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__label__cc	0.558459	0.441541	Working to promote security & prosperity The Geo-Political Landscape Following the recent rare speech by SIS Chief Alex Younger at St Andrews University, it comes as no surprise that Russia is on the agenda and clearly a focus. At a time characterised by the removal of physical boundaries brought about by the technological and internet evolution, some foes remain the same. Intelligence matters in Post-war Britain has been largely centred on the former Soviet Union, albeit at greater or lesser degrees depending on, frankly, economic factors. President Putin was once a senior member of the pre-FSB KGB and clearly still carries the torch passed down from an ex-military nomenklatura, still reminiscing over happier times. In an ideal world, the intelligence services, as with many civil service departments, should be a-political and continue with its job regardless of political persuasion. As the title suggest, Military Intelligence Section 6 also has a firm military footing and as with all the UK forces should be equally bipartisan. That said, the intelligence services have to remain acutely aware of the political environment in all areas across the globe and it is essential that specialists within the individual fields serves to map out the intricate and complicated links between opposing countries and forces. The Terrorism Index As one attack after another dominates international headlines – from Al Qaida's strike on the Ivory Coast to the Turkish city of Ankara, where at least 32 people have died in the second car bomb in under a month – 2016 already reflects the changing nature of global terrorism. The impact of terrorism has increased significantly since 2000, according to Vision of Humanity’s Global Terrorism Index 2015. There has been a more than ninefold increase in deaths from terrorism during this time – from 3,329 at the turn of the century, to 32,685 in 2014. From 2013 to 2014 alone, there was an 80% increase in deaths. The year 2014 was the worst on record for terrorism across the globe. Terrorism remains highly concentrated in just five countries – 78% of deaths in 2014 were in Iraq, Nigeria, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Syria. However, the report argues that the impact of terrorism is spreading. In 2013, five countries experienced more than 500 deaths; in 2014 this number rose to 11. Sixty-seven countries experienced at least one death from terrorism last year – up from 59 the previous year. The index includes an interactive map highlighting the impact of terrorism around the world. What does this tell us about the changing global situation? Chief Alex Younger History of MI6 The Autistc Spy MI6 Notables Copy of Strona Glowna Organizacje Wywiadowcze The Foreign Office Patrium Private Intelligence The Intelligence Network Life at MI6 National Cyber Security Centre Operacje MI6 Intelligence Collection SIS - MI6 - Autistic Spectrum Disorder NB-IoT 3GPP & National Security Threat Criminal Justice System MI6 Surveillance Kariera i Rekrutacja MI6 Online Tests Example MI6 Careers and Recruitment Recruitment Testing Registration Guaranteed Interview Scheme at MI6 / MI5 MI6 Assessment Centre Diverse Recruitment MI6 \| Graduate Jobs MI6 \| Language Specialists MI6 Intelligence Officer MI6 Occupational Psychologists MI6 Trades & Services MI6 Business Support MI6 Corporate Services MI6 Operational Officers MI6 Experienced Professionals #secretlytheyrejustlikeyou Aktualne Zagrożenia The Intelligence Cycle Geo-Political Landscape MI6 and Russia MI6 and Africa MI6 and The Middle East MI6 and China MI6 and North Korea MI6 and Poland UK National Security Current Security Threat Counter Proliferation (WMD) Counter Espionage Huawei and UK National Security Pranie Pieniędzy What is Money Laundering The UK & Money Laundering Loopholes Bitcoin Cryptocurrency Money Laundering Artworks and Laundering MI6 and Financial Markets Combatting Money Laundering Przyszłość Tajnej Inteligencji Exponential Technological Growth MI6 and Metadata MI6 Visual Neurological Technology MI6 and Internet of Things (IOT) MI6 and The Dark Web Weaponization of Artificial Intelligence MI6 - NarrowBand IOT MI6 & The Project Coordination Group MI6 and Brexit MI6 and Exponential Change MI6 and Nanotechnology Światowe agencje wywiadowcze Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Private Intelligence Agencies France - DPSD - Technologie Exponentiel Poland - AW - Wykładnicza Technologia Australia - ASIS Israeli Foreign Intelligence - MOSSAD Russian Intelligence - GRU / SVR Pakistan - ISI Japan Foreign Intelligence About us and our goals MI6 Jobs / Careers MI6 Press Annoucements MI6 Events Snowden Privacy Amazon Mass Surveillance Website & Legal Terms SISS Recruitment New threats, old enemies Politcal but more importantly, public, changes in Europe, notably Italy, Poland, Germany and others over recent years are causing increasing concern. The rise of the far right 'neo-fascist' movements is gathering momentum and the usual diplomatic routes to entry are not having enough success. When compared to the US, Europe in terms of size and number of (federal' like countries) is tiny. However, the difference in political ideology goes much further than any Route 66. Their brains tick differently and their histories are such, that even the closest of their neighbrours, struggles to learn what drives them, although clearly in the case of Poland, religion is a huge driver. One well known far right rperesentative recently told his members that the reason Poland did not have much in the way of terrorism was because of their belief in God and more importantly, their family values. Seemingly in a time warp, these are commonly held views and ones that will drive the current movements. On the flip side, the country is riddled with alchoholism, drug related crime and (as with nearly all mainly Catholic countries) has a burgeoning and influential organised crime network. Which is quite possibly more responsible for low terrorism levels than God himself? Either way, there is a vast difference between Poland and even its more tech savvy neighbour Estonia and friends across the river in Helsinki. Many of their neighbours are moving forward and constantly looking to reform and develop, as opposed to the Poles who remain very much a defensive nation. One, which quite understandably, still bears the scars of both wars. So, in these sorts of countries, especially ones with such strategic geo-political importance, intelligence gathering on the ground will prove more successful than current conventional cyber strategies. Let's not forget also, it was not that long ago that the UK had its own issues with the trade unions and, in our case, far left movements which also required physical infiltration, a long time before cyber-surveillance. So there are comparisons. If the time bombs are ticking in countries like Italy, Germay and Poland, then the Intelligence Agencies will have planned and prepared for these events well before now. IN FOCUS - LUTY 2019 - MI6 I NEURODIVERSITY It's funny how things work out. If there are planners at the main foreign intelligence agencies and they do look much further ahead to where things could be heading, there has to be some acknolwedgement that the individual, as a tech powerhouse, could be a game changer. Sir Alex Younger refers to an Industrial Revolution 4.0 and he may well be right if technological changes and exponential growth produce the seismic shift in ALL aspects of our lives that we can expect. Banking in the traditional form is gone. It's on an App. Fintech security is now on our apps...look at 'almost anonymous' blockchain tech. We have an AI Robot which is officially now a citizen in Saudi Arabia and legal systems in Europe that are years behind the curve on that one. So a democratically elected AI MP maybe on the cards? Why not? Instead of manifestos we get sleaze, corruption, mistrust, even death...so of course it's possible. Information gathering. Previously the preserve of the Intelligence Agencies and Law Enforcement. We have more processing power in our pockets now, on our phones, than Clinton had as President. What is it historically that makes a government intelligence agency? Financial Resources, Technology, Experience/Training and Information. How many of those are now quickly replaceable? In turn. Financial resources. Well it depends on the job in hand, but in essence, mutual societies have existed for years so its relative and replaceable. Technology. Most tech is privately owned with the Govenment being the main customer. Technology is already more wideley and easily available. Experience? Well, that can be a weakness. There is a reason why many Foreign Intelligence organisations do NOT hire ex-military. They are too regimented and set in their ways and generally less creative or flexible. The same can be said for an experienced IO with twenty years under their belt. The battlefield changes. So, there are less and less barriers to entry and if the move to individual power is more than just a blip and is a seismic shift on a par with an Industrial Revolution, then changes of some description are certainly afoot. The startling rise in the size and number of Private Intelligence Agencies is surely a by-product of this shift away from centralized government control of a nation's intelligence operations. Sophisticated vigilante groups already seek out and construct complex cases against criminals on behalf of the Police...why? Because they can. Just three examples where the power is shifting more and more to the individual. To the extent that ironically, the free markets that have enabled the development of such innovative radical systems and now causing shifts that socialists dreamt of for years. Less Government power and more power to the indviduals in society. One cannot deny it is happening and based on the current trajectory of change and assuming Sir Alex's words are accurate, I hope MI6 has plan B ready to roll out when it happens, because if they have not, then there may well be a few out there already planning for such a scenario. Maybe small groups or individual power houses on an equal footing in almost all areas to pick up the security torch when it is dropped. Not founded on any particular ideology or beleif system....just better!.We should make it clear we have no political agenda (as per our Statements of Principle), we are not religious in any way and do not support or condone any form of radicalist action, but what we are, are realists. There are lots of IF's and we assume that an organisation such as MI6 considers all these IF's, but we also know damn well that it does not have the time or resources to cover all bases. Maybe this tech, AI, IOT, 5G, Blockchain thingy is just a blip and it will come to nothing! Maybe it won't all have a signficant long term effect on society or affect, and possibly fuel, the increasing renewed moves back to extremist views we are witnessing in countries like Poland, Italy and Germany. Hey, it's probably not even worth thinking about...gulp. Full article. What is it historically that makes a government intelligence agency? Financial Resources, Technology, Experience/Training and Information. How many of those are now quickly replaceable? In turn. Financial resources. Well it depends on the job in hand, but in essence, mutual societies have existed for years so its relative and replaceable. Technology. Most tech is privately owned with the Govenment being the main customer. Technology is already more wideleyand easily available. Experience? Well, that can be a weakness. There is a reaosn why many Foreign Intelligence organisations do NOT hire ex-military. They are too regimented and set in their ways and generally less creative or flexible. The same can be said for an experienced IO with twenty years under their belt. The battlefield changes. So, there are less and less barriers to entry and if the move to indivudal power is more than just a blip and is a seismic shift on a par with an Inductrial Revoltion, then changes of some description are certainly afoot. The startling rise in the size and number of Private Intelligence Agencies is surely a by-product of this shift away from centralized government control of a nation's intelligence operations. Sophisticated vigilante groups already seek out and construct complex case against criminals on behalf of the Police...why? Because they can. These are just three of maybe thirty examples where the power is shifting more and more to the individual. To the extent that ironically, the free markets that have enabled the development of such innovative radical systems and now causing shifts that socialists dreamt of for years. Less Government power and more power to the indviduals in society. One cannot deny, it is happening and based on the current trajectory of change and assuming Sir Alex's words are accurate, I hope MI6 has plan B ready to roll out when it happens, because if they have not, then there may well be a few out there already planning for such a scenario i.e small groups or individual power houses on an equal footing in almost all areas to pick up the security torch when it is dropped. We should make it clearm we have no political agenda (as per our Statement of Principle), we are not religious in any way and do not support or condone any form of radicalist action, but what we are, are realists. There are lots of IF's and we assume that an organisation such as MI6 conisders all these IF's, but we also know damn well that it does not have the time or resources to cover all bases. Maybe this tech, AI, IOT, 5G, Blockchain thingy is just a blip and it will come to nothing! Maybe it won't all have a signficant long term effect on society or affect, and possibly fuel, the increasing renewed moves back to extremist views we are witnessing in countries like Poland, Italy and Germany. Hey, it's probably not even worth thinking about...gulp. Full article. There are many ways to recruit a spy. Certainly too many to cover in an article such as this. It really depends on who the particular intelligence agency is looking for, which organization, and what its objective is. It will come as no surprise that some methods are more or less well publicized than others. For SIS in particular, given that the organization did not officially exist until 1994, many of the methods used for recruitment are, for obvious reasons, still closely guarded secrets. Graduate recruitment is one thing, but developing a potential (currently operational) agent is another, especially if they are already in full time professional employment or indeed, working for another intelligence agency. The PR stance at the moment may well be to promote a progressive, modern image, and in many ways it most definitely is. However, the traditional ‘tap on the shoulder’ approach was really symptomatic of a desire to retain control of the recruitment process. To that end, things have not really changed. SIS has, and always will be, more cautious about the ‘walk in’ candidate and will have entirely different, and more complex, processes in place to evaluate such a person. Furthermore, the complex recruitment cycle is now refined to the point where SIS can recruit individuals without them even knowing. Now that’s surely the recruiters’ holy grail. As with all things ‘intelligence’ orientated, there is a constant focus on resources and purchasing power. SIS needs to maximise the value of each pound spent and therefore, long and complex targeting of individuals used to gain information, has to be considered against the costs of recruiting those intelligence officers charged with interpreting that information. So, in essence, a balancing act in the same way as any other modern-day commercial organisation. Let’s not forget however, that despite the budget allocated by the Intelligence Committee and oversight of section 5, 6 and GCHQ, there are still relatively few intelligence officers out there. Especially in the ever-changing competitive world of private intelligence agencies and their corporate counterparts which compounds the problems caused by the brain drain and external temptations. SIS Chief Alex Younger said in his speech at St Andrews that “If you think you can spot an MI6 officer, you are mistaken. It doesn’t matter where you are from. If you want to make a difference and you think you might have what it takes, then the chances are that you do have what it takes, and we hope you will step forward.” Clearly this is a nod to the future and the recognition that with Espionage 4.0 around the corner, intelligence agencies need to invest now and allow time for the training and development of new individuals. Individuals that could take two or more years to develop before assuming roles of increased responsibility and clout. This is the likely reason and not, as some cynics have suggested, merely PR propaganda developed for the benefit of our adversaries to suggest that UK intelligence is growing. The argument here being that even if the funds are not available, and even if the organisation is cutting costs, creating the illusion that the funds are there is just as effective. So far the common denominator is money. Whether it is the level of funding, or the maximisation of value for each pound spent. Mr Younger’s comments clearly pushes ideology as a motivator and driver for potential candidates, and one can hardly blame him. Let’s face it, it would be hard for SIS to push the financial incentive when faced with free market competition. So, it is a given that the organisation has to, regardless of whether it is true or not, sell the notion of ‘making a difference’ as the key driver. So, enter the ‘buddhist spy’ i.e. someone who has forsaken all desires of financial or materialistic rewards in favour of….that little bit more. Here, the idea that freedom is power is never more true, but by god it’s a tough one to find, especially in the younger recruits. Money can never be the sole motivator in this profession, but the complexities of life, youth, character and practical issues, means it simply is important. One cannot really attribute this simply to youth either. Yes, the younger recruits may well be ambitious and dazzled at the prospect of financial reward, but then again so is the 42 year old married man with three children. So its not that. Indeed, the tap on the shoulder system which focussed on the Oxbridge folk probably worked largely because they were the elite and on the whole from upper middle class affluent backgrounds where they always has the family vault to nudge open in times of desperation. Ironically, this student and the buddhist spy are similar in that they are both free from financial pressures thereby making them more effective. So, they key thread to pull from the above is that there is power to be had from the freedom of external influences. Without wanting to drift down the spiritual or philosophical road too much, a successful spy in todays world could be the one who can happily remove any influence, both positive or negative. In the case of the honey trap, it would be rendered useless if the person did not attribute so much influence to sex. In the case of financial reward, bribery or extortion, if one truly has zero desire for money then it is powerless. In the case of power itself, if one is sufficiently self confident to the point where the affirmation from power is not needed, then that too is rendered useless. So the buddhist spy almost becomes machine like. Perhaps this is another case for the advancement of the neurodiverse, or those people less emotionally driven to some extent, in favour of the ‘safety’ of the binary world. In essence, the buddhist spy is simply a person who cannot be bought, and therefore cannot be compromised. Could you be that person? The latest Global Terrorism Index data shows Incidents of far-right terrorism have been increasing in the West, particularly in Western Europe, North America, and Oceania and the three largest politically motivated terrorist attacks in the West in the last 50 years have been perpetuated by far-right extremists. Czy są to ludzie, którzy wcześniej zasiadali na marginesie społeczeństwa, a których przeznaczeniem jest kształtowanie i przewodzenie wykładniczej myśli? Całkiem odważne stwierdzenia, ale dla tych, którzy wiedzą, czy "trudność uczenia się" jest naprawdę właściwym terminem opisującym dużą część społeczności, w której nauka nie jest trudna, ale czasami nieco zbyt łatwa? Gdzie "specjalne potrzeby" bardziej precyzyjnie odnoszą się do potrzeby uzyskania większej ilości informacji lub koloru na płótnie w krajobrazie, który w przeciwnym razie jest monochromatyczny? Mogą nie być w stanie dobrze zintegrować się ze społeczeństwem, ale mogą i pomagają go chronić. Nie jest to James Bond, ale gdybyś musiał wejść do prawdziwego Casino Royale, mógłbyś wziąć Rain Mana ponad 007 każdego dnia. Czytaj więcej. The concept is not particularly new, but as with all concepts, it takes time for the technology to catch up. In the 1960's the battle was on for Space. Now, the battles are fought daily and in boardrooms and labs from East to West. With DARPA on the one hand facilitating research into Neurprosthetics in the US, on the other the "Military-Civil" fusion in China works on Research through the China Defence Universities, a concern for most Intelligenvce Agencies, and undoubtedly doing the same. Somewhere inbetween, the 'cash-strapped' Russians play catch-up. Of course the UK has had its own waterered down version of DARPA through Innovate UK (sorry...but it is). This is set to change and has been on the cards for many years, but on this occassion it looks like Boris Johnson will be the one to unveil the new entity. Whatever form it takes, it really needs to ensure the seals are tight on this one, as there are no room for leaks in todays Innovation Wars.The real challenge as we see it is in succesfully coordinating the vast number of current projects. The 'visionaries' will have to harvest the key successes in a variety of fields and squeeze the very best out of each, to suit their purposes. For Intelligence Orgnisations such as the CIA or MI6, this will focus on linking communications technology, data in secure cloud based environments maybe using advanced blockchain tech, financial technology (to securely and 'discreetly' fund the research) and of course the science itself. These do not even scratch the surface on what is involved. The marketing, not forgetting that sometimes looking as though we are ahead of the game, can be just as important as actually being ahead. The thorough Legal processes involved such as patent protection (also including diversion), the Political ramifications in terms of developing succesful cross-border partnerships etc. The list is almost endless so the task would daunting to even the most accomplished Project Manager (no wonder MI6 is expanding the sc-called 'Change Management' department. The prize however is a huge 'leg-up' in the next war(s) where, as Mr Younger puts it, Espionage 4.0 will play a pivotal role. How our friends the Amercians, and their sisters MI6 will meet this challenge, will be interesting indeed. The UK Defense Secretary only just admitted, in a rather dramatic fashion, that the retreat from overseas entanglement by the US, now keeps him awake at night. That is probably doubtful and is probably merely another political soundbite to ring loudly at the next funding drive. It did however highlight the more serious point that the UK has been beholden to the US for far too long and especially in the air, and also in matters of intelligence. So, as always when a poorer, less celebrity laden team comes to the pitch, the owners have to spend wisely and ensure that every pound spent is carefully considered if they (we) stand a chance. We are in the same game now. So, although it might be nice PR and propaganda to talk of increasing troops and increased spending on tanks and hardware etc., the real victory will depend on which technologies the UK can harness control of faster and more effectively than its foes. To continue the sports analogy, the UK is simply not in a position to buy all the top strikers around today. It has to look way beyond and look at toddlers with technique and take a considered gamble on what technology will prove the most valuable in the future. One area we are particularly focused on at the moment are applications available from visual neuroprosthesis technology. This technology is not the next step, and maybe not even going to be of any real benefit the step beyond that. However, looking three steps ahead and this is where we are heading. If the age old innovation/imitation battle between the Western inventors and their Chinese counterparts is anything to go by, then nothing much will change. The idea itself is no particularly recent. In 2014 for example, the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering carried our work for DARPA (the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) on a project aimed at developing a wireless, implantable brain device that could help restore lost memory function in individuals who have suffered debilitating brain injuries. So, aside from the more well known hearing aid implants, the work on other implants, to work on other functions, has been widespread in several private, government and academic science labs. What we are seeing now, is advancement in the practical application and success of neural implants which are having profoud effects on congitive functions. Regular readers may recall our articles 18 months ago which focussed on another element i.e sub-cutaneous chip research, in which we also referenced the digitzed manipulation of the Amygdalla (the brains 'emotion' regulator) and the potential implications on patients with severe psychopathy. It was and is representative of a pattern of growth which has developed for some time and brought us where we are now. Bringing the focus back on the battle between competing countries however, for the UK, industrial espionage will continue to feature highly on its agenda both in terms of defender and aggressor. The dilemma is, does the UK feed off the US (who seem to be distancing themselves in various ways) and leave the funding of this innovation in the hands of the US Government, or does it do it itself? If it is the latter, then secrecy and IP protection (for what its worth) will be key factors in protecting their investment and also the security of the nation. We certainly have the talent and know how and pedigree to compete against the likes of Huawei or, more pertinently, the companies already being groomed by the Chinese State to step in as Huawei 2.0, 3.0 and so on. So the hope is that the current blip caused by a temporary 'off the hip' Trump administration, is very much just that, and plans will have been in place well before now to have planned for such events. Although the politicians might have us believe there is trouble at the ranch, the financial ties and intelligence bonds go far beyond the 'hype'. Trump and the US are unlikely to "fire" the UK just yet and for us, the canary in the mine is his hairdresser. Whilst she has a job, we know we are safe. So, what is a visual neuroprosthetic? The audio version is probably more well known as the Cochlear Implant i.e. a relay between the hearing aid and neural network in the Cochlear to aide hearing. The same is the case with a visual neuroprosthetic. It is an artificial way (at the moment) of stimulating the visual pathways present in the eye and the visual sensations in the brain. In doing so, it opens up the possibility of removing artificial devices such as lenses altogther. Rather than having a prosthetic implant to improve or restore vision, its purpose will be to enhance already perfect vision and add further information directly to the retina. Scientists in The US and Netherlands have already experiemented with implanted chips to regulate the release of chemicals to the Amygdalla. Sub-cutaneous chips have been available and tested now for many years in order to transmit information to externally and via cloud technology. Combining visual neural systems with AI and IOT systems, will expedite intuitive and command driven action through prosthetics. In terms of visual technology and where we stand with mainstream innovation at the moment, it is fairly well known what is on offer from Google and a growing fraternity of augmented reality/virtual reality firms and their glasses (called ‘smart glasses’). They are cheaply priced and will probably feature well in the Christmas stockings of many teenage gamers. The next step which firms such as Virtualenses (the VL Project) and others are working on, are digital contact lenses. The technological link from glasses to the third-generation wear of neurologically based enhancements. The race is on for sure. With digitized contact lenses, google enabled, recordable, cloud linked and fully interactive already being tested, the race is on for the neurological link between man and machine in the form of a prosthetic. The potential uses, even with just digital contact lenses or military grade glasses, is exceptional. The advantage will be, as with all future moves in technological development for the intelligence community, in more accurate targeting. Transforming 2D maps into 3D real world imagery containing millions of data points all converging and integrating in an intelligence/military ‘cloud’ to instantly disseminate visual information. Those of you of a certain age will recall the war films where planners turned building plans into actual buildings in warehouses to train their soldiers and provide as much realism as possible. The warehouse is gone now, and the maps are instantly relayed into screen fed information to the recipient. When the neuroprosthetic technology comes online, it will remove the need altogether for both learning about the target as well as even having to physically be at the target. The symbiosis between human, biological and physiological, and the cloud-based world will be seamless. It may well represent the final steps before the AI journey reaches its singularity and when the games really begin. But that’s another story. For now, it is a race and a race the UK is going to have to compete in on its own. The roots of the tree run deep and have many twists and turns. Funding will continue to be an important element but will still only be one of the branches of the whole tree. That has always been the case. The fight against the money launderers will continue, or should we say, appear to continue to rage. Overall however, the actual objective of ensuring the right funds hit the right accounts will be crucial in feeding the roots which will eventually allow the UK to blossom in full, with or without the US. See a demonstration of how Visual Neuroprosthetics linked with IOT technology, will tranform even basic Intelligence Surveillance and Counter Surveillance operations for organisations like MI6. Click. Vauxhall Cross – A Mesopotamian olive branch in London The Iconic Vauxhall building is often referred to as the Ziggurat. An ancient architectural design from the region of Mesopotamia by early Babylonians. Parts of an area more recently referred to as the middle east, covering Syria, Iraq, Turkey and Iran. Was the construction of the building designed in that way by Farrell in the nineties coincidentally emblematic of architerural history in that region of Babylon? Or was there some thought given to this, knowing that references would be drawn to the Ziggurats origins of design? Was this symbolism being used to link the mutlutude of Mesopotamian rivers, to the grand old River Thames? Given the nature of the beast and a general feeling that events are on the whole, not coindicences, then perhaps it was the latter. According to much more revered and esteemed experts the design has received some criticism and that its inspiration came from the Mayan or Aztec regions and may even have been inspired by buildings such as the Battersea Power Station. But that wouldn’t be anything quite as romantic as this idea now would it? Come on we can do better than that. Think of the top as a shrine, not a platform for sacrifice... hmmm? We have a structure in the middle of our capital, arguably inspired by a design from the original “fertile crescent” and sitting on our very own fertile crescent, the Thames. What better nod to our apparently adversarial cultures than to plonk a clearly middle eastern, Babylonian inspired design in the heart of London. 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__label__cc	0.73808	0.26192	Cauliflower 'Snowball' Organic Early Cauliflower: Baby Vegetable. Heritage (1890's) Cauliflower Snowball is a superb heritage variety, first bred in America in the 1890's there probably still isn't a better cauliflower to grow in the garden. The pure white, snowball-sized heads can be harvested when small, 5cm (2in) or left to mature to 15cm (6in), they can also be forced. This easy maintenance variety is very suitable for the home gardener, the dwarf and compact plants can be set closer than others. Vigorous, early and reliable, the plants mature uniformly and have good leaf coverage. Though strictly speaking described as an early cauliflower, Snowball is in fact far more versatile than that, similar to 'All Year Round', it can be used for successional production all year. 65 to 70 days to harvest. With a mild flavour, Snowball is an excellent keeper and suitable for eating either fresh in salads and snacks, or for use cooked: soups, steaming or stir-frying. It is also good for canning and freezing. Jan-Feb under glass. March-May outdoors and Sept-Oct in coldframes to over winter. All brassica crops grow best in partial-shade, in firm, fertile, free-draining soil. Start digging over your soil in autumn, remove any stones you find and work in plenty of well-rotted manure or compost. Tread on the soil to remove any air pockets and make the surface very firm. Brassicas will fail if the soil is too acidic so add lime to the soil if necessary, aiming for a pH of 6.5 to 7.5. Cauliflower prefers deep, humus-rich soil with a good supply of water and high humidity. Prepare your soil by working into it organic matter such as compost, bark, wood ashes, and manure. Barnyard manures should be aged before adding to the garden. Rabbit and chicken manures are good ones to use. Cow manure is good but just don't overdo it, as the manure may cause a build up of salt in the soil. If your soil is acidic, it should be sweetened up by adding lime. Sow 4-6 weeks before the date you wish to plant them outdoors Nearly all brassicas should be planted in a seedbed or in modules under glass and then transferred. Seeds should be sown thinly, as this reduces the amount of future thinning necessary and potential risk from pests. Sow seeds 1.25cm (½in) deep and rows should be spaced 15cm (6in) apart. Once the seeds have germinated, thin the seedlings to 7.5cm (3in) between each plant. The seedlings are ready for transplanting when they are between 6 and 8cm high (2½ to 3in). Water the day before moving, and keep well-watered until established. Space the plants 45cm (18in) apart in rows 60 to 90cm (24 to 36 in) apart. Plant only as deeply as the transplants are as they are removed from their containers. If you overcrowd cauliflower, they may not be able to reach their full potential. Provide two or three plants for each family member. As you plant, put about a cup of root stimulator mixture into each hole along with a teaspoon of bonemeal to get the plants off to a robust start with strong roots and stems. Mulch each plant to prevent soil erosion and to add nutrients to the soil as it decomposes. Cultivation: The meat of the cauliflower heads are called curds. The curds may "yellow" if they receive too much sun, rain, or frost. Secure the plants' long leaves over the cauliflower heads to insure beautiful white heads. Cauliflower needs rich soil and adequate moisture for peak production. Feed them with a nitrogen-rich fertilizer every two or three weeks until the point of production. Then feed them with a good water-soluble fertilizer. Keep the soil moist. Replace mulch as it deteriorates and pull weeds away from the plants. Harvesting: 65 to 70 days. Harvest when the flower shoots are firm and well-formed. Cut close to ground level with a sharp knife. Cauliflower can be stored by freezing. Separate the flowerettes, wash them well, and put them into boiling water for 3 to 5 minutes. Remove them from the boiling water, then put them into ice water for a few minutes. Drain them well and put them into freezer containers and into the freezer. Cauliflower is a variety of the common cabbage in which flowers have begun to form, but have stopped growing at the bud stage. The same applies to broccoli. The thick stems under the buds act as storage organs for nutrients, which would have gone into the flowers and eventual fruits had their development not been aborted. All these types are therefore richer in vitamins and minerals than other brassicas. Good companions: Rosemary, Thyme, Sage, Onions, Garlic, Beetroot, Chards. Plant celery near to Cauliflower to repel the white cabbage butterfly. Bad companions: Don't plant cauliflower near strawberries or tomatoes - it doesn't like either. Rotate your crops, planting brassicas, of any kinds, in the same ground more often than once every four years runs the risk of club root infestation and once you have it, the ground is useless for up to a decade. Don't take needless chances, even with "catch crops" of radishes. Nomenclature: Some time in the past thousand years, the preference developed in southern Europe for eating the immature flower buds of the cabbage plants. Selection pressure favouring production of plants with large tender flowering heads was imposed by some growers. By the 15th century, the modern vegetable we know as cauliflower had developed and about a hundred years later, broccoli had been generated in Italy. The cauliflower plant was named by botanists as Brassica oleracea variety botrytis, with the last part of the name referring to the fact that a cauliflower curd is was thought to resemble a bunch of grapes. The Latin name Brassica derives from the Celtic ‘bresic’. The species oleracea refers to a vegetable garden herb that is used in cooking, while botrytis is a Greek word meaning ‘clusterlike’ or ‘grapelike’. The English word cauliflower comes from the Latin words caulis , meaning ‘stem’ or ‘cabbage’, and flos , ‘flower’ Stout and productive, Snowball has been a reliable favorite for well over a century. As it rarely grows much higher than 30cm (12in) it is ideal for growing on smaller plots, and its compact snow-white heads can be harvested earlier than almost any other variety. It is good for freezing too. Snowball was originally known as 'Dwarf Erfurt', and was probably a selected form of a much older German variety. Erfurt cauliflowers were said to have originated in the Thuringian town of Erfurt, famous from medieval times for the quality of its woad and the extent of its market gardens. They were particularly hardy, with shorter leaves and smaller heads than other kinds, which made them particularly valuable in the development of dwarf varieties. Snowballs reputation proceeded it across the Atlantic, and it was introduced to the American market in 1888 by the famous New York firm of Peter Henderson. oleraceae var. botrytis Baby Cauliflower, Mini Cauliflower Snowball can be used for successional production all year Snowball can be harvested when small, 5cm (2in) or left to mature to 15cm (6in) 65 to 70 days to harvest.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1398036
__label__wiki	0.561971	0.561971	The News Shed BBC News World Affairs Producer Stuart Hughes is the latest recruit to the world's growing army of shedworkers as he explains below: "When I moved into my new house at the end of last year I inherited a rundown workshop from the former owners. Your book inspired me to do something special with it and create somewhere I could work and relax. £8,000 later, the result is the "News Shed" - recently completed and now open for business! "The Shed is a purpose-built news production office in a cabin at the bottom of my garden in Hanwell, near Ealing. "The News Shed is equipped to handle anything from a 2-way for the Today programme to an edit for the Ten. It's like TV Centre but with decent coffee and better kit. Facilities include: - Broadcast quality live radio capability - A full digital radio recording and editing set-up - TV editing and filing capability directly into Jupiter using Final Cut and Quicklink - In vision TV capability - Streambox or V-Point - High definition LCD TV with Freeview and DVD for viewing rushes or monitoring the news channels - Wifi internet connectivity through super-fast BT Infinity fibre-optic broadband - Access to BBC systems, including wires, Newswire, VCS, Dave and Davina - A dedicated on-site server, allowing audio or video to be stored and accessed from anywhere in the world - Free parking and a gear room for kit storage "And when the work is done there are bikes on hand to cycle to a delightful canal-side hostelry nearby that's listed in the Good Beer Guide! If you want to use the climbing frame, however, you'll need to ask Billy for permission." You can hear the first live 2-way from the News Shed here and a live radio interview here. Wednesday posts are sponsored by The Stable Company®, the UK's premier supplier of garden offices and garden rooms. Click here. Posted by Alex Johnson at 9:49 AM 0 comments Discovering Men’s Sheds - UK Conference We've covered the rise of the Men's Sheds movement in Australia and from its earliest days in the UK so we're delighted to hear from Age UK that they will be running a special conference on the subject on September 29, 'Discovering Men’s Sheds The effect on men’s health, wellbeing and informal learning' in Leicester. Age UK is developing, piloting and evaluating sheds in three locations over a two-year period (ending April 2012) and they hope that the conference will benefit all of those with an interest in finding out more about the value of Men’s Sheds, non formal learning, and health and wellbeing. The conference will: * Explore achievements of the Men’s Sheds initiative and proposed future developments * Consider the importance of linking non formal learning with men’s health and wellbeing * Hear from Age UK’s pilot Men in Sheds projects about their challenges and successes in setting up and running their Sheds To book online visit www.ageuk.org.uk/conferences or get in touch with us here at Shedworking and we'll send you pdf leaflets directly. Here's the programme: 10:00 Registrations, interactive exhibitions and networking 10:40 Welcome and introduction from the chair of morning sessions (TBC) 10:45 Introduction to ‘A shedder’s story’ National Programme Delivery Manager, Age UK 10:50 A shedder’s story: what a shed means to a man 10:55 Men’s Sheds in context: men’s health, wellbeing and informal learning Professor John Field Professor of Lifelong Learning and Co-Director of the Centre for Research in Lifelong Learning, University of Stirling 11:15 Q & A session 11:20 Tea and movement to workshops 11.30 Morning workshops (repeated in the afternoon) 12:40 Lunch, interactive exhibition and networking 1.40 Chair for the afternoon: Jim Soulsby Honorary Research Fellow, Institute of Lifelong Learning, University of Leicester and Association of Education and Ageing. 1:45 Keynote address: Professor Barry Golding Deputy Head of School of Education, University of Ballarat, Australia and an honorary Australian Men’s Sheds Association Patron and Adult Learning Australia Board member. 2:15 Q & A session 2:25 Afternoon workshops (repeated from the morning) 3:25 Panel discussion David Hughes, Chief Executive, NIACE Heléna Herklots, Services Director, Age UK Barry Golding, Deputy Head of School of Education, University of Ballarat, Australia Peter Baker, Chief Executive, Men’s Health Forum 3:50 Chair’s concluding remarks 4:00 Close of conference (tea/coffee available) Workshops will include how to set up and run a shed, and how to keep a shed going once it's up and running. Tuesday posts are sponsored by The Home Office Company, manufacturers of unique garden rooms since 1998. Now in 10 exciting new colours. Click here for more details. Posted by Alex Johnson at 12:30 PM 0 comments Boulton & Paul restored revolving shed Shedworking is indebted to reader Alan Field who indulges the staff's delight in revolving sheds and garden offices with these photos of his Boulton & Paul shed (the kind of rotating shed owned by George Bernard Shaw). "It was seeing a post on your site about a Boulton & Paul summerhouse," he writes, "that prompted me to do something about my own building which had long been languishing out of sight and, I feared, needlessly rotting quietly away. Despite being forklifted over bumpy acres (twice) this 1920s original B&P required only the doors rehanging before its first ever make-over this month. There's quality for you." More details about B&P here and, in greater depth, here.http://www.heritagecity.org/research-centre/industrial-innovation/boulton-and-paul.htm Posted by Alex Johnson at 10:29 AM 0 comments Buy a Southbank beach hut The beach huts at London's Southbank Centre which have been on display as part of their Festival of Britain all summer (and will continue until September 4) are now being auctioned on ebay (you have to pick up the hut yourself but they will dismantle it first). Photos courtesy Londinist Keret House: thin shedworking On first glance this is probably nobody's idea of a shed or garden office. But it's a very intriguing workspace in Warsaw to be built in a weeny space between two other buildings by architects Centrala: the interior measures from 1.2m and 72cm at its narrowest (see below) and will be an office for writer Etgar Keret as well as a studio for visiting writers and artists from around the globe. It will be built with plywood on a steel frame and covered with concrete cloth. More photos and information at the always fabulous archdaily. Fridays posts are sponsored by Swift Foundations. We design bespoke, eco friendly, foundation solutions. Our Plinths are LABC system approved and manufactured to British Standard BS8110 by a ISO 9000 company. www.swiftfoundations.co.uk for details. A slideshow of garden shed ideas A lovely slideshow at Better Homes and Gardens of ideas for decorating your shedlike atmosphere's interior and exterior including this rather spectacular wide entrance door, with sid windows and an arched top window. Thursday posts are sponsored by Atelier garden studios which are sustainable, stylish, flexible, functional and future proofed Fragile Shelter Project WINTER HOUSE_Fragile Shelter Project from Hidemi Nishida on Vimeo. By artist and designer Hidemi Nishida, a temporary winter shedlike structure in Sapporo, Japan. Here's what Hidemi says about it: "This winter temporary shelter leads people to gather, have a party, stay, feel something in the white woods. And they could feel cozy atmosphere in it." O-Pod art studio A rather lovely art studio in Kent from O-Pod Eric Ravilious: shedworker Eric Ravilious was one of the finest British artists of the 20th century and also a caravanworker. His watercolour Caravans, recently bought by the Fry Art Gallery in Saffron Walden, pictures two caravans which he used as his temporary home and studio during the peak of his career in th early 1930s. The caravans were near an isolated cottage called Furlongs at Glynde in Sussex owned by artist Peggy Angus. Ravilious visited her in 1934 and loved the area so much he bought the caravans - fever wagons used during the Boer War - as shedworking space for 15 shillings each from a local cement works. The studio one had a skylight and large window looking over Mount Caburn, and a worktable beneath the window. Sadly the caravans (which were decorated inside by his wife Tirzah) are no longer with us: they fell apart in the 1950s. Posted by Alex Johnson at 2:59 PM 1 comments The Old Post Office Farm Shepherds' Huts (screencast) You can find the Old Post Office Farm site here. Create energy, create space, go solar with energyspace solar garden buildings. Click here for more details East Austin sheds Robert M. Carnochan saw our post on Lance Armstrong's shedlike space in East Austin and wrote in to share his own East Austin shed. It was designed by Robert himself and built by Shawn Somerville who owns a company in Austin called Craftsman Shed (do check out his site for plenty of other fine examples of potential garden office designs). Labels: Choosing a shed (US) MorHaus North Carolina-based MorHaus sell building kits largely aimed at those interested in small prefab houses but also offer the MicroMor in either a 4' x 8' or an 8' x 8' model which they say can easily be assembled in one afternoon by two people. Apparently one of their customers is using the larger version to house feral cats until they are adopted but it would also be ideal for shedworking. The spec includes metal roof, concrete siding and hardwood veneer plywood, as well as a small attached arbor. Sheddrinking: The world's smallest pub This is The Dog and Bone pub, a temporary 3ft by 3ft shedlike drinking atmosphere set up in the phone box of Shepreth, Cambridgeshire, to mark the closure of the village pub, The Plough. The Nutshell in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, is in the Guinness Book of Records as Britain's smallest pub, measuring 16.5ft by 6.5ft. Total Office Design Total Office Design: 50 Contemporary Workplaces is a new book by Helen Parton and Kerstin Zumstein published by Thames & Hudson (who will be publishing the Bookshelf book early 2012). It's a marvellous, well-illustrated look at interesting workplaces, none of which are boring, expensive or harmful to the environment (you'll recognise a few which have been featured on Shedworking over the years but the majority will be fresh delights). The book - which is out now and available in all the normal places - is organized into separate sections featuring small, medium and large projects, each one fully illustrated with photographs, drawings and plans. It's as thorough a job as you'd expect from Zumstein and Parton who are specialist design and architect journalists, familiar to many of you from their work at onoffice magazine which is one of our daily reads. We asked Helen to pick our four of the most shedlike entries exclusively for Shedworking and here they are: Bearstech, Paris This is an office of an IT firm Bearstech in Paris. The architect, Paul Coudamy, sourced scrap wood from skips around Paris to create a cave-like (or could that be shedlike) interior within an interior and a seriously cosy atmosphere. YCN, London This is the office of a creative agency that promotes design in Shoreditch. The designer, Tomas Klassnik, used inexpensive materials such as plywood, as often found in the shed, and plenty of surfaces on which to brainstorm. There was a real DIY ethos to this project, something any shedworker would be proud of! Van Der Architects Studio, Tokyo In order to think outside the box, Van Der Architects brought the box, or make the walls from an old Japanese house inside. The result is distinctly shedlike. The idea with the design of this office is to make the employees feel like it's a home from home, hence the domestic influences. KK Outlet, London Is it an advertising agency, is it a shop, is it a gallery space? Well this Hoxton Square space, designed by architects FAT, is all three. It's an intimate space, not much bigger than your average shed, and uses quite basic materials such as rubber flooring and ceramic tiling but nonetheless manages to be an inspiring working environment where great ideas are born. Labels: The Shedworker's Bookshelf Blokes, jokes and sheds For those of you who collect shed books, here is a collection of Chris Slane’s popular series of cartoons for The Shed Magazine. Here's the blurb: "Blokes, Jokes and Sheds features sheds for tinkering, sheds for escape, sheds as a second home, sheds for socialising, and sheds for inventing, and is loosely based on the topics of Shed Sweet Home, Favourite Projects, Shed Widows, DIY Disasters and Tool Talk." Elm Tree & Partners Elm Tree & Partners is a joinery company in West Oxfordshire which also offers a garden office design made of oak with a set of oak bifold doors to the front and Celotex insulation in the ceiling, floor and walls. My Flat Pack Home: garden office (video) Part of an episode from the recent My Flat Pack Home series on UKTV's Home channel which featured Vicky and Nick Leighton who built a self-contained in.it.studios garden office studio (with a kitchenette and bathroom). With presenter Amanda Lamb. Thaddeus DuBois' shed (video) Always a pleasure to be shown around somebody's working shed. Jane Perrone's green roof Jane Perrone is the Guardian newspaper's gardening editor and earlier this year built a garden office with a rather nice green roof. She is updating her Flickr page with regular updates (her aim is a weekly photo) to show how it changes through the course of a year. For more details nip over to her blog Horticultural which also contains full details of the roof planting. In Detail: Small Structures An interesting title from Birkhauser, In Detail by Christian Schittich (176 Pages, 276 colour, 260 b/w illustrations) though at £63 maybe a little steep. Here's the bumph: Shelters, kiosks, snack bars, market stalls, bus stops, telephone booths, toilets, advertising columns, ticket booths, mobile tents or housing units, emergency shelters, tourist information booths—this list of small, autonomously functioning buildings could be expanded almost infinitely. Small buildings shape our daily lives; they are found at the nearest street corner; they are present and indispensable, but as architecture they attract our attention only rarely. Yet these small structures occupy a definite place in the infrastructure of the city. Rather than focusing on the large attractions of architecture, architects find many potential ways to ensure the quality of everyday design hidden in these small, sometimes charming necessities. This volume in the DETAIL series spans the arc between architecture and product design, since not infrequently small buildings are located precisely in the area of tension between these two professions, and their successful realization is evident in the details of their construction. Hand Drawn Creative: shedworker Illustrator Neal McCullough is based in Bangor, Northern Ireland, and runs Hand Drawn Creative from his new garden office. The move coincides with the birth of his son who will be taking over Neal's previous office space. Neal and his father sketched a design for the garden office which was then built by Smylie Sectional Buildings. Jane Giffard-Tiney who runs Work Shacks has set up a networking/social group for shedworkers and other homeworkers in Market Harborough, the Homeworking Alliance. Working with local telecom specialist Doug Andrews, members pay a yearly subscription and a small fee for meetings. First-time visitors and those bringing first-time visitors come along for nothing. Although they cater specifically for the needs of the shed/homeworker (e.g. parent-friendly meeting times), they also have members who run small, independent businesses from an office or shop. As well as the main Market Harborough meetings, there are also now groups in Lutterworth, Hinckley, Kettering and Northampton and they hope to expand further in the very near future. "We are also always on the lookout for homeworkers or small business owners who like to network and feel they could run a successful Homeworking Alliance group in their own area," says Jane. "I feel very passionately that we can make a huge difference to homeworkers who often find it very difficult to network their businesses and are frequently unable to do so because of the very early start offered by other networking organisations." Shedworking annual holidays Shedworking is now on holiday for a bit, but while the senior staff are away sunning itself in a hammock and unable to answer any queries, the shedworking interns will still be posting every day so please do keep coming back. Julie Montgomery: shedworker + Airstream Californian artist Julie Montgomery is featured at the marvellous re-nest talking about her Airstream trailer where she lives with her young son and the garden office studio (a former fruit-packing warehouse) a five-minute walk away where she works. There's also a great slideshow of the interior. Well worth a browse. Shedworking on BBC Radio 2 Liza Tarbuck is sitting in for Simon Mayo on Radio 2's drivetime show this week and was generous enough to ask us on to chat about shedworking. You can hear our conversation on their Listen Again thingy for the next seven days - it starts about 20 minutes in, at 5.20pm-ish. eDEN: living wall of flowers eDEN is a garden office model from Canterbury-based Eco Frame Systems which features a living wall of flowers - or 'vertigarden'- designed to offer a natural habitat for wildlife as well as a thermo efficient method of insulation as well as accoustic insulation. The vertigarden is made up of pre-planted modules which retain the plants and soil - there's an inbuilt irrigation system, which means that the wall requires very little maintenance. The first eDen has been erected in Broadstairs and is open for people to look round, chat with the Eco Frames Systems team and enjoy a cup of tea. Shedspace: photo essay We mentioned last weekend's Shedspace shed festival and are very grateful to Arun Kataria for these photos of the working sheds in situ. So, from the top, there's the story shed, three photos of the disco shed, then the cinema shed, the designer shed and finally the circus shed. The Old Post Office Farm Shepherds' Huts (screenca... Jane Giffard-Tiney who runs Work Shacks has set up...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1398051
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__label__cc	0.629174	0.370826	New HOS Rules (Proposed) New HOS rules Dept. of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration issued a new proposal to revise hours-of-service (HOS) rules, that would make minor changes to the existing “restart” provisions. This is only a proposal at this time and is not final. The latest in a string of FMCSA new HOS rule making proposals, this one would retain the existing 34-hour “restart” provision that DOT said allows drivers to “restart the clock” on their weekly 60 or 70 hours by taking at least 34 consecutive hours off-duty. Under this the New HOS rules proposal, the restart period would have to include two consecutive off-duty periods from midnight to 6:00 a.m., presumably to ensure drivers get two nights off in a row. Drivers would be allowed to use this restart only once during a seven-day period, noted DOT. The proposed rule would require truckers “to complete all driving within a 14-hour workday, and to complete all on-duty work-related activities within 13 hours to allow for at least a one- hour break.” DOT leaves open for comment whether drivers should be limited to 10 or 11 hours of daily driving time, although FMCSA currently favors a 10-hour limit. According to DOT, other key provisions of the proposed rule include: * Option of extending a driver’s daily shift to 16 hours twice a week “to accommodate for issues such as loading and unloading at terminals or ports” * Allowing drivers to “count some time spent parked in their trucks toward off-duty hours.” Additionally, truckers in violation of this proposed rule would face civil penalties of up to $2,750 for each offense. Trucking companies that allow their drivers to violate the proposal’s driving limits would face penalties of up to $11,000 for each offense. DOT stated that publication of the proposed rule “coincides with the timeframe established in a court settlement agreement that requires FMCSA to publish a final HOS rule by July 26, 2011.” The rule making will be published in the Federal Register on December 29 and the public will then have 60 days to comment. Click here for information on how to submit comments and read the exact proposal. 11-Hour Driving Limit May drive a maximum of 11 hours after 10 consecutive hours off duty. May not drive beyond the 14th consecutive hour after coming on duty, following 10 consecutive hours off duty. Off-duty time does not extend the 14-hour period. May drive only if 8 hours or less have passed since end of driver’s last off-duty or sleeper berth period of at least 30 minutes. Does not apply to drivers using either of the short-haul exceptions in 395.1(e). [49 CFR 397.5 mandatory “in attendance” time may be included in break if no other duties performed] 60/70-Hour Limit May not drive after 60/70 hours on duty in 7/8 consecutive days. 60/70-Hour Limit May not drive after 60/70 hours on duty in 7/8 consecutive days. A driver may restart a 7/8 consecutive day period after taking 34 or more consecutive hours off duty. Suspended! NOTICE: The Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2015 was enacted on December 16, 2014, suspending enforcement of new requirements for use of the 34-hour restart, pending a study. Based on the findings from the study, the 34-hour restart rule in operational effect on June 30, 2013, is restored to full force and effect. The requirement for two off-duty periods of 1:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. in section 395.3(c) of the Agency’s hours-of-service rules will not be enforced, nor will the once-per-week limit on use of the restart in 395.3(d). Sleeper Berth Provision Drivers using a sleeper berth must take at least 8 hours in the sleeper berth, and may split the sleeper berth time into two periods provided neither is less than 2 hours. Drivers using the sleeper berth provision must take at least 8 consecutive hours in the sleeper berth, plus a separate 2 consecutive hours either in the sleeper berth, off duty, or any combination of the two. Updated: Thursday, March 9, 2017 Return to Truck Laws and Regulations DRIVE SMARTER NOT HARDER Whats your opinion on these new proposals? What do you think of this new proposals that are under consideration. Whats wrong with the current rules Not rated yet Here goes Washington metaling in something they know nothing about. Most don't the difference between a 5th wheel and a 18 wheeler. Experience related I have just recently got my CDL-A. I have no otr experience would this be a good time to start knowing it's going to be snowing very soon or should I wait Fleet Speak’s roadmap: Your input needed When we started Fleet Speak at the beginning of 2018, we would have never guessed what an engaged and loyal group of readers we would gain in such a short Truck breakdown service From Dec.2018, Breakdown Inc provides you the most accurate mobile truck and trailer repair shops information within seconds along with the shortest route	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1398059
