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Smirnoff Classic No. 21 Vodka 1.75L
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Smirnoff No. 21 is the world's No. 1 vodka. Its classic taste has inspired other varieties throughout all four corners of the globe.
Region United States, Connecticut
Brand Smirnoff
Svedka Vodka 1.75L
Five X the party. Imported from Sweden and distilled five times from Swedish winter wheat.
Jack Daniel's Black Label Old No. 7
We do things a little differently around here - and that's what gives Jack Daniel's its distinctive character. We charcoal mellow our whiskey drop by drop, then let it age in our own handcrafted barrels. And we don't follow a calendar. Our Tennessee Sippin' Whiskey is ready only when our tasters say it is. We use our senses, just like Jack Daniel himself did. In fact, more than a century later, our Tennessee Whiskey is still judged the same way. By the way it looks. By the way it smells. And, of course, by the way it tastes.
The world's first super premium vodka, Belvedere represents the pinnacle of the Polish vodka-making tradition. Distilled exclusively from the finest Dankowskie Gold Rye and quadruple distilled to create the perfect balance of character and purity, Belvedere Vodka is the true expression of luxury vodka. Completely additive-free and diluted with water from Belvedere's own artesian well, this is a vodka that combines over 600 years of vodka producing expertise with an uncompromising commitment to quality and heritage. Nose: Faint hint of vanilla along with gentle characteristics of soft cream. Palate: Full and round with medium body and a naturally smooth, rich and velvety texture. Some light vanilla notes swaying between sweet and savory, with a hint of white pepper and spice. Finish: Good length with notes of almond, clotted cream, and some faint Brazil nut characteristics.
Chopin Potato Vodka 1L
Chopin is the first and only luxury potato vodka in the world. Chopin is a single-ingredient vodka, distilled from 100% organic potatoes grown. Seven pounds of naturally-grown potatoes go into every bottle of Chopin Vodka. Chopin is produced in small batches to ensure superior quality meeting only the highest standards.
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Tomorrow, 15 December opens Rogue One: A history of Star Wars. It is the first independent series film Star Wars, a new adventure with a story set before the events of La Guerra of Star Wars (1977). On the occasion of this premiere, Superga It was inspired by the saga to create her latest collection of shoes, so if you’re a fan, you’re in luck because you can look very cool sneakers. .
Superga It has created four new futuristic designs of its model 2750, dedicated to four favorites of the saga: the evil Darth Vader, Lord of the dark side of the force; the Imperial stormtroopers; the charming R2-D2, the ingenious droid specialized in seemingly-impossible repairs; and the eager to C-3PO, the droid humanoid, inseparable from R2-D2.
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Former gravel pit turned into a megawatt solar park
26. Januar 2017 26. Januar 2017 von Christina Pfeufer
How is it possible to reuse a disused stone and earth open pit mine in an economically viable and environmentally friendly manner? The town of Meyenburg in the district of Prignitz (Brandenburg) which did not want to leave the land of its former gravel pit lying fallow was faced with this question. The solution: A solar park with an output of 7.45 megawatts which produces green electricity for approximately 2,400 average households per year. (mehr…)
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Idea’s 3G services through ICR arrangement, resume across 10 circles - Delhi, Mumbai, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Kolkata & West Bengal, Tamilnadu, Bihar, Assam and North East
Mumbai, May 5th, 2014: Idea Cellular, India’s 3rd largest telecom operator, announces the resumption of 3G services through Intra-Circle Roaming (ICR), across 10 circles, enabling over 25% of its base of 137 million subscribers to experience high speed 3G internet on their mobile devices.
Both, prepaid and postpaid Idea customers in Delhi, Mumbai, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Kolkata & West Bengal, Tamilnadu, Bihar, Assam and North East can now avail 3G services, and roam seamlessly across the country on Idea’s superior 3G network spread across the country.
According to Mr. Sashi Shankar, Chief Marketing Officer, Idea Cellular, “Idea is committed to proliferate mobile internet in India, and the extension of our 3G services on a pan-India level will give a major boost to our efforts in this direction. Idea has partnered with leading telecom operators in the country to enable seamless 3G connectivity, in addition to building a robust network, strong distribution channel, and a wide range of services and Idea branded 3G devices, to enable 3G proliferation in India.”
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The Infront Privacy Policy describes which information we collect, what we use it for, who we share it with and what we share, and choices you have related to the processing of your personal data.
When we refer to “Infront”, “We”, “Us” etc., we mean the Infront group entity.
Applicability Of This Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy applies to all Infront’s products and services including the Infront terminal, Web Trader, Mobile, entitlement systems and interfaces like My Profile and Free trial registration forms for ordering our products (collectively, the “Services”), Infrontfinance.com and other Infront websites (collectively, the “Websites”) and other interactions (e.g., customer service inquiries, registration for Webinars, IR contact etc.) you may have with Infront.
In addition, separate agreements governs delivery, access and use of the Services (the “Customer Agreement”).
We collect, receive, use, disclose, transfer and store Personal Data when needed to provide our Services and for operational and business purposes described in this policy.
If you do not agree with the terms, do not access or use the Services, Websites or any other aspect of Infront’s business.
Infront's role
Infront may process your Personal Data as data controller or on behalf of another data controller, i.e. as data processor. In the latter situation, Infront's processing is based on a data processing agreement with the data controller.
What types of Personal Data Do We Collect
Personal Data is data related to you or that can identify you as a person. For example your name, email address, phone number etc.
Personal Data we collect includes username, name and contact information, usage logs, trade logs, payment details, lists you create and notifications you set up and settings created as part of using the Services, as well as certain information collected in our application log (cf. below).
How Do We Collect And Receive Personal Data
Infront may collect and receive Personal Data in a variety of ways:
When you register for a trial period
When you register to receive newsletter, IR information and similar
When you order one of our products online or on manual order form
When your broker registers your subscription to an Infront product in the Infront entitlement system
When you login and use the Infront applications (usage logs and trade logs)
When you set up custom workspace, create personal lists, set up notifications, trade etc.
Our servers automatically collect certain information in an application log to help us administer and protect the Services, troubleshoot technical issues and improve users’ experience. The information collected includes: IP address and browser type, device information such as SID (Security Identifier) and similar identifiers, device operating system and technical facts.
How We Use Personal Data and the legal basis for processing
Personal Data will be used by Infront in accordance with any applicable terms in the Customer Agreement, End User License Agreement, Customer’s use of Services functionality, and as required by applicable law.
Infront uses Personal Data:
To conduct sales and contract process
To provide requested offers on our Services;
To deliver in accordance with Customer Agreements
To enable users to access and use the Services
To offer technical and other support to users of our Services
To update, maintain, improve and protect our Services, Websites and business. This includes use of Personal Data to support delivery of the Services under a Customer Agreement, prevent or address service errors, security or technical issues and analyze usage.
As required by applicable law, legal process or regulation, or other legal obligations imposed by publich authorities.
To communicate with you by responding to your requests, comments and questions.
To send emails and other communications. We may send you service, technical and other administrative emails, messages and other types of communications. We may also contact you to inform you about changes in our Services and important Services-related notices. These communications are considered part of the Services and you may not opt out of them. In addition, we sometimes send emails with promotional communications or other news about Infront. These are marketing messages so you can control whether you receive them.
To process orders, invoicing, payments and other financial follow-up.
To investigate and help prevent security issues and misuse of data from vendors (this e.g. includes exchanges and news vendors).
To ensure Infront's or third parties' rights in the establishment, exercise and defence of legal claims that Infront believes to have, or directed against Infront from users, third parties or public authorities.
If the information collected is aggregated or de-identified so it is no longer reasonably associated with an identified or identifiable natural person ("Other Information"), Infront may use it for any business purpose. To the extent the collected information is associated with an identified or identifiable natural person and is protected as personal data under applicable data protection law, it is referred to in this Privacy Policy as “Personal Data.”
The legal basis for Infront's processing of Personal Data is i) the necessity for entering into or the performance of the Customer Agreement and/or End User License Agreement, e.g. to enable access to the Services, offer technical support to users, communicate with users regarding the Services and perform financial follow-up of the Services; ii) Infront's or a third party's legitimate interest, e.g. to update, maintain, improve and protect our Services or business interests, to investigate and prevent security issues and misuse and to ensure Infront's or third parties' rights in the establishment, exercise and defence of legal claims; iii) consent, e.g. in relation to processing for marketing purposes; and iv) compliance with statutory requirements, or other legal obligations imposed by public authorities.
Please note that Infront, in order to be able to fulfil our obligations according to the Customer Agreement and/or End User License Agreement, depend on receiving certain Personal Data about the users. The consequences of not providing such information is that Infront cannot fulfil the Customer Agreement and/or End User License Agreement.
How Long Do We Store Your Data
Infront may store your Personal Data for as long as it is necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. This may include keeping data after you have deactivated your account for the period of time needed for Infront to pursue legitimate business interests, including conduct audits, comply with (and demonstrate compliance with) legal obligations (for example with exchanges and other 3rd party content providers), resolve payment disputes and enforce our agreements . Some data is kept to comply with national law (e.g. payment history and invoice information).
How We Share And Disclose Personal Data
Within the Infront Group. Our businesses around Europe and South Africa are supported by teams and functions. Personal data will be made available to the teams based in Europe if necessary for the provision of the Services, account administration, customer and technical support, and business and product development for example.
Third Party Service Providers and Partners. We may engage third party companies or individuals as service providers or business partners to process Personal Data on our behalf and support our business. These third parties may, for example, provide storage services. Additional information about the sub-processors we use to support delivery of our Services is set forth at http://infrontfinance.com/company/gdpr/subvendors. The relationship to such sub-processors will be governed by a data processing agreement, which among other things ensures information security for the Personal Data.
Third Party Content ProvidersIn order to provide our Products and Services, Infront receives content from third parties such as stock exchanges. Such vendors of market data or other third party content providers may require that Infront disclose certain information about you and your use of the Services for compliance and invoicing reasons. Such disclosure will be based on consent or other legal basis.
During a Change to Infront’s Business. If Infront engages in a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy, dissolution, reorganization, sale of some or all of Infront’s assets or stock, financing, public offering of securities, acquisition of all or a portion of our business, a similar transaction or proceeding, or steps in contemplation of such activities (e.g. due diligence), some or all Personal Data may be shared or transferred, subject to standard confidentiality arrangements.
Aggregated or De-identified Data. We may disclose or use aggregated or de-identified Other Information for any purpose.
To Comply with Laws. If we receive a request for information, we may disclose Personal Data if we reasonably believe disclosure is in accordance with or required by any applicable law, regulation or legal process.
To enforce our rights, prevent fraud, and for safety. To protect and defend the rights, property or safety of Infront or third parties, including enforcing contracts or policies, or in connection with investigating and preventing fraud or security issues.
With Consent. Infront may share Personal Data with third parties when we have consent from the data subject to do so.
Infront takes security of data very seriously. Infront works hard to protect your Personal Data you provide from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access or disclosure. These steps take into account the sensitivity of the data we collect, process and store, and the current state of technology. Personal Data is sent in encrypted format between the front ends and our Services. The Services are hosted in secured data centers, and we place appropriate restrictions on access to Personal Data. We have Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery plans to protect the continuity of our Services
Age Limitations
To the extent prohibited by applicable law, Infront does not allow use of our Services and Websites by anyone younger than 16 years old. If you learn that anyone younger than 16 has unlawfully provided us with Personal Data, please contact us and we will takes steps to delete such Personal Data.
Infront may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. Laws, regulations and industry standards evolve, which may make such changes necessary, or we may make changes to our business that affects our processing of Personal Data. We will post the changes to this page and encourage you to review our Privacy Policy from time to time to stay informed. If we make changes that materially alter your privacy rights or require your consent, Infront will provide additional notice, such as via email or through the Services. If you disagree with the changes to this Privacy Policy, you should deactivate your Services account. Contact the Customer if you wish to request the removal of Personal Data under their control.
Where Do We Store and Process Personal Data
Infront has offices in many countries and your Personal Data may be stored and processed outside your home country. We have networks, databases, servers, systems, support, and help desks located at many of our offices.
We use third parties for cloud storage and support and sales tools and take appropriate steps to ensure that Personal Data is processed, secured and transferred according to applicable law. When we transfer Personal Data from the European Economic Area to other countries in which applicable laws do not offer the same level of data privacy protection as in your home country, we take measures to provide an appropriate level of data privacy protection, for example by using EUs standard contractual clauses.
Individuals located in certain countries, including the European Economic Area, have certain statutory rights in relation to their Personal Data. Subject to any exemptions provided by law, you may have the right to request access to your Personal Data, as well as to seek to update, delete or correct this Personal Data. You can usually do this using the settings and tools provided in your Services account. If you cannot use the settings and tools, contact Infront for additional access and assistance.
You may also request restriction of processing, object to the processing and under some circumstances require data portability. If the processing is based on your consent, you may at any time withdraw your consent. If you wish to exercise your rights, please refer to the contact information below.
Contacting Infront
Please also feel free to contact Infront if you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or Infront’s practices, or if you are seeking to exercise any of your statutory rights. You may contact us at support@infrontfinance.com or at our mailing address below:
Infront ASA, Munkedamsveien 45, 0250 Oslo, Norway.
Data Protection Authority
Subject to applicable law, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority or The Norwegian Data Protection Authority (DPA), which is Infront’s lead supervisory authority. You may direct questions or complaints to our lead supervisory authority by sending them an email postkasse@datatilsynet.no:
The Norwegian Data Protection Authority (DPA), P.O. Box 8177 Dep., 0152 Oslo, Norway
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Apple Music is now cheaper if you're a student
Dave Smith,
May 6, 2016, 8:24 AM
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Apple on Friday announced it is going to offer discounts for students that subscribe from Apple Music, starting today.
We first learned about the news on TechCrunch.
Any students can now purchase an individual subscription with Apple Music for just $4.99 — that's half the normal starting price for Apple's music streaming service.
This discount applies to students in the US, UK, Denmark, Australia, New Zealand, and Ireland — regardless of age or degree. These students can receive discounts over four continuous years or non-continuous years, should they take a break from schooling.
The $4.99 discount for students also works for new customers as well as existing Apple Music subscribers.
This move is Apple's way of better competing with Spotify, which currently has more than double the number of subscribers (13 million vs. 30 million). For years now, Spotify has offered an equivalent discount for students: $4.99 per month, just like this new Apple Music student discount.
Apple is also reportedly in the midst of overhauling Apple Music. The company has responded to many customers' complaints about the service's messy and less-than-intuitive interface, and the service should get a pretty big update in the fall when the new versions of iOS and OS X launch to the public.
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Online Courses To Solve Adult Language Learners' Drop Out Problems
Online Courses To Avoid Adult Language Learners' Drop Out
_Research results obtained from the survey covering 26 language schools who provide Estonian language courses for new immigrants in Estonia revealed that the drop-out rate reaches up to 30 percent of the participants. ImmiSoft Ltd together with the Integration Research Institute decided to develop a special Estonian language e-course and several other e-learning materials that would better cater to the needs of adult English-speaking newcomers in Estonia, eliminating the common drop-out reasons.
Our experience from previous adaptation courses has revealed that new immigrants are in difficulty in finding suitable language courses that would correspond to their needs. Although the adaptation program for new immigrants in Estonia has been implemented since 2009, it has not solved the problem.
Research results obtained from the survey covering 26 language schools who provide Estonian language courses for new immigrants in Estonia (conducted by Mart Rannut and Ulle Rannut in 2009) revealed that the drop-out rate reaches up to 30 percent of the participants. Main drop-out reasons (42%) affecting attendance concerned changes in employment: losing or finding a job, change of workplace or of work shifts, extensive business travel, etc. 8 percent of drop-out cases were caused by moving to another place and 5% due to family reasons.
In the case of free language courses financial reasons for drop-out vanish, however, factors connected to low learning motivation become much more important (17% of drop-out cases), as participants regard the course requirements too high, the course too intensive and difficult. Ironically, language school managers were on the opinion that the drop-out might be even more extensive in this case, reaching a quarter from the total number of starters. Though the reasons (employment, family, etc.) for missing classes were allegedly the same for all courses, however, the motivation in catching up one’s co-learners among those attending free course was much lower than among those who had paid for it, resulting in drop-out.
_Our experience from previous adaptation courses has revealed that new immigrants are in difficulty in finding suitable language courses that would correspond to their needs. Most of the surveyed participants had unsuccessfully participated in some language course already and the reasons listed for drop-out were that the vocabulary taught in these courses did not correspond their needs, the course was too intensive or that the language of instruction was (unexpectedly) Russian, the language that they did not know.
Although the adaptation program for new immigrants in Estonia has been developed by the author of the current article and has been implemented since 2009, it has not solved the problem here. The main reason is that adaptation courses in Estonia are project-based, thus the course provider is every time different, the number of participants is usually limited and restricted to certain areas and target groups, these courses are offered only once a year and the language of instruction is mainly Russian. These courses are also very intensive (ca 10 hours of classes a week) which leads to a high drop-out rate.
One of the English-speaking new immigrants shared his experience after participating in one of these Estonian language courses: "I found myself alone there with about fifteen Russian speakers, whom I doubt will ever learn Estonian, no matter how many courses they attend. At that time, all of the other English speakers from our integration program who were placed with me in the class had already fallen away. So, with only me left over, the medium of instruction immediately changed to Russian. The classroom situation for me is a waste of time having to listen to other people making mistakes. Also, as I work long hours and at different times on shifts, this makes attending classes impossible."
This was the reason why ImmiSoft Ltd together with the Integration Research Institute decided to develop a special Estonian language e-course and several other e-learning materials that would better cater to the needs of adult English-speaking newcomers in Estonia, eliminating the common drop-out reasons.
For this reason Integration Research Institute develop a special Estonian language e-course for Newcomers in Estonia.
