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Meet Dr. Hornbrook
Patient Case Studies
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David Hornbrook DDS About
Meet David Hornbrook DDS, FAACD, FACE, FASDA
Dr. David Hornbrook is a gifted clinician and product researcher turned mentor. Through education, Dr. Hornbrook guides participants of his instructive events to the realization that they, too, possess the ability to practice aesthetic dentistry at the very highest level.
He is one of dentistry’s most famous faces and one of the pioneers of live-patient, hands-on clinical education, as the founder and past director of Pac-live and the Hornbrook Group. He has been a guest faculty member of the post-graduate programs in Cosmetic Dentistry at Baylor, Tufts, SUNY at Buffalo, UMKC, and the UCLA Center of Cosmetic Dentistry.
Dr. Hornbrook lectures internationally on all facets of aesthetic and restorative dentistry and has published articles in all of the leading dental journals. A prolific researcher and materials enthusiast, he consults with numerous manufacturers on product development and refinement. Dr. Hornbrook’s warm and engaging style earns him the highest possible marks from participants and meeting sponsors.
Dr. Hornbrook received his undergraduate degree from San Diego State University. He fulfilled his dental training and received his Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1986.
In his commitment to continuing education, Dr. David Hornbrook became a Diplomate in the American Board of Aesthetic Dentistry (ABAD) after completing a 250-hour course and 500 question examination in 2018, meeting the ABAD's stringent criteria for technical expertise and natural artistry.
Dr. Hornbrook is among the distinguished elite as 1 of only 62 dentists throughout the world who has achieved fellowship from the esteemed American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry. In 1999, Dr. Hornbrook was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award GenR8TNext for Educational Excellence. Dr. Hornbrook received the Mentor of the Year Award Crown Council in 1997. As the founder of the Hornbrook Group, Dr. Hornbrook travels around the country spreading his knowledge and love of dentistry to various dental programs.
Previously the director and Founder of PAC-live and the Hornbrook Group, Dr. Hornbrook has a unique hands-on approach to clinical mentorship. Dr. Hornbrook further enhanced the growth and quality of dentistry around the country and the world through his membership with the Pacific Aesthetic Continuum, and through co-founding the Las Vegas Institute for Advanced Dental Studies. Throughout his esteemed career, Dr. Hornbrook has trained and mentored thousands of other dentists to not only provide outstanding results but to pursue excellence in dentistry.
Some of Dr. Hornbrook’s most notable achievements:
Fellowship American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, 1995
Accreditation American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, 1990
Completed California State Examining Boards, 1986
Completed National Board Dental Exam, 1986
University of California, Los Angeles - DDS conferred, 1986
San Diego State University - Bachelor of Science, 1982
A. T. Still University, Health Sciences, Kirksville, MO - Adjunct Faculty, 2009
University of Texas, Houston, Dental Branch - Adjunct Faculty, 2004
University of the Pacific School of Dentistry, San Francisco, CA - Adjunct Faculty, 2003
American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, 1989 – Present
American Dental Association, 1986 – Present
California Dental Association, 1986 – Present
San Diego County Dental Association, 1986 – Present
Editorial Board Participation
Signature Magazine, 1999 – Present
Practical Procedures and Esthetic Dentistry, 1998 – Present
Esthetic Dentistry Research Group, 1994 – Present
Lifetime Achievement Award GenR8TNext for Educational Excellence, 1999
Mentor of the Year Award Crown Council, 1997
American Board of Aesthetic Dentistry Diplomate, 2018
Meet Dr. David Hornbrook
Dr. Hornbrook has been ranked by his peers as one of the world’s top 3 cosmetic dentists. As a lecturing dentist, Dr. Hornbrook spends thousands of hours training other dentists in the field of cosmetic dentistry.
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"Dr. David Hornbrook is that rare dentist who can do it, write about it, and teach it - all with excellence! His fast paced lecture covers the gamut of aesthetic, adhesive dentistry and is loaded with tips and tricks to boost any general practice. It did mine!"
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Edogawa Niche Prize 2018 to Be Awarded to Prof. James Till for Stem Cell Discovery
The Edogawa Niche Prize 2018, jointly established by Nichi-In Centre for Regenerative Medicine (NCRM) and Edogawa Hospital, Tokyo, Japan will be awarded to Prof. James Till, Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto, Canada for his discovery of stem cells jointly with Prof. Ernest McCulloch in the 1960’s (www.edogawanicheprize.org).
Prof. James Till after the 2018 Edogawa NICHE Prize Ceremony with Prof. Levy, Prof. Humar & Dr. Abraham (Photo: Business Wire)
The discovery of stem cells is considered as one of the most significant mile stones in Biological Sciences as it has helped save thousands of cancer patients through bone marrow transplantation and has heralded the birth of the Specialty of Regenerative Medicine which has given hope to patients with several diseases that don’t have a definitive solution.
NCRM is an Indo-Japan JV institute working on Regenerative medicine, a rapidly evolving field with contribution from various domains of science. NCRM NICHE (www.ncrmniche.org) is an inaugural commemorative academic event conducted every October, since 2006, which brings together various stakeholders of this specialty through the Fujio Cup Quiz -An active knowledge gaining event, from all over the world (Held India until 2016). During the XII NCRM NICHE in Tokyo in 2017, Dr Masahiro Katoh (Chairman, Edogawa Hospitals) announced the Edogawa NICHE prize establishment to honour physicians or scientists, who develop a novel healthcare solution that enables prevention or diagnosis or treatment of any disease, through an inter-disciplinary interaction among different fields of science.
The Jinsei-sha (Parent organization of Edogawa Hospitals) – NCRM joint committee, decided to honour Prof. James Till for his discovery of stem cells with the Edogawa NICHE prize in the first year of its establishment, which consists of a Medal, a Plaque and a cash reward of One Million Japanese yen.
The Edogawa Niche Prize 2018 was awarded to Prof. James Till in an Award ceremony in the University of Toronto, Canada by Prof. Gary Levy (Founding director, CIHR Transplant program) which will be videocasted during the NCRM NICHE 2018 held in Tokyo, Japan on the 21 October 2018.
Coming years, the Fujio Cup Quiz Elite scholars will have priority to nominate the Edogawa NICHE Prize recipients.
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Wipro Wins 2018 Nutanix Outstanding Innovation Partner Award
Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO), a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company, today announced that it has won the 2018 Nutanix Outstanding Innovation Partner Award. Wipro received the award during the Nutanix .NEXT Conference in New Orleans.
Nutanix is a leader in enterprise cloud computing, headquartered in San Jose, California, whose solutions combine web-scale engineering with consumer-grade design to power any workload in multi-cloud environments.
The award is in recognition of the outstanding efforts and collaboration Wipro has had with Nutanix over the past year. It acknowledges Wipro’s innovation in adopting Nutanix technologies to differentiate itself.
As a leader in new age IT solutions, Wipro delivers data center solutions based on Nutanix technology, which combines the agility and simplicity of the public cloud with the security and control of the private cloud. Nutanix is built on the industry’s leading hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) technology and integrates compute, storage, virtualization and networking in a full-stack solution that runs nearly any application. The solution offerings from the two companies deliver digital technology platforms of the future, thereby empowering customers on their digital transformation journey.
“I would like to congratulate Wipro for their dedication in developing and delivering leading-edge digital transformation solutions together with Nutanix,” said Rodney Foreman, Vice President of Global Channel Sales, Nutanix. “Innovation from our leading partners in the system integration space is key to our continued growth and fundamental in helping our joint customers challenge the status quo and embrace innovation to create competitive value for their organizations.”
“Wipro’s software defined solutions built on industry-leading technologies from Nutanix have helped us differentiate in the market. This award demonstrates the collaboration between the two companies to offer innovative solutions to our customers and enable them to thrive in this age of digital disruption,” said Kiran Desai, Senior Vice President and Head, Cloud & Infrastructure services, Wipro Limited.
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Could we use “cognitive vaccination” against “Anti-vaxx”?
Marianna Baggio , Matteo Motterlini
Could we use “cognitive vaccination” against “Anti-vaxx”? – Behavioural Public Policy Blog
Behavioural Public Policy Blog
A companion to the journal Behavioural Public Policy
The dispute between propaganda anti-vaccine campaigners and those who support vaccination programs based on scientific evidence is a relentless battleground. Notably, in Italy the debate has recently flooded multiple outlets, from newspapers to social media, from parliament to main squares, heating up when a recently passed law made vaccination compulsory for pupils attending public schools, with parents not obliging risking a fine or the loss of parental authority.
The decision came after Italy, under close monitoring by the World Health Organization (WHO), had seen vaccination coverage rates decrease across preventable diseases by an average by 2%, and none of the vaccination programs reached the 95% coverage target set by the National Immunization Prevention Plan.
Why are so many parents in Italy (As well as in the USA, France, Japan and many other European and Western Pacific regions) deciding against following immunization programs recommended by public health authorities? Is the coercive solution devised by the Italian government the only viable response? Or is there a better behavioural public policy answer to encourage individuals to vaccinate, without falling in the trap of “law enforcement threats against individual freedom”?
Loss in confidence and vaccine hesitancy are complex and layered phenomena, but taking advantage of the toolbox of behavioural economics could provide better explanations and more appropriate solutions to this worrying trend, without being exposed to anti-vaxx policy counter- arguments (i.e. the freedom to choose how to maintain physical health, or exercising the liberty to dissent from perceived conflicts of interest involving governments and Big Pharma).
Conventional approaches to increase vaccine acceptance assume that, other than forcing, educating parents about the evidence-based benefits of vaccination solves the issue by simply changing their minds and beliefs.
Unfortunately, behavioural economics has time and time again proved that this is a simplistic model of how human beings make decisions and a poor framework to change hesitant attitudes. In fact in a previous blog post (https://bppblog.com/2017/06/01/new-research-confirms- ancient-talmudic-writings/) by Howard Lavine (add link), it was explained exactly how exposing people to the same body of evidence is unlikely to produce belief convergence among divergent opinions, but it rather leads to belief polarization. In other words, by simply exposing parents to information about vaccines might generate the opposite effect of what policy makers are aiming for: polarization rather than agreement.
In particular, behavioural economics sheds light on the mechanisms that influence people’s decisions about vaccination. For example, within the “omission bias” parents might prefer not to vaccinate (omitting) and take a chance with the “natural illness”, rather that “unnaturally vaccinate” (acting) and be the sure cause of a potential side-effect. This is directly linked with overestimating and over-weighting of small probabilities: some individuals have low thresholds of “acceptable risk”, and these are even lower for deliberative actions.
These biases (together with others, such as the immediacy effect, availability heuristics, loss aversion, social preferences and trust) are fed by misinformation: a cognitive ticking bomb that needs defusing by effective and lasting de-biasing.
We claim that Inoculation Theory could help solve this policy problem. This approach has come into the spotlight again with a recent article published by Van Der Linden et al. (2017) on public attitudes about climate change. The idea behind this cognitive theory is a biological metaphor: like one’s system can be inoculated with a weakened dose of a virus in order to protect the organism from future attacks by the very same disease; attitudes can be psychologically protected from alternative facts, fake news and generalized misinformation. Simplifying it to its core, by being exposed to weak persuasive messages against an attitude, individuals should develop a sort of cognitive- immunization against future persuasive attacks.
This technique could also be applied to vaccination hesitancy. Vaccination Hesitant Parents (VHPs) are mothers and fathers, who might refuse some vaccines, accept others, postpone some, ask for separate shots (rather than a combined one), or are dubious about the right thing to do when it comes to vaccinate their children. Generally speaking, VHPs follow expert advice with their first- born, but develop a sense of advocacy with the next one(s). These parents trust more their own (often web-based) “research” on immunization, rather then being blindly deferential: for them a good parent is one that questions expert recommendations. This type of “fence-sitters” are torn by the relation between the benefits and risks of vaccines, wondering if the former really outweigh the latter. They are easily persuadable, becoming immunization resistant rather than acceptors. The policy concern around VHPs is that indecision easily becomes demurral, as suggested by previous instances and studies (Salathè and Bonhoeffer (2008)). When hesitancy becomes refusal, then refusal results in unvaccinated clusters, and these critically turn into disease outbreaks.
Only two studies have been testing inoculation theory in the context of vaccination: McGuire et Papageorgis (1961) used a small sample of 130 students but with no statistically significant conclusion, and Wong et Harrison (2014) used a sample of 212 female university students to test the resistance of positive attitudes on HPV vaccination against messages attacking its safety and
efficacy. Although these studies have opened the way for further research in this area, investigations on inoculation theory for VHPs, against the attacks of anti-vaccinationist campaigns, are not yet available.
Our proposal aims at testing the validity of inoculation theory in a real – yet controlled – hospital clinic setting, as a tool to protect and de-bias Vaccine Hesitant Parents (VHPs) from the attacks of anti-vaccinationist arguments, generating resistance to persuasion.
After childbirth mothers and fathers are often overwhelmed by a number of challenges, including sleep deprivation, new schedules and doubts about childcare, which might leave them cognitively exposed also to anti-vaxx arguments. In order to protect them from influential misinformation attacks, we would “inoculate” them prior to exposure. In practice, during antenatal screening visits we will administer a questionnaire to parents in order to identify those who are potential VHPs. Next, “vaccination against anti-vaxxers” is simply a program to learn how to self- sufficiently counteract misinformation. To exemplify, parents would be first shown scientific evidence on vaccine safety, then warned that some groups use misleading tactics to try convince the public that vaccinations are not safe, and explain why and how such techniques work, reasoning on their falsehood.
Both early exposure to scientific evidence and a clear explanation of the techniques used in science denial and misinformation, generate resistance to anti-vaxx arguments. Compared to coercion, that triggers even more resistance and casts a shadow on the governments real intentions giving extra arguments to anti-vaxxers, inoculation theory maintains the freedom of choice, gently teaching techniques to de-bias one-self in all science-related areas of public policy interest (think of climate change or OGM food) and spreads across social networks, protecting also others and working just like herd immunity.
Compton, J., Jackson, B. et Dimmock, J. (2016). Persuading Others to Avoid Persuasion: Inoculation Theory and Resistant Health Attitudes. Frontiers in Psychology, 7(122). McGuire, W. J. et Papageorgis, D. (1961). The relative efficacy of various types of prior belief- defense in producing immunity against persuasion. The Journal of abnormal and social psychology, 62:327–337.
VanDerLinden, S., Leiserowitz, A., Rosenthal, S. et Maibach, E. (2017). Inoculating the Public Against Misinformation about Climate Change. Global Challenges, 1:1–7.
Wong, N. C. H. et Harrison, K. J. (2014). Nuances in Inoculation: Protecting positive attitudes towards HPV vaccine and the practice of vaccinating children. Journal of WOmen’s Health Issues Care, 3(6).
Yaqub, O., Castle-Clarke, S., Sevdalis, N. et Chataway, J. (2014). Attitudes to vaccination: A critical Review. Social Science and Medicine, 112:1–11.
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1. New Main Library, 330 Homer Street, 2005-2006
The City of Newton owns a wealth of historic materials that speak to the community’s social, cultural, and governmental past. These materials reflect the civic life of and provide insight into Newton from the 19th through the early 20th century, a time when Newton was transforming from... more
2. New Main Library, 330 Homer Street, Site Walk, Groundbreaking and Construction, 1986-1990
The City of Newton owns a wealth of historic materials that speak to the community's social, cultural, and governmental past. These materials reflect the civic life of and provide insight into Newton from the 19th through the early 20th century, a time when Newton was transforming from... more
3. New Main Library, 330 Homer Street-Gala preview, dedication and 10th anniversary, 1991-2001
4. Newell Family Album
Presented here is the Newell family photograph album, which shows family members, their houses (interior, exterior and grounds), family homesteads, farms, mills, views from their Boston offices, and their West Newton neighborhood. The Newell family moved from Colrain, Massachusetts to West... more
5. Newell Family Misc
Presented here is a collection that centers on George Franklin Newell (1850-1934). The Newell family of Newton, Massachusetts typifies the transition of a family of farmers into industrialists. The City of Newton owns a wealth of historic materials that speak to the community’s social, cultural... more
6. Newton Corner photographs, 1850-1905
8. Newton Engineering Dept. Photos
Presented here is a collection of photographs taken by the Newton, Massachusetts Engineering Department in 1901 and 1904. Photographs are of the Newton Centre neighborhood streets near the intersections of Beacon Street and Centre Street, principally private houses, commercial buildings, street... more
9. Newton Forestry Dept. Photos
Presented here are Newton municipal Forestry Department photographs, taken between 1908 and 1918, documenting the Department's role in caring for city trees, parks, and playgrounds.The City of Newton owns a wealth of historic materials that speak to the community’s social, cultural and... more
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Jetpack pilot flies around Sydney Harbour and stays dry, unlike before
By Trevor Mogg July 22, 2019
David Mayman’s jetpack design has come a long way in the last nine years. On Sunday, the aviation inventor donned his flying gear for a spectacular solo flight over Sydney Harbour, taking in famous sights such as the Opera House and Harbour Bridge as he went. Ten years ago, a similar effort using an older version of his jetpack ended suddenly when the machine ran out of fuel, sending Mayman splashing into the water.
The weekend flight, we’re happy to report, was a confident, crash-free performance, with Mayman able to demonstrate the stability and speed of the JP10 — the latest version in a series of rigs that first put Mayman and his JetPack Aviation company in the spotlight in 2004. The turbine-powered, kerosene-fueled JP10 incorporates a number of different sensors that constantly measure its orientation in order to adjust the thrusters to keep the machine — and the pilot — stable as they move through the air.
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Sunday’s outing was also part of efforts to promote Mayman’s recently released Own the Sky documentary that follows the Aussie’s decade-long quest to build a viable jetpack. The trailer (below) features an old clip showing the entrepreneur preparing to test an extremely bulky prototype.
Kitted out like a racing driver, an apprehensive Mayman turns to fellow engineer Nelson Tyler and says: “You’ll get me out if I need to get out?” When he finally hits the ignition, Mayman “dances” chaotically across the ground as he tries to get the thing in the air while dodging the ferocious heat being blasted toward his feet by the engines (the accompanying Irish folk music matches perfectly). Yes, Mayman and his team have made huge progress since then.
The latest version of the jetpack costs a cool $300,000, but in 2018 Mayman started offering more affordable training courses at bases in California and southern France for people who want to know what it’s like to fly solo with a jet turbine strapped to their back.
The team is also working on the launch of a racing league to pit jetpack pilots against one another on a course involving obstacles and other challenges. Think drone racing with a human attached.
Mayman’s Sydney flight came just days after another kind of solo flying machine, this one built by Franky Zapata, took part in France’s Bastille Day celebrations. Zapata piloted his Flyboard Air over the Champs-Elysee, gaining a nod of approval from President Macron during the impressive flypast.
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Thomas MacDonagh Heritage Centre
The Thomas MacDonagh Heritage Centre honours the Irish patriot, poet, teacher and leader of Ireland’s 1916 insurrection in his home town of Cloughjordan. The centre brings to the public the story of this great man and the place in which he grew up, and is the home of Cloughjordan Heritage Group. Every year in May, the centre hosts the Thomas MacDonagh Weekend, a festival of history, music and arts. The Centre is open from 12.00 – 4.00pm Tuesday – Sunday, with extended opening on Thursday until 7.00pm. Talks on Thomas MacDonagh and local history can be arranged for visiting groups, by appointment only. For information about regular Heritage Group talks, group visits and the Thomas MacDonagh Week-end, contact the centre on 087 3946862, or visit our web-site to FIND OUT MORE
Cloughjordan lies on the Beara Breifne Greenway, a walking route that retraces the historic march of the O'Sullivan Beare. The student of Irish History will find much tangible material in the area to help trace the course of Ireland's story. The ancient dwelling places and ring forts, dotted through the countryside, include the great tree ringed fort of Rathurles; the 5000 years old burial cairns at Ardcrooney and Ballygibbon; the castles of Gaelic chieftains O'Kennedys, MacEgans and O'Carrolls, and of their Norman adversaries deMariscos and Butlers.
Cloughjordan Historical Tours
Cloughjordan Historical Tours provide guided explorations of the history of Cloughjordan either on foot, by bicycle or with bus transport for larger groups.
Themes include;
MacDonagh's Locality
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Help is also on hand if you'd like to trace your Irish genealogy... just visit their Facebook page or call Seamus Costello on 00353 (0)87 995 2672
Sheelagh na Gig
More than just an independent bookstore, Sheelagh na Gig is packed with local crafts and works of art, an eclectic selection of CDs, plus wholefoods, fair trade and artisan goodies.
Relax and browse while enjoying one of their excellent coffees and tasty snacks or come along to one of their intimate concerts, art exhibitions or the monthly writer's group.
Free WiFi available, and mail order via Walnut Books. FIND OUT MORE
Cloughjordan Cineclub
The aim of the cine club is to generate an interest in local and international, art-house and independent film.
Joining the cineclub could not be simpler. Just turn up! Everyone is welcome, even if you are just passing through.
Members of the club are part of a national network of over 70 non-profit cinemas and an international community of countless others. Screenings take place on Sunday evenings at the Thomas MacDonagh Heritage Centre, and you can see our upcoming programme on our website. FIND OUT MORE
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Each cookie usage is regulated in the Cookie Policy (https://www.domussocolatae.com/Informativa-sui-cookies.htm) and subsequently in this same statement.
The user who communicates, publishes, disseminates, shares or obtains third party personal data via www.domussocolatae.com assumes full responsibility for them. The user frees the owner of the website from any direct responsibility and towards third parties, guaranteeing to have the right to communication, publication, dissemination thereof. www.domussocolatae.com does not provide services to users under the age of 18. In the case of demands made for minors, the parent or the person holding parental authority must fill in the data requests.
Methods, places and times of processing the acquired data
Methods of processing the acquired data
The owner has designed an IT system suitable to ensure security measures deemed appropriate to prevent access, disclosure, modification or unauthorized cancellation of personal data. The same system makes daily copies, considered sufficiently adequate, according to the importance of the data it contains.
The user has the right to get information about the security measures taken by the owner to protect data.
Access to data in addition to the holder
The personal data collected by www.domussocolatae.com can be acceded by the internal staff (such as administrative, commercial, marketing, legal, system administrators) and / or external subjects (such as third-party IT service providers, webfarm, communication agencies, suppliers of complementary services). When necessary, these structures are appointed by the data controller.
The user can request the updated list of data controllers at any.
Communication of any unwanted access to the Privacy Guarantor
The aforementioned IT system is daily monitored and checked by system technicians and engineers. But the fact remains that, even if considered remote possibility, there may be unwanted access. If this happens, the owner commits itself, as per GDPR, to communicate it to the Privacy Guarantor within the terms established by law.
Collected data retention
Personal data are kept and processed in the owner´s operational and administrative offices, as well as in the webfarms where the servers that hosting www.domussocolatae.com website reside, or on the servers that make the backup copies. The personal data of the user may reside in Italy, Germany or in the Netherlands, however in countries of the European community. The user´s personal data are never brought or copied outside the European territory.
Retention times of the acquired data
In case of data acquired to provide a service to the user, (both for a purchased service and for a trial) the data is stored for 24 months after the completion of the service. Or until the consent is revoked.
In the event that the holder is obliged to keep personal data in compliance with a legal obligation or for an authority order, the holder may retain the data for a longer time, necessary to fulfil the obligations.
At the end of the retention period, personal data will be deleted. After the deadline, you will no longer be able to access your data, request its deletion and portability.
Legal basis for acquired data processing
The owner acquires users´ personal data in the cases here below described.
Treatment is necessary:
- if the user has deliberately accepted the treatment for one or more purposes;
- to provide a quote to the user;
- to provide a contract to the user;
- to provide a service to the user;
- for the holder to fulfill a legal obligation;
- for the holder to fulfill a task of public interest;
- because the owner can fulfill an exercise of public authority;
- because the owner or third parties can pursue their legitimate interests.
At any time the user can request to the data controller clarifications on the legal basis of each treatment.
Purposes of the processing of acquired data
User´s data is collected by the holder for the following purposes:
- sending commercial information on services;
- sending estimates;
- sending advertising newsletters.
It could be possible that data can also be processed for:
contacting the user, statistics, analysis of the user´s behavior and session recording, content display and interaction of external applications, spam protection, payment management, interaction with social networks, advertising.
Specific details on the acquisition and use of personal data
To contact the user
The user can fill in the contact form / request information, inserting his / her data and consenting to their use to respond to the requests of nature indicated in the header of the form.
Personal data that could be collected: ZIP code, city, surname, email address, country, name, telephone number, province, company name.
Registration form to the private area
The user can fill in the registration form to the private area of ??the website in order to access private and reserved services only for users registered with www.domussocolatae.com, concerning private services of the website, such as private documents, private links, communications, etc.
By entering their data, the user consents to their use for sending notifications regarding private services of the website.
Newsletter or SMS
The user can subscribe to the website´s www.domussocolatae.com newsletter. To the email address specified by the user, messages containing technical, informative, commercial and / or promotional information can be sent.
Newsletter registration is performed with double opt-in.
The user is sent an email (to the email address indicated) with a link to click on to confirm that the user is really the owner of the email address.
The same service can be done via SMS.
To manage tags
These services are for the centralized management of tags or scripts used on the website; acquire data from users if you need to keep them.
Service provider: Google LLC.
Purpose of the service: tag management service
Personal data collected: cookies, usage data
Place of processing: United States
Adhering to the Privacy Shield
For interaction with external applications (even social networks)
www.domussocolatae.com includes in its pages plugins and / or buttons to interact with social networks and / or external applications.
As for social networks, even if the user does not use the service on the web page, it is possible that the service acquires traffic data.
The data acquired and the use of the same by third-party services are governed by the respective Privacy Policy to which we refer.
Facebook: "Like" button and social widgets
Service provider: Facebook, Inc.
Purpose of the service: interaction with the social network Facebook
Google+: +1 button and social widgets
Service provider: Google, Inc.
Purpose of the service: interaction with the social network Google+
Twitter: "Tweet" button and social widgets
Service provider: Twitter, Inc.
Purpose of the service: interaction with the social network Twitter
For spam protection
These services acquire data from users and through various logics distinguish the traffic of real users from that of potential spam threats.
Purpose of the service: spam protection service
For statistics
These services are used by the data controller to analyze the traffic carried out by users on the website www.domussocolatae.com.
Purpose of the service: web analysis service provided. This service collects the user´s personal data to monitor and analyze the use of the website www.domussocolatae.com, generate reports and use them for other Google services. Google may use the collected data to personalize its advertisements.
To view content from external websites
These services are used to display content on the website pages that are external to the website, with the possibility of interaction.
Even if the user does not use the service present on the web page, it is possible that the service acquires traffic data.
Purpose of the service: service to display external fonts on your website
Personal data collected: types of data as specified in the privacy policy of the service
Google Calendar widget
Purpose of the service: service to view and interact with an external calendar on your website
Purpose of the service: service to view and interact with external maps on your website
TripAdvisor widget
Service Provider: TripAdvisor LLC.
Purpose of the service: service to view and interact with external content on your website
Privacy Policy (https://tripadvisor.mediaroom.com/us-privacy-policy)
Widget TuTiempo
Service provider: Tutiempo Network, S.L.
Purpose of the service: service to view and interact with external weather content on your website
Personal data collected: usage data
Place of processing: Spain
Privacy Policy (https://www.tutiempo.net/politica-cookies.htm)
YouTube Video Widget
Purpose of the service: service to view and interact with external videos on your website
Wubook Widget
Service Provider: WuBook
Place of processing: Italy
Privacy Policy (https://wubook.net/privacy/site/it/privacy.html
The user owns all the rights provided for by the art. 12 of EU GDPR, the right to check, modify and supplement (rectify), delete his/her personal data by accessing his/her personal area. Once all data has been deleted, the access account to the reserved area is closed.
Specifically, he/she has the right to:
- know if the owner holds the user´s personal data (Article 15 Right of access);
- modify or supplement (rectify) inaccurate or incomplete personal data (Article 16 Right of rectification);
- request cancellation of one, more or part of the personal data held in case of one of the reasons provided for by the GDPR (Right to Delete, 17);
- partially limit personal data processing, or completely revoke the consent to the processing, in case there is one of the reasons provided for by the Regulation (Article 18 Right to limit the processing);
- receive a copy of all personal data held by the owner, in a commonly used organized format, and also readable by an automatic device (Article 20, Right to Portability);
- object in whole or in part to the data processing for marketing purposes, for example to object and receive advertising offers (Article 21 Right to Opposition). Users are reminded that they can oppose the data processing used for advertising purposes, without providing any reasons;
- oppose to data processing in automatic mode or not for profiling purposes (so-called Consent).
How to exercise your rights
The user can exercise his / her rights as stated above sending a request to the data controller Rima Loca s.a.s. di Cavazzoni Massimiliano & C. to the following addresses: domussocolatae@gmail.com; tel. 3357729407 / 3389368207.
The request to exercise one´s own right has no cost. The owner agrees to fulfill the requests as quickly as possible, and in any case within one month.
The user has the right to propose a complaint to the Authority for the Protection of Personal Data. Addresses: garante@gpdp.it, http://www.gpdp.it (http://www.gpdp.it).
It is recommended to consult in detail the Cookie Policy (https://www.domussocolatae.com/Informativa-sui-cookies.htm).
Additional information on data processing
Defense in court
In case of recourse to the court for abuse by the user, in the use of www.domussocolatae.com or the services connected to it, the holder has the right to reveal the user´s personal data. He is also obliged to provide the aforementioned data at the request of the public authorities.
Request for specific information
The user has the right to request specific information to www.domussocolatae.com for the website and / or the collection services concerning the use of personal data.
Data collection for system logs and maintenance
www.domussocolatae.com and / or third-party services (if any) may collect the user´s personal data, such as the IP address, in the form of a system log. The collection of this data is linked to the operation and maintenance of the website.
The user has the right to request at any time to the data controller the additional information not present in this Policy regarding personal data processing The holder can be contacted via the contact details.
Support for "Do Not Track" requests
"Do Not Track" requests are not supported by www.domussocolatae.com.
The user is invited to consult the Privacy Policy of the third-party services listed above to find out which ones support these types of requests.
The owner has the right to modify this document by notifying users on this page or, if required, through the contacts in his possession. The user is therefore invited to periodically consult this page. To confirm the actual modification refer to the last modification date indicated at the bottom of the page.
The owner will collect the user´s consent again if the changes to this document concern data processing for which the consent is required.
Definitions and legal framework
Personal data (or data, or user data)
It is personal data that identifies or makes a physical person identifiable, directly or indirectly, and that can provide information on personal characteristics, habits, lifestyle, personal relationships, state of health, economic situation, etc.
Source: website of the Privacy Guarantor (http://www.garanteprivacy.it).
The information that is automatically collected during the browsing of www.domussocolatae.com is used, both from the website itself and from the third party applications included in the site. Examples of data usage are the IP address and the details of the device and the browser (including geographic location) that the user uses to navigate the site, the pages viewed and the length of time the user stays on the individual pages.
The subject using the website www.domussocolatae.com.
It coincides with the interested party, unless otherwise specified.
Interested is the natural person to whom the personal data refer. So, if a treatment concerns, for example, the address, the tax code, etc. by Mario Rossi, this person is the interested party (article 4, paragraph 1, point 1) of the 2016/679 EU Regulation (http://www.garanteprivacy.it/regolamentoue).
Processing controller (or responsible)
Responsible is the natural or legal person to whom the holder entrusts, even outside of its organizational structure, specific and defined management and control tasks on its behalf of data processing (Article 4, paragraph 1, point 8), of the 2016/679 EU Regulation (http://www.garanteprivacy.it/regolamentoue). The Regulation itself introduced the possibility that a manager can, in turn and under certain conditions, designate another "sub-responsible" subject (Article 28, paragraph 2).
Data controller (or holder)
Holder is the natural person, the public authority, the enterprise, the public or private entity, the association, etc., which adopts the decisions on the aims and the modalities of the treatment (article 4, paragraph 1, point 7) , of the 2016/679 EU Regulation (http://www.garanteprivacy.it/regolamentoue).
www.domussocolatae.com (or website)
The website through which the user´s personal data are collected and processed.
The service offered by the website www.domussocolatae.com as indicated in the relative terms.
European Community (or EU)
Every reference concerning the European community extends to all current states member of the European Union and the European Economic Area, unless otherwise specified.
Data stored in the user´s device.
This information is prepared on the basis of multiple legislative systems, including articles 13 and 14 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679. This information concerns only www.domussocolatae.com , unless otherwise specified.
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McInally proud of capital fightback
Edinburgh Rugby co-captain Stuart McInally expressed his pride in his side's comeback performance as the capital club rallied from 12-0 down at half-time to win 15-16 against Sale Sharks on Saturday evening.
Despite a turgid first-half display that saw Edinburgh concede two breakaway tries, the capital side showed guts and determination to grind out the famous road win, with McInally and the pack showing up well throughout the contest.
"It was definitely a game of two halves, the wind is quite strong down here, so we knew going in it at half-time that we had the wind in the second half," said McInally.
"We weren’t too phased the fact we were 12 points down - we knew if we could just get into their half we would be able to come away with points.
"It was good to see us get that first try and then a couple of crucial penalties that managed to get us the three points to win the game."
With JL Du Preez sent to the bin for the final ten minutes of action, up stepped Jaco van der Walt to slot home the the eventual game-winning penalty with ten minutes to go.
Richard Cockerill's side were made to work for the win, with excellent game management and intensity in defence in the closing stages paving the way to victory.
The win now puts Edinburgh right back in contention for Heineken Champions Cup Quarter-Final qualificaton.
"It means a lot," continued McInally. "In the context of the tournament it keeps us alive in the Heineken Champions cup which is one thing."
"But also for the group, we’ve had a tough run these last couple of months and we’ve just continued to work as hard as we can and it’s nice just to get a win.
"We had a good performance last week, but we came up just a little bit short in the result. Yeah it’s massive for the boys, the boys are delighted with that tonight.
"I definitely think this will help us with some belief, we’ve never taken our foot off the gas in terms of what we do on the training pitch, and we’ve always been committed to our cause, but we’ve just not got those results, and sometimes it can be quite hard to get out of that rut.
"A big performance tonight away from home - we can definitely take a lot of belief going into the next round of games."
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14. Amathus - The future : new projects
Forty years after the first French excavations at Amathus, the fieldwork and surveying at the site continues in collaboration with the Cypriot archaeological authorities.
Georeferencing of the inscription of Kallinikos by Lionel Fadin (A. Cannavò)
Under the guidance of Anna Cannavò a Geographical Information System (GIS) will soon be made available: following the model elaborated by the French School at Athens in Delos, it will allow for the collecting of all existent scientific information about both the ancient excavations and recent missions. Accessible to all researchers who wish to better understand the topography of Amathus from an electronic search portal on-line, this tool is proof of the French School at Athens’ vitality and commitment to pooling information and resources relative to the ancient city: recalibrating the ancient maps, completing its database, updating the known graves of Amathus in order to contribute to a more thorough knowledge of the city’s organization, its mortuary and social customs, its places of worship and its urban fabric.
View from the acropolis towards the southeast (A. Cannavò)
The French School at Athens also gives special importance to the publication of monographs consecrated to the history and archaeology of Amathus: Le porte externe (J.-Y. Empereur); La muraille et le quartier Nord (P. Aupert & Cl. Balandier); Le temple d’Aphrodite (A. Hermary & M. Schmid); La prospection (C. Petit-Aupert); Les nécropoles (A. Hermary & Y. Violaris).
Lastly, the support of the French Embassy and the French Institute of Cyprus contributes to the progress of site development at Amathus. In cooperation with the archaeological services of the Limassol district, a valorization project for the lower city and for the acropolis will be launched in order to give visitors the most stunning and most comprehensive image of the Amathusian discoveries.
L. Thély, trans. A.M. Schroth-Daskalakis
13. Amathus - Products : The terracottas
02/12/2020- Journée maliote- The protopalatial material of “Secteur Pi”
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Application for the SMU Dato Kho Hui Meng International Scholarship in Singapore – 2019/2020 Entry is now open at the Singapore Management University in Singapore.
Funded by the Singapore Management University, the program is open for those sparkling candidates from all around the world who will commence in the undergraduate degree coursework for the academic year 2020-2021.The sponsorship will provide the total value up to $87,400 (towards subsidized tuition fees, study-related expenses, and provisions for University-approved overseas student programs). It will be tenable for up to 4 years. Scholars are also required to take advantage of the Tuition Grant Scheme (TGS) provided by the Singapore Government for subsidized education. Under the TGS, non-Singaporean recipients (including Singapore Permanent Residents) will be contractually obliged to work for Singapore-registered companies for a minimum period of three years upon graduation.
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The Scholarships are one of the most prestigious scholarships in the world. The aim of the program is to create a global network of future leaders committed to improving the lives of others.
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The applicant must be a full-time first-year undergraduate enrolled in any degree program, excellent academic results, demonstrated leadership qualities and social skills and actively involved in sports and community service activities.
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Application must include:
Applicants will be required to submit letters of recommendation and a personal statement.
Only applications that have been submitted (with the International Office and registered on the website of the scholarship) before March 19, 2020 will be considered.
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Ocean House, 4 Brewery Lane, Belhaven, Dunbar, East Lothian, EH42 1PD
Available from: 1st July 2020
Location and Overview
This is a rare opportunity to acquire the lease or ownership of the former smithy to what was previously the oldest independent brewery in Scotland (Belhaven Brewery). Ocean House is an immaculate, four-roomed property, with original red sandstone features and sash and case windows, which are traditional to Belhaven. Boasting views over the Lammermuir Hills, Belhaven Brewery (and its former manor house), and a park, the property is brimming with old and new character, ergonomically accommodating any business looking for offices of distinction, or for any small family wanting to convert to a two-bedroomed house. Perfectly proportioned, this building would ideally accommodate a dental surgery, accountants, estate agents/solicitors, hairdresser/beauty salon, e-business, start-up, or simply any firm seeking to provide a professional appearance. Interestingly, the property was designed and built originally for either commercial or residential purposes, and would require only minor modification for latter, e.g. installation of a kitchen and shower room. Located in the heart of Belhaven (Dunbar), Ocean House is close to the A1, and within easy walking distance of Belhaven beach, Belhaven Hill prep school, Dunbar Grammar school, Dunbar Primary School, Pumpkin Patch Nursery, and Winterfield Golf club. Formerly the headquarters and an architecture firm, then a thriving and successful international marine consultancy, a high-end kitchen manufacturer, and latterly a speakeasy, this is a perfect prospect for any business wishing to use these premises to flourish, servicing requirements of Belhaven and beyond. The offices formerly accommodated seven people comfortably, but desk space could be organised to exceed this number.
Externally, Ocean House has been renovated sympathetically, maintaining some of the smithy’s original walls, and thereafter using a combination of natural and reconstituted sandstone cornerstones and walls, and tasteful Belhaven-red-stone-chip render. The property includes off-road-driveway parking for one large vehicle (up to the size of a Mercedes Vito long-wheel base van), and potentially another smaller car, with a disabled access sign and hand rail. The entire building is double-glazed, with white-painted sash and case windows, and gas central-heating – a new boiler was fitted in winter 2019. The wall in the photo has since been removed and replaced with a railing, which allows more space for vehicles on the driveway.
The building is sunny and bright, even on the rarest of dark days in Dunbar. Walls and ceilings are newly painted pure brilliant white with ample LED spot lights (low-energy consumption) scattered throughout, and additional wall lighting on the stairwell. The building is fitted with both security and fire-detection systems, that are connected to the mains electricity and also powered independently, as are exit signs that light up in the event of a power cut. The entire building, save one room, is floored in tasteful, dark wood, oak-effect laminate. One room upstairs is floored in light-wood-effect laminate.
The entrance comprises a bright and inviting, well-lit vestibule (for coats and shoes).
Reception (office 1)
The reception contains a functional and newly-serviced alarm, a seating/waiting area (furniture in the pictures has currently been removed, and is for effect only, to demonstrate possibilities) and French doors to the front parking, which provides an over-sized access for the occupants to transport heavy furniture into the building. The desk and shelves in the photo have now been removed.
Downstairs washing room & WC
Washroom facilities comprise a large wall-to-wall Italian-trough-style-white-ceramic-wash basin, Italian waterfall tap, and integrated LED-spot-lighted-wall mirror, and an adjacent (separate) WC, with soft-close Italian toilet, with a ‘marine-themed’ porthole vent, and a heated chrome towel rail. The entire room is premium-quality-wet walled (for convenience) with extremely realistic, tasteful brown and beige marble-effect décor.
Downstairs office 2
There is a further rear office with single-garage dimensions, which can accommodate 2-3 desks, or, for example, a kitchen. External double French doors open onto the cobblestoned pavement (which runs along the property’s roadside), again enabling the occupants easy access with large furniture. The new gas boiler is also located in this room.
Utilities hub
There is a large, bright, well-lit cupboard under the stairs, used formerly as the utilities hub which originally contained a small desk, a server, printer/fax/wireless and the electrics, which are enclosed in a cupboard, for neatness. This has also been referred to as the ‘Harry Potter Office’.
Stairwell & landing
The jazzy, well-lit, vaulted ceiling stairwell supports a metal-fire-proof stair, adding a twist of industrial modernity to this quirky building, which takes you to a mid-way landing, with a display cabinet, and more stairs to a further landing between the three rooms upstairs.
Upstairs WC
The upstairs WC has the same style as the downstairs WC, and comprises a motion-activated mirror above a small Italian-trough-style-white-ceramic-wash basin, with an Italian water-fall tap, an Italian soft-close toilet, porthole window and chrome heated towel rail. The white ceiling is vaulted and lit with a single LED spot. Again, this room is wet-walled with the same marble-effect décor.
Main upstairs office 3
This lovely office is bright and large, with well-lit vaulted ceilings, a skylight, and integrated large wall shelving. The room can easily accommodate 2-3 desks, and hosts double French doors which open to a balconette with the elevated views described previously. In summer, these doors are often opened, adding a pleasant peaceful ambience to a working environment, away from the hustle and bustle of the central main town. The white shelves in the photo have now been removed.
Again, with vaulted bright ceilings, another two skylights, the smaller office can support 2-3 desks.
Utilities & extra furniture
The property was serviced formerly by BT with high-speed broadband and four separate phone lines (to all offices), so re-connection costs are minimal, as the infrastructure exists already. There is already a gas, water, and electricity supply that can be either taken over, or established newly.
Rental cost £695 per calendar month. There are four offices, but one lease (separate leases are non-negotiable, and payments must be received electronically from one individual, so if considering moving in with other businesses, this must be pre-arranged between occupants). There is no VAT on rental. The owners would consider sale of Ocean House at an asking price (no negotiation, as owners have no need, or future requirements to sell). The building has been renovated to perform dual office/residential function; inexpensive alterations would convert to a comfortable two-bedroomed house. This is a completely hands-off let to a commercial tenant that is responsible for all utilities (e.g. council tax, water, electricity, phone, broadband, etc.), responsible also for any maintenance, or repairs internally or externally, which falls under the lease agreement. Modifications/customisations can be made at the tenant’s cost, and at the commercial owner’s discretion. The property is immaculate, and in full-working order. The current tenant is moving out at the end of July 2021, so the office will be free from 1st July 2020, so there are no upfront renovation costs or repairs to perform – just move in and get started. Keep the premises clean and well maintained, and there will be no hidden horrors discovered down the line. The landlords are an extremely busy, commercial company, and the lease can either be arranged directly with them, or through an intermediary solicitors or estate agents if preferred.
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Durbin to ITT Tech: Stop the Hypocrisy & Give Student Their "Day in Court"
Senator says while company demands legal protections in the media, it denies same rights to students in the fine print
WASHINGTON, D.C.] – U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today called out the for-profit college chain ITT Technical Institute for complaining that its “day in court [is] long overdue” while in its enrollment documents, the company prohibits students from filing suit in a court of law against the company either as an individual or as part of a class action – essentially denying students their own “day in court”.
“Students are forced into arbitration proceedings that deny them the precedents and protections of court proceedings. With these enrollment terms, ITT Tech is shielding itself from liability and accountability,” wrote Durbin. “Given your firm position that ITT Tech deserves its ‘day in court’, surely you believe your students deserve the same. That is why today I am calling on you to immediately cease enforcement of any arbitration clauses, class-action bans, or other contractual roadblocks that prevent students from bringing claims against ITT Tech before a court of law and to remove any such provisions from future enrollment documents.”
Text of today’s letter is below.
Eugene W. Feichtner
ITT Educational Services, Inc.
13000 North Meridian Street
Dear Mr. Feichtner
I write to you today in response to a statement released by ITT Technical Institute on May 22 and attributed to you.
Your statement decries an “unprecedented assault” and “piling on” from legislators and regulatory agencies who are simply trying to ensure that ITT Tech students are protected and that the company is complying with the law. Last year ITT Tech received more than $970 million in federal taxpayer dollars. Members of Congress and regulatory agencies have an obligation to ensure that these taxpayer dollars are well-spent. The insinuation that scrutiny of ITT Tech is somehow undeserved or unfair is highly offensive to the company’s former, current, and prospective students as well as to federal taxpayers.
Careful scrutiny of ITT Tech is in fact well-deserved. As you know, the Attorney General of New Mexico found that ITT Tech made misrepresentations to students about accreditation and engaged in unfair, deceptive and unconscionable practices - including that ITT Tech placed students into loans without their knowledge, falsely stated the number of credits a student had to take in order to push them into taking on more debt, and failed to issue refunds of tuition and fees in compliance with federal law. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau found ITT Tech’s private lending practices were predatory and that students were misled into believing they would be able to repay private loans with interest rates as high as 16.25 percent.
The Securities and Exchange Commission found that ITT Tech’s CEO Kevin Modany and CFO Daniel Fitzpatrick engaged in a scheme to conceal from investors the poor performance and looming financial impact of those very private loan programs. And at least 18 other state Attorneys General are investigating similar practices in their states. Continued scrutiny of ITT Tech is clearly warranted.
Your statement also complains: “Day in Court Long Overdue for ITT Tech.” I agree that ITT Tech should have its day in court to answer the above and other findings by state and federal agencies of wrongdoing. I’m confident ITT Tech will get what it deserves. However, it is hypocritical for ITT Tech to insist on a day in court for itself and its executives when ITT Tech prohibits its students from getting their own day in court. You complain of “litigation roadblocks” that your company is facing, yet ITT Tech subjects its students to the biggest litigation roadblock of them all: forced arbitration.
As you know, the enrollment documents students must sign to attend ITT Tech prohibit students from filing suit in a court of law against the company either as an individual or as part of a class action. Instead, students are forced into arbitration proceedings that deny them the precedents and protections of court proceedings. With these enrollment terms, ITT Tech is shielding itself from liability and accountability. But at its most basic, ITT Tech is preventing students from having their day in court.