__label__wiki	0.576225	0.576225	recommendedmonthlylogoannuallyyoutube-playwheelchair-accesswhatsappvimeotwittertumblrtransport-linktoiletsticktea-coffeesnp-map-pinsnapchatslacksharesecure-locksearchsaltire-colourreadprinterplayplay-circleplay-altpinterestpersonparkingC348D7CE-9D6A-413E-961F-5F5A93ABEDFAnews-clockmysnpmore-horizmessengermeal-providedmap-pinmaillocationlinkedinlinkinstagramhearing-loopgooglegoogle-multifree-wififeedfacebookfacebook-blueexpand-moredrop-downparkingdirect-debitclottieyellowclosecc-visacc-paypalcc-mastercardcalendarbacktotopavataravatar-circleavatar-blackassistance-dogs-welcomedwheelchair-accessaccessible-lifts Follow Scottish National Party on FacebookFollow Scottish National Party on InstagramFollow Scottish National Party on TwitterFollow Scottish National Party on YoutubeFollow Scottish National Party on Linkedin Nicola Sturgeon’s address to SNP conference in Aberdeen by Nicola Sturgeon Share this article: 0 Facebook Messenger Share Posted on 9 June, 2018 19 September, 2018 Below is SNP Leader and First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s address to the SNP conference in Aberdeen. It’s great to be back here in the Granite City. Aberdeen has been through some tough times in the last few years. But it is on the up again. The Oil and Gas Authority said just last month that the North Sea ‘is back’. Though the Westminster parties are still trying to work out how to claim that as a disaster for Scotland. The new city bypass will be open later this year. That’s investment of three quarters of a billion pounds – neglected for decades by previous administrations and now being delivered by the SNP. And not far from here is the fantastic new Aberdeen Offshore Windfarm. Or as some people like to call it – given his past interest – Trump Towers. The President might not be a fan, but this cutting edge renewable energy project is an astonishing feat of engineering. And it confirms Scotland’s rightful place as Europe’s energy powerhouse. You know, two years ago, the Scottish Government launched a £12 million Transition Training Fund to help people in the energy industry enhance their skills and expertise. The aim was to help 1000 people a year. That target has been exceeded. 3300 energy workers are now benefiting. And therein lies a difference between the SNP and the Westminster parties. When the oil price fell, Labour and the Tories saw it as an opportunity to talk down Scotland’s potential. We – the SNP – got to work to protect Scottish jobs. Aberdeen is a great Scottish city. It is a truly international city too. Nearly a quarter of all people who live here were born outside the UK. Those who have made Aberdeen their home have helped create wealth and jobs. They have enriched this city and our country in so many different ways. Westminster might want to create a hostile environment for migrants. But let me make this clear today – that policy is not in our name. Our message to everyone who has chosen to build a life here in Aberdeen, or anywhere in Scotland, is this: you are welcome and we want you to stay. Westminster’s hostile environment is not just a slogan. It is has a real impact on our communities, our schools and our hospitals. Recently, a school on the Isle of Mull struggled to fill a Gaelic teaching vacancy. Eventually, a teacher from Canada applied for and got the job. And then she found herself blocked by the Home Office. When John Swinney took up the case with the UK government he was told they wouldn’t even send a reply. Well, the Tories might not reply to us. But I think we should reply to them. Drop your anti-migrant obsession. Drop it now and put our school pupils first. Of course, the hostile environment is not just affecting schools. It’s hitting our health service too. Since the Brexit vote there’s been a huge drop in the number of EU nurses registering in the UK. And until a couple of days ago, a young student nurse from Paisley, a former member of the Scottish Youth Parliament, Denzel Darku, was being threatened with deportation. At first sight that beggars belief. But, in reality, it’s just the Tories being true to form. Hostile to migrants and neglecting the NHS. Shame on them. The SNP has different aspirations for Scotland. We need and we want people to come to work in our country. Our prosperity and our public services depend on it. So if Westminster cannot or will not act in our best interests, it is time that our own Parliament was able to do so. It is time for powers over migration to come to Scotland. Next year, our Scottish Parliament will mark its twentieth anniversary. Having a Parliament of our own has changed Scotland. And it has changed Scotland for the better. It has allowed us to protect our NHS from privatisation. Deliver free personal care. Mitigate the bedroom tax. Set and meet world leading climate change targets. And much more besides. It also meant we could abolish student tuition fees. And let me reaffirm this today: For as long as the SNP remains in office, tuition fees are not coming back. This twenty year milestone should be a time of celebration. Instead, the powers of our parliament are under threat like never before. On Tuesday, the EU Withdrawal Bill returns to the House of Commons. As it stands, that Bill allows UK ministers to remove Scotland’s powers for up to seven years. Agriculture, fishing, trade, environmental standards, consumer protections – areas that really matter to people and to businesses across the country. And they want to be able to do so against the will of the Scottish Parliament. That is completely unacceptable. That’s why the Scottish Parliament voted overwhelmingly – and across different parties – to refuse consent to this power grab. There was only one party happy to sign away Scotland’s powers. You’ve guessed it – the Tories. So you can imagine the surprise when Ruth Davidson, asked recently about the possibility of the UK legislating for Northern Ireland, said this – “I know how angry I would be if the House of Commons legislated on a domestic Scottish issue over the head of Holyrood”. Yes – the very same Ruth Davidson who argued for, demanded, and then voted to allow the House of Commons to do exactly that. Now, let’s be frank – Ruth Davidson’s rhetoric very rarely survives contact with reality. But that took her hypocrisy to a whole new level. Next week, the prevaricating comes to an end. It is decision time for the Tories. They can choose to respect devolution or they can prove what many in Scotland have long believed. The Tories cannot be trusted with the Scottish Parliament – not now, not ever. The government at Westminster is paralysed on Brexit. In fact, stripping Scotland of its powers might be the only Brexit related issue they can agree on. Everything else is on hold as they fight among themselves. Jacob Rees-Mogg – the member of Parliament for the 19th century – is waiting in the wings to drag us back two hundred years…where he will no doubt find the DUP waiting for him. The Prime Minister rules out membership of the single market and the customs union, even though she has absolutely no idea what to replace it with. All of her efforts are spent trying to stop her totally dysfunctional Cabinet falling apart. And isn’t that going well? Remember, during the independence referendum, Scotland was told that a No vote would mean strength and stability. Now we have a Foreign Secretary who says the country is heading for meltdown – but don’t panic, it’ll all be worth it. Even among the Tories, there can rarely have been an individual so unfit for high office as Boris Johnson. Theresa May says Boris is just Boris. We say he is an embarrassing liability. And enough is enough. Not one of these Tories seems to care a jot for jobs, prosperity and living standards. This UK government is a shambles. It is reckless. It is selfish. And the sooner it holds no sway over Scotland, the better for all of us. Westminster wants to drag Scotland back. The Scottish Government is moving Scotland forward. Every day, we strive to make this country a better place to live. We are governing in tough times. The legacy of the recession and Westminster austerity challenges us every single day. In countries across the world, social democracy appears to be in retreat. And many long established political norms are now in a state of flux. For progressive parties like ours, that makes it more important than ever to focus on what makes a difference. And to stand up for what we believe in. Sometimes that means taking on powerful interests and making tough decisions. And that’s what we do. We are the party with the courage in government to ask people who can afford it, to pay a bit more in income tax to protect our precious public services. And we should be proud of that. Last month, we became the first country in the world to introduce minimum pricing for alcohol. That policy is not universally popular, but it will save lives. We overcame many hurdles along the way and we should be proud that we persevered. We are also getting Scotland’s economy ready for the future. We’re setting up a new Scottish National Investment Bank. It will put Scotland at the forefront of technological and environmental innovation and help to create jobs. Of course, it will take a couple of years to get the bank up and running. So to bridge the gap, we have announced £150 million over the next two years for a new Building Scotland Fund. I can announce today that this Fund is now open for business. £70 million pounds will be invested in this financial year. £20 million pounds of it will support industry led R&D projects and digital innovation. £25 million pounds will support new low carbon industrial facilities. And another £25 million pounds will support the delivery of 3,000 new homes. And just to be clear – that’s 3000 over and above our existing target of 50,000 affordable homes over this Parliament. Boosting the economy now. Preparing it for the future. And building the homes that people need. We’re taking Scotland forward while Westminster tries to drag us back. We’re creating a fairer Scotland too. In April, the Scottish Parliament passed the Social Security Bill. Westminster is punishing the poor and the sick. The Scottish Government will always treat people with dignity and respect. We can’t undo all the damage Westminster is doing, But where we can make a difference, we will. One of the biggest debts we owe as a country is to unpaid carers. Let’s thank them today for all that they do. We can never fully repay that debt. But now that Carers Allowance is devolved, we can make a down-payment. I can confirm today that, from this summer, backdated to April, we will increase Carers Allowance by more than £500 a year. From next summer, we’ll also deliver the new Best Start Grant to help tackle child poverty – It will give £600 to low income families on the birth of their first child, £300 for each additional child and further payments at key milestones in children’s lives. And let me put this beyond any doubt – there will no two child cap and no rape clause under the SNP. Day in, day out we’re working to move Scotland forward. For many people the cost of living is a big worry So we’re doing what we can to give a helping hand. Here in Aberdeen we piloted a scheme to provide free sanitary products to those in low-income households. We are now investing half a million pounds to extend it across Scotland. Practical help to those who need it – and leading the world in tackling gender injustice. We’ve also announced a new £100 minimum school clothing grant. That grant will benefit 120,000 families across Scotland. Helping people who need it most. And – perhaps most importantly of all – we’ve just struck a deal with councils to invest almost £1 billion a year to double free childcare. I’ve spoken before about the transformational potential of this policy for children. About the 11,000 new childcare jobs it will create. And the thousands of pounds it will save families every year. Let me tell you now today about the economic boost it will deliver over the next few years. I can announce today that by the end of this Parliament, around 750 nurseries across the length and breadth of our country will be built, expanded or refurbished. A huge national construction programme to give our children the very best start in life. Most of the progress I’ve just talked about hasn’t happened over the course of the past 11 years of SNP government. Or even in the last two years. Most of it has happened in the last two months. That’s what you call a government moving Scotland forward. And we are determined to keep Scotland moving forward. I spoke earlier about our commitment to protect free university education. Free tuition is necessary to support working class kids into higher education. It is necessary, but we know that it is not enough on its own. That’s why we set up a review of the living support we provide to students. That review recommended that we increase our investment in student support, in the first instance, by £16 million a year. I can announce today that we will go further. By the end of this parliament, we will increase funding for student support by more than £20 million a year. The details will be announced by the Higher Education Minister before the summer recess – but let me share the highlights with you today. As a first step in meeting the ambitions of the review, we’ll spend £16 million next year to increase college bursaries and university grants for students from the lowest income families and we will expand access to them. We will also increase the amount graduates can earn before they start paying back student loans. Right now, they start paying at a little more than £18,000. In our manifesto, we said we would increase that to £22,000. I can confirm today we will go further. By 2021, we will increase it to £25,000 instead. And, lastly, an issue very close to my heart. Two years ago I spoke about the obligations we owe to young people who grow up in care. I set out plans for a fundamental review of the care system, with love at its heart. And let me take a moment to congratulate Who Cares?Scotland. Their campaigning work inspired this review and they have just been named UK Charity of the Year in recognition of that success. Our government has already made sure that young care leavers are exempt from paying council tax. And we’ve guaranteed places and full grants for all care experienced young people who get the grades to go to university. But we want to do more to level the playing field. I can announce today that with investment of more than £5 million this year, we will increase the grant for every care experienced young person at university or at college to £8,100. For college students, that will almost double support. And, for everyone, it is equivalent to the real living wage. I’ve made clear my determination to close the education gap between our richest and poorest young people. Today we take another step along that road. We are moving Scotland forward – step by step. We are not just talking about creating a more prosperous, fairer country. We’re taking action now to build the kind of country we know is possible. And we are using every power at our disposal. As with social security, the majority of tax powers are still held by Westminster. But in our budget, we announced an extra £400 million for health. We could only do that because we reformed the income tax system to make it fairer and raise more money. Labour, for all their talk, voted against these progressive tax changes. We shouldn’t be surprised. When it comes to action rather than empty words, Labour is found wanting time and again. We can see that here in Aberdeen. Unbelievably, they still refuse to expel their nine suspended councillors who are working with the Tories to force through £125 million of cuts to local services. What a disgrace. The bonds of Better Together must be very hard to break. When the Tories joined with Labour to oppose our budget, they wanted tax cuts for the richest instead of investment in our NHS. They would have cut spending on public services by more than £500 million – that’s equivalent to 12,000 nurses. Let me make this clear – when it comes to a choice between tax cuts for the richest or spending more in our health service, we will choose the NHS. Every single time. We know how important the NHS is to the people of Scotland. Health services everywhere are facing challenges. And ours is no exception. So we will continue to focus on the areas where improvement is needed. But we should also pay tribute to the collective effort of staff when progress is made. Let’s take this opportunity to thank our NHS staff for delivering the best performing A&E departments in the UK for more than three years running. None of the progress we need to see in our NHS will be possible without the dedication of those who work in it. We know that for NHS staff and all those who work in our public services, the last few years of pay restraint have been tough. That’s why I’m proud that our government was the first in the UK to lift the 1% pay cap. Right now, we’re in negotiations to agree a 3 year pay deal for NHS staff which will not just match but exceed the deal agreed in England. I hope these talks reach a positive conclusion soon. But I don’t want those working so hard in the NHS to have to wait for that agreement to get a pay rise this year. So I can announce today that we will make a payment on account. All staff working under NHS Agenda for Change and earning up to £80,000, will get an immediate 3 per cent pay rise and it will be in their pay packets next month. That means the vast majority of our frontline NHS staff will be paid, not just the same as in NHS England this year, but more. Let me give just a few examples. A nurse with 5 years’ experience in Band 5 – £430 better off. A healthcare assistant at the top of Band 3 – £630 better off. And an auxiliary nurse with a year’s experience – more than £830 better off in NHS Scotland than in NHS England. And before the Tories ask – yes, that is after tax. This is a £160 million investment in those who care for us. And as our precious NHS reaches its 70th birthday, it comes with our grateful thanks for all that they do. One of the biggest challenges facing our NHS today arises from a positive development. People are living longer. That is unambiguously a good thing. But it means we must do more to grow our working age population. So that we have more people to create wealth and pay taxes. And more people to work in our NHS. That means creating more opportunities for people born here. And attracting more talent from the rest of the UK and across the world. Of course, how we do all of that was one of the big issues addressed by the Sustainable Growth Commission. Andrew Wilson and his team have given generously of their time and energies. The Commission has done an excellent job and we thank them for it. Over the summer, our fantastic new Depute Leader, Keith Brown, will lead a debate about its recommendations. It will be a debate open to views and ideas from within and beyond our party. And it will focus on how to make the most of our potential as a country, not simply limit the damage Brexit will do. What a refreshing change that will be. My sense as I travel this country is that people have had enough of the despair and the despondency of Brexit. They want to be inspired by the hope of a better future instead. Our task is to persuade them that this better future is an independent one. The Growth Commission provides the platform on which we will renew the case for independence. It doesn’t shy away from challenges – and nor should it. It doesn’t pretend there are always easy answers – no one believes that. But it does lay strong foundations for independence. And it busts some Westminster myths along the way. On the deficit – created on Westminster’s watch, remember – it shows that the scare stories of Labour and the Tories are completely bogus. Even with no extra growth from independence, the deficit can be turned around within five to ten years. And it can be done with public spending rising, not falling. That offers a much brighter future than Brexit decline and yet more Westminster austerity. And let me clear about this. The SNP has fought Tory austerity since the days when it was Labour’s Gordon Brown and Alastair Darling implementing it. Ending the self-defeating damage of austerity is and always will be our priority. The purpose of independence is to build a better country, a stronger economy and a fairer society. The Growth Commission offers a blueprint of how we can do that. Independence is about the freedom to make our own choices. It’s about equipping ourselves with the full powers to lift people out of poverty. To tackle the inequality that limits our potential. It’s about the ability to use our finite oil wealth to build the industries of the future. It is about having the powers to encourage more talented people to live, work and contribute here. And making sure that our young people can travel, study and work in other countries too. It is about letting our businesses trade freely across the UK, Europe and beyond. And it’s about investing in the NHS, instead of wasting billions of pounds on Trident weapons of mass destruction. The case for independence is strong. And it is getting stronger by the day. Research published yesterday had at its heart a quite remarkable finding. It showed that the number of people in Scotland who believe that independence will make our economy better has risen dramatically. And, for the first time, we now outnumber those who believe the opposite. Confidence in the independence case is growing. So as we wait for the fog of Brexit to clear, our opportunity – indeed, our responsibility – is this. Not just to focus on the “when” of independence. But to use our energy and passion to persuade those who still ask “why?” Right now, that is the more important task. And, if we do that, let me tell you this – I am more certain than ever before that persuading a majority of our fellow citizens that Scotland should be an independent country is well within our grasp. Like countries everywhere, Scotland faces challenges in this uncertain world. But we have potential aplenty. And we have so much to look forward to. I’ve been very struck recently by some surveys that have reported on Scottish attitudes to life. It seems we are getting happier. (Frankly, I blame the Scottish Government) People in Scotland are also more likely to be optimistic about the future than people elsewhere in the UK. More of us say that our country’s best days are ahead of us. And that’s despite us not being in the World Cup – again. But the serious point is this. Our message of hope and ambition is in tune with a country that feels optimistic about the future. So let us grasp that opportunity. The lanyards that you are all wearing round your necks, bear the words ‘We Can”. A simple phrase that speaks to this growing sense of optimism. From the magnificent Kelpies to the Queensferry Crossing, it reflects our artistic and engineering genius. It speaks to how, as a country, we can care for our children, champion equality and human rights and strive to be at the forefront of innovation. But most positively of all it seeks to give a voice to all those who call Scotland home. The “We” is everyone who chooses to live here. The refugees who have fled war and found in Scotland a place of love and safety. The scientists working in our world-class universities. Our sportsmen and women who perform on the world stage. The medical researchers from all over the world improving and saving lives. And all those who dedicate themselves to caring for others. This – all of this and more – is modern Scotland. Open, welcoming, caring, progressive and pioneering. This is who we are. Our country is bursting with talent. I see it each and every day. Our task, working together, is to unlock all of that potential. To make sure that no-one is left behind. That we don’t allow our horizons to be narrowed. To make sure that we keep moving forward. Building a stronger society here at home and playing our part in the better, cleaner, safer world we want to live in. It’s time to aim high, look resolutely outwards and never accept second best. Above all, it’s time to believe that we can. We can build that better country we know is possible. 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__label__wiki	0.643806	0.643806	8 things you need to know about the Samsung Galaxy S9 by Ellen Tannam 26 Feb 20181.87k Views Samsung building. Image: JPStock/Shutterstock Samsung’s latest offering is unveiled at Mobile World Congress. Last year, Samsung was embroiled in controversy around the Note 7’s hazardous battery problems but, following the success of the S8 and Note 8, the company was primed to unveil its S9 flagship model at Mobile World Congress 2018 in Barcelona. So, what are some of the key highlights of the new jewel in Samsung’s crown? Edge-to-edge display still reigns supreme The slick ‘infinity display’ introduced with the S8 is still present with the S9 and S9 Plus, with minimal design changes to an already winning formula. Screen margins are just a touch slimmer at the bottom and top of the phone, and the biggest alteration is the physical opening and closing of the camera aperture. It’s all about the camera The new camera will take up to 12 shots at once and combine them into a single 12MP image, reducing pixelated noise in some shots. Super-slow motion is also a fresh feature, going as low as 960 frames per second, and a new mode will see recording begin when movement is detected. The S9 camera can switch between two apertures, with the option for 28pc more light availability in dark conditions and less for glaringly bright days. The camera also employs some AI technology in the form of Bixby Vision, an intelligent camera feature that can translate currency and foreign languages in real time, among other nifty features. Samsung Galaxy S9. Image: Samsung The new AR emoji feature can analyse a 2D image of a user and create a 3D facial model, imitating their own unique facial expressions for a tailored experience. This is rather similar to the Animoji feature rolled out by Apple for the premium iPhone X. Impressive sound and memory The S9 boasts Dolby Atmos surround sound and AKG-tuned stereo speakers. The device can also expand up to 400GB with the addition of a Micro SD card. Smart-home fans will be happy as the S9 is the first Samsung phone to support its new SmartThings app, so managing your connected devices from the handset will be an option. Your choice of authentication The new phone offers three forms of biometric authentication: iris, fingerprint and facial recognition. A new Dedicated Fingerprint option will allow users to use a different fingerprint to access secure folders rather than the one used to unlock the phone. When is it out? In Ireland, the phones will be on sale from 16 March with pre-orders open since 25 February. Those who get their orders in before 7 March will get their hands on the S9 by 9 March. Local pricing has not been announced at the time of writing. Will it sell? With the smartphone market currently at saturation point, many people are holding on to their smartphones for longer rather than upgrading every year. The technology powering smartphones has plateaued of late, but snap-happy users may be tempted by the exciting new photography options. Related: Samsung Galaxy, Samsung, smartphones, Mobile Ellen Tannam is a writer covering all manner of business and tech subjects The gadgets, consoles and phones to watch out for in 2020 Vegan SUVs and roll-up TVs: The CES announcements you need to know about Mobile adtech firm IronSource raises $400m and surpasses $1bn valuation Zero-day Android vulnerability can give hackers full control of devices Is Ireland ready for a remote working revolution?	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1398062
__label__wiki	0.954328	0.954328	Latest Classified Ads Stock Market Update Panther Sports Boomers Only Feature Columns Governor Asa Hutchinson Fulfills Duty, Sets Execution Dates for Eight Arkansas Inmates Category: Local And Area News - Text LITTLE ROCK – Today, pursuant to the Attorney General’s request, the Governor fulfilled his duty to set execution dates for eight Arkansas inmates whom Arkansas juries have convicted and sentenced to death. After a careful review of information provided by the Attorney General, the Governor set the following dates according to the age of each inmate’s crime, which, in most cases, occurred over two decades ago. The judgments against Bruce Earl Ward, convicted of the August 11, 1989, murder of Rebecca Doss of Little Rock, and Don William Davis, convicted of the October 12, 1990, murder of Jane Daniel of Rogers, will be carried out on October 21, 2015. Terrick Terrell Nooner, convicted of the March 16, 1993, murder of Scot Stobaugh of Little Rock, and Stacey Eugene Johnson, convicted in Sevier County of the April 1, 1993, murder of Carol Heath of DeQueen, are set for November 3, 2015. Marcel Wayne Williams, convicted of the November 20, 1994, murder of Stacy Errickson of Jacksonville, and Jack Harold Jones, Jr., convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death for the June 6, 1995, murder of Mary Phillips of Searcy, are set for December 14, 2015. Jason McGehee, who was convicted of the August 19, 1996, murder of John Melbourne, Jr., of Harrison, and Kenneth Williams, who was convicted of the October 3, 1999, murder of Cecil Boren of Grady, are set for January 14, 2016. local and area news - text MANNA CENTER THRIFT STORE testtttttt Wed, Feb 5, 2020 Latest Fox News Update Meghan Markle only married Prince Harry to amass a fortune and rub shoulders with Hollywood's A-list stars, her estranged sister Samantha Markle has claimed. Iran admitted Tuesday that the anti-aircraft missiles its armed forces fired at a Ukrainian passenger plane earlier this month were made by Russia. Oregon man accused of fatally stabbing 2 on train after yelling racial slurs at women goes to trial Trial is set to begin next week for Jeremy Christian, who is accused of killing two men who tried to intervene as he started screaming racial slurs aboard a Portland, Ore., train three years ago — an incident that spotlighted emboldened white nationalism in the liberal city. Coronavirus outbreak in China sparks ‘super-spreader’ fears as pneumonia-like illness sickens hundreds Health officials in China grappling to manage the outbreak of a new coronavirus now fear the disease could be a so-called “super-spreader.” KFC apologizes for 'sexist' Australian ad featuring boys ogling woman's butt, breasts KFC has has been accused of serving up buckets of sexism. Coyote on Arizona airport's airfield forces flights to briefly circle runway Three incoming flights were forced to briefly circle the runways while staffers confirmed the airfield was clear. Amanda Knox prepares for wedding in 'old prison uniform' from 2007 murder trial of former British roommate Amanda Knox is a prisoner to her wedding preparations. Hunter Biden is "just the tip of the iceberg" when it comes to examining corruption within the Biden family during the time that Joe Biden was vice president, investigative reporter and author Peter Schweizer said Tuesday. Senate to debate impeachment trial rules: What to expect The Senate is set to begin its trial session in the impeachment of President Trump on Tuesday afternoon, where lawmakers will hash out the terms and details for the ground rules that will govern proceedings. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter about "Hillary," the new Hulu documentary series on her life, Hillary Clinton bashes 2020 Democratic contender Bernie Sanders in harsh terms, building on what had already been a news cycle filled with bad press for Sanders in advance of the Iowa caucuses. siloam springs Forecast	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1398063
__label__wiki	0.682306	0.682306	Indore reports first swine flu death of 2018 Indore: A 35-year-old woman died of swine flu here, the first H1N1 fatality reported in the city this year, an official said today. Asha Pandit, district in-charge of the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP), said the woman, who was receiving treatment for the H1N1 virus, died yesterday at a private hospital here. The woman, a resident of Kanadiya here, was undergoing treatment for the past 20 days but could not be saved, Pandit said. The victim, the first to succumb to the deadly virus in the city this year, was also suffering from arthritis and diabetes, she said. Since 1 January 18 patients had been tested for swine flu in different hospitals of the district. The woman who died was the only one among them to test positive for the highly- contagious virus, she added. H1N1 influenza, commonly known as swine flu, is a respiratory flu with symptoms like fever, sore throat, cough, headache, runny nose, diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting. Like other strains of the flu, H1N1 is highly contagious and spreads quickly from person to person. It was declared a pandemic in 2009 by the WHO. Previous articlePak again raises Kashmir issue during UNSC debate Next articleGovt trying hard to root out corruption: Rajnath Sirf News Network - 16 December 2019 0 Kuldeep S Sengar was convicted under Sections 376, 5 (C) of the IPC and POCSO after his mobile phone location served as clinching evidence Sirf News Network - 17 October 2019 0 Amitabh Bachchan uploaded a photo with fans at 1:03 PM on 15 October; by 2 PM, his condition deteriorated and he was rushed to the hospital Sources said this incident was an aberration despite the fact that the Bangladeshi guards had acted with hostility after seeking to talk with BSF personnel to resolve the issue of a fisherman held hostage on the other bank of the Padma While Prime Minister Narendra Modi has more than 30 million followers on Instagram now, Barack Obama trails with 2.48 million followers; current US President Donald Trump is even farther behind My visit has deepened the emotional bond between India and China. We had a very good conversation... We talked to each other like friends: The President of China ‘What will I do with money if my family has no security?’ asks a teacher in Bengal While an appeal addressing the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been posted on Facebook, a relative of the murdered teacher has said that no punishment milder than the death sentence for the criminal will do Touch sensor market to grow 9.3% in 4 yrs Pvt hospitals want AAP govt to reconsider ‘harsh’ advisory India 29 May 2018 Karnataka effect: RJD, INC stake claims to form governments in Bihar,... Five killed in violence during bandh by Dalit outfits 10-year-old boy killed in leopard attack India 23 October 2017 Kolkata Metro tragedy: ‘Medha’ rakes withdrawn from operation	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1398065
__label__wiki	0.93727	0.93727	Pop2K 2000s Pop Hits WIN A TRIP to NYC for the Ultimate Alanis Morissette weekend! SiriusXM has your chance to win a trip to see Alanis Morissette's 2020 World Tour and Jagged Little Pill - The Broadway Musical! Alex D. \| Twitter A proud cat lady who only goes to the gym so she can eat cookies, cupcakes, and pizza. You will also find her singing at the top of her lungs in her car while yelling at people who don’t use their blinker. A self proclaimed expert in couch lounging while binging, geek out over movies, music, and TV with her on twitter or Instagram @alexditrolio Rich Davis \| Twitter Rich Davis is a music and pop culture aficionado of the 2K decade, so join him every afternoon to reminisce about bootcut jeans, StarTAC phones, dial-up internet, MySpace and more. Besides 2000s pop music, Rich loves binge watching every TV show possible with his wife Sara, daughter Emmy, and French bulldog Piper. He wastes his time rooting for the Mets and 49ers and trying out the latest workout fad (currently Orange Theory). You can also check out Rich overanalyzing relationships, entertainment and sports on his talk show Covino & Rich on Faction Talk 103 everyday at 3pm - 9pm ET. Michael Yo A 2-time Emmy nominee, Michael Yo is a comedian/actor/host keeping busy in all of Hollywood's platforms. In stand up, Michael came up under the wings of Chelsea Handler and Jo Koy and now headlines all over the country. He is releasing his hilarious and heartfelt debut stand up comedy special, Blasian, coming out late 2018. In acting, Michael recently reoccurred on "Kevin Can Wait," shot a Damon Wayan Jr.'s pilot "Happy Together" f or CBS, and was a principal in Facebook's upcoming Facebook Watch first sitcom series, "Starter Pack." Michael got his start in radio and it continues to be his passion. Michael was previously seen covering celebrity news and gossip on "The Insider," "Extra," "E! News," as well as guest co -hosting CBS' "The Talk." Michael continues to appear as a hot topic contributor on "The Wendy Williams Show." The self proclaimed "Half Black Brother with a Korean Mother" was born and raised in Houston and now lives in Los Angeles with his family. Pop hits from the 2000s. pop2k@siriusxm.com Pop2K on Facebook Justin Timberlake, Nelly, Eminem, Matchbox Twenty, Usher, Rihanna, Lady Gaga Bright Pop Hits Today's Pop Hits '90s Pop Hits	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1398066
__label__cc	0.689204	0.310796	Brandon Source For Sports - Brandon, MB Brandon Source For Sports 2025 Brandon Avenue, Brandon, MB R7B 4E5 Tomorrow: Holiday & Special Hours Sports We Sell V�TEMENTS DE HOCKEY V�TEMENTS DE SPORT Custom Jersey & Corporate Uniforms Bauer 3D Skate Lab Foot Scanner Skate Sharpening Service About Brandon Source For Sports We're your local Source For Sports®, part of a national buying group and affiliated with over 150 other Source for Sports® stores across Canada. We aren't a franchise; we're a.. We're your local Source For Sports®, part of a national buying group and affiliated with over 150 other Source for Sports® stores across Canada. We aren't a franchise; we're an independent business owned and operated by a member of your local community. As a member of the largest buying group in Canada and one of the country's biggest retailers of sports equipment, we have access to products from around the world along with immense buying power that we could never achieve on our own. This relationship allows us to offer you the finest selection, quality, and value in sporting goods. Our store is very different from every other Source For Sports® store across Canada as each one focuses on its own area of expertise. However, you're guaranteed to find one thing at all Source For Sports® stores nationwide; we offer a specialty store experience and personal service from people who play the game, combined with big box store prices.From beginner to pro we'll put you in the right gear for your game at the right price.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1398069
__label__wiki	0.950444	0.950444	'Staff out there crying': Nursing home closures begin in New Bedford Jennette Barnes @jbarnesnews NEW BEDFORD — Employees' subdued conversations broke the quiet at two New Bedford nursing homes targeted for closure Friday. They were empty of patients, like a dormitory at the end of the year. But it's the end of much more for the patients, who in some cases have lived in the nursing homes for 20 years or longer. "We're completely empty," nurse Nanna Buckley said outside Rockdale Care & Rehabilitation. Bedford Gardens Care & Rehabilitation moved its last 14 patients Thursday. Administrator Steven Haase had few words. "Sad, disappointed," he said. The facilities are among five nursing homes owned by Skyline Healthcare that the Massachusetts Department of Public Health announced April 24 would close in the coming weeks. The company's failure to pay bills led to supply shortages, dwindling staff, telephone shutoffs, and an imminent threat of workers' health insurance being canceled at some locations, according to court documents the state filed to place the homes in receivership. Not all locations were affected to the same degree by shortages. At Rockdale, for example, employees told The Standard-Times the facility was never short-staffed. Receiver KCP Advisory Group gave Bedford Gardens and Rockdale a targeted closure date of May 3. The others — Bedford Village Care & Rehabilitation in New Bedford, Dighton Care & Rehabilitation in Dighton, and Highland Manor Care & Rehabilitation in Fall River — are targeted to close May 24, pending relocation of patients. Grace Williamson, supervisor of nursing at Bedford Village, expressed frustration with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health for not intervening sooner. "I just think DPH needs to be held accountable," she said. "To do this is barbaric. I'm sorry — it really is." She said 80 percent of the staff and residents have been there 10, 20, or even 30 years. With three weeks remaining until the target date, 17 of the 48 patients have moved out. "We just let go of two of our patients today, and the whole staff was out there crying," she said. Another nursing employee at Bedford Village said staff members contacted DPH as far back as May 2018, after they went out to shop for hams for residents' Easter meal because the food vendor stopped delivering food. DPH spokeswoman Ann Scales acknowledged that the department became aware of Skyline’s difficulties in other states in 2018. Skyline told DPH it was negotiating with a buyer, and DPH was monitoring the situation, she said. "Once the situation became unstable, in March, after the sale fell through, DPH met with the licensee and regularly sent surveyors to make unannounced visits to all five nursing homes," Scales wrote in an email. "When the licensee voluntarily offered to surrender its license, DPH sought a receiver to ensure the safe transfer of residents because of the unstable financial situation." Nursing home administrators at Highland Manor and Dighton were not available by phone Friday. At Bedford Gardens, Haase said he plans to be around for a few more days, as employees clean up and process medical records. Personnel files will be secured as well, he said. After that, "I'll be looking for employment, like everybody else." Although nearly 100 percent of his patients moved to facilities in New Bedford and surrounding communities, some went as far as Lowell, generally because of behavioral issues, such as smoking, he said. Many nursing homes do not have enough employees to send staff outside to supervise patients who smoke. Haase said the SouthCoast has more than enough beds for the typical patient, but some patients are hard to place. He also sought to correct his April 22 statement that paychecks bounced. Employees thought their paychecks were bouncing, but in reality, holds were placed on the checks because they came from an out-of-state bank that was not the usual source of their paychecks, he said. The checks later cleared, Haase said. Follow Jennette Barnes on Twitter @jbarnesnews.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1398070
__label__wiki	0.872603	0.872603	@SC_Varsity Highlights of the Day for Feb. 16 @SC_VARSITY Follow us on Twitter to get story updates, sports scores and highlights of the day! Trae Rezendes, Bishop Stang The junior guard knocked down eight 3-pointers en route to a team-high 26 points to power the Spartans to an 87-63 victory over Martha's Vineyard that clinched a share of the Eastern Athletic Conference title for Bishop Stang. Apponequet at Case - 6:30 p.m. Dartmouth at Old Rochester - 6:30 p.m. GNB Voc-Tech at Bourne - 6:30 p.m. New Bedford at Durfee - 6:30 p.m. Wareham at Fairhaven - 6:30 p.m. Westport at West Bridgewater - 6:30 p.m. Bourne at GNB Voc-Tech - 5 p.m. Old Colony at Norfolk - 5 p.m. West Bridgewater at Westport - 5 p.m. Case at Apponequet - 6:30 p.m. Dartmouth at Bishop Stang - 6:30 p.m. Durfee at New Bedford - 6:30 p.m. Fairhaven at Wareham - 6:30 p.m. Fan gets Brady tattoo on backside BOSTON — Several people came into Boston Barber & Tattoo Co. on the day of New England Patriots Super Bowl victory parade seeking team tattoos, but one request was a little cheekier than the others. A man, wearing a No. 12 Tom Brady jersey, wanted a likeness of the star quarterback on his backside. Shop employee Emily Arsenault told boston.com that the unidentified man told them he had decided the night before that he wanted a Brady tattoo on his left butt cheek. Tattoo artist Catarina Quintino took two or three hours to get the job done. After, the man wasn't shy about letting shop employees snap a few photos of the artwork. Arsenault said the Brady butt tattoo is the most memorable she's seen. Daboll on list for Alabama OC job As Alabama head coach Nick Saban works to replace recently departed short-term offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian, New England Patriots tight ends coach Brian Daboll has emerged as a leading candidate, sources tell ESPN. It is not known how strong an interest Daboll has in the job, but he is among a handful of candidates to speak with Saban and has been to Tuscaloosa to interview. Fox Sports first reported that Alabama planned to interview Daboll for the job that opened last week when Sarkisian abruptly left to take over as offensive coordinator of the Atlanta Falcons. Daboll is in his second stint with the Patriots and is coming off his fifth Super Bowl championship with the team. Men's hoop loses to UMass Boston Freshman Alex Sanchez hit a three-pointer with seven seconds left to play to lead the Beacons to a 78-77 Little East Conference win over the Corsairs at the Tripp Athletic Center on Wednesday night. Junior guard Tucker Bouchard (Kingston) matched his season-high with a game-high 19 points for UMD and sophomore Nick Portelance (Fairhaven/GNB Voc-Tech) notched his ninth double-double of the season with 18 points and 11 rebounds. The loss dropped the Corsairs into a tie for second place in the league standings with Keene State (16-8, 9-4). Both teams trail league-leading Eastern Connecticut State (16-9, 10-3).	