEP) has stated that a 1.5 0C target is now slipping out of reach (20 Nov. 2019).
The World Scientists (over 11,000) Warning of a Climate Emergency stated that our goals need to shift from GDP growth and the pursuit of affluence, towards sustaining ecosystems and improving human well-being by prioritizing basic needs and reducing inequality (BioScience 5 Nov).
Sir Alan Mark, FRSNZ, Chair of Wise Response, a Society largely comprising academics from across New Zealand, said "We therefore call on all New Zealanders to move from a business-as-usual economic model and adopt an economy and way of life that enables us to live within earth's natural support systems ".
In another disturbing report, the Global Energy Monitor has reported that China has increased its coal power capacity to 43GW between Jan 2018 and June 2019, while elsewhere in the world there has been a decrease of 8.1GW. Should China continue to increase its total coal power capacity through to 2035, its coal generation alone could be more than three times as large as the global limit on coal power use, determined by the IPCC to keep warming well below 20C.
This surge of disturbing reports may be timed to influence the UN Climate Change Conference, now transferred from Chile to Spain, to be held 2-13 December, where a key objective is to seek "full operationalization" of the Paris Climate Change Agreement before all signatories are to submit National Climate Action Plans in 2020."If that is the case, all power to them, as clearly a step change is needed right now" said Sir Alan.
Prof Kevin Anderson of the Tyndall Centre offers a possible pathway. He has pointed out that the wealthiest 10% in the world are responsible for 49% of the GHG emissions. So if they were to cut their emissions to around 8 tonnes of CO2e per capita, global emissions would be reduced by one third, even without any change from the other 90%.
"While most NZers will fall outside this highly wealthy category, with a little forethought and planning, halving our current per capita emissions rate from 16 tonnes of CO2e should be largely painless and potentially very satisfying"
"One thing’s for sure" he added, " the science is telling us failure to re-stabilise climate will deliver our children a painful hospital pass which surely none of us would want knowingly, to be part of".
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Clone of Aesthetic perspectives on environmental problems: Quantifying the distribution, purpose, and impact of environmental public art across the United States
Se Jong Cho, SESYNC
Chris Field, Rutgers University
Bianca Lopez, New School
Associated Program:
Nonprofit organizations and governments are increasingly funding and promoting public art because it is assumed to lead to a host of social and environmental benefits. Environmental public art focusing on species, ecosystems, or environmental issues often has more specific goals related to actionable outcomes, such as energy use, water conservation, species conservation, or reducing plastic waste. While the use of public art for promoting conservation behavior is based on established, if often implicit, models of behavior change, there have been no systematic, quantitative evaluations of public art and its realized effects on human behavior or environmental outcomes. To date there has been little effort to synthesize information on 1) the strategies implemented in environmental public art, 2) public arts’ effectiveness for changing behaviors, or 3) how this potential behavior change translates to environmental outcomes. In the proposed workshop, we will address these knowledge gaps by bringing together researchers from diverse fields, members of the art community, and representatives from public art organizations to produce a framework and proof of concept for evaluating the impacts of environmental public art.
Meg Brennan, National Endowment for the Arts
Kamella Tate, Kamella Tate Associates, LLC
Alison Adams, University of Vermont
Todd Lookingbill, University of Richmond
Roger Peet, Center for Biological Diversity
Kiki Jenkins, Arizona State University
Kristian Brevik, University of Vermont
Alia Dietsch, The Ohio State University
Nicole Ardoin, Stanford University
Lisa Chandler, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Due to their wide application, these substances present a significant threat to both animals and aquatic species. Many compounds are Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxins (PBTs), while others are associated with endocrine disruption, including estrogenic effects in humans or animals. Often these contaminants have yet to be regulated as there are significant gaps in understanding of their toxicity, bioaccumulation, occurrence, transport, and transformation. Advances in the specificity and sensitivity of analytical methods means researchers and regulators are now able to identify potential CECs.
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Mary shows off her 'little kingaroo'
By Hannah Edwards
HE'S Crown Princess Mary's bouncing baby boy.
With rosy chubby cheeks and cute potbelly, the robust eight-month-old proved a crowd-pleaser when shown off by his proud parents from the decks of the royal yacht.
Rugged up in a sky-blue knitted jumper, Prince Christian seemed to almost swamp svelte Princess Mary when she held him up for the crowd.
It was one of the young heir's rare public appearances, made after the royal family arrived in the Danish port city of Ronne last week.
The family travelled by boat to the Baltic Sea island of Bornholm for a short visit, where they toured attractions and greeted residents.
Wearing a wide-brimmed ochre felt hat and a smart tailored suit, Tasmanian-born Princess Mary was accompanied by husband Crown Prince Frederik, who was dressed in full naval regalia.
No date for an Australian visit by the royal family has yet been confirmed but some suggest it may take place later this year.
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Nic Feteris
One of the world's leading BASE jumpers, Extreme adventurer, motivational speaker, risk manager Nic Feteris helps corporate teams make big jumps: to the next level, to something new, or just forward.
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Nic Feteris helps teams make big jumps, to the next level, somewhere new, or just forward.
Nic’s jumping credentials include parachuting from great heights. From mountains, before he had heard the term, base-jump. From Monuments, like the Statue of Liberty. From the Sydney Harbour Bridge, for a Mission Impossible film. From buildings, like the former World Trade Centre in New York. And from hot air balloons, as high as 36,600 feet.
A career highlight was producing a documentary about making "the world's highest base-jump". In 2004 National Geographic rated footage of that jump, from the 20,600-foot Great Trango Towers in Pakistan, their most "amazing moment" on film.
Nic’s professional background is advertising. He held positions ranging from Sales Executive to Publisher for major media. In 1990 he established a media agency that currently operates an online ad network.
Nic speaks of how base-jumpers, mountaineers, sea kayakers and other extreme adventurers think; why they do what they do, what makes them responsible, and how anyone can launch into new territory using the same approach.
Business development: Salespeople go on an emotional expedition every day. They are explorers. In organisations everywhere their capacity for using courage to succeed is an unarticulated secret. Nic tells them what they always knew about themselves but have never heard expressed before. He leaves them raring for adventure.
Risk taking: Whether it's salespeople facing rejection to make sales, or investment managers risking losses to make profits, professional risk-takers must expose themselves to succeed. Nic reconciles the ambiguity that's part of respecting complience and following rules, on the one hand, while pushing limits to reach performance targets on the other.
Risk management: It works best when it’s part of part culture. The problem is, to professional risk takers risk management can get in the way, and to everyone else it can be just plain boring. Use Nic to get risk management on the agenda at your meeting. He'll make managing risk about performance as much protection. And he'll make it exciting.
Leadership: How does anyone jump off a cliff? The same way you do anything that’s a stretch: muster the courage to stick yourself out there, then use expertise and judgment to manage exposure. Nic will tell you how base-jumpers and other extreme adventurers think in ways that helps to muster courage and manage risk.
Nic has a unique story of partnership and teamwork. Picture this, for example: He is an experienced parachutist and a pretty ordinary climber. He teams up with a skilled climber who has only jumped once or twice. They teach each other their complimentary adventure skills, so, as a multi disciplinary team, they can climb and base-jump off the highest cliff face in the world.
Everyone on Nic’s team may have bought into the idea of joining the expedition, but are they thinking about climbing the same mountain, or taking the same route to the top? Nic shows how strategy will align a team behind one common, clearly defined goal. Then, how masterful tactics help to get there.
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Here's how Tanaka pitched for the Yankees in Game 4 of the ALCS
Oct 17, 2019 | 10:33PM
Masahiro Tanaka 'battled well' in ALCS Game 4, but it wasn't enough for the Yankees
Tanaka struggled in the third inning, allowing a three-run HR to George Springer
By Colin Martin | Oct 17, 2019 | 10:33PM
Oct 17, 2019; Bronx, NY, USA; New York Yankees starting pitcher Masahiro Tanaka (19) throws against the Houston Astros in game four of the 2019 ALCS playoff baseball series at Yankee Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports (Brad Penner)
Masahiro Tanaka threw six scoreless innings and allowed just one hit in Game 1 of the ALCS against the Houston Astros, and early on it looked like he was going to have a repeat performance in Game 4 on Thursday night, but it just wasn't meant to be.
The right-hander ended up allowing four runs (three earned) as the Yankees fell to the Astros 8-3 and now trailed the ALCS 3-1.
He retired six out of seven batters to start the game, walking just one, and throwing 35 pitches through two innings. The Yankees even gave him an early 1-0 lead when Brett Gardner walked with the bases loaded in the first inning.
Tanaka walked Robinson Chirinos to start the third inning, and then gave up his first hit of the game to Josh Reddick. Next, on a 1-0 count, George Springer blasted a three-run homer to left field, giving the Astros a 3-1 lead.
Prior to that home run, Tanaka had allowed just one HR in his last six postseason starts.
The Astros continued to put the ball in play during the third inning, as Jose Altuve reached on an infield single and Michael Brantley singled to right field. Astros 3B Alex Bregman then hit a grounder back to Tanaka, and he was able to get Altuve out running home, but the Astros advanced runners to second and third base.
Luckily, Tanaka escaped the third inning after getting the next two batters out and forcing the Astros to leave two runners in scoring position stranded.
He then got back in a groove, getting six straight batters out over the fourth and fifth inning. Aaron Judge even helped Tanaka out when he made an impressive diving catch in right-center field to end the fifth, stealing a hit away from Brantley.
Tanaka returned to the mound in the sixth inning, and Alex Bregman reached base on an error after a hard hit ball to first base that was mishandled.
After four runs (three earned) on 85 pitches over five innings, Tanaka's night came to an end with Chad Green coming in for relief. He finished Game 4 with just one strikeout, two walks and four hits allowed.
"I thought he battled well," said Boone. "They made pretty good contact with him. He didn't have a lot of strikeouts so the fact that he got as deep through their order as he did kind of speaks to his guile a little bit. I didn't really think he had his split tonight, but he made some pitches. They squared him up a handful of times right at some guys.
"So I thought he battled well and he made some pitches when he had to, and obviously made the big mistake on the split that turned into more of a two-seamer, which it seemed like how his split was working a little bit tonight. Considering, I thought he battled well and they took some pretty good at-bats against him."
Thursday's outing was the first postseason game of Tanaka's career in which he allowed more than two earned runs.
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Home Society Osun Deputy Governor’s Wife, Titilayo Alabi Arrested, Detained In Lagos For Fraud!
Osun Deputy Governor’s Wife, Titilayo Alabi Arrested, Detained In Lagos For Fraud!
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Wife of the Deputy Governor of Osun State, Mr Benedict Gboyega Alabi, Titilayo has been arrested in Lagos over fraud allegations..
Titilayo was said to have been arrested earlier this morning Thursday 19th December, 2019 and currently cooling her buttocks with the authorities at the Special Fraud Unit (SFU), Ikoyi Lagos..
The fraud allegation is said to be related to about three million seven hundred thousand naira (N3,700,000) cost of furniture supplied to her apartment, which Mrs Titilayo Alabi claimed to be the guest house of her husband, the Deputy Governor of Osun State.
The apartment is allegedly located in the higher brow area of Opebi in Ikeja, Lagos.
However, we learnt owners of the furniture and Interior decor company which is located on Allen Avenue Ikeja, had tried all their best possible to make the number two woman in Osun State pay her debt, but the woman had ignored all entreaties and plea for payment for the supplies made around September 2019. Mrs Alabi had reportedly told owners of the company that she would pay at her convenience, and that nobody could touch her as the wife of a deputy governor..
Sources revealed that the law enforcement agents had been on the trail of the woman for sometime now until she was eventually arrested on Thursday.
Titilayo has been married to Gboyega for about nine years and she has been very active in his political development.
Her husband, Benedict Olugboyega Alabi is the Group President/CEO of Eliezer Workplace Management Limited.
He has interest in other areas like agriculture and manufacturing.
He has served on the Technical Committee of Federal Government of Nigeria on Development of Green Building Initiative for Nigeria as well as Committee on Establishment of Building Rating System.
Both Initiatives of Federal Government of Nigeria are directed towards taming building collapse in Nigeria.
As a humanist and a man with love of the people in his heart, Olugboyega established Osun Ajose Foundation to support indigenes in Osun State.
This is an empowerment foundation established with a view to eradicating poverty in the state.
These must have earned him his current position as the Deputy Governor of Osun State.
As at the time of filling this report, we understand that the Osun deputy governor has been pressing necessary buttons, and making contacts to get her wife out of the police net.
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Update: Allie Lake wildfire northwest of Kamloops estimated at 2,100 hectares
‘It is now considered to be an interface fire’
Carmen Weld
May. 25, 2018 9:00 a.m.
7:10 p.m. UPDATE: The Allie Lake fire northwest of Kamloops is now estimated at 2,100 hectares and still classified as out of control, says fire information officer Marla Catherall.
“It is now considered to be an interface fire,” she says. “If anyone has any questions about structures or evacuations they can contact the Thompson-Nicola Regional District.”
The fire is behaviour is still Rank 3 and 4 (a vigorous surface fire with some candling and spotting) but is expected to quiet down in the evening, she says.
“The BC Wildfire Service will have 23 firefighters on site overnight.”
The weekend outlook is hot and dry and it has been windy, she says.
UPDATE: 6:00 p.m.
An evacuation order has been issued by the Thompson-Nicola Regional District for 14 properties in Electoral Areas “E” and “J”.
Everyone living on the following properties are asked to evacuate immediately due to potential danger to life and health:
Electoral Area “E” (7 address points):
9221,9593Clinton-UpperLoonLakeFSR
3050,3515,4240,4244,4248Eagan-BonaparteLakeFSR
Electoral Area “J” (7 address points):
9145,9425,9708,9713,10020DeadmanVidetteRd
“The advice from the field in terms of protection and the public interest was to issue an Evacuation Order and Alert for several properties,” said TNRD Chair John Ranta, who issued the evacuation order.
“Fingers crossed that we’re not facing another year like last year.”
Those in the described area must leave immediately. It is suggested that evacuees shut off all gas and electrical appliances, other than refrigerators and freezers.
For properties on Clinton-Upper Loon Lake FSR and Eagan-Bonaparte Lake FSR, travel north to Highway 24 and east to Little Fort, then south on Highway 5 to Barriere. If you require support services such as food and accommodation, please register at the Emergency Social Services (ESS) Reception Centre at the Barriere Lions Hall, 4354 Borthwick Ave in Barriere, BC.
For addresses on Deadman-Vidette Road, travel south on Deadman Vidette Rd to Hwy 1 and east to Kamloops. If you require support services such as food and accommodation, please register at the Emergency Social Services (ESS) Reception Centre at McArthur Island Sport Centre, Island Pkwy, in Kamloops, BC.
If you have any large animals/livestock in need of shelter, please contact the TNRD EOC at 1-866-377- 7188.
Evacuation Alert
An evacuation alert has also been issued for an additional 51 properties. These residents should prepare for evacuation should it become necessary.
5160, 5193, 5233, 5245, 5401, 5450 Bonaparte Lake
9992 to 10096 Bonaparte-Spur Lake FSR
4680 to 5760 Eagan-Bonaparte Lake FSR
The evacuation alert is to allow those residences to prepare for evacuation should it be necessary. The TNRD says residents will be given as much advance warning as possible prior to the evacuation, however there may be limited notice due to changing conditions.
Residents under alert are asked to:
Locate all family members and be prepared to evacuate your residence and property to an identified safe reception center.
Gather essential items such as medications, eyeglasses, valuable papers (insurance), photographs and immediate care needs for dependants.
Prepare to move any disabled persons and children.
Collect pets and pet needs.
If possible, move livestock to a safe area.
If an evacuation order is implemented, a reception area will be set up at the Barriere Lions Hall at 4354 Borthwick Avenue.
All residents that have been evacuated must register with Emergency Social Services at the designated reception center. Registration provides emergency personnel and family members with a list of evacuees and will provide evacuated residents with food, shelter and other personal necessities.
The Allie Lake wildfire is still holding at 1,600 hectares Friday afternoon.
Fire Information Officer Marla Catherall says the BC Wildfire Service has 73 firefighters on site today. They are battling the blaze alongside four helicopters, six pieces of heavy equipment and an air tanker.
Catherall says the fire is showing Rank 3 and 4 behaviour which means a vigorous surface fire with some candling and spotting.
The fire is still considered out of control.
The Xusum Creek wildfire is also holding at 400 hectares in size.
Catherall says the BC Wildfire Service has 64 firefighters on site today. They are battling the blaze alongside three helicopters, two pieces of heavy equipment and a skimmer aircraft.
The crews there are working to secure both the north and south flank of the fire today to prevent further spread within the valley.
The Squamish Lillooet Regional District expanded their evacuation alert and put an evacuation order in place yesterday. For further details click here.
For both fires the weekend weather outlook is looking quite dry. The forecast is calling for hot and dry conditions, with some promising, but limited, pockets of rain within the Kamloops Fire Centre area.
The cause of both fires are under investigation, but are believed to be human caused.
The out-of-control blaze 55 kilometres northwest of Kamloops has spiked to an estimated 1,600 hectares overnight, doubling in size from Thursday evening when it was estimated at 800 hectares.
The blaze near Deadman Vidette Road has been deemed the Allie Lake wildfire by the BC Wildfire Service.
The fire is burning right on the perimeter of the devastating 2017 Elephant Hill wildfire, however crews say this is a new wildfire and not related to last year’s blaze.
Fire Information Officer Jody Lucius says the blaze is in an area of old pine beetle kill which, combined with the hot, dry weather and high winds in the area over the last few days, has led to the dramatic increase in size.
The fire is producing a significant amount of smoke which is visible from several communities across a widespread area near the blaze.
BC Wildfire Service says a crew of 23 firefighters were on scene overnight, with a new crew arriving on site this morning including more firefighters, tankers and helicopters.
On Thursday, 45 firefighters, one helicopter and four pieces of heavy equipment were on scene fighting the fire.
The fire is not currently considered an interface fire and Lucius says it is in a remote location, no structures are threatened at this time.
The cause of the fire is under investigation and is believed to be human caused.
Ground crews and aircraft from the BC Wildfire Service are also responding to a second large wildfire approximately 35 kilometres west of Lillooet, near Xusum Creek.
That fire is also considered out of control and has also jumped in size since Thursday, from 300 hectares to 400 hectares.
“The fire has moved over Highline Road and crews are working to minimize growth in that area of the fire,” writes the BC Wildfire Service.
The cause of this fire is under investigation and is also believed to be human caused.
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American Airlines Battles Tulsa Maintenance Union Workers
American Airlines (AA) went to Federal Court, this past week, to seek penalties for union members defying an injunction at the main Maintenance facility in Tulsa, as well as other facilities which service the aircraft they rely upon.
In testimony offered to the courts, AA says that over 175,000 travelers have been inconvenienced by the slowdown which the union is accused of orchestrating.
AA's largest maintenance facility is in Tulsa, OK.
A trial is scheduled for Monday in federal district court in Fort Worth on American’s request for a permanent injunction against the Transport Workers Union and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers.
The unions strongly contend that AA is to blame for walking away from contract talks. They claim that the low morale is an inevitability which the union is helpless to contain.
The court has set a Monday hearing on the matter. It's at the federal courthouse in Fort Worth, TX.
AA has long been the largest single employer in the Tulsa metro area.
The Associated Press (AP) has continuing coverage of the developments.
Pawhuska City Manager Fires Police Chief As Last Act Before Quitting
The same Rex Wikel who oversaw the arrest of the infamous Hemp Truck crew, seems to be involved in yet another scandal, up in the notorious county seat of Osage County.
Rex Wikel was the police chief of Pawhuska last winter, when the department claimed "the biggest marijuana bust in Oklahoma History". Then Wikel became the asst. city manager, under Larry Eulert, who was holding the position for a couple years. That term ends this weekend and Eulert's parting gift to Wikel was to fire the Top cop who replaced Wikel, so Wikel wouldn't have to.
There' been an outpouring of outrage, today; from citizens around the city.
Wikel has been ridiculed nationally for his ignorance in commandeering a full semitrailer of federally legal industrial hemp, using inept field testing evidence. Oklahoma may face federal lawsuits from Colorado & Kentucky for violating Interstate commerce laws and damaging more than half a million dollar payload. District Attorney Mike Fisher has been lampooned mercilessly for his attempts to press life sentences for members of the trucking team.
The beloved and popular new city police chief, Nick Silva, was just fired, this morning, but his predecessor and the retired acting city manager.
Retired Chief Justice, Steven Taylor, Gets Called Up for Duty
The man has been called "the Rock Star" by authorities like Tulsa District Attorney, Steven Kunzweiler. Former Oklahoma Supreme Court Chief Justice, Steven Taylor, has been called out of retirement at the request of the Cleveland County District Court judge who is presiding over the docket that includes many major lawsuits involving Opioid manufacturers and distributors, and the State of Oklahoma.
The matter got stickier when AG Mike Hunter 'went rogue' and devised whole new state institutions and took the hundreds of millions from one settlement to fully fund the construction, staffing, and scope of the new govt. entity.
The legislature & governor had to scurry in the spring session to write & pass laws to reign in the conduct of the AG. But that seems to be falling somewhat on deaf ears at the AG's office, because another settlement of $85 million is at risk because the terms don't seem to be consistent with the new law.
For this reason, Cleveland County District Court Judge, Thad Balkman, tapped the most respected jurist available. That's Steven Taylor.
Taylor is the former mayor of McAlester, OK. He then was elected to the district court in Pittsburgh county. Judge Taylor presided over the famous Oklahoma City Bombing trial of Terry Nichols, from his court in McAlester. Taylor was also a Marine infantry platoon commander, and the Marine's youngest military court judge, at age 28.
Read more of the case, here.
Retired Chief Justice, Steven Taylor, at a recent OKC Memorial Marathon.
Cops Fall Back On Coordination Tests To Determine Motorist Impairment
Yet Canadian lawmakers appear willing to trust drug testing devices that are nearly 30% inaccurate.
One of the unintended consequences of the 'technology age' has been the creeping dependencies on machines, tests, and arbitrary numbers, to determine important public safety standards.
With the new medicines being developed every year, we find an untenable policy being exposed in our courts and public safety agencies.
Now we have a very old medicine in Oklahoma that has returned to legal status; and that has cops squirming because they don't have proper technology to do their work for them.
Folks who remember the 1970s will recall that cops had low-tech solutions to demonstrate impairment. They simply had motorists stand on the side of the road and perform a few coordination exercises. While there are some criticisms of relying solely on that testimony, it does also provide a more exact science of illustrating what's 'impairment' for that particular motorist. When we add the visual court evidence of a bodycam or dashcam, the legal case becomes quite compelling.
Recent high-profile cases have left Oklahomans highly doubting the integrity of lab results conducted by law enforcement agencies. Outright fraud has led to multimillion dollar judgments to individuals who were maliciously framed by police lab personnel.
Video of a field coordination test is a very compelling piece of evidence in any court.
Activist Releases Plans To End Marijuana Prohibition
Oklahoma has had access to legal cannabis medicines for about half a year. In that time the licensed growing, processing, & dispensary outlets have far exceeded projections for economic impact. Last month, dispensaries paid $3.6 million dollars on cannabis medicine sales.
The masses of our citizens who have become licensed to treat their medical conditions with Cannabis, is double what the State Health Dept. projected just 10 months ago.
Now, many of the same advocates who brought about SQ788, are announcing their intent to draft language for a broader repeal of prohibition of cannabis.
This is not uncharted territory for Oklahoma. On this date, 90 years ago, Marijuana was fully legal in Oklahoma, and Liquor possession was a federal crime.
Chris Moe has been a lobbying force at the state capitol for most of this past session. He's organizing a massive 2-day festival in Oklahoma City, to commemorate the passage of SQ788.
As a chronic pain sufferer, Moe has seen scores of fellow Oklahomans' lives improved, as Opiates were replaced with Cannabis medicine alternatives.
Moe recently posted his political strategy to his social media outlets. We're posting his message below.
OMMA Explains The False Reports of Marijuana Licenses
Rep. Scott Fetgatter researched the causes & reported back to SoonerPolitics.
In our recent news article, OMMA Audit Reveals False Agency Reports of Licenses, we asked several questions about what the root causes might be. In our investigation we reached out to one of the legislators who devoted extensive attention to the new agency and it's operation.