_E-courses enable to overcome constraints limiting newcomers' adaptation and integration in Estonia, make adaptation and language learning programs permanent and financially accessible. As e-courses are available in Internet, participants can visit each lesson whenever it is suitable for them and as many times as they need, thus, they cannot miss the class any more. They bring learning activities and personal tutoring to all participants 24/7 wherever they are, which eliminates most of the drop out reasons. Learners can decide what topics to choose and when is the best time to learn for them which should increase motivation. The other beneficial aspect is the affordable price as it makes the whole language learning process much cheaper for learners.
Read more by visiting these websites! http://www.integrationresearch.net/immisoft-e-courses.html and http://www.integrationresearch.net/adaptation-course.html
Ulle Rannut, Ph.D
Learning a language is like planting a seed
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We live in a society where almost everything comes ready made so that we can get results without too much effort. Thus, we expect seeing results even in language learning immediately after we have put some effort into it. But when we don't see the results immediately, we start to get discouraged and frustrated.
Learning a language is a bit like planting seeds. We must place them in the ground at first and water them every day. But we don’t see sprouts coming out that signal the growth we have been waiting for. Thus, eventually we begin to wonder if all this effort was in vane. Maybe the teachers were bad, maybe they taught too much grammar or didn't teach it enough, maybe they didn't’t speak enough Estonian or didn't’t explain enough in English. Perhaps the Estonian language is just too hard to learn. These are the kind of thoughts that go through our minds as we try and don’t see immediately results.
And often instead of things coming better, they get worse. We feel that we have more problems now when trying to communicate in Estonian than we had before, when we spoke just English. Problems seem to increase in every area. You feel discouraged and want to give up by saying “I just don’t have time for that!” However, language acquisition is like growing a plant. At first the seed germinates and begins to sprout under the ground. The root comes out and starts to grow. And one day, quite suddenly, you notice the plant stems bursting through the surface of the earth and showing themselves.
It is easy to see this comparison when observing children's language acquisition, however, we forget that our own second or foreign language acquisition takes place exactly in the similar way. At first we are just babbling and people don’t understand us and then we get angry and frustrated because we are not children any more. We don’t know that all it needs is just patience and daily practice and effort to use it in different situations over and over again. There’s a surefire, entertaining, easy, cheap, miraculous way of improving your Estonian language skills: all you have to do is watching these language learning videos we'll send you every week. And keep doing it for the whole year.
Often we don’t notice the results but then suddenly other people begin to ask: „How did you learn to talk so well?“ And we usually don’t know it, we were just using it on a daily bases until it happened and we were suddenly fluent. It was developing all along. We just couldn't see it. But now that it has shown itself, we notice all the growth that was taking place during those days. Therefore my advise is to just relax, learn and practice your language on a daily bases a little bit and enjoy the developing process. People who are relaxed and self-confident get always better and quicker results.
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Queen of the Lot (2010)
Pitiful effort
A totally original plot with many connections to previous Jaglom movies, a great group of talented actors, beautiful cinematography and music. And yet... a painful movie to watch. Why? This could have been a great movie on the unique style of Henry Jaglom were it not to be for the unbelievable stubbornness of Mr.Jaglom to cast Ms Frederick as the main lead. Unfortunately she destroys any hope of success by her mediocre acting, her continuous nagging and her consistent ability not to be endearing at all. I am all for artistic freedom and yet, there are factors that have to be considered for the success of a film. Please, please, someone has to get Mr. Jaglom to come back to his senses and get a good casting director.
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Irene in Time (2009)
Great disappointment
I have been a fan of Henry Jaglom for a long time, his creativity and great storytelling from original perspectives have been a great source of pleasure. This time, many problems arise: casting Ms.Tanna Frederick was a big mistake, she is neither a good actress nor an attractive woman, to make matters worse, she comes across as a spoiled nagging, self centered character that only creates negative feelings. The soundtrack is terrible and the story is totally devoid of human interest. For old time's sake, I still hope Mr. Jaglom will produce great quality work. If only someone he listens to will make him understand...
The Human Contract (2008)
Surprise high quality European style dark drama.
Not knowing anything about cast or director helped me truly enjoy this film, I had no pre conceived ideas or expectations. Except for a few not fully explained issues, the main plot and non conventional story take you to an original situation where freedom, anguish, pain, and a chance for liberation clash incessantly. This movie is not for the standard American public, I can predict it will be very well received in other parts of the world with more sophisticated film tastes. The chemistry between both lead actors is electrifying, the continuous tension keeps your attention fixed. Not knowing how the story will end keeps you guessing multiple outcomes. The sexual encounters are realistic and totally appropriate.
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Show of Hands (2008)
Charming, witty, original
This opera prima is as good as it gets. Beyond a simple premise, multiple existential and emotional issues are explored in sensitive ways. This is a fresh new approach to intelligent, creative and great quality movie-making. Basic human decency is juxtaposed with greed and treachery in such a way that makes you a better person when you leave the theater. Above all, it keeps your interest all along, you do not want it to end. Life and death, love and hate, aggressiveness and submission are shown within the context of a commercial situation which turns into a whirlwind of twists and turns with totally original and unexpected developments.
Jet Lag (2002)
Delightful, light romantic comedy
This delicious, light, romantic comedy is full of surprises and subtleties.
Witfully written and superbly acted, it shows why Juliette Binoche is such a great asset to modern cinema. Outstanding chemistry with Reno makes this theatrical play made into a movie a rewarding experience to be treasured. Juliette Binoche shows her talent in a totally different role to most of the ones she has played before, she is a common girl with many problems and yet her nobility and class shine through. If you like Binoche you will love Jet lag. Don't miss it.
Meeting of Minds (1977–1981)
Outstanding achievement
Steve Allen has accomplished an outstanding way to make history fun and understandable, providing a framework to explore morality and serious philosophical subjects. He brings together improbable groups of historical characters of such stature as Emily Dickinson and Gengis Khan, in a lively person to person discussion at the present time. Profound but not boring, funny and touching, it makes you appreciate the beauty of opposing points of view and to discover the basic humanity of seemingly antagonistic positions. This is most certainly the best US television series EVER. At the end of each chapter you feel richer and much more tolerant, ready to appreciate and sympathize a little more your with fellow human beings. I am terribly sorry it did not continue for many years.
He does it again!!!
Woody Allen's imagination is endless. Once again he manages to captivate with this very smart and subtle tale of interrelated stories while delivering a very strong punch of social critique. If you are an Allen's fan you will like it, if not... don't bother. This is only a movie for the initiated.
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Film & TV By Matt Kettmann | Tue Jan 27, 2015 | 12:00am
Fresh Ground
Director Jared Sims
<em>Fresh Ground</em>
The Appalachian Trail is a crown jewel of America’s hiking system, and this short doc shows how one man’s mobile campground café builds camaraderie for those seeking to tackle the entire stretch.
How did you find out about the Leap Frog Cafe?
I spoke with a few groups of Appalachian Trail hikers in order to get a better understanding of the trail’s most memorable Trail Angels, and Fresh Ground kept coming up. A Trail Angel is anyone who often helps out hikers in a time of need. The concept of supplying long distance hikers with an endless amount of food was too interesting to ignore, so after contacting him online, he agreed to let me share his story.
Why did you decide to do a film on it?
Although I’ve only hiked a fraction of the Appalachian Trail, I quickly realized how much self-determination it would take for a hiker to complete the entire thing. Trail Angels always pop up when you least expect it. That’s how it always was for me. Just before I’d feel like I was about to fall over from exhaustion and quit, I would hike around a corner to reveal a metal box, or a cooler chained to a tree and sealed with a carabiner. On the top, always a note wishing the hikers good luck, and inside, an assortment of consumable treats. Sometimes we would find sealed jugs of filtered water at a remote intersection where the road and the trail would cross. To a hiker, that’s water that you didn’t have to filter and carry yourself, which is always great. Little victories like those become a very big deal out there, so when a hiker rolls up on Fresh Ground’s Leap Frog Cafe after burning 6000 calories in one day, the unlimited food part gets them pretty excited. It’s a reason to keep moving forward.
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Wind farm campaign to be powered by greyhounds
Maria Herlihy
It is hoped that €25,000 will be raised from the upcoming Night at the Dogs fundraiser which will go towards the next stage of legal fees to aid the Sliabh Luachra Awareness Group.
https://www.independent.ie/regionals/corkman/news/wind-farm-campaign-to-be-powered-by-greyhounds-37814364.html
The awareness group have engaged the services of a legal team who have secured a Judicial Review An Bord Plenala granted planning permission to Silverbirch Renewables Ltd to put in place 12 wind turbines in the Gneeveguilla and Ballydesmond region.
With the granting of a judicial review, it means no work can take place by Silverbirch Renewables until this is heard in the High Court.
A Judicial Review is primarily concerned with the decision making process rather than with the substance of the decision.
Previously, the Sliabh Luachra Awareness Group managed to raise €12,000 in the space of just 10 days by utilising a Go FundMe page which received huge local support.
Shaun O'Rourke of the Sliabh Luachra Awareness Group said the first fundraiser was used to secure a legal team and the second batch of fundraising with their Night at the Dogs will help continue the work of the legal team which the group has engaged.
"The tickets are selling really well for our Night at the Dogs which will be held at the Kingdom Greyhound Stadium in Tralee on Saturday, February 23. With our booklet, we got great support from businesses in Duhallow and in Castleisland, Tralee and Currow. Our legal team are very active and are working away on our file," said Mr O'Rourke.
He stressed as he has done so on numerous previous occasions to The Corkman that the group are pro green energy and are not opposed to Wind turbines, however, they are very much opposed to wind turbines which would be among" the tallest structures in the entire country being so close to their homes."
Kerry County Council shot down the planning application for 12 turbines with a height of up to 160 metres high and being 500 metres from some residents' homes. Silverbirch Renewables Ltd appealed the decision by KCC to An Bord Pleanala who granted planning permission.
The Sliabh Luachra Awareness Group in turn engaged the services of a legal team who have now secured a JR.
Previously, Fred O'Sullivan of the Sliabh Luachra Awareness Group said that the "turbines will be higher than the Spire in Dublin and St Mary's Cathedral in Killarney."
He also pointed out that the Sliabh Luachra region was a catchment area for the protected Hen Harrier and Freshwater Pearl Mussel.
Charleville playwright Katie takes a bite out of the 'Big Apple'
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A King in Cobwebs (Paperback)
The Tales of Durand, Book Three
By David Keck
Hardcover (12/4/2018)
“A gritty, medieval fantasy full of enchantment” (Publishers Weekly), David Keck's epic Tales of Durand trilogy concludes with A King in Cobwebs
Once a landless second son, Durand has sold his sword to both vicious and noble men and been party to appalling acts of murder as well as self-sacrificing heroism. Now the champion of the Duke of Gireth, Durand’s past has caught up with him.
The land is at the mercy of a paranoid king who has become unfit to rule. As rebellion sparks in a conquered duchy, the final bond holding back the Banished break, unleashing their nightmarish evil on the innocents of the kingdom.
In his final battle against the Banished, Durand comes face to face with the whispering darkness responsible for it all—the king in cobwebs.
A native of Canada, David Keck lives in New York City with his wife, the editor and novelist Ann Groell. His books include In the Eye of Heaven and In a Time of Treason.
Praise For A King in Cobwebs: The Tales of Durand, Book Three…
“A clever and hauntingly grim fantasy.”—New York Journal of Books, on A King in Cobwebs
“Human politics and dreadful foes are combined in this tale that stands with the very best fantasies.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review, on A King in Cobwebs
“Deftly told…. A gritty medieval fantasy full of enchantment.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) on In the Eye of Heaven
“Keck has a unique writing style that relies heavily on impression over exposition, a trait allowing him to make common rabbits a thing of pure dread. All in all, it makes for a good fantasy yarn that sports a dreamlike and emotive quality which is a cornerstone of the fantasy genre.”—Electric Review
“A powerful and assured debut.” —Jacqueline Carey, bestselling author of Kushiel's Dart, on In the Eye of Heaven
“The debut of an exceptional series, revealing the mythical depth and resonance possible within the genre of fantasy--a rare feat these days.” —Steven Erikson on In the Eye of Heaven
“A very intelligent book, with a hero who starts out as raw and physical as the world in which he finds himself but who proves able to use his mind to get out of the situations his body's gotten him into.” —David Drake on In the Eye of Heaven
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Bit of politics, Technology
This little thing? Oh, it doesn’t matter; here you go
Via Tim, I find a very cool article on the Aussies who worked in Melbourne under Bletchley Park’s command, breaking the Pacific Axis’s codes during WWII [*]. Very cool, and – unlike the (shamefully underfunded, GIVE THEM MONEY) museum at Bletchley, not even remembered at all. Should be.
This obviously gets me onto the history of the computer: so the calculator invented by a Victorian lady and her partner; was ignored. Almost a hundred years later, a very hardcore calculator invented by Polish geniuses to try and not be invaded by the Germans AGAIN was the genesis of the proper modern computer.
So we set up Bletchley for Polish, UK and general Commonwealth geniuses and a supporting cast to work together on similar grounds. And it was aces, and we cracked a bunch of codes, and a vast quantity of moral dilemmas were created for governments (‘do we save the people of Coventry when doing so would risk blowing the D-Day landings, as it would let the Germans know that we know their codes?’ – while there are some aspects of the conduct of Mr Churchill and Mr Harris that I question, anyone who could answer that question with the correct answer, rather than turning into a blubbing wreck at the horribleness of the thing they’d just chosen, is a better man than me), and we started turning the direction of the war, and it was the first time ELECTRONICS WAS FUCKING ACES.
At roughly this point, a gay English genius invented the first electronic computer. Which was even better at doing sums than the electro-mechanical ones that had been going down before. At roughly the same point, the war was won. This was not a coincidence: it’s how WWII went down: we lost at actual battles, then we broke the Nazi and Japanese codes, then we stopped losing, because we knew where they were going to be, and they didn’t always know that we knew this. Both sides had highly skilled coders. Well, the Commonwealth, Germany and Japan had highly skilled coders [**]. But the Commonwealth chaps did better, largely thanks to Poles, geeks and queers. Meanwhile, the USSR won its battles for for, erm, nastier reasons.
Then the war ended, following the USA’s scientific contribution and the USSR’s entry into the War in the East. The USA’s manpower and materiel contribution to the war was unequivocal and without it, the outcome would have been terrible. Its scientific contribution meant that the USSR was scared off occupying Japan, which probably worked out best for even the people of Japan. Hurrah! Brief John & Yoko moment.
So. To recap, the Commonwealth diverted her finest scientific brains and vast resources to Bletchley and its satellites. This secured an extra advantage in close-matched battles, that made the Normandy landings feasible and won the Pacific naval war. After that, everything was bloody, grinding and attrition-y, but history, and WE INVENTED THE FUCKING ELECTRONIC COMPUTER.
You might assume, at this point, as an impartial sane reader from Mars, that you’d be reading this on a computer that ran on Turing-OS, or perhaps on something cutely named for Oxfordshire.
As if. Guess what the British government did at the end of WWII? Set up an endowment of millions of pounds to develop computers for civilian ends? Said to the brilliant scientists who won the war ‘sorry, we’re broke, but why don’t you develop these for civilian ends and you’ll share the money’? Probably the latter, right? The British government was fucking broke at the end of WWII, and it might be a struggle to show the benefits of new technology, so pass on the rights to the folks who sorted it out and let them make money…?
As if. THEY GAVE THE ENTIRE FUCKING TECHNOLOGY, LOCK STOCK AND BARREL, TO THE USA, AND THEN MADE IT ILLEGAL FOR ANYONE IN THE COMMONWEALTH TO EVEN TALK ABOUT IT.
So the USA took this in the intended spirit, right? (fuck knows what the UK’s intended spirit here was, other than the spirit of ‘technological & industrial suicide’) Well, guess which company which was THE KEY TECHNOLOGICAL ENABLER OF THE FUCKING HOLOCAUST they passed the details onto, almost straight away, so they could market their Business Machines Internationally [CHALLENGING ANAGRAMS]. Whilst, just as a reminder, anyone in the UK would have been jailed or hanged for using any of the Bletchley computer secrets in any kind of industrial work.
I don’t blame the US government for this. If I were PM of anywhere, and someone gave me blueprints to THE MOST AMAZING TECHNOLOGY THERE WAS, then I’d immediately give it to every industrial company in my territory. But fuck, it changes one’s take on Attlee somewhat, doesn’t it? Yes, land fit for heroes, NHS, pensions, great, it is well fair. But you didn’t really need to TAKE THE MOST IMPORTANT INVENTION OF THE FOLLOWING 100 YEARS AND FUCKING GIVE IT TO THE AMERICANS AND THEN FUCKING MAKE IT ILLEGAL FOR YOUR OWN CITIZENS TO DO ANYTHING WITH IT AT ALL, did you? I mean, really, that wasn’t necessary.
So yeah. End of UK as anything important is exactly equal to the point when the idiots in charge decided that the computer was so irrelevant we might as well give it to the colonial cousins, they understand that sort of thing don’t you know. And the miserable, horrific hounding to death of the one man who did the most to save civilisation in WWII, Mr Turing, was hardly a surprise after that – once the computer had gone to America, what use is someone who invents something that nobody in your own land believes to be worth the square root of fuck all?
[*] That quite good war, before we returned to the pre-1939 model of only fighting wars that were pointless and stupid (apart from the one in 1982, which is only opposed by scumbags who hate democratic self-determination. And yes, I otherwise hate Madame T).
[**] The only USA code that remained unbroken during the war was the Navajo code. This is unsurprising, given the tale of the US Senator who toured the Melbourne coding facilities and then “went back home and told American newspapers how American ingenuity had cracked the Japanese codes”. Whichever member of the Australian government let a FOREIGN BLOODY POLITICIAN tour the facilities really should have been horsewhipped.
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Mark Wadsworth says:
’do we save the people of Coventry at the risk of blowing the D-Day landings by letting the Germans we know they know their codes?’