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1398071
__label__wiki	0.626056	0.626056	Powering life support vessels News Posted 06/03/19 Kent business supplies cable assemblies to power engines on life support vessels. Cable assemblies supplied by Convert Ltd – manufacturer of cable looms and harnesses, based in Edenbridge, Kent – are being used to power engines on life support vessels serving the waters surrounding the UK and Ireland. Over the past 18 months, Convert has delivered a total of 15 port and starboard cable assemblies to Marine and Industrial Transmissions Ltd (MIT) - supplier of marine transmissions and driveline systems which includes world-class engine manufacturers amongst its customers. And with more orders received and more cable assemblies about to go into production, it looks like Kent based Convert’s relationship with MIT is on the crest of a wave! Dave Lord, managing director at Convert Ltd, said: “A number of us at Convert are keen dinghy sailors. Like every person using the water, you never know when you’ll be in a situation where you’ll need the help of a life support vessel, so to be able to work on this project was fantastic. We worked closely with MIT to reverse engineer the assemblies from samples. It’s fair to say it wasn’t straightforward as each life support vessel consists of two engines - one port and one starboard - but the cable assembly for the port engine is slightly different to that of the starboard. “This meant each had to be treated as a separate part. But we enjoy challenges at Convert, so this project was right up our street!” Approximately 75 metres of cable was used for the port engine loom making 32 connections in the main loom which itself was over two meters long. The starboard engine used around 70 metres of cable with 30 connections. Both had further connections on the fuse board. In total the length of cabling amounted to 147 metres which is almost equivalent to the length of three Olympic sized swimming pools. Dave Little, sales and application manager, MIT Ltd, said: “With design and delivery key to this project, Covert was able to supply bespoke cable looms and harnesses manufactured explicitly to our customer’s application all while exceeding agreed lead-times.” Kent-made fudge for Canada Jill’s ‘Americano’ appointment	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1398072
__label__wiki	0.960049	0.960049	Virgin Galactic Pushes Private Spaceship Envelope in Test Flights By Leonard David 2011-06-10T17:00:00Z Virgin Galactic's suborbital passenger ship SpaceShipTwo flexes its feathered re-entry system during a pivotal glide test at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California on May 4, 2011. (Image: © Virgin Galactic/Clay Center Observatory) The space tourism company Virgin Galactic has put its spaceship of choice through new glide flights and re-entry technology tests in the latest round of workouts for the privately built spaceliner. The suborbital rocket ship SpaceShipTwo has been repeatedly dropped from its mothership, called WhiteKnightTwo, at high altitude during 10 glide flights at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California. It is the first of five SpaceShipTwo vehicles being constructed for Virgin Galactic by the Mojave-based company Scaled Composites. SpaceShipTwo is a six-passenger and two-pilot vehicle. The first SpaceShipTwo, named the VSS Enterprise, is nearing another milestone: The installation of its unique hybrid rocket motor, a key technology needed to propel paying customers to the edge of space. [Photos: SpaceShipTwo's First Glide Test Flight] Those flights, Virgin Galactic officials have said, will give paying passengers a stunning view of the Earth and several minutes of weightlessness. The price per seat? A cool $200,000. Virgin Galactic's spaceliner operations are bankrolled by British entrepreneur and adventurer Sir Richard Branson, who founded the firm. SpaceShipTwo makes a May 4, 2011 landing on Runway 30 at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California. Touch down signaled the successful end to the craft's 7th glide test and, for the first time, evaluation of its novel feather re-entry system. (Image credit: Bill Deaver/Deaver-Wiggins and Associates) Wealth of data The spacecraft's 10th glide flight, on May 25, featured the second evaluation of its feather re-entry system. The test "went very well," said Virgin Galactic CEO and president George Whitesides. [Video: SpaceShipTwo Passes Re-Entry System Test] "Scaled has amassed a wealth of data and experience from the recent series of test flights which is now undergoing thorough analysis," Whitesides told SPACE.com. "Overall, the findings seem to be very positive. The team will soon enter a period of slightly less visible activity as they prepare the spaceship and carrier aircraft for the next phase of flight testing." Whitesides added that congratulations are due to the whole team at Scaled Composites for the dedication and hard work that has made so many flights possible in such a short time. The rocket plane made its maiden free flight on Oct. 10, 2010. Since then, it has been put through an ever-expanding set of flight objectives. Virgin Galactic's private SpaceShipTwo spacecraft and its mothership WhiteKnightTwo flies over the Golden Gate Bridge with the Virgin America plane "My Other Ride is a Spaceship" on April 6, 2011 en route to open Terminal 2 at San Francisco International Airport. (Image credit: Mark Greenberg/Virgin America) Pushing the SpaceShipTwo envelope At the Mojave Air and Space Port, the Scaled Composites team has been busy exploring the flight envelope of SpaceShipTwo, Whitesides added, pushing the vehicle to higher speeds and higher G-loads. Earlier this year, SpaceShipTwo passed a critical test flight: a demonstration of its novel re-entry system, which "feathers" the vehicle's aft flight surfaces to provide stability during atmospheric re-entry. "The feather was a major milestone," Whitesides said, with the glide flights exploring the aerodynamic envelope and seeing how plane reacts to pilot. SpaceShipTwo’s ability to feather its tail section is a unique control feature. On a suborbital trek, SpaceShipTwo would boost itself upwards out of Earth's atmosphere to about 69 miles (110 kilometers), the vehicle’s maximum altitude. In re-entry mode, the tail structure of the craft will be rotated upward to about 65 degrees. In this feathered configuration, automatic control of attitude is achieved with the fuselage parallel to the horizon. This creates very high drag as the spacecraft descends through the upper regions of the atmosphere. At around 70,000 feet (21,336 meters), SpaceShipTwo's feather would lower to its original configuration. The unpowered spaceship then would glide to a spaceport runway and touchdown. The two feathered tests to date - though not done under all conditions that would be encountered during a full-blown plunge from space - matched predictions, Whitesides said. Virgin Galactic released this sneak peak of the new SpaceShipTwo suborbital spaceliner (center) attached to its carrier aircraft just ahead of their Dec. 7, 2009 unveiling. (Image credit: Virgin Galactic/Mark Greenberg.) Next big milestone Regarding the mood of those working on SpaceShipTwo, "everybody wants to move forward as quickly as possible … while still being safe about it," Whitesides said. "There's a lot of satisfaction that they’ve built something that's basically a stable airframe. They are feeling pretty good so far." Whitesides said pilot proficiency is central to the SpaceShipTwo’s test card. "They’ve got a pretty deep bench of fantastic pilots," he said. Clearly, the integration of the hybrid motor with SpaceShipTwo is the next big milestone. That powerhouse engine is being crafted by Sierra Nevada Corporation. Short bursts to ever-long burns of the motor during flight are being planned. The first in-flight firing is still to be determined. "Realistically, probably around end of the year or early next year. We'll have to see how things go," Whitesides said. 'Fascinating times' Mark Sirangelo, head of Sierra Nevada Space Systems, the prime contractor for the SpaceShipTwo motors, told SPACE.com that progress is ongoing regarding development of the hybrid motor propulsion for the SpaceShipTwo program. [Vote Now! The Best Spaceships of All Time] "Recently we conducted a firing of the motor which extended the burn duration by 30 percent and validated several of the important hardware systems," Sirangelo said. "We are preparing to shortly conduct another firing of the enhanced motor which will extend the burn duration and incorporate several additional important advances in the design. This firing is expected to lead to final design of the motors for flight testing," he explained. "Fascinating times," said Stuart Witt, general manager of the Mojave Air and Space Port. While more- aggressive testing of SpaceShipTwo is on tap, other space firms on the spaceport property ? including Masten Space Systems, XCOR Aerospace and Firestar Technologies ? continue to make progress, he added. "We are now operating seven days a week … continue to add well-paying jobs and work to capture additional projects seeking a risk-friendly location," Witt told SPACE.com. "We see nothing but exciting times ahead." Leonard David has been reporting on the space industry for more than five decades. He is a winner of this year's National Space Club Press Award and a past editor-in-chief of the National Space Society's Ad Astra and Space World magazines. He has written for SPACE.com since 1999. Watch live! Astronauts taking spacewalk to replace space station batteries	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1398075
__label__cc	0.713395	0.286605	~B~ Terms starting with B The observable effects of an operation or event, including its results. Behavioral Diagram A diagram that depicts the behavioral features of a system or business process. Behavioral diagrams include Activity diagrams, StateMachine diagrams, Communication diagrams, Interaction Overview diagrams, Sequence diagrams, Timing diagrams and Use Case diagrams. Behavioral Feature A dynamic feature of a model element, such as an operation or method. Behavioral Model aspect A model aspect that emphasizes the behavior of the instances in a system, including their methods, collaborations, and state histories. Binary Association An Association between two Classes; a special case of an N-ary Association. N-ary Association The creation of a model element from a template by supplying arguments for the parameters of the template. A marker in a Rich Text Format document that enables you to link inner sections of a document into a master document (using the Word 'Insert File' function). An enumeration whose values are true and false. Boolean Expression An expression that evaluates to a boolean value. A stereotyped Object that models some system boundary – typically a user interface screen; it is: - Used in the conceptual phase to capture user interaction with the system at a screen level (or some other boundary interface type) - Often used in Sequence and Robustness (Analysis) diagrams - The View in the Model-View-Controller Pattern A System Boundary element used to delineate a particular part of the system.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1398076
__label__cc	0.689326	0.310674	Stationary Waves We can make the world a better place by being better people. Stationary Waves Elsewhere I Don't Get It, And It's All Stephen Hawking's Fault! This is how reporters cover science: Hawking’s idea isn’t entirely new: In fact, t’ Hooft made a similar proposal nearly two decades ago. It’s still unclear just where the differences lie, but it may be that Hawking has resolved some previous difficulties with the theory. It's not "still unclear." It's perfectly clear. I bet Hawking and t' Hooft both understand exactly what the difference is between their two theories. It's only "still unclear" the reporter, who tried and failed to understand the difference between their ideas. The reporter uses language to magically turn the phrase "I don't know what these guys are talking about," into "Maybe one day science will understand this better." The latter statement is certainly true, but it has nothing to do with the fact that the reporter doesn't get it. That's his problem. He makes it sound like his inability to understand is due to unclear theorizing on the part of the most brilliant physicists in the world. How can a science reporter be incapable of admitting what he doesn't know, i.e. owning up to the cornerstone of scientific inquiry? Worse, how can he blame Stephen Hawking for the fact that he doesn't understand? To be clear, there is absolutely no shame in not understanding theoretical physics as well as the leaders in that field. I would expect that most people, myself included, fail to grasp the cutting-edge ideas in physics. What bothers me, though, is that the reporter doesn't simply acknowledge that he can't understand it. Instead, he pretends that the matter is "still unclear," as if the question here is that maybe Hawking and t' Hooft are the ones who aren't sure about their own theories. Posted by RP Long at 8/25/2015 05:11:00 PM Labels: Illusions, Science How's My Pace? You Know Your Movement Is In Trouble When... The Hidden Assumption Good Explanation, Poor Prediction The Cost Of Diabetes Supplies I Don't Get It, And It's All Stephen Hawking's Fau... (Traffic) Signal Versus Noise Music Is Dead And People Just Don't Get It The Ethics Of Public Knowledge Of Your Ethics Minimum Purpose Machine Not Sexy At All Is The New Sexy Don't Go To Oklahoma More Wrong Salad Review: Trader Joe's Chicken Caesar Some Ways My Thinking About Music Is (Possibly) Od... "Status"-Type Thinking Links To Click On! Beachbody (Fitness) Consistent Liberty (Libertarianism) EconLog (Economics) Marginal Revolution (Economics) Free Advice (Economics) Ideas (Philosophy, Economics) Moonrise On Jupiter (Miscellaneous) The Big Questions (Economics, Math, Logic) The Last Psychiatrist (Psychology, Morality) Hal Higdon (Running) Open Borders (The Case For Immigration) Find Your "Fitness Age" workout ideas (198) Whore Culture (151) Good-Faith Discussion (103) Ayn Rand (52) cognitive time-horizon (47) Scientific Method (46) Hindi movies (24) Bangla (22) Manliness (19) The Marathon (17) Ryan Ruins Requests (13) Fitness Experiments (10) Guitar Exercise of the Week (8) Insipid Pop Weekend (7) Diabetes and Exercise (6) Shamey (6) Bollywood Reboots (2) Search Me A Solid Billions and Billions Served	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1398079
__label__cc	0.509856	0.490144	Yes, Meghan Markle wears a bra. Get the fk over it. The online response to the Duchess of Sussex’s so-called “wardrobe malfunction” suggests we’re well on our way to a real-life Gilead. Meghan Markle – now formally known as the Duchess of Sussex – joined her husband, Prince Harry, in attending a wedding on Saturday 4 August. And, as ever, all eyes were on her outfit – which makes sense, considering the Duchess of Sussex was recently named one of the world’s most influential style stars. As you can see in the photos below, Meghan opted to wear a black, blue, and white Club Monaco dress, Aquazzura shoes, and a Philip Treacy hat. It was a simple, stylish ensemble – one which perfectly adhered to the ridiculous rules surrounding “wedding-appropriate” fashion. Meghan Markle waves to fans at Charlie van Straubenzee’s wedding Well, as Meghan waved to fans, the top portion of her dress parted just the tiniest bit, for just the tiniest moment. And, in a world where the former Suits star can’t even sit on a bloody chair without sparking a worldwide scandal, this was more than enough to generate fear among the masses. Why? Because Meghan had committed that greatest of all female sins: she was wearing a bra (ironically, the second greatest of all female sins is not wearing a bra. Go figure, huh?). Worse still, a few zoom-happy trolls had spotted a whole three square inches of it – and were more than happy to use it as an excuse to damn her entire character. “Did she deliberately flaunt her bra for the camera?” wrote one incensed social media troll (which, judging by its vernacular, is a huge fan of the Daily Mail). “Meghan stole the show with her deliberate wardrobe malfunction.” Yes, the troll really said “flaunt”. Yes, it really thinks Meghan knowingly and deliberately exposed her underwear to the masses. And, yes, it really does categorise a glimpse of bra as a “wardrobe malfunction” (which basically means that I suffer from one every damn day). Of course, it’s all too easy to dismiss this comment as a one-off. After all, I know that there are always handwringers on Twitter, ready and willing to lose their st over pretty much anything. I get that. But this troll wasn’t the only one to crawl out from the darkness when it heard Meghan trip-tapping over its bridge. And, unfortunately, it seems a number of these newly-awakened trolls actually work in the media. That’s right: some outraged idiots decided to pen whole articles about Meghan’s bra and what it means for society as a whole. The general gist? That, while nobody was hurt this time, we came very close to the downfall of our civilisation as we know it, and women who wear bras ought to be more bloody careful. Read more: Why the backlash over Sophie Turner’s wedding guest outfit is so troubling While we’ve no doubt that misogynists everywhere would prefer women to don the shapeless, anonymous red robes worn by Elisabeth Moss’ character in The Handmaid’s Tale, we aren’t in Gilead just yet. Indeed, despite what sexist tabloid headlines would have you believe, women in the UK are currently still free to dress up however the bloody hell we damn please (remember the holy triumvirate: our bodies, our boobs, our prerogative). So, without further ado, here’s a message for anyone and everyone who has a problem with Meghan’s outfit: women wear bras, and sometimes they’re visible through our shirts. It’s high time you collectively get the f**k over it. And to all those who disagree with me? Just remember that, while it might not seem like a big deal to criticise a woman for dressing “sluttily” at a wedding, your words have more power than you realise. Because, just as one small grain of rice can tip the scale, one flyaway comment about a stranger’s outfit can have deeply, deeply troubling repercussions for womankind. May the Lord not open that can of worms anytime soon. The Handmaid'sTale	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1398087
__label__cc	0.7495	0.2505	Archaeology (research) (MA/MSc) Tuition fee amounts The amount of tuition fee you have to pay depends on a number of factors. These are your nationality, your study programme and whether you have already obtained a Dutch higher education diploma. Tuition fees can vary from programme to programme and within tuition fee categories. There is also a special fee structure for Pre-master or conversion programmes as detailed below. Statutory tuition fee Statutory tuition fee applies if you will follow a government-subsidised study programme in the Netherlands for the first time, and you are are a national of: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland or the United Kingdom. Statutory tuition fee applies whether you study full time or part time. The statutory tuition fee is: 2019/2020 2020/2021 2,083 euro 2,143 euro Students following the Liberal Arts and Sciences programme at Leiden University College The Hague (LUC) pay an additional institutional tuition fee of: 2019/2020: 2,335 euro Statutory tuition fees halved for first-year bachelor's students as of the academic year 2018-2019. Please visit the Government website for more detailed information. Some programmes are not subsidised by the Dutch government. For programmes of this type an institutional tuition fee applies. The amount varies from programme to programme. MSc International Relations & Diplomacy 16,950 euro Non-government subsidised study programmes 2020/2021 MSc Cyber Security LLM Adv. European & International Business Law LLM Adv. European & International Business Law (part time) LLM Adv. Public International Law LLM Adv. Public International Law (part time) LLM Adv. Air & Space Law LLM Adv. Air & Space Law (part time) LLM Adv. Air & Space Law, blended learning (per year) LLM Adv. Law & Digital Technologies LLM Adv. Law & Digital Technologies (part time) LLM Adv European & International Human Rights Law LLM Adv. European & International Human Rights Law (part time) LLM Adv. International Civil & Commercial Law LLM Adv. International Civil & Commercial Law (part time) LLM Adv. International Children’s Rights LLM Adv. International Children’s Rights (part time) LLM Adv. Law & Finance LLM Adv. Law & Finance (part time) 8,750 euro LLM Intern. Dispute Settlement and Arbitration 17,500 euro LLM Intern. Dispute Settlement and Arbitration (part time) 8,750 euro LLM Global and European Labour Laws 17,500 euro LLM Global and European Labour Laws (part time) If you are not a national of an EEA country, Suriname or Switzerland you must generally pay an institutional tuition fee. However if, on the basis of your Dutch residence permit, you are eligible for student finance from the Dutch education agency (DUO) you are entitled to pay statutory tuition fee. Information on qualifying residence permits can be found in the DUO nationality chart. If you do not qualify for Dutch student finance and you are not a national of an EEA country, Suriname or Switzerland you can find the amount of tuition fee you are required to pay for your study programme here below. These tariffs apply for both full and part-time study. Please note! If you will study in Leiden via a cooperation agreement the tariffs stated in the agreement apply. Faculty of Governance & Global Affairs - Bachelor - Bachelor liberal arts & sciences - Additional tuition fee University College Bachelor 2020/2021 Faculty of Archaeology Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences Faculteit of Science - Master Industrial Ecology - Master Industrial Ecology (re-registration) Faculty of Medicine/Leiden University Medical Center - Bachelor Medicine - Master Medicine - Master Farmacie - Master Biomedical Sciences - Master Vitality and Ageing ICLON Master Academic Teacher Training Other tariffs apply for non-government subsidised programmes. Students following the Liberal Arts and Sciences programme at Leiden University College The Hague (LUC) pay an additional institutional tuition fee of: 2019-2020: 2,335 euro If you will follow a second Bachelor’s or Master’s programme in the Netherlands, you will generally have to pay an institutional tuition fee that is higher than the statutory tuition fee. Explanation – institutional tuition fee for second degree programmes For their first Dutch degree programme, certain students are entitled to pay statutory tuition fee. For these students the university also receives a government subsidy (rijksbijdrage), to cover the cost of their education. For a second degree programme the university does not receive any subsidy. Therefore for your second degree programme you must pay institutional tuition fee: equivalent to the statutory tuition fee plus the government subsidy. As the amount of government subsidy varies per study programme, the institutional tuition fee is not the same for all programmes. A detailed explanation of institutional tuition fees for second degree programmes can be read here (in Dutch). If you obtained a Dutch Bachelor’s, doctoraal, ingenieurs or HBO (Bachelor’s in professional education) diploma after 1991, and you are a national of an EEA country (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom), Suriname or Switzerland, the following institutional tuition fees apply. Second Dutch Bachelor’s programme - Additional tuition fee University College first-year bachelor's Second Dutch Bachelor’s programme 2020/2021 - Bachelor Education and Child Studies (Academic Teacher Training) - Bachelor Biomedische Wetenschappen P lease note! Other tariffs apply for students who are not nationals of an EEA country, Suriname or Switzerland. Please refer to the information in the section ‘Students who are not nationals of an EEA country, Suriname or Switzerland’. Are you unsure whether you have to pay statutory or institutional tuition fee? Consult our: - tuition fee flowchart for second Bachelor’s programmes (2019/2020) Second Dutch Master’s programme Did you commence a Bachelor’s programme at Leiden University before 2010, and will you continue directly onto a second Master’s programme in the year you complete your Bachelor’s programme, or in the following year? If so you are entitled to pay statutory tuition fee in accordance with a transitional ruling (also see ‘Exceptions’). Second Dutch Master’s programme 2020/2021 Please note! Other tariffs apply for students who are not nationals of the EEA, Suriname or Switzerland. Please refer to the information in the section ‘Students who are not nationals of an EEA country, Suriname or Switzerland’. Are you unsure whether you have to pay statutory tuition fee or an institutional fee? Consult our: - tuition fee flowchart for second Master’s programmes (2019/2020) In some cases nationals of EEA countries, Suriname or Switzerland may be permitted to pay tuition fees set at the same amount as statutory tuition fee for their second degree programme. If your second degree programme is in the field of healthcare or teacher training you are entitled to pay institutional tuition fees set at the same amount as statutory tuition fee. If you begin your second Bachelor’s or Master’s programme whilst you are still following your first Bachelor's or Master’s programme you may pay institutional tuition fees set at the same amount as statutory tuition fee for your second degree programme – on condition that you remain continuously registered as a student. If you begin a second Bachelor’s or Master's programme at Leiden University in the academic year directly following the year in which you obtained your first Bachelor’s or Master's degree at Leiden University you may pay institutional tuition fee set at the same amount as statutory tuition fee. Less than 45 EC If you will follow a pre-master or conversion programme, after completing a Bachelor’s programme, you must pay per study credit (EC) if the programme is less than 45 ECs. 36 euro per EC 45 EC or more For programmes of more than 45 ECs you must pay statutory tuition fee. If the pre-master or conversion programme is more than 60 ECs – and therefore longer than one year - or if you will follow courses that are not part of your conversion programme, you must pay the institutional tuition fee for the programme in question (see second study programme). These fees apply to students of all nationalities. 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__label__wiki	0.55091	0.55091	Studer Vista 5™ M2 Makes French Debut at Paris Hippodrome Compact, versatile and transportable Recent Studer News Studer by HARMAN Announces Three New Distributors to Boost Broadcast Offering in the Middle East Seizing the Opportunity Parasher Talks Reinventing Harman Pro Studer by HARMAN Accelerates Worldwide Momentum In Professional Mixing Environments NextRadioTV Expands Broadcasting Capabilities with Studer by HARMAN Shanghai Oriental Art Center Prepares for International Art Festival with HARMAN Professional Solutions Audio Systems PARIS, France — The 35,000-capacity Hippodrome de Paris-Vincennes, which over the years has been as well known for hosting rock concerts as for its main purpose of horse racing, has recently upgraded its production infrastructure. One of the steps taken by the technical department was to replace its old analogue mixing console with a Studer Vista 5 M2 digital desk, configured with 32 mic/line inputs, 72 line out and eight AES I/O. This was the first sale of the new console in France (and one of the first to be shipped anywhere in the world). The large venue, with its 3000 sq metre Grand Hall, is a world famous venue for trotting events, with the jockeys pulling a two-wheel cart known as a ‘sulky’. The main track itself measures 2km in length (whereas it is generally only 800m or 1600m in other horse racing arenas). It is to these meetings, which include the famous ‘Prix d’Amerique’, that the control room itself is dedicated, while the races themselves are displayed on a 100 sq. metre large external screen, one of the largest in Europe. The venue’s management company SECF (Société d’Encouragement du Cheval Français), contacted Jean-Philippe Blanchard, Broadcast Division Director at Audiopole, the French Studer distributor, with whom they have a long association. “They were looking for an upgrade to mix the ambient sounds and commentaries within the amphitheatre, both for live playback and broadcast purposes,” stated M. Blanchard. “The operators were impressed by the quick and easy operation of the Vistonics screen, which gives them instant control over all the channel functions, and by the new metering, which will give them better control of all incoming signals. They also noticed that engineers are able to work for hours at a time on the console without getting tired.” Installation of the new Vista 5 M2 took place during the month of August when the venue was closed. Its arrival marks the start of a new era of broadcast coverage for a venue that dates back to 1879 — when it was originally built.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1398099
__label__wiki	0.657569	0.657569	“Why we all need to STOP feeling sorry for Irina Shayk” Written by Kayleigh Dray The world has unleashed an outpouring of grief for “poor Irina Shayk” following Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga’s intimate performance at the 2019 Oscars. Here, digital editor Kayleigh Dray explains why we need to stop assuming that women are victims of circumstance – and start respecting them as the agents of their own destiny. A lot happened at the 91st Academy Awards: Olivia Colman won her first Oscar, Rami Malek delivered an impassioned speech about identity, women of colour made history at pretty much every turn (think Regina King, Rayka Zehtabchi, Domee Shi, Ruth E Carter, Hannah Beachler and Elizabeth Chai, to name just a few) and Netflix broke menstruation taboos in a very big way. The trending #Oscars topics on social media, though, paints a very different picture of a brilliant night. In fact, one might be forgiven for assuming that Hollywood’s elite filed into the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, sat down on their plush red chairs, and spent three hours watching Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper have sex on stage. And Irina Shayk – Russian supermodel, Hercules actress, amateur pianist and Cooper’s long-term partner – had a front row seat. Poor, poor Irina. Of course, we know (and by ‘we’, I mean the intelligent people of the world) that Cooper and Lady Gaga’s performance of A Star Is Born’s ‘Shallow’ only lasted, in reality, for three minutes and 48 seconds. We also know that they are actors, acting at a ceremony which has literally been put on to celebrate very good acting. Other people, though, seem to have blurred the lines of reality and fiction. They believe that Gaga and Cooper – both of whom have won awards for their performance skills – are not actors. Rather, the duo are living out their truth on screen (their truth being, of course, that they are hopelessly and desperately in love) and the A Star Is Born cameras were just lucky enough to be switched on and pointing in the right direction when st went down. (This theory, of course, also means that Gaga is a bloodthirsty and sex-starved alien witch (Men In Black 3, American Horror Story), and that Cooper is a hungover raccoon (The Hangover, Guardians of the Galaxy) but… well, you know.) “Poor Irina,” these people tweet gleefully in their droves, because everyone loves a victim of circumstance (and hates the idea of a woman feeling comfortable in herself and her relationship). “I feel so sorry for her.” The tabloids, similarly, have had fun with this ‘scorned woman’ narrative, refusing to believe that Shayk (who, as mentioned, is also an actress) would be able to watch her partner and his co-star perform in character and understand that it was just that: a performance. We did a quick Google search for ‘Irina Shayk’, and here are just a handful of the headlines she’s faced over the last few days… Bradley Cooper and Irina Shayk look glum on drive after his ex-wife took a jab at his much talked-about Oscars chemistry with Lady Gaga Irina Shayk UNFOLLOWED Lady Gaga on social media before her chemistry-filled performance with Bradley Cooper at the Oscars Bradley Cooper and Irina Shayk ‘incredibly tense’ after THAT Oscars duet with Lady Gaga Feud erupts between Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s girlfriend Irina Shayk after film stars’ intimate Oscars duet Even Mel B – oh she of ‘girl power’ fame – felt the need to sit down on Good Morning Britain and pour pity down upon Shayk from afar. “I felt so uncomfortable for Bradley’s girlfriend, oh my gosh,” she said (because why refer to a successful businesswoman by her own name, eh?). “I would like to think it was part of the whole performance, because there’s a women’s code and hopefully that’s not…hopefully, it’s only professional.” This theory, of course, also means that Gaga is a bloodthirsty and sex-starved alien witch, and that Cooper is a hungover raccoon, but… well, you know. It’s a long-perpetuated myth that women absolutely cannot get along: in fact, for as long as we can remember, we’ve seen women in the spotlight dogged by catfight rumours. Don’t believe us? Cast your mind back to the media’s coverage of the all-female Ghostbusters remake, or Sex and the City, or Ocean’s 8, or Snow White and the Huntsman, or, ya know, any film with a predominantly female cast: all were unfairly accused of on-set squabbling, all were forced to issue denials. And it seems women cannot get away from this tired old narrative, even when it comes to their personal lives. Because, every single time we say “poor Irina”, we’re actually saying that women cannot get along. That Gaga is a traitor to womankind. That she has – shock horror – broken the “women’s code”. Strangely, for rules that exist solely to police the behaviour of women, the women’s code seems to exist only in relation to men and heteronormative dating. Aka don’t flirt with someone else’s boyfriend, don’t be “friendly” with a married man, definitely don’t date your friend’s ex, and so on. In fact, the underlying message of the women’s code is the same one that’s taught in abstinence-only education classes: men can’t control themselves when alone with women, and it’s absolutely not their fault if their heads are turned. Women, like Eve of the classic Bible story, are the sinners of this story: they lure Adam with their apple, and he blindly follows the sweet scent of fruit wherever it goes. He has zero control. Infidelity, then, sees men excused from blame; instead, it’s the woman who’s betrayed her sisters. She has broken the code. And we’re sure you don’t need us to point out that this is an insulting view of men, a limiting role for women, and an outrageously archaic take on gender roles in general. Stop blaming Lady Gaga for Bradley Cooper and Irina Shayk’s split It is highly doubtful that Shayk is lying in a darkened room at her luxury LA abode, hand pressed weakly to her face, obsessing over the nature of Cooper and Gaga’s relationship. She’s far too busy for such nonsense, preferring to spend her time walking red carpets, attending fashion shows, playing with her and Cooper’s one-year-old daughter Lea, and generally getting st done. And, while the internet may continue to speculate about Shayk’s true feelings about Cooper and Gaga, we doubt she will ever open up about the subject, given that she prefers to keep her personal life just that: personal. “Because my work requires me to be out there, I just decided my personal life will be quiet,” she said recently. “That’s why it’s called personal, because it’s something for you and your family, and I feel happy with it.” And yet, sometimes, actions speak far louder than words. It seems Shayk doesn’t think Gaga has overstepped some invisible line that keeps women from supporting one another. Quite the contrary, in fact: if you watch the Oscars properly, you’ll notice that she spent much of her time chatting and smiling with Gaga, and was the first to stand up and applaud when that “internet breaking” rendition of ‘Shallow’ came to an end. Shayk also made a point of leaning in and warmly congratulating Gaga on her success with a hug, too. But why mention any of this when you can instead stir the woman vs woman pot, eh? Recommended by Kayleigh Dray Bradley Cooper reveals the friendship pact he made with Lady Gaga “I was so happy at that moment.” A quick scroll through social media paints a very worrying picture indeed… “The online reaction to Channing Tatum and Jessie J’s relationship is deeply disquieting” The celebrity romance has triggered yet another wave of truly disgusting comments on social media. “Meghan Markle vs Kate Middleton: the dark subtext to the tabloid headlines” Our culture has long been obsessed with pitting women against one another. It’s boring, and it has to stop. A Star Is Born teaches us a vital lesson about addiction Warning: this article contains spoilers for Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s Oscar-nominated film	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1398100
__label__cc	0.630672	0.369328	Exclusively from Switzerland: Here the Thai King gets on his bike Now, there’s an image to prove the story: The Thai King cycles with his wife and a large entourage through the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland. On Friday he was seen in Rothenburg, and now in Horw. Christian Glaus 17.06.2019, 18.10 Uhr On official occasions, he appears in noble uniforms. Privately he dresses rather – let’s say particular: The Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn, also known as Rama X. On Sunday evening he showed up at the Seehotel Kastanienbaum near Lucerne, Switzerland, dressed in a crop top revealing his belly. Pictures, that a reader of our newspaper shot, prove that. King Maha Vajiralongkorn, also known as Rama X (right) and his wife, Queen Suthida are getting on a bike. Rama X (right) is leaving the Seehotel Kastanienbaum. At the Hotel itself, nobody wanted to confirm the high attendance. According to statements from several readers, King Rama X and his entire entourage drove from the village to the Seehotel Kastanienbaum. There he made a half-hour break at about 6:45 pm before returning the same route. Servants approach only kneeling A reader who filmed the event was having a great time. «A King in a cropped dress, that looks rather weird» he says. The staff had saluted. When they approached Rama X, it was only on their knees. They followed the King, who apparently only went to the toilet in the Seehotel and drank a glass of water, at every turn. Kneeling on the ground, one of them held the King's racing bike. As he drove off, he was followed by his entourage, equipped with helmet cameras. Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida. (EPA, Bangkok, 2. Mai 2019) Thus, it’s now public, what happens on the royal excursions. It is unclear, however, what exactly Rama X is doing in central Switzerland. A real round trip by bike? Or just short breaks? The Thai Embassy does not want to provide any information on request. The Lucerne police is not informed about the high visit. It’s conceivable that Rama X drove on to the Glasi in Hergiswil after the stopover in Horw. He already shopped there last October, as the Glasi posted on Facebook. It’s also possible that the King stayed in Engelberg, as he regularly does. That he flew back to Munich - he has a villa nearby - is on the other hand is out of question. His jet flew from Zurich to Munich on Sunday afternoon. The equipment makes it seem like the King is cycling regularly. However, little is known about his hobbies, says Thomas Bürgisser, Royal expert for the «Schweizer Illustrierte»: «The royal family is living in seclusion. Therefore, there is much speculation, but only a few confirmed information.» Seclusion: This fits in with the image that the King leaves with his surprising appearance in the canton of Lucerne. Bürgisser says: «In Thailand the King is well known. Maybe that's why he's on a bike tour in Switzerland, because he can move much more freely here.» Thailändischer König auf Velotour in Zentralschweiz – Rothenburger Wirt bedient seine Entourage Trubel in Rothenburg: Offenbar ist der thailändische König am Freitag mit seiner Frau und Bediensteten mit dem Velo zum Restaurant Kreuz Bertiswil gefahren. Dafür wurde sogar das Lokal umgestellt, dort gegessen hat der König aber nicht. Christian Glaus 16.06.2019	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1398106
__label__wiki	0.912526	0.912526	JavaScript Disabled! For a better experience on this website please enable JavaScript in your browser. TC CARES Contact Search Quicklinks PlusPortals Menu 4630 N. Rome Avenue, Tampa, FL 33603 P. 813-870-0860 \| F. 813-877-9136 Accreditation & Mission Blessed Edmund & Christian Brothers Tuition / Finance Visit Tampa Catholic I've Been Accepted Retake Policy Advanced Course Offerings School Counseling Dept Semester Exam Schedules Athletic FHSAA Forms Athletic Director's Blog Student Service Opportunities Palomá Family Student Athlete Excellence Award Parent Service Hours Prayer Networks Crusader Parent Club TC Graduates Crusader Templar Cross & Shield Gala DiMaggio Golf Classic Estate Gifts Crusader Alumni Challenge Alumna Margo Warhola Shepard ’75 Makes $150,000 Gift To Tampa Catholic TAMPA, Fla. (October 29, 2019) -- Tampa Catholic High School announces a gift of $150,000 to the school by Class of 1975 alumna Margo Warhola Shepard and her husband Michael. The gift will be used to name the track and field facility at the school in honor of the Warhola family. The Warhola family has strong roots at Tampa Catholic. Mark (’74) started the trend; Margo (’75) came in next; then Mikhaila (’77). A few years later Margo’s niece, Martel Warhola, attended TC and graduated in 2000. Ms. Shepard acknowledged the role that Tampa Catholic played in her life during her keynote address at the Class of 2018 commencement exercises. “…to this day I believe nothing has served me better in life than being a lifelong learner and that foundation started in High School at TC.” Mr. Robert C. Lees, Principal of Tampa Catholic, offered appreciation for the Shepard’s gift. “Margo and Michael have been faithful supporters of Tampa Catholic over the years, previously establishing the Warhola Family Endowment for Tuition Assistance. Margo embodies all that we hope to instill in our graduates and is an example of the true spirit of our school values of Faith, Excellence and Family." After high school, Margo went on to the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, where she ran track until an injury sidelined her during her junior year. She completed her bachelor’s degree and immediately starting working for the Hallmark Corporation in Kansas City. While working, Margo also attended the University of Kansas and completed her MBA in 1981. Ms. Shepard has over 38 years of financial industry experience with Morgan Stanley and, for the past nine years with Wells Fargo Advisors. She was named by Barron’s as one of the Top 100 Women Financial Advisers in the country in 2006. She was also recognized by the Financial Times as a Top 400 advisor in the US in 2015. Recently, Margo was recognized as a 2018 Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Advisor. Margo credits her love of track to the late Tampa Catholic coaching legend Nick DiMaggio. She has great appreciation and admiration for Coach’s role as a pioneer in women’s athletics at the high school level. The Warhola Family Track and Field Facility at Tampa Catholic High School is part of a multi-project master plan to upgrade the facilities at the school. The Shepard’s gift adds to the recent $500,000 challenge gift made by Lydia and John Oliva earlier this year. About Tampa Catholic High School Tampa Catholic High School is a leader in the education of boys and girls in the Edmund Rice tradition. We are a Catholic high school in the Diocese of St. Petersburg dedicated to providing our students with “Veritas et Caritas” (truth and charity) through educational excellence in a Christ-centered environment. Tampa Catholic has more than 720 students enrolled in its college preparatory curriculum and 99% of its graduates continue their education at a college or university. The school now has more than 9,100 alumni who proudly live the school’s ideal of Faith, Excellence & Family in the Tampa Bay area and throughout the world. Follow us on social media at: Vball Game for Semi Finals of Regionals Girls Soccer Opening Game Tampa Catholic High School 4630 N. Rome Avenue Rediker Software's Student Information System Canvas (LMS) eTechCampus Bookstore Class Bookstore Risse Bros. Uniforms School uniform provider School spirit items TicketBooth Donate to TC Grading & Graduation Requirements Class Year Checklists College Counseling Information Coaches' Corner Blog National Beta Club National French Honor Society National Hispanic Honor Society Rho Kappa Thespian Honor Society Report Parent Service Hours PlusPortals Sign In	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1398108
__label__wiki	0.874362	0.874362	Which films do you want to watch at 2020 Outdoor Cinema? Businesses urged to use FREE Brexit business support Lichfield Council supports Big Energy Saving Week 2020 Santa Claus thrown out of Smyths Toys / Business/ Community & Charity/ Young PeopleHeadline CHRISTMAS spirit was not in the air at Smyths Toys last night (Monday) when Santa Claus was thrown out whilst attempting to buy gifts for children. The incident happened as Santa and a group of his ‘little helpers’ were inside the Tamworth store on Ventura Retail Park. Santa had arranged to meet three families at the store on Monday night so that they could choose gifts for Christmas. ‘Santa’ told Tamworth Informed: “The idea was that the parents of three of the families we had chosen met us at the store to buy gifts. I told each of the families to choose goods to the value of £500.00 each and that when they got to the till we would step in and pay for them.” Rob Bowker who is probably better known as ‘Bibbledy Bob’, who took on the role of Santa continued: “I walked into the store dressed as Santa and was approached a member of staff who told me I had to leave as I did not have permission to be there from Head Office. “I was just shocked, she even got the security guard to escort me out of the store. I told the lady, what we were doing and why we were there but she still said I had to leave. “I had to wait outside the store whilst the Santa’s Little Helpers Team went inside and paid for the presents for the parents who we were meeting there.” Despite being thrown out of the store by security, Santa’s Little Helpers still went on to purchase trolley loads of toys within the store as they did not want to let the families down. ‘Santa’ Said: “We spent around £1,350 in the store as it is the biggest toy shop locally, we could not let the families down.” Rob Bowker from Tamworth, formed a group of local volunteers – ‘Santa’s Little Helpers’ to raise funds for less fortunate families in the area. READ MORE: Santa’s coming!! Santa sleigh routes for 2018 revealed The idea behind the group is that four local families have been nominated and that these families get to choose presents. These presents are then wrapped up and taken by Santa, who then delivers them in a personal visit on Christmas morning. This year, £4,500 has been raised, with funds being donated by local residents and collections taking place within the town, including bag packing by Santa’s Little Helpers in Tamworth’s Home Bargains store. The families are chosen with the help of local charity Simon’s Heroes and Flamingo Entertainments who work closely with community groups in the area. Rob Bowker as Santa Clause Rob Said: “We were not filming or taking pictures inside the store, so I do not really know what permission I needed. One customer did ask if she could take a photo of me with her child and she did this on her phone. This is something that often happens when I am in character.” READ MORE: Nine-Year-Old Sells Xbox Games to Buy Presents for Other Children Despite the non-friendly approach from Smyths, Rob said that he will not be put off his community efforts, he said: “it has not put me off at all, I will still go on to do it again next year, it would me nice if Smyths could work with us, rather than against us.” Smyths Toys have been approached for a response and at this time, have not come back to us. Within responses on Smyths Facebook page however, a spokesperson has said: “As a customer in our Tamworth store was with a photographer taking photos with children without the permission of their parents or guardians, our manager asked him to desist. “Regrettably, he refused and so we asked him to leave the premises.” Smyths has also this evening, told BBC Midlands Today, that as a gesture of good will, they will be donating toys to Birmingham Children’s Hospital. The Care Quality Commission says St Giles Hospice is Outstanding Apollo Strengthens Management Team	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1398109
__label__wiki	0.924886	0.924886	Even animal adolescence is filled with teen drama and peer pressure Duncan StraussFor The Washington Post There are no reported sightings of surly teenage elephants reluctantly sitting down at the family dinner table, trusty ear buds in place, occasionally trumpeting monosyllabic answers. But adolescent elephants do exhibit other behaviors many parents of human teens would recognize, said Cynthia Moss, a researcher who has studied and written books about elephants in Kenya's Amboseli National Park for nearly five decades. "They're naive, they have a lot to learn and they make mistakes," Moss said. This is particularly true for males, she explained: They raid crops. They get speared. They die. "It's just like young human males who drive too fast," she said, "and the insurance companies know very well to make them pay higher insurance rates." These sorts of low-judgment, high-risk actions, and many other youthful traits that traverse species, are explored in a recent book, "Wildhood: The Epic Journey From Adolescence to Adulthood in Humans and Other Animals" by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, a Harvard evolutionary biologist, and Kathryn Bowers, a science journalist. The authors make clear that, in a fundamental sense, adolescent animals and teen humans encounter the same sorts of challenges - and that what may strike elders of any species as nutty, exasperating behavior is not only inevitable for most creatures in that stage of development but truly valuable. Other scientists who have studied adolescents - human and nonhuman - echo their findings. Those elephants that charge right into harm's way? Their behavior is wholly in keeping with the adolescent modus operandi. Human "adolescents frequently put themselves in danger deliberately," Natterson-Horowitz and Bowers write, adding: "Adolescent risk-taking is seen throughout the animal world." The result, unsurprisingly, is that adolescence can be pretty dangerous for animals, ranging from fish to birds to mammals. For the youths that have big bodies but little life experience, there's a "spike in mortality . . . they are easy prey," Natterson-Horowitz said. One reason is that they engage in behaviors that are risky but beneficial, Bowers said in an interview. An example is a practice called "predator inspection," or approaching predators rather than fleeing. The trade-off for the danger of proximity is that adolescent animals watch, smell and learn, accumulating all kinds of information that can keep them safer as adults. "The idea that adolescents are hard-wired to take these risks can put a new spin on the knuckleheaded antics of our own human teens," Bowers said. Teens seem driven to chase novelty and test boundaries in their own version of predator inspection, Bowers said: chalking up as many experiences as they can - the good, the bad, the ugly - before they leave the nest. But before anyone leaves any nest ("dispersal," in scientific parlance), there's considerable time spent roving in battalions - marked by peak levels of peer pressure - and flirting with disaster. Indeed, scientists have documented and observed that adolescents of all stripes are more inclined to make perilous moves while with peers. Laurence Steinberg, a psychology professor at Temple University, worked on two related studies - one involving mice, half of which were adolescents, drinking ethanol-spiked water, and another in which human teens played a video game that reproduced driving conditions. The results were strikingly similar. "We found that in the presence of peers, adolescent mice drank more than they do when they're alone," said Steinberg, who has published several books on adolescence. "But we didn't find any such peer effects in adults, which is identical to the kinds of things we were finding in human experiments." Steinberg said the teenagers in the simulated driving study also took more risks when others were around, regardless of whether they interacted with their peers. Just knowing there were other teens watching appeared to prompt the one behind the wheel to act more carelessly. These findings dovetail with what Steinberg says is another multispecies adolescent hallmark: the desire to socialize. "For the most part, human adolescents like to be with other adolescents. Juveniles in other species like to be with other juveniles. If I say that teenagers are social animals, I think the word 'animal' is just as important in that sentence as the word 'social.' " Anyone who has seen a pod of dolphins swimming alongside a boat zipping across the sea or watched videos of dolphins interacting with one another might conclude that these playful critters are highly social. Ann Weaver, an animal behaviorist who studies bottlenose dolphins in the intercoastal waterway off the coast of St. Petersburg, Florida, would agree. "We just got off the water," Weaver said in a recent interview. "We were out there for about three hours, and almost all the dolphins we saw were small gangs of teens." Asked to compare the behaviors of dolphin gangs and gaggles of teenage people, Weaver thought for a moment. "They are at their most physically fit, they're the strongest they're going to be and they do everything with exaggeration," she said, adding that she considers adolescence on the water "a contact sport." Dolphins are featured in "Wildhood," in which Natterson-Horowitz and Bowers go deep and wide in addressing the raft of species-spanning equivalents. But they focus on four individual animals - a king penguin, a spotted hyena, a humpback whale and a gray wolf - as they advance through adolescence. And this voyage, the authors find, hinges on mastering four fundamental skills: staying safe, negotiating social status, navigating sexuality and living as adults. As moored in science as their book is, Natterson-Horowitz and Bowers acknowledge it was partially shaped by their personal experience. Each was raising an adolescent - the human variety - while working on the book. "Having an adolescent at home, with all the drama and the ups and downs, particularly the moodiness - and social media was just coming into the picture - guided us in terms of what we wanted to look for, what we wanted to better understand in the wild to bring back to our homes," Natterson-Horowitz said. "We were deeply informed by the need to answer those question for ourselves as parents, and then hopefully for other people who are raising adolescents." 