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Pipelines, some bigger than 36 inches, criss-cross practically every state in the Middle East. They transport vital oil and natural gas, the life blood of our economy, from sometimes landlocked wells to ports, from where it is shipped by sea vessels to consuming countries.
For this reason, they are a vital part of geopolitical strategies of all developed countries, causes of intense political and economic pressure, and quite often wars.
A typical example is the problem Russia had with Chechnya through which country Russian oil was transported from Baku to Russia. The government of Chechnya thought it could blackmail Russia and demanded a transit fee of $ 3.00 per barrel. This was at a time when a barrel of oil traded for about $5.00.
This was intolerable for Russia and it invaded Chechnya, starting a long and protracted war trying to “regime change.”
In order to understand the politics and international rivalry involved, we should consider pipelines that recently got canceled or blocked.
A most outstanding example is the planned trans-Afghan pipeline, also called the TAPI pipeline. Its history started in 1991 with the collapse of the Russian empire and the subsequent independence of oil- and gas-rich countries such as Kazakhstan, the latter is said to hold 200 billion barrels of crude oil and vast amounts of natural gas, a tempting target for big U.S. oil companies.
As a result, Unocal Corp. (now a part of Texaco) and a consortium of other companies negotiated a deal with the Kazakhstan government for drilling permits. The big problem then was how to get the gas out, since this country is landlocked.
A plan was devised to build a pipeline, crossing Afghanistan and Pakistan, where oil and gas were to be shipped to a harbor at the Arabian Gulf, with a portion of the gas (and later oil) to be shipped to the energy-starved country of India.
To get permission for such a pipeline from Pakistan was no problem but when the Taliban took over Afghanistan all prior agreements were canceled.
We all know what happened next. Our country was getting involved in a land war in Afghanistan lasting 12 years and costing us over a trillion dollars. Despite a change in government, construction across Afghanistan still has not started, due to continued fighting.
The irony of all this is that the Chinese government since built their own pipeline which, for the last two years, has pumped oil from Kazakhstan directly to China.
We all know there are vast natural gas deposits in Saudi Arabia and in the small state of Qatar. The problem is where to sell it. The only way to do it is by liquefying the gas and shipping it to Europe.
This is very expensive, and the gas could not be sold competitively against the Russian gas, shipped by pipelines, which is now the dominant source of energy in Europe. This fact always irked American oil companies, and they thought of a way to solve both problems.
The idea was to build a gas pipeline from Arabia and Qatar all the way to Israel and ultimately across Turkey to Italy for sale through Europe, pushing the Russians out of this important market.
In 2006, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, and Romania reached an agreement to build an extension of the Trans-Arabian pipeline through Syria to the Turkish border.
From there it would have been transported through the planned Nabucco pipeline to central Europe.
However, as with Afghanistan, a problem arose.
There was a country blocking the portion between Israel and Turkey. That country was Syria. In early 2009, the contract agreed upon in 2006 got annulled. Syria refused the transit, very likely because it is a good ally of Russia. To this day, Russia even maintains a naval base there.
The thought now occurred, how about if we managed to overthrow the government of Syria and replace it with one more flexible for our purposes. Previously, in 1949, the U.S. did such a change in government in Syria. Despite a long civil war, that change of government has not happened, at least not yet. The pipeline, now empty, is stalled near Haifa in Israel.
The quite recent case happened in 2014 with Russia being the main actor. Here Gazprom, the Russian gas conglomerate, is trying to expand gas sales to the southern and south-eastern parts of Europe.
The plan was to build a pipeline from Novorossiysk in southern Russia, through the Black Sea and then on to Bulgaria and the Balkan states. After long and finally fruitful negotiations with the Bulgarian government, involving Russian President Vladimir Putin himself, an agreement was reached in 2014 to allow for passage of the proposed pipeline.
However, this development alarmed the U.S. State Department which sprang into action and, after some arm-twisting, forced the European Union to counteract. The Europeans responded by threatening to withhold badly needed financial aid to Bulgaria, unless they rescind the agreement.
Having no choice, the Bulgarian government informed the Russians that the deal was dead. This, in turn, killed the Gaszprom project and President Putin subsequently canceled the whole deal. At least there was no war this time.
Hans Baumann is a licensed engineer in four states and a member of Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society. He is an adviser to the dean of the University of New Hampshire Business School. Baumann has published manuals on valves and was a contributor to many works including the "Instrument Engineers' Handbook" and the "Control Valves Handbook." He has also published several books on business management and German history. His book "Hitler's Fate," suggests that Adolf Hitler did not commit suicide and survived World War II. For more of his reports, Go Here Now.
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After winning the field MVP last year, Murphy earned the track MVP as she won the 100-meter dash, 200-meter dash and 300-meter hurdles, the senior now holds 11 track championships in her three years with the Cougars. The South Carolina recruit also won two conference title as a freshman at Holly Springs, earning her MVP status when the Golden Hawks were in the Greater Neuse River Conference.
“It never gets old,” said Murphy. “This year I dropped down to three events but tried something new with the 300 hurdles, so to get a win and that and in my regular events, it felt really good.”
The Cougars also boasted the field MVP of the meet with Aliya Ruffin, who won the triple jump and tied Holly Springs’ Kiara Leslie for the high jump title. The Cougars got more titles from its 4-by-100 relay, Brianna Heilsnis (discus) and Tiffany Finley (shot put). Apex’s 191 points topped runner-up Green Hope’s 132and was well ahead of third-place Middle Creek (70), fourth-place Cary (69) and fifth-place Panther Creek (57).
Cary’s boys were more than dominant in their quest for a three-peat. The Imps won seven events, including four field events: pole vault (Phillip Thomas), long jump (Chuboy Umeadi), triple jump (Umeadi) and discus (Lennie Paul). Cary’s other wins came in the 4-by-800 relay, 100-meter dash (Darrell Sheppard) and 200-meter dash (Sheppard).
The Imps’ 168.5 points almost doubled runner-up Apex (87.5), who was followed closely by Fuquay-Varina (80), Athens Drive (79) and Holly Springs (67).
“Even though last year it was the same thing, but I would like to say it all comes from hard and dedication,” said Sheppard, who defended his two titles from a year ago. “It didn’t come easily, and running is my desire and passion.” “I also really appreciate my teammates, because we’re all around that same level and they push me. I’m grateful to have the team that we have.”
The boys MVP of the field events was Athens Drive’s Lamar Nobles, a repeat high jump champion. The track MVP was Fuquay’s Brian Davis, who had a thrilling 10-minute span to end the meet.
Davis had won the 400-meter dash before running the anchor leg on Fuquay’s first-place finish in the 4-by-400 relay, the final event, then minutes later was announced as MVP.
Though Davis – also the meet’s 400-meter dash champ – has run national meets, he was thrilled to get the local recognition.
“This is the highlight (of my career). I’ve never had anything like this happen,” he said. “It feels like I’m finally being recognized for all the other things that I do,” he said.
Athens’ Kevin Vincent defended his hurdling titles from a year ago, winning the 110- and 300-meter hurdles. Panther Creek’s Jacob Sears won the 1600- and 3200-meter runs.
Rounding out boys winners were: Lee’s Peter West (shot put), Fuquay’s Clay Jones (800-meter run), the Holly Springs 4-by-200 relay and Athens’ 4-by-100 relay.
On the girls’ side, Green Hope’s Rayna Yvars was a champ in two events. Yvars, a junior, proved she’s gifted at leaping over things by taking home the pole vault and defending her 100-meter hurdle title.
“My coaches ask me why I choose to jump over anything I can,” Yvars said.
Other girls winners included Panther Creek’s Rebekah Greengrass (1600-meter run), Athens Drive’s Brianne Boldrin (800-meter run), Green Hope’s Erica Amatori (3200-meter run), Cary’s Layla White (400-meter dash), Fuquay-Varina’s Jhane Davis (long jump),the Fuquay-Varina 4-by-200 relay and Cary’s 4-by-400 and 4-by-800 relays.
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Shannen Martin, who lives in the Stewartsville area, started an online petition asking for an outside investigation into Kyle Schmitz, a DeKalb County reserve sheriff’s deputy.
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Deputy strikes a nerve in DeKalb County
By Marshall White St. Joseph News-Press
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STEWARTSVILLE, Mo. — Less than two months after law enforcement officers shot a man in DeKalb County, some residents are seeking an independent investigation into broader concerns about the sheriff’s department.
An online petition asks for an investigation into what critics call a pattern of illegal searches, verbal threats, misconduct and intimidation in DeKalb County. So far, some 294 individuals have supported this online petition, which focuses on the area in and around Stewartsville. The community of about 750 residents sits on the county’s southern border, adjacent to Clinton County and U.S. Highway 36 is on its north side.
For those involved with the petition, many of the complaints center on one person: reserve sheriff’s deputy Kyle Schmitz.
“In my opinion, Deputy Schmitz and his coworkers have little or no respect for the law, DeKalb County residents’ rights or the oath under which they serve,” said Shannen Martin, the Stewartsville-area woman who started the petition. “If you’re on his hit list, he will hunt you down. I’m willing to tell the world what he’s doing.”
An elected official disagrees. Eric Tate, the DeKalb County prosecutor, is familiar with the work of Schmitz, who is one of the county’s three reserve officers certified by the Missouri Department of Public Safety.
In addition to Sheriff Wes Raines, the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department consist of five full-time deputies, three reserve officers and six dispatchers.
“The quality of the deputy’s work is more than satisfactory,” Tate said of Schmtz.
The sheriff said Schmitz’s road patrols produce more driving while intoxicated and drug cases than any other deputy he has. “And our goal is to provide good service, safe roads and safe communities,” Raines said.
Concerns about the department came to a head in late November, when law enforcement officers shot and killed 53-year-old Lionel Kerns at his mobile home in DeKalb County. Schmitz and a Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper were present at the time of shooting, though details of what happened were not released. Troopers said at the time that Kerns pointed a weapon at officers, prompting the fatal shots.
All officers involved in the shooting, including Schmitz, were taken off duty and required to obtain a psychiatric evaluation. Schmitz is back on duty having passed his psychiatric evaluation, Raines said.
Tate said the Missouri State Highway Patrol is conducting an investigation and will release details when it is competed. No date has been announced for completion.
The investigation hasn’t eased the concerns of Martin and other critics of the department. Her first experience with the sheriff’s department occurred in May, when Schmitz stopped her son, an Army veteran back from four tours in Afghanistan, for not having a front license plate.
Martin alleged the deputy used foul language and was threatening in his talk. About 15 minutes later, he stopped Martin’s car in Stewartsville. A friend was driving and he started asking questions all over again, she said. No charges were filed, but both incidents were unsettling to the mother.
“The mama in me came out,” she said.
Another area resident, Louis Hughes, raised concerns about Schmitz doing a driving while intoxicated stop in his own white pickup with no emergency lights in March 2014.
After a high-speed chase, Schmitz dragged Hughes’ son out of a vehicle and struck him with the butt of a gun until blood came out of his ear, Louis Hughes alleges.
Hughes did say if a deputy’s life is threatened he’s “got to do what he’s got to do.” But she’s not sure there was any threat, because in court Schmitz testified the man was so drunk he couldn’t stand up.
“I got to thinking he could have killed my son and that’s why I’m in on it,” Hughes said of the petition. “I’ve always supported the department, but he needs to conform to the law.”
The sheriff said he doesn’t like deputies using their private vehicles.
“I don’t condone it, but I’ve done it myself,” Raines said.
The county is an area of small communities and people call people they know asking for help, Raines said. And if a deputy is in the vicinity, they will respond, he said.
Another person maintained they’d seen Schmitz with a dispatcher going to a crime scene and they thought it highly inappropriate.
The sheriff said he encourages dispatchers to do ride-alongs with his deputies.
“They need to understand what deputies do and likewise I encourage deputies to sit with dispatchers and learn their job and frustrations,” Raines said.
Another woman, Amanda Sego, said she feared for her physical safety when DeKalb County deputies knocked on her door in May and tried to arrest her. She said deputies used foul language and she believed her life was in danger until a Cameron police officer arrived.
Sego was charged with spitting at a deputy. She maintained her innocence but was found guilty of the misdemeanor offense.
Residents also raised concerns about the death of Timothy Harris after 25 days in the Daviess/DeKalb Jail. The family filed a federal lawsuit over the death and also claimed the arrest had been retribution for social media criticism about another incident with the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department.
The issues in the jail were not associated with Schmitz.
Deputies believe the accusations misrepresent their work, Raines said.
Several deputies, including Schmitz, came to the sheriff following the shooting and asked for the department to acquire body cameras.
“I’ve put money in the budget to buy them (body cameras) this year,” Raines said. While body cameras aren’t meant for evidence, they would show the details of what happened during an arrest, he said. There will be enough cameras for all eight deputies.
The sheriff maintained he’d never had anyone want to come in and write out a formal complaint.
“There are no forms for complaints,” Raines said. “But I do have people talk to me about their concerns. Even if they don’t want to file a formal complaint, I call the guys and talk to them about it (a complaint).”
Schmitz has never been charged with any crimes related to his law enforcement work and has no outstanding complaints on file at the sheriff’s office. He was invited to respond to this story but did not respond.
The petition is just the beginning for Martin.
“I’m going to keep complaining until something is done,” she said.
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One Alternative Fund Manager is Diversifying & De-risking ‘Frontier’ Tech for ASX Investors
Today’s rapidly accelerating global tech landscape is an increasingly competitive one, flanked by an ever-expanding crop of disruptive businesses operating in hot-topic ‘frontier’ sectors like blockchain, cybersecurity, AI (artificial intelligence), VR (virtual reality), and IoT (internet of things).
Investing in these companies, however, may come with a considerable side-order of risk, alongside an exhaustive and time-consuming due diligence process. There’s also the question of diversification — carefully selecting and then managing an array of tech investments in key growth areas.
With these challenges in mind, the nimble alternative investment company that’s crept onto our radar today is simplifying this process, making it easier for investors to access a range of carefully curated tech companies with high growth potential.
This company is a listed alternative investment fund manager with a shrewd focus on this burgeoning global tech space. In its repertoire is a diversified, de-risked, high return portfolio spread across direct investments and in funds across Asia-Pacific, Europe and the US.
In a nutshell, the company prides itself on being able to deliver excess returns through portfolio diversification in alternative investments. Its focus is to provide differentiated and active strategies across the global alternative investment landscape to service funds, family offices and sophisticated investors.
It is important to note there that while the company does co-invest off its balance sheet, the majority of the funds under management will come from family office, institutions and high net worth investors.
It is also important to note that this company is itself a speculative investment, so professional financial advice should be sought if considering this stock for your portfolio.
Alternative investments are traditionally classified as anything excluding cash, equities and bonds. These might include asset classes like venture capital (VC), private equity, real estate, debt funds and hedge funds.
Today’s company focuses specifically on fintech, proptech, mediatech, and ‘frontier’ technologies including blockchain, robotics, drones, AI and VR.
This $8.5 million-capped company uses a rigorous screening process and a veritable laundry list of exacting criteria to seek out high-level talents, globally scalable businesses and rapid growth opportunities in the aforementioned categories in order to unlock value for investors.
What this translates into is an opportunity to invest in a carefully vetted and actively managed portfolio of early-stage tech disruptors: businesses retail investors wouldn’t normally have access to.
The market opportunity this company brings to the table is based on three key thematics:
Increasing investor allocation to alternatives
Strong growth in technology investments
Larger appetite for global investments
Furthermore, this company has built substantial partnerships with companies such as Scout Ventures based in New York and Propeller Capital in San Francisco that give it access to some truly cutting-edge companies working at the forefront of frontier technologies.
The company is actively looking at new investments and we should see a great deal of news flow flood the market in the next 12 months.
So, without further ado, let’s introduce...
Auctus Alternative Investments
ASX:AVC
A razor-sharp strategy, 3 key pillars, and some tech-savvy partners
Auctus Alternative Investments (ASX:AVC) is steadily building a ‘technology as an enabler’ alternative investment funds management business.
AVC takes stakes in companies that are looking for capital to expand or restructure operations, enter new markets or finance a significant acquisition.
These are companies that are transformational or heading towards a lifecycle event, which opens up a range of possibilities for AVC and its investors.
Currently the investment managers listed on the ASX that focus on alternatives are the $145 million capped Blue Sky (ASX:BLA) and the $921 capped Moelis (ASX:MOE). So there is potentially a lot of growth to come for the $8.5 million capped AVC in what seems to be a highly lucrative space to play in, working across the proptech, fintech and frontier tech niches.
The alternative investment approach taken by AVC is driven by several key thematics, which could set it apart from its competitors. For instance, the increasing investor allocation to alternatives, coupled with strong growth in tech investments, and an observed larger appetite for global investments.
Within that focus, AVC operates across three core pillars:
At this stage of its development, the company is giving particular priority to refining the VC (expansion capital) piece of the puzzle, and is looking to add other alternative asset investment classes to the mix over the next twelve months.
AVC is focused especially on fintech, proptech and ‘frontier’ technologies and has established strong relationships with best-in-class channel partners across the investment and technology space particularly within its focused categories across Australia, Asia and the US.
Strong partners could lead to stronger returns
One key channel partner is Scout Ventures — an early-stage VC firm based in New York that targets investment in emerging and frontier technologies, and looks to cultivate relationships with otherwise hard-to-access, experienced tech business founders.
Scout has a particular interest in AR/VR, AI, drones, robotics, IoT, enterprise SaaS, cybersecurity, and big data — in short, all the frontier tech you could hope to get your hands on.
Since its inception in 2012, Scout has achieved a lifetime blended IRR of 18.4% and taken in excess of a dozen companies from discovery phase to exit, profitability or other liquidity event. With over 65 investments across three fund vehicles, Scout has made cash distributions for each of its previous funds.
Here’s a look at a just a small sample of Scout’s portfolio:
The expansion doors are wide open for AVC following the non-binding agreement it has recently signed with Scout, but it is building partnerships elsewhere to ensure it has other avenues to diversification.
Propeller Capital is a pure blockchain-focused VC company based in start-up-rich San Francisco with access to unique opportunities and deal generation within the US. In its own words, Propeller “invests exclusively in entrepreneurs using blockchain technology to change the world”, with an expansive network to match...
These kinds of strategic relationships give AVC access to some of the world’s most promising companies that are developing cutting-edge frontier technologies.
AVC currently has 10 investments in its portfolio, some of which we’ll look at in further detail shortly — these include:
Let’s take a look now at AVC’s stringent criteria for these investments...
Through the AVC lens — de-risking the investment process
Armed with its tech prowess, AVC has created a proprietary screening process to evaluate potential investment opportunities — a crystal-clear ‘lens’ through which to target assets with high growth potential.
This selection process focuses on six key areas or questions:
Growth capital expansion — is the business at an expansion stage?
Does it offer a valuable solution?
Does it have current, repeat customers?
Strength of the underlying technology — is there validation around the product or service? Is it solving a problem that people will pay for?
Is this a global and scalable opportunity?
What does management look like?
Unsurprisingly, this is pretty intensive, exacting stuff. AVC typically tracks businesses for 6-12 months ahead of making a firm investment, and will generally only follow those with at least US$1 million in recurring revenue and a robust tech bent.
On top of this, AVC also executes two different investment means, depending on the geographic location of the business at hand:
With this disciplined investment approach in mind, let’s take a look now at some of the investments themselves...
AVC’s diverse portfolio — some salient investments
GOPHR goes the last mile
London-based GOPHR is an Uber-style tech platform operating in the last mile delivery service market — something that clearly fulfils the criteria we mentioned earlier relating to globally resonant, scalable technology.
As far as AVC’s assets go, this is the proverbial jewel in the crown. Consider that the global courier market is worth $250 billion a year, and is projected to grow to $343 billion by 2020.
Although it is difficult to determine how much of this market AVC can attract through GOPHR, so take all publicly available information into account and maintain a cautious approach when considering this stock for your portfolio.
Importantly, GOPHR is also solving an addressable problem in the last mile delivery space, which tends to be expensive and unreliable, and fraught with unpredictable demand.
The Retail Dive article below hinges on many of the key issues at work in the last mile delivery space, and how many of the industry’s players are failing at nailing down the right tech-inflected solution:
With that in mind, GOPHR’s solution — which automates traditional courier company tasks — drives efficiency and reduces costs, cutting through layers of logistics tech.
Also boding well are GOPHR’s financial specs, with the company reporting revenue of £640,000 ($1.136 million) in the last quarter, driven by its work with high-profile names like HelloFresh and Marks & Spencer.
Mobilicom — a critical mission
Mobilicom (ASX:MOB) is a 4G mobile mesh solutions for robotics, drones and mission-critical applications — another rapid-growth frontier tech sector. Based in Azur, Israel, Mobilicom is best known for its wireless ‘mesh’ network which connects phone users to each other’s handsets without the need for phone towers.
A quick glance at Mobilicom’s newsflow suggests that the communications specialist has been drawing quite a bit of attention — beginning with its listing on the ASX last year...
...and beyond:
SuperEd
Meanwhile, in a completely different part of the world — Melbourne’s vibrant start-up scene — is SuperEd, a robo advice platform that provides retirement solutions:
This fintech investment is another company that’s receiving plenty of media coverage:
On top of these investments, there’s also the San Francisco-based Storr, which works in the social media influencer space, as well as Snapsi — which produces an innovative single serve packaging solution... and that’s just a taste of the fast-growing tech investments on AVC’s radar, all of which have been put through its rigorous screening process.
Some pivotal tech players
Alongside its ability to de-risk tech VC investments and its unique access to domestic and global opportunities, something that gives AVC a distinct edge is a directional team with some serious tech credibility points.
Chief Operating Office, Michael Hynes, has three decades of corporate experience under his belt, and is a leading figure in venture capital, private equity and corporate finance across APAC.
Hynes has a well-recognised flair for building trusted, long-standing partnerships and has completed numerous capital raisings and IPOs — especially in the tech space.
Chief Investment Officer, Peter Gaidzkar, on the other hand, brings with him 20 years’ corporate experience in both advisory and in-house corporate strategy, mergers and acquisitions, and operations. Gaidzkar also has considerable tech moxy, having built the APAC arm of a global proptech business that sold to Accel-KKR (a private equity firm with US$4 billion in capital under management), as well as a frontier tech incubator.
Meanwhile, Auctus Managing Director, Campbell McComb, has 20 years’ behind him working in the funds management space within Australia, the UK and Asia. McComb has captained several successful funds management companies, including Armytage (Treasury Group), and was an early investor in Blue Sky Alternatives.
Gaidzkar, McComb and Hynes:
In short, these three tech and corporate mavens are precisely the kind you’d want to have in your corner if you were seeking out high-level tech investment opportunities...
The Auctus edge
With its ability to deliver excess returns and portfolio diversification for forward-focused investors wanting a slice of the global tech boom, AVC seems to have all the right ingredients in place to take things to the next level.
Although it is in the early stages of its new growth phase, so seek professional financial advice if considering this stock for your portfolio.
Something that clearly differentiates this ASX listed alternative fund managing small-cap is its access to unique domestic and global opportunities that retail investors wouldn’t normally be able to see.
As an alternative investment manager, moreover, AVC’s disciplined expansion capital approach and ability to de-risk and diversify tech investments should give it a major edge over its peers as it continues its own growth cycle.
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Eminem nearly landed lead part in ‘Jumper’
NME Feb 18, 2008 11:14 am GMT
Director reveals how the rapper was in contention for Hayden Christensen's role
Doug Liman, writer and director of new Hollywood action film ‘Jumper’, has revealed that Eminem was nearly given the lead role in the film, which eventually went to Hayden Christensen.
The director explained that he had meetings with Eminem and that the film’s studio, 20th Century Fox, wanted to offer him the lead role ahead of Christensen.
Speaking to MTVNews.com, Liman said: “We did have a meeting and conversations with Eminem.
“If I’ve proven anything to myself, it’s that I can tailor a role to an actor. [I could] develop the role with [someone like Eminem] and make it extremely specific to them. So as long as the person has acting chops, I’m open to talking to almost anybody for almost any role.
“It was one of those things where the studio, with all things being equal, would rather put a bigger name [Eminem] in the movie. At some point, I just put my foot down and said, ‘I love Hayden’.”
The Shockwaves NME Awards 2008 are coming soon – and it’s time to have your say. Vote now by heading to NME.COM/awardsvote and you could win VIP tickets to the ceremony, which takes place in London on February 28.
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Archive | Birthdays
By Linda on September 14, 2014 in Birthdays, Gardening
I’ve had the most wonderful birthday today! My family is my greatest blessing!
Above are photos of our beautiful Wisteria creeper in bloom all along the side of our house and up and around our telephone pole. Spring is just breathtaking, don’t you think?
Have a marvellous day xx
By Linda on January 12, 2014 in Birthdays, Family
Happy 45th Birthday to my Love!
By Linda on June 9, 2013 in Birthdays, Family
Jenna is 16 years old today!
We all got up really early this morning to give Jen her gifts, make her a special breakfast and then take her to scouts to write her oars charge exam. I know… “An exam?” you say, “on her birthday?” The thing is, she has been looking forward to achieving this advancement for ages and the date was set for the 9th of June, her birthday. She really doesn’t mind though, she was so excited to join the other sea scouts who will also be doing their practical and written exams today. (I did try and talk her out of it a few weeks ago but then she explained how important it was to her and this made me feel very proud of her dedication).
Erin baked her the most wonderful birthday cake, I’m sure Jen will love it when she sees it tonight.
It’s difficult to fathom how quickly time has passed, 16 years ago you were so tiny and now you have grown into a beautiful and confident young woman. We love you Jen and are so blessed to know you. xxx
Happy Birthday Erin
By Linda on April 22, 2013 in Birthdays
Early morning birthday photos…
I still remember Erin’s birth-day, it was a Thursday morning. I went into labour and Richard and I made our way to my midwife’s home around the corner. We spent most of the morning just relaxing and walking, by midday the contractions kicked in fully. By 2:15 we had a new baby girl in our arms, what an amazing day that was, so beautiful. How could it be 14 years later already? She is so grown up now but still loves the birthday traditions we have always followed since she was little. We say a birthday verse the night before a birthday and prepare a special birthday table… This morning Richard made a wonderful breakfast and then Erin and I baked her birthday cake together.
These are such special moments to treasure. I know these moments are fleeting as time goes by so fast and therefore, I am making a concerted effort, to try and be present in each of these moments, so that I don’t miss anything and will be able to look back with joy and happiness on our life once our children are all grown…
Happy Birthday beautiful girl we love you!
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Home Video Captures Package Thief Stealing Loot
Opportunists are seeking quick loot or personal information such as credit card information in package thefts from porches of homes
Published Sep 3, 2014 at 5:07 PM | Updated at 9:21 PM PDT on Sep 3, 2014
How to Protect Yourself From Mail Theft
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NBC4's Consumer Reporter Randy Mac has what you need to know on how to protect yourself against a rising trend where thieves steal postal packages from doorsteps after they are delivered at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014. (Published Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015)
A day before her birthday, Toni Thomas received a special delivery on her front lawn.
It was courtesy of a neighbor, recorded on Thomas' surveillance system, returning the empty box that was discarded in his yard.
What had been inside?
It was a Michael Kors handbag, a gift from Thomas' family.
Chinese Food Chain Hit By Personal Data Breach
Restaurant chain P.F. Chang's is reeling from a personal data breach of at least 33 of its branches around the country, including five in Southern California. Randy Mac reports for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Monday, August 4, 2014.
(Published Monday, Aug. 4, 2014)
A review of more surveillance video shows what happened.
"I knew what time the postman came, so we watched it being delivered," Thomas said. "About an hour and a half later we saw someone come up to the door.
"I see her shadow, but I'm just like, 'Oh, my God! Oh, my God.' I just wanted to know who is this person?"
Couple's Anniversary Cruise Goes Awry
The unidentified woman is a thief, the person who steals Thomas' new handbag -- ignoring security signs and the camera, which is visible.
Renee Focht, a postal inspector, said that if it's a package, they're looking for merchandise. If they're stealing a letter, they could be looking for information.
Focht said parcel deliveries have increased with the popularity of online shopping. Despite the theft being a federal offense, there's no shortage of people willing to risk a five-year prison term, she said.
Cruise Ship Vacations, Passenger Rights to Refund
NBC4's Consumer Reporter Randy Mac looks into the rights passengers have when requesting refunds on cruise ship vacations Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014.
(Published Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014)
Package thieves have even followed the trucks, Focht said.
Thomas has turned over the surveillance video and the possible getaway car to postal inspectors, who've offered some advice -- protect your mail just like you lock your front door.
Thomas' gift was a surprise delivery.
Dealership Auto Theft Case Widens
She never had an opportunity to protect the package, a violation that's left her feeling as empty as the box.
"It's all I can think about ... How do we catch this person?"
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Wisconsin roundup: Fees likely to rise for UW-System students; Trump coming to Wis.; more state news stories
Posted on Jul 9, 2019 at 9:28 a.m.
When they meet Thursday, members of the UW System Board of Regents are expected to raise student fees and room-and-board costs for the fall semester.
Students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison would pay an additional $170, the most of any four-year school. The debt service on a new recreational center and Natatorium is the main reason for the increase. The regents will vote during a meeting in Madison.
Trump headed to Milwaukee
President Donald Trump is planning a visit to Wisconsin.
While the full details are not known, the president is expected to attend a fundraiser hosted by the Republican National Committee in Milwaukee on Friday. There is also no definitive word if a rally will be held while the president is in town.
Northwoods family has too-close experience with Canadian wildfires
For 40 years a Northwoods family has been spending a summer week fishing in the Canadian wilderness, but normally it's a lot more restful.
The Killians had to be flown out of their lakeside cabin Saturday when the Canadian wildfires got too close. Their outfitter had moved them to Wagin Lake, which is accessible only by airplane for safety, but that didn't last long. A Canadian emergency helicopter rescued them after they called on a satellite phone, which they say they almost never have used.
Dry June doesn’t keep Lake Superior from reaching record levels
Lake Superior has set a new record high water level for July 1st. June was drier than normal, so the big lake only rose 1.2 inches, but it still stands 1.6 inches higher than the previous record set 76 years ago. Lake Superior was 14 inches above normal when the month started. That offers the increased risk of shoreline erosion, lakeshore flooding and coastal damages.
New ‘pet mill’ fines could be coming
Wisconsin pet stores could face fines under a new bill that aims to end sales of pets from puppy mills.
State Rep. LaKeshia Myers authored the bill and says despite requirements put in place a decade ago, mills are still funneling animals to stores. The bill would prohibit dog and cat sales by pet stores and levy fines up to $25,000 for repeat violations.
Cookware manufacturer closing its Wis. doors
Nearly 150 jobs are expected to be lost when a cookware company in Manitowoc closes its doors.
Tramontina USA announced today the plant is closed and is looking for a company to buy the facility. Production cost increases were cited as the main reason for the closure. Officials said 100 jobs were also eliminated at the company's Texas headquarters.
Pregnant burglary suspect avoids more serious charges in confrontation
Kenosha County Sheriff's deputies say a 21-year-old pregnant woman pointed a loaded gun at them during an incident last month.
A homeowner had called 911 to report a person breaking into his barn. When the suspect showed the black semi-automatic pistol to the deputies, they wrestled her to the ground and took the weapon away from her. She will be charged with possession of a firearm while intoxicated and OWI. The suspect's name hasn't been released.
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I See Who, at the Zoo? - Children's Story
This book is about a mother and son and their wonderful day at the zoo and many questions are asked. The girl asks about all the animals and the mother helps her to learn more about them. (05:15)
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The Mindset of the Maker Educator
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The Culinary Institute of America Chili Cook-Off
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Why Study New Testament Hymns with Peter Watts
Dr. Peter Watts points out that embedded in many of the earliest Christian documents, such as the letters in the New Testament, there are pieces of poetry that were probably originally hymns sung by the followers of Jesus when the gathered. Indeed, these hymns, often addressed to Christ, may have played an important role in the development of Christian doctrine. Other Why Study Videos you may want to watch; Songs in the Old Testament http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BRUDH66WiM Rudolf Bultmann
Corruption protest in Kenya's Maasai Mara region turns violent
At least seven people are injured in clashes between Kenyan police and protesters from the Maasai ethnic group who accuse a local governor of corruption. Nathan Frandino reports. Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/reuterssubscribe More updates and breaking news: http://smarturl.it/BreakingNews Reuters tells the world's stories like no one else. As the largest international multimedia news provider, Reuters provides coverage around the globe and across topics including business, financial, national,
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21L.471 Major English Novels (MIT)
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The Blackberries
Authentic Elephant Painting in Red and Purple from Thailand, "The Blackberries"
In this master work by Jojo the Thai elephant, colors of red, purple, and black... more
In this master work by Jojo the Thai elephant, colors of red, purple, and black combine for an evocative composition. Jojo paints this composition with a concentration of form towards the center that evokes the beauty of succulent blackberries.
Asian elephants are an endangered species. By making the Asian elephants' paintings widely accessible to the general public, NOVICA hopes to help increase awareness, encourage conservation, and raise significant funds to assist endangered elephants throughout Asia. For more information, please refer to the elephant's biography.
This original painting features the Elephant Conservation Center's seal of authenticity. It arrives unframed.
Please note: The elephants hold the paintbrush carefully, by the tip of their trunk - which is also the elephants' delicate nose area. Slight smudging, and an occasional water droplet here and there are to be expected on most elephant paintings. We like to consider that these imperfections add to the conversation value of each piece.
22" W x 30" H
Authentic artwork featuring the official seal of the Thai Elephant Conservation Center as well as the elephant's name
Free Gift Wrap? Yes
Made in Thailand.
Certified and shipped by our office in Thailand
You can find elephant painting 'The Blackberries' by Jojo in paintings categories such as Abstract Paintings, Abstract Paintings, Elephant Art Paintings and Acrylic Paint Paintings. Enjoy exploring these sections for other Novica treasures.
Multicolor Paintings Acrylic Paint Paintings Elephant Art Paintings
5 artist reviews
Jojo's paintings have been auctioned at Christie's for thousands of dollars.
Born in 1993, Jojo is a mischievous but basically sweet-tempered adolescent elephant. In the Thai Elephant Orchestra Jojo usually plays a mean harmonica but he can double on one of the xylophones. His painting style is far less structured than that of his peers. Jojo is an active member of the Lampang Elephant Art Academy, based at the Thai Elephant Conservation Center in Northern Thailand. Jojo's paintings have been auctioned at Christie's for thousands of dollars.
For centuries, elephants earned their keep by hauling trees for Asia's logging industry. Deforestation and logging restrictions led to massive unemployment for the elephants, with the result that many, dependent on keepers who could no longer afford to care for them, simply died of neglect. The Asian elephant population dwindled, and these magnificent animals became an endangered species.
In 1998, searching for new ways to raise rescue funds and worldwide public awareness, elephant expert and author Richard Lair, advisor to the royal Thai Elephant Conservation Center (TECC), conceived of a novel plan. He invited to Asia two media savvy, New York-based conceptual artists -- Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid -- to help him create a publicity campaign while training rescued Asian elephants to paint. Art Historian Mia Fineman traveled with Komar and Melamid to Asia, helping write "When Elephants Paint," a fascinating book about the venture. (The book notes that wild elephants naturally doodle on the ground with twigs and pebbles -- a proclivity that might explain the ease with which they take to painting.)
As a result of Lair's project, numerous elephants learned to paint in Asia, and hundreds if not thousands of news reports have brought the story of this endangered species to the world's attention.
Today, under the ongoing tutelage of Richard Lair, ten of the TECC's 48 elephants participate in regular painting sessions. During these sessions, the sanctuary elephants stand contentedly before easels, entertaining themselves by wrapping the tips of their trunks around artists' brushes, dipping those brushes into buckets of colorful paints, and then sweeping the paint up, down, and across paper canvases.
The TECC artists are now the most famous paintings elephants in the world. Their paintings, compared by some critics to the works of such renowned abstract expressionist artists as Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, and Franz Kline, have been exhibited internationally and have auctioned for thousands of dollars apiece at such august venues as Christie's.
In 2002, Novica offered to assist Richard Lair by featuring the Asian elephants' paintings online, making them more accessible to the general public. Since then, a new wave of media attention has again focused on the plight of the Asian elephant, and thousand more people have purchased paintings -- helping raise considerable funds for the TECC in Thailand, and for a separate rescue center in Bali.
Richard Lair provides Novica with the TECC's highest quality elephant paintings, directly overseeing special "Novica Sessions" with the TECC elephants. For these sessions, the elephants paint on French archival paper, using high quality acrylic paints. (This in contrast to the elephant paintings sold in Asia to tourists -- typically composed of low-quality paints on non-archival paper.) Lair completes the process by embossing each painting with an official stamp of authenticity. For Novica, Lair comments that he rejects all but the most intriguing and unblemished paintings, as an additional way to thank Novica's customers for their considerable support, while providing a high quality painting in return.
Interestingly, the TECC is also home to the Thai Elephant Orchestra, the world's first elephant orchestra and the first orchestra in which animals play instruments (as opposed to their own song) with "serious musical intent." The Thai Elephant Orchestra, under the direction of Richard Lair and Dave Soldier, has produced three fundraising CDs, available through Amazon.
Meanwhile, Richard Lair continues his efforts to raise awareness and financial support for the elephants of Asia. In 2008 Lair traveled to Nepal to teach yet another group of eager elephant artists to paint, in the hopes that they, too, would enjoy learning how to help fund their own upkeep.
Novica asked Lair about the legitimacy of a much-talked-about 2008 elephant "self portrait" (the making of which, at a different Thai elephant camp, was captured on video). Lair explained that the elephant's "mahout" (handler) clearly directed the painting, standing just off-camera, holding the elephant's "tush" (small, sensitive tusk) to carefully guide the elephant's trunk in precise flourishes, creating the sensational result.
(Elephant photos by George Young)
5 Testimonials for Jojo
Thank you, Jojo, for the wonderful painting. You are one of my favorite elephant artists, and I'm proud to have your work on my wall. I'm so happy you've gone into this venture. Best wishes to you and the other elephants.
Binghamton,NY
I just received ""Trumpet's Harmony"" by Jojo and am thrilled! The painting is beautiful. I look forward to adding to my collection in the near future. Thank you!
unique,creative,and spontaneous.... this is art ............my children and i love it............
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Solar Research
Market Research & Analysis
» Solar Research » Midmarket Solar Policies in the United States » Missouri
Carve-out: 0.3% of annual electricity sales in 2021 should come from solar electricity
Tracking system: Midwest Renewable Energy Tracking System (M-RETS)
Renewable portfolio standard (RPS) applies to state investor-owned utilities and not municipal utilities or electric cooperatives.
Missouri limits net metering and interconnection of renewable energy systems to 100 kW. The state provides loans to local governments, schools, state governments, and institutions. Solar energy systems are exempt from state, local, and county property taxes. Utilities offer low-interest loans and solar rebates.
In October 2016, the Missouri Public Service Commission (MPSC) approved community solar projects up to 1 MW.
In December 2016, MPSC approved a utility-led solar pilot for Ameren with 3–5 projects ranging from 100 kW to 2 MW.
Missouri's net metering policy applies to all investor-owned utilities (IOUs), municipal utilities, and cooperatives.
System size limit: 100 kW
Aggregate cap: Based on previous calendar year, 1% of utility's single-hour peak load (annually) and 5% of utility's single-hour peak load
Credit: Net excess generation is credited at avoided-cost rate
RECs: Renewable energy certificate (REC) ownership can be transferred to utilities under some circumstances, but RECs are otherwise retained by the customer-generators
Meter aggregation: Not addressed
Systems up to 100 kW that are sited on a facility that is either owned, leased, or otherwise operated by the customer are eligible for interconnection under Missouri’s Net Metering and Easy Connection Act, enacted in 2007. The systems must be used to offset customers’ own electricity requirements.
Eligible Systems
Type of Interconnection
≤10 kW Simplified (within 30 days)
>10 kW and <100 kW Simplified (within 90 days )
Liability insurance: There are no requirements for systems <10 kW; systems >10 kW are required to be insured for $100,000
External disconnect switch: Utility's discretion
Third Party Ownership
The status of solar power purchase agreements (PPAs) in Missouri is unclear or unknown.
The MPSC approved community solar projects for residential and business customers upto 1 MW, as proposed by the IOU Ameren, in October 2016. Residential and commercial customers can sign up for up to 100 kWh blocks of solar capacity. Customers can subscribe to up to half of their average usage over the past 12 months.
State Incentive Programs
Energy Loan Program
Missouri Department of Economic Development The state provides loans to local governments, schools, state governments, and institutions of up to $1,000,000 for a term of 10 years and interest rate of 2.75%.
Solar Property Tax Exemption
State Tax Commission of Missouri In Missouri, solar energy systems are exempt from state, local, and county property taxes if they are not a resale.
Utility Incentive Programs
Low-interest loans for photovoltaic systems. Loan terms range 1% for up to three years, 3% for 4–5 years, and 5% for 6–10 years. Loans are capped at $15,000 for residential customers and $30,000 for commercial customers.
MPSC approved an Ameren project in which the utility will construct, install, own, operate, and maintain solar facilities on customer property. 3–5 projects in the range of 100 kW to 2 MW will be installed under this pilot program.
The list below provides some resources for each type of policy or program. Please reference and contact relevant authorities and local utilities for the most up-to-date and accurate information on state and utility policies and incentive programs.
Missouri Department of Economic Development: Missouri Renewable Energy Standard
Net metering and interconnection
Missouri Department of Economic Development: Division of Energy
Missouri Department of Economic Development: Net Metering and the Easy Connection Act Fact Sheet
Ameren: Community Solar
Programs and incentives
Missouri Department of Economic Development: Energy Loan Program
Columbia Water & Light: Solar Energy Loans
Columbia Water & Light: Solar Rebates
Empire District Electric Company: Solar Rebate
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2017–2019 Study
Solar Energy Innovation Network
Solar Technical Assistance Team
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Annual General Conference 2019 Motions
The NSW Nationals’ Annual General Conference is always a great example of grassroots democracy in action, which is very healthy within the Party. Here are the successful motions put to the Conference in Inverell.