Doesn't make sense, do you perhaps mean ’do we save the people of Coventry at the risk of blowing the D-Day landings by letting the Germans know we know their codes?’ or do you mean ’do we save the people of Coventry at the risk of blowing the D-Day landings by letting the Germans know that we know they know our codes?’
It appears to be a British trait to invent amazing things, and then discard them in favour of what we already have, and leave others to develop them and create huge industries around them.
There appears to be two strands of thought in the UK – the eccentric maverick who thinks outside the box, and the small minded 'We'll keep things as they are thank you very much' attitude of officialdom.
It has ever been thus. Consider Babbage's attempts to get the UK government to pay to develop his Difference Engines, and (as I was reading recently) the total disinterest shown by the UK War Dept in tracked vehicles, which they trialled as early as 1906, but discarded as unwanted. The inventor (Richard Hornsby & sons) sold the rights to Holts of the USA, which became Caterpillar.
Jim – this can perhaps be overstated, e.g. have you read David Edgerton's "Britain's War Machine"? If not see the reviews, e.g. this one http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/mar/27/brita…
JB – Isn't the official reason for the secrecy that we wanted to go on breaking the Enigma codes post-war?
You need to blame Churchill – the tech-transfer agreements go back to 1940 and the Tizard mission.
Also, Alan Turing didn't invent Colossus, he demonstrated the theoretical possibility of a general-purpose computer. Tommy Flowers actually built an electronic computer. Rather wonderfully, Max Newman showed him Turing's paper, but being a Post Office phone engineer not a logician, he didn't understand a word and cracked on anyway:-)
(Of course you may have been thinking of Pilot-ACE..)
John B says:
Mark: the former. Horrid sentence, even without the extraneous verbiage – have adjusted.
Matthew: yes, but, erm, 'ability to break codes for a bit until the Russians notice' vs 'the computer industry'. I accept a lot of this was rooted in gibbering paranoia about the USSR.
Alex: I was thinking of ACE, but you're right that I should've credited Flowers as well as Turing. The Newman story is indeed brilliant.
Laban Tall says:
It was that straight working class chap from the Post Office, not the sensitive aesthete. The tale of the post-WW2 computer industry is rather depressing though.
I think the Turing tale is a bit of a liberal parable for our teachers to pass on to the kids. "He won the war for Britain, and look how they repaid him!"
Well you're a total moron then.
…but those of us who have been paying attention knew that already. ("I told you I'm a Taleban fan" – Laban Tall)
It is beyond question that Turing did extremely valuable cryptanalysis during the war, including desgining the bombe. (Though it is true that it wasn't the one-man show that's sometimes portrayed.)
It is also true that because of the Official Secrets Act, the extent of that work was not recognized during his life.
It's also true that he was subsequently persecuted and tormented to the point of suicide, by Laban-Tall-alikes.
And it's also true that even he'd done nothing whatsoever during the war, he was still one of the 20th century's most wide-ranging and brilliant scientists. See the current Nature special for discussion of his work, including less well-known work.
Any computer scientist worth their salt will attest that his status as a founding father of the subject is no exaggeration.
So "look how they repaid him!" would still be the *only possible decent* response to his treatment.
Broken link. Nature special: http://www.nature.com/turing
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Chiropractic first started in 1895 and in the beginning the treatment was based on empirical evidence that it worked, and that seemed to serve our patients very well for many years. However, it would have been foolish not to try to back up the empirical evidence with research in order to be taken seriously as a profession.
It is certainly not good enough to rely on empirical evidence if you need to convince skeptics that it works, especially in the medical profession and third party payers.
Research is expensive and in the early days there where no funds available for research into chiropractic treatment, it therefore had to be self-funded. As more training institutions became affiliated to universities, funding became more readily available.
As a result, over the last twenty years more and more research has been done into the treatment and it is now one of the most, if not the most researched complementary medicine discipline.
Over the years many good studies have provided the evidence that the treatment is safe, effective and cost effective.
As a result it has become a registered profession in England and many other countries in Europe and it is part of the health care system in many European countries, and has been included in the USA for many years.
Chiropractic research is such a vast subject that it would be impossible for us to cover everything here, but we have the intention to include as much as possible. We are initially going to cover safety, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the main conditions that we treat, and we are, where appropriate, also going to compare it with other forms of treatment that are commonly used in mainstream medicine. If you don’t find information on a particular subject that is close to your heart, please let us know.
We understand that research articles can be very difficult to read, unless you are used to it, so we have tried to put a summary in lay-mans terms, which should be easy to understand, followed by a link to the original research where possible.
We would be grateful if you could give us feedback on these pages.
Safety of chiropractic treatment
The first subject that we would like to cover is safety. It is a subject that is of outmost importance to you, our patients, for obvious reasons, and therefore to us as chiropractors. We have all sworn the Hippocratic oath and our foremost aim is ‘to do no harm’.
It is also important because the safety issue has been used as a vehicle to drive a wedge between chiropractic and its patients (and potential patients), and it has been used as a tool to stop the treatment being made available to the wider population.
As with any therapeutic procedure there are possible side effects and risks involved. However, complications from the treatment are very rare.
At the ISIS Chiropractic Centres we always explain the risks involved before any treatment starts and to date we are happy to say that we have not had any patient with serious side effects since we started in 1986.
Did you know that taking normal painkillers is probably more harmful than receiving chiropractic treatment!
The risk has, in the past, and is currently being exaggerated by some people to further their agendas in a way that we feel is irresponsible. We feel it is important for you to know that the research that has been quoted on some web-sites and in some newspaper articles, has sometimes been of poor quality and also not been involving chiropractors. Some websites appear to conveniently be ignoring current research and have not upgraded their information. Some might say that there appear to be people, some very prominent in their field, who try to put people off using chiropractic.
One of the biggest antagonists of chiropractic treatment in the UK appears to be Professor Edzard Ernst of the Peninsula Medical School at Exeter. He has managed to get much press coverage over the last few years. If you want to read some comments from some of the most prominent researchers, commenting on Professor Ernst’s research, go to this page on the British Medical Journal’s (BMJ) website. We wholeheartedly recommend it.
Of course, any responsible practitioner would want and need to know if there is a risk involved in what they do. That is why the the profession is actively promoting its members to participate in research.
We have tried to give a more balanced view and also put the risks in perspective to other forms of treatment.
Please go to this page to read more about risks and about what the research says. Safety and Chiropractic Treatment.
Effectiveness of chiropractic treatment
The following research is mainly about lower back pain. If you want to read about research supporting chiropractic treatment for headaches and migraines click here.
One of the most ground breaking pieces of research in the UK was the MRC trial in 1991 and its follow-up in 1995, which showed that our treatment was more effective in treating back pain than physiotherapy and had good long term results especially for people with severe and long-standing back pain. LINK to research.
As a result of the research the guidelines for GPs treatment of back pain (RCGP 1996), that was first produced in 1996 and revised in 2001, included chiropractic treatment as a preferred treatment.
Several other studies have shown the same thing and there are now more studies to show that our treatment is effective, even more studies than into physiotherapy!
A clinical trial funded by the Medical Research Council in 2004 and published in the British Medical Journal, showed that manipulation was effective and also cost-effective for back pain. LINK to research.
In June 2006 The British Medical Journal published a review of the diagnosis and treatment of low back pain. One of the recommendations given for acute (recent onset) low back pain was that manipulation should be considered as a treatment for pain relief. Manipulation should also be considered for chronic low back pain. LINK to research.
In the beginning, many doctors said that our treatment couldn’t be recommended because there was no evidence that it worked. But several years later after much research has been provided that it is effective, cost effective and safe, we still come across people that say that there is no evidence, or at least they are not convinced by the research.
So the bottom line is, that some people don’t change their opinions regardless of the research evidence. Interestingly, the article in The British Medical Journal in 2006 mentioned above also concluded: “… Evidence based guidelines for the management of low back pain are available in many countries, but implementation needs more effort.”
Having said that, we have seen a tremendous change in GP’s and many other health professionals’ attitudes towards chiropractic and we receive referrals more regularly now than we ever have, which we are very grateful for.
Cost effectiveness of chiropractic treatment
This is an area that could really benefit you, your employer, your GP surgery, Local Health Authority, local government and central government, and maybe others. So why is chiropractic not part of the mainstream treatments?
When we say to an employer that our treatment can help you save money they probably get suspicious. It sounds like the oldest sales pitch in the book, so it is not surprising that they get suspicious. But it is true; there is plenty of evidence to show that providing free chiropractic treatment for employees can help to save money, both in lost production and absenteeism. The good news is that many employers provide private medical insurance so there is no additional cost to them.
It would also help the health authorities save money in decreased drug costs, decreased return visits to the GP, Orthopaedic surgeons and Rheumatologists. Which has been pointed out in several research articles already mentioned under the section of effectiveness and another report that was published in 1993, the Manga Report.
A recent clinical trial, mentioned above, funded by the Medical Research Council in 2004 and published in the British Medical Journal, showed that manipulation was both effective and cost-effective for back pain. LINK to research.
More and more research continues to be produced. It can sometimes be difficult to take on board and understand everything that comes out, even if you are used to research.
From our experience, don’t believe everything you read in the newspapers, especially if it is negative press, and that goes for any subject, not just Chiropractic.
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The authors report five cases of pelvic hematoma without associated pelvic fracture after military static-line parachute operations, a significantly underreported injury. The case reports and discussion include initial emergency department presentation, stabilization requirements, and imaging, disposition, and management recommendations. Data were collected retrospectively through review of medical records from a single institution over the course of a single calendar year, 2012-2013. Pelvic hematoma should be strongly considered in the patient with lower abdominal, hip, or pelvic pain after blunt injury from parachute landing fall even in the absence of associated fracture. The cases discussed display this underreported injury and highlight the frequent necessity for admission to a high-acuity care center for close monitoring.
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Increasing data and anecdotal operational reports are supporting the early, aggressive, prehospital application of tourniquets in potentially life-threatening extremity trauma. Especially in the civilian urban setting where transport times are short, the benefit in terms of lives saved far outweighs the potential risk to the extremity. The popular press has reported frequently on law enforcement- applied tourniquets, but to date, no group has published a scientific review of any of these cases. This case report suggests that law enforcement personnel can be trained to safely identify indications for tourniquet application, properly apply them with limited training, and function as effective first care providers.
Keywords: tourniquet; law enforcement; tactical medicine
Butler FK, Holcomb JB, Schreiber MA, Kotwal RS, Jenkins DA, Champion HR, Bowling F, Cap AP, DuBose JJ, Dorlac WC, Dorlac GR, McSwain NE, Timby JW, Blackbourne LH, Stockinger Z, Strandenes G, Weiskopf RB, Gross K, Bailey JA. 14(3). 13 - 38. (Journal Article)
This report reviews the recent literature on fluid resuscitation from hemorrhagic shock and considers the applicability of this evidence for use in resuscitation of combat casualties in the prehospital Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) environment. A number of changes to the TCCC Guidelines are incorporated: (1) dried plasma (DP) is added as an option when other blood components or whole blood are not available; (2) the wording is clarified to emphasize that Hextend is a less desirable option than whole blood, blood components, or DP and should be used only when these preferred options are not available; (3) the use of blood products in certain Tactical Field Care (TFC) settings where this option might be feasible (ships, mounted patrols) is discussed; (4) 1:1:1 damage control resuscitation (DCR) is preferred to 1:1 DCR when platelets are available as well as plasma and red cells; and (5) the 30-minute wait between increments of resuscitation fluid administered to achieve clinical improvement or target blood pressure (BP) has been eliminated. Also included is an order of precedence for resuscitation fluid options. Maintained as recommendations are an emphasis on hypotensive resuscitation in order to minimize (1) interference with the body's hemostatic response and (2) the risk of complications of overresuscitation. Hextend is retained as the preferred option over crystalloids when blood products are not available because of its smaller volume and the potential for long evacuations in the military setting.
Keywords: hemorrhage; fluid resuscitation; shock; plasma; blood products; damage control resuscitation
Bennett BL, Littlejohn LF, Kheirabadi BS, Butler FK, Kotwal RS, Dubick MA, Bailey HH. 14(3). 40 - 57. (Journal Article)
Hemorrhage remains the leading cause of combat death and a major cause of death from potentially survivable injuries. Great strides have been made in controlling extremity hemorrhage with tourniquets, but not all injuries are amenable to tourniquet application. Topical hemostatic agents and dressings have also contributed to success in controlling extremity and compressible junctional hemorrhage, and their efficacy continues to increase as enhanced products are developed. Since the addition of Combat Gauze™ (Z-Medica Corporation, Wallingford, CT, USA; http://www.z-medica.com/) in April 2008 to the Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) Guidelines, there are consistent data from animal studies of severe hemorrhage that chitosan-based hemostatic gauze dressings developed for battlefield application are, at least, equally efficacious as Combat Gauze. Successful outcomes are also reported using newer chitosan-based dressings in civilian hospitalbased surgical case reports and prehospital (battlefield) case reports and series. Additionally, there have been no noted complications or safety concerns in these cases or across many years of chitosan-based hemostatic dressing use in both the military and civilian prehospital sectors. Consequently, after a decade of clinical use, there is added benefit and a good safety record for using chitosan- based gauze dressings. For these reasons, many specific US military Special Operations Forces, NATO militaries, and emergency medical services (EMS) and law enforcement agencies have already implemented the widespread use of these new recommended chitosanbased hemostatic dressings. Based on the past battlefield success, this report proposes to keep Combat Gauze as the hemostatic dressing of choice along with the new addition of Celox™ Gauze (Medtrade Products Ltd., Crewe, UK; http://www.celoxmedical.com/usa/products /celox-gauze/) and ChitoGauze® (HemCon Medical Technologies, Portland, OR, USA; http://www.hemcon.com/) to the TCCC Guidelines.
Keywords: hemorrhage; hemostasis; hemostatic agents; topical; dressing; bandage
Kragh JF, Parsons DL, Kotwal RS, Kheirabadi BS, Aden JK, Gerhardt RT, Billings S, Dubick MA. 14(3). 58 - 63. (Journal Article)
Background: Junctional hemorrhage is a common cause of death on the battlefield, but there is no documented direct comparison for the use of junctional tourniquet models by US medics. The purpose of this testing is to assess military medic experience with the use of junctional tourniquets in simulated out-of-hospital trauma care. Methods: Nine medics (seven men and two women) used four different junctional tourniquets: Combat Ready Clamp™ (CRoC™; http://www.combatmedicalsystems .com), Abdominal Aortic and Junctional Tourniquet™ (AAJT™; http://www.compressionworks.net), Junctional Emergency Treatment Tool (JETT™; http://www.narescue .com), and SAM Junctional Tourniquet® (SJT®; http:// www.sammedical.com/products). These medics also acted as simulated casualties. Effectiveness percentages, as measured by stopped distal pulse by Doppler auscultation, and time to effectiveness were recorded in two tests per tourniquet (72 total tests). Tourniquet users ranked their preference of model by answering the question: "If you had to go to war today and you could only choose one, which tourniquet would you choose to bring?" Results: All tourniquets used were safe under the conditions of this study. Both the SJT and the CRoC had high effectiveness percentages; their rate difference was not statistically significant. The SJT and the CRoC had fast times to effectiveness; their time difference was not statistically significant. Users preferred the SJT and the CRoC; their ranked difference was not statistically significant. Conclusion: The SJT and the CRoC were equally effective and fast and were preferred by the participants.
Keywords: tourniquet; hemorrhage; resuscitation; groin; inguinal; medical device; injuries; wounds
Moeller DR, Duffey JM, Goolsby AM, Gallimore JT. 14(3). 64 - 73. (Journal Article)
Introduction: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been associated with nighttime headaches (HAs), nightmares (NMs), and difficulty falling or staying asleep (sleep disturbances [SD]). The authors of the current study evaluated the correlative elements of using a removable mandibular neuroprosthesis (RMN) and the reduction of these symptoms in participants diagnosed with PTSD or mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI)/PTSD. The RMN device is a form of specialized dental splint that has a potential to reduce the painful stimuli of bruxing and potential upregulation of threat response systems that may occur during sleep. Method: A sample of 32 individuals was selected through random assignment from a volunteer base of 200 volunteers for examination by self-report according to an A-B-A-B design. The sample included 25 men and 7 women between the ages of 21 and 65; 21 had military experience and 11 were civilians. Participants were asked to rate the frequency and intensity of their HAs, NMs, and SD during each phase. Their responses were scored using a custom survey (equivalent forms reliability) that provides ratio-scaled results for symptom frequency and intensity. The original number of participants was 35 with three participants dropping out before the conclusion of the study. Results: Survey scores for PTSD-related sleep symptoms were relatively high at baseline (x̄ = 0.52) and significantly lower in the first experimental phase (x̄ = 0.20). Scores in the second experimental phase were likewise lower (x̄ = 0.38). Significant reductions in symptoms were reported across all three dimensions. Discussion: All participants reported some improvement in symptoms while using the device. No participants reported worsening of any symptoms as a result of using the RMN. Participants commonly reported that improvements in symptoms were immediate and did not diminish over time. Data indicate that there is a negative correlation between the use of an RMN and the reduction of HAs, NMs, and SD in persons diagnosed with PTSD or mTBI/PTSD.
Keywords: PTSD; mTBI; nightmares; headaches; sleep disturbances; DIMS; bruxism; bruxing; splint
Stancil S, Miller J, Riddle M. 14(3). 74 - 77. (Journal Article)
Previous studies have sought to determine the feasibility of exchanging the laryngeal mask airway (LMA) for an endotracheal tube (ETT) over a gum elastic bougie (GEB) and found the practice to have a success rate of about 50%. It has been speculated that the poor success rate may be due to the upward angle of the bougie tip meeting resistance against the anterior laryngeal wall. The use of a 90- to 180-degree twist technique to angle the bougie tip away from the anterior tracheal wall and caudally along the trachea theoretically could improve results. We conducted a prospective cadaveric study to determine if the use of a bougie 90- to 180-degree twist technique or the use of a more flexible pediatric bougie would improve previously published success rates. Emergency medicine personnel attempted exchange of an LMA for an ETT over a GEB using a twisting technique. Despite using the twisting technique, successful exchange over a bougie remained at 50%, similar to previous studies. Using a smaller, more flexible pediatric bougie led to a successful exchange in only 28% of attempts. In this study, the adding of a twist technique or using a pediatric bougie did not result in consistent successful exchange to an ETT from an LMA.