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__label__wiki	0.730914	0.730914	UK Voucher Codes US Coupons Work at The Telegraph Telegraph Corporate Subscribe now Free for 30 days Telegraph Connect Telegraph Connect home Talent and leadership Sales and trade Bond yields are pricing in a depression. And the prognosis scarcely looks better if they are wrong Jeremy Warner Follow the author of this article Follow the topics within this article 2 July 2016 • 2:57pm Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England, has signaled yet more monetary stimulus post the Brexit vote Get ready for more monetary stimulus, Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England, signalled last week after warning that the UK economy was suffering from Brexit induced, “post traumatic stress” disorder. Reluctantly, like a child forced to take his medicine, we must I suppose go along with the suggested treatment, deeply depressing though it is that nearly eight years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the only apparently available answer to our continued economic travails is another dose of monetary steroids. More debt, still lower interest rates, yet more money printing – Britain’s already seriously unbalanced and structurally flawed economy needs these things like a hole in the head. To prosper in the long term, the UK economy requires trade, saving, and investment. Instead, it faces another raft of measures that stimulate borrowing, consumption and asset price inflation. Credit: PA It may be unavoidable, given the further slowdown prompted by Brexit uncertainty, but just how much more of this chemo can the patient take? With Bank Rate already close to the floor, and some UK bond yields now in negative territory, it is in any case not at all clear that further monetary easing will have the desired effect. Still, we can be thankful for at least one thing; Mr Carney has all but ruled out the negative official policy rates introduced by a number of other central banks in Europe and Japan. In practice, these have proved not at all helpful to the purpose of revitalising economic activity. This is because a negative rate is effectively just a tax on the banks, forcing them to pay for the privilege of holding reserves with the central bank. Someone has to shoulder the burden of this tax; either borrowers pay more, or depositors get less, or profits go down, and if it is the latter, then it damages the banking sector’s ability to rebuild capital, crimping credit availability accordingly. Whichever it is, the end result is a monetary tightening, rather than the loosening intended. Mr Carney must therefore find alternative ways of providing monetary stimulus. Further quantitative easing is one possibility, but if gilt yields are already turning negative it is hard to see how this would help, at least in plain vanilla form. A souped-up version of the Bank of England’s “funding-for-lending” scheme provides another possible line of attack. Whatever the answer, it may be too late. Bond markets are signalling something very nasty coming down the road at us – an all encompassing, worldwide deflation. Let’s hope they are wrong, but the end result is scarcely more appetising if they are, for it would mean bonds are massively mispriced, leaving the financial system facing potentially huge losses. Brexit may have provided a further push, but the underlying causes of the collapse in global interest rates lie far deeper in sluggish productivity growth, declining global trade and the burgeoning excess in industrial capacity Brexit may have provided a further push, but the underlying causes of the collapse in global interest rates lie far deeper in sluggish productivity growth, declining global trade and the burgeoning excess in industrial capacity. There is of course a more positive, alternative narrative, which is that central banks are over-reacting to the Brexit shock, creating the conditions for a mini-boom. Evidence for this theory is found in the FTSE 100 share index, which last week surged back above its pre-referendum level. I know it’s a cliché, but we really are in uncharted waters. Other than badly, it’s ever harder to figure out where it all ends. Victim of Brexit? Victim of Brexit? Monday sees shareholders in the London Stock Exchange vote on the proposed merger with Deutsche Borse, which they are expected to approve overwhelmingly. Unfortunately, this is just the start of a process which requires regulatory approval in Brussels and more importantly Germany. The London Stock Exchange Credit: Yui Mok And as with much else, Brexit has thrown a giant spanner in the works. All commercial and industrial logic is on the merger’s side. The United States has produced two exchange giants. The Deutsche Borse merger creates a similar, European player with possibly even greater global reach. Yet even before the referendum, some German politicians were cutting up rough about the so-called “Topco” being located in London, and now they are positively spitting tacks. Unless London is prepared to cede the Topco to Frankfurt, which would require the deal to be completely restructured, it’s hard to see how it can succeed. Would this be a humiliation too far for London? Possibly, but that won’t stop fee hungry investment bankers trying to salvage at least something from the post-Brexit wreckage. Alternative Brexit visions I hardly dare write about The Revenger’s Tragedy that is the Tory Pary leadership contest for fear of being overtaken by events, but here goes anyway. All the leadership contenders are for Brexit, but there are two quite different visions of what it actually means. Michael Gove stands for what he calls the “full fat” version, which essentially means going the whole hog and quitting the single market altogether. This would allow Britain to impose immigration controls, to make its own rules, standards and regulations, and to stop paying contributions to the EU budget. It would be a bold and clean break, but it would also be economically extremely high risk. Gove is a radical reformer, even a revolutionary. He’d take that risk in the hope of it eventually proving transformational for the UK economy - out with the old, in with the new kind of thing. The other vision is of the managed, least harm approach, involving slow withdrawal from the EU via the European Economic Area, leaving Britain in much the same position as Norway - still part of the single market but free to make its own trading arrangements with non EU countries and fully in charge of its own laws and justice system. As a cautious soul, I would favour the second approach, and so would the overwhelming bulk of the business and financial community. It delivers the referendum decision, but it mitigates against some of the potential long term economic downside. Whichever it is, early clarity is essential. Everyone urgently needs to know where they stand, so they can adjust accordingly and normal business can resume. 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__label__wiki	0.860033	0.860033	Hampshire County Cricket Club Rate this Team1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Home town Hampshire Founding year 1863 Series County Championship Hampshire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen professional county clubs in English domestic cricket. This club plays all of its home games in the Rose Bowl stadium which is situated in Southampton. In the Hampshire county cricket became well known by the midst of the 16th century. By the end of the 17th century Hampshire Cricket Club had begun playing full fledged cricket. The Hampshire county cricket club was officially formed on 12th August 1863. The first class debut match of the Hampshire Cricket club was organized at the Antelope Ground in Southampton against Sussex in 1864. Hampshire Cricket Club got elevated to the status of one of the most successful county cricket clubs during the 1886 season. In 1886 Hampshire County Cricket team withdrew from the county championship however in 1895 it was officially readmitted in the championship. From this year onwards the county club is always regarded as a first class cricketing county. During 1937 the batting team of the Hampshire Cricket Club was led by Dick Moore who created an individual record of scoring 316 runs in 380 minutes and these comprised of 43 boundaries and 3 sixes. During the 1990s the bowling attack of the club was led by Alec Kennedy and Jack Newman and this couple led the club to several triumphs. Several reputed players like Barry Richards, Malcolm Marshall, Andy Roberts, Roy Marshall, David Gower and Lionel Hallam Tennyson have been a part of the Hampshire club at some point of time. In the recent past the club has been represented by several star players like Daren Powell, Shane Bond, Michael Clarke, Matthew Hayden and Shane Warne. In the current 2008 championship Hampshire County Cricket team has played six games so far out of which 4 games have been leveled, one game has been lost and only one game has been won. In the Twenty20 tournament Hampshire has 6 points on the chart and are currently at the 4th place in the South division. In limited overs cricket the name of the team that represents Hampshire county is Hampshire Hawks. Won 2 Friends Provident titles Won 3 Pro40 titles Won 2 County championship titles Latest edit by Sportsaddict FB1 gave a rating of 6 to Hampshire County Cricket Club - Wed, 30 Jan 2019 14:55:12 +0000 Love it Hate it 1964 was a tough year for the English cricket team as they fought to regain The Ashes led by Bob Simpson Continue reading by Abhay Burande Liam Dawson all-rounder England James Henry Kenneth Adams batsman England David John Balcombe batsman England Simon Jones batsman Wales Sam Alexander Northeast batsman England James Michael Vince batsman England Bradley Wheal batsman South Africa Danny Briggs bowler England Fidel Edwards bowler Barbados David Griffiths bowler England Christopher Philip Wood bowler England Thomas Philip Alsop wicket-keeper England Visit the Hampshire County Cricket Club forum. Highest Rated Cricket Teams	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1398123
__label__cc	0.608306	0.391694	The Saint Paul Council is an essential network of persons who understand that the future of their churches requires visionary spiritual leadership. The Saint Paul Council honors those whose commitment to the seminary is profound and whose generosity sets an example for others. The council provides financial support essential for Saint Paul to fulfill its mission. Who is part of the Saint Paul Council? The Saint Paul Council is composed of individuals, families, churches, businesses, and corporations. Invest $1,000 or more in the Saint Paul educational programs. Give between July 1 and June 30 each year. Participation is an annual decision on the part of the donor. How is the seminary funded? Support of seminary education comes from three sources. The Ministerial Education Fund (MEF) of the denomination Student tuition Gifts from friends of the seminary Saint Paul Council Giving Levels Saint Paul Council $1,000-$2,499 Pacesetter Council $2,500-$4,999 Leadership Council $5,000-$9,999 President's Council $10,000 or more Leanna Walkowiak leanna.walkowiak@spst.edu	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1398124
__label__cc	0.658306	0.341694	Solving Baltimore’s Murder Problem – Stacy On The Right Solving Baltimore’s Murder Problem by Stacy Washington published Monday, August 14, 2017 at NRA America’s 1st Freedom Baltimore residents recently made an honorable attempt at getting the city’s murder problem under control—a “Murder Free Weekend” sponsored by activists who want to see fewer people killed every day on the streets of what was once a safe and vibrant place to live. Erricka Bridgeford took on a herculean task in creating a movement called the Baltimore Ceasefire, aimed at trying to stop people steeped in a culture of violence from acting out the machinations piped into their ears through music, the impetus to kill driven into them by circumstances wrought for them and of their own choosing. It’s a great idea: Ask for a moratorium on violence, and then use that successful weekend as a basis to build upon. Her heart is in the right place, so why didn’t it work? Why didn’t criminals take a weekend off from killing people? Problem is, the attention is put entirely on “stopping gun violence,” which is a misnomer. Who is committing these acts of violence? It takes a human to pull the trigger, and malice aforethought before that. Problem is, the attention is put entirely on “stopping gun violence,” which is a misnomer.So what is the solution? In truth, it’s multifaceted, and starts in the homes of Baltimore residents. I believe that until there is an uptick in the number of children living in intact homes, the murder rate likely won’t subside. This is a supremely unpopular opinion with everyone closest to the problems facing big cities like Baltimore, but history shows that there was less crime when the government wasn’t acting as the father in the home by providing financial assistance only if there is no dad. To add insult to injury, you see a wholesale refusal to require minimum standards that used to be taken for granted, no matter what your station in life. Speaking improperly was simply not tolerated; teachers corrected, students learned, everyone spoke English. Now we glorify the use of bad English, we glorify it by calling it a “cultural norm,” we offer obeisance to mediocrity by giving poor English it’s own name, “Ebonics.” At this point, those responsible for normalizing the idea that black people are incapable of learning and speaking good English deflect to their hobby horse of choice—the gun. Big, black, evil scary looking “assault” style weapons are to blame for all of this crime, don’t ya know?! Just accept that once they have taken all of the guns off of the streets, crime will abate, Unicorns will appear, and the only guns visible will be of the biceps and triceps variety! Oh, if only these lofty dreams could come true! If they were ever going to, though, they would have in other cities with strict gun control, like Washington, D.C., where it’s illegal to have an empty shell casing in your purse. Or like Chicago, with the highest number of murders for a U.S. city, where law-abiding residents have almost given up on carrying a gun for self-defense because the approval process is so ridiculous. Just accept that once they have taken all of the guns off of the streets, crime will abate, Unicorns will appear, and the only guns visible will be of the biceps and triceps variety!Truth is, if gun removal could work, if more gun laws could work, if simply pasting up signs that say “no guns allowed” could work, they already would have. This realization leads us back to the family, back to a bevy of solutions that stretch beyond a “movement,” beyond launching a Facebook page, past “marching” and “making them listen.” It takes years to turn neighborhoods around, one family at a time, but it can be done. My hope is that activists, including Erricka Bridgeford, will embrace a holistic approach to solving the problems facing Baltimore. Instead of railing against a justice system that isn’t jailing enough people who commit crimes, the community must come together to care for families in crisis. The crisis is outsized with 72 percent of black children born into single-family homes. But as the proverb says, “How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.” Lowering the crime rate in Baltimore, or any city for that matter, isn’t going to happen through another movement concentrated on guns. But I believe it could happen with clear focus on one root cause of the actual problem—the disintegration of the family unit. Stacy Washington is a decorated Air Force veteran, Emmy-nominated TV personality and host of nationally syndicated radio program “Stacy on the Right,” based in St. Louis. She loves God, guns, and is a member of the NRA, obviously. VIOLENT CRIME BALTIMORE MURDER BIG CITY CRIME GANG VIOLENCE INNER CITY VIOLENCE ERRICKA BRIDGEFORD MURDER FREE WEEKEND INTACT HOMES FATHERLESS CHILDREN STACY WASHINGTON	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1398126
__label__cc	0.703392	0.296608	The Rising Life Challah for the Soul: Do Clothes Matter? \| Por Rochie Pinson Parshas tetzaveh. Challah for the soul Garments of honor and beauty. Last night I stood in front of a crowd of women and spoke about the lessons of challah in our life. Getting up to speak involves much more than just preparing the teaching I want to impart... it also requires making sure my nails are ✅ hair (wig ;) ✅ heels (obviously) and of course, figuring out what to wear... always the most complicated part! You may think it doesn’t matter. If the words I speak are meaningful and from the heart why should it make a difference what I wear? The Torah Portion this week, Parshat Tetzaveh, details the intricacies of the garments of the priests in the Beit hamikdash- the holy temple. The verse says that these vestments will serve as garments of honor and beauty. We tend to underestimate the power of our clothing as an expression of our deeper selves. We think that garments are just exterior... don’t judge a book by its cover, right? But as a graphic designer, and having designed many a book cover (including my own!) I can tell you that a book cover serves an important function. We aren’t going to sit down with the book for 3 hours to decide if this is something worth reading... the cover needs to tell us something important about the contents. The month of Adar and holiday of Purim is all about garments and masks. When we put something on to conceal ourselves, we are simultaneously revealing something else, telegraphing a message about who we are. Our garments are our interface with the world around us. What do we want ours to convey? Mordechai dons sackcloth to express his state of sorrow, Esther dresses in her finest garments to showcase her position as queen, King Achashverosh eventually dresses Mordechai in royal garments to connote his elevated status. Garments are a window. They allow a glimpse into what lies beneath. In Tanya we speak of thoughts, speech and actions as being the “garments of the soul” the way our soul expresses itself and interfaces with the world. The torah tells us that garments can be used for honor and grace. And it’s our choice. Everyday. How will we express ourselves? Portray our innermost self? It’s easy to say that people shouldn’t judge and it shouldn’t matter how we appear or dress... but that’s not the reality. The torah recognizes this. Garments are the entree into the psyche of the other. So what do our garments say about us? What is the message we want to convey? As we prepare to dress up for Purim and plan our costume, we take some time to reflect on our costume choice... what are we revealing when we put on that mask?? Each week we cover our challahs on the Shabbat table. According them the honor they deserve. We dress in special clothing, reserved for the Shabbat to honor the day and it’s holiness. We use our garments for honor and grace and reveal the beauty that is inherent within. May your Shabbat be peaceful and rejuvenating, reconnecting you to your deepest truth. And may we all merit to express ourselves fully through joy this Purim! © 2023 by Fashion Diva. Proudly created with Wix.com	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1398131
__label__wiki	0.846339	0.846339	69 eateries found with expired licence, one closed in MPSJ operation Thursday, 28 Jun 2018 10:55 AM MYT By KATHLEEN MICHAEL You're closed for the day: MPSJ deputy president Mohd Zurkurnain pasting on the closure notice. AN eatery in the student-populated area of SS 15 in Subang Jaya has been closed down by the Subang Jaya Municipal Council after it was found to be operating with an expired business license, on top of having cockroaches at the drink station. The restaurant owner was given notice to clean up within three days, after which a follow-up inspection would be done. However, even if cleared of hygiene problems, it can only resume business after renewing its business license. The council started its routine check at 2pm, and, excluding the above outlet, by 4pm, it had found 68 eateries that had not renewed their business license and had minor cleanliness issues like leaving food ingredients in the open. These eateries were issued compounds and given a notice to renew their license immediately. MPSJ licensing director Muhammad Azli Miswan said the 68 that did not have a business license were not ordered to close because cleanliness issues were minimal. MPSJ deputy president Mohd Zurkurnain Che Ali said the council would inspect a total of 206 eateries in SS 15 today. "About 80% of the eateries we're inspecting today have a business license, but some of them do not follow the cleanliness guidelines," he said. "During inspections, we ensure that the place where food is cooked and prepared is clean. And if we find cockroaches, we will order them to close. "We want eateries to be have Grade A or B, and, for the well-being of the public, we don't want anymore eateries to use back lanes for washing dishes and such," said Zurkurnain. He added that so far, the council had inspected 1,400 eateries out of 2,800 with the help of the Petaling District Health Office. Eateries were inspected twice a year, he stressed. StarMetro would like to urge readers to alert us on dirty restaurants and we, on our part, will alert the authorities to act against these irresponsible operators. Don't forward old pictures or videos of dirty eateries taken several months ago or those involving restaurants in other countries. Send us only recent or fresh incidents of dirty eateries. We intend to highlight eateries that are dirty and messy, and those who cut meat and vegetables at back lanes or beside drains. In your email, include your name, contact number, the restaurant’s name and its full address. Send to metro@thestar.com.my, and, yes, we keep your information confidential.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1398134
__label__wiki	0.863556	0.863556	Man slashes and robs dentist after getting tooth fixed Thursday, 26 Sep 2019 By AUSTIN CAMOENS PETALING JAYA: A man sat patiently for an hour and a half getting his tooth fixed before slashing and robbing his dentist. Petaling Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Mohd Zani Che Din said the dentist suffered a near-fatal gash to her neck in the 10.56am incident on Thursday (Sept 26). "We received a call about the incident at a dental clinic on Jalan 14/22, Section 14, Sea Park. "Based on investigations, the suspect came in for a root canal treatment at 9.30am and used another man's MyKad to register. "The treatment took about one and a half hours. Once completed, the suspect slashed the dentist and robbed her of her handbag," he said when contacted on Thursday (Sept 26). He added that the nurse present at the time told police that the suspect did not look like the person pictured on the MyKad. "Checks with the National Registration Department revealed the MyKad belonged to a man named Murali. "We analysed CCTV footage from a nearby restaurant, which shows a skinny man with dark complexion running away while carrying a black bag belonging to the victim," he said He said that the victim, a 57-year-old woman, suffered a five-centimetre gash to her neck which barely missed an artery. ACP Mohd Zani said the victim is in stable condition and receiving treatment at Assunta Hospital. "Our forensic team found a knife at the scene of the crime which was used to slash the victim. "The suspect managed to flee with at least RM2,000 cash and important documents belonging to the victim," he said, adding that the police were now tracing the whereabouts of the suspect. Tags / Keywords: Crime , Robbery , Dentist	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1398135
__label__wiki	0.651495	0.651495	Home EDUCATION EMPOWERMENT Over 5,000 students benefit from Thika CDF Bursary allocation worth sh. 20m. Over 5,000 students benefit from Thika CDF Bursary allocation worth sh. 20m. Thika Town MP Patrick Wainaina (in a cap) issuing a cheque to some parents on behalf of the rest of the parents during the 2018 bursary disbursement at General Kago Primary School on May 1. Thika Town Constituency NG–CDF has disbursed bursaries worth Ksh. 20 million to 5,200 students mainly from poor backgrounds. Unlike in the previous exercises where each student received individual cheque, this year’s disbursement saw cheques addressed to schools bearing the total amount of fees accrued to them and a list of all the beneficiaries. All the parents got from the office was a letter (or and an SMS) of acknowledgement indicating the name of the beneficiaries and the amount allocated. “This year we have allocated money to all those who applied for bursaries. The amount to be given to students have been worked out in relation to the schools’ categories with the national schools getting the lion’s share in terms of individual allocations,” explained the Thika NG–CDF Chairperson Mr. Huruko Njau. The highest allocation was sh. 18,000 with the majority receiving an average of sh. 5,000 each. Notwithstanding, all orphans and venerable children got full bursary, including all those that were benefitting previously in the previous regime. 1,220 college and university students and 56 from special schools also benefitted from this year’s allocation. Speaking during the occasion that was held at General Kago Primary School, area MP Eng. Patrick Wainaina who was the chief guest promised to relook into special cases where parents and ensure that no child failed to attend school due to lack of school fees. Wainaina reminded the parents that receiving the NG–CDF bursaries was the right every child and no one should use these allocations to play politics or as a dangling carrot to win support. “This is your money and we should never play politics with the lives of our children. Those who feel that they still have a burning issue with the bursaries, our offices are wide open and we welcome any genuine cases for further considerations even if it means soliciting funds from well-wishers to ensure that all students go to school,” said the MP. He however warned principals and heads of public day schools within the constituency against charging fees exceeding the recommended sh. 3,000 annually saying that his office was following up on cases reported to the effect that some of these schools were charging over sh. 8,000. “In the next one week or so, we are going to convene a meeting with all the teachers and parents from these schools and discuss the matter in details. If there is a matter that needs the CDF attention we will chip in but we will not allow heads of schools to exploit the already overburdened parents,” he said. The legislator also promised to partner with local companies to all adopt the area public schools with a view to improve on their infrastructure and make them conducive for learning. He added that his CDF office had already allocated sh. 3 million to General Kago Primary School which was in a deplorable state. Thika West sub-county Director of Education Ronald Mbogo appealed to parents to take responsibility to provide their children with the basic necessities and urged them not to shy away from ‘knocking doors’ in pursuit for financial assistance that would help them ensure that all school going children stayed in schools at all times. Labels: EDUCATION, EMPOWERMENT	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1398139
__label__wiki	0.586489	0.586489	ThinkOwl Blog Halloween Fun: AI answers what to wear and how to scare Romilla Sapru An artificial neural network (ANN) can now pop out last-minute scarily funny Halloween costume ideas. Artificial Intelligence (AI) can enable more personalized choices. Now, deep learning systems allow human collaboration to create new horror stories. With hilarious Halloween costume ideas and terrifying horror stories, Artificial Intelligence makes Halloween even more fun. Don't know what to wear for Halloween? Fear not. AI will come up with an entirely new costume idea for you. Imagine you show up to a Halloween party in the exact same costume as another guest. Perhaps, the pressure of dressing up in an entirely new and unique way is even curbing all your creativity and the thrill of anticipation as October 31 draws near. But isn't Halloween supposed to be fun? Surrender and let researcher Janelle Shane and AI generate a mashed-up costume idea for you. What is an artificial neural network? An artificial neural network (ANN), also called a neural network, is an information processing pattern inspired by the biological nervous systems, such as the brain, process information. It is composed of a large number of highly interconnected processing elements (neurons) working in unison to solve specific problems. ANNs, like people, learn by instances. The system gets input, processes it and generates an output, just like the biological neuron. The brain is the human body's most complex organ. It helps us to think, understand and make decisions. The secret behind all its power is neurons. For a long time, scientists have been trying to mimic the function of a neuron so they can build smarter robots. After a lot of trial and error, humans finally designed a computer that can recognize human speech. It was only after the year 2000 that humans were able to give birth to "deep learning", which was then able to see and distinguish between different images and videos. What exactly is deep learning? It is a machine learning technique that teaches computers to do what comes to humans naturally. For example, robots learn by viewing images. Deep learning is a subset of AI. It comprises artificial neural networks with multiple hidden layers. ANN is a way of implementing deep learning. Deep neural networks, which mimic the human brain, have demonstrated their ability to "learn" from image, audio and text data. Nevertheless, even after being in use for more than a decade, there's still a lot we don't know about deep learning, including how neural networks learn or why they perform so well. It is suggested that after an initial setup phase, a deep neural network will forget and compress noisy data. Noisy data is the data set containing a lot of additional meaningless information while still preserving information about what the data represents. Understanding precisely how deep learning works enables its greater development and use. Now the fun part... Research scientist Janelle Shane has built a neural network capable of popping out brand-new costume ideas. Shane started by accumulating more than 4,500 examples of Halloween costumes from her readers. These functioned as the neural network's input. The ANN then mixed and matched multiple costumes to generate its own set of ideas: Spartan Gandalf, Dancing Belly fish, the Cat of Liberty, Professor Panda and Petty Fairy are just some examples of the funny results. The neural network trained by Shane has already created some not-so-sexy ideas and a few quirky shark costumes. The response by the audience was amazing. Here's how some of Shane's Twitter followers replied: Shane has also programmed neural networks to create hilarious names for metal bands and craft beers. She did this with a data set of more than 1000,000 bands, sub-genres and countries of origin, and with more than 4,000 craft breweries in the United States alone. Meet Shelley, the world's first collaborative horror writer Shelley is yet another fun application of AI that is made to horrify. The bot is the world's first collaborative AI horror writer. Postdoctoral associate Pınar Yanardağ, research scientist Manuel Cebrian and Associate Professor Iyad Rahwan from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have created Shelley. The bot is named after "Frankenstein: or, the Modern Prometheus" writer Mary Shelley. Shelly is a deep learning system powered by artificial intelligence that was trained on more than 140,000 horror stories. The stories from Reddit’s r/nosleep forum act as the data set for the bot. Shelley lives on Twitter. Every hour, @shelley_ai tweets out the beginning of a new horror story and hashtag #yourturn to invite human collaborators. Anyone is welcome to reply to the tweet with the next part of the story, then Shelley will reply again with the next part, and so on. The results are weird, fun and unpredictable horror stories that represent both collaboration and creativity. The World Economic Forum depicts Shelly in the form of a visual, which is terrifying too. Deep learning is also building an artificial brain. Google demonstrated one of the largest neural networks in the past, with more than a billion connections. The neural network was designed to simulate human cognitive processes, running on 16,000 computers. After studying around 10 million images, it was capable of identifying cats. Deep learning is a crucial part of AI development, statistical analysis and data processing. We saw how deep learning is majorly used in pattern recognition and classification applications powered by extensive data sets. From creating costumes to terrifying people to building a brain, deep learning and neural networks are ushering in far-reaching changes in the world in the near future. Shane's neural network and Shelly are just two examples of how neural networks can make Halloween more fun in an entirely new, futuristic way. Now that you know what to wear and how to scare, have a happy and spooky Halloween! ask@thinkowl.com Helpdesk Workflow Automation Power of AI © ThinkOwl	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1398140
__label__wiki	0.953967	0.953967	PREVIEW: Falmouth visit Godolphin and Porthleven host Wendron in derby SWPL Premier: Falmouth visit Godolphin, Porthleven host Wendron, Helston host Penzance By Matt Friday MattFri94 Sports reporter/content manager Wendron United make the trip to Porthleven tomorrow evening Falmouth Town make the trip to Godolphin Atlantic tomorrow night with the hope of picking up their second victory inside four days. Town picked up their first win of the season in style on Saturday, with Matt Buchan scoring a hat-trick as Town thrashed Launceston 7-1 at Pennygillam. Manager Andrew Westgarth said: "I was delighted to get the win on Saturday, but a ten-minute spell completely changed the game. Bucks [Buchan] scoring just before half-time and then two quickfire goals after half-time, coinciding with a man getting sent off, it just completely changed the game. "For large spells they looked good value, but they just completely downed tools at 4-1." Westgarth will be hoping for more of the same when they visit Godolphin Way tonight (kick-off 7.30pm). Atlantic are level on points with Town, albeit having played a game more, but have suffered two home defeats on the bounce and lost 5-0 in the corresponding fixture with Town last season. Town will be without David Broglino and Ben Oliver, who both picked up injuries against Launceston, while David Blizzard is still away. Harry McMellon could continue to deputise in goal, with Steve Parker-Billinge still injured and Ryan Barnes away until next week. Luke Barner, Sam Pickup and Jack Bowyer are all set to return. "It's not the best of places to play football because it's very tight, with a slope and they're a difficult team to play against," Westgarth said. "It'll be a massive test for us because Broggy's [David Broglino] out, Ben's [Oliver] going to be out, I'm not sure who is going to be in goal. It's going to be a bit of a test but hopefully the boys are confident after a 7-1 win and Bucks should be flying." Tonight's game was originally due to be played at Bickland Park, but was switched due to floodlight issues at the ground, with new lights to be installed imminently. 'Dron take on Port in derby Wendron United manager Jack Greenwood will be hoping for a reaction from his side tomorrow night, when they make the short trip to Porthleven (kick-off 7.30pm). Greenwood blasted his "very, very poor" side after they lost 4-1 at home to St Blazey on Saturday, and warned that a similar performance would cause them trouble in tomorrow night's derby at Gala Parc. "They are thick and fast but that's the league we're in," he said. "If we put in a performance like that [vs St Blazey] then we'll come very much unstuck against Porthleven, so we need to sort our attitude out pretty quickly." Porthleven scored late goals in both of the league games between the two sides last season, rescuing a 2-2 at the Underlane on Boxing Day and a 1-0 win at Gala Parc on Good Friday. Blues after revenge Helston Athletic manager Steve Massey is hoping for a much improved performance at home to Penzance tomorrow night than the last time his side faced the Magpies. Two goals in the last five minutes saw Penzance overturn a 2-1 deficit when the teams met at Penlee Park in the Dave Gardner Memorial Tournament on August 4. "We went down there and strolled up, literally strolled up, and it wasn't good enough," Massey said. "I'm not singling individuals because we were all to blame, including myself. "It's nice as well that it's very, very raw and still in the memory, just a few weeks ago that it happened and we want to be putting that right." Helston come into the game off the back of two consecutive home wins over Wendron United and Dobwalls, while Penzance are coming into tomorrow night's game on a high, with their win at Godolphin on Saturday their first at Step 6 for more than seven years. Depleted Cherry & Whites suffer defeat to bottom side Emily suffers defeat in Australian Amateur match play competition Colin's late try seals Eagles' first away win in a year Borough surrender half-time lead to lose third game in four FANS GALLERY: 14 photos of Falmouth Town's biggest home crowd of the season FINAL WORD: Falmouth Town 4-2 Torridgeside In-form Reds put five tries past Crusaders to notch seventh straight win "We can't quite put a run together" - Wendron boss bemoans Newquay defeat What happened in local football this weekend?	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1398141
__label__wiki	0.726636	0.726636	Footballer from Stevenage gets Biggleswade Town backing for dementia cause Dan Mountney Jack Bradshaw (right) with brother Tom and cousin Carli. Picture: Dementia Revolution A non-league footballer from Stevenage who has seen first-hand the impact of dementia on his family will receive a boost to his London Marathon fundraising efforts this Saturday - after his club stepped in to help. Jack Bradshaw playing for Biggleswade Town. Picture: Karyn Haddon Jack Bradshaw, who plays as a right-back for Biggleswade Town, is taking on the 26.2-mile race alongside, brother Tom, Tom’s wife Jaymie, his cousin Carli and her partner Alex Robertson-Cox for Dementia Revolution, a year-long joint campaign from Alzheimer’s Society and Alzheimer’s Research UK. The father-of-two has seen his family affected by a rare inherited form of early-onset Alzheimer’s – caused by a faulty gene – with his grandmother dying aged 65 and his mother now living in a care home after being diagnosed six years ago at just 48. Biggleswade have made this Saturday’s home match at Langford Road against Royston Town – Jack’s former club – a fundraising day for the cause, which will include collection buckets and a raffle to raise money. The Waders will also wear Dementia Revolution T-shirts in the warm-up to raise awareness. “I’m so pleased Biggleswade Town are supporting our London Marathon fundraising,” said the defender. “It’s the perfect game for this as I played for Royston for a long time and had a lot of success there.” Jack, who is also at risk from the disease with a 50 per cent of inheriting the gene, spoke about is mum’s condition, saying: “It’s been shocking how rapid her decline has been. “It’s like one minute you’re going around your mum’s house for a nice cup of tea and a chat, and then you blink and she’s in a nursing home. “When you visit her you have to accept that the visit is not going to go how you want it to go. “A lot of the time you are asking her questions and then having to answer them yourself. “But now and again she can be like her old self, with little jokes or just her mannerisms that let you know your old mum is still there.” His manager Lee Allinson is full of support for his player, saying: “Jack is a fantastic lad and an important part of our team. “What his family have gone through is terrible. Their positivity and the amazing things they are doing to help raise money and awareness is something to be admired, so we fully support Jack and his family and anything we can do to help we will.” To sponsor Jack and his family visit uk.virginmoneygiving.com/RunToRemember. Lee Allinson	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1398144
__label__cc	0.730653	0.269347	The Farthest Reaches Official Site of JASON MCINTYRE // author of THALO BLUE and ON THE GATHERING STORM BLED // Launch Tour Continues with 50 FREE copies! September 18th, 2011 was the official launch date of my new novella BLED. You can learn more about it. So, right now, the first 50 copies of BLED sold at AMAZON will get a copy of SHED, the second book in the series sent to the buyer by email for FREE. Just send your Kindle receipt directly to me jason (@) thefarthestreaches.com and I'll send you SHED in the format of your choice. Also, to celebrate the launch and get the word out about this exciting story in the Dovetail Cove series, I'm appearing on a number of websites and blogs. They are: September 14: Escape by Fiction September 16: Samantha Combs Writes September 16: Page Flipperz September 17: Earth's Book Nook September 18: The Unlocked Diary September 18: L.M. Stull September 19: Krystal Wade September 19: Reading, Writing and the World of Words September 19: Ryne Douglas Pearson September 20: Lisa's World of Books September 20: Larry Enright September 21: Books, Personally September 21: The Purple Jelly Bean Chair September 21: Thea Atkinson September 21: Maria Savva at Goodreads September 22: Quiet Fury Books - Darcia Helle September 23: Novel Niche September 23: Ryan Dalton September 27: Eden Baylee Please check back as more dates on the tour are added and each of these are linked to the posts at each wonderful tour partner. Many thanks to all of the above friends for hosting the BLED launch tour! Posted by Jason McIntyre 6 comments J. Alexander Greenwood // What Happens Next? Alex Greenwood's approach to the marketing of his fiction is similar to my own. He's spent the last year or so building up recognition of his first title, 'Pilate's Cross' with appearances on book blogs, author sites, social media and traditional media. He's had a successful run at creating a unique mix of virtual bookshelf space for his work and also traditional space by doing media events and book signings. Now he's working on a sequel for the story and wants to share a bit about how that's going with his readers. When I learned of this, I wanted to allow him a bit of space to talk about it. Sounds like it's going well, Alex. Take it away! John Pilate lives. After my first book, the mystery/thriller Pilate's Cross hit ebook shelves everywhere via Smashwords, then Amazon--and the paperback became a book club staple in my hometown--I was given a mandate by readers: tell us what happens next to John Pilate. Indeed. What happens to a beloved character when the book is finished? I had no plans to revive Pilate and his world; I was determined to focus on short stories. Then came the most flattering words I ever heard as a writer: "I felt like the characters in your book were my friends, and I dreaded the last page and letting them go." In the beginning I felt the same way--there wouldn't even be a Pilate's Cross, let alone the upcoming Pilate's Key--without my love for the characters. After rejection by more than one hundred agents and publishers, I nearly let John Pilate and his friends slip from my grasp. They would live in their own world on my computer hard drive like Moriarty on the holodeck of the Enterprise-D (Star Trek fans, that one's for you). Instead, I took a small chance on issuing an ebook. To my delight it drew a small but very loyal fan base. As I put the finishing touches on the second John Pilate story, I'd like to say on behalf of John Pilate, his friends, enemies and acquaintances--a sincere thank you to readers. I suspect my fervent hope is the same for all writers: we'll keep writing our best stuff and you'll keep reading. Award-winning writer J. Alexander Greenwood's new book Pilate's Key will be released in the Kindle Store and Smashwords in November. His first book, Pilate's Cross is available on Amazon, Smashwords and wherever ebooks are sold. To save 15% on the paperback version of Pilate's Cross, visit http://tinyurl.com/26ew94o and enter coupon code OKTOBERFEST305 at checkout by Sept. 23, 2011. Larry Enright Presents: A King in a Court of Fools One Dead Tree Paperback or Alive in EBook! For Having Way too Much Fun Behind The Words // L.M. Stull Watching L.M. Stull's Twitter avatar these days is like the downtown Christmas light display. It's brilliant and beautiful. But in a second or two, it'll change. And I know she'll be amused by this comment. Laughing yet, Lisa? L.M. Stull (Lisa) is one of those rare writers who is not solely focused on writing but also on how it gets to readers. As such, she's an active member of several groups and does mounds of work establishing her online presence. I've had soooo many wonderful Twitter chats, email exchanges and coincidental run-ins with Lisa on the web that it's hard to believe she doesn't live down the street or work in my building. I would bet most of her contacts out here in the Reaches would agree and say the exact same thing: Lisa's not just a writer we know. She's our neighbour in this writerly world... Posted by Jason McIntyre 29 comments Find Your Way... NOVELS and COLLECTIONS THE NIGHT WALK MEN Posting Archive BLED // Launch Tour Continues with 50 FREE copies!... Larry Enright Presents: A King in a Court of Fools... It's January 1976... The devil's out to get you... The #1 Kindle Suspense Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. © Jason McIntyre. Picture Window theme. Powered by Blogger.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1398147
__label__wiki	0.866581	0.866581	Tag archive for ‘2018 Election’ By Bobby Kachelries On Tuesday, November 6th, 2018 Kellyanne Conway Fights Back Against Gross Generalization of Conservative Women During an appearance on Fox & Friends Sunday, White House counselor Kellyanne Conway spoke about the midterm elections and labeled Hillary Clinton the “Queen of abortion.” During the segment, More... By The Dispatch On Tuesday, November 6th, 2018 Atheists attack Alabama Amendment 1, allowing Ten Commandments on public property, mocking God and Christianity (FFRF press release) The god of the Bible is on the Nov. 6 ballot in Alabama. A proposed constitutional amendment would allow the government to display his so-called divine law — the Ten Commandments — on every More... By Bobby Kachelries On Monday, November 5th, 2018 Krysten Sinema Shows No Remorse Over Previous Comments About Taliban On Sunday, Arizona senate candidate, Democratic Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema was was asked twice whether she regretted her controversial comments from 2003 when she told a radio host she didn’t care if Americans More... Stacey Abrams Struggles to Respond to Jake Tapper about Gun Confiscation CNN’s Jake Tapper took on far-left Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams on Sunday over her support for confiscating guns from law-abiding Americans and for her support for banning semi-automatic More... By Brandon Jones On Sunday, November 4th, 2018 SNL’s Pete Davidson mocks Afghan vet Dan Crenshaw loss of an eye, he’s ‘not a hitman in a porno’ Saturday Night Live‘s Pete Davidson mocked Texas Republican Congressional candidate Dan Crenshaw, who lost an eye in an IED blast while serving in Afghanistan, during the show’s “Weekend Update” More... By Brandon Jones On Saturday, November 3rd, 2018 Florida State student Shelby Shoup arrested afte throwing milk on GOP volunteers: Hunter Meadow, Kathryn Judge According to WBTV, the Florida State University Police Department issued a warrant for Shelby Shoup on Thursday; the freshman turned herself over to the police department later in the day. Shoup “was placed More... By Bobby Kachelries On Wednesday, October 31st, 2018 Minnesota Democrat Ilhan Omar defends her anti-semitic ‘evil doings of Israel’ tweet A Minnesota Democrat is under attack for her anti-semitic tweet from a couple of years ago. On November 16, 2012, Somali-born Minnesota state Rep. Ilhan Omar (D), who’s currently running for the state’s 5th More... Protester yells ‘Marsha Blackburn is a white supremacist’ during moment of silence for Pittsburgh shooting victims Leftist protesters at a rally for Tennessee GOP senatorial candidate Rep. Marsha Blackburn had to be removed from the event because of their disruption; one leftist woman even interrupted a moment of silence for More... By Brandon Jones On Tuesday, October 30th, 2018 Senator Bill Nelson likens political climate, tribalism to Rwandan genocide in race baiting message with Kamala Harris While the press was quick to compare President Trump to Hitler after winning in 2016, but now Florida senate candidate Bill Nelson says the heated divide between the right and the left is much like the tenor of More... By The Dispatch On Tuesday, October 30th, 2018 Wisconsin US Attorneys Announce Election Day Program United States Attorneys Scott C. Blader of the Western District of Wisconsin and Matthew D. Krueger of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced today that they have appointed Assistant United States Attorneys More... By Bobby Kachelries On Tuesday, October 30th, 2018 Missouri Senate Race: Josh Hawley’s lead over Claire McCaskill continues to rise in polls A new poll shows the Missouri Senate race going the way of Republicans with Missouri state attorney general Josh Hawley widening his lead in his battle against Missouri Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill for her More... By The Dispatch On Monday, October 29th, 2018 Florida Elections 2018: No surprise, Organize Florida endorses Democrats over Republicans Organize Florida and its members have released a slate of endorsements for the November elections who will champion the working class and fight for fair and equitable communities that include access to affordable More... By The Dispatch On Sunday, October 28th, 2018 Chuck Lorre on ‘Big Bang Theory’ vanity card: Trump ‘fascist, hate-filled, fear-mongering, demagogic’ Chuck Lorre has gone all in ahead of the midterms, using a “prayer” on the latest vanity card for The Big Bang Theory, asking the Lord to “inspire voters” against Trump, to rebuke the “fascist” More... By Brandon Jones On Friday, October 26th, 2018 Florida man, Cesar Sayoc identified and arrested for pipe bombs sent to politicians, celebrities, media The suspect arrested in connection with the pipe bombs and suspicious packages sent to prominent critics of President Trump has been identified as Cesar Sayoc, Jr. Cesar Sayoc Sayoc, 56, owns a white van covered More... By Brandon Jones On Thursday, October 25th, 2018 Election 2018: Oregon’s Measure 106 would stop tax payer funding of abortions Oregon is one of the states with a key abortion measure on the November ballot: Measure 106. The measure to ban state funding for abortions would give Oregon residents a voice on what their tax dollars are used More... By The Dispatch On Thursday, October 25th, 2018 Elections 2018: Pro-lifers focusing on abortion measures in Oregon, Alabama, West Virginia In less than two weeks, Oregon, Alabama and West Virginia voters will face separate ballot initiatives aimed at restricting abortion access in those states. These initiatives fit into a larger fight over abortion More... Beto O’Rourke has spent over $5.4 million on Facebook ads, trails Ted Cruz in all of the October polls From May 1 through Oct. 20, a total of $256,392,363 was spent on Facebook ads for political campaigns or issues of national importance, covering 1,677,184 ads, according to the social network’s new Ad Archive More... By Brandon Jones On Tuesday, October 23rd, 2018 Why I voted to retain Susan Rothstein-Youakim to the Court of Appeals It’s hard to analyze the Judges up for retention on any ballot and the lazy/non-existent press in the Tampa Bay area offers no help. In fact, the Tampa Bay Times offers a four paragraph recommendation to retain More... By Butter Bracco On Thursday, October 18th, 2018 Undercover videos reveal Claire McCaskill’s leftist stance on gun control, Planned Parenthood The Missouri Senate race is making headlines after a Project Veritas sponsored hidden camera inside Democrat Claire McCaskill’s campaign headquarters caught the “moderate” Senator’s staffer More... Facebook under attack after massive purge of political pages, users Facebook announced it had removed more than 800 political pages and accounts for “coordinated inauthentic behavior” and spamming. 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__label__wiki	0.749654	0.749654	High levels of global debt could create a ‘perfect storm’ of financial risk in economic slump: BoC David ParkinsonEconomics Reporter Published November 19, 2019 Updated November 19, 2019 Bank of Canada Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Wilkins, added that the Canadian economy remains relatively healthy. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press Bloated global debts could feed a “perfect storm” of financial risk in the event of a trade-war-induced global economic slump, making the downturn “deeper than usual and fraught with financial stresses,” Bank of Canada Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Wilkins said. In a speech in Montreal on Tuesday, Ms. Wilkins said that the central bank still doesn’t think that a global recession is likely. But she warned that in such a downturn – perhaps triggered by a deepening of the U.S.