Given your firm position that ITT Tech deserves its “day in court”, surely you believe your students deserve the same. That is why today I am calling on you to immediately cease enforcement of any arbitration clauses, class-action bans, or other contractual roadblocks that prevent students from bringing claims against ITT Tech before a court of law and to remove any such provisions from future enrollment documents.
Your statement defiantly asserts, “we’ll continue to do what we can for our students…” Here’s something you can do for them now. It is undeniably within your power. Failure to do so, will say more about ITT Tech’s true nature than any investigation ever could.
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The most unfair fees in travel
By Christopher Elliott | November 7, 2015 November 6, 2015
Just a few weeks before Dennis Main’s European riverboat cruise, a disc in his spine ruptured, confining him to a wheelchair. “My surgeon warned me that any long travel or excessive activity would be dangerous,” he says.
Main’s options were bad and worse: He could pay another $6,000 to reschedule his trip later, or he could send his wife to Europe solo.
But oddly, that would cost more, too. “They want to charge her a $3,000 single supplement,” says Main, who works for the state of California.
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A single supplement is one of the most universally hated fees in travel, but it’s just one of several customer-unfriendly policies the industry has embraced in order to squeeze more money from travelers. Single supplements are premiums of up to 100 percent of the cost of a cruise or tour charged to a solo tourist.
Main’s cruise line said it could have helped him if he’d purchased travel insurance, but he says that felt like extortion.
“Time and again I heard, ‘We can’t — it’s our policy’,” he says. Fortunately, his wife had charged part of the vacation on her credit card, which covered a portion of his cancellation fee. He also received a partial refund from the cruise line.
“Single supplements are one of the last bastions of discrimination,” says Diane Lee, a frequent traveler and author from Adelaide, Australia. “It’s also a stupid and short-sighted business practice, considering how many solo travelers there are now.”
Travel companies say single supplements are necessary because their prices are based on double occupancy. When people like Main’s wife or Lee have a cabin to themselves, the cruise line is forfeiting revenue for other activities like restaurants or bars.
The fee is bogus, as far as this consumer advocate is concerned. In Main’s case, at least, if the cruise line had resold his cabin, it should have offered him a full refund instead of pocketing the money.
But it’s not the only unfair fee. Another is the “fuel surcharge” added to the price of airline tickets. It’s an annoyance not just to air travelers, but also for tour operators like smarTours. “The widespread manipulation of the fuel surcharge by airlines is unfair and harmful to travelers,” says Greg Geronemus, smarTours’ co-CEO.
For years, as oil prices surged, airlines insisted that fuel surcharges were beyond their control and an accurate reflection of the rising commodity cost. “Now that oil has dropped by more than 50 percent over the last 15 months, we have not seen anything close to a proportional drop in fuel surcharges,” Geronemus says. “In fact, many airlines have not decreased their fuel surcharges whatsoever.”
Travelers believe airlines are keeping the difference between the actual fuel costs and the artificially high surcharge. What’s the solution? If airlines simply reported their actual fuel costs for each flight, as opposed to adding an arbitrary fuel surcharge, that would be a good start, Geronemus says. But how about airlines just fold the cost of fuel into the fare? Isn’t fuel part of the cost of running an airline?
While we’re on the subject of airlines, let’s talk about the elephant in the room: non-refundable airline tickets. And yes, they are usually totally non-refundable, even if you get sick, have jury duty or a close relative dies. Airlines claim they offer “options” for travelers who want refundable tickets. Just buy a flexible ticket, which costs three to four times more than a non-refundable one.
That’s not only impractical, but it also insults our intelligence. Here’s what makes sense to air travelers: Flexible, refundable tickets priced at a modest and reasonable premium. Oh, and while you’re at it, why not refund tickets when you resell the seat? Enough with the double-dipping, airlines.
Which brings us to perhaps the most unfair fee of all: the mandatory hotel resort fee. You know what I’m talking about, don’t you? You pull up a rate online for a bargain hotel in Las Vegas, only to find that you have to pay an extra $20 a night as a “resort” fee. It’s even worse than the airline fuel surcharge because, for the moment, it doesn’t have to be revealed until just before you’re ready to book a hotel. “It’s a lack of transparency,” says Linda Kundell, a public speaking coach from New York who has represented many travel companies as a publicist.
The solution is super easy. The government should require hotels to quote a full rate up front. But the Federal Trade Commission, which is tasked with enforcing how hotels advertise their prices, has been reluctant to require such disclosure, saying it would exceed its mandate. Most travelers would disagree, but then again, most travelers are not staff attorneys who work for the federal government.
The travel industry is riddled with unfair policies. You can avoid many of them, but not all of them. If companies can’t do the right thing, maybe it’s time for the government to step up and help us.
How to avoid unfair fees
• Single supplement: Some cruise lines, such as Norwegian and P&O, offer single cabins. And some tour operators (like Gate 1 and Classic Journeys) charge modest single supplements. If you’re thinking of traveling alone, ask before you make your reservation.
• Non-refundable tickets: Southwest Airlines has some of the most passenger-friendly fares and fees, when it comes to changes. It doesn’t charge any change fees and its flexible fares are often priced reasonably, though not always.
• Fuel surcharges: Fortunately, these fees must be included in the price of your ticket. But if you see an airline with high fuel surcharges in time of lower oil prices, you may want to seek one that doesn’t.
• Resort fees: Don’t stay at a hotel with resort fees. It’s the only way to send a message that you don’t tolerate these misrepresentations. If you see a mandatory resort fee when you’re making a reservation, close out your session immediately and book another property.
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Publication date: 5 December 2019
Cross-cultural professional experiences of female expatriates: Finding success through agility, resilience, and essential relationships
Tami France, Lize Booysen and Carol Baron
In this world of global interconnectedness, women continue to develop cross-cultural careers and their experiences impact global scholarship and practice. The purpose of…
In this world of global interconnectedness, women continue to develop cross-cultural careers and their experiences impact global scholarship and practice. The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationships, resources and characteristics that support female expatriate success, with specific focus on the role of mentor/coach relationships. The sample included 102 women from the USA, Canada, Australia and the UK working or formerly working in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau or Taiwan.
This three phase sequential mixed-methods exploratory research study included 10 one-on-one semi-structured interviews, 102 survey respondents and 3 facilitated focus groups attended by nine professional women.
This research offers evidence that resiliency-based characteristics must be cultivated and developed to support expatriate cross-cultural success. These characteristics can be cultivated through relying on multiple relationships, such as mentors, coaches, host country liaisons, expatriate colleagues, friends and family as well as by supporting and mentoring others. These characteristics can also be developed through specific cultural experiences, knowledge and skill building resources, as well as developing an informed view of self and identity clarity through reflective activities.
Based on the overall findings, a cross-cultural professional success model was designed and implications for scholarship, organizational effectiveness and cross-cultural leadership practice are presented.
Cross Cultural & Strategic Management, vol. 26 no. 4
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/CCSM-05-2018-0062
Expatriates adjustment
Behavioral biology, the rational actor model, and the new feminist agenda
June Carbone and Naomi Cahn
This chapter incorporates gender consciousness into critiques of the rational actor model by revisiting Carol Gilligan's account of moral development. Economics itself…
This chapter incorporates gender consciousness into critiques of the rational actor model by revisiting Carol Gilligan's account of moral development. Economics itself, led by the insights from game theory, is reexamining trust, altruism, reciprocity, and empathy. Behavioral economics further explores the implications of a more robust conception of human motivation. We argue that the most likely source for a comprehensive theory will come from the integration of behavioral economics with behavioral biology, and that this project depends on the insights from evolutionary analysis, genetics, and neuroscience. Considering the biological basis of human behavior, however, and, realistically considering the role of trust, altruism, reciprocity, and empathy in market transactions requires a reexamination of the role of gender in the construction of human society.
First, we revisit Gilligan, and argue that her articulation of relational feminism faltered, in part, because she could not identify the source of the stereotypically feminine. Second, we consider the ways in which the limitations of the rational actor model meant that law and economics could also not resolve the relational concerns that Gilligan raised. Third, we discuss the rediscovery of gender that is emerging from the gendered results of game theory trials and the new research on the biological basis of gender differences. Finally, we conclude that incorporating the insights of this new research into law and the social sciences will require a new methodology. Instead of narrow-minded focus on the incentive effects in the marginal transaction, we argue that reconsideration of stereotypically masculine and feminine traits requires an emphasis on balance.
Law & Economics: Toward Social Justice
Chapter 25 “Let a hundred flowers blossom”: The cross-fertilization of organization studies at Stanford
Martin Ruef
When I arrived at Stanford in the fall of 1993, the university was a thriving site of organizational research. The department of sociology served as a sort of epicenter…
When I arrived at Stanford in the fall of 1993, the university was a thriving site of organizational research. The department of sociology served as a sort of epicenter, with workshops on organizational ecology (led by Mike Hannan), organizations in the world polity (John Meyer and Francisco “Chiqui” Ramirez), and healthcare organizations (Dick Scott). In the school of education, Jim March was intriguing a new generation of students with his puzzles and wisdom. In addition to Mike Hannan's joint appointment, the Graduate School of Business featured such luminaries as Jeff Pfeffer, Joanne Martin, Jim Baron, Joel Podolny, and Bill Barnett. Slightly further afield, Ray Leavitt and Michael Fehling had begun to train engineers to think about organizational issues, as they developed computer simulations with nuanced attention to cognitive and decision-making processes. Steve Barley would join (what was then) the department of industrial engineering in 1994 and Mark Granovetter would join the department of sociology in 1995, adding fresh insights from the sociology of work and economic sociology, respectively, to what was already a firm foundation for organization studies. The umbrella organization that linked many of these efforts was the Stanford Consortium on Organizational Research (SCOR), which had been guided by Dick Scott's able leadership since 1988 and hosted an annual organizations conference at the beautiful Asilomar retreat in Monterey, California.
Stanford's Organization Theory Renaissance, 1970–2000
Publication date: 11 April 2016
Does ethnic conflict impede or enable employee innovation behavior?: The alchemic role of collaborative conflict management
Carol Reade and Hyun-Jung Lee
The purpose of this study is to investigate whether a societal context of ethnic conflict influences employee innovation behavior in the work domain and whether a…
The purpose of this study is to investigate whether a societal context of ethnic conflict influences employee innovation behavior in the work domain and whether a collaborative conflict management style adopted by supervisors plays a moderating role.
Drawing on the conflict, organizational behavior and innovation literature, the study examines the main and interaction effects of employee sensitivity to ethnic conflict, organizational frustration and collaborative conflict management style of supervisors on employee engagement with colleagues to innovate products, services and job processes. Hypotheses are tested using hierarchical regression analysis, controlling for ethnic diversity in workgroups.
Employee innovation behavior is greatest when employee sensitivity to ethnic conflict is high, organizational frustration is low and when supervisors are perceived to be highly collaborative in managing conflict, regardless of whether the workgroup is ethnically homogenous or diverse.
The study findings expand our knowledge of the effects of sociopolitical conflict on employee behavior and the role of collaborative conflict management. Future research can address limitations including self-reports, cross-sectional design and single country setting.
The findings of this study suggest that employee innovation behavior can be enhanced through developing collaborative conflict management skills of those in leadership positions.
This is the first study to empirically examine the influence of ethnic conflict on employee innovation behavior and is of value to businesses operating in conflict settings.
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The mediating effects of the adoption of an environmental information system on top management's commitment and environmental performance
Sarah Yang Spencer, Carol Adams and Prem W.S. Yapa
This paper aims to examine the antecedent factor, top management's commitment to environmental sustainability, for the adoption of a sophisticated internal environmental…
This paper aims to examine the antecedent factor, top management's commitment to environmental sustainability, for the adoption of a sophisticated internal environmental information system; measured by the broad‐scope, timeliness, aggregation and integration of such information. The paper also seeks to examine whether the availability of such a system would lead to improved environmental performance.
The paper investigates responses from a survey of Chief Financial Officers or chief management accountants in the top 200 listed companies in Australia. It uses linear regression analysis based on a multiple‐mediator model with percentile‐based bootstrap, bias‐corrected (BC) and bias‐corrected and accelerated (BCa) bootstrap confidence intervals to identify significant mediators.
It was found in this study that top management commitment to environmental sustainability was associated with the adoption of a sophisticated internal environmental information system. Further, the availability of aggregated environmental information was found to mediate the relationship between top management commitment to environmental sustainability and environmental performance. However, there was no significant relationship to other mediating variables.
Limitations relate to the collinearity of mediators which make it difficult to identify the impact of specific mediators in a multi‐mediator model. The implications are that other methods may provide further value, but these may need to be based on either different data or larger samples.
The findings point to the importance of aggregated environmental accounting information to organisations aiming to improve their environmental performance.
The study contributes to the corporate environmental accounting literature by empirically linking the top management commitment to environmental sustainability and to environmental performance through the adoption of accounting information provisions. The results of this study also provide guidance to practitioners about how to ensure their commitment to environmental sustainability will be translated to environmental performance and to some extent provide some answer to whether countries such as Australia should implement Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) to account for carbon costs.
Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal, vol. 4 no. 1
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/SAMPJ-10-2011-0030
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Managerial tactics for communicating negative performance feedback
Michelle Brown, Carol T. Kulik and Victoria Lim
Delivering negative feedback to employees is highly problematic for managers. Negative feedback is important in generating improvements in employee performance, but likely…
Delivering negative feedback to employees is highly problematic for managers. Negative feedback is important in generating improvements in employee performance, but likely to generate adverse employee reactions. However, if managers do not address poor performance, good performers may become demoralized or exit the organization. The purpose of this paper is to investigate how managers communicate negative feedback and the factors that drive their choice of tactic.
The authors use interview data from practicing line managers with experience in delivering negative feedback to learn whether their tactic choices are consistent with Implicit (“best practice”) or Contingency (“best fit”) theory.
The authors identify five negative feedback tactics: evidence, emotive and communication tactics are foundation tactics while evidence + communication and evidence + emotive tactics are bundles of the foundation tactics. Managers apply a “best fit” approach from a set of “best practice” negative feedback options. The choice of negative feedback tactic is driven by the manager’s assessment of the “best fit” with the employee’s personality.
Most of the managers believed that their negative feedback tactic had been effective. Future researchers should investigate which negative feedback tactics employees regard as most effective.
A best fit approach to the delivery of negative feedback requires organizations to give managers discretion in the delivery of negative feedback. Managers may mis-assess fit which can undermine the effectiveness of the appraisal process.
The authors focus on how negative feedback is communicated by managers. Existing research focusses on reactions to negative feedback without taking into account how it is delivered.
Personnel Review, vol. 45 no. 5
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/PR-10-2014-0242
Turning Identity into Form: The Cause and Consequence for Kaiser Permanente of becoming an HMO
Carol A. Caronna
How do organizations act as entrepreneurs and what are the outcomes of their innovations? This paper intersects two broad areas of organizational research: the sociology…
How do organizations act as entrepreneurs and what are the outcomes of their innovations? This paper intersects two broad areas of organizational research: the sociology of entrepreneurship and the study of organizational forms. A case study of Kaiser Permanente's role as an institutional entrepreneur in the creation of the health maintenance organization form illuminates the benefits and pitfalls of institutional entrepreneurship – in this case, the act of turning identity into form. Examining organizations as institutional entrepreneurs also raises questions and challenges for future research about both entrepreneurs and models of organizing.
The Sociology of Entrepreneurship
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0733-558X(06)25009-2
Board diversity and CSR reporting: an Australian study
Kathyayini Rao and Carol Tilt
This paper aims to examine the relationship between corporate governance, in particular board diversity, and corporate social responsibility (CSR) reporting among the top…
This paper aims to examine the relationship between corporate governance, in particular board diversity, and corporate social responsibility (CSR) reporting among the top 150 listed companies in Australia over a three-year period.
The quantitative analysis involving a longitudinal study is used where content analysis is undertaken to analyse the extent of CSR disclosures in annual reports. Regression analysis using panel data is used to analyse the potential association between CSR disclosure and five important board diversity measures, specifically independence, tenure, gender, multiple directorships and overall diversity measure.
The results based on the regression analysis reveal that three of the board diversity attributes (gender, tenure and multiple directorships) and the overall diversity measure have the potential to influence CSR reporting. The relationship between independent/non-executive directors and CSR disclosure however is unclear. In addition, three of the control variables (firm size, industry and CEO duality) are found to have some influence on CSR disclosure, whereas board size and profitability are found to be insignificant. The results also indicate the existence of some possible interaction effects between gender and multiple directorships.
The paper has implications for companies, for policymakers and for the professional development needs of board members. Australian companies should consider identifying board attributes that enhance CSR disclosures, as it has been shown in previous studies that CSR disclosure in Australia is low when compared to other developed countries. Moreover, given that there is such limited research linking board diversity and CSR disclosure, the results of this paper provide scope for further research. Moreover the paper contributes to the existing literature on board composition and CSR disclosure by extending the literature to board diversity and provides preliminary evidence of the influence of board diversity on CSR disclosure in Australia.
Meditari Accountancy Research, vol. 24 no. 2
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/MEDAR-08-2015-0052
Coping with mobile technology overload in the workplace
Pengzhen Yin, Carol X.J. Ou, Robert M. Davison and Jie Wu
The overload effects associated with the use of mobile information and communication technologies (MICTs) in the workplace have become increasingly prevalent. The purpose…
The overload effects associated with the use of mobile information and communication technologies (MICTs) in the workplace have become increasingly prevalent. The purpose of this paper is to examine the overload effects of using MICTs at work on employees’ job satisfaction, and explore the corresponding coping strategies.
The study is grounded on the cognitive load theory and the coping model of user adaptation. The overload antecedents and coping strategies are integrated into one model. Theoretical hypotheses are tested with survey data collected from a sample of 178 employees at work in China.
The results indicate that information overload significantly reduces job satisfaction, while the influence of interruption overload on job satisfaction is not significant. Two coping strategies (information processing timeliness and job control assistant support) can significantly improve job satisfaction. Information processing timeliness significantly moderates the relationships between two types of overload effects and job satisfaction. Job control assistant support also significantly moderates the relationship between interruption overload and job satisfaction.
This study suggests that information overload and interruption overload could constitute an important index to indicate employees’ overload level when using MICTs at work. The two coping strategies provide managers with effective ways to improve employees’ job satisfaction. By taking advantage of the moderation effects of coping strategies, managers could lower employees’ evaluation of overload to an appropriate level.
This study provides a comprehensive model to examine how the overload resulting from using MICTs in the workplace affects employees’ work status, and how to cope with it. Two types of overload are conceptualized and corresponding coping strategies are identified. The measurements of principal constructs are developed and empirically validated. The results provide theoretical and practical insights on human resource management and human–computer interaction.
Internet Research, vol. 28 no. 5
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/IntR-01-2017-0016
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Administration and gender in Eretz Israel: Profiles and career paths of women in educational administration during the late Ottoman period, 1889-1914
Zipora Shehory-Rubin
The purpose of this paper is to describe and analyse the significance of the incidence of female principals in the urban sector of Eretz Israel, against the background of…
The purpose of this paper is to describe and analyse the significance of the incidence of female principals in the urban sector of Eretz Israel, against the background of growing Jewish society, through the prism of which we can view the development of modern Hebrew education during the waning Ottoman rule.
In addition to the archival material, contemporary newspapers provided an important source, as did memoirs of prominent people that, to some extent, filled in the “gaps”, more on the running of the schools and less on the activities of the four principals.
A survey of the archival material reveals that the four women share biographical elements, their talents, personalities and education obtained abroad, style of school leadership and organization, not to mention their moral contribution to the education of girls in Eretz Israel.
One may point to other fields in which women began to play a more prominent role, based on European training and experience. For instance, in medicine and a modern approach to midwifery, From 1900, modern trained female doctors, nurses and midwives began to be employed in hospitals and private practices around the country, helping to radically reduce childbirth fatalities and allowing women to consult a woman practitioner where before they had been unwilling to expose themselves to men. Although a direct link between the earlier presence of female educational administrators and the entry of women doctors may be difficult to establish, the atmosphere had certainly begun to change.
From that period on, during the British Mandate, and after the creation of the State of Israel, immense changes have been instituted. One can view the seeds of these changes as, at least in part, having been planted by the pioneering work of our four women. There were far reaching developments in the conception of female management from the time of the Ottoman rule through the period of the British Mandate.
This research shines a light on a forgotten world and pursues a phenomenon not yet revealed in Zionist historiography − the running of girls’ schools by women in the Jewish community, under the dying Ottoman regime. The study allows us a deeper insight into the historical educational processes that fashioned the profession of head teachers, via pioneering female principals. Female administration in a patriarchal society, with a hegemonic male orientation that placed man at the centre and woman as secondary, faced these problems, obstacles and opposition. Women who were appointed to run schools had to justify their position by imitating the “masculine” style of management and to carry out their work − both pedagogical and administrative − without organizational, social or emotional support. They suffered opposition, internal (their male teaching staff) and external (from patrons and the religious community) and the need to respond to their criticism.
History of Education Review, vol. 44 no. 2
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/HER-04-2013-0012
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How to Combat in ElderScrolls Online
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Elder Scrolls Online has a very similar combat system to most MMORPGs, except for the fact that it is placed in a whole new environment and takes more skill rather than just hitting an ability and dealing damage based off of your gear. There are several roles that needs to be filled for each successful group to have a chance at defeating some of the strongest monsters in the game, or winning a player versus player scenario. Here is your own personal guide to the combat system in Elder Scrolls Online.
Threat System
Most MMOs allow for only one person to take damage based off their threat, which was typically the tank. This led to boring gameplay after awhile, and so the designers decided to go with a system that made it so each player would have to fight off their own monsters that are unaffected by aggro and choose a player to lock onto. This makes it so the tank doesn’t have to keep all the focus and it’s everyone’s job to fight off their own enemies.
Weapon Changing
Let’s say you’re tanking a fight and you notice that your healer has gone down. In most MMORPGs this would mean pretty much game over unless the fight was almost over. However, in Elder Scrolls Online you can switch out to a restoration staff and revive them. Players are able to change items in combat that help them adapt to their new situations. This makes having more than one gear set quite viable and helpful to the group.
There are three main roles with several off-spec roles that they can fill as well. These three roles from four eso classes work in unison in order to accomplish a similar goal. When everyone does their role effectively and can keep themselves alive in combat, you will come out victorious.
The first role is the damage role, otherwise known as DPS. It is your job in a fight to be able to deal out as much damage as possible without dying. The fight length depends on how much damage you can put out, and the longer a fight goes, the less of a chance your group has of succeeding. The nightblade and the sorcerer fit the most in this role
The second role is the tank, or the damage absorber. It is your job in a fight to take all the hits to the face and mitigate the damage so that your DPS can focus mainly on dealing damage. You have high armor and health stats that allow you to stay alive and take a much tougher beating than the other two roles. In Elder Scrolls Online you can allow your allies to take a little bit of damage safely, as each class, especially the dragonknight, is equipped with abilities that offer both escapes and protection.
The third and final role are the healers. In fights, it’s their job to keep the group alive for as long as they can. If someone in the group gets low on health, they will heal that person to keep them from falling in combat. Most healing skills could be cast by the templar.
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Fossils enrich our understanding of evolution
Our understanding of evolution can be enriched by adding fossil species to analyses of living animals, as shown by scientists from the University of Bristol.
Their paper, published today in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, investigates patterns of evolutionary change in a group of mammals known as Afrotheria. This charismatic group of mainly African mammals includes elephants, manatees, and elephant shrews. The team were interested in how body mass has evolved in Afrotheria, and how our interpretations differ when we take their extinct fossil relatives into account.
Lead author Mark Puttick, a PhD student in the School of Earth Sciences, said: "Most of life is extinct, so if we analyse evolutionary change without considering fossils we are not using all the available evidence. Most evolutionary studies use data from living species only, but recent investigations have shown that fossils can change the picture. For example, a fossil elephant can help us understand evolutionary body mass change more accurately. Afrotheria are an excellent case to study evolutionary changes in size through time as they vary so much in body mass: from the five ton elephant to a few grams in some tenrecs.
"Surprisingly, we found that if we include or ignore the fossil evidence we see similar patterns. High rates of evolution lead to the larger taxa, such as elephants, manatees, and hyraxes. This is probably a 'goldilocks' case in which the fossil record is just right to fit into patterns of evolution we see from living taxa. It might not always be the case, when fossils might provide a very different picture of evolution."
The research also highlights that different methods can be crucial in analysing evolutionary change.
Co-author Dr Gavin Thomas, of the University of Sheffield, added: "A really important result here is that large differences in our understanding can come from the models we use to analyse past changes, just as much as from the data; this is something we need to consider more in the future."
Mark Puttick said: "Although our results show agreement between fossils and extant taxa, we feel it is vital to include fossils in future analyses, to better understand the evolution of life."
'Fossils and living taxa agree on patterns of body mass evolution: a case study with Afrotheria' by Mark Puttick and Gavin Thomas in Proceedings of the Royal Society B
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Persuasion, as the title (not chosen by Austen) indicates, deals centrally, with how people make decisions regarding relationships, and the forces, including social forces, that contribute to the decision-making process. In Persuasion, Anne Eliot is convinced by her mentor, Lady Russell, to break off her engagement with Captain Wentworth based on his uncertain economic prospects. She makes the decision to put prudence and economic security ahead of love—and also not to tie Captain Wentworth to an engagement with her.
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She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older: the natural sequel of an unnatural beginning.
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New Releases: October 27, 2017
October 27, 2017 William Gatevackes Movie News
A wide variety of horrors await you in this weeks new releases. Let’s take a look.
1. Jigsaw (Lionsgate, 2,941 Theaters,91 Minutes, Rated R for sequences of grisly bloody violence and torture, and for language, Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer at press time: 48% Fresh [27 Reviews]: Is it wrong to call this franchise a classic? I mean, I’m not a fan but it has an iconic villain, a premise with never-ending potential and now eight installments. That seems to be enough to enter it in the pantheon of classic horror films.
This time around, more bad people are captured and forced to undergo gruesome test to ensure their survival. All clues point to the fact that John Kramer, the original Jigsaw, is back at work. One problem with that theory–he died several years ago.
Once again, I’m not a fan of torture porn horror, even ones with the pedigree of this franchise. But I can’t see it not dominating the Halloween box office.
2. Thank You For Your Service (Universal, 2,054 Theaters, 108 Minutes, Rated R for strong violent content, language throughout, some sexuality, drug material and brief nudity, Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer at press time: 77% Fresh [65 Reviews]: While I did make a glib comment about this week’s film’s line-up featuring horrors, there is nothing funny about the horror of post-traumatic stress disorder or the soldiers who struggle with it every day.
This film is based on a true story and follows a group of soldiers who have a hard time adjusting to lives back in the states. They come back to their families as strangers and are still haunted by what they had to go through in Iraq.
Treatment of veterans are used as a weapon by many on both ends of the political spectrum. Maybe they should all watch this film to learn that they should be more worried about helping out the veterans than using them as political pawns.
3. Suburbicon (Paramount, 2,046 Theaters, 104 Minutes, Rated R for violence, language and some sexuality, Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer at press time: 28% Fresh [127 Reviews]: I’ve really liked every thing I’ve seen of George Clooney as a writer and director. I like most of the Coen Brothers’ stuff. So Clooney adapting a Blood Simple era Coen Brothers script should be a “Take my money and stand over there a wait for your Oscar nomination” sort of thing.
What you don’t expect is a Tomatometer score that low. That is shocking. Especially with the cast Clooney has to work with.
The film is set in the 1950s. A home invasion leads to murder of Gardner Lodge’s (Matt Damon) wife. The police smell something fishy about Gardner’s story, but the people in town’s thoughts about the crime wander in another direction–a direction that points to a black family that just moved in.
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Political structure & processes
Constitution: government & the state
After Independence
Making and Protecting the Nation in Postcolonial and Postcommunist States
Lowell Barrington (editor)
Publication Date: Jan 2006
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Examines the changes to nationalism after independence in seven new states. This volume aims to challenge scholars and specialists to rethink conventional views of ethnic and civic nationalism, and the division between primordial and constructivist understandings of national identity. It is for social science scholars, as well as policy-makers.
Because an independent state is often thought to be the ultimate goal of nationalists, much of the existing work on nationalism has centered on its role in the creation of new states. "After Independence" breaks new ground by examining the changes to nationalism after independence in seven new states. This innovative volume challenges scholars and specialists to rethink conventional views of ethnic and civic nationalism, and the division between primordial and constructivist understandings of national identity. "After Independence" will be of interest to social science scholars, as well as policy-makers and journalists working in newly independent nations.
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Job trends in 2018 India: Hiring activity rises in automobile, construction and engineering
New Delhi | April 16, 2018 3:36 PM
Hiring activity registered a 3 per cent rise in March driven by significant growth in non-IT sectors like automobile, construction and engineering, says a report.
Other cities like – Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad were flat in terms of hiring activity in March this year, the report added. (Reuters)
Hiring activity registered a 3 per cent rise in March driven by significant growth in non-IT sectors like automobile, construction and engineering, says a report. Naukri JobSpeak Index for March 2018 stood at 2,129 registering a 3 per cent rise when compared to the year ago period. “There seems to be an air of caution in the IT/ITES sectors and we can expect the market to sustain the momentum gained and move further north in the next few months,” Naukri.com Chief Sales Officer V Suresh said. Hiring across auto and auto ancillary industry increased by 33 per cent in March 2018 as compared to March 2017, followed by heavy machinery (23 per cent). BPO and insurance industries grew by 11 per cent and 6 per cent, respectively, the report noted.
In terms of experience, hiring across senior level (with more than 16 years of experience) showed a robust growth of 8 per cent, while the mid (4-7 years) and junior levels (0-3 years) grew by 3 per cent and 6 per cent, respectively, in March 2018 as against a year ago. Metro cities lead in terms of recruitment activity as Mumbai saw 4 per cent rise in hiring activity while Kolkata and Delhi/NCR witnessed a rise of 5 per cent and 3 per cent respectively. Other cities like – Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad were flat in terms of hiring activity in March this year, the report added.
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Overall costs for Hu00e4agen-Dazs run anywhere from $135,000 to $480,268. See how the costs break down and what funding options might be right for your new venture into the franchise foray.
How COVID-19 affects franchising costs
Strict sanitation and employee protection measures during the coronavirus outbreak add to the typical costs you face when opening a new franchise. Paired with the unusually heavy amount of promotions that may be required by the franchise, you may not see as much in the way of profits starting out. For more information on what support is out there, read our guide to loans for businesses affected by the coronavirus.
Estimated initial costs
Our cost estimates are accurate as of 2019 from https://www.franchisedirect.com and include opening fees and expenses only. Your location may result in higher or lower fees.
Franchise fees
Hu00e4agen-Dazs franchise fees total around $22,500, which beats out the $37,000 average for the 200 largest franchises nationwide.
Initial franchise fee $15,000 to $30,000
Estimated total $15,000 to $30,000
Equipment fees
Equipment fees total $82,500 for Hu00e4agen-Dazs. This is less than the $180,023 average for the top 200 franchises.
Equipment, fixtures and furnishings $50,000 to $115,000
Estimated total $50,000 to $115,000
Real estate fees
Real estate will set you back $178,000 for Hu00e4agen-Dazs, thought it's less than the average of $788,376 for the top 200 franchises.
Satellite fee $0 to $1,000
Leasehold improvements $55,000 to $300,000
Training fees
Hu00e4agen-Dazs initial training costs total $1,540, which comes in under the nationwide average of $9,788.
Travel and living expenses during training $0 to $3,079
Estimated total $0 to $3,079
Inventory costs
Initial inventory for Hu00e4agen-Dazs shakes out to $8,000. This is less than the nationwide average of $53,119.
Opening inventory $6,000 to $10,000
Estimated total $6,000 to $10,000
Licenses and permits costs
Hu00e4agen-Dazs initial licenses and permits will set you back $12,500. This comes out to less than $18,770 — the overall nationwide average.
Deposits and licenses $7,500 to $17,500
Initial insurance costs for Hu00e4agen-Dazs run $2,000. This means you'll be paying less than the overall nationwide average of $6,311.
Insurance $1,500 to $2,500
Estimated total $1,500 to $2,500
Miscellaneous expenses for Hu00e4agen-Dazs total $595 — less than the nationwide average of $69,970.
Travel and living expenses to attend application interview $0 to $1,189
All costs were found using the 200 largest franchises nationwide using Franchise Direct's list of more than 300 franchises, and are accurate as of 2019.
How to finance
The best way to finance Hu00e4agen-Dazs comes down to your personal financial situation. What assets you have available will largely determine how much you need to borrow, and which option suits you best. Potential solutions include:
Bank loan. Your personal credit plays a large role in getting a business term loan from a bank. Typically this type of funding is for larger amounts.
Online loan. Credit requirements may be more flexible for an online loan than a bank loan, but amounts may max out at a lower amount — typically around $1 million.
SBA loan. The good part about SBA loans is that they top out at $5 million, but your business has to meet a number of requirements.
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THE HOBBIT NEWS
Orlando Bloom Gives Farewell as Legolas from Set of 'The Hobbit'
by Ethan Anderton
Following the charming farewell photo featuring director Peter Jackson with Sir Ian McKellen on his last day of shooting for The Hobbit trilogy, another famed actor who has been involved with the Tolkien series since Lord of the Rings has just wrapped shooting as well. Orlando Bloom was just 22 years old when he started filming the famed trilogy as Legolas in 1999, and now at 36 he's reprising the role in this new trilogy adaptation. Now a farewell video takes a cue from a fanmade musical viral video using the actor's Lord of the Rings line "They're taking the Hobbits to Isengard" and it makes for some pretty good fun. Watch now!
Jackson said, "A day after saying goodbye to Gandalf and Tauriel, it was time to farewell Legolas. What a great day it was, with Orlando battling a serious Orc for all 12 hours of shooting - part of the Battle of the 5 Armies for the third Hobbit movie. When we finally got the day done, we said goodbye to Orlando, had a couple of beers … and couldn't resist doing this!" Here's the entertaining video for your viewing pleasure:
In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit… J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, being directed by Peter Jackson as three separate movies, is set in Middle-Earth 60 years before Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, which Jackson and his filmmaking team brought to the big screen in a trilogy ten years ago. The films, with screenplays by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Guillermo del Toro and Peter Jackson, were shot consecutively in digital 3D using the latest cameras. The Hobbit follows the journey of Bilbo Baggins, played by Martin Freeman, who is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor, which was long ago conquered by the dragon Smaug. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug lands in theaters in 3D & 48FPS on December 13th.
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That video was awesome.
Sean Kelly on Jul 1, 2013
His face in that pic is too funny.
Brian Sleider on Jul 1, 2013
This was all I needed. My life is complete now.
Neuromancer on Jul 1, 2013
The orcs...they come.
DAVIDPD on Jul 1, 2013
Have a drunk on your sofa? Play the 10 HOUR version of "They are taking the hobbits to Isengard". It will wake up eventually feeling odd....
David Banner on Jul 1, 2013
Glad they are having so much fun at the expense of all the kiwis tax dollars. Lame.
nathan on Jul 1, 2013
Really? At least it has a purpose, while my American tax dollars pays for the entitled welfare generation to sit on there ass and be a parasite on society. Find more valid things to bitch about geez
Cody W on Jul 1, 2013
This reshoot will amount to 90 seconds of screentime, and all 90 of those seconds will make up the next trailer.
Drejhead on Jul 2, 2013
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The 9 Best Superhero Games to Binge In Self-Isolation
By Kyle Hickey
Well it's that time of year again, when we lock ourselves indoors hoping to avoid a worldwide virus, like we do every year. Lucky for us we live in a time where we have plenty of entertainment to keep our minds off of all of that pesky impending doom, and if you're a gamer like myself then it's an opportunity to immerse yourself in some vidya games. So here is a list of video games that will get you through these insane times we face ahead.
1. Injustice 2
After the success of X-Box 360's Injustice: Gods Among Us, NetherRealm Studios followed up with a sequel in 2017 simply titled Injustice 2. Produced by the same studio that makes the Mortal Kombat titles, Injustice 2 is a classic 1v1 fighting game starring some of your favourite DC heroes and villains like Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Flash and even Captain Cold.
The story mode picks up where the last one left off; Superman locked away after his tyrannical run - all stemming from the Joker tricking him into murdering Lois Lane and destroying Metropolis. Now in the present Batman and the gang have to think about letting ol Supes out when Brainiac comes to Earth and recruits a group of the nastiest baddies around, calling themselves “The Society.”
The story mode is the best part of the game for me; the cut scenes are beautifully done, meshing seamlessly into fun and fast paced game play. During the story there are moments when you are given a few seconds to choose between two different characters, so there is some replay value in going back and playing both options. The story in Injustice is so good it eventually spawned a comic book series of the same name which was met with positive reviews as well.
Personally I'm not a huge fan of doing the add on stuff, like changing Joker's boots every time I earn an add on, but I appreciate them giving different skins like John Stewart's Green Lantern and Reverse-Flash. If you are better at it than me, then perhaps you will venture online and try your hand at fighting other folks, but if not the game's story mode is worth the decreased price and the different feels to each character will have you trying them all out while avoiding the outside world.
2. Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order
The third installment to the Ultimate Alliance franchise, The Black Order unfortunately can only be enjoyed by those of us who own a Nintendo Switch. Much like its predecessors, the game gives players their choice of four usable characters from a giant stable of Marvel's most popular heroes. You'll see even more familiar faces along the way as you run into bosses like Ultron and Kingpin, who are challenging enough to keep the hack and slash, action-RPG from getting too repetitive. The story should be one you are familiar with; Thanos and the Black Order trying to gather the Infinity Stones to assemble the mighty Infinity Gauntlet. Interesting that Team Ninja and company would do a story we've watched happen in the MCU for over a decade, but luckily the plethora of different characters like the X-Men and the Spidey gang keep it from stepping all over the movie universe's toes. And if you're into DLC then you can help yourself to even more teams like the Fantastic Four or even more of your favorite mutants.
3. Batman: The Telltale Series
If you want to give your hand a break from smashing on your controller during those last two games, then I suggest Telltale's Batman game. The game is very similar to the episodic, point and click style that made the Telltale's Walking Dead such a popular franchise, giving the player choices throughout the story that will affect how future events play out. You choose whether Bats yells at Alfred, or talks to him like a normal human, so for those of you who have some pent up isolation aggression, take it out on Batman's aging butler instead! I personally enjoy this game, but it is one of those titles that made my fiance say “This is a game? You haven't done anything...”, which, hey, I get, that’s kind of Telltale’s thing, but the story is so good that just choosing how Batman responds to the plot is worth an afternoon or two of your time. The game also includes a version of the Penguin I think will be similar to the Colin Farrell incarnation we will see in The Batman, if life on Earth is ever restored to normal.
4. The Death and Return of Superman
Time to dust off those old emulators and fire up some classics! If you found the last game to be too easy and not challenging enough, then may I introduce you to the Gordian Knot known as The Death and Return of Superman. If you owned a Sega Genesis or a Super Nintendo and had a Blockbuster membership around 1994, then you probably spent a weekend screaming at your floor mounted TV, wondering why you couldn't make it to the level to play as Superboy and rock that cool ass leather jacket.
Over the Christmas break I brought my modded SNES Classic home with me and my step-brother and I dove head first into this game, thinking maybe with our combined life experience we could fend better this time around.
Boy were we wrong.
The game is still so hard and it really makes you wonder how any kid beat games in the 90's in the allotted rental time they were given. Fire this game up to remind yourself that things are tough, but if you can persevere, you will be able to play as the Superman version that Shaq once portrayed in a God awful movie (not Kazaam).
5. Spider-Man (2018)
If you are a Sony Playstation 4 owner, then you can enjoy possibly the most well received superhero video game since Batman: Arkham Asylum. Ever since Spider-Man 2, based on the Sam Rami movie, was released for the Playstation 2, Spidey fans have been clamouring for another open world, action game, where the Web Head can scale giant buildings and web-sling around New York boroughs and boy did they get it.
The graphics are amazing; you'll find yourself just swinging around aimlessly and swan diving from the tallest buildings you can sniff out. If you own a PS4 and haven't played this yet, then you’re missing out on one of the best and most definitive PS4 experiences of all time so now might be the time to dedicate a couple days playing Insomniac Game's Spider-Man.
6. Star Wars: Battlefront 2
Alright, after all these solo games it's time to put your headset on and get some form of human interaction back in your life. I know Star Wars may not be considered “super-hero” to some people, but let's be honest; Jedi and Sith are pretty similar to meta-humans at the end of the day. Plus this is an excuse to talk to someone who isn't your cat.
The campaign mode occurs in canon between The Return of The Jedi and The Force Awakens, with an original character named Iden Versio who is an Imperial Special Forces agent. The story is a unique look behind enemy lines in the fallout of the Empire crumbling.
EA took a lot of flack on release day after BF2's loot box scandal and it has since attempted to restore relations with users by making all heroes and villains playable and only having their cosmetics purchasable. Some of you may have turned your backs completely on the franchise over the micro-transactions, and with the new Doom and Call of Duty out you may be deep into another shooting game, but if you are looking for something cheaper that still has a solid story and online mode, Battlefront 2 might be what you're looking for. The recent updates are also a reason for old players to hop back on and see some of the original trilogy additions.
7. Batman: Arkham Knight
The latest installment in Rocksteady's incredibly successful Arkham games, Arkham Knight was released in 2015 with the first ever playable Batmobile in the franchise's history. The most iconic Batman voice of all time, Kevin Conroy reprises his role as the Dark Knight as he deals with life after Joker's death and a Gotham that has been evacuated after a Scarecrow fear toxin attack.
The story is top notch, especially if you are a fan of some of the DC lore and the hand to hand combat mechanics are still some of the best in video games in my opinion. The multitude of different animations and upgradable moves keep the fighting from getting stagnant - you'll froth at the mouth to find a group of knife wielding thugs to bash up good on a rooftop.
My one complaint with the game is the frequent Batmobile tank fighting. Driving from place to place in the classic Bat-Car is fun and all, but it seems like every time you get behind the wheel you have to deal with an assortment of the Arkham Knight's roaming tanks. Fortunately the story and cinematography are so well done it will get you through all the monotonous tank fights. Also, keep an ear out for our ol pal Mark Hamill in some delicious flashback scenes!
8. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time
You didn't think you were done with that emulator did you? Heck no! I've been saving possibly the greatest game of my suburban childhood for you to gorge in isolation, TMNT: Turtles in Time.
It’s always great to see those jolly green brothers and it also helps that Turtles in Time is a perfect game for those who don't consider themselves much of a gamer, it’s especially fun to play with your significant other or your roommates if you’re bunkered down with people. Its easy controls and classic side scrolling levels will allow both new and old gamers to enjoy the 1992 classic from Konami. If you are finding the game way too challenging and want to cheat your way to the top, then I suggest at the title screen pressing; up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B and then A, and then adjust the amount of lives you have in the options menu. Now go kick Shredder's tin butt! Cowabunga!
9. South Park: The Fractured But Whole
Pandemics are serious business, so I think it's about time you have a laugh and for that you should get into South Park's RPG, turn-style based game, The Fractured But Whole. If you're a fan of Comedy Central's long running animated satire, then there is no doubt you will love what the game brings to the table. The aesthetics themselves are identical to that of the show and the game pokes fun at the whole superhero genre, which may be the levity you're looking for at this point. If you grew up playing games like Final Fantasy or Chrono Trigger then this game will be right in your wheelhouse.
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David Cousins 19 April 2013 https://www.fwi.co.uk
Balers and wrappers
Claas upgrades its big balers
David Cousins 19 April 2013
Claas has made improvements to its Quadrant and 3200 and 3300 big balers. Both models now get a wider 2.35m pick-up with a Power Feeding System (PFS) auger and a double roller crop press.
The PFS auger is said to accelerate and even out the crop flow, which increases throughput. Combining that with the double roller crop press is claimed to give a clean crop feed, even with very wide swaths and at high speeds.
The pick-up cam track and cam rollers from the Jaguar forage harvesters is now fitted to both balers. At the same time the torques of the pick-up cut-out clutch and rotor coupling have been raised by 20% and are said to give increased throughput even under difficult harvest conditions.
Both machines also incorporate a new spiral rotor with 52 dual tines, which transports the crop more efficiently and quickly to the pre-chamber.
Both models also get a drawer that can be extended on both sides, offering handy access to the blades for maintenance and blade changes. The blades are arranged in four groups, each of which can be selected easily with a lever and hydraulically pivoted out.
Both balers also feature a drop-floor in the cutting chamber, which is lowered automatically if the unit is overloaded. This enables the driver to remove blockages at the baler intake simply by reducing the pto speed from the driver’s seat; he can then continue baling without interruption or problems.
The Quadrant 3300 also gets the novel pre-chamber, originally introduced on its 3200 sibling. This pre-chamber is said to increase bale density by holding the material and pre-compressing it ahead of the main chamber.
The operator has the option of three settings. For heavy or large swaths, the packer tines can move the material straight into the main chamber without holding it. In lighter crops, using the other two settings, the operator can delay the time that it is held and packed in the pre-chamber before entering the main chamber.
Both the 2200 and 3200 machines also get a new fan from the Lexion combine, which is said to provide 150% more air volume to keep the knotters clean at all times.
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WHY IS DIVING IN THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS BOTH SPECIAL AND UNIQUE?
The Galapagos Islands have long been known as destination for scientists, biologists, naturalists and wildlife enthusiasts. Charles Darwin referred to the islands as a living laboratory of evolution and over 40% of the species of flora and fauna are endemic or unique to the Archipelago.
They are volcanic in origin and geologically speaking, relatively young. The current islands are only about 5 million years old, although evidence of older now submerged islands would suggest a historical age of around 12 million years.
They straddle the Ecuador, some 1000km or 600 miles off the coast of Ecuador, to whom they belong politically, in the northeast Pacific Ocean. Despite their tropical location they have two very marked seasons, a cool dry season, from June to November and a hot rainy season from December to May. This is due to the influence of major marine currents and the powerful trade winds, which affect the area. From the south and the west come the Humboldt and Cromwell currents, respectively, both originating in the Southern Ocean. These bring nutrient rich cold waters from Antarctica, which collide with hot tropical waters from the north, brought to the Galapagos principally by the Panama current. The meeting of these currents creates conditions that produce an explosion of life, starting with the primary production of phytoplankton that provides the foundation of life throughout the food chain to the very top, animals such as the Blue whale and apex predators such as sharks.