Keywords: laryngeal mask airway; endotracheal tube; gum elastic bougie; supraglottic airway devices; intubation; airway; tube exchange
Pennardt A, Schwartz RB. 14(3). 78 - 79. (Editorial)
Deuster PA, Lindsey AT, Butler FK. 14(3). 80 - 89. (Journal Article)
The US Special Operations Command requires sound recommendations on nutrition to ensure optimal performance of Special Operations personnel. New information continues to emerge, and previous recommendations need to be modified as the evidence base continues to grow. The first 10 Commandments of Nutrition were published in the SEAL professional journal Full Mission Profile in 1992, published for the second time in this journal in 2005, and now revised a second time to reflect the newest science. Whether you are part of the Special Operations Forces (SOF) community or an athlete seeking to improve your performance, these are simple and helpful nutrition guidelines to follow.
Keywords: dietary supplements; omega-3 fatty acids; protein; carbohydrate; grains; fresh fruits and vegetables
Sola CA, Beute TC. 14(3). 90 - 92. (Journal Article)
An active duty male Soldier presents to your clinic with concerns of blister-like lesions on both hands and feet several weeks after receiving immunizations. He is diagnosed with erythema multiforme (EM), a hypersensitivity reaction that is typically self-resolving. This article reviews the etiologies, pathophysiology, course, diagnosis, and treatment of erythema multiforme.
Keywords: erythema multiforme; vaccines; smallpox; typhoid; anthrax
Burnett MW. 14(3). 93 - 94. (Journal Article)
Ebola hemorrhagic fever is an often-fatal disease caused by a virus of the Filoviridae family, genus Ebolavirus. Initial signs and symptoms of the disease are nonspecific, often progressing on to a severe hemorrhagic illness. Special Operations Forces Medical Providers should be aware of this disease, which occurs in sporadic outbreaks throughout Africa. Treatment at the present time is mainly supportive. Special care should be taken to prevent contact with bodily fluids of those infected, which can transmit the virus to caregivers.
Keywords: Ebolavirus; hemorrhagic fever
Knapik JJ, Steelman R. 14(3). 95 - 97. (Journal Article)
US Army airborne operations began in World War II. Continuous improvements in parachute technology, aircraft exit procedures, and ground landing techniques have reduced the number of injuries over time from 27 per 1,000 descents to about 6 per 1,000 jumps. Studies have identified a number of factors that put parachutists at higher injury risk, including high wind speeds, night jumps, combat loads, higher temperatures, lower fitness, heavier body weight, and older age. Airborne injuries can be reduced by limiting risker training (higher wind speeds, night jumps, combat load) to the minimum necessary for tactical and operational proficiency. Wearing a parachute ankle brace (PAB) will reduce ankle injuries without increasing other injuries and should be considered by all parachutists, especially those with prior ankle problems. A high level of upper body muscular endurance and aerobic fitness is not only beneficial for general health but also associated with lower injury risk during airborne training.
Keywords: wind; night; combat load; temperature; fitness; parachute ankle brace
Meriano T. 14(3). 98 - 101. (Journal Article)
The series objective is to review various clinical conditions/ presentations, including the latest evidence on management, and to dispel common myths. In the process, core knowledge and management principles are enhanced. A clinical case will be presented. Cases will be drawn from real life but phrased in a context that is applicable to the Special Operations Forces (SOF) or tactical emergency medical support (TEMS) environment. Details will be presented in such a way that the reader can follow along and identify how they would manage the case clinically depending on their experience and environment situation. Commentary will be provided by currently serving military medical technicians. The medics and author will draw on their SOF experience to communicate relevant clinical concepts pertinent to different operational environments including SOF and TEMS. Commentary and input from active special operations medical technicians will be part of the feature.
Keywords: flank pain; renal calculi; hydronephrosis
Tang N, Kubit J, Berrett OM, Levy MJ. 14(3). 102 - 106. (Journal Article)
Background: The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Tactical Medical Program provides tactical medical support for ATF's tactical Special Response Teams (SRTs) and investigative National Response Teams (NRTs) through the deployment of specially trained ATF Agent-Medics. All patient care activities are centrally coordinated through ATF Headquarters. Methods: A retrospective analysis of de-identified patient care reports (PCRs) from the ATF Tactical Medical Program from 2009 to 2012 was performed. Clinical and operational data were extracted from PCRs and were entered into a database by the research team. Descriptive and summative analyses were performed to assess patient type, law enforcement incident type, chief complaint, and interventions performed. Results: Analysis was performed on the 254 charts. Nearly half (114; 44.9%) of patients encountered during the study period were law enforcement officers. High-risk warrant service was associated with one third (85; 33.5%) of the ATF medics' clinical encounters. The most common chief complaints of patients encountered were musculoskeletal pain/injury (57; 22.4%) and wounds/lacerations (57; 22.4%), followed by heat illness (17; 6.7%). The most common intervention was wound care (61; 26.9%), followed by control of bleeding with direct pressure (43; 18.9%). The most common medications administered were ibuprofen (28; 25.2%), topical antibiotic (12; 10.8%), and acetaminophen (12;10.8%). Conclusion: This multiyear analysis represents an important contribution to the growing body of scientific literature surrounding tactical medicine. The results of this analysis demonstrate a continued need for expanded scope of practice training, as well as enhanced treatment protocols for tactical medics.
Keywords: tactical emergency medical support; tactical medicine
Givens ML, Lynch JH. 14(3). 107 - 110. (Journal Article)
This article regarding Special Operations Forces (SOF) medical operations in Africa is an introduction to a follow- on series of articles that will address in more detail pertinent medical topics which pertain to operations on the African continent. Medical operations in Africa require dynamic and systematic approaches that consider the myriad challenges, yet offer flexible solutions applied as situations and environments dictate. We believe this series of articles will be of high interest to readers and provide key information that will be germane to future SOF operations.
Keywords: medical operations; evacuation; tropical infectious disease; tactical medicine; Africa; wilderness medicine
Caci JB, Blaylock JM, De La Barrera R, Thomas SJ, Lyons AG. 14(3). 111 - 115. (Journal Article)
The endemicity of dengue fever (DF) and, consequently, sequelae of DF are increasing worldwide. The increases are largely a result of widespread international travel and the increased range of the mosquito vectors. US Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) personnel are at an increased risk of exposure to dengue based on their frequent deployments to and presence in dengue endemic areas worldwide. Repeated deployments to different endemic areas can increase the risk for developing the more serious sequelae of dengue: dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) and dengue shock syndrome (DSS). Information about the seroprevalence rate of dengue in USASOC personnel, in particular, is lacking and is critical to assessing the risk, tailoring preventive medicine countermeasures, leveraging field diagnostics, and maintaining mission capability. In the first part of a two-part project to assess baseline seroprevalence in USASOC units, a random, unit-stratified sample of 500 anonymous serum specimens from personnel assigned to the highest-risk units in USASOC were screened for dengue using a microneutralization assay. Of the 500 specimens screened, 56 (11.2%) of 500 had neutralizing titers (NT) (MN(50) ≥ 10) against at least one DENV serotype. Subsequent sample titration resulted in 48 (85.7%) of 56 of the samples with NT (MN(50) ≥ 10) against at least one dengue serotype for an overall dengue exposure rate of 9.6% (48 of 500). The second part of the ongoing project, started in 2012, was a multicenter, serosurveillance project using predeployment and postdeployment sera collected from USASOC personnel deployed to South and Central America, Africa, and Southeast Asia. Preliminary results show a 13.2% (55 of 414) seropositivity rate. The significance of these findings as they relate to personal risk and operational impact is discussed.
Keywords: dengue fever; USASOC; dengue hemorrhagic fever; dengue shock syndrome
Ostfeld I, Paran H, Chen J, Barneis Y, Dreyfuss U, Kedem H, Glassberg E. 14(3). 116 - 120. (Journal Article)
The Special Forces (SF) of the Israel Defense Force (IDF) have a long and pioneering history in tactical and medical aspects. Moreover, the importance of medical assistance is highly regarded in the Israeli SF community. Consequently, as current military challenges of Israel increase, the need for SF activity and for its medical support increases as well. Therefore, the authors anticipate that further development of SF medicine (SFM), as a specific branch of military medicine in Israel, will continue.
Keywords: Special Forces; Special Forces medicine; military medicine; Israel Defense Force; My Brother's Keeper
Farr WD. 14(3). 121 - 121. (Book Review)
Mortimer, Gavin. The Daring Dozen: Special Forces Legends of World War II.
Oxford, United Kingdom: Osprey Publishing; 2012. Hardcover, 304 pages.
ISBN-10: 184908842X/ISBN-13: 978-1849088428.
Kragh JF. 14(3). 123 - 123. (Interview)
- COL (Ret.) Craig Llewellyn on Five Decades of Special Operations Forces Medicine
Anonymous A. 14(3). 124 - 132. (Classical Conference)
Callaway DW, Smith R, Shapiro G, McKay SD. 14(3). 134 - 134. (Classical Conference)
Callaway DW, Smith R, Shapiro G, Bobko JP, McKay SD. 14(3). 135 - 139. (Classical Conference)
The Johns Hopkins Center for Law Enforcement Medicine and Division of Special Operations in Baltimore generously hosted the June 2014 Committee for Tactical Emergency Casualty Care meeting (C-TECC). The C-TECC meeting focused on several critical issues including guideline updates, review of C-TECC member involvement in recent federal efforts regarding active violent incidents, examination of national best practices, and new partnership agreements.
Carmona PA. 14(3). 139 - 141. (Journal Article)
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ISRO Successfully Launches Earth Observation Satellite RISAT-2B
Android-Editor May 22, 2019
In a pre-dawn launch on Wednesday, Indian space agency ISRO scripted history by successfully launching earth observation satellite RISAT-2B that would enhance the country”s surveillance capabilities among others.
As the 25-hour countdown which had began Tuesday concluded, the agency”s trusted workhorse, the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C46) blasted off at 5.30 am from the first launch pad of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre here on its 48th mission, carrying the 615 kg satellite.
The RISAT-2B (Radar Imaging Satellite-2B), meant for application in fields such as surveillance, agriculture, forestry and disaster management support, was successfully released into its orbit at about 15 minutes and 30 seconds after the lift-off.
Commenting on the launch from the Mission Control Centre, ISRO Chairman K Sivan said that the PSLV-C46 successfully injected RISAT-2B precisely in the designated orbit of 555 km, with an inclination of 37 degrees.
“This particular mission for PSLV is a very, very important mission. With this launch, PSLV lofts 50 tonnes to space by launching 354 satellites, including national, student and foreign satellites,” Sivan said.
The ISRO chairman said the PSLV-C46 carried two important piggyback payloads, an indigenously developed processor and a low cost Inertial Navigation System.
“It is going to revolutionise our future launch vehicle missions” he said.
Sivan said the RISAT-2B is an advanced earth observation satellite. “In this satellite, another very complex new technology has flown. That is a 3.6 metre unfurlable radial rib antenna. This is also going to be the technology of the future,” he added.
On future launches, Sivan said, “The next mission – Chandrayaan-2 – is going to be a landmark mission for India. It is going to be the most complex mission ever undertaken by ISRO. It is going to take place between July 9 and July 16 this year.”
He added that the landing on the moon is expected to be on September 6. “It is going to land at a particular location where nobody has gone before.”
After Chandrayaan-2, Sivan said, “ISRO would look at launching the very high-resolution CARTOSAT 3 satellite.”
“A second demonstration of the reusable launch vehicle is going to happen in the coming months. Cost effective small satellite launch vehicle developments are also going to take place in a few months from now,” he added.
RISAT-2B launched on Wednesday would replace the RISAT-2, which was successfully launched in 2009.
The RISAT-2B is equipped with a synthetic aperture radar that can take pictures of the earth during day and night, and also under cloudy conditions.
With a mission life of five years, the satellite would also be used for military surveillance, ISRO sources told PTI.
The RISAT-2 has been actively used by India to monitor activities in camps across the border in Pakistan to thwart infiltration bids by terrorists.
The PSLV-C46 was the 14th flight of the PSLV in its core-alone configuration sans the use of the solid strap-on motors.
It was the 72nd launch vehicle mission from Sriharikota and also marked the 36th launch from the first launch pad.
Wednesday”s launch of the PSLV also marked the third launch in 2019.
The other two were the PSLV-C45/EMISAT mission, which successfully injected the EMISAT and 29 international customer satellites into their orbits on April 1, and the PSLV-C44, which successfully placed the Microsat-R and the Kalamsat-V2 satellites in designated orbits on January 24.
ISRO had launched RISAT-1, a microwave remote sensing satellite, on April 26, 2012 from Sriharikota.
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Mokwena: Xola is the best midfielder in SA
Sep 4, 2018 - 03:01 pm By Chad Klate (@CKlatey)
Mlambo has earned plaudits from his mentor for his overall work ethic and mentality since his signing from Bidvest Wits in January.
READ: Players need a lot of credit - Mokwena
The 27-year-old has risen to prominence – more so recently with The Buccaneers – since his arrival in the Absa Premiership with Chippa United at the start of 2016, and impressed further by helping The Clever Boys to the MTN8 and league titles two seasons ago.
Since joining Pirates seven months ago, Mlambo has featured in all except one competitive game, and has impressed supporters with his attacking vision and array of passes on the pitch, with Mokwena labelling him “the best midfielder in the country” at present.
“Xola Mlambo, who I think should be in Bafana Bafana, for me at this moment in time is the best midfielder in the country,” Mokwena tells KickOff.com.
“He possesses so many qualities that a lot of other midfielders don’t have, in terms of his pressure resistance, his ability to play in multiple positions from an offensive phase and his overall reading of the game, and I think that sets him apart.
“I think for him now the challenge in particular is to be a bit more consistent and work towards that Bafana call-up, because I think it’s on the way.
“I think he’s very close to representing Bafana and, like I’ve said, he is for me the best central midfielder in South Africa at the moment.”
READ: Pirates confirm new signing
The budding tactician also says Mlambo is a lot like France-based midfielder Bongani Zungu, with whom he worked with at Mamelodi Sundowns.
“He reminds me of the time I used to work with Bongani Zungu – his dedication and commitment to the game, as well as his work ethic,” Mokwena says.
“A lot of people don’t know that at Pirates there are times when the players leave at 7pm. They arrive at 8am and the likes of Xola would stay behind and do extra training and match analysis.
“There was a day Xola and [Vincent] Pule stayed behind and had three sessions – one team session, another individual and technical session after lunch and then we stayed for about three hours analysing their games and doing corrections.
“So, there’s a lot of hard work that gets put in behind the scenes, and it’s the results you see when they play on the pitch – they fight and are committed to the cause. That’s a result of all that hard work that a lot of people don’t see.”
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Bring MK + Ashley Olsen Exhibit to the THNK1994 Museum!
Help THNK1994 Museum bring exhibit "The Olsen Twins Hiding From the Paparazzi" + Rent Storefront + Print Magazine + Host Many Events!
Matt and Viviana
Project We Love Brooklyn, NY Installations
We're Matt and Viviana.
Photo Credit Bianca Bourgeois
Last year, after watching the ESPN Documentary The Price of Gold by Nanette Burstein on Netflix, we were so inspired by the story of Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan that we did a Kickstarter to raise enough money to blow up photos of them and put them in our long and unused apartment hallway, creating, what we hoped, to be a very real museum. Luckily, we were not the only one's who felt a need for this museum, and with the help of the internet we made it a reality! (Watch the official tour video here!)
We have been running it since April of last year. We've met some of the coolest internet strangers, collected some of the most amazing art (and artifacts!), and best of all we never have to leave the house.
It's important for museums to feature new artists and work that discusses important cultural events. This is how Museum's "keep it fresh." We are a museum.
This brings us to our next planned exhibit. On Black Friday, November 27, 2015 Mary Kate Olsen married Olivier Sarkozy. Two days later, it was reported that the wedding featured "bowls and bowls filled with cigarettes." The world gasped. Beauty was reborn. True Celebrity came back to life.
Really? A Whole Exhibit Just For The Olsen Twins?
The Olsen Twins are True Celebrities. Highly unrelatable. They have bowls (and bowls) of cigarettes at their weddings. Very chic. They answered fans calls for them to appear on Fuller House with a gently whispered "what is that?" On all red carpets, they dress so that, if they needed to, they could do the Iditarod Race right after. They own a fashion empire. This includes The Row. A lot of people joke about how expensive the clothes are but have you seen them? They are stunning. Take a look at the Ethel Long Tunic Sweater. It's a sweater that literally goes all the way to the floor. Every item in the collection tells a story. A story we could never afford, but one that is very fun to read about online.
Thrust in front of the camera before they could make a choice, the Olsen Twins have been a national brand since they were babies. We envied them, revered them, we gazed upon them. As adults they are now badass business women who facilitate their lives to be as inaccessible as possible. In a world of "I trip at the Oscars, I'm JUST like YOU.", they hide in towers we can only assume don't exist on any maps.
Meet Laura Collins.
In the Museum Next 2 Her Drawing of Tonya!
Laura is a Chicago based artist whose drawing of Tonya can be seen in our permanent collection. Her series of paintings entitled "The Olsen Twins Hiding From The Paparazzi" is, like, mind-blowing. It is very, very real art. In the paintings the subjects hide their face from us behind various objects, including bags, Starbuck's cups, their hair, even a Blackberry.