-China trade dispute – the impact could be made much worse by the heightened levels of worldwide debt. “The global context has worsened, increasing risks to the global expansion and the chances of financial stress that could spill over into Canada,” Ms. Wilkins said. The speech served as the central bank’s six-month update on Canada’s financial-system stability. Ms. Wilkins also used the speech to unveil a new research plan focusing on the role of climate-change issues in interest-rate policy and financial stability. While Ms. Wilkins warned of rising global risks, she said that the Canadian economy remains relatively healthy, and regulatory improvements have made the financial sector more resilient to shocks than it was a decade ago. “Should a storm arrive, the Canadian economy and financial system are in a good position to weather it,” she said. A new Bank of Canada survey of senior financial risk-management professionals, conducted in September and October and published this week, showed rising concern over the risks of a significant financial-system disruption over the next one to three years. However, most respondents remain confident in the resilience of Canada’s financial sector to withstand the impact. Still, Ms. Wilkins said that total global government, corporate and household debts are now more than triple the world’s annual gross domestic product – higher than they were before the financial crisis and Great Recession of 2008-09. “This leaves many households, businesses and governments exposed should their financial situations deteriorate,” she said. She added that widely held financial products tied to increasingly risky corporate debt – such as collateralized loan obligations and exchange-traded funds – have further spread the exposure to debt risk among investors. “The dynamics in an unwind of any of these more complex instruments could look a lot like a case of déjà vu,” Ms. Wilkins said, referring to similarities with mortgage-backed investment products that fuelled the last financial crisis. She said that while Canadian household debt remains high, the debt-to-disposable-income ratio – a key measure of debt load – has stabilized, and new regulatory restrictions such as the mortgage stress test have substantially slowed mortgage borrowing by the highest-risk borrowers. However, recent declines in mortgage rates have rekindled mortgage growth and house prices. Concern about adding more fuel to household debts was a key reason behind the Bank of Canada’s decision at the end of October to keep its key interest rate steady at 1.75 per cent, despite the rising global economic risks that have prompted many other central banks to cut rates. “Lowering interest rates could provide some insurance against downside risks to inflation. However, this insurance would come at a cost, in terms of higher household vulnerabilities down the road,” Ms. Wilkins said. “We said at our most recent interest-rate decision that taking out insurance wasn’t worth the cost at that time.” “We also said that in considering the appropriate path for policy, we’d watch how the trade situation and household vulnerabilities evolve, as well as fiscal policy developments.” On climate change, Ms. Wilkins said the central bank has begun a “multiyear” research project “to understand how climate risks are shaping the macroeconomy and financial system.” In the next few weeks, the bank plans to publish preliminary findings from new mathematical models it is developing, to test how various scenarios of climate change and carbon policies might play out in the economy and the financial system. “To do our job, we need to understand the economic impact of more frequent and severe weather events,” Ms. Wilkins said. “At the same time, we’re also thinking through how different sectors of the economy and the jobs that go with them could change as we reduce our carbon footprint.” She said the bank needs to better understand the implications of climate change and climate policy on financial system stability. She said, for example, that annual insurance claims for property and infrastructure damage over the past decade were up nearly tenfold from the 1980s. She added that the transition to a low-carbon economy will also mean a “repricing of carbon-intensive assets” by investors – which may not be a smooth process. “This is the start of a long journey,” Ms. Wilkins said. Carolyn Wilkins Why the global economy can’t handle higher interest rates Subscriber content Growing debt loads weighing on growth, opening up vulnerabilities, Bank of Canada deputy warns Rising rates, high debt could lead to financial crisis in Canada, report warns Subscriber content Follow David Parkinson on Twitter @ParkinsonGlobe	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1398150
__label__wiki	0.787444	0.787444	Business Briefing What separates leaders Ottawa and Montreal from laggard Vancouver? (About 100 spots in a global ranking of housing markets) Michael Babad Published October 23, 2019 Updated October 23, 2019 Briefing highlights What housing market rankings show Stocks, Canadian dollar, oil at a glance Rogers reports flat profit, trims outlook Caterpillar posts lower profit, cuts outlook Boeing profit slumps What analysts are saying today New rankings A new ranking of global housing markets shows just how much the fortunes of cites like Ottawa, Montreal and Vancouver have changed. As in, the hot markets of Ottawa and Montreal now stand about 100 spots ahead of Vancouver, which once sat near the top of such rankings. These recent findings from global real estate consulting group Knight Frank show some improvement in affordability in Vancouver, though the city is still out of reach for many buyers. They also show how home owners in some other cities, including Ottawa and Montreal, are getting richer. The ranking is determined by what percentage each market’s housing prices have risen – or declined – over the past 12 months. The Knight Frank study for the second quarter put Ottawa-Gatineau as the top Canadian region, and No. 37 in its global ranking, with a rise in prices of 6.3 per cent from a year earlier. Montreal ranked No. 45 of the 150 cities measured, with price growth of 5.4 per cent. Up next were Hamilton, at No. 48 and 4.8 per cent, Toronto, at No. 83 and 2.8 per cent, Halifax, at No. 87 and 2.7 per cent, and Quebec City, at No. 102 and 1.5 per cent. Then came the losers, including Winnipeg at No. 123 with a drop in prices of 0.4 per cent, Edmonton, at No. 134 with a price loss of 2.6 per cent, Calgary, at No. 137 and a decline in prices of 3.8 per cent, and the laggard Vancouver, at No. 142 and a 4.9-per-cent price drop. “Market fundamentals vary from city to city, whether due to demand (local economic performance, demographic demand, etc.) or due to supply (the shrinking or expanding of new supply and inventories),” Knight Frank partner Kate Everett-Allen said of the Canadian markets. “These factors, together with the introduction of property market regulations in a number of Canada’s tier one cities, explain the mixed performance in the year to June, 2019,” she added. “Canada is not unique, however, several Western economies are seeing a divergence in their cities’ performance.” Canadian cities are in the midst of a rebound from B.C. and Ontario measures meant to cool the Vancouver and Toronto markets, and federal mortgage-qualification stress tests that came into effect at the beginning of 2018. The top five regions in the Knight Frank ranking included China’s Xi’an at No. 1 and Wuhan at No. 5, with price gains of between 14.6 and 25.1 per cent. Sandwiched between them were Budapest, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad, with increases between 15.3 and 24.2 per cent. Near the bottom with Vancouver were two Australian cities, Melbourne and Sydney, in the No. 148 and 150 spots, respectively, each with losses of more than 9 per cent. The mixed performance of Canadian cities in the global ranking comes as the new Liberal minority government and New Democratic Party may push housing affordability measures, Bank of Montreal economists said. “Whether the policies tilt more toward boosting demand over supply will determine how successful they are in actually achieving this goal,” BMO chief economist Douglas Porter and senior economist Robert Kavcic said in a post-election report. “The NDP proposal to ‘create’ a half million affordable units over a decade (50,000 per year) would boost annual housing starts by about one quarter, so it’s a material pledge,” they added. “But the question is: How can that be accomplished, and would it involve subsidizing builders or buyers? If the latter, the boost to demand could neutralize the restraining effect on prices of new supply.” Mr. Porter and Mr. Kavcic ran through several Liberal and NDP pledges, including a promise by the former to raise the threshold on the first-time buyer incentive in the costly centres of Vancouver, Victoria and Toronto, while taxing vacant homes owned by foreigners. Besides those 500,000 homes, the NDP wants a raft of changes, including a 30-year amortization for first-time buyers and a hefty tax on foreigners buying local real estate. “All told, there is enough overlap here to roll out further meaningful measures on the housing front,” Mr. Porter and Mr. Kavcic said. Toronto-Dominion Bank senior economist Brian DePratto has a different scenario. “Housing affordability remains a major concern for Canadians in the Toronto and Vancouver markets (among others),” Mr. DePratto said. “However, the measures in the Liberal platform are only likely to add further fuel to prices at a time when the market has already been gaining strength,” he added. “The federal government is by and large limited to demand-related measures. Some parts of the Liberal platform, such as a 1-per-cent annual foreign buyer vacancy/speculation tax (echoing B.C.’s measures on this front), may help to moderate demand, but others appear set to stoke it.” Where sellers or buyers rule: The state of 31 Canadian housing markets Carolyn Ireland: In a fickle Toronto housing market, buyers are tossing out lowballs Rita Trichur: Frothy housing markets are creating a powder keg for new Liberal minority to defuse Matt Lundy: From housing reform to carbon pricing: How a Liberal minority could affect business and consumers Rachelle Younglai: Rebound continues as home sales jump across Canada amid affordability concerns Carolyn Ireland: A scramble for Toronto properties Yes, you may be able to afford a new home in Toronto. No, you can’t have a backyard Pace of mortgage credit speeds up amid ‘fear of a return to bubble-like conditions’ Follow our Inside the Market Rogers posts flat profit Rogers Communications Inc. posted a relatively flat third-quarter profit, boasting of 1 million wireless subscribers to its “Rogers Infinite” data plans. Rogers reported quarterly profit of $593-million, or $1.14 a share, diluted, compared to $694-million or $1.15 a year earlier. On an adjusted basis, earnings per share dipped to $1.19 from $1.21. "Last quarter, we led the market by introducing unlimited data and I am pleased to share that 1 million customers have already signed up for these very popular plans with no overage fees," chief executive officer Joe Natale said in releasing the results. "Customer adoption is three times higher than originally expected.” Rogers also lowered its revenue outlook, now projecting a decrease of 1 per cent to an increase of 1 per cent. It also trimmed its forecast for adjusted EBITDA to an increase of 3 to 5 per cent. “The downward adjustment primarily reflects faster-than-expected adoption of our new Rogers Infinite unlimited data plans and the related reduction in overage revenue, lower wireless equipment revenue resulting from the highly competitive environment, and certain efficiencies recognized this year on capital expenditures,” the company said. Rogers profit falls on slower subscription growth “Caterpillar delivered sour results that saw a big miss with earnings with their outlook getting slashed due to global economic uncertainty. This was the first drop in quarterly earnings for Caterpillar in almost three years. Mining equipment sales were down 12 per cent and sales in the Asia Pacific regions saw significant declines due to softening demand from China. The trade war has weighed on Caterpillar and the cautious commentary mirrors Texas Instruments warning from yesterday.” — Edward Moya, senior market analyst, Oanda “It was one step forward and one step backwards for the Brexit process as yesterday MPs backed Prime Minister Johnson’s deal, but then rejected the move to approve the plans within three days. It seems as if an extension is likely, which is why sentiment in the markets this morning is subdued. The slight pullback in sterling is assisting the FTSE 100, as internationally focused firms tend to benefit from a weaker pound.” David Madden, analyst, CMC Markets “Looking at earnings season thus far, we have seen a rather predictable trend of outperformance driven by low expectations rather than improved earnings. The pattern of stocks with lower earnings that beat market estimates is likely to continue as we move through earnings season.” Joshua Mahony, senior market analyst, IG “Microsoft will likely restate the strong demand for its cloud portfolio amid SAP’s announcement of a three-year cloud competing deal aiming to facilitate its customers’ move to the Microsoft’s cloud. Meanwhile, a one-off tax payment should temper the rise in [earnings per share when it reports results today]. Ipek Ozkardeskaya, senior market analyst, London Capital Group Caterpillar posts lower profit, trims outlook From Reuters: Caterpillar Inc. reported a 13.5-per-cent fall in quarterly profit, hit by weak demand in its construction and resources units, and cut its 2019 profit forecast. Profit attributable to common stockholders fell to US$1.49-billion, or US$2.66 a share, in the third-quarter ended Sept. 30, from US$1.73-billion, or US$2.88, a year earlier. Total sales and revenue fell 5.6 per cent to US$12.76-billion. The world’s biggest construction and mining equipment maker cut its 2019 earnings expectation to US$10.90 to US$11.40 per share, compared with its previous estimate of US$12.06 to US$13.06. From Reuters: Boeing Co. reported a 53-per-cent drop in quarterly profit on Wednesday as the world’s largest plane maker was hurt by the grounding of its best-selling 737 Max jets. Core operating earnings fell to US$895-million or US$1.45 a share, from US$1.89-billion or US$3.58 a year earlier. Google sees quantum breakthrough From The Associated Press: Google said it has achieved a breakthrough in quantum computing research, saying an experimental quantum processor has completed a calculation in just a few minutes that would take a traditional supercomputer thousands of years. The findings, published in the scientific journal Nature, show that “quantum speedup is achievable in a real-world system and is not precluded by any hidden physical laws,” the researchers wrote. Why Aramco IPO was delayed From Reuters: Oil giant Saudi Aramco’s much-vaunted stock market listing was delayed after deal advisers said they need more time to lock in cornerstone investors, three sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters. Heineken updates profit outlook From Reuters: Heineken, the world’s second-largest brewer, forecast operating profit this year would be at the lower end of its previous guidance after an unexpected dip in third-quarter sales in the Americas partly offset strong growth in Asia. The Dutch maker of Heineken, Europe’s top-selling lager, as well as Tiger, Sol and Strongbow cider, said operating profit before one-offs would rise by about 4 per cent on a like-for-like basis in 2019. Oil patch anxiety The election of a Liberal minority under Justin Trudeau has deepened longstanding anxieties within Alberta’s oil patch, amid fears that a weakened government will need to lean heavily on parties that are hostile to the energy industry. Justin Giovannetti, Kelly Cryderman and Emma Graney report. Foreign investors bail Foreign investors are bailing on Canada at a pace typically reserved for times of global economic distress, Tim Shufelt writes. Inflows into Canadian stocks from international investors have declined by about 75 per cent over the past year, as the appetite for resource investments has waned amid heightened economic anxieties. Could it happen again? A major cause of the last two downturns in housing prices was an oversupply of properties for sale. Could it happen again? Rob Carrick examines the issue. Follow Michael Babad on Twitter @michaelbabad	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1398151
__label__wiki	0.942964	0.942964	Lib Dems to resist Tory plans to cut green taxes Danny Alexander signals hardening of party's position on renewable energy and says there will be no compromise Rajeev Syal Sun 27 Oct 2013 07.26 EDT First published on Sun 27 Oct 2013 07.26 EDT Danny Alexander's comments indicate a hardening of the coalition partners' stances over how to cut Britain’s energy bills. Photograph: Rex Liberal Democrat ministers will resist Conservative plans to cut green taxes that add to the public's energy bills, Danny Alexander has said . The chief secretary to the Treasury told BBC1's Andrew Marr Show that the taxes, which amount to about 4% of the average bill, are vital to Britain's long-term commitments to funding renewable energy and are a fixed Lib Dem policy. His stance has signalled a hardening of the positions between the two coalition parties over how to cut Britain's energy bills. It follows a poll that showed public support for David Cameron's plan to "roll back" green levies on customer bills. It comes as other senior Lib Dem figures have called for George Osborne to make further interventions to help needy households with energy payments. Simon Hughes called for low-income households to be offered an immediate rebate on energy bills in the chancellor's autumn statement. Alexander said: "We are looking at every aspect of what contributes to people's energy bills to make sure that in all of these cases people are not paying a penny more than they need to. "Our commitments to green energy and our commitments to renewable energy are vitally important and they are not something that Liberal Democrats will compromise on." Asked if the 4% of energy bills that are estimated to come from green energy bills will remain, while the other 4-5% for social purposes may be moved to general taxation, he said: "We are looking at all options, we haven't made any decisions on either of those things at the moment." Alexander added that he has been angered by accusations that energy companies may have exploited tax loopholes following a report in the Independent on Sunday that claims that Scotia Gas, half of which is owned by SSE, had avoided up to £72.5m through the loophole. "I'm livid about that. It is not something that is acceptable at any time, but particularly when people are going through tough spending choices." There would be new commitments to addressing aggressive tax avoidance in the autumn statement, he added. There were further negative headlines for the big six energy companies after a whistleblower told the Observer British Gas has made £20m in just one year recently from credit owed to customer accounts. A Survation report for the Mail on Sunday showed 60% opposed the taxes, with 18% in favour; and 44% backed the prime minister's approach to the energy market, compared with 33% supporting Ed Miliband. It also found that more people blamed the energy companies (59%) than either the government (15%) or the previous Labour administration (15%) for the spiralling cost of gas and electricity. Cameron last week came under fire on Tuesday over Sir John Major's call for a windfall tax on the excess profits of Britain's big six energy companies. He stunned the Lib Dems the following day by announcing he was going to roll back the environmental levies, giving Nick Clegg 30 minutes notice before prime minister's questions. The review, which will be carried out by the Office of Fair Trading and the new Competition and Markets Authority, is to be announced this week in the annual energy statement. The chancellor is to unveil any changes to levies in his autumn statement. Clegg's aides responded by noting that schemes to help the fuel-poor, such as the Warm Home Discount scheme, worth £135m to 2 million poorer customers, would be more progressive if funded by general taxation rather than a flat levy on consumers. Miliband was the first party leader to put the issue of gas prices firmly on the political agenda in September by announcing that Labour would implement a price freeze if elected. Labour has said it would be willing to consider some green levies being switched to general taxation, but said the priority was the behaviour of the energy companies. Hughes said that, after using previous autumn statements to announce freezes on fuel duty for motorists, Osborne should now take action for energy consumers. "I would like people to have a rebate on energy bills that would help the poorest most and would mean that there would be immediate relief this year, not waiting for the post-election period," he told the BBC's Sunday Politics. The big six energy companies are due to appear before the House of Commons Energy and Climate Change Committee on Tuesday to answer questions about prices. But they have come under fire after it emerged that only one of them – E.On – is expected to send its chief executive to face MPs. EDF increases energy prices by 3.9% Price rise less than half that of British Gas and Scottish Power but customers' bills will go up by £49 a year to £1,300 Energy firms raised prices despite drop in wholesale costs Bosses face MPs as figures show profit per household went up substantially during times when electricity actually got cheaper Business blog: Energy bosses defend price hikes - as it happened The big six energy companies are due to face MPs over rising prices Ed Miliband blames rising bills on energy firms overcharging customers Labour leader rejects Competition Commission investigation and says nothing less than a price freeze will do Energy companies' heartwarming (but not housewarming) performance Some British people can't afford to heat their food. Aren't we ashamed? Ofgem puts energy suppliers' price claims under fire	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1398152
__label__cc	0.695255	0.304745	Tucker Carlson uses facts to brutally shut down gun control advocate who favors gun confiscation Posted June 24, 2017 11:57 am by R.P. Mcmurphy Comments By Chris Enloe Fox News host Tucker Carlson took on a gun control advocate on his show Friday over Seattle’s recent gun tax and its apparent failure to quell gun violence, and instead, backfire completely. In 2015, Seattle implemented a “gun violence tax,” which aimed to reduce the amount of gun violence in its city limits. The tax imposed a $25 tax for every firearm purchased and a $.05 tax for every round of ammunition bought within the city limits. The tax has hurt small business owners in the city that own gun stores and has even forced many of them to lay off workers, move to the suburbs or completely shutdown altogether. But new reports indicate the law hasn’t worked the way it was intended to. In fact, violence has increased in Seattle and murders have doubled this year. Carlson said it proves the law has backfired. Gun control advocate Mark Glaze disagreed. Glaze said the purpose of the law was to help fund studies of gun control and not to end gun violence like Carlson allegedly claimed. However, Carlson said that isn’t what he claims. “I’m merely noting the obvious, which is the gun tax didn’t make the city any safer,” Carlson said. …Read the Rest Source:: The Blaze	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1398153
__label__wiki	0.767915	0.767915	The best donuts in Toronto By Sam Riches Published On 10/08/2013 Sam Riches The donut is kind of, sort of the official symbol of Canada (get in line, maple leaf!). We love the hell out of these tiny little pastries. So much, in fact, we have more donut shops per capita than anywhere else in the world. So when tasked with the mission to find the five best donut purveyors in Toronto, all we could do, to serve you, the loyal reader, is buy bigger pants and mentally prepare for this delicious, delicious assignment. Send Foodz: New York City Wine & Food Festival Glory Hole Doughnuts Queen St West What you’re getting: This is, without question, one of the best bakeries in Toronto. Owner and baker Ashley Jacot De Boinod, the woman behind it all, makes every customer feel welcomed and, as you could probably tell from the name, has an awesome sense of humor (the store’s slogan? "What creams are made of".) On top of that, she makes some really, really great donuts. A crowd favorite is the decadent Boston Cream, and the savory, sweet and delicious PB & J but really, everything there is fantastic. Little Nicky’s What you’re getting: Since robots are eventually going to take over the world, it makes you feel all the better knowing that there’s one already out there that’s really, really good at making donuts. At Little Nicky’s on Queen Street W, that’s exactly what you’ll find. As heartwarming as WALL-E, and worryingly likely to make you look like one of the human characters in that movie, this little guy cooks up some awe-inspiring eats -- it’s a traditional take on the classic mini-donut, fried and crispy on the outside, warm and pillowy on the inside, and tossed in your choice of sugar; cinnamon, icing sugar, raspberry, or a rotating selection of seasonal flavors. Jelly Modern Doughnuts What you’re getting: Building on the success of their Calgary shop, Jelly Modern Donuts moved into Toronto this summer and have quickly built up a new city of fans who love their alternative takes on diabetes-inducing goodness. The menu changes daily, but the fixtures include maple bacon, s’mores, peanut butter cup, and salted caramel, all of which you need to get. Everything is made fresh on-site and it tastes like it; light, fluffy and not so sweet that they are overpowering. The flavors are unique, but the taste is a perfect balance. Delux Restaurant Ossington Strip What you're getting: Tucked away on Ossington St, Delux Restaurant is a cozy little hideaway. You can fit maybe 30 people inside, but often enough, it’s a full house. Their menu is small, but everything that’s on it is done right, including their cinnamon-dusted holes, made fresh to order and served w/ house-made dulce de leche & Chantilly cream. The Harbord Room What you’re getting: Located on, you guessed it, Harbord St, this resto is famous for their beef burgers, but their donuts rank right up there with the best in the city. With a menu that’s routinely updated, the Harbord Room keeps the 'nuts on standby in fear of the inevitable, yet polite rioting that would surely ensue if they were taken off the menu. These Sicilian-style pastries are made fresh w/ ricotta batter, orange zest, and pistachios, and served with a bowl of espresso-caramel pot de crème and topped with tapioca pearls, whipped cream, and meringue.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1398161
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__label__wiki	0.946182	0.946182	GOP Jews: Trump-Netanyahu meet ‘welcome sign of new era’ Live updates (closed) Rightists fete ‘end of 2-state solution’ after Trump withdraws support; no immediate reaction from Ramallah as leaders enter Oval Office for private powwow; Netanyahu defends Trump from charges of anti-Semitism By Joshua Davidovich 15 February 2017, 2:17 pm 1 Edit Donald Trump, right, and Benjamin Netanyahu, walking in the White House grounds on February 15, 2017. (Avi Ohayun/GPO) President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, February 15, 2017. (AP/Carolyn Kaster) US President Donald Trump, right, and First Lady Melania Trump, left, greet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, as they arrive at the White House in Washington, DC, February 15, 2017. AFP/SAUL LOEB) US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a joint press conference at the White House in Washington, DC February 15, 2017 (AFP PHOTO / Mandel Ngan) US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump welcome Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, as they arrive at the White House in Washington, DC, February 15, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB) US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, hold a joint press conference at the White House in Washington, DC, February 15, 2017. (AFP/Mandel Ngan) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Sara Netanyahu are greeted at the White House on February 15, 2017 (Courtesy) With Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meeting US President Donald Trump and as Washington is roiled by reports of improper contacts with Russian officials, The Times of Israel liveblogged Wednesday’s events as they unfolded. Russia: Don’t believe report on contacts with Trump campaign The Kremlin has denied as “falsehoods and fabrications” a New York Times report that there were repeated contacts between Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign team and senior Russian officials. “Don’t believe newspaper reports, it’s very difficult at the moment to differentiate them from falsehoods and fabrications,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov tells a press conference. Stressing that the sources quoted by the Times were anonymous, Peskov says “the time has perhaps come for someone to speak out openly about all of this.” “If you don’t mind let’s wait and let’s not believe anonymous information, which is information based on no fact.” Citing “four current and former American officials,” the Times report said that intercepted phone calls and phone records showed the repeated contacts with Moscow’s intelligence community. — AFP Israel bars Nahariya basketball team from Turkey over security The Shin Bet says it has barred the country’s Ironi Nahariya basketball team from playing a Europe Cup match in Turkey, due to “exceptional” safety concerns. Nahariya had been scheduled to play Gaziantep away in a round of 16 second leg game on February 22, after beating the Turkish side 96-75 in Israel. Gaziantep, in southeastern Turkey, lies near the Syrian border. Police officers look at a piece of debris outside the police headquarters in the southeastern Turkish city of Gaziantep on May 1, 2016. (AFP/Ilhas News Agency) Police in the city last week detained four suspected members of the Islamic State group and seized explosives and weapons intended for a “sensational” attack, Turkish news agency Dogan reported. A statement by the Shin Bet security service says it worked extensively with the Nahariya club’s management, sporting officials and Turkish security but had failed to find a solution which would allow the game to go ahead. “In view of the exceptional threat level posed in the region where the game was to take place, it was decided to forbid the delegation from departing,” the Hebrew-language statement says. Give us liberty or give us equal rights, Erekat declares Top Palestinian official Saeb Erekat says that Israel must give all Palestinians full voting rights if it refuses to agree to a Palestinian state, hours after a senior White House official appeared to backtrack from the US’s traditional for a two-state solution. “Contrary to [Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu’s plan of one state and two systems, apartheid, the only alternative to two sovereign and democratic states on the 1967 border is one single secular and democratic state with equal rights for everyone, Christians, Muslims, and Jews, on all of historic Palestine,” Erekat says during a meeting with the speaker of the UK House of Commons, John Bercow, in Ramallah. Hours before Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were set to meet for the first time since the president took office, the White House announced Tuesday that Washington will seek to broker a peace agreement between Israelis and Palestinians, but that a two-state solution may not be the framework to bring that peace to fruition and that the president will not insist on it. — Raphael Ahren Sweden appoints special envoy to Israel-Palestinian conflict Sweden has named a “special envoy” to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict amid signals that Washington may retreat from international support for a two-state solution. “This year marks 50 years of the occupation of Palestine. Sweden continues to work for a resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and will appoint a special envoy,” Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom declares during a parliamentary debate on foreign affairs. “When I visited Palestine in December it was noticeable that hope can turn to despair, and this features heavily in the consultations that Sweden is holding with almost 150 Israeli and Palestinian civil society organizations,” she says. UN Security Council Resolution 2334, which harshly condemned Israeli West Bank settlements, and the international peace summit held in Paris last month “could, in the best-case scenario, create the conditions for a renewed peace process and a two-state solution,” Wallstrom says. Trump says leaks ‘illegal,’ compares NSA and FBI to Russia For the second time in as many months, US President Donald Trump is striking out at intelligence agencies, amid reports of leaks pointing to links between his election campaign and Russian officials. Information is being illegally given to the failing @nytimes & @washingtonpost by the intelligence community (NSA and FBI?).Just like Russia — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 15, 2017 Trump calls the leaks to the New York Times and Washington Post illegal, blaming Democrats and comparing the NSA and FBI to Russia. This Russian connection non-sense is merely an attempt to cover-up the many mistakes made in Hillary Clinton's losing campaign. Trump also thanks Eli Lake of Bloomberg for a column in which he posits that intelligence officials “politically assassinated” Michael Flynn. In mid-January, before being inaugurated, Trump compared the intelligence community to Nazis over a dossier that claimed Russia had material to blackmail him with. He later claimed any tiff with spy agencies was fabricated by the media. Thank you to Eli Lake of The Bloomberg View – "The NSA & FBI…should not interfere in our politics…and is" Very serious situation for USA ‘Thanks a bunch,’ Jerusalem sarcastically tells Sweden after special envoy named After Sweden announces a special envoy to the Israeli Palestinian conflict, Jerusalem reacts with bitter sarcasm to Stockholm. “Given the extraordinary successes of this Swedish government in peace making all over the world, we are deeply grateful for the decision to finally solve this region’s illnesses,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Emmanuel Nahshon tells The Times of Israel. “Why couldn’t they come sooner?” Israel has a history of attempting to burn Sweden with sarcastic responses. In 2014, after Stockholm recognized Palestine, then-foreign minister Avigdor Liberman quipped that “the Swedish government must understand that relations in the Middle East are more complex than one of IKEA’s flat-pack pieces of furniture.” At the time, Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallström shot back that building Middle East peace was actually pretty much the same as putting together a Liatorp bookcase or Hurdal wardrobe. “I will be happy to send him a flat pack of IKEA furniture and he will also see that what you need to put it together is, first of all, a partner. And you also need to cooperate and you need a good manual and I think we have most of those elements,” she said in an interview with CNN. — with Raphael Ahren CIA chief secretly met with Abbas in Ramallah last night — reports New CIA head Mike Pompeo met Tuesday night with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah in order to discuss the two-state solution and the security of the region, according to Hebrew and Arabic media reports. According to a report in the Palestinian News Agency Ma’an, based on a “reliable” source, the meeting took place in the PA headquarters in Ramallah, known as the Muqataa, and was attended by the head of the Palestinian intelligence service, Maj. Gen. Majed Faraj. Senior Palestinian security sources told Israel Radio last night’s meeting between Abbas and Pompeo was the second in recent weeks, with the first one taking place at the start of this month. The sides reportedly discussed the upcoming meeting between US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington. Over the weekend, Pompeo made a public visit to Turkey and Saudi Arabia. There was no immediate response to the reports from US officials. — Dov Lieber UN chief: 2-state solution must be saved Speaking in Cairo, UN Chief Antonio Guterres says “everything must be done” to preserve the two-state solution. The comment comes after the White House signals that it is considering retreating from support for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and hours before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump are set to meet. Antonio Guterres, right, Secretary General of the United Nations, gestures towards CNN correspondent Becky Anderson prior to an open discussion the World Government Summit 2017 in Dubai’s Madinat Jumeirah on February 13, 2017. AFP/STRINGER) The White House announced Tuesday that Washington will seek to broker a peace agreement between Israelis and Palestinians, but that a two-state solution may not necessarily be the framework to bring that peace to fruition and that the president will not insist on it. 2 killed in Negev car crash Two people, ages 40 and 50, have been declared dead after a collision between two vehicles in southern Israel. Five other people are injured in the crash, according to the MDA rescue service, including a 40-year-old woman in serious condition. The crash occurred on Route 40 near Mitzpe Ramon. Trump and Netanyahu exchange Twitter well-wishes With nearly three hours to go before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to arrive at the White House for his meeting with Donald Trump, the two are already engaging in Twitter diplomacy showing their warm friendship. After Netanyahu tweets that he is looking forward to the meeting, Trump’s official White House account tweets that he is looking forward as well. Looking forward as well Prime Minister @netanyahu. https://t.co/2M2zrPEbNO — President Trump (@POTUS) February 15, 2017 Meanwhile Trump’s personal account is continuing to thump intelligence agencies over the Flynn Russia scandal, calling them un-American and accusing them of handing out secrets “like candy.” The real scandal here is that classified information is illegally given out by "intelligence" like candy. Very un-American! New German president: I’ve been to Israel so often I lost count German President-elect Frank-Walter Steinmeier speaks with President Reuven Rivlin on the phone, and responds to an invite to Israel by saying he’s been here at least two dozen times already. “I think I have been fortunate to visit Israel more than 25 times, I have stopped counting,” he says in the phone call, according to a statement from Rivlin’s office. But he also says he’ll be happy to visit again at the first opportunity. In the conversation, Rivlin calls Steinmeier a “great friend of Israel.” “From the bottom of my heart, I congratulate you, and wish you much success. I thank you for all you have done in the past as foreign minister, and we look forward to working together once you take up your new role,” he says. Trump trying to broker Israel-Arab NATO-style alliance — report The Wall Street Journal reports that the Trump administration is holding discussions with several Arab states to create a NATO-style alliance with Israel in order to thwart Iran and its Shiite allies. The report, citing five officials from the Arab countries involved, says the alliance will be on the agenda when Trump and Netanyahu speak later today. Countries involved would include Saudi Arabia and the UAE, as well as Egypt and Jordan, though Israel’s role would be in intelligence sharing and not combat-related, according to the report. The officials say cooperation with Israel would be contingent on the administration keeping the US Embassy in Tel Aviv and other demands. Saudi and Emirati officials also say cooperation with Israel could be done more in the open in exchange for a freeze on settlement building. Mike Flynn, who was Trump’s national security adviser before resigning this week, was reportedly heavily involved in the talks, along with defense chief James Mattis. Earlier in the day, the Israeli Haaretz daily reported that Netanyahu and Trump would discuss a regional peace deal for Israel with the Palestinian issue playing a smaller role. Death toll in crash up to three The death toll in a two-vehicle crash in southern Israel has risen to three, as one person in serious condition succumbs to wounds sustained. Four other people were injured in the crash, according to MDA. Soroka hospital says it is treating four people, a woman in serious condition and three people in moderate and light condition. Netanyahu staff arrives at White House ahead of meeting Netanyahu’s staff is arriving at the White House now, along with embassy officials and the press pool traveling with the prime minister. Netanyahu and his wife Sara are slated to arrive at 11:50 a.m. EST (6:50 p.m. Israel time) for a handshake with Trump and Melania Trump at the southern portico of the White House, with an honor guard present. A security tent outside the Blair House, the official White House guest residence, where Netanyahu is bunking, on February 15, 2017. (Raphael Ahren/Times of Israel) At noon, the two are slated to convene a short press conference and will then retire to the Oval Office, where they will release statements. The two are expected to meet and have lunch together, with Trump blocking off time until 4:15 p.m. EST (11:15 p.m. Israel time) for Netanyahu. US to NATO: Pay your share or we’ll ‘moderate commitment’ US defense chief James Mattis has warned NATO allies Wednesday that Washington will “moderate its commitment” to the alliance unless they boost their spending. “No longer can the American taxpayer carry a disproportionate share of the defense of Western values,” Mattis says in prepared remarks given to his counterparts at NATO headquarters in Brussels. “If your nations do not want to see America moderate its commitment to this alliance, each of your capitals need to show support for our common defense.” New Gaza honcho won’t be tweeting, terror group says The Hamas terror group announces that its new leader in Gaza, convicted murderer Yahya Sinwar, does not have any social media accounts. “We affirm that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar does not have any accounts on Twitter or any other social media sites,” Hamas says in a statement posted on its official website. “We warn against circulating anything that is published through these fraudulent accounts,” the statement adds. Since his election victory was announced on Monday, one Twitter account claiming to be Sinwar was opened and has gained nearly 1,200 followers, including many journalists. France joins international pushback to WH 2-state retreat France’s commitment to a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is “stronger than ever,” the French ambassador to the United Nations says after Washington signaled it was ready to step away from the policy. French Ambassador Francois Delattre says that the international community gathered at the Paris conference last month had reaffirmed support for a settlement that would see the creation of a Palestinian state. “It’s not up to me, of course, to comment on other countries’ position, but what I can say is our commitment to the two-state solution is stronger than ever,” Delattre tells reporters. Earlier the UN chief and Sweden responded by also declaring their commitment to the two-state solution. Press corps gets questions ready for Trump and Netanyahu The Israeli press corps is being ushered into the East Room of the White House, where Trump and Netanyahu will take questions from reporters ahead of their meeting. While waiting, they naturally prepare their notes and of course, take a copious amount of selfies. Israeli reporters taking selfies in the East Room of the White House on February 15, 2017. (Raphael Ahren/Times of Israel) On Twitter, Wall Street Journal reporter Reid Epstein asks Israeli reporters to use their question to quiz Trump on ties to Russia. Dear colleagues in the Israeli press corps: Please ask Donald Trump about Russian contacts if you're called on at today's press conference. — Reid J. Epstein (@reidepstein) February 15, 2017 Channel 2’s Assaf Yehezkieli writes back that he’ll do so if the US press asks Netanyahu about his corruption investigations, giving a clue as to what direction the questions may take. We'll make a deal: You will ask Netanyahu about his corruption investigations in Israel. https://t.co/JxTrjxnXmK — אסף יחזקאלי (@AssafYNews) February 15, 2017 Minister: Palestinian statehood not on table Speaking to Army Radio, Yisrael Katz, a Likud minister and confidant to the prime minister, says that Palestinian statehood is not on the table as Netanyahu and Trump meet. “The US and Israel are not going to advance the creation of a Palestinian state,” he says. “It’s not a surprise, I know this for sure.” Netanyahu set to arrive at White House Netanyahu and his wife Sara are now set to arrive at the White House, where they will be greeted by Trump and his wife Melania. The arrival is being broadcast on Netanyahu’s Facebook page. Trumps await Netanyahus outside White House With reporters and an honor guard waiting outside the White House, Benjamin Netanyahu is arriving a few minutes late. Trump and wife Melanie are coming out onto the South Portico as Netanyahu’s car is set to pull up. Netanyahus arrive at White House, exchange warm greetings with Trumps Netanyahu has finally arrived at the White House. Trump first shakes Sara Netanyahu’s hand before moving on to the prime minister, who he warmly greets with a 10-second handshake. The four briefly exchange words before posing for a photo opportunity and then walk in, with the two leaders clasping each others’ backs. President Trump welcomes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House ahead of joint news conference https://t.co/61LkfqWEpx pic.twitter.com/clfHDoToQC — ABC News (@ABC) February 15, 2017 Press conference set to begin Trump and Netanyahu are now having a few moments in private before taking questions from the press. In the briefing room, Israeli Ambassador Ron Dermer is seen coming in and putting a folder next to Netanyahu’s lectern. The American press is also watching the press conference closely for any question Trump may field over his Russian contacts. The press conference is set be livestreamed on the White House’s YouTube channel. Press conference about to begin Netanyahu’s senior staff is now in the East Room, a sign that the press conference will kick off at any second. The fact that Trump and his wife Melania came out to greet the Netanyahus in front of the White House is an unusual step, and a far cry from the faux pas the prime minister suffered in London last week, when he had to wait 25 seconds in front of 10 Downing Street after arriving to a meeting with Theresa May early. Wives enter ahead of press conference Melania Trump and Sara Netanyahu have come into the briefing room, along with Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, signaling that the press conference will start at any second. Trump: I will prevent Iran from ever developing a nuclear weapon Kicking off the press conference Trump says he has the honor of welcoming Netanyahu to the White House. He says there is an “unbreakable bond” between Israel and the US. “The state of Israel is a symbol to the world of resilience in the face of oppression,” he says in prepared remarks. “We will never forget what the Jewish people have endured,” he adds. Trump calls the security challenges facing Israel enormous, saying the Iran deal is “one of the worst deals I have ever seen” and vows to do more to “prevent Iran from ever developing, I mean ever, a nuclear weapon.” Both sides will need to compromise for peace, Trump says Trump accuses the UN of treating Israel “very unfairly” and also lashes out at other unnamed groups. He says commitment to Israel includes working out a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians. He says peace is very important to him personally. “But it is the parties themselves that must negotiate.” He says both sides must make compromises. “You know that, right,” he says, turning to Netanyahu. “We’ll talk,” Netanyahu says. Netanyahu: We can turn back terror together Netanyahu now speaks, touting the alliance between the US and Israel, saying that “under your leadership” ties “will get even stronger.” “I welcome your forthright call to ensure that Israel is treated fairly in unfair forums,” he says. He says US and Israel’s values are under attack by “radical Islamic terrorism,” and says Trump has shown resolve in fighting it. “Under your leadership I believe we can reverse the tide of radical Islam,” he says, citing Iran and the Islamic State, vowing that Israel stands with him. Trump calls for Israel to ‘hold back on settlements’ Wrapping up his remarks, the president calls for regional peace. Taking questions, Trump calls on a reporter from the Christian Broadcast Network, who asks about keeping Iran from a nuclear weapon and settlements. Trump says Flynn was “treated badly,” by “the fake media.” He calls leaks “criminal acts.” “I think its very, very unfair what happened to General Flynn.” “As far as settlements I’d like to hold back on settlements a little bit. we’ll see …. but I’d like to see a deal be made.” He says “we’re gonna make a deal.” After Netanyahu mumbles something, they exchange a few words and Trump recognizes Sara Netanyahu. Trump takes question on 2-state solution Trump says he will agree to whatever both parties likes, whether one-state or a two-state solution. “I’m happy with the one they like they best,” he says. He adds they are looking at moving the embassy with “great care.” Netanyahu calls for regional approach to peace Speaking now, Netanyahu repeats his various demands of the Palestinians, including recognition of Israel as a Jewish state and demilitarization, and accuses Ramallah of paying lip service, calling them prerequisites of peace. He says Jews have a connection to the land and accuses Palestinians of glorifying terrorists. “We have to look at new ways,” to reach peace, he says, and calls for a regional approach with Arab states, noting he will discuss it with Trump. Trump says the two have been discussing a regional deal, and says it “would take in many, many countries.” “I didn’t know you were going to be mentioning it, but now that you did, it’s a terrific thing,” he says. Trump: Palestinians must stop teaching hate; Netanyahu welcomes new Iran approach Taking another question, Trumps says “Israelis will have to show some flexibility … the fact that they really want to make a deal.” He says “the new concept” they have been discussing gives them more room to maneuver. “I really believe they want to make a deal,” Trump says. “I think the Palestinians have to get rid of some of the hate they are taught from a very young age. I have seen what they are taught. In starts at a very young age … and they have to acknowledge Israel,” he adds, appearing to cotton to Netanyahu’s terms. Netanyahu, speaking on Iran, says Trump has led an “important effort” against Iran, and brings up ballistic missiles that were tested with Hebrew lettering on them. “That’s a change that is clearly evident since President Trump took office. I welcome that. I think it’s long overdue,” he says, hinting at criticism of Barack Obama. Netanyahu says he’ll explain view on settlements, defends Trump from anti-Semitism claims Taking a question from an Israeli reporter about anti-Semitism in the US following his election, Trump begins talking about winning the election. “There’s tremendous enthusiasm out there,” he says. We are going to do everything in our power to stop long-simmering racism,” he adds, without mentioning anti-Semitism by name, and says the country was divided before he came along. He also mentions the fact that his daughter is Jewish. “You will see a very different America. Your going to see a lot of love,” he says. Answering about Trump’s settlement stoppage, Netanyahu says settlements are not at the core of the conflict, and says he’ll explain his views to Trump, “so we don’t bump into each other on this every time,” he says. Asked about commitment to two states, he says it depends on what kind of state it will be, expressing fears of Palestine being a terror state. He adds that his views have not changed. He also addresses the anti-Semitism question and says “there is no greater supporter of the Jewish people and the Jewish state” than Trump, ending the press conference. Leaders to meet for several hours after Oval Office appearance Netanyahu and Trump are now heading to the Oval Office, where they will exchange a few words for a photo op before meeting in private. As evidenced by the press conference and Netanyahu’s annoyance over Trump’s call for a settlement freeze, they will have much to discuss. During the press conference, Trump seemed to confuse Netanyahu’s talk about a regional peace solution, which he has pushed for years, with a plan reported by the Wall Street Journal earlier in the day of a limited military alliance between Israel and Arab states to defend against Iran. Trump likely expected to discuss the matter with Netanyahu and seemed surprised that Netanyahu had brought it up, as the plan remains secret, while Netanyahu was likely not talking about it all. Trump, Netanyahu mum as Oval Office meeting starts Trump and Netanyahu are currently in a photo op with their wives in the Oval Office. The two allow photographers to take pictures but do not offer a public statement. As the press crowds around them they remain silent, even as some throw out questions. Benjamin Netanyahu, second left, and Donald Trump, second right, meeting in the Oval Office with their wives Sara Netanyahu, right and Melania Trump, left on February 15, 2017. (Raphael Ahren/Times of Israel) Right-wing lawmakers celebrate ‘end of two-state solution’ On Facebook, Jewish Home leader Naftali Bennett celebrates the apparent backslide from the two-state solution. “A new era. After 24 years, the Palestinian flag is lowered and the Israeli flag is put in its place,” he writes, referring to the Oslo Accords. Likud Minister Ofir Akunis also says the evening marks the end of the two-state solution. “This is the most important day for those who love the country of Israel,” he tweets. He adds that Trump understands that the two-state solution won’t bring peace in the Middle East. ‘Israel has lost tonight,’ Zionist Union MK mourns While the right celebrates the Netanyahu-Trump meeting, Israeli lawmakers on the left respond bitterly to the apparent end of the two-state solution. “The extreme right won tonight. The State of Israel has lost. Netanyahu is leading us to a dual-nation state, while running from the two-state [solution] which is in Israel’s interest,” Zionist Union MK Erel Margalit writes on Twitter. Joint (Arab) List MK Ahmad Tibi sarcastically tweets that he is “beginning preparations to run for the head of the one state.” There is as of yet no reaction from Palestinian officials, who are holding a conference in Ramallah to elect a number 2 for Fatah. Hotovely, Galant praise Trump statements Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely joins the chorus of right-wing approval for the Netanyahu-Trump presser, saying that it “brings tidings of a new era and the opening of the idea of a regional solution.” “I praise the fact that for the first time in 25 years the Americans want to think again and respect Israeli interests, as decided by the people of Israel,” she says, according to her spokesperson. Housing Minister Yoav Galant, of the centrist Kulanu party, also hails Trump’s “historic speech,” but for his hard line on Iran and Palestinian incitement. Meretz head says PM okayed Trump anti-Semitism Meretz leader Zehava Galon praises Channel 10 reporter Moav Vardi for asking Trump about anti-Semitism. “Vardi was the only journalist who bothered to ask about anti-Semitism in the press conference. Netanyahu, meanwhile, volunteered to give a kosher certificate to the government’s anti-Semitism,” she says. Vardi was one of only two Israeli reporters allowed to ask questions. Former foreign minister and peace negotiator Tzipi Livni meanwhile finds a way to praise Trump despite his statement. “This is a president who speaks about peace, it makes me happy that uses the term deal. He says ‘it’s important to me,’ he doesn’t say, ‘do whatever you want.'” Tibi: I’ll run for prime minister of one-state and win Appearing on CNN, MK Ahmad Tibi says the abandonment of the two-state solution is “dangerous” and could lead to violence. He also reiterates his statement that if Palestinians are given the full vote he will run for prime minister, but adds that he will win. “I will get the vote from the Palestinians and some of the Jews and Bibi will be the loser,” he says. He adds that Trump’s call for Palestinians to stop teaching their children to hate is “unreasonable,” as nobody could ever love their occupier. Palestinian source: Trump statement ‘worst ever’ A Palestinian source tells Israel Radio that Trump’s speech was the “worst ever.” “What’s this two-state or one-state? Why not five-states already? This is worthless talk,” the source is quoted saying. The Republican Jewish Coalition praises the meeting between Trump and Netanyahu, calling it “a welcome sign that a new era has arrived for United States-Israel relations.” “Whether it’s preventing a nuclear Iran, or the responsibilities of the Palestinians to come to the negotiating table in order to reach peace, we will only achieve our mutual goals if we stand united in the process. Thankfully, it’s clear that going forward there will be no daylight between the US and our closest ally in the Middle East,” the RJC says in a statement. 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__label__cc	0.587678	0.412322	Cannabis (100) Apply Cannabis filter European drug policy (1) Apply European drug policy filter UN Drug Control (1) Apply UN Drug Control filter United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) (1) Apply United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) filter (-) Remove Coffee shop filter Coffee shop Recriminalisation (14) Apply Recriminalisation filter Cannabis clubs (12) Apply Cannabis clubs filter Gateway theory (3) Apply Gateway theory filter US drug policy (3) Apply US drug policy filter Cognitive decline (1) Apply Cognitive decline filter Heroin assisted treatment (1) Apply Heroin assisted treatment filter Medical Marijuana (1) Apply Medical Marijuana filter Psychosis (1) Apply Psychosis filter Reclassification (1) Apply Reclassification filter Self-cultivation (1) Apply Self-cultivation filter Thresholds (1) Apply Thresholds filter Other news (101) Apply Other news filter Australasia/Oceania (1) Apply Australasia/Oceania filter (-) Remove field filter field (-) Remove suites filter suites (-) Remove Event filter Event Most Dutch councils ignore ban on marijuana sales to tourists Tourists are still able to buy marijuana in 85% of the Netherlands' cannabis cafes despite the national ban on selling soft drugs to non-residents, according to Tilburg University researcher Nicole Maalsté. Most local authorities have incorporated the ban into their local bylaws but do nothing to enforce it. However, non-residents are excluded from coffee shops in 23 of the 103 local council areas with licenced cannabis cafes. These are mainly in the southern regions. 35 mayors call for regulated marijuana production; minister says no In total, 35 local authorities have signed a manifesto calling on the government to sanction official experiments with legal marijuana production. The council leaders argue regulated growing would end the grey area between semi-legalised sales in cannabis cafes and illegal supply by criminal gangs. The signatories include the mayors of Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Eindhoven, Utrecht and Groningen. 