The islands were declared a National Park in 1959, a World Heritage Site in 1978, a Biosphere Reserve in and a Marine Reserve in 1998. This foresighted protection has meant that the land area and surrounding ocean has been safeguarded to an extremely high level, impeding exploitation of its natural resources. Despite attempts at long-lining and other illegal fisheries the waters around Galapagos are teeming with life.
The unusual combination of polar waters in tropical areas give rise to one of the highest bio diversities on the Planet. The marine reserve has representatives of the fish populations from all around the Pacific. Tropical species from the Indo Pacific swim alongside cold-water species from both north and south. The abundance of life and nutrients means that marine megafauna thrive here too. Enormous schools of baitfish are food for even bigger schools of tuna, jacks and mackerel. Sailfish and swordfish are common in offshore feeding frenzies surrounded by sharks and dolphins. Over 30 species of shark have been identified here, including Hammerheads, Black and White tip, Galapagos and Silky sharks, Tiger, Thresher, Blue and Mako are also found as well as the mightiest of all, the Whale Shark.
For most dive destinations, diving with whale sharks is either not allowed or discouraged. In the Galapagos, this is the most preferred approach for the best encounters. They are most common between the months of June to November with the greatest concentrations during the months of July to September. The population that visits the Galapagos is unique in as much as it is comprised almost entirely, over 99%, of adult females. The reason for this is not known but studies show that they are not feeding and in the absence of males, mating is unlikely. Most appear to have extremely distended abdomens, which leads scientists to believe they might be in an advanced state of pregnancy and birthing either within the Galapagos Marine Reserve, (GMR) or on seamounts nearby. The best dive site for observing whale sharks is at Darwin Arch, close by Darwin Island to the far north of the archipelago. This is also the foremost dive site in the Galapagos for schooling Hammerhead sharks and often big numbers of Galapagos, Black tip and Silky Sharks.
The different areas of Galapagos seem like completely different dive locations. The western side of Isabela and Fernandina islands boast a totally different group of species. The experience of diving with penguins in other than the freezing waters of Antarctica is unforgettable. As are the bizarre looking Marine Iguanas, that forage in the shallow waters for algae. These are the only true marine lizards in the world. Often sharing the same habitat are Flightless Cormorants, (another Galapagos endemic), Molas or Sunfish, Giant Manta Rays Galapagos Sea lions and Fur Seals.
If you are truly into wildlife experiences then you can also combine diving with a land trip, either before or after your diving. Unlike the African plains or the Amazon jungle, the wildlife in the Galapagos shows no fear of humans. If you sit quietly the animals often forget you are just a couple of metres away, carrying on with courtship, foraging, feeding and mating.
For photographers, both on land and underwater, for wide angle, telephoto and macro, this is perhaps the most exciting and rewarding destination that combines so many special opportunities in one single area.
Whether you are a diver, wildlife enthusiast, scientist, naturalist or all the above, Galapagos is perhaps the singularly most unique destination on this planet and undoubtedly will be that once in a lifetime voyage you cannot wait to repeat.
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Writing off more of that 3-martini lunch is causing a stir
by: MARCY GORDON, Associated Press
Patrons dine outside of a restaurant along the Coast Highway 101 in Encinitas, Calif., on Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Stuffed into the new emergency relief package is a morsel that President Donald Trump has long had on the buffet of his economic wish list: restoring full tax breaks for restaurant business meals.
But experts say it’s scant immediate help for an industry reeling from the pandemic, while critics deride it as an insensitive “three-Martini lunch” giveaway to business.
The new $900 billion pandemic relief package that is headed toward Trump’s desk after Congress cleared it Monday night delivers long-sought cash to businesses and individuals, and resources to vaccinate a nation confronting a surge in a virus that has killed more than 300,000 people.
The under-the-radar provision in the bill restores the full deductions prized by business and lobbyists for fine dining and schmoozing. It could help at least the tonier parts of the ravaged restaurant industry — eventually, when the economy recovers from the pandemic’s dislocation and depending on the strength of the rebound and consumer spending, experts say.
For now, the reality of social separation and restaurant closures mandated by local governments overshadows corporate tax considerations.
Across the country, about 2 million restaurant workers have lost their jobs in the pandemic, according to government data. If the current pace continues, a full-employment recovery won’t be seen until late next year at the soonest, the National Restaurant Association estimates. Some 110,000 restaurants, or 17%, have closed long-term or permanently, based on a survey of members by the trade group.
The new tax break “is really not the help they need, and it’s adding an insult to an injury,” said Aaron Allen, who heads a restaurant consulting firm based in Chicago. “The airlines clearly have a better lobby in Washington.”
Americans for Tax Fairness said the break “would mostly help high-paid executives enjoying three-martini lunches and the fancy restaurants they frequent. Neighborhood eateries and their millions of laid-off workers … will get little or nothing.”
A more immediate help to restaurants could be the direct cash payments that will go into consumers’ pockets from the government under the new emergency package. Whether consumers remain too afraid of the virus to go to restaurants is an uncomfortable question.
Many in the industry had pushed for a $120 billion fund to provide grants to independent restaurants. That passed the House in October but didn’t make it into the final relief package.
“People are afraid to dine out, go to an office or eat inside, making these kinds of deductions useless until there is more demand,” said Camilla Marcus, a founding member of the Independent Restaurant Coalition and the owner of west(tilde)bourne, a New York City restaurant that closed during the pandemic.
“Restaurants are fighting for our survival and what we need is help paying our bills now so we can put people to work tomorrow,” she said.
The timing of the economic recovery is important. The full tax deductions for business meals in restaurants or taken out or delivered are temporary, only for 2021 and 2022 — unless extended by later legislation.
The new break will cost taxpayers $6.3 billion in lost revenue, Congress’ nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation estimates.
“We’re looking at the business meal deduction as a mid-term recovery investment,” said Sean Kennedy, an executive vice president of the National Restaurant Association. “As we start to return to a more ‘normal’ cycle of life, the deduction will help with recovery.”
But the recovery has been halting. About 20 million people in the U.S. are unemployed and nearly 10 million jobs have been permanently erased since the pandemic struck in March.
The president and the Republican lawmakers advocating the restoration of corporate tax deductions say doing so could help shore up the restaurant industry.
It was Trump’s own tax law in 2017, rushed through by the then-Republican majority in Congress, that sliced the income tax rate for corporations from 35% to 21% but reduced or eliminated those deductions. A rare provision that wasn’t business-friendly, it cut the 100% deduction for business meals by half and eliminated it entirely for most entertainment expenses at venues like sporting and cultural events.
The deductions tend to favor higher-end restaurants, the part of the industry that’s been hardest hit by the pandemic’s economic disruption. That presumably includes the restaurants attached to Trump’s own scores of upscale hotels and golf resorts around the U.S. and the world. By contrast, mass-market eateries and fast food and pizza chains have been more likely to hold things together with takeout and delivery business.
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Waste Management reveals new endeavor in the recycling world
By Julia LimitoneFOXBusiness
Waste Management CEO: Going green was a 'good economic decision'
Waste Management CEO Jim Fish discusses his company’s move to a natural gas-powered fleet and the company’s adoption of new technology for the future.
The biggest recycler in North America is doing something completely different with recycling technology.
Waste Management CEO Jim Fish told FOX Business they are working with construction company Caterpillar to help operate heavy equipment remotely.
“Imagine today, a piece of heavy equipment sitting on a landfill or at recycle plant that's being operated by an operator," he told Stuart Varney on Thursday. "We're moving towards ... operating it remotely."
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Fish said as of now, the tests are being conducted only two miles away, but they have plans to increase that distance.
“But no reason you couldn't be 100 or 1,000 miles away operating a piece of heavy equipment from a center, and, and that heavy equipment sitting on the middle of a landfill in the middle of Pennsylvania or somewhere," Fish said.
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Fish said a reason for the big expansion is social pressure to recycle more.
“Historically, [it’s] our second highest return on invested capital business,” he said. “So, people want to recycle, and we want to recycle. And I think you'll see this business technologically moving towards a different type of recycling.”
Waste Management, is based in Houston, Texas, and is the leading provider of waste management services in North America and leading developer, operator and owner of landfill gas-to-energy facilities in the U.S.
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Home Health Congo records second death from Ebola virus in days – WHO
Congo records second death from Ebola virus in days – WHO
BENI – The Democratic Republic of the Congo recorded a second death from the Ebola virus in the days that followed more than seven weeks with no new cases, the World Health Organization announced on Sunday.
The Congo was to end the second deadliest virus epidemic on record Sunday, until a case is confirmed in the eastern city of Beni on Friday.
The epidemic has killed more than 2,200 people since August 2018 in a region of the country where militia violence has hampered efforts to contain it.
The latest victim was an 11-month-old girl, who was treated at the same health center as the previous case, a 26-year-old electrician, said Boubacar Diallo, deputy incident manager for the WHO Ebola response.
Officials say it is not yet clear how the electrician contracted Ebola. He had no known contact with other Ebola patients and was not a survivor of the virus which could have relapsed, the government said on Friday.
Occasional outbreaks or transmissions are common towards the end of the Ebola outbreaks, and a new case does not necessarily mean that the virus is spreading again out of control.
Ebola causes fever, bleeding, vomiting and diarrhea and is spread among humans through body fluids. During this epidemic, it killed around two-thirds of those infected.
WHO has identified 215 people who contacted the electrician, including 53 health workers in three facilities the man visited before he died, said Diallo. All but one of the health workers had already been vaccinated, he said.
Two new vaccines have helped contain the virus, although public distrust and militia attacks have prevented health workers from reaching some hard-hit areas.
Saturday, a group of angry young men threw stones at a team of WHO workers and the deputy mayor of Beni as they attempted to decontaminate the electrician’s home and find his contacts, Diallo said .
“For them, Ebola is over,” he told Reuters. “People here have a hard time understanding how this case came about two days before the end statement,” said Diallo.
The deputy mayor was forced to abandon his car and escape by motorbike taxi, said Kambale Sabuni, police chief of Beni. (Reporting by Hereward Holland and Erikas Mwisi Kambale; Editing by Aaron Ross, John Stonestreet, Philippa Fletcher and Peter Graff)
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Vol. 50, Issue 3 • Almost Heaven. Almost Hell
Behind the Opioid Headlines
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Must-Watch Shows on the Scientology Network
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101 Words That Spelled Death
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Addiction by Mail
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Colonel Combats Drug Epidemic in El Salvador
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Armed with the Drug-Free World Program, One Man Fights Drug Abuse in the Caribbean
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Our Biochemical Society
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ANSWER TO DRUGS
by L. Ron Hubbard
The following is an excerpt from L. Ron Hubbard’s book, Clear Body, Clear Mind, which announced the release of a revolutionary breakthrough known as the Purification Program, a culmination of Mr. Hubbard’s research and discoveries to eliminate the devastating effects of drugs and toxins.
Drugs are essentially poisons. The degree to which they are taken determines the effect. A small amount acts as a stimulant (increases activity). A greater amount acts as a sedative (suppresses activity). A larger amount acts as a poison and can kill one dead.
This is true of any drug and each has a different amount at which it gives those results. Caffeine is a drug, so coffee is an example. One hundred cups of coffee would probably kill a person. Ten cups would probably put him to sleep. Two or three cups stimulates. This is a very common drug. It is not very harmful, as it takes so much of it to have an effect. So it is known as a stimulant.
Arsenic is a known poison. Yet a tiny amount of arsenic is a stimulant, a larger dose puts one to sleep and a few grains kill.
The drug scene is planetwide and swimming in blood and human misery.
Research demonstrates that the single most destructive element present in our current culture is drugs.
The acceleration of widespread use of drugs such as LSD, heroin, cocaine, marijuana and the litany of new street drugs all play a part in our debilitated society. Even schoolchildren are shoved on to drugs. And children of drug-taking mothers are born as druggies.
Reportedly some of these drugs can cause brain and nerve damage. Marijuana, for example, so favored by college students, who are supposed to be getting bright today so they can be the executives of tomorrow, is reported capable of causing brain atrophy.
The acceleration of widespread use of drugs such as LSD, heroin, cocaine, marijuana and the litany of new street drugs all play a part in our debilitated society.
Research even established that there is such a thing as a “drug personality.” It is artificial and is created by drugs. Drugs can apparently change the attitude of persons from their original personality to one secretly harboring hostilities and hatreds they do not permit to show on the surface. While this may not hold true in all cases, it does establish a link between drugs and increasing difficulties with crime, failing productivity and the modern breakdown of social and industrial culture.
The devastating physiological effects of drugs are the subject of newspaper headlines routinely. That they also result in a breakdown of mental alertness and ethical fiber is all too obvious.
But vicious and damaging though they are, street drugs are actually only one part of the biochemical problem.
MEDICAL AND PSYCHIATRIC DRUGS
Medical and, most particularly, the long list of psychiatric drugs (Ritalin, Valium, Thorazine and lithium, to name a few) can be every bit as damaging as street drugs. The prevalence of these currently in common use would be quite amazing to one unfamiliar with the problem.
Sedatives are often administered as though they were a panacea for all ills. As early as 1951, many persons had become so accustomed to their daily dosage of sleeping pills or painkillers that they did not consider their “little pills” as drugs.
Too often the attitude is “If I can’t find the cause of the pain, at least I’ll deaden it.” In the case of one who is mentally ill, this might read, “If he can’t be made rational, at least he can be made quiet.”
Unfortunately it is not recognized that a person whose pain has been deadened by a sedative has himself been deadened by the same drug and is much nearer the ultimate pain of death. It should be obvious that the quietest people in the world are the dead.
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Karen L. Manos
kmanos@gibsondunn.com
1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20036-5306 USA
Government Contracts Aerospace and Related Technologies FCPA FDA and Health Care False Claims Act/Qui Tam Defense Litigation National Security White Collar Defense and Investigations
Karen L. Manos is a partner in Gibson Dunn’s Washington D.C. office and Chair of the firm’s Government Contracts Practice Group. Ms. Manos graduated in the top two percent of her class at the U.S. Air Force Academy (B.S., distinguished graduate, 1981), and graduated first in her class from the Duke University School of Law (J.D., with highest honors, 1986), where she was a Note Editor for the Duke Law Journal. Ms. Manos has nearly thirty years’ experience on a broad range of government contracts issues, including civil and criminal fraud investigations and litigation, complex claims preparation and litigation, bid protests, qui tam suits under the False Claims Act, defective pricing, cost allowability, the Cost Accounting Standards, and corporate compliance programs.
Ms. Manos enjoys a nationwide reputation for her expertise in government contract costs and pricing. Each year since 2006, Ms. Manos has been selected as one of the leading Government Contracts lawyers in the nation by Chambers USA America’s Leading Business Lawyers, and one of only five lawyers “spotlighted” in the category, Government Contracts: Cost Disputes. Chambers reported that: “Karen Manos is hailed as the ‘grand queen’ of cost accounting litigation. In addition to her cost accounting expertise her practice spans investigations, claims, bid protests and compliance matters. One client noted: ‘She is, in our view, the best government contract lawyer in the country. She’s brilliant, efficient, and tireless. She’s also a wonderful person.’” One peer remarked, “She is one of the most brilliant cost accounting lawyers I’ve met, and a great theoretician. She is a perfectionist, and she’s very, very good at a very, very difficult area.” In 2004, Legal Times named Ms. Manos one of the top 12 government contracts lawyers in the Washington, DC area. In 2009 and 2017, she was nominated by her peers as one of the world’s leading practitioners in the field of public procurement and listed in The International Who’s Who of Public Procurement Lawyers. In 2010 and 2017, Ms. Manos was selected as one of 10 Washington, DC Super Lawyers in government contracts, and in 2011, Washingtonian Magazine named her a “Star of the Bar” for Government Contracts. She was named one of the top five “MVPs” in government contracts law for 2012, awarded by Law360 to “attorneys whose achievements in major litigation or transactions have set a new standard for accomplishment in corporate law.” In 2017 and 2018, Washingtonian Magazine named Ms. Manos as one of Washington’s “Top Lawyers” in Government Contracts.
Ms. Manos is the author of two books: the three-volume Government Contract Costs & Pricing (Thomson-West 2d ed. 2009), which is widely regarded as the definitive text in the area; and Government Contract Costs & Pricing Handbook (Thomson-West 2012). In addition, Ms. Manos has authored almost fifty articles on government contract law. Her publications have appeared in the ABA Public Contract Law Journal, the Catholic University Law Review, Federal Contracts Report, The Government Contractor, the Cost Pricing & Accounting Report, the Nash & Cibinic Report, the Government Contract Audit Report, the Iraq Reconstruction Report, and Purchasing Today. She has also been quoted in the Wall Street Journal and Washington Business Journal, among other publications.
Ms. Manos previously served as Chair of the American Bar Association Section of Public Contract Law, Chair of the National Defense Industrial Association Procurement Division, and Editor-in-Chief of the Public Contract Law Journal. She currently serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Government Contract Accounting, Cost & Pricing Report.
American Bar Association, Section of Public Contract Law: Chair (2009-2010), Chair-Elect (2008-2009), Vice-Chair (2007-2008), Secretary (2006-2007), Council Member (2003-2006), and Co-Chair of the Accounting, Cost & Pricing Committee (2000-2003).
National Defense Industrial Association: Chair, Procurement Policy Committee (2009-2011), Vice-Chair, Procurement Policy Committee (2007-2009); Chair, Contract Finance Committee (2004-2006).
National Contract Management Association: Fellow, Certified Professional Contract Manager, and past President of the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter.
Public Contract Law Journal Editor-in-Chief
Cost, Pricing & Accounting Report Editor-in-Chief
The Government Contractor Advisory Board Member
Federalist Society Member
Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated
Government Contract Costs & Pricing Handbook (Thomson-West 2012)
Government Contract Costs & Pricing (Thomson – West 2d ed. 2009)
“The Most Notable Government Contract Cost And Pricing Decisions Of 2018,” 61 Government Contractor (January 2019).
Karen L. Manos, “Lying With Statistics: DCAA’s Misuse Of ‘Statistical’ Sampling To Question Costs By Projection Rather Than Auditing,” Government Contract Costs, Pricing & Accounting Report (July 2017, Vol. 12, Issue 4)
“The New Uncompensated Overtime Rule,” 10 Cost, Pricing & Accounting Rep. 13 (March 2015).
“Know Your Cost Regulations: The Precontract Cost Principle (FAR 31.205-32),” 8-6 Cost, Pricing & Accounting Report 47 (Nov. 2013).
“Penalties for Unallowable Costs,” 8-5 Cost, Pricing & Accounting Report 38 (Sept. 2013).
“Records Retention, Untimely Audits and Cost Allowability,” 8-1 Cost, Pricing & Accounting Report 1 (Jan. 2013).
Karen L. Manos, Editorial: Federal Circuit Retrospective, 42-1 Pub. Con. L.J. vii (Fall 2012).
“The Contract Disputes Act Statute Of Limitations: Take Your Time, DOD,” 6-6 Cost, Pricing & Accounting Report 71 (November 2011).
“Special Allocations Under the Cost Accounting Standards,” 6-5 Cost, Pricing & Accounting Report 59 (September 2011).
“Know Your Cost Regulations: The Public Relations And Advertising Costs Principle (FAR 31.205-1),” 6-3 Cost, Pricing & Accounting Report 27 (May 2011).
“Contractor Business System Audits: The Coming Train Wreck,” 5-6 Cost, Pricing & Accounting Report 1 (Nov. 2010).
“Complying With the New Mandatory Disclosure Rule,” 4-1 Cost, Pricing & Accounting Report 1 (Jan. 2009).
“Choice of Forum for Government Contract Disputes,” 3-4 Cost, Pricing & Accounting Report 31 (July 2008).
“Does the APA Still Apply to Government Contractors?,” 2-5 Costs, Pricing & Accounting Report 44 (Sep. 2007).
“Defining Increased Costs in the Aggregate,” 2-2 Costs, Pricing & Accounting Report 11 (March 2007).
“COFC Reconsiders CAS 413 Ruling,” 49-9 Government Contractor 95 (March 2007).
“Recovery of Interest Against the Government,” 1-3 Costs, Pricing & Accounting Report 21 (Nov. 2006).
“Estoppel Against The Government: What Does “Affirmative Misconduct” Have To Do With It?,” 1-1 Costs, Pricing & Accounting Report 1 (July 2006).
“Practitioner’s Comment: Information Systems & Networks Corp.,” Fed. Cir. Nos. 04-5151 & 5154, 48 Government Contractor 61 (2006).
“Postscript: Independent Research and Development Costs,” 20 Nash & Cibinic Report 2 (Jan. 2006).
“Cherokee Nation: More Than Meets the Eye,” 19 Nash & Cibinic Report 29 (June 2005).
“Estimates in Level of Effort Contracts: Wrong Contract Type, Wrong Breach,” 19 Nash & Cibinic Report 23 (May 2005).
“Allowability of Legal Costs,” 05-5 Briefing Papers (April 2005).
“Defining Cost or Pricing Data,” 47 Government Contractor 192 (2005).
“Status of Contractors in Iraq: What Laws Apply?,” Iraq Reconstruction Report (2004).
“FAR 31.205-18, Independent Research and Development and Bid and Proposal Costs,” 03-12 Briefing Papers (Nov. 2003).
“Caveat Contractor: DCAA’s New Audit Guidance on the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Contractor Internal Controls,” 80:19 Federal Contracts Report 543 (2003).
“The Proposed Rule on Cost Accounting Standards Administration – ‘There You Go Again,'” 45 Government Contractor 302 (2003).
“DDP’s Guidance Paper on Changes in Cost Accounting Practice,” 44 Government Contractor 80 (2002).
“Practitioner’s Comment: General Dynamics Corp., ASBCA 49372,” 44 Government Contractor 249 (2002).
“The Federal Circuit’s Decision in Boeing North American: Better, But Still Wrong,” 44 Government Contractor 203 (2002).
“The Non-Appropriated Funds Doctrine: What Do You Mean We Can’t Sue Them?” 6:7 Government Contract Audit Report (2001).
“A Critical Analysis of the FAR Council’s New Rule on Labor Relations Costs and Costs Relating to Legal and Other Proceedings,” 75:1 Federal Contracts Report (2001).
“Heads We Win, Tails You Lose: The CAS Board’s Remarkable New Proposal on Accounting for the Costs of PRB Plans,” 42 Government Contractor 420 (2000).
Co-Author, “Affirmative Action Plans & The “Equal Pay Initiative,” 00-8 Briefing Papers (Aug. 2000).
Co-Author, “Pretrial Motions Under the False Claims Act,” 29 Public Contract Law Journal 693 (2000).
Co-Author, “A Critical Analysis of the CAS Board’s Proposed Rule on Changes to Cost Accounting Practices,” 41 Government Contractor 402 (1999).
“Government Claims to Surplus Pension Assets,” 48 Catholic University Law Review 1139 (1999).
“Post-Retirement Benefits: Much Ado About Funding,” 4:5 Government Contract Audit Report (1999).
“The Statute of Frauds in Cyberspace,” Purchasing Today (1999).
“Allowability of ESOP Interest Costs: DCAA’s Misguided Audit Guidance, 98-6 Costs,” Pricing & Accounting Report (1998).
“Legal: To Involve or Not to Involve,” Purchasing Today (1998).
“Allowability of Executive Compensation Costs,” 97-13 Briefing Papers (Dec. 1997).
Co-Author, “Executive Compensation: A Critical Examination of the Proposed Contract Costs Act of 1997,” 97-3 Costs, Pricing & Accounting Report (1997).
“Novation Agreements in Corporate Restructuring: The Government’s Contractual Stealth Weapon,” 26 Public Contract Law Journal 339 (1997).
Co-Author, “Special Allocations Under the Cost Accounting Standards,” 96-10 Costs, Pricing & Accounting Report (1996).
Co-Author, “Voluntary Accounting Changes Under CAS: A Windfall for the Government?” 25 Public Contract Law Journal 457 (1996).
“Protecting Proprietary Information,” 94-13 Briefing Papers (Dec. 1994).
“The Antideficiency Act without an ‘M’ Account: Reasserting Constitutional Control,” 23 Public Contract Law Journal 337 (1994).
“Recovery of Environmental Costs: A Government Perspective,” 92-8 Costs, Pricing & Accounting Report (1992).
Co-Author, Within Cockpit Communications Patterns and Flight Crew Performance, NASA Technical Paper (1982), discussed in 16:11 Psychology Today 42 (1982).
Duke University - 1986 Juris Doctor
U.S. Air Force Academy - 1981 Bachelor of Science
District of Columbia Bar
North Carolina Bar
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Golub Capital BDC Inc (GBDC) Q3 2019 Earnings Call Transcript
GBDC earnings call for the period ending June 30, 2019.
Golub Capital BDC Inc (NASDAQ:GBDC)
Aug 8, 2019, 3:30 p.m. ET
Welcome to Golub Capital BDC, Inc's June 30, 2019 Quarterly Earnings Conference Call.
Before we begin, I would like to take a moment to remind our listeners that remarks made during this call may contain forward-looking statements, within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements other than statements of historical facts made during this call, may constitute forward-looking statements, and are not guarantees of future performance or results and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors, including those described from time-to-time in Golub Capital BDC, Inc's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. For materials, the Company intends to refer to on today's earnings conference call, please visit the Investor Resources tab on the homepage of the Company's website, www.golubcapitalbdc.com, and click on the Events/Presentations link. Golub Capital BDC's earnings release is also available on the Company's website, in the Investor Resources section. As a reminder, this call is being recorded for replay purposes.
I will now turn the call over to David Golub, Chief Executive Officer of Golub Capital BDC.
David B. Golub -- Chief Executive Officer
Thank you. Hello everybody and thanks for joining us today. I'm joined by Ross Teune; our Chief Financial Officer; Greg Robbins and John Simmons, both Managing Directors here at Golub Capital. Yesterday afternoon, we issued our earnings press release for the quarter ended June 30th and we posted an earnings presentation on our website. We're going to be referring to that presentation throughout the call today.
Gregory's going to start with an overview of GBDC's results for the third quarter of 2019. Ross is then going to take you through the results in more detail, and I'm going to come back at the end for an update on the proposed merger with Golub Capital Investment Corporation or GCIC. Let's start with results for the quarter ended June 30th, and I'll start with some some headlines. The main headline is that GBDC had another very solid quarter, driven by consistent net investment income and strong credit results. For those of you who are new to GBDC, our investment strategy is and since inception has been, to focus on providing first lien senior secured loans to healthy, resilient middle market companies, backed by strong, partnership oriented private equity firms.
With that, I'll turn the call over to Gregory.
Gregory A. Robbins -- Managing Director
Thank you, David. Let's look at the details for the quarter. Net increase in net assets resulting from operations or net income for the quarter ended June 30th was $19.2 million or $0.32 per share as compared to $17.8 million or $0.29 per share for the quarter ended March 31. Net investment income or as we call it, income before credit losses for the quarter ended June 30, was $19.4 million or $0.32 per share, as compared to $20.1 million or $0.33 per share for the quarter ended March 31. Excluding an approximately $28,000 accrual for the capital gain incentive fee, net investment income for the quarter ended June 30th remained unchanged at $19.4 million or $0.32 per share, as compared to $19.4 million or $0.32 per share for the prior quarter.
Consistent with previous quarters, we have provided net investment income per share, excluding the capital gains incentive fee accrual, as we think that adjusted NII is a more meaningful measure.
Net realized and unrealized loss on investments in foreign currency of $200,000 or less than a penny per share for the quarter ended June 30, was a result of $700,000 of net realized losses and $500,000 of net unrealized depreciation. This compares to a net realized and unrealized loss on investments in foreign currency of $2.3 million or $0.04 per share for the prior quarter.
New middle market investment commitments totaled $157.1 million for the quarter ended June 30. Approximately 84% of the new investment commitments were one stop loans. 14% were seen as secured loans, 1% were second lien loans, and approximately 1% were investments in equity securities. Overall, total investments in the portfolio companies at fair value decreased by approximately 1.6% or $32.2 million during the quarter.
Turning to the column on the right at the top of slide 4, you can see our net income per share of $0.32. Our net investment income per share before the accrual for the capital gains incentive fee of $0.32 and our net asset value per share of $15.95 as of June 30. As shown on the bottom of the slide, the portfolio remains well diversified with investments remains well diversified with investments in 25 different portfolio companies, at an average size of less than 0.5% of total portfolio company investments.
With that, I will now turn it over to Ross, who will provide some additional portfolio highlights and discuss the financial results in more detail.
Ross A. Teune -- Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Great. Thanks Gregory. Starting on slide 5, the slide highlights our total origination of $157.1 million and total exits and sales of investments of $179.5 million. As shown on the bottom table, the weighted average rate of 8.1% on new investments this quarter, was down from 8.7% in the previous quarter, primarily due to a declining LIBOR rate and a modest increase in the percentage of lower yielding senior secured originations. The rate on loans that paid off increased slightly to 8.8% from 8.7% the prior quarter. And as a reminder, the weighted average interest rate on new investment is based on the contractual interest rate at the time of funding, For variable rate loans, the contractual rate would be calculated using current LIBOR or or spreadover LIBOR and the impact of any LIBOR floor.
Turning to slide 6, this slide shows the overall portfolio mix by investment type has remained consistent quarter-over-quarter, with one stop loans continuing to represent our largest investment category at 79%.
Turning to slide 7, this slide illustrates that the portfolio remains well diversified, with an average investment size of less than 0.5%. Our debt investment portfolio remains predominantly invested in floating rate loans. There have been no significant changes in the industry classification percentages over the past year.
Turning to slide 8, this graph summarizes portfolio yield and net investment spreads for the quarter, focusing first on the light blue line. This line represents the income yield or the actual amount earned on the investment, including interest in fee income, but excluding the amortization of discounts and upfront origination fee. The income yield decreased by 20 basis points to 8.6% for the quarter ended June 30th, primarily due to a decrease in LIBOR over the past two quarters.
The investment income yield or the dark blue line, which includes amortization of fees and discounts, remain stable at 9.2% during the quarter, due to an increase in prepayment fees and other fee income. Weighted average cost of debt or the aqua blue line remained flat at 4.2 %, despite the decreasing LIBOR rate, primarily due to the timing of 90 day LIBOR reset dates on our CLO liability.
Moving to the next two slides, the number of non-accrual investments increased from four to three investments, one of which was fully repaid, with 100% recovery on our remaining principal balance subsequent to quarter end balance subsequent to quarter end. As of June 30th, non-accrual investments as a percentage of total investment at cost in fair value was 4.7% and 0.4% respectively. Fundamental credit quality as of June 30th remained strong, with over 90% of the investments in our portfolio having an internal performance rating of four or higher as of June 30th as shown on Slide 10. As a reminder, independent valuation firms value approximately 25% of our investments each quarter.
Reviewing the balance sheet and income statement on slides 11 and 12, we ended the quarter with total investment at fair value of $1.9 billion. Total cash or restricted cash of $110.7 million and total assets of just over $2 billion. Total debt was $1 billion, which includes $562.9 million in floating rate debt, issued through our securitization vehicles. $299.5 million of fixed rate debentures and $184.7 million of debt outstanding in our revolving credit facility.
Total net asset value per share remained at $15.95. Our regulatory debt-to-equity ratio was 0.78 times, while our GAAP debt-to-equity ratio was 1.09 times, slightly above our target of about one time GAAP leverage.
Moving to the statement of operation; total Investment Income for the quarter ended June 30th was $42.1 million, an increase of $0.3 million from the prior quarter, primarily due to higher fee income. On the expense side, total expenses were $22.7 million, an increase of $1 million from the prior quarter. Excluding the $700,000 reversal in the capital gains incentive fee expense in the prior quarter, expenses were relatively flat quarter-over-quarter.
Flipping to the following slide, the charts on the top provide a summary of our quarterly distributions and return on average equity over the past five quarters. The regular quarterly quarterly distributions have remained stable at $0.33 per share, which is consistent with our net investment income per share, when excluding the GAAP accrual for the capital gains incentive fee. The annualized quarterly return based on net income has averaged 7.7% for the past five quarters.
The bottom of the page illustrates our long history with steady increases in NAV per share over time. For historical comparison purposes, we have presented NAV per share, both including and excluding special distributions.
Turning to slide 14, this slide provides some financial highlights for our investment in Senior Loan Fund. The annualized return for the quarter was zero. As net investment income at SLF was offset by unrealized losses on a few portfolio company investments. SLF's investments at fair value at June 30 declined by 9.3% to $153.8 million for March 31.
The next slide summarizes our liquidity and investment capacity as of June 30th in the form of restricted and unrestricted cash availability on our revolving credit facilities and debentures available through our SBIC subsidiaries.
Slide 16 summarizes the terms of our debt facilities. And lastly, and slide 17, our board declared a distribution of $0.32 a share payable on September 27 to shareholders of record as of August 19. We moved the record date for this distribution only to be a bit earlier to precede the shareholder meeting date and anticipated closing of the merger in September. No other changes are being made to the distribution, including the payment date. We expect to resume our normal kind of record dates with our next distribution in December.
I'll now turn the call back to David, who will provide some closing remarks. David?
Thanks Ross. So to sum up, GBDC had a strong third fiscal quarter of 2019. Net investment income was very consistent. Credit was good. Borrower diversification increased further, and our balance sheet remained finely tuned.
I want to close with a quick update on the proposed merger with GCIC. First, where does the merger stand? The process achieved an important milestone in mid-July, when the joint proxy statement of GBDC and GCIC was declared effective by the SEC. On July 15th, GBDC and GCIC filed their joint definitive proxy statement. Votes are currently being collected from stockholders of both companies, and are due by the special stockholders meetings of each company, which are both scheduled for September 4th. Subject to stockholder approvals and satisfaction of all other conditions precedent, our current expectation is that the transaction will close in September.
As a reminder, the GBDC Board of Directors, myself included, has unanimously recommended that stockholders vote in favor of the transaction related proposals. So a note for stockholders who have not already done so, please vote.
Next, I want to highlight why we believe the merger with GCIC is compelling for GBDC shareholders. Seven reasons, I'll be quick. First, the transaction is expected to be immediately accretive to GBDC's NAV per share, based on GBDC's NAV per share as of June 30th and GCIC's estimated NAV per share of $15 as of June 30th. The accretion to GBDC's NAV would be approximately $0.72 per share or about 4.5%. So that equates to roughly two quarters of historical net income per share for GBDC.
Second, because the transaction would be accretive to GBDC's NAV per share, the transaction offers the potential for some offers the potential for some additional value creation, assuming GBDC continues to trade at the approximately 15% premium to NAV that GBDC is traded at on average over the past three years.
Third, the combination of GBDC and GCIC would create the fifth largest externally managed, publicly traded BDC by assets, based on the fair value the holdings of each company as of June 30th.
Fourth, the increased market cap following the merger is anticipated to improve trading liquidity and lead to broader analyst coverage.
Fifth, we expect the portfolio of the combined companies to look familiar, though it'll look all a lot like stand-alone GBDC's, given the 98% overlap between the two portfolios.
Six, we expect the combined company to have better access to the securitization market, given the combined company's greater opportunities to optimize its debt capital as a consequence of its increased scale.
And seventh, we expect some operational synergies from eliminating redundant expenses. In short, we believe the combined GBDC-GCIC maintains all the elements that have made GBDC successful, and gives it a number of additional advantages. In particular, we think the increased scale of the combined company will deliver benefits, including incremental earnings power to support the GBDC Board's announced intention to increase GBDC's quarterly dividend to $0.33 per share after the closing of the merger, provided that GBDC's board reserves the right to revisit this intention, if market conditions or GBDC's prospects meaningfully change.
A final note, in addition to the expected direct benefits to GBDC's shareholders associated with the proposed merger, there's also the continuation of a benefit that I don't think we highlight enough, and that's access to the competitive advantages of the Golub Capital platform. I'm talking about advantages that include scale, and not just talking size, a big balance sheet today is not enough. I'm talking about a platform with 25 years of operating history in the US middle market, over 450 employees, over 130 investment professionals, and over $30 billion of capital under management.
I am talking about relationships, Golub Capital's done repeat business with over 180 different private equity sponsors, and in recent periods, repeat sponsors have accounted for 80% or more of the firm's origination volume.
Talking about incumbency. Golub Capital today lends to about 250 middle market borrowers [Phonetic], and more than 50% of the firm's origination volume has typically come from these repeat borrowers. Talking about distinctiveness of our product suite, we believe Golub Capital is the market leader at one stops, and our ability to offer, buy and hold solutions up to $600 million and provide underwrites of up to $1 billion is quite distinctive.
And finally, I'm talking about industry expertise. We believe Golub Capital is seen by the market as expert in our key verticals, including software, healthcare and consumer businesses. So post merger, we believe GBDC will be better positioned than ever to benefit from the advantages of the Golub Capital platform, and to continue its long-standing track record of delivering consistent premium returns for shareholders.
With that, let me thank you for your time today and and your partnership, and let's open up the floor for questions.
Thank you. [Operator Instructions]. And our first question is from the line of Fin O'Shea with Wells Fargo Securities. Please go ahead.
Finian O'Shea -- Wells Fargo Securities -- Analyst
Hi guys. Good afternoon. First question on the, you know, large versus core middle markets. You know, you've been highlighting the view of a more favorable risk adjusted return and in the core middle market recently, and seeing some of the larger unitranche positions, are you shifting here in terms of what's more available -- what's better and available or is the recent volatility sort of opening up the larger side?
So great question. I don't actually think about it in terms of two, two segments in the market. I tend to think about it in terms of three. So so let's just talk about the three. So the first would be traditional middle market companies, which would range in size from $10 million to $25 million of EBITDA. That market, we've historically been very active in, we continue to be active in. I would describe it as the most competitive segment of our market right now. It's the portion of the market, where new entrant activity has been most significant and that's driven down -- what historically were better, better spreads and better documentation terms.
The second segment would be traditional middle market, which would range from $25 million of EBITDA up to $50 million in EBITDA, and that is the segment that we're most active in. I would say, that's the segment that we've typically been most active in, and market conditions, they're pretty consistent with how they've been for the last three or four years. In that market, we are continuing our strategy, which is to really focus on transactions, where we have competitive advantages that we can bring to bear.
The last segment would be upper middle market. So $50 million to $80 million EBITDA companies, where we as direct lenders compete with the syndication market, because those those borrowers have the ability to choose whether they prefer to go with a buy and hold lender or with a syndicated solution.
As you point out, in that last category, we tend to see benefits from market volatility. When the syndication market is choppy, borrowers tend to be more receptive to buy and hold solutions and when the syndication market is hot, it tends to be harder to compete with the syndication market. Right now, I'd say we're we're neither in the hot nor cold phase. I'd say it's -- the syndication market is active. But the syndication market is selective. We've seen a period where CLO investors have been picky about which kinds of credits they like in which they don't like. So as a consequence of all that, our activity has tended to be focused in the recent period in that $25 million to $50 million EBITDA size range company, and my expectation would be that, that's going to continue.
Got it. Thank you. And just a follow on upon the origination of a new loan, does the advisor at Golub retain any of the upfront economics prior to allocation?
So in a typical transaction, there is a number of different upfront fees. There's a there's a OID or or original issued discount. There's also a structuring fee involved and and as we disclosed in all of our documentation, we treat the BDC in a manner very similar to how we treat our private funds. And that means, that the advisor does in some cases retain a portion of the structuring fee.
Sure. Appreciate the color, and and just generally on the parameters of the fee, is it generally, you know, a third, a half on the upfront amount of say, two points? Just some general figures?
Rather than rather than speculate, I'd rather get back to you with specifics. So let us do some work and come back to you.
Sure. Thanks for taking my questions.
Thank you. Our next question is from the line of Ray Cheesman with Anfield Capital. Please go ahead.
Ray Cheesman -- Anfield Capital -- Analyst
I'm wondering if you could give us what you're seeing out in the marketplace on LIBOR floors? I see your charts in your presentation with LIBOR declining. I'm also seeing the floor that protected us in the past, is not being included in as many deals as it used to be. What are you seeing?
I think that's accurate. You know, we're pushing for LIBOR floors where we can. I think as LIBOR goes down, we'll probably see the reemergence of a reasonably standard 1% LIBOR floor. But in the period when LIBOR rose to meaningfully higher than than the 1% formerly standard level, that started to base [Phonetic] as standard. So I'm -- I think your observation is right on. That if you look at it at the universe today, you see a smaller portion of the universe having LIBOR floors. But I think if we have a sustained period of decreasing LIBOR, we'll very likely see the reemergence of the standard 1% LIBOR floor.
On a kind of parallel topic with the happy days of the last 122 months of recovery and all of our indentures faded away to nothingness, and we all did covenant light loans. You think that the stress that's returned to some of the markets will lead people to, for lack of a technical term, wise up and request a little bit of protection looking forward into what could be rougher waters in the next set of deals?
Yes and no. So if you look at the situation in documentation land. I would characterize it as falling into two buckets. There's one there's one bucket that we could call financial covenants and there's one second bucket that we could call leakage related provisions. We're seeing -- let me describe what I mean by each of those. So financial covenants, as the name implies financial covenants, as name implies would be tests that if a borrower fails, would enable a lender to come to the table with the borrower and have a discussion. And these tests would be debt-to-EBITDA or absolute level of EBITDA or fixed charge coverage.
The second category, leakage provisions have to do with restrictions on the company's ability to take assets out of the box that lenders are lending to. So that might be, for example, restrictions on dividends, so-called restricted payments. Or it might be restrictions on the company's ability to repurchase debt, or restrictions on the ability to -- of the company to put in place debt, that is actually or structurally senior to the existing debt.
I think we're seeing a lot of signs that the market is getting smarter about leakage provisions, and I'm pleased to see that because I think the documentation terms and the broadly syndicated market in particular around leakage provisions were under very significant pressure earlier this year, and we're moving in a direction that that was bad for the industry. So I'm pleased to see that in the last 60 to 90 days, we're seeing more and more pressure on arrangers to make sure that documentation terms related to leakage are improved. I don't see the same phenomenon on the financial covenants front, and I don't anticipate that we're going to see it for larger sized transactions.
In the broadly syndicated market, cove [Phonetic] life has become a norm. In the middle market, less so and we have retained the predominant number of our transactions, including one or several financial covenants. The good news is, I don't see as much pressure on documentation terms related to financial covenants in middle market transactions. But the flipside is, I don't anticipate that we're going to see -- we're going to see a return to 2011 style documentation terms anytime soon.
Keep fighting the good fight. Thank you.
Our next question is from the line of Bill Weisbrod with Debtwire. Please go ahead.
Bill Weisbrod -- Debtwire -- Analyst
Hey guys, thanks for taking the call. I wanted to -- I saw the change to the mark [Phonetic], an addition of a big component to Oliver Street Dermatology. So wanted to ask what's going on there?
Thanks for your question, Bill, but I'm going to I'm going to defer discussing a specific situation like Oliver Street. I don't think it's an appropriate topic for this call.
[Operator Instructions]. There are no further questions at this time, sir.
Okay, great. Well, thanks, everyone again for your time today, and should you have any questions that come up after today's discussion, please feel free to reach out to any of myself for or or Ross or Gregory or John, and we look forward to talking to you again next quarter.
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Through the summer of 2002, members of Forced Entertainment undertook a series of journeys, each travelling alone to locations in the UK to complete tasks determined only partially in advance. These tasks — to get their fortune told, to find locations for an imaginary film, to ask tricky questions, to visit streets chosen simply for their names —presented the beginnings of a mapping process aimed not so much at the contemporary UK, but through it to something else — a landscape of ideas, narratives and bad dreams.
In The Travels, the performers are more or less present as themselves, sharing time and space with the audience, telling, recounting, reading and constructing the performance from evidence gathered elsewhere.
The Travels belongs to a particular strand of Forced Entertainment’s theatre projects — that of distorted, intimate and even fictional documentary. The start of this theme was a project called A Decade of Forced Entertainment (1994) which marked the company’s tenth anniversary and mapped the political and cultural landscape which gave rise to the company’s work. A Decade… was followed by Nights in this City (1995), a mischievous guided bus tour that rewrote and remixed the history(ies) of Sheffield and later Rotterdam, and more recently by Instructions for Forgetting (2001), a performance created from fragments of video, stories and letters donated by friends from different parts of the world.
Conceived and devised by the company.
Performers Jerry Killick, Richard Lowdon, Claire Marshall, Cathy Naden, Terry O’Connor, John Rowley
Direction Tim Etchells
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Design Richard Lowdon
Lighting Design Andy Clarke
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Chapter, Cardiff, UK
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Exeter Phoenix, Exeter, England
Gardner Arts Centre, Brighton, UK
Contact, Manchester, UK
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Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry, England
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Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Aberystwyth, Wales
Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham, England
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Popular Grimsby window cleaner says 'goodbye to Freemo, Smelly Alice and Slippery Sid' after 50 years
'It is great to see Freeman Street picking up and coming back to how it was' - Ernie the window cleaner retiring after 50 years
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One of Freeman Street's most popular characters has hung up his leather and ladder after 50 years cleaning windows.
Keith "Ernie" Thompson matched his father Ernie's record of 50 years in the trade and has retired at 70 years of age.
Keith, also known to most as Ernie, cherishes the brass squeegee presented to his father when he retired.
He recalled his many famous customers and characters he met during his career.
Well known window cleaner Ernie Thompson who is retiring after cleaning the windows of Freeman Street for the past 50 years (Image: Jon Corken/Grimsby Live)
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Among them is fellow songwriter for Sir Elton John, Bernie Taupin when he lived at Tealby, near Market Rasen. He penned 'Grimsby' with Sir Elton and made many references to the wild times in Freeman Street and Grimsby docks.
"I am sad to be leaving. But Freeman Street is getting back to how it was when I started in 1970. It is buzzing," he said.
He added: "The market is getting busier and there are shops opening all the time. It is great to see it being rejuvenated again. It is coming back to how it was."
He recalled many of the unusual moments and sights he experienced in his long service to traders.
One rough-looking man, looked at Ernie's water bucket and then looked at Ernie.
Ernie Thompson hangs up his leather and ladder after 50 years service to Freeman Street customers (Image: Jon Corken/Grimsby Live)
"He looked like a coal man, he was that dirty, so I said he could have a wash. He washed his face and he looked like a new pin after that," he said.
Ernie said: "I have known many of the people including Slippery Sid, Laughing Charlie, Smelly Alice, Coco the paper seller and Podgy Hunt."
"Everyone knew her as Alice but she made your eyes water because of the smell. But I was lucky I was only ever once propositioned by ladies of the night. One asked me how long I had been working the street and I told her 50 years. She said he had only done 44 years!"
He said he had only ever missed eight weeks off work during his long service, most of which was due to an accident when he pushed too hard on a thin window pane, breaking it and severing a tendon in his arm. He was in plaster for six weeks.