Laura's paintings tell the story of how, using a patented system of approximately 700 lbs of beautiful clothes, strategically high collars, face sized bags, and tiny house sized sunglasses, the Olsen's are able to hide themselves from unwanted photographers. In fact, you can never be sure a photo of an Olsen is actually an Olsen. It could just be a showroom rack of unattainable clothes rolling down the sidewalk. This level of beauty is present in each and every one of Laura's paintings. For example:
As you can tell by now this is a very important cultural exhibit.
When we saw Laura post images of her very important art we were shocked that it wasn't in a museum! Then we realized, "DUH! We have a Museum!"
The only problem is that our apartment museum has run out of space (and we've put our neighbor's through a lot this year) and right now we can only do tours by appointment only. For this very special exhibit the THNK1994 Museum would like to rent a vacant storefront and put up a pop-up exhibition for two weeks in April where anyone can come in anytime!
We also want to create an experience that delights your every sense. We will play relevant music (Lady Gaga's Paparazzi and songs from the Housewives canon), have a private live-streaming confessional booth, a photo station with lots of props to hide your face, and there are talks about obtaining a strobe light.
For our permanent collection we acquired art from around the country, and we will be accepting submissions for this exhibit as well! Such as sculptures of Venti Starbuck's cups, hand knit Shawls with cigarette holes burnt in, or maybe something like, twin related? Twins are very art.
Since we will have access for the first time to a space with more than two chairs (our apartment museum only has two chairs - we max out at 10 people before it starts getting weird) we want to utilize it! Therefore we will also host a variety of relevant cultural programs for the public that fit under the umbrella of the exhibit (and also stuff that sounds fun), including, but not limited to:
Past Life Regression Seminar Celebrities LOVE past life regression. We found a website that shows you how to do it, it hasn't "worked" as of yet, but we get better everyday, Shannon Beador of Real Housewives of Orange County claims she saved a nation in her past life and then got free jewel fragments put in her teeth in this life for it. This is true. We can't guarantee this will happen at the seminar.. but what if it did?
Real Housewives Symposium A curated collection of clips and a moderated panel discussion featuring self-described experts from each branch of the Housewives tree. Topics will range from why Phaedra Parks should be President of the Galaxy to a dissection of the powerful Lars Von Trier-esque saga that is Yolanda Foster's illness. Special section on who exactly Brooks Ayers thinks he is.
Reading Series - Spotlight on Fan Fiction: Including a reading of our screenplay based on the post 9/11 road trip that Michael Jackson, Liz Taylor and Marlon Brando took in a rental car. You may have heard that British Television is making a version of this but we wrote a screenplay about it last year and really captured their essence. Our version features not one but TWO gay sex scenes and a large amount of references to Working Girl. Series will also include an erotic fan fiction forum.
Sia-Cycle As a celebrity you have to be on the cutting edge of fitness even when you refuse to let anyone see your face. We'll host an all Sia Soul-Cycle class. We are in no way affiliated with modern pop phenom Sia OR Soul Cycle. We also don't have any way of getting exercise bikes, we WILL, however, get a choreographer to come and teach us all dance moves that look like you're on a bike. She will also compliment you as if you are on a bike. Basically, if we all agree that we "see" bikes, and "feel" bikes, there will be bikes?
We know what you're thinking, $9,500 is way more than your last goal of $75.
Museums are very expensive and for this exhibit we want to facilitate as much free public access as possible!
We are raising these funds to:
1). Ship the Art from Chicago and back (this is like, very expensive)
2). Rent a storefront where anyone and everyone can come in for free and be exposed to all the culture. We'll have La Croix for refreshments, last year we only drank Diet Coke, but that is so 2015, NOW WE DRINK LA CROIX.
WE ARE NOT OFFISH ENDORSED BY LA CROIX BUT UGH WE WISH WE WERE
3). Throw a Museum Gala with a Ted-like talk, performances, (The mysterious Pat Dry, who never shows her face is already confirmed!) and cupcakes from Cupka'ak Bar and lots of art and stuff. We throw a "Killer Party". We will invite the Olsen's but it feels off brand for them to come.
4). Host the many cultural events.
5). Build a large scale sculpture of what we hope a table at Mary Kate's wedding looked like, including bowls and bowls of cigarettes, black orchids, and a button that you can press that doesn't seem to do anything but then 45 seconds later you hear someone scream in the distance. You know, celebrity stuff!
6). Print The Official THNK1994 Museum Exhibit Magazine as well as totes and buttons. (See Rewards)
This is what the buttons will look like!
7). Fly the artist Laura Collins in for the opening! You guys are gonna love her, she's very fun and makes cool art and we are pretty psyched she's trusting us with it.
8). Strobe Light
It will be like the flashing of Paparazzi Bulbs. Get it?
STRETCH GOALS:
If we raise 15k we will keep the pop-up Museum open for a full month!
If we raise 25k we will open the THNK1994 museum in a storefront for a year and we'll bring lots of different exhibits and stuff in!
Honestly we already picked out the strobe light so we don't anticipate any issues.
If you donate a dollar we will name a star after you! Now, we don't have the power to name the stars in the sky, that's what scientists do. But we do have a pack of star stickers we got from the dollar store, we will name one of these.
The Board Member
Your name will be displayed prominently in the exhibit and the official exhibit magazine. If you would like to remain anonymous, but not too anonymous, we will just put your name in a smaller font.
The Hacked Cloud
Postcard with the Art on it mailed to you! Postcard will have a handwritten secret by Matt and Viviana on it!
JETSET INTERNATIONAL
A digital download of the Magazine featuring the art and fun articles sent via the Internet, VERY CHIC!
C-List Swag Bag
You were attacked by a shark and parlayed that into a stint on The Amazing Race, and from there you got an invite to a People's Choice Awards after-party where you purposely spilled your drink on Victoria Gotti just to start a conversation. You're not quite a Foster-Hadid, but you're certainly no Duggar. You live in a beautiful modern condo but have absolutely no furniture except for a yoga mat.
Leaked (cropped) nude
An Official Special Exhibition Button featuring one of the works of art on display!
Very Expensive Handbag
In this industry, you're no one if you don't have the right bag! We don't know a ton about handbags because Viviana only feels free when she can fit everything she owns in her pockets.
The Olsen Twins recently sold a limited edition series of crocodile skin bags that went for $55k each. This will be more of a tote.
This package includes everything from the C-List Swag Bag AND an Official THNK1994 Tote Bag with art from the exhibit! You can use it to shield yourself from the papparazzi or when you're jetting off to Ibiza or for groceries or something.
Official THNK1994 Tote
Official Button
Official Exhibit Magazine
Some museums have books, which is, like GREAT for them, but books are heavy, GROSS. We're going to print up an Official Exhibit Magazine full of Laura Collin's art, articles by Matt and Viviana, recipes by Kareem Bid Youngblood (Celebrity Chef), thoughts from Carley Stancil (a woman we met on Facebook who seems really weird but great) and other cool people.
Who wore is best? Spoiler! Everyone looks equally great!
Also includes Official Museum Button!
T-Shirts!!! Fashion!!!
Walk the runway/sidewalk flaunting the peak of fashion, a t-shirt with the art on it! Let no one question whether or not you understand art again... you'll have a T-SHIRT!
*All rewards $35 or above will include one!
B-List Swag Bag
You are on the cusp. You've been to a mentoring lunch with Leah Remini and for once in your life you shut the fuck up and listened to whatever advice she gave you.
An official museum exhibition magazine.
A tote.
A museum button.
A dozen cupcakes with the art on them from Cupca'ak bar, buttons and a tote! Limited Edition, NYC only, very delicious.
The After Party
See and be seen by literally a handful of self-important people. This package includes 2 tickets to the museum event of your choice! Throw back some La Croix at the Museum Gala, or one of the other planned cultural events (panels, discussion series, conversations, past-life regression seminars) taking place inside the gallery space. *
2 Tickets to event of your choice (NYC only)
Official Museum Magazine
Official Museum Button
Official Museum Tote
*Does not include dinner party.
The Artist Formerly Known As Prints
An 8x10 Print of the Art
Celebrity Dinner Party
Join us at the Museum for Dinner! This will be much like Truman Capote's Black & White Ball in that Candice Bergen will be there and she will be bored (NOT CONFIRMED AS OF YET DO YOU KNOW HER?).
We'll order pizza but from the NICE pizza place. We'll dress up very fancy and sit around the table and gossip. We will talk about The Row and if you have anything bad to say about it, we will ask you to leave. Matt will give you his theories on blind items, we can't guarantee he'll be correct but he's *very* good at them. Viviana will drink too much wine and overshare until Matt shoots her a piercing glare from across the table.
Everyone will go home with a museum magazine, a button, a tote, and a lot of stories you are NOT to repeat.
(NYC only, will be in April during exhibit)
The Appearance Fee
Staying in your house and watching Netflix is SO 2015. Much like Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and the City 2, we are looking for the "sparkle." If we do watch Netflix this year, we only do it while wearing gowns. Get "The Appearance Fee" and Matt and Viviana will build a miniature version of the Museum Exhibit and come to you! We will not stand in a corner and talk only to each other. We will stand in the middle of the room and delight you with tales of the Jessica Savitch Lifetime Intimate Portrait we recently watched or Fame Kills, a true crime show on the Reelz channel about working actors who were murdered just before their big break.
This is available only if your party is located off a subway stop. If it's in a weird place you have to pay for cab fare, and don't do that *thing* that guys *do* where they SAY they'll pay for your Uber and then when you get there they don't mention it and then YOU have to mention it and then it's a whole thing.
**Same goes with out of town parties, we can share a hotel room but we HAVE to sit next to each other on the plane, we get lonely.
This includes everything in the B-List Swag Bag as well!
Official Museum Exhibition Magazine
Estimated delivery Sep 2016
Limited Edition Poster!
Poster Print of the Art Signed By Laura Collins! We will do a limited printing of 100 posters that Laura will sign! Which room in your house will you make more expensive and exciting by simply adding one of these LIMITED EDITION prints? The Kitchen? The Foyer? The choice is limited only by your imagination and amount of rooms you have. So Limited. So Chic.
Also includes buttons, a magazine, a t-shirt and tote!
A-List Swag Bag
Oh, hello, Julianne Moore, how did you find your way to our humble museum kickstarter? You have very pretty skin. Do you drink water?
Don't answer, we know A-list celebs are very skittish. We'll keep this brief.
Official Art (drawing) made By Laura Collins especially for you, depicting the celebrity of your choice hiding from the Paparazzi!
1 Dozen Cupcakes made by Cupka'ak bar with the art from the exhibit as decorations!*
2 Official THNK1994 Totes
2 Official Button's
2 Tickets to Museum Gala
*Cupcakes and Gala are NYC only
The Art Collector
Make any room in your home an instant museum with a commissioned painting by Laura Collins. It will be a 12x12 painting of a celebrity of your choice hiding from the Paparazzi!
Package includes buttons, a magazine, t-shirt and the smug feeling of knowing you own a piece of priceless art.
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Police and Border Patrol Are Robbing Immigrants
by Lacey & Larkin Frontera Fund
Migrants being deported. Photo courtesy No More Deaths.
Written by Lacey & Larkin Frontera Fund
When Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office detectives searched the home of rogue deputy Charley Armendariz in May 2014, they found heroin, meth, and video evidence he’d hidden from the court in the Melendres v. Arpaio trial.
They also uncovered something more disturbing: a trove of IDs, Mexican money, credit cards, and prepaid debit cards.
As the racial-profiling trial continued, a court-appointed monitor caught the MCSO dropping off a stash of IDs for destruction. The MCSO claimed the IDs were used as examples of fraudulent documents during trainings.
“But they couldn’t name a single training where these were used,” said Judge Murray Snow during the MCSO’s contempt of court hearing last month.
Furthermore, the judge said, it’s unlikely the IDs were fake. “Most of these IDs are Mexican. It wouldn’t make sense to make fraudulent Mexican documents if [the detainees] were trying to pass themselves off as U.S. citizens.”
More likely these incidents are evidence of a widespread malignancy: Law officers, border patrol, and ICE agents are systematically stealing from immigrants.
“Border Patrol threw my necklaces and belt in the trash, yelling ‘Esto va a la basura.’ They put my cell phone and birth certificate in a bag and said they’d hold on to it for me. I asked for it from ICE when I was being deported, and they told me, ‘You don’t have anything!'” Yolanda from Tijuana, Mexico
So many migrants have sought help in recovering stolen belongings that humanitarian group No More Deaths released a study last year entitled Shakedown. The study reported that more than a third of the 400,000 people deported in 2013 had their money and/or personal belongings taken and not returned.
This means deportees are often dumped in violent border towns in the middle of the night with no ID, money, or phone. Sleeping on the streets, lacking the documentation to apply for legitimate work, and unable to afford food, medical care or transportation, these migrants are essentially thrown into a gladiator arena with nothing to defend themselves. “Without ID, the risk of extortion, kidnapping, and sexual assault drastically increases,” the report states.
Amount reported stolen from 165 interviewed migrants.
Amount recovered with the help of No More Deaths.
The report found that deportees are dispossessed in three main ways:
1. U.S. officials fail to return money and belongings due to breakdowns in coordination and policy.
2. Money is returned as a check, money order, or debit card that cannot be used or cashed in Mexico (or if they can, require a fee of 25 percent or more).
3. U.S. agents steal money from migrants in plain sight.
When Leticia was booked into a Maricopa County jail, she had to hand over her $374, consisting of three $100 bills. The officer told her the jail didn’t accept $100 bills. He didn’t include those bills on the inventory. When she was deported, she got back only $74. The MCSO actually has no policy disallowing $100 bills.
These shakedowns are part of a national malaise that No More Deaths calls a “culture of cruelty” toward migrants. At the least, this culture is negligent and idiotic: Obviously a system was put into place to return deportees’ cash in the form of checks, money orders, and debit cards. How many people along that chain of command never asked the obvious question: “Can these migrants actually use these monetary forms in Mexico?” Or did they ask, but they didn’t care that the answer is “no”?
Julio was shot by drug cartel members in Nogales after he’d informed on them to U.S. officials. Pursuing asylum in the U.S., he was told his appeal could take years. So he signed a voluntary departure, asking only that he not be deported to Nogales. He was deported to Nogales. His $80 was given to him in the form of an unusable Visa debit card, so he couldn’t afford to leave town. Desperate, he sought help from a volunteer, who gave him $80 for the card. The volunteer made several calls to Visa but was never able to get the card to work.
The worst symptoms of this national malaise include the physical and verbal abuse of migrants – which often goes unpunished.
“[Border patrol] is the largest federal government agency, and it has no oversight and no standards by which it’s supposed to operate,” says No More Deaths’ co-founder, Reverend John Fife. “These guys just operate with impunity.”
A marshal at a Tucson Border Patrol facility took $360 that Manuel had sewn into his underwear. “What is going to happen with my money?” Manuel asked. The marshal replied, in Spanish, “Don’t count on getting that money back. I’m going to buy beer with it this weekend.” Around 40 other detainees heard the statement.
No More Deaths says the shakedown problem can be alleviated by allowing migrant detainees access to their belongings, ensuring that every person can convert funds to cash before they’re deported, and increasing agency accountability.
But surely something must be done to change the countrywide culture of cruelty toward the most vulnerable people among us.
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Man told he couldn’t vote in Trump shirt, so he voted without it
Posted: Nov 7, 2018 / 12:51 AM PST / Updated: Nov 7, 2018 / 12:51 AM PST
A man was asked to remove his Trump shirt before voting at the Murrells Inlet-Garden City Fire Department in South Carolina, according to Todd Price, who was in line to vote.
“When this gentleman got up to the poll worker, they told him he couldn’t come in with his shirt on, so he just took it off, tossed it down on the ground there and voted shirtless and then came out and put it back on,” Price told CNN.
But here’s the thing: South Carolina Election Commission spokesman Chris Whitmire told CNN the man’s shirt did not violate the rules about campaign materials because the T-shirt advertised Donald Trump, who is not on the Midterm election ballot.
“The shirt in question didn’t relate to a candidate in this election,” Whitmire told CNN. “It’s an understandable mistake. Poll managers are volunteers that are working hard out there, trying to do the right thing. If you closely read the handbook on campaign material, that didn’t violate the definition of material.”
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S. David Childers
Insurance Regulatory Compliance
Scottsdale P: 480.429.4880 F: 480.429.5001
david.childers@kutakrock.com
As an attorney and former state regulator, David has been deeply involved in the insurance regulation and insurance legislation arenas for 34 years.
J.D., Louisiana State University Law School
B.S.E.E., Louisiana State University
Memberships and Affiliations
American Bar Association (Health Insurance Committee, former Co-chair)
Arizona Bar Association
Federation of Regulatory Counsel (former President)
Navajo Nation Bar Association (1978-1990)
U.S. Secretary of Health & Human Services (Long-Term Health Care Policies Task Force)
The Stanford Research Institute Long-Term Care (Advisory Board)
Governor’s Private Sector Long Term Care Task Force
The University of Arizona College of Business & Public Administration (National Board of Advisors)
Healthcare Contracting
Healthcare Regulatory and Operations
Long-Term Care Regulatory
Pharmacy and Pharmacy Benefit Management
Healthcare Litigation
Mediation and Arbitration Neutrals
Government Contracts, Bid Protests and Claims
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A frequent lecturer, David has been retained as an expert witness on insurance matters on approximately 225 occasions and regularly serves as counsel to clients nationwide on complex insurance regulatory matters. Prior to entering private practice, David served as Director of the Arizona Department of Insurance, where he was actively involved in the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), serving on its Executive Committee and chairing the Workers’ Compensation Task Force, the Accident & Health Committee and the Western Zone of the NAIC. Before his appointment as Director of Insurance, David served as Lead Corporate Counsel, and subsequently as Manager of the Risk Management Department, at Salt River Project.