The Agenda Committee received 197 motions from branches, electorate councils, regional conferences, policy committees and other party units. However, with only a limited amount of time to consider motions at Conference, not all were able to be debated. The Committee particularly prioritised motions that met the criteria outlined in the office-bearer’s handbook that is distributed each year, namely that the motion:
· Has specific policy points and calls for action;
· has a state-wide or national application;
· canvasses new, innovative or current issues;
· is a matter of substance so as to sustain political debate;
· is capable of implementation; and
· avoids repetition of motions previously debated.
Petroleum Exploration Licences
That Conference calls on the NSW Government to extinguish Petroleum Exploration Licenses as soon as they expire.
Mover: Boggabri Branch
CARRIED
That The Nationals, having been elected to form part of a third-term government, develop an energy policy with the following objectives:
i.Increase the supply of energy in the Australian marketplace through development of proven, safe resources and production systems within Australia,
ii.Ensure the reliability and security of the supply of energy within Australia without impacting our export customers,
iii.Lower the cost of energy for all domestic consumers by increasing volume and security of supply, and
iv.Develop and lead the transition to more efficient methods of generation, storage and transmission of energy.
Mover: Gunnedah Branch
Minister for Resources, Mines and Minerals
That Conference call upon the NSW State Government to restore the portfolio of the Minister for Resources, Mines and Minerals with a stand-alone dedicated portfolio.
Mover: Macleay Valley Branch
The Rocky Hill Case
That this Conference call on the NSW Nationals to legislate to protect all industries against “Scope 3 emissions” being used against them.
AMENDED, CARRIED
That Conference supports the use of nuclear power in Australia.
Mover: Narrabri Branch, Orange Branch
Abolition of the Climate Change Fund
That Conference call on the NSW Government to abolish the Climate Change Fund contributions on all electricity suppliers.
Mover: Tweed SEC
Native Vegetation Laws
That the State Parliamentary Nationals amend the land management (native vegetation) code, the Biodiversity Conservation Act and regulations to prevent and stop all prosecutions for offences under the repealed Native Vegetation Act 2003.
Mover: Moree Branch
South Australian Water Allocation
That Conference encourages the Governments of New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland to strongly resist South Australia’s demands to increase their share of the Murray Darling Basin’s water, and fight for the return, to the three contributing States, of some of the excess given to South Australia.
Mover: Tamworth Branch
Biosecurity Levy
That Conference call on the NSW Government to adopt an annual levy on all NSW residential and commercial properties to contribute financially to the State’s biosecurity.
Mover: Wagga Wagga Branch
Drought Assistance
That Conference supports unregulated stream horticulture irrigators being given the ability to store 50 per cent more water to combat drought conditions and protect permanent plantings.
Mover: Orange Branch
That the State and Federal drought relief measures be made available for drought-affected small businesses, including contractors.
Regional Investment Corporation
That Conference calls on the Federal Government, through the Regional Investment Corporation Fund, to provide long-term loan facilities, and that the interest rate be no more than 1.5 per cent over the official interest rate.
Mover: Inverell Branch
Fixed Price for Milk
That Conference calls on the NSW Nationals to investigate a minimum fixed farm-gate price for three years as an interim measure to help combat the cost associated by the drought and high electricity prices on the dairy sector.
Mover: Mudgee Branch, Boggabri Branch
That Conference call upon the NSW Nationals to investigate the current limits on water harvesting rights on properties for water storage, and to differentiate between coastal and inland requirements.
Mover: Wauchope Branch
That Local Land Services play a main role in primary production animal welfare cases without any regulatory or compliance role.
That the cost of exclusion boundary fences between National Parks and Forests and private property be subsidised by the NSW Government.
Mover: Forbes Branch
That Conference call on the NSW Government to subsidise exclusion fencing as a means of protecting landholders’ interests from feral pests.
Mover: Griffith Branch
Farm Income Protection
That Conference call on the State and Federal Parliamentary Nationals to establish a fund to adapt the current cropping Farm Income Protection fund model to grazing enterprises.
Mover: Primary Industries Committee
Fodder Industry Code of Conduct
That Conference call upon the NSW Government to work with the fodder industry to develop a code of conduct for the sale and purchase of fodder and hay bales.
Development of Forestry Industry
That Conference call upon the State Parliamentary Nationals to work with the forestry department and key industry bodies to identify and incentivise all land that could be utilised for the forestry industry
Electoral Matters
Electorate Sizes
That the State Parliamentary Nationals undertake a review so that the sizes of the largest electorates are reduced and equitable access of constituents to Members of Parliament is provided.
That the Royal College of Physicians urgently facilitate specialist training in psychiatry, palliative care, gerontology and general practice to be carried out entirely in regional facilities.
Mover: Bellingen Branch
That Conference calls on the Federal Government to reinstate its subsidising of the cost of Q Fever testing and vaccination.
Mover: Boggabri Branch, Gilgandra Branch
That Conference call for the recommendations of the Primary Health Medicare Review Taskforce regarding the Better Access to Mental Health Care Initiative to be implemented.
Mover: Farrer FEC, Murray SEC
Medicare for Regional Counsellors
That Conference call upon the Federal government to make Medicare rebates available for qualified rural and remote counsellors to cover the cost of counselling appointments for mental illness.
Mover: Narrabri Branch
That Conference call upon the NSW Government to begin a trial of regional clinics and support groups in key towns to support sufferers of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
CARRIED UNOPPOSED
Cancer, Diabetes and Heart Disease
That the NSW Nationals set the goal of eliminating the gap between metropolitan and rural and regional NSW rates of cancer, diabetes and heart disease within 10 years.
That Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM) be declared a national notifiable disease and that the Federal Government raise awareness of, and take measures to prevent Naegleria Fowleri contamination, especially in rural and regional areas.
That pharmacists be authorised to prescribe short-term antibiotics such as Trimethoprim 300mg for acute, uncomplicated urinary tract infections, based on a treatment protocol.
Mover: Port Macquarie SEC
Economy & Taxation
Payroll Tax Exemptions
That businesses based in Regional Local Government Areas be exempt from payroll tax.
Mover: Gunnedah Branch, Moree Branch, Uralla Branch, Wauchope Branch
Wine Taxation
That the Federal Parliamentary Nationals consult with the peak wine industry body, the Wine Federation of Australia (WFA), and key players within the industry to develop a wine industry tax reform blueprint for the future.
Disaster Management & Emergency Services
That, where possible, consideration be given to CAT12 RFS and SES vehicles be delivered via local motor vehicle dealers.
Duty of Care of Employees
That Conference calls upon the State Government to amend Section 19 (1) of the Health & Safety Act 2011 (NSW) to include the responsibilities and duty of care of employees in the event of non-compliance with employer safety regulations.
Mover: Cootamundra SEC
That the NSW Criminal Procedure Act 1986 be amended to allow accused persons and legal representatives to view footage from NSWPF devices such as body-worn cameras and in-car video rather than providing physical copies as evidence.
Mover: Broken Hill Branch
Regional Development & Local Government
Regional Tourism
That a special fund be established to promote tourism and tourist attractions throughout rural and regional NSW.
Caravan Park Fees
That the Long Term Casual Occupation Act 2002 (NSW) be revised so as to set a limit on caravan park fee increases as a means of inhibiting caravan park owners or managers from imposing unreasonable price hikes on temporary tenants.
Regional Development Approval Processes
That the NSW Nationals call for adjustments to environmental approval regulations for regional development projects so that, where the proponent has existing relevant data from monitoring near to or adjacent to the project, that this data should be applicable over the development area to streamline approval processes.
Regional Development Coordinator General
That Conference call for the implementation of a Coordinator General for State significant regional development projects in NSW.
Mover: Resources and Energy Policy Committee
Regional Immigration
That waiting list reduction incentives be made available for migrants who have lived in regional Australia.
EPAC Review
That a review be undertaken into decision-making by the NSW Department of Education’s Employee Performance and Conduct (EPAC) directorate.
Mover: Dubbo Branch
Teacher Gender Imbalance
That Conference calls for the teacher and school leadership gender imbalance in NSW public schools to be addressed, particularly in primary schools.
Review of University Price Structures
That Conference calls on all Federal Parliamentary Nationals to review the price structures for university courses.
Mover: Education Policy Committee
ATAR Review
That the NSW Nationals call on the State Government to review the Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR).
Timber Collection
That citizens be allowed to access fallen timber from roadsides where it is safe to do so.
Port of Newcastle
That conference call for the NSW Nationals to ensure:
a)That removal of all obstacles facing the Newcastle Container Terminal Expansion Plans, including the cap on the number of containers and the State Government fee payable on container exports and;
b)The Port’s development of a high intensity container terminal.
Second-Hand Vehicles
That Conference call on the NSW Nationals to ensure all vehicles offered for sale require that vendors provide Personal Property Security Registry (PPSR) history prior to sale.
Urgency Motions
Broadening FMD Scheme
That Conference supports broadening the eligibility of the Farm Management Deposit scheme to include companies and other entities with a turnover of up to $10 million and to increase the deposit limit from $800,000 to $2 million.
Funding for Aged Care
That The Nationals support maintaining pre- 30 June 2019 Federal funding for aged care facilities as introduced post March 2019 , and urgently seek a review into the decrease in funding to apply from 1 July 2019.
Prepoll Voting
That prepoll voting for both State, Federal and Local Government elections commence no earlier than the Saturday prior to the election date.
AMENDED, CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
Hunter New England Health
That Conference calls on the State Government to divide Hunter New England Health into two separate health districts being Hunter Health and New England Health.
Aspirational Water Scheme
The NSW Nationals call on the Federal Government to develop an ASPIRATIONAL NATION BUILDING PROJECT to assess the potential of harvesting of water from the Burdekin Dam in Queensland and redirect these waters south by canal, existing waterways and pipelines terminating in the Murray River in NSW. And, that Conference adopt this plan and ask the Federal Government to match the $25 million put on the table by the NSW Government.
Emergency Animal Disease Response Agreement
That the Federal & State Governments include Samonella Enteriditis in the Emergency Animal Diseases Response Agreement.
Small and Micro Businesses
That this Conference supports the Government to investigate a program that allows small and micro business owners to put tax-free money into a deposit account in a profitable year, in order to withdraw that money in a year that they take parental leave from the business, and hence the business makes less profit.
This proposed initiative is similar to the way a Farm Management Deposit is used by farming businesses in drought years.
Conference call on the NSW Nationals in Government to develop economically effective soil management practises, to protect regional areas from the impacts of climate change and enabling rural and regional communities and landholders to take advantage of the economic opportunities from improved soil management practices.
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WHAT COULD YOU BE MISSING OUT ON?
Another season of unpredictable drama lies ahead!
There are now less than 2 weeks left to secure yourself a season ticket at Sixfields next season at the best possible price!
Make sure you don't miss a kick in 2017/18 for what promises to be another exciting, dramatic and unpredictable campaign, and life at Northampton Town is more dramatic than most!
Who would have thought those supporters buying a season ticket twelve months ago would have been able to have their seats reserved for them so they could witness the Cobblers taking on the might of Manchester United, with Jose Mourinho, Wayne Rooney, Zlatan Ibrahimović or Marcus Rashford at Sixfields? Or how about knocking a full strength West Brom out of the EFL Cup? Who would have thought they would have enjoyed a first league win over the MK Dons, and victories over former Premier League sides Coventry City and Charlton Athletic? Not to mention any number of top class Matt Taylor free kicks!
With former Premier League Champions Blackburn Rovers added to the fixture schedule this coming season, and local matches against Peterborough United, MK Dons, Oxford United, Walsall and more once again on the agenda, who knows what 2017/18 will bring?
One thing we do know though, is that you won't want to miss a kick in 2017/18. If the last two years have taught us anything, it is to expect the unexpected, to prepare for the barely believable and to be ready for the dramatic.
Season ticket prices rise after May 31, so for the same price you would have paid for League 2 football six years ago, make sure you secure your seat for another season of dramatic League 1 football.
And, with under 7s free and under 12s from just £50, why not bring the rest of the family!!
Tickets are on sale now from the Sixfields ticket office and ntfcdirect.co.uk
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Fiona Leighton
Particle Press Studio,Tresahor Vean, Nr Constantine, Falmouth, Cornwall, TR11 5PL
www.particlepress.com
Established in 2011, Fiona Leighton runs Particle Press, a small screen print studio located just outside Falmouth, UK.
Particle Press began with a dream to combine my love for flowers, nature and birdwatching with bright homewares and gifts. Fiona’s products are designed in her countryside studio. The studio is nestled amongst huge oak trees, overlooking rolling fields, and bordered by rambling hedgerows, providing ever changing seasonal inspiration .
Starting out as drawings and paintings, all products are designed in her studio, and are either screen printed or translated in to full colour fabric designs, and then handmade in to a range of products, including lampshades, cushions, kitchenware and stationery.
Fiona Leighton was born in Elgin, Scotland in 1983, I studied for a BA in Printmaking at Grays School of Art in Aberdeen, and went on to study for a Masters in Printmaking at the Royal College of Art in London in 2004.
After graduating from the RCA, I continued making work from my London studio, and I also went on to teach printmaking at London Print Studio.
After getting married, my husband and I moved to Cornwall in 2011, to a remote converted barn just outside Falmouth. After converting an outbuilding in to a print studio, I designed the space to be able to paint, print and package orders, and also teach screen print workshops.
Particle Press was born from a love for fabric printing, which I only discovered after graduating from the Royal College of Art. I trained in printing on paper, rather than textiles, but having an in-depth knowledge of the process helped to translate over to fabric printing.
I have recently rediscovered painting after setting my self a 100 day project of painting 100 birds that I had spotted around our garden and farmland. This collection of work opened up a new avenue for my work, which allows me to use full colour designs, and fabric by the metre, rather than small runs of screen printed panels.
Screen printing still remains at the crux of my design, and the process from start to finish is very important. I make smaller runs of limited edition screen printed products, to compliment my fabric range.
I teach screen print workshops throughout the year, from introduction courses to advanced courses for all ages in Cornish Studio.
Top Drawer Press Release:
Particle Press selected to exhibit at International Trade Show
Particle Press is one of 15 Cornish businesses to have been selected to represent Cornwall in a ‘Cornwall Style’ delegation in the CRAFT section of world class trade show Top Drawer in January
With its rich history, Cornwall has always been famous for producing world-class artists and sculptors, inspired by its slow pace of life and dramatic scenery. At Particle Press, Fiona takes inspiration from the wild hedgerows, rambling fields and Cornish woodland to produce a range of homewares and gifts.
This is Particle Press’s first trade show of its kind. The opportunity to exhibit at Top Drawer is well coveted in the lifestyle community. Fiona from Particle Press said, “I’m really proud to have been chosen for exhibiting at Top Drawer, as I am impressed with the quality of work selected for the show. I have recently designed a range of fabrics based on a series of 100 paintings, and I am looking forward to showcasing the designs which have been used for a new homeware range. Im excited to see my new designs alongside my limited edition screen printed ranges”
As a hotbed for cultural organisations, Cornwall boasts a vibrant culture encompassing large-scale festivals, small neighbourhood projects, collaborations, individual craftspeople and artists as well as galleries with international reputations. There is a wealth of support for small businesses available. One such initiative is the Export for Growth programme, run by Cornwall Chamber of Commerce and funded by the ERDF. Particle Press is thrilled to have been selected to receive a bursary from this programme to support attendance at the show.
For further information on the support available to help businesses trade overseas, and to search for live export opportunities, visit www.great.gov.uk
When: 14-16 Jan
Where: Olympia, Kensington, London
Who: Fiona Leighton trading as Particle Press
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Particle Press received funding from the BIG2 Project funded from the ERDF as part of the European Structural and Investment Funds Growth Programme 2014-2020. This funding partly paid for new equipment to create our new product photography service.
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The Complete Angel Catbird
By Margaret Atwood
From the Booker Prize-winning author of The Handmaid's Tale, comes the complete collection of the #1 New York Times bestselling graphic novel from Margaret Atwood.
Internationally best-selling and respected novelist Margaret Atwood and acclaimed artist Johnnie Christmas collaborate for one of the most highly anticipated comic book and literary events!
A genetic engineer caught in the middle of a chemical accident all of a sudden finds himself with superhuman abilities. With these new powers he takes on the identity of Angel Catbird and gets caught in the middle of a war between animal/human hybrids. What follows is a humorous, action-driven, educational, and pulp- inspired superhero adventure--with a lot of cat puns.
Includes previously unpublished art by Margaret Atwood.
Collects Angel Catbird volumes 1-3
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Effective Rig Count falls by 49 in May By Bevo Beaven, Editor, Oil & Gas 360 Oil & Gas 360 has released the latest Effective Rig Count, a measure that evaluates the state of drilling activity in the U.S. shale plays and links the reported production from the major shale basins. Drilling productivity keeps increasing. CLICK IMAGE TO ACCESS ENERCOM’S[Read More…]
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Home Opinion Editorial A serious sanitation and health issue
A serious sanitation and health issue
LAST MONTH the Provincial Health Office of Iloilo officially declared the municipality of Pototan to have achieved zero open defecation (ZOD) status, Level 1 which means households were sharing sanitary toilets to avoid open defecation.
It’s good that residents of the town’s 50 barangays are no longer into the unhygienic practice of relieving themselves just anywhere. The ideal, however, is ZOD Level 2 – all households have their respective sanitary toilets to avert environmental contamination and water-borne diseases.
Pototan is the 19th in Iloilo province to have achieved ZOD status. The 18 others declared as such much earlier were the municipalities of Bingawan, Mina, Oton, New Lucena, Banate, Igbaras, San Rafael, Miag-ao, San Miguel, Janiuay, Lemery, Batad, Barotac Viejo, San Joaquin, Tigbauan, Badiangan, and Tubungan, and the component city of Passi. Twenty-four more municipalities must strive to achieve the status.
Open defecation is a serious sanitation and health issue. Diarrhea caused by poor sanitation and unsafe water kills 315,000 children every year around the world. According to the Department of Health (DOH), around eight million Filipinos still openly defecate. We thus urge it to work with local government units (LGUs) and determine which households and barangays still need assistance for toilet facilities.
Access to health sanitation facilities is one of the aims of the Sustainable Development Goals One of its targets is to “achieve access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all and end open defecation, paying special attention to the needs of women and girls and those in vulnerable situations.”
Basic sanitation services such as toilets or latrines are important because the lack of these facilities results in diarrheal diseases and public safety is compromised. LGUs should be more proactive in addressing this very basic need.
We hope all households will have improved sanitation facilities and every Filipino will have access to toilets.
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Posted: Aug 18, 2017
2016 OPTIMA Search for the Ultimate Street Car at Road America
Ten stops made up OPTIMA's 2016 Search for the Ultimate Street Car Series and stop eight was one of the world's most iconic road courses- Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. Kyle Tucker's '70 Camaro won the GTV class posting 489 out of 500 points, but since he already qualified for the OPTIMA Ultimate Street Car Invitational (OUSCI) earlier in the season at Charlotte Motor Speedway, the invitation went to Nick Weber's '69 Chevelle. Unfortunately, Weber sold the car prior to the OUSCI and the new owner was not interested in having him display the car at SEMA and run it in the event.
In the GTS Class, Steve Kepler's '13 Nissan GT-R picked up it's second win of the season, while Jeremy Swenson's 2011 ZR1 Corvette picked up the Vegas invite. Chris Jacobs only ran in one OUSCI qualifying event in 2016, but he picked the right one in Road America, taking home the GTL Class win and invitation to the 2016 SEMA Show and the OUSCI. In the GT Class, Bill Hurd's 2014 Camaro edged out Tim Schoch's Mustang by a single point, giving him the class win and Vegas invite.
You can see all the action from this series every weekend on MAVTV (Channel 214 on DirecTV) or watch episodes online and on-demand anytime on the OPTIMA Network on Amazon Fire & Roku. Click on the link below to see the huge gallery of images from this event-
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Wraith Mustang at the 2009 OPTIMA Ultimate Street Car Invitational
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Orion’s Staff
ESEA Season 31 Roster UPDATE INBOUND!
Orion have been developing division so game since we first started back almost a year ago now (it’s almost our 1st birthday! What is everyone getting us! We are the new kid on the block so we should get the best presents!), And CSGO has been a cornerstone of the Orion Competitive Esports. First developed a PUBG team, then when we started to get our ground and make some headway we went into a different game and this game being CSGO!
We didn’t really know where to start We didn’t know how to start but a team just fell and power lab and we tried our best to develop them and to help them succeed as much as possible in Season 30. Yet with all of our attention and all of our guidance we still fell short and we’re missing a member for the playoffs; so with that being said we decided to take a different direction with the team after the season that once seemed so lively.
Decided to take a break from training and take a step back to see and analyze what is going on. We were approached by another team after the season was over they seemed hungry, they seemed like they wanted to grow, and they wanted us to take their careers to the next level. Thus entering Orion into CS:GO again!
We were approached by some people who have been playing for a while and have the skill to make it into MDL but just need the organization and the promotion of an organization behind them. Lucas reached out to Orion to see if we were looking for an ESEA main team for a season 31 and after the failure of the playoffs in season 30 we were open to any kind of negotiation. After a little bit of negotiation, talks, and bonding The players and staff reached an agreement and they will be playing for Orion in the upcoming season! Head over to the Orion CSGO Roster Page for the full line up this season!
This season we would like to do something different for our team and we will be casting every single match of the season from the main Orion twitch (twitch.tv/Orion_Org) from our very own RTSniper!
We are extremely excited to see what this team can do and where they will be at the end of the season!
We wish our guys the best of luck on the inaugural game of season 31 tonight!
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Stitch's Great Escape to Begin Operating Seasonally
Wednesday, September 21, 2016 Advisory, Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney World
According to reports from various sources (including the Orlando Sentinel), the Walt Disney World Resort officially confirmed today that, starting from October 2, Stitch's Great Escape will cease operating on a daily basis, opening to park Guests only during the busiest times of the year. When it will be open, it'll have reduced operating hours, usually from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. According to Disney's official website, the attraction will be open Nov. 19-26 and Dec. 17-Jan. 2.
Stitch's Great Escape to Begin Operating Seasonally Reviewed by OTPN Administrator on Wednesday, September 21, 2016 Rating: 5
I preferred the original theme of this attraction , the ExtraTerrorrestrial , but I am concerned that any attraction has a reduced schedule.
Is it due to operational costs or popularity ?
If it's costs then how many more rides face a similar fate ?
Disney isn't cheap ( although I have always championed it's value for money ) so guests won't want to visit and discover that their favourites are closed.
What do you think ? Should we be worried ?
CaptJapan September 22, 2016 at 5:02 AM
Thank goodness, there's just too many rides at Disney World these days. I hope this'll be a direction they follow like with Epcot. I just love empty buildings and closed rides at higher ticket prices! :D
Oh and more meet and greets, Iger! That'd be great.
Charles Barnes September 22, 2016 at 7:18 AM
I can taste the sarcasm lol.
No ride should ever operate just seasonally. That's ridiculous
I agree! They have done it for years with the Carousel Of Progress.
Maybe EPCOT represents the Disney Corp's cynical vision of one potential future and we're just not getting the message.
Empty buildings , wasteland and with less and less going on.
Not really of course.
I hope EPCOT gets back to it's former glory pretty soon or my forecast for it's future is bleak. Without people going through the turnstiles it won't have a future.
Was just at EPCOT last night. The place was jammed, packed with people for Food and Wine. Not even the $10, 8 ounce beers will scare them away
It's probably because they're looking to phase it out or replace it with something else. I'm all in favor of that--the chili powder smell has been saturated into the walls.
Soon after I wrote my post I saw photos of the people packed into EPCOT and realised my comments about diminishing crowds there were way off the mark.
Obviously events like the food & wine festival and the flower festival do draw huge numbers to EPCOT so that has to be a good thing.
I still think that they need to give some areas of the park an injection of interest.........just like it had a few years ago in it's heyday.
Stitch is leaving the Magic Kingdom, thats a sure thing. Rumor has it right now Wreck it Ralph will replace it.... I don't like Stitch but WiR just doesnt fit in at all. It'll just be a cheap fix I guess
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Named for Czar Alexander II, which is very fitting as it was discovered in Russia’s Ural Mountains in 1830. The same stone can appear to shift in hue between Purple and Sapphire Blue depending on the light it is exposed to.
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A variety of quartz often used in jewelry, and was thought by the ancient Greeks to protect the owner from drunkenness, and even went so far as to carve drinking vessels from the stone.
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A beautiful blue or cyan stone, commonly from Sri Lanka. The largest Aquamarine ever found weighed over 110kg in Brazil.
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This volcanic product is naturally available in a multitude of colors, though most famously black, with a rich black color that is used in a variety of jewelry types.
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Peridot is simply gem-quality Olivine, and only occurs in one color: olive-green. Olivine tends to be rather common, however Peridots are rather rare and can be found in odd places such as lavas and meteroites.
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Referred to in ancient Sanskrit as “the daughter of Ruby”, this stone comes in a similar range of colors and styles, though it also boasts a more modest pricing.
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Naturally occuring only in the Tanzanian Mountains of Africa, this stone comes in a variety of shapes that can fluctuate between Lavender and Ocean Blue.
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Naturally golden brown to yellow, it can appear in a variety of colors, but previously the name Topaz was used to refer to any yellowstone. Interestingly there is an English superstition that Topaz cured lunacy.
Available in a wide range of colors, Tourmaline’s name derives from the Sinhalese name, Turamali, which roughly translates to "stone with mixed colours". Occasionally they are discovered with a green to red color striation, which is referred to as "Watermelon Tourmaline".
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An opaque blue-to-green mineral, Turquoise has long been used to ornament clothing, tribal masks, and worn as jewelry. The iconic burial mask of Tutankhamun was inlaid with turquoise as well as other stones. It was long thought to be a holy stone that could bring the wearer good fortune.
Though most famously of a sky blue color, it can be nearly every color of the rainbow, from earth tones to near colorless, Zircon's rarity and relative inexpensivity makes it a prime choice for fashion jewelry.
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Shubb C1 Steel String Guitar Capo (Nickel)
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When the Shubb capo was first introduced more than 30 years ago guitarists throughout the world fell in love with it.
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To experience the world through the eyes of another, to look at a fragmented mirror and there see lifestyles from the other side of the world: this is why we need the Arts. In Dignity, we hear the voices of three women whose stories are linked and interwoven. In 2019, it should not be a surprise that the voices are female, but female in a world created by men, for the three are connected by the theme of colonial India. In my schooldays, we beheld the world map with its large areas painted pink; this led in later years to much historical reading and the realisation that the Welsh were the first people colonised by the English. An ingredient in creating a colony and subduing hostile people is the destruction of language and culture. The Welsh experience was then repeated worldwide, as the British Empire.
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Discovery of Marie Curie
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“Two things will never cease to amaze us, --
the infinite starlit heaven above our heads,
and the infinite spiritual space within us.”
All people are talented, all people have a gift from the Lord, but not everybody discovers this talent, not everybody develops it. Paradoxically, but generally just the brightest people at the beginning of their life had more obstacles and sufferings then other people. Maybe the suffering and barriers are just what can allow them to develop their persistence, industriousness, which helps them develop their talent.
Marie Curie had had a hard childhood, she experienced poverty, disease and the death of her sister and mother. Later she became lone of parents, she faced rejections by the Polish aristocracy, and by the person whom she loved. For the more, she lost her father. However, all of these unfortunate events made her prove stronger person. She tried to prove all over the world, which ignored her, that she was a person who could be worthy of respect and attention. Somebody in her situation maybe feels despair, depressed, but not Marie. She never gave up affront obstacles on her way. Her life’s creed is shown this quotation :
“ Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained. “ In her words we can see her unyielding spirit, her free soul, which she kept all her life.
Marie’s strive for knowledge took originated from her period in her childhood, when she, in surrounded her sisters and brother, all the time crying and boisterous male-roommates, was living in the dining room and every morning had to wake up at six o’clock. In this noisy environment only the world of books was a place of quiet and privacy for her. When Marie was studying at high school, she wrote to her friend Kazia, -- “I like school . . . . I must tell you that I love it.”
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Snowspeeder – 20th Anniversary Edition
Mark a true milestone in LEGO® Star Wars™ sets with this 75259 Snowspeeder – 20th Anniversary Edition. This special-edition set is an updated version of the original 7130 Snowspeeder model released in 1999 and features an opening cockpit with space for the Luke Skywalker and Dak Ralter minifigures in pilot suits, laser cannons, a spring-loaded shooter under each wing, plus a stud shooter and harpoon with string at the rear. This commemorative LEGO Star Wars building toy also includes an elevating and rotating gun tower with stud shooter for epic Battle of Hoth action from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, plus a bonus Lando Calrissian minifigure from 2003 on a 20th anniversary display stand.
Includes 4 LEGO® Star Wars™ minifigures: Luke Skywalker and Dak Ralter in their pilot outfits, a Rebel Trooper and a bonus anniversary Lando Calrissian on a detachable display stand.
Features a Snowspeeder building toy with opening 2-minifigure cockpit, 2 spring-loaded shooters, a stud shooter and harpoon with string at the rear, plus an elevating and rotating gun tower with stud shooter.
Weapons include Lando Calrissian's original blaster, Luke's blaster pistol and blue Lightsaber, and the Rebel Trooper’s blaster.
Also includes a pair of electrobinoculars.
This LEGO® Star Wars™ construction toy is a reinterpretation of the 7130 Snowspeeder vehicle from 1999 and makes a great LEGO Star Wars gift for builders of any age.
Lando Calrissian minifigure is a reproduction of the original minifigure from 2003 and includes a 20th anniversary logo.
Connect the LEGO® Star Wars™ 20th anniversary minifigure display stands for the perfect collector's item.
Play out unforgettable Battle of Hoth scenes from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back and other scenes from the Star Wars™ saga for creative play.
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Mechanisms for segregating T cell receptor and adhesion molecules during immunological synapse formation in Jurkat T cells
Yoshihisa Kaizuka, Adam D. Douglass, Rajat Varma, Michael L. Dustin, and Ronald D. Vale
PNAS December 18, 2007 104 (51) 20296-20301; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0710258105
Yoshihisa Kaizuka
*The Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94158; and
Adam D. Douglass
Rajat Varma
†Program in Molecular Pathogenesis, Department of Pathology, Helan and Martin Kimmel Center for Biology and Medicine of the Skirball Institute, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016
Michael L. Dustin
For correspondence: dustin@saturn.med.nyu.edu vale@cmp.ucsf.edu
Ronald D. Vale
Contributed by Ronald D. Vale, November 2, 2007 (received for review October 2, 2007)
T cells interacting with antigen-presenting cells (APCs) form an “immunological synapse” (IS), a bull's-eye pattern composed of a central supramolecular activation cluster enriched with T cell receptors (TCRs) surrounded by a ring of adhesion molecules (a peripheral supramolecular activation cluster). The mechanism responsible for segregating TCR and adhesion molecules remains poorly understood. Here, we show that immortalized Jurkat T cells interacting with a planar lipid bilayer (mimicking an APC) will form an IS, thereby providing an accessible model system for studying the cell biological processes underlying IS formation. We found that an actin-dependent process caused TCR and adhesion proteins to cluster at the cell periphery, but these molecules appeared to segregate from one another at the earliest stages of microdomain formation. The TCR and adhesion microdomains attached to actin and were carried centripetally by retrograde flow. However, only the TCR microdomains penetrated into the actin-depleted cell center, whereas the adhesion microdomains appeared to be unstable without an underlying actin cytoskeleton. Our results reveal that TCR and adhesion molecules spatially partition from one another well before the formation of a mature IS and that differential actin interactions help to shape and maintain the final bull's-eye pattern of the IS.
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The activation of T cells during an immune response begins with contact and the formation of a stable junction between the T cell and an APC. Soon after their initial contact, substantial rearrangement of molecules occur on the plasma membranes of both cells. The TCR–peptide–major histocompatibility complex (MHC), cytoplasmic signaling proteins, and adhesion molecules [e.g., the integrin leukocyte function-associated antigen (LFA)-1 on the T cell and its ligand, intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM)-1, on the APC] concentrate at the cell–cell interface and segregate into a distinctive structure known as the immunological synapse (IS) (1, 2). The IS consists of a central supramolecular activation cluster (cSMAC) that is highly enriched in the T cell receptor (TCR) and its associated peptide–MHC (pMHC) and is surrounded by a peripheral ring [peripheral (p)SMAC] of the LFA-1–ICAM-1 adhesion proteins (1, 2). Because of its high concentration of the TCR and other signaling molecules, it was originally thought the IS might be needed for sustained signaling, which is required for T cell activation (2). However, recent theories have proposed that the IS might be a site of TCR inactivation and endocytosis (3–9).
The mechanism for forming the micrometer-sized “bull's eye” pattern of the IS has been the subject of extensive investigation. An important breakthrough was achieved with the demonstration that an IS will form when a primary T cell interacts with a planar lipid bilayer containing pMHC and ICAM-1, thus removing the requirement for the APC in studying this reaction (2). An initial and influential hypothesis proposed that proteins segregated into the cSMAC and pSMAC based on the different sizes of their extracellular domains (10, 11). However, more recently, it has been shown that pMHC induces the formation of numerous submicrometer-sized TCR clusters that are centripetally transported by treadmilling actin filaments and then accumulate in the center (7–9, 12–14). Thus, actin-based transport of TCR to the center appears to explain the formation of the cSMAC. TCR microdomains continue to form at the periphery and are transported to the center long after initial cell contact, suggesting that the TCR may recycle from the cSMAC to the cell periphery (9, 15). The continual production of TCR-enriched membrane microdomains (which are enriched in other signaling proteins) appears to be important for sustaining T cell signaling (7–9, 16, 17). In contrast to the TCR and the cSMAC, very little is known about how adhesion molecules organize into pSMAC and how and/or when TCR and adhesion molecules separate from one another.
Although TCR, adhesion proteins, and actin have been shown to be critical molecules in IS formation, to our knowledge, no study to date has examined the dynamics of all three components in the same cell system. To facilitate such an imaging study, we sought to observe IS formation by using an immortalized Jurkat T cell line. The Jurkat T lymphoma line has certain advantage over primary cells for studying basic cell biological processes such as IS formation, because they are easily transfected and can be used in forward- and reverse-genetics experiments to probe signaling and cytoskeletal mechanisms (18). Although the pMHC activator of the TCR on Jurkat cells is unknown, anti-TCR antibodies activate early signaling events such as actin-induced cell spreading (17) through the WAVE complex and HS-1 (19, 20) and calcium release from the endoplasmic reticulum (18). In addition, it has been shown that signaling molecules and membrane receptors become organized in microdomains at the interface between Jurkat cells and an anti-TCR-coated glass surface (16, 17). However, because the adsorbed anti-TCR antibodies are immobile, the clusters of signaling molecule remain stationary and do not reorganize into an IS.
Here, we show that Jurkat cells form an IS when interacting with a glass-supported planar lipid bilayer containing TCR stimulatory molecules (monoclonal antibodies to the CD3ε subunit) and adhesion molecules (ICAM-1). By using Jurkat cells transfected with GFP–actin, we achieved, to our knowledge, the first high-resolution imaging of actin, TCR, and adhesion proteins during the early events of IS formation. We show that TCR and adhesion molecules are organized into separate microdomains early in their genesis at the cell periphery, revealing that these proteins segregate well in advance of IS formation. Coimaging with actin–GFP speckles revealed that the dynamic actin network centripetally transports TCR and adhesion microdomains and that differential actin interactions may be involved in partitioning adhesion and TCR proteins into pSMAC and cSMAC zones respectively. We also show that a diffusion barrier at the mature cSMAC may help to exclude adhesion molecules from this region. This work reveals several factors that help to segregate TCR from adhesion molecules, both at the level of small microdomains and at the larger-scale organization of the IS.
Jurkat T Cells Form Immunological Synapses When Stimulated on Planar Lipid Bilayers.
We sought to reconstitute IS formation by stimulating Jurkat T cells with planar lipid bilayers containing mobile adhesion molecules and the stimulatory anti-TCR antibodies (Fig. 1 A), which we modeled after the methods of Carrasco et al. (21) for analysis of the B cell IS. Small unilamellar vesicles containing the ICAM-1 (labeled with Alexa-488 or unlabeled) and 0.02% biotinylated phosphatidylethanolamine with a caproyl spacer (biotin–CAP–PE) were deposited onto an acid-washed glass coverslip, creating a planar lipid bilayer. The biotin–CAP–PE was conjugated with fluorescently tagged streptavidin, and then monobiotinylated anti-TCR (CD3ε) antibodies were subsequently reacted with these lipid–biotin–streptavidin complexes to create a substrate with the minimal components required for IS formation. Both the anti-TCR antibodies and ICAM-1 diffused freely within the bilayer, and >90% of the molecules were mobile (data not shown).
Formation of an immunological synapse in Jurkat T cells interacting with planar lipid bilayers. (A) Schematic of the experimental system. Jurkat cells were adhered to planar lipid bilayers containing ICAM-1 (Alexa 488-conjugated) and anti-TCR antibodies (monobiotinylated anti-CD3ε antibodies bound to Texas red-conjugated streptavidin, which was attached to a biotinylated phospholipid) (see Materials and Methods). DOPC, dioleoylphosphocholine. (B) Confocal image of Jurkat cells bound to the lipid bilayer showing mature synapses at ≈30 min after initiation. Red indicates anti-TCR; green indicates ICAM-1. (C) Confocal image showing that ICAM-1 (green) and LFA-1 [labeled with cy3-conjugated anti-LFA-1 Fab (red)] colocalize at the pSMAC. (D) TIRF image of an actin–GFP expressing Jurkat cell at ≈30 min after initiation, showing that the pSMAC [labeled with cy3-anti LFA-1 Fab (red)] does not extend to the actin-poor cell center. (Scale bars, 5 μm.) Note that TIRF illumination tends to significantly amplify the intensity of surface proximal fluorophores in pSMAC and thus the pSMAC in D appears brighter than that in C.
When Jurkat cells adhered to the planar lipid bilayer, they extended large, lamella structures within 30 s of contact and spread to a diameter of 20–30 μm. This actin-based spreading required TCR signaling, because it did not occur on bilayers containing ICAM-1 alone (data not shown). In the subsequent 10–20 min, the majority (≈80%) of cells formed a bull's eye pattern consisting of a large, central cluster of stimulatory antibodies surrounded by a zone of ICAM-1 enrichment (Fig. 1 B). This pattern, although somewhat variable between cells, closely resembled the IS organization observed previously with primary T cells interacting with pMHC-containing bilayers (2) or with APCs (1). Once formed, these patterns showed little change in morphology for over 1 h, except for a slight overall contraction in the contact area. The pattern of the LFA-1 (the T cell integrin) superimposed with the location of ICAM-1 in the pSMAC, as expected (Fig. 1 C). Immunostaining also revealed phosphotyrosine accumulation, particularly in the pSMAC and the actin-rich distal region (data not shown), indicating that the anti-TCR antibody on the planar bilayer was inducing signaling in the Jurkat cells. Thus, contact with an ICAM-1/anti-TCR bilayer induces the formation of an IS in Jurkat cells, providing an opportunity for studying the molecular basis of pattern formation with high temporal and spatial resolution with a readily transfected cell line.
We next characterized the locations of the TCR-enriched cSMAC and adhesion molecule enriched pSMAC relative to the actin-rich lamella by using cells expressing actin–GFP. The cSMAC generally was present in the actin-depleted center of the cell. In contrast, the pSMAC formed at the interior boundary of the actin-rich lamella but did not extend much beyond. This is particularly evident when cortical actin–GFP and LFA-1 were imaged by total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF) microscopy [Fig. 1 D and supporting information (SI) Movie 1]. As described in other studies (9), the cSMAC was stable even after complete actin depolymerization with 40 μM latrunculin B (Lat B) (SI Fig. 6). In contrast to the cSMAC, the pSMAC zone was rapidly destabilized and dispersed after Lat B treatment (SI Fig. 6), as described previously (9).
Dynamics of IS Formation and Centripetal Actin-Driven Transport.
We next examined the dynamics of IS formation. By using spinning disk confocal imaging, we observed the rapid coalescence of anti-TCR antibodies into microdomains at the actin-rich periphery of the bilayer-adhered Jurkat cell and their subsequent movement toward the center, following roughly linear paths (Fig. 2 A and E and SI Movie 2), similar to prior observations made with primary T cells on planar lipid bilayers (7–9). This movement was most dramatic within the first 10 min of cell–bilayer contact while the cSMAC was forming. However, even after 1 h, the formation of new TCR microdomains was still observed at the cell periphery. In agreement with prior studies (9), if actin nucleation/polymerization were inhibited by Lat B, de novo TCR microdomain formation was completely blocked (data not shown). However, once formed, TCR clustered in peripheral microdomains and in the cSMAC remained stable for at least 15 min after Lat B-mediated actin disassembly.
Coupling of TCR and ICAM-1 microdomains to retrograde actin flow. Cells were applied to planar bilayers and imaged during the initial 10 min of synapse formation by spinning disk confocal microscopy. (A) (Upper) Maximum intensity projection of the TCR signal over a period of 4 min. Images were acquired at 1-s intervals. The majority of the bright fluorescent puncta are immobile aggregates of streptavidin in the bilayer. (Scale bar, 10 μm.) (Lower) Time course showing active transport of a single TCR microdomains (red arrow) in the ROI shown in the intensity projection. (B) (Upper) Maximum intensity projection of ICAM-1 over a period of 1 min. Images were acquired at 5-s intervals. (Scale bar, 10 μm.) (Lower) Time course showing retrograde movement of a single ICAM-1 microdomains over time. (C) (Upper) Maximum intensity projection of actin–GFP speckles over time. Images were acquired at 1.4-s intervals. (Scale bar, 10 μm.) (Lower) Time course showing retrograde movement of a single actin–GFP speckle (red arrow) in the boxed region shown in the intensity projection. (D) Histograms of transport rates of TCR (Top), actin–GFP (Middle), and ICAM-1 (Bottom) microdomains. (E) Trajectories of individual TCR (red) and ICAM-1 (yellow) microdomains, superimposed on an image of ICAM-1 in the mature synapse, reveal that TCR tends to have longer runs to the cell center. See SI Fig. 7 for more examples.