"I have seen a lot of the unfortunate side of life on Freeman Street, particularly with the drugs and alcohol. It got bad in recent years. But most of the time it was a great place to work with very friendly people and customers.
The Corporation Arms in Freeman Street, Grimsby where Ernie used to warm up by a coal fire (Image: Grimsby Live)
"The landlord at The Corporation Arms used to let me go in and keep warm by his coal fire in the snug when it got really cold.
"The street was full of characters. I always remember the man selling cockles from his wicker basket in all the pubs."
One of his favourite pubs is The Angel Hotel on Freeman Street where a plaque records his father's membership in 1963 when licensing laws meant you had to be registered as a member.
Ernie said: "I feel very lucky and blessed to have worked for so long. My wife Linda has been a rock throughout all those year. She is a diamond."
Ernie cleaned for Wilkinsons, Marks & Spencer, Burtons, Colliers, butchers shops and most of the pubs.
"It has been great meeting the landlords, Les at the Corporation, Alice and Jim at The Rainsbow, Bill Wareing at the Angel, Jock Roberts at The Red Lion, Billy Cairns at The Freeman Arms and Mr Pexman at The Wine Pipe. He also cleaned for ABP at Grimsby and Immingham.
Freeman Street, Grimsby where Ernie has spent 50 years cleaning windows
"Window cleaning has become a bit easier with the arrival of water-fed pole systems. It was hard work before, especially in winter. All the window cleaners have been like a brotherhood looking out for each other and helping when injured or ill and for holidays.
As a Mariners fan since the age of 11 years, Ernie said he was delighted with the impact manager Ian Holloway has had and wished the club well for the season.
Ernie is looking forward to pursing his hobbies of Northern Soul, when clubs re-open, as well as cycling and bird-watching.
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Passenger Rail - AA to TC
Mt. Pleasant is ready for trains
August 7, 2015 | |
Mountain Town Station brewery now occupies Mt. Pleasant’s historic train depot, which has a nice boarding platform.
Hans Voss and I recently traveled to Mt. Pleasant for a meeting with city staff and community leaders about the Ann Arbor to Traverse City passenger rail project. During our visit, one thing was made clear: Mt. Pleasant is ready for trains.
The visit was part of our effort to learn more about the potential train boarding locations and the impact train service could have on mid-Michigan downtowns.
Mt. Pleasant is one of the largest cities on the line. Its historic train station sits just two blocks from the city’s main downtown commercial and retail strip, and, like Traverse City’s depot, a craft brewery occupies the space.
The station itself has seen its fair share of continued private investment. Over the years, station owners have added a many safety features, a solid boarding platform, and ample outdoor lighting. And city planners told us that sites adjacent to the station are ripe for downtown-style development.
These improvements—and the real prospect of passenger trains connecting the city to places like Ann Arbor to Traverse City—fit well within the city’s efforts to revitalize its downtown and focus investment into the city’s core.
So what’s next?
We’re gearing up to ask communities along the line for letters of support that will help advance a potential feasibility study in 2016. We’ll let you know how you can plug in show your support.
James Bruckbauer is Groundwork's transportation policy specialist. Follow him on Twitter at @jimbruckb. Reach him at [email protected].
Enthusiasm Surges for Passenger Rail in Towns Along Route
by Hans Voss | Dec 10, 2018 | Passenger Rail - AA to TC
Passenger rail interest is strong along the route, Groundwork held community forums, shares feedback.
It Began With One School, One Farmer One Vegetable …
by Roger Newton | Dec 3, 2018 | 10 Cents a Meal, Line 5 Activism, Passenger Rail - AA to TC
Groundwork Board Chair Roger Newton highlights the importance of our work and the value of sustaining it.
Northern Michigan Passenger Rail Study Released
by James Bruckbauer | Oct 8, 2018 | Passenger Rail - AA to TC
Groundwork has released an in-depth feasibility study of the proposed passenger rail between Ann Arbor and Traverse City. Special event trains could begin as early as 2020.
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Canadian Profits, Michigan Risk
May 31, 2018 | Line 5 Activism
This white paper documents that the vast North American oil pipeline network has more than sufficient capacity to ensure that Michigan and Midwest refineries could operate with no economic disruption without Line 5. It also identifies viable solutions that should be implemented to secure necessary propane to Upper Peninsula residents, as well as to transport northern Lower Peninsula oil to southeastern markets.
Groundwork attracts business support for Line 5 campaign
Jun 13, 2016 | Great Lakes Business Network, Line 5 Activism
On May 31, Groundwork and the National Wildlife Federation Great Lakes Regional Center (NWF) hosted a Line 5 Business Reception at the Chippewa Hotel on Mackinac Island to coincide with the start of the Detroit Chamber of Commerce Mackinac Policy Conference the next morning.
Groundwork Advances Campaign to Shut Down Line 5 Pipeline
Jul 16, 2015 | Line 5 Activism
Two years ago, practically no one in Michigan was aware of the aging, twin oil pipelines lying at the bottom of the Mackinac Straits. Today, as a result of the Groundwork Center and partners seizing the issue and building a strong public outcry, we are closer to Line 5 becoming the first major oil pipeline in North America to be decommissioned.
Oil & Water Don’t Mix: May 2015
Here’s a recap of some of the latest developments in Groundwork’s efforts, as part of the Oil and Water Don’t Mix coalition, to raise awareness of the threats posed by the pipelines in the Mackinac Straits.
Groups Ramp Up Campaign to Raise Awareness of Pipeline Risk in Great Lakes
More than a dozen allied environmental groups launched a new website and TV commercial outlining the environmental and economic threats posed by two aging oil pipelines crossing through the Great Lakes at the Mackinac Straits. The website, OilandWaterDontMix.org, features the new commercial and details the danger posed by the daily flow of nearly 23 million gallons of oil through pipelines lying on the bottom of the Straits just west of the Mackinac Bridge.
MLUI joins groups to urge action on pipeline
Jul 2, 2014 | Clean Energy
The Michigan Land Use Institute is pleased to sign on to this letter to remind the governor and attorney general of the important legal authority they hold on behalf of Michigan’s citizens to protect our public trust in the Great Lakes. The State of Michigan retains full legal authority over all activities that occur in the waters and bottomlands of the Great Lakes-and requires complete transparency, disclosure, and accountability from Enbridge regarding the pipelines in the Straits of Mackinac.
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“To Be defined as Chinese or not to be Chinese?” Is this the question? CNN's Jane Leung writes an article.
Jane Leung: Tired of not being 'Chinese enough'
A Canadian-Chinese stakes her claim on the native land
Read more: Jane Leung: Tired of not being 'Chinese enough' | CNNGo.com http://www.cnngo.com/hong-kong/life/jane-leung-banana-speaks-out-382737#ixzz1JHItWHmU
Defining one's identity is an important part of maturity. It becomes complicated when racial identity is also a part of that. Jane Leung writes an interesting article about her perspective of being told she's “not Chinese enough” as well as being defined as “Chinese” by mainstream society.
Having moved to Hong Kong, after growing up in Canada. She finds other Chinese people thinking of her as “second class” because she doesn't speak Chinese or know about about Chinese culture and history? How could she if she is technically an immigrant from Canada?
I spent 6 weeks in Taiwan, at age 20, learning the Mandarin language (my parents spoke Cantonese, because their ancestors had come from Guangzhou (Canton) province, then I traveled to Hong Kong, Japan, and Korea. In 1993, I traveled 2 weeks in Beijing and Xi'an. Like Leung, people asked me “You look Chinese. Why you don't speak Chinese?”
In their perspective of the world, from the ethnocentric Middle Kingdom, being Chinese meant looking Chinese AND speaking Chinese. If you couldn't speak Chinese, you were basically regarded as stupid – even if you were technically a Canadian and very smart in Canadian culture. But imagine what life is like for Chinese immigrants to Canada… if they can't speak English, they are similarly regarded as less equal.
Being “Chinese” is a spectrum, and a social construct. It means different things in Hong Kong, China, Halifax or Richmond BC, or Alberta. But Chinese emigration experiences to Canada, Australia, South Africa, and elsewhere all have similar experiences. It all depends on context. Jane Leung is on the right path. Define yourself, and don't let “others” define you.
This is why other definitions of “Chinese-ness”
are used in Canada, such as Canadian-Chinese or Chinese-Canadian, or
Canadian born Chinese-Canadian. It all depends on context. Last year on
the Gung Haggis Fat Choy dragon boat, we had paddlers
of Chinese ancestry who had been born in South Africa, Scotland, Italy,
Malaysia, Beijing, Hong Kong, Canada and Alberta… and everybody
thought it was very cool. Diversity or mono-culture tunnel vision?
Definitely the global perspective is on the rise, to include Chinese
emigration patterns around the world, something that Scotland National
Museum already does.
Every immigrant group to North America and
elsewhere goes through a similar identity shift, whether they are Irish, Scots, African, South Asian, Vietnamese or even Greek. I remember watching the movie
“My Big Fat Greek Wedding” with a friend born and raised in Hong Kong.
Throughout the movie, she
kept elbowing me and saying “Ai-Yah! Just like Chinese!”
Even ex-pat Brits returning
to England after time spent in colonies had to endure derision, but it
is no where the same amount when language skills are involved.
Canadians born and raised with Chinese ancestry, are often called
“jook-sing” (hollow bamboo) by their immigrant counterparts, or
“bananas” (yellow on the outside and white on the inside”. Of course
this counteracts the names of “FOB” or “Honger” by “CBC”ers (Canadian
Born Chinese). Leung hits it on the head when she writes “For locals
who can’t adapt to multiculturalism accepted in other countries, the
only way they think they can tangibly confront this issue is by picking
on what they believe is the living embodiment of something they fear:
Westernized Chinese kids.”
Read Jane Leung's article here:
http://www.cnngo.com/hong-kong/life/jane-leung-banana-speaks-out-382737
“Banana’s here! Poor thing. Illiterate and can’t speak properly.”
This was not the welcome I expected from family friends when I arrived
in Hong Kong from Canada. I had grown up as the token Asian, but now I
had become the token white girl, a.k.a. the “gwai mui.”
I am Chinese. I look Chinese. I was born in Hong Kong.
have had Confucian principles bred into me from birth. I put career and
good grades above life itself and believe that whatever I can’t achieve
through talent I can make happen through hard work and self-discipline.
Yet, if I listen to friends and family here in Hong Kong, I am no more Chinese than lemon chicken.
I was raised in a Western community in Canada and speak basic Cantonese,
but can’t read or write it, which apparently means I am a sell-out, a
banana (yellow on the outside, white on the inside) with no right to
associate with locals or their higher Chinese values.
It is apparent to me that some Chinese feel “more Chinese,” thus superior to those who aren’t fluent in the language.
Read the rest of the story: Jane Leung: Tired of not being 'Chinese enough' | CNNGo.com http://www.cnngo.com/hong-kong/life/jane-leung-banana-speaks-out-382737#ixzz1JHGxN53N
This entry was posted in Asian Canadian Cultural Events, Canadian Identity, Canadian Identity & Heritage, Cultural Fusion, Main Page on April 12, 2011 by Todd.
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South San Francisco Bay Shoreline Project Funded for $177 million
THI’s scientific methodology Combined Habitat Assessment Protocols (CHAP) drives Congress to award $177 million to address sea-rise for our
South San Francisco Bay Shoreline Project
THI’s wildlife habitat assessment of the South San Francisco Bay Shoreline study evaluated 173 polygons. Baseline conditions that consisted of 16 different habitat types were determined to describe the 6,674 acres (2,700 ha) site. The number of fish and wildlife species associated with the project totaled 253, of which 51 were fish, 165 birds, 30 terrestrial mammals, 6 reptiles, and 1 marine mammal.
South San Francisco Bay Shoreline Project:
THI’s CHAP approach of the South San Francisco Bay Shoreline Project Funded by Congress for $177 million.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ECO-PCX – Recommends CHAP for 5TH Approval in California.
Scientific Federal Panel for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ECO-PCX Recommends CHAP for 5TH Approval – Prado Basin, California.
The Habitat Institute (THI) implemented Combined Habitat Assessment Protocols (CHAP) for this federal approval and recommendation in Prado Basin project, which is located near Chino Hills, California. This habitat assessment area includes a portion of the Santa Ana River, and was approximately 5,000 acres.
CHAP is a scientific habitat quality quantification tool that produces a functional metric founded on species, habitats and functions that occur or could occur at a site or area. CHAP is a multiple species approach that assess 100’s of species and habitat components and their functions concurrently. CHAPs database was well-developed in collaboration with over 700 ecological experts.
This 5TH approval and recommendation of CHAP by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ECO-PCX, has prompted their assertion that official Regional Approval for the entire West Coast is now in motion. THI’s CHAP approach has also undergone the National Academy of Sciences review process.
Scops Owl Monitoring
With its GPS tracking backpack on this Scops owl is ready for its next adventure.
GPS tracking backpacks.
Baby Scops owls cuddling.
Scops owl showing of its wing feathers to a GLOW researcher.
Scops Owl – June 2018
The Habitat Institute is excited to support The Global Owl Project (GLOW) for obtaining 30 GPS tags for observing and checking the progress on Scops owls in Europe. These Lotex PinPoint50 Swift GPS tags weigh only 2.7 grams. GLOW is a wonderful Worldwide project initiative program working towards conservation for the world’s owls.
GLOW’s Mission: This project is a long-term, worldwide project to advance foundational aspects of science and conservation for the world’s owls.
This support was made possible by a generous private donation.
SOUL VIBES feat. Sol Tribe a Benefit Event for The Habitat Institute
MAY 11TH | Santa Cruz, California USA | Sol Tribe
Please Join Us for SOUL VIBES a benefit event for
The Habitat Institute
Sol Tribe will be making a surprise appearance on their Spring Tour in Santa Cruz, California for this event. We are hoping you too will join our community of fellow artist and get behind this cause.
Our NATURAL systems are complex, interrelated, and ever-changing, and deeply spiritual. We need them, though it is humbling to admit that they do not need us. Because of mankind’s unprecedented relationship with nature and our ability to alter and degrade these natural habitats, we must align and attune ourselves to its protection.
Santa Cruz, is coming together to take a proactive step to raise awareness and to support our local nonprofit The Habitat Institute. Together we can further the development and implementation of sound ecology and continue to strive in sustaining our natural habitats and their fish and wildlife for the future.
We are hoping you’ll join us in this cause!
Here is a link (below) to one of THI’s accomplishments. Our San Francisco South Bay Restoration project. So, you can get the idea of the complexity involved in continuing these important strategic scientific efforts in supporting our fish and wildlife and their habitats for our future.
The wildlife habitat assessment of the South San Francisco Bay Shoreline study evaluated 173 polygons. Baseline conditions that consisted of 16 different habitat types were determined to describe the 6,674 acres (2,700 ha) site. The number of fish and wildlife species associated with the project totaled 253, of which 51 were fish, 165 birds, 30 terrestrial mammals, 6 reptiles, and 1 marine mammal.
Our event website will go-live soon and we will reveal our confirmed local Santa Cruz artist, supporters and contributors for this cause…a cause worth fighting for
…stay-tuned!
Please Note: Address of this event is not currently available to the public.
Tribute to Capt. Paul Ashley
We recently became aware that on September 6TH, 2017, a mentor, beloved colleague and our dear friend, Paul Ashley passed away after a quarter century battle with heart disease. Paul worked tirelessly for wildlife and their habitats for over 40 years. He was employed with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife for 30 years, and the Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Authority for 10 years. The majority of his career was focused on habitat evaluations, as Paul was well versed in the United States Fish and Wildlife Service’s Habitat Evaluations Procedures (HEP), and for a number of years he was an instructor of their courses. Paul was an exceptional field biologist and later in his career became a mentor of The Habitat Institute’s development of Combined Habitat Assessment Protocols (CHAP), and implementation for its use at the State and Federal regulatory level as an ecological health indicator metrics for natural resource conservation, restoration and mitigation. Additionally, Paul took part in a number of field assessments with the Institute’s Habitat Team(s). His desire for the details and the importance of science led him to play an inspiring leadership role at The Habitat Institute. Paul Ashley’s knowledge of resources in wildlife science and his passion for nature has undoubtedly influenced many conservation scientists, and his efforts and friendship will be sorely missed, and not be forgotten by his successors.
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Organization of Fish and Wildlife Information Managers (OFWIM)
The Organization of Fish and Wildlife Information Managers (OFWIM) is a international nonprofit group. Formally established in 1993 was cofounded by The Habitat Institute’s Director and Chief Ecologist Mr. O’Neill. He was OFWIM’s second President.
OFWIM’s Mission: To promote the management and conservation of natural resources by facilitating technology and information exchange among managers of fish and wildlife information.
OFWIM’s Vision: To be a bridge between natural resource and technical disciplines to promote partnering, collaborations, sharing of ideas, and best management practices in order to effectively apply technology to information and data needs of natural resource management.
The Habitat Institute is dedicated to addressing our nation’s most serious environmental issues. By building ecological health indicator metric(s) implemented at the state and federal level for conservation strategies, ecosystem restoration, advanced mitigation, and regulatory ecosystem management. ECOLOGY WILL LEAD THE WAY 2018
Approval Department of Interior
October 2017: The Habitat Institute has been approved by the Department of Interior for the next 5 years to help conduct data development for the new Cascade-Siskiyou Monument that lies in Oregon and California.
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Regional Approval Concluding a 10-year Review of, CHAP
The Habitat Institute have submitted all obligatory CHAP documents to the Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District for their review and submittal to their Planning Center of Expertise for Regional Approval. This concludes a 10-year review that cumulated last year in a review process that followed the National Academy of Science Guidelines.
Regional approval would allow CHAP to be used by the US Army Corps of Engineers in California, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, Colorado, Oregon, and Washington.
Whittier Narrows Dam Safety
The Habitat Institute – Baseline Condition Field Data Collection Completed: June 17, 2017
Whittier Narrows Dam and Reservoir: Is a flood control and water conservation project constructed in 1957 operated by the Los Angeles District of the United States Army Corps of Engineers at the Whittier Narrows in Montebello, California. Whittier Narrows Dam is a central element in the Los Angeles County Drainage Area flood control system. The Dam and Reservoir serve to collect runoff from uncontrolled drainage areas upstream as well as releases into the San Gabriel River.
Whittier Narrows Dam has been reclassified: Dam Safety Action Classification 1
This rating indicates the United States Army Corps of Engineers considers the incremental risk – the combination of life or economic consequences with the likelihood of failure – to be very high
Such a classification identifies the dam as a high priority dam safety project.
Several endangered species occur at the Whittier Narrows site and they are the California Gnatcatcher and Least Bell’s Vireo.
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Australia’s top universities benefiting in the billions from the fees paid by international students
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The influx of international students in Australia’s top universities has led to a dramatic increase in plagiarism, a shocking investigation has found.
Set sights on mid-year start
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If you are looking to start a new course at TAFE or university, you don’t have to wait until 2020. Many institutions offer mid-year entry across a huge variety of study areas and qualifications, from vocational certificates right through to postgraduate degrees.
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There’s a lot of razzle-dazzle at university open days, from sample law lectures, hands-on science activities, tours of labs and drone demonstrations to competitions, film screenings and fairy floss.
Experts call for bigger schools, better planning in Victoria’s education squeeze
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Supersized schools are being proposed to cater for booming student numbers, with soaring enrolments prompting one school to truck in almost 50 portables and run five staggered lunchtimes.
Good Education Group reveals country schools lifting their VCE results
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Country public schools have ranked as the state’s most improved, new data reveals.
Most students will work in tech-focused jobs, Good Careers Guide finds
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A majority of students who started school last year will graduate to jobs that don’t currently exist, new research has revealed. The Good Careers Guide has found 70 per cent of the students will work in tech-focused “jobs of the future” after 13 years of school. It also found Australia’s five highest-growing jobs were traditionally people-powered, but are quickly adopting
Melbourne’s outer suburbs face alarming shortage of secondary schools
By Good Education Group 2 comments government funding, Herald Sun, K-12, McKinnon Secondary College, Ross White, school shortage, secondary school, state government, Victoria
Melbourne’s outer suburbs are facing a high school crush with an “alarming” shortage of secondary schools.
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Gov. Tony Evers calls for decriminalization of recreational marijuana use
MADISON - Gov. Tony Evers wants to allow Wisconsin residents to carry or sell small amounts of marijuana and legalize its use for medical reasons, aides said Sunday.
Evers will propose in his first state budget proposal to decriminalize marijuana if its users, manufacturers and distributors handle 25 grams or fewer and create Wisconsin's first medical marijuana program that would be regulated by the state's health and agriculture departments.
The plan, to be unveiled Monday in the state Capitol, also would expunge convictions of possessing, manufacturing or selling 25 or fewer grams of marijuana from criminal records of those found guilty of such crimes in the past.
For perspective, 25 grams of marijuana could fit inside a standard Ziplock sandwich bag.
Spokeswomen for Evers did not respond to a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel request for full details of the plan.
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Wisconsin is one of 17 states that has not legalized marijuana in some form. In the case of medical marijuana, growers use unprocessed marijuana plants or extracts to treat symptoms of illness or other medical conditions.
Evers' plans might have trouble getting through the Republican-controlled Legislature, particularly in the state Senate, where leaders there have opposed legalizing marijuana use.
Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald of Juneau in January said lawmakers would likely take any marijuana-related provision out of the budget because they want to limit the amount of policy in the state's next two-year spending plan.
"I still don’t believe the support’s there within the Senate caucus to move in that direction, but I know that the debate's going on nationwide," Fitzgerald told reporters then.
Sen. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills, who leads the Legislature's powerful budget-writing committee, said in January she didn't think "there is strong support in the Legislature yet."
But Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, in 2017 said he's open to the idea, and Attorney General Josh Kaul — a Democrat — also supports legalizing marijuana use.
Aides to Fitzgerald and Vos did not respond to questions late Sunday about whether either Republican legislative leader would support Evers' plans.
Under Evers' proposal, medical marijuana would be available to treat a "debilitating medical condition" diagnosed by doctors, including AIDS, Alzheimer's disease and cancer. Eligible users could consume the drug through any method, including smoking.
The plan would cost about $1.6 million over the next two years and result in about $2.3 million in new tax revenue from sales of marijuana for medical use, Evers administration officials estimate.
Evers has said previously he would seek a tax structure that allows small marijuana growers to make money, rather than provide a pathway for large pharmaceutical companies to dominate the industry that could emerge from legalizing the drug.
"I think the last thing the people of Wisconsin want as it relates to marijuana is that it eventually devolves into Pfizer running (the market),” he said in January. “I want it to be set up in a way that people in the state of Wisconsin feel comfortable that they can make some money by doing this work without having to essentially go broke."
Under Evers' plan, all marijuana sold for medical uses must be grown in Wisconsin. Growers could cultivate up to 12 plants.
Democrats have long pushed for medical marijuana to be legal in Wisconsin and voters supported legalization in referendums held in 16 counties during the November general election.
A Marquette University Law School poll of Wisconsin voters in August found that 61 percent of respondents said marijuana should be fully legalized and regulated like alcohol while 36 percent opposed legalization.
While the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has not approved the cannabis plant as medicine, the agency has approved a CBD-based liquid medication for the treatment of two forms of severe childhood epilepsy.
CBD, or cannabidiol, is low in THC, the ingredient in marijuana that makes people high.
Wisconsin and 14 other states allow the use of only low-THC cannabidiol products by prescription. Evers' proposal would make CBD available to all regardless of doctor permission.
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Our View: Ducey’s light touch on virus only works if vaccine rollout overcomes bad start
State needs to coordinate a better vaccine plan
Gov. Doug Ducey’s laissez-faire approach to the economy during the pandemic is commendable. People need paychecks.
The same won’t work with vaccinations for the coronavirus. Plain and simple, the rollout isn’t working well enough. Ducey may think it is, and can point to the opening of a vaccination center in Glendale as evidence, but it’s not.
At the current rate, community spread – with severe illnesses and hundreds or thousands of deaths – will outrace the vaccination rate.
A prime reason for the vaccination failure is the lack of vaccine. Production is occurring at a national level. There are problems enough there.
Yet judging from the herky-jerky rollout in Arizona, maybe it’s a good thig that the state hasn’t received enough.
Arizona’s decentralized rollout means the Mohave County Health Department’s role in distributing the vaccine is pretty much limited to listing a handful of vaccination providers in the county and essentially sasy call one of them.
Ducey said the state is taking over more of the distribution functions. So far, that means spending a few hours trying to figure out how to register then going to a football stadium near Phoenix.
By Ducey’s design, the state is doing little to restrict the public’s movement or businesses during the pandemic. That’s fine as long as his administration can execute on rapid vaccinations, the one thing that’s needed to return life to normal.
Back in the 1960s, the federal government orchestrated a very effective national distribution of the Sabin oral polio vaccine. The public was alerted to go at certain times to distribution centers. That was it.
A distribution system based on the first letter of someone’s last name is a lot easier to manage than a half-dozen different priority categories, each having their own criteria. There isn’t enough available vaccine to get through the alphabet yet, but it would quickly distribute what is available.
If vaccinations are the essential part of ending the pandemic, as Ducey says, then he better make sure his administration executes on the promise.
— Today’s News-Herald
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Record spikes in new coronavirus cases, hospitalizations sweep parts of US
New coronavirus cases and hospitalizations in record numbers swept through more US states, including Florida and Texas, as most push ahead with reopening and President Donald Trump plans an indoor rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Alabama, Florida and South Carolina reported a record number of new cases for the third day in a row on Saturday, which many state health officials partly attribute to gatherings over the Memorial Day holiday weekend in late May. Oklahoma reported record new cases for the second day in a row, and Alaska did so for the first time in weeks. Arizona and Nevada reported a near-record number of new cases. In Louisiana, which had been one of the earlier virus hotspots, new cases were again on the rise with over 1,200 – the most there since May 21. Nationally, there were over 25,000 new cases reported on Saturday, the highest tally for a Saturday since May 2, in part due to a significant increase in testing over the past six weeks. Perhaps more troubling for health officials is many of these states are also seeing record hospitalizations – a metric not affected by increased testing. Arkansas, North Carolina, Texas and Utah all had a record number of patients enter the hospital on Saturday. In South Carolina, 69% to 77% of hospital beds are occupied, depending on the region. While Utah’s governor announced last week that most of the state would pause its reopening, no state is talking about a second shutdown as they face budget shortfalls and double-digit unemployment. Many went ahead with reopenings before meeting government infection rate guidelines for doing so. Fears that a second wave of infections is happening – or that states failed to curb their first wave – prompted health officials to plead with the public to wear masks and avoid large gatherings. Trump still plans to hold his first campaign rally since early March on Saturday in Tulsa, although those attending will have to agree not to hold the campaign responsible if they contract COVID-19. About a third of the record new cases in the state came from Tulsa County, according to state data. The Tulsa Health Department on Friday said the outbreak was linked to indoor gatherings. Hospitalizations and the percent of tests coming back positive have been steady in the state.
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NewsHome > News > Senate Candidate Forum set Jan. 27 in Fredericksburg
Senate Candidate Forum set Jan. 27 in Fredericksburg
Seven candidates running for the Texas Senate District 24 seat of retiring Troy Fraser will take part in a forum from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 27 at the Hill Country University Center in Fredericksburg. A welcome will begin at 6 p.m.
Ross Ramsey, executive editor and co-founder of the online media outlet Texas Tribune, will moderate the forum.
“This is an important race for the Texas Hill Country region and this free public event is an excellent way to learn about the candidates and what issues and priorities they are focused on,” said Christy Muse, Executive Director of the Hill Country Alliance.
Sen. Fraser has represented a large portion of the Hill Country region since 1996 and he announced he will not seek re-election in 2016. Six Republican candidates and one Democrat candidate are running for Fraser’s seat.
Candidates are: Dawn Buckingham, Jon Cobb, Ryan Downton, Susan King, Jennie Lou Leeder, Brent Mayes and Reed Williams.
District 24 is made up of the following counties: Bandera, Bell, Blanco, Brown, Burnet, Callahan, Comanche, Coryell, Gillespie, Hamilton, Kerr, Lampasas, Llano, Mills, San Saba and parts of Taylor and Travis counties.
The event is sponsored by the Hill Country Alliance, the Gillespie County Economic Development Commission and the Fredericksburg Standard-Radio Post.
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Worlds Best Homes
An historical-style New England home in Connecticut
A passion for 18th-century American architecture inspired the building of this traditional wood-frame home, which combines authentic materials and 21st-century design solutions.
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At first glance, this clapboard clad house could be mistaken for one of the many original 18th-century homes that grace Danbury, Connecticut. In fact, it was built in 1968 by the co-founders of the Waterworks bathroom company and lifelong enthusiasts of all things 18th century.
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(Image credit: Ngoc Minh Ngo)
‘We decided to build our own historical-style home partly because we were young and didn't know any better. We had hunted high and low for an original 18th-century house, but they were all in a terrible condition. In the end, my father suggested that we build our own and we thought, ''Why not?”’
‘I think we were influenced by the region in which we live; there are some extraordinary 18th-century houses in Connecticut. We spent a lot of time at museums and open house days and were drawn to the clean architectural style of that era. There is a certain beauty in its simplicity,’ the owners say.
The cabinet, which houses Dutch and English Delftware, adds decorative interest to the homeowner’s favourite room. ‘It's not a huge space, so gathering around the table and trading stories is quite a cosy affair.’
The simple front door is an 18th-century original, which sits well with the grey clapboard.
Remarkably, the Queen Anne chairs did not come as a pair; the owner stumbled across the perfect match to an existing chair while hunting for antiques in New York.
The cabinets are made from reclaimed headboard. ‘They're built in a traditional 18th-century style, but still look contemporary due to their simplicity,’ explains the homeowner.
Built-in niches with doors are typical of traditional Connecticut homes.
When it came to choosing curtains, the homeowner took great care to find fabrics sympathetic to the period.
Built-in bookcases and a snug seating configuration give this room a cosy and inviting feel.
The family room was extended to incorporate this peaceful space when the owners’ first grandchild was born.
An antique Canadian writing desk occupies a comer of the sitting room where the owner likes to read and relax.
The couple chose a cream palette to create a restful feel.
The pencil-post bed was one of the first pieces of furniture commissioned by the the homeowners as a married couple.
Despite running their own bathroom company, the couple could not resist installing an early 20th-century American Standard basin.
Photography/ Ngoc Minh Ngo
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The more you know about your pregnancy and your options, the more you are likely to feel in control. The information given here is based on The Pregnancy Book, which your midwife should give you at your first appointment.
Before you are pregnant
All about conception and getting pregnant
Thinking about the next baby?
Your pregnancy and labour
How the baby develops
0-8 weeks pregnant
9-12 weeks pregnant
13-16 weeks pregnant
40+ weeks pregnant
Your health in pregnancy
Antenatal care and classes
Choosing where to have your baby
When pregnancy goes wrong
What you will need for your baby?
Your life after the birth
The first days with your baby
The first weeks with your baby
General pregnancy topics
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Make some decisions
If you have a long-term condition (such as diabetes or high blood pressure)
Children’s Immunisation Schedule
Here’s a checklist of the vaccines that are routinely offered to everyone in the UK for free on the NHS, and the age at which you should ideally have them.
Routine childhood immunisations
When to immunise
Diseases protected against
Vaccine given
Site**
Two months old Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio and Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) DTaP/IPV/Hib (Pediacel) Thigh
Pneumococcal disease PCV (Prevenar 13) Thigh
Rotavirus Rotavirus (Rotarix) By mouth
Meningococcal group B (MenB) MenB Left thigh
Three months old Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio and Hib DTaP/IPV/Hib (Pediacel) Thigh
Meningococcal group C disease (MenC) Men C (NeisVac-C or Menjugate) Thigh
Four months old Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio and Hib DTaP/IPV/Hib (Pediacel) Thigh
Meningococcal group B (MenB) Men B Left thigh
One year old Hib/MenC Hib/MenC (Menitorix) Upper arm/thigh
Pneumococcal disease PCV (Prevenar 13) Upper arm/thigh
Measles, mumpsand rubella (German measles) MMR(Priorix or MMR VaxPRO) Upper arm/thigh
MenB MenB booster Left thigh
Two to six years old
(including children in
school years 1 and 2) Influenza (each year from September) Live attenuated influenza
vaccine LAIV4 Both nostrils
Three years four months old or soon after Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis and polio dTaP/IPV (Repevax) or DTaP/IPV(Infanrix-IPV) Upper arm
Measles, mumpsand rubella MMR (Priorix or MMR VaxPRO)(check first dose has been given) Upper arm
** Where two or more injections are required at once, these should ideally be given in different limbs. Where this is not possible, injections in the same limb should be given 2.5cm apart.
Immunisations for at-risk children
Target Group Age & Schedule Disease Vaccines required
Babies born to hepatitis B infected
mothers At birth, four weeks, eight weeks
and Boost at one year1 Hepatitis B Hepatitis B vaccine
(Engerix B / HBvaxPRO)
Infants in areas of the country with
TB incidence >= 40/100,000 At birth Tuberculosis BCG
Infants with a parent or grandparent
born in a high incidence country At birth Tuberculosis BCG
There is a good guide on the NHS website which describes various conditions affecting children. There is advice on how to diagnose them, how to treat them and if further advice should be consulted.
NHS childhood illness slideshow
When Should I Worry?
Having an ill child can be a very scary experience for parents. If you understand more about the illness it can help you to feel more in control. This booklet is for parents (and older children) and deals with common infections in children who are normally healthy.
NHS Choices Conditions and Treatments
See the NHS Choices Conditions and Treatments browser for an in-depth description of many common health issues.
Girls aged 12 to 13 years old Cervical cancer caused by human papillomavirus types 16 and 18 (and genital warts caused by types 6 and 11) HPV (two doses 6-12 months) Upper arm
14 years old (school year 9) Tetanus, diphtheria and polio Td/IPV (Revaxis), and check MMR status Upper arm
Meningococcal groups A, C, W
and Y disease MenACWY Upper arm
The Meningitis C vaccination will be introduced during the 2013/14 academic year and the vaccine supplied will depend on the brands available at the time of ordering.
Most symptoms of a fever in young children can be managed at home with infant paracetamol. If the fever is very high, they may have an infection that needs treating with antibiotics.
Bupa – more about childhood fevers
NHS Choices – what temperature is a fever?
Head lice are insects that live on the scalp and neck. They may make your head feel itchy. Although head lice may be embarrassing and sometimes uncomfortable, they don’t usually cause illness. However, they won’t clear up on their own and you need to treat them promptly
Head Lice Factsheet
Nosebleeds (also known as epistaxis) are fairly common, especially in children, and can generally be easily treated.
Five health symptoms men should not ignore:
“British men are paying the price for neglecting their health: more than 100,000 men a year die prematurely.
On average, men go to their GP half as often as women. It’s important to be aware of changes to your health, and to see your GP immediately if you notice something that’s not right.” Find out more
Each year about 36,000 men in the UK are diagnosed with prostate cancer, making it the most common cancer in men. It mainly affects men aged over 50.
difficulty in starting to pass urine
a weak, sometimes intermittent flow of urine
dribbling of urine before and after urinating
a frequent or urgent need to pass urine
rarely, blood in your urine or semen and pain when passing urine
These symptoms aren’t always caused by prostate cancer but if you have them, see your GP.
Find out more about the symptoms, causes and diagnosis of prostate cancer by using the resources below.
BUPA – Prostate Cancer
NHS Choices – Prostate Cancer
Testicular cancer, though the most common cancer in young men, it is still quite rare. With 2000 new cases being diagnosed each year, this makes it the biggest cause of cancer related death in 15 – 35-year-old males. It accounts for around 70 deaths a year within the UK alone.
What to Look Out For
The most common symptom of testicular cancer is swelling or a pea-sized lump in one of the testes (balls). There is no current screening test therefore it is important that you look out for the following signs and symptoms.
A dull ache, or sharp pain, in your testicles, or scrotum, which may come and go
A feeling of heaviness in your scrotum
A dull ache in your lower abdomen
A sudden collection of fluid in your scrotum
Fatigue, and generally feeling unwell.
NHS – Information on Testicular Cancer
BUPA – Testicular Cancer
It’s estimated that one man in 10 has a problem related to having sex, such as premature ejaculation or erectile dysfunction. Dr John Tomlinson of The Sexual Advice Association explains some of the causes, and where to seek help.
Find our more on NHS Choices
Cervical Screening (Smear Tests)
Cervical screening is a method of preventing cervical cancer by detecting abnormal cells in the cervix (lower part of the womb). Cervical screening is not a test for cancer, but it is a test to check the health of the cervix.
Most women’s test results show that everything is normal. But for one in 20 women, the test will show some changes in the cells of the cervix. Most of these changes will not lead to cervical cancer and the cells will go back to normal on their own. In some cases, the abnormal cells need to be treated to prevent them becoming a problem later.
NHS Choices – Cervical Screening
The why, when & how guide to cervical screening
NHS Inform (Scottish Patients)
Cervical Screening information, risks, benefits and tests for patients based in Scotland
This factsheet is for women who would like information about having a cervical smear test for screening. This means having the test when you don’t have any symptoms.
Since September 2008 there has been a national programme to vaccinate girls aged 12-13 against human papilloma virus (HPV). There is also a three-year catch up campaign that will offer the HPV vaccine (also known as the cervical cancer jab) to 13-18 year old girls.
The programme is delivered largely through secondary schools, and consists of three injections that are given over a six-month period. In the UK, more than 1.4 million doses have been given since the vaccination programme started.
What is Human papilloma virus (HPV)?
Human papilloma virus (HPV) is the name of a family of viruses that affect the skin and the moist membranes that line your body, such as those in your cervix, anus, mouth and throat. These membranes are called the mucosa.
There are more than 100 different types of HPV viruses, with about 40 types affecting the genital area. These are classed as high risk and low risk.
How you get HPV?
Types of HPV that affect the skin can be passed on by skin contact with an affected person. The types of HPV that affect the mouth and throat can be passed on through kissing. Genital HPV is usually spread through intimate, skin to skin, contact during sex. You can have the genital HPV virus for years and not have any sign of it.
How HPV can cause cervical cancer?
Most HPV infections are harmless or cause genital warts, however some types can cause cervical cancer. Most HPV infections clear up by themselves, but in some people the infection can last a long time. HPV infects the cells of the surface of the cervix where it can stay for many years without you knowing.
The HPV virus can damage these cells leading to changes in their appearance. Over time, these changes can develop into cervical cancer. The purpose of cervical screening (testing) is to detect these changes, which, if picked up early enough, can be treated to prevent cancer happening. If they are left untreated, cancer can develop and may lead to serious illness and death.
HPV Facts and information
NHS Choices – HPV Vaccination
Why, how and when is the vaccination given and what are the side effects
This factsheet is for people who would like information about the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine.
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK. About 46,000 women get breast cancer in the UK each year. Most of them (8 out of 10) are over 50, but younger women, and in rare cases men, can also get breast cancer.
The NHS Breast Screening Programme invites over 2 million women for screening every year, and detects over 14,000 cancers. Dr Emma Pennery of Breast Cancer Care says: “Breast X-rays, called mammograms, can detect tumours at a very early stage, before you’d feel a lump. The earlier it’s treated, the higher the survival rate.”
Find out more about breast cancer screening
Macmillan Cancer Research
The causes and symptoms of breast cancer in women and explains how it is diagnosed and treated
Symtpoms, diagnosis, treatment, prevention & screening information
Seasonal Flu Vaccination
Influenza – flu – is a highly infectious and potentially serious illness caused by influenza viruses. Each year the make-up of the seasonal flu vaccine is designed to protect against the influenza viruses that the World Heal th Organization decide are most likely to be circulating in the coming winter.
Regular immunisation (vaccination) is given free of charge to the following at-risk people, to protect them from seasonal flu:
people aged 65 or over,
people with a serious medical condition
if you are pregnant
people living in a residential or nursing home
the main carers for an elderly or disabled person whose welfare may be at risk if the carer becomes ill
healthcare or social care professionals directly involved in patient care
For more information on flu immunisation, including background information on the vaccine and how you can get the jab, see Seasonal flu jab
HPA – Season Flu Guide
Seasonal Flu Factsheet
Eating Well & Exercise – helping you maintain a healthy body
We’re bombarded with scare stories about weight, from size zero to the obesity ‘epidemic’. But a healthy body is determined by different factors for each of us.
NHS – Good Food Guide
Information on a healthy diet and ways to make it work for you
NHS – Why be active?
Even a little bit of exercise will make you feel better about yourself, boost your confidence and cut your risk of developing a serious illness.
Both men and women need to look after their sexual health and take time to understand the issues that surround contraception and sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
For instance there are some STIs, like chlamydia, that you could be carrying without having any symptoms. This infection can affect fertility, so it’s important to make use of the sexual health services available for free on the NHS.
Sex & Young People
A comprehensive guide to the questions you may have about sex from the NHS
Issues, symptoms and treatments
Sexual Health FAQs
Expert answers from a qualified Doctor
Netdoctor
Here you’ll find tips for a fulfilling sex life plus advice on STDs, contraception and common sex problems.
FPA – The Sexual Health Charity
Sexual health advice and information on contraception, sexually transmitted infections, pregnancy choices, abortion and planning a pregnancy.
There are so many different types of contraception available that you should be able to find the right method. You may have to try several different things before you choose the one you like most.
Types of contraception Where do you get contraception?
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While we are not funded by the city, the county, or any national humane organizations, the Humane Society of New Braunfels, a 501c3 non-profit, contracts with the City of New Braunfels and Comal County to house stray animals brought in by their Animal Control Divisions. We also accept stray pets brought in by citizens and if space allows, pets whose owners can no longer care for them.
A small portion of our operating budget comes from the city and country contracts. We handle approximately 4,000 animals a year and at any given time care for approximately 100 cats and 100 dogs. The revenue we collect from our contracts covers approximately three days of care per animal and their intake vaccinations. If the animal stays longer, or needs any veterinary care, we rely on donations and adoption fees to cover those costs.
Reuniting Furry Ones with Their Loved Ones
Reuniting lost pets with their owners is a particular passion of our staff. All animals are scanned for microchips multiple times and we leverage social media to reach a wide audience when we have animals in our care that seem likely to have someone looking for them. Our “return to owner” rates are much higher than the national average because of a creative, intuitive and determined staff! When we have exhausted those efforts, finding an appropriate new home for the pets in our care is our second great opportunity. Each pet is marketed individually to highlight its unique features and hopefully attract a loving new adoptive home.
HSNBA ensures animals leaving our care have the best chance at being successful. Dogs and cats adopted through HSNBA are:
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If a pet comes in ill or injured, or becomes ill while in our care, we have visiting volunteer vets who exam and treat them in the shelter. If the illness or injury is more than can be handled with the limited diagnostics available at the shelter, we send the animal to a local full service veterinary clinic for treatment. While much of our food is donated, and local vet clinics offer the shelter generous discounts, caring for 4,000 homeless animals requires financial resources. We rely heavily on donations, fundraisers, volunteers, foster homes, and adoption fees.
HSNBA History
On February 27, 1979, the Humane Society was granted non-profit corporation status by the state of Texas. The original New Braunfels Humane Society animal shelter was located at 1920 Kuehler Avenue. Shortly thereafter, the IRS granted tax-exempt status (501c3). By the end of 1978, the Humane Society Association raised $32,000.00, ground was broken for the first phase in June of 1979, and the grand opening of the animal shelter was in September of 1980. The Humane Society of the New Braunfels Area has been in operation for 35 years. In those 35 years, there have been 5 executive Directors.
The land the shelter on Kuehler was built on was leased to the Humane Society by New Braunfels Utilities. The shelter was originally built with one dog run. Eventually a second dog run was added. The Kuehler shelter was approximately 5,000 square feet. It had 36 dog runs and 34 cat kennels. We have more than double our square feet in the new shelter with approximately 11,000 square feet. We now reside on 16 acres of land owned by the Humane Society.
Reuniting lost pets with their owners is a particular passion of our staff. All animals are scanned for microchips multiple times and we leverage social media to reach a wide audience when we have animals in our care that seem likely to have someone looking for them.
While much of our food is donated, and local vet clinics offer the shelter generous discounts, caring for 4,000 homeless animals requires financial resources. We rely heavily on donations, fundraisers, volunteers, foster homes, and adoption fees.
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Meet the Black Modern Orthodox Woman Selling Empowering Jewish Apparel
With Eli7 Designs, Elisheva Rishon creates clothes that celebrate a multiplicity of Jewish identities.
By Maddy Albert June 23, 2020 January 5, 2021
Elisheva Rishon created her clothing brand Eli7 Designs with the mission to empower people — Black and Jewish women in particular. For Elisheva, a Black Modern Orthodox millennial currently living in Los Angeles, her collections celebrate some of her own identities, like The #Jewishvibe Collection, The Melanated Beauties collection, and the Ethnic-Racial Celebration Collection. Selling everything from sweatshirts to t-shirts to shoulder bags, many of these designs include affirming words that celebrate a multiplicity of identities, especially those who are marginalized.
I was inspired by Elisheva’s mission to center Black and Jewish pride in her fashion. Her positivity and commitment to empowerment were clear when we chatted over email, where we discussed her brand, Jewish values, beauty as resilience, and more.
This interview has been lightly edited and condensed for clarity.
What inspired you to found Eli7 Designs?
My natural coping mechanism when faced with endless negativity is to counteract it with beauty — and that’s the place that Eli7 Designs comes from. I wanted to make something in fashion that would make people feel both good and empowered by their identity.
On your website, the company is described as “A Modern Twist on Empowerment Fits.” Will you elaborate on what that means to you?
The majority of my brand focuses on making you feel something real. My brand also intentionally has different collections that at some point intertwine to emphasis that everyone is connected and we are all one people. I also designed them in such a way that my apparel can easily be dressed up or down to suit everyone’s fashion style.
A lot of your clothing includes Hebrew phrases and words such as “Boker Tov” (good morning), “Koach” (strength), and “Hashem” (God). Why is it important to you to have Hebrew as a part of your brand?
Hebrew is essential to my Jewish identity. It was the second language I was learning while growing up and it is a language that is so beautiful because behind every word is a deeper cultural, spiritual, and amazing meaning that speaks to my soul.
Additionally, Hebrew sayings such as “Gam Zu L’tovah” [this, too, is for the good] or “Hashgacha Pratit” [anything that happens is all a part of God’s plan] are universally significant mantras of Jewish culture no matter whether you are Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, secular, etc. They tell a story of the essence and resilience of the Jewish people.
Can you talk about your own relationship to Judaism? How were you raised and what does your practice look like today?