United States Marine Corps Reserve (USMCR), 1965-1971
Awards and Distinctions +
Super Lawyers® 2011-2018
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7 Jewish Boy Names That Also Work for Girls
By Joanna C. Valente Mar 22, 2016
What to name your new baby is always a complicated and tough decision–especially if you aren’t into gender norms and traditions. Maybe you don’t want to completely stray away from Jewish names and customs. One of the popular baby naming trends right now is using unisex names or boy names for girls (for instance, Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan named their daughter Max).
So, we made a list of some of our favorite boy names that could be perfect names for girls, too. (Of course, don’t forget to check out our baby naming guide while you’re at it.)
Here are our choices:
1. Micah. Micah is Hebrew and means “Who is like God,” and Micah was also one of the 12 minor prophets. Seriously, who doesn’t want to be named after a prophet? You can use Mickie as a cute nickname, too.
2. Yona. Yona, which is the Hebrew version of Jonah, means “dove” or “pigeon.” As you may recall, Yona was the hesitant prophet who ran away from delivering a message to the city of Nineveh and was subsequently swallowed by a giant fish–which will make a great story to tell at future cocktail parties. The traditional female version is Yonina, but I honestly love the shorter version better.
3. Ari. Ari means “lion.” Besides the fact that animal names are trending right now, lions represent courage and bravery–definitely a worthy quality for your daughter to be named after. I also love how short and sweet Ari sounds.
3. Ori. Ori, which means “my light,” may also be a wise choice for a girl born around Hanukkah, since it’s the “Festival of Lights.” Orit is the traditional female version, but Ori sounds a lot more modern and spunky.
4. Evyatar. This name means “God is great,” and Evyatar was a priest in the time of King David. Since women can now be rabbis and lead in many religious communities, I find it appropriate to use a name of a notable biblical figure. You can also use Evy for short, which is super sweet.
5. Katriel. Katriel, which can be Kat for short, means “My Crown is God.” With “The Hunger Games” gaining popularity, we’re sure variations of Kat/Cat is going to be an even more popular name in the following years.
6. Billie. Billie can be short for Bilhah (which is actually a female Hebrew name), which means “bashful.” We love the name Billie (which Nosher editor Shannon Sarna recently named her second daughter)–besides that it’s a gender twist, you can also find inspiration from Billie Holiday.
7. Alon. Alon is Hebrew for “oak tree,” which is an appropriate name for a baby girl born around Tu Bishvat, which is the Jewish holiday that celebrates the “Birthday of the Trees.” And really, trees are life. Don’t you want to name your daughter after the most important thing ever?
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Tylenol and Acetaminophen Toxicity a Growing Problem
June 20, 2012, 8:00AM . By Gordon Gibb
Toronto, ONThe trouble with heritage medications is, like comfort food or a favorite sweater, they can lull you into a false sense of comfort and security. And who would have thought that when acetaminophen was first approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) way back in 1951, we would one day be talking about Tylenol liver damage and other adverse reactions related to the popular over-the-counter (OTC) medication.
Who would have anticipated that many a Tylenol lawsuit would stem from some 30 product recalls for Tylenol and other medications manufactured by pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson since September of last year? Or that a Tylenol overdose could contribute to Tylenol liver failure?
Worse, according to a study published recently in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ 6/4/12), such acute Tylenol liver failure could actually happen in children.
Earlier this month HealthDay News (6/8/12) reported on the growing concern over repeated doses of Tylenol above recommended levels, either from errors or intentional consumption, and the Tylenol side effects that can ensue.
According to the report, Dr. Rod Lim of Children's Hospital at the London Health Sciences Center in Ontario, Canada, and colleagues wrote about a case study involving a 22-day-old infant mistakenly administered too much acetaminophen to control pain following a circumcision. In an effort to avoid acetaminophen toxicity, the baby boy was treated with N-acetylcysteine—administered intravenously—and the tot thankfully recovered.
The alarming observation is that this incident appears to be repeated more often than not. Of 238 cases of serious medication errors in children under the age of six, acetaminophen overdose (Tylenol) turned out to be the most common cause of life-threatening events, long-term illness or even Tylenol death.
Dr. Lim and his colleagues, in a news release issued in association with CMAJ, called on doctors and pharmacists to do a better job of educating parents and caregivers about the proper use of such medications in children.
However, the study authors did not stop there in an effort to help mitigate serious Tylenol side effects. They also called upon the manufacturers to provide better labeling and dosing information. They also cited the need, to help avoid Tylenol overdose, to keep acetaminophen behind the counter.
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Finally, Lim and colleagues cited the need for better dosing devices. Parents tend to use spoons, which do not come in standardized sizes. Using a spoon when giving medication such as Tylenol to a child can lead to overdoses and problems with Tylenol and liver, the experts say.
A report by the American Academy of Pediatrics and US poison control centers also sounds the alarm bells over acetaminophen toxicity. This comes at a time when Tylenol manufacturer J&J is welcoming a new CEO into the fold. Alex Gorsky cites as one of his priorities, according to an April report by the Associated Press (4/15/12), the restoration of some luster to a brand that has seen much tarnish of late.
Considering acetaminophen has been around some 61 years, little wonder we may have become complacent. But then so too, it seems, are those who manufacture and administer a medication that has been trusted for decades. Perhaps that trust has been misplaced, given the potential for acetaminophen toxicity and Tylenol lawsuits.
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Local government employees across Nigeria endorse Buhari ahead of 2019
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- The Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) says it is endorsing President Buhari for a second term
- NULGE says its decision is hinged on its belief that President Buhari is trustworthy
- The union, however, wants the president to match his statements with action and fulfill his promises
The Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) has reportedly endorsed President Muhammadu Buhari, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the presidential election on February 16.
The endorsement of Buhari was made by the national president of NULGE, Comrade Ibrahim Khaleel, when he led a team of members of the organisation on a visit to the chairman of the Buhari Support Organisation (BSO), Buba Marwa.
Marwa is also the chairman of the presidential advisory committee on drugs abuse.
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The NULGE president described Buhari as a trustworthy person who deserved a second term.
According to Khaleel, Buhari has continuously declared his commitment to ensuring an autonomous local government administration in the country that is strong.
Daily Trust reports that the NULGE boss, however, expressed hope that Buhari would not only make the statements but take the necessary actions.
“Based on what we agreed, we have done our part. We will mobilise our members. You have our support on the issue of President Buhari project because we feel he is trustworthy.
“If we are to ask ourselves, is the local government meeting the expectations of citizens like us? Why are our local governments malfunctioning?
“It is because of the interests that lie therein. We are aware that the Constitution of Nigeria recognises the local government as a full- fledged tier of government,” he said.
Speaking at the meeting, Brigadier General Marwa (rtd), a former military administrator of Lagos state, promised that President Buhari would meet their expectations when re-elected.
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He pleaded with the NULGE members to support the president and the government in its policies.
Legit.ng earlier reported that the presidential ambition of Muhammadu Buhari received a boost with a reported endorsement by retired military officers in the Nigerian Army, the Navy and Air Force.
Those who endorsed Buhari for a second term include 13 Major Generals, eight Air Vice Marshal (AVM), two Rear Admirals (RA), 12 Brigadier Generals, nine Air commodores, eight Commodores and 17 former military administrators.
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by Dana Perino
Dana Perino is hugely popular as a beloved host on Fox’s The Five, with hundreds of thousands of followers on social media. While readers flock to Dana for her charm, warmth, and insight, she also knows who the real star in her family is: her Vizsla, Jasper–A.K.A. America’s Dog.
In this new book, Dana tells stories about life and politics–and how dogs can transcend rancor and partisanship. She also talks about how dogs bring together families–like Dana’s own from her career in Washington through her life as a TV star. In addition to all the fun and fabulous dog tales, LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT JASPER… will be fully illustrated with hilarious photoshops of Jasper in all his most famous moments in history.
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Ferris Bueller’s Day Off… Love the movie, live the life. Dan Willis looks for life answers in a 1986 feel good movie. 'Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around every once in a while, you could miss it.'
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The Inconvenient Truth of Retail’s New Focus
Published Thursday 1 March 2007 12:00 am
Transforming Supply Chains sponsored by Unipart
Retailing in the UK is going through a change that will have a profound effect on the way that suppliers deliver goods and services to customers: a shift towards convenience. Instead of opening more large format, out-of-town stores stocking a wide range of goods in various categories, retailers are developing strategies that involve operating more local stores in the middle of towns and in shopping centres.
Not only will these convenience stores be closer to where customers live and work, but they are likely to better reflect the needs of the people who shop in them. Retailers will also want to use local stores to support sales across a variety of channels. For instance, providing a base for new services such as the pick-up and return of goods that have been ordered online, over the telephone or by catalogue.
The change is already under way. Tesco’s Express stores are one example of the trend towards convenience shopping, while Argos with its ‘Click and Collect’ scheme and Woolworths’ ‘In Store Collection or Home Delivery’ has pioneered in-store collection for customers who buy online. Woolworths reported that during peak trading nine per cent of its business was online.
Driving consumer behaviour
With some towns boasting a convenience store for every 2,500 inhabitants, high quality low cost convenience shopping is beginning to drive consumer behaviour. Experts see this move as part of a retail cycle that results in a format change every 20 to 25 years. We may be just at the beginning of a revolution in our shopping habits that will be accelerated by environmental considerations and made possible by smart use of IT.
The big questions for logistics managers are ‘how much is it going to cost to deliver on this promise and what changes will I have to make to my network?’ To help find some of the answers, Unipart is working in collaboration with Dan Jones, chairman of the Lean Enterprise Academy. We wanted to find out how the lean principles that were pioneered in manufacturing could be applied across the supply chain to reduce the cost of servicing the new style convenience shopping.
The work builds on Jones’ ground breaking book Lean Solutions, written with Jim Womack. In the book Jones and Womack argue that although consumers are surrounded by a plethora of products, the process of obtaining and using these products causes them frustration and disappointment.
‘The problem is neither that companies don’t care nor that the people trying to fix our broken products are inept,’ say the authors. ‘Rather, it’s that few companies today see consumption as a process – a series of linked goods and services, all of which must occur seamlessly for the consumer to be satisfied. Buying a home computer, for example, involves researching, purchasing, integrating, maintaining, upgrading, and, ultimately, replacing it.’
One reassuring answer we have come up with is that it is not necessarily more expensive to service the multi-drop networks that will be needed to support the new style of retailing; provided you can keep vehicles full. To do that will call for retailers to collaborate on delivery networks. And since few retailers will have uniform coverage, they will have to work with different partners in different localities.
At present, out-of-town delivery costs can range from €12 to €22 per pallet compared with €37 or more for some convenience stores. However if Tesco can get their local deliveries down to under €18 they are going to be much more effective than other competing cage networks.
However, restrictions in towns on when you can deliver and the vehicle sizes that you can use will make convenience networks very different from those based on traditional 44 tonne vehicles trundling between distribution centres and stores.
To begin with the number of drops is likely to be up from three or four per vehicle to between eight and ten. Similarly, the number of stores serviced by an individual regional distribution centre is likely to go up significantly from an average 60 stores to several hundred. The trick is to determine where the tipping point between a solution dedicated to one format and the other lies; is it 15 per cent, or maybe higher at 25 per cent?
Although most stores groups have cracked shelf availability, there are still problems with stocking for promotions and the last fifty metres from the stockroom to the shelf. Of course for convenience the stock room is not such an issue, but there will be additional costs at the distribution centre in aligning the outbound elements; breaking down large consignments into the smaller quantities required.
‘Retail ready’ packaging
Some distribution centres are already capable of picking down to single product formats. Retailers are also redesigning supply chains to cater for so-called ‘retail ready’ packaging, reducing handling and decanting within centres and stores.
Collection and return points will also have to handle the reverse logistics involved in sending back unwanted or faulty goods; given that systems are now so integrated, and visibility much better, getting products back to the main centres should not be too hard. Disposing of them in a low cost and effective manner is now the key. Electricals are already covered by the WEEE regulations which insist that manufacturers recycle discarded items. But the biggest impact of technology is likely to be in the area of store ranging. Firms such as Tesco that have solid data on their customers through loyalty cards will be able to stock outlets to match the customers that use them. Up to 30 per cent of goods in a store could be geared to the tastes of consumers in a particular locality.
These changes are not likely to happen overnight, so although companies such as Boots and John Lewis, which have invested in large, automated centres and are trunking longer distances as a result, may appear to be going against the tide, it could be 20 years before their centres are obsolete. And in the meantime we may even go back to rapid replenishment; stocked ranges close to customers, but let’s not despair; supply chains tend to be reorganised every five to seven years in any case.
One thing is certain, the key to containing the logistics costs involved in moving to a convenience model is to have people, processes and services working together to deliver a seamless solution.
Paul Brooks is sales director, Unipart Consumer Logistics. Email: paul.brooks@unipart.co.uk
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Liberty to play role in revitalizing local mall
March 18, 2016 : Liberty University News Service
Liberty University recently purchased 75-percent interest in nearby River Ridge Mall — an investment the university says will help benefit the city of Lynchburg.
New restaurants, retail stores, and entertainment are planned, with some possibly incorporated in an open-air concept.
CBL & Associates, the former owner that retained 25 percent interest and remains responsible for leasing and management, began talking to Liberty officials last year after the university decided to move its online operations out of the former Sears building at the mall. Liberty purchased that building in 2012.
CBL’s President & CEO Stephen Lebovitz said in a news release that he was pleased to enter into a new partnership with Liberty, “an institution that recognizes the excellent value of the property.” He said the former Sears location “provides a great opportunity to elevate the entire center through redevelopment of underutilized space, bringing new, in-demand retail, entertainment, and restaurants to the market.“
About 600 Liberty University Online call center employees at the former Sears building are moving in the next two months to their new offices in the former Nationwide building in Lynchburg, which Liberty purchased last fall. The remaining 400-500 employees will continue to work at River Ridge until demolition begins in about 18 months.
River Ridge was a popular addition to the city when it opened in 1980 (view archive video of the mall’s grand opening from WDBJ7 below).
Liberty President Jerry Falwell said the university’s investment committee saw the mall as a sound investment that would bring an economic boost to the area.
“Liberty University has an economic impact on the Lynchburg region of more than $1 billion annually and is committed to the success and economic vitality of the region,” Falwell said in CBL’s news release. “The university is pleased to help implement CBL’s exciting vision for the mall and to assist in bringing new and improved services to the region.”
The mall represents part of an intentional diversification of Liberty’s investment portfolio, Falwell added, noting that Liberty’s commercial real estate holdings have performed well in recent years. It is Liberty’s third investment in a local shopping center. Liberty owns Candlers Station Shopping Center, located near campus, and The Plaza in Midtown Lynchburg.
Archive video of River Ridge Mall grand opening in 1980, courtesy of WDBJ7:
Check out this classic video from the WDBJ7 archives!While working on a story about River Ridge Mall today, I found this video from the day the mall opened in 1980. Neat to see all of the old stores and mall features I remember from my childhood!
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Bally – fall/winter 2013-14 men's collection
The Everest collection, marking an important anniversary
by Henry Neuteboom
“We love our past, but we look to the future,” said Graeme Fidler at the Bally fall-winter 2013-2014 presentation in Milan on 13 January 2013. The past to which he was referring was a momentous event that took place 60 years ago, when Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first people to step onto the summit of Everest. Norgay was wearing a pair of Bally Reindeer Himalaya boots. One of the highlights of this collection is a replica of those boots, made using the same suppliers for the hooks and laces. Bally’s technology then, with their newly-developed rubber sole, helped provide better insulation. Today, the brand has gone even further, with a lightweight, injection-moulded sole that has the same Bally grip tread, but that is even lighter and warmer than the original.
The collection by Graeme Fidler and Michael Herz had a lot more. Many of the pieces in the Everest collection were underscored by a mountaineering theme, with a recurrent yellow colour recalling that of the storm cotton in equipment used by the Everest mountaineers. Coats in the collection feature suede, cashmere and leather, all made to be inherently warm, practical and light. Details are referenced from the Everest archive boots; hoods are in detachable marmot. Perhaps the most important pieces are the boots, large and light pieces with the characteristic tread, and with double-stitch Norwegian construction that means that you can stand ankle-deep in snow or even water and still stay dry. Accessories include backpacks and weekend bags whose rugged construction makes them supremely practical and durable.
Another interesting new feature is the Injection Moulded Lug Sole shoe. At first sight, these look like classic brogues, ideal for the city. But you just have to turn them over, and you find a rubber sold with the patented Bally tread with which you could climb a snowy slope without slipping. The finish of Bally’s shoes is superb, with every pair hand-coloured. After construction has been completed, each pair is stained, left to dry, and then stained again, until the desired colour has been achieved. This means that subtle gradations of tone, in the shades brown, red and petrol blue, can be achieved.
The Cervo collection presents a new series of bomber jackets, shoes and bags. Light, classic and practical, they are made in deer skin, supremely durable. The collection has references to the Alpine landscape in its colours: loden, dark flint, bark, night sky.
Today, for many people, dreams of the mountains often end once the weekend in Switzerland is over and it’s back to the boardroom in Milan. The Milano Business Collection comprises new innovative colours applied to iPad and iPhone cases, briefcases, and an original men’s business clutch, with two zips and lots of room for a tablet, credit cards and so forth. The iPad case in particular has been carefully engineered, in order to hold the detachable keyboard often used with an iPad.
The Bally Stripe capsule collection features the classic Bally red and white stripe, used in a series of deconstructed casual bags, comprising a tote, a weekender and a computer bag. They have been designed to minimize themes, while colour is based on chestnut leather.
Altogether, a powerful and effective presentation, based on real content and a remarkable heritage. The Everest boots will hit the stores in June, in time for the anniversary of that memorable day on 29 May, 1953. Hillary was from New Zealand, Tenzing Norgay was from Nepal; Graeme Fidler and Michael Herz are British, like expedition leader John Hunt. Another example of soft power: this time not just British, but Swiss as well.