Fluorescently labeled ICAM-1 in the bilayers also concentrated into microdomains underneath the attached Jurkat cells, and these microdomains were transported centripetally toward the forming pSMAC (Fig. 2 B). To our knowledge, this is the first time that adhesion protein microdomains have been described in T cells. Like the TCR, the formation and subsequent transport of ICAM-1 microdomains were both abolished by Lat B treatment (data not shown). Again, similar to the TCR, the formation of a new ICAM-1 microdomain could still be observed well after IS formation (≈1 h), suggesting a dynamic process and a mechanism for recycling.
To better understand the centripetal movement of TCR and ICAM-1 microdomains, we quantitatively examined the speed of microdomain translocation and compared them with that of actin filaments, which have not been directly examined in primary T cells. To observe actin filament movement, we imaged Jurkat cells expressing low levels of actin–GFP in which heterogeneities in fluorescence (speckles) could be observed and tracked (22). In the lamella of bilayer-adhered Jurkat cells, actin speckles moved radially inward from the distal edge of the lamella toward the center of the contact (SI Movie 2), analogous to the retrograde flow of actin seen in motile (22) and spreading cells (23). Kymograph analysis revealed that actin–GFP speckles moved at an average speed of 0.32 ± 0.01 μm/s (mean ± SEM; n = 7 cells in five bilayer samples; Fig. 2 C and D), which is one of the faster rates of retrograde actin flow observed in any system. The rate of TCR microcluster translocation was 2-fold slower than actin, with a mean velocity of 0.14 ± 0.006 μm/s (mean ± SEM: n = 10 cells in eight bilayer samples; Fig. 2 A and D). In GFP–actin-expressing Jurkat cells, it was clear that many of the TCR clusters formed at the very leading edge of the cell where actin is polymerizing (SI Movie 2). The rate of ICAM-1 centripetal movement was 0.13 ± 0.005 μm/s (mean ± SEM: n = 3 cells in three bilayer samples; Fig. 2 B and D), which was comparable with TCR. From these measurements, we propose that the TCR and ICAM-1 move centripetally by linking to the underlying cytoskeleton; their slower rates of transport reflect slippage in the coupling mechanism to actin (duty ratio of ≈0.4). Note that translocation rate of each microdomain varied along its trajectory, and we measured the rates at the cell periphery where both TCR and ICAM-1 microdomains moved fastest.
Early Segregation of TCR and Adhesion Microdomains.
Simultaneous imaging of ICAM-1 and TCR in the same cells revealed additional information about microdomain formation and patterning (Fig. 3 and SI Movie 3). Before IS formation (within 10 min), ICAM-1 and TCR formed ligand–receptor interactions in the periphery, but these signaling and adhesion molecules clustered into distinct microdomains that did not spatially overlap with one another (Fig. 3). Thus, ICAM-1 and TCR segregate from one another at the earliest stage of clustering at the cell periphery as well as at later stages of IS formation.
Segregation of TCR and ICAM-1 microdomains occurs before IS formation. Cells were applied to stimulatory bilayers and imaged by spinning-disk confocal microscopy during the early stages of synapse formation. (A) Time-lapse images of TCR (anti-CD3, red) and ICAM-1 (green) show that microcluster formation and centripetal movements precede the formation of both the cSMAC and pSMAC. (B) A close-up view of the boxed region shown in A demonstrates segregation of TCR and ICAM-1 into spatially segregated microclusters at the periphery. (Scale bar, 5 μm.)
Imaging of ICAM-1 and TCR in the same cells also revealed that the lengths of trackable runs of ICAM-1 microdomains tended to shorter than those of the TCR (Fig. 2 E and SI Fig. 7). The TCR could be followed for longer distances from the periphery to the site of the forming cSMAC; generally the bright TCR-enriched cSMAC precluded further tacking of microdomains near the center, rather than resulting from disappearance of the microdomain itself. Transported ICAM-1 microdomains, on the other hand, accumulated in the pSMAC region but rarely moved further into the actin-poor central region of the cell (Fig. 2 E and SI Fig. 7).
The cSMAC Creates a Diffusion Barrier That Excludes Molecules.
We next turned our attention to single-molecule imaging to gain further insight into the mechanism of IS formation. By using low concentrations of fluorescently labeled ICAM-1 molecules, single ICAM-1 molecules could be imaged diffusing in the bilayer. By tracking these molecules by semiautomated procedures (16), we noted that ICAM-1 molecules rarely penetrated into the center of the cSMAC and rather deflected off the edge of the cSMAC (Fig. 4 A and SI Movie 4). This result suggests that the cSMAC may prevent the penetration of ICAM-1 molecules. To substantiate this conclusion, we compared an observed single molecule trajectory to the trajectory of a simulated random walk (beginning at the starting position as the single molecule and ending after the same amount of elapsed time) (Fig. 4). The simulated and real trajectories were then plotted with respect to the location of the cSMAC. As shown in Fig. 4 B (typical of five cells analyzed in this manner), the ≈2- to 3-times more simulated trajectories crossed into the area of the cSMAC and these trajectories covered ≈10 times more area (including the area near very center of the cSMAC) than the actual measured trajectories did. This finding supports our conclusion that the cSMAC acts as a barrier to the free diffusion of ICAM-1 molecules.
The cSMAC creates a barrier to diffusion. A time series of single ICAM-1 molecules (imaged by TIRF) was superimposed on a single image of the cSMAC (fluorescent streptavidin linked to anti-TCR antibodies and imaged by epifluorescence), so that the behavior of single molecules could be analyzed relative to the boundaries of the cSMAC. (A) Trajectories of a single ICAM-1 particle (green) and its simulated counterpart (red) relative to a cSMAC, illustrating the simulation method. (Scale bar, 2 μm.) White dots indicate points illustrated in the bottom images, which show the single-molecule ICAM-1 images (green channel; red brackets) at three time points. The concentration of ICAM-1 molecules is comparable to other experiments, and the number of fluorescent ICAM-1 is adjusted for single-molecule imaging by photobleaching of most fluorophores. (B and C) Comparison of a population of real particles (B) and their simulated counterparts (C) in representative synapses (n = 252 trajectories). Particle trajectories were overlaid onto a population-level image of the cSMAC (grayscale). (Scale bar, 4 μm.)
Several previous studies using primary T cells interacting with planar lipid bilayers have described the formation of TCR microdomains at the periphery and their retrograde transport toward the cell center (7–9). We replicated these findings (as well as IS formation) by using Jurkat T cells, indicating that this easily transfectable cell line constitutes a good model system for studying this phenomenon and can be used to complement work performed with native T cells. By using this system, we have performed the first high-resolution time-lapse imaging of adhesion molecules and actin during IS formation, thus providing an understanding of the dynamic properties of these proteins in relation to the TCR. Our results show that adhesion proteins segregate from the TCR at the cell periphery, revealing mechanisms that partitions these proteins well before IS formation. The TCR and adhesion microdomains attach to the retrogradely moving actin cytoskeleton, but their slower rates of centripetal transport compared with actin suggest that they are attached to actin for <50% of the time. Our results also suggest that adhesion molecules are linked to the inner zone of the actin cytoskeleton and do not populate the center because of the relative paucity of actin in that region and because of an exclusion effect of the protein-dense cSMAC zone. These observations suggest a sequence of events in IS formation (Fig. 5), which are described in more detail below.
The model for the segregation of TCR and adhesion molecules during the immunological synapse formation. Differential cluster nucleation, translocation, and diffusional exclusion of ICAM-1 and TCR drive immunological synapse formation. (A) At the initial contact of the Jurkat T cell with the planar lipid bilayer, interactions with the actin cytoskeleton form spatially separated TCR (red) and ICAM-1 (green) microdomains (note, ICAM–LFA-1 interactions likely form subsequent to TCR signaling). (B) After cells spread, separate TCR and ICAM-1 microdomains form primarily at the cell periphery, where new actin filaments are polymerizing. These microdomains are anchored to actin filaments and transported toward the cell center along with actin retrograde flow. (C) TCR microdomains populate the actin-sparse cell center and form the cSMAC, whereas ICAM-1 microdomains require anchoring to actin filaments for stability and do not extend beyond the actin boundary. (D) A diffusional barrier at the cSMAC periphery may hinder ICAM-1 from entering the mature cSMAC, thus helping to make the boundary.
Formation and Early Segregation of TCR and Adhesion Protein Microdomains.
Our previous studies show the formation of protein microdomains when Jurkat T cells are stimulated by TCR antibodies fixed onto glass surfaces, but these microdomains are stationary because of the immobilization of the stimulating ligand on the glass (16). When the stimulatory molecules are adhered to a planar lipid bilayer, we now found remarkable dynamic behavior in which microdomains form continually at the periphery and move centripetally, as shown in previous work (7–9). In addition to TCR microdomains, to our knowledge, this work provides the clearest evidence to date that the adhesion molecules (the integrin LFA-1 and its partner ICAM-1) also form microdomains. The TCR and adhesion microdomains are segregated from one another in the periphery, well in advance of SMAC formation. Even after the IS is formed, these microdomains continue to arise at the cell periphery as described for the TCR (7–9). Because the total areas of pSMAC and cSMAC do not change drastically for ≈1 h, LFA-1 and the TCR must be recycled from the pSMAC and cSMAC, respectively, to create new microdomains at the periphery.
Our imaging of TCR antibodies and ICAM-1 in the planar bilayer shows that new microdomains frequently form at the leading edge of the cell, where new actin is polymerizing. This observation indicates a very rapid reorganization of these molecules in the bilayer just after they encounter the surface receptors on the T cells and the underlying cytoskeleton (Fig. 5 A). Presumably the actin filaments are facilitating or catalyzing the protein–protein interactions that underlie the formation of these microdomains. However, details on this mechanism are unclear at the present time.
Role of Actin in the Centripetal Motion and Stability of Microdomains.
After microdomain formation, TCR and ICAM-1/LFA-1 clusters are carried centripetally by actin retrograde flow (Fig. 5 B). Centripetal motion of the TCR has been shown previously in primary T cells (2, 9, 14), but, to our knowledge, this is the first demonstration for LFA-1 microdomains. By simultaneously imaging the TCR, ICAM-1, and actin for the first time, we were able to gain insight into pSMAC formation. We show that actin centripetal movement is more than twice as fast as that of the TCR and LFA-1. This difference in speed likely reflects a slippage among the TCR, LFA-1, and the associated proteins that mediate their attachment to the moving actin filament network (24).
Whereas TCR and adhesion microdomains both travel centripetally through connections to actin, the TCR microdomains tend to have a longer travel distance than adhesion microdomains and these TCR microdomains meet and coalesce in the cell center, producing the cSMAC (Fig. 5 C). This distinct behavior may involve differences in how the TCR and adhesion molecules interact with the actin cytoskeleton. Once formed, the TCR microdomains are stable in the absence of actin, as shown by experiments with latrunculin (this work and ref. 9). Thus, TCR microdomains can populate the very cell center, which is relatively sparse in cortical actin compared with the periphery (Fig. 1 D). These microdomains coalesce and form the cSMAC, as described by others (6–9). In contrast, the LFA-1 microdomains require actin for their stability (destabilized by latrunculin) and may not be stable in the actin-depleted cSMAC. Indeed, the disappearance of ICAM-1 microdomains at or near pSMAC-cSMAC boundary can frequently be observed (data not shown). We also observe the disappearance of ICAM-1–LFA-1 from the central contact shortly after the T cell contacts the planar lipid bilayer (Fig. 3 A). One explanation for this disappearance could be attributable to the rearrangement of actin from an initially uniform cortical distribution to a peripheral, leading edge distribution as the cell spreads on the planar lipid bilayer. In contrast, TCR that is initially at the center of the contact remains there, even after the actin filament network redistribute during cell spreading.
A Diffusion Barrier at the cSMAC.
After the cSMAC forms, our data suggest that this zone creates a diffusion barrier that further maintains the separation of the pSMAC and cSMAC (Fig. 5 D). Previously, we have observed that small membrane microdomains that form during T cell signaling on glass surfaces coated with anti-TCR antibodies create barriers to entry of diffusing plasma membrane proteins (16). Based on the observed restricted entry of freely diffusing ICAM-1 in the supported membrane bilayer, we suggest that a similar phenomenon occurs for the cSMAC on a larger scale. At the present time, we favor the idea that the diffusion barrier is created by a very dense packing of proteins resulting from protein–protein interactions (16). However, we still know relatively little about the packing of proteins and the degree of permeability of the cSMAC. Future studies could probe this question in a more quantitative manner by using smaller (e.g., fluorescent lipids) and various sized protein molecules.
Molecular Basis of Microdomain Formation and Linkages to Actin.
Whereas the phenomenon of microdomain formation is clear from this study, the molecules that mediate these processes remain to be elucidated. Because actin filaments are crucial for microdomain formation and centripetal transport, the TCR and integrins must be connected to actin filaments by specific linker proteins. Previous studies have shown that LFA-1 colocalizes with talin-1 in pSMAC, as is also observed in focal adhesions (1). Thus, talin is a strong candidate to play a role in linking LFA-1 microdomains to actin, although a myriad other proteins may participate as well (25). The TCR may use a different set of actin linkers, and the actin-regulating adaptor molecules Nck or WASp have been implicated in such processes (26). However, other molecules might be responsible for connecting TCR microdomains to treadmilling actin and await discovery. Another remarkable observation from this work is the rapid separation of TCR and LFA-1–ICAM-1 into largely nonoverlapping microdomains. Although different lipid environments (e.g., lipid rafts) might contribute to such condensation processes, we envisage that the formation of these microdomains is driven primarily by protein–protein interactions. The physical separation of TCR and LFA-1 into separate patches on the membrane therefore may reflect distinct sets of protein scaffolds that build up on these liganded receptors. Although many interactions have been defined for the TCR and integrins by classic biochemical techniques, the list is undoubtedly incomplete. New methods will be required for defining the complete inventory of the proteins and protein–protein interactions that occur in TCR and LFA-1 microdomains.
Cells and Reagents.
Jurkat T cells were maintained and transfected as described previously (16). All lipids were purchased from Avanti. Other reagents used in experiments are anti CD3ε monoclonal antibody Hit3a (BD), fluorescent streptavidin (Invitrogen), and Lat B (Sigma-Aldrich). Cy3-labeled anti-LFA-1 Fab (TS2/4) was prepared in similar way described previously (9) and used for labeling cells at 0.05–0.5 mg/ml on ice for 15 min before imaging.
Preparation of Planar Lipid Bilayers.
Human ICAM-1–GPI was purified, fluorescently labeled, and incorporated into liposomes as previously described (27). Anti-CD3ε antibody was monobiotinylated following the procedure of Carrasco et al. (21). Liposomes that contained biotin–CAP–PE and dioleoylphosphocholine were mixed with ICAM-1 liposome at a 0.02 mole percentage final concentration of biotin–CAP–PE. Mixed liposomes were deposited on glass surface cleaned by piranha solution (a mixture of sulfuric acid and hydrogen peroxide) and a single fluid planar bilayer was created on the substrate under imaging buffer (HEPES buffer saline). Fluorescent streptavidin and monobiotinylated anti-CD3ε antibody were reacted sequentially and conjugated with biotinylated lipids in a planar bilayer.
Microscopy and Image Analysis.
High-speed confocal images were acquired on a TE2000U inverted microscope (Nikon) or a 200M microscope (Zeiss) equipped with a Yokogawa spinning-disk confocal scan head (Solamere Technology Group), and images were captured with a Cascade II camera (Photometrics) or an Orca II ER CCD camera (Hamamatsu Photonics) by using μManager software (N. Amodaj, N. Stuurman, and R.D.V., University of California at San Francisco) or MetaMorph software (Molecular Devices). TIRF imaging with a TE2000U microscope (Nikon) equipped with a Cascade II camera (Photometrics) and scanning confocal imaging with an LSM510 microscope (Zeiss) was also performed. Single-molecule images were captured with a Mega 10 S30Z intensified camera (Stanford Photonics) installed on an Axiovert 200M (Zeiss) equipped with custom-built laser TIRF illumination optics and a ×100, 1.45 NA oil immersion objective (Zeiss). Single-molecule tracking was performed as described previously (16). By using a custom MATLAB script, we generated randomly oriented trajectories that simulated the mobility of ICAM-1 (Fig. 4 B).
We thank A. Weiss, J. Weissman, and M. Krummel for helpful discussions and T. Starr for technical help. A portion of the data for this study was acquired at the Nikon Imaging Center (University of California, San Francisco). This work was supported in part by a National Science Foundation predoctoral fellowship (to A.D.D.), a Bernard Levine fellowship (to R.V.), the National Institutes of Health (M.L.D.), and the Sandler Foundation (R.D.V.).
‡To whom correspondence may be addressed. E-mail: dustin{at}saturn.med.nyu.edu or vale{at}cmp.ucsf.edu
Author contributions: Y.K. and A.D.D. contributed equally to this work; Y.K., A.D.D., and R.D.V. designed research; Y.K. and A.D.D. performed research; R.V. and M.L.D. contributed new reagents/analytic tools; Y.K. and A.D.D. analyzed data; and Y.K., A.D.D., and R.D.V. wrote the paper.
This article contains supporting information online at www.pnas.org/cgi/content/full/0710258105/DC1.
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Cohousing is a neighbourhood design that combines the autonomy of private dwellings with the advantages of shared resources and community living - it encourages community while maintaining the option for privacy.
Not to be confused with co-op’s cohousing uses the strata title ownership structure. To find out more about the difference between cohousing, co-op’s and conventional strata title click here.
Cohousing is growing in popularity because it appeals to many different people. Couples with children who want to raise their kids in a communal environment and young adults who want a more sustainable lifestyle, flock to cohousing. Retirees and baby boomers looking to downsize and age in place also are attracted to cohousing.
Cohousing meets the needs of all ages as it is a form of shared living in which households have their own private homes and, in addition, share common amenities – a kitchen and eating area, a garden, laundry facilities, kids play area, and a set of principles and practices about living interdependently.
It is also an alternative development model where the future residents participate in the planning and development so that it directly responds to their needs. The physical layout is designed to provide personal privacy as well as create opportunities for interaction with neighbours. Cohousing neighbourhoods tend to offer environmentally sensitive design with a pedestrian orientation and have documented lower vehicle use than conventional neighbourhoods.
The concept originated in Denmark about 50 years ago and is becoming popular in many countries. It was introduced to North America by two architects in 1988 and since that time approximately 160 cohousing communities have been completed (eleven of which are in BC), with numerous others in various stages of development.
The “Senior Cohousing Handbook – Second Edition” by Charles Durrett has inspired projects with a focus on the needs of an aging population.
Harbourside Cohousing, Sooke, B.C.
Harbourside Cohousing is an owner-developed strata that combines private dwellings with a community in which neighbours know and support each other, one that will ultimately enable the people who live here to flourish through mutual support as they age in place, and in community.
Quayside Village Cohousing, North Vancouver, B.C.
Quayside Village Cohousing is located in the City of North Vancouver. Since our move-in date during the summer of 1998, we have become an award-winning community within our vibrant urban neighbourhood of Lower Lonsdale, which faces downtown Vancouver.
Roberts Creek Cohousing, Sunshine Coast, B.C.
Roberts Creek Cohousing a semi-rural community of 31 detached (single family) and attached (duplex) homes on 20 acres of land a short walk to the Pacific Ocean and steps away from the thriving village centre of Roberts Creek.
Would you like more information about cohousing?
For more information about cohousing in Canada, visit the Canadian Cohousing Network website.
For more information about senior cohousing in Canada visit the Canadian Senior Cohousing website
Cohousing-L is an email discussion list on all aspects of cohousing -- development, design, move-in, organizing work, community life, governance, finances, legal questions, etc. Many cohousing veterans and professionals participate in the discussion offering information that is almost immediate and unavailable elsewhere.
The Cohousing Research Network has an excellent bibliography of peer-reviewed research on cohousing. You can visit their website at this link. A recent (December 2018) newsletter from Cheryl Gladu has links to some of her recent writings.
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Negotiating Tip 74: Sending A Tip Message
Sending messages works in more situations than you might think!
Now I'm no big city traveler, but I have been to New York City and I am a "fish out of water" when I'm there. I didn't know until recently that cab drivers in the Big Apple know how to get big tips from their fare passengers.
Their technique? It's sending a bracketing message that actually identifies the exact amount of tip they want from a passenger.
Here is what they do. When a passenger enters their cab and tells the driver their destination, the conversation usually stops. "Out of towners", however, are prone to attempt to strike up a conversation. This is a cue to the driver that they have someone in the back seat that will likely be vulnerable to a "tip message." In other words, the driver can plant a message as to what tip they want from the passenger.
When the passenger asks, "How are you doing?". The cabbie shares that they're doing really great. They go on to say that it's because their last fare showed their appreciation by giving them a $10 tip. Most "out of towners" don't have a clue as to how much to tip, but they do now. Guess how much? Yep, they tip the driver $10. The amount can vary, but the technique is sound.
Now whether this tip message would work on you is best answered by you. But don't underestimate the power and influence of sending such a message. What if you're in a commission business whereby most of your customers attempt to get a concession or fee reduction from you. What if when the conversation begins and the "How are you?" questions are exchanged, you share that you are feeling exceptionally good.
The customer very well may ask, "Why?" which allows you to share that your last customer was so great, so appreciative and so recognized the value of your services that they agreed to your standard fee. You might even add how disturbing it is when others fail to recognize that value and attempt to haggle over the fee.
Do you suppose that this current customer was thinking of asking for a fee reduction? Do you think they are as eager to ask for it now, knowing that you've sent a message that others paid a full fee? Do you think that the customer feels somewhat responsible to keep you in a good mood?
Good negotiators know three things about Tip (Price) Messages:
They won't be universally successful.
They always set a tone and a bracket (anchor) that will be hard for one's opponent to modify.
Every salesperson would benefit from practicing their technique in sending them.
Isn't it time for you to be more attentive to such messages you receive and likewise aware of opportunities you could send a similar message. It's all part of sending controlling messages as we Keep Negotiating.
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Williams, Jerome Ralph
Height: 5-10 Weight: 175
Born: 11/1/1923 Spokane, WA
Died: 12/31/1998 Chandler, AZ
High School: North Central (Spokane, WA)
College: Idaho; Washington State [fr; 1946L 1947L 1948L] ?
Draft: 7th round (63rd overall) 1949 Los Angeles Rams
Coaching Record
Military Service: United States Army
1949 Los Angeles Rams (NFL) 33 ROH-DB 12 0
1950 Los Angeles Rams (NFL) 33 S-ROH 12 12
1951 Los Angeles Rams (NFL) 33 LDH-LOH 11 11
1952 Los Angeles Rams (NFL) 22 LDH-LOH 12 6
1953 Philadelphia Eagles (NFL) 49 LOH-ROH 12 4
1954 Philadelphia Eagles (NFL) 49 LOH-LS-ROH 11 8
6 Years (NFL) 70 41
1949 Los Angeles Rams (NFL) 4 0 0 0 0 - 0 24
1953 Philadelphia Eagles (NFL) 4 0 0 0 0 - 0 24
Career Totals (NFL) 18 0 0 0 0 - 0 108
1949 Los Angeles Rams (NFL) 19 103 5.4 18 3 0 0
1950 Los Angeles Rams (NFL) 13 108 8.3 88 1 0
1952 Los Angeles Rams (NFL) 11 65 5.9 26 0 0 0
1953 Philadelphia Eagles (NFL) 61 345 5.7 48t 3
1954 Philadelphia Eagles (NFL) 47 183 3.9 33 1 0
Career Totals (NFL) 172 910 5.3 88 10 0 0 0
1949 Los Angeles Rams (NFL) 7 102 14.6 42 0
1950 Los Angeles Rams (NFL) 4 21 5.3 11 1 0 0 0
1953 Philadelphia Eagles (NFL) 31 438 14.1 40 1
1954 Philadelphia Eagles (NFL) 44 668 15.2 84t 3
Career Totals (NFL) 91 1278 14.0 84t 5 0 0 0
1949 Los Angeles Rams (NFL) 5 42 8.4 25t 1
1950 Los Angeles Rams (NFL) 3 39 13.0 23 0
Career Totals (NFL) 15 175 11.7 25t 2
1949 Los Angeles Rams (NFL) 2 33 16.5 20 0 1 0
1950 Los Angeles Rams (NFL) 6 35 5.8 15 0 0 0
1952 Los Angeles Rams (NFL) 1 9 9.0 9 0 0 0
1953 Philadelphia Eagles (NFL) 15 25 1.7 8 0 0 0
Career Totals 51 277 5.4 25 0 1 0
1951 Los Angeles Rams (NFL) 6 133 22.2 28 0 0 0
Career Totals (NFL) 20 476 23.8 62 0 0 0
1949 Los Angeles Rams (NFL) 2 1 1 2 0 0
1952 Los Angeles Rams (NFL) 0 0 1 1 2 0 0
1953 Philadelphia Eagles (NFL) 2 2 0 2 0 0
Career Totals (NFL) 11 0 4 2 6 0 0
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ProSoc TOURS was created in 2013 as a subsidiary company of ProSoc Academy, which partners with licensed trainers and ex-professional players on the development of young soccer talent.
ProSoc TOURS is a young yet dynamic company, who will plan all your traveling needs with the utmost personal attention and tailored to your specific needs, whether your traveling in a group or independent tour our welcoming guides and friendly, efficient management team, are always on hand to support our travelers.
We stay and help to turn a journey into an unforgettable adventure. Our tours provide players the opportunity to train with international team, to experience European soccer firsthand and enhance players understanding of a different culture through the powerful medium of sport.
This includes tours and once in a life time experience in different cities and even countries, in order to measure and compare your level in high level and international tournaments and scrimmages.
You will be able to decide your destination, the accommodations and your program.
The focus of our business is short trips and sport tours and international tournaments for soccer teams of all ages, who value sport, fun and experience.
ProSoc TOURS will completely organize and accompany, the sport trip YOU desire with the ultimate goal to create a successful tour for the entire team.
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1.1 The travel contract is concluded in writing, verbally or by telephone.
By registering, the customer offers ProSoc the conclusion of a travel contract binding. The complete general travel conditions are part of our offers and will be sent before every contract.
1.2 The application is made by the participant for whose contractual obligations the applicant is liable as well as for his own obligations, provided that he has accepted a corresponding separate obligation through an explicit and separate declaration.
1.3 The customer is bound to the registration for 14 days. The trip will be confirmed at this time by ProSoc. Short-term bookings, 14 days before the start of the journey and shorter, lead to the conclusion of the contract by the immediate confirmation or by the admission to the journey. The travel applicant confirms the registration for travel by at least one down payment within 30 days. If this does not happen, ProSoc may refrain from the reservation if the traveler refrains from doing so when requested to do so.
1.4 The travel contract becomes effective as soon as the customer has received a written travel confirmation.
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2.1 Our contractual services are based on the service description and the general instructions in our flyers / offers and on the related information of the travel confirmation.
2.2 The information received in flyers / offers is binding on us. However, we reserve the right to declare a change to the offers prior to conclusion of the contract for objectively justified, substantial and unpredictable reasons, which we will of course inform the traveler prior to booking.
3. Service changes
Changes and deviations of individual travel services from the agreed content of the travel contract, which become necessary after the conclusion of the contract and which were not restored by the tour operator, are only permitted if the changes or deviations are not significant and do not affect the overall layout of the booked trip. ProSoc is committed to the customer to notify you of such changes or deviations in performance immediately.
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4.1 The customer can withdraw from the trip at any time prior to departure. Decisive is the receipt of the declaration of withdrawal at ProSoc. The resignation must be in written form.
4.2 ProSoc may set a compensation claim taking into account the following breakdown after the date of withdrawal from the contractually agreed travel date as a percentage of the travel price:
Up to 42 days before departure 30%
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For day trips, from the 14th day before arrival 100% of the total price will be charged.
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5.1 The participant can`t be replaced by a third party until the beginning of the journey.
5.2 In the event of withdrawal, ProSoc may demand from the customer the additional costs actually incurred.
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If the trip is terminated due to illness, ProSoc is obliged to reimburse the service providers for the costs incurred. This does not apply if completely insignificant benefits are involved or if a reimbursement is in conflict with statutory or regulatory requirements.
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ProSoc may withdraw from the travel contract in the following cases before the start of the journey or terminate the travel contract after commencement of the journey:
Up to 7 days before departure, if the minimum number of participants has not been reached. In this case, ProSoc is obliged to inform the customer immediately after knowledge of the number of participants not reached, at the latest 7 days before departure, the resignation.
8.1 If the journey is made considerably more difficult, endangered or impaired as a result of unforeseeable force majeure (e.g. War, terrorism, strikes, epidemics, natural disasters, sovereign order, destruction of accommodation, etc.), both ProSoc and the participant can enter into the contract only in accordance with the provision for termination due to force majeure (§ 651 j BGB) terminate. The legal consequences follow from § 651 j II BGB.
8.2 ProSoc will reimburse the fare paid in this case, but may demand reasonable compensation for services rendered or to be provided.
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If the travel services are not in accordance with the contract, the traveler may demand redress, unless these require a disproportionate effort. The remedy consists in the elimination of the travel shortage or an equivalent replacement service.
10.1 The liability for ProSoc as a tour operator for the travel contractually agreed services are in accordance with the German statutory provisions.
10.2 For the customer's claims for damages against ProSoc for tort, which is not based on intent or gross negligence and does not affect bodily injury, reference is made to the statutory provisions.
10.3 Liability or exclusionary statutory provisions based on international conventions, which may be used by a service provider appointed by us, shall also be in our favor.
11. Passport, visa and health regulations
11.1 ProSoc refers to passport, visa requirements and sanitary formalities. The traveler is solely responsible for obtaining the travel documents.
11.2 arise, e.g. Due to the lack of personal travel requirements, difficulties due to the traveler's behavior (e.g., not obtaining the required visa), the traveler can not resign free of charge or take advantage of individual travel services without consequences.
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12.1 The traveler may sue the tour operator only at his seat.
12.2 Claims by the tour operator against the traveler shall be determined by the domicile of the traveler, unless the claim is directed against registered traders or persons who have moved or resided abroad after the conclusion of the contract or whose domicile or habitual residence in Time of filing the action is unknown. In these cases, the location of the tour operator is authoritative.
13. Ineffectiveness of individual provisions
The ineffectiveness of individual provisions does not justify the ineffectiveness of the travel contract otherwise.
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Leon Russell in A Poem is a Naked Person
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Following the screening, join us for “The Church Studio: Shelter of Space and Time” a discussion featuring Teresa Knox, Owner of The Church Studio, Ivan Acosta, co-Owner of The Church Studio, and Amber Acosta, Archivist/Researcher of The Church Studio. Items from the Church Studio Archives will be on display in our lobby prior to the screening.
An ineffable mix of unbridled joy and vérité realism, A POEM IS A NAKED PERSON lets us into the world of Russell and his friends and fellow artists in and around his recording studio in northeast Oklahoma, capturing intimate, off-the-cuff moments and combining them with mesmerizing scenes of Russell and his band performing live. This singular film about an artist and his community never got an official theatrical release and has attained legendary status; now after more than forty years it can finally be seen and heard in all its rough beauty.
VHS and CHILL Presents: Big Trouble in Little China
Truck driver Jack Burton is in over his head! With his friend Wang Chi, lawyer Gracie Law, and a not-so-simple bus driver named Egg Shen, they go toe to toe with a powerful sorcerer named Lo Pan and embark in a great adventure in the underground of Chinatown, where they face a world of magicians and magic, monsters and martial arts fighters! Just remember what ol' Jack Burton does when the earth quakes, and the poison arrows fall from the sky, and the pillars of Heaven shake. Yeah, Jack Burton just looks that big ol' storm right square in the eye and he says, "Give me your best shot, pal. I can take it."
OKCU 2019 Senior Capstone Screening
All OCU alumni are invited to attend a free film screening and reception celebrating the Class of 2019 and their film capstone projects.
Join this year's graduates, OCU faculty members, along with OCU alumni and friends as we show a collection of 8 short films Monday, April 29, 2019. The film screenings will take place from 5:00-6:30pm at the Rodeo Cinema, followed by a reception at McClintock's Saloon. Appetizers and light refreshments will be served. Cash bar available for guests over 21.
Charm City- free screening with discussion
Join us for our next free Indie Lens Pop-up Series screening of CHARM CITY on Wednesday, April 24th at 7:00 p.m.. Following the screening, a panel discussion will take place featuring Oklahoma County Commissioner Carrie Blumert, OKC group lead of Moms Demand Action- OK Jennifer Birch, Ward 7 Councilwoman Nikki Nice, and Lead Minister of The First Unitarian Church of Oklahoma City Diana Davies. The discussion will be moderated by Moms Demand Action volunteer Cacky Poarch.
About the film: On the streets of Baltimore, shooting is rampant, the murder rate is approaching an all-time high and the distrust of the police is at a fever pitch. With nerves frayed and neighborhoods in distress, dedicated community leaders, compassionate law-enforcement officers and a progressive young city councilman try to stem the epidemic of violence. Filmed over three tumultuous years covering the lead up to, and aftermath of, Freddie Gray’s death in police custody, CHARM CITY is an intimate cinema verité portrait of those surviving in, and fighting for, the vibrant city they call home.
Carrie Prom
Come sway with us on Friday, April 19th at 9:30 PM for a screening of the 1976 Brian De Palma classic, CARRIE. Put on your prom best and compete for the title of Rodeo Cinema Prom King and Queen! A DJ will provide slow jams in our lobby starting at 9:00 PM for those who want to dance cheek to cheek and we might even have a few surprises up our sleeves.
About the film: In this chilling adaptation of Stephen King's horror novel, withdrawn and sensitive teen Carrie White (Sissy Spacek) faces taunting from classmates at school and abuse from her fanatically pious mother (Piper Laurie) at home. When strange occurrences start happening around Carrie, she begins to suspect that she has supernatural powers. Invited to the prom by the empathetic Tommy Ross (William Katt), Carrie tries to let her guard down, but things eventually take a dark and violent turn.
***It should go without saying...but please...no animal blood.
Small Business Saturday Sale
In need holiday gifts? Visit Rodeo Cinema on Saturday, November 24th from 12:00PM to 5:00PM for Small Business Saturday® and pick up some great gifts for the film lovers on your list.
All Rodeo Cinema merchandise will be 10% off and don't miss our fun selection of movie posters- also for sale! It miiiiiight also be a great time to pick up a few gift cards...perfect for the pickiest of friends and relatives.
Be sure to shop locally at the other wonderful small businesses here in Oklahoma's Stockyards City!
2018 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour
The 2018 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour is a 91-minute theatrical program of seven short films selected from this year’s Festival, widely considered the premier showcase for short films and the launchpad for many now-prominent independent filmmakers for more than 30 years. Including fiction, documentary and animation from around the world, the 2018 program offers new audiences a taste of what the Festival offers, from laugh-out-loud comedy to contemplative reflections of the world we live in.
Fueled by artistic expression and limited only by their runtime, short films transcend traditional storytelling.
They are a significant and popular way artists can connect with audiences. From documentary to animation, narrative to experimental, the abbreviated form is made for risk-taking. The Festival has always treated short films with the highest regard and gives a home to both established and new filmmakers with shorts for audiences to discover and celebrate.
The Festival's Short Film Program has long been established as a place to discover talented directors, such as past alums Damien Chazelle, Wes Anderson, Jill Soloway, Spike Jonze, Paul Thomas Anderson, Dee Rees, Taika Waititi, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, Lake Bell, Debra Granik, Jay and Mark Duplass, Todd Haynes, Lynne Ramsay, Andrea Arnold, and many others.
Maude U.S.A, 10 minutes. Written and directed by Anna Margaret Hollyman. Teeny thought it was just another routine babysitting job – until she's shocked to meet the client. As the day goes on, Teeny decides to become the woman she had no idea she always wanted to be...until she gets caught.
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The Burden Sweden, 14 minutes. Written and directed by Niki Lindroth von Bahr. A dark musical enacted in a modern shopping center, situated next to a large freeway. The employees of the various commercial venues deal with boredom and existential anxiety by performing cheerful musical turns. The apocalypse is a tempting liberator.
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JEOM U.S.A., South Korea, 4 minutes. Written and directed by Kangmin Kim. A father and a son both have the same big birthmark on their butt. Believing that the two birthmarks are connected, the son scrubs his father's birthmark to remove it – but he just can't get rid of it.
Fauve Short Film Special Jury Award Canada, 16 minutes. Written and directed by Jérémy Comte. Set in a surface mine, two boys sink into a seemingly innocent power game, with Mother Nature as the sole observer.
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How to Cash Personal Checks
By: Craig Berman
The easiest way to cash a personal check is to bring it to your bank, sign the back of it and request the cash. If you don't have a bank account, however, you'll still be able to cash the check. The bank that issued the check will cash it for you, and multiple other outlets may do so as well for a small fee.
A teller at your bank can cash your endorsed check.
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Go to the Bank
You generally can go to the issuing bank and cash the check, even if you don't have an account there. You'll need to provide a state-issued picture ID, such as a driver's license, and may be asked to provide a thumbprint or other identifying information. This protects the bank in case someone steals an account holder's checkbook and tries to cash a fraudulent check. You'll generally pay a small fee for this service, though that depends on the bank.
Other Check-Cashing Options
Check-cashing stores will turn your paper into money for either a flat fee or a percentage of the check's value. Some retailers, such as Wal-Mart, provide a similar service. The cost for cashing a personal check generally is greater than for a payroll or government check because of the increased risk that it will be returned for insufficient funds. If that happens, you're responsible for refunding the money and can face collection action if you fail to do so. The smaller the check, the easier it will be to cash. Many third-party check-cashing services have an upper limit beyond which they won't cash a personal check.
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Indonesia delays purchase of new tax system as revenue below target
JAKARTA, June 25 (Reuters) - Indonesia’s tax office will postpone until next year the purchase of new $200 million software to analyse compliance and boost revenues in Southeast Asia’s largest economy, the tax chief said on Tuesday.
The resource-rich country last year announced it would upgrade its outdated tax technology, folowing the success of its 2016-2017 tax amnesty programme, in a bid to better profile taxpayers and identify non payers, but the planned tender has been delayed several times.
The latest delay comes at a time when the government faces slow growth in state income, which officials attribute to weaker-than-expected economic growth and low global commodity prices.
Robert Pakpahan, the head of the finance ministry’s tax department, said authorities are currently still looking for a procurement agent to help set up a tender next year.
“We would like the procurement to have no governance issues. If we complete (the tender) but governance issues pop up, that would be troublesome,” Pakpahan told reporters, adding that he now expected the system to be fully operational by 2024.
Out of Indonesia’s 260 million people, only about 40 million are registered taxpayers and a majority have little concept of the need to pay taxes.
The new technology is expected to spot non-compliance and avoidance significantly quicker than now, Pakpahan said.
It would also help the tax office analyse a trove of data coming in from a global initiative of financial information sharing between tax authorities in many countries, Pakpahan told Reuters in an interview last year. Indonesia began receiving such data in 2018.
Between January to May, tax revenue grew merely 2.4% on-year to 496.7 trillion rupiah ($35.18 billion), below a target of getting 19% more revenue in 2019 compared to 2018, data from the finance ministry showed.
However, Pakpahan said the delay would not hurt 2019’s revenue collection as the tax office is working on an upgrade of its internally developed system.
Yustinus Prastowo, executive director of the Centre for Indonesia Taxation Analysis, said there is a risk of up to a 170.3 trillion rupiah revenue shortfall this year if the trend of weak tax takes persists. ($1 = 14,120.0000 rupiah) (Reporting by Maikel Jefriando Writing by Gayatri Suroyo; Editing by Kim Coghill)
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U.S. Medicare expands offer to reverse late enrollment penalties
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Call it the Obamacare-Medicare penalty.
FILE PHOTO - The federal government forms for applying for health coverage are seen at a rally held by supporters of the Affordable Care Act, widely referred to as "Obamacare", outside the Jackson-Hinds Comprehensive Health Center in Jackson, Mississippi, U.S. on October 4, 2013. REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman/File Photo
You sign up for an Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace exchange health policy sometime before you turn 65 - and then you mistakenly stay there past age 65, when by law you need to switch to Medicare. That results in costly lifetime late-enrollment penalties on your Medicare premiums.
Rest assured, you are not alone. Everyone faces the risk of late enrollment penalties - and things can get especially tricky for those transitioning out of ACA exchange policies. Confusion about the transition from ACA plans to Medicare has been so widespread that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) opened up a window for a limited time last year allowing people caught in the switches to apply for relief from the penalties.
Now, CMS is expanding that opportunity, but the deadline for straightening out the problem is Sept. 30.
Eligibility for Medicare begins at 65 for most people, and sign-up is automatic if you already receive Social Security benefits. You do not need to sign up if you still have health insurance through your job or from a spouse’s employer. If not, it is important to enroll sometime in the three months before your 65th birthday up through the three months following, because failing to do so leads to expensive premium penalties.
Monthly Part B premiums jump 10 percent for each full 12-month period that you should have been enrolled, and that can really add up. The Medicare Rights Center (MRC), which counsels seniors on Medicare enrollment, offers this example: If you turned 65 in 2010 and delayed signing up for Part B until this year, your monthly premium would be 70 percent higher. The $134 base Part B premium, with the penalty, is now $227.80.
Your Part B Medicare tab just jumped about $1,130 for the year. But the real pain comes over time, since the penalties stick with you as long as you have Medicare. (The Part D prescription drug program also charges a penalty of 1 percent per month of late enrollment.)
Enrollment in an ACA exchange plan is not an allowable reason to delay Medicare enrollment. Problems have cropped up for people who enrolled in marketplace plans before age 65 and then kept them rather than switching to Medicare at age 65. The motive could be financial - ACA plan users who qualify for federal subsidies may find that their plans are less expensive than Medicare.
In some cases, the failure is a simple misunderstanding.
Enrollees in states with federally facilitated marketplaces have been sent notifications warning of the need to switch to Medicare, but state-run marketplaces are not required to notify policyholders. (Insurance companies selling policies on the exchange also are not required to notify policyholders.)