I was raised in the Orthodox Jewish communities of Crown Heights and Flatbus [Brooklyn]. We went to shul every shabbat and all the chagim [holidays], even when I didn’t want to. When I was younger, being Jewish to me meant being “religious” in a robotic, unquestioning way. Today I am much more relaxed in practice and consider myself to be very Modern Orthodox. I typically don’t attend shul because I’m not into the prying social interactions. Today I believe that being Jewish means building your own special connection with Hashem, connecting with Jewish culture on your own terms, and being a light to the world.
I love your designs that state with pride an intersection of identities like “Black, Jewish, and Fabulous.” How does your identity as a Black Orthodox Jewish woman inform your commitment to creating empowering clothing?
Growing up as a Black Orthodox Jewish woman in America has been a super challenging experience that never ends. There will be many tears, rejection, untold amounts of patience, and poor assumptions made about your character by some people just because you are Black.
So I say “Black, Jewish, and Fabulous” in my design because it speaks to me and so many other Black Jewish people in America who have been told that:
Their Black Jewishness is a bad thing.
Their Black Jewishness is a strange thing.
Their Black Jewishness is a suspicious thing.
Their Black Jewishness is an impossible thing.
No, their Black Jewishness is more than a good thing — it’s a FABULOUS thing! And that’s on PERIOD!
What’s your most popular/bestselling design?
My Isha graphic art top and my Koach apparel are equally my #1 bestseller. I have gotten amazing messages and voice notes from customers excited or in tears, telling me how, when they wear my apparel, they feel so happy and empowered. One woman told me she put on makeup for the first time in 10 years because when she wore my top, she felt like a real Isha, a real woman, and wanted the world to know it!
Others have told me how amazing they feel when they wear any of my “Koach” items because it fills them with Jewish pride. Being a Jew today in America means dealing with a huge spike in anti-Semitism, which historically suggests that we should hide our Jewish identity. But my brand is doing the exact opposite. I want Jews to be proud of being Jewish, even in times like these, because honestly, being proudly Jewish never goes “out of style.”
Have you faced any obstacles while building your brand?
Unfortunately, yes I have.
I was one of my own biggest obstacles when building it. I started it while getting out of a very bad relationship, living in a new community without the support I needed, and not being financially stable. But because things in my life were so rough, I had to make the brand because only something that focuses on positivity and empowerment could dispel all the darkness in my life. And more importantly — only the hope that my work could make other people feel good kept me going.
A short while after beginning my brand, I experienced a devastating reaction to my big reveal that I, a Black woman, was behind Eli7 Designs. This was because in the very beginning, I usually posted pictures of non-Black people and never had an “about me” page on my site or on IG. I hid my identity to protect my brand. The initial fallout of the big reveal included losing followers on IG, having people cancel collaborations with me, having an influx of canceled orders, and receiving messages accusing me of “appropriating Judaism,” and people doubting my Jewishness that drained me mentally and emotionally.
There were many times I almost shut down my brand because of the toxicity of it all, but once I reminded myself why I was doing it and why it matters, I took up the reins again.
What’s your hope for Eli7 Designs’ future? Any new projects in the works?
B’ezrat Hashem, Eli7 Designs will be expanding into other categories besides apparel and accessories soon!
My long term goals for Eli7 Designs is to create a facility for Orthodox Jewish women and girls that will address their specific needs in the community that I have not seen tackled properly. It is a long way down the road and will require a lot of funding, but it is a dream of mine I have had for years. I’ve lost so many friends in various different ways because such a place doesn’t exist yet. I want to change that.
What is one thing you wish people knew about being a Black Orthodox Jewish woman in America today?
I want people to know that I don’t enjoy talking about the struggles of growing up as an Orthodox Black Jewish woman in America! It makes me feel very depressed to speak on these things. I would rather talk about fashion, makeup, and religious Jewish concepts. The only reason I speak on the struggles is because people continue to repeat the same ignorant behavior towards me in reaction to my Blackness.
I also want people to know that Orthodox Jews are just like every other Jew, they are not “bad” or “worse.” They have some similar issues that exist both in the Jewish and non-Jewish communities in America. It’s just a different culture. I do not like the trend of demonizing Orthodox Jews. Please stop. Thank you!
Image designs by Grace Yagel; product shots via Eli7 Designs website.
Maddy Albert
Maddy Albert (she/her/hers) is an editorial fellow at Kveller.
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This is our new "Still Life" test target. We're combining some of the elements from previous shots (DaveBox and Res Chart) into this and the "Multi Target" shot below, plus added a number of elements that are very revealing of various camera characteristics and foibles.
Here's what to look for in this target:
Tone-on-tone detail & noise suppression: The cloth swatches in the pinwheel were chosen because they show a lot of tone-on-tone detail, across a broad range of colors. This is just the sort of detail that noise suppression processing tends to flatten out. If you look at the detail in these swatches as the ISO increases, you'll see just where different cameras start to lose subtle detail. -- The white and tan swatches and the dark swatches tend to be particularly revealing of this. The label of the vinegar bottle (second from the right) is another great place to look for lost detail from noise suppression, as the image of the person at the top of the label is actually a depiction of a mosaic. The dark colors in the background and in the figure's clothes contain detail that's very quickly lost when a camera's noise suppression system kicks in. Cameras with really high-quality, low-noise sensors that require little noise suppression will be able to hold onto the detail in these areas, many others will show only a uniform swath of smudged color.
Another place where you'll quickly see the effects of over-aggressive noise suppression is in the white salt grains of the salt grinder in lower left. Cameras are often more conservative about suppressing noise in highlight areas (because our eyes tend to see less of it there), but many cameras seem to have a hard time holding onto the subtle shadings that distinguish the salt grains from each other, particularly at higher ISO levels.
Fine Detail: You'll find a lot of fine detail in the label of the beer bottle on the right, in its fine cursive text, but the other bottle labels hold a lot of fine detail as well. Fine text is often a good visual indicator of resolution, because our brains have an excellent idea of what the text should look like, so are very quick to notice even minor loss of detail.
For really fine detail, look to the circular scale/calculator on the right side of the scene. Some of the fine lines there are extremely fine indeed. Looking at results from many different cameras with this target, we found that camera noise-suppression systems often confuse the fine lines with image noise, and so flatten them out. There's also a nice range of fine text sizes in this chart as well, once again great visual cues for resolution and detail.
Highlight Detail: Three elements in this scene show off (or show up) a camera's ability to hold onto highlight detail. As mentioned above, the salt grains (and reflections of the studio lights) in the salt mill are examples of fairly subtle highlight detail that cameras' anti-noise processing sometimes obliterate. The folded white cloth under the mug on the right side of the frame likewise shows a lot of white-on-white detail that is easy to lose, particularly if a camera's tone curve is too contrasty. As it turns out though, the most sensitive test of a camera's highlight abilities seems to be the hank of white embroidery thread in the upper right corner. These fibers are unusually bright and reflective, so its easy for a camera to blow out detail in them.
Shadow Detail: Several elements of this subject are useful for evaluating shadow detail, particularly the black mug and the pieces of folded black velvet, both under and inside the mug. The bottoms of the beer bottles also provide some gradations of deep shadow, and the clump of peppers in the bottom of the pepper oil bottle had a fair bit of detail that's far down at the shadow end of the tone curve.
We were actually surprised when we constructed this scene just how dark the velvet and sides of the beer bottles ended up being. Even with the bright studio lights shining directly on it, the velvet in particular stays way, way down at the shadow end of the tone curve. With most cameras and on most monitors, the velvet will simply appear as an unrelieved swatch of black. To see whether it contains deep detail or not, in most cases you'll have to open the file in an image editor and boost the brightness dramatically, to bring the detail up into a visible range.
Preservation of "Shape" in Strong Colors: As you approach the extremes of a camera's color gamut (its range of recordable colors), it becomes more and more difficult for the camera to show fine gradations of tone, because one or more of the RGB color channels are close to saturation. It's not uncommon to see a brightly colored piece of clothing or a vibrant flower appear in digicam photos as just a blob of color, because the camera ran up against the limits of its color gamut. The brightly colored embroidery threads in the upper right portion of the Still Life target are good examples of situations where this might happen. Pay particular attention to the bright red and dark blue colors here, as these are both colors near the edge of the typical sRGB color gamut.
Color accuracy and white balance: It's pretty small in there, but we've included a mini-MacBeth chart, which displays very carefully controlled color swatches. Our Multi Target (see below) sports a full-sized MacBeth chart, but the one here serves as a good check of color balance and rendition, and is also useful for checking white balance on this particular shot.
Image noise and detail vs ISO: As mentioned above, this target contains many elements useful for evaluating detail loss to anti-noise processing. We'll therefore always shoot a full set of test images of this target across each camera's ISO range, for every camera we test. (See below.)
ISO Series NR = Disable
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ISO Series NR = Low
ISO Series NR = Standard (Default)
ISO Series NR = Strong
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Picture Style Series
Multi Target
Our new "Multi Target" was first put into use in April, 2009, replacing the earlier "interim" design. This target incorporates a number of elements that combine aspects of the previous Multi target, as well as the previous Viewfinder Accuracy or "VFA" chart. Here's some of what you'll find in this target:
Framing marks: This chart evolved from the earlier Viewfinder Accuracy chart, so one of its major uses is to measure viewfinder accuracy. (See notes in the Viewfinder Accuracy section, at the bottom of this page, for more information on this.)
USAF resolution targets: An important use of this target is in evaluating lens quality, looking how well sharpness holds up as you move from the center to the corners of the frame. The little "USAF" resolution targets arranged at the center, in the corners, and along the diagonals are very useful for making fine judgements about blur, flare and aberrations in the image. We generally show crops of a USAF chip from a corner of the target and from the center, to show how lenses hold sharpness at wide and telephoto focal lengths.
Alignment "bullseyes:" We find these graphics from the graphic arts world (used to align sheets of film in the old film-based prepress days) very useful for seeing chromatic aberration in lenses. The bold black/white elements are good for seeing the colored fringes caused by CA in the corners of the frame.
MacBeth ColorChecker Chart: This is about as common a color standard as you can get these days, very widely available for only mildly exorbitant cost, and quite well controlled in its production. It thus serves as a good basis of comparison between cameras and between test setups. Imatest also understands the MacBeth colors very well, and uses them to produce its color accuracy map that we feature in all our reviews.
MacBeth ColorChecker SG Chart: The ColorChecker SG chart provides a wider range of colors, to give a more detailed map of a camera's color handling. We haven't begun using this chart in the color-accuracy graphs we routinely offer, but expect to do so at some point in the future. In the meantime, we sometimes refer to this chart internally, to get a more complete idea of what a camera's color map looks like.
Log C/F Target: The progressive resolution pattern located just below the center of the target is a Log C/F (logarithmic contrast vs spatial frequency) chart. Digital camera noise reduction routines work by looking at levels of local contrast, flattening-out detail at progressively lower spatial frequencies as the local contrast decreases. (This is very commonly seen in human hair, grass, foliage, and other subjects with subtly-contrasting fine detail.) This chart lets Imatest analyze just how a camera makes the tradeoff between contrast, detail, and image noise.
Color Starbursts: The six circular starburst elements arranged around the target are intended to reveal de-mosaicing artifacts and color-dependent resolution issues. The six starbursts provide examples of each combination of RGB colors intersecting each other. (That is, red, green, and blue against black, plus red against green, green against blue, and blue against red.) Given that the most common sensor RGB color filter pattern (the so-called Bayer) pattern has twice as many green pixels as red or blue, you'll generally see that the green/black starburst shows the best resolution, while the blue/red one shows the worst. The effects of different sensor geometries and color filter array patterns will be revealed here.
Musicians Image: Synthetic test patterns only tell you so much. While we have a lot of pictorial images in our other test targets, we thought it would be useful to include a small "natural" image here as well.
ISO Series
Kit Lens
Aperture PIC Wide Angle Telephoto
Max Enabled
T3hVFAWB
T3hVFATB
Max Disabled
T3hVFAPIC_OFF
f/8 Enabled
T3hVFAWS
T3hVFATS
Resolution Target
Part of the impetus in developing the new Multi Target in April 2009 was to switch to using a new 2x target for the resolution measurements, since the original ISO 12233 chart we'd used since the site first began in 1998(!) had become inadequate for testing the highest-resolution cameras. We'd for quite some time had a "homemade" 2x target, employing a shrunk version of the ISO 12233 chart, shot at 1/2 size. The resolution numbers on that chart all needed to be doubled to convert to the actual values, though, so we decided to go with a commercial 2x target to eliminate possible confusion on the part of our readers. Numbers on this new 2x resolution chart now read directly in hundreds of lines/picture height. (Because almost all of the area of this new resolution chart is now meaningful for resolution measurements, there was no longer space on it to overlay the MacBeth and other color targets on our prior Multi chart; hence the simultaneous change in our Multi target.)
Resolution Series
(Medium Focal Length) "Fine"
JPEG "Normal"
4,272 x 2,848 T3hRES4272F T3hRES4272N
3,088 x 2,056 T3hRES3088 -
720 x 480 T3hRES0720 -
(Max Res & Quality) Wide Angle Medium Telephoto
4,272 x 2,848 T3hRESW T3hRESM T3hREST
"Sunlit" Portrait:
(This is our "Outdoor" Portrait test - read more about it here.)
The lighting in this shot is deliberately awful, about what you'd expect from noontime sunshine here in the Atlanta, GA area. (In fact, the color balance has been chosen to pretty well match the hazy sunshine here in mid-August.)
The reason for the harsh lighting is to provide a real "torture test" of how cameras handle conditions of extreme contrast; and in particular, how well they do holding onto highlight detail.
Overall color: Matching summer sunlight here in the South, the lighting in this scene is a bit more yellow-tinged than that in many parts of the country, or in the fall or winter. - So there may be an overall warm cast to the color. That said though, there's a fair range of color represented in the bouquet, presenting a tough challenge for the cameras. For some reason, the blue flowers seem particularly hard to handle, with many cameras rendering them as purple. (In real life, they're a light shade of navy blue, with just a bit of purple in them.)
Skin tones: The overall slight warm cast will tend to leave the model's skin tones a bit on the warm side as well. Nonetheless, look to see if her skin seems overly pink or if they have a too-bright tinge of yellow: Some cameras oversaturate skin tones (make their color too intense), leading to an almost sunburned look. A little oversaturation can make for a more "healthy-looking" complexion, but it doesn't take much variation for skin tones to look unnatural.
Highlight detail: When the model's skin tones are at a more or less normal level of brightness, how much detail can you see in her shirt? Does it blow out entirely to white, or can you still see the creases and folds in the fabric?
Overall contrast: Most consumer digital cameras produce bright, contrasty images, because that's what most consumers like. Unfortunately, under bright sunlit conditions, many such cameras produce images with little or no highlight detail, and dark, plugged-up looking shadows.
Shadow detail: The area under the flower bouquet is in quite deep shadow. Does the camera in question retain good detail here, with low image noise? To see, you may need to download the image and play with it in Photoshop(tm) or another imaging program. Brighten the image, and see how far detail extends into the shadows. Photo printers are generally much better at showing shadow detail than are CRTs or LCDs, so you'll want a camera that preserves good detail here. The ability to boost brightness without encountering too much image noise is important if you ever have to "rescue" an underexposed image on the computer.
Detail in areas of subtle contrast: Most digital cameras employ some sort of noise-suppression to remove electronic noise from their images. Noise suppression is a good thing, but only if it's not overdone. Too much noise suppression will "flatten out" subtle detail in areas of reduced contrast. You can often see this in hair, where the individual strands become blurred, and the image takes on an almost watercolor effect. Look at the detail in the model's hair, and compare how it looks with different cameras in the Comparometer.
To view the entire exposure series from zero to +1.0 EV, see files T3OUTAP0.HTM through T3OUTBAP3.HTM on the thumbnail index page.
Face Detection Series
Indoor Portrait, Flash:
Normal Flash
+1.0 EV
Slow-Sync Flash
This shot duplicates indoor shooting conditions in most US homes, with fairly bright incandescent room lighting. The challenge here is for the camera's flash to blend naturally with the room lighting, and produce good, neutral color overall. - Some cameras will be overly affected by the room lighting, even with their flash enabled, and the result will be a strong orange cast. Another common failing is for the highlights from the flash to take on an unnatural bluish cast.
Finally, exposure is important here, and frequently a tough challenge for the cameras. The model's white shirt is central in the scene, reflecting a lot of the light from the flash right back at the camera. As a result, most cameras underexpose this shot, and require some positive exposure compensation to produce a good result. - And that's an important consideration in itself: Does the camera even permit adjustment of its flash exposures? Many do not. These photos are a tough exposure challenge, if they come out OK, the camera in question can probably be coaxed into delivering a good flash exposure of any subject within its range.
Note too, that the normal flash shot (as opposed to the slow sync one, if the camera offers that feature) will be sharply rendered, any subject or camera movement frozen by the quick pop of the flash. That makes this shot a good one to look for the effect of over-aggressive noise suppression in the model's hair.
To view the exposure series from zero to +1.0 EV in the normal flash mode, see files T3INBFP0.HTM through T3INBFP3.HTM on the thumbnail index page.
To view the same series in the Slow-Sync flash mode, see files T3INBFSP0.HTM through T3INBFSP3.HTM on the thumbnail index page.
Indoor Portrait, No Flash:
Incandescent White Balance
The incandescent lighting used in most US homes actually has a very strong yellow color to it. Our eyes have an amazing ability to ignore color casts like this, something digital cameras struggle to emulate.
The incandescent lighting used for this shot is thus not only very common here in the US, but also very difficult for most digital cameras to deal with. While we probably want a little yellow color to remain in the image (to convey some of the mood of the original scene), too much will look unnatural and distort colors.
Most cameras' auto white balance systems have a great deal of difficulty with this shot, but many incandescent white balance settings struggle as well. (It seems that many cameras' incandescent settings are actually calibrated to the tungsten lighting used in professional studio systems, which isn't nearly as warm-toned as typical household lighting.)
If you intend to do much shooting indoors after dark, pay careful attention to this test, as cameras vary widely in this regard.
To view the entire exposure series from zero to +1.0 EV, see files T3INBMP0.HTM through T3INBMP3.HTM on the thumbnail index page.
ISO Series:
"ISO equivalent" refers to a camera's light sensitivity. ISO 200 represents twice the sensitivity of ISO 100, meaning that you can use a shutter speed that's twice as fast. Higher ISO settings are often required to get any picture at all when shooting after dark, but even in full daylight, using a higher ISO can help you freeze fast action. The problem is, increasing a digital camera's ISO also increases image noise. In practical terms, this means that higher-ISO images often can't be used to produce prints as large as lower-ISO ones. The tricky thing here is that high-ISO images often look much different when printed at various sizes than they do when viewed on-screen. In particular, for any level of image noise, you'll often find that while noise is quite evident at larger print sizes, as you reduce the size of the prints, there will come a point where it suddenly ceases to be an issue. We routinely print high-ISO photos from the cameras we test on our studio printer (currently a Canon i9900) at a range of sizes, and report our findings. If you're interested in investigating the effect of image noise for yourself, don't judge cameras' performance by how their images look on your CRT/LCD, viewed pixel-for-pixel. Rather, download the test shots linked in the table below and output them on your own printer, so you can see how prints of various sizes will actually look.
One additional note about this particular test series though: Because these images are shot under household incandescent lighting, the camera has to boost its blue-channel signal quite a bit to get back to a neutral color balance. Since the blue channel is generally the one with the most noise, this makes this shot a real acid test of noise performance. Noise levels in high-ISO shots taken under daylight conditions usually won't show as much noise. (See the "Far Field" test for examples of high ISO shots captured in daylight.)
House Shot:
Like several of our tests, these images are actually photos of a high-resolution poster, shot under studio lighting. The shots for this camera were captured with our third-generation House poster, which was assembled from 45 separate 11-megapixel images, shot with a very high-quality lens, and then stitched together into a single image. The resulting image amounts to about 450 very high-quality megapixels. This should have sufficient detail to comfortably challenge cameras up to at least 80-100 megapixels. (And even with higher-resolution cameras, we believe that the camera lenses themselves would be more likely to limit resolution than would the detail in the poster.)
Why did we choose to shoot a picture of a picture? The idea was to show a typical subject (a house and surrounding foliage) in a way that would be absolutely consistent from camera to camera. Any outdoor subject is going to vary considerably from day to day, as the lighting changes with the weather, atmospheric conditions, and season. Shooting a poster lets us compare images from cameras shot weeks, months, or even years apart, with the sure knowledge that nothing has changed from one shot to another.
Things to look for here are fine detail, as seen in the foliage and tree limbs against the sky, sharpness in the corners, and the preservation of subtle detail in the shaded brick patterns. - Many cameras with overactive noise suppression severely blur the brick patterns that are in shadow.
Far-Field Test 2
While the House poster in the shot above provides absolute repeatability from test to test, it doesn't offer the range of brightness (dynamic range) that the original scene had, nor does it contain the nearly infinite range of fine detail found in nature. For these reasons, we shoot an outdoor photo of a building, to provide a more challenging (if more variable) subject for the cameras. Until Summer of 2011, we used the original house from the House poster for this "Far Field" shot, but the ever-encroaching trees made it less and less useful. The coup de grace for that subject was when the neighbor across the street relandscaped his yard so we could no longer shoot from our original position.
In place of the original house, we've switched to using the Roswell, GA City Hall building, which offers many of the elements of the original Far Field subject, but in a setting where we're guaranteed access into the future, and without the threat of trees eventually obscuring the building. In this shot, we look at how the camera handles rendering of subtle detail (the bricks, both in the sunlight and in the deep shadows under the entryway roof), how it handles bright highlights (the white columns and reflections from the dome), and shadow detail (in the dark areas beneath the shrubs on either side of the steps).
Note though, that because this is shot outdoors, the character of the light is unavoidably going to change quite a bit, depending on the atmospheric humidity and the time of year. - You thus shouldn't rely on it for absolute comparisons between cameras, since it's unlikely that conditions will be exactly the same from one test to the next.
ISO 1,600 ISO 3,200
Our current Far-Field shot lacks one feature that we found invaluable in the original one; namely the pine foliage that was in the background of the old subject. The pine foliage provided very fine detail that we could also count on being the same year-round. No other shots we capture provided this combination of fine detail at a distance, so we added a new shot ("PINE" in all the filenames) of a large pine tree near our office, shot at roughly the same scale as the pines in the old Far-Field shot, so comparisons can still be made against older images. Use this shot to see how well each camera handles really fine detail, both in high-contrast situations (the needles against the sky) and in low-contrast ones (the needles against each other). The tangles of small branches against the sky are also very revealing.
The combination of the FAR2 and PINE shots provide a wealth of information about cameras' image-rendering prowess with natural subjects shot at "infinity," filling testing needs that can't be entirely met with studio shots alone.
Lens Zoom Range
Simply reading "3x zoom range" doesn't do a lot to help you visualize what that means. It also says nothing regarding just how wide the wide-angle end of that range is. To give you an idea of exactly what each camera's zoom lens does, we shoot this series of images, showing results at maximum wide angle, maximum telephoto, and telephoto with "digital zoom" enabled. (Note of course though, that so-called "digital zoom" just crops out and enlarges the central pixels of the image, achieving increased size at the cost of reduced resolution.)
"Davebox" Test Target
Because most of its various elements are now contained or represented in the combination of the Still Life and Multi Target shots, we no longer routinely shoot the Davebox by itself, as would normally appear in this space. (We do however, still use it for our low light test below.)
Macro Shot
Standard Macro Shot
Macro with Flash
Many are interested in close-up or "macro" photography. This test shows the best results we could obtain using each camera's macro mode. What to look for:
Minimum Macro Area: What's the smallest area that the camera can photograph? - We calculate this and report on it in the Test Results section of each review.
Softness in corners?: The images from most digital cameras get fairly soft when shooting in macro mode. Some are better than others though, you can use the texture of the paper fibers or the details in the dollar bill to compare corner sharpness between models.
Flash performance in macro mode?: Macro mode flash performance varies widely between cameras. Some can't throttle down the flash enough, others throttle down enough, but have very uneven lighting, while others have lenses that project into the path of the flash, casting strong shadows. The Macro with Flash shot here will show you what to expect.
Low-Light Tests
Low light photography is an area where there are really enormous differences between digital camera models. This test starts at a light level about equivalent to typical city street lighting at night (one foot-candle), and then progresses down from there, each successive test being at half the light level of the preceding one. You may also see the effect of poor low-light autofocus in some of these shots, although we use a different test setup to check autofocus performance more directly. (The results of which are reported on in the main Test Results section.) Things to look for here include:
Exposure limit: What's the darkest level a camera can handle at each ISO setting? If the leftmost images are reasonably bright, the camera should do fine with typical city night scenes. If you're shooting in the more dimly-lit suburbs, you'll need a camera capable of producing good images one, two, or three steps to the right of that.
Autofocus Limit: How dark can you shoot and still get well-focused pictures?
White Balance: Does the camera's white balance suffer at low light levels? (Many do.)
Noise Levels: Look at the photos, print them on your own photo printer. How large a print can you make at acceptable quality levels, at various ISO settings and light levels?
Detail loss to anti-noise processing?: Do details in the white gauze and even in the lettering on the test targets suffer at lower light levels?
(Note: If you'd like to use a light meter to check light levels for subjects you might be interested in shooting, a light level of one foot-candle corresponds to a normal exposure of two seconds at f/2.8 and ISO 100.)
1 fc
11 lux
1/2 fc
1/16 fc
0.67 lux
1/16fc
No NR
1/4 s
Flash Range Tests
Digital camera makers have gotten better with their flash-range ratings. In the early days, many cameras had rather "optimistic" flash range specs, to put it politely. These days, the manufacturers seem to be toeing the line. (No doubt at least in part because of tests like this.) Consistent with our philosophy of testing worst-case conditions, this test also involves some use of each camera's zoom lens. Flash range is greater at wide angle focal lengths than at telephoto ones. If you're shooting at the wide angle end of the lens' range, you might get better flash range than what's shown here. - But you'll never get a nasty surprise if you let the test shots below be your guide to flash capability.
The test target here is our "new" flash range/uniformity target, first put into service in April, 2009. To avoid potential exposure problems caused by the target itself, we've gone to a mostly blank grey target, with a reflectance of 18% (matching the theoretical level that most exposure metering systems assume for average scene reflectance). The white and black chips let us check white and black points in addition to the mid-grey of the target itself. The concentric circles are a visual guide for flash falloff, marking points 25%, 50%, and 75% of the way from the center to the corners of the target. The bold black framing marks indicate the corners of either a 4:3 or 3:2 aspect ratio, for those shots in which we're checking flash uniformity. (See below.) For consistency of exposure, the target is mounted in front of backdrop paper that also approximates a 18% grey.
Flash Range: Wide Angle
6 ft 7 ft 8 ft 9 ft 10 ft 11 ft
1/60 sec
12 ft 13 ft 14 ft 15 ft 16 ft
Flash Range: Telephoto
Manufacturer-Specified Flash Range
Lately, many manufacturers specify flash range with the camera set to Auto mode, in which the camera is free to boost its ISO setting to help increase the flash range. This does increase the range, but it's easy to have too much of a good thing: Too high an ISO can leave you with too much image noise. The variable ISO setting also means that there isn't an easy way to compare the range with the fixed-ISO shots in our standard flash range series. So now, we also test the flash under the manufacturer-specified conditions (whatever they may be, but frequently with the camera set to Auto mode), and the look at both how brightly the scene is lit, and how much image noise is present in the resulting images.
Flash range for SLRs will vary with the lens used (depending on the maximum aperture), so their flash range is commonly expressed as a Guide Number, or GN for short. The guide number is a distance, in either feet or meters, at a given ISO. To find the maximum flash range at a given aperture, just divide the guide number by the aperture. For instance, a guide number of 56 feet would translate to a range of 10 feet with a lens set to an aperture of f/5.6. The range would be twice that if you had an f/2.8 lens (56/2.8 = 20).
Wide Angle Telephoto
Flash Uniformity
The flash units on many digital cameras don't illuminate the scene very evenly, especially at wide angle focal lengths, so the photos here shows how uniform the flash coverage is. As noted earlier, this test uses the same target as our flash range test, but for the uniformity tests, we take care to frame the target the same from camera to camera. The concentric circles on the target mark distances 25%, 50%, and 75% of the way from the center to the corners. (Approximate, they roughly split the difference between the 4:3 and 3:2 aspect ratios.)
Viewfinder Accuracy
Viewfinder accuracy is an important parameter, especially for shots where framing is critical. The optical viewfinders on most digital cameras match the (poor) accuracy of those on film cameras, typically showing only about 85% of the actual final frame area. It's likely that this is a deliberate design choice by the camera engineers, to help avoid users accidentally cutting off the heads of their subjects. We disagree with this approach, or at least feel that it should be mitigated a bit, perhaps by increasing the accuracy to 90 to 95%.
Unlike the optical viewfinders, the LCD viewfinders on most digital cameras tend to be quite accurate. There are exceptions though, so this test is still important.
Things to look for on this test chart are:
Optical/Electronic viewfinder accuracy: When we shoot this target in the studio, we line things up so the center of the bright red outline on the target is just visible at the edges of the viewfinder frame. The resulting photo then very directly shows how accurate the viewfinder is. The fine black lines mark progressive increments of 1% of increased or decreased frame area. The bold black lines mark 5% increments. The lines let you get an approximate idea of frame accuracy visually, but we measure the actual pixel dimensions to derive the accuracy numbers we report in our reviews.
LCD monitor accuracy: This is the same test, but framed with the LCD monitor instead of the optical viewfinder. As mentioned above, LCD monitors are usually more accurate than optical viewfinders, especially in point & shoot digicams.
Optical Viewfinder
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Blog: A review of the Investor Landscape in 2018
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What were the key trends in investment in the immersive tech sector in 2018? The Accelerator Network’s director, Katie Lewis highlights the story behind the statistics and discusses the challenges and opportunities for both investors and companies in the sector in the year ahead.
By Bernadette Fallon
Has the trend for a drop in investment in 2018 been halted by a light at the end of the (Q4) tunnel?
The Accelerator Network director Katie Lewis crunches the numbers against the backdrop of Immerse UK’s investment infographic and the latest Beauhurst report, and advises how to be investor-ready in an uncertain market.
Immersive technology deals are dropping in the UK. After a record year in 2017, VR investment is down 37% YOY, from £181.17m to £113.25m in 2018. But the stats don’t paint the full picture. While the investment amount has dropped, the number of deals has actually increased, representing a rise in investment opportunities last year. The investors are still coming, they are just investing smaller.
And the picture at the end of last year may yet turn out to buck the overall trend. “What the Immerse UK investment infographic and overall international overview demonstrate is that investment could well be picking up,” explains The Accelerator Network’s Katie Lewis. “At the end of last year, in Q4, we started to see the investment activity increasing, but it wasn’t enough to compensate for the drop offs in Qs 1 to 3.”
The picture is much more robust in the AR landscape, with investment increasing 40% YOY from £50.41m in 2017 to £70.69m in 2018. Deal numbers were up here as well, from 13 to 16.
But will Q4’s rising tide continue into 2019 and beyond?
It’s impossible to predict, says Katie. But she will say this.
“Whether it’s augmented or virtual reality, companies are much more interested in the type of problem that the technology is solving, rather than the technology itself. It’s all about the user case and the need for businesses to articulate how their solutions address user problems.”
This may, she suggests, be the reason for AR’s stronger performance in the industry. “Is augmented demonstrating a strong user case when it comes to solving the challenges out there? Perhaps virtual is not quite hitting the same point with investors and they are recognising the risk by investing smaller amounts and waiting to see progress, rather than committing to larger size seed rounds.”
Because the picture is slightly more worrying at seed level with overall equity deals into companies at the seed stage down by 15%, back to 2014 levels say Beauhurst.
With seed stage decline inevitably leading to a drop in investable companies operating at venture and growth stages, is this a cause for concern?
Not necessarily. The Deal: Equity Investment in the UK 2018 by Beauhurst claims two reasons why this drop in seed investment may be short term only.
“Firstly, the seed-stage is the riskiest stage and therefore most likely to be impacted by macroeconomic uncertainty. There is no doubt that these are uncertain times: for early-stage investors as much as anyone else.”
“Secondly, if we look at the types of investors completing these deals, we see the number of deals with angel networks participating fall the most. Compared with 2017, angel network investments had fallen by 35%. Angel networks are perhaps the investors with the greatest flexibility to adjust their investment preferences on an ad hoc basis as political events develop. These are the investors most likely to be deferring investment until there is greater clarity on what will happen next.”
“Once businesses are through the seed stage, the impact of this volatile external landscape is less of an issue. “VCs have a mandate to spend money to make investments and are not as impacted as individuals investing their own cash,” says Katie. “There is always a selected group of people with an ultra-high net worth who are taking the risks and reaping the rewards. Others will be sensitive to risk and will reduce high risk investment to be more protective of their own portfolio.”
Looking at the international picture, the elements are broadly the same.
Global investment, in terms of both deal volume and deal size, was down for the first three-quarters of 2018 with a 10% overall decrease, but both deal volume and value returned to a 2-year average by Q4. According to Digi-Capital, globally over $6 billion was raised across AR/VR/computer vision in 2018, driven by large, late-stage deals in China. And, as with the UK, the stages which have seen the most variance are pre-seed and seed deals. “The next six months will determine whether or not this return to stability is a long-term trend,” Digi-Capital says.
When it comes to top performing categories, core tech leads the way in terms of the investment value.
In this category, Digi-Capital has highlighted the strength of Chinese companies crossing over between computer vision and AR, rather than AR pureplays. “Even removing these crossover investments from the numbers, there was still significant investment with Chinese companies in AR advertising, lifestyle and smartglasses categories completing $100 million plus deals.”
In the West, smartglasses company Magic Leap did the biggest deal with its $461m round, and mobile AR game company Niantic raised $245m. Other deals ranged from hundreds of thousands to tens of millions of dollars across over 20 AR/VR categories.
Strong sectors in the UK continue to be medical and training/education, confirms Katie, continuing the trend for growth in these areas.
In the wider equity market, the Beauhurst report highlights the ongoing strength of the fintech sector, which secured 10% of 2018’s deals. However, “the adtech bubble appears to have well and truly burst, with deal numbers falling by 48%, and surpassed by blockchain for the first time”.
So, in an uncertain investor market, what can UK businesses do to be investment ready?
A substantial amount, according to Katie who, through her role at The Accelerator Network, delivers support for early stage businesses from ideation through proof of concept to investment readiness. Working with over 1,000 start-ups and scale-ups each year, their programmes include pre-accelerator and accelerator programmes, as well as AR/VR investment readiness bootcamps.
From an investment readiness perspective, it’s essential that companies prepare all of their business plans, financials, presentation decks, pitch decks and executive summaries alongside their data rooms for due diligence, explains Katie. This is important for a number of key reasons.
“If they prepare all of this material before taking their business out to investors, it means they can validate a lot of their assumptions, sense check their business plan and the way they are positioning the growth of their business. It encourages them to go out and get first-hand feedback from their customers, potential customers and any other partners, which leads to them having a much more robust plan.”
It also allows a company to fully address all of their key business areas – looking at the problem they’re addressing, the solution they’re building, the target market they’re focused on and their differentiation in that market. They can establish how they’re reaching that market, as well as their go to market strategy and sales process. It involves closely looking at the team involved and how they’re going to be resourcing and delivering what they’re promising. This builds a strong business and revenue model and forecasts the investment opportunity.
“It’s all about a company being able to put their story across to investors and think about it from the investors point of view,” says Katie. “This kind of clarity comes through if you have dived into every area of your business and applied all of the above thinking.”
She advises there is one key issue to avoid when pitching to investors. “The biggest pitfall we see companies fall into is that they see the investment being all around their snazzy technology, around their solution. But really the investment is much more around the opportunity for a return for the investor.”
It’s essential, she continues, to be able to articulate that opportunity clearly. Think about your exit, she advises, what does that look like, how will it happen, will it be through a trade sale, the most common route in the UK.
“Think about who might buy your company, who is currently acquiring in your area. That will give an investor confidence that there has already been M&A activity in this space. It’s not about being able to predict the future but it is about being able to demonstrate some rational logic that you are creating value in your company that will be attractive for an acquisition.”
Having these conversations before they are needed or expected shows a maturity in thinking, she explains, which will set your company above other start-ups who may just be pitching blindly for the cash.
And finally: “Network at events where you’re more likely to bump into your ideal investor rather than only attending start-up focused events. Build relationships before you need them.”
It’s important advice in an uncertain market. But with potential growth on the horizon, it’s still all to play for as we move into 2019.
The infographic
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Finding out more about the Investment Accelerator
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PM Modi Wishes India A Happy Birthday From India
Former South African cricketer Jonty Rhodes celebrated his daughter’s second birthday on Sunday. The 47-year-old shared a candid photo with the 2-year-old and many on Twitter sent their love and wishes for her.
But a special birthday wish came from the 1.2 billion people of the country she was named after. PM Narendra Modi wished the 2-year-old, who is named India, and said, “Happy Birthday to India, From India”. PM Modi’s birthday tweet was retweeted 6,300 times in less than 12 hours.
Happy Birthday baby India; 2 today #landofyourbirth pic.twitter.com/RGVxmXRjRv
— Jonty Rhodes (@JontyRhodes8) April 23, 2017
Responding to PM Modi’s Tweet, Jonty Rhodes thanked him for the birthday wishes and the blessings of people. He also added an interesting hashtag referring to PM Modi’s flagship scheme.
He wrote, “Thank u @narendramodi ji; baby India really has been blessed in the land of her birth, by so many amazing people #makeinindia”
Thank u @narendramodi ji; baby India really has been blessed in the land of her birth, by so many amazing people #makeinindia
India Jeanne was born in 2015 at a hospital in Mumbai. Jonty Rhodes has been the fielding coach for IPL team Mumbai Indians and has spent a lot of time travelling the country during the tournament.
The former cricketer loves the rich mix of culture, heritage and tradition in India. And it was because of this fondness for the country, he named his daughter India.
“I really like that combination. You have to have a good balance of life. With the name like India, she will have the best of both worlds and that sort of balance,” he had said.
Performing Puja for baby India
A post shared by Jonty Rhodes (@jontyrhodes8) on May 1, 2016 at 5:54am PDT
Exploring with mommy #babyindia #birthdaygirl #lifeontour #incredibleindia #everymommatters #blessed #mumbaiindians #travelingwithkids
A post shared by Jonty Rhodes (@jontyrhodes8) on Apr 22, 2017 at 10:36pm PDT
Jonty Rhodes’ social media profile is full of photos of his daughter spending time in India.
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Written in Starlight
Isabel Ibañez
If the jungle wants you, it will have you.
Catalina Quiroga is a condesa without a country. She’s lost the Inkasisa throne, the loyalty of her people, and her best friend. Banished to the perilous Yanu Jungle, Catalina knows her chances of survival are slim, but that won’t stop her from trying to escape. Her duty is to rule.
While running for her life, Catalina is rescued by Manuel, the son of her former general, who has spent years searching for allies. With his help, Catalina could find the city of gold that’s home to the fierce Illari people and strike a deal with them for an army to retake her throne.
But the elusive Illari are fighting a battle of their own—a mysterious blight is corrupting the jungle, laying waste to everything they hold dear. As a seer, Catalina should be able to help, but her ability to read the future in the stars is as feeble as her survival instincts. While on her journey, Catalina must reckon with her duty and her heart to find her true calling, which is key to stopping the corruption before it destroys the jungle completely.
Praise For Written in Starlight…
“Equal parts lush and lethal, Written in Starlight swept me into a jungle full of forbidden romance and breathtaking danger. Catalina’s search for the lost city rivals only her search for self discovery, and both make for a page-turning read. This book is solid gold.” — Shelby Mahurin, New York Times bestselling author of Serpent & Dove and Blood & Honey
“Lush, dangerous, and addictive. This jungle feels alive, and Isabel has given us the most perfectly unprepared heroine to explore it.” – Adalyn Grace, New York Times bestselling author of All The Stars And Teeth
“Written in Starlight is not merely an adventure novel, it’s a rich, heart-pounding story of romance, dangerous jungles, and the search for a city of gold. Isabel’s second novel is everything I hoped it would be!” – Shea Ernshaw, New York Times bestselling author of Winterwood
“Catalina’s journey is full of things I love: a lush setting where danger lurks at every turn, celestial magic, friends found in unlikely places, and a slow burning romance that stole my heart. A compelling and perfect companion novel to Isabel’s debut.” — Rebecca Ross, author of Sisters of Sword & Song
Praise 2020’s breakout YA fantasy Woven in Moonlight:
"In Ibañez’s debut novel, every detail is rich with meaning and nuance. [Woven in Moonlight] showcases a fantasy world that transcends traditional Western tropes and underscores the value of complex female characters." — TIME, "The 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time"
“Woven in Moonlight—appropriately—weaves a beautiful spell that takes culturally specific details and spins them into an engaging fantasy world.” – NPR
“A nuanced and empathetic fantasy.” – BookPage, starred review
“Spins a satisfying tale of adventure, romance and magic.” – Shelf Awareness, starred review
“Pure magic.” – Shelby Mahurin, New York Times bestselling author of Serpent & Dove
“A lush, vibrant feast of a book.” – Margaret Rogerson, New York Times bestselling author of A Sorcery of Thorns
“A wholly unique book for the YA shelf.” – Adrienne Young, New York Times bestselling author of The Girl the Sea Gave Back
Page Street Kids, 9781645671329, 368pp.
Isabel Ibañez is the author of Woven in Moonlight (Page Street), which received two starred reviews and earned praise from NPR. She was born in Boca Raton, Florida, and is the proud daughter of two Bolivian immigrants. Isabel is an avid moviegoer and loves hosting family and friends around the dinner table. She currently lives in Winter Park, Florida, with her husband, their adorable dog, and a serious collection of books. Say hi on social media at @IsabelWriter09.
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Battery Stock News: Update on Nano One's (TSXV: NNO) Breakthrough in Battery Longevity
Vancouver, British Columbia - November 24, 2020 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) Dr. Stephen Campbell, CTO of Nano One® Materials Corp. (TSXV: NNO) (OTC PINK: NNOMF) (FSE: LBMB) is pleased to present Nano One's latest durability test results confirming that its high-voltage cobalt-free battery is also stable at elevated operating temperatures required for automotive, power tool and energy storage applications. These results augment ambient temperature results announced on October 13, 2020 and further demonstrate the longevity and stability of Nano One's Lithium Nickel Manganese (LNM) battery system.
"Nano One has achieved over 500 fast charge and discharge cycles at 45°C," said Dr. Campbell, "in an innovative battery design that pairs its high-voltage LNM cathode with a conventional electrolyte and a graphite anode. We have also reached 1000 fast charge and discharge cycles at 25°C demonstrating that issues of excessive gassing, anode contamination and poor cycling may be overcome."
Nano One's proprietary LNM battery enables the benefits of increased voltage, elevated operating temperatures and fast charging, by eliminating failure from gassing in the first few cycles and failure from manganese contamination of the anode in the first 100 cycles.
Dr. Campbell added "Nano One's LNM battery innovation breaks through the barriers that have hindered the commercialization of LNM cathode materials in both conventional liquid and advanced solid-state batteries."
LNM, also known as high voltage spinel (HVS), is a cobalt-free, low-cost cathode material that operates at 4.7 volts. This voltage is 25% higher than commercial high nickel cathodes, providing improved efficiency, thermal management and power. Battery pack models suggest that LNM cathodes may reduce costs by over 30% as compared to high nickel NMC materials [Wentker et al, Energies 12 (2019) 504-521].
Inspired by ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) concerns, the Nano One patented One Pot process combines sulfate-free feedstocks with lithium carbonate, additives and coating materials in a single reaction to, ultimately, form coated single crystal cathode materials with enhanced durability. This process further improves LNM economics and environmental sustainability by eliminating cobalt feedstock and sulfate waste and by reducing energy and water consumption.
The LNM cathode (LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4) was tested with a graphite anode and conventional electrolyte in a 20-layer pouch cell (4.75V 126mAh 0.592Wh) charging and discharging 12 times per day for 1000 cycles at 25oC and for 500 cycles at 45oC. This demonstrates enhanced durability under operating conditions that are relevant to automotive, power tool and energy storage applications in a cobalt-free, high voltage battery.
Nano One's LNM cathode is a leading candidate for next generation lithium-ion and solid-state batteries because its durability and dimensional stability enable a stable interface with both liquid and solid electrolytes. Several independent evaluations are currently underway within the automotive and battery supply chain demanding lower cost, higher voltage and improved safety without compromising longevity and performance.
"Nano One has developed processes, materials and now a battery innovation to enable our novel cathode materials for the future of lithium-ion batteries," Dr. Campbell added. "We are excited by the commercialization and partnership opportunities of this latest breakthrough."
Dan Blondal, CEO
For information with respect to Nano One or the contents of this news release, please contact John Lando (President) at (604) 420-2041 or visit the website at www.nanoone.ca.
About Nano One
Nano One Materials Corp has developed patented technology for the low-cost production of high-performance lithium ion battery cathode materials used in electric vehicles, energy storage and consumer electronics. The processing technology enables lower cost feedstocks, simplifies production, and advances performance for a wide range of cathode materials. Nano One has built a demonstration pilot plant and is partnered with global leaders in the lithium ion battery supply chain to advance its lithium iron phosphate (LFP), lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxide (NMC) and lithium nickel manganese oxide (LNM) cathode technologies for large growth opportunities in e-mobility and renewable energy storage applications.
Nano One's pilot and partnership activities are being funded with the assistance and support of the Government of Canada through Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC), the Automotive Supplier Innovation Program (ASIP) a program of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), and the Province of British Columbia through the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources. Nano One's mission is to establish its patented technology as a leading platform for the global production of a new generation of battery materials. www.nanoone.ca
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georgia state history
Which political development greatly increased tensions between the American colonies and Great Britain in the years just before the American Revolution?
Jay's Treaty
the XYZ Affair
Pinckney's Treaty
the Proclamation of 1763
my answer is D)
Ms. Sue
OK :-)
Why did Georgia NOT send delegates to the First Continental Congress?
Colonial leaders were afraid that the issue of slavery would arise.
Many Georgians felt they needed the protection of British troops.
Colonial leaders supported the British trade regulations.
Many Georgians were opposed to a colonial alliance.
Both John Locke and Thomas Jefferson wrote about the natural rights of man. In what document are these "unalienable rights" specifically mentioned?
the Mayflower Compact
the Preamble to the Constitution
How did the Stamp Act affect prices in the American colonies?
It raised the price of many items.
It lowered the price of most items.
It made the price of some items less and some items more.