'The current situation is unsustainable,' said Rotterdam mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb. Labour senators won't cooperate with tough line on marijuana Labour senators are refusing to cooperate with the Dutch government's tough line on marijuana and want to sanction regulated production trials. Senator Guusje ter Horst told television show Nieuwsuur that the entire soft drugs strategy needs to be overhauled. In particular, efforts need to be made to remove marijuana from organised crime. Justice minister Ivo Opstelten has said he will not give in to pressure to allow controlled marijuana growing, despite calls for change from dozens of mayors. Heerlen mayor criticises government marijuana policy The Dutch government's cannabis policy has created a monster whose tentacles are spreading throughout the country, according to Paul Depla the mayor of Heerlen. Depla, one of 35 mayors who want production of marijuana to be legalised, said that government policy is making it far too easy for people to become criminals. 'Under the current policy, all you need is an attic and you can start growing marijuana,' Depla said. 'This has created a monster with tentacles that reach everywhere.' Court sides with coffeeshops in dispute over 'back door' deals Three coffeeshops who had nearly 70 kilos of cannabis confiscated have avoided prosecution after a court ruled police had tacitly endorsed their activities. Officially coffeeshops are limited to a stockpile of 500 grams. The appeal court in The Hague found that the owners had co-operated throughout with police, the local council and the tax office, all of whom knew the coffeeshops had far more than the permitted amount in stock. Coffee shop trial is test for Dutch drugs policy The owner and several employees of the biggest coffee shop in the Netherlands are being prosecuted for membership of a criminal organisation. The outcome of the trial can have a huge impact on soft drugs policy in the Netherlands. If Meddy Willemsen, the owner of the mega coffee shop Checkpoint in Terneuzen, is convicted of encouraging illegal cannabis cultivation and running an organised supply chain, more proprietors of coffee shops could face prosecution as gang leaders. (See also: Owner of massive cannabis café cleared of most charges on appeal) European court weighs cannabis ban for foreigners A Dutch city has banned foreigners from its cannabis selling coffee shops. A European court will now decide whether this is legal. The continuing struggle of Dutch border towns against drug tourism could soon take a new turn, as the European Court of Justice (ECJ) prepares to hand down a ruling regarding one of the most severe measures employed in this battle so far. The ECJ heard arguments in Josemans v. Maastricht. (See also: Court backs Dutch ruling on coffee shops) Most marijuana grown in the Netherlands is exported, new research shows Between 78% and 91% of marijuana grown in the Netherlands is exported, according to new justice ministry research. This makes it pointless to regulate marijuana production for sale in licenced cannabis cafes within the Netherlands because illegal growing will continue, Justice minister Opstelten said in a briefing to Parliament. (See for a critical view: The 80% myth revisited) MPs block cities from harvesting marijuana A narrow majority in the Tweede Kamer, lower house of parliament in the Netherlands, supported a motion to not allow municipalities to experiment with cannabis cultivation: 75 parliamentarians voted for, 70 voted against. Utrecht hopes to set up cannabis clubs - for medical research Two foundations in Utrecht are to apply for exemption from the opium laws so they can set up ‘cannabis clubs’ to grow marijuana for medical research with city council backing, the Volkskrant reports. Council alderman Victor Everhardt, who is behind the plans, hopes his ‘cannabis club’ concept can become a reality on public health grounds. (See also: Utrecht wants 'cannabis clubs' to be allowed to grow drug for medical research) Police raid Maastricht coffeeshops after owners let tourists back in Police have raided several coffeeshops in Maastricht after their owners indicated they would revert to selling soft drugs to foreign visitors. Coffeeshops said on Sunday that German and Belgian customers would no longer be turned away, despite warnings from the city’s mayor Onno Hoes of repercussions if they let foreigners in. The police raided the Mississippi, a floating coffee shop, on Monday night. Around 15 non-Dutch residents were inside the boat at the time. Police led away the owner and confiscated the ship’s supplies. (See also: Maastricht coffee shop faces three-month closure) D66 devises plan to regulate Dutch marijuana production Liberal democratic party D66 is introducing draft legislation to regulate the production and sale of marijuana in the Netherlands. D.C. vs. Amsterdam: The Dutch strike back! When Mayor Muriel E. Bowser delivered her legalized marijuana guidelines, she tried to ease concerns of naysayers with promises that there are enough provisions to prevent things from getting out of hand. Models for the legal supply of cannabis Three United Nations Conventions provide the international legal framework on drug control, instructing countries to limit drug supply and use to medical and scientific purposes. Yet, debate continues on the decriminalisation, or even legalisation, of drugs, particularly cannabis. Models under development for the legal supply of cannabis are described in this analysis, as well as some of the questions they raise. Part of the ‘Perspectives on drugs’ (PODs) series, launched alongside the annual European Drug Report, these designed-for-the-web interactive analyses aim to provide deeper insights into a selection of important issues. Cannabis pass abolished? Not really Tom Blickman The new coalition government of conservative liberals (VVD) and social-democrats (PvdA) presented its coalition agreement on Monday. They agreed to abolish the cannabis pass, but access to coffeeshops remains limited to residents of the Netherlands. Customers need to identify themselves with an identity card or a residence permit together with a certificate of residence. Non-resident foreigners are still banned. In other words, there will be no cannabis pass, but the policy continues. Councils join forces to call for legalised marijuana production The mayors of 25 Dutch local authority areas have increased their pressure on the cabinet to allow experiments with regulated marijuana production. The initiative is being powered by the mayors of Eindhoven and Heerlen and a Utrecht alderman, the Volkskrant said. The manifesto is a reaction to justice minister Ivo Opstelten’s decision not to approve experiments with regulated growing. (See also: The Netherlands is ready to regulate cannabis) Amsterdam city council calls for licenced marijuana production Ministers should sanction experiments to legally grow marijuana under licence and the city should make preparations to do so, according to a majority of Amsterdam city councillors. All VVD councillors in the city back the move. The VVD's position in Amsterdam is notable because VVD justice minister Ivo Opstelten has said repeatedly he does not favour regulated production and refused to sanction experiments. Meanwhile, the upper house of parliament came a step nearer to approving legislation which will make people who have helped illegal marijuana growers guilty of a criminal act. (See also: Coffeeshops want say in Amsterdam marijuana production) The Return of the Underground Retail Cannabis Market? Dirk J. Korf, Marije Wouters, Annemieke Benschop The sale of cannabis to persons aged 18 or older is permitted in the Netherlands under certain conditions in commercial establishments called coffeeshops. The present Dutch government has proposed that access to coffeeshops be restricted to persons holding a cannabis ID, a mandatory membership card known colloquially as a ‘weed pass’ (wietpas). Recent interviews with 66 Amsterdam coffeeshop owners reveal that they expect mainly detrimental effects from the proposed measure. Will banning marijuana sales to foreigners hurt Holland's economy? The mayor of Amsterdam, Eberhard van der Laan, understandably opposes the ban: Roughly a third of the four million foreign tourists who visit the city each year smoke marijuana in the local coffee shops. Ten percent of tourists who visit Holland do so exclusively for the pot. The cafes do $2.6 billion in business a year, generating $503 million in tax revenue. Dutch elections: the battle for the stoner vote When the Netherlands goes to the polls on Wednesday, the result could hinge on one, previously overlooked section of the electorate: the stoner vote. More than 350 Dutch coffee shops have thrown their weight behind a grassroots campaign in support of the leftwing Socialist Party (SP), which has pledged to end the political crackdown on shops that sell marijuana. The stakes are high: many believe that the parliamentary elections will be make-or-break day for the Dutch coffee shops.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1398171
__label__cc	0.692286	0.307714	Solar & Storage Live 2020 The NEC, Birmingham Start-ups & Innovation Zone Charg-EV Public Charging Infrastructure We will examine the key issues around charging infrastructure such as grid integration, interoperability and ensuring equal access across all levels of society. It is for those policy makers, charging point installers, transport and local authorities, grid and network operators and anyone else involved in overcoming the range anxiety that has acted as a barrier to mass adoption of EVs by significantly increasing the available public charging infrastructure. V2G, eMaaS and other new business models New e-mobility business models can link three important sectors that have previously operated independently of each other; the auto industry, energy systems and transport infrastructure. These new business models are important as without them, the e-mobility transition may struggle to reach enough citizens to make meaningful contributions to air quality improvements and carbon emissions reductions. Fleets and Leasing We will provide a space for commercial and industrial fleet owners to discuss the opportunities and challenges involved in electrifying their fleets. Land and Retail We will bring together landowners, retailers and hoteliers to tap into additional revenue streams attached to the carparks they own by investing in EV car park infrastructure. We will also address the challenges around rapid, destination chargers on the grid. Batteries and Circular Economy We will dedicate a section of the agenda to advances in EV battery tech and the sales and price trends in EV battery markets. We will also zoom out to focus on the larger sustainability picture and managing the impact of large numbers of lithium-ion batteries for EVs entering the market reaching the end of their life in the coming years. It would be of interest for OEMs, battery and EV manufacturers and the recycling industry. We will also hear from the OEMs; and find out what they’re doing to accelerate the release of EVs. We will cover the covers the electric vehicle expansion policies and release plans by category of major car manufacturers. Start Ups & Innovation Zone © Terrapinn Holdings Ltd. MMXIV general t&c's	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1398180
__label__cc	0.580696	0.419304	855-TBAOFWA (855-822-6392) About Transworld Business Advisors In today's economy, there are more people looking to buy and sell businesses than ever before. When a company owner needs to sell their business, they can't just stick a for sale sign in the window. They need the assistance of a business broker to locate and vet potential buyers. On the other side, buyers rely on the broker to help facilitate the process of evaluating potential businesses and franchises for sale. A Transworld Business Advisor is the solution for both scenarios. Transworld Business Advisors focus on three core concepts: business brokerage, franchise consulting and franchise development. The History Of Transworld Business Advisors Established in 1979, Transworld Business Advisors was originally founded in South Florida by Don (a 30 year IBM executive) and his wife Bonnie Parrish. It quickly grew to the largest business brokerage in the U.S. Although the company was thriving, CEO Andrew Cagnetta envisioned even more growth. It wasn't long before United Franchise Group CEO Ray Titus and Cagnetta teamed up to form a partnership and offer Transworld Business Advisors as a franchise. With over 25 years in franchising, Ray provided the leadership under United Franchise Group, which is home to award winning franchises such as Signarama, Fully Promoted (formally EmbroidMe), Experimac, SuperGreen Solutions, VentureX, and Jon Smith Subs. Andy provided the business brokerage industry experience. Their symbiotic relationship helped grow the Transworld franchise into more than 100 franchisees around the world. Transworld Business Advisors is headquartered in West Palm Beach, Florida. Our state of the art training facility has helped thousands of entrepreneurs achieve their dream of business ownership. Transworld Business Advisors Today For over thirty-five years, Transworld has specialized in the sale of businesses and commercial real estate. Today Transworld Business Advisors is a global network of brokers offering a turnkey solution for those that want to build a solid business and future for themselves while maintaining a balanced quality of life. With our comprehensive training programs, full marketing support, and local field support, you won't have to start from scratch. Our trained experts and mentors will help you every step of the way. Transworld Business Advisors has been awarded several accolades including: Entrepreneur's Franchise 500 2014 and their special categories for top home-based and fastest growing franchise systems Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Entrepreneur Magazine's 2013 Fastest Growing Franchise Franchise Times 200 Transworld Allegiances 11900 Northeast 1st Street, Suite 300 Email: psuppipat@tworld.com Phone: 855-TBAOFWA (855-822-6392)	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1398191
__label__cc	0.687624	0.312376	Tyndale History Chapel Podcast Degree & Diploma Options Course Timetables Why Tyndale Life in Residence Worship & Chapel Seminary Orientation Tyndale Association of Spiritual Directors Master of Theological Studies (MTS) Number of Courses: 18 \| Time to Complete: 2 Years Pursue if you are seeking a foundational graduate degree that can be utilized in a wide range of professional and ministerial contexts. The Master of Theological Studies is a two-year graduate degree that helps you understand the biblical, theological and historical foundations of the Christian faith. The MTS is a flexible program that can be tailored to meet your learning and ministry interests, or help you prepare for further studies. Students may select electives from across the curriculum, or use them to focus their studies in a chosen concentration. Students completing the MTS program will acquire a broad understanding of the theological disciplines for Christian faith and practice. Students will: gain theological understanding and insight through study of the heritage of Christian scripture, history, theology and ministry; develop aptitudes for thinking critically, theologically and biblically in relation to faith, vocation and ministry; acquire critical awareness of God’s mission in the world in its social, cultural and global contexts; demonstrate depth of understanding in a particular field (for those opting to concentrate in an area of study). The MTS Modular is a specialized, cohort-based program that allows students to complete the degree, one evening per week, in a fixed sequence of courses delivered over three years. Other Degree and Diploma Options Master of Divinity (MDiv) Master of Theology (ThM) Doctor of Ministry (DMin) Graduate Diplomas * Program durations are based on a traditional, full-time course load of nine courses per year. Program may be completed part-time over a longer period of time. MTS Concentrations MTS Modular Pentecostal Studies Salvation Army Studies Christian Education and Discipleship Pastoral Ministry: New Generation Multicultural Church Church in the City Global Mission and Intercultural Studies Studies in Mandarin (CSST) Caleb knew he could only afford a one-year leave to complete his Master’s, so he began planning a few years ago. He has seen God open every door along the way. He also took advantage of flexible study options, such as online, evening and one-week intensives. This made it possible for him to still put his family time first. Follow Tyndale Seminary on Facebook Follow Tyndale Seminary on Instagram Follow Tyndale Seminary on Twitter Follow Tyndale Seminary on YouTube Go to Tyndale University College & Seminary Homepage Tyndale Home Back to page top Top	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1398193
__label__wiki	0.893816	0.893816	Analytics Platform Consumer Acquisition Platform About Trilliant Trilliant Blog Mark Bacurin Mark Bacurin is an experienced finance professional with a passion for entrepreneurism and helping companies succeed. With more than 22 years of experience in public and private equity, he brings his expertise in finance and healthcare IT to Trilliant Health. Most recently, Mark served as CFO for Lincor, Inc., a leading provider of patient engagement technology solutions to healthcare systems across the globe. Prior to Lincor, Mark served as CFO for Shareable Corporation (a mobile clinical documentation company) where he helped guide the company through its sale to Digital Reasoning. Previously he also served as CFO for RevPoint Healthcare Technologies (an innovative provider of revenue cycle technology solutions), which was acquired by Availty. His career also includes working as an equity analyst for Carilliam Capital, Robert W. Baird and J.C. Bradford & Co. In 2004 and 2005, he received the No. 1 ranking in the Wall Street Journal’s “Best on the Street” analyst survey. Mark serves/has served on multiple boards, including East End Preparatory, St. Paul Christian Academy, the Martha O’Bryan Center, and The Healing Trust. He graduated summa cum laude from Bentley University with a Bachelor of Science in finance. 8 Cadillac Drive, Suite 450 inquire@trillianthealth.com Trilliant Health Solutions © 2020 All Rights Reserved Trilliant \| Privacy Policy	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1398196
__label__cc	0.520566	0.479434	Tropical Hobbies Uromastyx species : 1 - Uromastyx geyri 2 - Uromastyx aegyptia 3 - Uromastyx acanthinura ( Bell's dabb lizard ) 4 - Uromastyx ornata ( ornate mastigure ) 5 - Uromastyx dispar 6 - Uromastyx ocellata 7 - Uromastyx flavifasciata 8 - Uromastyx princeps 9 - Uromastyx alfredschmidti 10 - Saara hardwickii 11 - Uromastyx asmussi 12 - Uromastyx loricata 13 - Uromastyx nigriventris 14 - Uromastyx occidentalis 15 - Uromastyx yemenensis 16 - Uromastyx leptieni 17 - Aporoscelis benti 18 - Uromastyx shobraki Species of Uromastyx in North American Herpetoculture courtesy to : www.deerfernfarms.com/uromastyx_species.htm Click below on photo or the title to guide you to the same Deer fern farms Arabian Uromastyx (U. philbyi) Algerian (U. a.acanthinurus) Banded Uromastyx (U. flavofaciata) Highland Banded (U. flavofaciata (nigorventris intergrade) Lowland Banded Uromastyx (U. flavofaciata -maliensis intergrade) Egyptian (U. aegypticus) Ebony Uromastyx (U. alfredschmidti) Mali Uromastyx (U. maliensis) Indian Uromastyx (U. hardwicki) Moroccan Uromastyx (U. a. nigriventris) Orange Benti Uromastyx (U. benti) Ornate Uromastyx (U. ornata) Omani Uromastyx (U. thomasi) Rainbow Uromastyx (U. yemenensis) Saharan Uromastyx (U. geryi) Yellow phase ) Saharan Uromastyx (U. geryi) Red Phase Somali Uromastyx (U. mcfadyeni) Sudanese Uromastyx (U. ocellata) Other Uromastyx species list and information : - thereptilereport.com/uromastyx-species-identification/ - www.inaturalist.org/projects/reptiles-of-the-horn-of-africa-iucn-redlist-forum/assessments/249-uromastyx-ocellata - reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Uromastyx&species=ocellata Uromastyx Species courtesy to : www.moonvalleyreptiles.com/uromastyx/uromastyx-species Taxanomic Classification : Kingdom: Animalia (Animals) Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates) Class: Reptilia (Reptiles) Order: Squamata (Lizards & Snakes) Suborder: Iguania (iguanas, chamaeleons, and agamids) Family: Agamidae (Agamids) Subfamily: Uromasticinae Uromastycinae is now considered a separate subfamily, removed from Leiolepidinae, which contains only the genus Leiolepis, the butterfly agamas. Upon further research and scientific review, both subfamilies may be designated full family status. The subfamily Uromasticinae are an Old World agamid reptile taxa that includes the newly resurrected genus Saara as a sister taxa to the genus Uromastyx. Three former Uromastyx species were placed into Saara during the evaluation of Thomas M. Wilms, et al. in 2007 (data published in 2009). Their recommendations were based on taxonomic data, including morphological and molecular genetic methods using statistical analysis. This separation also coincides with geographic ranges, mentioned below, although there is overlap. Within the Uromastyx genus, five genetic groups (clades) were identified. Many of the species-level designations were applied based on the morphological “scores” of each individual according to 25 characteristics, in which in-groups and out-groups were evaluated and applied. The genetic and morphological data roughly support each other in these designations, with some species relationships currently unresolved (U. occidentalis, U. princeps). Distribution of Saara & Uromastyx Species : www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1sNmdFPDzDNQ7LMT7dLNzPrW8Xuk&ll=20.341416702822162%2C29.326781799999935&z=3 Uromasticinae are distributed in North Africa, the Arabian peninsula, and south-western Asia, favoring arid and semi-arid desert, xeric shrubland, and dry steppe environments. Uromastyx are concentrated in the Sahara desert and Maghreb region of northern Africa, and into the Middle East, with Saara located between eastern Iraq and western India. The split between the genera 25–29 million years ago. Uromastyx : African countries: Algeria, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, Western Sahara Middle Eastern countries: Coastal Iran only (Persian Gulf), Iraq, Isreal, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, UAE, Yemen There are several Uromastyx species, only a few of which are commonly kept in captivity in the United States & Europe. Some sources lump species, others separate into subspecies, while others place them in their own species – some cases into other genera completely (see the Saara genus, above). Misidentification and the occurrence of inter-grades between species makes identification difficult & complex. The number of species is between 13 and 20, depending on which particular grouping methods (morphological, molecular, karyotype, mitochondrial DNA, etc.) and the age of the study. Morphometric data includes the typical snout-to-vent length (SVL); scale count around the body, head, neck, and toes; the number of tail whorls; and the presence of femoral and preanal pores. For this article, we discuss the 20 species as identified by Wilms et al. data published in 2009. This data may be updated in the future as new studies are published. Differences between genetic and morphological analysis is likely based on convergent evolution due to similar ecological niches. Despite the somewhat murky species designations, five main clades, or groups, are supported (to varying degrees) by genetic data within the Uromastyx genus: Acanthinura clade (U. d. dispar, U. d. maliensis, U. d. flavifasciata, alfredschmidti, geyri, acanthinura and nigriventris) Aegyptia clade (polytypic species clade: U. a. aegyptia, U. a. microlepis and U. a. leptieni) Ocellata clade (ocellata, ornata and philbyi, yemenensis, shobraki and benti) Macfadyeni/Princeps clade (macfadyeni and princeps; NOT strongly linked, relationship unresolved) Thomasi (U. thomasi, single-species clade) Not included in the latest genetic research is Uromastyx occidentalis (Western Giant Spiny-tailed Lizard) of Western Sahara, which is known from limited specimens. Morphologically, U. occidentalis is closest to the Aegyptia group by having a larger number of scales than the other Uromastyx groups. Lower scale counts is considered to be the plesiomorphic (ancestral) state, while larger count is apomorphic (derived). U. occidentalis is likely not a subspecies of U. agyptia due to the lack of femoral pores and the distances between the Western African and Arabian distributions. U. a. occidentalis is moved to its own clade awaiting further research. It is interesting to note that the two “broad-tailed” species, U. princeps and U. thomasi, are not shown to be as closely related to each other, despite having very similar shorter tails. U. princeps has closer afiliation to U. macfadyeni, which in turn appears to be morphologiccally similar to U. o. ornata assigned to the ocellata clade. Superficially similar physical traits can lead to confused taxonomy among the varied Uromastyx species. Most species-level distinctions relate to the number of whorls in tail spikes, the presence or absecne of pores, scale size, and scale count. This may change as more genetic research is performed. 20 UROMASTYX SPECIES 1- Uromastyx acanthinura ( North African Spiny-tailed Lizard) Uromastyx aegyptia (polytpic species; 3 sub-species make up this taxa) 2-Uromastyx aegyptia aegyptia (Egyptian Uromastyx) 3-Uromastyx aegyptia leptieni (Leptien’s Uromastyx, designated 2000.) 4- Uromastyx dispar (polytpic species; 3 sub-species make up this taxa) 5- Uromastyx aegyptia microlepis (Arabian Spiny Tailed Lizard) 6-Uromastyx alfredschmidti (Schmidt’s Spiny-tailed Lizard, Ebony Uromastyx) Uromastyx benti (Yemeni spiny-tailed lizard, Orange Benti Uromastyx) 7-Uromastyx dispar dispar (Southern Saharan Spiny-tailed Lizard) 8-Uromastyx dispar flavifasciata (formerly U. flavifasciata obscura, Banded Uromastyx) 9-Uromastyx dispar maliensis (Mali Uromastyx) 10-Uromastyx geyri (Geyr’s Spiny-tailed Lizard, Nigerian Uromastyx, Saharan Uromastyx) 11-Uromastyx macfadyeni (Macfadyen’s Spiny-tailed Lizard, Somali Uromastyx) 12-Uromastyx nigriventris (formerly U. acanthinura acanthinura) Moroccan Spiny Tailed Lizard, Algerian Uromastyx) 13-Uromastyx ornata (polytypic species; 2 sub-species make up this taxa) 14-Uromastyx ocellata (Eyed Spiny-tailed Lizard, Sudanese Uromastyx) Uromastyx occidentalis (Western Giant Spiny-tailed Lizard, designated 1998) 15-Uromastyx ornata ornata 16-Uromastyx ornata philbyi (Arabian Blue Uromastyx) 17-Uromastyx princeps (Princely Spiny-tailed Lizard, Royal Uromastyx) 18-Uromastyx shobraki (Shobrak’s Spiny-tailed Lizard, designated 2007) 19-Uromastyx thomasi (Omani Uromastyx) 20-Uromastyx yemenensis (Rainbow Benti, Mountain Benti, Yemen Uromastyx(?), South Arabian Spiny-tailed Lizard) We’ve attempted to match the list of 20 species with common names and taxonomic species listed on other reputable sources online, such as Deer Fern Farms, Reptile Database, Wikipedia, etc. Of note, U. a. acanthinura, or Algerian “Leopard” Uromaxtyx is here aligned with the Moroccan Uromastyx, although it is a possible subspecies of either U. nigrivensis or U. acanthinura (both closely related), but this is not supported by current data (Wilms et al.). Much confusion arises due to mislabeled imports, as well as from naturally occurring intergrades in the wild. The U. yemenensis and U. benti may both have been referred to as Yemeni Uromastyx prior to the species status given to U. yemenensis. UROMASTYX HISTORY : Historically, the taxa that became known as the Uromastyx genus was based on the Egyptian Uromastyx – at the time called Lacerta aegyptia. In 1820, the name Uromastyx was coined for U. aegyptia and several other species no longer assigned to the genus. Leiolepis butterfly agamas are found and do not cross into the territory of Africa & Middle East of Uromastyx, but does overlap with Saara in Pakistan & India. Saara : Saara asmussi (Persian Spiny-tailed Lizard, formerly U. asmussi) Saara loricata (Iraqi Spiny-tailed Lizard, formerly U. loricata) Saara hardwickii (Indian Spiny-tailed Lizard, formerly U. hardwickii) The Saara genus overlaps the Uromastyx in eastern Iraq and coastal southern Iran, and is present in southern Afghanistan, north-western India, and in Pakistan. - On the Phylogeny and Taxonomy of the Genus Uromastyx Merrem, 1820 (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae: Uromastycinae) – Resurrection of the Genus Saara Gray, 1845. 2009. Thomas M. Wilms, et al : http://www.uroranch.com/Thomas/BzB_56_1_08_Wilms%2001-28-13.pdf - A long overdue taxonomic rearrangement of the Uromastycinae (Squamata: Sauria: Agamidae). Raymond T. Hoser, Australasian Journal of Herpetology: http://www.smuggled.com/issue-23-pages-54-64.pdf - PROPOSAL TO AMEND THE STANDARD REFERENCE FOR UROMASTYX SPP., CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA., Fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties Doha (Qatar), 13-25 March 2010:https://cites.org/eng/cop/15/prop/E-15-Prop-10.pdf - Aspects of the ecology of the Arabian spiny-tailed lizard (Uromastyx aegyptia microlepis Blanford, 1875) at Mahazat as-Sayd protected area, Saudi Arabia Thomas M. Wilms SALAMANDRA August 20, 2010 - Deer Fern Farm’s Species page http://deerfernfarms.com/Uromastyx_Species.htm - Review of the taxonomy of the spiny-tailed lizards of Arabia (Reptilia: Agamidae: Leiolepidinae: Uromastyx), Wilms et al 2007 Uromastyx Lizard Care : Types of Uromastyx Lizards Vivarium & Terrarium Creatures .. Please select or follow below : Uromastyx - Introduction - As Pet - SPECIES : Most Popular Species . - Mali Uromastyx : Part One .. Part Two - Egyptian Uromastyx : Part One .. Part Two - Ornate Uromastyx : Part One .. Part Two - Ocellated Uromastyx - Uromastyx Princeps - Uromastyx yemenensis Other Species : - Uromastyx philbyi ( Arabian Blue ) - Uromastyx geyri - Uromastyx Thomasi ( Omani Uro. ) - Uromastyx acanthinura ( Moroccan Uro.) - Uromastyx benti ( Rainbow Uro.) Less popular Uromastyx species:	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1398197
__label__wiki	0.606695	0.606695	STREET ADDRESS: 16 Collins Street CITY/TOWN/VILLAGE: Yarmouth MUNICIPALITY: Yarmouth COUNTY: Yarmouth YEAR BUILT: 1875-1878 ARCHITECTURAL COMMENT: Built in the Second Empire style, this is a two storey home of wood construction. The symmetrical three bay facade has a centered doorway with three sided bay windows on either side. The mansard roof has one large discreetly placed chimney. The wide eaves are supported by decorative brackets and the upper floor windows break through the eaveline. A two storey bay is found on the west side and an open veranda on the East. Wooden stairs lead to the main entrance with its double doors and round headed windows. An unusual convex curved tower extends above the open porch, there are four round headed windows in the tower which provide an excellent view of the harbour and town. An ell, also with a mansard roof extends to the rear. The exterior foundation, which is fairly high above ground, is of brick. HISTORICAL COMMENT: This lot of land, originally part of John Bingay's estate was purchased by James McLaughlin in 1875 from heirs of John Bingay for $900.00. $900.00 seems to be the average price for vacant lots in the area at that time. The house was built some time before 1878 when it appears in accurate detail on a BEV Map of Yarmouth. In 1895 McLaughlin conveyed the house (in trust) to his wife Annie. Annie McLaughlin died in June of 1899 leaving the homestead to her seven daughter and stipulating that all nine of her children as well as her brother Hugh McManus a rigger, could reside in the house as long as it remained unsold. CONTEXTUAL COMMENT: Situated at the intersection of two streets, this house is surrounded by large trees. The house has been converted to three apartments but judging from early pictures and sketches, few changes have been made to the exterior. The mansard roof is not common to the area and this along with the unusual tower gives the house a unique appearance. PRESENT OWNER: David Renn ADDRESS: 16 Collins Street Yarmouth, N.S. ORIGINAL OWNER: James McLaughlin OCCUPATION: Merchant BUILDER: Unknown ORIGINAL USE: Home PRESENT USE: Apartments HISTORY OF BUILDING OWNER FROM: TO: OCCUPATION BOOK-PAGE James McLaughlin June 15 1875 Feb. 5 1895 Merchant AX 539 Walter Thomson (As Trustee for Annie McLaughlin) Feb. 5 1895 June 1899 N/A BZ 254 Sarah McLaughlin et.al. Apr. 2 1906 Aug. 4 1917 (Heirs) Will #3530 Charlotte A. Ross Aug. 4 1917 Nov. 1 1917 Wife of Robert Ross DI 519 William H.T. Spinney Nov. 1 1917 Aug. 16 1920 Merchant/Manager DJ 771 Katherine R. Spinney Aug. 16 1920 Sept. 16 1937 Librarian Will #5127 J. Bremner Spinney Sept. 16 1937 Sept. 6 1963 widow of William Spinney EL 204 Katherine Spinney Sept. 6 1963 Oct. 1 1964 Librarian Will #5286 Ralph G. Durkee Oct. 1 1964 Apr. 10 1981 N/A GL 641 David renn & Suzanne Sharp Apr. 10 1981 Dec. 11 1986 Real Estate Agent/ MW 669 David Renn Dec. 11 1986 Present Real Estate Agent 423/473 COMMENTS ON HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS: In 1917 the house was purchased by William H.T. Spinney. Mr. Spinney was the eldest son of the Hon. E.K. Spinney, M.P. As a young man he learned the hardware business from his father and climbed the business ladder until he was made managing director of E.K. Spinney Limited, just about the time he purchased this house. He held this position until his early death at the age of 46. He was well repected in the business world and for some years was a member of the executive of SOURCES: Registry of Deeds (Yarmouth) BEV Map (D.D. Currie Publisher) 1878 BEV Map of Yarmouth Town, The Yarmouth Herald (Aug.17,1920)	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1398201
__label__wiki	0.695493	0.695493	He invited drug users into his lab. What he discovered is changing what we know about addiction. He offers an incredibly refreshing take — because he works from experience that few other scientists have. Mrill Ingram What were you taught about drugs? GIF via Partnership for a Drug-Free America. Remember hearing about how even just trying an addictive drug once would mean you were hooked for good? GIF via The Meth Project. Well that's what Columbia University professor Carl Hart learned in school too. So imagine his surprise when his own research into drug addiction revealed something very, very different. Working with others, Hart revisited some long-standing research on lab rats that showed that rats would self-administer drugs until death. He learned that rats that live in sterile cages with nothing else to do chose to take drugs until they effectively committed suicide. But those offered alternatives to drugs — like sweets or some hanky-panky — often chose the alternatives. In other words, the addictive behavior was caused by the environment, not some attribute of the drug itself. Then Hart did something unusual. He invited human drug users into his lab. He set up an experiment where he offered regular meth users a choice between drugs or money. When presented with an attractive alternative ($20), even people who regularly use a drug like meth still chose the alternative. GIF by jgmarcelino/Flickr. Clearly, we need to change how we think about what drugs do to our brains. Most drug users are not addicts, Hart says. Not even close. So, why do people keep taking drugs, even when side effects are so damaging? It's how people end up with lives of crime and poverty, right? Wrong. Hart grew up in Miami, in a neighborhood where he saw and experienced a lot of drug use and crime. He went to school in order to understand drug addiction and to try to stop the crisis of drugs driving people into a life of crime and poverty. But now he believes most users are not addicts; they are recreational users. He's also shown that if people have good alternatives to drugs, they will choose the alternatives most of the time. So the "cycle" of drugs, crime, and poverty isn't really a cycle. Drugs are a symptom of a society where people don't feel they have good options, Hart theorizes. They aren't the cause. "What I now know is that the drugs themselves are not the real problem. The real problems are: poverty, unemployment, selective drug law enforcement, ignorance, and the dismissal of science surrounding these drugs." — Carl Hart The real injustice here, Hart wants us to understand, is that even though most users are white, over 80% of people convicted of drug crimes are black. 1 in 3 black males can expect to spend time in prison. Whites? 1 in 20. This issue is of paramount importance to Hart. He's personally invested as a scientist, but also as a father. Hart knows his two sons are especially vulnerable in a society where black people are targeted by police in the enforcement of drug laws and where drug policies severely punish even occasional users as if they were serious criminals. This is the kind of thinking — and science — that U.S. drug policy really needs. He shares lots more good ideas in this talk at TEDMED. economics empathy for all race human condition diversity and equality humanity and culture guns violence cops prisons justice health research science and technology prisons inequality poverty mental health poverty	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1398211
__label__cc	0.726244	0.273756	Role we Play GRI Indicators Mission,Vision,Values Corporate Governance Strategy History Board of Directors About K Fertilisers Management Contacts Uralkali aims to create long-term value Scientific and Outreach Activities We follow new trends in agriculture and share our expertise Data Bank Shareholder Information Prices and Indexes Investor Day Financial Results and Disclosure Presentations Share Information Fixed Income Investor Calendar Contacts Role we Play People Our Approach Communities Safety CSR News Environment GRI Indicators We support child and youth basketball in Berezniki and Solikamsk! Why Work in Uralkali? Students and Pupils Video stories by our employees about work and life PrintSave as PDF / Sustainability / CSR News Uralkali Receives Highest Protect & Sustain Compliance Rating Uralkali (the Company; Moscow Exchange: URKA), one of the world’s leading potash producers, has received ’IFA Product Steward Excellence’ recognition as part of the International Fertilizer Association’s (IFA) international Protect & Sustain certification. This certificate confirms excellent management of all stages of the production, transportation and sales of potash fertilizers, as well as a commitment to best practices in production safety and the ecological sustainability of all products. Uralkali was certified for compliance with the Protect & Sustain standard by international auditors based on a checklist of 113 questions related to various aspects of the Company’s operations. The certificate is issued for three years. The Protect & Sustain standard is unique in that it combines many aspects considered by quality management (ISO 9001), labour safety (ISO 14001) and environmental management (OHSAS 18001) systems. It also includes the RC14001 technical specification requirements for management systems of companies operating in the chemicals industry. Dmitry Osipov, Uralkali CEO, commented: Uralkali consistently applies global best practices at all stages of the production, delivery and sales of our potash fertilisers to ensure the safety and environmental sustainability of all our processes. Receiving Protect & Sustain certification is testament to our commitment to the Company’s sustainable development strategy. The International Fertilizer Association (IFA) was founded in 1927. It is the only global association in the world’s mineral fertiliser industry. The number of its members exceeds 500 organisations from more than 80 countries, including the Russian Federation. The Protect & Sustain standard was developed in 2010 by the International Fertilizer Association to help its members improve the safety, reliability and environmental sustainability of fertilizer manufacturing. Fifty seven companies from 57 countries have already undertaken voluntary certification for compliance with the Protect & Sustain standard. Uralkali (www.uralkali.com) is one of the world’s largest potash producers and exporters. The Company’s assets consist of 5 mines and 7 ore treatment plants in the towns of Berezniki and Solikamsk (Perm Region, Russia). Uralkali employs ca. 12,000 people in the main production unit. Uralkali’s shares are traded on the Moscow Exchange. Corporate Social Responsibliity Policy Health, Safety and Environmental Policy The Code of Corporate Culture Cardinal Safety Rules CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBLIITY POLICY OF OJSC "URALKALI" OJSC "Uralkali" (OJSC "Uralkali", Company,) is one of the world’s leading potash producers. Our aim is to produce potash fertilizers to satisfy the worldwide demand for the high-quality food; we develop potash deposits in an efficient and responsible manner in order to ensure continuous development of the Company. We follow the principles of social responsibility and we know how important it is to respect the interests of all our stakeholders (employees, partners, investors, shareholders, government authorities, public organizations, the media and the residents of the regions of Uralkali’s corporate presence). We know that, as a large industrial company, we are expected to be reliable, open and stable. We aspire to fully meet these expectations in full by consistently implementing the strategy of sustainable development. Planning our work for years ahead, we care about the well-being of the future generations and honor the obligations that we have undertaken voluntarily: Securing the well-being and personal development of our employees; Taking into account the unique social features of the regions where we work both when solving current problems and when making decisions regarding the Company’s new projects; Taking all necessary actions in order to reduce the negative impact on the safety, health and living conditions of our employees, partners and residents of the territories of Uralkali’s corporate presence; Maintaining an open dialogue with all the Company’s stakeholders, regularly informing all interested parties of the situation in the Company and the status of the actions taken in order to reduce and eliminate environmental and social risks; Taking into account the opinions of the stakeholders when making decisions in the sphere of industrial, environmental and social safety when realizing current and future projects. Our social policy serves as a guide for each employee of OJSC "Uralkali" and it is reflected in all our programs and plans. We understand how important it is to fulfill our obligations in a full and timely way and we are committed to finding a balance between the interests of the Company, its employees and other stakeholders. We believe that this balance is the only true foundation for the harmonious growth and development of OJSC "Uralkali" and society as a whole. URALKALI’s Health, Safety and Environment Policy OJSC “Uralkali” aims to be a leader in every aspect of its operations. Health, safety and environment are key priorities for us and serve as a framework for every action and decision we make, irrespective of the type of activity. We fully realise that no achievement or economic benefit may justify death of people or damage to human health and the environment of our planet. Each and every employee of OJSC “Uralkali” has the right to be provided with safe and comfortable conditions of labour. With that, the Company expects that every employee will strictly abide by safety regulations and will demonstrate responsible attitude towards own and fellow colleagues’ life and health. Only through maintaining a mutually responsible behaviour in health, safety and environment will we be able to achieve a greater level of development for our business. Our goals are very simple and clear: Zero accidents; Zero industrial emergencies; Reduction of environmental impact. To achieve these goals and to ensure the maximum compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, we must create a health, safety and environment management system based on established standards. An efficient management and continuous improvement of the corporate health and safety culture will enable us to gain significant progress in preventing and/or mitigating HSE-related issues. We strongly believe that a successful implementation of these efforts will create conditions for the sustainable development of OJSC “Uralkali”. Uralkali increases salaries for employees Uralkali gives New Year presents to employees' children RSS-feeds update Investor Calendar Events Subscription full list Select preferable format: Interactive version Annual Report feedback form Uralkali Integrated Report 2012 GRI Tables 2012 Uralkali Sustainability Report 2011 © 2020 Uralkali Uralkali PJSC page on information agency website	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1398212
__label__wiki	0.647888	0.647888	UMPC Specifications UMPC 2019 Tag Archive \| "google update alliance" What Happened to the Android Update Alliance? Less Than 1% of Devices Running Latest Version of Android! Tags: android updates, google, google android, google android founding partners, google android update alliance, google update alliance At last year’s Google I/O, a great new program was announced — Google was working with a group of equipment manufacturers to create a sort of ‘update guarentee’ which would explicitly inform customers how long they could expect their shiny new Android device to receive updates, and how quickly they could expect those updates from carriers or manufacturers. Google never named the program as far as I can tell, so I gave it one (after all, it needs a name if we’re to talk about it); the Android Update Alliance. I was very excited to hear this news initially out of Google I/O. We’ve all heard the horror stories of companies quickly dropping software support for nearly-new devices, or leaving customers waiting months with no news about when (or if) they would receive the latest vital updates — updates which could improve both the performance of their device and the security. I thought we’d finally see companies and carriers taking responsibility and offering guaranteed and reasonably long-term support for the latest Android gadgets. After all, no one wants their brand new phone or tablet to be completely unsupported 6 months after launch. In July, I encouraged Google and its partners to market the Android Update Alliance smartly to benefit themselves and consumers. Some suggestions included attaching a catchy name to the program, and using an exclusive logo on device boxes and in advertising so customers would know at a glance if the device they are considering is backed by the Alliance. The Android Update Alliance announcement was made 9 months ago, and contained many of the major industry players, including Verizon, AT&T, Samsung, HTC, Spring, LG, Motorola, and others. How much progress has been made in implementing the program? Well, just about none at all as far as I can tell. I haven’t heard a single bit of news about the program since Google I/O 2011 in May, and I’ve reached out to Google for comment on several occasions and heard nothing back, except to say that there is no official webpage for information about the program and that Google has nothing further to share about it at this time. What’s the deal Google? You didn’t even manage to name the program! The original announcement said that the initial partners agreed to support devices with updates for 18 months, but the group was apparently still deciding how quickly they could guarantee that users receive those updates. Google asked us to “stayed tuned” for more on the program, but there’s been no information at all from the company. None of the companies announced in the partnership have yet implemented any of the suggested support guarantees. It seems that the Android Update Alliance was just conceptual in nature. Sadly, in terms of devices running the latest software, things might have gotten even worse then before the Android Update Alliance announcement. To date, less than 1% of Android devices are running the latest version of Android — and that’s being generous and grouping everything above Android 4.0 together. If you want to talk about devices running the honest to goodness “latest” version of Android (4.0.3), then we’re talking just 0.3%. Android 2.3 is currently the most widely installed version of Google’s mobile operating system, by a wide margin, being found on 54% of all Android devices to have accessed the Android Marketplace over a 14 day period. The next largest install-base is not the next version after Android 2.3, but actually the one below it; Android 2.2 with 30.4%. This means that many devices are still transitioning from Android 2.2 to Android 2.3 the exodus from Android 2.3 to the next version up has scarcely begun. Official Data From Google It amazes me that Google makes a big deal about Ice Cream Sandwich when such a tiny, minute, fraction of Android users even have access to it. So, Google, my question stands: what the heck happened to the Android Update Alliance? Update: I wanted to point out this excellent piece from Michael DeGusta which paints a stark picture of how Android and Apple after-sale software support compares. Of all 18 Android smartphones released since the beginning of Android through Q2 2010, Michael found the following (note that this was written before the release of Ice Cream Sandwich, which means most phones on the list are one more major version behind): 7 of the 18 Android phones never ran a current version of the OS. 12 of 18 only ran a current version of the OS for a matter of weeks or less. 10 of 18 were at least two major versions behind well within their two year contract period. 11 of 18 stopped getting any support updates less than a year after release. 13 of 18 stopped getting any support updates before they even stopped selling the device or very shortly thereafter. 15 of 18 don’t run Gingerbread, which shipped in December 2010. At least 16 of 18 will almost certainly never get Ice Cream Sandwich. Google Working with Partners to Ensure Android Update Speed and Longevity… It’s About Time Tags: Android, google, google update alliance, google update partners Android is a wonderful phone OS, but Google’s choice to leave the pushing of updates in the hands of OEMs or carriers is a real sour-point for the otherwise praised mobile OS. Hopefully, that’s about to change. Time and time again we’ve heard stories of devices that have been waiting to get major Android updates for months after Google officially releases the update. In many cases, promises are made by carriers or OEMs and then broken, leaving users clueless as to when (or if) they’ll be seeing the latest Android version on their device. At Google I/O 2011, Google has announced that it is now working with a group of partners to “create new guidelines for how quickly devices will get updated after new Android platform releases.” Google also says that they’ll be agreeing on, not only how quickly devices get updated, but also for how long they’ll be guaranteed to see Android updates. At the present, Google and the partners are announcing that devices will receive Android updates for 18 months after launch. This is great news with one caveat: Google mentions that the 18 month update-guarantee only holds water “if the hardware allows.” It’s unclear exactly who will determine whether or not the hardware will “allow” the update. Surely there will be situations where you might not want a particular build of Android to be pushed through to a certain piece of hardware for performance considerations. But it its up to carriers and OEMs, they may pull the “we aren’t updating this device because performance is not optimal” card, even when it might perform well enough for those who want it. It sounds as though the group has yet to agree on how long they’ll be expected to push the latest Android version after it is released, and Google is asking us to “stay tuned” for more information about. The partner-list is impressive so far and hopefully we’ll see more companies getting onboard. Here are the founding members: (and of course) Google This is great news for users and developers. Presently the most popular Android version is Android 2.2 with 65.9% of devices accessing the Android Market over a 14-day period. Version 2.1 still holds a strong portion of the version market with 24.5%, with the remaining 9.6% of devices being spread across five other versions of Android. For a developer, this is a nightmare. Optimally you’d like to have every device using the same firmware so that you know that every device has the same capabilities on the software level. You’d also like to have all of the devices on the latest version of any given software, but it turns out that only 4.3% of Android devices are running 2.3+. For the user, guaranteed update speed and longevity is an obvious bonus because it means that you won’t get left in the update-dust after six months of owning a new device. You also won’t be left waiting months to get the latest speed enhancements and innovations that other devices enjoy from the day that a new version is released. I hope Google is smart enough to come up with a nifty name for the group that’s agreeing to these guidelines, and a shiny logo that they can slap on the box of participating devices so that customers can easily identify which devices are guaranteed to get this special update treatment. 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Plan out your entire trip in advance, and save money at the same time! E-MagazinesCorporateTradeMediaBusiness EventsSelect language 8 gorgeous hotels to hibernate in over the British winter As winter gets ready to wrap us in its icy grip, why not book a stay in one of the UK’s gorgeously cosy hotels and make the most of the season to hibernate. The Good Hotel Guide shows us 8 places to stay that are the hospitality equivalent of a big bear hug: huge beds, open fires and lashings of tea, cake and toe-warming booze. 1. Raise a glass to winter in the Cotswolds Yes, The Feathers has winding staircases, antique furniture and an intimate feel, but it’s the collection of more than 400 gins from around the world that will make you more than happy to hibernate here! You’d be missing a trick if you didn’t venture out at least once though - checking out Spectre filming location nearby Blenheim Palace, then you can toast Bond with a Martini in the hotel’s Gin Bar. 2. Bed in for the duration in Devon Despite The Nobody Inn being set on the edge of the beautiful Dartmoor National Park, you’ll be hard-pressed to find a good reason to leave this cosy pub. If the comfy beds, magazines and welcoming decanters of spirits in the rooms aren’t reason enough to stay in, the pub’s inglenook fireplace, display of whiskies, top-notch pub food, and quiz and wine-tasting nights should do the trick. 3. Watch the wintry seas in Cornwall If you like the thought of hibernating by the sea, The Nare Hotel is the place for you. It’s a cosy, pleasingly old-fashioned hotel on Cornwall’s romantic Roseland Peninsula. The views are as special as the hotel – book a room with a balcony or private terrace and watch winter storms racing across the seas below from the comfort of an armchair. 4. Hunker down in North Yorkshire For a homely hibernation retreat, head to The Traddock. With just 12 rooms and suites, it’s a warm and friendy hotel. Set up camp in the snug public areas and retreat into a world of crackling fires and board games. These, and the award-winning restaurant, should keep you happily distracted from the area’s world-class walks. 5. Pamper your way through winter in Yorkshire Middlethorpe is the 21st-century way to sample a Downton Abbey lifestyle. The 18th-century mansion has large, grand public rooms, chequered marble floors, antiques, fire-lit halls, and discreet staff who address you by your name. The spa will help ease those winter blues and to really ramp up the hibernation factor, book the Duke of York Suite, which comes with its own fireplace. 