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Rachel Roy: Why I Teamed Up with Deepak Chopra
By Kate Schweitzer
If you are still trying to finish off those Christmas shopping lists, might we offer a few feel-good suggestions? Designer Rachel Roy has teamed up with an unlikely fashion collaborator to create some so-stylish-they're-spiritual pieces. She and the one and only Deepak Chopra have together created a hand-crafted jewelry capsule collection that infuses western science and eastern philosophy.
From inspiration plaque pendants and ohm hand chains to sword necklaces and evil eye rings, 100 percent of the proceeds from this holiday line benefit the Chopra Foundation, an organization dedicated to promoting health, well-being, and, of course, world peace.
Lofty goals, yes, but we can't think of a more enlightened way to accessorize. Rachel Roy took time away from her own holiday shopping to explain how she came to meet Deepak (can we call him Deepak?), how she stays sane in such a stressful industry, and what she was able to teach her partner about fashion.
How did you and Deepak meet and decide to collaborate?
Deepak and his words have been such a powerful guide to me over the years, and I'd always hoped it would be possible for us to work together. I actually tweeted at him as a way of introducing myself and was lucky that such a creative and supportive partnership emerged.
What have you learned from working with him?
Deepak and I used his words as a starting point for bringing these beautiful pieces to life. Before we began working together I was already immersed into his school of thought, but getting to work one-on-one with him like this was incredible because we were able to create something physical from that beautiful wisdom.
And you must have returned the favor. Did Deepak glean anything about the fashion world from you?
He naturally has such an amazing eye! What's so great about Deepak is that he knows what he likes and always gave great input, yet still trusted my decisions to create the most meaningful collection. He knew that the only way I could really play my part as a designer was to have the freedom to create organically. And I knew that the only way he could really play his part was by helping me absorb all of his teachings and translate that into the pieces.
When looking to collaborate, what's the most important thing you seek out in a partner?
I think it's a pretty immediate understanding right off the bat. An instinct that something is there and a collaboration needs to take place. Inspiration is key in the creative process and when two people come together and find that simpatico in each other naturally, then the steps following are fairly seamless. What's left is the fun part — getting to dig deep, cull ideas, and ultimately fuse them together. Collaborations are an opportunity for me to reach beyond the traditional edge of the fashion world and keep myself inspired. Working with Deepak was such a treat and I'm glad we got to share a little of each other's world.
Where do you see fashion and spirituality intersecting?
In fashion, we draw inspiration from so many worlds and walks of life, and references to spirituality can be seen in the work of many great designers. Like spirituality, fashion can be a tool to help us create a stronger sense of self.
The fashion world is oft criticized as being one of the more superficial of industries. Especially after this partnership, how would you respond?
Anyone who's worked in fashion knows that some of the most creative, thoughtful and generous people are part of this great industry. With all the recent interest in the inner workings of fashion, I think this notion is starting to dissolve as more and more people are able to see all the hard work — and spirit — that goes into all we do.
Do you have some tips for staying sane in the stressful world of fashion?
I find that starting the day off with yoga keeps my mind quiet, which is so important in this industry. It really teaches you to be present and focus only on what is happening in the moment. It's so easy to get caught up in stressful environments, so it's important to take a step back and just breathe. If I'm not traveling, I try to practice at least three times a week.
Now it's Deepak. But who's next? What is in store for you in 2013?
I have a very exciting collaboration with a woman whom I deeply admire coming up just around the corner. I can't give away the secret yet but I was just in India working with the artisan team who we've partnered with for this and it's going to be beautiful!
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MTV Orders Singing Competition Copycat
MTV is partnering with the executive producer behind The Bachelor to get back into the singing competition space. But here's the twist: Contestants on the new series Copycat will have to emulate their favorite singers.
The network has given a series ...
The network has given a series production order to Copycat, a daily half-hour show where performers will battle each other as they impersonate the sound of popular recording artists. The studio audience will vote on every performance, with the winner taking home a cash prize and the title of "Ultimate Copycat."
MTV hasn't yet determined when Copycat will air or what it will be paired with. Current daily MTV series include The Hook Up (which premieres Oct. 14 at 6/5c), Friendzone and Girl Code.
The Bachelor creator Mike Fleiss is executive producer with Brendon Carter (Gene Simmons Family Jewels). Fleiss is known for his dating shows, but also has some experience in the music competition world: He executive produced The WB's 2004 parody Superstar USA, in which talented singers were eliminated and bad singers remained. Fleiss' Next Entertainment and Warner Horizon TV produce Copycat.
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'Vampire Diaries' fans are upset Bianca Lawson was not in the series finale
By Amanda Buckle
The Vampire Diaries series finale brought back many characters from the dead — but Emily Bennett was not one of them.
(Editor's note: Spoilers ahead for The Vampire Diaries series finale.)
To briefly recap The Vampire Diaries finale: Katherine succeeded in bringing hellfire to Mystic Falls, however, Bonnie came up with a plan to save everyone. She used her magic to bring the fire from Mystic Falls to the Armory, and was going to send it straight to hell with Katherine. The only problem is she began to lose her strength halfway through the spell. It looked like the fire was going to consume Bonnie, but then her dead Gran appeared to lend a hand. Bonnie was soon surrounded by her dead witch ancestors, who gave her enough power to complete the spell.
Bonnie had her Gran on one side of her and Beatrice Bennett on the other. Over a dozen other Bennett witches were behind her, but noticeably missing was Emily Bennett.
Actress Bianca Lawson, who has appeared in shows like Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Pretty Little Liars (and is also Beyoncé's stepsister), portrayed Emily for six episodes on The Vampire Diaries. She's appeared in multiple seasons, and Twitter wants answers as to why she wasn't involved in the series finale.
Mostly they were sad at the missed opportunity.
And one Twitter user pointed out that the addition of Lawson in the finale could have been a nice nod to Buffy the Vampire Slayer on the show's 20th anniversary.
Where was Emily? We may never know.
Mic has ongoing The Vampire Diaries coverage. Check out our main Vampire Diaries hub here.
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Russia Foils Plot to Assassinate Vladimir Putin on Election Day, But Is It Just a Political Stunt?
By Justin Miller
Russia’s state-run Channel One reported Sunday that a plan to assassinate Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who is the presidential front-runner, by a Chechen terrorist group has been thwarted in Odessa, Ukraine. Many skeptics are saying it is merely an attempt by Putin to slow the growing political storm and ensure his election next week. Russian authorities have apparently known of the plot for two months, but only took action six days before the crucial elections. The assassination attempt proves Putin fears what could come from recent protests. He is resorting to extreme measures to monger fear and encourage Russians to vote for stability over more rational decisions.
In a world where terrorism appears to be rampant, fear of enemies with ill-intentions has been used effectively by many politicians to gain support. The exploitation of this assassination plot, is a carefully administered plot in itself to garner support for a politician that many see as a dangerous choice for president. But protestors see the scheme for what it is.
In a recent article by the Guardian, protest leader Yevgeniya Chirikova said “This is part of a clear election campaign. It’s to bring attention to Vladimir Putin, and to develop this idea that there’s a threat everywhere. It’s a spectacle.”
Russia’s middle class, previously dismissed in the political sphere, is mobilizing itself through widespread protest and they have sent Putin reeling.
When he said last week at a rally "not to look abroad, not to run to the other side and not to betray your motherland," he chose a suspicious path of rhetoric.
In casting Russia as a country where danger is perpetually lurking around the corner, only to have Kremlin-run Channel One “uncover” the assassination plot slotted for election day, he and Russia’s top officials have revealed their true intentions. Putin is banking on the political atmosphere to quickly shift in his favor before the elections. In doing so, it would add legitimacy to what many perceive as his already clear path re-election.
Russian officials have called these accusations “blasphemous,” but it this is not the first time plots and attacks have been uncovered strangely close to election time. An assassination attempt right around 2008’s presidential elections was “foiled” in similar fashion.
Blatant stunts to instill fear of the unknown may be unethical, but they have been proven to be effective before and it could work again. But the current political atmosphere in Moscow is uneasy and the masses are not satisfied with the direction their country is headed. Putin’s strategy to gain sympathy as a political hero and retrieve the presidency with the people’s support could backfire.
The world is watching Russia and many have been vocal in their criticism of Putin. With large protests already happening throughout the country, taking such drastic measures shows a telling insecurity in the state of his power and influence.
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Kylie Jenner enjoys shopping for baby
Updated: Dec 13, 2017, 09:08 IST | IANS
Reality TV star Kylie Jenner, who is reportedly expecting her first child with boyfriend Travis Scott, is "having fun" while shopping for her baby
Reality TV star Kylie Jenner, who is reportedly expecting her first child with boyfriend Travis Scott, is "having fun" while shopping for her baby. The 20-year-old is yet to confirm her pregnancy, but people.com reports that she is splurging huge amounts on some unique baby items.
"Kylie is having a lot of fun picking out items for her baby. She's definitely leaning towards pink hues and having fun with the fact that she's having a girl," a source said.
The source shared that Kylie earlier picked up plenty of clothes and baby gear, including a stroller.
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Home Film The Internship
Akin Ajayi
I’m going to stick my neck out here and suggest that The Internship is not supposed to be taken very seriously. No bad thing, at least not in in itself: disposable diversions should have a place in the entertainment ecosphere. But this undemanding comedy, droll and glib and every so often rather casually offensive, does leave an unexpectedly bitter aftertaste that I’d guess was not meant to be part of the package. But more about that later.
Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn in The Internship
The premise of The Internship is imaginative, I’ll give it that. 40-somethings Nick and Billy are journeymen salesmen. They flog…I forget what it is they sell. Watches? Filofaxes? It matters not. The point is that their wares are as redundant as they are, as they realise when when halfway through a sales pitch they’re told that Head Office has gone out of business. Salarymen with superfluous skills are a depressingly real demographic in the modern age.
Billy, a perpetual optimist, has a moment of inspired thinking. (And yes, the line between inspiration and insanity can be very thin indeed.) Why not shoot for an internship at Google? It is where all the action is nowadays. Nick is somewhat more circumspect. There’s the trifling matter of their complete lack of suitability, for one thing. No transferable skills. Internships are intended for college students. And so on and so forth. This is no country for old men, unfortunately. But Billy’s sunny disposition wins through. What do they have to lose, anyway?
Self-respect and dignity, for starters. Vince Vaughn (Billy) and Owen Wilson (Nick) have a long and distinguished history of playing the goat, most notably together in 2005’s Wedding Crashers. They do click again here, their fish-out-of-water unsuitability for the internship apparent from the start as is their obliviousness and studied cheeriness. Competition for the internship was tough enough. (Their interview, where they make a mockery of Google’s legendary oblique problem-solving tests, is the best bit of the film). But only 5% of interns will get a job offer at the end of the summer. Chaff will be sifted from wheat through competition. And even though Nick and Billy think they are hungry for a second chance, they’re surrounded by eminently better qualified interns, 20 years younger, clamouring for a first chance. Let the fun and games begin.
At one remove, The Internship is middling fun, a mix of the original and the hackneyed. Nick and Billy may be figures of fun to the callow youth around them, but they do have the advantage of age and guile over youth and bad haircuts. There are the designated obstacles intended to keep them on their toes: Mr Chetty (Aasif Mandvi, of The Today Show), a cringe-worthy stereotype of the Indian-American tech whizz made good. Fellow intern Graham (Max Minghella) fills the obligatory role of evil-with-an-English-accent. Rose Byrne, a superb actress, is wasted in a trivial eye-candy/love interest role. But the film is what it is. I can’t really complain about it doing exactly what it sets out to do, which is to create uncomplicated and borderline unsubtle comedy. (PG-13 ratings and the box office riches that follow are what, I assume, keeps it relatively smut-free.)
Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn – The Internship
What does trouble me about The Internship is the not-terribly-subtle cheerleading that it does for a set of social values that at times border on the sociopathic. Not many people remember that “meritocracy” was once supposed to be a dirty word: the blinkered world-view that comes with the self-selection of the intellectual elite and all that comes with this. Google is supposed to be all about doing good and working to make the world a better place for us all. (They’re not at all shy about getting this message across in The Internship, a rather unique form of product placement it seems to me.) But the reverse side of this coin is the insistence on thrusting a very particular set of values upon everyone else. That Nick and Billy have no obvious place in this brave new world, that young bucks are encouraged to reach for the prize – Google or nothing – at all costs, the palpable disdain towards anyone that embraces an alternative philosophy to Google’s alternative philosophy: it’s all rather disconcerting. A few years ago, Lloyd Blankfein of Goldmans Sachs copped enormous flak when he suggested that bankers were doing God’s work. If, as I assume, Google sanctioned the production of The Internship, then I suspect it won’t be terribly long before they get themselves in the same mess. Humility always plays better than hubris, after all.
The Internship (USA, 2013, 119 min, English and Geek-Speak with Hebrew subtitles)
Directed by Shawn Levy; written by Vince Vaughn and Jared Stern; Starring: Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson, Rose Byrne, Aasif Mandvi, Max Minghella.
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Sunny. Hot and humid. High 96F. Winds SSW at 10 to 15 mph..
Clear skies. Low 78F. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph.
JEFF WEST | Staff File PhotoNew McAlester baseball head coach Brian Shackelford lines a shot into the outfield in a 1994 loss to Jenks, 10-2.
Staff File PhotoNew McAlester head baseball coach gets ready to deliver a pitch.
KEVIN HARVISON | Staff File PhotoNew McAlester head baseball coach Brian Shackelford greets one of his predecessors, Randy Hughes, as he rounds third base on a home run trot in 1994.
Shackelford 'excited' to be McAlester baseball coach
By Corey Stolzenbach | Sports Editor
Brian Shackelford is excited to be coming back home.
The 1994 graduate said potentially coaching at his alma mater had been on his mind for “a few years” before the McAlester Public Schools Board of Education officially hired him this month to replace his former teammate, Justin Bond.
McAlester went to the state tournament twice when he played there — once during his freshman year in 1991 and again when he was a senior. That was right before the Buffs went on a run of six state title game appearances in seven years from 1995 to 2001 under the guidance of then-head coach and now MPS Superintendent Randy Hughes.
Shackelford hopes to do for his players what Hughes did for him.
“The way he instilled everything in us just to work and be a team, everybody wanted to play for him,” Shackelford said of Hughes.
The new coach said he saw a few McAlester games this season. Shackelford noticed there’s a lot of talent the Buffaloes have, and said he likes what he sees. He praised the freshmen group the Buffs had in 2019, and likes the experience they have going forward in hopes of restoring the program.
Shackelford is looking hoping to develop his players so they can go on to the next level. This is his first high school head coaching job, but his time as an instructor for D-Bat Academies kept him around the game. Staying around baseball and teaching it helped him get ready for this.
He believes a player has to know what to do before the pitch happens.
“You have to be ready to go every pitch and playing with urgency out in the field,” he said. “You don’t see that today in a lot of young kids...It’s just because they haven’t been taught it or they haven’t had enough experience, but just preaching that in practice is what makes everybody better.”
Shackelford said every pitcher is different when it comes to handling one. The former major leaguer said other coaches may want to have everybody throw the same way, but he believes in doing what works best for his arms.
If one pitcher has one series of pitches in his arsenal and a different pitcher has another, he plans to stick with that.
Another difference when it comes to pitching is that he also wants to give freedom to his arms.
“A lot of coaches and teams now, they all call the pitches from the dugout instead of a pitcher, and pitchers aren’t able to shake,” Shackelford said. “I want guys to know what they want to throw in situations that they want to throw it.”
He said on Tuesday it would probably be within the next week or two that he intends to meet with his players.
“I’m excited for the whole experience, and being able to hopefully help and lead this team to lots of state tournaments,” he said.
Contact Corey Stolzenbach at cstolzenbach@mcalesternews.com
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Zimbabwe doctors strike, demanding pay in hard currency
December 5th, 2018 Africa
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Doctors in Zimbabwe have gone on strike in protest over poor working conditions and have also demanded that the government pay their salaries in foreign currency. The Times reports that the strike is the second in as many months by junior doctors, with the latest strike coming against the backdrop of a recent cholera outbreak. The latest case of cholera was recorded last week in Mount Darwin, with at least three deaths confirmed by health officials.
In September, the largest cholera outbreak since the 2008 crisis affected about 3,000 people when it broke out in the Harare township of Glenview and laid bare the frailty of the country’s health system.
In the country’s second-largest city Narcisius Dzvanga, clinical director at the United Bulawayo Hospitals, confirmed that junior and senior medical resident officers had gone on industrial action. The report says in a memo that he sent to staff at the second-largest hospital in the city, he said another continuing industrial action began on Sunday at all central hospitals in the country.
The strike has so far crippled operations at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo and also the Parirenyatwa group of hospitals in Harare.
“Management recommends the closure of the out-patient department until further notice, discharge of all stable patients who are considered as safe on treatment as outpatients, casualty officers to admit patients to respective disciplines in liaison with teams on call and to continue with emergency operations only,” said Dzvanga.
The report says the latest industrial action puts renewed pressure on the administration of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, amid growing calls for a solution to halt the bleeding of the economy. Prices of goods and services have been on the increase and inflation peaked over 20% according to the statistical agency, Zimstat.
Teachers, who make up the bulk of the government’s workforce, are also urging for their salaries to be paid in foreign currency. Ever since a new tax, which charges 2c/dollar was announced in October, there has been panic in the market with prices of goods and services shooting up and resultant erosion of people’s earnings.
Finance minister Mthuli Ncube recently said the tax had been a success and the government had made its first surplus of the year and earned $29m as a result.
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Home News Opinion Clinton vs Trump – who's the winner for medtech?
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Clinton vs Trump – who's the winner for medtech?
by Lu Rahman
With the results of the US election hours away, what would a Trump or Clinton win mean for medical device companies and medical plastics suppliers?