Representative Scott Fetgatter of Okmulgee said he'd look into the matter when we contacted him Monday evening. Early this afternoon he responded with the news that the agency provided directly to him.
He said that the custom software system the OMMA is using, has a counting system that gives running totals in every classification of licensing. But a glitch in the software is evidently resulting in a redundant count when a license holder provides updated information about their existing license. So if a dispensary needs to follow up with new information, they would update their details with the OMMA. But that would inadvertently be counted as 2 licenses, while only one actual license exists.
We're not sure if a change in appointed caregiver may also be a factor, so that when a patient cancels a caregiver license and appoints another, does the software still tabulate two licenses when only one exists? the Caregiver count is the most radical category of change in the new report.
OMMA Audit Reveals False Agency Reports of Licenses
The OMMA finally resumed their reports on the numbers of licenses filed and issued by the Agency. The previous report, on May 13th (20 days ago) had some very inaccurate data. It appears that the numbers were way off for several weekly reports. This data gave a false impression to market analysts and venture capitalists, as well as proprietors investing vast sums in the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Industry.
The short Twitter 'tweet' simply says that "An audit has been performed. The agency does not tell us that any mistakes were make, but our own spreadsheets and archives of their tweets does indicate that they have been reporting inconsistent numbers.
The agency claims that they were forced to hire 'temps' until the legislature could authorize the proper funding for true employees. In the past few months their call center has been disbanded for several weeks so they could divert that staffing to filling the backlogs of applicants whom they are mandated to provide an accurate response to within 14 days of submitting a complete application online.
Here's what our spreadsheets seem to indicate about data which we now see as false...
NewKirk Mayor Announces Rancher Relief Effort
Brian Hobbs is the newly elected mayor of the north central Oklahoma city of Newkirk. we spoke on Saturday about a multi county flood relief effort he's helping to organize, for affected counties.
He says the initiative was started by a young woman who used to be his family's babysitter. Thalia Douglas is working with needy farmers & ranchers throughout the flooded counties. Here's the update the field team sent him. He forwarded it to our news service.
From Thalia Douglas;
On May 23rd, 2019, I made a post on Facebook requesting volunteers for rescue, transport, and housing for livestock affected by floods. Within 36 hours, that alert roster had grown to over 500 volunteers, scattered not only throughout Oklahoma, but also neighboring states in AR, TX, and MO.
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Southbank Centre’s Gamelan Programme offers something to suit everybody: from family, school and group workshops to regular classes and performances. No previous musical experience is necessary to play the gamelan and enjoy its wonderful sounds.
Southbank Centre is home to a beautiful Javanese percussion orchestra known as gamelan, and throughout the year there are many chances for you to hear and to have a go at playing it.
In 1987, Southbank Centre was privileged to receive a beautiful Javanese percussion orchestra called gamelan. This was a remarkable gift from the Government of the Republic of Indonesia to the people of Great Britain as a gesture of friendship. As in the case of many important gamelan ensembles, the gamelan was named ‘Kyai Lebdha Jiwa’ or ‘The Venerable Spirit of Perfection’.
Founded by Alec Roth, Southbank Centre Gamelan Programme has since reached out to thousands of people and provided many opportunities to learn about and play these amazing instruments. The gamelan programme is facilitated by a core group of expert tutors, many of whom have lived and studied in Indonesia and have a wide knowledge of Indonesian Arts and culture as well as a prolific background in Western music. There are now over one hundred gamelans in the UK and a thriving gamelan community in which our tutors play a vital role.
Southbank Gamelan Players, Ensemble in Residence at Southbank Centre, have an international reputation for the performance of traditional Indonesian music as well as new music for gamelan and exciting collaborations with musicians and dancers across a variety of art forms.
Gamelan is both a rewarding musical and social activity. Playing the gamelan can inspire self-confidence, improve coordination and listening skills, encourage team-building and be a great opportunity to try something new or develop your playing skills in a relaxed and friendly environment.
Learn to play the gamelan, see performances of gamelan, or find out more about these beautiful instruments here.
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What is gamelan?
The term gamelan refers to the ensemble of percussion instruments on which traditional gamelan music of Java and Bali is played. A complete Javanese court-style gamelan comprises two sets of instruments, one for each tuning system: sléndro (a five-tone scale) and pélog (a seven-tone scale). Within each of these tunings are three pathet, a Javanese concept referring to both mode and mood. No two gamelans are tuned exactly alike; each ensemble is unique and may often be given a name.
The layout of the gamelan reflects the role of the different instruments in the music. In the middle of the gamelan, the balungan (or ‘skeleton’ melody) is played on the bronze metallophones (saron family and slenthem).
The balungan is punctuated by the larger gongs (gong ageng and kempul) and the horizontally-mounted gongs (kenong, kethuk and kempyang) at the back of the gamelan.
At the front of the gamelan a selection of more complex instruments embellish the melody - the two bonang (double rows of gong chimes mounted on a frame), gendèr (multi-octave metallophone), rebab (fiddle), gambang (xylophone), siter (plucked zither) and suling (bamboo flute). A complete ensemble also includes a gérong (male chorus) and pesindhèn (solo female vocalist). The whole gamelan is co-ordinated by the drummer in the centre of the ensemble, playing a selection of kendhang (double-headed drums).
Traditionally, gamelan music is used in Java for a number of different artistic and cultural purposes. The gamelan can often be found at religious ceremonies, palace rituals and many occasions including weddings, funerals, coming of age ceremonies, village cleansing rituals, celebrations to mark the birth of a new child or important events and birthdays.
The gamelan is often used to accompany dance or shadow-puppet plays and other theatrical forms. Gamelan is also played during klenengans - occasions where communities and local musicians get together to perform for enjoyment or to mark a particular social event.
In addition to ancient traditional gamelan music, popular genres co-exist (Campursari, Keroncong and Dangdut) which are vocal oriented and can sometimes incorporate Western instruments - keyboards, trumpets and drums - with Western tuning.
Southbank Gamelan Players, Ensemble in Residence at Southbank Centre, was founded in 1987. Collaborating with dancers, puppeteers and composers from Indonesia, Europe and the USA, the group has established an international reputation for its performances of traditional Javanese repertoire and its championing of new music for gamelan
The group has commissioned and collaborated with a wide range of musicians including Björk (MTV Unplugged), Alec Roth and Salvatore Sciarrino (ISCM World Music Days).
Notable performances have included the BBC Proms (1998) with artists from STSI Surakarta, an all-night wayang kulit with Ki Purbo Asmoro (2007); collaborations with contemporary choreographers and dancers including Mark Morris Dance Group (Edinburgh Festival), Wayne McGregor and Kenneth Tharp; new British gamelan music at the International Gamelan Festival in Malaysia (2009); and an Arts Council England tour (2010) of Southbank Centre commission Rubber Time, a collaboration between Indonesian composer Rahayu Supanggah, SbGP and electronica duo Plaid.
They premiered SENDRATARI, a Javanese dance-drama featuring shadow-puppetry and multi-media choreographed by Matheus Wasi Bantolo and featuring artists from ISI Surakarta at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in July 2013.
Organise a team-building away day with a difference and play the gamelan at Southbank Centre. Work together and get creative in this workshop, which is designed to improve co-ordination and develop how your team communicates with each other.
£957 +VAT for a two-hour workshop for up to 20 participants
Additional rooms and catering can be booked separately as part of your team-building experience
Contact Sophie Ransby, Gamelan Manager
Email: gamelan@southbankcentre.co.uk
This unique experience will teach participants how to play the gamelan and all its parts and how they have to work together for a final performance at the end of the session.
No prior musical knowledge or experience is necessary. Comfortable clothing is advisable.
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Gamelan: Subakastawa
Southbank Gamelan Players perform Subakastawa, a popular gamelan piece
Audio titled Gamelan: Subakastawa
Gamelan: Mugi Rahayu
A joyful performance by Southbank Centre Gamelan Players
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Cell service could improve at Westport beaches, but residents are worried
By Jeffrey D. Wagner
WESTPORT — Selectmen recently approved a utility upgrade expected to improve cell coverage at town and state beaches, but some John Reed Road residents wonder if the approval will lead to more problems than benefits.
Neighbors barraged selectmen with concerns over radiation, aesthetics, environment and animal welfare for a proposed 24-inch antenna designed to improve coverage for beach-goers and summer residents.
John Dolan, a lawyer representing AT&T, unveiled the company's plans to place the system, which would be surrounded by a cabinet, on top of an Eversource pole on a town right-of-way around 50 John Reed Road.
Dolan’s proposal was approved, but not without an hour of debate.
“It belongs at the campground -- out of sight, out of mind,” resident James Connor said, raising questions as to why the antenna would be placed on a residential road.
Connor, noting there are 11 year-round residents on John Reed Road, questioned the long-term motive of AT&T. Citing the Federal Communication Commission’s section 6409, Connor said that once the antenna is approved, local government cannot stop any further development or company growth in that area.
Dolan and Select Board members characterized Connor's remarks as a misinterpretation of the law. Dolan said the pole is owned by Eversource and selectmen said it is on town land.
Select Board Vice Chairman Brian Valcourt made the motion to approve, adding that any changes in wattage and size would have to go before selectmen.
John Rodrigues, another resident, referenced studies that indicate radiation from such an antenna could lead to environmental and health concerns.
Dolan said the amount of radiation emitted by the antenna would be well below the FCC limit, even for those 10 feet away.
Valcourt, who asked questions about the wattage, said the wattage would be less than what a small-scale ham radio emits.
Valcourt and Dolan also detailed the public need. Summer residents along East Beach rely on cell communication and the area is a popular spot for beach-goers, too.
Selectman Steven Ouellette noted a public safety need. He said the number of dropped calls in that area is alarming and could be a safety issue for someone stranded or hurt.
“We need to look at the big picture of how many people will benefit from this,” Valcourt said.
“This is not the great giant invasion."
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Interest Groups Simulation Operations and Technology Section
Sean Cavanaugh
Sean Cavanaugh serves as Chair of the Simulation Operations and Technology Section. He is Associate Director of Simulation Education at NYU Winthrop. Sean’s career in Simulation began as an Operations Specialist in 2006 at the Stony Brook Clinical Skills Center.
Sean holds both the CHSOS AND CHSE certifications with the Society for Simulation in Healthcare. He is a Fellow of the PI Science Academy at NYU Winthrop.
In addition to serving as Chair of SOTS, Sean is a member of the Meetings Oversight Commission and the Certification Council Subcommittee. He also facilitates online and in person CHSOS Readiness Review Courses.
Melissa Lowther
Melissa is a Certified Healthcare Simulation Operations Specialist who works with healthcare providers of all levels to facilitate training and professional development.
After completing an Associate of Science in Multimedia, Melissa was able to use her knowledge and training to modernize the simulation program at Linfield College School of Nursing as the Simulation Operations Coordinator. Three years at Linfield lead to Melissa landing a position with Oregon Health and Science University as a Simulation Operations Specialist at the Mark Richardson Interprofessional Simulation Center where she focused on the hospital’s continuing clinical education program. After two years at OHSU, Melissa was offered the opportunity to develop the simulation program at Idaho's first medical school, Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Melissa supports regional simulation as the Vice President of the Pacific Northwest Healthcare Simulation Collaborative. She also contracts with the Idaho Simulation Network to provide educational opportunities through simulation to critical access hospitals in the Pacific Northwest.
Melissa is also actively involved in the Society. She is currently the Vice Chair of the Simulation Operations and Technology Section, a member of the CHSOS Education Advisory Team, and the Technical Operations Content Lead for IMSH 2019. Previously, Melissa was one of the Planning Co-Chairs for SimOps 2018 and a Technical Operations Content Team Co-Lead for IMSH 2019.
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Welcome to the Simulation Operations and Technology Section
This group was formed at IMSH 2008, and became a section at IMSH 2013, bringing together like minded individuals who are interested in the technical and operations aspects of simulation, guided by the mission we have chosen to accept:
To foster a community that openly contributes and shares technical knowledge and technology wisdom in the medical simulation world
Our long term goal is to support and advocate for the educational and professional development needs of this new professional generalist, the simulation technology specialist.
When a sim tech is really good, you might not even notice they're there. But like the stage-hands and stage managers of Broadway, without them, the show would not go on.
Visit the Ops & Tech Community on Sim Connect.
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Scientific name: Viscum album
Kissing under the Mistletoe is a much-loved Christmas tradition, making this plant familiar to us all. It actually grows as a parasite on trees - look for it hanging off branches in large balls during winter.
Diameter: up to 1m
Common.
Floating in lifeless trees, growing from thin air, it's easy to see how people in pastimes thought Mistletoe was magical. In fact, Mistletoe is a parasite and gets most of its food from its host tree - it especially likes apple, lime and Hawthorn trees. Mistletoe berries are a favourite of birds such as Blackcaps: they eat the fat-rich pith, but leave the seed attached to the branch, accidentally spreading the seeds and making it possible for a new plant to take root.
Mistletoe is an evergreen, but is best seen during the winter months (November to February) when great balls of it hang from the bare branches of host trees. Look for the familiar, white sticky berries (poisonous to humans) and the branching stems with small, oval leaves.
Mainly found in Central and Southern England.
One of our most practised Christmas traditions - kissing under the Mistletoe - comes from Victorian times when a boy could win a kiss from a girl for each Mistletoe berry he picked from his bunch. This game probably originated from a Norse legend in which the goddess Frigga declared Mistletoe a symbol of love.
The Wildlife Trusts are working with other organisations on projects to help conserve our orchards and the wildlife they support; for example, many local Trusts look after traditional orchards, or are cultivating orchards, on working farm nature reserves. You can help Mistletoe to spread by growing it in your own garden - extract the seeds and sticky juice from the berries of a cutting and wipe them on a young branch of a suitable tree, such as an apple. To find out more about gardening for wildlife visit our Wild About Gardens website.
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Average retail price of lamb in the United Kingdom (UK) 2005-2015
Published by Statista Research Department, Jan 17, 2018
This statistic shows the average price paid per kilogram for fresh and frozen lamb in the United Kingdom from 2005 to 2015. In 2012, the average price paid for lamb was 7.88 British pounds per kilogram, a slight decrease on 2011.
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* Figures from 2009 onwards are periodically reviewed and reworked by the source. Therefore data before 2009 is not directly comparable with recent years, however the source states it should still provide a reliable indication of overall trends.
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AHDB. (June 10, 2016). Average retail price paid for fresh / frozen lamb in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2005 to 2015 (in GBP per kilogram) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 20, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/295336/average-lamb-retail-price-per-kg-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
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AHDB. "Average Retail Price Paid for Fresh / Frozen Lamb in The United Kingdom (Uk) from 2005 to 2015 (in Gbp per Kilogram)." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Jun 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/295336/average-lamb-retail-price-per-kg-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
AHDB, Average retail price paid for fresh / frozen lamb in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2005 to 2015 (in GBP per kilogram) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/295336/average-lamb-retail-price-per-kg-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/ (last visited January 20, 2020)
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Great Party Rental Showrooms
Lisa Hurley | Feb 01, 2002
Great party rental showrooms do a lot more than simply display inventory. Instead, they show how rental elements go together to create the excitement that is the soul of special events.
All showrooms operate on the premise that no beautiful brochure or silver-tongued salesperson can do as much to sell the product as simply giving the client the chance to see it up close. But that's where the similarities stop.
SUPER-SIZING IT
For many party rental operators, the bigger the showroom, the better.
In October, Cleveland-based Event Source debuted its new 74,000-square-foot facility, which includes a 3,200-square-foot showroom with 18-foot ceilings. On display are 125 table linens and a variety of table settings with different themes and products.
“This new facility will enable us to do even more to serve and meet our customers' party and event rental needs,” says Event Source president John Bibbo Jr. “We want to be their complete one-stop rental source.”
And many operators believe that clients can't rent it if they can't see it. “Our showroom features approximately 75 percent of what we offer for rental either by actual display or by pictures on the walls or party picture albums,” says Karen May, marketing director of Phoenix-based Tri-Rentals. “People can move chairs, china, silverware, glassware and cloths to create the look they are looking for.”
But some party rental operators maintain that good things come in smaller packages.
With its move into a new building last spring, St. Louis-based Admiral Party and Tent Rentals gave up some showroom space to increase operating efficiencies. To make the most of its 800-square-foot showroom, Admiral uses half-rounds positioned against the walls to display eight unique table displays. Although his former showroom was two-and-a-half times the size of the new one, “The result is superior to what we had in our larger showroom in both appearance and efficiency,” notes president Paul C. Belmont.
“Although we have one of the most extensive inventories in the business, we do not overwhelm the client with an overpowering and confusing showroom,” notes Darin Phelps, operations manager of Culver City, Calif.-based Classic Party Rentals. The 450-square-foot showroom changes with the seasons and the arrival of new items. “Because we carefully select items for our showroom, clients are often excited to see us again and again to spark a new idea or theme for an event or party,” Phelps says.
Whatever the size of the showroom, none remains static.
Virtually all operators change the items in their showrooms with the seasons, and Karl's Party Rental of Oak Creek, Wis., changes its showroom every two to three weeks. The constant change is needed for “keeping up with the themes of the upcoming holidays, seasons and events,” says event consultant Janet Fletcher. Karl's encourages clients to bring in their own centerpieces or accessories “to sample various table setting options for their event,” she adds.
Party Rental Ltd., with operations in New York, Long Island, N.Y., Teterboro, N.J., Philadelphia and Washington, targets each showroom to its specific clientele. “Our Manhattan location is filled with sophisticated, elegant table settings perfect for society galas held at one of New York's premiere event locations,” explains sales executive Debbie Barnes. “In contrast to that is our Hamptons [Long Island] showroom, which features quiet elegance— settings that are perfect for more casual, ‘easy living’ events at home.”
OFFERING THE EXTRAS
Several operators soup up their showrooms by offering extra services.
Tri-Rentals takes digital photos of sets and sends the images to clients via e-mail, CD or print-out. “That way they have photos to use for other vendors they may be working with, such as caterers, florists, photographers and so forth,” May notes. The Tri-Rentals showroom has been offering these features since May, “and we have seen an increase in people dropping in rather than calling.”
In its year-old facility, Niles, Ill.-based Hall's Rental Service offers cooking facilities and two private conference rooms adjacent to the showroom. Here client caterers can bring in their own clients for meetings and full tastings.
Carol Stream, Ill.-based M&M The Special Events Co. hosts table decorating seminars for clients. “We also encourage them to invite their customers for tastings and planning sessions,” notes president Michael Berk.
The showroom at Cincinnati-based Camargo Rental Center features computer workstations that give clients access to the company's complete rental database, along with high-speed Internet access “for the client's convenience in locating other goods and services related to their event,” according to general manager Todd Murphy.
Although showrooms can show off beautiful products, professional rental staff make the crucial customer connection.
L.A. Party Rents of Van Nuys, Calif., makes sure to have consultants on hand at all times to assist all customers, those with appointments and those who simply walk in.
“By visiting our showroom and meeting our team of experienced staff, clients can feel confident that when their chosen items are delivered, they will meet their exact requirements,” explains Bernadette Hammersley, joint managing director of London-based Camden Furniture Hire. “There will be no surprises!”
RESOURCES: Admiral Party and Tent Rentals, 314/993-3600; Camargo Rental Center, 513/271-6510; Camden Furniture Hire, +44 208 961 6161; Classic Party Rentals, 310/202-0011; Event Source, 866/901-6001, 216/901-0000; Hall's Rental Service, 847/929-2222; Karl's Party Rental, 414/831-7000; L.A. Party Rents, 310/785-0000; M&M The Special Events Co., 630/871-9999; Party Rental Ltd., 888/774-4776; Tri-Rentals, 602/232-9900
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Rise in incidents of racism concerns Kick It Out
Kick It Out chairman Sanjay Bhandari fears the issue of racism "is definitely getting worse" in Britain following an incident at Saturday's Manchester derby, which has led to an arrest.
On Sunday, Greater Manchester Police confirmed a 41-year-old man had been arrested on suspicion of a racially aggravated public order and remains in custody over an incident at the Etihad Stadium.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer claimed two of his Manchester United players were targeted in their 2-1 win over City, when television footage appeared to show a supporter making a racist gesture in the direction of Brazil international Fred and his team-mate Jesse Lingard.
The incident came almost a year to the day since City striker Raheem Sterling was subjected to "racially abusive language" by a Chelsea supporter, who was later banned for life.
A League Two game between Forest Green Rovers and Scunthorpe United was also temporarily halted on Saturday following a report of alleged racist abuse, and Bhandari is concerned by the growing number of incidents across the game in Britain.
"I think the problem is definitely getting worse here and it has been over the last three years," he told Sky Sports News.
"We're nowhere near where we were 30, 40 years ago but there's definitely been an upward spike over the last two, three years.
"But by the same token it doesn't help us if we create these false oppositions; we're not [like] Bulgaria."
In October, UEFA ordered Bulgaria to play a competitive home game behind closed doors after their Euro 2020 qualifier against England was halted twice due to racist chanting from the stands.
"We should not be complacent, we should focus on what's happening in our own country," Bhandari added.
"There has definitely been a rise over the last two or three years and we need to get a handle on that and collaborate much more effectively across football to really try and stamp this out."
City promised any individual found guilty of making racial gestures would be banned for life.
The Premier League also issued its own statement on Sunday saying it would support any action taken by their 20 clubs.
"The Premier League and our clubs will not tolerate discrimination in any form," the statement read.
"If people are found to have racially abused Premier League players they deserve to be punished and we will support any action taken by the authorities and the clubs.
"We appreciate the millions of supporters who help create a positive Premier League matchday atmosphere and have made it clear that racist conduct or language is unacceptable."
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Liverpool boss Klopp hails 'one of the best' wins against Man Utd
Jurgen Klopp applauded Liverpool for securing a "dominant" 2-0 win in what he viewed as one of their most captivating matches against Manchester United.
Virgil van Dijk's 14th-minute header and Mohamed Salah's stoppage-time sealer saw off the Red Devils at Anfield on Sunday and sent Liverpool 16 points clear atop the Premier League.
Roberto Firmino had a goal disallowed following a VAR review midway through the first half but the hosts made the result safe when Salah chased down Alisson's long ball, held off Daniel James and completed a scintillating counter-attack.
"It was a really good game, one of the best derbies we have played for sure," Klopp said.
"Very dominant in most periods of the game. I didn't like too much in the first half, the last five or seven minutes. Nothing happened really, just we weren't as dominant as before.
"And obviously the last 10-15, maybe, of the game. Okay, [it was] an exception."
"The start to the second half was absolutely brutal," Klopp continued. "We jumped in and had three, four chances at least. Didn't score and then it's how it always is... the opponent has the chance to come back.
"We had to defend and the organisation was okay. We defended with a lot of passion, a big heart and stuff like this. Carried as well by the atmosphere, which was great.
"And then the last situation of the game - Alisson Becker, what an assist. Mo Salah, what a goal. There was a sprint duel of two really quick boys and Mo used his massive experience. A big relief in that moment."
Liverpool fans sang gleefully about their team's apparent title destiny after full-time and Klopp welcomed the sense of excitement.
"If our fans could not be in a good mood now that would be really strange," he said.
"Of course they are allowed to dream, sing, whatever they want, as long as they do their job as well when we play. All fine. We will not be part of that party yet, but it's no problem - we know our job."
Alcacer, Mariano and the 'short-term options' Man Utd could target after Rashford injury
Having already lost key midfielders Paul Pogba and Scott McTominay to serious injuries, Manchester United now face the prospect of being without top scorer Marcus Rashford for the most important part of the season.
The England international aggravated a back injury during a second-half cameo against Wolves in the FA Cup third-round replay victory, and after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer downplayed United's worries, it was later confirmed to be much more serious than first thought.
Reports began to emerge during United's 2-0 defeat to Liverpool that Rashford had actually been playing through the pain and Solskjaer confirmed he suffered a double stress fracture against Wolves, meaning he could potentially be out for three months.
As such, Solskjaer acknowledged United might be forced into seeking "short-term" solutions in the transfer market, with Mason Greenwood and Anthony Martial their only recognisable forwards.
Below, we highlight some potential options.