EXPANDED RELIEF OPPORTUNITY
Initially, people caught up in this problem were informed they would have to repay exchange plan subsidies - and that they would be subject to Medicare late-enrollment penalties and be limited in when they could enroll in Medicare. Confusion about time-limited relief has extended to the Social Security Administration field offices, where some enrollees have received incorrect advice from staff.
CMS decided in March 2017 to allow people who should have signed up at age 65 to apply for “time-limited equitable relief,” which allows them to enroll in Part B without penalties, or reduce them for people already enrolled and paying penalties. (The relief also applies to people under age 65 who are eligible due to disability.) People who became eligible for Medicare on April 1, 2013, or later are eligible if they already are enrolled in Part A and in a marketplace plan. The new expansion, announced in late May, offers possible relief to people who should have signed up for Part B during a special enrollment period that ended Oct. 1, 2013, or later but instead used exchange plans.
“It’s a really great opportunity for people to get into Part B without facing gaps in coverage or late enrollment penalties,” said Beth Shyken-Rothbart, senior counsel for client services at MRC.
Relief is considered on a case-by-case basis, and the best way to find out if you qualify is to visit your local Social Security office. Bring along all the relevant paperwork, including evidence that you have been enrolled in a marketplace plan.
But that brings us back to the uneven quality of advice available from the SSA. “We have seen a real variety in how field offices across the country are handling these cases,” said Shyken-Rothbart. “Some field office staff are better educated than others and unfortunately the offices that have staff that are uninformed about this process have incorrectly turned people away, telling them that they are not eligible for this relief.”
Asked to comment on the problems, SSA spokeswoman Nicole Tiggemann told me this: “The laws regarding time limitations on equitable relief for enrolling in Medicare Part B can be complex. As a cautionary measure, Social Security provided staff with detailed refresher training . . . we also will discuss this issue with operations managers on a nationwide call so they can remind employees of the requirements for offering equitable relief, as outlined in our policy.”
In other words - there is a problem, and the SSA is working on it. That being the case, MRC suggests bringing along a copy of the instructions that SSA has sent to field offices explaining the relief rules - in case you encounter staff who have not gotten the word. Download a copy of those instructions here: (bit.ly/2Jyzx8s)
The writer is a Reuters columnist. The opinions expressed are his own.
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With CRISPR, Let's Not Make The Cultural Mistakes Of Stem Cells All Over Again
By Hank Campbell | November 28th 2018 09:56 AM | Print | E-mail
When Dr. He Jiankui announced that he had used CRISPR to prevent future HIV infection in twin girls, there was outrage across the United States, but most of it had nothing to do with science. It was instead concern that a mad scientist with suspect ethics had used a new technology to edit human embryos, and if that remains unchecked Frankenhumans could be born.
It may be 2018 but it feels like 2001 all over again.
In 2001, controversy erupted over a 1998 technique called human embryonic stem cells (hESCs), which returns cells back into their "embryonic " state, where they can basically become any cell the body needs to repair itself. hESCs promised to cure numerous diseases then, just like CRISPR does now. Newly into his first term in office, President George W. Bush was handed the hESC controversy because federally-funded academics wanted to do research using National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants, but that was a violation of President Bill Clinton's 1996 Dickey-Wicker law which prohibited human experimentation.
Former U.S. President George W. Bush
That is why President Clinton had punted the thorny issue to his successor. After months of discussion, President Bush compromised - politicians once did that – by allowing federal funding for hESC research for the first time but limiting NIH money to the hESC lines already in existence. New ones would have to be created outside the national taxpayer system; by state, foundation and corporate funding, as hESC technology itself had been.
Political bloggers shrieked that science shouldn’t be held back based on ethical boogeymen and that eventually got the academic science community to believe that Bush was banning science. Democrats latched onto it as a campaign issue. It worked. A quick Google search using the terms "Bush stem cells ban" even today yields over 2.9 million hits. The claim was so pervasive that when President Obama took office in 2009, media cheered that with a wave of his pen he lifted the ban - except there was never a ban, and his executive order only allowed a few more lines to be researched. He was limited by the same 1996 Clinton law that Bush was.
Today, the academic journals that eventually chimed in and blasted President Bush for "banning" hESC research by limiting federal funding are using the recent CRISPR event to suggest this science should be curtailed indefinitely - "more studies needed", ironically the mainstay of the anti-science activism community. They say that there needs to be guidelines based on the western world’s notion of "medical necessity." That might sound fine to journalists in the U.S. and Europe, but medical necessity is culturally subjective. In China, 70 percent of the public believe that gene editing to prevent HIV infections is a good idea. That's far more than accepted hESC research in America, and CRISPR has already had enough success with sickle cell anemia that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given the green light to a clinical trial, while hESC never lived up to its political hype.
Instead of stem cells, the controversial CRISPR/Cas-9 is a 2013 genome editing tool that can create a cut in DNA and use the body's natural repair machinery to make a change in a gene. Yet despite that progress too many academic scientists are taking the opposite stance they had with stem cells. Back then, centralized authority and one-size-fits-all rules were protested, science needed to be unfettered if it was to meet its potential.
Today it is the opposite even though the 2001 argument is still valid. Dr. He Jiankui claims to have disabled the CCR5 gene in twin girls that encodes a protein which allows HIV to enter a cell. There are plenty of reasons to criticize this particular experiment. The need for it is suspect, the father of the girls has HIV but transmission through sperm isn't a concern. That means Dr. He made children test subjects for protein variants before having enough data from animal models to be confident he was helping rather than harming.
Yet the outrage is rampant and well beyond the science. It is making us look like the Luddites in Europe. Why should China bow to a U.S. National Academy of Sciences stance and be left behind? This is a body whose magazine published results of Facebook experiments manipulating news feeds of users (and we saw how that worked in the 2016 election), who promotes nonsense like that hurricanes with female names are more dangerous because men are sexist, and who used to let academy members hand-walk studies for their friends past peer review (a policy I got changed after I called attention to it in the Wall Street Journal), even if studies made outrageous claims but contained no data. They're hardly beacons of ethics.
He posted his work on China’s clinical trials registry but Southern University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen says they are launching an investigation anyway. In China it is hard to know if that is real or they are secretly high-fiving him for being bold while American scientists sit in committee meetings being berated by humanities scholars about ethics.
What we do know is that science is going to march on, and America will be part of the process or be relegated to angry outsider, the way Europe is when it comes to genetic engineering in agriculture.
CRISPR has real promise, it deserves to be defended even as we seek to limit bad actors engaged in suspect experiments. UNESCO has instead demanded that all work on this stop until CRISPR can be "proven safe." Nothing can ever pass that test, not cars, not airplanes, not food or medicine. It's ridiculous fearmongering.
No good science ever came from a centralized authority putting together a committee to create rules that blocked progress. Back to 2001 again, in that same year our FDA asked organizations to put a halt to cytoplasmic transfer for in vitro fertilization while they made a determination about its safety and efficacy. All did.
And that technology disappeared for good, despite no risks being associated with it.
Let's not have that happen here. The academic community is a lot more savvy today than a generation ago, so here's hoping they aren't as easily manipulated against CRISPR the way they were against President Bush.
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Miller to referee Millwall clash
Nigel Miller will referee the Iron’s encounter with Millwall at the Den on Saturday afternoon.
So far this season, Miller has been the man in the middle on 34 occasions and, in those, he’s cautioned 73 players and sent off eight.
The man from County Durham last officiated a Scunthorpe match back in October 2016, when Graham Alexander’s men were victors over Shrewsbury Town in the Checkatrade Trophy.
Throughout the 2015/2016 campaign, Miller took charge of 32 games, producing 82 yellow and three red cards.
He’ll be joined on Saturday by assistant referees Ian Rathbone and Michael Webb, with Gavin Muge taking up the role of fourth official.
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Criminal Sale of Marijuana
Sometimes police officers catch people in the midst of alleged sales of marijuana (referred to in New York Penal Law as “marihuana”) or possibly in possession of amounts substantial enough to constitute intent to sell, deliver, or distribute the cannabis. In most cases, these types of drug distribution crimes are felony offenses.
State and federal agencies all over New York City are focused on identifying and ending all methods of illegal marijuana distribution. Crimes involving the alleged sale of marijuana carry penalties that are much more serious than simple possession offenses..
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Distribution of Marijuana Penalties in Long Island
Many alleged cannabis distribution offenses result in a person being charged with criminal sale of marihuana. Criminal sale of marijuana offenses are broken into five degrees, depending on the amount of cannabis a person allegedly sold:
Criminal Sale of Marijuana in the Fifth Degree — Under New York Penal Law § 221.35, a person who knowingly and unlawfully sells, without consideration, one or more preparations, compounds, mixtures or substances containing marihuana and the preparations, compounds, mixtures or substances are of an aggregate weight of two grams or less; or one cigarette containing marihuana, commits a class B misdemeanor punishable by up to three months in jail;
Criminal Sale of Marijuana in the Fourth Degree — New York Penal Law § 221.40 establishes that a person who knowingly and unlawfully sells more than two grams but 25 grams or less of marijuana commits a class A misdemeanor punishable by up to one year jail;
Criminal Sale of Marijuana in the Third Degree — Under New York Penal Law § 221.45, a person who knowingly and unlawfully sells one or more preparations, compounds, mixtures or substances containing marihuana and the preparations, compounds, mixtures or substances are of an aggregate weight of 25 grams or more but four ounces or less of marijuana commits a class E felony punishable by up to one and one half years in prison;
Criminal Sale of Marijuana in the Second Degree — New York Penal Law § 221.50 establishes that a person who knowingly and unlawfully sells one or more preparations, compounds, mixtures or substances containing marihuana and the preparations, compounds, mixtures or substances are of an aggregate weight of more than four ounces but 16 ounces or less, or knowingly and unlawfully sells one or more preparations, compounds, mixtures or substances containing marihuana to a person less than 18 years of age commits a class D felony punishable by up to two and one half years in prison; or
Criminal Sale of Marijuana in the First Degree — Under New York Penal Law § 221.55, a person who knowingly and unlawfully sells one or more preparations, compounds, mixtures or substances containing marihuana and the preparations, compounds, mixtures or substances are of an aggregate weight of more than 16 ounces commits a class E felony punishable by up to one and one half years in prison.
Federal Criminal Sale of Marijuana Penalties in Nassau County
Certain cannabis distribution offenses in New York involve marijuana being transported across state lines, and such crimes often involve federal agencies.
Under 21 U.S. Code § 841, it is illegal for any person knowingly or intentionally to manufacture, distribute, or dispense, or possess with intent to manufacture, distribute, or dispense, a controlled substance; or to create, distribute, or dispense, or possess with intent to distribute or dispense, a counterfeit substance.
Marijuana or cannabis is classified as a Schedule I controlled substance (drugs, substances, or chemicals are defined as drugs with no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse) under the federal Controlled Substance Act (CSA). Marijuana distribution crimes are often prosecuted federally as drug trafficking crimes that are punishable as follows, depending on the amount of cannabis involved in the alleged offense:
Less than 50 kilograms marijuana (Not including 50 or more marijuana plants, regardless of weight), or 1 to 49 marijuana plants
First Offense: Up to five years in prison.
Second Offense: Up to 10 years in prison.
First Offense: Up to $250,000 for individuals, $1 million for non-individuals.
Second Offense: Up to $500,000 for individuals, $2 million for non-individuals.
10 kilograms or less
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1 kilogram or less
50 to 99 kilograms marijuana mixture, or 50 to 99 marijuana plants
First Offense: Up to 20 years in prison. If case involves death or serious bodily injury, mandatory minimum 20 year sentence up to life in prison.
Second Offense: Up to 30 years in prison. If case involves death or serious bodily injury, life imprisonment.
First Offense: Up to $1 million for individuals, $5 million for non-individuals.
Second Offense: Up to $2 million for individuals, $10 million for non-individuals.
More than 10 kilograms
More than 1 kilogram
100 to 999 kilograms marijuana mixture, or 100 to 999 marijuana plants
First Offense: Mandatory minimum five year sentence up to 40 years in prison. If case involves death or serious bodily injury, mandatory minimum 20 year sentence up to life in prison.
Second Offense: Mandatory minimum 10 year sentence up to life in prison. If case involves death or serious bodily injury, life sentence.
First Offense: Up to $5 million for individuals, $25 million for non-individuals.
1,000 kilograms or more marijuana mixture, or 1,000 or more marijuana plants
First Offense: Mandatory minimum 10 year sentence up to life in prison. If case involves death or serious bodily injury, mandatory minimum 20 year sentence up to life in prison.
First Offense: Up to $10 million for individuals, $50 million for non-individuals.
Second Offense: Up to $20 million for individuals, $75 million for non-individuals.
New York Criminal Sale of Marijuana Resources
New York | Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) — The MPP is a national nonprofit organization that identifies itself as “the largest organization in the U.S. that’s focused solely on ending marijuana prohibition.” On the New York section of its website, you can read the latest local news, view recent alerts, and access other resources. You can also find additional information about marijuana legalization, legislation, and economics as well as answers to frequently asked questions.
Medical Marijuana Program | New York State Department of Health — Visit this website to learn more about the New York State Medical Marijuana Program. You can read the Compassionate Care Act and Medical Marijuana Program Regulations. You can also fine program information and news, answers to frequently asked questions, and Medical Marijuana Program applications.
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Rock Solid Industries
on 14th Nov 2017 News, Press release
Back in 2007, Mike Voss, founder and Managing Director of Rock Solid Industries (RSI), had just started a fledgling business spraying bakkie bed linings. The bed lining business was successful, but somewhat dead-end, and Mike needed more of a challenge. The mining industry was first port of call and RSI began building roll-over protection systems for mine bakkies.
RSI is blazing the way when it comes to canopy technology and the latest innovations in roof racks
Unfortunately for Mike, the auto industry also got in on the act, and when the T6 Ranger was released with an NCAP rating that met mines standards, this aspect of the business was made largely redundant. In 2013, RSI began the design and construction of the ‘RSI SmartBox’, a tool box that fits to the back of any bakkie – perfect for fleets and mines alike.
The RSI SmartBox was a stepping stone in the right direction and in 2013 the first canopy designs were pushed through with help from 4×4 engineer, retailer and TV personality André de Villiers. Several of the new canopies were sold at the Joburg International Motor Show and full-scale production for the high end products kicked into gear after that.
Mike’s mantra was to produce the highest possible quality product on the market, using 409 Grade stainless steel and automotive production methods. This approach succeeded in bringing RSI one of the largest canopy deals in South African history when Telkom signed up to equip its fleet of 2500 bakkies. The RSI SmartCanopy is a patented modular CKD (Completely Knocked Down) design with a number of benefits. Because the canopies were assembled using separate component parts, Telkom could replace individual parts when damaged, instead of the entire canopy. Flat-packing of the components also meant that five flat-packed kits fitted into the same space as one fully assembled canopy, with savings on shipping and distribution costs.
One other key benefit of the bolted-together design is that the natural flex which occurs when a bakkie drives over rough terrain can be absorbed by the canopy, contributing to a longer life, whereas rigid designs are prone to cracking at the pillars and other stress points.
Today RSI makes a variety of canopies well suited to the leisure 4×4 and overlanding markets, offering a number of optional extras to tailor each canopy to individual needs. Among these options is a fully-kitted kitchen unit with a built-in stove and twin stainless steel fold-out tables. The canopies feature neat little touches like a positive pressure vent to help keep out dust, and the unique thumb tabs for locking the rear and gullwing doors are unlike anything else on the market.
Colour matching is one of RSI’s standout offerings, and they have geared up at substantial cost to provide colours (in 2k automotive paint) to exactly match any modern 4×4, or any particular tone a client desires.
Thanks to the various customisation options available to fleet buyers, canopies suited to police, ambulance, telecommunications and even hearses have been put into production, but perhaps the most useful new product for overlanders is the new RSI folding roof rack called the RSI SmartRack. Mounted securely to the top of the canopy, the folding rack is a two-piece design that pulls out on slides and eases down to shoulder height on dampener struts, then locks back into place with two quick release catches. The advantage of this design is that you can access spare tyres, fuel or any item mounted on the roof rack, from the side of the vehicle. The rack is nothing short of revolutionary and the patented design completely unique anywhere in the world.
The production process for any RSI product starts with the help from customer feedback, the individual user or the fleet owner. Personal attention is given to each design by Mike Voss and his team of creative and energetic engineers. The designers make a mock-up using CAD software and that gets sent to the laser-cutting part of the factory where automotive grade stainless steel is cut, welded and finally bolted together with in-house manufactured ‘riv studs’ before being painted to spec. Component parts are then either packed into boxes unassembled for export, or fully assembled for local use. Flat pack canopies can be assembled in 25 minutes and are currently being exported to Australia, Chile, Malaysia, Germany, the UK, Spain and numerous sub- Saharan countries.
Today an average of 260 canopies are produced per month in the state-of-the-art factory, which is ISO 9001:2008, European TUV certified – an exceedingly difficult quality grading for any manufacturing plant to achieve. RSI is a proud Level 4 BBBEE contributor and is expanding in 2018 to exceed well over 1000 units per month. They are now working on the final touches for the anticipated release of the all-new RSI SmartRack, due to hit stores in 2018 – watch this space.
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Our big backyard
By Bob Ehlert - Assistant Features Editor
It was not a pretty sight to see debris overwhelm the shores and inlets of Folsom Lake this spring. Sticks, stumps and gangly logs collected like a giant bathtub ring on the 75 miles of shoreline, sometimes forcing swimmers and boaters at Granite Bay to dodge them as though they were the killer shark of "Jaws."
Would-be sailors and wakeboarders who usually put in at Brown's Ravine, picnickers at Folsom Point and anglers up at Rattlesnake Bar also had to adjust or navigate the inflow of mostly natural junk.
Yet, even at this low point in the ebb and flow of Folsom Lake State Recreation Area, loyal crowds and devotees couldn't resist its charms. That's because Folsom Lake SRA, which is mostly owned by the Bureau of Reclamation and managed by California State Parks, is one of the most accessible and diverse chunks of outdoor recreation space anywhere.
Located between Interstate 80 and Highway 50, the park's 18,000 acres welcome up to 2.7 million visitors each year, as well as plenty of wildlife -- from the often-seen to the phantom, nocturnal visitors such as mountain lions.
Though he's fond of all the natural wonders and opportunities above the dam on Folsom Lake, Winkelman speaks of the below-the-dam area around Lake Natoma as if it were an Eden for paddlers.
"Here's a five-mile-long lake, a quarter-mile wide very quiet, low-impact; it's world-class paddling," he enthuses. "There are islands to paddle around, there are channeling spots, and the canyon upriver. Three bridges for shade on hot days. It is just unbelievable what it offers."
A park based on water
The Sierra foothills and the lake views make it easy to forget that a river runs through it, so to speak.
Follow the water up the western shore and you'll end up at the narrows of the north fork of the American River, steadily inching up in elevation to nearly 500 feet near the park border with Auburn State Recreation Area.
Follow the shore on the eastern side and you'll soon be heading upstream on the south fork of the American River near Salmon Falls, roughly the park's eastern boundary (and a common takeout point for whitewater rafters).
The confluence of the two river forks formed the lake where Folsom Dam was built 50 years ago. Though the dam serves many purposes -- especially flood control -- park use leans toward the water, since about 12,000 of the 18,000 acres are liquid when the big lake above, and Lake Natoma below the dam, are full.
Folsom Lake is so popular, it's not unusual for the parking lot to close by 1 p.m. on summer days. There are only so many parking spaces, and that's why park officials repeat the mantra: "Come early in the day and stay."
Recreationists can launch boats of any size (though 40- footers seem to be about the biggest). Sailors, personal watercraft users and wakeboarders vie for access -- the latter groups apparently happy that a 5-mph speed limit on Folsom Lake because of debris hazards was lifted a few weeks ago.
But Folsom Lake SRA is equally beloved for what's under the water. Just ask Mike Esci, a fishing regular on the north fork for 15 years. His routine is to put his 16-footer with 40-horse outboard in at Rattlesnake Bar, way to the north where the river narrows.
"I've had a couple of days when I caught so many fish, my arms were about to fall off," says Esci, a retired Citrus Heights resident who likes to go after bass; he leaves the rest of the species -- including landlocked salmon, trout, catfish and crappie -- to others. He stalks spotted, smallmouth and largemouth bass, preferring to use soft plastics and leech-pattern worm lures.
"You throw something out there that's not edible, not alive, and you manage to hook a fish -- that's fun," says Esci, a catch-and-release type who rarely brings any fish home.
His love for the park, though, is not limited to the water. On a recent Friday morning, after pulling his boat out at Rattlesnake Bar, he was praising the abundant wildlife -- just as three deer ran across the parking area.
"See," he says. "Rabbits in the morning, all over the place. I've seen raccoon, possum. I think I've seen an occasional fox. This is an amazing place, and they do a wonderful job keeping it that way."
Always a challenge
Still, for all of the park's natural beauty, Gross and his staff of 50 have their hands full. While usage and the surrounding communities are ever-growing, park funding is static, if not diminishing. That's why park officials are in the midst of creating a 20-year plan.
"The major challenge is the population base and having adequate facilities," Gross says.
Among the recommendations: to either expand marina facilities at Brown's Ravine or put another marina on the west shore; expand campgrounds, picnic areas and roadside-access points; and redesign and improve entrance stations to better handle incoming traffic.
Plus, while budgets may fluctuate, Gross hopes the numbers of volunteers -- not to mention their passion for cleanup and improvement projects -- will grow in the lean times. The Crystal Barbers and Dan Winkelmans, he says, will be key to keeping Folsom Lake SRA a place that draws crowds and delivers quality outdoor recreation.
Says Winkelman: "I can't believe how lucky I am to be able to live here. It's perfect for me."
To keep it that way, he hopes people who use it will learn "to care for it."
Or, as Barber says: "We can all make the park better, by picking up after ourselves and others and by respecting the park. Here's this huge natural resource, and it's right there."
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The Bee's Bob Ehlert can be reached at (916) 321-1101 or behlert@sacbee.com.
Hey, take a hike or go jump in a lake
Park Superintendent Michael Gross and his staff offer these five favorite spots to check out among the Folsom Lake State Recreation Area's 18,000 acres.
Avery's Pond: Drive to the Rattlesnake Bar access, off Auburn-Folsom Road. Hike the marked trail for about 1.3 miles east, moving inland.
Hike or ride a horse on the horse trail from Folsom Point to Brown's Ravine: Access Folsom Point from Natoma Street at the south end of the lake.
Folsom Point Picnic Area: Great bluff views and lots of shade trees.
Peninsula Campground: Unless you can hitch a ride on a boat launching from Brown's Ravine or Granite Bay to get to this east shore campground, you're in for about an hour's drive. (Check the map on Page E10.)
Willow Creek on Lake Natoma: Park at the Iron Point light-rail station on Folsom Boulevard in Folsom. Cross the street, pick up the trail and head into the woods.
To get oriented with the Folsom Lake State Recreation Area, see the map on Page E10 or visit www.folsomlakemarina.com/ trail_map.html.
A quick guide to using Folsom Lake
Here's information to help you enjoy a visit to the Folsom Lake State Recreation Area:
Hours: 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. through Oct. 14; 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Oct. 15 to March 31
Admission: $7 for day-use parking
Boat launch: $8
Camping: $20 for either Beals Point (west shore) or Peninsula (east shore, accessible by boat or a long drive). Camping reservations: (800) 444-7275
Information: (916) 988-0205 or www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=500. Or visit the office at 7806 Folsom-Auburn Road, Folsom
The park sanctions more than a dozen concessions that provide services to help you enjoy your visit. They include:
Shadow Glen Stables: Hourly rates, boarding. (916) 989-1826 or www.shadowglenstables.com/ home.html.
Ponderosa Trail Rides: (530) 367-3097 or www.ponderosatrailrides.com.
Launch Wakeboarding School: Operating out of Brown's Ravine marina. (916) 532-9253.
Marina services
Folsom Lake Marina: Various services. (916) 933-1300 or www.folsomlakemarina.com
Nearby outfitters include:
CSUS Aquatic Center: (916) 278-2842 or www.csusaquaticcenter.com.
California Canoe and Kayak: (916) 353-1880 or www.calkayak.com.
By Caroline Ghisolfi
One of the most popular American video games on the market, Minecraft has surprising plus-sides, experts at UC Davis say. This virtual environment teaches leadership and community-building skills that may be transferable to the real world.
Unconventional Rogues bringing one-act opera to midtown Sacramento cafe
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With the implementation of GDPR in the Simacan organization the following eight fundamental rights given to every EU citizen can be exercised by those involved:
The right to be informed – Simacan is completely transparent in how we are using personal data (personal data may include data such as a work email and work mobile if they are specific to an individual).
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You have the right to request access to the information we have on you. If you want to appeal to one of the above rights, you can contact Simacan by sending an email to security@simacan.com
We will make sure to provide you with a copy of the data we process about you. In order to comply with your request we may ask you to certify your identity. We fulfil your request by sending your copy electronically, unless the request expressly specifies a different method.
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Simacan employs an ISO 27001:2013 certified Information Security Management System (ISMS). An ISMS is a systematic approach to managing sensitive company information so that it remains secure, and it includes people, processes and IT systems by applying a risk management process. The governing principle behind the ISMS is that Simacan has designs, implements and maintains a coherent set of policies, processes and systems to manage risks to its information assets, thus ensuring acceptable levels of information security risk.
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Information should always be protected and Simacan has many critical information assets which are crucial in conducting business, maintaining clients’ trust, and keeping the future of the company strong. This policy outlines Simacan’s commitments to its employees, its clients, and its suppliers, on how all business-critical information assets will be handled by Simacan.
Every Simacan employee, every client, every supplier, must be aware of the significance of the information being handled, and ensure that proper controls are applied to prevent unauthorized disclosure, loss or lack of accessibility to the information.
The Simacan Information Security Policy is a part of the overall security and privacy effort carried out by Simacan. Simacan relies upon employees, clients, and suppliers to properly develop, maintain, and operate its systems, networks, and processes which keep sensitive information safe and properly used. Penalties for violating these policies may include disciplinary actions up to termination of employment, or termination of the business relationship with Simacan.
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[11-04-2016] version 2.1, Section 2.2: the information security objectives were rewritten to better fit the services offered by Simacan.
[29-01-2016] version 1.3, First published version.
[19-01-2016] version 1.2, (Unpublished) working version.
[12-07-2015] version 1.1, (Unpublished) first version.
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At Simacan we deploy countermeasures against Risks by developing and implementing four different types of controls. These include technical controls, administrative controls, legal controls, and managerial controls. The proper use of controls makes existing vulnerabilities harder to exploit. Technical and legal controls aim to ensure information security in the short-to-medium period, while administrative and managerial controls aim to ensure information security in the medium-to-long period.
Simacan places strict information security controls over its clients’ data, its suppliers’ data, and its own data. Simacan is committed to ensuring that client data is not seen by anyone (or anything) who should not have access. Simacan employees have access to the information systems in which client data is processed and stored. For example, in order to diagnose a production problem, Simacan employees may need to access data owned by the client. Simacan employees are prohibited from using these permissions to view client data unless it is necessary to do so. We have technical controls in place to ensure that any access to client data is monitored and logged. Simacan employees are bound to our Information Security Policy and Simacan treats these issues as matters of the highest importance.
Personnel Practices
Simacan employees are required to read Simacan’s Information Security Policy. The Policy covers the security, availability, and confidentiality of the Simacan ISMS. Also, Simacan Employees are required to sign an ISMS Acknowledgement as an addendum to their employment contract. Awareness of information security risks and available controls to mitigate them are promoted in yearly recurring training sessions for all employees.
The environment that hosts all of Simacan Cloud information systems is Amazon Web Services (AWS). AWS is compliant with multiple certifications for its data centers, including ISO/IEC 27001, 27017, and SOC reports (1, 2, and 3). For more information about the certification and compliance of AWS, please visit the AWS Security website, the AWS Compliance website and the AWS General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Center.
The following security-related audits and certifications are applicable to the Simacan ISMS:
ISO/IEC 27001: Simacan has successfully undergone the stage 2 audit of the ISO/IEC 27001 certification.
Auditing Security Checklist: Simacan yearly runs an internal audit of its cloud infrastructures against the auditing security checklist published by Amazon Web Services.
Simacan implements in its ISMS several security controls to protect its clients’ data, its suppliers’ data, and its own data.
Simacan monitors and logs 24/7/365 every aspect of what happens in its Cloud information systems. These technical security controls allow the Simacan employees to timely prevent possible security incidents and effectively assist the client in case of service deterioration or disruption.
Company-Wide Two-Factor Authentication Policy
Simacan employees are required to set up two-factor authentication on all the accounts where client data is processed or stored.
Simacan’s Single Sign On is based on Keycloak, an open source Identity and Access Management solution aimed at modern applications and services. Simacan implements and maintains Keycloak within its own systems.
Data retention is agreed in the Data Processor Agreement with the client.
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Timeframes and modality for the deletion of customer data is agreed in the Data Processor Agreement with the client.
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Timeframes and modality for the return of customer data is agreed in the Data Processor Agreement with the client.
Simacan implements the latest recommended SSL encryption security controls for all traffic in transit through its information systems.
Simacan monitors the changing cryptographic landscape closely and works promptly to upgrade its ISMS to respond to new cryptographic weaknesses as they are discovered and implements best practices as they evolve.
Simacan understands that its clients rely on Simacan Control Tower in their primary business functions. Simacan is committed to making Simacan Control Tower a highly-available product the clients can count on. The Simacan Cloud infrastructure runs on fault-tolerant systems, whether the failure invests individual servers or entire data centers. All Simacan clients who have a SLA contract in place benefit of the 24/7/365 service of the Simacan Support Team. The Support Team is available to quickly resolve all production problems.
To ensure availability, clients’ data is stored redundantly at multiple locations within the European Union at AWS data centers. Simacan has well-tested backup and restoration procedures, which allow recovery even from major disasters. Clients’ data and our source code are automatically backed up. Simacan has 24/7 monitoring and logging controls in place alerting Simacan employees in case of failures of the backup systems.
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In addition to sophisticated system monitoring and logging, Simacan has implemented two-factor authentication for all server access across its production environment. Also, all of Simacan’s office networking infrastructure is configured according to industry best practices.
Incident Management & Response
In the event of a security breach, Simacan promptly notifies the client. Simacan has incident management policies and procedures in place to handle such an event.
External Security Audits
Simacan has contracts with respected external security firms who perform regular audits of the Simacan ISMS to verify that the implemented security practices are sound, and to monitor for new vulnerabilities. Simacan runs penetration tests either upon clients’ request, or upon Simacan’s own request.
Product Security Practices
New features, functionalities, and design changes go through an information security review process. In addition, all Simacan source code is extensively tested, and manually peer-reviewed prior to being deployed to production. Simacan employees work closely with one another to resolve any additional security concerns that may arise during development.
ISMS Certification
In July 2015 Simacan entered a trajectory to certify its own ISMS against the ISO/IEC 27001:2013 standard. ISO/IEC 27001:2013 is a risk-based information security standard which helps organizations to keep information assets secure. Certification to ISO/IEC 27001:2013 is possible but not obligatory. Simacan chose to implement the standard in order to benefit from the best practice it contains and to reassure its clients of the quality of the processes behind the Simacan SaaS products.
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From time to time it is necessary to notify our clients, suppliers, and business partners about relevant security-related events. In the security bulletins below we only publish notifications relevant to events related to the Simacan ISMS. Information about incidents is available on the Simacan status page.
[2018-05-01] The GDPR legislation has been added
[2017-09-06] updated the Single Sign On section of the security portal.
[2016-04-28] published version 2.1 of the Information Security Policy.
[2016-03-29/31] an internal audit was performed on the Simacan ISMS.
[2016-03-22/23] Simacan employees received an Awareness & Training session about the Simacan ISMS.
[2016-03-01] Simacan ISMS has been initiated.
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'Stop-Loss' all over the map
Al Alexander
Mar 26, 2008 at 12:01 AM Mar 26, 2008 at 2:34 AM
Had your fill of films about Iraq? Recent box office returns suggest that you have. But that hasn’t stopped Hollywood from churning out these granola-laced bits of pacifism like cookies at Keebler. The latest crunchy morsel comes from the surprisingly p.c. p.c. of Kimberly Peirce, a filmmaker who spared no quarter indicting hate crimes in “Boys Don’t Cry,” but disappointingly chooses a less emphatic tact with “Stop-Loss.”
Had your fill of films about Iraq? Recent box office returns suggest that you have. But that hasn’t stopped Hollywood from churning out these granola-laced bits of pacifism like cookies at Keebler.
The latest crunchy morsel comes from the surprisingly p.c. p.c. of Kimberly Peirce, a filmmaker who spared no quarter indicting hate crimes in “Boys Don’t Cry,” but disappointingly chooses a less emphatic tact with “Stop-Loss.”
It’s literally all over the map, as Peirce struggles to tell the tale of an Iraq veteran whose re-entry to civilian life is put on hold by a little-known clause called stop-loss that allows the military to retain soldiers past their enlistment during wartime.
Peirce’s stance is that Iraq has never been and never will be an officially declared war, thus making the policy both illegal and immoral. I’m sure a lot of people will agree, especially after they see the hurt and dejection on the ready-for-GQ face of Ryan Phillippe’s Sgt. Brandon King after the good-ol’-Texan learns he’s earned a third all-expenses-paid trip to Mess-opotamia.
What they won’t care about is what he decides to do about it, and that’s grab his best friend’s fiancée (the wooden Aussie Abbie Cornish) and hit the road for Washington, D.C., to plead his case to a congressman who once made an idle promise to help him if he ever had a problem.
Of course, that was before the sergeant, a decorated hero, went AWOL from both the service and his Army buddies, each of whom has been conveniently assigned a war-related malady: post traumatic stress disorder for the brooding deep thinker Tommy (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), alcoholism for the burly party boy Steve (Channing Tatum), and debilitating injuries for the sweet and compassionate Rico (Victor Rasuk).
A better film would probably have explored their issues as vigorously as it does Brandon’s minor-by-comparison woes. But in a less-polished effort like this one, they’re little more than a Greek chorus cheering their buddy along as he chooses to run instead of fight.
They also allow Peirce to make like a rapper (apropos considering this is an MTV production), sampling just about every issue from every war movie ever made, from “Best Years of Our Lives” and “Born on the Fourth of July” to “Coming Home” and “The Deer Hunter.”
If only “Stop-Loss” was half as good as those.
I found myself fighting not to laugh as my interest ebbed and the clichés and implausibilities mounted.
It’s shocking to think a past Oscar nominee could be responsible for something this scatterbrained in scope and execution. Peirce even manages to reduce fine actors like Gordon-Levitt, Ciaran Hinds (miscast as Brandon’s dim-witted father) and Timothy Olyphant (unconvincingly blustery as Brandon’s CO) to amateurish levels.
Most glaring, though, is her inability to fashion a cohesive story populated with rational-thinking characters. Why, for example, would Steve’s fiancée take it on the lam with Brandon? Granted her betrothed is both a drunk and a physical abuser, but is that an excuse to run off with the guy’s best buddy?
It might have made sense if Brandon and Cornish’s Michele shared some sort of attraction, but they don’t. Heck, they rarely even speak to one another as they travel thousands of miles cross-country with the law constantly breathing down their necks.
That’s not nearly as perplexing as Peirce’s point. What’s she trying to say? She takes no sides, offers no insights.
Even the film’s big-bang opening, which finds the boys ambushed and under heavy fire by insurgent Iraqis, has a staged, Hollywood flavor to it. But it’s not nearly as phony as what happens stateside in their tiny Texas town once they commence prowlin’, fightin’ and shootin’ out their aggressions.
It smacks of exploitation, and worse, stereotyping. Sad, because that was hardly Peirce’s intent in a film conceived to honor her brother who joined the Army in the wake of 9-11 and served in Iraq until being wounded in combat.
You can sense her passion for the subject, too. But like someone else we know, her grand plan lacks the vision to succeed.
Grade: C
Rated R. “Stop-Loss” contains graphic violence and pervasive language.
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About That New Airport Extreme...
Published: Wednesday, 28 October 2009 13:07
I've been getting an unusually high number of requests for a review of Apple's latest tweak of its Airport Extreme. But you probably won't be getting a review, at least not any time soon.
I lied! Read the Review.
It's no secret that Apple is pretty selective about who they provide review product to. And while SmallNetBuilder was once on that list, we seem to have fallen off of it.
Since we reviewed the original, single radio Airport Extreme back in fall 2007, I have asked to review the Time Capsule and dual-radio Airport Extreme. Apple responded to my requests, but review product never showed up, despite repeated follow-ups.
I have sent another review request to Apple for the latest version of the Extreme. But I suspect that I won't be getting review product this time either.
Why don't I just buy the product myself? Well, it's true that I could, and I have done this very occasionally in the past. But, frankly, I don't like having to dig into my own pocket to provide exposure for a manufacturer who can well afford the marketing budget to provide product for review. And there are plenty of other products to review.
I'm a bit baffled, anyway, about all the excitement for what is a minor tweak to the Extreme. I think Glenn Fleishman's piece that erroneously reported (and has since been corrected) that Apple had enabled three-stream (450 Mbps maximum link rate) capability in the "improved" extreme may have had something to do with it.
But Apple has not released a three-stream Airport Extreme. And, even if they had, you would get no benefit from it unless you also had three-stream enabled clients, which aren't yet available. What Apple has probably released is an Extreme with a radio module that has two 3x3 (that's three transmit and three receive channels) radios on it and a third antenna added for each radio.
Apple has asked the FCC to block the External, Internal and Test Setup Photos and User Manual for 180 days for the new Extreme (Apple Product Number MC340LL/A), which they are allowed to do under FCC rules. So I can't say for sure what is in the tweaked Extreme unless I buy one and open it up.
But the photo in Figure 1 is the radio module from the just-retired simultaneous dual-band Extreme. You can see the two Atheros single-chip radios: an AR9220 dual-band, 2x2 for 5 GHz; and an AR9223 single-band, 2x2 for 2.4 GHz. Note the two antenna connectors for each radio.
Figure 1: Old Simultaneous Dual-Band Airport Extreme radio module
This module slides into a connector on the main board (Figure 2), so it could be an easy matter to swap it out for a new 3X3 one. But since Atheros doesn't have 3X3 equivalents of the AR9220 and AR9223, the internal changes could be more extensive.
Figure 2: Old Simultaneous Dual-Band Airport Extreme main board
Since there is limited space, it might be that Apple had to either change chip vendors, or move the radio into the main board, which would also probably reduce manufacturing cost (and raise Apple's margin since the $179 price is staying the same).
The FCC photos don't show any other internal detail, so I can't say whether the third antenna is already in the enclosure. But if the radios have been bumped up to 3x3, then new antennas for each radio will be needed.
The real story here is that I suspect Apple is positioning itself to either scoop competitors or be among the first companies to ship a real three-stream N router (and maybe even three-stream clients) as soon as product clears Wi-Fi Certification testing. After all, Apple quietly seeded draft N capability in its MacBooks and PowerBooks and then released free upgrades that enabled the capability when the original Airport Extreme was announced. The coming weeks could see this other shoe drop.
But even without three-stream N, I have found in past testing that a third antenna, used just for receive in dual-stream routers, can provide improved performance. But, like any wireless performance claims, you'd be advised to take Apple's "50 percent better performance and up to 25 percent better range" assertions with the usual bucket load of salt.
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SYNOPSIS: When fashionista Rebecca Bloomwood’s out-of-control spending reaches the outer limits of her credit cards, she is forced to find employment to pay for her label-icious wardrobe. Her dream job is a position at New York’s top fashion rag Alette, but she has to settle for a desk at Successful Saving, a struggling financial magazine owned by the same publishing company. With a dogged debt collector (Robert Stanton) hot on her stilettos, Becky becomes the unlikely author of a column on saving money—with a little help from her friends at
Google. Her unconventional outlook on money matters attracts the approval of her dreamy boss, Luke Brandon (Hugh Dancy), and Becky begins to think maybe there is a whole new world waiting for her just a few steps away from Madison Avenue.
FILM REVIEW: It’s a modern age epidemic. It is a true psychological condition. For Rebecca Bloomwood (Isla Fisher) it all started as a childhood trauma that she experienced while shopping with her frugal mother as she watched all the other ladies fulfill their dreams with the use of a magic card, no cash needed. The shopaholic monster in her was born. This movie was charming, cute, better than you might think, and more dramatic than you might think. It’s not just a comedy. But it is very funny chock full of embarrassing moments and comical situations. Unfortunately, I have not read the book so I honestly cannot compare it to the movie. If you know me or have read some of my reviews, you should not be surprised. I am a firm believer that a picture is worth a thousand words so I prefer to watch than to read. I have no idea if it does the book justice but I can tell you that I really had a lot of fun watching this movie. Granted, I have to admit that I am a little biased when it comes to Isla. She is irresistibly adorable and her performance in this movie strengthened that position. She really poured it on in this lead role and she did fabulous. She was funny but not necessarily over the top. She was dramatic but not over acting. She snags you on her line and reels you in. It will be difficult for her to top her popular breakout performance in Wedding Crashers, which is truly an instant classical cinematic performance, but this one comes in a close second. She brings a combination of let’s say a Carrie from Sex and the City with an Elle Woods from Legally Blonde placed in a Devil Wears Prada setting, ish. If you are not too fond of those kind of characters then you might be turned off by this movie. She is the hopeful underdog in a hopeless situation waiting for the big “hopportunity” to make it in one of the most difficult towns in which to do so, New York. If you watch the movie you’ll know what I mean by “hopportunity” (it’s a funny moment that stuck with me).
There were other actors in this film, I assure you. The male lead is played by Hugh Dancy, Rebecca’s boss Luke Brandon, and he is charming, English accent and all. Krysten Ritter as Becky’s best friend Suze is effective and compliments Isla well. Joan Cusack and John Goodman are the parents of said shopaholic and they are quite the opposite of shopaholics. Leslie Bibb plays Alicia Billington, the character that you will love to hate. And of course there is the eternally endearing Julie Hagerty who plays Hayley, a secretary, in her unique, quirky way. I will never forget her unforgettable role in Airplane. She is an unsung hero of comedy films.