Prices were not affected because the Stamp Act was a penalty fee.
A Patriot in North America in the 1770s would have MOST LIKELY supported which of these?
boycotting British-made goods
supporting the "Coercive Acts"
remaining a part of Great Britain
becoming a member of the "red coats"
In addition to Button Gwinnett and Lyman Hall, which other Georgian signed the Declaration of Independence?
George Walton
Daniel Stewart
Abraham Baldwin
The Sons of Liberty led a revolt at the Georgia governor's mansion in 1766. They were protesting against the
Stamp Act.
Intolerable Acts.
Siege of Savannah.
Battle of the Rice Boats.
This is the test i am taking right now
im still working on all the rest of the problems
Since this is a test, I won't help you. A test shows what YOU know. You're on your own now.
ok Mrs. Sue i have some work other than that test to do now can you help me with it please? i just submitted my test i was working on so now im doing my regular assignments. :)
but not right now i have to do something ill be back in 10 mins the deadline for the assignment is at 11:59 PM
I wish I can help your on your own
yall doing to much talking bout "your on your own" like shut up and tell me the answer
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Why did American colonists resent British taxes?
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The Stamp Act of 1765 was abhorred by the colonists because it represented an effort by the British to use taxes in order to raise money, and not to regulate commerce as in the past. For the colonists, this set a troubling precedent that would open the doors for more extensive taxation in the future.
becky lewis
this isnt a test it 10 random questions
Girl with the missing cat
Which best describes the beginning of the American Revolutionary War? A. Great Britain and France declared war, known as the French and Indian War. B. American colonists fought the British at the Battles of Lexington and Concord.
what were some effects of the seven years’ war? (select all that apply) -britain gained excusive rights in bengal, india - france’s caribbean colonies rose up in rebellion and gained independence -britain lost all of its north
Us. History Help!!!
1. The British recognized the United States as an independent nation when when they signed the A. Treaty of America B. Treaty of the United States C. Treaty of Great Britain D. Treaty of Paris 2. What American ally helped the
Which of these is a major reason colonists came to Massachusetts? "Colonial America has great farmland." "Colonial America offers religious freedom." "The American colonies are rich with resources, such as gold." "The American
Why did many Native American Groups and enslaved people side with the British during the American Revolution? A. They were promised equal representation in a postwar government. B. They hoped the British would offer them more
Which identifies the Proclamation of 1763? a law of Parliament that forbade American colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains the peace agreement signed between France and Great Britain that ended the French and
Ms. Sue can you please help me? ^^
Which statement best describes the effects of the American revolution on women? A. the political rights of women were reduced B. women had to take on many responsibilities C. many women were forced to serve in the army D. the
What was the significance of the Boston Massacre? A. It marked the start of the American Revolution. B. It increased tensions between American colonists and England. C. It brought a temporary end to colonial protests. D. It led
SCIENCE HELP ASAP! :)
1. Which statement best explains why the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 was important to the development of the United States? It created new taxes on imported goods. It resulted in immigration from France to the United States. It
How did the end of the French and Indian War lead to discontent among Britain’s 13 colonies? Britain forced colonists to settle the Northwest Territory to protect against American Indian attacks. The destructiveness of the war
1. What were the Townshend Acts? (1 point) -The British put taxes on imported goods such as tea and glass. (answer) -The British put taxes on hotels and other lodging accommodations. -The British put taxes on newspapers,
How did the British victory in the French and Indian War lead to the American Revolution? Loss of land by the colonists to the French led to resentment in the colonies. The French and Indian War led the colonies into the Seven
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The distance on a bike path between Westfield and Southborough is 46 mi. Tracey leaves Westfield heading to Southborough cycling at a constant rate of 15 mph. Emma leaves her house at the same time and cycles along the same path from Southborough to meet Tracey. Her cycling rate is 8 mph. How many hours will it take until the two friends meet along the bike path?
their combined speed is 15+8 = 23 mi/hr
so, they will cover the 46 miles in 2 hours.
time = distance/speed
Marta, Loribeth, and Ira all have bicycles. The table shows the number of miles of each rider's last bike ride, as well as the time it took to complete the ride. Marta: Distance of Last Ride (in miles) 8 Time Spent on Last Bike
A bike first accelerates from 0.0 m/s to 5.0 m/s in 4.5 s, then continues at this constant speed for another 4.5 s. What is the total distance traveled by the bike?
Samir begins riding his bike at a rate of 6 mph. Twelve minutes later, Chris leaves from the same point and bikes along the same route at 9 mph. At any given time, t, the distance traveled can be calculated using the formula d =
A boat leaves point P on one side of a river bank and travels with constant velocity V in a direction towars point Q on the other side of the river directly oposite P and distance D from it If r is the instantaneous distance from
A bike first accelerates from 0.0m/s to 5.0m/s in 4.5s, then continues at this constant speed for another 4.5s. What is the total distance traveled by the bike?
A submarine at the surface of the ocean makes an emergency dive, its path making an angle of 21deg with the surface. a. If it goes for 300 meters along its download path, how deep will it be? What horizontal distance is it from
Dina and Masha start cycling on a 20 km bike path at the same time. When Dina reaches the end of the path, Masha still has 4 km of the path left to cycle. If Dina’s cycling speed is 10 km/h, how much time longer will Masha need
Greg is buying a bike on a payment plan. the equation y=20x+600 models the amount he has left to pay, where x is the number of weeks and y is the amount of money owed in dollars. Lin is also buying a bike on a payment plan. The
Math - algebra
Oceanside bike rental shop charges 14 dollars plus 9 dollars an hour for renting a bike. Joan paid 86 dollars to rent a bike. How many hours did she pay to have the bike checked out? X is unknown N= 9h+14 86= 9h+14 86-14
Accidents on a bike path. Examining the location of accidents on a level, 5-mile bike path shows that they occur uniformly along the length of the path. Figure 3.4 displays the density curve that describes the distribution of
An historic lighthouse is 200 yards from a bike path along the edge of a lake. A walk to the lighthouse is 400 yards long. Find the acute angle feta between the bike path and the walkway. I found sin which was 1/2. The book says
A bottle rocket travels along a parabolic path and reaches a maximum height of 21 feet after traveling a horizontal distance of 7 feet. A) Write a quadratic function of the form y=a(x-h)^2 +k that models the bottle rocket's path,
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9 Investigates: The cost of domestic violence
By: Allison Latos
Updated: Oct 1, 2019 - 6:21 PM
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Many families are broken by domestic violence and the costly effects stretch into communities and places of work.
Ron and Jan Kimble told Eyewitness News Anchor Allison Latos they saw warning signs about their daughter Jamie's relationship, but admit they were naive, never thinking domestic violence could happen to their family.
"She never thought he would harm her," Ron Kimble said. "She saw the good in him. If I had one poignant thing to say, it would be that compassionate women can fall victim to intimate partner violence."
In 2012, Jamie was killed at the hands of her ex-boyfriend.
The Kimbles turned their heartache into a mission by creating the Jamie Kimble Foundation for Courage. They have been working to teach the community that we all pay a price for domestic violence.
The foundation is focused on domestic violence prevention, education, awareness and research.
For months, the foundation and professors at the University of North Carolina Charlotte have been studying the economic impact of domestic violence.
"Absenteeism from work, lost productivity from work, medical costs, mental health, incarceration costs, court costs, policing costs," Ron Kimble said.
[CLICK HERE for the Jamie Kimble Foundation for Courage]
Experts believe 65 percent of companies do not have a human resources policy about domestic violence.
The Kimbles said they want to change that in Charlotte and across the state.
"If they have to go to the emergency room, if they have to have surgery from being beaten. We're trying to make the businesses realize it has a direct relationship to them," Jan Kimble said. "If we could get them to develop a domestic violence awareness policy and assist victims and families to be more proactive than reactive, your cost of productivity would go up."
Ron Kimble said their goal is to not only talk about the emotional side, but also the business side.
The Jamie Kimble Foundation for Courage shared eye-opening new data Tuesday on the cost of domestic violence county-by-county across North Carolina.
In Mecklenburg County alone, domestic violence costs $49 million, according to a study by professors at UNCC. Domestic violence cost the state of North Carolina $503,834,780 last year.
"The numbers are staggering," Ron Kimble said. "The numbers are horrific."
COST OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN NORTH CAROLINA:
MECKLENBURG- $49,713,431
ANSON- $1,248,515
AVERY- $1,368,021
BURKE- $4,258,168
CABARRUS- $10,028,968
CALDWELL- $3,992,330
CATAWBA- $7,316,124
CLEVELAND- $4,660,763
GASTON- $10,273,237
IREDELL- $2,179,605
LENOIR- $2,763,745
RICHMOND- $2,161,513
STANLY- $3,126,272
UNION- $11,688,756
WATAUGA- $729,674
The research funded by the Jamie Kimble foundation and an NFL foundation grant focused on key areas like the cost the loss of life, healthcare, court fees and the price of incarceration.
In Charlotte, Charlotte-Mecklenburg police respond to about 40,000 domestic violence calls a year. Chief Kerr Putney said 425 people were victims of strangulation -- 10 did not survive.
"Our challenge is always to work together seamlessly, holistically to stop domestic violence in its tracks," Mayor Vi Lyles said.
Allison Latos✔@AllisonWSOC9
Now: @Safe_Alliance explains how community support allows them to save lives and help victims. The data in today's report puts a $ amount on each phase a victim endures: missing work, medical bills, etc. https://twitter.com/AllisonWSOC9/status/1179051783093661696 ...
.@MeckSheriff @ @chiefputney speak about #domesticviolence & the cost of the tragic crime. @wsoctv https://twitter.com/AllisonWSOC9/status/1179050859881254917 ...
10:22 AM - Oct 1, 2019
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Officials said they hope the hard numbers will be a call to action for companies to help employees and for the community to break the cycle.
The Kimbles said they also hope these numbers will be a wake-up call to companies and that victims who hear Jamie's story will find the courage to escape.
"We can't let what happened to her cause us to crawl in a hole and die," Ron Kimble said. "We've got to get up and fight, to live, to try to save as many people as we can."
[ALSO READ: City leader on mission to curb domestic violence after daughter's death]
The Kimbles said they want to stop domestic violence before it starts and one way is reaching young people.
They have helped create domestic violence awareness clubs in high schools in North Carolina and Florida where Jamie lived.
This February, the foundation is holding a "Teens for Courage" summit at Carowinds, where 500 kids will gather to talk about domestic violence.
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Embodied Beauty NYC | Kimono and dress artworks investigating ideas of beauty and culture
Gerald Peters Contemporary, New York, Oct 28 – Dec 20.
For the first time in a decade, I am thrilled to have a major exhibition of my sculptures in New York! The exhibition will occupy the entire gallery with sculptures of Kimonos, Nocturnes, and Etudes in glass, iron, bronze and ceramic.
Gerald Peters Contemporary
24 East 78th Street, New York
Between 5th & Madison.
Exhibition: Oct 28 – Dec 20
Hours: Mon–Fri 10 AM – 5 PM
Or by appointment 212.628.9760
Detail of life-size sculpture of Child's Kimono 43" x 20" x 17", 2009, Cast Glass
Detail of sculpture of Child's Kimono 43" x 20" x 17", 2009, Cast Glass
Detail of contemporary sculpture of kneeling kimono for tea ceremony in ceramic with celadon glaze called Chado 39" x 34" x 32" 2010
Odoriko is a cast iron sculpture of a kimono 54" x 30" x 17"
A figurative life-size sculpture of a dress without a body in rusted iron is part of LaMonte's Nocturnes series
Suspended Nocturne, an artwork of a dress without a body in white bronze, asks questions about identity, gender and feminism.
Contemporary artwork of life-size dress in glass with visible traces of a body, asks questions about body and culture by feminist artist Karen LaMonte
A complex investigation of the female nude by feminist artist Karen LaMonte in her artwork of a dress without a body
Life-size sculpture of Child's Kimono 43" x 20" x 17", 2009, Cast Glass
Contemporary sculpture of kneeling kimono for tea ceremony in ceramic with celadon glaze called Chado 39" x 34" x 32" 2010
Young Maiko is a bronze sculpture of a kimono by Karen LaMonte which looks at perceptions of beauty culture and identity 38" x 20.5" x 17" 2010
Closeup of sculpture showing impossibly rendered details of fabric in glass
Detail of artwork of a dress in rusted iron is a complex investigation of body culture, gender and feminism
Detail of white bronze drapery on Suspended Nocturne, an artwork of a dress asking question about identity, gender and culture.
Detail of flowing drapery rendered in glass on contemporary artwork of life-size dress with visible traces of a body
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Josh Gellers
Field Notes: On the Importance of Being Flexible
The University of Peradeniya.
Probably the most important advice that any of the staff at the US-Sri Lanka Fulbright Commission gave our group of Fulbrighters during the pre-departure orientation in Washington, D.C. was "be flexible." It may sound obvious, but it applies to many aspects of conducting research abroad. In this post, I'll address two areas where adopting a flexible approach proved useful- the aim of the research project and the site where the researcher is stationed. By being flexible, I was able to change my project from one that was going to be difficult to one that was actually possible, and I relocated from Kandy, where I had an affiliation with the University of Peradeniya, to Colombo, where the Central Environmental Authority (CEA) is located.
The nature of my research project completely changed before I had even left D.C. My initial idea was to study public participation in the environmental impact assessment (EIA) process by analyzing 3 case studies involving major development projects. N.C. Weerakkody had already written a terrific overview of public participation in EIAs in Sri Lanka, but I intended to do an updated and more fine-grained analysis.
To expand my network and seek the advice of experts in preparation for my project, I arranged meetings with people working for organizations that dealt with Sri Lanka- Bower Group Asia (BGA), National Democratic Institute (NDI), and World Resources Institute (WRI). During the course of those meetings, the general consensus emerged that I would not be in Sri Lanka long enough to gain the trust of villagers affected by large development projects and interview them with the expectation of getting honest and thorough responses. The term of my Fulbright contract was 3.5 months. I would need to be there longer in order to complete my intended project. Thankfully, the creative folks at NDI came up with a slightly different, but achievable endeavor- to assess whether the quality of an EIA varies depending on who funds a given project. Just like that, I altered my plan from case studies and interviews to archival research and quantitative analysis.
With my new project in mind, I planned on being based in Kandy, which was close to the University of Peradeniya. The previous head of the Geography Department, Prof. P. Wickramagamage, had big plans for me- teach 2 undergraduate courses and provide guest lectures in a couple seminars. However, between the time that I had applied for the Fulbright in 2015 and my eventual arrival in 2017, the Department changed hands to Prof. M.A.S. Jayakumara, who was key in writing a letter on my behalf to officials at CEA so that I could make use of their library, but who also didn't have the same kind of teaching commitments in mind (which wasn't necessarily a bad thing since I decided to teach an online course while abroad).
After spending 2 weeks in Kandy, I decided to travel to Colombo for a week so I could try and obtain the EIA reports I needed at CEA, which is located in the Battaramulla area. In only a few days time I realized that this was the place I needed to be. Colombo had the CEA, numerous think tanks, and educational institutions like the International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies, Centre for Environmental Justice, Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies, and University of Colombo. So, after returning to Kandy I decided I would permanently change venues to Colombo, where I will continue to reside until the end of my Fulbright grant in mid-August. Right now I live in an Airbnb in the neighborhood of Ethul Kotte, directly east of Colombo, in my sixth different residence since I arrived in Sri Lanka on May 3rd.
In both of these instances, the capacity for flexibility paid major dividends. I am now pursuing a project along with a Sri Lankan scholar, Dr. Herath Vidyaratne, that I am confident about, and I am based in an area that has numerous opportunities for research, intellectual stimulation, and, importantly, diverse food options. When conducting research abroad, it is crucial to realize that your plans may change for reasons outside your control and you should be prepared for such eventualities. Staying flexible is a way to still get your research done while not winding up jaded or disappointed that your best scholarly intentions did not materialize into the outcomes you had hoped for.
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THE ALZHEIMER’S PREVENTION CLINIC AT WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE / NEW YORK – PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL: RISK STRATIFICATION AND PERSONALIZED EARLY INTERVENTION
A. Seifan, R. Isaacson
Department of Neurology, Division of Memory Disorders, Weill Cornell Medical College / New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA
Corresponding Author: R. Isaacson, MD, Weill Cornell Medical College, 525 E. 68th Street, F-610, New York, NY, 10065, USA. Phone 212-746-0226. Email: rii9004@med.cornell.edu
J Prev Alz Dis 2015;2(4):254-266
Published online October 1, 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.14283/jpad.2015.81
In July 2013, Weill Cornell Medical College founded the first Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinic (APC) in the United States, providing direct clinical care to family members of patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) as part of the Weill Cornell Memory Disorders Program. At the APC, patients seeking to lower their AD risk undergo a comprehensive assessment, receive a personalized plan based on rapidly evolving scientific evidence, and are followed over time using validated as well as emerging clinical and research technologies. The APC approach applies the principles of pharmacogenomics, nutrigenomics and clinical precision medicine, to tailor individualized therapies for patients. Longitudinal measures currently assessed in the clinic include anthropometrics, cognition, blood biomarkers (i.e., lipid, inflammatory, metabolic, nutritional) and genetics, as well as validated, self-reported measures that enable patients to track several aspects of health-related quality of life. Patients are educated on the fundamental concepts of AD prevention via an interactive online course hosted on Alzheimer’s Universe (www.AlzU.org), which also contains several activities including validated computer-based cognitive testing. The primary goal of the APC is to employ preventative measures that lower modifiable AD risk, possibly leading to a delay in onset of future symptoms. Our secondary goal is to establish a cohort of at-risk individuals who will be primed to participate in future AD prevention trials as disease-modifying agents emerge for testing at earlier stages of the AD process. The clinical services are intended to lower concern for future disease by giving patients a greater sense of control over their brain health.
Key words: Alzheimer’s prevention clinic, Alzheimer’s prevention education, Alzheimer’s prevention clinical research, personalized medicine, clinical precision medicine.
Neuropathological brain changes related to Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) begin in healthy, community-dwelling individuals many years, if not decades, prior to symptom onset, a condition known as “Preclinical AD”, or “asymptomatic at risk for AD” (1). In such individuals, interventions delivered at midlife or other specific points in the lifespan could potentially slow or delay the cognitive changes which eventually affect a significant proportion of seniors across the globe and undermine their ability to live independently (2). A host of biomarkers to diagnose Preclinical AD are already available, at least on a research basis, and these biomarkers continue to improve (3). Also, several validated risk scores are available which enable cost-effective screening to identify individuals likely to show biomarker evidence of Preclinical AD (4).
Despite the increasing availability of sophisticated tools to diagnose Preclinical AD, and despite the growing evidence that the onset of dementia due to AD may be preventable, the clinical applicability to people at risk for AD remains fraught with challenges. Robust criteria for clinical diagnosis of Preclinical AD, using commonly available tools (without the use of research-based biomarkers), have yet to be developed. Also, determining the effects, ideal timing, costs and potential risks of behaviors and disease-modifying interventions throughout the lifespan represent important aims of current and future prevention research (5-7). The potential stress-inducing effects of receiving a diagnosis of Preclinical AD remain to be studied over the long-term (8). The natural history of Preclinical AD in individuals with atypical neurodevelopment remains uncharacterized. To answer these and other important questions, AD prevention trials will require large cohorts of asymptomatic subjects of various ages, followed over many years, assessed within multiple domains (9). Dementia prevention is indeed possible and has become a priority for nations across the globe, as evidenced by a recent report emanating from the G8 dementia summit in December 2013 which was supported by several international experts (2).
In July 2013, Weill Cornell Medical College founded the first Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinic (APC) in the United States (U.S.), providing direct clinical care to family members of patients with AD as part of the Weill Cornell Memory Disorders Program. At the APC, patients seeking to lower their AD risk undergo a comprehensive assessment, receive a personalized plan based on the rapidly evolving scientific evidence, and are followed over time using validated as well as emerging clinical and research technologies. The APC approach applies the principles of pharmacogenomics, nutrigenomics and clinical precision medicine, to tailor individualized therapies for patients. Longitudinal measures currently assessed in the clinic include anthropometrics, cognition, blood biomarkers (i.e., lipid, inflammatory, metabolic, nutritional) and genetics, as well as validated, self-reported measures that enable patients to track several aspects of health-related quality of life. The primary goal of the APC is to employ preventative measures that lower modifiable AD risk, possibly leading to a delay in onset of future symptoms. Our secondary goal is to establish a cohort of at-risk individuals who will be primed to participate in future AD prevention trials as disease-modifying agents emerge for testing at earlier stages of the AD process. The clinical services are intended to lower concern for future disease by giving patients a greater sense of control over their brain health.
The APC Conceptual Framework
In concordance with best practices for preventive care, the foundation of our approach is our educational program, which delivers both online and local educational interventions intended to maximize public awareness, engagement and adherence. Heightening of public awareness and improving access to resources are U.S. priorities for reducing the burden of AD (see The Healthy Brain Initiative: The Public Health Road Map for State and National Partnerships 2013–2018 and the National Plan to Address Alzheimer’s Disease). Raising public awareness and enhancing public engagement could lead to earlier identification of at-risk individuals, faster diagnoses, better stratification or higher enrollment in dementia prevention trials, and ultimately to more effective preventative treatments (10). Patient education not only promotes earlier identification of at-risk individuals, but also forms the foundation by which preventive health behaviors later ensue (11, 12). In turn, health behaviors influence biomarkers, brain structure, brain function and quality of life. Interrelationships between modifiable and non-modifiable factors during early-brain development, and throughout the lifecourse, are essential to consider. See Figure 1 for the Weill Cornell APC Conceptual Framework.
Figure 1. The Weill Cornell Medical College / NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinic Conceptual Framework
Applying the Conceptual Framework
For each patient, each factor in the continuum from education to behavior to quality of life is systematically assessed at baseline and longitudinally using validated, standardized measures. Table 1 lists each domain of assessment with the corresponding measures by which each factor is assessed. All measures were chosen based on extensive literature review of best available measures. In choosing the measures, we prioritized those which were the most practical to deliver in a clinical setting and those which had the most evidence.
Table 1: Assessment Domains with Associated Evidence-Based Measures
*The majority of these are measured routinely, with a minority of biomarkers being tested per individual case.
Figure 2 summarizes the cycle of assessment from the patient’s perspective. Prior to the initial visit, patients are emailed a comprehensive self-assessment which aids the physician to tailor the evaluation to the patient’s individual values. This assessment uses a customized collection of validated measures to assess many of the domains listed in the conceptual framework, including early life educational history, general knowledge about AD, willingness to engage in specific behaviors to prevent AD (including genetic testing preferences and lifestyle behaviors), concern and fear about AD, awareness of personal AD risk factor status, as well as measures to longitudinally assess quality of life in the domains of cognition, mood, motor, sleep, work and social structure. Prior to the first visit, patients are also encouraged to complete an interactive course about Alzheimer’s prevention which is hosted on Alzheimer’s Universe (www.AlzU.org). This website provides a technological platform to offer current and comprehensive evidence-based educational content, while also providing the tools necessary to study their effectiveness, such as the Alzheimer Prevention Knowledge Scale (APKS) (13), and AD-Nutrition Tracking System (AD-NTS) (14), which records longitudinal lifestyle patterns and can be used to evaluate outcomes. AlzU.org has been shown to significantly improve medical knowledge about AD prevention and improve willingness to participate in an AD prevention clinical trial (15). AlzU.org also contains a number of activities, including the option to take online cognitive tests which may be particularly useful for detecting and longitudinally assessing prodromal pathological changes due to AD (i.e., Cognitive Function Test (16) and Neurotrack (17)) in an easily accessible online format. Currently, AlzU.org provides 6 evidence-based interactive lessons (~10 minutes each) and 12 activities (e.g. referral to other online AD initiatives such as endalznow.org and brainhealthregistry.org; clinical trial referrals including A4; US Against Alzheimer’s referral; and user discussion forums). A token economy system was employed to promote lesson completion, which includes periodic awards for the completion of core milestones, as well as “brain-health” points awarded for each task finished. The completion of comprehensive, self-reported assessments prior to the physician visit enables better personalization of the visit to the patient’s unique background; online education prior to the visit enables a richer discussion during the counseling portion of the visit.
Figure 2. Summary of the cycle of longitudinal patient assessment in the Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinic
Upon arriving to the clinic, patients complete approximately 1 hour of standardized cognitive testing, which includes relevant elements from the NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery, the CogState Brief Battery, and traditional neuropsychological tests sensitive to early stages of dementia (language fluency, Trails B). Patients also undergo standardized smell testing using the NIH Toolbox Brief Odor Identification Test (18). After cognitive testing, patients undergo neurological evaluation and clinical management, including a thorough neurological exam, medical history, review of potential prodromal neurodegenerative symptoms, and review of medications. During the visit, patients’ survey answers are reviewed and confirmed in person by the physician (appointment time up to 90 minutes).
After the visit, patients identify their personal goals, using willingness scales that incorporate Stages of Change theory (19). Prior to their next follow-up, patients report their adherence to their stated goals using an adapted version of a previously validated adherence scale used in the Medical Outcomes Study (20). In some cases where medication is prescribed, adherence is also assessed using prescription refill rates via the electronic medical record (EMR).
The Consensus Diagnostic Process
Although biomarker-based criteria are available for diagnosing Preclinical AD, no criteria have been formally developed to clinically diagnose individuals who are in prodromal stages of AD or other dementias. At the APC, we have drafted a preliminary diagnostic schema to aid clinicians in detecting patients with no or minor memory complaints who may be at higher risk for neurodegenerative disease, or already in Preclinical AD (See Table 2 and 3). These criteria highlight more refined patient classifications that otherwise would be classified as “normal”. We classify patients who have no significant cognitive symptoms/findings as Normal with Low, Moderate or High Risk, using commonly available risk indices for cerebrovascular disease and AD. Specifically, Normal-High Risk patients are those who we predict to already be biomarker positive (i.e., Stage 1/Stage 2 Preclinical AD). Normal-Moderate Risk patients are those with a significant family history of AD with any number of modifiable risk factors (122), yet we predict that they are AD biomarker negative. Normal-Low Risk patients are those with no significant family history of AD with no or few modifiable risk factors.
Table 2. Clinical Diagnostic Criteria For Preclinical Neurodegenerative Dementias
AD = Alzheimer’s Disease; PD = Parkinson’s Disease; ND = Neurodegenerative Dementia; DCI = Detectable Cognitive Impairment; SN = Synucleinopathy; DLB = Dementia with Lewy Bodies; Atypical ND = Primary Progressive Aphasia, Posterior Cortical Atrophy, Dysexecutive Predominant AD, Frontotemporal Dementia, and CBD/PSP; SCI = Subjective Cognitive Impairment
After Normal, the next diagnostic category is termed detectable cognitive impairment (DCI), which is modeled after the criteria used to diagnose MCI-AD (68). The category of DCI helps to identify and categorize patients with objective cognitive deficits but who do not meet criteria for MCI. They may or may not have associated risk factors or subjective cognitive complaints. We then attempt to classify DCI patients as either DCI due to neurodegenerative disease (ND) or DCI not otherwise specified (DCI-NOS), based solely on the presence or absence of non-cognitive symptoms which have been robustly identified in the literature to be associated with any ND (70).
Once classified as DCI-ND, we attempt to predict the underlying pathology. We stratify DCI-ND as DCI due to typical AD pathology (DCI-AD), DCI due to synucleinopathy (DCI-SN) and DCI due to Atypical ND (DCI-AND). This last category includes patients with expected prodromal Posterior Cortical Atrophy, Primary Progressive Aphasia, Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration, or other tauopathies). To distinguish among different predicted pathologies, we integrate the evidence regarding cognitive, mood, motor, sleep, and family history features that are specific to different ND. For example, distinguishing features in DCI-AD include presence of amnestic-type memory changes, sleep inefficiency, late-life mood changes (i.e., irritability, depression), and slowed walking (without Parkinsonism). Distinguishing features in DCI-SN (such as from Parkinson’s disease or Dementia with Lewy Bodies) are primarily non-amnestic cognitive deficits (e.g., bradyphrenia, poor learning, logopenia), REM sleep behavior disorder, features of autonomic disturbance (e.g., constipation, orthostatic hypotension) and early-life anxiety disorders. DCI-AND features include non-amnestic cognitive changes, history of atypical development (dyslexia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia, stuttering, etc.) and/or other atypical factors (muscle atrophy, myoclonus, dystonia, gaze paralysis).
While preliminary, these draft criteria allow our multidisciplinary group of practicing dementia clinicians to classify patients at various levels of risk for ND based purely on clinical history, examination and freely available, standardized measures. Further research will be aimed at identifying the sensitivity and specificity of these consensus diagnoses with respect to verified AD and other ND biomarkers.
Individuals who are already in MCI or dementia stages are diagnosed using the latest consensus criteria for Mild Cognitive Impairment (17), Alzheimer’s Disease (19), Dementia with Lewy Bodies / Parkinson’s Disease Dementia (71), Corticobasal Degeneration (72), Primary Progressive Aphasia (20), and Frontotemporal Dementia (73).
The APC approach is to individualize all patient recommendations such that individual patient values, preferences, and genetics are taken into account. Precision medicine is a medical model that proposes the customization of healthcare—with decisions tailored to individual patients. In this model, diagnostic testing is often employed for selecting appropriate and optimal therapies based on the context of a patient’s genetic risk or other molecular or cellular analysis (78).
A principal hypothesis underlying our approach toward AD risk reduction is that glucose hypometabolism, especially in the context of modifiable AD risk factors, promotes further AD brain pathology. As such, targeted interventions to address distinctive nutritional, and/or metabolic requirements in the AD brain should support mitochondrial efficiency and reduce oxidative damage, thereby contributing to neuroprotection (79, 80). At the first follow-up visit, the treating physician and patient collaboratively review their diagnostic workup, including labs and imaging (appointment time approximately 60 minutes). Any potentially modifiable risk factors are identified, and targeted interventions to address those risk factors are discussed.
Table 4 summarizes potential interventions to address risk factors which are carefully tailored for each individual patient. All patients receive nutritional counseling for lowering cardiovascular and AD risk. For patients with any evidence of adipose-tissue insulin resistance who are already living a healthy lifestyle, aggressive treatment with medication is discussed. This is important because in our healthy adults at higher genetic risk for AD, traditional risk factors might otherwise not be identified or treated as aggressively during midlife. Also, for patients who are already taking hypertensive medications, consideration is given to switching to medications with the most evidence for potential to delay cognitive decline (angiotensin receptor blockers and calcium channel blockers). Other lifestyle interventions include suggestions to boost cognitive reserve (i.e., musical training (81)), to promote self-management of cardiovascular health (at-home anthropomorphic testing (82)), increase social engagement (83), and to teach stress reduction techniques (i.e., meditation (84) and cognitive behavioral therapy (85)).
Table 4. Potential Personalized Interventions
CCB = calcium channel blocker; ARB = angiotensin receptor blocker
Figure 3. The APC Comparative Effectiveness Dementia & Alzheimer’s Registry (CEDAR) Project
APC Specific Research Programs
The Comparative Effectiveness Dementia & Alzheimer’s Registry (CEDAR) Project
The CEDAR Project is the primary registry for all patients presenting for memory loss prevention or treatment due to AD, other neurodegenerative dementias, or other causes. All patients presenting to the clinic have the opportunity to donate their de-identified clinical data to the registry. The primary aim of the registry is to establish a well-characterized cohort of individuals with or at risk for AD or other dementias who will be primed to benefit from preventative strategies and disease-modifying interventions expected to continue to emerge in the coming decade.
The Dietary Intervention to Slow Memory Loss due to Alzheimer’s (DIPLOMA) Study
This study is a prospective, observational feasibility and pilot study of patients receiving nutritional and lifestyle counseling as part of routine clinical care at the APC. Nutritional and other lifestyle interventions have been shown to delay the onset of cognitive decline in controlled trials. These interventions may be most effective in patients with preclinical AD, prior to the onset of neuronal loss. However, no formal clinical criteria currently exist to classify individuals with preclinical AD without the use of expensive biomarker testing. Moreover, the effectiveness of nutritional interventions in real-world clinical, as opposed to controlled settings, has not been demonstrated.
The overall, long-term objective of the DIPLOMA study is to better identify and predict individuals most likely to benefit from nutritional interventions. The short-term objectives are to validate a clinical diagnostic algorithm and assess the comparative effectiveness of the DIPLOMA intervention in subjects with unique medical and genetic backgrounds. We hypothesize that adherence to the APC intervention improves brain metabolism and slows cognitive decline via changes in metabolic risk factors of AD. Eligible patients will include persons aged 30 to 85 who are enrolled in CEDAR, have at least one genetic factor consistent with Alzheimer’s risk (either APOE4 or first degree family history), and have at least one modifiable nutritional risk factor (adipose tissue peripheral insulin resistance, low B12, low vitamin D, low omega 3, poor diet, overweight, or elevated homocysteine). In the future, nutritional and lifestyle interventions could form the basis for disease prevention counseling in early to midlife for adults at risk for AD.
Figure 4. The APC Dietary Intervention to Slow Memory Loss due to Alzheimer’s (DIPLOMA) Study
Development and Validation of Alzheimer’s Universe (www.AlzU.org), a Web-based Program for Alzheimer’s Disease Education and Prevention
In this study, we are developing and validating scales that measure the key knowledge and belief constructs known to influence care-seeking behaviors related to Alzheimer’s prevention. There is a lack of knowledge about the comparative effectiveness of different dissemination strategies to facilitate the use of health-related evidence (108). This is driven largely by a lack of tools to accurately measure knowledge and beliefs about neurodegenerative diseases. The Center for Disease Control plans to identify validated survey questions that can be used at the national, state, and local levels to track awareness and perceptions about cognitive health (109). Using AlzU.org, we will test whether these scales can predict behavioral intent, as measured by actual behaviors such as scheduling an appointment to see an Alzheimer prevention doctor, adhering to doctor recommendations, or participating in a prevention trial. Although prior studies have addressed differences in motivating factors for behavioral intent related to AD, studies have not attempted to elucidate the differences in the belief mechanisms responsible for behavioral change. Ultimately, accurate measurement of knowledge and health belief constructs may enable more accurate public health surveillance of AD awareness and attitudes. Validated, online tools such as these may also play a role in better defining strategies to increase recruitment into Alzheimer’s prevention research trials. Our ultimate goal is to improve patient outcomes through education about risk factor modification and resultant health-promoting behavioral change.
Specific Learning Disabilities and Atypical Alzheimer’s Disease
This is an observational, prospective study of clinical care delivered to learning-disabled adults who present for dementia prevention or treatment. The reasons why a subset of individuals with AD presents with atypical symptoms at onset (vision or language, rather than memory) are unclear, but may relate to presence of a childhood learning disability. This is a critical research gap because a better understanding of clinical heterogeneity in AD could lead to clues related to the primary pathogenesis of AD. Strategies for early detection, prevention or treatment may need to be different for people with Atypical AD (110). The overall, long-term goal of this project is to further understand the differences in risk factors, outcomes and effectiveness of health care for memory loss patients with and without specific learning disabilities (LD). Primary aims include validation of a patient-reported questionnaire, adapted from prior validated questionnaires (64-66), to detect history of childhood LD in adults presenting for dementia prevention or treatment, as well as characterization of differences in cognition and disease progression in patients with vs. without LD who present for dementia prevention. We hypothesize that areas of the brain that are last to connect during early life, as affected in LD, could be the first to degenerate when amyloid accumulation begins in the brain, leading to Atypical phenotypes of AD. This group of adults represents a significant proportion of the population (5-10%) who has thus far been underrepresented in dementia research. Ultimately, this line of research could identify a new risk factor for Atypical AD, which might lead to clues about the cause of AD (which remains unknown) and to the development of preventative interventions for atypical dementias, which are currently unavailable.
Figure 5. Alzheimer’s Universe (www.AlzU.org)
Clinical implementation of precision medicine for Alzheimer prevention is complicated by several ethical, legal and psychosocial implications (111). These include potential for adverse psychological impact related to risk disclosure, and potential for social stigma or discrimination by employers or long-term care or life insurance companies. Despite these concerns, the best available evidence suggests that blinded enrollment of patients into an Alzheimer prevention study (preventing disclosure of Alzheimer’s risk), at least from an ethical standpoint, is not necessary (112) and also that disclosure of genetic status is without significant adverse psychological impact (113). Regarding potential for discrimination, in the United States, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) prevents health insurance companies from considering genetic information when setting premiums; however, GINA does not prevent life, disability or long-term care insurances from using genetic testing information. In the context of clinical care, physicians and patients may decide together to keep genetic data separate from a patient’s medical record (for example if the patient perceives potential risks of breach of confidentiality to outweigh the benefits of complete documentation) (114). Also of note is the fact that risk disclosure may facilitate adherence to physician recommendations related to lifestyle but may also cause unnecessary or undesirable behavior change such as increased likelihood of taking supplements with no clear beneficial effect (115, 116).
To mitigate against these concerns, and in accordance with best practices for testing in prodromal neurological disease (117), the APC implements the following policies: All patients’ genetic test results inform the pharmacogenomics and/or nutrigenomics care plan (118), including recommendations related to lifestyle changes, medications, long-term care planning and participation in research trials. All patients are provided extensive pre-visit educational tools, and undergo routine psychological screening to identify patients at high risk of adverse psychological outcomes. All patients also receive pre-test genetic counseling and have access to post-test counseling. Patients are encouraged to consider long-term care, disability and life insurance prior to obtaining genetic testing. Although there is no definitive prohibition, most insurers do not use APOE genotyping to determine long-term care insurance eligibility or to set premiums (119). In some states, insurers are actually required to obtain consent prior to accessing genetic data (120).
As of mid-2015, only a few clinical programs exist worldwide which offer dementia prevention services outside of a strictly research setting. To our knowledge, in the United States, these programs include the Weill Cornell Medical College / NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital APC, the University of Alabama – Birmingham Alzheimer’s Risk Assessment and Intervention Clinic, and the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Alzheimer’s Prevention Program. The information for making an appointment at any one of these programs is listed on www.AlzU.org (under the ‘See a Doctor’ activity). The APC, via AlzU.org, has also established collaborations with multiple institutions involved in Alzheimer prevention research, including the UCSF Brain Health Registry and the Banner Institute Alzheimer’s Prevention Initiative. We invite interested collaborators to reach out as we continue to build a network of health professionals who can provide the latest, safest, evidence-based preventative interventions for at-risk individuals, families and communities. We host a weekly consensus conference to discuss Alzheimer prevention cases, which is available for viewing and participation online every Wednesday morning (EST). Collaborators interested in attending the conference either in person or via web-based video conferencing are encouraged to contact us.
The first goal of the U.S. National Plan to Address Alzheimer’s Disease is to prevent and effectively treat AD by 2025. Until that time, a variety of evidence-based, low-risk clinical interventions may be instituted by primary care physicians, cardiologists, nutritionists and other healthcare professionals, in an effort to (in the least) lower validated risk scores. Besides clinical interventions, scores of interventional research trials are already available for individuals with prodromal Alzheimer disease or mild cognitive impairment (121). With continued engagement of healthy, community-dwelling adults at various levels of risk for Alzheimer’s or dementia, and with earlier interventions specifically targeting the biological mechanisms of disease at key stages in the life course, prior to neuronal loss, a major breakthrough in preventing AD may be finally within our reach. The APC will continue to work with collaborators worldwide to establish well-characterized populations of individuals who, either through clinical trial participation or evidence-based clinical care, can benefit from the disease-modifying interventions expected to arise in the coming decade.
Acknowledgments: The Authors would like to thank Dr. Matthew Fink, Dr. Laurie Glimcher, Dr. Robert Krikorian, Dr. Arthur Agatston, Dr. Islon Woolf, Dr. Randy Cohen, Yaa Obeng-Aduasare, Ciara Gaglio, Max Pensack, Jaclyn Chen, Mark McInnis, Dr. Roberta Marongiu, Dr. Josefina Meléndez-Cabrero, Dana Ergas, Dr. Gloria Chiang, Dr. Milos Ivkovic and Max Lugavere.
Conflict of interests: Dr. Isaacson has received research support from the American Academy of Neurology, student loan payments from the National Institutes of Health Clinical Research LRP, and an unrestricted educational research grant support from Accera, Inc. He has served as a scientific advisor/consultant to Novartis and Accera. Dr. Seifan has no financial interests, relationships or affiliations relevant to the subject of this manuscript.
Funding: Provided via philanthropic support (proceeds from the Annual Memories for Mary fundraiser, organized by Mr. David Twardock, and contributions from grateful patients of the Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinic, Weill Cornell Memory Disorders Program), and grant support by the Leon Levy Foundation and the Weill Cornell Medical College Clinical and Translational Science Center. The sponsors had no role in the preparation of the manuscript; or in the review or approval of the manuscript.
Ethical standard: The clinical and education research trials described have been reviewed and approved by the Weill Cornell Medical College IRB.
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155 Del Monte Lane. Morgan Hill, CA 95037
$629,000 $[price]/m
Term 40 Year 35 Year 30 Year 25 Year 20 Year 15 Year 10 Year 5 Year
Down Payment: Monthly Payment:
$460.81 / SqFt
Neighborhood: Del Monte Condominium
HOA: $460.00
MLS® #: ML81820427
Days Listed: 62
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MLS® ML81820427 is as 1,365sqft Condominium located at 155 Del Monte Lane, in Morgan Hill CA. The property features 2 bedrooms, and 0.00 bathrooms.
Great 2 bedroom, 2 bath condo in small, quiet complex. This is a second floor unit, and once you are home, everything is on the same level. Remodeled kitchen with gorgeous cabinets and granite counters. Stainless steel range, dishwasher and sink. Nice sized bedrooms, 2 full baths, inside laundry, dining room plus eat in kitchen, large balcony overlooking the green belt, 2 car garage, wood burning fireplace in large living room, wood floors and much more. Association has sparkling pool, relaxing spa and rec room for your larger events.
155 Del Monte Lane - Subdivision Statistics
Avg. asking price $629,000
Price per sq. ft. $460
Median price $629,000
Number of homes for sale in Del Monte Condominium 1
Number of homes for sale in Morgan Hill 85
Avg. Days on Market 62
MLS® #ML81820427
Sub-TypeCondominium
StatusActive Under Contract
ParkingCarport Detached, On Site
Microwave, Electric Dryer Hookup, Dishwasher
DistrictOther
Listing AgentLee Schmidt(01363336)
Listing OfficeRealty World- South County
Address155 Del Monte Lane
AreaWrigley Area (5)
SubdivisionDel Monte Condominium
CityMorgan Hill
CountySanta Clara
StateCA
FireplacesWood, Living Room
FoundationConcrete Slab
Date ListedNovember 16th, 2020
Days on Market62
ZoningPUD
HOA Fees460.00
HOA Fees Freq.Monthly
Price Change History for 155 Del Monte Lane, Morgan Hill, CA (MLS® #ML81820427)
Status Changed from Active to Active Under Contract –
Price Reduced from $639,000 to $629,000 $10,000 (1.56%)
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Lorin Celebrates 75 Years of Innovation and Growth in 2018
Jan 5, 2018 | Lorin News, Press Release
Lorin Industries, Inc., the global industry leader in the innovation and production of coil anodized aluminum, announces that 2018 marks 75 years of growth and innovation for the company. Lorin’s success over the past 75 years has come from the hard work and dedication of employees throughout the company’s history. Additionally, both long-time and recent customers have helped the company to achieve such incredible success and longevity. Lorin appreciates their customers’ roles as the driving force to push the company to continue as the global leader in coil anodizing.
From its beginnings as North America’s first continuous coil anodizing production line, to current innovations in metal finishes, coloration, perforation, and more, Lorin has a long history of supplying customers with the most cutting-edge developments in anodized aluminum. As a third-generation family-owned business, Lorin remains connected to its roots while growing to meet market demand.
Lorin is dedicated to continuing its existing legacy of developing and promoting innovative and market-driven products, backed by the exceptional service and support that customers have come to rely on. Lorin is committed to sustainable growth without compromising its leadership position in providing unmatched quality and service. Excited about the challenges and opportunities that the future holds, the Lorin team looks forward to building on its 75 year heritage for many years to come.
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Yugo, The
Author(s): Vuic Jason
Six months after its American introduction in 1985, the Yugo was a punch line; within a year, it was a staple of late-night comedy. By 2000, NPR's Car Talk declared it "the worst car of the millennium." And for most Americans that's where the story begins and ends. Hardly. The short, unhappy life of the car, the men who built it, the men who imported it, and the decade that embraced and discarded it is rollicking and astounding, and one of the greatest untold business-cum-morality tales of the 1980s. Mix one rabid entrepreneur, several thousand "good" communists, a willing U.S. State Department, the shortsighted Detroit auto industry, and improvident bankers, shake vigorously, and you've got The Yugo: The Rise and Fall of the Worst Car in History.
Brilliantly re-creating the amazing confluence of events that produced the Yugo, Yugoslav expert Jason Vuic uproariously tells the story of the car that became an international joke: The American CEO who happens upon a Yugo right when his company needs to find a new import or go under. A State Department eager to aid Yugoslavia's nonaligned communist government. Zastava Automobiles, which overhauls its factory to produce an American-ready Yugo in six months. And a hole left by Detroit in the cheap subcompact market that creates a race to the bottom that leaves the Yugo . . . at the bottom.
$38.00(AUD) RRP $20.00(AUD)
Publisher : Henry Holt & Company
Imprint : Henry Holt & Company
Dimensions : .59 Inches X 6 Inches X 9 Inches
Dewey classification : 629.222/2
Author : Vuic Jason
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Madrid High Court Rules Against Lockdown Restrictions
October 8, 2020 October 8, 2020 Madrid Metropolitan madrid covid, madrid news, spain news
The central government’s flagship order to curb the spread of the second wave of the coronavirus has been dealt a major blow today with the decision of the Madrid High Court that measures introduced were “harmful to citizens’ basic rights”.
The PP led regional government had taken the Health Ministry to the court in order to rescind the restriction measures that applied to the capital as well as other 9 municipalities in the region affecting over 5 million inhabitants.
The court’s ruling now leaves a question mark over both the central and regional government’s approach to combating the virus spread.
The Madrid government had previously applied local lockdown measures in 45 of the region’s 286 “basic health areas” where contagion rates had exceeded 1,000 per 100,000 inhabitants.
However the central government’s insisted on applying lockdown measures in districts where infection rates exceeded 500 per 100,000 inhabitants.
However the regional premier, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, had said that implementing such levels of lockdown would be a “disaster” for the economy and estitmated that the measures introduced had already cost the Madrid economy over 6 billion Euros.