Paco Alcacer (Borussia Dortmund)
Spain international Alcacer has had a peculiar time at Dortmund. He managed to score 18 times in the Bundesliga last season even though he only started 11 matches, while he has five top-flight goals this term despite only six of his 11 appearances coming as a starter. While he is a completely different type of forward to Rashford, he does represent a kind of attacker United simply do not have, in that he is a poacher. Following the arrival of Erling Haaland – apparently a target of Solskjaer's before he joined BVB – Alcacer might be attainable.
Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint-Germain)
After falling out of favour at PSG, Uruguay striker Cavani has asked to leave before his contract expires at the end of the season, with Atletico Madrid and others said to be interested. A proven goalscorer and immensely experienced, Cavani would certainly provide United with a focal point they can aim for and play off – though his wages are not insignificant and he might not be entirely suited to counter-attacking football.
Mariano Diaz (Real Madrid)
Since returning to Madrid in 2018, Mariano has had a difficult time of it. Niggling injuries have impacted his availability and he has unsurprisingly struggled to make a telling contribution as a result. He is yet to feature in LaLiga this term, having fallen well down the pecking order – but that is not to say Mariano is a poor player. Quick, technically good and certainly capable of finding the net, he is perhaps rather more suited to United's style of play than Alcacer or Cavani.
Cedric Bakambu (Beijing Guoan)
In 2018, Bakambu cost Beijing Guoan €40million, the release fee in his contract with previous club Villarreal. The DR Congo striker had enjoyed a solid three-year spell at the Yellow Submarine, with his combination of athleticism, ability on the ball and finishing making him standout as a potential target for bigger clubs. He has continued to score on a regular basis in China and is starting to attract interest from Europe again, with Arsenal and Atletico Madrid apparently keeping tabs on him. United could do a lot worse than the former France youth international.
Promote from the academy
Solskjaer certainly can't be accused of neglecting the young talents coming through at the club. If he was to promote from within, rather than dip into the transfer market, D'Mani Mellor and Largie Ramazani would likely be the two frontrunners. Mellor is a 19-year-old forward who likes to drop deep and engage in sharp link-up play with his back to goal, while he is also a capable dribbler. Ramazani, 18, often operates a little more from wider positions, but the Belgium youth international has impressed for United's Under-23s this term with nine goals in 13 league appearances. Excellent on the ball and a possessor of explosive pace, Ramazani certainly seems to fit the mould Solskjaer likes his forwards to be.
Laporte cannot solve all City's problems, says Guardiola
Aymeric Laporte should not be expected to single-handedly shore up Manchester City's leaky defence, Pep Guardiola has warned.
Sergio Aguero's late brace looked to have sealed a dramatic 2-1 comeback win over Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Saturday, but Wilfried Zaha provided a sting in the tail at the Etihad Stadium by tearing past John Stones and forcing an own-goal from Fernandinho.
The reigning Premier League champions, who now appear virtually certain to cede their crown to runaway leaders Liverpool, have only kept two clean sheets in their past 20 matches across all competitions.
Career midfielder Fernandinho has converted admirably to centre-back since Laporte suffered meniscus damage against Brighton and Hove Albion, while teenager Eric Garcia impressed at the heart of defence during recent home wins over Sheffield Untied and Everton.
But Stones laboured once more against Palace and Argentina international Nicolas Otamendi has produced similarly uneven form this term.
Former Athletic Bilbao favourite Laporte is back in light training with his team-mates but Guardiola, whose men face a mouth-watering Champions League last-16 showdown with Real Madrid next month, sought to temper expectations.
"We cannot expect that Aymeric is going to solve all of the problems," he said.
"We have to [have that] as a principle for everyone. He is getting better and the doctor is going to evaluate him in the [next] training session tomorrow and I am going to talk to him.
"When it will be possible and step by step to come in [he will] but after four or five months he will need time, so he will not be ready immediately to do it."
Asked whether Laporte could feature in next weekend's FA Cup tie at home to Fulham, Guardiola replied: "I don't know."
Laporte's countryman Benjamin Mendy has struggled at times after undergoing two knee surgeries in as many seasons.
But the ex-Monaco left-back showed signs of his best form against Palace, offering a varied attacking threat down the left flank and supplying a sumptuous cross for Aguero's headed second.
"He played really good and the final decisions in the final third were really good - passes, inside, outside and how many times to go up and down," Guardiola said.
"He did a good game and good crosses. He plays after two seasons injured, so his physical condition is getting better."
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Five Key Stats About Search Engine Optimisation
Jayesh Nair
Search engine optimisation, or its acronym, SEO are terms that are bandied about with regularity in most digitally orientated conversations. And quite rightly so, because it is a very special thing and an important element of any digital campaign or build. But, aside from the fact that it is good, and that the algorithms that sit behind platforms like Google are constantly evolving and changing in order to stay ahead of the game, what do we really know about the field? We are here to help with that – to provide you with a better understanding of the topic and to provide you with a few statistical nuggets to drop into conversations.
Who gets the clicks?
It is well known that if you want to get the clicks from Google that you need to be at the top of the search list. But what are the stats that underpin this? A local SEO Sydney based expert in the field, suggests that to win in the rankings your site should be one of the top five on the organic list. Indeed, studies show that 67 percent of the clicks generated from search engines are distributed to sites in these top five of the result. The rest of the clicks are spread between the rest of the results generated (and there can be thousands of these).
The importance of technical set-up
Content people like to tell you that winning at SEO is all about the content on the pages, but this couldn’t be further from the truth. Experts in SEO Sydney based company report that of all the clicks generated through Google, 93 percent go to sites that are https. This is the latest, secure protocol that has largely replaced HTTP as the industry standard and best practice. Https is more secure than its old-school predecessor and Google likes that.
Organic versus paid search
Paid search works, but not nearly as well as organic search. In fact, in a recent survey among digital marketing experts, as many as seventy percents of those questioned spoke of how good SEO was more effective than PPC work. Despite this, however, perhaps in recognizing that digital marketing is about creating ecosystems and coming at users from different angles, 86 percent of that same sample that was surveyed admitted that they did spend on PPC campaigns to supplement the results of their SEO spend.
Search really is big
If you are looking for one stat to explain how important SEO is, here is that stat. Google averages 75000 different searches every second. That is a lot of searches taking place and a lot of potential audiences that are waiting to be sent somewhere. If you can get just a fraction of those people coming to your site, then you will be doing very well.
Google looks at a lot of things
We have already said that SEO is a complicated field. If you are looking for proof of just how complicated it is, Google is said to assess up to 200 different elements and factors before it makes its list of recommendations.
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Xiaomi Redmi 6, Redmi 6A and Redmi 6 Pro India launch
Posted By: Sachin M September 09, 2018 Leave a Reply
Chinese phonemaker Xiaomi on Wednesday refreshed its budget smartphone segment with the new Redmi 6, Redmi 6A, and Redmi 6 Pro smartphones. The successors to last year's Redmi 5 series, these three new models and their variants offer unique value propositions at lots of different price points. The Redmi 6A has been priced in India starting at Rs. 5,999, the Redmi 6 has a base price of Rs. 7,999, and the Redmi 6 Pro starts at Rs. 10,999. With these price tags, the new Redmi 6 series takes on the likes of Lenovo and Samsung, as well as numerous offerings from Xiaomi's previous portfolio. Can the company create interesting spaces in the market for each of these models? We spent some time with all three new Xiaomi smartphones at the launch event, and here our are first impressions.
Carrying forward the trend of 18:9 displays that Xiaomi has flooded the sub-Rs. 10,000 segment with, the Redmi 6 and Redmi 6A have similar 5.45-inch HD+ panels with a resolution of 720x1440 pixels and aspect ratio of 18:9. On the other hand, the premium Redmi 6 Pro is Xiaomi's first smartphone in India to sport a display notch, giving its 5.84-inch full-HD+ panel an aspect ratio of 19:9 and resolution of 1080x2280 pixels.
Out of the three, the Redmi 6 Pro's display expectedly stood out, with its brightness and sharp picture. The ones on the Redmi 6 and Redmi 6A were also good for the price segments that they are placed in. All three models use 2.5D curved glass that meets their frames smoothly.
Starting off with the Redmi 6A, the phone's front is devoid of physical or capacitive buttons. Instead, even this entry-level model has onscreen keys, thanks to the 18:9 form factor. The Redmi 5A has a single 13-megapixel camera on the back, with support for PDAF and an f/2.2 aperture. The right of the handset sports the lock/ power button and volume controls. On the left, it has a slot for two Nano-SIMs and another slot for a microSD card. On the bottom, there is a Micro-USB port, and on the top are a 3.5mm headphone jack and an IR blaster.
The Redmi 6 is identical in appearance to the Redmi 6A, except for the horizontal dual-camera setup on the back.
The Redmi 6 Pro looks like a rebranded Mi A2 Lite, which is sold in other countries. It has a single tray on the left for two Nano-SIMs and a microSD card. Apart from that, the loudspeaker is placed on the bottom of the phone, and the top gets an IR blaster and the 3.5mm audio socket. In hand, it feels and looks like a compact version of the Redmi Note 5 Pro. It borrows bits and pieces from other Xiaomi mid-range smartphones: the rear camera setup resembles the one on the Redmi Note 5 Pro, the internals are similar the Redmi Note 5, and the concept of the display notch comes from the flagship Mi 8, although this one is substantially narrower.
As expected, the Redmi 6 Pro has the best cameras of the lot. The vertically stacked set of 12-megapixel and 5-megapixel sensors is similar to what's found on the Redmi Note 5 Pro. We praised the Redmi Note 5 Pro's cameras (for the price) when we tested that model, but we will reserve judgement of the Redmi 6 Pro's cameras till we can test them thoroughly in our upcoming review.
All three new offerings in the Redmi 6 series sport a brushed metal finish on the back, making them a bit slippery. However, Xiaomi bundles a TPU case with the Redmi 6 Pro, which will help with grip.
At its core, the Redmi 6A and Redmi 6 use MediaTek's Helio A22 and Helio P22 SoCs, respectively. This is the first instance since the company's patent infringement dispute with Ericsson, that we're seeing new Redmi smartphones in India powered by MediaTek's mobile processors.
Xiaomi boasts that the Redmi 6A is the most affordable smartphone in the country with a 12nm FinFET quad-core SoC, while the Redmi 6 is the most affordable option with a similar octa-core processor. What that means in terms of real-world performance remains to be seen, but we'll be testing that in our full reviews. Both variants of the Redmi 6A have 2GB of RAM, and similarly for the Redmi 6, both variants will have 3GB. Performance was smooth in the brief time we got to spend with the units at launch.
The Redmi 6 Pro uses the Qualcomm Snapdragon 625, which Xiaomi has chosen for many of its affordable smartphone models for the past couple of years. Performance is expected to be on par with that of the more expensive Redmi Note 5, but do wait for our extensive review, coming up soon, for full details.
Redmi 6 series software
All three phones in the new Redmi 6 series — the Redmi 6A, Redmi 6, and Redmi 6 Pro — run MIUI 9 on top of Android 8.1 Oreo. Much like other MIUI-based smartphones from the Chinese manufacturer, there are a tonne of UI customisations, additional features, and preinstalled apps. All three models feature the usual suspects: a Security app that helps users clean up RAM and internal storage, fix security flaws, and boost system performance; a Blocklist feature; App Lock to protect the contents of specific apps; Second Space for a private user profile; and Dual Apps to use multiple accounts in some apps on the same device.
Preloaded apps include Amazon Shopping, Facebook, PhonePe, Netflix, and DailyHunt. The phones also come with certain Microsoft apps such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Skype Lite. The Xiaomi-branded Mi Remote, Mi Community, Mi Drop, Mi Video, and others could come in handy.
All three new Redmi models feature what is marketed as "AI Face Unlock", which worked decently well on all of them in our brief experience. The accuracy and unlocking speed seemed fine even in poor light.
As for battery size, the Redmi 6A and Redmi 6 are powered by 3,000mAh battery units, while the Redmi 6 Pro gets a more sizeable 4,000mAh unit and a claimed two-day battery life. Add to that, all three phones feature a Sleep Mode that can be used when your battery level is critical. It cuts background apps and functions including NFC, GPS, Bluetooth, mobile data, and Wi-Fi access.
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Reverse Engineering Deals on Wall Street with Microsoft Excel: A Step-by-Step Guide
Keith A. Allman
相關分類: Excel
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A serious source of information for those looking to reverse engineer business deals
It’s clear from the current turbulence on Wall Street that the inner workings of its most complex transactions are poorly understood. Wall Street deals parse risk using intricate legal terminology that is difficult to translate into an analytical model. Reverse Engineering Deals on Wall Street: A Step-By-Step Guide takes readers through a detailed methodology of deconstructing the public deal documentation of a modern Wall Street transaction and applying the deconstructed elements to create a fully dynamic model that can be used for risk and investment analysis.
Appropriate for the current market climate, an actual residential mortgage backed security (RMBS) transaction is taken from prospectus to model by the end of the book. Step by step, Allman walks the reader through the reversing process with textual excerpts from the prospectus and discussions on how it directly transfers to a model. Each chapter begins with a discussion of concepts with exact references to an example prospectus, followed by a section called "Model Builder," in which Allman translates the theory into a fully functioning model for the example deal. Also included is valuable VBA code and detailed explanation that shows proper valuation methods including loan level amortization and full trigger modeling.
Aside from investment analysis this text can help anyone who wants to keep track of the competition, learn from others public transactions, or set up a system to audit one’s own models.
Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.
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Nam Cheong secures letters of intent for sale and charter of ships worth S$237 million
Oct 17, 2014, 12:33 pm SGT
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SINGAPORE - Nam Cheong said Friday it has secured letters of intent from five customers worth approximately US$186 million (S$236.9 million) , for a mix of sale and charter of 12 newly launched tug supply vessels. The Group has also secured options for the sale of eight additional such vessels.
The potential sale of the 20 vessels represent a full take-up rate of the 20 vessels planned for delivery.
The sale of the vessels would contribute positively to the earnings of the froup for the financial years ending 2014 to 2016.
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When appearing before a judge and jury, law enforcement and forensic scientists must give an accurate statement of the crime scene investigation and clearly explain how evidence was processed and examined. To promote fairness and justice, there cannot be constitutional violations or ethical violations when framing prosecutorial charges against an accused. Such false accusations and reliance upon misstated evidentiary findings can result in the wrongful conviction of an innocent person.
It goes without saying that the hard work of both law enforcement and forensic scientists goes a long way to protect our society by successfully capturing and prosecuting criminals who would otherwise continue to commit deviant acts. Still, failure to adhere to professional standards or engage in questionable conduct that taints procured evidence circumvents our notion of one receiving a fair trial and thus, undermines our entire criminal justice system.
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When we see high profile cases such as the OJ Simpson or Casey Anthony trials, media accounts of what really happened often sensationalize and distort the facts. Only when the investigating officers and forensic examiners take to the stand does the public discover what truly transpired and what specific results were determined by the forensic scientists.
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PBS. (April 17, 2012). (Transcript)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/real-csi/Woodworth, M., Hancock, J., Porter, S., Hare, R., Logan, M., O’Toole, M., & Smith, S. (July 2012).
http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/july-2012/the-language-of-psychopaths
Main Task: Examine a High Profile Case to Assess the Completed Forensic Investigation and AnalysisSelect a particular crime with which you have some familiarity. For example, a high profile homicide that occurred in your state or perhaps a computer-related case where the accused is claiming the government is using inadmissible evidence. In a paper, compare and contrast the various investigative techniques applied to reconstruct events and identify the offender. In addition, include responses to the following:
Critique the evidence detection, collection, and documentation procedures.
Was the evidence obtained legally?
Was a search warrant necessary? Why or why not?
Outline the potential crime scene contamination and the chain of custody of the evidence. Include a summary of the court testimony of the forensic scientist and the expert witness.
Provide an overall evaluation of the investigation and explain if you would convict the offender based on the available forensic evidence.
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"My Life in Pantyhose" is now part of a snazzy book chronicling many writers' "other" jobs, from Tiffany to Walmart and beyond. Look for From Pantyhose to Spandex: Writers on the Job Redux.
My Life in Pantyhose:
A gal begins work in the 1980s.
I used to counsel young women never to do two things, or not to do them in conjunction: 1. learn to type; 2. buy pantyhose.
Read "My Life in Pantyhose"
Also take time to enjoy this playlist of favorite pantyhose commercials from the 1970s and 1980s:
The ultimate in lecherous pantyhose appreciation--his monocle pops!
Secret agent pantyhose!
Pantyhose at the zoo!
Joyce DeWitt dances in Undie L'eggs!
Many thanks to Thomas E. Kennedy and Walter Cummins, who are the hosts of "Writers on the Job," a feature at WebdelSol.com. Amid many hilarious and harrowing essays about the "other" work that writers have done to support their craft, you'll find my piece about the supposed glamor and nasty effects of pantyhose, the dominant metaphor of my life as a young office worker back when I was in school, preparing to travel, looking for a way into the world of books. Once I started to think about this subject, some NASTY memories poured forth: the typewriters, the bosses, the sexism, the sex. Read as a series of little essays about work life. Now part of an anthology from Serving House Press!
In the 1980s, if you worked with a typewriter you also had to wear the hose, which back then cost $2.50 a pair on a good day and typically lasted no more than forty-eight hours, if that ...
a ridiculous amount of maintenance for something doomed to evanesce like Brigadoon, leaving lumps of fine-knit plastic in a landfill.
From time to time it was necessary to do one or the other, but the combination meant you were practically assured a future as a ecretary, which was fine if that was what you wanted to do. But being secretarial in the 1980s, when I started my work life, meant having to appear constantly cheerful (which I was not) and receptive to lewd comments by unsavory older men (which I was not) and forced to accept makeovers from one’s female bosses, which usually meant wearing their cast-off foot-warping heels and pussy-bow blouses and even makeup in colors they had rejected, in general feeling as full of self-esteem as on the days in junior high when the cheerleaders took one aside and launched into a long list of impossible beauty tips.
The decade was supposed to be a transitional time, one in which women were getting more power and older gender roles were on the wane, but pantyhose were part of a gal’s power outfit, and pantyhose were oppressive, uncomfortable, expensive, and awkward. And forget about sisterhood—women used pantyhose to control each other, perhaps even more than men did. We were all conforming to some vague idea of masculine preference that might (might!) let us hold on to femininity while we entered the world of men’s offices.
In the 1980s, if you worked with a typewriter you also had to wear the hose, which back then cost $2.50 a pair on a good day and typically lasted no more than forty-eight hours, if that. They inevitably snagged on something under one’s desk or in the files one was collating and stapling. Then they developed a “run” that exposed a thin strip of your pallid leg skin and meant you had to throw them away, possibly skip out on your lunch hour to buy a new pair—when $4.00 an hour was a dreamy kind of wage and still didn’t cover much. For me, living in California, alone or with roommates, in college or grad school, made saving up for rent and tuition and a few cans of Campbell’s soup (I was anorexic so I didn’t need much)—a task both Herculean and Sisyphean. How was a girl supposed to afford pantyhose on top of it all?
Also, pantyhose are by nature awful. They cling to the skin like sweat, and they create a warm, moist nursery for yeast, bacterial, and viral infections. They flatten and accentuate any leg hairs even the most conscientious shaver has growing, so they require constant vigilance and a ridiculous amount of maintenance for something doomed to evanesce like Brigadoon, leaving lumps of fine-knit plastic in a landfill. They cannot be recycled, and manufacturing them sends toxins into the air.
But my main objection is a selfish one: They’re uncomfortable and they send a signal I don’t want to put out. ...
1. Nothing beats a great pair.
At first, admittedly, pantyhose entered my life with a silky sheen of glamor. They were advertised on television, in commercials featuring happy career girls gleefully opening a Humpty-Dumpty plastic half-egg to pull out a pair of L’eggs (get it) and montage-contemplating a carefree night on the town or a day behind a well-organized desk where their equally happy male coworkers—bosses—stopped by with stacks of paper and admiring glances for the legs in the pantyhose, and then the girls went on those dream dates with the bosses and married them. Fantastic!
The jingle was an irresistible earworm, even for a nine-year-old: Our L’eggs—fit your legs—they help you, they hold you—they NEVER LET YOU GO!
And this was a good thing. (Incidentally, L’eggs is one of the brands for which Peggy Olson and Joan Harris designed campaigns on Mad Men, which says a lot about where L’eggs stand in the canon of cultural references.)
L’eggs came in several varieties. Skating star Peggy Fleming touted a line, Sheer Energy, saying it “massages, stimulates, and refreshes my legs”—and titillated TV watchers—because nothing beats a great pair of L’eggs. Then there were Undie-L’eggs, which featured a tap-dancing Joyce DeWitt from Three’s Company, expressing her relief at finding “real” panties and hose in one so that she avoided panty lines, apparently a major plague on the woman of the 1970s. Control-top varieties firmed up (sort of) a pesky little belly, and some pairs came with extra-fragile sheer toes that could be worn with sandals. Of course they all conformed so effortlessly to the leg that no one could ever compare the wearer’s ankles to an elephant’s, as happened to one unlucky TV mom who wore inferior pantyhose when she took her TV daughter to the zoo.
Pantyhose. To the zoo. Think about it.
I remember an even more alluring commercial, this one for for the drably named Hanes brand. In the ad a glamorous woman sits in a train, probably speeding through Europe, definitely wearing a hat. Who is she? What is her career? No doubt something glamorous, probably a spy. And while the viewer figures that out, an equally glamorous man sits down across from her and openly appraises her legs, and a nasal soprano voice populates the soundtrack: Gentlemen … prefer HANES.
So that was a gentleman? So we learned. Forget about the stimulating massages offered by the L’eggs line; we now wanted to please those gentlemen, the spies who might love us. If they preferred Hanes (obviously) they would prefer us, and we were so used to pleasing our parents and teachers (the bosses of an old-fashioned childhood) that we knew instinctively what our next life step would entail.
On the playgrounds of Southern California my friends and I sang all the jingles in a never-ending run of musical theater. Hanes, we sang the shimmery bridge of promise, will make you smooth and silky, shapely—sexy! Just what every eleven-year-old wanted to be. Really.
That espionage ad was part of a series, especially catchy, some of which are posted on YouTube. Pantyhose prevailed again when a Suzie Wong–style spy stole secret plans, then eluded capture by reclining on a divan and crossing her legs: The cool official was no fool, but he forgot one basic rule: Gentlemen … prefer HANES. And in case we were inclined to blame the poor guy for a lapse in judgment: A man can overlook a lot when Ultra Sheer is in the plot—gentlemen (everybody now!) …
My favorite commercial features a young woman in a fluffy white dress dashing up a staircase: When rushing to that special ball, remember underneath it all … A pair of stout elderly gents out of Alice in Wonderland or Kaiser Wilhelm’s doomed court variously twitch their mustaches and lose their monocles (incensing a female companion their own age) as their eyes travel up the pretty girl’s smooth and silky, shapely—sexy! gams. Near the end, as the camera dwells on a perplexed leg that has somehow dropped its bow-toed mule and can’t do anything but pose, Problems seem to disappear when a handsome prince is near—and a young man holds up the shoe, because—yes—gentlemen … prefer HANES.
In the late seventies and early eighties, Cinderella’s slipper hardly mattered anymore; Cinderella’s stockings were all. The ads had done their jobs.
At my junior high and high schools, for example, after my family was transplanted to the mountains of New Mexico, pantyhose were de rigueur anytime a girl put on a skirt. It was customary to wear a pair in “tan,” never mind how poorly “tan” matched one’s actual skin color elsewhere. I heard the popular girls debating, and “tan” always came out on top; “taupe” was a distant second. ...
All of the “executives” were men who spent most of the day pitching quarters at a wall and calculating wins and losses by how close they bounced to some arcane target. I’m pretty sure it was a variation on a drinking game I never played at college.
The “branch president” sometimes sat at his desk and had me bring him things to sign, mostly so he could declare proudly, “This is what we call—president business,” or “This is what we call—oil and gas business,” even though I could see the papers had nothing to do with the oil well. He was kind of simpleminded; he’d got the job because an investor (the only investor) felt some obligation to the man’s mother and had sunk a lot of money into the as-yet-imaginary well and insisted that “Donna’s boy” get the job. Eventually they hired his brother, too, who was a former hairdresser and very creepy.