The story is predictable and the content is not exactly fresh, but the shopaholic subject is well explored. Believe or not this movie does have an interesting use of special effects animation of which I don’t want to spoil for you but I’ll tell you that it’s very cool. Director P.J. Hogan (Muriel’s Wedding, My Best Friend’s Wedding, Peter Pan) has done some really good work and he delivers a fine piece here as well. This might be a chick flick, but guys, if you are a fan of Isla, you won’t mind going to see this flick.
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DVD: Confessions of a Shopaholic is presented in a widescreen format with a 2.40:1 aspect ration, preserving its original theatrical released format. The transfer looks clean without color saturation. The picture is complemented with an English, French and Spanish 5.1 Dolby digital, with Spanish and French subtitles.
In terms of special features the DVD doesn't include much. Only four deleted scenes, 2 minutes of bloopers and the music video “Stuck with Each Other” Music Video by Shontelle Featuring Akon. It also includes a digital copy.
2.40:1 Anamorphic Widescreen (16x9)
English , French Spanish5.1 (Dolby Digital).
Subtitles - English French - Optional
Bloopers (2:08)
Deleted Scenes A total of four deleted scenes. I was surprised to find that 2 of these deleted scenes were not in the film. Those scenes are "19 Scarfity Scarf Scarf" and "Zebra Print Pants".(5:30)
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Writer: Tracey Jackson
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– SOUP KITCHEN, MANCHESTER –
Opening acts are often overlooked, sometimes even skipped. But boy, am I glad that I caught Thumpers when they pumped up the stage for Chvrches last October. The London-based duo consists of Marcus Pepperell and John Hamson Jr., who have been friends since secondary school. A cast of supporting musicians accompanies them on their live shows.
I had a rather gruelling interview in the afternoon, so it’s music to the rescue! The venue is the spacious underground of Soup Kitchen and I clinch a front-and-centre spot up close to the stage.
The band play a total of 10 songs, all from their debut studio album, Galore – released just this month. Thumpers’ sound is along the veins of indie pop, rock and electronic with a large dose of creativity in the form of vocals and natural percussions.
From the moment they begin until the very end, Thumpers is bursting with energy. Literally. The energy is literally bursting forth from the stage, so much so that at one point, Pepperell steps off the stage and plays his electric guitar mere feet away from me. A perfect example of the high-octane performance is ‘Marvel’, which kicks off the night with very solid and strong drums, courtesy of Hamson.
Despite only having one album (and two EPs) thus far, Thumpers has no shortage of fun tunes and rocking melodies. They effortlessly and ingeniously meld these splendid harmonies with original sounds by clapping hands and choral vocals. For instance, ‘Tame’ begins with an addictive electric guitar riff that is then imitated by the female vocalists, Frances Eva Lea (who also plays the keyboard) and Amina Gichinga (who also plays the trumpet). Another song that demonstrates this is ‘Roller’, where Lea and Gichinga lead the crowd as they clap their hands to the beat. I have heaps of praise for the girls, who are such multi-talented ladies and are instruments in themselves in terms of the vocals and natural percussion elements they lend to the live show.
Thumpers show off a slightly softer side when they perform ‘Now We Are Sixteen’. Pepperell sings into his electric guitar, and that is then recorded by Oliver Smith who makes magic on his MPC (Music Production Center), turning it into effects that sound similar to waves. It ends on a sensitive note, with Pepperell and the girls singing in unison. Besides that, ‘The Wilder Wise’ is also slightly different from the rest of the set. It seems to be in a more minor key, which gives it a dark quality that adds nuance and variance to the performance.
I have many personal favourites (including several mentioned above), such as ‘Dancing’s Done’, ‘Sound of Screams’, ‘Galore’ and ‘Unkinder (A Tougher Love)’. But my absolute highlight is ‘Together Now’, which begins and ends beautifully. It starts with Hamson playing a bell with a drumstick, producing a slowly spreading ring. Then it ends with Gichinga playing a terrific hook on her trumpet, producing a lush and powerful close to a smashing night.
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It is important to be chic. I love the 2000s because everyone started to love haute couture. I always say: To be well dressed you must be well naked. I am never satisfied with myself and that is what keeps me going - I have no post-satisfaction. The difference between style and fashion is quality.
Art is Concern for Learning and Living
Possibly we do not have one theme for each season, but just try to make beautiful clothes all year round. We have got to change our ethics and our financial system and our whole way of understanding the world. It has to be a world in which people live rather than die; a sustainable world. It could be great.
Even Michelangelo got paid for doing the Sistine Chapel. To those artists who say they're doing it for the love of art, I say: Get real.
Also Read: Nicole Kidman on the Critic’s Choice Red Carpet Event of 2017
[caption id="attachment_91" align="alignnone" width="702"] Fashion fosters cliches of beauty, walking in the streets of style.[/caption]
It is difficult to talk about fashion in the abstract, without a human body before my eyes, without drawings, without a choice of fabric - without a practical or visual reality. Brides today are increasingly sensitive to the tastes, feelings and finances of their attendants. Fashion is about dressing according to what's fashionable. Style is more about being yourself. If you wear clothes that don't suit you, you're a fashion victim. You have to wear clothes that make you look better. Art is about learning and about living with people. It's alive.
But ultimately, the main message is to forget about rules – after all, one look at Stone’s beauty history proves she’s tried everything from peacock blues to punchy corals and made it work for the red carpet.
Vanity is the Healthiest Thing in Life
There were a lot of cut outs in the waists of gowns at the Critics’ Choice Awards and there were mostly chic and fun with a little peak of skin. This is not a little peak.
[caption id="attachment_93" align="alignleft" width="290"] Walking on the fashion show of Elementos[/caption]
They will all come together to decide the winner of the prize, which was won last year by British menswear designer Grace Wales Bonner. The successful candidate will be given a €300,000 grant and year-long business mentorship, helping them to develop every area of their brand.
Coverage: 50 Ways to Wear a Hat
We like the idea of a long top over pants – it’s nervy – but the combo of no straps, very long layers of ruffling and her cleavage looking smashed the latest records.
This is reflected in the basic idea to Kate Ballis’ photo series Beaches Above. By shooting the world from a bird's eye view world.
Success isn't about the end result, it's about what you learn along the way. Fashion fosters cliches of beauty, but I want to tear them apart. I wanted to dress the woman who lives and works, not the woman in a painting. For me, the summer will be pure gray - mother-of-pearl gray, very pale gray. To me, this is the big statement for summer. Then we have light blue, light turquoise, lots of pink. Women are more sure of themselves today. They don't have to emulate the way men dress.
1. There is always the new project, the new opportunity.
[caption id="attachment_259" align="alignnone" width="702"] A stylish purse for the La La Land.[/caption]
Her pictures show the seaside of Brighton, Sandringham, St. Kilda and Albert Park in Melbourne. The photographs were taken from a Robinson helicopter with the door off: “I hang directly out of the helicopter which is very scary but I’m getting used to it,” she says confidently. “The photos were taken on a 40 degree day in Melbourne, which means that it’s actually a nice temperature in the helicopter.”
2. The idea of a beach holiday is a bit nostalgic in itself. To me, this is the big statement for summer.
[caption id="attachment_258" align="alignnone" width="702"] Pulling off an awesome dress at outskirts.[/caption]
While from a ground level perspective the world often looks pretty messy, Kate's photos capture a certain order that lies within these landscapes. Her images can even be compared to paintings depicting life many years prior. Kate has an explanation for why that might persist.
It is about striving to do as well as possible, for yourself, not for outside approval; and not worrying excessively about mistakes or set-backs.
I am like a freight train. Working on the details, twisting them and playing on them over the years, but always staying on the same track.
People who exhibit unhealthy perfectionism are fearful of failure, fearful of criticism, hate making mistakes, stew over past errors, and worry excessively about disappointing others. You can counter this by trying to develop a healthy perfectionist approach.
Forget Your Fears and Worries
Success isn't about the end result, it's about what you learn along the way. Fashion fosters cliches of beauty, but I want to tear them apart. I wanted to dress the woman who lives and works, not the woman in a painting. For me, the summer will be pure gray - mother-of-pearl gray, very pale gray.
I'm used to always deciding everything myself.
It's a blessing, but also a terrible defect sensational.
Style is much more interesting than fashion, really.
Garbriela Peters partnered with YouTube.
"Forget what people tell you is the right thing and go with what you love," Goodwin proclaimed. "Make-up is supposed to be fun and if you are so attached to doing what's right it loses its joy. Have fun with it!"
Hairstyle Tips & Tricks for Successful Winter Reviewed by Lawal Lekan Ridwan on January 07, 2017 Rating: 5
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AMAG Technology conducts 16th Annual Security Engineering Symposium in San Antonio, Texas
AMAG Technology appoints Kurt Takahashi as President
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AMAG Technology hosts 15th Annual Security Engineering Symposium (SES) in Orlando, Florida
AMAG Technology hosted its Security Engineering Symposium in San Antonio, Texas, February 17-20, 2017 at the La Cantera Resort and Spa. The theme for the event was ‘Where Collaboration Meets Success,’ which encouraged more than 80 consultants/engineers, end users, and integrators attending to network and engage in security related discussions about technologies, challenges, and trends.
Symmetry GUEST visitor management system
AMAG Technology President, Kurt Takahashi spoke about company direction and how it is working to deliver a unified solution to not only provide the best access control solution, but to help end users mitigate risk, meet compliance, and save money. Attendees heard from Chief Operations Officer, Howard Johnson about AMAG’s product roadmap and future direction. AMAG breakout sessions educated attendees on the Symmetry Access Control line, Symmetry CONNECT identity management system, Symmetry Blue Bluetooth mobile reader and Symmetry GUEST visitor management system.
Yale University, Director of Public Safety and Chief of Police, Ronnell Higgins delivered a keynote address about Yale’s security story and how they overcame challenges to provide a safer environment for students by embedding IT with public safety.
Building trusted partnerships
“The collaboration between the end users, technology partners, resellers and consultants provided lively discussion throughout the weekend,” said AMAG Technology, Vice President of Global Sales and Business Development, Jody Ross. “All attendees left with a wealth of knowledge about new technologies available to help their business. End users, resellers and consultants alike shared ideas and the challenges they face with today’s security requirements.”
“Learning about Symmetry CONNECT and how your technology partners can help us remain in compliance and reduce risk was valuable to me”
“The SES allows me to understand and see the partnerships that AMAG has built with relevant technologies, which I find tremendously valuable as an AMAG customer,” said Red Hat, Global Security Coordinator, Jimmy McLeod. “I learn what’s coming, what’s available now and what I may want to apply at Red Hat. Networking with others who have similar challenges is a great way to leave with new ideas. The SES is very valuable.”
“This is my first SES and I was uncertain what value I would find in the event. Our data centre operations have a wide variety of customers, from financial to retail, that depend on us to meet or exceed our promises in the areas of compliance and risk mitigation. Making the daily operations simple and clean for the site security staff is key to our success and the AMAG products and partners help us achieve that,” said Digital Realty, Director, Global Security Operations, Diane Hines. “Learning about Symmetry CONNECT and how your technology partners can help us remain in compliance and reduce risk was valuable to me. The one on one time gave me the opportunity to express what our needs are and learn more about what is available to help my business.”
Technology partners demonstrated their solutions throughout the weekend. Nine partners presented in small, breakout sessions. The breakout sessions were designed to be intimate, allowing for interaction and questions. The technology partners included: ASSA ABLOY, Vingtor Stentofon by Zenitel, Barco, Inc., FST Biometrics, Gunnebo Entrance Controls, HID Global, Hikvision USA Inc., NEC Corporation, RISK360, Winsted, BioConnect, CodeLynx and Seneca.
“The level of interactivity and engagement is fantastic, and it’s been a great experience”
“I just love the concept of the Security Engineering Symposium. The bread and butter of the event is the rotating breakout sessions. The groups are the right size, and there is a mix of audiences- integrators, consultants and end users, so you get all perspectives,” said Barco, Vice President Strategic Marketing, Industrial & Government, Hans Dekeyser. “The level of interactivity and engagement is fantastic, and it’s been a great experience.”
“With incidents happening every day impacting security, facilities, human resources, legal, safety and more, end users need to have information and resources readily available to make difficult decisions on how to best protect their business, assets, brand, and, most importantly, their people,” said G4S North America & Technology, Vice President of Managed Services, Allison Whitley Maffei. “Integrating RISK360 with Symmetry allows end users to respond to customer needs quickly, providing an accurate record of the alarm in Symmetry to capture incidents and produce actionable data for better overall security.”
“What has been really superior about your Symposium is that we could mix designers, security consultants, integrators, and end users into one forum so you get to see all aspects of the security business when most events organised by manufacturers usually will not have that dimension,” said Extravision, President, Andre Fiset. “The format provides better exposure to requirements and a better understanding of how everything interacts together.”
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Southwark NewsNewsBlue BID, Bermondsey Blue£2million grant will see Bermondsey’s Blue get a radical makeover
£2million grant will see Bermondsey’s Blue get a radical makeover
Josh Salisbury (19 June, 2019) Regeneration Community
An architect is in the process of being appointed, and stakeholders will be consulted on ideas from July
Image: Blue Bermondsey / Instagram
Bermondsey’s Blue will get a radical makeover in the coming years thanks to a successful £2.3million regeneration grant.
The sum, the largest awarded in the latest round of a Mayoral fund to encourage regeneration projects, will “turn Bermondsey’s historic town centre and street market into a thriving area, building on The Blue’s identity as the ‘Larder of London.’”
The grant was submitted by Bermondsey’s Blue Business Improvement District (BID), a network of local businesses in the area, and Southwark Council alongside other partners.
Russell Dryden, who is a board member of the BID and runs a stall at the marketplace, said the money would go towards a decade-long transformation of the area, which could include the market’s infrastructure and surrounding shop fronts.
“We hope it’s going to be a launch-pad for even more investment in the area,” he said.
“We’ve got more people walking down from London Bridge than ever before. With this funding, we can build a trading environment for the future.
“We’ve got a lot of work ahead!”
Emma Snow, a local entrepreneur who was also heavily involved in the submission of the application, told the News that stakeholder consultation would begin from next month and that an architect was in the process of being appointed.
“If we really wanted to regenerate the Blue, we needed a big grant,” she said, explaining the decision to apply for the fund.
“We needed capital for physical improvements like shop fronts and infrastructure.
“But we also needed to get some revenue funding, so that we could get some activities and events going on at the Blue which would attract people to the area.”
Consultation on initial plans will run from July to September. Other potential uses of the money included highlighting the Blue’s rich history, she added, including as the home of the world’s first tin can and London’s first railway terminus.
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Good news, for some not sure about all locals.
I hope they keep the big local works as they are such a good resource for local people and have been immensely helpful to me and my family.
Love the cafe too good meeting up
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Southwark NewsNewsAlfie Barrett, Jackie Summerford, Kellie BarrettGenerous donors can cheer for young Alfie whose brain tumour treatment in the States has shown promising results
Generous donors can cheer for young Alfie whose brain tumour treatment in the States has shown promising results
News Desk (04 August, 2016) Health
Doctors have placed the fourteen-year-old in remission, with his next scan scheduled for later this year
After years of anxiety, a young Walworth lad is on the road to recovery thanks to life saving treatment to eliminate a giant tumour at the centre of his brain.
Alfie Barrett, fourteen, is finally showing a strong response to the proton therapy he received in Oklahoma, USA, between December and February, paid for through fundraising by friends and readers of this paper.
His nan, Jackie Summerford, said: “It’s the news we have been longing for. The tumour has started to decrease after nine years of chemotherapy.
“Alfie has been in remission three times, and it’s come back before. Fingers crossed and touch wood this will have finally killed it for good.”
An MRI scan on July 20 revealed that the once golf-ball-sized tumour blocking his ventricles – a communicating network at the centre of the brain, with cavities filled with cerebrospinal fluid – had “popped”.
But this is the third time the youngster’s doctors have placed him in remission, and he still faces the up-hill climb from coping with aftermath of arduous cancer treatment.
Signs that something may have been wrong with little Alfie appeared back in 2006, when mum Kellie, 36, noticed her son habitually walking on his tip-toes.
He was diagnosed a year later at the Evelina with a thalamic tumour: known to affect sensations such as temperature, pain and touch. “I’ll never forget that day because, it was Valentine’s Day,” Kellie said.
Since then the NHS had tried everything. Even while carrying on at Walworth Academy, Alfie was put through three separate courses of chemotherapy and one round of oral chemotherapy. But in September he was ordered to rest at his home in the Aylesbury Estate.
Alfie said: “I was always just so tired, and in October I relapsed. I’m now getting GCSE books sent home for me.
“I spend a lot of time playing games like Grand Theft Auto, Fifa and Call of Duty. That’s the only way mostly I have of hearing from my friends.”
His doctors’ next move was to refer Alfie referred for nine weeks of daily treatment at the ProCure Proton Therapy Centre in Oklahoma City (pictured above).
The proton therapy itself was “far more precise” than radiotherapy treatments available in the UK.
“You have a mask strapped to your face and the treatment attacks the bad cells in my head but not the good ones,” Alfie said. “After that I would be so tired I would just go to my room and sleep.”
The family lived off the generous donations, and endured the volatile Midwestern winter weather.
Alfie had one scan in April, which was inconclusive, as the doctors could not tell whether his tumour had gone down. Another idea was to insert a shunt into Alfie’s brain, to drain away the fluid from his tumour.
“I lived in fear. I just spend every day worrying: has this worked or hasn’t it?” said Kellie.
“Now we’ve had one bit of good news with Alfie and now we’re hoping to have a normal life again. Alfie has another scan coming in November, and he can start his GCSEs in September.
“There are so many people we want to thank for all the money raised to help us get there.”
Alfie in hospital when he was younger
Alfie BarrettJackie SummerfordKellie Barrett
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Mum thanks News readers' donations for her son's life-saving treatment
Mum overwhelmed by support to help son with tumour the size of a tangerine
My son has a brain tumour the size of a tangerine - help us get to the States for his treatment
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5 Stats and Trends to help your Saturday Accumulator
We’ve 5 selections for you this Saturday which return over £1400 off a £10 acca or 5 nicely priced singles so lets not waste any more time and get straight to it!
Burnley look too big a price to turn down against an injury hit Crystal Palace. Roy Hodgson is set to be without eight first team players for the visit of the Clarets who are winless in six. Both sides suffered defeats in the FA Cup 3rd Round last weekend but will be looking to get back on track with the return of the Premier League. Burnley have been punching above their weight so far this season and remain well placed in seventh, just five points behind Arsenal in sixth.
At 7/2 I think they’re an excellent price to take all three points.
There’s little to separate Huddersfield and West Ham in the betting as the two sides go head to head at the John Smiths stadium on Saturday. The Terriers edged past Bolton Wanderers in the FA Cup last weekend while West Ham made wholesale changes for their draw against League One Shrewsbury.
Wagner’s side have drawn their last two league games at home and I fancy them to make it a hat-trick of draws against the Hammers. The draw is 2/1..
Newcastle have taken seven points from their last three games against bottom half clubs and are odds on favourites to do the same against rock bottom Swansea. The Swans have taken just sixteen points from their opening 22 league games and are struggling for goals.
Rafa will have Newcastle well drilled for this one and considering their recent form they make the acca at 19/20..
Both Watford and Southampton will be hoping to build on last weekend’s FA Cup success when they face off at Vicarage Road. Saints ended a run of 9 games without a win with victory over Fulham, but I expect their Premier League woes to continue against Watford who cruised to victory over Bristol City.
Only goal difference keeps Southampton out of the bottom three and Mauricio Pellegrino Is under increasing pressure to turn things around. Marco Silva has a number of injury concerns, but with home advantage I still fancy them to have enough to see off a struggling Saints side. Watford win 6/4.
West Brom and their opponents Brighton are struggling at the moment – both sides just can’t seem to find the net. The Baggies have only found the net twice in their last four games while Brighton have failed to score in their last 5 away matches.
The 5/4 on the under 1.5 goals looks a steal and has to be backed this time round.
So there you have it. Five decent priced singles or a bumper acca that returns a £1478 off a tenner.
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In the university world they call it a sabbatical, for students who need a pause between high school and college, the term is Gap Year. For a growing number of American students, a Gap Year Abroad is a chance to can help you learn and appreciate a culture outside of the United States. It can better prepare you for college or boost your future employment potential and just help you grow up. It can also give you the time and experience to make tough decisions, like what you truly want to study or what career to pursue and that makes Gap Year a worthwhile investment to some. There is a common misconception that a Gap Year is a year off, but for students who aren't quite sure of what they want, but know they want something different, we suggest contacting a Gap Year Abroad provider to help connect you with an engaging and rewarding experience overseas. Providers listed on this curated directory are committed to offering Gap Year Abroad programs. There are other options available from many standard study abroad providers, we suggest you also look at our general directory of Gap Year Abroad Programs. You might also want to refer to the Gap Year Association for further background on the benefits of Gap Year and potential problems to avoid.
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Syracuse teen admits recklessly killing woman with illegal gun
Jheezzmear Thompson (Provided photo)
By Douglass Dowty | ddowty@syracuse.com
Syracuse, NY -- A Syracuse teenager will spend between 7 and 10 years in prison after admitting that he recklessly shot a 20-year-old woman to death inside a Glenwood Avenue residence, a prosecutor said.
Jheezzmear Thompson, then 19, did not intend for Jamia Singleton to die in the Oct. 29 shooting in the 100 block of Glenwood Avenue, Chief Assistant District Attorney Melinda McGunnigle said today.
Thompson pleaded guilty last week to second-degree manslaughter and illegal weapon possession. As part of the plea, Thompson was promised no more than 10 years in prison and no less than 7 years, McGunnigle said.
County Court Judge Thomas J. Miller will decide his punishment at sentencing Nov. 20, McGunnigle said.
Thompson had faced up to 15 years in prison for the illegal weapons charge alone if convicted after trial.
The circumstances of Singleton's death were not revealed at the time of Thompson's arrest. The victim died at the hospital a month after being shot in the face.
"I can say we do not believe he intended to kill her thus that's why he was charged with manslaughter 2nd (degree) rather than murder 2nd (degree)," McGunnigle said.
Thompson was originally charged with intending to shooting Singleton, but was indicted for acting with conscious disregard for the risk of death, or recklessness.
He remains in jail until sentencing.
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Cost of war in Iraq and Afghanistan rises to £4.5bn
The cost of Britain's military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan have risen sharply to £4.5 billion over the last year, the Ministry of Defence said.
The cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has risen to £4.5bn Photo: PA
By James Kirkup, Political Correspondent
7:00AM GMT 13 Feb 2009
The cost represents a 50 per cent increase on the previous year.
The military mission in Afghanistan accounted for £2.6 billion, up from £1.5 billion last year.
The increased cost reflects efforts to protect service personnel from improvised explosive devices and suicide bombers, mostly by deploying new armoured vehicles.
Britain has around 8,300 troops in Afghanistan, a total that is likely to grow in the coming months as Gordon Brown is expected to authorise the deployment of more troops.
There are still 4,100 British troops in Iraq, though they will begin withdrawing next month, with only around 400 being left to provide training for Iraqi forces.
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Despite the coming withdrawal from Iraq, the costs of operations there rose from £1.5 billion to £2 billion.
Some of that cost reflects the need to increase the protection for the main British base outside Basra where UK forces are now stationed. Costs also rose to reflect the likelihood that some British equipment will be left in Iraq and handed over to Iraqi and US forces because shipping it back to Britain would prove even more expensive.
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Throwing Turkeys from Planes is Not Entertainment!
Sponsor: The Animal Rescue Site
In Yellville, Arkansas, animal abuse passes as a wholesome community event. Tell them to stop!
In Yellville, Arkansas, the community celebration of the year is the annual Turkey Trot. The featured event is the "turkey drop" in which live turkeys are tossed from planes to waiting townspeople.
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville poultry science professor Yvonne Vizzier Thaxton told Arkansas Online, "Placing turkeys in an environment that is new to them is stressful. In the case of an airplane, the noise would also be a stress-producing fear reaction. Dropping one from 500 feet is a horrific act of abuse."
This fear reaction has caused many birds to plummet to their deaths after being hurled from the plane. Those turkeys who survive the shock of their deplaning must then contest with a massive, bloodthirsty crowd who will fight to capture the frightened animal before slaughtering it. Only a few lucky turkeys manage to glide away to safety and freedom.
It's unclear if the turkeys are wild or domesticated, but even if they are the wild, flying variety, turkeys are not high altitude fliers. Wild turkeys stay at an altitude of less than 100 feet. Five-hundred feet, the height required by the FAA, is far above a turkey's normal flight ceiling.
This public abuse and massacre of animals should not constitute legitimate fun or entertainment. There is no excuse for this barbarism.
Tell the Governor of Arkansas, the Arkansas Attorney General, and the Arkansas Aviation and Aerospace Commission to work together to spearhead the prosecution of any person involved in the abuse of turkeys in Yellville and enact legislation which prevents this from occurring again in the future. Don't turn a blind eye to those who attempt to pass off animal abuse entertainment!
To the Governor of Arkansas, the Arkansas Attorney General, and the Arkansas Aviation and Aerospace Commission,
I am writing to you today to express my complete shock and disgust at learning about Yellville's annual "Turkey Trot" event, wherein the main attraction is the hurling of live turkeys from planes to waiting townspeople.
Local officials argue that because turkeys can fly, there is no abuse occurring, but that's a willfully ignorant position which ignores the fact that wild turkeys, if these are in fact wild turkeys, have an altitude ceiling of 100 feet.
This fear reaction has caused many birds to plummet to their deaths after being hurled from the plane. Those turkeys who survive the shock must then contest with a massive, bloodthirsty crowd who will fight to capture the frightened animal before slaughtering it. Only a few lucky turkeys manage to glide away to safety and freedom.
Please, work together to spearhead the prosecution of any person involved in the abuse of turkeys in Yellville and enact legislation which prevents this from occurring again in the future. Don't turn a blind eye to those who attempt to pass off animal abuse entertainment!
Remind me to click daily at The Animal Rescue Site (manage and customize your newsletters any time).
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Tuesday، 09 April 2019 06:43 PM
Bouteflika ally named Algeria's first new president in 20 years
Algerian upper house chairman Abdelkader Bensalah is pictured after being appointed as interim president by Algeria's parliament, following the resignation of Abdelaziz Bouteflika in Algiers, Algeria April 9, 2019
Algerian lawmakers appointed a regime stalwart as the country's first new president in two decades Tuesday, dismaying protesters seeking sweeping change following the resignation of veteran leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika.
The election of upper house speaker Abdelkader Bensalah as interim president follows constitutional rules but goes against the demands of demonstrators, who have pushed for him and other top politicians to stand down.
"I want to work towards fulfilling the interests of the people," Bensalah, a trusted ally of Bouteflika, told parliament on taking up the 90-day interim presidency.
"It's a great responsibility that the constitution demands of me," the 77-year-old added.
Opposition parties refused to back the appointment of the seasoned establishment insider and boycotted the session, as thousands of students protested against him in Algiers.
"Resign Bensalah!" they chanted, clutching hand-written placards and Algerian flags.
For the first time in seven weeks police in the capital fired tear gas to try to disperse the protest by students, who were also hit with water cannon.
On Friday -- in the first weekly mass protest since Bouteflika announced his departure after losing the military's support -- Algerians demanded regime insiders be excluded from the political transition.
Ahead of the parliamentary session, an editorial in pro-government daily El Moudjahid on Tuesday suggested Bensalah should step aside from the presidential post.
He is "not tolerated by the citizen movement, which demands his immediate departure," or by the opposition and various political groups in both houses of parliament, the newspaper said.
- 'Voice of the people' -
Three men in particular have drawn demonstrators' ire: Bensalah, the head of the constitutional council Tayeb Belaiz and prime minister Noureddine Bedoui.
The protest movement is calling for a new transitional framework that is committed to deep reforms and organising free elections.
Ahead of Bensalah's appointment, calls continued for the speaker to step down.
"He has to resign, it's the voice of the people and the people must be right," said 50-year-old Mourad, an entrepreneur who will protest Friday with his two young daughters.
"They don't know that there's democracy... I want to teach them what freedom is," he added.
Algerians of all ages have rallied since late February against Bouteflika, who resigned a week ago after efforts to appease demonstrators proved fruitless.
Although the 82-year-old's resignation was celebrated by protesters, they have remained firm in pushing for a wider overhaul of the political system.
Human Rights Watch said Bouteflika's departure is "at most a first step in ending autocratic rule."
"During any transitional phase, authorities should fully respect the rights of Algerians to speak, assemble and associate with one another," the watchdog said in a statement.
Demonstrators in huge numbers have defied a protest ban in Algiers, and HRW on Tuesday called on authorities to overhaul laws "on association and assembly that stifle rights."
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and 108 bae (108 prostrations), and can learn how to make lotus lanterns and Buddhist prayer beads and enjoy salt mandala (salt drawing). They provide participants with an opportunity to think about.
There will also be free, hands-on programs where visitors can make Danju, or Buddhist prayer beads, and Lotus lantern. "It is a precious experience to make Danju and Lotus lantern you may have only in.
How one pair of hands is folded in greeting, and the other two hold a string of prayer beads. not the Buddhist tantric text?” she asks. The Sanskrit used in Sadhanamala is non-Paniniyan — it does.
Most of the world’s major religions — Christianity, Islam, Buddhism and Hinduism — use prayer beads. For some, using the beads, and making the prayer chains, bracelets or rosaries, is all a form.
“They’re revered as worship aids because anything that can make the idea of God. or to count breaths. The Buddhist mala was adapted from the Hindu practice of using malas for prayer. What it is: A.
Some temples even offer an app that adds up points each time an individual visits, while others livestream Buddhist services for people unable. Points can be exchanged for goods — prayer beads for.
Acer’s Leap Beads, effectively smart prayer beads, help practising Buddhists count the number of times they have chanted their mantra with a chip tracking how often the mala has been rotated through.
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For many years I have observed a morning ritual that starts with a cup of coffee, then private prayer (the. Our practice is to make ourselves ready for the kingdom so that it can manifest in the.
Earlier this spring, I watched a young, solemn man dressed like a Buddhist monk approach a tourist on the National Mall. He showed him a petition to build a temple and slid a bracelet made of prayer.
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Rs.65250 crore declared under Income Declaration Scheme 2016
By CA Satbir Singh | October 2, 2016
(Last Updated On: October 2, 2016)
Income Declaration Scheme 2016 unearths Rs.65250 crore of hitherto Undeclared Income and Assets; 64275 declarations filed under IDS-2016 up to the midnight of 30th September, 2016
The Income Declaration Scheme, 2016 came into effect from 1st June, 2016. It provided an opportunity to persons who had not paid full taxes in the past to come forward and declare their domestic undisclosed income and assets. Declarations could be made online as well in printed copies of the prescribed form up to midnight on 30th September, 2016.
In order to facilitate the taxpayers and to spread awareness about the Scheme, the CBDT issued a number of FAQs to address various queries received. Major issues clarified included manner of declaration of fictitious liability, allowance of cost indexation and holding period benefit for registered immovable property, sanctity of valuation report etc. Difficulties with respect to payment of taxes in a short span were removed by permitting payment of tax in 3 instalments, the last being in September 2017. Absolute confidentiality of the declarations made was promised under the scheme to reassure the declarants.
An appeal was made by the Honourable Prime Minister of India to the general public to come clean on taxes due. The FM personally addressed stakeholders at many stations. More than 5500 public meetings in various cities were conducted by the department. Innovative publicity methods like Talkathons, Walkathons, Nukkad Nataks, were used to spread awareness about the Scheme. The Department’s strategic use of taxpayer information and data mining techniques further spurred the declarations.
These steps resulted in a tremendous response from the general public, especially in the last two months. As a consequence, 64275 declarations were filed upto the midnight of 30th September, 2016 with an aggregate of Rs.65250 Crore worth of hitherto undeclared incomes in the form of cash and other assets being declared. With the final stock taking of declarations being filed in physical printed forms all over the country till late night on the last day, this number is likely to be further revised upwards.
This Scheme was the latest initiative of the Government of India towards tackling. The major steps taken by the Government against Black Money in the last 2-1/2 years include:
SIT: Many recommendations accepted such as mandatory quoting of PAN for cash transactions etc.
Legal Framework: Making tax crimes predicate offence under PMLA; Amendment of FEMA to provide for confiscation of domestic assets in place of foreign assets; Enactment of Black Money Law and Amendment to Benami Act.
International Treaties: Signing of FATCA with US; Amendment of Mauritius Treaty; Initiative for signing of Automatic Exchange of Information Treaty with all major countries including Switzerland, Initiatives under BEPS (Based Erosion and Profit Sharing) such as country by country reporting, PoEM ( Place of Effective Management) etc.
Detection and administration of tax evasion cases: Assessment of Rs.8000 crore in HSBC cases as well as filing of 164 prosecution complaints in l75 HSBC cases; detection of Rs.5, 000 crores of undisclosed deposits in foreign accounts made out of ICIJ cases, 55 prosecution cases filed in those cases; Big investigation in Panama cases has led to 250 references being made to other countries asking for details about tax evaders, bank accounts etc. The quantum jump in the searches and survey has resulted in seizure of Rs.1986 crores as well as undisclosed income of Rs.56, 378 crore in the last two and half years. The upgradation of IT capabilities has led to non-intrusive methods of detection of tax evasion. Rs.16, 000 crores received as tax out of one such system of Non-filers of Monitoring System (NMS). 3626 cases of prosecution and compounding in the last two and half years which is more than double as compared to previous two years.
The faith reposed by the Government in the CBDT and the Income tax Department strengthened the administration of the Scheme. This was a major step towards reigning in the parallel economy of the country and merging it with the mainstream. The CBDT endeavours to continuously use non-intrusive methods towards widening and deepening of the tax base.
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Aerial view of One New Change
This development, a short stroll away from St Paul's Cathedral, is a sprawling shopping mall featuring a warren of high street retailers, office buildings and restaurants. Check out Barbecoa, Jamie Oliver's collaboration with American chef Adam Perry Lang. (The menu, inspired by meaty barbecues, features the likes of pulled pork, beer can chicken, steaks and ribs). Bea's of Bloomsbury brings fanciful cupcakes, great coffee and daily-changing lunch options to the City. Bread Street Kitchen is Gordon Ramsay's offering at ONC, featuring a deli, wood-burning oven and a menu inspired by his Plane Food restaurant at Heathrow Terminal 5.
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Tube: St Paul's or Mansion House tube, Bank tube/DLR or bus 4, 8, 25, 56, 100, 172, 242, 521
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GeorgeXTastemaker
A shopping centre in City area full of restaurants & posh shops. But the intesting thing here is the roof top view. Go straight there (you don't need to pay for a drink in the roof top bar) and enjoy great views of London & St Paul's Cathedral for free!
ManningaliveTastemaker
A shopping centre where the shopping comes secondary; this is due to the amazing views from the top floor. Views that don't come at a price either. The shops themselves are alright, I often drop in for an emergency Topshop or Office trip. The shops again come secondary to the architecture and high end restaurants. It's the kind of shopping centre you take your parents to.
retroashlattastemakerTastemaker
Pretty much echoing what everyone else has said. The shops themselves are your standard high street, same with the eateries within. But the view of St Paul's and London from the top floor is incredible - and costs nothing at all! I have been told that later in the evening, you can only take the lift there if you queue up to go to the club up there, and you haven to be dressed up etc. Not a big fan of that. But I am very much in love with London and with doing things for free in this city, so I was super pleased to find out about this gem. And to be honest, there are hardly ever any people up there any time I've been up, so that's a win, too!
AnaelleTastemaker
An ok shopping mall focused on fashion and accessories.
Jump in the lift to the top floor though. The view over London and Saint-Paul is splendid. (Bar is not worth the price however so stay on the outside terrace.)
Soso Ttastemaker
Pho at One New Change seems like a more Western version of Vietnamese food, but it's not half bad. I ordered the beef brisket and what arrived was not brisket in my opinion, but I was surprised by how good the pho stock was. I'm a bit of a spring roll snob so when I say the spring rolls here were good, it means they were good. Portions for the pho were on the small side though. The bowls were large but mainly full of soup rather than noodles and meat. Not bad overall, but not the best Vietnamese I've had either. One New Change is great for wheelchair users. It's accessible and has almost everything under one roof in the heart of the City. Toilets are available, but remember your RADAR key.
Sarah (kukkiiandkoppee)Tastemaker
A pint sized shopping centre with not much going for it except for a few shops to get last minute gifts from, being child-free, and the rooftop bar for free views of the city.
IsabellyTastemaker
One New Change is hardly the most exciting array of shops. In fact every time I go there desperately trying to find an outfit on Friday evening or a last minute present on my lunch break I always leave bitterly disappointed or succumb to buying something a bit c**p. However, upstairs at Madison's is one of my favourite places in the city, especially when you can gaze down at St Pauls at sunset. The music is not too bad on a weeknight as well. You just have to grin and bear all the men in suits.
Martin CStaff Writer
The City of London's efforts to turn Cheapside into a shopping and eating destination has resulted in this ominous looking (its similarities to a Stealth Bomber have been widely noted) building designed by superstar architect Jean Nouvel. It's not his best work and neither are the stores, cafés and restaurants particularly thrilling. It's high street fare in the main. However, the place does have one significant draw: the view. Take a lift to the roof and you'll get a superb view of St Paul's and beyond – as far as Crystal Palace on a clear day. And, unlike most of London's viewing platforms, it doesn't cost a thing.
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Bridgestone's 2017 plan: Sponsorships, TV ads
Dave Zielasko
LOS ANGELESBridgestone Americas Tire Operations L.L.C. (BATO) will continue to invest in marketing and advertising its brands in 2017.
These plans include major sponsorships with the National Football League, National Hockey League and Professional Golfers' Association, said Philip Dobbs, BATO's chief marketing officer, during the company's recent Consumer Tire Business Meeting in Los Angeles.
This follows a milestone year in which Bridgestone became a major sponsor of the Olympic Games, starting with the 2016 summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Firestone also was the spec tire for the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500 in May
These and other marketing activities delivered 2.2 billion impressions for the Bridge-stone brand and more than 2 billion impressions for the Firestone brand, Mr. Dobbs said.
In 2017, television will remain an important part of Bridgestone's marketing plans, but the company also will increase the use of digital throughout its efforts, said Amber Holm, vice president of brand marketing, U.S. and Canada, for consumer replacement tire.
But that does not mean simply adding more digital marketing, she said. Instead, we are shifting our mindset to be marketers in a digital world, where digital programs are core to how we interact with consumers, because it's time to ensure that we match evolving consumer behavior with all of our marketing efforts.
In 2017, she anticipates the consumer tire unit will reach more than 7 million visitors on its website and more than 1.5 million followers on social media. In addition, the company expects to drive more than 100,000 calls from the Bridgestone website to its dealers' stores through its dealer locator.
Bridgestone's DriveGuard run-flat tire will continue to be a focus in 2017, Ms. Holm said.
DriveGuard continues to add a significant halo to the Bridgestone brand, she said, as people who see DriveGuard advertising are more likely to say that Bridgestone is innovative, is a leading brand and is a premium tire worth paying for.
For the Firestone brand, the company expects to drive more than 14 million visits to its website, will engage with 1.5 million users on social media and drive more than 300,000 calls from the company's Firestone website to dealers' stores, Ms. Holm said.
In addition, the company will continue to build on its Drive with Firestone campaign with more Truck Stuff, a program launched in 2016 to drive growth in the Firestone Destination and Transforce light truck tire lines.
Next year we will take Truck Stuff to the next level with new product launches, new television advertising and increased social activation and in-store presence, Ms. Holm said.
To help drive sales of Firestone and Bridgestone tires, the company will offer four store promotions covering 24 weeks in 2017 to drive consumers to dealers' outlets: for Bridgestone in the spring and fall, for Firestone in the summer and a new Firestone Truck Stuff promotion in October. The latter promotion drew spontaneous applause from dealers at the meeting.
To help dealers sell more tires, BATO is offering several selling tools. These include:
c Tire Navigator, a proprietary big data tool launched in 2015 that helps predict tire demand in the U.S. down to a micro market level. Through it Bridgestone can make individual inventory recommendations to tire dealers based on that demand, said Chris Tavares, director of sales operations.
Tire Navigator links millions of data points in one tool, including the OE information for car manufacturers selling vehicles in the U.S. and the registrations for 259 million registered vehicles since 1961.
Tire Navigator is different from competitors' versions in three ways, Mr. Tavares said. Recommendations generated by it are based on the actual local demand and not historical sales. The system provides actual customer addresses. It also uses OE shares and car parc data to become more responsive to changes affecting the market and to actually start predicting first replacement sales.
c Tire Connect, an online selling solution Bridgestone purchased last year that allows dealers to get full credit for the tire sale, not just the mandated commission.
Online tire selling is growing, said Michael Fluck, senior director, digital marketing and strategy for BATO, noting that 9 percent of recent tire purchasers bought online. More importantly, he said, 56 percent of consumers said they may or definitely will buy tires online in the future.
BATO conducted a successful beta pilot of Tire Connect last year and is rolling the program out nationally. It is currently live with 35 dealers representing 66 points of sale and has garnered more than 1 million tire searches resulting in more than 40,000 tire quotes, Mr. Fluck said.
c Tire Connect Side by Side Selling Tool, a counter design that allows the consumer and salesperson to stand side by side, look at the screen and go through the purchasing journey together. The Tire Connect Side by Side tool is powered by the same data as the online Tire Connect Tool.
In pilots we found that when the salesperson steps out in front of that counter, giving the consumer first-hand access to all that information, the level of trust goes up, Mr. Seidel said.
And when that level of trust goes up, it's easier to make that sale, not only in tires, but the other services, as well.
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Karisma Hotels & Resorts to Build Nine Jamaica Hotels
Hotel & Resort Karisma Hotels & Resorts Brian Major October 14, 2015
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Karisma Hotels & Resorts officials joined members of the Jamaica Tourist Board Tuesday to provide details of the all-inclusive resort company’s earlier announced expansion across the highly popular Caribbean destination. The company will build nine hotels — representing more than 4,000 rooms — over the next decade, said Ruben Becerra, Karisma's vice president for corporate affairs and business development.