6. Slow down in Scotland The Georgian mansion that is now the Boath House hotel was once described as the most beautiful Regency house in Scotland, yet it was on Historic Scotland’s endangered list until its current owners set about meticulously restoring it to its original magnificence. It’s now known for its changing exhibition of Scottish artwork, luxurious but unpretentious style, and its Michelin-starred restaurant. All in, it’s the perfect place to slow down. 7. Add a dash of drama in Scotland If you like your winter retreats mixed with a touch of theatre, stay at Ardanaiseig. On the outside, this Scottish baronial mansion has turrets and crow-stepped gables set against the suitably named Loch Awe. Inside, it’s filled with suitably grand – and some quirky – antiques, and the bedrooms were each designed by a set designer for Scottish opera. The overall effect is rather deliciously eccentric. 8. 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__label__wiki	0.600071	0.600071	Discover Gold Country Funderland Amusement Park Courtesy of Funderland A small park for the small fry This low-key attraction adjacent to the Sacramento Zoo and Fairytale Town lets little ones climb aboard vehicles of all sorts—boats, cars, trains, and planes, all scaled for the pint-size set. If you’ve got a knee-high daredevil in your family, head for the Flying Dragon Roller Coaster. Junior explorers love zooming around in Backroads Buggies. When summer temperatures rise, cool off with a ride on the classic Log Run. Even the littlest visitors can feel like they’re in on the action by stepping into a scene in a trio of adventure-themed photo ops. More Family Fun in Sacramento Angels Camp History VISIT SACRAMENTO Sacramento Calendar of Events Preston Castle Haunt The Golden Chain Highway Meet the Makers - Sacramento Like many cities, California’s state capital is undergoing an energetic renaissance. Young adults looking for an urban vibe are moving into this low-key city, with microbreweries, gastropubs, and trendy boutiques popping up to serve them. Award-winning chefs are gaining attention for their focus on hyper-local ingredients, and relationships between restaurants and surrounding farms and ranches have become not a novelty, but the norm. Hot summer days create some of the nicest evenings anywhere in the state, where locals sit on porches in elegant Victorian-era homes, and kids scamper in leafy parks until the sun goes down. As the state capital, there’s plenty going on, and gatherings of various colourful groups around the cupola-topped Capitol are common. Museums are centered largely around the Capitol Mall area and in historic Old Town Sacramento, the renovated area along the Sacramento River that was a core hub during the Gold Rush. Getting around to all these different locations is easy, and traffic jams are fleeting. Granted the gold award for bike-friendliness by the League of American Bicyclists, Sacramento is also a great place to explore by bike, with wide designated lanes, and paved trails along the American and Sacramento Rivers. There’s also a convenient light rail system to linking popular sites around town. The Sacramento region contains 7,000-8,000 acres of boutique farms and 1.4 million acres of regional farmland. California State Capitol Catch a glimpse of government With its noble columns and snappy cupola, all painted wedding-cake white, California’s State Capitol building looks like a mini replica of U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Take a free tour to learn about the 1869 building’s architecture and history, and to appreciate extensive restorations in the offices of the Secretary of State, Treasurer, and Governor. This is very much a working capitol building, and, if legislators are in session, ask about access to public galleries to watch bills being debated or votes being cast. Outside, stroll through the adjacent 40-acre Capitol Park, where you can admire trees from around the world, and visit the sweetly scented International World Peace Rose Garden. Take note of the Civil War Memorial Grove—in 1897, saplings from famous Civil War battlefields were planted here. CAPITOL INFORMATION California Museum by Markus >fin< Hametner/Flickr The official state history museum For a lively overview of California history—from its rich Native American heritage to A-list actors and superstars leading the tech revolution. Signature exhibits include the California Hall of Fame, a remarkable collection jointly established by the museum and former First Lady Maria Shriver, honouring Californians who have made their mark on history. Inductees include celebrated stars (Francis Ford Coppola, Warren Beatty), authors (John Muir, Joan Didion), sports legends (Billie Jean King, Kareem Abdul Jabbar), architects (Julia Morgan, Frank Gehry), visionaries (Walt Disney, Steve Jobs), and a host of other remarkable individuals. The museum also houses an exhibit honouring some of the state’s most remarkable women, such as farm worker organizer Dolores Huerta and astronaut Sally Ride. Old Sacramento by Nick Ares/Flickr Old Sacramento Soak up river history in a ride on or along the water When glittering nuggets and veins of gold were discovered in the Sierra Foothills in 1849, a massive tide of humankind, hell-bent on finding their fortune, raced as fast as they could to the Gold Country. Sailing as far as they could up from San Francisco Bay east on the Sacramento River, the gold-hungry pioneers pulled up at the confluence of the American and Sacramento Rivers, the furthest point they could go in their sailing ships. A town sprang up almost overnight, with many buildings constructed out of leftover ships timbers and sails. Sacramento was born. Today, on the sycamore-shaded banks of Sacramento River, get a sense of those raucous early years in renovated Old Sacramento, now a 28-acre/11-hectare National Historic Landmark. While there are the requisite trinket and t-shirt shops and ice cream parlours in restored buildings, there are also excellent museums, including the California Railway Museum and the California Museum. A restored riverboat, the Delta King, invites you on board for brunch, dinner, and even an overnight stay. Horse-drawn carriages offer rides, and docents in period costumes lead historic walking tours—a great way to learn about some of the district’s secrets, like underground passageways and chambers. (Kids love the spooky ghost tours, offered in October.) Climb aboard a historic steam locomotive for a scenic ride on the Sacramento Southern Railroad. If you prefer to be on the water instead of beside it, hop aboard a scenic one-hour Hornblower cruise. Old Sacramento Walking Tours Calfornia State Railroad Museum Hornblower Cruises and Events California: Outdoor America's largest and most prestigious cycling event brings many of the world’s top riders to the Golden State. The 8-stage race changes it up every year, with new courses connecting cities and... Farm-To-Fork Capital With its proximity to local farms, Sacramento is at the forefront of fresh, seasonal cuisine, sourced right from the city’s backyard California is undeniably the land of plenty—the largest agricultural producer in the country. And it doesn’t get much more farmer than the region surrounding Sacramento. This fertile acreage, with remarkable soil and abundant sunshine, means Sacramento has incredible access to the juiciest fruits, freshest vegetables, and an ever-increasing array of artisanal, farm-based products. Area chefs take advantage of the bounty by forming close relationships with farmers and sourcing ingredients that will end up on diners’ plates that very same night. Taste the results at favourite eateries including Ella Dining Room & Bar, Mulvaney’s B&L, Waterboy, and The Kitchen Restaurant. "Be part of Sacramento’s annual Farm-to-Fork Celebration, a two-week affair that gathers farmers and chefs to showcase the best in food and wine." Sacramento’s chefs also craft their seasonally driven menus by shopping at local farmers’ markets—more than 10 sprout up at different locations year-round. For a novel experience, join a Market-to-Plate Executive Chefs Tour, offered by Local Roots Food Tours. Walk with chefs as they shop, get tips on what to buy and how to prepare it, then relax with lunch made from the day’s bounty. Chef Oliver Ridgeway, who focuses on hyper-local sustainable ingredients at Grange, also offers market walks on Wednesdays, followed by a three-course lunch. If you’re visiting in September, you’ll want to be part of Sacramento’s annual Farm-to-Fork Celebration, a two-week affair that gathers farmers and chefs to showcase the best in food and wine. To cap off the festival, celebrated chefs prepare an exclusive farm-to-fork meal at an iconic city landmark for hundreds of food-loving attendees. Sacramento farmers’ markets Local Roots Food Tours Grange Tours Farm-to-Fork Festival California: Culinary Dining Hot Spots Sample ultra-fresh, hyper-local, and downright amazing When you come to California, come hungry. This is a state that seriously knows how to cook. Amazing and innovative chefs sprinkled with Michelin stars work with local farms and artisanal food... George's at the Cove Sacramento has some unique nicknames, including "The River City," "The Camellia Capital of the World," "City of Trees," and "The Big Tomato." Natives often refer to it as Sactown. The Fabulous Forties Classic Architecture, Elegant Homes Tudor, Colonial Revival, Arts and Crafts, California Bungalow—premier examples of these classic architectural styles keep your head spinning in this elegant collection of streets (numbered streets in the 40s) in East Sacramento. Long considered one of the city’s most fashionable neighbourhoods, it makes for a delightful stroll with hints of a bygone era of elegance and privilege. Here, homeowners relax on broad front porches; squint and you can almost imagine them in crisp linen suits and frilly lace dresses, sipping cool lemonades on a sultry August afternoon. Kids ride bikes on wide streets—reminder that streetcars used to run through the area, and needed plenty of room to at turnaround points. During the holidays, the area takes on special glow when several houses get lavishly gussied up, then welcome the public during special home tours. Vox Art Gallery by Galib Ahmad/Flickr Sacramento and the Arts Visit galleries, join art walks, and see a play Artists and gallery owners have gained serious traction in Sacramento, and music, plays, and performances abound. Find out what’s going on by consulting Sacramento365.com, the best way to tap into all the cultural goings-on about town. One of the best ways to experience the hopping arts scene in the city’s Downtown, Midtown, Uptown, and East Sacramento neighbourhoods is to time your visit for a Second Saturday of the month. From 6 to 9 p.m., galleries offer extended “open-house” hours, creating a street party atmosphere with rotating exhibits, chances to chat with local artists, live music, and food and wine offerings. See what’s going on at artist-run cooperative Axis Gallery and peek behind the scenes at The Urban Hive, downtown Sac’s co-working and hacking space. Follow the monthly map to other open-late businesses too. More to do in Sacramento California State Railroad Museum Climb aboard restored railroad cars at this family favourite Consistently ranked as one of the best railroad museums in the country, the expansive California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento presents 21 meticulously restored “iron horse” locomotives, plus period-perfect railway cars, many open for one-of-a-kind walk-throughs. Incredible attention to detail—authentic china and silverware in dining cars, velvet and finery in the Pullman sleeping cars, a charmingly stubby wooden caboose—give you a sense of what it was like to travel by train before cars became king. Numerous exhibits detail the ways that railroads shaped the lives, economy, culture, and history of the Golden State. Kids will enjoy being able to step aboard Pullman-style sleeping cars, a dining car filled with railroad china, and a replica of a railway post office. There’s even a high-speed train simulator that allow visitors to feel what it’s like to pilot a modern high-speed train. Guided tours of the museum are offered daily and special events include the “Spookomotive Train Ride“ on weekends in October and a winter holiday train ride, complete with a visit from a gift-bearing Santa, in November and December. On spring and summer weekends (April–September), the museum offers excursion rides every hour on the popular Sacramento Southern Railroad, which chugs along the banks of the Sacramento River right through Old Sacramento. Take in the view from a first-class observation car, a closed coach, or an open-air gondola (guess which one kids like best). Escursion train rides Visit Sacramento Family Fun Midtown Farmers' Market Sacramento Discover Museum Old Sacramento Underground Tours Sacramento Farm-to-Fork Festival Sutter's Fort by Nick/Flickr Historic Walking Tours Discover gold-flecked history all over town Walking tours are a great way to experience the capital’s history on foot. A variety of tours, sponsored by the Downtown Sacramento Partnership, cover topics ranging from art and architecture to culture and religion. Altogether these tours (most lasting one or two hours) cover more than 150 years of state and local history, from early settlement by Swiss immigrant John Sutter to civil rights activist Cesar Chavez, who cofounded the National Farm Workers Association. Those looking more off-the-beaten path guided adventures might enjoy the Old Sacramento speakeasy tour that visits underground watering holes. Beginning at the Prohibition-themed River City Saloon, the journey continues to the famed Delta King riverboat, which used to be known as the floating hotspot for illegal drinking and gambling (and now permanently docked on the river in Old Sacramento). For a taste of the macabre, consider the Downtown haunted tour, which delves into spooky stories of Sacramento’s past, including the Indian burial ground under City Hall and rumoured ghosts at the allegedly haunted Crest Theatre. glengould/flickr Crocker Art Museum Vibrant, eclectic, fascinating The first public art museum founded in the Western United States, the Crocker Art Museum is still one of the leading museums in California today. If being the oldest art museum west of the Mississippi sounds like a stodgy claim to fame, forget about it. This is one vibrant, eclectic, fascinating, and altogether of-the-moment museum, with an unparalleled collection of both historic and contemporary art. First, the historic. The original Crocker Museum was a gift to the city, a move by Margaret Crocker, heiress of the fabulously wealthy Crocker family, to let the people of Sacramento have permanent access to her family’s astounding personal galleries, housed in an Italianate mansion a pleasant stroll from the Capitol Building. The elegant building, as well as the adjacent family home, still showcase that collection, which includes European works as well as the Californian collection, now considered one of the finest of its kind in the United States. Over time, the collection grew to include an amazing wealth of international ceramics, sculptures, and works by contemporary California artists, many who taught at nearby U.C. California at Davis. Fast forward to 2010, when a dramatic new gallery space, the ultra-modern Teel Family Pavilion, was added to the 1800s-era Crocker compound, a bold and visually stunning move. These wide open, naturally lit gallery spaces have become the home of the contemporary collection, and they are your chance to see original works by some of the state’s finest artists. Here, experience black-and-white originals by the celebrated photographer Ansel Adams—the difference of seeing his real images of Yosemite’s Half Dome versus a poster replica is breathtaking. Over there are Wayne Thiebaud’s whimsical pie paintings of pie, over here sculptor Roy Arneson’s wacky ceramic head. The Crocker caters well to families too: Areas like Tot Land and The Story Trail help kids of all ages engage with the art in fun ways, and standing events like Wee Wednesday and Sunday Playday offer hands-on activities. Check the museum calendar for drop-in events where kids can sketch with guidance from an art teacher, or parents and caregivers can escort tiny ones on the Baby Loves Art gallery walk. 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__label__wiki	0.555595	0.555595	Let your voice be heard 2020 tax headaches No 🍺🍷 but more 💵 Cut these expenses now Signs of our times: Airport ads are big business Laura Ruane Business frequent fliers 83%25 more likely to try new products or services first Airports have %22high dwell time environment%2C and deliver a captive audience%2C%22 survey finds Fla. airport working to boost display capability%2C quality FORT MYERS, Fla. — It's an airport, not a seaport. Still, there's a 22½-foot Grady-White recreation boat just inside passenger terminal Door 2 at Southwest Florida International. A Porsche Cayman sports car is parked inside near door Door 5. Local dealers put these grown-ups' toys in the airport terminal, and they're loving the response. "We moved the boat in less than a month ago, and we're averaging more than a call a day. This time of year ... we're more than satisfied," said Ray Jahn, general manager for Fish Tale Sales & Service on Fort Myers Beach. Mark Busalacchi is properties and contracts director for Lee County Port Authority, the airport's operator. Although ad revenues have a long way to go before reaching their prerecession peak, he's encouraged. The estimate for fiscal year 2013 is $749,176. Those are down from heights reached before the national recession, but the number is up from 2012. Airport advertising is big business nationally. A 2011 Scarborough survey on behalf of Clear Channel Outdoor Holding's airport advertising division found business frequent fliers are 83% more likely than all U.S. adults to be the first to try or to buy new products and services. Airports have a "high dwell time environment, and deliver a captive audience," the survey found. It also said about three in four frequent fliers and business frequent fliers notice airport advertising, and take time to read the message. Frequent fliers were defined as adults who took three or more round-trip flights in the past year. Business frequent fliers took three or more round-trip flights per year for business. On at least two occasions, Busalacchi has heard about a local dealership selling a Porsche to an airport passenger less than a week after seeing one at the terminal. Also, the airport's advertising client mix is diversifying from a roster that started out heavy on real estate development before the downturn. "We finally got Chico's in here, which is a big deal," Busalacchi said, referring to the national casual apparel designer and retailer based in Fort Myers. Miromar Outlets and Miromar Lakes and Ave Maria Development are longstanding clients, as is WCI Communities. Stock Development has advertised at the terminal since it opened in September 2005. The boat and the sports car are among the more recent and sexy examples of how an airport can be a great advertising medium. The more typical ads include static signs at baggage carousels and near escalators, scrolling, backlighted signs on or near concourses and near the bag carousels and hotel-centric text and photos at information kiosks. Airport shuttle buses also have ad placards. The Grady-White and the Porsche occupy two out of four "static display" locations that each fetch a rate of $2,000 per month. More common advertising placements range from as low as $750 for a double-sided sign on a bag claim carousel to $4,700 a month for a wall-mounted display strategically placed in a specific concourse or above an escalator in either the East or West Atrium, depending on the package and time of year. Advertising income is important, airport officials say, because it helps them contain rates and fees charged to airlines, allowing carriers to focus on offering more flights. Southwest Florida International relies on nonaeronautical revenue from such things as concessions sales and advertising, for about 65% of its operating budget In September 2010, the port authority took its ad sales program in-house, largely to avoid service fees of about $200,000 annually, according to Busalacchi. Sue Phelan is the day-to-day manager of the program, which has gotten more flexible. Advertisers can request seasonal contracts for as little as four months. And, if clients want to target certain origination markets, they can designate a concourse that has the most flights from those geographic areas. The port authority next hopes to build clientele by updating display technology. It will replace the scrolling signs with LCD units over the next 12 to 18 months, Busalacchi said. This will provide crisper images and greater flexibility in the number and presentation of advertisements. "People can be in an airport longer than they are in a plane," Busalacchi said. "People want technology." Boat dealer Jahn expects great things from the Grady-White's time at the airport. "Our lifestyle in this state is boating. After things started to pick up in the economy, this made sense." Laura Ruane also writes for The Fort Myers (Fla.) News-Press.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1398231
__label__cc	0.671456	0.328544	How much does sinkhole damage cost each year in the United States? Sinkhole damages over the last 15 years cost on average at least $300 million per year. Since there is no national tracking of sinkhole damage costs, this estimate is probably much lower than the actual cost. Select TopicsWater (1) Select Year2014 (1)2007 (1)2000 (1)1998 (1)1997 (1)1984 (1) Select TypeReport (6) Karst in the United States: a digital map compilation and database This report describes new digital maps delineating areas of the United States, including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, having karst or the potential for development of karst and pseudokarst. These maps show areas underlain by soluble rocks and also by volcanic rocks, sedimentary deposits, and permafrost that have potential for karst or... Weary, David J.; Doctor, Daniel H. Attribution: Florence Bascom Geoscience Center Karst in the United States: a digital map compilation and database; 2014; OFR; 2014-1156; Weary, David J.; Doctor, Daniel H. Sinkholes are a common feature in Missouri where limestone and dolomite outcrop. Though often considered a benign nuisance, sudden, catastrophic collapses can destroy property, delay construction projects, and contaminate ground water resources. Kaufmann, James E. Sinkholes; 2007; FS; 2007-3060; Kaufmann, James E. Land subsidence in the United States Galloway, Devin L.; Jones, David R.; Ingebritsen, S.E. Attribution: Water, Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Water Science Center, Water Resources, United States of America Land subsidence in the United States; 2000; FS; 165-00; Galloway, Devin L.; Jones, David R.; Ingebritsen, S. E. Exploring caves: teaching packet for grades K-3 "Exploring Caves" is an interdisciplinary set of materials on caves for grades K-3. Caves entail at least five scientific disciplines: earth science, hydrology, mapping, biology, and anthropology. Each of these disciplines involves a unique content area as well as the development of particular intellectual skills. This unit aims at helping... Exploring caves: teaching packet for grades K-3; 1998; USGS Unnumbered Series; GIP; U.S. Geological Survey Karst topography; computer animations and paper model Alpha, T.R.; Galloway, John P.; Tinsley, J. C. Karst topography; computer animations and paper model; 1997; OFR; 97-536-A; Alpha, T. R.; Galloway, John P.; Tinsley, J. C., III Formation of solution-subsidence sinkholes above salt beds Ege, John R. Formation of solution-subsidence sinkholes above salt beds; 1984; CIR; 897; Ege, John R. Karst, Critters, and Climate Change This webinar was conducted as part of the Climate Change Science and Management Webinar Series, co-hosted by the USGS National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center and the FWS National Conservation Training Center. Webinar Description: One-half of North American imperiled species live in subterranean habitats, which largely are associated with karst (a type of Attribution: Climate Adaptation Science Centers, South Central Climate Adaptation Science Center Shenandoah sinkholes and karst geology Attribution: Water Resources, Virginia and West Virginia Water Science Center An Unseen World Beneath Our Feet - Caves, Sinkholes and Springs Randall Orndorff, Director of the Eastern Geology and Paleoclimate Science Center, discusses how Karst affects daily life. Beneath a quarter of the United States are rock types that can dissolve to form caves, sinkholes and other features. Nearly every state has rock layers of limestone, gypsum, and other soluble rocks we call ‘karst’. Karst is important for many reasons. Karst features, Buffalo National River Examples of karst features within the Buffalo National River Park. Karst is a type of topography that is formed over limestone, dolomite, or gypsum by dissolving or solution, and that is characterized by closed depressions or sinkholes, caves, and underground drainage (American Geological Institute Dictionary of Geologic Terms). Attribution: Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center, Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center Sinkholes in West-central Florida, Freeze Event of 2010 More than 110 sinkholes formed in the Dover area of Florida during a freeze event in January 2010. Ground water levels dropped to record-setting lows as farmers pumped water to irrigate their plants for protection from the cold temperatures. The sinkholes destroyed homes, roads and sections of cultivated areas. Attribution: Region 2: South Atlantic-Gulf (Includes Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands) Sinkhole Activity Damages Home. Cracking along exterior walls is a sign of subsidence activity. Such severe structural damage from sinkholes can destroy homes and other structures. More than 110 sinkholes formed in the Dover area of Florida during a freeze event in January 2010. Ground water levels dropped to record-setting lows as farmers pumped water to irrigate their plants for protection from the Various Karst Features Along Peace River, Fl Cypress Root Sink is also part of the Wabash Complex. Attribution: Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center Listen to hear the answer. What's Up With Sinkholes? A huge sinkhole in Texas begs a few questions about this fascinating and sometimes hazardous phenomenon, so we sit down with USGS geologist Randy Orndorff to learn more. sinkhole formation	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1398234
__label__cc	0.677338	0.322662	Scholarships - Financial Support Scholarships news USTH Scholarships Scholarship Regulations Call us: +84-4 37-91-69-60 USTH Homepage University of Science and Technology of Hanoi PhD in Sustainability Science- UN I. Overview The PhD programme in Sustainability Science is a three-year programme that aims to produce scholars who will become key researchers in the field of sustainability science. The programme takes an innovative approach to sustainability, seeking to promote a better understanding of the issues by incorporating global change perspectives, specifically those related to climate change and biodiversity. The programme will equip graduates with comprehensive, multidisciplinary knowledge of sustainability problems, and deepen their understanding of the role of environmental sustainability in addressing current issues related to global change. 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__label__wiki	0.639595	0.639595	About VIC Interact with Top Investors Earn $5000 AVANIR PHARMACEUTICALS INC AVNR S March 17, 2011 - 12:02pm EST by clancy836 Price: 4.85 EPS $0.00 $0.00 Shares Out. (in M): 122 P/E 0.0x 0.0x Market Cap (in $M): 470 P/FCF 0.0x 0.0x Net Debt (in $M): 0 EBIT 0 0 TEV ($): 358 TEV/EBIT 0.0x 0.0x Borrow Cost: NA Sign up for free guest access to view investment idea with a 45 days delay. Related Ideas? Government Properties Income Trust GOV S 09/29/2018 Description / Catalyst Avanir Pharmaceuticals (AVNR) is a marketing stage biotechnology company whose flagship product I believe is likely to fail spectacularly on its introduction this year. The company's single significant product is Nuedexta(TM), a combination of two generic drugs which was recently approved for treating symptoms of pseudobulbar affect (episodes of inappropriate laughter or crying) occurring in some patients with ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) or multiple sclerosis. Following approval, AVNR's market cap has more than doubled to nearly $500 million; the company sold $80 million of stock in a secondary offering and is beginning to aggressively ramp up spending on marketing Nuedexta, for which it lacks a pharmaceutical industry partner. Apart from a wildly overestimated target market, Nuedexta has multiple serious issues relating to patent protection, efficacy, safety, competitive position, and cost that I believe will create an almost unsurmountable headwind to achieving any significant market penetration. Nuedexta: Packaging a pill Nuedexta is in fact a combination of two existing generic drugs which have been around for decades. The active ingredient is dextromethorphan, which readers may recognize as also being the active ingredient in over-the-counter cough syrups such as NyQuil or Robitussin DM. According to the company, this generic substance "acts to control symptoms of pseudobulbar affect through an unknown mechanism". The other ingredient is quinidine, a generic drug historically used in the management of heart arrythmias, but included here for its role as an inhibitor of a liver enzyme called CYP2D6, thereby decreasing metabolization of dextromethorphan by the liver and making its circulating levels somewhat higher than if that drug were taken alone. Although effective in treating certain types of abnormal heart rhythms, quinidine is no longer widely used as it can cause various complications including a cardiac problem known as long QT syndrome, potentially leading in turn to a rapidly fatal ventricular arrythmia if not treated promptly. In fact, the FDA rejected Avanir's original application in 2006, citing concerns that its use of quinidine could cause serious arrythmias, and forcing Avanir to begin a new clinical trial with a reformulated version using only one third of the previous dose of quinidine. After discontinuing most of its other research programs to fund this study, AVNR spent millions to complete a revised Phase 3 trial which eventually led to approval in late 2010. The results as provided by the company itself can be seen below. https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0BxbmIeib9QuoODlkZGRhYmUtMjhkZS00OTEwLWFhNzktYjQ4YzI3MDNhYjY4&hl=en At the end of the 12-week trial period, patients treated with Nuedexta had an average of 4 fewer episodes of laughing or crying per day -- a number which suddenly becomes much more underwhelming when compared with the average of 3 fewer episodes for patients treated with placebo alone. Less prominently mentioned is the fact that a total of six ALS patients in the groups treated with Nuedexta died during the study, compared to only one in the placebo group. Because of the number of patients enrolled in the trial the treatment did manage to reach the statistical significance needed for approval, but the actual clinical and human relevance of this kind of an impact is a different matter entirely. I seriously question the benefit of administering a sedating, exorbitantly priced, and potentially risky drug in order to obtain on average one fewer temporary episode of inappropriate laughter or crying. I think many physicians, patients, and families will question it as well. Interestingly, there were no significant differences whatsoever seen between the 30/10mg and 20/10mg treatment arms. The lack of any dose-response relationship over this dose range could suggest the possibility of similar effects at even lower drug levels, such as those achievable through use of generic dextromethorphan alone. Of course, no sane pharmaceutical company would fund that kind of trial. Because each of its ingredients have been available generically for decades, Avanir has no composition of matter patents pertaining to either one, relying on use and formulation patents covering its combination capsule. Doctors and pharmacists could easily provide the two ingredients separately at far lower cost. (Or indeed, patients could simply purchase cough syrup themselves.) The situation has strong parallels with the recent failure of NitroMed, a company which recieved FDA approval of its BiDil capsule for congestive heart failure, which was also composed of two already available generic drugs. After struggling to gain acceptance from physicians, patients, and insurers, NitroMed ceased marketing efforts for BiDil and laid off most of its staff in January 2008, and was later sold for $0.80 per share. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/22/business/22heart.html?_r=1&ref=bidildrug http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/health/2006-08-03-nitromed_x.htm Unlike NitroMed, which had a plausible marketing plan emphasizing the importance of a single pill in improving patient compliance for a widespread, well-recognized, and serious medical condition, and research showing synergies between its two component ingredients in the African-American population, Avanir faces an uphill battle in marketing for a rare, controversial, and nonlethal symptomatic complaint for which numerous safe generic treatments are already available. All this is particularly interesting given that Nuedexta's proposed cost per patient comes to $5,868 per year.That'll buy a lot of cough syrup. Or a lot of amitriptyline. desipramine, fluoxetine, citalopram, fluvoxamine, sertraline, lamotrigine, or any of the other FDA-approved generic medications that have been used for decades in a wide variety of mood disorders, including pseudobulbar affect. Psychiatrists and neurologists are familiar with a wide range of existing medication options for emotional lability, each of which have more favorable cost and side effect profiles than Avanir's proposed alternative. In a PubMed search, I easily uncovered over 2 dozen published peer-reviewed studies showing safety and efficacy for numerous existing generic medications in the SSRI, tricyclic antidepressant, and mood stabilizer categories in treating symptoms of pseudobulbar affect: http://neuro.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/10/4/453 http://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJM198506063122303 To put costs in perspective, many of the above reasonable alternatives to Nuedexta are on the low-cost generic formulary at Walmart, costing just four dollars for one month's supply, a price which is matched by many retail pharmacies). Adding yet a further barrier to market acceptance, the quinidine contained in Nuedexta can create serious interactions with multiple widely-used classes of drugs, including tricyclic antidepressants and SSRIs. Patients dealing with issues of unstable mood may already be on one of these very medications, making their doctors even less likely to add a potentially risky and expensive drug like Nuedexta. The marketing of pseudobulbar affect: "making a diagnosis" Several months before approval, Avanir initiated a marketing effort intended to "raise awareness" among doctors and patients regarding pseudobulbar affect, the symptom Nuedexta is said to treat. In this excerpt from a New York Times article covering the approval, Avanir CEO Keith Katkin, an accountant, shares his professional opinion regarding the disorder: Keith Katkin, chief executive of Avanir, said the company estimates that two million Americans suffer from the condition. ''We like to refer to PBA as one of the most common diseases that people have never heard of,'' he said in an interview earlier this week. Estimates are somewhat imprecise, however. Only five years ago the company was estimating that there were fewer than a million people with the condition. The company faces a marketing challenge. Many patients and doctors do not know the condition exists. And there is skepticism that PBA warrants treatment, given that people with the condition have more serious underlying diseases. My estimates of the realistically addressable target market are sharply lower than the company's figures. It is more accurate to say that pseudobulbar affect is a symptom rather than a disease category. A minority of patients with certain neurological disorders can develop episodes of inappropriate laughter or crying; although some persons with particularly severe or prominent problems may seek treatment for that symptom and potentially be helped, for the most part pseudobulbar affect is generally far from the most serious issue that patients with these disorders confront. Particularly given the higher death rates and modest effect size relative to placebo in Avanir's study, more significant to patients and their families is that this incurable disease causes progressive generalized paralysis, eventually leading to death by respiratory failure. ALS is a rare disorder with approximately 30,000 patients in the US, each having an expected lifespan of 3 to 5 years. Although there are approximately 300,000 multiple sclerosis patients in the US, the prevalence of similar symptoms in MS patients is much less frequent. The number of patients with severe enough symptoms to warrant specific treatment, and whose symptoms are unable to be managed by any of the available generic alternatives, and who believe that the effect size relative to placebo justifies the astronomical costs, may be dramatically smaller than the company and AVNR bulls currently expect. Analysts associated with AVNR's multiple stock offerings have speculated about potential use of Nuedexta in various other populations such as stroke or Alzheimer's patients, while the company itself has avoided making clear statements in this regard (wisely, in view of the steep fines handed out by the FDA for attempted off-label marketing). Apart from its potential cardiac risks, quinidine has anticholinergic effects (effectively opposite to many Alzheimer's drugs) making it particularly difficult to recommend for an older population such as dementia or stroke patients. Far from spontaneously attracting widespread enthusiasm for multiple off-label uses as AVNR bulls seem to anticipate, I think Nuedexta will likely struggle to gain significant acceptance even within its approved indication for pseudobulbar affect in ALS and MS. Although not an accountant, I am currently completing neurology residency at a large university medical center, and I have not observed any significant enthusiasm for Nuedexta among academic neurologists specializing in MS, neuromuscular disorders, dementia, and stroke. I think it is possibly one of the most absurd drug candidates I have ever encountered. In looking over the above data, I'm left somewhat astonished that this combination of two generic substances (one of which is available over the counter at convenience stores) is being perceived as a major new breakthrough product worth nearly $500 million in market capitalization. Other assets and outlook Avanir has one other marketable product, a topical cold sore remedy known as Abreva. Its sales appear far from sufficient to sustain the company. AVNR generated a total of $2.9 million in revenues in fiscal 2010, down from $4.1 and $7 million in the last two years. The AVNR pipeline appears to be entirely devoid of any other credible development candidates. Following the initial FDA rejection of Zenvia (now Nuedexta) in 2006, Avanir terminated its other research programs including the macrophage migration inhibitor AVP-28225. Avanir does retain a right to earn unspecified milestone payments if further advancements with AVP-28225 are made by Novartis. Since 2006, no further announcements that I could find have been made concerning this compound. Lacking any other compounds in its pipeline, Avanir has hinted at plans to market Nuedexta for other indications, including as a pain medication. (The compound "AVP-923" listed in its promotional materials is in fact Nuedexta, presumably to be remarketed under yet another brand name.) Any attempt to win approval for pain could be particularly problematic, as dextromethophan has known potential for abuse, causing pharmacists in some states to move DM-containing cold preparations behind the counter. Even more worrisome, patients taking increasing amounts of Nuedexta in an attempt to relieve pain could ingest a potentially dangerous dose of quinidine. I think Avanir may announce plans to file for European approval or an IND for an alternate indication within the next several months, potentially providing a good entry point on the short side. In my view, attempts to market or approve Nuedexta in any other indication or jurisdiction will face the same overwhelming hurdles I have outlined above, and rapidly hasten consumption of the remaining cash. On the heels of the FDA approval, AVNR promptly pushed through a secondary offering of 20 million shares at $4.40. Prior to this, stock sales to the public over the past 3 years exceed $78 million. Analysts associated with the offerings have come out with generous sales and market size predictions for Nuedexta which the company should now prove extremely hard pressed to meet. Similarly to Nitromed, due to the lack of any pharmaceutical industry partners Avanir has been faced with the need to create a nationwide sales and marketing organization out of whole cloth in order to manage the introduction of a single product with substantial generic competition. Particularly given the controversial and relatively unknown nature of the approved indication, I think they have seriously underestimated the difficulty of this task. Although cash from stock sales could last about two more years at the recent burn rate of $14.1 million per quarter, the company has been rapidly hiring sales personnel and is ramping up spending on marketing efforts in what I believe will almost certainly prove to be a futile attempt to build a sustainable market. After purchasing $19 thousand worth of stock at 43 cents in 2009, insiders have now sold hundreds of thousands of shares in the past 12 months, many at much lower prices. In a recent note, the company's Canaccord analyst appears to be hastily trying to manage expectations downward, while reiterating a buy "based on a sum-of-the-parts valuation". The company has been closed-lipped regarding the prescription count to date, but will need to release sales data with the next 4Q in May. As the multiple barriers to market acceptance of Nuedexta become increasingly clear, AVNR appears likely to underperform the market significantly over the next six to twelve months. Nuedexta likely results in a dramatic sales disappointment this year sort by best new old Please pick a category for this new tag : Business Characteristic Credit Related Financial Statements Geography Geopolitical Industry Industry Dynamic Investor Legal Related M&A Management & Insiders Market Dynamic Operating Trends Other Pick Success/Failure Regulatory Security Type Taxes Technical Valuation * SUGGEST A NEW ONE * Enter a New Category: About Ideas Topics Messages © 2020 ValueInvestorsClub.com. 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__label__wiki	0.840061	0.840061	5 minutes with... Noriki Tamura talks Japa Dog Anja Konjicanin Japa Dog fans, from Japa Dog's Facebook page For Japa Dog owner Noriki Tamura, food vendor wasn't always on the career menu. He moved to Vancouver in 2005. That year, mini Japanese style hot dog carts started popping up around the city. As the lineups grew, so did the demand for more. The Terimayo became the most popular dog on the street. Hot Dog that is... Vancouver to New York to... Tamura loves it here. "It's a beautiful city. People are nice," his translator, Noriko Smith, said. The 36-year-old worked as a sales associate at an advertising company in his native Japan, but his hobby's a little different. "I like trying different hot dogs," Tamura said. Now, Tamura's local food stand will have a location outside of Vancouver. Japa Dog is going to New York City and is set to open sometime this year. Still, he craves more. "I want to keep growing my business," Tamura said. He chose New York because it's such an intensely populated city, but... Next, Tamura hopes to open in L.A. Like next year? "As soon as possible," Tamura laughed. He feels fortunate, and wants to expand worldwide. It looks like Japa Dog is about to become a little more popular. JapaDog Japadog New York Noriki Tamura More in 5 minutes with... Musqueam councillor Wade Grant's intercultural outlook On an overcast day, Musqueam councillor Wade Grant greeted The Vancouver Observer at the Musqueam Community Centre with an easy smile. In jeans and a windbreaker, the 34 year old father of two said... Beth HongNov 19th, 2012 A Liberal spin doctor on how to fight the right Self-declared Liberal spin doctor Warren Kinsella lays out what he thinks Canada's progressives need to do to prevent another Conservative majority. Beth HongNov 4th, 2012 Irshad Manji’s moral courage At four, Irshad Manji arrived in Montreal with her family, wearing clothes so unsuitable for Canadian weather that the immigration agent sent the family to Vancouver. “The closest thing we have to a... Joanna ChiuNov 5th, 2012 Speak up about this article on Facebook or Twitter. Do this by liking Vancouver Observer on Facebook or following us @Vanobserver on Twitter. We'd love to hear from you. Vancouver's Japadog rolls into New York City	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1398240
__label__wiki	0.823825	0.823825	Talking Guitar Blues Paul Rodgers Jul 10, 2011 · New Kid In Town,Take It To The Limit,Lynin Eyes, Rockky Mountanin – The Eagles Live Songs – Duration: 28:34. Rock Guitar Solo 297,532 views Albums recorded by Paul Rodgers, including release dates and current CD availability. PAUL RODGERS. Talking Guitar Blues. Paul Rodgers Producer: Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Drums, Keyboards. Paul Shaffer Billy Sherwood Slash Mark T Williams Jimmie Wood Producer: Guitar. Talking Guitar Blues. 4:05 Listen Now $0.99 In MP3 cart View MP3 Cart Sold by Amazon Digital Services LLC. Additional taxes may apply. Paul Rodgers Stream or buy for $1.29 Sweet Home Chicago Feat Paul R. Splinter Group & Paul Rodgers Stream or buy for $0.99 Hammer To Fall (Live). When Was The Folk Music Revival Pete Seeger 100 Birthday Celebration. Friday, May 3, 7pm, $22.00. CSL Prescott. Folk Sessions host Tom Agostino and a host of great performers will celebrate his incredible life in song. “The folk revival music is a ‘living history,’ alive and thriving in New Jersey, and built on time-honored traditions,” said Gabriele. “One of the best Legendary blues. guitar greats like Joe Bonamassa—may be best known for supplying the raw riffs that propelled Free’s "All Right Now" to the top of the charts in 1970. Video of FREE – Alright Now (. Cut Loose (1983) Fragile, Cut Loose, Live In Peace, Sweet Sensation, Rising Sun, Boogie Mama, Morning After The Night Before, Northwinds, Superstar, Talking Guitar Blues Muddy Water Blues: A Tribute to Muddy Waters (1993) Muddy Water Blues (Acoustic Version). Free Music Downloads. #1 Infinity Zoom – must see. #2 Amazing interactive video US blues guitar giant Joe Bonamassa is back in Nottingham this week. I have had my fair share of collaborations but I will never turn down an invitation to work with Paul Rodgers, Jeff Beck or any. British singer-songwriter Paul Rodgers of Free, Bad Company, The Firm – and sometimes Queen – fame, is talking about his new solo album of Memphis-recorded blues and soul covers, The Royal Sessions, r. Singing Tree Visualizer Prop WEAPONS + ITEMS Baller • This single seat vehicle is found at Expedition Outposts and around pirate camp loot stashes • Use the attached Grappler and Boost functionality to pull yourself up cliffs or. Smart Pixel Props. Pixel Trees; Singing Faces; What’s all the fuss about pixels?. 4 Singing Tree Faces for Visualizer 4 and As the swashbuckling British guitar player for glam pioneers Mott The Hoople and later, rock and roll fantasy weavers Bad Company, Mick Ralphs has. It was Ralphs’ blues influences that brought him. Making Vocals Sheet Music Print immediately or download blank sheet music for free in PDF format for a variety of. Sheet for the notation of a voice or solo instruments (violin, cello, guitar, Sheet Music is the second album by the English rock band 10cc.It was released in 1974 on UK records (No: UKAL 1007), and yielded the hit "Cut Loose" (1983) lyrics – PAUL RODGERS. Cut Loose (1983) Fragile; Cut Loose; Live In Peace; Sweet Sensation; Rising Sun; Boogie Mama; Morning After The Night Before; Northwinds; Superstar; Talking Guitar Blues; PAUL RODGERS videos – Cut Loose. PAUL RODGERS. Lyrics (albums) Lyrics (songs) Videos; Ringtones; Related Artists. BAD COMPANY; FREE. Paul McCartney and the late Scott Weiland are. The four-man band combined Rodgers’ gritty vocals and Kossoff’s biting, blues-drenched guitar work with the spunky drumming of Simon Kirke and the sup. Search results for ‘talking guitar blues by paul rodgers’ Yee yee! We’ve found 29 lyrics, 137 artists, and 100 albums matching talking guitar blues by paul rodgers. All Right Now", "Wishing Well", "My Brother Jake"… these songs by classic British blues band. help recall this was Paul Rodgers and a backing band – not Free. The troubled power and restraint of Pa. "I am singing the national anthem at the Special Olympics in Seattle on July 1st, and playing our own shows until July when the tour starts with Paul Rodgers and Jeff Beck," she said. "I will also be. Guitar. Paul Rodgers and Heart singer (and San Diego native) Ann Wilson — who is also a Rock Hall inductee — for their eight-week “Stars Align Tour.” The tour coincides with the 50th anniversary of. So, basically, we’re talking about a Willie Nelson with the pipes of a Paul Rodgers and hands of a Freddie King. burner Stapleton has been playing on the road for years, and a blues chaser that Joh. Wantagh – British rock singer-songwriter Paul Rodgers. in the music industry, Rodgers said, "It is interesting that all the music has validity. Isn’t it? The music that I listened to when I was sta. The secret to the success of the bands Free and Bad Company in the 1970s and The Firm in the 1980s might have been their muscular rock sound – deeply rooted in the blues, robust and. that sound wor. In the 1960s, England was up to its eyeballs in white-boy blues bands. This was the golden age of the guitar player, when people like. Free was such a band. Between Paul Rodgers’ wailing, Simon Kir. After the disappointing 1982 release Rough Diamonds, Bad Company split up and vocalist Paul Rodgers focused on his solo album Cut Loose.It’s a "solo" album in every sense of the word; Rodgers wrote, produced, sang, and played every single note. Yep, besides highlighting his miraculous voice, Cut Loose features Rodgers playing guitar, keyboards, bass guitar, and drums. Las Vegas Live Music Events Where Country LIVES in Las Vegas. Live Events Calendar. March 2019. 1Fri. A Michigan native who grew up listening to country and R&B music,… Find the best events in Las Vegas today and tonight. Review concerts, shows and clubs then buy tickets online. On the night of October 1, 2017, Stephen Paddock opened fire on [Producer] Warren [Huart] actually helped me on this track, playing a little guitar on it. I had the choice of doing this or I recorded a bass song that I wrote called "Empty Bed Blues" and I. he’s. I had the guitar riff and then. infused with the heart and soul of blues. Or something like that. [laughs] MR: Okay, let’s go into Free and Bad Company. There was something that was easily identifi. Jan 23, 2017 · Talking Guitar Blues · Paul Rodgers Cut Loose ℗ 1983 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. As he states in "Talking Guitar Blues," Rodgers lets his guitar (and songs) do the talking here and that is absolutely all that’s needed. This is the debut solo album from former Free & Bad Company Vocalist Paul Rodgers. I thought Cut Loose was an good recording as it features a new version of Superstar Woman that was originally recorded by. Bonamassa’s father, Len, a respected guitar dealer and player, had fostered in his son not only a love of the instrument, but a keen interest in the British blues-rock explosion. everyone from John. Jeff Beck and Paul Rodgers will embark. full details at Live Nation. Beck and Rodgers have collaborated in the past. Rodgers’ 1993 star-studded tribute to Muddy Waters, Muddy Water Blues, featured. TORONTO — There’s one thing about British rock icon Paul Rodgers that. and carrying your guitar. There was a freedom to it that I didn’t actually experience growing up so I wanted that lifestyle. I. The idea to capture the band live in a state-of-the-art broadcast recording studio was indeed a smart one, since Queen’s success came from a combination of high-end, tech-driven guitar wizardry. Ba.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1398246
__label__wiki	0.986041	0.986041	Triple murder suspects return to Jackson under heavy guard 3 men killed during robbery, shooting at pawn shop Ross Adams A couple charged in a shooting at a Jackson pawn shop in which killed three men were killed returned to Jackson on Thursday with heavy police presence. Jamison Townsend and Joshua Garcia are charged with three counts of capital murder in connection with a Dec. 17 shooting at Bill’s Pawn Jewelry Coin/Stamp Exchange on Wilmington Street. Cleveland “Bill” Mosley, 81; Robert Ivy, 60; and Ted McLemore, 77, were shot and killed during a robbery at the shop, Jackson police said. The couple was arrested about a week later near Junction City, Kansas after a multi-state manhunt. A judge denied bond for Townsend and Garcia on the three capital murder charges and set bond at $1.5 million on the armed robbery of a business charge during a hearing Thursday in Jackson Municipal Court. Both suspects are accused of shooting the three men, police said. Ivy and McLemore were both shot in the head, while Mosely was shot multiple times, police said. Chief Lee Vance said investigators received information that Garcia might try to escape, which led him to call in the SWAT team, which was set up outside police headquarters. "Certainly we wanted to put precautions in place that would keep that from happening," Vance said. "We don't know who all he's connected with. We're not prepared to take any unnecessary chances with anybody's life." The couple was taken to the Hinds County Detention Center in Raymond after Thursday's hearing and then were taken to another location, authorities said. Townsend and Garcia are also suspected in a burglary of a pawn shop in Pascagoula, police said. JACKSON, Miss. — A couple charged in a shooting at a Jackson pawn shop in which killed three men were killed returned to Jackson on Thursday with heavy police presence. Jamison Townsend and Joshua Garcia are charged with three counts of capital murder in connection with a Dec. 17 shooting at Bill’s Pawn Jewelry Coin/Stamp Exchange on Wilmington Street. Cleveland “Bill” Mosley, 81; Robert Ivy, 60; and Ted McLemore, 77, were shot and killed during a robbery at the shop, Jackson police said. 