The “branch president” wasn’t exactly creepy, but he did have an amazingly ill-fit toupee skating over a fringe of very dirty hair beneath, and it was hard not to stare. He liked to leave his office door open while he called up women who’d given him their real phone numbers on “office excursions” to the Del Mar racetrack—excursions in which I was not included because someone had to stay behind to answer phones and I wasn’t legal drinking age—and I’d listen to him telling these women he had made millions of dollars investing in businesses like El Torito, a chain of reasonably priced sit-down Mexican restaurants, and that his mother never had to worry about money because she had “Sonny Boy” to look after her.
He’d say that one several times in a row, like an incantation: “Sonny Boy … Sonny Boy … I’m Sonny Boy!” He stared at me while he said it, presumably to gauge the effect he was having on the woman at the other end of the line.
It was all very amusing and pretty easy to ignore. I was a serious student. I would depart that August to spend my junior year at the university in Poitiers, France, so I studied vocabulary lists and tried to read the French canon. For fun, I also read Anna Karenina and all of Thomas Hardy. I had a typewriter at my station, an IBM Selectric (now that name sounds porny) and I used it to type out my thoughts about the books and to work on some short stories and a novel I’d begun when I was seventeen. I’m pretty sure that the main character in that novel wore white pantyhose, because those had been fashionable when I’d started writing....
A few weeks into my tenure at the diversified corporation, the secretary turned up, on time, with grocery bags full of things for me. Naturally these were not food items, as my self-starved body was doing okay as far as she could tell; she had brought me makeup and high heels and clothes she’d grown out of, having gained ten pounds since she took up with the Texan.
“We’re doing a maaaakeoooooover!” she exclaimed happily, a word hard for me to understand as she burbled it and, no doubt, just as hard to make sense of in writing. She pulled me into the bathroom, phones be damned, and started painting my face with heavy kohl eyeliner, brown shadow, sparkly blush, red lipstick. In the end I had a face that was not really a face, the way I feel when looking at plastic surgery now.
“Well, that’s better!” Miss Oregon said, and then she started tugging at my shoes. She said no self-respecting woman wore shoes less than three inches high, and the ones she was giving me were mostly what’s called mules, just a thin strap across the front and nothing to hold them on behind. The heels got stuck when I pressed down the gas pedal of my VW squareback, which was sometimes frightening on the highways, and I tripped so often I became the object of office witticisms: “Have a nice trip, Susie—see you next fall!” and the like.
Wearing those shoes, I was over six feet tall, and falling down that much was a bad idea. I wrecked countless pairs of pantyhose. Nobody offered me new ones; pantyhose were my responsibility.
A little while later, the “branch president” told me quite seriously, “I have seen a hundred-percent improvement in you since DeeDee began helping you out.”
The moment he judged me was the moment he became creepy too, but I had to say thanks; it was my job. It was also my job to let Miss Oregon send me to a beauty salon to get highlights put in my hair, and a real haircut. The streaks in my locks were freaky and made me cry, which made the crazy eyeliner run down my face, and I’m sure I sweated some more into the pantyhose (I feel as if I have to mention them here, as they are the governing metaphor of my work life).
Our L’eggs—fit your legs—they help you, they hold you …
Eventually I let them go. I made it to France, still with the makeup, and I wore pantyhose and some of those shoes in the hilly streets—for a short while. An American guy friend told me, “Man was not made to walk constantly downhill.” I said, “Man may not have been, but woman reputedly was.” It was received wisdom.
Nonetheless, I threw all those shoes away and wore my canvas sneakers everywhere. I also dyed my hair black, which went better with Miss Oregon’s makeup, and I enjoyed being asked, “Etes-vous japonaise?” … but only in Paris, for some reason; in Paris I seemed Japanese, in Poitiers just a hulking pale American proto-goth.
French department stores had beautiful sections just for pantyhose and old-fashioned thigh-high stockings, organized by deniers—the scale of the knit they offered, from very sheer to very thick. Sometimes I went to look at them; seeing a large quantity of almost anything lovingly displayed is a powerful experience.
So that was a gentleman? So we learned. Forget about the stimulating massages offered by the L’eggs line; we now wanted to please those gentlemen, the spies who might love us.
Near the end, as the camera dwells on a perplexed leg that has somehow dropped its bow-toed mule and can’t do anything but pose,
Problems seem to disappear when a handsome prince is near—and a young man holds up the shoe, because—yes—gentlemen … prefer HANES.
He liked to leave his office door open while he called up women who’d given him their real phone numbers, and I’d listen to him telling these women he had made millions of dollars investing in businesses like El Torito ...
The moment he judged me was the moment he became creepy too.
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Cannes 2017: Thoughts on a Political, Indie-Minded Festival
From awards prospects to the festival’s impact on filmmakers’ careers, here’s what we learned this year
Ben Croll | May 28, 2017 @ 12:51 PM Last Updated: May 28, 2017 @ 2:06 PM
With the 2017 Cannes Film Festival concluded, a few thoughts on what we learned at the festival’s 70th anniversary edition:
Politics are never too far below the surface at Cannes. One of the biggest stories of the past several years has been the ongoing migrant crisis, but Vanessa Redgrave’s impassioned agit-doc “Sea Sorrow” was the only Cannes film to tackle the subject head-on.
Though “Jupiter’s Moon” followed a Syrian refugee, the film was more interested in the religious allegory aspect and in crafting spectacular action set-pieces. African migrants popped up in Michael Haneke’s “Happy End” and Jonas Carpignano’s “A Ciambra,” but both films were ultimately about other subjects (Haneke’s about upper class malaise, Carpignano’s about a young Roma’s coming of age). Though the crisis shows no signs of abetting, it has become woven into the fabric of everyday life.
The big studios were conspicuously absent this year, with many of them choosing the fall festival circuit to launch their major titles, and so they’ve has taken on a different role, now acting as a career boost for up-and-coming young directors. Filmmakers like Benny and Josh Safdie, Tyler Sheridan and Sean Baker have all considerable success in the American independent scene. Now that they return with the Cannes stamp of approval, they will find themselves playing to a larger audience than they ever had before.
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Both Director’s Fortnight winners “The Rider” and “A Ciambra” mix documentary and fiction, having real people play versions of themselves in visually accomplished, highly cinematic retellings of their stories. While Netflix — and the way it’s challenging existing distribution models — has been the talk of the festival, these two Fortnight winners show that bold young directors are challenging film form itself.
For all of its fully-justified acclaim, Chloé Zhao’s “The Rider” is still more of a festival film. Expect it to gallop through Telluride and NYFF, but its finish line will likely be at either the Gotham Awards or the Independent Spirits.
Diane Kruger’s Best Actress win will certainly kick off an Oscar campaign, putting her in the spot occupied last year by Isabelle Huppert for the 2016 Cannes entry “Elle.”
Obviously, though, Kruger would have a different awards narrative than Huppert. For one thing, she’s better integrated into the American industry. She’s starred in mostly commercial fare since 2004’s “Troy” with an occasional jaunt back to Europe. While Huppert was of the “lifetime achievement” model, Kruger would be more “breakthrough dramatic role.”
She could also get a boost if Germany submits “In the Fade” as its foreign nominee. The straight-ahead drama was a little too meat-and-potatoes for Cannes intellectuals, but the Academy seems likely to eat it up.
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The Agnes Varda documentary “Faces Places” received unanimously ecstatic acclaim. It may well be the best-loved film of the entire festival. Add on the desire to honor a true cinema legend and you have the makings of a real player for doc awards.
Because Netflix is opting to give Noah Baumbach’s “The Meyerowitz Stories” a qualifying run, Adam Sandler might very well needle himself into the awards conversation. His warmly received turn as eldest son in a dysfunctional New York family gives the comedian a real opportunity to change his image within the industry. Whether or not he’ll act on it is another question.
Sweden’s Palme d’Or winner “The Square,” Hungary’s “Jupiter’s Moon,” Austria’s “Happy End” and Germany’s “In the Fade” all seem likely to be their country’s foreign film Oscar submission. Now that “120 Beats Per Minute” has won the Grand Prize, it has more heat in its quest to rise to the top of France’s always-packed lineup of possibilities.
The 13 Tackiest Cannes PR Stunts, From Blake Lively's Sharks to Sacha Baron Cohen's Mankini (Photos)
From a faux terrorist attack to sharks in the French Riviera, promoters often miss the mark with their gaudy Cannes PR stunts.
Faux “Terror Raid” to Promote Oraxy
Guests at Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc got a surprise visit by men outfitted in militia-themed gear last year, who approached the hotel by boat. It was a publicity stunt for the Paris-based Oraxy, which describes itself as “the world’s first private global marketplace reserved exclusively for UHNWI,” or Ultra High Net Worth Individuals.
Sacha Baron Cohen Wears Green Mankini
In 2006, Sacha Baron Cohen sported a bright green male thong known as the “mankini” to promote “Borat! Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.”
Sacha Baron Cohen Brings a Camel
In 2012, “The Dictator” actor turned up with two model bodyguards and a camel. He even managed to fall off the camel, which bore a license plate with “Wadiya 1” on it – a reference to the fictional North African Republic of Wadiya, where “The Dictator” was set.
T.J. Miller Parachutes in to Debut "Emoji Movie" Trailer
To promote Sony’s “The Emoji Movie,” T.J. Miller parasailed into Cannes before unveiling a trailer for the film, in which he voices Gene, the Meh emoji. Emojis don't feel very Cannes.
"The Shallows" Brings in Fake Sharks
To promote Blake Lively's nautical horror film, Screen Gems planted fake sharks in the French Riviera.
Faux Snow for "A Christmas Carol"
Disney tapped Jim Carrey for a new version of “A Christmas Carol” in 2009 — and decided to bring the holiday spirit to Cannes by covering the Croisette with snow. Not the best example of reading the room or, in this case, the luxurious French beach town in the middle of May. Shout out to Robin Wright and Colin Firth in the background for looking horrified at the faux snowball fight.
Jerry Seinfeld Flies In to Promote "Bee Movie"
In 2007, Jerry Seinfeld took Cannes by air to promote his big animated push for Disney, for which he served as writer and star and recruited pals like Chris Rock. His giant bee costume might have been worse than his notorious “Seinfeld” puffy shirt.
Angelina Jolie, Will Smith Ride Inflatable Shark
Will Smith, Angelina Jolie and Jack Black rode a 14-foot inflatable shark to promote "Shark Tale" in 2004.
"Trolls" Wigs
Anna Kendrick and Justin Timberlake promoted "Trolls" in 2016 with an array of women wearing bright-colored outfits and wigs reminiscent of the costumes in the movie. Also, they're all in gowns -- a play on Cannes fashion?
Gaspar Noe’s Graphic Makeout Posters to Promote “Love”
Gaspar Noe at first shocked -- and then satisfied -- critics with his depiction of sex on film. He was praised for depicting the joyous and fervent act and staying mostly out of the realm of straight-up pornography. Promoting the film, however, was a different story. Producers wallpapered Cannes in posters of a saliva-covered triple kiss and an NSFW image of a penis and a woman's breast after climax.
Dolph Lundgren, Jean-Claude Van Damme Hold Impromptu Stage Fight
Both "Universal Soldier" actors held a stage fight on the steps of a famed staircase in 1992. Many believed it was real, but Lundgren told The Hollywood Reporter that it was planned.
Dead pigeons for "24 Hour Party People"
In 2002, actors impersonating the band Happy Mondays mimicked a scene of the movie by throwing fake dead pigeons from the beach onto unsuspecting victims, who believed thousands of dead birds were falling from the sky, the BBC reported.
Naked Bike Rides
Felix van Groeningen, the filmmaker behind “The Misfortunates,” decided to recreate a scene from his film where a dysfunctional family rides bikes in the nude. Just hours before a press conference, the director and his team disrobed and flew down the Croisette in the buff. A staffer on a motorcycle followed with their underwear, in case French police got a gander at them.
The glamorous festival has seen some crazy PR stunts over the years
‘The Square’ Wins Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival
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Chelsea Handler Shares New Details of Her Upcoming Netflix Series (Video)
Her new documentary series will be about Racism, Marriage, Silicon Valley and Ayahuasca
Sharon Waxman | May 8, 2015 @ 4:32 PM Last Updated: May 8, 2015 @ 4:37 PM
Comedian Chelsea Handler revealed that she is doing something very different with a set of four documentaries she is making for Netflix that will be out next year.
Handler said her new documentary series will be about Racism, Marriage, Silicon Valley and Ayahuasca, the hallucinogenic drug. Handler said she’ll steer clear of celebrities and focus on topics that she’s curious about. “It’ll be like a younger, hipper, cooler ’60 minutes’… I want to immerse myself in things I know nothing about.”
“I’ve never been married and now that I’m 40 and have no prospects,” she said she decided to explore the topic.
The TV personality also said she visited the Twitter offices topless recently for one episode, and the CEO made her put a shirt on. “You can walk down the street topless in San Francisco,” she said. “I know because I did it. It’s not comfortable.”
Chelsea Handler, Kara Swisher Join San Francisco’s Power Women 2015 (Photos)
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Jimmy Carter: ‘I Would Choose Trump’ Over Ted Cruz
“Trump has proven already that he’s completely malleable,” former president tells British Parliament
Itay Hod | February 4, 2016 @ 10:43 AM
Former President Jimmy Carter says that if he had to choose between Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, he’d vote for Trump because the billionaire businessman is more “malleable,” according to CBS News.
“I think I would choose Trump,” Carter told the British Parliament on Wednesday, “which may surprise some of you, but the reason is Trump has proven already that he’s completely malleable. I don’t think he has any fixed opinions that he would really go to the White House and fight for.”
Carter was speaking to the House of Lords about his campaign against Guinea worm disease when he was asked about the 2016 presidential race, adding that Hillary Clinton will probably win the Democratic primaries despite facing an uphill battle in New Hampshire next week. But Carter stopped shy of predicting the actual outcome of the election, however.
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He also made clear he would be backing the Democratic candidate. But that didn’t stop Cruz from spinning the comment into what he called an “endorsement” of Trump.
“I’m not making this up, Jimmy Carter endorsed Donald Trump,” Cruz told supporters Wednesday. “Here’s what Jimmy Carter said: the reason is Donald’s views are malleable, he has no core beliefs on anything … This Cruz guy actually believes this stuff,” he said, adding, “I want the video, and I am going to pay to air Jimmy Carter attacking me.”
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Fiction Friday | 'Under Glass' by Claire Robertson
Novel-enthusiasts exult! For the next few Fridays we'll be treating you to extracts from the five titles shortlisted for the 2019 Barry Ronge Fiction Prize. This week's read? Claire Robertson's 'Under Glass'
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'Under Glass'.
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Set in Natal in the nineteenth century among the settlers and the homesteaders and the sugar-cane farmers, Claire Robertson’s masterful new novel Under Glass tells the story of Mrs Chetwyn, who arrives in Port Natal from India in 1856. She is with her eldest daughter and her ayah, and has been travelling for eleven months to join her husband, already deep in the hinterland.
Her father-in-law has staked them their passage, a sum for settlement and an arrangement for the purchase of land, but there are conditions to his generosity that will have a lasting effect on the Chetwyns, specially on their fifth child, Cosmo, born years later.
It is on the Chetwyns’ sugar-cane farm that the reader begins to understand that there is something strange about Cosmo, something that must be kept secret or hidden.
At once a deeply researched historical novel and an intriguing mystery, Under Glass is a high-stakes narrative of deception and disguise that will appeal to a range of readers of literary fiction by one of the country’s finest novelists.
EXTRACT:
Small boats are coming to meet them. At first light they were swung by barrel chair from the Lady Lee to this large yacht to cross the sand bar of legend, and now they will drop into open skiffs. Mrs Chetwyn, as she waits her turn, tidies her recent quarter-year into patterns: the Lady Lee, two hundred and two passengers, almost three months (at the end of which the forbiddingly large ship had shrunk to a croft, a mousehole, a crowded irritation so profound it was almost calming in the way it seized her brain), then half an hour among twenty or so women in the hold of the yacht, now five or six of them at a time on the unnamed little surf boats and as many minutes on that journey entire.
At the end of the ride over the surf, one last conveyance yet stands between them and the shore. It is occasioning small screams from some of the women. Mrs Chetwyn cocks an ear to them: the musical yelps are a publication of reluctance, a plea in mitigation of the immodesty to which the women are bent: obliged to object, they object. She translates for herself the lamentations of one Scattergood, and understands by her unconvincing shrieks: ‘Know you, and you women most particularly, it is through no fault of my own that my arms are laid upon the shoulders of this ebony specimen pair, and theirs crossed beneath my seat, and their breath hot on my bosom.’ Delight and fright, frothing.
Successively shorter periods spent in progressively smaller vessels have given the journey the air of speeding up, and of moving towards a vanishing point. Now, from the great ship and its months down to the boats and their minutes, each woman is spending only seconds on the crossed arms of a pair of all-but-naked men before landing with dry skirts and boots upon the sand.
Mrs Chetwyn watches from the bucking surf boat as Sophronia and Griffin are carried ashore with less ceremony by a man apiece. When it is her turn she places one gloved hand on the nearest shoulder of each of hers and lowers herself backwards onto their crossed arms.
As she feels their bodies brace against a knee-high surging wave, she says to herself – and almost says aloud, in encouragement – that if they can bear what must be borne, she can too; it is the sort of pun that her husband would have made, were he here to see his family ashore.
But Chetwyn is ashore already, deep in the daunting bush, and she has charge of them, directing the ayah and the little girl towards what she takes to be a customs shed, and searching in her pocket for the letter with the name of the agent, and preparing to manage the business of bringing ashore the heap of goods she had had hauled aboard from a Plymouth dock in the grey winter that preceded this hot autumn.
By her side, no higher than her mother’s waist, stands Sophronia, dressed as thoroughly as Mrs Chetwyn from bonnet to buttoned boots. Behind both Chetwyns, as desiccated as they are dewy, cockerel-coloured in red and orange and black when they are doves, tall Griffin twitches her folds and counts her bracelets, and bends at the waist to reach down and flick the ribbon of the little girl’s cape off her shoulder to join its twin in front.
Sophronia, mildly smiling, looks down, burrows her boots into the sand.
Between the Chetwyn party and the small waves, women are uniting with their husbands, and families are counting their members, counting again and reaching with small gestures to touch one another – a hand on a shoulder, a head cupped or tousled. The woman Scattergood, attached to the Drummond party nominally as a mother’s help but known by all on the ship since the first storm to be as much trouble to the mother as all eight of her small children acting in concert, is settling herself as a duck might when, having impressed itself with flight, it has also managed to regain the Earth.
A wall-eyed party of some forty years, she is executing a deliberate fussy disturbance of her person as if to signal that she is too busy with her tail feathers to give comment on the excellence of her landing, though you may do so. This is manifest in the twitching of her pelisse and the settling of her skirt folds, then the settling of them anew. She, like the rest of the party still on the shore, faces the sea as she fusses. Then they turn, almost in concert, and face the land.
Under Glass is published by Umuzi, an imprint of Penguin Random House
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Preliminary Results 2013/14
52 weeks ended 22 February 2014 (unaudited)
On a continuing operations basis
Growth (Actual exchange rates)
Growth (Constant
exchange rates)
Group sales (inc. VAT)* £70,894m 0.3% (0.2)%
Sales growth excluding petrol 0.9% 0.4%
Group trading profit
- Tesco Bank £3,315m
£2,191m
£194m (6.0)%
(3.6)%
(27.7)%
1.6% (6.7)%
Underlying profit before tax £3,054m (6.9)% (7.7)%
Underlying diluted earnings per share 32.05p (7.3)%** n/a
ROCE (pro-forma inc. China)*** 12.1% (64)bp n/a
Capex £2.7bn 0.9% 0.6%
Statutory profit before tax includes:
- One-off items
(inc. Europe asset impairment of £(734)m) £(801)m
Statutory profit before tax £2,259m 9.8% n/a
China treated as discontinued, including a charge of £(540)m relating to the write-down of goodwill
FOCUSING ON THE MOST COMPELLING OFFER FOR CUSTOMERS
Philip Clarke, Chief Executive:
“We are transforming Tesco through a relentless focus on providing the most compelling offer for our customers. Our results today reflect the challenges we face in a trading environment which is changing more rapidly than ever before. We are determined to lead the industry in this period of change.
Having strengthened the foundations of our business in the UK, we are now accelerating our growth in new channels and investing in sharper prices, improved quality, stronger ranges and better service. Since setting out these plans just seven weeks ago, we have already made a substantial investment in price, launched Clubcard Fuel Save and re-launched our general merchandise ranges across the business. We are going faster with our work to transform our Extra stores to create more compelling destinations and will complete more than 50 in the first half alone.
During the year, we have maintained our focus on cash and capital discipline. We have significantly reduced our new investment in Europe, focusing the majority of our overseas capital on targeted, high-returning investments in Korea, Malaysia and Thailand. We have completed our exit from the U.S. and established partnerships with CRE in China and Tata in India which provide continued access to two of the world’s most exciting markets, consistent with a sustainable level of future investment.”
£3.3bn trading profit – year-on-year decline reflects challenges in UK and Europe
Final dividend maintained at 10.13p, giving full-year dividend of 14.76p (cover 2.1 times)****
UK sales exc. petrol up +0.8%, with lower net new space contribution as planned
Strong UK growth in online grocery +11% and Express LFL +1.1%
UK LFL inc. VAT, exc. petrol (1.3)% held back by work on the transformation of general merchandise and a weaker and increasingly competitive grocery market in the second half
Nearly 300 UK stores refreshed this year - typical sales uplift +3% to +5%
Ongoing multichannel focus - grocery home shopping launched in five countries
Consistent approach to capital discipline, returns and cash
*Group sales (inc. VAT) exclude the accounting impact of IFRIC 13.
** Underlying diluted EPS growth calculated on a constant tax rate basis; (5.0)% at actual tax rates.
*** From an accounting point of view, our existing business in China has to be treated as a discontinued operation, prior to the planned completion of our partnership with CRE. The pro-forma Group ROCE of 12.1% includes our Chinese business to provide a comparable figure to the previously disclosed 2012/13 figure. It is otherwise calculated on a continuing operations basis, excluding one-off charges. Excluding our Chinese business, Group ROCE for 2013/14 was 13.6%.
**** Dividend cover calculated on underlying diluted EPS on a constant tax rate basis.
SUMMARY OF GROUP RESULTS1
Continuing operations2
Tesco Bank
Growth %
£m
The financial year represents the 52 weeks ended 22 February 2014 (prior financial year 52 weeks ended 23 February 2013). For the UK and the Republic of Ireland, the results are for the 52 weeks ended 22 February 2014 (prior financial year 52 weeks ended 23 February 2013). For all other operations, the results are for the financial year ended 28 February 2014 (prior financial year ended 28 February 2013). All growth rates are calculated at actual exchange rates unless otherwise stated. Statutory numbers include the accounting impact of IFRIC 13 (Customer Loyalty Programmes). All other numbers are shown excluding the accounting impact of IFRIC 13, consistent with internal management reporting. More information can be found in Note 1 to the preliminary consolidated financial information.
Continuing operations exclude the results from our operations in China, the US and Japan which have been treated as discontinued.
The UK segment excludes Tesco Bank, which is reported separately in accordance with IFRS 8 ‘Operating Segments’.
Excludes the accounting impact of IFRIC 13 (Customer Loyalty Programmes). Trading margin is based on revenue excluding the accounting impact of IFRIC 13.
Includes the accounting impact of IFRIC 13 (Customer Loyalty Programmes).
Trading profit excludes profits/losses arising on property-related items and makes the same additional adjustments as our underlying profit measure, except for the impact of non-cash elements of IAS 17 relating to Joint Ventures and Associates, IAS 32 and 39, and the interest element of IAS 19.
Underlying profit excludes the impact of non-cash elements of IAS 17, 19, 32, and 39 (principally the impact of annual uplifts in rents and rent-free periods, pension costs, and the marking to market of financial instruments); the amortisation charge on intangible assets arising on acquisition (Tesco Bank) and acquisition costs, the non-cash impact of IFRIC 13 (Customer Loyalty Programmes), and profits/losses arising on property-related items. It also excludes restructuring and other one-off costs.
Includes both continuing and discontinued operations.