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Becerra said Karisma is already spending $45 million to build Azul Seven, a 149-room resort in Jamaica’s Negril district. The property will be adjacent to Azul Sensatori, which opened last year.
The new properties will be located in the Llandovery district of St. Ann parish on Jamaica’s north coast. Becerra said Llandovery encompasses 228 acres and “has access to more than a mile of pristine beachfront.” He said the company will spend $900 million on the “eight to 10 year project.” The hotels will include several brands with the first to debut in 2017-2018. Karisma brands include Azul, El Dorado, Allure, Adriatic Beach and Generation Villas.
Becerra revealed “Increase of airlift is also a part of the master plan.” He added, “We are extremely excited to continue working and growing alongside the people of Jamaica, and we remain committed to further enhancing the already bourgeoning tourism industry here."
He said the Azul Sensatori “was sold out for the entire year less than a month after opening,” leading the company to expand the resort with an additional 149 suites.
“Jamaica continues to attract some of the world’s leading hotel brands, and Karisma’s latest announcement is a testament to that,” said Paul Pennicook, Jamaica’s tourism director. “We are very optimistic for our island nation to remain highly coveted by the travel and tourism community.”
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X Factor controversy: Early favourite gets the boot
Holly Brewer
Amanda Devlin
Published: 16:45 Monday 27 July 2015
An X Factor hopeful who was tipped to win the show has been given the boot - despite getting four yeses from the judges.
Holly Brewer from Milton Keynes says she was “gutted” to lose her place in the competition after being told she was through to the next round.
ITV says the decision is down to a “very high standard” of talent during this year’s arena auditions.
But the show is now facing severe backlash after contestants revealed they had been “misled” by producers.
Speaking to the Mirror, Holly said: “I was absolutely delighted at the audition to get amazing feedback from the judges and four yeses, but then was really gutted to get a phone call on Saturday to say that the decision is now a no and I won’t be going through to Bootcamp.”
The 20-year-old pantomime star is also an ambassador for Milton Keynes charity Hope For Hollie and recorded a charity single to raise money to combat childhood dementia.
Founder of Hope For Hollie, Helen Carter said: “It is such a great shame she did not get through. She has been an inspiration to my little girl Hollie who now loves to sing and dance thanks to Holly.
“She has got pure talent, works really hard and I’m sure she will do amazing things in the future.”
An ITV spokesman said: “Not all successful singers have been offered a place at Bootcamp.
“All singers have been made aware of this and were told this weekend whether or not they would be going through to Bootcamp, after the judges had reviewed their auditions.”
To find out more about Hope For Hollie, visit http://hopeforhollie.co.uk/.
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Saudi Arabia Crown Prince bid to buy Manchester United 'completely false', says minister
The Sun newspaper reported that Mohammed bin Salman had stepped up efforts to buy Premier League club for £3.8 billion
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attends the G20 Summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina. G20 Press Office via AP
Saudi Arabia has denied reports that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman intends to buy Premier League club Manchester United, while confirming talks were held between the English giants and the country's sovereign wealth fund.
The Sun newspaper first reported over the weekend that the Saudi royal was stepping up his bid to become the club's new owner for the 2019/20 season with a proposed £3.8 billion (Dh18bn) takeover.
Speculation has grown about Saudi interest in United since the club signed a "strategic partnership" with the kingdom's General Sports Authority in 2017. But Saudi media minister Turki Al Shabanah has distanced the country from a takeover.
Reports claiming that HRH the Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman intends on buying @ManUtd are completely false. Manchester United held a meeting with @PIFSaudi to discuss sponsorship opportunity . No deal has been materialized.
— تركي الشبانه (@TurkiAlshabanah) February 17, 2019
"Reports claiming that HRH the Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman intends on buying @ManUtd are completely false," Al-Shabanah tweeted, adding United officials held a meeting with the Kingdom's Public Investment Fund (PIF) to discuss a sponsorship opportunity but that nothing had come of it.
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United are yet to respond to The Sun's report but it is understood United's current owners, the Glazer family, will not countenance any offer to sell their share in one of the word's biggest sports brands. The Glazers bought United in 2005 and maintained control after floating part of the record 20-time English champions on the New York Stock Exchange in 2012.
United already have business interests with Saudi Arabia, with Saudi Telecom the club's official integrated telecommunications partner.
The club also signed a memorandum of understanding with the General Sports Authority of Saudi Arabia last year to help develop football industry in the country.
United are ranked third in the latest Deloitte "Football Money League" published last month, behind only Spanish pair Real Madrid and Barcelona, with annual revenues of €666m.
The paper said a bid was first submitted in October but the fallout from the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the kingdom's embassy in Istanbul put the "skids" on a potential offer.
The Crown Prince has shown a big appetite for bringing sporting events to his country over the past couple of years, including motor sport and boxing, while Brazil and Argentina played a football international in Riyadh last October.
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You are here: Home › Algeria says France must apologise for massacres
Algeria says France must apologise for massacres
August 6, 2004 in International
By Hamid OuldAhmed
ALGIERS – Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on Thursday renewed his call for France to officially apologise to Algerians for its “barbarian massacres” if Paris wanted to improve ties with its former colony.
Bouteflika’s remarks
were the latest in a war of words that broke out last month when the Algerian leader said France’s 132-year colonial-rule amounted to a “genocide of Algerian identity”.
France is trying to retain influence in Africa’s second largest country, where the United States is bolstering oil and trade ties.
“It is today our duty towards the Algerian people and the martyrs to demand official apology from a nation whose motto of revolution was freedom, equality, fraternity,” Bouteflika said in a speech read out on his behalf by Minister for Veterans Affairs Mohamed Cherif Abbas.
Bouteflika earlier urged Paris to acknowledge a role in the massacres of 45,000 Algerians who took to the streets to demand independence from France as Europe celebrated victory over Nazi Germany in 1945.
The later 1954-1962 Algerian war of independence cost the lives of 1.5 million Algerians, according to the Algiers government. Many French also perished.
“The massacres of May 8, 1945, were of a barbarity and a cruelty never equalled in both old and modern Algerian history. They were a savagery that no one could not disavow,” he added in Thursday’s address.
The speech in the western town of Mostaganem was to mark the National Student Day and pay tribute to students who left schools in 1956 and took up arms during the war of independence.
On April 27, French Minister for Europe Catherine Colonna called for an end to an “unhelpful” war of words between the two nations, saying relations should be built on trust.
Last month the two countries bickered over the protocol of a mid-April health check Bouteflika had in the French capital.
French right-wingers complained France should not have permitted Bouteflika to visit Paris, because just days earlier in a speech in the eastern town of Constantine he said French colonialism amounted to a genocide of Algerian identity.
Those comments came a few days after a visit to Algiers by French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy to negotiate a friendship treaty aimed at improving ties.
They were due to sign the accord, similar to the 1963 Franco-German reconciliation treaty, at the end of last year to set aside tensions born out of 132 years of French occupation.
But France’s National Assembly approved in February 2005 a law referring to the “positive role of the French presence overseas, especially in North Africa”, a move seen by Algiers as a hurdle on the way to normalisation.
French President Jacques Chirac repealed the law but that step did not defuse the row. — Reuter
Tim Price gets due recognition
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Einstein Noah Restaurant Group Reports Third Quarter 2012 Financial Results
Einstein Noah Restaurant Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: BAGL), a leader in the quick-casual segment of the restaurant industry operating under the Einstein Bros.
Einstein Noah Restaurant Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: BAGL), a leader in the quick-casual segment of the restaurant industry operating under the Einstein Bros.® Bagels, Noah's New York Bagels®, and Manhattan Bagel® brands, today reported financial results for the third quarter ended October 2, 2012.
Highlights for the Third Quarter 2012 Compared to the Third Quarter 2011:
Total revenues increased 1.9% to $105.5 million from $103.5 million, reflecting a 3.4% increase in Company-owned restaurant sales.
System-wide comparable store sales increased 0.2%, the sixth consecutive quarter of positive trends.
Net income was $3.4 million (+20.4% vs. prior year), or $0.20 per diluted share, compared to a net income of $2.8 million, or $0.17 per diluted share, in the year-ago period. In the third quarter of 2012, the Company incurred $0.3 million, or $0.01 per diluted share, in pre-tax expenses related to the strategic alternatives review process.
Adjusted EBITDA increased 13.6% to $11.7 million from $10.3 million. (*)
Year-to-date operating cash flow increased 23.2% to $31.3 million from $25.4 million.
Jeff O’Neill, President and Chief Executive Officer, stated, “We improved our net income compared to the third quarter last year by realizing operational improvements in cost of goods and manufacturing, and delivered our sixth consecutive quarter of comparable store sales growth despite some softness related to the July 4 th Holiday. We attribute the continuation of our positive top-line trend to favorable product mix, expanded catering, and specialty beverage sales which we supported through our ongoing marketing investments. Our 2012 development plans are on target with our previously guided range, and we are excited to continue expanding our national brand presence through a combination of committed franchise and license partners and disciplined company unit growth.”
Third Quarter 2012 Financial Results
For the third quarter ended October 2, 2012, system-wide comparable store sales increased 0.2%, reflecting 4.1% growth in average check that was driven by a combination of price and favorable product mix, offset by comparable transactions. Total revenues increased 1.9% to $105.5 million from $103.5 million, reflecting a 3.4% increase in Company-owned restaurant revenues, while manufacturing and commissary revenues decreased 14.4% reflecting the planned commissary closures earlier this year.
Manufacturing and commissary gross margin as a percentage of manufacturing and commissary revenues increased from 8.7% to 23.6% driven by benefits from various cost initiatives, but particularly, the closure of all five commissaries by the end of the first quarter of 2012.
Overall, gross profit was $20.7 million in the third quarter of 2012 compared to $18.9 million in the third quarter of 2011, and as a percentage of total revenues, increased 150 basis points to 19.7% from 18.2% in the year-ago period.
General and administrative expenses increased to $9.1 million in the third quarter of 2012 from $8.6 million in the third quarter of 2011, primarily due to higher variable incentive compensation plans.
Adjusted EBITDA rose 13.6% to $11.7 million in the third quarter of 2012 compared to $10.3 million in the third quarter of 2011. (*)
Income from operations increased by $1.1 million to $6.3 million in the third quarter of 2012.
Net income was $3.4 million (+20.4% vs. prior year), or $0.20 per diluted share, compared to a net income of $2.8 million, or $0.17 per diluted share, in the year-ago period. In the third quarter of 2012, the Company incurred $0.3 million, or $0.01 per diluted share, in pre-tax expenses related to the strategic alternative review process. In the third quarter of 2011, the Company incurred $0.1 million in pre-tax restructuring expenses in relation to the closure of one of its commissaries.
* A reconciliation of the non-GAAP measure to the nearest GAAP measure can be found in the accompanying tables below.
Restaurant Development
As of October 2, 2012, there were 797 Einstein Bros.® Bagels, Noah's New York Bagels®, and Manhattan Bagel® branded restaurants in operation. During the third quarter of 2012, the Company opened 20 restaurants and ended the quarter with 450 Company-owned and operated restaurants, while franchisees and licensees ended the period with 94 and 253 restaurants, respectively.
Fiscal Year 2012 Guidelines
The Company is providing the following updated guidelines for the 52-week period and as noted.
66 to 72 system-wide openings, including 14 to 15 Company-owned restaurants, 12 to 14 franchise restaurants, and 40 to 43 license restaurants.
Capital expenditures of $24 million to $26 million.
Commodity inflation of 2% to 3%.
The Company has secured price protection for all of its wheat and coffee requirements, respectively.
General and administrative expenses of $10 million to $11 million for the fourth quarter, which includes incentive compensation expenditures.
An annual effective tax rate of approximately 39%; however, the Company will continue to only pay minimal cash-taxes for the next several years.
For fiscal year 2013, the Company has secured price protection for approximately 33% of its wheat and 96% of its coffee requirements, respectively.
Conference Call Today
The Company will host a conference call to discuss its third quarter 2012 financial results today at 3:00 p.m. Mountain Time (5:00 p.m. Eastern Time). Hosting the call will be Jeff O’Neill, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Manny Hilario, Chief Financial Officer.
The dial-in numbers for the conference call are 888-430-8709 for domestic toll-free calls and 719-457-2689 for international. A telephone replay will be available through November 13, 2012, and may be accessed by dialing 877-870-5176 for domestic toll-free calls or 858-384-5517 for international. The conference ID is 9930408.
The conference call will also be webcast live from Einstein Noah’s website at www.einsteinnoah.com.
About Einstein Noah Restaurant Group
Einstein Noah Restaurant Group, Inc. is a leading company in the quick casual restaurant industry that operates and licenses locations primarily under the Einstein Bros.® and Noah's New York Bagels® brands and primarily franchises locations under the Manhattan Bagel® brand. The Company's retail system consists of over 795 restaurants in 39 states and the District of Columbia. It also operates a dough production facility. The Company's stock is traded on the NASDAQ under the symbol BAGL. Visit www.einsteinnoah.com for additional information.
Forward Looking Statement Disclosure
Certain statements in this press release, including statements under the heading “Fiscal Year 2012 Guidelines”, constitute forward-looking statements or statements which may be deemed or construed to be forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The words “guideline,” “forecast,” “estimate,” “project,” “plan to,” “is designed to,” “look forward,” “expects,” “prospects,” “intend,” “indications,” “expect,” “should,” “would,” “believe,” “target,” “trend,” “contemplate,” “anticipates” and similar expressions and all statements which are not historical facts are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve and are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which could cause the Company's actual results, performance (financial or operating), or achievements to differ materially from the future results, performance (financial or operating), or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors include but are not limited to (i) the results for the 2012 third quarter and year over year revenue and other financial results, comparable store sales, and margin performance are not necessarily indicative of future results, and our expectations for full year 2012 results are subject to shifting consumer preferences, new product execution, economic conditions, weather, competition, seasonal factors and cost containment initiatives, among other factors; (ii) our ability to improve transactions and our long-term growth are dependent upon consumer acceptance of our products and marketing initiatives, general economic and market conditions, among other factors; (iii) our ability to continue to improve store level margins and contain costs are dependent upon successfully executing plans for productivity improvements, labor efficiencies and food cost management; (iv) the ability to develop and open new company-owned, license and franchise restaurants and upgrade company-owned restaurants is dependent upon the availability of capital, securing acceptable financing and lease terms for desired locations, as well as the availability of contractors and materials, and securing necessary permits and licenses; (v) our ability to expand our development pipeline and ultimately expand our royalty stream is dependent upon the factors listed in (iv), above, and our ability to attract franchisees and licensees and negotiate favorable agreements; (vi) our ability to obtain lower costs for agricultural commodities is dependent upon weather, crop yield and production, the market, economic conditions, including market and inflationary pressures; (vii) our ability to build brand equity and create long-term value for our shareholders is dependent upon the success of our initiatives, financial results and the factors listed above, among other factors. These and other risks are more fully discussed in the Company's SEC filings.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information
In addition to the results reported in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) included in this filing, the Company has provided certain non-GAAP financial information, including earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, restructuring expenses and other operating expenses/(income) (“adjusted EBITDA”) and free cash flow, which the Company defines as net cash provided by operating activities less net cash used in investing activities. Management believes that the presentation of this non-GAAP financial information provides useful information to investors because this information may allow investors to better evaluate ongoing business performance and certain components of the Company’s results. In addition, the Company’s Board of Directors uses this non-GAAP financial information to evaluate the performance of the Company and the management team. This information should be considered in addition to the results presented in accordance with GAAP, and should not be considered a substitute for the GAAP results. The Company has reconciled the non-GAAP financial information to the nearest GAAP measure.
The Company includes in this document information on system-wide comparable store sales percentages. System-wide comparable store sales percentages refer to changes in sales of our restaurants, whether operated by the company or by franchisees and licensees, in operation for six fiscal quarters including those restaurants temporarily closed for an immaterial amount of time. Some of the reasons restaurants may be temporarily closed include remodeling, road construction, rebuilding related to site-specific catastrophes and natural disasters. Franchise and license comparable store sales percentages are based on sales of franchised and licensed restaurants, as reported by franchisees and licensees. Management reviews the increase or decrease in comparable sales to assess business trends. Comparable store sales exclude closed locations. When we intend to relocate a restaurant, we consider that restaurant to be temporarily closed for up to twelve months after it ceases operations. If a suitable relocation site has not been identified by the end of twelve months, we consider the restaurant to be permanently closed. Until that time, we include the restaurant in our open store count, but exclude its sales from our comparable store sales. As of October 2, 2012, there are five stores that we intend to relocate, and are thus considered to be temporarily closed.
The Company uses company-owned comparable store sales, franchise and license sales and the resulting system-wide sales information internally in connection with restaurant development decisions, planning, and budgeting analyses. The Company believes comparable store sales information is useful in assessing consumer acceptance of our brands; facilitates an understanding of our financial performance and the overall direction and trends of sales and operating income; helps the Company appreciate the effectiveness of its advertising and marketing initiatives; and provides information that is relevant for comparison within the industry.
Comparable store sales percentages are non-GAAP financial measures, which should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for other measures of performance prepared in accordance with GAAP, and may not be equivalent to comparable store sales as defined or used by other companies. The Company does not record franchise or license restaurant sales as revenues. However, royalty revenues are calculated based on a percentage of franchise and license restaurant sales, as reported by the franchisees or licensees.
EINSTEIN NOAH RESTAURANT GROUP, INC.
(in thousands, except earnings per share and related share information)
13 weeks ended Increase/
(in thousands) (Decrease)
September 27, October 2, 2012
2011 2012 vs. 2011
Company-owned restaurant sales $ 92,311 $ 95,418 3.4 %
Manufacturing and commissary revenues 8,766 7,507 (14.4 %)
Franchise and license related revenues 2,455 2,569 4.6 %
Total revenues 103,532 105,494 1.9 %
Cost of sales (exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown separately below):
Company-owned restaurant costs
Cost of goods sold 27,693 26,676 (3.7 %)
Labor costs 27,329 27,906 2.1 %
Rent and related expenses 9,926 10,761 8.4 %
Other operating costs 10,145 10,649 5.0 %
Marketing costs 1,567 3,017 92.5 %
Total company-owned restaurant costs 76,660 79,009 3.1 %
Manufacturing and commissary costs 8,004 5,738 (28.3 %)
Total cost of sales 84,664 84,747 0.1 %
Gross margin:
Company-owned restaurant 15,651 16,409 4.8 %
Manufacturing and commissary 762 1,769 132.2 %
Franchise and license 2,455 2,569 4.6 %
Total gross margin 18,868 20,747 10.0 %
General and administrative expenses 8,610 9,091 5.6 %
Depreciation and amortization 4,836 5,014 3.7 %
Restructuring expenses 121 - **
Strategic alternatives expense - 250 **
Other operating expenses, net 47 60 27.7 %
Income from operations 5,254 6,332 20.5 %
Interest expense, net 772 744 (3.6 %)
Income before income taxes 4,482 5,588 24.7 %
Provision for income taxes 1,647 2,174 32.0 %
Net income $ 2,835 $ 3,414 20.4 %
Net income – Basic $ 0.17 $ 0.20 17.6 %
Net income – Diluted $ 0.17 $ 0.20 17.6 %
Cash dividend declared per common share $ 0.125 $ 0.125 0.0 %
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic 16,785,934 16,961,298 1.0 %
Diluted 17,013,086 17,292,305 1.6 %
** Not meaningful
PERCENTAGE RELATIONSHIP TO TOTAL REVENUES
13 weeks ended
(percent of total revenue)
September 27, October 2,
Company-owned restaurant sales 89.2 % 90.5 %
Manufacturing and commissary revenues 8.4 % 7.1 %
Franchise and license related revenues 2.4 % 2.4 %
Total revenues 100.0 % 100.0 %
Company-owned restaurant costs (1)
Cost of goods sold 30.0 % 27.9 %
Labor costs 29.6 % 29.2 %
Rent and related expenses 10.7 % 11.3 %
Other operating costs 11.0 % 11.2 %
Marketing costs 1.7 % 3.2 %
Total company-owned restaurant costs 83.0 % 82.8 %
Manufacturing and commissary costs (2) 91.3 % 76.4 %
Total cost of sales 81.8 % 80.3 %
Company-owned restaurant (1) 17.0 % 17.2 %
Manufacturing and commissary (2) 8.7 % 23.6 %
Franchise and license 100.0 % 100.0 %
Total gross margin 18.2 % 19.7 %
General and administrative expenses 8.3 % 8.6 %
Depreciation and amortization 4.7 % 4.8 %
Restructuring expenses 0.1 % 0.0 %
Strategic alternatives expense 0.0 % 0.2 %
Other operating expenses, net 0.0 % 0.1 %
Income from operations 5.1 % 6.0 %
Interest expense, net 0.8 % 0.7 %
Income before income taxes 4.3 % 5.3 %
Provision for income taxes 1.6 % 2.1 %
Net income 2.7 % 3.2 %
(1) As a percentage of company-owned restaurant sales
(2) As a percentage of manufacturing and commissary revenues
Company-owned restaurant sales $ 275,723 $ 285,264 3.5 %
Manufacturing and commissary revenues 25,541 23,196 (9.2 %)
Rent and related expenses 30,205 31,508 4.3 %
Total company-owned restaurant costs 230,968 233,697 1.2 %
Manufacturing and commissary costs 22,452 18,215 (18.9 %)
Total cost of sales 253,420 251,912 (0.6 %)
Company-owned restaurant 44,755 51,567 15.2 %
Manufacturing and commissary 3,089 4,981 61.2 %
General and administrative expenses 27,314 30,206 10.6 %
Depreciation and amortization 13,984 14,792 5.8 %
Restructuring expenses 334 480 43.7 %
Other operating (income) expenses, net (776 ) 319 (141.1 %)
Income from operations 14,179 17,966 26.7 %
Interest expense, net 2,507 2,322 (7.4 %)
Income before income taxes 11,672 15,644 34.0 %
Cash dividends declared per common share $ 0.250 $ 0.375 50.0 %
Company-owned restaurant 16.2 % 18.1 %
Manufacturing and commissary 12.1 % 21.5 %
Other operating (income) expenses, net (0.3 %) 0.1 %
(2) As a percentage of manufacturing revenues
* Not applicable
SELECTED FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Selected Consolidated Balance Sheet Information: January 3, 2012 October 2, 2012
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period $ 8,652 $ 12,668
Property, plant and equipment, net 59,017 58,841
Total assets 204,732 207,563
Total debt 74,200 68,575
Selected Consolidated Cash Flow Information: September 27, 2011 October 2, 2012
Net cash used in investing activities (11,955 ) (16,170 )
Net cash used in financing activities (14,971 ) (11,190 )
Free cash flow (cash provided by operating
activities less cash used in investing activities) 13,474 15,206
Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Measures: 13 weeks ended 39 weeks ended
September 27, October 2, September 27, October 2,
Net income $ 2,835 $ 3,414 $ 7,083 $ 9,574
Adjustments to net income:
Interest expense, net 772 744
Provision for income taxes 1,647 2,174
Depreciation and amortization 4,836 5,014
Restructuring expenses 121 -
Strategic alternative expenses - 250
Other operating expense (income), net 47 60 (776 ) 319
Adjusted EBITDA $ 10,258 $ 11,656 $ 27,721 $ 34,242
13 weeks ended October 2, 2012
Owned Franchised Licensed Total
Consolidated Total
Total beginning balance 448 95 240 783
Opened restaurants 2 1 17 20
Closed restaurants (1 ) (1 ) (4 ) (6 )
Refranchising, Net 1 (1 ) - -
Total ending balance 450 94 253 797
Trailing 12 Months Activity
Beginning balance - September 27, 2011 431
Opened restaurants 11
Closed restaurants (1 )
(2 ) (10 ) (13 )
Refranchising, Net 9
(9 ) - -
Ending balance - October 2, 2012 450
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British cyclist Tom Austin killed on Bolivian ‘Highway of Death’
Alexi Mostrous
April 25 2008, 11:48am, The Times
A British cyclist has been killed in a crash which claimed the lives of nine people in Bolivia.
Tom Austin, 22, was involved in a collision with a Toyota Land Cruiser near a 15,400-foot Andean pass on a road known as the Highway of Death.
Two other British cyclists were also injured. They were named today as Daniel Roberts, 23, and James Marshall, 22.
Lieutenant Colonel Agusto Angulo, head of the La Paz transit police accident division, said the accident took place yesterday just minutes after the cyclists began their tour.
A Toyota Land Cruiser carrying a driver and 12 passengers struck the group, killing Mr Austin, Mr Angulo said.
The vehicle then left the road and rolled 300 feet (100 meters) down a rocky…
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MPs line up against threat of ‘ludicrous’ no‑deal Brexit
Francis Elliott, Political Editor | Oliver Wright, Policy Editor
Boris Johnson is one of four leadership candidates who would pursue a no-deal BrexitHANNAH MCKAY/REUTERS
MPs will begin a cross-party attempt today to stop a Brexiteer prime minister such as Boris Johnson taking Britain out of the European Union without a deal.
Conservative rebels will join forces with opposition parties in a crucial test of parliament’s ability to block a no-deal exit, as Tory debate on the issue was dismissed by Sir Keir Starmer, the shadow Brexit secretary, as ludicrous.
Mr Johnson officially launches his attempt to replace Theresa May with an appeal today for a mandate to face down Brussels before the October 31 deadline.
He will warn that Brexit will never be delivered if MPs give the “slightest hint that we want to go on kicking the can down the road”. He says in a speech to be…
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Everyone Knows NZ Is Corrupt Except Kiwis, Vinny Eastwood Rant
It's becoming more apparent to the international community that New Zealand is far from the least corrupt country in the world. The spectre of money laundering, tax evasion and a corrupt justice system is now becoming visible, it's just a question of if the sleepy kiwis figure that out before it's too late.
How To Commit Financial Fraud, Panama Papers Raise Questions About John Key, WILLIAM BLACK & EVELYN GILBERT
How To Commit Financial Fraud, Panama Papers Raise Questions About John Key,
WILLIAM BLACK & EVELYN GILBERT
GUESTS: William K. Black & Evelyn Gilbert http://www.aotearoaawiderperspective.com
Known around the world for exposing the Savings & Loans scandal in the 80's, Bill Black is responsible for the imprisonment of over 1000 corrupt bankers and on the show today he informs us how the global financial system is essentially a giant fraud machine, built, fueled and operated by some of the worst con artists, liars and psychopathic criminals that have ever existed on the planet!
With the recent release of the Panama papers and New Zealand's role in global off-shore tax havens, Kiwi blogger Evelyn Gilbert Joins in the second hour to ask some specific questions about New Zealand's former Wall Street derivatives trader and now Prime Minister, John Key.
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Ernest Monias receiving Lifetime Achievement Award at Indigenous Music Awards in Winnipeg May 17
Ernest Monias of Pimicikamak Cree Nation will perform his most-requested song – “If I Wanted You Girl” – at the Indigenous Music Awards in Winnipeg May 17, where he will receive the 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award.
Photograph By Ernest Monias
Pimicikamak Cree Nation’s Ernest Monias – the “Elvis of the North” – will be honoured with the 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award at the Indigenous Music Awards at Club Regent Casino in Winnipeg May 17.
The 70-year-old country/rock performer, who sings in English with distinctive Cree phrasing and nuances, has released 18 albums in genres including rock, country, gospel and even Christmas music and reached hundreds of thousands of fans via Indigenous radio, vinyl, eight-tracks, cassettes and CDs. Monias’s songs include “Stay Awhile,” “Sittin’ On a Rock,” “Sometimes I Feel Like Crying,” “Forever’s a Long, Long Time” and his most-requested song “If I Wanted You Girl.”
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“Ernest will play his most requested song of all time at the Indigenous Music Awards on Friday night, where he will be honoured by fellow musicians, industry people, family, friends and guests,” said Jacquie Black, manager of the Indigenous Music Awards, in a press release.
“We are very happy to bring Ernest Monias into a very exclusive circle that is reserved for those who have contributed in unparalleled ways to the Indigenous music scene in North America,” said Lisa Meeches, executive director of the Manito Ahbee Festival. “We even have a surprise message from a very special person but you’ll have to wait for the show to find out who it is.”
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The Best Berlin Restaurant for Every Cuisine
By Giulia Pines Published On 09/30/2015
AGÜEVO Taquería Cantina
Berlin Berlin is within a three-hour flight of over 35 countries, but sometimes that’s a little too much to ask. After all, you can eat the best from virtually any country on the planet without leaving town. When you want to take your tongue on a world tour, here’s where to go... More Stuff You Will Like
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Best Italian: Lavanderia Vecchia
Neukölln What you're getting: Set menu Sure, there are loads of Italian spots in Berlin, but none that offer the surreal, semi-secret atmosphere, the convivial vibe, and the amazing deal of Lavanderia Vecchia. Set in an old launderette (hence the name) in a back courtyard in Neukölln, this place offers endless plates of delicious appetizers, a pasta course, a fish or meat course, and coffee, dessert, a digestivo, and half a bottle of wine, all for less than the wine would cost you in many restaurants. The open kitchen and cavernous space festooned with aprons, handkerchiefs, and all manner of vintage linens complete the experience. Continue Reading
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Charlottenburg What you're getting: Oeufs cocotte Let’s face it: French food can be dull, even in France. Credit Régis Lamazère for bringing the talent of his father, famed French chef Roger Lamazère, to the city of his mother, a born Berliner. Red wine flows abundantly here, and the fish, pork, and entrecote plates are simply stunning, but you won’t start with anything other than the oeufs cocotte -- a little pot of baked eggs and chives -- if you know what’s good for you.
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Friedrichshain What you're getting: Tacos de nopal con queso or tacos arbacoa Expats have long bemoaned the lack of good Mexican food in the German capital. A while ago, Maria Bonita came along and introduced Berlin to good Mexican food. If Maria Bonita introduced it, however, then AGÜEVO! perfected it. A long list of mezcals and a tall, cool michelada bring the festive atmosphere and keep the party going, but it’s all about the authentic food at this place, with tacos, quesadillas, and sopes filled with lamb, pork, or cactus, and finally -- finally -- chilies that actually pack a punch.
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Best Thai: Samakki Talad Thai
Charlottenburg What you're getting: Green papaya salad and a curry This place doesn’t look like much from the outside. In fact, it doesn’t look like much from the inside either. Basically a glorified cafeteria with unadorned tables and extremely low lighting that does anything but make you want to stay awhile, this place just happens to serve the best Thai food in town. It’s fresh, super spicy, and varied -- just point to the things that look good and ask what’s best. They’ll warn you that everything is too spicy for you, but pay them no mind. And always have the green papaya salad.
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Chutnify
Best Indian: Chutnify
Prenzlauer Berg What you're getting: Bhelpuri salad and keema matar dosa The first (and to date only) restaurant to bring a semblance of authenticity to a city full of creamy, bland “curries,” Chutnify is great with the flavors, even greater with the prices, and has a stylish, creative, and colorful interior to boot. The bhelpuri salad with puffed rice, peanuts, and pomegranate seeds is a revelation if you’re used to Berlin’s drab salads, and the keema matar dosa with minced lamb, green peas, and a selection of chutneys is that perfect mixture of savory and sweet. Make sure to get a kulfi ice cream for dessert.
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Best Chinese: Wok Show
Prenzlauer Berg What you're getting: Plates of 20 or 40 jiaozi Everyone knows when you just want dumplings -- and lots of them -- you head to this unassuming corner spot in northern Prenzlauer Berg. A decade in, Wok Show shows no signs of abating, or of declining in quality or upping its prices. Plates of 40 jiaozi dumplings still cost less than 10 euros, and the divine fillings include pork and celery, lamb and spinach, and a lovely vegetarian mixture with egg. The kicker is the black vinegar for dipping -- so good you could drink it straight. Come with 10 people, order at least four plates, and be prepared to order four more.
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Best Japanese: Sasaya
Prenzlauer Berg What you're getting: Sushi There’s a reason it can take weeks to get a reservation at Sasaya: it serves the best sushi in a city not known for good fish. A smattering of creative rolls pad out the classics. Then there are small plates like roast beef rosa and marinated eggplant, as well as the standby soba and udon noodle soups. What makes Sasaya special, however, is not just the fresh, expertly crafted sushi and the excellent flavor combinations, but also the comfy, Japanese-style window booths that encourage you to relax and enjoy a slow, languorous, special experience.
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Best American: Mogg
Mitte What you're getting: Pastrami sandwich The former Mogg & Melzer has now turned into Mogg, but the menu of this American-Jewish delicatessen hasn’t changed. That means it's still dishing out some of the most amazing comfort food in the city, like the sky-high Reuben, the pastrami sandwich big enough for two, the matzo ball soup, and the Israeli breakfast staple shakshuka. Unlike most so-called sandwich shops in Berlin, which add one slice of meat or cheese to a stale roll, along with a wilted piece of lettuce, Mogg does it right: packing its sandwiches so chock-full of home-cured meat you can barely get your mouth around them. But do try -- it’s worth it.
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Best Korean: Arirang
Charlottenburg What you're getting: The set menu for two or three people What started out as a dirty storefront concealing a hole-in-the-wall restaurant in Wedding has become a dirty storefront concealing a hole-in-the-wall restaurant in Kreuzberg and a huge, cafeteria-style space in a brutalist building in Charlottenburg, of all places. The food, however, remains the same: authentic, greasy, spicy, and entirely satisfying. Get the set menu for two or three people (there’s a good chance that even if you’re four people, it will be enough for you) to taste specialties like kimchi pancakes, Korean fried chicken, bibimbap, and bulgogi all at once. Followed by self-cooked Korean BBQ for dessert, of course.
The Future Breakfast
Best food truck: The Future Breakfast Various locations
What you’re getting: Eggs Benedict
Getting a decent breakfast in Berlin has become easier lately, but trust The Future Breakfast food truck to really perfect it. By their own admission, the owners base their offerings on exactly what they would want to eat after a hard night out, and there’s nothing better than enjoying their perfectly poached eggs (still a rarity in Berlin) dressed up with market-fresh ingredients like pickled fennel, smashed tomatoes and sorrel pesto, or wild mushrooms.
Filetstück
Best steak: Filetstück
Prenzlauer Berg What you're getting: The lunch special Let’s face it: Berlin isn’t really an expense account kind of city. Nevertheless, Filetstück manages to fill a certain high-end niche without all the pomp and circumstance that would accompany a steak meal in a more expensive city. Its cuts are truly top notch, including Irish, Pomeranian, and Freesian dry-aged beef, and its wine list well curated. The lunch special (for the non-bankers among us, which in Berlin means everybody) is a steal at less than 20 euro for the steak of the day, a side dish, and a drink.
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Best vegetarian: Cookies Cream
Mitte What you're getting: The three-course menu If you’re looking for a high-end, meat-free meal in Berlin, Cookies Cream was, is, and hopefully always will be the place to go. Although the club downstairs has now closed, the restaurant is still in full swing, dishing out inventive dishes with unusual ingredients like Parmesan dumplings, seaweed caviar, and fermented cucumber. Get the very reasonable three-course menu to taste a dish from each section of the menu, or if you’re really hungry, the four-course classic menu. One thing’s for sure: you’ll never see plain old ordinary tofu at this veggie temple.
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Best burger joint: The Bird
Prenzlauer Berg What you're getting: Da Woiks burger The burger trend has really exploded in Berlin, but the one that started it all is still doing it best: with its established Prenzlauer Berg and newer Kreuzberg locations, the Bird is still setting (cholesterol-clogged) hearts aflutter with its premium German beef patties on an English muffin, graced with indulgent toppings like cheese, bacon, onions, and mushroom (our favorite, Da Woiks). Come for the burger, stay for the inevitable party that results when the waiters decide everyone in the joint needs a free shot... or several.
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ARTIISAN: TSVI
Thursday 21 February
23:00-03:00 £5 / £6.50 (adv) / £8 (door)Buy now
For their third instalment, Artiisan are excited to welcome TSVI (Nervous Horizon) to the Bongo. TSVI has been making waves in London as a producer since 2014’s Malfunction EP, since then he has made excellent strides, founding the notable Nervous Horizon label alongside esteemed fellow producer Wallwork. A string of releases on Nervous Horizon have culminated in TSVI’s 2018 release, the enthralling Inner Worlds, an album which captures the imagination with a melting pot of Hard Drum, UK Bass, UK Funky and is described by Resident Advisor’s Andrew Ryce as an album of “emotive heights, addictive rhythms and sumptuous production”. A producer who holds the support of those such as Scratcha DVA and Plastician, TSVI is bound to supply a breakneck live set consisting of whirling rhythms, textures and melodies.
Fresh from a performance at Berlin’s Panorama Bar (Berghain), TSVI will be behind the decks at The Bongo Club for a blistering two-hour set – not to be missed!
“Club-wrecking drum tracks with a spiritual bent.
TSVI, AKA Guglielmo Barzacchini, makes stripped-down drum tracks sharpened to a knife’s edge. Like his fellow Nervous Horizon crew members, Wallwork and Lokane, you might call TSVI’s tunes DJ tools if they weren’t so gripping. (He named one of his best EPs Sacred Drums, after all.) That title stuck in my mind when I listened to Inner Worlds, a debut album of percussive workouts inspired by Barzacchini’s Hindu upbringing and the Sufi Islam his partner introduced him to. Though a dance music album at the crossroads of religion might sound a little self-serious on paper, Inner Worlds still has the same sort of ace club tracks—suffused with a little more spirituality and atmosphere—that we’ve come to expect from TSVI.
The LP’s esoteric cosmology is captured in its stirring melodies and Eastern instrumentation, along with rhythms inspired by traditional belly dancing. “Jinn” is named after spirits present in Islamic theology, and the track’s dentist-drill squalls might nod to the mischief-making nature sometimes ascribed to them. “Hossam” is named after the Egyptian percussionist Hossam Ramzy, renowned for his work with belly dancers. It’s a fitting tribute—Barzacchini juggles complex rhythms with the swaying arc of a skilled dancer.
Some of Inner Worlds draws on the recent history of UK dance music. “Prana Riddim (Part 2)” sounds like an early ’10s Funkystepz tracks. “Realm Of Jabarut” has shades of Joe’s “Claptrap” and Roska’s “Squark,” all whistly riffs, jittery handclaps and dry drums. But the album’s highlight is actually drumless. “Safi” uses fluttering arpeggios that gracefully rise and recede underneath Miragal’s vocals, sung in English and Arabic. The results are stunning, especially with the high, ululating vocal—not unlike something you’d find on a UK garage track—that closes it out. That Barzacchini is able to make “Safi” seem so substantial without percussion shows there’s more to TVSI’s sound than club-ready drum tracks.
Inner Worlds opens up Barzacchini’s music without altering its foundations. It’s full of the subtle details and sleight-of-hand-arrangements that already make his music great, written with a new sense of depth and consideration. With its emotive heights, addictive rhythms and sumptuous production, Barzacchini makes the transition from club producer to album artist look easy.” RESIDENT ADVISOR
Tags: Artiisan, hard drum, TSVI, UK bass, uk funky
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The Free Library > Health > Psychology and mental health > Psicothema > July 1, 2009
The Free Library > Date > 2009 > July > 1 > Psicothema
Neuroticism, intelligence, and intra-individual variability in elementary cognitive tasks: Testing the mental noise hypothesis.
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By means of elementary cognitive tasks is it possible to measure (a) number of mistaken responses (accuracy), (b) mean reaction time (RT), and (c) the standard deviation of RT (RTSD) over n trials (Deary, 2000; Jensen, 1998, 2007). Accuracy is usually very high in these tasks, RT reflects processing speed, and RTSD measures the intraindividual variability in RT. Speed and efficiency of information processing in these elementary cognitive tasks must be distinguished. Speed is measured by RT, whereas RTSD captures processing efficiency.
The processing efficiency component of speed tasks has been linked to the periodicity in the excitatory potential of neurons. The speed of transmission from neuron to neuron depends on both the speed of axonal and synaptic conduction and the probability that impulses are delayed by oscillation of the neurons' excitatory potentials. The phase of excitatory potential--oscillating below and above the threshold of excitation by a given stimulus--is random with respect to the onset of the stimulus, and, therefore, the probability that the stimulus will be propagated varies depending on whether the potential is above or below the excitability threshold.
This is the rule: the faster the oscillation, the shorter is the average difference in time between the quickest and slowest reactions to the stimulus (Anderson, 1994; Jensen, 1998; Vernon et al., 2000). Jensen (1998) argues that periodic oscillation of the action potentials of assemblies of neurons could underlie the variability in speed tasks. This neural oscillation model is thought to represent neural noise (Barrrett et al., 1990; Callaway, 1979; Fairbank et al., 1991; Jensen, 1992). By analogy, << the static and cross talk on a bad telephone line, reduces the efficiency of communication and thereby increases the time of the callers' conversation, because many words and phrases have to be repeated to get the message across >> (Jensen, 1998, p. 255).
What's neural noise?
More than forty years ago, FitzHugh (1961) noted that neurons can be described as oscillators in which the voltage across the cell membrane changes according to two processes: (a) the fast action potential (or spike) and (b) the slower-varying post-synaptic potential.
More recently, Ward (2003) has suggested that neural oscillations are closely related to basic cognitive processes. << Fundamental cognitive processes arise from the synchronous activity of neurons in the brain (...) Specific oscillations can be identified with particular cognitive processes: theta and gamma rhythms with memory encoding and retrieval, alpha and gamma rhythms with attentional suppression and focusing, and global synchronization at the gamma frequency with consciousness >> (p. 558).
There are some models linking neural oscillations to memory processes (Almeida and Idiart, 2002; Clayton and Frey, 1997; Lisman and Idiart, 1995). For instance, Lisman and Idiart's (1995) model postulates a connection between theta and gamma oscillations produced from the neural basis of memory span tasks (short-term memory and working memory; see Colom et al., 2006). Memories are stored in groups of pyramidal neurons firing in synchrony. This firing dissipates with time, so this requires some sort of refreshing. The individual memories are refreshed at the gamma frequency, whereas the overall refresh cycle is repeated at the theta frequency.