'Pawn shop killers' arrested in Kansas 2 face capital murder charges in Jackson pawn shop shooting Pawn Shop Triple Murder Vigil The couple was arrested about a week later near Junction City, Kansas after a multi-state manhunt. A judge denied bond for Townsend and Garcia on the three capital murder charges and set bond at $1.5 million on the armed robbery of a business charge during a hearing Thursday in Jackson Municipal Court. Both suspects are accused of shooting the three men, police said. Ivy and McLemore were both shot in the head, while Mosely was shot multiple times, police said. Capital Murder suspect, Jamison Townsend being led for transport after her initial court hearing in Municipal Court. pic.twitter.com/i1DcZzoAUz — Jackson Police Department (@JacksonMSPolice) February 2, 2017 Chief Lee Vance said investigators received information that Garcia might try to escape, which led him to call in the SWAT team, which was set up outside police headquarters. "Certainly we wanted to put precautions in place that would keep that from happening," Vance said. "We don't know who all he's connected with. We're not prepared to take any unnecessary chances with anybody's life." The couple was taken to the Hinds County Detention Center in Raymond after Thursday's hearing and then were taken to another location, authorities said. Townsend and Garcia are also suspected in a burglary of a pawn shop in Pascagoula, police said.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1398247
__label__wiki	0.88262	0.88262	Residents move into Atrium Lofts apartments in historic Sav-O Supply building Atrium Lofts opened its doors to tenants after developers finished converting the old Sav-O Supply building into an apartment complex. Residents move into Atrium Lofts apartments in historic Sav-O Supply building Atrium Lofts opened its doors to tenants after developers finished converting the old Sav-O Supply building into an apartment complex. Check out this story on wausaudailyherald.com: https://wdhne.ws/2u78GKT Haley BeMiller, Wausau Daily Herald Published 7:26 a.m. CT July 9, 2018 \| Updated 12:46 p.m. CT July 9, 2018 Atrium Lofts open in old Sav-O Supply building in Wausau The first floor of Atrium Lofts in Wausau, Wis., displays some of the original flooring and ceiling features from the Sav-O Supply building, photographed June 28, 2018. Alexandra Wimley/USA TODAY NETWO Atrium Lofts has opened in the old Sav-O Supply building in Wausau, Wis., photographed on June 28, 2018. Alexandra Wimley/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin Common spaces are shown from the second floor. Alexandra Wimley/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin A mural on the second floor shows what the Marathon Shoe Company looked like. Alexandra Wimley/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin Atrium Lofts features a common meeting space. Alexandra Wimley/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin Machinery from the building's previous use is displayed in a common area. Alexandra Wimley/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin Atrium Lofts features a workout room for its tenants to use. Alexandra Wimley/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin The kitchen and living are is shown in an Atrium Lofts apartment. The apartments feature some of the building's original ceiling and flooring. Alexandra Wimley/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin A river view is available in the rear-facing apartments. Alexandra Wimley/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin Some apartments feature the building's original ceiling and flooring. Alexandra Wimley/USA TODAY NETWO A mural on the second floor shows what the Marathon Shoe Company looked like. Alexandra Wimley/USA TODAY NETWO A view of downtown Wausau is seen from a corner apartment. Alexandra Wimley/USA TODAY NETWO Machinery from the building's previous use is displayed in a common area.(Photo: Alexandra Wimley/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin)Buy Photo WAUSAU - At one time, the building was a paper bag manufacturer. It housed a shoe company and warehouse. Now it's filled with apartments that overlook the Wisconsin River. Atrium Lofts opened its doors to tenants this spring after developers finished converting the old Sav-O Supply building into a 29-unit apartment complex. Minneapolis-based developer MetroPlains LLC secured a bid to revamp the historic building in 2015. The $6.1 million development relied heavily on tax credits. The project received $2.7 million from the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority along with $2.1 million in state and federal historic tax credits, said MetroPlains' Rob McCready. To receive federal support, the building had to be placed on the National Register of Historic Places. Developers were able to trace the significance of the building's history. It was first constructed in 1920, and then acquired by Marathon Shoe Co. from Badger Bag and Paper in 1923, according to the application with the National Register. Marathon Shoe used the building as its east-side plant until 1932. Shoe production became the fifth largest industry in Wausau because of Marathon Shoe, according to the application. The company was known for its Pied Piper line of children's shoes and coined a new method of shoemaking called the Pentler and Short Process. "As a result of demolition and dramatic architectural alteration, the 'east side plant' at 1418 North 1st Street in Wausau retains the highest degree of historic integrity and is the best remaining representation of the Marathon Shoe Company and the only extant representation of the Wausau Shoe Manufacturing Company," the application states. RELATED: Sav-O Supply on track to become Atrium Lofts RELATED: Sav-O Supply lofts project gets $2.7M boost The building held Marathon Paper and American Can before morphing into Sav-O Supply in the 1970s. Sav-O served as a resale shop for construction purposes, selling windows, doors and other goods. The city bought the dilapidated structure and nearby parking lot in 2012. The new design nods to the building's roots, with pieces of machinery and exposed steel giving the complex a warehouse feel. The community areas and some units still have old flooring that reveals wear from previous uses. A photograph mural on the second floor depicts a shoe factory — though not Marathon Shoe. Atrium Lofts offers affordable housing for residents with low and moderate income, McCready said. Rent prices range from $333 to $870 a month, depending on income and unit size. Fifteen units were occupied as of June 28, said property manager Joe Sigl. The remaining residents were expected to move in later that week, and only one two-bedroom is unoccupied. People also have access to a gym and community lounges. Fanny Duran moved into Atrium Lofts with her husband and two daughters in April. They previously lived in Trolley Quarter Flats, a project nearby that also was spearheaded by MetroPlains. Duran said she likes the character of building, and the location allows her family to easily walk over to Wausau on Water, the restaurant and entertainment center also known as WOW. She can see Rib Mountain from her apartment. "It's pretty," she said. "New, and I like that." Atrium Lofts has opened in the old Sav-O Supply building in Wausau, Wis., photographed on June 28, 2018. (Photo: Alexandra Wimley/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin) Read or Share this story: https://wdhne.ws/2u78GKT	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1398251
__label__wiki	0.54076	0.54076	Baltimore Harbor gets failing grade by Health Harbor Initiative Health Harbor Initiative seeks to make water ways fishable, swimmable Lisa Robinson I-Team Reporter WEBVTT ES SOUND, THINGS ARE GETTINGBETTER.THE GOAL OF THE HEALTHY HARBORINITIATIVE, TO HAVE THE INNERHARBOR FISHABLE AND SWIMMABLE BY2020.CONGRESSMAN PAUL SARBANES SAYSHE STILL HAS HIGH HOPES.>> I PICTURE IS IN THESEFULL-BODIED OLD-FASHIONEDSTRIPED SWIMSUITS LIKE THE ONETHAT DON SCHAEFFER DONNED WHENHE GOT INTO THE AQUARIUM TAKEMANY YEARS AGO.MAYBE WE WILL BE WEARING AWETSUIT.LISA: THE REPORT CARD SAYS MOSTOF BALTIMORE'S WATER PROBLEMSARE DUE TO FECAL BACTERIA, STORMINDUCED POLLUTION PROBLEMS ANDLOW WATER CLARITY, STRESSING THENEED TO REPAIR AND UPGRADE THESTROM DRAIN AND SEWER SYSTEM ASSOON AS POSSIBLE.WHILE THE REPORT CARD REFLECTEDFAILING GRADES, ALL HOPE IS NOTLOST. EXPERTS SAY THOSE WORKINGTO MAKE THE HARBOR BETTER GET ANA FOR COLLABORATION.>> THERE ARE MORE DATA POINTSMOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTIONNOW THAN EVER BEFORE.JUST OUTSIDE THIS BUILDING TWOYEARS AGO THE WATER WAS SAFERFOR SWIMMING 25% OF THE TIME.IN 2016 IT'S SAFE 50% OF THETIMEIT IS STILL NOT WHERE WE WANT ITTO BE BUT IT IS MUCH CLEANERTHAN IT WAS TWO YEARS AGO.LISA: THE REPORT SAYS ANOTHERGOOD SIGN IS THAT IN 2016, MRTRASH WHEEL COLLECTED LESSTRASH.AND EVERY HOUSEHOLD IN THE CITYHAS BEEN GIVEN TRASH CANS, WHICHREDUCES THE AMOUNT THAT ENDS UPON THE STREETS AND IN THE WATER.>> WE HAVE A GOOD IDEA OF WHATNEEDS TO HAPPEN FOR CONTINUEDFOCUS ON TRASH WE NEED TWO MORETRASH WHEELS AND WE ARE WORKINGWITH SAGAMORE TO INSTALL ONE ONTHE GWYNN'S FALLS SECTIONWHICH IS AT THE SOUTHWEST SIDEOF THE CITY AND WE NEED ONE MOREAFTER THAT.LISA THE HEALTHY HARBOR: INITIATIVE SAYS IT NEEDS MORESUPPORT FROM THE PUBLIC TOIDENTIFY AND REPORT POLLUTION.IN YOUR LOCAL AREA.YOU CAN DO THAT BY CALLING 311. The report card is out for the Baltimore Harbor. The Healthy Harbor Report Card grades four water ways in Baltimore and surrounding counties. The Gwynns Falls received a D-, while the Jones Falls, tidal portion of the Patapsco River and the Baltimore Harbor all received failing grades. As bad as those letter grades are, things are actually getting better. The goal of the Healthy Harbor Initiative is to have the Inner Harbor fishable and swimmable by 2020. Rep. Paul Sarbanes said he still has high hopes. "I picture us in this full-body striped, old-fashioned swim suit, like the one Don Schaeffer (wore) when he got into the aquarium many years ago. Maybe we'll just wear wet suits," Sarbanes said. The report card said most of Baltimore's water problems are due to fecal bacteria, storm-induced pollution problems and low-water clarity, stressing the need to repair and upgrade the storm drain and sewer system as soon as possible. While the report card reflected failing grades, all hope is not lost. Experts said those working to make the harbor better get an A for collaboration. "There are more data points moving in the right direction now than ever before. Just outside this building, two years ago, the water was safer swimming 25 percent of the time. In 2016, it was safer swimming 50 percent of the time. So it's still not where we want it to be, but it's much cleaner than it was just two years ago," said Adam Lindquist, director of the Healthy Harbor Initiative. The report said another good sign is that in 2016, Mr. Trash Wheel collected less trash, and every household in the city has been given trash cans, which reduces the amount that ends up on the streets and in the water. "I think we have a good understanding of what needs to happen: continued focus on trash. We need two more trash wheels, and we are working with Sagamore to install one on the Gwynn's Falls section, which is the southwest side of the city, and then we'll need one more after that," said Mike Hankin, CEO Brown Advisory. The Healthy Harbor Initiative said it needs more support from the public to identify and report pollution. People can do that by calling 311. Also on WBALTV.com: The report card is out for the Baltimore Harbor. The Healthy Harbor Report Card grades four water ways in Baltimore and surrounding counties. The Gwynns Falls received a D-, while the Jones Falls, tidal portion of the Patapsco River and the Baltimore Harbor all received failing grades. As bad as those letter grades are, things are actually getting better. The goal of the Healthy Harbor Initiative is to have the Inner Harbor fishable and swimmable by 2020. Rep. Paul Sarbanes said he still has high hopes. "I picture us in this full-body striped, old-fashioned swim suit, like the one Don Schaeffer (wore) when he got into the aquarium many years ago. Maybe we'll just wear wet suits," Sarbanes said. The report card said most of Baltimore's water problems are due to fecal bacteria, storm-induced pollution problems and low-water clarity, stressing the need to repair and upgrade the storm drain and sewer system as soon as possible. While the report card reflected failing grades, all hope is not lost. Experts said those working to make the harbor better get an A for collaboration. "There are more data points moving in the right direction now than ever before. Just outside this building, two years ago, the water was safer swimming 25 percent of the time. In 2016, it was safer swimming 50 percent of the time. So it's still not where we want it to be, but it's much cleaner than it was just two years ago," said Adam Lindquist, director of the Healthy Harbor Initiative. The report said another good sign is that in 2016, Mr. Trash Wheel collected less trash, and every household in the city has been given trash cans, which reduces the amount that ends up on the streets and in the water. "I think we have a good understanding of what needs to happen: continued focus on trash. We need two more trash wheels, and we are working with Sagamore to install one on the Gwynn's Falls section, which is the southwest side of the city, and then we'll need one more after that," said Mike Hankin, CEO Brown Advisory. The Healthy Harbor Initiative said it needs more support from the public to identify and report pollution. People can do that by calling 311.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1398252
__label__wiki	0.819658	0.819658	Lafourche to hold vote on rededication of library funds to build jail Updated: 9:16 AM CDT Jul 29, 2013 The Lafourche Parish Council is one step closer to setting up an election to rededicate money from parish libraries to build a new jail.The Courier reports the council held a special meeting Friday to give public notice it will vote on Aug. 27 to call an election that would rededicate 1 mill of the library tax and half of the library board's general account to the jail project.The 600-bed jail is expected to cost $20 million.Last year, the council unanimously passed a resolution asking for the parish library system to support a rededication, noting the system has built up millions in surplus.Parish libraries ended 2012 with a $12.7 million fund balance.Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news right in your inbox. Click here from your desktop computer to sign up; on our mobile website, use the drop down to the right to "Get Email Alerts."13484466 THIBODAUX, La. — The Lafourche Parish Council is one step closer to setting up an election to rededicate money from parish libraries to build a new jail. The Courier reports the council held a special meeting Friday to give public notice it will vote on Aug. 27 to call an election that would rededicate 1 mill of the library tax and half of the library board's general account to the jail project. Lafourche councilman plans to pursue tax for new jail The 600-bed jail is expected to cost $20 million. Last year, the council unanimously passed a resolution asking for the parish library system to support a rededication, noting the system has built up millions in surplus. Parish libraries ended 2012 with a $12.7 million fund balance. Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news right in your inbox. Click here from your desktop computer to sign up; on our mobile website, use the drop down to the right to "Get Email Alerts."	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1398256
__label__wiki	0.918148	0.918148	YBIG is more than just a website for Irish international football fans in June 2016 it will be 11 years since the first issue of the YBIG fanzine came out. We have since stopped printing the Fanzine which we used to give out free to fans on match day at Lansdowne and Croke Park. 32 issues were printed with a few online issues done too. The YBIG forum first came out online in 2007 and it has grown to be the heart beat of the community of Irish fans. The forum has been the springboard for so many of YBIGâ€™s initiatives and excellent achievements. The big fundraiser in 2014 was the Damien Duff Seven A Side tournament in Irishtown Stadium in June when Damien himself was present for a brilliant day followed by a presentation of prizes and raffle in Slatteryâ€™s Pub beside the Aviva Stadium. We were also delighted to accommodate the Irish amputee team who played a match against a selection of players on the day in preparation for their World Cup. In previous years, we hooked up with Paul McGrath for the YBIG/Paul McGrath Golf Classic and Gala Dinner in Luttrelstown Castle. Again, due to the unbelievable work from the YBIG community, a very successful day was had and over â‚¬10k raised. On every international match day, YBIG play a match against the fans of other countries, home and away, an initiative that has been so successful in not only raising money, but building relations between supporters all over Europe. The importance of emphasising that YBIG is far more than an online community cannot be understated. In Poland in 2012, members of the YBIG community spent a day at a local childrensâ€™ hospice to donate toys and much needed cash to those who needed it most. In 2008, YBIG campaigned for a Testimonial for former Ireland player Dave Langan, who had fallen on hard times. We were successful and a Testimonial Dinner was arranged by the FAI with a whopping â‚¬80k raised. For every home match, Slatteryâ€™s is now our designated pub where hundreds of fans meet for pre-match drinks and banter while meeting spots are also arranged for away days. In the stadium itself, members of the YBIG community spend hours before each match bringing flags and banners into the ground to ensure fans enjoy the best possible atmosphere. The South Lower Stand is the designated YBIG Singing Section where thousands of fans gather for home games to create the best possible atmosphere. This had been a huge success with this area of the stadium now the home for all hardcore fans who wish to create as much noise and colour as possible.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1398263
__label__wiki	0.683065	0.683065	A passion for science Brooklynn Mahan, Staff Writer Science is not most students’ favorite subject, but for Jacob Sayegh, it became his passion while growing up. He attended Waxahachie High School and always had a love for science. His passion all started with his grandpa. “My grandfather was a scientist and made me want to pursue science,” Sayegh said. “When he was a scientist, he met a famous scientist, and I was always fascinated by what he did.” After graduating from the University of North Texas in 2015 with a degree in integrated studies, Sayegh entered the Texas Teachers program. The Texas Teachers program gives an alternative certification to prospective teachers who have already completed their college degrees. Before going into the program he wanted to become a doctor, but after he began the program Sayegh made a change in his career path. “I needed a job and I liked teaching,” Sayegh said. “I chose Waxahachie because it was my old school and most of my teachers were still working here.” After starting at Waxahachie, Sayegh wanted to share his love for science with all of his students. After a while, many of his students began to love him and his teaching style. “He was a good teacher for the class, and a friend as well to me,” senior Carson Skidmore said. “He communicated well and worked one on one with the people who really struggled.” “He communicates well with his students and helps them understand what he teaches in the lessons, no matter how much trouble they have,” said senior Reann Armstrong. Tumbling into history Rodriguez keeps students interested Toal moves to high school Bosher Makes Her Mark Green Aims for Top Introducing the Faces of the Health Science Department Mr. Casas has a New Casa Bates brings new class to WHS Mr. Tim Miller, Everybody	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1398276
__label__wiki	0.957439	0.957439	Wyatt’s World YUKON QUEST Darryl Sheepway pictured here during a skijoring race in 2012. March 26 and April 20 have been set as sentencing dates for Sheepway, after he was found guilty last month of second-degree murder in the 2015 death of 25-year-old Christopher Brisson. (Ian Stewart/Yukon News file) Defence to launch Charter application after Darryl Sheepway sentencing Sheepway was found guilty of second-degree murder last month of killing Christopher Brisson Jackie Hong Feb. 7, 2018 1:30 p.m. The Yukon Supreme Court has set March 26 and April 20 as sentencing dates for Darryl Sheepway, the man found guilty last month of second-degree murder in the 2015 death of 25-year-old Christopher Brisson. One of Sheepway’s lawyers will also be mounting an application on at least one of those dates alleging that Sheepway has been kept in segregation for extended periods of time at the Whitehorse Correctional Centre, violating his Charter rights. Appearing in court via video call Feb. 6, Sheepway, 39, confirmed his identity when prompted by Justice Ron Veale but said little else as Crown attorney Jennifer Grandy and defence lawyer Lynn McDiarmid confirmed the sentencing dates. McDiarmid also confirmed that her co-counsel on the case, Vincent Larochelle, intends to mount and argue an application under Section 12 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which states that “everyone has the right not to be subjected to any cruel and unusual treatment or punishment.” During his trial last year, Sheepway told the court while on the witness stand Nov. 22, 2017, that, at that point, he’d been kept in “what I would consider segregation” for 17 months. Sheepway testified that he’s let out of his cell for an average of three to four hours a day, during which he has access to a larger room where he’s only allowed to interact with one other inmate, and doesn’t have access to programming, hot water or workout equipment. Sheepway testified at the time that his mental health has been deteriorating since entering the WCC. Speaking on behalf of Larochelle, who was not present in court Feb. 6, McDiarmid said the shape the Charter application will take is still being determined, but that the defence will have a “better idea” by the time a pre-trial conference is held on the matter Feb. 21. An “expert” will be interviewing Sheepway in relation to the application shortly, McDiarmid added. The details for Sheepway’s sentencing, meanwhile, are clearer — it will be presided over by Justice Leigh Gower, and Grandy said a “number” of witness impact statements are expected. She added that some family members have arranged to travel into town to attend. Brisson’s father, Rock, previously told the News that he will be giving a witness impact statement, and that Brisson’s three sisters and mother will be attending Sheepway’s sentencing. “We do want to get the matter on,” Grandy said. A conviction of second-degree murder carries an automatic sentence of life in prison with no chance of parole for 10 to 25 years. With files from Ashley Joannou Contact Jackie Hong at jackie.hong@yukon-news.com YG issues request for proposals to find location of Yukon’s first pot shop Daycare operating grant gets its first increase in a decade Yukon ATIPP office to make improvements after investigation by the information and privacy commissioner The investigation was triggered by a complaint from a Yukon News reporter in November 2019 Federal government earmarks $500,000 to promote mining in the North The cash will be spent over three years at a major mining convention ‘Our people’s patience is running thin’: VGFN citizens concerned about low salmon count, councillor says Darius Elias said meetings with Alaskan counterparts have been arranged this year New rules in place for Mt. Logan climbers Moratoriums in place on solo expeditions and winter climbs Today’s mailbox: Biomass Letters to the editor published Jan. 17 City news, briefly Some news from Whitehorse city council’s Jan. 13th meeting Crash survivors burn vehicle to stay warm Three occupants of a vehicle that went off the road between Carmacks… Continue reading Twelve impaired drivers nabbed in nine days, RCMP says ‘It’s truly staggering to discover the number of people who are still getting behind the wheel while impaired’ History Hunter: Old scrapbook tells story of Yukon tourism in the early days It was quite the Christmas gift Yukonomist: A zero-carbon replacement for our LNG plant Consider small, modular nuclear reactors Nicolas Petit wins Copper Basin 300 Rob Cooke was the lone Yukoner to finish, placing 12th Explore Yukon News Yukon News Yukon Weather Yukon Classifieds © 2020, Yukon News and Black Press Group Ltd.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1398278
__label__cc	0.555943	0.444057	Ring tones? Hate 'em. Video ring tones? Don't get me started A full year ago to this very day, Sprint (now SprintNextel) announced a selection of video ringtones.Yesterday at Spring VON 2006, Internet telephony pioneer and visionary Jeff Pulver told a bunch of us that he thinks video ring tones are going to be real major. By Russell Shaw for IP Telephony \| March 16, 2006 -- 07:43 GMT (23:43 PST) \| Topic: Networking A full year ago to this very day, Sprint (now SprintNextel) announced a selection of video ringtones. Yesterday at Spring VON 2006, Internet telephony pioneer and visionary Jeff Pulver told a bunch of us that he thinks video ring tones are going to be real major. He believes these will be a major artifact of broadband cellular network build-outs, and related promotions that are sure to accompany the inevitable march to the ubiquity of rich-display, broadband-enabled, 3G handsets. Gee, I hope not. OK, I do admit that a short, distinctive ringtone is useful, especially in crowds. Maybe I am old-fashioned, though, but audio ring tones with more than about 16 notes are incredibly distracting and annoying. The number 1 song on this week's Billboard Singles Chart is "So Sick" by Ne-Yo. Hey, I believe in artistic freedom and all of that, but blasting that in a crowd is to me the equivalent of blowing smoke in my face. Already popular in the UK, Video ringtones hold the promise of being even more irritating. They don't tell you that you have a call, or who is calling you. All they are is the painful result of a content-distribution model that makes money for the hacks who are making much, if not most, of what passes for music today. I suppose that video ringtones can also function as a declaration that "hey, this is me, and this is the music I like." But frankly, I don't care. More from Russell Shaw Sorry, Gizmodo, VoIP over iPhone isn't going to be "huge" Over WiFi at DIA, free speech is DOA Exclusive: iPhone DevCamp's Raven on iPhone SDK and what it means Is proprietary iPhone video player on the way?	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1398279
__label__wiki	0.951595	0.951595	Store owner speaks out after thieves smash and grab jewelry at Raleigh mall 5 people stabbed in Tallahassee, suspect in custody by: BOBBY CAINA CALVAN, Associated Press Posted: Sep 11, 2019 / 09:51 AM CDT / Updated: Sep 11, 2019 / 04:47 PM CDT TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A man ordered to leave a construction-supply business after quarreling with co-workers returned minutes later and stabbed five employees Wednesday in Florida’s capital, seriously wounding one of them, authorities said. Police in Tallahassee were still trying to determine what set off the suspect and prompted him to pull out a pocketknife and stab co-workers before fleeing the workplace on foot. They identified the suspect as Antwann Brown, 41. “It appeared that he actually sought out certain victims,” interim Police Chief Steven Outlaw said during a news conference just yards from the business. One victim was in serious condition at a hospital, two were in fair condition and another two were in good condition, said Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare spokeswoman Danielle Buchanan. Brown was apprehended without a struggle not far from Dyke Industries, which supplies doors and windows to residential and commercial customers. Police said he had worked there for just over three months. Outlaw said there was no indication of any pending employment actions against Brown. A company representative didn’t immediately return a request for comment. Police said Brown clocked in at about 8 a.m. as he normally should. Minutes later, “he was engaged in some kind of dispute at work,” Outlaw said, “and clocked out at 8:20.” Outlaw could not elaborate on what the dispute was about. When the suspect later returned and began attacking people, other co-workers fended him off with sticks and whatever they could grab, according to Outlaw, calling those “heroic” actions. The co-workers pinned down the suspect, but he escaped. Court records show Brown has a lengthy arrest record, mostly for drug offenses, dating back from when he was in his teens. He had past arrests for resisting arrest without violence, trespassing, grand theft and domestic battery. The battery charge was dropped in 2014. SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A 19-year-old man arrested in a San Antonio shooting that left two people dead and wounded five others said he was acting in self-defense when he opened fire during a concert at a bar. Kiernan Christopher Williams is expected to face capital murder charges for the Sunday night shooting at Ventura on the Museum Reach portion of the San Antonio River Walk, police said Monday. by WAVY / Jan 21, 2020 RICHMOND, Va. (WAVY/AP) — Richmond Monday flooded with thousands of about 22,000, according to the Virginia Capitol who wanted to voice their support for gun rights. While many said they were opposed to passing gun-related legislation during this year’s General Assembly session, a few of the crowd were in favor of more legislation. by Chris Spiker / Jan 21, 2020 COLUMBIA, SC (WBTW) - A Grand Strand lawmaker is trying to prevent opioid overdoses by giving people more access to a life-saving drug. The state Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) says about 73% of the 1,103 drug overdose deaths in South Carolina in 2018 were caused by opioids.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1398282
__label__cc	0.618953	0.381047	Dutch doctor dismissed of legal proceedings In the first case that has gone to trial since the implementation of the Dutch Euthanasia law, the law court concluded that all requirements of the euthanasia legislation had been met. Therefore the suspect was dismissed of all legal proceedings. Dying with Dignity NSW publishes its Winter 2019 Newsletter This August, Dying with Dignity New South Wales published its Winter 2019 Newsletter. Dutch End of Life Clinic changes name The Dutch 'End of Life Clinic' (in Dutch: 'Levenseindekliniek') changes its name into 'Expertisecentrum Euthanasie' (English: Centre of Expertise on Euthanasia). By doing this, the organization wants to create clarity on the nature of its activities: the centre assesses De Einder publishes September 2019 Newsletter Dutch Society De Einder published its September 2019 Newsletter. Read it in Dutch and English. French ADMD publishes Newsletter 148 (September 2019) The French Right to Die association ADMD (Association pour le Droit de Mourir dans la Dignité) published its Newsletter 148 (September 2019). End of Life Choice New Zealand publishes its Newsletter issue 54 End of Life Choice New Zealand published its Newsletter issue 54. Survey shows that Jersey is ‘massively in favour’ of assisted-dying legislation Jersey would be ‘massively in favour’ of the introduction of assisted-dying legislation, according to End of Life Choices Jersey. This campaign group, supported by WF-member My Death My Decision, commissioned a survey on the subject. Dying with Dignity Queensland (Australia) publishes its August 2019 Newsletter Dying with Dignity Queensland (Australia) published its Newsletter of August 2019. After a court case and a regulation, Colombia might get a law On August 27, a draft law to regulate euthanasia was presented to the Congress of the republic Colombia. The bill intends to fill the void that exists in Colombia for 22 years, since a 1997 sentence of the Constitutional Court. The bill provides guidelines for the application of euthanasia, both for patients with end-stage disease and for patients with chronic disease with a high impact on quality of life. Doctor officially not punished for assisted suicide, thereby defying the wishes of a faith-based health-care facility In a letter dated July 5, 2019, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia (CPSBC) dismissed an official complaint against doctor Ellen Wiebe, saying the Vancouver doctor did not break any of the regulator’s rules when she helped a man of 83 dying.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1398285
__label__wiki	0.909544	0.909544	Clinton: “I love having the support of real billionaires” By a reporter In a speech Wednesday in Lake Worth, Florida, near West Palm Beach, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton gushed about her support from the super-rich, praising her billionaire supporters and contrasting them to Republican candidate Donald Trump. An excerpt is worth quoting as a demonstration of the abject subservience of the Democratic candidate to the capitalist financial aristocracy. According to the transcript supplied by the Clinton campaign, she said: “You know, I love having the support of real billionaires. And they’ve been speaking out, because Donald gives a bad name to billionaires. “Warren Buffett says, ‘Raise my taxes. It’s wrong I’m paying a lower tax rate than my secretary pays.’ That is wrong. He knows it. Mark Cuban says every time he’s sold a company, he has shared the profits with his employees, making 300 millionaires, from security guards all the way up to executives. Mike Bloomberg says he knows a con artist when he sees one. “So we can do better. We’re going to raise taxes on the wealthy, because they’ve gotten most of the gains from the economy. And I don’t think it’s right that Donald Trump, a guy who claims he’s worth $10 billion, should have paid zero in federal incomes taxes for 20 years. He paid less taxes than probably everybody else here.” There is no recorded response to these remarks from Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, who claimed that his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination was to free the political system from the domination of the “millionaires and billionaires.” Now Sanders is engaged in a most demeaning—and revealing—effort, barnstorming college campuses and other arenas to which he has been assigned by the Clinton campaign, claiming that the election of Hillary Clinton, the sycophant of billionaires, is the necessary next stage of his “political revolution.” The 2016 US Elections Bernie Sanders defends American imperialism at town hall on Iran Sanders town hall in DC promotes illusions in the Democrats and trade unions Bernie Sanders seeks to derail growing working class opposition to capitalism Former Democratic chairman reveals Clinton rigging of 2016 nomination campaign One week in the media’s McCarthyite witch-hunt against Russia US Elections & Politics Roger Stone conviction affirms he lied about having connections with WikiLeaks A rare moment of truth on the US support for Al Qaeda Elizabeth Warren promotes economic nationalism at Detroit GM workers’ picket line Joe Biden: A familiar face, a deeply reactionary record Democrats join Trump in fundraising from the moneyed elite	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1398286
__label__wiki	0.787665	0.787665	Marketing/Media WilmingtonBiz Magazine 2020 In Biz Achievers & Accolades Info Junkies WilmingtonBiz AfterHours Power Breakfast Series WilmingtonBiz Expo Coastal Entrepreneur Awards WILMA Expo WILMA Dash WILMA's Leadership Accelerator Women to Watch Leadership Initiative PPD's Proposed IPO Comes Amid Growing CRO Market, Industry Expert Says By Christina Haley O'Neal, posted Dec 5, 2019 The contract research organization sector is growing, and the market is doing well, which may be one of the reasons why Wilmington-headquartered PPD might be trying to go public again. That’s according to Andrew Schafer, a founder and president of Industry Standard Research, which recently released its industry report, “2019 Edition of the CRO Market Size Projections: 2018-2023.” Raleigh-based Industry Standard Research is a small- to mid-sized market research firm that focuses on the clinical development and manufacturing space within the pharmaceutical industry, he said. “We estimated the 2019 CRO market size to be at $40.8 billion, and we expect over the next three years that the CRO market will grow at about an annual 7.5%,” Schafer said. “You have some big firms in there," he said, referring to the sector. "Probably one of the reasons for the timing is that the CRO market does continue to grow, and Wall Street likes to see growth. And so, for PPD from an industry standpoint, it’s a decent time to go public." Pharmaceutical Product Development LLC announced in November that its parent company, PPD Inc. had submitted a draft registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission about the proposed initial public offering of the parent company's common stock. "The number of shares to be offered and the price range for the proposed offering have not yet been determined. PPD, Inc. expects to use the proceeds of the offering for general corporate purposes, which may include the repayment of indebtedness," stated PPD in its Nov. 12 release. "The initial public offering is expected to commence after the SEC completes its review process, subject to market and other conditions." PPD officials said in an email Thursday that securities laws restrict further comment at this time. PPD, which was founded in 1985 by Fred Eshelman as a one-person firm, held its initial public stock offering in 1996. And in 2006 the firm's board approved a two-for-one split of its common stock, according to PPD. The company was later acquired by affiliates of The Carlyle Group and Hellman & Friedman in 2011 for $3.9 billion, which made PPD a private firm again. In 2017, PPD announced a deal to recapitalize and add two new investors. The deal at the time was valued at more than $9 billion. A subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and an affiliate of GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund became direct investors in PPD. Private equity firms The Carlyle Group and Hellman & Friedman were said to maintain joint ownership of PPD, with Hellman & Friedman holding the majority ownership. Today the company has about 22,000 employees across 46 countries and employs about 1,500 people locally. Other companies in the CRO space have done the public to private or private to public dance in the past, Schafer said. “Quintiles, now IQVIA, did this years ago. Parexel is another one of the large CROs, and right now they are private. The industry would fully expect them to come back on the public market at some point, just as Quintiles did and as PPD is planning to do," he said. Quintiles, now Durham-based IQVIA, went public in the 1990s and then back to private in the early 2000s. Its second IPO took place in 2013. “That’s certainly a precedent, and they have done very well out in the public market. So it’s been a very successful republic launch for them," Schafer said. But why would a company make the switch? In a lot of cases in the CRO industry, it's been a way for the founders to help the value of their company, Schafer said. “The reason to take it private would be is that they didn’t think that the public market was valuing their company high enough. So that’s one possible reason," he said. "Another possible reason is to do it for an infusion of cash so that you can make some maybe strategic investments that you might be unable to, or get handstruck a little bit, when you’re a public company and have to produce quarterly earnings and under that kind of scrutiny." For PPD specifically, Schafer said the market might be just right. “They have to feel pretty good, and they should, about the industry," he said. "The CRO industry is doing very well. It’s very healthy. So it’s a good time for them to re-enter. And I’m guessing that their financial situation is solid. Otherwise, they probably wouldn’t be doing it at this time either. “And the reason to do it is the investors -- the private equity [firms] that had invested in PPD to turn private -- they need to get their money out too. And so, that’s one of the vehicles," Schafer added. "You can either go private or you can sell your interest to other private equity firms, and I guess PPD has chosen the public market exit as a way to recapitalize to allow those firms to get some or all of their investment back.” PPD is already impacting the market as one of the largest contract research organizations and among the pioneer companies in this space, he said. Should the IPO go through, it would give the investment community greater visibility into the CRO market, because PPD would have to release quarterly financials, Schafer said. “I really think the big thing," he said, " is just going to be the Wall Street analysts and investors and all those will have a clearer view of what’s happening in the industry because PPD is such a big player.” The Davis Community proposes additions PPD files for IPO Brunswick hospital gets national nod PAG meetings continue on the future of NHRMC Top Stories No. 1: NHRMC, county weigh hospital's future SPONSORS' CONTENT Put Happy In The New Year Diane Durance - UNCW Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship The State Of The Rental Market In The Greater Wilmington Area Dave Sweyer - Sweyer Property Management The Key To Fundraising Success JC Lyle - Wilmington Area Rebuilding Ministry Live Oak Bank Sprouts A Presence In Raleigh Jenny Callison - Jan 20, 2020 Christina Haley O'Neal - Jan 20, 2020 Working As A Husband-and-wife Team The Wilmington business owned by husband and wife Devin and Brooke Skipper began with Devin as the sole employee about eight years ago befor... 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__label__cc	0.660747	0.339253	US employers add only 75,000 jobs; unemployment stays 3.6% Updated: 7:48 AM CDT Jun 7, 2019 Natalie Newport National Curator U.S. hiring slowed in May as employers added just 75,000 jobs, a sign that businesses may have become more cautious in the face of slowing global growth and widening trade conflicts.The tepid job growth, along with the rising pressures on the economy, make it likelier that the Federal Reserve will cut rates in the coming months.Last month's modest job growth followed a much healthier gain of 224,000 in April. The unemployment rate remained at a nearly 50-year low of 3.6% in May. The job gains last month were the fewest since February.In the first five months of this year, hiring has averaged 164,000 a month, a solid pace that is enough to lower the unemployment rate over time. Still, it's below last year's pace of 225,000.In May, wages rose 3.1% from a year earlier, down slightly from last month's gain of 3.2%.The economy is showing signs of sluggishness after having expanded at a healthy 3.1% annual rate in the April-June quarter. Consumers have been cautious about spending, and companies are scaling back their investment in high-cost machinery and equipment.The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta estimates that annual growth will slump to just 1.5% in the April-June quarter.Manufacturers have barely added jobs in the past three months after healthy gains last year, a sign that trade conflicts and a slowdown in auto sales might be slowing hiring. Retailers, hammered by online competition, have cut jobs for the past three months.Trump's trade wars have become a growing threat. Last month, he increased tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese imports from 10% to 25%. And last week, he threatened to impose 5% tariffs on all Mexican imports to the United States beginning Monday. Those taxes would rise each month until they reach 25% in October unless the Mexican government cuts off a flow of Central American migrants entering the United States from through Mexico.The higher costs from the import taxes — and the potential for more — might be causing companies to scale back plans for spending, investment and expansion. Orders for machinery and equipment fell 1% in April. A strong dollar, which makes U.S. goods costlier overseas, has also slowed the production and export of manufactured goods. A separate report from the Fed showed that factory output fell 0.5% in April.Automakers are cutting jobs and production as U.S. sales have slowed. Analysts expect auto sales to fall below 17 million this year after four years above that level.Ford Motor Co. said last month that it was cutting 7,000 white-collar jobs — about 10% of its salaried workforce — as part of preparations for an industry driven more by electric and autonomous vehicles. Last year, GM said it would shed 14,000 workers.Home sales have been weak this year despite a sharp drop in mortgage rates. Sales fell 4.4% in April compared with a year earlier. Price increases are slowing in much of the country, though, which, combined with more affordable mortgages, could soon revive sales.Residential and commercial construction has weakened, a trend that could force builders to shed workers. U.S. hiring slowed in May as employers added just 75,000 jobs, a sign that businesses may have become more cautious in the face of slowing global growth and widening trade conflicts. The tepid job growth, along with the rising pressures on the economy, make it likelier that the Federal Reserve will cut rates in the coming months. Last month's modest job growth followed a much healthier gain of 224,000 in April. The unemployment rate remained at a nearly 50-year low of 3.6% in May. The job gains last month were the fewest since February. In the first five months of this year, hiring has averaged 164,000 a month, a solid pace that is enough to lower the unemployment rate over time. Still, it's below last year's pace of 225,000. In May, wages rose 3.1% from a year earlier, down slightly from last month's gain of 3.2%. The economy is showing signs of sluggishness after having expanded at a healthy 3.1% annual rate in the April-June quarter. Consumers have been cautious about spending, and companies are scaling back their investment in high-cost machinery and equipment. The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta estimates that annual growth will slump to just 1.5% in the April-June quarter. Manufacturers have barely added jobs in the past three months after healthy gains last year, a sign that trade conflicts and a slowdown in auto sales might be slowing hiring. Retailers, hammered by online competition, have cut jobs for the past three months. Trump's trade wars have become a growing threat. Last month, he increased tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese imports from 10% to 25%. And last week, he threatened to impose 5% tariffs on all Mexican imports to the United States beginning Monday. Those taxes would rise each month until they reach 25% in October unless the Mexican government cuts off a flow of Central American migrants entering the United States from through Mexico. The higher costs from the import taxes — and the potential for more — might be causing companies to scale back plans for spending, investment and expansion. Orders for machinery and equipment fell 1% in April. A strong dollar, which makes U.S. goods costlier overseas, has also slowed the production and export of manufactured goods. A separate report from the Fed showed that factory output fell 0.5% in April. Automakers are cutting jobs and production as U.S. sales have slowed. Analysts expect auto sales to fall below 17 million this year after four years above that level. Ford Motor Co. said last month that it was cutting 7,000 white-collar jobs — about 10% of its salaried workforce — as part of preparations for an industry driven more by electric and autonomous vehicles. Last year, GM said it would shed 14,000 workers. Home sales have been weak this year despite a sharp drop in mortgage rates. Sales fell 4.4% in April compared with a year earlier. Price increases are slowing in much of the country, though, which, combined with more affordable mortgages, could soon revive sales. 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__label__wiki	0.604903	0.604903	AKS Excerpt February 25, 2011 1zenwoman Per suggestion from a Dickhead, here’s part of the Prologue… “Suppose a man died with the dearest wish of his heart unfulfilled. Do you believe that his spirit might have the power to return to Earth and complete the interrupted work?” Jerome K. Jerome “Ghost Story” November 17, 1971 – Santa Venetia, California It was an ordinary ranch-style house on a quiet cul-de-sac; a dark, starry night—until the explosion. Even that was muffled and neighbors would later claim they didn’t hear a thing. If they had been watching, they would have seen a firestorm roll through the house and crack the front picture window. An hour or so later, a big, red 1963 Pontiac convertible rumbled around the corner onto Hacienda Way heading toward the house. The couple inside the car giggled like teenagers. The girl driving was only eighteen, but the man pawing at her was old enough to be her father. He was also a semi-famous science fiction author, but that meant nothing to her. She had other interests in Philip K. Dick. “Stop it,” she said as she pushed him away. “You smell like greasy burger and onions. You know that stuff’ll give you bad dreams.” “Not tonight, baby,” he whispered in her ear as Sharon parked the car in front of Phil’s place. “I’m only dreaming of you.” Phil was swaying to Carole King’s light and breezy voice on the radio. “Let’s do it here.” “Nooo,” she whined. “Let’s go in and do it on the floor.” Phil’s girlfriend-of-the-moment hopped out of the car and pulled him from the passenger seat. He playfully tugged at the buttons on her blouse as they staggered up the walk-way to the front door. Phil had never actually “done it” with this girl, but liked the idea. Since his last divorce, he hadn’t technically been dating anyone. Sharon was one of several young druggies he let crash at his house. In the Bay Area in 1971, everyone was scoring or selling some kind of dope. Phil didn’t care much for hash or coke, but was a considerable consumer of white cross tabs—amphetamines. Writing fuel. His need for speed was also a way to keep Sharon around, and keep an eye on her. Phil fancied himself her savior. Actually, Sharon was the one taking care of Phil. Someone had to. Phil was prone to terrible bouts of depression and paranoia. He was also agoraphobic, and needed someone to drive him places, even to the grocery store or burger joint. But on such a starry night, Phil was happy for a change and focused on the possibility of making it with this young dark-haired girl. “Vincent,” he slobbered in Sharon’s ear while fumbling with the key to unlock the front door. “Man, you are stoned,” she stopped and frowned. “Are you a homo?” Phil smiled, “It’s a song. Fabulous.” He sighed, “Brand new album. Wait til you hear…” He pushed the door open with his hip and was about to give another push toward Stephanie, but she moved to flip on the light switch. Before he could finish his thought, she shrieked, “Jesus! Phil, look!” For a moment, Phil couldn’t comprehend the devastation. “What the…?!” A million tiny pieces of white debris covered everything – the carpet, furniture, the drapes and it was even sticking to the walls. As his eyes darted toward the adjoining den, his writing room, where chunks of metal were strewn among the bits of white. Phil pushed past Stephanie, who was frozen in place, to his study and saw the mangled remains of his fire-proof file cabinet. “Shit, I knew it!” Phil rubbed his eyes and temples. The force of the explosion had blown slivers of steel into the side of his oak desk. Bits of canceled checks, and other unrecognizable paper and plastic swirled together into a sickening stew of debris. Phil allowed friends to come and go, smoke pot and make a mess of his house, but no one was allowed in the writing room. It was his only safe haven, strictly off limits. He kept that room neat and tidy. It was the only way he could organize his thoughts and have any privacy to work on his novels. Now, his mind was as cluttered and confused as the mess around him. He knew one thing for sure—his latest and most important manuscript was gone. Sharon followed Phil into the den and found him staring off blankly. Then he erupted into a crazy, maniacal laugh that scared her. “Thank God I’m not crazy!” “I’m calling the cops,” the girl said, looking around for the phone. Phil grabbed her forcefully. “No you’re not.” The wild look in his eyes scared her. “No fucking cops, you hear?” She began to shake and cry. “I’ll deal with this. You need to leave.” Phil practically shoved Sharon out the door and then felt bad. It wasn’t like him to be mean, especially to a crying woman. But he was about to cry himself, and didn’t want anyone to see that. Phil collapsed in a heap on the living room floor, in the middle of the mess. “Damn,” he sputtered. “I knew the sons of bitches were after me.” For hours Phil sat on the floor, rocking back and forth and playing over in his mind theory after theory of who would go to such extremes to steal his writing. It was a carefully crafted, professionally executed explosion. They knew to use heavy wet bath towels to muffle the sound and contain the contents. “The bastards,” he thought, hoping they got a soggy wet manuscript and that maybe one of them blew a hand off in the process. Eventually, he drifted off to sleep, still curled up in a half-sitting, half fetal position. He sat on the floor for hours, rocking back and forth, playing over in his mind theory after theory of who would go to such extremes to steal his writing. It was a carefully crafted, professionally executed explosion. Whoever did it knew to use heavy wet bath towels to muffle the sound and contain the contents. The bastards. He hoped they got a soggy, illegible manuscript, and that maybe one of them had blown off a hand in the process. Eventually, he drifted off to sleep in his half-sitting, half-fetal position. In the light of day, the scene was even more disturbing. It hadn’t been a dream. The mess was real. Stiff and foggy, Phil got up and stumbled to the phone, which remarkably was still intact. He found the number of a guy who had been a demolitions expert in the Special Forces. Carl knew all about explosives. Once he was on the line, Phil identified himself and mumbled some cryptic, code talk. He had no trouble conveying the point. In less than an hour there was a knock on his door. Phil cautiously peeked through the peep-hole. Standing there was a mountain of muscle; six-foot-five, at least two hundred and fifty pounds of it, still sporting a marine-style buzz cut. Phil opened the door and the ex-marine had the same reaction that Phil had the night before. “Shit!” Carl cursed as he carefully stepped inside. Carl instantly began surveying the scene. He reached down and ran his fingers through some of the white debris. “Asbestos. Your safe was blown, eh?” Phil shushed him, finger to his lips, and turned on the TV for background noise. Amazingly, it still worked. His stereo, an expensive quadraphonic, was gone. Suspecting the place was bugged, Phil spoke in a hushed voice. “An eleven hundred pound Mosler Class D fireproof file cabinet.” He pointed toward his den. ——— what happens next? Gotta get the book 😉 BUY IT NOW! click link to your right ——> Scroll up 😉 Previous Article Latest Links! Next Article AKS is an eBook! One thought on “AKS Excerpt” ZenWoman March 6, 2011 / 12:03 pm test comment… will delete	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1398309

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