Sales (inc. VAT)4 70,894 70,712 0.3% 48,177 10,947 10,767 1,003
Growth % (0.1)% 2.7% (0.4)% (1.8)%
UK LFL (exc. Petrol) (1.3)%
Revenue (exc. VAT)5 63,557 63,406 0.2% 43,057 10,276 9,221 1,003
UK LFL – IFRIC 13 compliant basis (exc. Petrol) (1.4)%
Trading profit6 3,315 3,525 (6.0)% 2,191 692 238 194
Growth % (3.6)% (5.6)% (27.7)% 1.6%
Trading profit margin4 5.17% 5.51% (34)bp 5.03% 6.71% 2.57% 19.34%
Change (basis points) (18)bp (59)bp (96)bp 63bp
Other underlying profit items:
– Share of post-tax profits of joint ventures and associates 54 64 (15.6)%
– Net interest cost (315) (309) (1.9)%
Underlying profit before tax7 3,054 3,280 (6.9)%
IAS adjustments (174) (148) (17.6)%
Restructuring and other one-off costs
– Impairment of PPE and onerous lease provisions included within cost of sales (734) (161) (355.9)%
– Impairment of PPE and onerous lease provisions included within profits/losses arising on property-related items 98 (709) 113.8%
– Impairment of goodwill - (495) n/m
– Provision for customer redress (63) (115) 45.2%
– Other restructuring and one-off items (102) (14) (628.6)%
Other profits/losses arising on property-related items 180 419 (57.0)%
Statutory profit before tax 2,259 2,057 9.8%
Dividend per share (pence) 14.76 14.76 0.0%
Group UK Asia Europe Tesco Bank
TY LY YOY Change TY LY TY LY TY LY TY LY
Capital expenditure (£bn) 2.7 2.7 - 1.6 1.4 0.7 0.7 0.3 0.5 0.1 0.1
Gross space added
(million sq.ft.) 4.0 5.2 (1.2) 1.5 1.5 2.1 2.3 0.4 1.4 n/a n/a
TY LY YOY Change
Net cashflow from operating activities (£bn)8:
Retail 3.5 2.9 0.6
Tesco Bank (0.3) (0.1) (0.2)
Group 3.2 2.8 0.4
IFRS pensions liability post-tax (£bn) 2.6 1.8 0.8
Net debt (£bn)8 6.6 6.6 -
STRATEGIC UPDATE
It is clear that the pace of change within our industry has accelerated and that uncertainties remain. Regardless of these uncertainties, our overarching priority is delivering the most compelling offer for customers and we are retaining the flexibility to act accordingly. By putting our customers at the heart of our business, we are determined to lead the industry in the new era of retail and in doing so, to create sustainable growth and strong returns.
Our performance in the year was not where we had planned it to be. In the UK, we faced a weaker and increasingly competitive market in the second half. These conditions and the accelerating shift to online retailing particularly affected the performance of our larger stores. Overseas, the difficult trading conditions in Europe and the profit impact of opening hours regulations in Korea persisted from the second half of 2012/13 into the first half of 2013/14. These trends in the international businesses eased in the second half, but the fourth quarter saw the onset of new challenges in Thailand with political unrest, in addition to a weak economy.
We have worked hard to strengthen the foundations of our business over the last two years and our three clear strategic priorities remain unchanged:
Continuing to invest in a strong UK business
Establishing multichannel leadership
Pursuing disciplined international growth
In a difficult and more competitive trading environment, we have continued to invest in a strong UK business in the second year of our ‘Building a Better Tesco’ plan. In February this year, we gave an update on the six parts of our plan and announced that we are accelerating our efforts to deliver the most compelling offer for customers. Since February we have made good progress and have already introduced a number of significant improvements:
We have started to deliver on our commitment to lower, more stable prices by cutting prices on the lines that matter most to our customers. So far the price reductions have included milk, eggs, butter, peppers, onions, tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, chicken and beef mince, with prices coming down by an average of 24% across all of the lines which have been cut.
We launched Clubcard Fuel Save across the nation on 12th March. As expected, this initiative will take time to build but already the average saving for our customers is six pence per litre.
Our new Spring/Summer general merchandise ranges are now in store, reaching a key milestone in the transformation of these categories.
We have begun to accelerate our refresh programme focusing on our larger stores. More than 50 Extra stores will be refreshed in the first half of 2014/15.
These initiatives build on the work already done to strengthen the foundations, with sharper prices, improved quality, stronger ranges and better service. We have significant plans for 2014/15 which will make our offer for customers even more compelling and drive loyalty.
A critical part of delivering the most compelling offer for customers is establishing multichannel leadership. The pace of change in customer behaviour means that this has never been more relevant and our determination has never been greater. In the year we launched grocery home shopping in five countries, opened 579 convenience stores across our markets and sold more than 500,000 Hudls, our first tablet. The completion of Tesco Bank’s product range with the launch of current accounts in the first half will be a key development for our customers.
We have increased our capital discipline throughout the year, in line with our strategic priority of pursuing disciplined international growth. Whilst we continue to allocate capital to the markets where we see the most potential for growth – notably Korea, Malaysia and Thailand – we have committed that Group-wide capex will be no more than £2.5bn per year for at least the next three financial years. In Europe, we have further reduced the level of capex. We will continue to limit capex in this region and focus our efforts on improving our offer for customers in existing stores.
This year has seen us make progress in a number of areas which provide clear evidence of our focus on capital discipline.
First, we concluded our strategic review in the United States with the sale of the substantive part of the Fresh & Easy operating business to Yucaipa.
Second, we announced a partnership with China Resources Enterprise Ltd. (CRE), which will, subject to the usual regulatory approvals, give Tesco a 20% ownership stake in the largest food retail business in China.
Third, we have announced a joint venture with the Tata Group in India to operate and develop the Star Bazaar and Star Daily store formats.
Reflecting the rapidly changing trading environment and the strategic decisions we have made, we have also announced today a number of one-off charges totalling £(801)m, principally relating to asset impairments in Europe. In light of the decline in profits of these businesses we have revised our long-term budgets, resulting in an impairment of £(734)m to the carrying value of our European assets.
As at the half year, and pending the completion of our partnership with CRE, our Chinese business is classified as a discontinued operation. These results include a £(540)m goodwill impairment, prudently reflecting the lower end of a range of independent valuations of the proposed combination. Further details can be found in Note 4, on page 26 of this statement.
The financial framework we laid out last April continues to inform our decisions. Our recent guidance to allocate no more than £2.5bn of capex for each of the next three years moves us to the bottom of our guiderail for capex of 4% down to 3.5% of sales. This in turn helps to underpin the strength of our balance sheet and our focus on cash and capital discipline.
We expect the challenging consumer environment, competitive intensity, and the rapid pace of change in retailing to continue in 2014/15. As outlined at our investor event in February 2014, we are committed to delivering the most compelling offer for customers across all of our channels. In doing this we are focusing on increasing loyalty and improving sales which will lead to sustainable profits and returns over the medium term, consistent with our financial guiderails.
Group sales, including VAT, increased by 0.3% to £70.9bn. At constant exchange rates, sales declined by (0.2)% (including petrol) and increased by 0.4% (excluding petrol).
Group trading profit was £3,315m, down (6.0)% on last year, impacted by a weakening UK grocery market in the second half of the year and challenging trading conditions overseas, in part driven by regulatory and political issues. Group trading margin was 5.17%, down (34) basis points.
Underlying profit before tax declined by (6.9)% to £3,054m. Group profit before tax was £2,259m, after one-off charges totalling £(801)m, including £(734)m for the impairment of European assets. Despite these charges and a lower contribution from profits/losses on property-related items, Group profit before tax increased by 9.8%, primarily reflecting higher one-off charges last year. Note 2 on page 25 shows the one-off charges included in our statutory profit.
Net finance costs increased slightly to £(315)m, from £(309)m last year. Capitalised interest reduced by £(44)m to £79m.
Total Group tax has been charged at an effective rate (on profit before tax prior to the one-off charges mentioned above) of 15.36% (last year 17.44%). This reflects the one-off effect of a lower UK corporate tax rate on deferred tax liabilities.
Cash Flow and Balance Sheet. Cash generated from retail operating activities increased by £0.6bn to £3.5bn (2012/13: £2.9bn), helped by an improved working capital performance. Net debt was flat year-on-year at £6.6bn.
As expected, the contribution from property-related items was greater in the second half. The full year profit of £180m is down significantly year-on-year, consistent with our expectations for a more rapid reduction of our sale and leaseback programme.
Pensions. The Group's net pension deficit after tax has increased from £1.8bn to £2.6bn, mainly due to a reduction in real corporate bond yields with a subsequent fall in the discount rate used to measure our liabilities.
Group capital expenditure was £2.7bn, or 3.9% of sales, a similar level to the prior year on a continuing operations basis. Our capex on new stores fell in Europe and the UK, with a small year-on-year increase in Asia, in line with our disciplined international growth priorities. Our UK capex of £1.6bn included an increase in technology-related spend.
Including the net assets and underlying losses of our existing Chinese business, the pro-forma Group Return on Capital Employed (ROCE) was 12.1%. This compares to 12.7% last year with the year-on-year change reflecting the Group’s lower trading profit. On a continuing operations basis, prior to the impact of one-off charges, Group ROCE was 13.6%, compared to 14.5% last year.
The Board has approved a maintained final dividend of 10.13p per share, giving a full year dividend of 14.76p. The final dividend will be paid on 4 July 2014 to shareholders on the Register of Members at the close of business on 2 May 2014.
SEGMENTAL PERFORMANCE
Whilst our performance in the UK was held back by the difficult and more competitive trading environment, our work to ‘Build a Better Tesco’ has strengthened the foundations of the business. There is much more to do and we are accelerating our investment to deliver the most compelling offer for customers.
UK Results 2013/14
% growth
UK sales £48,177m (0.1)%
UK revenue (exc. VAT, exc. impact of IFRIC 13) £43,570m 0.0%
UK trading profit £2,191m (3.6)%
Trading margin (trading profit/revenue) 5.03% (18)bp
Total UK sales declined by (0.1)% to just over £48bn. UK trading profit declined by (3.6)% to £2,191m with a lower trading margin of 5.03%, down 18 basis points.
In line with our reduction in new space, the contribution from net new space fell from 2.9% in 2012/13 to 2.1% in 2013/14. With 0.9m* square feet of net new space planned in 2014/15, we expect the contribution from new space to reduce further.
Our transformation work within general merchandise weighed on our like-for-like sales performance across the year as we continue to move away from low margin products such as consumer electronics and migrate to more profitable categories. Our new Spring/Summer general merchandise ranges, anchored around Home, Cook & Dine, Stationery and Party, started to arrive in-store in March.
* Total UK, includes One Stop (inc. franchising) and Dobbies.
UK LFL Growth 2013/14
**Compliant with IFRIC 13 (customer loyalty programmes)
LFL (inc. VAT, inc. petrol) (0.9)% (3.2)% (3.0)% (3.1)% (2.0)%
LFL (inc. VAT, exc. petrol) (0.5)% (1.4)% (2.9)% (2.2)% (1.3)%
LFL (exc. VAT, exc. petrol) (0.5)% (1.5)% (3.0)% (2.3)% (1.4)%
LFL (exc. VAT, exc. petrol) IFRIC 13** (0.4)% (1.6)% (3.3)% (2.5)% (1.4)%
The grocery market saw further weakness in the period after Christmas, and in February industry food inflation reached its lowest rate since July 2012. These factors contributed to a decline in our sales performance in the fourth quarter, with like-for-like sales excluding VAT and petrol down (3.0)%. Like-for-like sales excluding VAT and petrol for the year were down (1.4)%.
We have continued to invest across the six elements of our ‘Building a Better Tesco’ plan to improve customers' shopping experience.
Service & Staff
We have provided ‘Making Moments Matter’ training to more than 250,000 colleagues, encouraging our teams to deliver better customer service every time. We have also worked with colleagues to reschedule over 300,000 hours this year, putting the right number of hours in the right departments in store, based on when customers need them most. Together with our productivity programmes, these initiatives have freed more time for colleagues to serve customers.
Whilst this has driven improvements in customer perceptions of service, there is more to do, and we will now focus on service points in store, our fresh food, and our grocery home shopping. Our fishmongers have already benefited from new training to learn about the supply chain, and how to help customers prepare and cook fish at home. In 2014/15 we will extend this type of training to our butchers and fresh produce teams.
Stores & Formats
This year we completed around 300 refreshes, updating our stores to make them more contemporary, improving the shopping environment and making them more compelling for customers. Our approach is based on a detailed understanding of customers’ different shopping missions, helping us to tailor the offer, range and layout of each store. As we said at the half year, the typical refresh store has a sales uplift of between 3% and 5%.
This work is critical, especially for our larger stores which have come under pressure as a result of weaker market conditions, high fuel prices, strong growth in convenience and an accelerating shift to online. In February, we announced plans to accelerate our store refresh programme to 650 stores in 2014/15. The immediate focus is our Extra format with 110 planned for the year ahead.
We have been testing the ingredients for our large destination stores. We introduced our ‘Next Generation’ F&F departments to 104 of our stores this year, with around 140 planned for the year ahead. We will also expand our casual dining offer by opening over 100 Giraffe, Decks and Harris+Hoole outlets next year.
As well as remodelling our stores, we have also trialled an overall reduction of our selling space in two Extra stores this year. We repurposed a total of 41,000 square feet across both stores and introduced new tenants. In Newport we reallocated general merchandise space, introducing discount-department store ‘Original Factory Shop’ and children’s soft-play centre ‘Funky Monkeys’. At Stockton, we introduced an ‘Xercise4Less’ gym on the mezzanine, and a ‘Funky Monkeys’. We are pleased with these two stores and plan to complete another five similar projects within our Extra format in 2014/15.
We have also trialled a grocery home shopping hub concept in Mansfield Extra, using the capacity of one of our larger stores to fulfil a greater proportion of grocery home shopping orders, including picking some lines directly from our store warehouse. We have plans for a further three similar trials in 2014/15.
We opened 128 Express stores this year and refreshed almost 200, as we work towards being the best, most relevant convenience retailer in town. We plan to open a further 150 Express stores next year and refresh another 450.
Price & Value
With household budgets still under pressure we know that customers are increasingly looking to us to offer the best possible value. Our Price Promise has now been in place for over a year and provides instant reassurance to our customers that on fresh foods, on own-label and on branded products, they will not lose out at Tesco.
Every customer perception measure on price has improved over the last 12 months, but we need to do more. Pricing in the industry is still too volatile and as the industry leader we can help to change this.
We want to help customers navigate what can sometimes feel like a confusing landscape of price cuts, price promotions and special offers. At our investor event in February we described how the promotions we offer will be more focused, more competitive, and more relevant for customers.
We also made a commitment to lower, more stable prices on the products that really matter, with an initial investment of at least £200m. We have already lowered prices by an average of 24% on a range of products including milk, eggs, butter and key salad, vegetable and fresh meat lines, and we are determined to do even more over the months ahead.
Brand & Marketing
Clubcard remains an important part of our brand and has enabled us to deliver more value to our customers with almost 60 million highly-personalised mailings sent out this year. The launch of ‘Clubcard Fuel Save’ last month enables customers to accumulate savings off fuel by scanning their Clubcard when they shop in store or for groceries online. Every purchase made, big or small, qualifies towards savings which can be redeemed automatically at the pump. We are currently trialling a Digital Coupons app in Plymouth, another step towards creating a Digital Clubcard as part of our multichannel offer.
Strengthening our brand is also about finding more ways to connect with customers and communities. Our new social network ‘The Orchard’ invites customers and colleagues to enjoy relevant, valuable offers on Tesco products and services. Since launching at the end of November it already has 60,000 members sharing their opinions and ideas with friends, family and Tesco through social media.
Our ‘Eat Happy Project’ is helping us to engage with local communities and is part of our long-term commitment to help children connect with food, understand where it comes from and make healthy choices. The first initiative – Farm to Fork trails – launched in January and so far 39,000 primary school children have taken part in tours of farms, fisheries and factories. We are inviting every primary school in the UK to take part, with the aim of reaching over a million pupils and their teachers over the next year.
Range & Quality
This year we have made marked improvements to the quality of our own-brand products. Following the re-launch of finest* in October, we have recently completed our work to improve 8,000 products in our core Tesco range. In January we re-launched Healthy Living, with three quarters of its products new or improved and, as a result, increasing overall customer satisfaction.
This year we have also focused on provenance, shortening the supply chain, and ensuring greater control over our food products. We have developed a world-class traceability and DNA testing system and tested over 5,300 products since January 2013. All our own-brand fresh chicken, eggs, milk and butter are now 100% British, and 100% of our beef across fresh, frozen and ready meals is British and Irish. To help build better relationships with farmers we are in the process of offering them two-year contracts – we are the first major retailer to offer two-year direct contracts for beef and lamb farmers right back to the farm gate, and more than 300 have signed up already. This follows the success of our Tesco Sustainable Dairy Group which is now in its seventh year. Earlier this month we increased the price we pay our milk farmers, reflecting our continued commitment to offer them a fair price.
Having made significant improvements to our meat, fish and poultry ranges, improving quality and increasing the level of innovation, we are now focusing our efforts on fresh produce. We have already re-launched our bagged salads and prepared fruits and vegetables, improving quality, packaging and in-store merchandising. We are now sourcing around 65% of our produce centrally for the Group, which enables us to have even greater visibility of our supply chain, delivering a step-change in the customer offer. We are working more closely with dedicated suppliers, ensuring we can guarantee freshness, taste and value every time. In 2014/15 we are also planning to bring a new look and feel to our produce departments and empower our colleagues to deliver great service and advice to our customers through ‘Produce Academies’.
Clicks & Bricks
Our grocery home shopping business continues to grow strongly. We now have over 200,000 delivery saver subscribers and over 260 Click & Collect locations – including our first trials at six London tube stations. We are planning to launch around 50 non-store collection points in 2014/15, as well as adding the service to another 100 stores. We continue to build capability through the automation of ‘goods to person’ at our new Erith facility. This enables us to pick products almost three times faster than in our stores – an improvement on our Crawley and Enfield dotcom-only stores. Our new home shopping vans will be multi-category enabling us to fulfil general merchandise orders and will feature collapsible racking to carry larger items from our new general merchandise range. We will also focus on providing helpful, friendly and personalised customer service at the doorstep, with the roll-out of new training to all customer delivery assistants in 2014/15.
We have also committed to sharper prices this year for our grocery home shopping service, including market-leading delivery pricing and free Grocery Click & Collect. We will continue to focus on our most loyal customers, with a no-risk guarantee and added-value services on our Delivery Saver subscriptions.
The strong top-line growth of online general merchandise and the actions we have taken, such as tightening our stocked range, have reduced the level of financial losses in this business. We now have over 1,750 Click & Collect locations and plan to increase this number significantly. Our product offer on Tesco Direct has grown to over half a million lines, supported by 50 market place ‘Sellers at Tesco’. Clothing online continues to perform strongly, with sales growth of nearly 60% in 2013/14.
This year we launched the Hudl, our very own tablet. It was recently named winner of the ‘ReThink Retail Technology Initiative of the Year’ and we plan to launch a second device later this year. Blinkbox services continue to grow and we launched Blinkbox books last month with hundreds of thousands of books now available to download.
Asia Results* 2013/14
Actual rates
Constant rates
*Exc. China, with our subsidiary there now treated as a discontinued operation following our agreement to partner with CRE.
Asia sales £10,947m 2.7% 1.4%
Asia revenue (exc. VAT, exc. impact of IFRIC 13) £10,309m 2.6% 1.4%
Asia trading profit £692m (5.6)% (6.8)%
Trading margin (trading profit/revenue) 6.71% (59)bp (59)bp
Total sales in Asia increased by 1.4% at constant rates and by 2.7% at actual rates, held back by external pressures in both Korea and Thailand. The difficult trading conditions also led to a year-onyear decline in trading profit.
Our business in Korea continues to generate high returns despite the impact on sales from the regulatory restrictions on opening hours. Whilst we annualised the first closures in the second half, the changing patterns of the opening restrictions have continued to impact our stores on a year-on-year basis. As expected, and following an incremental £40m impact in the first half, the effect of the restrictions on our profitability eased in the second half. Our work to refresh seven of our largest stores, including our stores in Dongsuwon and Yuseong, has delivered encouraging results. We also continued to grow our convenience portfolio, with the opening of 71 ‘365 plus’ franchise stores.
In Thailand, like-for-like sales growth remained under pressure reflecting the impact of recessionary conditions on consumers, heightened recently by the political unrest. We implemented a strong plan to improve our offer and address the issues we identified in our ‘Clubpack’ wholesale offer earlier this year. We have focused on improving availability and winning in Bangkok, opening a new composite distribution centre in Khon Kaen and completing seven refresh projects, including our Laksi and Lumlukka stores. Thailand is one of our largest international markets and we have continued to build a strong multichannel business, growing our grocery home shopping service and convenience store offer. Today we have almost 1,400 convenience stores in Thailand.
In Malaysia, our performance has been more resilient. Consumer confidence has fallen as inflationary pressures impact disposable incomes but we have improved our market share year-on-year. We opened two new stores during the year and grew our grocery home shopping business in its first year of operation.
We opened 2.1m square feet of net new space in Asia this year mainly in Thailand and Korea. As indicated in February, going forward the majority of our capital expenditure on new stores will be on high-returning investments in Korea, Malaysia and Thailand. We plan to open 1.2m square feet in these markets in 2014/15, whilst continuing to grow our convenience and grocery home shopping operations.
In the year we announced an exciting partnership with China Resources Enterprise Ltd. (CRE). The partnership will give Tesco a 20% ownership stake in the largest food retail business in China. In addition to contributing our existing Chinese business, we will make a cash contribution of c.£185m to the joint venture and c.£80m to CRE. We will then make a further payment of c.£80m to CRE on the anniversary of the completion. The joint venture, which will be self-funding going forward, will secure significant cost and operational synergies, and will move us more quickly to profitability in China.
As in the first half, the results of our existing business in China have been treated as a discontinued operation. They include a goodwill impairment of £(540)m, prudently reflecting the lower end of a range of independent valuations of the proposed combination carried out in the second half of the year for accounting purposes. These valuations were, as required by the relevant accounting standards, produced on a standalone existing basis for each business. As such, they take no account of the strategic value and significant synergies available.
Last month we announced that we have entered into an agreement with Trent Limited, part of the Tata Group, to form a 50:50 joint venture with Trent Hypermarket Limited (THL) developing our presence in the Indian market. We are investing around £85m into the joint venture recognising the exciting opportunity that the Indian market, and working with Tata, presents.
Europe Results 2013/14
Europe sales £10,767m (0.4)% (2.0)%
Europe revenue (exc. VAT, exc. impact of IFRIC 13) £9,267m (0.6)% (2.2)%
Europe trading profit £238m (27.7)% (32.8)%
Trading margin (trading profit/revenue) 2.57% (96)bp (111)bp
In Europe, total sales declined by (2.0)% at constant rates and by (0.4)% at actual rates, including petrol. Conditions have remained challenging, particularly for large stores and this, combined with our decision to invest in a more compelling offer for customers across the region, is reflected in the significant reduction in trading profit for the full year. Our plans in the region have led to improvements in the second half in both our like-for-like sales and profit performance.
Reflecting the year-on-year decline in the profits of our European businesses, we have revised our longterm budgets. These revisions have resulted in the asset impairment of £(734)m to the carrying value of these businesses shown in today’s results.
In Ireland, consumers remain under pressure, reflected in our weaker second-half sales growth. The launch of Price Promise in October helped improve trust in prices with customer perceptions reaching a four-year high. We have also worked hard to emphasise the breadth of our offer and points of differentiation despite intense vouchering activity in the market.
We have taken a common approach to trade through the challenging conditions across our Central European region. We have tailored our plans to provide a more compelling fresh food offer, focusing on seasonal events and leveraging our sourcing scale and supply chain capability. We have also used our strengths in Clubcard and F&F to drive further improvements in our offer for customers. Through the year we have seen these plans deliver a better sales performance across the region giving us confidence that we are doing the right thing for customers.
In Poland, our actions have continued to drive improved trading, resulting in positive like-for-like sales growth in the fourth quarter. Small stores have performed particularly well with very strong like-for-like sales towards the end of the year.