Despite the regional government’s court victory the Mayor of Madrid,José Luis Martínez-Almeida, urged Madrileños to act responsibly, encouraging them not to go out unless it was essential to do so.
Inmaculada Sanz, the regional government´s spokesperson said that the police had performed 1,108 checks points involving 20.650 people and 17,961 vehícules from Friday until Wednesday and had issued 15, 327 fines for non compliance with mask wearing and a further 1,159 for being in groups of more than six people.
With the court ruling all police check points have been suspended.
The ruling from the Madrid High Court comes despite support for the new measures on the part of the public prosecutor, whose report stated that they were in line with “criteria of proportionality” given the high risk of coronavirus infections in Madrid and on the basis that “the right to life and to health” should take precedence over any other consideration.
To date Spain has recorded 872,276 coronavirus cases of whom 32,562 have died.
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Browse Store » CNC & Laser Patterns » Vehicles » Heavy Machines
Excavator CAT
This Puzzle is included in Volume Five.
The Excavator
Excavators are heavy construction equipment consisting of a boom, stick,
bucket and cab on a rotating platform known as "The House".
Please Select...Excavator Scroll Saw PDF Version CNC or Laser Version
Forklift & Pallet
The Ergonomical Forklift and Wooden Pallet
Buy one: Collect them all! Impress your friends and family or make some extra cash with your CNC machine with your own product line at flea markets and craft shows!
A tractor is an engineering vehicle specifically designed to deliver a high
tractive effort or torque at slow speeds, for the purposes of hauling a trailer or
machinery used in agriculture or construction.
This Amazing Tower Crane has Working Mechanisms - Counter Weight using 6 Volt Lantern Battery.
The Amazing Tower Crane
A crane is a type of machine, generally equipped with a hoist, wire ropes or chains, and sheaves, that can be used both to lift and lower materials and to move them horizontally. It is mainly used for lifting heavy things and transporting them to other places. It uses one or more simple machines to create mechanical advantage and thus move loads beyond the normal capability of a human. Cranes are commonly employed in the transport industry for the loading and unloading of freight, in the construction industry for the movement of materials and in the manufacturing industry for the assembling of heavy equipment.
Bulldozer Front End Loader
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Caterpillar 24H Grader- Heavy Machines NEW
NOTE: This Pattern is not easy for beginners! You may want to become more proficient at CNC before attempting this pattern!
Caterpillar 24H Grader - Brand New Heavy Machines Series II
This is the First in our Brand New Series of Heavy Machines II - This is a High-Quality, Very Challenging, Premium 3D Pattern created to Stimulate your Mind and Imagination!
This is a Great Pattern that will provide Challenging Fun!
The 24H has been the industry standard in
mining applications. The 24M continues this tradition, incorporating revolutionary, customer-driven enhancements by Improving ease of operation and operator training time, by being the Best-in-class operator station, by Increasing productivity, by Improving availability and by decreasing maintenance time and Building on a legacy of superior quality.
This is a New Premium Pattern!
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Caterpillar 797 Haul Truck - Heavy Machines NEW
Caterpillar 797 Haul Truck - Brand New Heavy Machines Series II
The Caterpillar 797 is a series of off-highway, ultra class, two-axle, mechanical powertrain haul trucks developed and manufactured in the United States by Caterpillar Inc. specifically for high-production mining and heavy-duty construction applications world-wide. In production since 1998, the 797 series represents Caterpillar’s largest, highest capacity haul trucks. The current, third-generation model, the 797F, offers one of the largest haul truck payload capacities in the world, up to 400 short tons and has the highest payload capacity among mechanical drive haul trucks.
Caterpillar 994 Loader - Heavy Machines NEW
Caterpillar 994 Loader - Brand New Heavy Machines Series II
The 431,000-lb. 994H features four loader linkage configurations that enable dump clearances at maximum lift ranging up to 23.3 ft. Cat's Rimpull Control System allows the operator to adjust power at the wheels to match specific loading or underfoot conditions, modulating rimpull from 100 to 25 percent and reducing tire slippage without diminishing hydraulic capacity.
Its capacity for Payloads ranges from 35 to 38 tons.
Caterpillar D11 Dozer - Heavy Machines NEW
Caterpillar D11 Dozer - Brand New Heavy Machines Series II
The Caterpillar D11 is a large bulldozer, manufactured by Caterpillar Inc. in East Peoria, Illinois, and mainly used in the mining industry. Primarily designed as a bulldozer, it also used for push-loading scrapers, and ripping rock overburden.
Caterpillar 7495 Shovel - Heavy Machines NEW
Caterpillar 7495 Shovel - Brand New Heavy Machines Series II
A power shovel, also stripping shovel or front shovel or electric mining shovel, is a bucket-equipped machine, usually electrically powered, used for digging and loading earth or fragmented rock and for mineral extraction.
Hitachi EX2500 Excavator- Heavy Machines NEW
Hitachi EX2500 Excavator - Brand New Heavy Machines Series II
For the big Jobs, rely on Hitachi. With years of experience at the coal face, Hitachi are recognised as making productive and reliable large mining excavators capable of operating efficiently for tens of thousands of hours, almost non-stop.
Komatsu PC8000 Shovel- Heavy Machines NEW
Komatsu PC8000 Shovel - Brand New Heavy Machines Series II
Building on the technology and expertise Komatsu has accumulated since establishment, GALEO presents customers worldwide with a strong, distinctive image of technological innovation and value. Designed for high productivity, safety and environmental considerations, GALEO machines reflect Komatsu´s commitment to contributing to the creation of a better world.
P&H 4100 XPC Shovel - Heavy Machines NEW
P&H 4100 XPC Shovel - Brand New Heavy Machines Series II
P&H Mining Equipment designs, builds and supports a line of drilling and material handling machinery marketed under the "P&H" trademark and applied to minerals and energy surface mining operations worldwide. The firm is an operating subsidiary of Joy Global Inc.
The Bulldozer
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This is the First in our New Series of Next Generation, High-Quality, Premium 3D Model Patterns for CNC Routers, Lasers and Scroll Saws, Completely Original and Exclusive to MakeCNC and created with
lots of Flair and Imagination!
A bulldozer is a crawler or continuous tracked tractor equipped with a substantial metal plate known as a blade which is used to push large quantities of soil, sand, rubble, or other such material during construction or conversion work and typically equipped at the rear with a claw-like device, known as a ripper, to loosen densely-compacted materials.
This Bulldozer Pattern comes with a multi-page color assembly guide using photographic quality
rendering and assembly images
This Pattern also uses two different scale sizes so you will need to use two thicknesses of wood and each Road Working Machine comes with a Number Coded DXF to assist with assembly and works in conjunction with your color assembly guide. The scales for Imperial for each DXF are 1-8" & 1-4" and 1-4" & 1-2" and the Metric scales for each DXF are 3 & 6mm and 6 & 12mm. Please read and follow your assembly guide carefully.
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The Cement Truck
This is the Second in our New Series of Next Generation, High-Quality, Premium 3D Model Patterns for CNC Routers, Lasers and Scroll Saws, Completely Original and Exclusive to MakeCNC and created with
Special concrete transport trucks, or Cement Trucks (in–transit mixers) are made to transport and mix concrete up to the construction site. They can be charged with dry materials and water, with the mixing occurring during transport. They can also be loaded from a "central mix" plant, with this process the material has already been mixed prior to loading.
This Pattern comes with a multi-page color assembly guide using photographic quality
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The Combine Harvester
This is the Third in our New Series of Next Generation, High-Quality, Premium 3D Model Patterns for CNC Routers, Lasers and Scroll Saws, Completely Original and Exclusive to MakeCNC and created with
The combine harvester, or simply combine, is a machine that harvests grain crops.
The name derives from its combining three separate operations comprising harvesting—reaping, threshing, and winnowing—into a single process.
The Crane Truck
This is the Fourth in our New Series of Next Generation, High-Quality, Premium 3D Model Patterns for CNC Routers, Lasers and Scroll Saws, Completely Original and Exclusive to MakeCNC and created with
The Crane Truck (comes with center extensions for long and short truck versions)
A crane truck is equipped with an on-board crane and hook, and a crane truck typically has a mounted crane behind the cab.
It can carry a trailer as well, but with less payload due to the weight of the crane.
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The Dump Truck (Super Mining Truck)
This is the Eleventh in our New Series of Next Generation, High-Quality, Premium 3D Model Patterns for CNC Routers, Lasers and Scroll Saws, Completely Original and Exclusive to MakeCNC and
created with lots of Flair and Imagination!
The Dump Truck (Super Size open cast Mining Truck)
A dump truck is a truck used for transporting loose material, such as sand, gravel, or dirt for construction. A typical dump truck is equipped with a hydraulically operated open-box bed hinged at the rear, the front of which can be lifted to allow the contents to be deposited on the ground behind the truck at the site of delivery. In the UK and Australia the term applies to off-road construction plant only, and the road vehicle is known as a tipper, tipper lorry, or tip truck.
Please Select...Dump Truck PDF Scroll Saw Version CNC or Laser Version
This is the Fifth in our New Series of Next Generation, High-Quality, Premium 3D Model Patterns for CNC Routers, Lasers and Scroll Saws, Completely Original and Exclusive to MakeCNC and
Excavators are heavy construction equipment consisting of a boom, stick, bucket and cab on a rotating platform known as the "house".
The house sits atop an undercarriage with tracks or wheels.
A cable-operated excavator uses winches and steel ropes to accomplish the movements.
The Farm Tractor and Trailer
This is the Sixth in our New Series of Next Generation, High-Quality, Premium 3D Model Patterns for CNC Routers, Lasers and Scroll Saws, Completely Original and Exclusive to MakeCNC and
The Farm Tractor & Trailer
A tractor is an engineering vehicle specifically designed to deliver a high tractive effort or torque at slow speeds, for the purposes of hauling a trailer or machinery used in agriculture or construction.
Most commonly, the term is used to describe a farm vehicle that provides the power and traction to mechanize agricultural tasks, especially and originally tillage, but nowadays a great variety of tasks.
Agricultural implements may be towed behind or mounted on the tractor, and the tractor may also provide a source of power if the implement is mechanised.
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LIGNA News
LIGNA.21 goes into Autumn - new Date from 27 September to 1 October
LIGNA.21 goes into autumn, postponing its original event date from May to 27 September to 1 October 2021. Following intensive reflections and discussions, and in view of the current developments in the global incidence of infections in the wake of the corona pandemic, Deutsche Messe and the German association VDMA have jointly decided to postpone LIGNA by around five months next year.
"Due to the ongoing pandemic, increasing restrictions and the renewed lockdown, there is great uncertainty in the market. We take this very seriously," emphasizes Dr. Andreas Gruchow, Deutsche Messe Managing Board member. "The decision to postpone LIGNA was a very difficult one for us, but it is the only consistent measure to give all those involved planning security and the necessary lead time for preparations. The corresponding hygiene and protection concept is in place, and with the staging of our event infa now in October, it has also been proven in practice that events in pandemic times can be held safely. At LIGNA, we have to take into account that entire machine parks are designed, assembled and presented in live operation with a long lead time and at great expense. This requires trade show planning that takes many months. This can only be achieved in conjunction with a sufficient number of international decision-makers on the visitor side. To ensure that LIGNA, the world's leading trade show for the sector, can live up to this expectation, suppliers and users alike must be given sufficient planning security for participation - and this is significantly higher for September/October than for May 2021".
The world's most important Trade Show for the international Wood Industry
As co-organizer of LIGNA, the VDMA also sees the postponement of the event date as the only effective means of successfully staging the world's most important trade show for the international wood industry in the interests of all participants. "The postponement of LIGNA is absolutely necessary. It is the world's most important platform for our companies and the customers of the woodworking and processing industry," says Dr. Bernhard Dirr, Managing Director of the VDMA Woodworking Machinery Association. "The industry needs this marketplace. With LIGNA in September 2021, we want to send out a signal of new impetus and investment in the global marketplace".
LIGNA is the leading Industry Event
"We are already looking forward to numerous innovations, particularly in the three focus topics of LIGNA.21 Woodworking Transformation , Prefab Building Processes and Green Material Processing ," adds Christian Pfeiffer, Global Director LIGNA & Woodworking Shows at Deutsche Messe. "In September, LIGNA.21 will be held as a hybrid event for the first time, underscoring its function as a leading industry event and presenting the world's range of tools, machinery and equipment for woodworking and wood processing".
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Sam Merrill – Utah State
Lineups has given you the best senior sleepers in this NBA Draft and now it’s time for a look at the bigger picture of sleepers in this draft. We’re going to take a look at the underclassmen who have declared for the draft and might be a bit underappreciated. A number of these guys could absolutely end up in the first round if the right team values them properly, but right now most of them are listed on mock drafts in the second round or at the very end of the first round.
This Duke freshman is one of the more athletic players available in this draft at 6-foot-6 and 193 pounds. However, that’s not going to be enough to warrant using a first round pick on him as some mock drafts say. He greatly helped himself in his lone year at Duke though as he was thought to be a 2 or 3-year project. He shot the ball at a decent clip from distance and was a highlight reel waiting to happen in any given game. He has superb leaping ability and was a huge energy guy for the Blue Devils this season.
Stanley can guard well on the perimeter thanks to his speed and athleticism. He was the major glue guy for this team as well, keeping it together when it seemed like opponents were going to take control of games. Stanley was the go-to defender on the other team’s best perimeter player and rarely disappointed. If he puts on some more weight, he could easily guard up to three positions on defense.
The shot percentages were good for Stanley this season, but he does have some mechanical issues with his shot. He gets that cleaned up and he is going to be a major steal for a team in this draft. He’s an early second round pick right now, but could sneak his way into the first round if a team values his athleticism, explosiveness and thinks it can work with his current shot.
DePaul forward Paul Reed has been an excellent and steadily improving player in college. He’s seen as a fringe first rounder and likely second round pick right now. However, The Athletic writer John Hollinger made a great point about Reed and Precious Achiuwa, who is expected to go in the first round, if not the lottery. They’ve put up similar stats — Reed’s being slightly better against better competition — but because Reed is four months older he is perceived as a lesser prospect.
When teams go back to the tape and see what Reed can do at 6-foot-9 and 220 pounds, they will undoubtedly be impressed. He plays excellent defense, has improved his shooting range, shows potential to be a stretch-4 and is a solid athlete with fluidity in his movement. He can be a rim protector at his position despite lacking stereotypical center size and his ability to step out and guard on the perimeter will come in handy. Teams looking for versatile defenders should be giving the Blue Demon a hard look.
Reed averaged 15.2 points per game while blocking 2.6 shots and grabbing 10.7 rebounds a game. He can come in and contribute immediately to a team who needs a forward or small-ball center. If he falls to the second round, a team is going to get tremendous value out of him.
The 6-foot-11, 240-pound Wildcat freshman was one of the most productive first-year players in the country this past season. However, there were times it felt like he wasn’t showing off everything he could do. Some of that was poor guard play and some of it was playing with a core of guys who were all in Tuscon for the first time with him. Despite this, he did show some nice glimpses of what he could be. Nnaji has great touch around the rim and it extends into the mid-range as well.
He averaged 16.1 points and 8.6 rebounds a game. Some of his question marks come on defense as he blocked just under one shot a game and less than a steal a game as well. He may not be quite big enough to play as a true center, but he has the potential to be a great stretch forward if his shot range keeps increasing. While he’s not a great rim protector, that can be alleviated in creative lineups with other bigs that are more defensive-minded.
Nnaji’s superb body control allows him to finish at the rim well and get creative with some of his paint moves. He can go up and under on guys or throw up a hook shot just as comfortably. He’s decent with both hands and if he starts taking and making triples consistently, he’ll be a real problem for defenders.
This Gonzaga big man has been one of the most popular picks for a sleeper in this NBA Draft. If he didn’t have his injury history, he would be a surefire first round pick. He’s a high IQ player who knows how to use his body in the post and make good reads on offense. He has nice touch around the rim and is great in the pick-and-pop with his footwork and ability to knock down shots. In the 24 games he played this season, Tillie averaged 13.6 points, one steal and five rebounds a game. Tillie’s injuries over the course of his career have included a hip pointer, sprained ankles, preventative knee surgery, a partially torn plantar fascia in his foot and a stress fracture in his ankle. Despite those injuries, Tillie is still a smooth athlete at 6-foot-10 and 220 pounds. He shoots the ball extremely well from deep and is a good shooter at the other two levels.
Defensively, Tillie is a solid defender in the post as he has the strength play down there. He may not be a great rim protector though as he isn’t explosive and doesn’t have a whole lot of length. But he is a smart team defender and can switch out on the perimeter in short bursts. He’s got fast reaction times with his hands and feet, and he’s light on his feet for someone his size. Tillie will likely end up somewhere early or in the middle of the second round, but really should get a good look at the end of the first for a team who needs someone to be able to contribute immediately.
This 6-foot-10, 240-pound monster has gone under the radar for much of his two seasons at Minnesota. However, he broke out this past season while averaging 20.1 points, 2.5 blocks and 11.1 rebounds per game. He could be a good rim protector for a team, but he will have to work on his foot speed a bit and staying disciplined down in his stance. He struggles to defend quicker players and this gets him upright on defense, the last place he should be. He does have a plus wingspan though and a near 9-foot standing reach, which will certainly help. Oturu is strong and should be able to defend big men, but his height will have to be considered as he is on the undersized side of things.
One of Oturu’s biggest issues is his assist-to-turnover ratio. It’s almost 1-to-3! He has to get a handle on that or he will have deserved to go later in the first round or even the second round. However, he’s a big that can step out and comfortably shoot the ball, which is always a major upside for a prospect. His mechanics look good and should not be any sort of issue going forward as he starts shooting more from outside.
Merrill might be the most underrated and slept on player in this draft as he’s a victim of unfortunate geography. Scouts and team personnel just don’t go out to Utah to watch him and that could come back to haunt them. The 6-foot-5 , 205-pound guard has the one skill set that NBA teams want. He can flat out shoot the ball. He’s not a catch-and-shoot guy as he often has to go out and create his own shot. He has the volume (217 attempts this season) and accuracy (41 percent this season) from beyond the arc to give someone a scoring punch off the bench. His superb shot fake helps him out a bit too.
The main concern about Merrill is that he is an average defender at the collegiate level on his best day. The translation to the NBA level may not be there for him, but his shooting skills could be enough to offset if he can even get to a tolerable level of defensive play. While you could argue that playing in a mid-major conference like the Mountain West would put Merrill down a peg, he did play against the likes of Florida and LSU. He was also clearly the best player on the floor in those games, so that should be taken into account too.
Merrill’s ability to use screens and come off curls is what sets him apart from the Jimmer Fredettes of the world though. While he does have the ball in his hands often, he does not turn it over too much. His turnover rate is second only to Devin Vassell’s out of the significant prospects in this draft, and Vassell is a consensus lottery pick.
Ben Bornstein
Ben has covered college basketball for almost a decade, which has included writing about draft prospects, NBA teams as well as beat coverage for the Florida Gators. He can be heard on the radio during basketball season at 965sports.com and he has written for a variety of outlets, including Cox Media Group, Project Spurs and CBB Today.
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For twenty years, André has been making a living organizing the transport of migrants between Agadez (Niger) and Sabha (Libya). To him and to a large part of the population in Agadez, crossing the Sahara was a key sector of the economy. But in 2016, and with the financial support of the European Union, Niger adopted a law repressing all economic activity related to illegal migration. Since then, André fights to keep working illegally, with the excesses that it implies. We follow him in the streets of Agadez and meet Fifty, Boubacar, Mudatheir and Myriam: they are four people who decided for different reasons to leave their country in search of a better life. Their journey is full of pitfalls, detours, moments of waiting. Boubacar, Fifty and Mudatheir have fled Libya after being incarcerated, tortured and eventually sold as slaves. Myriam comes from Nigeria. She did not want to run this risk and preferred to stop and remain for a while in Agadez before going back to Lagos. Prostitution allowed her to save enough money and to avoid returning home empty handed. I came to Agadez willingly. What justifies that those who possess a Schengen passport can move more freely than others?
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'Sexually violent predator' accused of threatening former victim in Campbelltown
Merriell Moyer
Lebanon Daily News
A man designated as a "sexually violent predator" threatened a 15-year-old Campbelltown boy who was once the man's victim, according to South Londonderry Township police.
Andrew Sears, 27, of Lebanon, was driving his vehicle through Campbelltown at 10:10 a.m. Sunday when he encountered the boy less than one block from the boy's home, police said.
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Sears rolled down the window of his vehicle and made a threat to him before driving away, according to police. The boy immediately reported the incident to his mother, who then contacted police.
Police found Sears exiting an area church where he parked his vehicle. The church was not identified in the report. He was taken into custody and charged with intimidation, retaliation or obstruction in child abuse cases, retaliation against a victim or witness and harassment.
He was transported to central booking, arraigned and incarcerated at Lebanon County Correctional Facility in lieu of $50,000 bail.
In Dec. 2014, Sears was charged with several crimes stemming from an investigation into his having sexual contact with the boy when the boy was 11 years old.
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He was convicted October 2015 of indecent assault, unlawful contact with a minor, corruption of a minor and intimidation of a victim or witness.
Sears received a sentence which included incarceration and an additional two years of probation and was designated a "sexually violent predator" under the state's Megan's Law, police said.
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(g) ‘deliberate forgery’ means imitation goods made with the deliberate intention of deceiving as to authorship, origin, date, age, period, source, etc, but which is unequivocally described by Elmwood’s in the catalogue as being the work of a particular creator and which at the date of the sale had a value materially less than it would have had it been in an accordance with the description;
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(a) Elmwood’s Auctioneers, unless otherwise agreed, acts only as agent for the seller, whose identity, for reasons of confidentiality, is not normally disclosed. Any contract for the sale of property is therefore made between the buyer and the seller.
(b) The Auctioneer is dependent upon the seller for information relating to any items being sold and whilst we may inspect lots and express a general view about them, we are not normally able to undertake any in depth investigation or research in the manner which the buyer should.
(c) The seller warrants to the auctioneer and you that the seller is the true owner of the property consigned or is properly authorised by the true owner to consign it for sale and is able to transfer good and marketable title to the property, free from any third party claims.
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(a) Whilst we seek to describe lots accurately, our employees are not professionally trained restorers or conservators, and due to the nature of the auction business it is not possible for us to carry out the sort of research which might be undertaken by professional historians or scholars.
(b) Prospective buyers are given ample opportunities to view and inspect before any sale and they must satisfy themselves as to the accuracy of any description applied to a lot. In cases of items of significant value, we strongly recommend you seek advice on such matters from independent professional advisors.
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(b) We reserve the right at our complete discretion to refuse admission to the premises or participation in any auction and also reserve the right to refuse any bid at our complete discretion.
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(c) Total risk and responsibility for the lot passes to the buyer as the auctioneer drops the hammer and neither the auctioneer nor their agents shall be responsible for any loss or damage of any kind from this point, excepting where the loss or damage has arisen as a result of negligence whilst the lot remains in our possession for a maximum of five working days after the day of the sale. After this point, total risk and responsibility will pass to the buyer even in cases of loss or damage caused by negligence.
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The purchase price shall be the hammer price together with a buyer's premium. Premium is payable at rate of 20% of the final bid price of a lot. Premium is subject to VAT at the appropriate rate. The purchase price does not include any online buyer charges, shipping, or other charges, nor any VAT incurred on these charges.
Value Added Tax on the hammer price of any given item is imposed by law on all items marked ‘FV’. Value Added Tax is charged at the appropriate rate prevailing by law at the date of sale and is payable by buyers of relevant lots.
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(a) Immediately or at your earliest convenience, and no later than five working days after the sale of a lot in auction you will:
(i) give to us, if requested, proof of identity
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(b) Any payments by you to us may be applied by us towards any sums owing from you to us on any account whatever without regard to any directions of you or your agent, whether express or implied.
(c) Shipping is available on all items within our jewellery auctions and will be charged at the following rates:
(i) Domestic UK packages up to £2500 in value charged at £20.00 per package;
(ii) Domestic UK packages in excess of £2500 in value charged at £20.00 per package plus insurance at a rate of 2% of the total purchase price;
(iii) International packages up to £250 in value charged at £30.00 per package;
(iv) International packages in excess of £250 in value charged at £40.00 per package plus insurance at a rate of 2% of the total purchase price.
(d) Elmwood’s shall undertake to wrap and package all items carefully and securely, however accepts no direct liability for any damage to goods occurring during transit to the buyer, but will act on behalf of the buyer in making an insurance claim with the appropriate courier for any loss / damage, and will relay in full to the buyer any payments made by the couriers in respect of any claim made.
(e) All payments, including our standard delivery charges, will be automatically taken from the card used for registration by all online bidders using the-saleroom.com on the seventh day after the auction, except where the invoice has already been settled within this time, or other alternative arrangements have been made directly with the finance department in this time period. It is essential online bidders using the-saleroom.com contact the finance department within 48 hours after the auction if they wish to make alternative arrangements for payment.
(f) Payments may be made in any of the following ways:
(i) Cash on collection (up to a maximum of the sterling equivalent of €8000.00;
(ii) Bank transfer;
(iii) Credit or debit card (subject to an additional surcharge of 3% for non-EU registered cards), up to a maximum of £30000.00 per invoice where the cardholder is present for the transaction, and up to a maximum of £500.00 per invoice where the cardholder is not present;
(iv) GBP cheque. Please note no purchases will be released for collection or shipping until cheques have cleared in full.
16. Title and Collection of Purchases
(a) The ownership of any Lots purchased shall not pass to you until you have made payment in full to us of the total amount due.
(b) You shall at your own risk and expense collect any lots that you have purchased and paid for from our premises not later than five working days following the day of the auction or upon the clearance of any cheque used for payment, after which you shall be responsible for any collection, storage and insurance charges.
(c) No purchases may be collected and we shall not release any lot to you or your agent until it has been paid for.
17. Export Licenses / CITES Regulations
In the case of any lots which require export licences or may be subject to CITES regulations when exported, it is the sole responsibility of any potential buyers to make themselves aware of these regulations. We shall not rescind any sale on the basis that an item cannot be exported and if payment is not made within the given period of seven working days after the day of the sale, we will at our discretion exercise any of the rights and remedies outlined in Condition 18.
18. Remedies for Non Payment or Failure to Collect Purchases
(a) If any lot is not paid for in full and taken away in accordance with these Conditions, or if there is any other breach of these Conditions, we, as agent for the seller and on our own behalf, shall at our absolute discretion and without prejudice to any other rights we may have, be entitled to exercise one or more of the following rights and remedies:
(i) to proceed against you for damages for breach of contract;
(ii) to rescind the sale of that lot and/or any other lots sold to you by us;
(iii) to resell the lot (by auction or private treaty) in which case you shall be responsible for any resulting deficiency in the total amount due (after crediting any part payment and adding any resale costs). Any surplus so arising shall belong to the original seller;
(iv) to remove, store and insure the lot at your expense at a rate of up to £10 per day + VAT, and, in the case of storage either at our premises or elsewhere;
(v) to charge interest at a rate not exceeding 1.5% per month on the total amount due to the extent it remains unpaid for more than five working days after the sale;
(vi) to retain that or any other lot bought until you pay the total amount due;
(vii) to reject or ignore bids from you or your agent at future auctions or to impose conditions before any such bids shall be accepted;
(viii) to apply any proceeds of sale of other lots due or in future becoming due to you towards the settlement of the total amount due and to exercise a lien (that is a right to retain possession of any of your property in our possession for any purpose until the debt due is satisfied).
(b) We shall, as agent for the seller and on our own behalf pursue these rights and remedies only so far as is reasonable to make appropriate recovery in respect of breach of these conditions.
19. Third Party Liability
All members of the public on our premises are there at their own risk and must note the layout of the accommodation and security arrangements. Accordingly, neither the auctioneer nor our employees or agents shall incur liability for death or personal injury (except as required by law for reason of our negligence) or similarly for the safety of the property of persons visiting prior to or at a sale.
20. Terms of Sale
The seller acknowledges that lots are sold subject to the stipulations of these Conditions in their entirety, and on the Terms of Consignment as notified to the consignor at time of entry of the lot.
21. Public Auctions and Online Auctions
(a) We welcome all bidders, buyers and interested parties not only to public viewings of all items prior to each auction, but even in the instance where it is stated online that in-person bidding is not available for a sale, also welcome all to attend the sale in person, where they may leave absentee bids or bid via proxy / telephone live in person whilst watching the sale and as such you agree and concede that:
(i) All auctions held by Elmwood’s where the auction is conducted by an auctioneer and bidders may bid via telephone bid and listen to the auction live streamed online are to be classed as Public Auctions, in accordance with the definitions set out in the Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013;
(ii) Only auctions where it is expressly stated in the important sale information displayed online or in a printed catalogue that bidding is available online only may be exempted from classification as a public auction as defined above.
(b) As outlined in Condition 21 (a) all buyers, bidders and interested parties have the opportunity to attend all auctions in person, where all goods sold will be second hand, and will be sold as seen, thus exempting all goods purchased from the Sale of Goods Act 1989.
(c) While we welcome interested parties and bidders to attend any and all auctions in person, even those where ‘in-person bidding’ is not available, entry will be on a first come, first serve basis, and due to space limitations we may not always be able to guarantee enty on the day, so we ask that the aforementioned parties, wherever possible, register their intention to attend in person at least 24 hours prior to the auction.
(d) Where it is not possible interested parties and bidders to enter and view the conduct of the auction in person due to space limitations (first come, first serve, etc) all parties agree this does not exempt the auction from classification as a public auction as outlined above.
22. Returns and Refunds
(a) As outlined in Condition 21, all goods purchased at Public Auction are second hand and sold as seen, meaning they are exempt from the Sale of Goods Act 1989 and the Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013, thus no returns or refunds will be accepted under any circumstances, except those outlined in Condition 23.
(b) Goods purchased in auctions which are expressly stated to be accessible via online bidding only are covered under the Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013 and may be returned in exchange for a full refund without reason by the buyer satisfying the following:
(i) You contact us immediately upon receipt of the item and not later than fourteen days following receipt of the item to inform us by writing of your wish to return the item for a refund;
(ii) You return the goods to us via a tracked, registered and insured method of shipment not later than fourteen days after the date of notifying us of your wish to return them for a refund;
(iii) The goods are returned in their original condition and with all original accompanying boxes, paperwork, etc.
(c) Goods which have been altered or customised for clients, including but not limited to resizing, metal polishing, stone polishing, plating, stone replacement, repair, de-bruising, re-boxing, cleaning, engraving, etc will not be eligible for return under any circumstances.
23. Elmwood’s Authenticity Guarantee
(a) Elmwood’s offers an Authenticity Guarantee to all buyers for a period of three (3) calendar months from the date of any given auction, regardless of the date on which a lot was paid for and collected / received by the buyer.
(b) The Authenticity Guarantee shall apply only to information given in the UPPERCASE HEADING at the very beginning of the catalogue description.
(c) The Authenticity Guarantee shall not apply to any heading of part thereof which is Qualified. Qualified means that a heading is limited by clarification in a lot’s catalogue description or by the use in a heading of a qualified term such as ‘attributed to’, examples respectively:
(i) ‘KASHMIR SAPPHIRE RING set with a cushion cut blue sapphire of 6.42 carats. Accompanied by a gemmological report stating the sapphire is of Kashmir origin.’ In this case the heading is qualified by further information in the catalogue description and so is exempt from the Authenticity Guarantee.
(ii) ‘SAPPHIRE AND DIAMOND RING, ATTRIBUTED TO SUZANNE BELPERRON set with round cut sapphires and diamond, unsigned.’ In this case the heading uses one of the terms listed as a Qualified Heading, such as ‘attributed to’, indicating that the work is in Elmwood’s opinion that of the named artist, but where no strict guarantee to that effect is made.
(c) The Authenticity Guarantee is only available to the original buyer shown on the invoice for the lot at the time of sale, and may not be transferred to any third party. Elmwood’s shall at their sole descretion refuse to honour the authenticity guarantee if the original buyer is not the full owner, free from claim, interest or restriction by any third party.
(d) If Elmwood’s sells any lot of jewellery which the buyer subsequently shows to Elmwood’s reasonable satisfaction to have been misrepresented, miscatalogued or misdescribed in any of the following ways, subject to terms 23(a)-(c) set out above and terms 23(e)(i)-(iv) set out below, Elmwood’s will rescind the sale and refund the buyer the original purchase price, as defined in condition 12 above, in the currency of the original sale:
(i) any lot catalogued to be of a particular age / period, which is later proven to be reproduction, meaning more than fifty (50) years newer than the stated age / period;
(ii) any lot catalogued as being made of one or other precious metals which is later proven to be made of a metal which at the time of cataloguing has lesser material value per ounce than the metal stated in the catalogue;
(iii) any lot catalogued as being in Elmwood’s qualified opinion the authentic work of a given jeweller (such as Cartier, Boucheron, etc) which is later proven to not be the work of that jeweller;
(iv) any lot containing gemstones or pearls which are later proven not to be euthentic or of natural origin. Please note this does not apply to pearls which are specified to be neither natural nor cultured, which are later deemed to be cultured.
(e) In order to claim under the Authenticity Guarantee you must:
(i) Give us written notice of the claim within three calendar months of the auction, including the auction date, buyer number, invoice number, lot number and original catalogue description, the particulars of the claim and any details or evidence you have to support the claim. Please note a claim will not be deemed to have been received until all of the above have been received in full by Elmwood’s, and failure to fully provide all of the above in the first instance may delay the date on which the claim is ‘received’ beyond the three calendar month period;
(ii) at Elmwood’s sole discretion we may require you to provide the written opinions of two recognised experts in the appropriate field of the lot, mutually agreed by both you and us in advance confirming the lot is not authentic. If we have any doubts we reserve the right to obtain additional opinions at our expense;
(iii) return the lot at your expense to Elmwood’s and in the original condition it was bought in. Please note that the authenticity guarantee will not under any circumstances apply to any lot which has been customised, including but not limited to resizing, metal polishing, stone polishing, plating, stone replacement, repair, de-bruising, re-boxing, cleaning, engraving, etc;
(iv) your only right under this authenticity guarantee is to cancel the sale and receive a refund of the original purchase price, as defined in condition 12, paid for the lot. We will not in any circumstances by required to pay you any more than the original purchase price, and will not be liable for the costs incurred in acquiring expert opinions, scientific testing, loss of profits, loss of opportunity or value, loss of savings or expected interest, costs, damages or any other expenses.
24. Value Added Tax (VAT)
(a) Buyer’s premium is charged inclusive of Value Added Tax, calculated as per the auctioneer’s margin scheme. Non UK or EU VAT registered buyers can have most classes of VAT refunded on their purchases, but please note that auctioneers are under no obligation to provide VAT refunds, though many may offer this service. HMRC are the ultimate refunding authority, and we strongly recommend dealing directly with them in order to obtain VAT refunds. All VAT refunds are subject to provision of statutory export/import documentation.
(b) Elmwood’s are pleased to offer a VAT refund service on invoices which are being shipped directly to the buyer outside the EU by Elmwood’s Shipping and Export department. This VAT refund service is complimentary for invoices with a total amount due in excess of £2000.00, and charged at a rate of of £20.00 + VAT per invoice below this value. We will handle all necessary paperwork and deduct VAT from your invoice prior to payment being made, subject to export outside the EU being carried out solely by Elmwood’s Shipping and Export department.
(i) Please note that the VAT levied on this service is not deductible for non EU buyers, as this is for a service being offered and completed within the EU.
(c) VAT registered UK and EU businesses warrant they will not under any circumstances seek to reclaim any VAT in respect of buyer’s premium on any invoices issued by Elmwood’s.
(d) No VAT on online buyer surcharges will be deductible as this is VAT charged on a service offered by the-saleroom.com, liveauctioneers.com or invaluable.com which is not classed as an exportable good.
(e) For further information regarding VAT refunds on goods being exported outside the EU which have been brought into the EU from outside the EU using temporary admission, please contact us directly.
27. Buyer Warranties
(a) As the buyer you warrant to Elmwood’s that the funds used for payment are not in any way connected with criminal activity, including but not limited to tax evasion, and you are neither under investigations nor have been charges with or convicted of any money laundering charges, terrorist activities or other crimes.
(b) In the instance that you are bidding on behalf of a third party you warrant that:
(i) you have relevant KYC (know your customer) and AML (anti money laundering) regulations in place and that you have conducted sufficient due diligence to ensure that the conditions outlined in 27(a) are also satisfied by your customer;
(ii) you will, at our request and at any time within five (5) years of the date of the auction, make available any and all documentation referencing the due diligence checks carried out on your customer;
(iii) at our sole discretion, prior to or after being registered to bid on behalf of a client on any given lot, provide to us detailed written information about your KYV and AML policies.
28. Explanation of Cataloguing Terms
The following is a brief summary of terms which may be used in auction catalogue headings and descriptions.
Attributions where the artists name is stated in the UPPERCASE HEADING:(i) ‘Van Cleef & Arpels’ - the lot is in Elmwood’s qualified opinion a work by that artist / jeweller, and is guaranteed to be such in accordance with the Authenticity Guarantee set out in condition 23;
(ii) ‘attributed to Van Cleef & Arpels’ - the lot, whilst unsigned, is in Elmwood’s qualified opinion a work by that artist / jeweller, however no strict guarantee to that effect is made.
(b) Attributions where the artists name is stated in the remainder of the catalogue description:
(i) ‘signed Van Cleef & Arpels’ - the lot bears the signature of that artist / jeweller, which in Elmwood’s qualified opinion is authentic;
(ii) ‘maker’s mark for Van Cleef & Arpels’ - the lot bears a mark denoting the maker which in Elmwood’s qualified opinion is authentic;
(iii) ‘by Van Cleef & Arpels’ - the lot, although unsigned, is in Elmwood’s qualified opinion an authentic work by that artist / jeweller;
(iv) ‘mounted by Van Cleef & Arpels’ - the lot, in Elmwood’s qualified opinion, has been mounted and set by the artist / jeweller using stones supplied by the original client;
(v) ‘mount only by Van Cleef & Arpels’ - the mounting, in Elmwood’s qualified opinion, is made by that artist / jeweller, but has been altered in some way, or set with a new / replacement stone.
29. Stone Treatments and Certifications
(a) Some lots in this catalogue are accompanied by gemmological reports and certificates which give an opinion on various aspects of some or all of the stones in any one particular lot. These certificates may have been provided to Elmwood’s by the vendor, or obtained by Elmwood’s for the vendor. It should be noted that the content of these certificates is a statement of opinion of the issuing gemmological laboratories only, and cannot by guaranteed by Elmwood’s, who will not be held responsible for any disagreement over the content of any certificates after the sale. We can also not be held responsible for any retrospective change of opinion by the providers of any given certificate.
(b) It is common practice for colourless and fancy coloured diamonds, coloured stones, and pearls to be subject to treatment to enhance their appearance, including jade. Unless stated otherwise in the catalogue description, prospective buyers should assume that all stones offered for sale by Elmwood’s may have been subject to treatments. If you have any questions regarding stone treatments or enhancements, please contact the department.
30. CITES, Export Licences and Prohibited Imports
(a) Some lots such as those containing ivory, tortoiseshell, coral, etc. may require export or CITES licences in order to leave the UK or the European Union. It is the buyer's responsibility to ensure that lots have the relevant licences before shipping them. Please contact the department for assistance.
(b) Please also note that some countries such as the United States prohibit the purchased and import of objects originating from certain countries such as Iran, Persia and Burma/Myanmar. It is the buyer's responsibility to satisfy themselves that the lot being purchased may be imported in the country of destination.
31. VAT symbols and other lot symbols
(a) Some lots in this catalogue may be marked with certain symbols relating to their VAT status as follows:
(i) No symbol - no VAT will be charged on the hammer price. Full VAT of 20% will be charged on the buyer’s premium;
(ii) FV - full VAT of 20% will be charged on both the hammer price and the buyer’s premium;
(iii) FIV - the lot has been imported for sale from outside the EU and full import VAT at a rate of 20% will be payable by the buyer on both the hammer price and buyer’s premium;
(iv) RIV - the lot has been imported for sale from outside the EU and reduced rate import VAT at a rate of 5% will be payable by the buyer on both the hammer price and buyer’s premium;
(b) Please note that in the cases of lots marked with FIV And RIV, the VAT will be invoiced under the margin scheme, and the charges will be shown under the buyer’s premium on the invoice, not listed separately. In the cases of lots imported under temporary admission which are sold to buyers domiciled outside the EU, Elmwood’s will when instructed to arrange shipment of the goods to the buyer outside of the EU, refund the import VAT back to the buyer.
(c) Some lots in this catalogue may be marked with certain symbols of import relating to other aspects aside from VAT as follows:
(i) RM - the lot contains restricted material which may be subject to certain regulations as set out in 30(a) and 30(b);
(ii) GS - Elmwood’s has guaranteed the sale of a lot to the vendor at an undisclosed price, whether through the use of a guarantor bidder who may or may not have a financial interest in the lot, or by agreeing to pay to the buyer after the sale the difference between the hammer price and the agreed guaranteed amount;
(iii) GB - a guarantor bidder has left an irrevocable bid on the lot guaranteeing its sale, and may or may not be compensated with a fee for their leaving of this bid, whether they are the winning bidder or not.
Any notice to any buyer, vendor, bidder, viewer or other client may be given by first class mail, or email, in which case it shall be deemed to have been received by the addressee 48 hours after posting or sending. All notices to Elmwood’s must be sent in writing via a traceable method, and email is not acceptable.
33. Copyright
The copyright of all content produced by and for Elmwood's Auctioneers for a lot including catalogue entries and images shall remain the possession of Elmwood's Auctioneers only and shall not be used by any other third party, including vendors or buyers of any given lots.
If any part of these Conditions of Business shall be found to be unlawful, invalid, illegal or unenforceable by any jurisdiction or court then that part alone shall be denounced and all other terms will remain valid to the fullest extent permitted by the law.
(a) English law applies to the interpretation of these conditions.
(b) All parties involved irrevocably agree that the courts of England alone have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with the Agreement or its subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes and claims).
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What does that song mean?
And This Was Before 'Guitar Hero' - Songs related to video games
Posted Apr 20th 2012, 15:47 by Penguin Pete
When it comes to the impact of the computer age, nobody saw video games coming. Even the greatest science fiction writers, as late as the 1960s, didn't foresee that a whole new category of recreation was on the horizon. The closest any of them came is the occasional steampunk tale of a chess-playing robot. When you consider how titles like Pac Man, Mario Brothers, Final Fantasy, World of Warcraft, Farmville, Tetris, and most recently Minecraft have saturated popular culture, you'd expect that we have a lot more songs about the electronic entertainment medium than we do.
Still Alive - Ellen McLain
Ellen McLain is actually a voice actor who played the sardonic, insane, and homicidal artificial intelligence program GLaDOS in the 2007 video game Portal. But the game designers surprised her with the song they wrote for the ending. GLaDOS, in the form of writing a journal entry, sings this as it reveals that it's not been destroyed after all, despite the actions of the player, and merrily asserts that everything has gone according to its plan. Notable for being the most popular song from a video game, even hitting the mainstream and catching on with people who'd never played Portal.
Bab Yetu - Soweto Gospel Choir with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
In 2011, "Baba Yetu" became the first theme music from a video game to win a Grammy award in the category of 'Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist', for the video game Civilization IV. The sweeping arrangement, composed by Christopher Tin, is a masterful capturing of the scope of the game where players compete to build a nation that conquers the world.
Pac Man Fever - Buckner & Garcia
The most successful song about a video game, this novelty ditty about the yellow dot-gobbling fiend rose to #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1982. By the way, the same group tried to match their success with follow-ups including "Do the Donkey Kong" and "Ode to a Centipede," but it didn't chart. Game over!
Guitar Hero - Amanda Palmer
Probably the most famous artist to make a song with a title named after a video game, this song is from the 2008 album Who Killed Amanda Palmer?, by Amanda Palmer (of Dresden Dolls fame). It seems to be a riff on video game fans who live in a virtual world but have no clue about the real world, with the difference between being good at a rhythm game and playing a real instrument as the metaphor. It's dark, edgy, grim, and bombastic, but what do you expect from Amanda Palmer?
Soundtrack for 'Quake' - Nine Inch Nails
Probably the most famous musician to be hired to write music specifically for a video game. While the Quake soundtrack doesn't have an official name, it did boost Trent Reznor's popularity in the early days of his career, as gamers began to wonder who made this ambient noise that went so well with gibbing shamblers and vores. As an extra tie-in, id Software designed the crates of nails (ammo for the nailgun) with the Nine Inch Nails' logo visible.
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Trofeo: The most powerful Maserati collection ever
Maserati writes a new chapter in its history by expanding its Trofeo collection. Following the 2018 launch of Levante Trofeo, the SUV’s most extreme, most powerful version, the new Quattroporte and Ghibli Trofeo are now available, achieving the pinnacle of performance, sportiness and luxury.
To highlight once again Maserati’s all-Italian identity, the colours chosen for the Trofeo collection launch are those of the country’s flag: green for Quattroporte, white for Levante and red for Ghibli, which combine with the burnished chrome-work and glossy red trims for a particularly aggressive and elegant look.
Maserati reinterprets its sedans by introducing the V8 engine.
The heart of Ghibli and Quattroporte Trofeo is the 3.8 l V8 Twin Turbo with power output of 580 hp at 6,250 rpm and peak torque of 730 Nm.
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Coy Koi
Rain Tree Fish Sculptures, 'Coy Koi'
This pair of cheerful goldfish will brighten up a bathroom or swim across your bookshelf with ease. Jaifah Aksornsri of Thailand hand carves and finishes each one in amazing detail from the wood of the rain tree. White with an antiqued finish with flowing fins and charming faces they are sure to delight.
Rain tree wood
Hand-crafted item -- color, size and/or motif may vary slightly
Features a distressed finish
Free Gift Wrap? No
Each: 10 cm H x 18.5 cm W x 32 cm D
Each: 3.9" H x 7.25" W x 12.5" D
Sculpture Animal Themed Sculpture East meets West Sculpture Shabby Chic Sculpture Wood Sculpture White Sculpture
Artfully crafted by Jaifah Aksornsri from Thailand.
Jaifah Aksornsri
"This is my talent. I don't know where my skill and love for it comes from. My heart says it's because I've seen and been involved with my parents' work since I was young."
"Sawaddee ka. I'm Jaifah Aksornsri or Fah, and my name means 'of the sky.' I was born on October 19, 1964 in Chiang Mai province. After my parents got married, they moved to a larger city to start their family and get a new chance in life. We are two children – my older sister and me.