As argued by Ward (2003) if memories are refreshed at the gamma rate once per theta cycle, then the number of items that can be held in short-term memory corresponds to the gamma frequency divided by the theta frequency, or about 40/6 = 7 memories without experiencing a significant loss (Miller, 1956). Importantly, this model may account for variations in short-term memory capacity with task factors and individual differences: << as theta can vary at least over the range 3.5 Hz to 7 Hz and gamma over the range 30 Hz to 70 Hz, a fairly broad range of capacities can be accommodated by the model, from around 3 or 4 items to nearly 20 items >> (Ward, 2003, p. 556).
Flehmig et al. (2007) have reported that higher values for RTSD are systematically detected for patients with focal frontal lobe lesions, traumatic brain injury, epilepsy, dementia, mild cognitive impairment, schizophrenia, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and anxiety-related personality traits. This suggests that processing efficiency can have broad effects on several cognitive and non-cognitive factors. However, whereas we found significant associations between processing efficiency and cognitive abilities, we failed to find a relationship between neuroticism and the index of intraindividual variability.
Neural noise, cognitive ability, and neuroticism
It is known that IQ correlates with variability in RT: people scoring higher in IQ tests show less variability. Even in university students, a significant negative correlation is found between RTSD and IQ, and this correlation tends to be larger than the correlation between IQ and RT. Further, RTSD is correlated to IQ independently of RT (Larson & Alderton, 1990; Kranzler, 1992).
With respect to personality measures, Eysenck & Eysenck's (1985) summary has shown that neuroticism (N) correlates with instability in behaviour. They have related individual differences in N to the excitability level of the limbic system (see Matthews & Gilliland, 1999 for an update of this view). This excitability might be related to cognitive processes. If these processes are measured by speed tasks, it is reasonable to predict a positive correlation between N and the variability of reaction time (RTSD).
Robinson and Tamir (2005) have hypothesized that << N would be associated with variability in stimulus-response behaviour as measured by reaction time >> (p. 108). As noted above, RTSD can be considered a proxy quantitative index of mental noise. Baumeister (1998) reported a significant association between intelligence and the variability of response times in laboratory tasks. Deary and Caryl (1997) stated that greater standard deviations reflect less efficient neural transmission. Rabbitt et al. (2001) found that RTSD is stable across tasks and over time, which suggests that this measure should be considered seriously. Therefore, RTSD can be thought as a reliable estimate of the level of noise during transmission within a given information processing system. The variability of RT can be considered as indexing the efficiency of basic cognitive processes.
Robinson & Tamir (2005) showed that N correlates with the RTSD derived from speed task measuring several basic, but diverse, cognitive operations. Across three studies involving (1) multiple semantic distinctions, (2) the Stroop task, and (3) simple, go/no-go, and choice tasks, they did find correlations ranging from .22 (first study) to .41 (second study). Therefore, they confirmed a positive association between N and RTSD.
However, Robinson and Tamir (2005) used quite heterogeneous elementary cognitive tasks--which might lead to confusing theoretical interpretations--and did not measure intelligence. It is important to replicate these sorts of findings, because the neural noise hypothesis is seen as a promising avenue to disentangle the puzzle of the relationships between cognitive and non-cognitive areas in Psychology (Matthews & Gilliland, 1999). Therefore, here we administer three speed tasks requiring the same basic cognitive processes, but with different content domains--verbal, numerical, and spatial. Further, several diverse intelligence measures are also administered to get a more comprehensive picture than that presented by studies such as the reported by Robinson and Tamir (2005).
196 university psychology undergraduates took part in the study (83% were females). They participated to fulfil a course requirement. Their mean age was 19.9 (SD= 3.3).
Mental speed was measured by three tasks tapping the same basic cognitive processes, but varying their content domain--verbal, numerical, and spatial. The three speed tasks were based on the sequential presentation of a very small sized memory set composed by one or two simple stimuli, a fixation point, and the target to which the participant is requested to respond as quickly and accurately as possible.
In the verbal speed task, one or two letters are sequentially displayed for 650 ms. each. Those letters define a memory set that can comprise uppercase and lowercase letters. After the last displayed letter, a fixation point appears for 500 ms. Finally, the probe letter appears in order to decide, as quickly and accurately as possible, if it has the same meaning as one of the letters presented within the memory set. Therefore, the letters' physical appearance (uppercase or lowercase) must be ignored. Half of the trials request a positive answer. The experimental trials range from one to two letters (2 levels x 30 trials each= 60 trials total). The obtained scores are: mean accuracy, as well as mean RT, and mean RTSD for the correct answers only.
In the quantitative speed task, one or two single digits are sequentially displayed for 650 ms. each. Those digits define a memory set. After the last displayed digit, a fixation point appears for 500 ms. Finally, the probe digit appears in order to decide, as quickly and accurately as possible, if it can be divided by one of the digits presented within the memory set. Half of the trials request a positive answer. The experimental trials range from one to two digits (2 levels x 30 trials each= 60 trials total). The obtained scores are: mean accuracy, as well as mean RT, and mean RTSD for the correct answers only.
In the spatial speed task, one or two arrows are sequentially displayed for 650 ms. each. Those arrows define a memory set. The arrows can be displayed in one of seven orientations (multiples of 45 degrees). After the last displayed arrow, a fixation point appears for 500 ms. Finally, the probe arrow appears in order to decide, as quickly and accurately as possible, if it has the same orientation of one of the arrows presented within the memory set. The arrows have distinguishable shapes in order to guarantee that their orientation is both memorized and evaluated. Half of the trials request a positive answer. The experimental trials range from one to two arrows (2 levels x 30 trials each= 60 trials total). The obtained scores are: mean accuracy, as well as mean RT, and mean RTSD for the correct answers only.
The Spanish standardization of the Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI-R) comprises 240 items measuring extraversion (E), agreeableness (A), conscientiousness (C), neuroticism (N), and openness to experience (O). The inventory also measures six subordinate facets for each of the above five personality factors. Here we use the Spanish standardization of the NEO-FFI, the abbreviated version of the NEO-PI-R comprised by its first 60 items. The items are answered on a five point scale, ranging from << strongly disagree >> to << strongly agree >>. Only the N scale is considered in the present study.
Finally, intelligence was measured by nine standardized tests tapping the constructs of abstract-fluid intelligence (Gf), verbal-crystallized intelligence (Gc), and spatial intelligence (Gv). Gf was measured by the Advanced Progressive Matrices Test (APM, screening version, even numbered items), the abstract reasoning subtest from the Differential Aptitude Test Battery-5 (DAT-AR-5, screening version, even numbered items) (Bennett et al., 1990), and the inductive reasoning subtest from the Primary Mental Abilities Battery (PMA-R) (Thurstone, 1938). Gc was measured by the verbal reasoning subtest from DAT (DAT-VR-5, screening version, even numbered items), the numerical reasoning subtest from the DAT (DAT-NR-5, screening version, even numbered items), and the vocabulary subtest from the PMA. Gv was measured by the rotation of solid figures test (Yela, 1969), the mental rotation subtest from the PMA (PMA-S), and the spatial relations subtest from the DAT-5 (DAT-SR-5, screening version, even numbered items).
Testing took place in three sessions. The first and second sessions were dedicated to intelligence and personality testing, whereas the third session was dedicated to the computerized speed tasks--the verbal speed task was administered first, then the spatial tasks, and finally the numerical task. The tests and tasks were administered in groups of no more than 20 participants for a total of 3 hours/sessions approximately.
Before computing correlations among the main measures of interest, we transformed the speed measures following Robinson and Tamir's (2005) procedure. Raw millisecond values (at the mean and standard deviation levels) were log transformed to normalize the distributions. Further, log latencies at the mean level 2.5 standard deviations below and above the grand latency mean, were replaced with the grand mean. Finally, we calculated a residual standard deviation variable through a regression analysis predicting RTSD on the basis of RT. This computational procedure was followed for the three speed tasks. It is important to note that this is done to compute the correlation between RTSD and the remaining measures controlling for the effect of RT over RTSD. The procedure gives similar results to those from semi-partial correlations.
Table 1 shows the descriptive statistics for all the considered measures. The reliability indices (Cronbach's ?) for the speed tasks were: .90 (verbal and spatial speed), and .93 (numerical speed). Cronbach's [alpha] for N was .87. With respect to the intelligence measures, Cronbach's [alpha] values were: APM= .66, PMA-R= .87, DAT-AR= .88, PMA-V= .79, DAT-VR= .68, DAT-NR= .82, Rotation of solid figures= .74, PMA-S= .73, DAT-SR= .84.
Table 2 shows the Pearson correlations between N and the speed measures transformed as described on the data analysis section.
Table 2 shows that intraindividual variability, quantified by RTSD (log), does not correlate with individual differences in neuroticism (N).
Of interest are the large correlations between RT (log) and RTSD (log) for the three speed tasks. Participants showing large RTs (less speed) also suffer from greater intraindividual variability (less efficiency). This is consistent with the neural noise hypothesis (Jensen, 1998, 2007) and reinforces the conclusion that N is not related to this solid estimate of neural noise. Further, the correlations among RTSD indices across the speed tasks were: .34 (verbal-numerical), .51 (verbal-spatial), and .46 (spatial-numerical). This agrees with the results found by Rabbitt et al. (2001) showing stability across speed tasks for the index of processing efficiency.
We are still required to test the role of intelligence in this picture. To accomplish that, we compute the correlation between intelligence, speed, and neuroticism. Note that one general intelligence estimate, as well as separate composite measures for Gf, Gc, and Gv were computed (Table 3).
The results indicate that the correlation between N and the intelligence estimates are not statistically significant. Further, all the intelligence estimates correlate with both RT (log) and RTSD (log), irrespective of the speed tasks' content domain (values range from -.26 and -.47, p<.01).
In order to cross-validate the finding of significant correlations between the speed standardized residuals (RTSD unpredicted by RT) and the intelligence measures (Table 3), we computed the partial correlation between general intelligence and the speed measures (RT log) controlling for the efficiency measures (RTSD log) across the speed tasks, as well as the correlation between intelligence and the measures of efficiency (RTSD log) controlling for the speed measures (RT log) across tasks. Interestingly, RT log no longer shows significant correlations with intelligence for none of the speed measures (verbal= -.05; numerical= -.09; spatial= .05), whereas RTSD log still shows significant correlations with intelligence across the speed measures (verbal= -.21; numerical= .14, ns; spatial= -.25). This is also the case for Gf, Gc, and Gv.
Finally, it might be interesting to note that the standardized residual score for the numerical speed task shows (1) a significant correlation with N (r= .24, p<.01, Table 2), and (2) non significant correlations with general intelligence, Gf, Gc, and Gv (Table 3).
Here we have tested the neural noise hypothesis regarding neuroticism (N). Based on the theoretically relevant distinction between speed and efficiency of information processing, we measured these key parameters after three speed tasks very close in their processing requirements but varying in their content. Speed was measured by reaction time (RT), whereas reaction time standard deviation (RTSD) was thought to tap processing efficiency. It was hypothesized that more intraindividual variability on the speed measures should be positively correlated with N if both measures are linked by means of a presumably common underlying neural base (Robinson and Tamir, 2005). The results have several points of interest.
First, we failed to find a positive association between the processing proxy estimate of neural noise (RTSD) and individual differences in neuroticism (N) across the modelled tasks of mental speed. Robinson and Tamir's (2005) 3rd study is considered by them the final step in the way [<< Study 3 contributes a number of important findings to the article as a whole >> (p. 112)]. Across their three simple reaction time tasks, they found that the correlation between N and RTSD must be necessarily related to << general >> information processing. However, if this is the case, why we have failed to find comparable results with our reaction time tasks?
We may think in three tentative explanations: (a) they have tested a very small sized sample (N= 43) and perhaps with extreme scores on N (although we cannot test this latter possibility, because, surprisingly, they did not report mean and SD values for N), (b) their tasks comprise a very large number of homogeneous trials (> 300) which can produce great degrees of fatigue in participants scoring high in N, and (c) the higher the complexity of the elementary speed task, the lower the correlation between N and processing efficiency, because of the probable role of individual differences in intelligence. Nevertheless, we acknowledge that any straight explanation is currently unavailable.
Second, speed (RT log) and efficiency (RTSD log) measures show a high correlation across speed tasks. This finding supports the view that participants showing higher speed of processing (smaller RTs) are also more efficient (less RTSDs). Further, RTSD stability across speed tasks was observed, which reinforces the statement that RTSD can be considered a reliable estimate of the level of noise during transmission within the human information processing system (Rabbitt et al. 2001).
Third, intelligence, broadly represented in the present study by several diverse tests, is not related to N. This is consistent with the presumption held by Robinson and Tamir (2005): << the relations showed here cannot be due to intelligence, as neuroticism and intelligence are almost completely, if not completely unrelated >> (p. 112). Here we have shown that they were correct in their statement.
Fourth, intelligence was significantly related to all the speed measures across content domains: the higher the speed and efficiency of information processing, the greater the intelligence level, irrespective of the fluid, crystallized, or spatial nature of the intelligence measure.
Finally, a very interesting finding emerges from the reported results: processing efficiency, but not speed per se, is genuinely related to intelligence. Controlling for their collinearity resulted in significant correlations between processing efficiency (RTSD log) and intelligence. However, the correlation between processing speed (RT log) and intelligence was no longer statistically significant (Kranzler, 1992; Larson & Alderton, 1990).
This latter finding suggests that intraindividual variability in response times, as reflecting more neural noise, is related to individual differences in intelligence (except for the numerical speed task, for unknown reasons--although its greater complexity, as reflected by larger RTs and lower accuracy levels, can help to find a reasonable explanation). However, mere speedier responses are not genuinely related to these differences in intelligence.
As noted by one anonymous reviewer, data shown on Table 3 indicates that pure processing efficiency estimates for the administered speed tasks correlate mainly with abstract-fluid intelligence (Gf), whereas its correlation with verbal-crystallized (Gc) and visuo-spatial intelligence (Gv) is generally weak and non-significant. This finding is consistent with Martinez and Colom (in press) who showed that working memory capacity and processing efficiency predict fluid, but not crystallized and spatial intelligence. Their results were thought to support the hypothesis that if Gf is biologically rooted, whereas Gc and Gv are more prone to non-biological factors such as learning, cultural investment, and so forth, then processing efficiency would be related to Gf mainly.
In summary, the present study was unable to replicate significant associations between individual differences in N and a proxy estimate of neural noise, namely, the intraindividual variability of response times derived from elementary cognitive tasks. The role of intelligence was also assessed, finding that this psychological construct is not related to neuroticism. Finally, processing efficiency, but not processing speed per se, was found to be genuinely related to intelligence. We underscore that the neural noise hypothesis, as described at the introduction section, fits the biological base of cognitive functions such as memory span (Colom et al., 2007 b). Individual differences in theta and gamma activity could underlie the proposed cognitive indices of intraindividual variability, such as the reaction time standard deviation (RTSD) obtained from elementary cognitive tasks. Here we have shown that this index of processing efficiency, derived from three speed tasks modelled after the Sternberg memory scanning paradigm, correlates with scores in fluid, crystallized, and spatial intelligence (Colom et al., 2007 a). Therefore, participants with higher levels of intelligence show cognitive patterns reflecting less neural oscillations and lower levels of neural noise, which in turn leads to more processing efficiency.
This work was funded by the grant SEJ-2006-07890 from the Ministerio de Educacion y Cultura (MEC) [Ministry of Education and Culture].
Fecha recepcion: 31-7-08 Fecha aceptacion: 9-12-08
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Roberto Colom and Ma. Angeles Quiroga *
Universidad Autonoma de Madrid and * Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Correspondencia: Roberto Colom
Facultad de Psicologia
Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
E-mail: roberto.colom@uam.es
Descriptive statistics for the speed, personality (N)
and intelligence measures
Measures Mean SD
MENTAL SPEED
Verbal Speed (accuracy) 56.59 2.85
Verbal Speed (RT) 640.29 153.84
Verbal Speed (RTSD) 248.67 203.71
Numerical Speed (accuracy) 53.20 4.94
Numerical Speed (RT) 975.69 300.99
Numerical Speed (RTSD) 476.83 268.49
Spatial Speed (accuracy) 56.47 2.91
Spatial Speed (RT) 661.98 158.37
Spatial Speed (RTSD) 215.98 122.41
Neuroticism (N) 23.46 7.40
APM 10.93 2.67
PMA-R 18.57 4.98
DAT-AR 12.70 3.90
PMA-V 30.99 6.59
DAT-VR 12.85 3.10
DAT-NR 10.65 3.44
Solid Figures 7.45 3.78
PMA-S 25.25 10.67
DAT-SR 14.28 4.79
Correlations between Neuroticism and Speed Measures
Neuroticism Accuracy RT RTSD St.
(log) (log) Res.
VERBAL SPEED
Accuracy -.05 --
RT (log) -.02 -.01 * --
RTSD (log) -.04 -.09 * .80 --
Standardized Residual -.04 -.17 * .00 .61 --
NUMERICAL SPEED
RT (log) -.05 -.01 --
RTSD (log) -.15 -.13 .89 * --
Standardized Residual -.24 * -.26 .00 * .45 * --
SPATIAL SPEED
Standardized Residual -.00 -.16 .00 * .66 * --
* p<.01
Correlations among intelligence, speed and neuroticism
General Gf Gc Gv
Accuracy -.14 -.09 -.09 -.15
RT (log) -.33 * -.26 * -.29 * -.28 *
RTSD (log) -.38 * -.33 * -.30 * -.32 *
Standardized Residual -.22 * -.22 * -.15 -.17
Accuracy -.32 * -.34 * -.30 * -.18 *
Standardized Residual -.15 -.16 -.15 * -.08 *
Standardized Residual -.25 * -.27 * -.16 * -.20 *
NEUROTICISM -.08 -.09 -.12 -.00
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Perinatal group B streptococcal disease after universal screening recommendations--United States, 2003-2005.
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Group B streptococcus (GBS) is a leading cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality in the United States. In 2002, CDC, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) issued revised guidelines for the prevention of perinatal GBS disease. These guidelines recommend Universal screening of pregnant women by culture for rectovaginal GBS colonization at 35-37 weeks' gestation and the use of intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis for GBS carriers (1). To examine rates of neonatal and pregnancy-associated GBS disease after the revised guidelines were issued, CDC analyzed surveillance data from the Active Bacterial Core surveillance (ABCs) system from the period 2003-2005 and compared them with data from 2000-2001, the period immediately preceding the universal screening recommendations. This report describes the results of that analysis, which indicated that annual incidence of early onset GBS disease (i.e., in infants aged 0-6 days) was 33% lower during 2003-2005 than during 2000-2001. However, although incidence among white infants decreased steadily during 2003-2005, incidence increased 70% among black infants. Incidence of GBS disease among infants aged 7-89 days (i.e., late-onset disease) and pregnant women remained stable after revised universal screening guidelines were issued. Continued surveillance is needed to monitor the impact of the guidelines on perinatal GBS disease and trends in racial disparities and to guide interventions to reduce disparities.
ABCs, part of CDC's Emerging Infections Program (EIP) network, conducts active, laboratory- and population-based surveillance in selected counties of 10 states for invasive GBS disease, defined as isolation of GBS from a normally sterile site or from the placenta or amniotic fluid in cases of fetal death. In 2004, the surveillance area represented approximately 455,000 live births; 72% of the infants were white, 19% were black, and 9% were of other race. Surveillance areas used standardized case-report forms to collect demographic, neonatal, and obstetric data from medical records. Race and ethnicity were determined from medical records or birth certificates. Multiple imputations were used to account for missing race data (2). Live-birth data from state vital records and national vital statistics reports were used as denominators for incidence calculations. Incidence for 2005 was calculated using 2004 natality data. The Cochran-Armitage test was conducted to determine linear trend significance. Average incidence during 2000-2001, designated as the baseline period, was compared with incidence during 2003-2005.
During 2000-2005, a total of 1,020 cases of early-onset GBS disease (EOD) were reported from the surveillance areas (202 in 2000, 193 in 2001, 175 in 2002, 131 in 2003, 152 in 2004, and 167 in 2005). The number of surveillance areas was stable during 2000-2005; however, surveillance started in Colorado in 2001 and in New Mexico in 2004. New Mexico cases are not included in comparison of incidence over time.
Average EOD incidence during 2003-2005 (0.33 cases per 1,000 live births), after the revised guidelines were issued, was 33% lower than during the baseline period (0.49). Incidence after the revised guidelines was 0.31 cases per 1,000 live births in 2003 and increased to 0.35 in 2005. Stratified by race, rates increased significantly (p<0.05) from 2003 to 2005 among black infants (0.52 to 0.89 cases per 1,000 live births) and decreased among white infants (0.26 to 0.22 cases per 1,000 live births) (Figure 1). When further stratified by gestational age, incidence increased among full-term (i.e., [greater than or equal to] 37 weeks' gestation) black infants from 2003 to 2005 (0.31 to 0.50 per 1,000 live births), but incidence decreased among full-term white infants during the same period. Incidence among preterm infants, although higher among black infants, fluctuated in both racial groups and demonstrated no trend (Figure 2).
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A total of 167 EOD cases were reported for 2005, the year when racial disparities were largest. Incidence of EOD in 2005 was 0.37 cases per 1,000 live births and varied by surveillance area (Table). By race, 44% were white, 39% were black, 4% were of other race, and 12% were of unknown race. Of GBS isolates from EOD cases, 97.6% were from blood only, 1.8% were from blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), and 0.6% were from CSF only. The case-fatality ratio was 5%. Among EOD cases for which gestational age data were available (164 of 167), 29% occurred in infants born preterm (i.e., at <37 weeks' gestation). Among black infants with EOD, 40% of cases occurred in infants born preterm, compared with 24% of cases in white infants (p=0.05, by chi-square test). Among cases in preterm infants, 60% of cases in white infants were in those born at 35-36 weeks' gestation, and 40% were in those born at <35 weeks, compared with 16% of cases in black infants born at 35-36 weeks and 84% born at <35 weeks. Approximately 88% of cases in white infants born full term and 81% of cases in black infants born full term were in infants born to mothers who received prenatal GBS screening.
A total of 165 cases of late-onset GBS disease (LOD) were reported from the surveillance areas in 2005, resulting in an incidence of 0.36 per 1,000 live births. Incidence of LOD varied by surveillance area (Table). Rates of LOD were similar before and after the revised guidelines (0.36 per 1,000 live births for the baseline period, compared with 0.38 cases per 1,000 live births for 2003-2005).
During 2003-2005, the annual incidence of GBS infection among pregnant women remained stable (averaging 0.12 cases per 1,000 live births) and was similar to the baseline incidence (0.15 cases per 1,000 live births). In 2005, a total of 53 cases of pregnancy-associated GBS invasive infections in women were reported. Incidence varied by surveillance area (Table). Of those pregnancies with known outcomes (50 of 53), 31 (62%) resulted in abortion or stillbirth, 15 (30%) resulted in delivery of healthy infants, one (2%) resulted in delivery of an infant who had clinical infection but survived, and three (6%) resulted in neonatal death.
This report is based, in part, on contributions by S Burnite, N Comstock, A Daniels, Colorado Dept of Public Health; JL Hadler, MD, MZ Fraser, Emerging Infections Program, Connecticut Dept of Public Health; P Martell-Cleary, MSW, MM Farley, MD, Emerging Infections Program, Div of Public Health, Georgia Dept of Human Resources; Maryland Active Bacterial Core Surveillance, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland; C Morin, MPH, J Rainbow, MPH, B Jewell, L Triden, Minnesota Dept of Health; J Bareta, MS, K Angeles, MPH, J Keefe, MPH, K Johnson, MS, L Butler, New Mexico Dept of Health; N Spina, MPH, G Smith, B Anderson, PhD, Emerging Infections Program, New York State Dept of Health; M Barber, L Duke, Oregon Public Health Div; B Barnes, W Schaffner, MD, Vanderbilt Univ School of Medicine; and TH Skoff, MS, C Wright, Div of Bacterial Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, CDC.
Editorial Note: Clinical trials conducted in the 1980s demonstrated that intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis (IAP) was effective at preventing EOD by interrupting transmission of GBS from mothers who are colonized with the bacteria to their newborns (3). However, IAP use was not widely adopted, and national standards for IAP administration were not implemented until 1996, when ACOG, AAP, and CDC issued consensus guidelines recommending that health-care providers use either risk-based or culture-based screening to identify candidates for IAP (4). In 2002, a population-based study, demonstrating that routine screening of all pregnant women at 35-37 weeks' gestation and IAP for carriers prevented more cases of EOD than the risk-based approach, led to the universal prenatal screening recommendation in 2002 (5). The study predicted that universal screening could decrease incidence of EOD in the United States to 0.32 cases per 1,000 live births. Although this level was achieved in 2003, the rate of overall EOD increased during 2003-2005, reflecting increases in incidence among black infants. This report highlights the need for strategies to reduce the rate of neonatal GBS disease among black infants, to evaluate missed opportunities for prevention, and to continue monitoring disease trends.
Disparities between black and white infants in incidence of GBS disease have been observed since the disease emerged as a leading cause of neonatal sepsis (6). Factors that might contribute to this disparity include higher maternal colonization rates in blacks (7), higher rates of preterm deliveries (a risk factor for neonatal GBS disease) among blacks, and less access to prenatal care among black women compared with white women. However, a study that controlled for these factors indicated that black race remained an independent risk factor for disease (8). Healthy People 2010 objectives include achieving rates of EOD below 0.5 cases per 1,000 live births for all racial populations. Rates of EOD among white infants reached this target in 1998 and have remained below this level since the universal screening recommendations were issued. In 2003, the year after the recommendations were issued, incidence among black infants reached a record low (0.52 per 1,000 live births) and suggested that national health objectives might also be met for black infants (9; CDC, unpublished data, 2007). However, during the following 2 years, incidence of EOD among black infants returned to levels observed before the recommendations were issued. Continued surveillance is needed to determine whether this trend persists and to identify possible barriers to universal screening for pregnant black women.
The findings in this report are subject to at least two limitations. First, although the surveillance system describes trends in disease, these results alone are not sufficient to determine causes of increases or decreases in GBS disease rates. Second, these results alone do not measure healthcare--provider compliance with the guidelines; therefore, changes in incidence of GBS cannot be attributed directly to compliance with prevention guidelines. Although increases in rates of EOD among black infants were reported, whether these increases are attributed to barriers in implementation of the guidelines is not known. To overcome these two limitations, CDC is collaborating with the EIP network to conduct Birthnet, a review of maternal labor and delivery records of live births in 10 ABCs states during 2003-2004. The purpose of the study is to characterize provider compliance to universal screening guidelines, identify barriers to implementation, detect missed prevention opportunities, and increase understanding of racial disparities.
Universal screening and IAP are the most effective measures available for EOD prevention. Rates of EOD were lower after the universal screening recommendations were issued, compared with the baseline period. However, even optimal implementation of the recommendations is unlikely to eliminate EOD because neither screening for GBS carriers nor IAP is 100% effective. When the guidelines were issued, the potential impact of screening and IAP on LOD was unknown; the exact modes of transmission for LOD were not well understood, and vertical transmission might have only a limited role. This report indicates minimal change in rates of LOD and infections in pregnancy since the universal screening recommendations were issued.
The use of a GBS vaccine could be effective in preventing perinatal GBS disease, possibly also preventing stillbirths and premature deliveries attributed to GBS. Vaccination might also help reduce racial disparities in disease. Several potential vaccines are under consideration, some of which have completed Phase II trials (10).
Information for patients, health-care providers, and public health practitioners regarding GBS is available from CDC at http://www.cdc.gov/groupbstrep. Brochures are available in both English and Spanish by telephone (404-639-2215); information regarding bulk orders is available through the CDC Foundation by telephone (877-252-1200).
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* Information available at http://www.cdc.govlncidod/dbmd/abcs/index.htm.
Reported by: A Reingold, MD, School of Public Health, Univ of California at Berkeley. K Gershman, MD, Colorado Dept of Public Health. S Petit, MPH, Emerging Infections Program, Connecticut Dept of Public Health. K Arnold, MD, Emerging Infections Program, Div of Public Health, Georgia Dept of Human Resources. L Harrison, MD, Maryland Emerging Infections Program. R Lynfield, MD, Minnesota Dept of Health. B Albanese, MD, New Mexico Dept of Health. S Zansky, PhD, Emerging Infections Program, New York State Dept of Health. A Thomas, Oregon Public Health Div. A Craig, MD, Tennessee Dept of Health. SJ Schrag, DPhil, ER Zell, MStat, P Lewis, Div of Bacterial Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases; RM Patel, MD, EIS Officer, CDC.
TABLE. Number and rate * of perinatal group B streptococcal
disease cases, by disease type and state of surveillance
area--Active Bacterial Core surveillance system, United States,
Early-onset Late-onset Pregnancy-
disease disease associated
([dagger]) ([section] disease
State No. Rate No. Rate No. Rate
California 7 0.16 7 0.16 5 0.12
Colorado 10 0.28 11 0.30 0 0.00
Connecticut 10 0.24 18 0.43 0 0.00
Georgia 30 0.40 44 0.59 12 0.16
Maryland 33 0.44 29 0.39 15 0.20
Minnesota 15 0.22 18 0.26 12 0.17
New Mexico 17 0.60 5 0.18 0 0.00
New York 7 0.30 8 0.34 7 0.30
Oregon 8 0.38 4 0.19 0 0.00
Tennessee 30 0.70 21 0.49 2 0.05
Total 167 0.37 165 0.36 53 0.12
* Per 1,000 live births.
([dagger]) Occurring in infants aged 0-6 days.
([section]) Occurring in infants aged 7-89 days.
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The UK is facing a looming LGV driver shortage with the need to be CPC accredited by September 2014, and and a relatively old workforce, creating very real risks to recovery.
A new report from Skills for Logistics (SfL) titled A looming Driving Shortage? reveals there has been a 31% decline in LGV tests passed (C, C+E, C1, C1+E) during the last four years, with the 2010/11 total standing at to 22,700 according to Department for Transport data.
Worse, not all of these licence holders are becoming professional drivers: just over 12,000 of these individuals applied for the now mandatory (for all new drivers) Driver Qualification Card.
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While there are 1,545,000 LGV licence holders, just 299,000 drive professionally. SfL estimates there is currently a shortfall of 2.7 million Driver CPC training hours, suggesting many older drivers do not intend to continue working past the September 2014 CPC deadline.
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by Vanda Carson
A BRISBANE colonic therapist claims she feared she would lose her job if she didn't allow untrained staff to perform "humiliating and distressing" irrigation treatments on her.
Alysia-Rosa Marambio claims she was "required" to submit to the trainee-performed colonic procedures on her days off and told it was an "employment benefit".
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Colonic irrigation involves a hose pushing water through the colon, or large intestine.
Colonics are promoted as good for detoxing and to cure everything from bloating, to reflux, depression, colds and flu, constipation, weight loss, headaches and heartburn.
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Ms Marambio's former colleague Natalie Morris has also sued A1 Colon Hydrotherapy in the Federal Circuit Court alleging breaches of workplace laws and that she did not wish to be used in colonic training.
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Cotonou (Bénin), Benin
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Emily J. Blanchard
Associate Professor of Business Administration
emily.j.blanchard@tuck.dartmouth.edu
http://faculty.tuck.dartmouth.edu/emily-blanchard/
PhD, MSc. University of Wisconsin-Madison; AB, Wellesley College
International economics and policy
Firms and Trade Policy
Professor Blanchard's research lies at the intersection of international economics and public policy. Her work explores the impact of global value chains on 21st century trade policy and the interaction of globalization and education. At Tuck, she teaches the core course Global Economics for Managers and a research to practice seminar on firms and international economic policy.
Trade policy consequences of FDI and global supply chains
Globalization, education, and democratic support for trade
The role of trade intermediaries in shaping trade patterns and market access
Associate Professor, Tuck School of Business
Research Fellow, Center for Economic Policy Research
Assistant Professor, University of Virginia
Analyst/Senior Analyst, The Economics Resource Group, Inc., 1997–99
Editorial Board Member: Economics and Politics, Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), World Trade Review
Unpaid Special Sworn Employee of the Bureau of Economic Analysis
Core Curriculum Teaching Excellence Award, Tuck School of Business (2016)
All-University Teaching Award, University of Virginia (2007)
UVa Department of Economics Undergraduate Teaching Award (2006)
UW-Madison College of Letters and Science Teaching Fellow (2002)
Anna Morris Ely Outstanding Teaching Scholarship (2000, 2002)
Peggy Howard Scholarship for Graduate Studies in Economics (1999)
Joseph P. Lambie Prize in Economic History (1995)
With G. Willmann, “Unequal Gains, Prolonged Pain: a Model of Protectionist Overshooting and Escalation”
With C. Bown and R. Johnson, “Global Supply Chains and Trade Policy”
With A. Bernard, I. Van Beveren, and H. Vandenbussche, “Carry-Along Trade,” Review of Economics Studies, forthcoming
With T. Chesnokova and G. Willmann, “Private Label Exports: Trading Variety for Volume,” Review of World Economics, 153(3), 2017
With W. Olney, “Globalization and Human Capital Investment: Export Composition Drives Educational Attainment,” Journal of International Economics, 106, 2017
With G. Willmann, “Trade, Education, and the Shrinking Middle Class,” Journal of International Economics, 99(1), 2016
With X. Matschke, “U.S. Multinationals and Preferential Market Access,” Review of Economics and Statistics, 97(4), 2015
“A Shifting Mandate: International Ownership, Global Fragmentation, and a Case for Deeper Integration under the WTO,” World Trade Review, 14(1), 2015
With G. Willmann, “Escaping a Protectionist Rut: Policy Mechanisms for Trade Reform in a Democracy,” Journal of International Economics, 85(1), 2011
“Reevaluating the Role of Trade Agreements: Does Investment Globalization Make the WTO Obsolete?” Journal of International Economics, 82(1), 2010
“Foreign Direct Investment, Endogenous Tariffs, and Preferential Trade Agreements,” The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy [ADVANCES], 7(1), 2007
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Agreement allows nonprofit to aid county in disaster volunteer coordination
AMANDA HICKEY Daily News Staff
An agreement will allow Onslow County emergency responders to focus on their job while an area nonprofit organizes volunteers to help those affected.
The Onslow County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a memorandum of understanding earlier this year between the county and United Way Onslow County to get assistance and help with volunteer coordination and donation management.
Norman Bryson, director of Onslow County Emergency Services, said that after the April 16, 2011, tornado more than 8,000 people went to the site as spontaneous volunteers to help clean up and restore the area. As a result, county staff had to track the volunteers, where they were going and get resources allocated to those who needed help. Bryson said that during the response to the tornado, emergency officials had to get people in to help while providing security to the area, ensure volunteers were in contact with property owners and transport citizens to work sites and feeding stations.
�There�s a lot of accountability that goes into that,� Bryson said.
Now the United Way will help.
Craig Wagner, president of United Way Onslow County, said that the organization will have a seat in the Emergency Operation Center for volunteer management during a natural disaster and then, once the event has passed, they will establish a volunteer reception center where volunteers would register, identify skill sets and log in and out.
�When a disaster hits, the first thing they do is think, �How can I help?� � Often times it becomes more of a hindrance than a help because there�s no system of coordinating them. Even with the tornadoes, 8,000 people, that is a lot. � So this aims to kind of alleviate that problem,� Wagner said.
To have a ready base of volunteers, those interested in helping in the wake of a natural disaster can pre-register at volunteeronslow.org and indicate what skills and experience they have. Folks can also pre-register for debris removal and minor home repairs.
Bryson said that county staff and the United Way have been working on the agreement for two years after seeing how they tracked and worked with citizens and those donating services and goods during the April 2011 tornado. The new addition to emergency response plans is now being included in emergency officials� annual natural disaster preparation exercise in order to be prepared for the next natural disaster, he said.
�It puts us in a situation where we can look more at disaster response,� he said.
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2014 Toyota Avalon Hybrid At Tyoota Chula Vista
Saving fuel is more important than ever these days, and there are now more eco-friendly driving options than ever before. We love driving here at Toyota Chula Vista and our preferred method is not by driving less—but by driving smarter vehicles. That’s why we’re so excited about the 2014 Toyota Avalon Hybrid here at our Toyota dealership. It’s stylish, it’s elegant, it’s roomy, it’s fun to drive, and best of all: it doesn’t use a lot of fuel, meaning Chula Vista drivers can drive more and not have to worry about stopping as often to fill up the gas tank.
2014 Toyota Avalon Details
Featuring the luxury, space, and comfort you expect in a full-size sedan, and the fuel efficiency you long for every time you fill up in and around Chula Vista, the 2014 Toyota Avalon Hybrid at our Chula Vista Toyota dealership is the best of both worlds. The 2014 Toyota Avalon Hybrid is available in three trim levels — 2014 Toyota Avalon Hybrid XLE Premium, 2014 Toyota Avalon Hybrid XLE Touring, and 2014 Toyota Avalon Hybrid Limited — and they’re all powered by the sophisticated Toyota Hybrid Synergy Drive® system, which combines a gas-powered four-cylinder engine with high-voltage batteries powering an electric motor, and regenerative braking to produce a net 200 horsepower, nearly instant torque off the line, and excellent mileage ratings. With its continuously variable transmission, the 2014 Toyota Avalon Hybrid offers smooth, powerful performance — a perfect match for its sleek styling, roomy interior dimensions, and luxurious amenities like available leather trim, heated, power-adjustable front seats, and an available JBL® GreenEdge™ premium sound system. The 2014 Toyota Avalon Hybrid also allows drivers to stay updated on fuel economy and monitor vehicle energy from its Multi-Information Display, and with your choice of three driving modes — EV, ECO, and Sport — the 2014 Avalon Hybrid puts you in charge of your fuel-saving destiny.
2014 Toyota Avalon Hybrid Safety and Special Features
The 2014 Toyota Avalon helps you save fuel, but it doesn’t skimp on safety to do so. The 2014 Toyota Avalon Hybrid has an impressive suite of safety features which helped it achieve a 5-Star Overall Safety Rating from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) — features like the Toyota Star Safety System™, which includes traction control, stability control, and antilock brakes with brake assist. The 2014 Toyota Avalon Hybrid also features available Toyota Safety Connect®, which can help you get emergency roadside assistance when necessary. And in addition to all the special technology that makes the 2014 Toyota Avalon Hybrid safe and fun, you’ll also find tech like Toyota Entune® or Toyota Entune® App Suite, which let you listen to your favorite music, connect with friends and family, make restaurant reservations or get movie tickets, or access weather, traffic, or navigation information on the go.
Buying a 2014 Toyota Avalon Hybrid
We’re very excited here at Toyota Chula Vista to offer Chula Vista drivers the roomy, luxurious, elegant, and exciting 2014 Toyota Avalon Hybrid — and it offers a plethora of full-size sedan amenities without asking you to make sacrifices to save fuel, thanks to its Toyota Hybrid Synergy Drive® system. We’ve got a great selection of other exciting Toyota cars, trucks, and SUVs in our new inventory too, so you’ll be sure to find your automotive match when you visit your Toyota dealers here at Toyota Chula Vista. Our Toyota dealership is conveniently located on Main Street in Chula Vista, so be sure to visit us at Toyota Chula Vista today to test drive a new 2014 Toyota Avalon Hybrid.
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European Union Death Watch
Started by stocks , Oct 24 2017 06:36 AM
#11 *JB*
*JB*
Swedish Prime Minister Wants To Deploy Army In No-Go Zones
Swedens murder rate has been relatively low over the years, but thanks to the migrant crisis, police are powerless in many areas across the country.
Last year 300 shootings occurred, 40 people were killed. The new year has begun with new launches. We see criminals with total lack of respect for human life, its a terrible development Im determined to turn around, he added.
People are shot to death in pizza restaurants, people are killed by hand grenades they find on the street, Akesson said in parliament on Wednesday.
This is the new Sweden; the new, exciting dynamic, multicultural paradise that so many here in this assembly have fought to create for so many years, he said sarcastically.
https://www.zerohedg...rmy-no-go-zones
I lived in Malmo for three years. Great city and atmosphere... populous loved it.
Went back fo visit 2 years ago, my friends could not hide their disgust for the government. They were ... when I lived there ... BIG socialists, but NO more
"Don't think...LOOK!"
Carl Swenlin, founder of Decision Point and original Fearless Forecasters board.
#12 stocks
Upstart Populist Party Shocks In Dutch-Election-Upset, 2 Days After Utrecht Attack
Dutch voters have sent shock waves through Europe at the polls on Wednesday in the wake of Monday's deadly Utrecht terror shooting, in which a now detained 37-year old Turkish man went on a terrifying tram killing spree which left three dead and three injured.
Euroskeptic party, Forum for Democracy (FvD), has emerged victorious in key provincial elections this week, paving the way to making it one of the two largest groups in the Dutch Senate, and representing growing Dutch frustration with the recent unprecedented refugee influx in Europe. https://www.zerohedg...s-after-utrecht
Farage and the Charge of the Brexit Brigade
Newly created "Brexit" political party leads in next month's EU elections
By branding his new party the “Brexit Party” he’s not mincing words. He knows that the majority of England (not the U.K.) outside of London are staunchly anti-EU.
He’s got his finger on the pulse of the English electorate, including that large percentage of Labour voters who also voted to Leave alongside the majority of Tories. https://tomluongo.me...brexit-brigade/
Farage knows he has the right approach, politically, to unite the center-left and center-right of England into a very viable political force which can galvanize around this issue just like they did in 2016 to the chagrin and horror of the British Establishment.
European Parliament voting intention:
BREX: 27%
LAB: 22%
CON: 15%
GRN: 10%
LDEM: 9%
UKIP: 7%
Nigel Farage : ‘I’ve Never in My Life Seen Contempt for Our Politicians Like Today’
EU Elections Will Herald a ‘New Future for British Democracy’
“Even after the Mueller report says there’s no Russian collusion, still the globalists never give up, do they?” he observed.