We are making the most of our existing assets in Europe by reallocating and repurposing space in some of our largest stores, dedicating more space to fresh food, clothing and an improved general merchandise offer. Our store in Budaors, Hungary is one of our best examples, with c.50,000 square feet – around a third of the original store space – repurposed to include H&M and Sports Direct in the development.
Our business in Turkey has been affected by strong competition and our relative exposure to large store formats. We have focused the business on its heartland around Izmir and have seen a gradual improvement in like-for-like sales over the year. We have also closed nine loss-making stores, helping to stabilise trading losses. Despite these actions, Turkey remains a focus.
We have significantly reduced new store openings in Europe with just 119,000 square feet of net new space opened this year. As announced in February, we will make little investment in new stores in the region. Any future investment will be focused on less capital intensive opportunities in convenience and grocery home shopping. With the launch of grocery home shopping in Turkey in February, we now offer the service in all of our international markets, with the exception of India.
Tesco Bank Results 2013/14
Tesco Bank revenue (exc. VAT, exc. impact of IFRIC 13) £1,003m (1.8)%
Tesco Bank trading profit £194m 1.6%
Tesco Bank trading margin 19.34% 63bp
Tesco Bank’s trading profit was up year-on-year at £194m. Excluding income from the legacy insurance distribution agreement and fair value release, trading profit grew by 19%. The Bank has continued to attract new customers and passed through another important milestone in the year, with over seven million customer accounts now active.
We have seen good growth in our core banking products with customer accounts for credit cards, loans, mortgages and savings up 14%. In its first full year of trading our mortgage product has made good progress with balances reaching £0.7bn. We remain on track to launch current accounts in the first half, completing the Bank’s product suite. We expect the growth in underlying trading profit in 2014/15 to be broadly offset by the investment in current accounts.
This year Tesco Bank customers received around £120m of Clubcard points and we expect the current account launch to further enhance customer loyalty.
Despite challenging market conditions for our insurance business, we have seen a good customer response to new initiatives. In particular, we have seen strong growth in Home Insurance following its re-launch. New polices also grew strongly in the second half of the year driven by our products being available to more customers through price comparison websites and by new products such as Tesco Bank Box Insurance.
Within one-off items, the Bank has made a further increase to the provision for PPI of £(20)m and a provision of £(43)m for customer redress.
The Bank ends the year with strong liquidity and capital ratios. An income statement, balance sheet and cash flow statement for Tesco Bank is available in the investor section of our corporate website – www.tescoplc.com/prelims2014. Tesco Bank’s preliminary results are also published today and can be found at www.corporate.tescobank.com.
Tesco and Society
Our value ‘we use our scale for good’ is about using our skills and capabilities as a leading global retailer to tackle the issues that matter most to our customers, to our colleagues and to our communities. We have three big ambitions: creating new opportunities for millions of young people, improving health and through this helping to tackle the global obesity crisis, and leading a reduction in global food waste.
These three ambitions, together with our essential responsibilities as a good corporate citizen – trading responsibly, reducing our impact on the environment, being a great employer and supporting local communities – will make us a better, more sustainable business.
The issues we are tackling are complex in nature and making significant progress will not happen overnight. This year we have been gathering the best possible insights to set our long-term strategy and focus on where we can make the biggest difference. We have researched the challenges facing young people, and we have piloted our ‘Healthy Little Differences Tracker’ to monitor the nutritional profile of shopping trips. We have analysed the food waste that we produce through our own operations and identified hotspots across the value chain from farm to fork. We are using this insight to guide our activity.
We will share more details on our work in our second Tesco and Society Report which will be published in May and you can find out more about our ongoing activities at www.tescoplc.com/society/news.
The following supplementary information can be found within our analyst pack, which is available at www.tescoplc.com/prelims2014:
Segmental Summary
Tesco Bank – Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow
Group Cash Flow
UK Sales Performance
International Sales Performance
Group Space Summary and Forecast
UK New Stores
Investor Relations: Chris Griffith 01992 644 800
Press: Tom Hoskin 01992 644 645
Brunswick 0207 404 5959
This document is available at www.tescoplc.com/prelims2014.
A meeting for investors and analysts will be held today at 9.00am at Deutsche Bank, 1 Great Winchester Street, EC2N 2DB. Access will be by invitation only. Presentations from the meeting will be available at www.tescoplc.com/prelims2014.
An interview with Philip Clarke, Chief Executive, discussing the Preliminary Results is available now to download in video, audio and transcript form at www.tescoplc.com/prelims2014.
As with any business, risk assessment and the implementation of mitigating actions and controls are vital to successfully achieving the Group’s strategy. The Tesco Board has overall responsibility for risk management and internal controls within the context of achieving the Group's objectives. The principal risks and uncertainties faced by the Group include:
Business and financial strategies
Competition and consolidation
Performance risk
Economic, political and regulatory risks
Product safety and ethical trading
Treasury, finance and Tesco Bank risks
Pension risks
Fraud, compliance and control
Business continuity and crisis management
Greater detail on these risks and uncertainties will be set out in our 2014 Annual Report, the publication of which will be announced in due course.
Appendix 1 – Segmental Sales Growth Rates*
Total Sales Growth 2013/14 – Actual Rates**
Inc. Petrol Group 1.7% 2.6% 2.0% (0.8)% (2.3)% (1.4)% 0.3%
International 5.4% 4.5% 4.4% 0.0% (4.6)% (1.9)% 1.1%
Asia 11.5% 5.7% 7.7% 1.1% (6.1)% (2.0)% 2.7%
Europe (0.3)% 3.3% 1.2% (1.0)% (3.2)% (1.9)% (0.4)%
UK 0.1% 2.0% 1.1% (1.2)% (1.2)% (1.2)% (0.1)%
Tesco Bank (2.3)% (3.8)% (3.1)% 0.9% (1.6)% (0.4)% (1.8)%
Exc. Petrol Group 2.6% 3.0% 2.6% 0.6% (2.3)% (0.7)% 0.9%
Europe 0.1% 3.3% 1.3% (1.0)% (3.3)% (1.9)% (0.3)%
UK 1.0% 2.3% 1.7% 0.9% (1.0)% (0.1)% 0.8%
Total Sales Growth 2013/14 – Constant Rates**
* Growth rates shown on a continuing operations basis.
** Quarterly growth rates based on comparable days for the current year and the previous year comparison. Half 1 growth rates based on comparable days for the current year and the previous year comparison for the UK and the Republic of Ireland. All other countries are for 178 days ended 25 August 2013 compared to 179 days ended 26 August 2012. Half 2 growth rates are based on comparable days for the current year and the previous year comparison for the UK and the Republic of Ireland. All other countries are for 187 days ended 28 February 2014 compared to 186 days ended 28 February 2013.
Inc. Petrol Group 0.0% 1.3% 0.5% (1.2)% (0.9)% (0.9)% (0.2)%
International (0.1)% 0.1% (0.6)% (1.2)% (0.1)% (0.1)% (0.3)%
Asia 3.2% 2.5% 2.0% 0.5% (0.5)% 0.7% 1.4%
Europe (3.4)% (2.3)% (3.1)% (2.9)% 0.4% (0.9)% (2.0)%
International 0.1% 0.2% (0.4)% (1.2)% (0.2)% (0.1)% (0.3)%
Like-For-Like Sales Growth 2013/14*
* Like-for-like growth shown on a continuing operations basis.
Inc. Petrol Group (2.5)% (1.3)% (1.9)% (3.6)% (3.0)% (3.3)% (2.6)%
International (4.8)% (3.9)% (4.3)% (4.6)% (3.0)% (3.8)% (4.0)%
Asia (3.5)% (3.6)% (3.7)% (5.1)% (5.6)% (5.4)% (4.5)%
Europe (5.9)% (4.2)% (5.0)% (4.0)% (0.3)% (2.1)% (3.5)%
UK (1.6)% (0.2)% (0.9)% (3.2)% (3.0)% (3.1)% (2.0)%
Tesco Bank N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Exc. Petrol Group (2.1)% (1.4)% (1.8)% (2.5)% (3.0)% (2.8)% (2.3)%
UK (0.9)% 0.0% (0.5)% (1.4)% (2.9)% (2.2)% (1.3)%
Appendix 2 – Country Like-For-Like Growth Inc. VAT Exc. Petrol*
Like-For-Like Growth
Malaysia 1.3% (1.9)% (0.4)% (1.1)% 1.2% 0.1% (0.2)%
South Korea (5.1)% (2.4)% (3.7)% (4.8)% (4.9)% (4.8)% (4.3)%
Thailand (3.0)% (6.3)% (4.7)% (6.9)% (9.1)% (8.1)% (6.5)%
Czech Republic (9.0)% (5.0)% (6.9)% (4.9)% 0.6% (2.0)% (4.4)%
Hungary^ 0.1% (0.4)% (0.1)% (1.3)% 3.4% 1.2% 0.5%
Poland (8.2)% (4.5)% (6.4)% (0.7)% 1.9% 0.6% (2.8)%
Slovakia (4.1)% (4.4)% (4.3)% (5.7)% (3.0)% (4.3)% (4.3)%
Turkey (15.5)% (10.7)% (12.8)% (3.5)% 1.7% (0.9)% (7.0)%
Republic of Ireland (3.0)% (4.4)% (3.7)% (8.1)% (6.4)% (7.2)% (5.5)%
^ Following the introduction of legislation preventing large retailers from selling tobacco in mid-July 2013, Hungary like-for-like growth for 2013/14 is shown on an exc. tobacco basis. Including tobacco sales, Q1 was 0.2%, Q2 was (1.6)%, H1 was (0.8)%, Q3 was (3.8)%, Q4 was 1.1%, H2 was (1.3)% and FY was (1.0)%.
UK (1.4)% 0.2% (0.6)% (0.7)% 0.5% (0.1)% (0.3)%
Asia 0.3% (3.3)% (1.6)% (1.2)% (2.6)% (1.9)% (1.8)%
Malaysia (1.7)% 0.9% (0.2)% 1.7% 0.6% 1.1% 0.5%
Thailand 2.5% 0.9% 1.7% 4.4% 4.5% 4.4% 3.1%
Europe 0.4% (0.8)% (0.2)% (3.6)% (4.5)% (4.3)% (2.3)%
Czech Republic (4.5)% (7.0)% (5.8)% (9.2)% (7.1)% (8.2)% (7.0)%
Hungary 0.1% (0.8)% (0.4)% 0.6% (2.2)% (1.0)% (0.7)%
Poland 3.3% 1.0% 2.2% (6.6)% (8.3)% (8.0)% (3.0)%
Slovakia 3.4% 2.6% 3.0% (2.1)% (0.8)% (1.5)% 0.6%
Turkey (2.7)% (1.6)% (2.1)% (7.0)% (10.0)% (8.8)% (5.4)%
Republic of Ireland 0.4% 0.2% 0.3% (0.3)% (1.4)% (0.9)% (0.3)%
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First, I'd like to thank you for your incredible efforts and contribution as we enter the final few weeks of this quarter. This is a very exciting time for Tesla, to say the least, and you are the reason for the tremendous progress we've made in a relatively short period of time. It is easy to forget that our company was almost unknown 10 years ago and didn't even exist until after the start of the 21st century!
We are about to have the most amazing quarter in our history, building and delivering more than twice as many cars as we did last quarter. For a while, there will be a lot of fuss and noise in the media. Just ignore them. Results are what matter and we are creating the most mind-blowing growth in the history of the automotive industry. Even the Ford Model T, which held the world record for the fastest growing car in history, didn't grow as fast in sales or production as the Model 3.
Moreover, we also have the most exciting new product lineup of any company in the world. There is the Model Y, the Tesla (pickup) Truck, the Semi and the new Roadster. Then there is the Solar Roof, which is spooling up in production, and continued advancements in Powerwall and Powerpack. And that’s just what people know about …
To help achieve our goals, after discussing this in-depth with the Tesla board of directors and executive staff over the past several weeks, I am excited to announce a number of management changes:
Jerome Guillen has been promoted to President, Automotive, reporting directly to me. In his new role, Jerome will oversee all automotive operations and program management, as well as coordinate our extensive automotive supply chain. Jerome has made major contributions and acquired deep knowledge of Tesla's operations over the past eight years at our company, from being the first Model S Program Manager to managing all vehicle programs, then all vehicle engineering and worldwide sales & service. Recently, Jerome played a critical role in ramping Model 3 production, leading what almost all thought was impossible: creation of an entire high-volume General Assembly line for Model 3 in a matter of weeks. Before coming to Tesla, Jerome was responsible for creating and running the most successful semi truck program in history at Daimler's Freightliner division.
Kevin Kassekert has been promoted to VP of People and Places, with responsibility for Human Resources, Facilities, Construction, and Infrastructure Development. Kevin has been with Tesla for 6 years and was previously VP, Infrastructure Development. Kevin led the construction and development of our Gigafactory in Nevada, turning what was a pile of rocks in the Sierra Nevada mountains into a factory employing 12 thousand people with greater output than the entire rest of the world’s battery factories combined, in roughly three years. That is insanely badass. Prior to joining Tesla, Kevin engineered and built multi-billion dollar production plants in the semiconductor industry. As many of you know, Tesla's Chief People Officer Gaby Toledano has been on leave for a few months to spend more time with her family and has decided to continue doing so for personal reasons. She’s been amazing and I’m very grateful for everything she’s done for Tesla.
Chris Lister joined Tesla last year and was key to solving our production problems at the Gigafactory and ramping Model 3 production. He is being promoted to VP, Gigafactory Operations. In this role, he leads our production and manufacturing engineering at Giga. Before Tesla, Chris ran several ultra high volume factories at PepsiCo.
Felicia Mayo, Sr. HR Director and head of our Diversity and Inclusion program, has been promoted to VP, reporting to both Kevin and me. Felicia has done great work promoting the importance of having one of the most diverse workforces in the world and ensuring fairness across hundreds of roles and Tesla operations in over 50 countries. She previously worked in senior HR roles at PwC and Oracle, and, most recently was Vice President, Global Talent Acquisition and Diversity for Juniper Networks.
Laurie Shelby, Tesla's VP, Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) will also report directly to me. Your safety and just generally making sure that you love coming to work is extremely important, which is why EHS will report directly to me. We are working hardcore on having the safest (and most fun) work environment in the automotive industry by far. Laurie came to Tesla last year after a 25+ year career at Alcoa, where she made tremendous progress in workplace safety. Since joining, she has already overseen a reduction in our employee injury rate, as well as major improvements in our EHS program.
Cindy Nicola, VP of Global Recruiting, will report to both Kevin and me. Cindy has overseen the company's global recruiting efforts since 2015, bringing on tens of thousands of highly talented people. Prior to Tesla, Cindy led worldwide Corporate Recruiting at Apple, and before that was VP, Global Talent Acquisition at Electronic Arts.
Finally, Dave Arnold has been promoted to Sr. Director, Global Communications, overseeing Tesla’s communications team. Dave was previously Director of Corporate Communications at Virgin America.
Thanks again for your incredible work in making Tesla successful. What you are doing is vital to achieving an amazing and sustainable energy future for all of humanity and life on Earth.
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Steps to Take When Not Getting Paid as a Freelancer
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Sharing Economy 101
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Industries Freelancing & Consulting
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By Apryl Duncan
It happens to every freelancer at some point—a client delays, forgets or just outright refuses to pay you for work you've done. When it comes to collecting, you have several options, from simply following up to taking your client to court. As with any business dealing, it's best to start with the least damaging route.
Examine Your Contract and Resend Your Invoice
The first step is always to reference your contract—that is, of course, assuming you took the time to create a contract that you and your client both signed before starting the work. Hopefully, you stated the terms, how much you were to be paid and when, and addressed any late fees that would be charged if the client failed to pay within your time frame.
If you did all of this and you sent your invoice and you are still waiting to be paid, go ahead and resend the invoice. Follow up invoices are perfectly acceptable. You can even send a polite note letting them know you're re-sending the invoice in case they didn't receive your first invoice. After that, wait a couple of weeks for a response before moving on to the next step.
Things do get lost in the mail, so even if the client is avoiding you, this simple act of following up shows that you're giving your client the benefit of the doubt. You might find a check in your mailbox by the end of the week—or, your suspicions about avoiding payment may be confirmed.
If you're dealing with a client who won't pay and you don't have anything in writing, send them a letter along the same lines as you would if you had a contract. You can tell the client you agreed on a payment amount and the terms and you're just writing to follow up to see when the check would be sent.
Writing to the Business Manager
Most freelancers aren't dealing with the person who pays the. Most likely, you’re dealing with a contact person in the creative department because that person knows what's going on with the project, which likely means that you're not dealing with the person writing the checks and balancing the books.
A letter or email to the company's business manager, with a copy of your invoice and signed contract (showing both your signature and the clients), will generally do the trick. You can find out who the business manager is by calling the company and asking for that person's name. Don't go into detail about who you are or what you want to talk to that person about. Just find out the business manager's name and contact information.
In your letter or email, tell the business manager the date you completed the project and that you have included a copy of the contract both you and their company representative signed as well as the outstanding invoice. Be courteous and professional, but don't also hesitate to state how many days the invoice is past due.
If you've added late charges to the bill because your initial contact person didn't respond with a payment, consider dropping those late charges and letting the business manager know that you are willing to do so if the bill is paid promptly. You can even set a date by which you require payment to keep those late charges from being added to the bill.
Even though your right to collect late fees may be stated in your contract, this act of goodwill can result in faster payment and fosters the possibility of a continued working relationship with the company.
Following Up With a Phone Call
Sometimes a phone call is more effective than several letters or emails. If you're ready to make a call, contact the business manager. When you get in touch with this person, you can ask if they received your letter or email.
This question will open the door for them to discuss your situation, whether they tell you they have no idea what you're talking about or tell you the check's in the mail, or explain why they're not planning on paying you.
If they say they don't have any idea what you're talking about, offer to resend the information. If the check is on the way, tell them you're glad to hear it and look forward to receiving it. If they say they're not planning on paying you, find out why.
You may be able to resolve the issues in that very conversation. If you find that you're still struggling to agree and it looks like you're not going to get paid, the next logical step may be a final, certified letter.
Sending a Certified Letter
You can send a certified letter to a particular person to make sure your invoice and letter is received or even to let them know you're planning on taking this to the next logical step in your pursuit of payment. What you'll often find with certified letters is that they're often ignored.
Certified letters are more beneficial to you when you're prepared to take the case to court. Your certified letter can let the client know you're about to file a lawsuit to get the money you're owed.
Tell them if you don't hear from them by a certain date, you're planning to take them to court. Just be sure you give them a reasonable amount of time to respond. Don't send your certified letter on a Monday with the demands that you receive your check by Friday.
Taking Your Client to Court
If your attempts to rectify the situation have gone unnoticed, and it's clear this client is going to avoid paying you at all costs, you may have no other options than to take your case to court. Many lawyers will give you advice for free on the phone on how to handle your case.
Unfortunately, if you're at this stage, you're standing at a point in the road most freelancers don't want to deal with. While you should get paid for the work you've done, are you willing to take your client to court? Is it worth the time, effort, and attorney fees? You must choose between filing a lawsuit or writing this whole experience off and moving on without taking any legal action.
Ending the Client Relationship
Thankfully, most freelancers find that their payment issues can be resolved with the business manager and they don't have to deal with phone calls, certified letters, or lawsuits. If you've followed the rules of professionalism and courtesy, the client shouldn't have any problems dealing with you in the future. But the real question is do you want to do business with them?
If you are going to have to fight for your money every time you complete a project, you may find it's better to let that client deal with some other freelancer. Sometimes it's best to be the one to walk away from a troublesome client, or you may find yourself dealing with this very situation again.
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Workers Comp Coverage for Executive Officers and Other Principals
Choosing a Company
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By Marianne Bonner
Most business owners are aware that workers compensation insurance is compulsory for employees. Employers must protect their employees against job-related injuries by purchasing a workers compensation policy. But what about corporate officers, partners, and sole proprietors? Must they be covered as well?
In most states, executive officers are considered employees of the corporate entity. Like other employees, they are automatically covered by workers compensation laws. However, many states permit at least some executive officers to opt out of coverage. The laws vary from state to state but here is a general overview.
A number of states permit officers to exclude themselves from workers compensation coverage if the company has less than a specified number of officers, such as two or four. If the business has at least the stated number of officers, all must be covered. Some states permit officers to opt out of coverage only if the company has no other employees. If the company employs other workers, all officers must be covered.
Some states permit all officers to exempt themselves from coverage. Others allow only a specified number of officers to opt out.
Special rules may apply to officers of closely-held private corporations. Workers compensation laws in some states specifically exclude executive officers who are the sole shareholders of the company's stock. In other states, such officers are automatically covered under the laws but may choose to opt out.
Special rules may apply to non-profit companies. Some states do not require executives to be covered if they are not compensated for their services. Depending on the state, the executives may opt out or the organization may decide not to cover them.
A few states have enacted special rules that apply to executives in the construction industry.
Executive officer exemptions may need to be renewed periodically, such as every two years.
States that allow executive officers to opt out of (or in some cases, opt into) workers compensation coverage have devised forms for this purpose. These forms should be available from your insurer. Officers who wish to reject workers compensation coverage must complete the form and return it to the insurance company. The insurer will forward the form to your state workers compensation authority.
Sole Proprietors, Partners, and Members
In contrast to executive officers, other company principals like sole proprietors, partners, and members of limited liability companies are typically excluded under state workers compensation laws. Nevertheless, such individuals may be permitted to elect coverage by completing a state-designated form. The form must be sent to the insurer, which will then forward it to the applicable state workers compensation authority.
Some states exclude partners and sole proprietors but cover members of limited liability companies. Some states automatically cover family members of sole proprietors and partners even though the sole proprietors and partners themselves are excluded. To opt out of coverage, family members must complete a form and forward it to the insurer.
When executive officers are covered under the employer's workers compensation policy, either by choice or a statute, they are generally assigned the classification that best describes their duties. For example, suppose that Winsome Wines has four executive officers, all of whom work in the company's winery business. The officers will likely be assigned the same classification as winery employees.
Some executive officers perform mainly clerical duties in an office. These individuals may be assigned a separate classification, Executive Officers NOC (NOC means not otherwise classified).
When sole proprietors, partners, or members are covered under a workers compensation policy, they should be classified and rated based on their job functions. In most cases, these individuals will be classified in the same manner as the firm's employees.
Minimum and Maximum Payrolls
Workers compensation premiums are calculated based on rates and payroll. When executive officers, sole proprietors, partners, or members are covered by the policy, the payrolls assigned to these individuals are usually determined by state law. Many states specify minimum and maximum payrolls for company principals. If the actual payroll is less than the specified minimum, the minimum payroll will be used for rating purposes.
For example, suppose a workers compensation law specifies a minimum annual payroll of $52,000 for each executive officer. The maximum payroll is $125,000. If an officer earns less than $52,000, the insurer will calculate a premium for that officer based on a payroll of $52,000. If the officer's annual salary is $150,000, the premium for that officer will be calculated based on a payroll of $125,000. Because the officer's actual salary ($150,000) exceeds the $125,000 maximum, the maximum payroll applies.
Likewise, suppose that Max, a sole proprietor, has opted to be covered under his company's workers compensation policy. Max takes a $50,000 annual salary. However, the law in his state specifies a flat amount of $45,000 for a sole proprietor's payroll. Even though Max's actual payroll is $50,000, the mandated $45,000 is used for rating purposes.
Cost of Missing Forms
Workers compensation policies are subject to an annual audit. When conducting the audit, the auditor will ensure that any company principals who have opted in or out of coverage have signed the required forms. If one or more forms are missing, the auditor will add or subtract payroll accordingly. For example, suppose your firm has three executive officers, all of whom have elected to be excluded from workers compensation insurance. Unfortunately, none has signed the state-required form. The auditor will include payroll for the three officers when calculating your final premium.
Elect or Reject Coverage With Care
Finally, workers compensation insurance provides medical, disability, and other benefits to injured workers. When deciding whether to opt in or out of workers compensation coverage, executive officers and other principals should evaluate other possible sources of benefits. Examples are health, disability, and accident insurance.
For instance, executive officers may reject workers compensation coverage because they assume they are covered for work-related injuries under company-sponsored health and disability insurance. Yet, this assumption may be wrong. Some health and disability policies exclude injuries that occur on the job.