"In town, my parents started making hill tribe dolls and silverware, and sometimes they sold antiques. My mom told me she'd take her goods in a bicycle basket or sometimes carry them her shoulder to sell at the hotel near the railway station. The same year I was born, they opened a shop. Many years later, they opened a bigger shop for silver and antiques. They loved to collect antiques and didn't want to sell them all. They wanted to protect many of them so that people from future generations could know about our art, styles and culture. My mother was the first person who thought of copying the antiques and selling the copies while keeping the originals. Part of our house is like an antique museum that we open to students and people who are interested.
"For many years, my parents tried to copy the antique style and became experienced in this. Then they branched out into lacquerware. Now my older sister works with the silver and antiques while I look after the lacquerware. After I graduated from college, I wanted to study for a master's degree or find a job like all of my friends did, but my parents wanted me to learn their work. They told me, 'This job is a real-life university.' I've learned by doing it all my life. They wanted me to succeed and try to protect their wisdom. This is my talent. I don't know where my skill and love for it comes from. My heart says it's because I've seen and been involved with my parents' work since I was young. Throughout my childhood, my friends were people who helped my parents, like the painter, the carpenter and the woodcarver.
"I grew up in the warmth of my family's love and understanding. My father taught us to do the best things in our lives. He taught me as I learned by doing that I should know where the wrong way is. My father always told us how our work should be of the best quality and please our buyers. The most important thing he taught us is to be honest in our work and with everyone. He passed away more than 15 years ago, but his words are still in my heart and go everywhere with me. I'm very proud of my parents – they were wonderful."
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By Paul Archipley
Compact parking spaces suck l Our View
Last updated 5/1/2019 at Noon
We all joke about shopping at Costco where we can buy cases of food or several months’ worth of toilet paper even if we don’t really have space to store it all. But among the things Costco absolutely does right is provide roomy parking spaces for easy loading of all that merchandise into our cars. All parking spaces should be like Costco’s.
I hate compact parking spaces. It’s time to eliminate them from our parking lots. The first ding on my new compact, sports car was painful, of course. It was parked in a compact space, squeezed on both sides by giant SUVs whose drivers ignored the “compact cars” designation.
Virtually everyone does. I commend the (few) drivers of large vehicles who may still abide by the “rule.” Of course, it’s a rule in theory only. There are no enforceable regulations, no parking lot cops who will ticket big vehicle drivers who park in compact spaces. It’s the honor system. Ha!
I’m not sure if some urban planner came up with the idea of compact spaces in hopes of encouraging the public to buy smaller cars or if the idea was a sop to developers to more easily meet zoning requirements. Maybe both.
Whatever the reason, it’s a failure. Who among us hasn’t cursed silently (or out loud) while trying to get into or out of our car because someone has parked their behemoth in a compact space? And it’s going to get worse.
Although recently rising gas prices may cause car buyers to rethink their plans, the trend in recent years has been toward bigger and bigger. Sedans are going the way of the dodo bird.
LMC Automotive, which tracks the auto industry, estimates that by 2022, 84 percent of the vehicles General Motors sells in the U.S. market will be a truck or SUV. Ford expects its domestic SUV and truck sales will rise to 90 percent, and Fiat Chrysler will hit an eye-popping 97 percent.
When it comes to parking those tanks, it truly is a case of inches. In Mukilteo, parking stall widths are required to be 8.5 feet wide. Compact spaces can be 8 feet wide. That means a developer can cram in more spaces simply by designating them for compact cars. The city code says up to 35% of parking lot spaces “#may be# designed for compact cars (italics added)
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What’s that mean for you when you’re trying to squeeze yourself into or out of your car? If you’re driving a compact, which is around 68” wide, you’ll have a comfortable 17” on each side for you and your passengers in a normal parking stall. If it’s a compact space, you’ve still got 14” on each side. If you’re parked between two other compacts, double those numbers. It’s Costco-esque!
If you’re driving a truck or SUV, on the other hand, which is typically about 80” wide, your maneuvering room is reduced to 11” on each side for a normal parking space or just 8” in a compact space. And this all assumes you’re parked perfectly centered in your stall, and the cars on either side of you are, too. When does that ever happen?
It’s time for compact car parking spaces to go.
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Best Of :: People & Places
Best of Miami® /// People & Places /// 2010
There were plenty of talented young players on last year's Miami Hurricanes squad, but they still have a few years to prove they're worthy of such a prestigious award. In fact, we hope they win something that makes even a "Best Of" mention seem small. One of the most surprising players of last season, though, was senior linebacker Darryl Sharpton. Remember his interception and 76-yard touchdown against Duke? That was perhaps the biggest highlight of a fine season. He led the team in total tackles with 106, put in a career high of 15 in the Champs Sports Bowl while the rest of the team slogged, became the first Cane to break 100 tackles in a season since Tavares Gooden in 2007, and took home the final two ACC awards for Defensive Lineman of the Week. Like a fine wine, his career with the Canes got only better with age. And, oh yeah, he just happens to be the nephew of Rev. Al Sharpton.
What you need is a weekend away. But alas, Miamians, you're already living in the very place most Floridians vacation. So where to go? If you answered the Keys, go ahead and line up in bumper-to-bumper traffic on the Seven Mile Bridge. (Besides, it's the same pastel motels, just more coconuts.) Instead, steer the car north like you're heading for Disney, but bypass all the mouse-touting exits and that spooky biblical theme park called the Holy Land Experience. Deep in the Ocala National Forest is Wekiwa Springs State Park, where you can spend the weekend camping in a backcountry Florida Shangri-la. Here's the scene: Moss-draped oaks canopy the park's springs, and pristine blue water nestles in natural rock that, thanks to the Floridan Aquifer, is always a cool 72 degrees. As for lodging, choose one of the campsites in the inner circle for the best shade, and kayak the Wekiwa Lagoon for some guaranteed gator watching. Camping costs $24 a night, or for primitive camping, $5 a person. Otherwise, park admission is $6 per car. For noncampers, the park is open 8 a.m. to sunset.
1800 Wekiwa Circle, Apopka, 32712
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Most TV news talking heads, even the dudes, look and act like failed beauty queens trying to make a second career for themselves. But WSVN's Belkys Nerey bucks that trend. The 42-year-old Emmy winner is a solid, straight-up anchorwoman — telegenic but still intelligent. Born in Havana, Nerey spent her childhood in Long Island before tripping down I-95 to South Florida. Once here, she studied radio and television at Miami Dade College and Florida International University, got her start in cable news, and earned a spot in the Magic City's media parade as cohost of local gossip institution Deco Drive. Today, Nerey is cruising through the post-Deco phase of her career, holding down WSVN's nightly newscasts alongside Craig Stevens. And whether it's a celebrity sex scandal or a political con job, she always delivers the day's stories with appropriate seriousness. Case in point: Unlike some of the lesser faces populating the public airwaves, Nerey never falls prey to that annoying TV anchor tic of flashing a vacant smile after reporting Miami's latest murder.
Without warning, a woman brandishes two bushels of tree limbs and proceeds to beat our friend Lourdes from toes to shoulders. Between sweeps of the soggy branches, the woman dumps bucket after bucket of cold water on our friend. No, she's not swabbing the deck of a fishing boat. She's helping Lourdes relax with platza, one of the traditional spa treatments available at the Russian and Turkish Baths on Miami Beach. The baths attract Miami's ultimate relaxation-seekers, those who are willing to abandon modesty, vanity, and sometimes plain old comfort if it gets them closer to bliss. Women and men in barely-there bathing suits, heads wrapped in towel turbans, endure the volcanic heat of the schvitz as if sweating were a way to absolve past sins. A skeletal older man stands under a heavy waterfall that pounds on his bony shoulders. He raises his head, eyes closed, waiting to be beamed up to the mother ship. Make your way through the rest of the grotto-like rooms and hear the cries of those jumping into the icy polar tank; catch glimpses of red flesh, pores screaming from the extreme heat, and shield your eyes from the meaty woman having the mud hosed off. What are you looking at, you perv? Pass the wet branches and wait your turn. A day pass costs $30, and the baths are open from noon until midnight.
5445 Collins Ave., Miami Beach, 33140
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Michael Putney doesn't tweet. He doesn't pop up when we search his name on Facebook. And as far as we can tell, he doesn't blog. No, sir, Michael Putney is decidedly old school, and in this Internet age, we couldn't appreciate him more. While most TV reporters seem to come and go, Putney has been covering local government and politics in South Florida for nearly 30 years. Add to his incisive reporting a hosting gig on This Week in South Florida, one of the few must-watch local programs, and his occasional columns in the Miami Herald (which often upstage the newspaper's regular gaggle of columnists). There are few voices on local airwaves we trust as much as Putney and who report on politics with such authority.
Miami is a town where clubs spit out adjectives like exclusive, VIP, and upscale like an overchewed piece of Juicy Fruit. But WALL Lounge is actually one of the few places that can blow hard without bursting its own bubble. Jessica Alba, Gabrielle Union, the All American Rejects, Erykah Badu, Swizz Beatz, Jamie Foxx, Jason Binn, and Selita Ebanks are just a few of the celebrities who have walked through WALL's infamous doors. Other guest sightings have been rumored, but unless the press snaps a picture, they're almost impossible to confirm. In fact, it's nearly impossible to get a photo of the place, period. WALL's success lies in its size; it is so boutique it does not merit a VIP section — the lounge itself is the VIP. So if you're lucky enough to get in, keep the video phone ready — you might catch a TMZ-worthy moment.
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Last year, two giants of late night faced off in the sort of epic brawl we hadn't seen in years. It was splashier than Mothra versus Godzilla, cattier than Hillary versus Barack. No, it was not Leno and Conan. It was Alexis Valdés versus Mega TV. In Spanish television, the squabble over Valdés's contract to host Esta Noche Tu Night, his version of The Tonight Show, was bigger than the Peloponnesian War. The host wanted the classic wish list: better pay, less work, creative freedom. Mega TV scoffed and took him off the air to negotiate. For two months, the network brought in more guest hosts than Regis looking for a new Kathy Lee: Albita and z-listers such as Cuban model Sissi. But Valdés isn't easy to replace. Since fleeing Cuba in 1990, he has become a meganova of Latino comedy. He has several features to his credit, including voicing a character on DreamWorks' Madagascar 2. On his show, he confronted Enrique Iglesias with a sendup of the singer's Lothario father. And his Cristinito, a Spanglish-speaking doofus, has become as familiar as Carnac the Magnificent. This past February, the two heavies reached a deal that would return Valdés to Esta Noche, but only for two nights a week. That's a pity. It leaves three empty evenings without the king of monologeando, or as Mega calls him, "El Johny Carlson" of Spanish late-night.
Except for the beaches, South Florida is one big swamp. So why not show off the primitive, more adventurous side of the party town, throwing in a little dash of danger for good measure. Billie Swamp Safari is more than 2,000 acres of wilderness stretching through Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation in the heart of the Everglades, close to Alligator Alley. Witness wildlife in the vastness of the Florida wetlands on the Swamp Buggy Eco-Tour, and spot deer, antelope, bison, several species of birds, and, if you're lucky, the elusive Florida panther. Or take an exhilarating high-speed airboat ride across the river of grass and check out all manner of snakes, turtles, and fish. The summer-wet season is the best time to spot alligators as they wade through the obsidian waters of this fragile ecosystem. But for folks really thirsting for adventure, stay overnight in an authentic Seminole chickee and take a special nighttime tour of the fabled Everglades under the moon and stars. Sure beats sitting in traffic waiting to arrive at an overcrowded beach. The park opens at 9 a.m., with airboat rides beginning at 10 and swamp buggy tours beginning at 11. Rates start at $15 for airboats. It's best to arrive early; tours and rides run every half-hour.
30000 Gator Tail Trail, Clewiston, 33440
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"McCay back to Baumeister, over to the far side, Frolik takes a feed from Baumeister, he fires, he scores! L.A. face with an Oakland booty!" So goes just one of a myriad hilariously classic calls from Florida Panthers radio play-by-play announcer Randy Moller after every Panthers goal. A former first-round NHL draft pick of the Quebec Nordiques, Moller finished his playing career with the Panthers in 1995 before landing in the booth as their radio color analyst. When 790 the Ticket named him feature play-by-play man, Moller blew up the radio waves, peppering every Panthers goal with pop-culture references from movies such as Wedding Crashers ("He scores! Ma! The meat loaf!") and Austin Powers ("Score! Get in my belly!") to classics such as Jaws ("Score! We're gonna need a bigger boat!") and Animal House ("He shoots, he scores! Do you mind if we dance wif yo dates!"). Moller has also taken to quoting the likes of Christian Bale ("He scores! Oh, good for you!") and Tracy Morgan ("He scores! And I draw ding-dongs on people!") after every goal. The next time you watch a Panthers game, do yourself a favor: Turn down the volume on the tube and turn on Moller's broadcast. It's pure fun, as sports should be. And in an industry that features the same old, cliché-ridden, stodgy game-callers, Moller has solidified Panthers games as must-listen radio during the NHL season.
We're convinced this recently renovated gem is now the ultimate place for a resident's staycation or a visitor's escape. Let's boil it down to the basics: First, the interior designers have gone for an organic theme with the décor but didn't go over-the-top with Tommy Bahamas touches. Blessedly, no one made it all MTV-ed up in there with damask wallpaper, thumping techno music, or Alice in Wonderland-esque embellishments. Instead, they opted for a neutral color palette, incorporating lots of natural woods and fibers with pops of color, and even gave those who spring for an ocean view full-out floor-to-ceiling windows (rooms run anywhere from $275 to $375 a night for liquid scenery). The whole place is still light, bright, and lush, and the pool and beachside areas remain highlights. (Try a cocktail on the wraparound porch; then nap off the hangover on a swaying hammock.) Palms restauarant Essensia's new executive chef, Frank Jeannetti, uses ingredients that are wholesome, local, organic, and seasonal. The Palms also boasts a luxurious Aveda beach spa where locals are entitled to special discounts, and everyone gets a good ol' rubdown for a fair price. All in all, the location is sublime, the prices are right, and everything is new, new, new. The Palms is the bomb.
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Radio waves travel through empty space at the speed of light in all directions at once. Smoke on that deep thought. Commercial ones flood the electromagnetosphere with an endless tsunami of horrible adverts and lame, overplayed music. But every Friday night, cool water washes over Miami radio with Sound Theory Live as local and touring bands perform at the WDNA studios and answer questions about their music. So far, acts such as Morning Flesh, Suenalo, Radioboxer, Fusik, Ketchy Shuby, Locos por Juana, Ed Calle, Jacob Jeffries, ArtOfficial, the State Of, Mayday, Afrobeta, Nil Lara, Conjunto Progreso, Jahfe, King Bee, the Spam Allstars, the Big Bounce, and many others have played the show. Since March 27, 2009, Carlos Garcia has volunteered his time and energy to provide this unique venue on the public airwaves and via the global information superhighway at WDNA.com. Born and raised in the MIA, the 38-year-old Belen, UM, and FIU grad — who works as an accountant by day and is the vice president of the Kiwanis Club of Little Havana — shows a true commitment to supporting local music. Got a band? Wanna play live on the radio? Contact soundtheorylive@gmail.com.
When Virginia Gardens elected J. E. Hardy mayor in 1947, only 50 residents of the small, lush green village were registered to vote. Virginia Gardens ceded from neighboring Miami Springs after that town passed a law banning the keeping of horses — something that didn't sit well with the transplants from the Old Dominion state. They transformed Virginia Gardens into a community of barns, stables, and a duck farm. More than half a century later, Virginia Gardens maintains its rustic appeal, minus the barns and stables. And residents work hard to keep up the village's manicured lawns and abundant tree canopy. The Virginia Gardens beautification committee stays busy by regularly planting trees in the swale areas of residences and village property. According to recent U.S. Census data, the population of Virginia Gardens hovers around 2,300, with more than half the residents married with kids. The enclave is tucked between Miami Springs and Miami International Airport.
Best Hurricanes Football Player: Darryl Sharpton
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Penalty for First Degree CSC in Michigan
By Michigan Criminal Sexual Conduct Attorney
Michigan First Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct charges (CSC 1) are more serious than a Murder charge - that's the simple truth. Why? Because under the Michigan First Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct law, MCL 750.520b, First Degree CSC is punishable by "LIFE or any term of years" plus much more (see below).
RELATED: click here for our Criminal Sexual Conduct Main Page.
What Penalties Could I Face?
If you are convicted of First Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct in Michigan, here is the official breakdown of the penalties you'll face in your sentence:
Imprisonment for LIFE or for any term of years
Additionally, a mandatory minimum of 25 years if you were 17 years of age or older and the alleged victim was less than 13
LIFE without the possibility of parole if you were 18 years of age or older, the alleged victim was less than 13, and you have a prior conviction for Criminal Sexual Conduct upon someone under 13 (including Assault With Intent to Commit CSC Involving Sexual Penetration and Assault With Intent to Commit CSC in the Second Degree)
Mandatory LIFETIME electronic tether (for any First Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct conviction, regardless of any of the above)
The court at sentencing for First Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct may order any term of imprisonment to be served consecutively to any term for any other offense occurring as part of the same transaction (whereas concurrent sentencing is the normal default)
LIFETIME public Sex Offender Registration on the Michigan Sex Offender Registry (SORA)
Will I Go To Jail?
Being a Michigan Attorney, I find that even after people read the Michigan First Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct law and the penalties it includes, they often still wonder "Will I go to Jail or Prison for First Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct?", or "I know I could get life in Prison, but what's really going to happen to me? Can I plead it down or maybe just end up with Probation?" These are very natural questions, and the answers could occupy a large book, but we're going to try to answer them at a basic level here.
RELATED: click here to learn about the Michigan Criminal Sexual Conduct Court Process.
Here's the honest truth n a nutshell: if actually go all the way to trial and are found guilty of First Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct, you are going to end up in Prison, and you could end up there for the rest of your life. In some of our other articles and pages, such as our recent post on the penalty for Second Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct, we're written detailed descriptions to try and do everything we can short of a personal consultation to help you really dial-in what you'd actually be looking at in terms of sentencing if you were convicted. This has included lengthy discussions on the Michigan Sentencing Guidelines. And the Guidelines apply to CSC 1 just like any other crime, but they only determine the presumptive (suggested) range of months for the lower-end of your sentence. In other words, your Guidelines only give the Judge a mere suggestion about when your first Parole eligibility date is (the Early Out Date, or "EOD").
RELATED: Ive been accused of First Degree CSC. Should I take a Polygraph?
But because First Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct is so serious, the minimum established by the Guidelines is of little value. So even though other, lesser CSC charges might justify a lengthy discussion of the sentence in a particular case, for CSC 1, you're better off to focus on simply beating the case. Your sentence if you are convicted will likely be just like what the First Degree CSC law MCL 750.520b states.
RELATED: Click here for a Quick Facts Summary for Criminal Sexual Conduct 1st Degree in Michigan (a real "cheat sheet" of important facts).
RELATED: What if a second accuser surfaces in my First Degree CSC case? Find out about CSC First Degree ant the "Me Too Movement."
So in order to assist you, here is a sort of "order of operations"- a set of goals you should aim to achieve with your Michigan Attorney if you are charged with Criminal Sexual Conduct in the First Degree, listed from most successful to least successful:
Get your First Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct charges dismissed. In all honesty, this is unlikely, and any lawyer who tells you otherwise is blowing smoke to get your money - plain and simple. However, if your CSC Defense Lawyer excludes this as a possibility in his or her mind, however slight, you'll never know what good may have come without proper effort in this direction.
Fight your case all the way and be found NOT GULTY of First Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct. This way, there won't be any sentence at all. You simply collect your Bond money back (if you didn't use a Bail Bondsman), collect your things, and walk right out the door. The best way out is NOT GUILTY of First Degree CSC.
Plead down to a lesser charge that carries less-serious penalties, so that you're not exposed to these same, severe CSC 1 penalties at Sentencing.
Plead to a lesser charge or the original CSC 1 charge with either a Cobbs Evaluation directly from the Judge or with an agreement with the Prosecutor for a particular sentence or sentence "cap." These things open up a lot of possibilities, and if you've already spent time in Jail unable to post Bond, it is even possible, although rare, to plead down to a lesser charge and receive Probation with credit for time already served. This requires you to give something on your part, but in exchange, you'll eliminate uncertainty in your sentence.
RELATED: Will my Criminal Sexual Conduct charges be dismissed if my accuser doesn't show up in Court?
Get The Defense You Need Right Away
Hopefully, this article has given you insight and a little hope that, with the best Michigan Attorney, you can get your life back and it is possible for everything to work out in your favor. Make no mistake - First Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct is a devastating accusation to have leveled against you. Call Prain Law, PLLC anytime at (248) 731-4543 for a free, no obligation, confidential consultation.
Attorney Brian J. Prain concentrates his entire life on helping those accused of CSC and Assault crimes. Brian was recently named in Top Lawyers for 2019 by DBusiness Magazine, one of the Top 21 Criminal Defense Lawyers by Expertise.com, and featured in Super Lawyers Magazine and HOUR Detroit, and one of the Top 10 Criminal Defense Attorneys in Michigan by the NACDA.
Need answers but unable to call? Fill out our e-mail Contact Form for a confidential, informative response now. Make the right choices and allow the doors of freedom to open for you or your loved one by choosing Prain Law, PLLC.
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Two employees at Great Panther’s Tucano mine test positive for coronavirus
Great Panther Mining has reported that two employees that live in the nearby communities of the Tucano Gold Mine in northern Brazil have tested positive for Covid-19.
Great Panther’s Coricancha mine would be allowed to resume operating activities in July. Credit: James St. John.
They are currently stable with mild symptoms and remain in isolation at home.
Operations at the mine have not been impacted and the company has continued to operate the mine at full capacity with strict Covid-19 mitigation protocols implemented since mid-March.
The company noted that there were no other confirmed or suspected cases at its Mexican operations or Peru’s Coricancha Mine, and said that these mines are complying with temporary government-mandated restrictions in light of the coronavirus pandemic.
In a press statement, Great Panther said: “The restart of operations in Mexico and Peru will be a phased approach following health guidelines and government regulations in each jurisdiction with appropriate protocols in place to protect the health and safety of our workforce and communities.
“Great Panther places the safety and wellbeing of its personnel and communities as its highest priority. Consequently, all operations have implemented pandemic plans aligned with local health authorities and the World Health Organization guidelines.
“These plans cover a large number of measures that are reviewed continuously, and some of the steps implemented are listed below. Additionally, each country management team has set up special committees to rapidly respond to changing conditions in their regions.”
Great Panther said it is planning to resume a safe ramp-up of operations at the Topia mine in Mexico on 18 May, while the Guanajuato mine complex in the country is expected to restart operations from 30 May.
Meanwhile, the Coricancha mine, which is currently under care and maintenance, would be allowed to resume operating activities in July.
Last July, Great Panther approved a positive production decision for Coricancha mine based upon the final results of the mine’s trial stope and bulk sampling programme (BSP).
In March last year, the company acquired gold producer Beadell Resources.
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Mum who carried two dead triplets to save third baby talks of heartbreaking loss
Bernadette Murphy, 29, was devastated to be told two of her three unborn sons had died at 16 weeks due to Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome
Becca Husselbee
Bernadette Murphy, 29, with her son James Donnellan-Murphy, four (Image: Iain Watts/Mercury Press & Media)
A mum who carried two of her dead triplets in order to save the third has spoken out about her heartbreaking loss after having to give birth to all three
Bernadette Murphy, 29, was devastated to be told two of her three unborn sons had died at 16 weeks due to Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome.
Niall and Jospeh shared the same amniotic sack and placenta - which can cause fatal complications, including uneven amounts of blood flow between the babies.
Despite the tragic circumstances, Bernadette, from Liverpool, was told her third son, James, was still alive , but would not be able to survive outside the womb until he was carried to full term.
Brave mum Bernadette decided to continue with her pregnancy until James, now four, was healthy enough to be brought into the world.
Teacher Bernadette said: "In my first scan the doctors thought I was having twins and later realised that it was triplets.
"I was so happy and at first, everything seemed to be fine but my consultant warned me it could be a very complicated pregnancy.
"Within the first three months I was in and out of hospital due to severe sickness and excessive bleeding, carrying three babies.
"I attended my 12 week scan where there was a concern with the growth of Niall compared to his identical twin Joseph.
"I went for weekly scans in order for my consultant to monitor the twins.
A scan showing the twins and James in the womb (Image: Iain Watts/Mercury Press & Media)
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"At 15 weeks I was told that I had suspected Twin To Twin Transfusion Syndrome and was referred to an emergency specialist appointment at the Liverpool Women's Hospital a few days later.
"When I went for my 16 week scan with a specialist I explained that I had experienced cramps down my left side and some kicking motions since my previous scan.
"I knew something was not right, I remember the consultant grabbing my hand and I was told the twins had passed away.
"I was by myself and I remember just wanting my family to be with me. I immediately asked if James was okay and was told that he was developing well but there could be potential complications down the line."
Twin to twin transfusion syndrome is a serious condition that occurs in pregnancies when identical twins share a placenta, meaning that uneven amounts of blood flow between the babies and cause fatal complications.
Bernadette was given antibiotics to stop the risk of infection as doctors told her that her body could reject the pregnancy at any time, also killing James.
But after bed rest and weekly scans with a specialist, she was induced at 37 weeks and gave birth to James, a healthy 6.5 pounds baby boy, as well as having stillborn boys Joseph and Niall at Whiston Hospital on April 2, 2014.
She said: "It never felt strange carrying all three of them, it was a comfort even though Joseph and Niall had passed, it was when I gave birth that I felt worse. The realisation that they were no longer with me.
A tribute to the twins and James (Image: Iain Watts/Mercury Press & Media)
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"When they were born it really hit me.
"When I was carrying them it felt like I was protecting them the whole time. I just wanted to have them at home with me.
"Joseph was fully formed but Niall had been partially absorbed into the placenta but I was just so happy that I got a chance to see them."
Bernadette was able to keep the boys' ashes after allowing doctors to conduct research to help others and as James grew she was eventually able to explain how he had two very special siblings.
The mum and son remember Joseph and Niall every year by lighting a candle on their anniversary and also mark Twin To Twin Transfusion Day every December alongside other people affected that Bernadette stays in touch with.
But this year, James, now four, and his mum wanted to raise money for further research with the The Weisman Trust in the twins' memory and James completed two 1K runs this year as a tribute.
Bernadette said: "I wanted him to know that he had two brothers but it was a tricky to explain at first and extremely sensitive as I needed to ensure I was strong enough emotionally.
"I didn't want him to think it was his fault.
"I explained that they were sick and they were now up in the sky.
"I remind him how special and unique he is and that their blood flows through him always. They are always with him.
"He loved doing the runs as he is so full of energy and he will always know he had two special brothers."
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As If By Magic: Lovebirds Nicole and Chaz Get Hitched
Modern Wedding Posted: October 25, 2016
N I C O L E + C H A Z
{Martyr and Lee Photography}
Lovebirds Nicole and Chaz tied the knot on the 24th November in their hometown of Frederick, Maryland (USA). Easy-going bride Nicole says, "The best advice I can give anyone on their wedding day is, do not stress. Things will go wrong, things you cannot control, so let everything roll off your shoulders and truly enjoy the day." Her advice is to smile hard and laugh often, after all it's the most memorable and amazing day of your life, so you may as well enjoy every second of it!
How we met...
I first met Chaz at Firestone's, a restaurant in downtown Frederick, MD in January of 2011. Chaz was home for Winter Break during his first year of law school, and a mutual friend introduced us at that time. When I left Firestone's that night, Chaz begged my friend for my number and my friend was more than willing to help. Despite Chaz's best efforts, while back at law school in the days following our introduction, I was not very interested and our talks fizzled.
In April of 2013, Chaz was out celebrating after having just finished his final law school classes and he again saw me at Firestone's in downtown Frederick. This time around Chaz and I had many more mutual friends. Chaz found a seat next to me and talked to me about a wedding he was supposed to attend just a few weeks away and about the fact that he still needed a date for it. I proceeded to tell Chaz how much I loved weddings and in the days that followed Chaz convinced me to be his date for the wedding. I almost backed out of the date at the last second, but my friends convinced me to go. The wedding ended up being a blast, and the rest is history!
When we knew it was love...
I think we both knew it was love when we realised how comfortable we were around each other so early on. We would make fun of each other, laughed a lot, and enjoyed doing the little things together. We just truly enjoyed being together.
On a Friday night in early November, 2014, Chaz and I headed over to a friend's house for what I thought was our friend's birthday celebration. Many of our friends were at the get-together, but I was the only person in attendance who did not know the real reason for the celebration. At one point in the evening Chaz decided to liven up the party and take centre stage in front of everyone. He claimed to have a new magic trick involving a deck of cards that he wanted to show off.
Chaz asked me to help him with the trick. Chaz had me pick four friends from the group and those friends were then each asked to leave the room and randomly pick a card from the deck. Meanwhile, I was asked to guess and write down what four cards my friends would randomly select. My friends then came back into the room and handed the four selected cards to Chaz. Chaz then handed the four cards to me and told me to flip them over, one by one, to see if they matched the cards I had predicted and previously written down. As I began to flip the cards over, I (albeit delayed) began to realise that the cards read "WILL-YOU-MARRY-ME?" At that moment I was so shocked that I looked at Chaz and asked "Is this real life?!" Chaz then got down on one knee and proposed in front of all of our friends. I was so excited, I failed to give a true "yes" or "no" answer, but, at that point, it was safe to assume that I said "YES!"
I have always dreamed of a romantic, glam wedding. Being that we had a fall wedding, berry-tones was the perfect colour palette and adding gold accents gave it that extra spark of glam. I called our theme Berry Tone Glam.
The ceremony was held at Saint John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church, in Frederick, MD. I grew up going to school at Saint John’s; meanwhile Chaz’s parents and grandparents were both married at Saint John’s. Getting married at this church meant a lot to both of us.
The reception...
Dutch’s Daughter in Frederick, MD.
Our photographer...
Martyr and Lee Photography, did our photos. My friend referred them to us and I loved their style of photography. You really got the best of both worlds between Steph’s soft digital pictures and Johnny’s black and white film photos. After meeting with them we knew they were a perfect fit for us. It was easy to see how passionate they were about their work, they had this great energy about them. They were absolutely amazing to work with.
The gown...
I purchased my wedding gown from Love Culture. It was a mermaid style, with a tulle bottom; it was very whimsical, yet soft and elegant. Designed by Lazaro; I had always dreamt about wearing one of his gowns. When I first tried it on I instantly fell in love and knew it was the one.
Styling inspiration...
I saw a colour swatch of 'berry tones' and instantly fell in love and knew that was the colour theme I wanted to go with. I wanted to do something unique and different from what everyone else is doing and I did not see a lot of weddings in the berry tone theme.
As an Arab tradition, family and friends gathered at my parents' house, where my bridal party and I were getting ready. They were all there to witness my entrance down the stairs and help celebrate our big day. Essentially this is an Arabic version of a first look, except without the groom, but with all your family and friends. Everyone piled into their cars, following our Limo Bus to the ceremony, honking their horns in celebration the entire way to the church.
We had eight bridesmaids and eight groomsmen. My side consisted of my three sisters, my sister-in-law, two cousins, and two friends. Chaz’s side consisted of seven friends, and my brother (his brother-in-law).
The Bridesmaids wore gowns from the Dessy Collection. I had all my bridesmaids' wear different shades of berry tones, with colours ranging from a deep sangria, to lavender, to a fuchsia pink. The bridesmaids' dresses ranged in style as well. The flower girl wore an ivory tutu with a leotard, like a beautiful ballerina. The groomsmen wore Black Vera Wang custom fit Tuxedo’s with a black three-button vest and a deep plum tie, while the Groom wore a traditional black tie. The ring bearer matched the Groom.
The florals...
I wanted my bouquet to have a soft and classic look. It was made up of soft white and pale pink roses with a collar of dusty miller. My bouquet was then wrapped with a rose gold, pearl rosary that was brought over from Bethlehem. It meant a lot to have a piece of the Holy Land with me. My bridesmaids' bouquets included shades of red, sangria, soft pink, lavender, deep purple and berries.
The reception styling...
As soon as you entered Dutch’s Daughter, there were signs directing guests that read “This way to Love, Laughter, & Happily Ever After,” with an arrow directing you to go up the stairs. As you walked up the staircase to the ballroom, at the top of the stairs, you were greeted with a table with a beautiful floral arrangement, table place cards and wedding pictures of the bride and grooms' parents and grandparents.
The venue was decorated with light pink up-lighting, which transformed the room. There were two tulle and string light backdrops, which added the extra sparkle to the room when you walked in. Guest tables were numbered with gold picture frames. The tables were decorated with shades of purple, red and pink flowers, and berries to fit the berry tone theme, as well as three-tiered floating candles, which added a romantic feel. The tables were also set with a dinner menu and a personalised stubby coolers, as a favour to our guests.
The sweetheart table was dressed with a chevron gold and crème sequinned table runner, covered in red rose petals, candles, and gold “Mr & Mrs” block letters. The card box was a birdcage, painted gold with a deep plum ribbon tied around it. Placed in front were gold block letters reading “Cards". The guestbook was a photo album filled with pictures of the bride and groom, placed next to it was a sign reading, “Please sign our guestbook” in a gold picture frame. Placed at all three bars was a sign that read, “Trust me you can dance - Alcohol,” which was also in a gold frame. In a side room was a 10 x 10 customised Step & Repeat Photo-booth backdrop with customised props.
We had a seated dinner where guests had the choice of Maryland Style Crab Cakes, Filet Mignon, or Chicken, served with a side of green beans and twice baked mashed potatoes. For dessert we had cheesecake and French macaroons and the late night snack was a French-fry bar.
The bomboniere...
Custom stubby coolers that read “Nicole & Chaz; 10.24.15; Frederick, Md” The back read “Love” except the “o” was replaced with a popular Maryland logo.
Some of the most memorable parts of the night included Arabic dancing traditions. At one point, some of our larger/stronger friends lifted us up on chairs on the dance floor, while everyone else danced around us. I also danced with an Arabic sword that symbolised power and strength. My mother brought traditional Arabic hats that were passed around to many of the guests as well. Finally, we also had Arabic drummers present throughout the evening to complement the DJ – the drummers were a big hit and let many guests practice on the drums throughout the night.
We honeymooned in Antigua and stayed at a small boutique resort called Hermitage Bay. It’s a five-star, all-inclusive resort in the Caribbean. From our hillside room with a private plunge pool overlooking the island, to the five-star dining and the amazing staff, this resort truly was a slice of heaven.
Since our wedding our family has grown with the addition of our boxer puppy, Champion. We hope to continue to grow our family.
In 40 years we hope to…
Be celebrating our wedding anniversary at Hermitage Bay, as happy and as in love as we are now.
W O R D S O F W I S D O M
On the engagement...
You are only engaged once, so embrace the excitement and love that you are surrounded by. And of course, wear your “Feyonce” t.shirt as often as possible.
On planning...
Plan ahead. The more you can finalise earlier the better. This will leave you with more time to focus on the small details. It also helps eliminate stress as you head into the final months or weeks before the wedding.
The wedding day...
The best advice I can give anyone on their wedding day is, do not stress. Things will go wrong, things you cannot control, so let everything roll off your shoulders and truly enjoy the day. Smile hard and laugh often, this will be the most memorable, amazing day of your life. Enjoy every second of it.
Photography Martyr & Lee Photography / Videographer Lee Russell Films / Florist Ory’s Florals / Lighting Amplified Lighting / Hair & Makeup JKW Beauty / Reception Dutch’s Daughter / DJ DJ Ramzy Haddad / Drummer The Handsmiths / Wedding Cake Mandy Trapaso / Transportation On the Town Limousines Inc / Invitations Carlson Craft / Wedding Dress Love Couture Bridal / Wedding Shoes Badgley Mischka / Bridesmaids' Dresses Dessy Collection / Groom and Groomsmen Attire Vera Wang, Men’s Warehouse / Flower-girl's Tutu Tutu Girl / Bride’s Earrings Etsy / Sequin Table Runners Afloral /Gold Wood Signs Etsy / Cake Topper Etsy / Birdcage for Cards Save On Crafts
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Josh Lucas accused of cheating on wife during pandemic
Mon Jun 01, 2020 at 10:16am ET Tue Jun 02, 2020 at 10:16 am EDT
By Shawn S. Lealos
Josh Lucas’ ex-wife said they had reconciled, and he cheated on her again. Pic credit @ImageCollect/carrie-nelson
While people were supposed to be practicing social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic, actor Josh Lucas has been accused of doing the exact opposite.
According to his ex-wife Jessica Ciencin Henriquez, the two were romantically reconciling, and she alleges he cheated on her in the middle of the pandemic.
Josh Lucas cheating scandal
Josh Lucas split from Jessica Ciencin Henriquez in 2014, although the two remained friends and co-parented their son Noah, who is now seven.
Their first marriage lasted for two years after dating for one year before tying the knot. She was Lucas’ only wife, and Noah is his only child.
According to reports, the two have often teased reconciling, but now that is entirely out the window.
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Henriquez posted her anger on social media for the world to see.
She posted that when you have a child with someone, you want to forgive them for things that you usually wouldn’t. She said that it takes a “sh*t human” to cheat on someone in the middle of a pandemic.
“Thank you for reminding me why I left you in the first place.”
Henriquez then signed off by saying she deserves better than this, and their son does as well.
Exes are exes for a reason. 😘 pic.twitter.com/rIRQw7QLDK
— Jessica Ciencin Henriquez (@TheWriterJess) May 29, 2020
She then responded to someone who said, “exes are exes for a reason” by saying that Lucas must hate himself.
Someone sent me a DM that said, “if someone cheats on you during a pandemic, they must really hate you.” So, I did a little bit of fact checking and made minor edits, because that’s kind of what I do: pic.twitter.com/8pTi4pBLAg
Henriquez never mentioned Lucas by name in her tweets, but he is who she shares a child with, and is the only option for her anger.
Lucas has not responded to the claims, but an insider told People that Lucas and Henriquez have not been back together since 2014 and were not attempting to reconcile.
Who is Josh Lucas?
For fans curious about who Josh Lucas is, he has been in several moves over the years, and most fans would recognize him by sight.
Marvel Comics movie fans will recognize him as Glenn Talbott from Ang Lee’s Hulk movie. He was the rival with Bruce Banner for the love of Betty Ross and became a minor villain in the film.
Romantic comedy fans will recognize him as the love interest for Reese Witherspoon in the 2002 film Sweet Home Alabama.
He has also worked regularly over the past few years, appearing as the distraught father in the faith-based 2019 movie Breakthrough, while also taking on a role in the award-nominated Christian Bale and Matt Damon movie Ford v. Ferrari.
Television fans also know him from the Kevin Costner western series Yellowstone, where he portrayed the young John Dutton.
Lucas met Henriquez at a dog park in 2011, and they got engaged after just six weeks of dating. Noah Rev Maurer was born three months after their wedding, and the couple called it quits seven months later.
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From the Jam are celebrating the 40th anniversary of 'Sound Affects', the 5th studio album by The Jam, by performing it in full plus more classics by The Jam. 'Sound Affects' reached #2 in the UK charts and featured two of the band's most-loved singles 'Start!' and 'That's Entertainment'. Led by original bassist with The Jam, Bruce Foxton, and Russell Hastings, From the Jam formed in 2007 performing around the world to sell out crowds and reaching the UK albums charts with the 2017 LP 'From the Jam Live!'.
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Signature Campaign for Photo Journalist
We are taken the signature campaign with deep concern regarding the case of the brutal and shocking gang-rape incident of our colleague victim photojournalist from Mahalaxmi area in Mumbai India,on August. 23, 2013. The photojournalist was working on a photo feature on the crumbling residential buildings of former textile mill workers for a Mumbai- based English-language magazine. The young woman photojournalist was gang raped while her male colleague was tied up and beaten in India's business hub of Mumbai. This is not just a incident, Rape virus could strike anywhere, anytime, any women there is currently no control and no protection for women and children. Immediate Action is required.
Newsmedia Association of India (NAI) extend our support to the affected photo journalist; we are declared that year 2013 as a BLACK YEAR for the press/ media community, in lieu of crimes against media year. NAI is launched the “signature campaign” that week. Considering brutal and shocking gang-rape incident happened that year 2013, 2013 prominent leaders and youth from all walks of society has signed this declaration supporting the cause of the victim which has send to the honorable Prime Minister of India.
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Area Ranger Mark Watkins to retire
Mark Watkins - our Area Ranger for 33 years National Trust
After 33 years working for the National Trust places in Warwickshire, Mark Watkins, Area Ranger, is set to retire on 30 April 2018.
Mark joined the National Trust at Baddesley Clinton in March 1985 as a Single Handed Craftsman, caring for the gardens of the fifteenth century estate. He began his career with the National Trust at the young age of 28 and later became Gardener in Charge, Park and Gardens Manager and finally Area Ranger from 2015, working across Packwood and Coughton Court as well as Baddesley Clinton.
Mark and his volunteer teams keep the estates in good order
When Mark set out on his illustrious career, after studying an apprenticeship at Mustins nursery in Shirley followed by a Horticultural Diploma from Wisbech in Norfolk, he was the only full time member of staff caring for the gardens at Baddesley. Around twenty years ago he recruited his first volunteer gardener and the team continued to grow to around 40 staff and volunteers by the time he took up his role as Area Ranger.
During Mark’s three decades at Baddesley he has been responsible for huge changes to the gardens, many of which visitors continue to enjoy today. The peaceful lakeside walk was installed which included re-setting pathways and putting weirs and sluices in the lake. Flower beds were later introduced into the walled garden, including the stunning dahlia border, and the vegetable garden became a fruitful enterprise, providing the restaurant with home grown produce for years.
Mark installed Baddesley's dahlia border
Mark’s proudest achievement is the partnership he developed with Natural England who have part funded many projects at both Baddesley and Packwood. Most notably the new land, bought in 2010, which doubled the estate surrounding Baddesley which has opened up new walking routes and ensured the care and development of the surrounding landscape.
In 2015, Mark took on a new challenge and became the first Area Ranger for the portfolio. He built up a team of eight volunteers who now work across Baddesley, Packwood and Coughton helping with tree planting, hedge laying and putting natural play areas in the parkland. The Treason Trail at Coughton and the new Woodland Animal Trail at Baddesley have been built from scratch by Mark and his volunteer team and are enjoyed by families throughout the year.
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Stephen Spinks, General Manager, says, ‘In the years since 1985 Mark has overseen many changes in the gardens at Baddesley and the wider parkland at Coughton and Packwood. He has amassed a wealth of expertise, skills, and experience and has been a dedicated member of the team for over three decades. All the teams at Baddesley, Coughton and Packwood wish Mark every success for the future and want to thank him for all the years of dedication and care that he has put into the gardens and parkland of these beautiful properties.’
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Thousands of blood-sucking vampires actually live all over the world, and they just need a little help, study says
Friday, July 10, 2015 by: Jennifer Lea Reynolds
Tags: vampires, Mayo Clinic, blood sucking
https://www.naturalnews.com/051434_vampires_Mayo_Clinic_blood_sucking.html
(NaturalNews) The next time a friend -- especially one that often complains of being tired -- says that the scratches on their chest are due to their failure to trim their cat's nails or because of unfortunate run-ins with thorny rosebushes, don't be so quick to reach into your bag of jokes.
Recent research has determined that many people belong to a large, authentic vampire community in which consenting adults allow other like-minded people to make small incisions on their chest, at which time they allow the other person to treat their taste buds to some blood consenting vampire. It's primarily done among highly lethargic individuals to obtain energy. However, because of embarrassment and fear of being ridiculed, these people tend to keep their actions on the down low. And they certainly don't take too kindly to "I wasn't (pause) cut out (pause again) for that job" or "my life sucks" jokes.(1,2)
Real vampires exist and they're "successful, ordinary people"
According to the director of social work at Idaho State University, D.J. Williams -- who says he's studied people who identify as vampires for about a 10 years (hmm...a Vampireologist?)--such vampires exist in droves all around the globe.(1)
He explains that they're not the cape-wearing, large-fanged folks likely conjured up thanks to horror flicks and Hollywood portrayals, but instead, real people who seek out more energy by sucking on the blood of consenting donors. In fact, he even distinguishes between the movie images and real vampires using differentiating terms such as "lifestyle" vampires and "authentic" ones. "The real vampire community seems to be a conscientious and ethical one," he says, adding that "they are successful, ordinary people."(1)
In other words, fatigued humans who suck the blood from others, creating communities that literally feed off one another's powerful needs while fearing backlash if found their secrets were discovered likely involves everyone from lawyers to presidential candidates. Who knew?
Getting vampires to come out...of the coffin...and getting professionals to embrace them
His research, which was published in the Canadian journal, Critical Social Work, is titled "Do we Always Practice What we Preach? Real Vampires' Fears of Coming out of the Coffin to Social Workers and Helping Professionals."(3)
It details vampires' struggles with keeping such a lifestyle to themselves, noting that "Results suggest that nearly all participants were distrustful of social workers and helping professionals and preferred to 'stay in the coffin' for fear of being misunderstood, labeled, and potentially having to face severe repercussions to their lives." The overarching theme is to encourage social workers and similar professionals to form "therapeutic alliances" in which they are more open to the various identities that exist. Specifically, they should treat such vampires with dignity and respect as they would anyone else with nontraditional energy-seeking tendencies.(3)
Goths, BDSM and a Lady Gaga memory
It goes on:
Although this study focuses on a people with a particular alternative identity, its findings may also be relevant to people who adopt other alternative identities, such as goths, otherkin, furries, and specific BDSM identities. Generally, it seems that rapid advances in technology provide a social environment conducive to the development of unique and unconventional identities. We should not be surprised to see a proliferation of nontraditional identities in the future.
Williams also explains that such vampires "...were born that way..." a statement that makes it difficult not to imagine Lady Gaga parading about the stage, faux incision marks on her chest and small fang-styled hair combs adorning her head. Maybe a tutu and fluorescent swimming pool floaties on her arm just to throw everyone off. But I digress.
The reality is, human behavioral oddities run rampant in society. They range from pica, a disorder in which people give in to the overwhelming urge to ingest nontraditional items such as dirt, paper, hair, chalk or other non-edible things to trichotillomania, which is the need to pull one's own hair out. There are those with multiple personalities, body image issues, people who fear leaving the house and yes, there are "real" vampires who get their energy fix by turning to the blood of other consenting vampires.
And people thought I was unusual for turning to kale and chia-infused smoothies to amp up my energy. Whew.
(1) NYDailynews.com
(2) DailyCaller.com
(3) UWindsor.ca
(4) WashingtonPost.com
(5) MayoClinic.org
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