“We haven’t just got to beat the globalists once, we’ve got to beat them again, again, and again, because I’m afraid that the truth of it, and what I’ve learned over 25 years, is that if you want liberty, if you want democracy, if you want your nation-state, you’ve got to fight for it continually.” https://www.breitbar...pt-politicians/
Populists defeat globalists in European parliamentary elections
Coincident with burgeoning attention in America to Spygate, Positive Populism has swept the European Union. The revolution has predictably exploded.
This not only reinforces the decision of Great Britain's P.M. Theresa May to resign, but also corroborates the downfall of German chancellor Angela Merkel (who will not seek election as party leader) and portends the departure of French president Emmanuel Macron (who was defeated by nationalist Marine Le Pen in French European Parliament elections).
The "Three Ms" are not the only losers, for Brussels has been rebuffed for its open-border policies throughout the E.U., notably in Italy, where Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini had warned of an "Islamic State" If populists didn't poll well.
The understory may be linkage of America's Deep State effort to depose President Trump with intelligence services of Great Britain, Italy, and Australia. https://www.american..._elections.html
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Advanced Chemistry with Vernier #26: The Enthalpy of Neutralization of Phosphoric Acid
The Enthalpy of Neutralization of Phosphoric Acid
As you have seen in previous experiments, a great deal can be learned by conducting an acid-base reaction as a titration. In addition, acid-base reactions can be observed and measured thermodynamically. In this case, the reaction is carried out in a calorimeter. If the temperature of the reaction is measured precisely, the enthalpy of neutralization of an acid by a base (or vice versa) can be determined. In this experiment, you will react phosphoric acid with sodium hydroxide.
You will use a Styrofoam cup nested in a beaker as a calorimeter. For purposes of this experiment, you may assume that the heat loss to the calorimeter and the surrounding air is negligible. Phosphoric acid will be the limiting reactant in this experiment, and you will accordingly be determining the enthalpy, ΔH, of neutralization of the acid. Selecting a limiting reactant helps ensure that the temperature measurements and subsequent calculations are as precise as possible.
In this experiment, you will
Measure the temperature change of the reaction between solutions of sodium hydroxide and phosphoric acid.
Calculate the enthalpy, ΔH, of neutralization of phosphoric acid.
Compare your calculated enthalpy of neutralization with the accepted value.
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Advanced Chemistry with Vernier
1 The Determination of a Chemical Formula
2 The Determination of the Percent Water in a Compound
3 The Molar Mass of a Volatile Liquid
4 Using Freezing-Point Depression to Find Molecular Weight
5 The Molar Volume of a Gas
6 Standardizing a Solution of Sodium Hydroxide
7 Acid-Base Titration
8 An Oxidation-Reduction Titration: The Reaction of Fe2+ and Ce4+
9 Determining the Mole Ratios in a Chemical Reaction
10 The Determination of an Equilibrium Constant
11 Investigating Indicators
12 The Decomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide
13 Determining the Enthalpy of a Chemical Reaction
14A Separation and Qualitative Analysis of Cations
14B Separation and Qualitative Analysis of Anions
15A The Synthesis of Alum
15B The Analysis of Alum
16 Conductimetric Titration and Gravimetric Determination of a Precipitate
17 Determining the Concentration of a Solution: Beer's Law
18 Liquid Chromatography
19 Buffers
20 Electrochemistry: Voltaic Cells
21 Electroplating
22 The Synthesis and Analysis of Aspirin
23 Determining the Ksp of Calcium Hydroxide
24 Determining Ka by the Half-Titration of a Weak Acid
25 The Rate and Order of a Chemical Reaction
26 The Enthalpy of Neutralization of Phosphoric Acid
27 α, β, and γ
28 Radiation Shielding
29 The Base Hydrolysis of Ethyl Acetate
30 Exploring the Properties of Gases
31 Determining Avogadro's Number
32 Potentiometric Titration of Hydrogen Peroxide
33 Determining the Half-Life of an Isotope
34 Vapor Pressure and Heat of Vaporization
35 Rate Determination and Activation Energy
Experiment 26 from Advanced Chemistry with Vernier Lab Book
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Andrea D'Cruz
Internships and the 'New Economy': Intern Nation reviewed in the Spectator and the Financial Times
Alice Clegg's Financial Times review of Ross Perlin's book includes a handy do's and don't s list for interns and, drawing on interviews with recruiters, interns and lawyers, discusses what makes an internship good, bad or downright illegal:
When does give and take tip over into exploitation? In the UK, it boils down to whether an individual falls within one of four exemptions to the National Minimum Wage Act: volunteers; voluntary workers; work-shadowing/work experience; and students on course placements. Simply labelling someone an intern is not a get-out, says Alison Clements of Lewis Silkin, the law firm. What matters is whether “they are performing real work” and are obliged to work fixed hours.
Adam Foreman, a partner at Littler Mendelson, the law firm, says US law that guarantees interns a minimum wage is often ignored. Because “the interns are hoping to turn their internships into full-time jobs”, he says, transgressors are rarely hauled before the courts.
Reviewing for the Spectator, Edward King finds Intern Nation a "fascinating read," picking up on Perlin's innovative contributions to the debate:
One of Perlin’s main arguments is that the internship phenomenon has become a vehicle for an increasing interpenetration between the worlds of work and education. This is particularly pronounced in the US, where universities often run internship programmes hand-in-hand with businesses in which students can work for firms in return for academic credit. So far, UK universities have been more reluctant to open their doors to the market in this way (some Oxford colleges, for instance, forbid students from taking internships during holiday periods). But, with the radical overhaul in university funding, this is set to change. The problem with this encroachment of the business world into education, argues Perlin, is that it devalues both sides: replacing structured learning with nebulous ‘on the job experience’ and, in the case of the more unstructured internships, giving young people bad first impressions of the world of work.
Perlin is at his best when he attempts to situate the internship phenomenon within what he refers to as the ‘New Economy’. He argues that internships are part of a shift away from the company man to an entrepreneurial philosophy of ‘I am the CEO of me’. The benefit of most internships has little to do with learning about an industry or a career. Instead, internships are all about personal ‘branding’. Graduates gather internships as so many empty lines on a CV, evidence not so much of ability as connections and perseverance. In one of his most interesting arguments, Perlin links the increasing willingness to work for free to the ethos springing up around the intern, according to which businesses are willing to give their main commodity away for free and gain their financial rewards through subsidiary channels. In the internship system financial rewards are similarly deferred as graduates work for free in return for exposure, contacts, and references that are touted as the prerequisites to making money.
Visit the Financial Times and the Spectator to read the reviews in full.
Intern Nation
by Ross Perlin
286 pages / April 2012 / 9781844678839
288 pages / March 2012 / 9781844679065
288 pages / May 2011 / 9781844676866
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Chrissy Teigen: I would 'definitely' adopt kids with John Legend
The couple welcomed their first child, daughter Luna, in April 2016.
Chrissy Teigen (L) and John Legend attend the Tony Awards on Sunday. The model discussed her options for expanding her family in the July issue of Marie Claire. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo
Chrissy Teigen (L) and John Legend attend the Costume Institute Benefit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 1. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo
Chrissy Teigen (L) and John Legend attend the Los Angeles premiere of "Beauty and the Beast" on March 2. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo
June 14 (UPI) -- Chrissy Teigen says she would "definitely" adopt kids with husband John Legend.
The 31-year-old model discussed her options for expanding her family in the July issue of Marie Claire after experiencing postpartum depression following daughter Luna's birth.
"I would definitely adopt or have foster children. But I loved being pregnant," she told the magazine. "Maybe I should be scared [of having postpartum depression again], but I don't know. It couldn't be any worse than it was -- could it?"
Teigen went public about her postpartum depression in the April issue of Glamour after welcoming Luna in April 2016. She confessed in the Marie Claire interview that she struggles with lingering symptoms, including anxiety.
"Every step I take feels a little shaky. It's such a weird feeling that you wouldn't know unless you have really bad anxiety," the star shared. "You feel like everyone is looking at you."
Teigen and Legend conceived Luna via in vitro fertilization after struggling with fertility issues. The model previously confirmed her plans to have more children in an interview with Refinery 29 in April.
"I didn't really have any fears in having a kid, just because I knew that I wanted one and we worked so hard to have her," the model said. "For me, pregnancy was so great."
"I'm sure my next one is going to be the complete opposite of Luna. But everyone has their own experience," she added. "Luna is really the first baby I have ever been around."
Teigen and Legend looked the picture perfect couple at the 2017 Tony Awards this week. Legend won Best Revival for co-producing the play Jitney, bringing him one step closer to having an EGOT -- Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony.
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Khloe Kardashian Is Staying in Cleveland Until She Gives Birth
By Jessica Vacco-Bolanos
Khloe Kardashian Jim Spellman/WireImage
Let the waiting game commence! Though she’s been actively traveling throughout her pregnancy, Khloe Kardashian arrived in Cleveland on Thursday, March 15, and will stay there until she gives birth, a source tells Us Weekly.
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The 33-year-old Good American founder — who has been flying between her home in Los Angeles and Cleveland where her beau (and baby daddy) Tristan Thompson plays for the NBA team — has settled into their midwest home while they await the arrival of their first child together.
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The reality star, who is about eight-and-a-half months pregnant, confirmed her birth plan in a February episode of Keeping Up With the Kardashians where she revealed that her doctor will fly to Cleveland to deliver the baby there.
The insider adds that “Khloe will be the best mom,” noting she’s “incredibly excited about this baby coming.”
The Kardashian Family: Get to Know the Next Generation
As previously reported, Us Weekly broke the news in September 2017 that the couple are expecting their first bundle of joy together. Khloe later confirmed her pregnancy in a sweet Instagram post where Thompson could be seen cradling her bare bump. The first time parents revealed the sex of their baby in the season 14 finale of KUWTK.
Baby Thompson will be the third girl welcomed into the famous Kardashian-Jenner clan in 2018. Kim Kardashian and her husband, Kanye West, welcomed their third child via surrogate on January 15, and Kylie Jenner welcomed her first child with boyfriend Travis Scott on February 1.
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VIZ360 Standard Client Agreement – Terms and Conditions
These terms and condition (Agreement) apply to all Projects and Services that VIZ360 provides to or which are accepted by any person (Client). The Client is deemed to have read, understood and accepted these terms and conditions if at any time the Client requests or accepts any Project or Services or pays any deposit or any other monies in relation to a Project or Service.
Unless the terms and conditions of the Agreement explicitly state otherwise, expressions used in the Agreement have the following meanings:
Agreement means the legally binding contract arising between the parties under this document.
Business Day means a day (other than a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday) on which banks are open for general banking business in Brisbane.
Commencement Date means the date that the Client accepts a Project Scope or pays any deposit or any other monies in relation to a Project or Service.
Confidential Information means information that is by its nature confidential, including but not limited to information relating to the: personnel, policies, practices, clientele or business strategies of the parties; Intellectual Property Rights of either party; the terms of the Agreement; but does not include information: already rightfully known to the receiving party at the time of disclosure by the other party; or in the public domain (including information made publicly available via a mechanism in the Services by VIZ360) other than as a result of disclosure by a party in breach of its obligations of confidentiality under the Agreement.
Consequential Loss means loss of revenue, loss of profits, loss of anticipated savings or business, pure economic loss, loss of data, loss of value of equipment (other than the cost of repair), loss of opportunity or expectation loss, and any other form of consequential, special, indirect, punitive or exemplary loss or damages.
Consumer Law means the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) or similar applicable legislation.
Cost means any costs, expenses, losses, damages, claims, demands, proceedings, and other liability.
Data means any data, content, code, video, images or other materials of any type which the Client uploads, submits or otherwise transmits to or through the Hosted Services.
Fee means any amount payable by the Client to VIZ360 as stipulated in the Project Scope or Hosted Services Order.
Hosted Services means the hosting services provided by VIZ360.
Hosted Services Order means the documentation issued by VIZ360 to the Client which sets out the fees, term, storage levels and any additional information about the Hosted Services.
Insolvency Event means in respect of a party: the appointment of an administrator, a receiver or receiver and manager in respect of that party; an application to a court or an order for the winding up of the party; or the occurrence of anything analogous or having a substantially similar effect to any of the preceding events.
Intellectual Property Right means all present and future rights conferred by statute, common law or equity in or in relation to business names, circuit layouts, computer software, confidential information, copyright, designs, domain names, formulas, inventions, knowhow, patents, plant varieties, recipes, trade marks, and other results of intellectual activity in the industrial, commercial, scientific, literary or artistic field, the benefit of any application to register such a right and the benefit of any renewal or extension of such a right.
Representative includes an employee, agent, officer, director, auditor, advisor, researcher, partner, consultant, contractor, sub-contractor or Related Entity of that person or of a Related Body Corporate of that person.
Personal Information has the meaning given to that term in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).
Pro Partner Agreement means the agreement between VIZ360 and a VIZ360 Pro Partner.
Privacy Law means the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and any code registered under the Privacy Act or Australian Privacy Principles.
Privacy Policy means VIZ360’s privacy policy which is available on the VIZ360 Website or as amended by VIZ360 from time to time.
Project means the provision of services associated with delivering the outcomes set out in the Project Scope.
Project Scope means the material and documentation as prescribed by VIZ360 from time to time which sets out the deliverables, features, deadlines, quotes and preliminary designs of the Project.
Services means any services provided or procured by VIZ360 in relation to the Hosted Services, Project, and/or the Software or otherwise performed in connection with any request by the Client.
Software means 3D visualisation and imaging software known as “VIZ360”
Standard Reseller Agreement means the agreement between VIZ360 and a Reseller of the VIZ360 services.
Term means the period calculated in accordance clause 2.
Website means www.viz360.com.au and www.viz360.com
1.2 Interpretation
(a) headings are for convenience only and do not affect interpretation;
and unless the context indicates a contrary intention:
(b) an obligation or liability assumed by, or a right conferred on, two or more parties binds or benefits all of them jointly and each of them severally;
(c) the expression “person” includes an individual, the estate of an individual, a corporation, an authority, an association or a joint venture (whether incorporated or unincorporated), a partnership and a trust;
(d) a reference to any party includes that party’s executors, administrators, successors and permitted assigns, including any person taking by way of novation and, in the case of a trustee, includes any substituted or additional trustee;
(e) a reference to any statute or to any statutory provision includes any statutory modification or re-enactment of it or any statutory provision substituted for it, and all ordinances, by-laws, regulations, rules and statutory instruments (however described) issued under it;
(f) words importing the singular include the plural (and vice versa), and words indicating a gender include every other gender;
(g) references to parties, clauses, schedules, exhibits or annexures are references to parties, clauses, schedules, exhibits and annexures to or of this Agreement, and a reference to this Agreement includes any schedule, exhibit or annexure to this Agreement;
(h) where a word or phrase is given a defined meaning, any other part of speech or grammatical form of that word or phrase has a corresponding meaning;
(i) references to payments to any party to this Agreement include payments to another person upon the direction of such party;
(j) all payments to be made under this Agreement will be made by unendorsed bank cheque or other immediately available funds;
(k) words surrounded by inverted commas are to be interpreted in the way an expert in the relevant field would interpret them;
(l) the word “includes” in any form is not a word of limitation; and
(m) a reference to “$” or “dollar” is to Australian currency.
Agreement Length
2.1 Term
This Agreement commences on the Commencement Date and will continue until terminated in accordance with clause 19 of this Agreement.
2.2 Retrospective Application
If VIZ360 began providing the Services before a deposit payment was received, the Agreement will apply retrospectively from the date on which VIZ360 first provided the Services.
3.1 New Projects
Where a Project is also subject to a Standard Reseller Agreement or Pro Partner Agreement, the obligations of the Client in this clause 3 may also be completed by the Reseller or Pro Partner (as the case may be).
(a) The Client will submit the Project Scope to VIZ360 for each proposed Project.
(b) VIZ360 may in its absolute discretion either issue a quote to the Client in regard to the Project Scope or reject the Project Scope.
(c) A quote or indication of a price issued by VIZ360 is an invitation to treat, not a contractual offer.
(d) Any quote issued by VIZ360 is valid for 30 days from the date of issue. If the Client does not accept a quote within 30 days, the quote will be deemed rejected by the Client.
(e) VIZ360 reserves the right to cancel or modify a quote at any time before the Client has accepted a quote.
(f) Accepted quotes will be considered a Project following acceptance by the Client in writing or pays any deposit or any other monies in relation to Project.
(g) A Project may only be cancelled in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement or as agreed in writing between the parties.
3.2 Client’s Obligations
(a) The Client must:
(i) provide all information required by VIZ360 for the purpose of delivering the Project; and
(ii)cooperate fully with VIZ360 to prevent delays in delivering the Project.
(b) The Client warrants that:
(i) all of the information that it provides to VIZ360 is accurate and complete in all respects; and
(ii)it will inform VIZ360 whenever any such information changes.
3.3 Project Delays
(a) VIZ360 will keep the Client informed of any delays and the timeline to remedy these delays.
(b) VIZ360 will not be responsible for any delay in delivering the Project if such delay is the result of an act, omission or neglect by the Client.
(c) The Client acknowledges and agrees that in the event of a delay, regardless if caused by VIZ360 or the Client:
(i) any time frames, milestones and/or deadlines will be extended by the number of days in which the cause of the delay was current;
(ii) the delay will not be considered a breach of this Agreement and the Client will not be entitled to a refund of any money paid or waiver of any obligation concerning payments.
(iii) if a delay continues for more than two months, VIZ360 may cease work on the Project.
3.4 Delivery of the Project
(a) VIZ360 will provide an electronic link to the Client to view the Project.
(b) VIZ360 reserve the right to publish the Project within one month of providing an electronic link to the Project regardless if the Client requests further changes or modifications in accordance with clause 3.5(a).
3.5 Revisions to the Project
(a) The Client may request changes or modifications to the Project during the Term.
(b) The changes or modifications contemplated by clause 3.5(a) are limited to design adjustments and implementation of feedback of minor nature and magnitude and must not exceed a cumulative total of 10% of the total Fee. Work performed by VIZ360 pursuant to this clause 3.5 will be calculated at a rate of $100 + GST per hour.
3.6 Submitted Material
(a) The Client must not submit or cause to be submitted to VIZ360 any of the following:
(i) any material that the Client does not own or have the right to use;
(ii)any confidential information of any third party without the express consent of the third party;
(iii) any material that is illegal, unlawful, improper, harmful, threatening, unlawful, defamatory, abusive, inflammatory, harassing, vulgar, obscene, fraudulent, hateful, or otherwise objectionable; or
(iv) any material that infringes the Intellectual Property Right of a third party;
(b) VIZ360 reserves the right to cease work on the Project, if its absolute discretion believes that the Client is in breach of any of the conditions of this clause 3.6.
(c) The Client irrevocably grants a non-exclusive, royalty free license to VIZ360 to use in any material supplied by the Client in connection with the Project.
(d) Unless clause 3.10 applies, clause 3.6(c) survives termination of this Agreement.
3.7 Hosting the Project
(a) The Client acknowledges and agrees that VIZ360 will have the exclusive right to host the Project on a server of its choosing.
(b) VIZ360 reserves the right to change the server at any time in its sole discretion.
3.8 Viewing the Project
The Client will have the ability to view the Project:
(a) directly on the VIZ360 Website;
(b) in a file downloaded through an electronic link provided by VIZ360; or
(c) another method as made available by VIZ360 from time to time.
3.9 Publishing the Project
The Client agrees and acknowledges that VIZ360 may publish, use or share the Project, including all digital models and assets associated with it:
(a) to be used for VIZ360 demonstration content and/or for other projects for other clients; or
(b) to be used on its Website; or
(c) to be used on a third party website; or
(d) to be used via an embedded link on a third party website, making the Project available for viewing by the general public.
3.10 Removal of the Project
(a) Following the completion of the Project, the Client may request VIZ360 in writing to remove the Project from the Software.
(b) VIZ360 will remove the Project from the Software within 30 days after receiving a request in accordance in clause 3.10(a).
(c) The Client acknowledges and agrees that if the Project is removed from the Software, the Project will no longer be recoverable and the Client must export any data it requires prior to issuing a request pursuant to clause 3.10(a).
3.11 Project not for Reselling
(a) The Client must not:
(i) engage VIZ360 with the purpose of reselling the Project to a third party.
(ii)without the prior written consent of VIZ360 sell or otherwise transfer the Project whether for monetary compensation or not to a third party.
(b) If the Client wishes to resell Projects, the Client must enter into the VIZ360 Partner Agreement.
4. Hosted Services
4.1 Provision of Hosted Services
VIZ360 agrees to provide the Hosted Services in accordance with the Hosted Services Order.
4.2 Licence
VIZ360 grants the Client a non-transferable, non-exclusive and revocable licence to access and use the Hosted Services subject to the terms of this Agreement.
4.3 Storage Limits
(a) There may be storage limits associated with the Hosted Services. These limits are described in the Hosted Services Order.
(b) VIZ360 reserves the right to charge for additional storage or excessive usage fees at rates specified by VIZ360 from time to time.
(c) VIZ360, in its absolute discretion may add new or modify existing storage limits for the Hosted Services at any time.
5.1 Software Licence
VIZ360 grants to the Client a non-transferrable, non-exclusive and revocable licence to use the Software, subject to the terms of the Agreement.
6. The Services
6.1 Provision of Services
(a) VIZ360 agrees to perform the Services in accordance with this Agreement.
(b) VIZ360 will perform the Services to that standard of care and skill to be expected of a person who regularly acts in the capacity in which VIZ360 is engaged and who possesses the knowledge, skill and experience of a person qualified to act in that capacity.
(c) The Client must provide all information required by VIZ360 for the purpose of providing the Services.
6.2 Delivery of Support and Maintenance
VIZ360 will provide support and maintenance services in respect of the Services via email and telephone only, during the hours 8.00am to 5.00pm Australian Eastern Standard time on Business Days.
6.3 Services not Available Locally
The Client agrees and accepts that the Hosted Services and Software is hosted by VIZ360 (or a third party engaged by VIZ360) and will only be accessible using the Internet (or other connection to VIZ360’s or a third-party’s servers), and will not be available ‘locally’ from the Client’s own servers or computer systems, unless requested by the Client and agreed in writing by VIZ360 (at VIZ360’s absolute discretion).
6.4 Parts of VIZ360 Controlled by Third Parties
The Client agrees and accepts that VIZ360 is or may be from time to time operated form servers owned and controlled by a third party. As such, the Client acknowledges that certain functions are out of VIZ360’s control, including databases and application infrastructure, and VIZ360 is not responsible for any event or action caused by any third party contemplated in this clause 6.4
6.5 VIZ360 in Beta
The Client acknowledges and agrees that parts of the Hosted Services and/or Software may be released by VIZ360 in a beta testing version, and that in such case, the Client should use the Hosted Services and/or Software with that standard of stability in mind.
6.6 Maintenance, Updates, Changes, Inaccessibility and Errors
(a) VIZ360 reserve the right, with at least 5 Business Day’s notice, to make some or all of the Hosted Services and/or Software inaccessible from time to time as is required for updates, maintenance and/or upgrades. Notification may be done by email or by posting a notice on the Website.
(b) From time to time, without notice, access to all or part of the Hosted Services and/or Software may be disrupted or limited. During such an interruption, VIZ360 will use its reasonable endeavours to restore access to the Hosted Services and/or Software as soon as practicable.
(c) VIZ360 reserve the right to correct any errors on the Hosted Services and/or Software, upgrade, maintain, tune, backup, amend, add to or remove features from, redesign, improve or otherwise alter the Hosted Services and/or Software at VIZ360’s sole and absolute discretion.
(d) The Client acknowledges and agrees that VIZ360 will not be liable for any loss or damage that the Client or any other person incur by any changes made to the Hosted Services and/or Software and/or the Client not being able to access the Software or any part of it.
6.7 Third Party Content
The inclusion of any third party link does not imply any endorsement or recommendation of a linked website by VIZ360. VIZ360 will not be responsible for any third party advertising content displayed on the Software. Any link on the Software to a third party website, or decision to accept any third party offer, is entirely at the Client’s own risk.
6.8 Additional Work
(a) If the Client requires support and maintenance that is deemed in VIZ360’s absolute discretion to be out of scope of the Services, VIZ360 may charge the Client an additional fee as determined by VIZ360.
(b) If VIZ360 reasonably determines that the requirement for any work outside the scope of the Service is caused by the fault or error of VIZ360, the Client shall not pay for that additional work.
7.1 Invoices and Payment
(a) VIZ360 will invoice the Client for the Fee and the Client must pay the invoice by the due date stated on the invoice.
(b) If the client or VIZ360 decides to cancel the project at any time after a deposit payment has been received, VIZ360 will invoice only for works that has been completed to date including any administration and processing fees.
(c) VIZ360 reserves the right to withhold fees for administration and processing in cases when a refund is granted to cover all costs incurred by VIZ360 for works completed.
7.2 GST Wording
Words defined in A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 (Cth) have the same meaning in this Agreement.
(a) VIZ360 may but is not obligated to create an account on the Client’s behalf to facilitate the provision of support and/or communication with the Client.
(b) The Client will take reasonable steps to ensure that its account is secure from unauthorised access.
(c) The Client is solely responsible for:
(i) keeping any usernames and passwords associated with its account for the Hosted Services and/or Software secure;
(ii)the use of its account, irrespective of who is using it, even if it is used without the Client’s permission; and
(iii) immediately notifying VIZ360 if the Client becomes aware of any actual or suspected compromise or breach of security in relation to the Client’s account credentials.
(d) If VIZ360 become aware of any suspicious or unauthorised activity or access on the Client’s account, VIZ360 may:
(i) suspend access to the Client’s account; or
(ii)require the Client to change its account password.
(e) VIZ360 reserves the right to immediately limit or suspend the Client’s access to the Hosted Services and/or Software if the Client breaches any of its obligations or undertakings in this Agreement.
9.1 VIZ360 to Approve
(a) If the Client propose to publish any aspect of the Project other than in a layout and format previously prescribed or approved by VIZ360, the Client must first obtain VIZ360’s written approval before it is published, displayed or broadcast.
(b) If the Client publishes, displays, broadcasts or does any other thing that causes the Project to be available for viewing by the general public, it must, using the prescribed or approved format by VIZ360 include the statement “Powered by VIZ360” in a clearly visible location and correctly attribute the Project to VIZ360
(c) For the avoidance of doubt, failure to comply with clause 9.1(b) is considered a material breach of this Agreement and VIZ360 may terminate this Agreement immediately in its absolute discretion.
The Client ‘s Undertakings
10.1 General
(a) The Client undertakes:
(i) to use the Hosted Services, Project and/or the Software only as it was designed to be used;
(ii)it has obtained all consents, approvals, licenses, and permissions necessary to use any submitted material or documents.
(iii) not to use the Hosted Services and/or Software in any way which could be reasonably expected to interfere with or damage VIZ360’s network, any other operator’s network, or another client or user’s enjoyment of the Software;
(iv) not to use the Hosted Services and/or Software for unsolicited or unreasonably frequent or voluminous communications having regard to the nature and requirements of the Client’s business;
(v) not to publish or otherwise communicate any review of, or information about, the Hosted Services and/or Services (which is not publicly available) to any third party without the prior written consent of VIZ360, except as specifically provided for in an agreement with VIZ360;
(vi) not to intentionally disable or circumvent any protection or disabling mechanism related to the Hosted Services and/or Software;
(vii) not to install or store any software applications, code or scripts on or through the Hosted Services and/or Software unless it first obtains the written permission of VIZ360;
(viii) not to use the Hosted Services and/or Software to bully, harass, degrade, insult or otherwise demean any person (as determined by VIZ360) or to partake in offensive or indecent conduct; and
(ix) not to store, access or operate any data, code or software on, or in connection with, the Software that could be categorised or identified as:
(A) a computer virus or malicious code; or
(B) pornographic material
(x) not to submit any material that could be categorised or identified as:
(A) pornographic material; or
(B) offensive or indecent.
(b) The Client will be responsible for the breach of any undertaking or warranty in this clause 10.1 regardless of whether that breach is caused by a third party submitting material or a security breach of any kind.
VIZ360 Rights
11.1 VIZ360 Right to Monitor
VIZ360 has the right, but not the obligation, to verify and/or monitor all conduct on, and content submitted to VIZ360, including the contents of the Project Scope.
11.2 VIZ360 Right to Suspend
VIZ360 reserves the right to limit or suspend the Client’s access to the Hosted Services and/or Software if the Client breaches any of its obligations or undertakings in the Agreement.
The Client acknowledges and agrees that VIZ360 may subcontract any of its obligations of this Agreement to a third party (or multiple third parties) without notification to or consent from the Client.
13.1 Privacy Policy
(a) The Client agrees and consents to VIZ360’s handling of Personal Information in accordance with the Privacy Policy.
(b) VIZ360 may change the Privacy Policy at any time by giving notice to the Client pursuant to clause 23.1 of this Agreement.
13.2 No Privacy Warranty
VIZ360 makes no warranty as to whether the Service will comply with the Client’s obligations under Privacy Law. It is the Client’s responsibility to determine whether the Service is appropriate for the Client’s circumstances.
13.3 Changes in Response to Privacy Law
VIZ360 may make any changes whether it be to the Project or the Software that it considers, at its sole and absolute discretion, to be beneficial for compliance with:
(a) Privacy Law; or
(b) any guidance issued by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, and will notify the Client of any such change.
14.1 VIZ360’s Intellectual Property Rights
(a) All title, ownership rights and Intellectual Property Rights, including copyright in relation to the Hosted Services, Project and Software is owned or used under licence by VIZ360.
(b) Without VIZ360’s express prior written consent, the Client undertakes that it will not and will not permit any person to:
(i) directly or indirectly alter, replicate, copy, recreate, create derivative work from, decompile, reverse engineer, reserve assemble, reserve compile, enhance, interfered with or with part of the Project and/or the Software or otherwise obtain, modify or use any source or object code, architecture, or algorithms contained in the Hosted Services and/or Software or any documentation associated with the Hosted Services, Project and/or the Software;
(ii)interact with any VIZ360 trade mark (whether registered or not) that could cause any adverse effect to VIZ360’s ownership and/or rights to the intellectual property; or
(iii) copy or reproduce, or create an adaptation or translation of, all or part of the Hosted Services and/or Software in any way, except to the extent that reproduction occurs automatically through the ordinary use of the Hosted Services and/or Software in accordance with this Agreement;
(iv) incorporate all or part of the Project and/or the Hosted Services and/or Software in any other webpage, site, application or other digital or non-digital format;
(v) (subject to other rights explicitly granted under this Agreement) sell, license, sublicense, lease, rent, distribute, disclose, permit access to, or transfer to any third party, whether for profit or without charge, any portion of the Hosted Services and/or Software on any medium;
(vi) do anything that will infringe the Intellectual Property Rights of any third party; or
(vii) attempt to do any of the above.
14.2 Client’s Intellectual Property Rights
Except when the Data is a Project created pursuant to this Agreement, these terms do not create any assignment or transfer of title in and to the Intellectual Property Rights subsisting in any Data submitted by the Client to or through the Hosted Services in favour of VIZ360.
14.3 Survival of Obligation
The operation of this clause survives the termination of this Agreement.
15.1 Threats and action
If the Client becomes aware of any infringement or threatened infringement of any of the Hosted Services, Project and/or the Software or any Intellectual Property Rights, the Client must give notice pursuant to clause 23.1 to VIZ360 including full particulars of the infringement. VIZ360 may, in its absolute discretion, institute and prosecute an action against the infringer.
15.2 Provide all assistance
The Client and VIZ360 must each execute all documents and do all things reasonably necessary to aid and co-operate in the prosecution of any actions brought by the other under this clause.
16.1 Exclusion of express warranties
Subject to the obligations of VIZ360 in respect of the provision of the Hosted Services and/or Software under this Agreement, VIZ360 makes no warranties or guarantees:
(a) that the Hosted Services and/or Software will be accessible at all times, uninterrupted or error free;
(b) that any of the Hosted Services and/or Software is without bugs or viruses;
(c) that any of the technical information is without error or inaccuracy;
(d) that the Hosted Services and/or Software is immune to unauthorised access or security breach; and
(e) in respect of the retention of, or continued accessibility of, any data.
(a) The Client acknowledge and agree that
(i) the Client’s use of the Hosted Services and/or Software is at its own risk;
(ii)VIZ360 is not responsible for the conduct or activities of any other user of the Hosted Services and/or Software; and
(iii) the Client is acquiring the Services and otherwise entering into and acquiring goods or services under this Agreement for commercial purposes and not for domestic, personal or household use.
(b) If the Client is a consumer within the meaning of the Consumer Law, there are certain rights (such as the consumer guarantees implied by the Consumer Law, which cannot by law be excluded (Non-Excludable Condition). This clause is subject to those Non-Excludable Conditions.
(c) Subject to the application of any applicable Non-Excludable Condition and to the maximum extent permitted by law, VIZ360:
(i) excludes from this Agreement all guarantees, conditions and warranties that might but for this clause be implied into this Agreement;
(ii)excludes all liability to the Client for any Costs, expenses, losses and damages suffered or incurred directly or indirectly by the Client in connection with this Agreement, including using the Services, whether that liability arises in contract, tort or under statute; and
(iii) will not, under any circumstances, be liable to the Client for any Consequential Loss.
(d) If VIZ360’s liability under this Agreement cannot be lawfully excluded, to the maximum extent permitted by law, VIZ360’s liability for breach of any Non-Excludable Condition is limited:
(i) in the case of goods, to (at VIZ360’s option) the replacement of the goods or the supply of equivalent goods; the repair of the goods; the payment of the cost of replacing the goods or of acquiring equivalent goods; or the payment of the cost of having the goods repaired;
(ii)in the case of services, to (at VIZ360’s option) the supplying of the services again; or the payment of the cost of having the services supplied again.
18.1 General indemnity
The Client indemnifies VIZ360 against all costs suffered or incurred by VIZ360, however caused, arising wholly or partially, directly or indirectly, in connection with this Agreement.
18.2 Indemnity
Without limiting the indemnities provided in clause 18.1 the Client indemnifies and will keep VIZ360 and its Representatives indemnified against all liability arising from claims for:
(a) libel, slander, defamation, product disparagement or indecent, false, misleading or deceptive conduct;
(b) infringement of Intellectual Property Rights;
(c) piracy, counterfeiting, plagiarism, unfair competition or idea misappropriation;
(d) breach of any provision of the Privacy Act;
(e) any incorrect, fraudulent or false information provided by the Client; and
(f) any breach of the provisions of this clause 18;
18.3 Conditions of Indemnity
(a) VIZ360 may make a claim under and indemnity provided in this Agreement in relation to a Cost before having incurred the Cost, or before making a payment in relation to the Cost.
(b) The indemnities in this Agreement shall be in addition to any damages for breach of contract to which VIZ360 may be entitled. Nothing in the indemnities in this Agreement will be construed so as to prevent VIZ360 from claiming damages in relation to a breach by the Client of any term of this Agreement.
(c) Each indemnity in this Agreement is a continuing obligation, separate and independent from the other obligations of the parties and survives termination of this Agreement for whatever reason.
19.1 Expiry of this Agreement
This Agreement will end when:
(a) VIZ360 has completed the Project; or
(b) in the case of Hosted Services, at the end of the term specified in the Hosted Services Order; or
(c) unless otherwise agreed in writing by the parties.
19.2 Immediate Termination by VIZ360 for Default
VIZ360 may terminate this Agreement immediately by notice to the Client if the Client breaches this Agreement.
19.3 Immediate Termination by VIZ360 for Insolvency Event
VIZ360 may terminate this Agreement immediately by notice to the Client if the Client:
(a) is in liquidation or provisional liquidation or under administration;
(b) has a controller as defined in the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) or an analogous person appointed to it or to any of its property;
(c) is taken under section 459F(1) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) to have failed to comply with a statutory demand;
(d) is unable to pay its debts or is insolvent;
(e) dies, ceases to be of full legal capacity or becomes incapable of managing its own affairs for any reason;
(f) takes any step that could result in the Client becoming an insolvent under administration as defined in section 9 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth);
(g) enters into a compromise or arrangement with, or assignment for the benefit of, any of its members or creditors; or is affected by any analogous event.
Effects of Termination
20.1 Termination not to affect obligation to pay
Termination of this Agreement shall not affect the Client’s obligation to pay any outstanding amounts owed to VIZ360.
(a) This clause does not apply where there is a dispute concerning a payment or any amount owing by the Client to VIZ360.
(b) Subject to clause 21(f) any dispute which arises between the parties in connection with this agreement (dispute) must be dealt with in accordance with the requirements of this clause 21, before either party will be entitled to commence proceedings against the other party in respect of the dispute.
(c) The party claiming that a dispute has arisen (complainant) must give the other party a written notice setting out a detailed explanation of the nature of the dispute; and what action the complainant thinks will resolve the dispute (dispute notice).
(d) Within 10 business days of the dispute notice being received by the other party, a nominated senior executive of each party must meet, act in good faith and use best endeavours to resolve the dispute at that meeting, or such subsequent meetings as may be reasonably required.
(e) If the dispute is not resolved pursuant to clause 21(d) within 30 days of the dispute notice being received by the other party, the parties agree to attend a privately held mediation with a mediator appointed by the nominated senior executive or both parties and in the absence of agreement within 7 days of disagreement by such mediator as appointed by the President, or person in like office of the Resolution Institute.
(f) If the dispute is not resolved within a further 30 days pursuant to clause 21(e) then either party may commence proceedings against the other party in respect of the dispute.
(g) Nothing in this clause 21 prevents a party from seeking urgent injunctive or similar relief from a court.
(a) A party will not, without the prior written approval of the other party, disclose the other party’s Confidential Information.
(b) A party will not be in breach of this confidentiality clause in circumstances where it is legally compelled to disclose the other party’s Confidential Information.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this clause, a party may disclose the terms of the Agreement (other than Confidential Information of a technical nature) to its related companies, solicitors, auditors, insurers and accountants.
(d) Each party will take all reasonable steps to ensure that its employees and agents, and any sub-contractors engaged for the purposes of the Agreement, do not make public or disclose the other party’s Confidential Information.
22.2 Breach notifications
A party must notify the disclosing party in writing, giving full details known to it immediately, when it becomes aware of any actual, suspected, likely or threatened: breach by any person of any obligation in relation to the Confidential Information; or theft, loss, damage, or unauthorised access, use or disclosure of or to any Confidential Information.
22.3 Survival
The obligations under this clause 22 survive termination of the Agreement.
23.1 Notices
(a) A notice under this Agreement must be given by email and is deemed to be received when the email is capable of being retrieved by the addressee at an email address designated by the addressee.
(b) VIZ360 designated email address is [email protected], or any other designated email address notified to the Client from time to time.
(c) The Client’s designated email address is the email address as set out in the Project Scope. The Client may change the designated email address at any time by notifying VIZ360.
23.2 Assignment
(a) The Client may only assign, encumber, declare a trust over or otherwise create an interest in its rights under this document with the consent of VIZ360.
(b) VIZ360 may assign, encumber, declare a trust over or otherwise create an interest in its rights under this document without the consent of the Client, and may disclose to any potential holder of the right or interest any information relating to this document or any party to it.
23.3 Unforeseen Event
A party is not responsible for any loss arising out of any occurrences or condition beyond its control (other than an obligation to pay money), including but not limited to acts of war (whether declared or not) or terrorism, the mobilisation of armed forces, civil commotion or riot, natural disaster, industrial action or labour disturbance, currency restriction, embargo, action or inaction by a government, a failure of a supplier, public utility or common carrier or computer disruption due to the effects of a computer virus, trojan, malware or other malicious code.
23.4 Liability for expenses
Each party must pay its own expenses incurred in negotiating, executing, stamping and registering this document.
23.5 Giving effect to this document
Each party must do anything (including execute any document), and must ensure that its Representatives do anything (including execute any document), that the other party may reasonably require to give full effect to this document.
23.6 Waiver of rights
A right may only be waived in writing, signed by the party giving the waiver, and:
(a) no other conduct of a party (including a failure to exercise, or delay in exercising, the right) operates as a waiver of the right or otherwise prevents the exercise of the right;
(b) a waiver of a right on one or more occasions does not operate as a waiver of that right if it arises again; and
(c) the exercise of a right does not prevent any further exercise of that right or of any other right.
23.7 Relationship
Nothing in this Agreement is intended to create or be construed as creating a relationship of agency, joint venture or partnership between any of the parties. Unless expressly stated in this Agreement, no party may act as agent of or in any way bind another Party to any Obligation.
23.8 Operation of this document
(a) This document contains the entire agreement between the parties about its subject matter. Any previous understanding, agreement, representation or warranty relating to that subject matter is replaced by this document and has no further effect.
(b) Any right that a person may have under this document is in addition to, and does not replace or limit, any other right that the person may have.
(c) Any provision of this document which is unenforceable or partly unenforceable is, where possible, to be severed to the extent necessary to make this document enforceable, unless this would materially change the intended effect of this document.
23.9 Consents
Where this Agreement states that the consent or approval VIZ360 is required, VIZ360 may: give or withhold that consent or approval in its absolute discretion; and give that consent or approval subject to conditions, unless this Agreement expressly states otherwise.
23.10 Liability of Parties
If a party consists of more than one person: an obligation of that party is a joint obligation of all of those persons and a several obligation of each of them; a right given to that party is a right given jointly and severally to each of those persons, and if exercised by one of them, is deemed to be exercised jointly; and a representation, warranty or undertaking made by that party is made by each of those persons.
23.11 Inconsistency with other documents
If this document is inconsistent with any other document or agreement between the parties, this document prevails to the extent of the inconsistency.
23.12 Reliance
Neither party has entered into any contract under this Agreement in reliance on or as a result of any representation, promise, statement, conduct or inducement by the other otherwise than as set out in this Agreement.
23.13 Time is of the essence
Time is of the essence in this Agreement.
23.14 Counterparts
This Agreement may be agreed to in any number of counterparts including where they are exchanged by email containing this Agreement as an unalterable attachment. All counterparts together will be taken to constitute one instrument.
23.15 Governing law
The laws of Queensland, Australia govern this Agreement. The parties submit to the non‑exclusive jurisdiction of courts exercising jurisdiction there.
23.16 Independent Legal Advice
The Client acknowledges that VIZ360 has recommended that the Client seek independent legal and other appropriate professional advice in respect of this Agreement.
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