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Find Trails > Iowa > Newton > Newton Dog Walking Trails
Newton, IA Dog Walking Trails and Maps
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Find the top rated dog walking trails in Newton, whether you're looking for an easy short dog walking trail or a long dog walking trail, you'll find what you're looking for. Click on a dog walking trail below to find trail descriptions, trail maps, photos, and reviews.
Ashawa Greenway Trail
Augustine Trail
Beaver Creek Greenbelt Trail
Beaverbrooke Park Trail
Bill Riley Trail
Bloomington Road Trail
Bob Layton Trail
Carlisle Nature Trail
Chichaqua Valley Trail
Cinder Path
Clive Greenbelt Trail
Colby Woods Trail
Comet Trail
Competine Trail
Des Moines River Trail
Easter Lake Spine Trail
Ewing Park Trail
Gay Lea Wilson Trail
Grand Prairie Parkway Trail
Great Western Trail (IA)
Green Meadows North Trail
Green Meadows West Trail
Grinnell Trail
Heart of Iowa Nature Trail
Heart of the Warrior Trail
High Trestle Trail
Hubbard Prairie Trail
Inter-Urban Trail (IA)
Iowa 330/US 30 Trail
Iowa River Trail
James Street Trail
John King Trail
John Pat Dorrian Trail
Johnston Interurban Trail
Johnston to Urbandale Trail
Jordan Creek Trail
Knolls Greenway Trail
Kruidenier Trail
Linn Creek Recreational Trail
Lions Park Trail
Little Walnut Creek Trail
Long Meadow Trail
Mahaska Community Recreation Trail
Concrete, Gravel
Mark C. Ackelson Trail
Martin Luther King Jr. Trail
McVay Trail
Meredith Drive Trail
Meredith Trail
Mills Civic Parkway Trail
Neal Smith Trail
Newton Hike and Bike Trail
Northwest 62nd Avenue Trail
Oralabor Gateway Trail
Pine Lake Trail
Pioneer Trail
Praeri Rail Trail
Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass
Principal Riverwalk
Raccoon River Valley Trail
Reumpers Nature Trail
Rock Creek Recreation Bike Trail
Skunk River Trail
South Tama Recreation Trail
Southeast Connector Trail
Stange Road Trail
Sugar Creek Trail (IA)
Summerset Trail
Timberline Park Trail
Trestle to Trestle Trail
Volksweg Trail
Walnut Creek Trail (Iowa)
Walnut Trace Park Trail
Waveland Trail
West Des Moines Levee Trail
Westridge Greenway Trail
Wolf Creek Trail (IA)
Constructed in a lovely corridor that runs in between suburban neighborhoods in West Des Moines, the Ashawa Greenway Trail offers a short but pleasant paved path that serves both as a means of...
IA 0.7 mi Asphalt, Concrete
A short, paved path that runs through open fields and clusters of trees alongside Beaver Creek, local residents use the Augustine Trail both as a convenient means of recreation and dog-walking, as...
IA 1.03 mi Asphalt
Beginning just past the junction of the Johnston Interurban Trail and the Trestle to Trestle Trail, which carries users over the creek and south into Des Moines via the area's stellar system of...
IA 4.4 mi Asphalt
Covering the majority of the northern side of the small suburban community of Grimes, IA, the Beaverbrooke Park Trail offers a lovely paved route along the tree-lined path of an irrigation ditch....
IA 2.4 mi Concrete
The Bill Riley Trail delivers a short but immersive trail experience in a tranquil natural setting. The trail begins at the southern end of the Walnut Creek Trail, and follows the creek into Ashworth...
The Bloomington Road Trail is a shared use path along the road of the same name. The trail is located in Ames, near the northern city limits. It provides a safe, car-separate facility where residents...
The Bob Layton Trail, dedicated in 2014 and named in honor of the city of Urbandale's former city manager, offers a little over a mile of paved trail through the city's Walnut Creek Regional Park. A...
IA 1 mi Asphalt
Opened in 2016, the Carlisle Nature Trail is a beautiful way to experience the natural beauty of the small Iowa community of Carlisle, located about a dozen miles southeast of Des Moines. Running...
IA 3.17 mi Concrete
The paved Chichaqua Valley Trail crosses 27 miles of central Iowa farmland between the northeastern Des Moines suburbs and the rural community of Baxter. The trail’s name, pronounced chee-chak-wah, is...
IA 27 mi Asphalt
The Cinder Path in southern Iowa is notable as the state’s first rail-to-trail conversion. Following a shady route past farms and wetlands along the Chariton River between Chariton and Humeston for...
IA 13.5 mi Cinder, Crushed Stone
While Greater Des Moines is flush with multiuse trails, one of the paved pathways running through the suburb of Clive really stands out. Offering a string of trailside parks and fun twists and turns...
Residents enjoy getting outside and onto this popular Urbandale trail thanks to its ease and connectivity to neighborhoods, parks and other trails. The trail begins just above Douglas Avenue, crossing...
The Comet Trail is built upon an abandoned right-of-way of the old Chicago Northwestern Railroad. It runs for 7 miles between the town of Conrad (City Park) and just east of Beaman, traversing a...
IA 7 mi Crushed Stone, Grass
The small city of Knoxville, about forty miles southeast of Des Moines, is chiefly known for the Knoxville Raceway and the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame and Museum, which draws racing enthusiasts...
Take a morning bike ride or evening stroll on the Des Moines River Trail. The paved trail diverges from the Meredith Trail and Prinicipal Riverwalk, continuing for 2.6 miles downstream to the James W....
A short, paved trail that connects neighborhoods and preserved open space to the Mark C. Ackelson Trail at Easter Lake Park, the Easter Lake Spine Trail is a useful asset to the community and forms a...
IA 1 mi Concrete
The Ewing Park Trail is a paved path, perfect for a short bike ride or jog, located in the city of Des Moines' Ewing Park. One of the city's largest public parks, the park is home to a popular lilac...
Nestled in the suburbs of Des Moines and traveling through the towns of Ankeny, Berwick, Pleasant Hill, and Altoona, the Gay Lea Wilson Trail is named for a local advocate who first conceived of a...
IA 20.9 mi Asphalt, Concrete
A newly constructed six-lane highway built to accommodate the rapidly expanding suburb of Waukee, the Grand Prairie Parkway was designed to serve a variety of needs, and the accompanying Grand Prairie...
Built on a former section of the Chicago Great Western Railroad (built in 1893), the Great Western Trail spans 16.5 miles from just outside of urban Des Moines southward to Martensdale. Begin your...
Running through suburban neighborhoods on the western edge of Johnston, IA, the Green Meadows North Trail offers a pleasant dose of nature and serves as a great recreational amenity for nearby...
The Green Meadows West Trail is a short multi-use path that provides an off-road connection for the Green Meadows neighborhood to the rest of the Johnston area's network of trails, enabling residents...
The trail is made up of two as yet unconnected segments: the northern segment is about half a mile long, providing access to Grinnell Community Senior School, Lion's Park, and Iowa Valley Community...
The Heart of Iowa Nature Trail traverses classic Iowa farmland along the former route of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad, also known as the Milwaukee Road. The trail transitions...
IA 25.8 mi Asphalt, Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass
The Heart of the Warrior Trail runs east-west through Waukee, a small city in the Greater Des Moines area. On its east end, the trail begins in Lions Park. Here, it connects to the popular Clive...
The High Trestle Trail is one of the most pristine and highly trafficked trails in Iowa—even at night. The trail’s popularity is largely due to its famous 130-foot-tall High Trestle Bridge, which...
The Hubbard Prairie Trail is a one-mile rail-trail extending from the northwest edge of the small town of Hubbard in central Iowa to the Meier Wildlife Refuge. The refuge offers a pleasant place to...
IA 1.3 mi Crushed Stone
Des Moines' Inter-Urban Trail was opened in 1998 on the abandoned tracks of the Urbandale streetcar line. Residents and visitors of Iowa could ride the electric-powered trolley from Urbandale to Des...
The Iowa 330/US 30 Trail stretches from just west of the small town of Melbourne to the outskirts of Marshalltown, the largest city and county seat of Marshall County, located close to the geographic...
IA 11.1 mi Concrete
Following a former railroad corridor, the Iowa River Trail will one day span 34 miles from Marshalltown in Marshall County to Steamboat Rock in Hardin County. Currently, two short segments are open at...
The James Street Trail begins on Meredith Drive in Urbandale and stretches over two and half miles north into the neighboring municipality of Grimes. The concrete trail is generally flat and easy to...
The John King Trail runs along a former railroad corridor in Albia, Iowa. From 3rd Ave E to Benton Ave, the trail runs parallel to an active railroad line. Cruizin’ Albia Park, which has a playground...
The John Pat Dorrian Trail, formerly known as the East River Trail, runs for nearly 3.5 miles from Pete Crivaro Park in south Des Moines to Birdland Park and Marina just north of downtown. At this...
The Johnston Interurban Trail, built on a corridor used by Iowa's Inter-Urban Railway from 1906 until 1948, provides an important connection for the area's top-notch trail system, which enables trail...
Providing a pleasant off-road route between the two Des Moines suburbs of Urbandale and Johnston, the Johnston to Urbandale Trail also serves as one of the main points of connection from Urbandale's...
The Jordan Creek Trail is a pleasant suburban trail that connects neighborhoods with shopping and retail, schools, and recreational amenities. The trail gets its name from the Jordan Creek, which it...
Helping to connect three of the city of West Des Moines' public parks - and allowing residents to access the parks safely via bike or on foot - the Knolls Greenway Trail provides a nice recreational...
The Kruidenier Trail cuts through beautifully landscaped areas around Gray’s Lake and leads you into downtown Des Moines. The park offers a permanent on-site bike rental facility, restrooms, and a...
As it runs directly through the heart of Marshalltown in central Iowa, access to the Linn Creek Recreational Trail is easy for many of the city's residents. They will want to take advantage of it,...
The Lions Park Trail provides a charming path alongside a little creek in the suburb of Grimes, IA, far to the northwest on the outskirts of the Des Moines area. This short trail provides a perfect...
Running along a pleasant wooded corridor that follows the path of the Little Walnut Creek on the western outskirts of Urbandale, the Little Walnut Creek Trail is an excellent means of recreation for...
The Long Meadow Trail is a quaint path in suburban Johnston, IA, popular with joggers and walkers from the various neighborhoods it runs through. The paved trail provides an important off-road...
The Mahaska Community Recreation Trail wraps around the southeast Iowan city, winding through neighborhoods, farmlands, community parks, and woodlands. Construction of the trail began in 1999 and to...
IA 12 mi Concrete, Gravel
It may be hard to believe now when you see children laughing on the playground and neighbors out on a morning jog but Easter Lake and the park that surrounds it sit on the site of a coal mine that...
A sidepath trail located along the side of the adjacent busy parkway that shares its name, the Martin Luther King Jr. Trail may not provide the sort of pleasant, natural trail experience that other...
The 1.6-mile McVay Trail in Indianola provides a paved route for cyclists, walkers and joggers between East 5th Street and Pickard Park. The trail follows the bed of the former Chicago, Burlington and...
Urbandale, Iowa is home to an extensive trails network; there are over 54 miles of trail spread across the city. The Meredith Drive Trail isn't necessarily the most scenic of the trails, it does form...
The Meredith Trail connects from downtown Des Moines west to Gray’s Lake Park. The trail picks up off where the Principal Riverwalk leaves off along the Des Moines River. At the confluence with...
The Mills Civic Parkway Trail follows the route of its namesake roadway through suburban West Des Moines, helping to connect residents to popular destinations like local parks, schools, numerous shops...
Part of an expansive trail network in the Greater Des Moines region, the 26-mile Neal Smith Trail rolls along the banks of the Des Moines River through the Ding Darling Greenway conservation area and...
Located just over thirty miles east of Des Moines, the small city of Newton boasts a charming midwestern feel - and complementing the city's charm is the lovely Newton Hike and Bike Trail, which...
The Northwest 62nd Avenue Trail is a wide sidepath in Johnston, IA, that serves as an important off-road connector between many of the trails in the city's well-developed trail system and the greater...
The Oralabor Gateway Trail is a 5.2 mile concrete-surfaced spur branching off from the Neal Smith Trail south of Saylorville Lake and just north of NW 66th Avenue. While running adjacent to suburban...
The Pine Lake Trail runs through a heavily wooded state park of the same name, which is especially known for its 250-year-old white pine trees. The trail begins at Deer Park, a half mile east of...
Central Iowa's Pioneer Trail—which gets its name from the early settlers of Grundy County—is built on a former rail line that once connected the towns of Holland and Reinbeck and the communities in...
IA 11.5 mi Crushed Stone
The Praeri Rail Trail runs on an old section of railroad right-of-way between Zearing and Roland in central Iowa. Sections of the trail near Roland and McCallsburg have a crushed limestone surface,...
IA 10.5 mi Crushed Stone, Dirt, Grass
To the residents of Lastrobe, the Lincoln Avenue Rails to Trails Greenway is more than a simple off-road path: it also a social asset, a place where community members of all ages and walks of life can...
On the western outskirts of Des Moines, the Raccoon River Valley Trail offers a quintessential central Iowa experience. Over its 89-mile span, you’ll traverse woodlands, prairie and agricultural...
IA 89 mi Asphalt, Concrete
Although short, the Reumpers Nature Trail runs under a beautiful canopy of trees along the former Chicago Northwestern Railroad in Radcliffe, a small town in central Iowa.
IA 0.3 mi Cinder
The Rock Creek Recreation Bike Trail is a paved multi-use trail that provides a connection between the small, charming college town of Grinnell and Rock Creek State Park, a popular destination for...
South Skunk River is a tributary of the Mississippi River. In Ames, the Skunk River Trail brings residents closer to river and to nature. The shared use path sits on the shady west bank of South Skunk...
The South Tama Recreation Trail connects the adjacent towns of Tama and Toledo in Tama County, Iowa. The original section of the trail, a 1 mile stretch built on an abandoned railroad corridor, opened...
IA 5.6 mi Crushed Stone, Dirt
Named for the major project the city of Des Moines has undertaken to improve transportation and connectivity along the Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway in the southeastern section of downtown, the...
Stange Road trail connects residents of the Somerset neighborhood in north Ames, to the Iowa State University campus that lies directly south of it. The shared use path sits on the west side of Stange...
Connecting neighborhoods to parks and trails in the center of Waukee, a small but fast-growing suburb west of Des Moines, the Sugar Creek Trail helps provide an easy way to bike or walk around the...
The Summerset Trail links the two central Iowa communities of Indianola and Carlisle, both of which have embraced the trail, including providing helpful signs at each end with clear directions for...
The Timberline Park Trail forms a crucial link in the Urbandale area's trail network, while also offering a scenic experience for local residents in need of a neighborhood stroll. The northern end of...
Polk County's Trestle to Trestle Trail stretches from Des Moines to Johnston, one of its northern suburbs. The 3.7 mile asphalt trail, which runs near both heavily-wooded forest and the Des Moines...
Who says Iowa doesn’t have hills?! The winding route of the Volksweg Trail sticks mainly to the rolling hills and scenic viewpoints from Lake Red Rock all the way to the town of Pella. Dutch...
IA 12.5 mi Asphalt
The Walnut Creek Trail serves as an important trail connector in West Des Moines. On its northern end, it seamlessly links to the Clive Greenbelt Trail, which heads west and, in turn, connects to the...
Beginning at the end of the Bob Layton Trail in Urbandale, the Walnut Trace Park Trail allows walkers, cyclists, and others to continue exploring the peaceful meadows alongside Walnut Creek for over...
The Waveland Trail runs through the historic neighborhoods of Waveland Park, Waveland Woods and Waterbury in western Des Moines. Along the way, the trail passes a community center, library, golf...
The West Des Moines Levee Trail was named in 2015 as one of the Top 10 most frequented trails in the Des Moines trail network. The trail is the connector between two other popular trails, Jordan Creek...
The Westridge Greenway Trail spans just shy of a mile, running along a beautiful shaded corridor in the heart of suburban West Des Moines. The flat trail is a mixture of concrete and asphalt paths,...
IA 0.98 mi Asphalt, Concrete
The Wolf Creek Trail begins in Gladbrook, a small city about 70 miles northeast of Des Moines. The trail was established in 2001 by volunteers from the Gladbrook community who secured the right-of-way...
IA 2.6 mi Asphalt, Crushed Stone
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south trailhead is NOT suitable for inline skating!!!
September, 2019 by maplelogo
We started at the south trailhead in Martinsville. NOT suitable for skating and probably not nice on a bike!!!
August, 2019 by kb9svr
The descriptions online and videos on Youtube can’t do this trail justice! Words are utterly inadequate. The videos I saw online were fine but, videos can’t quite convey the feeling of pulling off into one of the observation areas, getting off the bike, and just taking in the majesty of it all! The view of the river valley is awe inspiring and guaranteed unforgettable. Crossing the High Trestle Bridge was a blast! It’s one thing to ride the bicycle down any plain path but, add a thirteen story high, half mile long bridge over a breathtaking view of a river valley, and that’s when it becomes an experience you don’t want to miss! I’m glad I came! Thank you to the people who dreamed this up. Thank you for making your dream a reality!
What a bridge!
August, 2019 by tdbirch
Sadly I only had the pleasure to ride from Woodward to the High Trestle Bridge but that short distance revealed a very wide concrete trail in excellent condition. Being a Friday midday there was little traffic on the trail or at the bridge allowing for some nice photography while enjoying my short ride. I only wish I could be there at night to see the awesome LED lighting this art masterpiece has to show!
Beautiful Ride
August, 2019 by akelleyrdh
We came from the east and west side of Iowa to ride. We started at Captain Roy's and heading south to Cumming. Beautiful scenery and lots of places to stop and have refreshments/food. The bridges in Des Moines are beautiful and the path is well maintained.
Short trail but an important link to other trails
August, 2019 by mlbattani0420
I started in greenwood park. This trail is short but connects to other trails in the area. I only rode a short portion because I wanted to connect to the walnut creek trail. It is thru the woods and a pleasant ride. I rode August 2019. The trail is smooth. There are benches along the trail. There were no bugs. There was an order of something in the woods that may have been dead but it wasn't that noticeable. The humidity was high but temps were nice upper 60's-low 80's the day I rode. I didn't see any wildlife.
Overall I like this trail and ride it often. There are sections that are unfortunately in deplorable condition. The same terribly large cracks in the pavement have existed near Mega 10 park and the Riverview/Nicholson Ford area for many years.
July, 2019 by carl.shadden
In-line skater heaven!
June, 2019 by maplelogo
It is very rare to find a trail of this length with such a smooth and well maintained surface. Gentle railway grade provides just enough work. Amazing trail for serious marathon training or a leisurely recreational skate. No hazards and suitable for skaters of all levels, even beginners. We skated on a Monday morning so traffic on the trail was light. Next time we will be sure plan our skate to be at the bridge for sunset and to enjoy the amazing lighted art exhibit.
Upcoming work
May, 2019 by jwsknk
Paving from Slater east towards Huxley is supposed to begin summer of 2019. Further down the road the DOT is replacing a bridge for I35 over the trail with a box culvert so a little more pavement happening there. I think that is in the ten year plan, 2023 work stops just short of there.
Bummer - trail closed north of Panaora as of 4/1/2019
April, 2019 by 2468united
why don't we have a current trail update map????????? Frustrating!!!!! Snow across pass approximately 1 mile north of Panora on April fools day, 2019. No way this is passable as of April fools day.
Bridge Out South of Jefferson
March, 2019 by john425
In Mid-March 2019, a bridge collapsed which carries the Raccoon River Valley Trail over the North Raccoon River just south Jefferson. The Trail is now closed between 252nd St and 265th St. No timeframe for repairs but certain to be closed for several months.
August, 2018 by negangardo
Skated this trail from the trestle bridge to the oasis after Sheldahl. The pavement is like a big, wide sidewalk until Slater and beyond to the south, where it is more like asphalt. Trail was fairly busy, even away from the bridge. The bridge was well worth the trip, especially if you see it at night. The rest of the trail is standard Iowa scenery with pretty much no slopes and very long straight stretches.
Good Cardio Ride
June, 2018 by pattydoug
Steepest grade (according to our Garmin GPSMap64) was 8% on the trail; on the detour (crossing the dam to accomplish the detour) was 15%. No signs to direct you around the detour ¿¿, but there is a foot bridge crossing the river that connects Hoewell Station Rec Area with North Overlook Rec Area. But it requires riding across the dam. While crossing the dam you will see that the trail could be reopened ¿¿.
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Scranton's Electromobiles
Scranton, Pennsylvania was the first American urban centre to introduce electric street lighting. Its role in pioneering electric power is celebrated today by the new name 'Electric City' given to its heritage. This includes an important 'trolley museum' with running line.
In the late 1920s' Scranton, along with a number of small town trolley systems, was owned by a holding company - Keystone Public Utilities. Along with New Bedford, Mass; Altoona, PA and York, PA - Scranton benefitted from Keystone's corporate order given to the Osgood-Bradley Company - a New England streetcar builder, for their groundbreaking 'Electromobile' design of 1929. This was well before the emergence of the Presidents Conference Committee (PCC) set up in the mid 1930s to come up with a modern streetcar design able to compete with the increasing dominance of motor buses in the American urban transit market.
Scranton would take delivery of ten of the new trolleys numbered 501 - 510. Altoona took five examples (70-74) while York trialled a solitary example. The New Bedford, MA fleet of Electromobiles would subsequently replace traditional cars operating a shuttle line over the 59th Street Bridge in New York - linking Queensborough Plaza with Manhattan. Ironically these would be the very last electric cars to operate in New York City and one survives, unrestored, at the Kingston Trolley Museum in New York State. A Scranton car , 505, is in the process of a lengthy rebuilding project. The design is parallel in time to the English Electric single deck 'Pantograph' contract of 1928. The Americans definitely have an edge !
Scranton's Electromobiles, in their distinctive (and unusual) dark blue and white livery - boasted a feature which would be taken up by English Electric's designers: curved sprung metal fenders. Hitherto all streetcars (and trams) made use of the formidable underframes which allowed for a substantial fender that gave the tram a definite weight and momentum advantage over anything in its path. The Electromobile fender design was less 'offensive' and added a stylish and curved adjunct to the ends of the car. This was the first time such features were to appear in tram design. The example on Scranton 506 clearly shows the style which may well have appealed to Preston's design team. Within three years this type of fender would become familiar on English Electric's groundbreaking rail coach (and balloon) designs for Blackpool and Sunderland: and requisite features on new trams appearing in Darwen, Rotherham (Below), Belfast, Aberdeen and Liverpool in the final groundswell of UK tram designs in the decade up to 1940.
Images : John Woodman Archive
Britain's most unusual trams - single ended double deck cars specifically to run between Sheffield and Rotherham centres, where track layouts allowed for trams to reverse their direction of travel by using extended street loops similar to Fleetwood's Ferry terminus. Note the 'Electromobile' fender on the front end.
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Top 10 Ways to Enjoy Winter in New England
United States Vermont Burlington
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Cool Activities You Can Only Enjoy During the Winter Season
Kim Knox Beckius
Kim Knox Beckius is a Connecticut-based travel writer, author, photographer, and editor. She's been with TripSavvy since 1998.
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New England is lovely when blanketed in winter white, and cool activities make this frozen season one you'll warmly embrace. This is skiing and snuggling season, a time to enjoy the invigorating freshness of a winter day, then sip hot cider in front of a fire with the one you cherish. Here are 10 ways to experience the best of winter in New England.
Ski New England
Sunday River, © Nick Lambert
New England's ski slopes are the perfect destination for a winter getaway with friends or family, and you don't have to spend a ton to have fun. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced skier or snowboarder looking for new challenges, you'll find exhilarating terrain at dozens of ski resorts in the region. Tiny Rhode Island even has a ski area!
Try Snow Tubing
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You don't need lessons. There's no expensive equipment to buy. And your shins won't ache at the end of the day. It's no wonder that in New England, snow tubing has become a popular alternative to skiing. With more than a dozen New England tubing parks offering fast-paced fun, families visiting the region this winter will find ample opportunities to give tubing a try.
Snuggle in a Room with a Fireplace
After a day of playing in the snow or strolling arm-in-arm through this winter wonderland, nothing is quite as romantic as retiring to your room at a charming and cozy inn and lighting a crackling, comforting fire in your own fireplace. Here are 10 New England inns where you'll find a fireplace in each and every guest room.
Forget It's Winter in New England Entirely
Is a New England winter getaway out of the question for those who hate bundling up? Heck, no. Here are seven New England places where, even on cold, frigid days, you may just forget that it's winter.
Visit a Real Ice Castle
Each winter, frozen water becomes a building material in Lincoln, New Hampshire. Step inside the Northeast's coolest ice castle, and you'll be dazzled by what can be achieved when humans collaborate with Mother Nature. Photo ops abound inside this enormous icicle palace.
Cross-Country Ski or Snowshoe
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There are cross-country skiing and snowshoeing destinations throughout New England, but you won't find a better place to try this winter sport than Vermont. Here's a guide to nine places in Vermont where you can cross-country ski or snowshoe. It's great exercise, without the risk of injuring yourself on the downhill slopes. New Hampshire has enticing nordic skiing options, too.
Glide on the Ice
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Ice skating can be romantic, fun and great exercise! There's excellent skating in Connecticut, and don't miss these top ice skating spots in New England like the Boston Common Frog Pond.
Swim Outdoors on a Wintry Day
You may find this hard to believe, but you can swim outdoors in New England even in the dead of winter. Here's your guide to hotels and resorts in the region that keep their heated outdoor pools open year-round.
Go Snowmobiling
Have you ever tried snowmobiling? You'll find miles of trails to explore in northern New England and outfitters that will show you the ropes and lead you on guided adventures. Northern Extremes in the heart of New Hampshire's White Mountains is one of the best.
See Winter Scenes from a Dog Sled
If you're ready for a unique winter adventure, book a dog sled tour. New England is home to several dog sled tour operators, who will gladly take you for a ride and maybe even teach you how to drive. Here are three to consider:
Muddy Paw Sled Dog Kennel offers dog sled tours not only in winter but spring through fall. The more than 100 rescue dogs trained to pull dog sleds delight in the work that earns them a forever home, and dog sledding is a winter adventure that's memorable and fun for New Hampshire visitors of all ages.
Peacepups Dog Sledding in Lake Elmore, Vermont, offers dog sledding day tours with a team of Siberian Huskies. Mushing 101 sessions are available for those who'd like to learn to drive a dogsled.
Northern Exposure Outfitters Sled Dog Tours in Brookfield, Massachusetts, offers dog sledding tours and lessons even in the spring and fall when there's no snow.
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Audi A8 2.8 Sport Multitronic Review
Riyad Emeran | February 5, 2011 11:12 pm GMT
Page 1 Audi A8 2.8 Sport Multitronic Review
Page 2 Entertainment Review
Page 4 Communication Review
Page 5 Navigation Review
Page 6 Comfort Review
Page 7 Safety & Security Review
Page 8 Conclusion Review
When it comes to luxury saloon cars, Audi’s A8 is quite a tempting proposition. Not only is it an extremely comfortable way to travel for long distances, but it’s also nowhere near as heavy and fuel guzzling as you might first think. The A8 is built using Audi’s aluminium space-frame technology, which drastically reduces the overall weight of the car without compromising safety or structural rigidity. But Audi hasn’t stopped at the bodywork with this car – the 2.8l V6 engine is also an all aluminium unit, reducing weight even further.
The result is an extremely spacious luxury saloon that only weighs 1,690kg, and will go from zero to 60mph in eight seconds flat, despite the 2.8l engine only producing 210bhp. Of course there are many other engine options including a 3.2l V6, a 4.2l V8 and the range topping S8 with its 5.2l V10. You also get both 3.0l and 4.2l diesel units if you’re not after a petrol engine.
The entry level 2.8l A8 that Audi supplied me with certainly looks the part, despite being a little low on power. It’s slightly surprising that Audi has gone with a front wheel drive configuration for such a large car, especially when you consider the company’s penchant for 4WD. That said, this is meant to be a comfortable cruiser, and it performs that task with aplomb. As long as you’re not in a hurry to get anywhere you’ll arrive feeling fresh as a daisy.
The other advantages of plumping for the base 2.8l A8 is that it will only set you back £210 a year in road tax, while also turning in a combined fuel economy of 34mpg. Both of which are pretty impressive on a car this size.
As with any luxury saloon, the A8 option list is stuffed full of technological wizardry, to make the car even more comfortable, entertaining and generally enjoyable. And, as luck would have it, this test car comes specced with some choice options from the list.
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Christy Cowan
Christy Cowan donated 2019-12-03 08:23:42 -0600
TEP Giving Tuesday 2019
Giving Tuesday, an annual international day of giving, is December 3. Please, include Tennessee Equality Project in your giving plans. When you support TEP, you make it possible for us to fight back against adoption discrimination bills, anti-transgender student bathroom bills, and attacks on marriage equality. You give us the capacity to organize throughout Tennessee, and that allows us to defend the LGBTQ community. We are grateful for your support.
If you prefer to make a tax-deductible contribution to the TEP Foundation, you can do so at this link.
Christy Cowan signed Censure Commissioner Hurst, make Sevier County policies inclusive 2019-10-28 11:58:54 -0500
Censure Commissioner Hurst, make Sevier County policies inclusive
The racist and homophobic comments of Sevier County Commissioner Warren Hurst have shocked people across the country. Please, add your name to protest his divisive words and call for policy change in Sevier County, Tennessee. We will deliver your signatures to the Sevier County Government in November at the next county commission meeting.
To the Honorable Larry Waters, Mayor of Sevier County, and to the honorable members of the Sevier County Commission:
Calls have gone out across the country for Commissioner Warren Hurst to resign over his racist and homophobic comments. While that decision is in his hands, we call on you to censure him by resolution of the Sevier County Commission and to update the employment non-discrimination policy of Sevier County Government to protect county employees from discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression. We urge you to make this policy change by executive order immediately, to be followed by a confirming ordinance or resolution of the County Commission.
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Christy Cowan signed The People's Petition Against the Slate of Hate 2019-03-17 20:44:07 -0500
The People's Petition Against the Slate of Hate
The people of Tennessee are speaking out against bills that result in discrimination against LGBTQ people in our state. Here is our statement with a summary of the bills.
"As residents of Tennessee, we oppose these bills in the Tennessee General Assembly. They promote discrimination rather than justice and demean the worth of LGBTQ people in our state. We call on people of good will to join us in speaking out for basic fairness."
The bills are:
SB848/HB1152 by Sen. Hensley and Rep. Ragan and SB1304/HB836 by Sen. Pody and Rep. Rudd. These bills promote state-sanctioned discrimination by private adoption agencies against prospective parents on the basis of religious and moral objection.
SB364/HB563 by Sen. Gardenhire and Rep. Zachary. The Business License to Discriminate bill. The bill casts businesses rather than the LGBTQ community as possible victims of discrimination and opens the door to taxpayer funded discrimination.
SB1297/HB1151 by Sen. Pody and Rep. Ragan. While the bill seems to be about indecent exposure, its original text is a devious attempt to criminalize transgender and gender nonconforming people in restrooms and locker rooms. The bill has been amended in a House subcommittee to remove the portions targeting the transgender community. We want to make sure the amendment remains on the bill.
SB1499/HB1274 by Sen. Hensley and Rep. Holt. This bill requires the Attorney General to defend school districts that engage in anti-transgender bathroom discrimination.
SB1282/HB1369 by Sen. Pody and Rep. J. Sexton. The Tennessee Natural Marriage Defense Act is an attack on marriage equality.
Christy Cowan signed Urge Gov. Haslam to protect LGBTQ state government employees 2019-01-02 08:52:08 -0600
Urge Gov. Haslam to protect LGBTQ state government employees
Outgoing Ohio Governor John Kasich recently signed an executive order barring discrimination against state government employees on the basis of gender identity. Discrimination based on sexual orientation was already banned.
Outgoing Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam could do the same for our state government employees. Sign the petition and urge him to protect LGBTQ state government employees by executive order. If we get 1000+ signatures, we will deliver them to the Governor's office.
Dear Governor Haslam,
We urge you to sign an executive order protecting Tennessee state government employees from job discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, the same protections that Ohio state government employees enjoy thanks to the recent executive order signed by outgoing Ohio Governor John Kasich.
Employees of our public colleges and universities already enjoy these projections as do the public employees in Metro Nashville, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Memphis, and Knox County. Everyone deserves the opportunity to work without the fear of discrimination.
Thank you for considering our views.
Christy Cowan signed NO to Adoption Discrimination in Congress 2018-07-24 12:13:40 -0500
NO to Adoption Discrimination in Congress
A foster care and adoption license to discriminate measure was recently put into a health and human services funding bill in the House Appropriations Committee.
The “Aderholt Amendment” allows foster care and adoption service providers across the country to discriminate against children and prospective parents based on sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, and marital status.
We need your help to tell Senators Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker: NO ADOPTION DISCRIMINATION in the 2019 Appropriations bill! We will deliver hard copies to their offices.
Dear Senators Alexander and Corker:
We urge you to act to oppose the Aderholt amendment allowing discrimination in foster care and adoption services in the FY19 House Labor-HHS appropriations bill and ensure that the measure is NOT included in any Senate or final appropriations bill.
It would allow taxpayer-funded foster care and adoption service providers to discriminate against children in care and against prospective parents, based on sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, and marital status.
The measure breaks the cardinal rule of child welfare services: to act in the best interest of the child. This amendment would actually HARM CHILDREN.
This amendment would greatly harm the 440,000 children in foster care, particularly the 117,000 who are waiting to be adopted into loving, forever homes. There is a crisis in foster care due to the huge shortage of available families for children. Each year, over half the children waiting to be adopted do not find a loving home, and most devastatingly, over 17,000 foster youth age out of care without a forever family. Those youth are at greater risk of involvement with the criminal justice system, homelessness, unemployment, and being trafficked.
Speak out against this poison pill amendment,; let your leadership know you will not support a funding bill with the measure included, and vote against any appropriations measure that includes such discriminatory provisions. Thank you for considering our views.
Christy Cowan signed Urge Senators Alexander and Corker to speak up for LGBTQ people when the next Supreme Court justice is appointed 2018-06-29 12:31:37 -0500
Urge Senators Alexander and Corker to speak up for LGBTQ people when the next Supreme Court justice is appointed
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy is retiring so the President will name a successor who must be confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Sign to urge Senator Alexander and Senator Corker to speak up for the LGBTQ community during the confirmation process. TEP will deliver a hard copy of the signatures to their offices.
Senator Alexander and Senator Corker:
When the President announces his choice to replace Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, we urge you to speak up for the rights of LGBTQ people. It is vitally important that members of the Supreme Court support the principle of "equal protection" and that Justice Kennedy's successor uphold the existing rights of LGBTQ people and oppose discrimination against LGBTQ people. We respectfully ask you to raise these concerns publicly and not to vote for any nominee who supports discrimination.
Christy Cowan commented on YOUR Districts 2017-05-11 16:11:17 -0500
Morristown, TN:
Steve Southerland, Senator, District 1
Tilman Goins, Representative, District 10
YOUR Districts
Tell us your state senate and state house districts. Note: We are NOT asking for your U.S. Senate and U.S. House districts (the elected officials who meeting in Washington, D.C. ). We are asking about your elected officials you meet in Nashville--your state senator and your state representative. You can find them at this link by entering your street address.
So tell us your state senator and your state representative as well as your email address. Thank you!
Christy Cowan signed Governor Haslam, Veto SB1085/HB1111 2017-04-28 22:01:08 -0500
Governor Haslam, Veto SB1085/HB1111
Add your name and urge Governor Haslam to veto SB1085/HB1111, the Sneaky LGBT Erasure Bill. After you sign the petition, share it with your friends. We will deliver a hard copy of the signatures to the Governor's Office. Your voice can help determine whether he uses the VETO pen or the BECOMES LAW pen!
We ask you to veto SB1085/HB1111. This bill, as the Attorney General has noted, is broadly written. Its vagueness could result in conflicts with existing laws about judicial interpretation. These conflicts are likely to cause discrimination against LGBTQ people, particularly with respect to marriage, adoption, and legal documents. This bill risks subjecting Tennessee to the same scrutiny that North Carolina has received. We cannot afford hundreds of millions of dollars in economic boycotts and sanctions. Please, veto this bill so we can avoid judicial chaos and costly discrimination. Thank you for considering our views.
Christy Cowan signed LGBTQ open letter to our fellow Tennesseans 2016-12-17 15:57:56 -0600
LGBTQ open letter to our fellow Tennesseans
An open letter from Tennessee's LGBTQ community to our fellow Tennesseans
As members of the LGBTQ community, we write to our fellow Tennesseans a month after the election and a month before the upcoming state legislative session.
In recent weeks members of our community have experienced grave assaults on our safety and dignity. A gay, gender nonconforming man was murdered. A transgender woman’s car was burned. The signs and doors of a church that affirms our community have been vandalized. A gay couple received a package with a knife sticking out and a message attached urging them to leave the state.
These attacks upon individuals and institutions have put our lives and safety at even greater risk than usual. They contravene the welcoming traditions of hospitality for which Tennessee is known.
The time we have entered is critical. Many are calling for healing in the wake of a divisive election. Healing is difficult while fresh wounds are being inflicted such as discriminatory state legislation.
So we are speaking out for our safety, dignity, and equal rights under the law.
Our struggle is not against your values, unless you value discrimination. LGBTQ Tennesseans are your neighbors, your family members, your health care providers, firefighters, grocery clerks, teachers, elected officials, and we fill many other roles vital to the life of small towns and large cities. Many of us grew up and continue to be active in the same faith communities as you.
In the long story of our community’s struggles, we have relied on our own strength to sustain us. We have also experienced the joy of working with countless allies. Now is a time for allies to speak out with us and we invite people of good will throughout the state to build a stronger, inclusive, welcoming Tennessee to meet our state’s common challenges together.
If you share these values and priorities, we invite you to add your name to this letter.
National Coming Out Day Challenge
An anonymous donor has offered us a $2000 challenge. Make your tax deductible investment in any amount to help us meet the challenge for National Coming Out Day. We will run the challenge until October 18.
Regardless of whether you can give, consider posting a National Coming Out Day video and tag us on Facebook or on Twitter. Let's show Tennessee the vibrancy and diversity of our community and allies.
Your contribution helps fund educational programs around the state. For example, in November we are offering training sessions for clergy throughout Tennessee to help them advocate more effectively for the LGBT community.
Founders' Challenge
Two of TEP's founders--Jim Schmidt and Joe Woolley--have issued a challenge to our members. They are matching the first $1000 in tax deductible donations to the TEP Foundation. So that means that your contribution will be doubled! We are grateful for the commitment that Joe and Jim have made over the years to TEP and their ongoing leadership in many organizations that benefit Tennessee's LGBT community such as the Nashville LGBT Chamber of Commerce and Victory Fund.
We hope you will join them in investing in our work this week. Note: We will let Jim and Joe know that you have made a contribution in their honor if you participate. Thank you!
Christy Cowan signed No special legislative session for bathroom discrimination! 2016-05-19 14:13:08 -0500
No special legislative session for bathroom discrimination!
On the evening of May 17, The Tennessean and The Commercial Appeal reported that legislators are considering a special legislative session to take up a new effort to pass a statewide anti-transgender bathroom discrimination law. Sign YOUR name to the statement below and we'll deliver your signatures to legislative leaders:
Dear Speaker Ramsey and Speaker Harwell:
We oppose a special legislative session to consider an anti-transgender bathroom discrimination law. It is never justified to spend the state's time and money to advance discrimination. Thank you for considering our views.
Christy Cowan signed Tennessee Loves Target 2016-05-05 16:11:50 -0500
Tennessee Loves Target
Target's trans-inclusive policies are under attack in Tennessee. A Mt Juliet pastor's rant went viral and this week at a Hendersonville Target, protesters shouted religious wrath at employees and customers. But we know that Tennessee loves Target and it's time to show it!
As former TEP Board member Ellyahnna Hall (pictured) notes:
"I support Target for trying to provide a safe space for all people. I'm a trans woman and I've faced the dangers of not having access to restrooms that corespond to my gender identity. If opponents are really concerned with safety then let's focus on tougher rape laws and enforcing those, not creating a fake danger that doesn't exist."
Sign the petition statement and show Target some love. We'll deliver hard copies of the petition to select Target locations in Tennessee.
Tennessee loves Target. I support the company's transgender-inclusive policies and I will continue to shop at their stores.
Christy Cowan signed Defend Diversity at UT-Knoxville: Veto SB1912 2016-04-22 10:14:19 -0500
Defend Diversity at UT-Knoxville: Veto SB1912
The Legislature passed SB1912/HB2248 that removes funding from the Office for Diversity and Inclusion at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Sign this petition that we will deliver to Governor Haslam asking him to veto the bill.
Governor Haslam, we call on you to veto SB1912/HB2248 and protect the University of Tennessee-Knoxville's Office for Diversity and Inclusion. The office plays a vital role in making the university competitive for the best students, faculty, and staff and it makes campus life welcoming for all. Thank you for considering our views.
Christy Cowan endorsed 2016-04-18 23:16:55 -0500
Stop using religion to discriminate in Tennessee
On April 18, 2016 about 30 pastors shamefully stood in Legislative Plaza and spoke in favor of the anti-transgender student bathroom bill. And religion was used to advance the counseling discrimination bill. Many more clergy across Tennessee publicly opposed both bills.
Whether you're religious or not, aren't you tired of religion being used to support discrimination in our laws? If so, endorse this statement:
We oppose the use of religion to justify discrimination in Tennessee law. To use religion to divide us in our public life violates the spirit of the U.S. and Tennessee Constitutions, does harm to the people of Tennessee, and brings scandal to religion.
Christy Cowan signed Governor Haslam, Keep listening and oppose HB2414 2016-04-17 09:25:36 -0500
Governor Haslam, Keep listening and oppose HB2414
Sign this NEW petition urging Governor Bill Haslam to keep listening to the voices opposed to the anti-transgender student bathroom bill!
Governor Haslam, please continue to oppose HB2414 and listen to the voices of transgender students and the business community speaking out against the bill. Thank you for considering our views.
I asked Governor Haslam to veto HB1840, the counseling discrimination bill
Take a minute to contact Governor Bill Haslam by phone message or on Twitter and then let us know you did it using this form. Let's get to 500 or more!
I called or Tweeted Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam and urged him to veto HB1840, the counseling discrimination bill. I'm asking you to do the same this week.
Christy Cowan signed VETO Hate Bill 1840, the Counseling Discrimination bill 2016-04-08 18:12:09 -0500
VETO Hate Bill 1840, the Counseling Discrimination bill
Please, add your voice and urge Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam to veto this discriminatory bill.
We urge you to veto HB1840, which allows counselors to turn away clients based on the counselor's biases and values. This bill puts the focus on the desires of counselors rather than on the needs of clients, damaging the counseling profession and putting clients at risk.
An anti-bullying amendment was stripped from the bill in the House Health Committee leaving youth vulnerable in areas where mental health services are not widely available.
Moving the Message Fundraiser
Moving the Message--it's a critical part of fighting back against hateful legislation in Tennessee. When we reach more people, more voices rise against discrimination. That means we have a fighting chance of winning.
Help TEP invest in new communication tools to bring more allies into the fight so we can win more battles!
Let's see how much we can raise by April 15.
Christy Cowan signed Governor Haslam, Fight for trans students and against SB2387/HB2414 2016-03-27 18:51:33 -0500
Please don’t sign this bill if it comes to your desk, Governor Haslam. Tennessee is the Volunteer State for a reason; we don’t need this unnecessary legislation to send a terrible message to our citizens.
Governor Haslam, Fight for trans students and against SB2387/HB2414
Please, join us in encouraging Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam to fight against this attack on transgender students.
We call on you to do everything in your power to lobby against passage of SB2387/HB2414, the anti-transgender student bathroom bill. We also ask that you VETO the bill if it reaches your desk.
The bill endangers vulnerable students and it risks significant U.S. Department of Education funds to Tennessee. If this bill became law, the enforcement would be a nightmare for school districts across the state.
Show the world that Tennessee is a welcoming state. Thank you for considering our views.
Donate on behalf of Christy Cowan:
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Throwback Thursdays: Flying Snakes, Seeing Hands, Glorious Weeping Eyes
May 1, 2014 April 18, 2017 torforge
Welcome to Throwback Thursdays on the Tor/Forge blog! Every other week, we’re delving into our newsletter archives and sharing some of our favorite posts.
There’s more to American history than the Revolutionary War, but it’s easy to forget that from the vantage point of the 21st Century. Luckily, we have W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O’Neal Gear to remind us, with their incredible series North America’s Forgotten Past. To celebrate the release of the newest novel in the series, People of the Morning Star, we went back to the Tor Newsletter from May of 2008, when they wrote about the largest city in North American in A.D. 1350. We hope you enjoy this blast from the past, and be sure to check back every other Thursday for more!
By W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O’Neal Gear
Okay, here’s the question: The year is A.D. 1350. Name the largest city in America? Come on, it can’t be that hard. This is America, for Pete’s sake! Remember? Like, you live here. You know London was the largest city in England, and Paris in France. Surely you must know the largest city in America at the same time. Okay, we’ll give you a hint: it dominated four states for nearly four hundred years—that’s one hundred years longer than New York City has been in existence. This city had economic ties to Canada in the north, Florida in the south, and Oklahoma in the west. For its first two hundred years it was surrounded by a twenty-foot-high wall with bastions every thirty yards. After that it was so powerful no enemies could mount a sufficient threat to justify the great fortifications. Still don’t know the name of this city?
That’s America. We’re a curious country. One out of four Americans claims to have some percentage of Native American ancestry. Of those, the majority claim some Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, Chickasaw, or Seminole blood. Ask those who are Italian, and they can tell you something about Romans, the Renaissance, Venice, Florence, or Rome. Others know something about their German, Spanish, or Irish heritage. Why, then, has our Native American heritage been forgotten?
People of the Weeping Eye is another of our novels about “America’s Forgotten Past.” But this one is special: it deals with the great civilization that flourished around Moundville, Alabama. (And, yes, that is the answer to the question asked above.) While Moundville wasn’t the only powerful city in the Southeast, it survived the longest, was the most powerful, and built the largest monuments. You can still go to Moundville; it’s a twenty-minute drive south of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. You won’t see the great wall, or the multi-storied buildings that once stood there.
What you will see are foundations, but even seven hundred years later, they remain impressive. Why, you might ask, are foundations all that are left? These people built with logs and roofed with thatch. Log buildings-no matter how large-don’t survive in humid forests for six hundred years.
Who built Moundville? The best guess is that ancestral Chickasaw were responsible. They came in around 1000 A.D., conquered the ancestral Alabama peoples, and built a city that would inherit part of grand Cahokia’s legacy. We call this period the Mississippian. To newcomers in American archaeology, Mississippian describes a series of cultures that traded and warred, built earthworks, crafted stylistically similar art, and built similar houses and cities.
Despite the fact that we are writing about America’s past, for many readers, People of the Weeping Eye will seem like epic fantasy. Here is a universe that is at once familiar and ultimately foreign. We rely heavily on the myths and legends of the great Southeastern tribes. They believed the world was divided into three realms: that of the sky, earth, and underworld. Each of these worlds was filled with powerful and dangerous spirit-beings. The most powerful were those with mixed characteristics—like snakes with wings, birds that lived underwater, and flying fish. Only the most powerful shaman, like the Kala Hiki in Weeping Eye, could locate and pass through the holes that led from one realm to the other. Snakes were water beings, and the most powerful of these was the horned serpent. He had rainbow-colored scales, horns on his head, and great crystal eyes.
Our characters, Trader, Old White, and the Contrary girl, Two Petals, travel the same Mississippi River that flows today. They pass sites like the Shiloh Mounds and Cahokia, a World Heritage Site. If you go to Moundville, you can climb the same stairs that Smoke Shield and Flying Hawk did. You can look down from the bluff where Mary Wet Bear heard singing rise from the Black Warrior River. The novel is about actual places and archaeology. In museums you can see many of the artifacts we describe in the novel. We include a bibliography at the end so that interested readers can go to the same source material we use.
We hope you enjoy this journey through America’s forgotten past, and into the heart of one of the grandest civilizations in the world. Watch out for Two Petals!
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