US election
Trump or Clinton? Each one has a different approach to business and innovation. From tax rates to encouraging medtech companies to keep their expertise inside the US, it will be interesting to see how this affects the medtech and healthcare industries.
A recent Commonwealth Fund reports highlighted the impact of Clinton and Trump health reform proposals.
According to Rand analysis Clinton’s plans to enhance the Affordable Care Act (ACA) would cut the number of uninsured; Trump’s repeal-and-replace plan would increase uninsured. The report says that elements of both candidates’ proposals could add to federal deficit.
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have two distinct approaches to health reform: Trump proposes to repeal and replace the ACA, while Clinton wants to maintain and modify it. Two new Commonwealth Fund reports find that some of Clinton’s proposals would increase the number of people with insurance by between 400,000 and 9.6 million in 2018, while some of Trump’s proposals would decrease the number of people with insurance by between 15.6 million and 25.1 million.
Medical device tax
A Trump win could significantly affect the medical device tax. According to former Republican HHS secretary Tommy Thompson, ‘A Donald Trump administration would repeal the medical device tax’.
The Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed) has argued that the tax harms job creation, deters medical innovation and increases the cost of healthcare.
AdvaMed had previously put forward an argument that the tax should actually be scrapped. Senator Chuck Schumer from the Republican party called it “a tax on innovation.”
Trump has previously spoken about his desire to eliminate ‘job-killing- regulations. This 2.3% medical device tax which came into force in 2009, has been the cause of much concern within the medtech sector with many citing its negative effect on the industry. It was suspended during 2016 and 2017 but is planned to be re-instated in 2018, although probably not if Trump wins.
According to Bloomberg BNA Aneesh Chopra, the former US chief technology officer for president Barack Obama, said Hillary Clinton officially has no comment on repealing the device tax. However, she is no stranger to negotiating with congress and “everything will be considered while she and her transition team determine how to pass health-care legislation in 2017 and beyond”.
News reports of US businesses leaving the US to supposedly take advantage of more favourable tax regimes overseas have hit the headlines over recent years.
In September 2015 Jeanne Whalen wrote in The Wall Street Journal: “In a sign of how Medtronic PLC is benefiting from moving its headquarters to Ireland from the US, the medical-device company said it is paying $500 million in US income tax on $9.8 billion of cash and investments that it has transferred to the US from its overseas subsidiaries.
“That amounts to a 5% US tax rate on the money. For US-based companies, profits earned overseas are subject to the 35% US corporate tax rate when repatriated to the US.
“Medtronic said it is transferring the money after completing an ‘internal restructuring’ in the wake of its acquisition of Dublin-based Covidien earlier this year. That acquisition allowed Medtronic to move its headquarters from Minneapolis to Dublin, a so-called tax inversion move aimed at lowering the company’s tax burden.”
If Trump makes his way to the White House, a cut in corporation tax is on the cards. According to Fortune: “Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump’s tax plans are ‘mirror images’ of one another, with the democrat proposing steep tax hikes on the wealthy while the republican candidate proposes even deeper reductions in the taxes paid by America’s richest people”.
Clinton plans to levy an ‘exit tax’ on companies that take their business outside of the US. Meanwhile Trump recognises why businesses take advantage of overseas tax loopholes, and plans to cut the business tax rate from 35% to 15%.
Jared Meyer, The National Review, commented: “Corporations that take steps to shield themselves from punitive taxes are not blameworthy — and Trump clearly understands this. Trump’s tax-reform plan even states: ‘Too many companies — from great American brands to innovative startups — are leaving America, either directly or through corporate inversions. . . . Companies leaving is not the disease, it is the symptom.’ Trump says his plan will make ‘America globally competitive again” by lowering the top federal tax on business income to 15%.”
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High-speed controller and storage module for defense and industrial uses introduced by Elma
FREMONT, Calif., 11 April 2014. Elma Electronic Inc. in Fremont, Calif., is introducing model 5335/6 high-speed controller and storage embedded computing module for defense and industrial applications ranging from ground, ship- and airborne systems to signals intelligence, engine and automation control, and mission critical information systems.
The data storage device supports as many as eight SATA III ports and more than 2 terabytes of onboard capacity in one 3U VPX slot. The board is an expansion to Elma's 533x 3U VPX storage family.
The model 5335/6 is seen as a PCI Express Gen2-by-8 connection to the host as it provides the link to a storage array where capacities exceed 8 terabytes across four slots and where data bandwidth exceeds 1 gigabytes per second.
With RAID 0/1/5/10 support, the storage array system can be configured to make the most of bandwidth or provide data redundancy. The onboard controller provides an additional six SATA III backplane ports.
Using solid state drives, the convection-cooled versions operate in temperatures from -40 to 85 degrees Celsius, and the conduction-cooled versions operate from -40 to 75 C.
For more information contact Elma online at www.elma.com.
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Rugged instrument case for computers, test gear, and medical devices introduced by Elma.
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CliniMACS® CD8 Product Line
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The CD8 antigen, a coreceptor for MHC class I molecules, is expressed strongly on cytotoxic T cells and dimly on a subset of NK cells.
The CliniMACS® CD8 Product Line consists of murine anti-CD8 monoclonal antibodies conjugated to superparamagnetic iron dextran particles.
One vial contains 7.5 mL sterile, non- pyrogenic solution.
The performance of the CliniMACS CD8 Product Line depends on the individual separation strategy. For information on respective capacities, refer to the CliniMACS User Manual or contact your local representative.
Please inquire about required CliniMACS System components and accessories.
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System components, including Reagents, Tubing Sets, Instruments, and PBS/EDTA Buffer, are designed, manufactured and tested under a quality system certified to ISO 13485.
In the EU, the CliniMACS System components are available as CE-marked medical devices for their respective intended use, unless otherwise stated. The CliniMACS Reagents and Biotin Conjugates are intended for in vitro use only and are not designated for therapeutic use or direct infusion into patients. The CliniMACS Reagents in combination with the CliniMACS System are intended to separate human cells. Miltenyi Biotec as the manufacturer of the CliniMACS System does not give any recommendations regarding the use of separated cells for therapeutic purposes and does not make any claims regarding a clinical benefit. For the manufacturing and use of target cells in humans the national legislation and regulations - e.g., for the EU the Directive 2004/23/EC ("human tissues and cells"), or the Directive 2002/98/EC ("human blood and blood components") - must be followed. Thus, any clinical application of the target cells is exclusively within the responsibility of the user of a CliniMACS System.
In the US, the CliniMACS CD34 Reagent System, including the CliniMACS Plus Instrument, CliniMACS CD34 Reagent, CliniMACS Tubing Sets TS and LS, and the CliniMACS PBS/EDTA Buffer, is FDA approved; all other products of the CliniMACS Product Line are available for use only under an approved Investigational New Drug (IND) application or Investigational Device Exemption (IDE).
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Baron, F. et al. (2003) Low incidence of acute graft-versus-host disease after non-myeloablative stem cell transplantation with CD8-depleted peripheral blood stem cells: an update. Haematologica 88: 835-837
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Meyer, R. G. et al. (2007) Prophylactic transfer of CD8-depleted donor lymphocytes after T-cell-depleted reduced-intensity transplantation. Blood 109: 374-382
Orti, G. et al. (2009) Phase I study of high-stringency CD8 depletion of donor leukocyte infusions after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Transplantation 88: 1312-8
Dodero A. et al. (2009) Haploidentical stem cell transplantation after a reduced-intensity conditioning regimen for the treatment of advanced hematologic malignancies: posttransplantation CD8-depleted donor lymphocyte infusions contribute to improve T-cell recovery. Blood 113: 4771-4779
Meyer et al. (2010) Donor CD4 T cells convert mixed to full donor T-cell chimerism and replenish the CD52-positive T-cell pool after alemtuzumab-based T-cell-depleted allo-transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant. 45: 668-674
Smetak et al. (2008) Clinical-scale single-step CD4(+) and CD8(+) cell depletion for donor innate lymphocyte infusion (DILI). Bone Marrow Transplant. 41: 643-650
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Singapore’s SPH Spends £133.7M on 4th Purchase of UK Student Housing in 8 Months
Asa Briggs House in Leeds is one of the student complexes acquired by SPH
Singapore Press Holdings (SPH), has acquired £133.7 million ($175.3 million) worth of student housing assets in the UK, allowing the publisher turned property developer to increase its portfolio of UK university accommodation by 1,243 beds to 5,059, the company announced on Tuesday.
SPH’s latest purchase, which brings its footprint in the asset class to 20 properties across 10 cities in Great Britain, is the company’s fourth acquisition of UK student housing in the past eight months, after it bought a portfolio of 14 student accommodation properties located in six towns and cities across the country last September. In February and March this year the company added one property each in the cities of Lincoln and Glasgow.
The investment also marks the fifth major purchase of UK student housing assets by Singaporean players since 2016 with some of the country’s largest investors investing in over £1 billion in projects in the market segment in England, Wales and Scotland in just over three years.
Buying Student Beds in Three Cities
Singapore Press Holdings’ new acquisition includes three separate complexes — one each in the English cities of Southampton, Sheffield and Leeds. The Southampton property is a leasehold asset, while the other two complexes were purchased as freehold properties.
Ng Yat Chung, CEO of SPH, is confident in the UK student housing sector
In a statement to the Singapore exchange the company best known for publishing Singapore’s Straits Times said that one of its wholly-owned subsidiaries is purchasing the Hampton Square, Sharman Court and Asa Briggs House properties from sellers Habitus Holdings, Privilege Holdings, Privilege Southampton Holdings and AIGGRE Europe Real Estate Fund I GP without specifying the existing distribution of the assets among the sellers.
“These acquisitions are high quality, cash-yielding assets in key student cities in the UK and will enhance our recruiting income going forward,” Ng Yat Chung, CEO of Singapore Press Holdings said in the statement, adding that, “We remain disciplined in our acquisition pipeline, to build our UK PBSA portfolio to a platform of scale.”
The transaction includes a rental guarantee that covers the 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 academic years, with all three properties said to enjoy occupancy rates of over 90 percent. Southampton, Sheffield and Leeds are all significant university towns in the UK.
In its statement to the exchange SPH, cited research on the UK student housing sector by property agency Knight Frank in emphasising that the higher education system in the UK is well-placed to grow, backed by rising demand from both local and international students. “With a healthy student-to-bed ration, the asset class has demonstrated strong rental growth over the years,” it added.
SPH Keeps Adding to UK Student Homes
Including its recent acquisition of 380 beds in Lincoln and Glasgow, SPH’s UK student accommodation portfolio has achieved a total capacity of over 5,000 beds across 20 assets in 10 cities, valued in excess of S$600 million.
“With an enlarged platform, SPH can extract greater economies of scale and has started operationalizing its asset management capabilities under the new Capitol Students brand,” the company said in the statement.
SPH made its first purpose built student accommodation investment in UK last September by acquiring a set of 14 assets in London, Birmingham, Bristol, Huddersfield, Plymouth and Sheffield for $233 million in cash. Since that time it has now completed another three acquisitions in the UK .
In February of this year the company bought the St Marks property in the city of Lincoln for an undisclosed amount and followed up in March by purchasing the Clifton and Stewart House in Glasgow, Scotland, with both purchases said to be made at cap rates of around 6 percent according to analysts at UOB Kay Hian Securities.
Following the GIC Trail
SPH”s latest deal comes just one month after Singapore-listed property developer Far East Orchard Limited, a unit of Far East Organisation, paid £55 million to purchase three freehold student housing properties in Bristol and Liverpool.
Both SPH and Far East Organisation are following a trail blazed by Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, GIC, which teamed up with Dubai-based Global Student Accommodation Group (GSA) in 2016 to buy a portfolio of UK student housing projects from funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management at a price estimated to be in the range of £430 million.
In 2017 GIC followed up by investing in a £227 million ($283.5 million) joint venture to purchase a student housing complex at Aston University in Birmingham, England.
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Injury to delay Ellsbury's arrival at Yanks camp
OF hindered by plantar fasciitis after missing all of '18, targeting March
By Bryan Hoch
TAMPA, Fla. -- Jacoby Ellsbury's locker will remain empty at Yankees camp for at least the rest of the month.Manager Aaron Boone said on Wednesday that the veteran outfielder -- who has not played in a Major League game since 2017 -- is not expected to report to camp with
TAMPA, Fla. -- Jacoby Ellsbury's locker will remain empty at Yankees camp for at least the rest of the month.
Manager Aaron Boone said on Wednesday that the veteran outfielder -- who has not played in a Major League game since 2017 -- is not expected to report to camp with the rest of the team's position players because of plantar fasciitis that stalled his rehab from surgery.
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"We expected him to be here as an active player from the start, but some issues with plantar fasciitis crept up as he was going through his rehab this winter and slowed him a little bit," Boone said.
"We feel he's making really good progress. He's going to stay in Arizona for at least the next couple of weeks, and hopefully when he's really able to dive into baseball activities -- which we believe will be sometime in March -- he'll join us."
Ellsbury missed all of last year due to a variety of injuries, culminating in an August procedure that repaired a torn labrum in his left hip.
The Yankees had anticipated that the 35-year-old would compete with Clint Frazier, Brett Gardner and Aaron Hicks for playing time among their stacked outfield this spring. In fact, general manager Brian Cashman pointed to Ellsbury as part of the reason the Yankees had no interest in free agent outfielder Bryce Harper.
With Ellsbury now out of commission, Frazier figures to receive even more of an opportunity to prove that his post-concussion issues are behind him. It is also possible, though not probable, that the Yankees could revisit their stance on Harper.
Ellsbury has two years and approximately $42.2 million remaining on the seven-year, $153 million contract he signed prior to the 2014 season, plus a $5 million buyout for 2021.
Cashman said that teams made trade proposals that included Ellsbury over the winter, but the GM likened them to "money laundering" -- one bad contract for another. Most recently, the Giants had been said to be connected to Ellsbury, though the new injury likely has doused any interest.
"It's just really slowed him and his ability to really break through and get to where he needs to be," Boone said. "So he hasn't been able to start the baseball activity stuff. When he started working, the plantar fasciitis stuff really started rearing its ugly head."
Bryan Hoch has covered the Yankees for MLB.com since 2007. Follow him on Twitter @bryanhoch and on Facebook.
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Drum Guru signs with Premier
By Chris Barnes 2010-11-19T12:45:00.322Z Drums
Martin Ranscombe joins the Premier Drums family
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Drumming clinician and educator Martin Ranscombe ('The Drum Guru') has signed an endorsement deal with Premier Music International and RWS Drums & Percussion.
"Like many drummers born and raised in the UK, I spent many youthful hours checking out the big-name Premier players and pouring over catalogues," says Martin. "My first kit was Premier and I'm very excited to be getting behind Premier once more. It's going to be great fun 'taking it to the masses' and finally realising a boyhood dream!"
Craig Buckley, Managing Director of RWS Drums and Percussion, Premier's UK distributors, comments: "Martin is a drummer of great renown across the world and the fact that his experience and ability extends to much more than simply playing the drums was a large factor in putting this agreement together. We look for endorsers that can bring more than just playing ability and TV exposure to the brand, we are always on the look out for true drum professionals who can add value to the brand by imparting many aspects of advice and coaching that will be seen as essential and useful information for drummers who we hope aspire to own Premier Drums as a direct result of seeing such dedicated and established professionals as Martin choosing to own and play our drums. Martin is quite rightly applauded for his approach to drum tuning and indeed covering all aspects of drumming from basic set up to extremely advanced playing techniques. We look forward to working with Martin on his forthcoming projects and are delighted that he chose Premier as his weapon of choice."
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'You're a natural leader': Sir Lucian Grainge, David Joseph, Chris Blackwell and Bono lead tributes to Strat winner Darcus Beese
May 9th 2019 at 11:15PM
Darcus Beese, president of Island Records US, has been honoured at the Music Week Awards with The Strat – the special career award for an industry icon.
Beese’s record as an industry leader at Island in the UK speaks for itself – he played a pivotal role in the success of U2, Amy Winehouse, Sugababes, Florence + The Machine, Hozier, Jessie J, Mumford & Sons and Dizzee Rascal. So it’s no surprise that many of the acts who valued Beese’s support and industry expertise over three decades have wanted to comment on his achievements.
Here, superstar artists, family and fellow execs from the UK and US pay tribute to the great man…
“Many, many congratulations on getting the Strat Award. I’m proud of your achievements and all of us within UMG are proud of them as well.”
Sir Lucian Grainge, chairman/CEO, Universal Music Group
“Congratulations dear Darcus for receiving this year’s Strat Award, so well deserved. Your legacy continues as one of the great creative executives in our industry. We’re so very proud of you and thrilled that we were able to steal you from across the pond. As Island celebrates its 60th anniversary this year there couldn’t be a more perfect person in place to continue leading the Island culture and heritage.”
Michele Anthony, EVP, Universal Music Group
“Nuff respect. Thirty years you’ve been at Island in England and now you’re in America to keep the flag flying here. Congratulations!”
Chris Blackwell, founder, Island Records
“Darcus, I’m so proud of you. You’re a natural leader, you’re about integrity, you’re about truth and you’re always about music. Your dad made an incredible mark on culture and society here and you’ve also done that, you’ve helped shape our culture and you’re just about to do it in America.”
David Joseph, chairman/CEO, Universal Music UK
Darcus Beese, what a prince of a man
“Twelve years ago we went on a historic run together that included Amy Winehouse, Florence + The Machine, Jessie J and so many others. I will forever be indebted to Darcus Beese.”
Monte Lipman, founder/CEO, Republic Records
“When I took over I realised I had massive shoes to fill. You’ve been an amazing boss, an incredible mentor and above all a great friend. You truly deserve this award, one love.”
Louis Bloom, president, Island Records UK
“Huge congratulations for being honoured with this special award. I believe you are the first black music executive in the UK to achieve this accolade, this is an achievement of immense significance and also a cause for celebration.”
Barbara Beese, Darcus’ mother
“It’s been a pleasure to be alongside you for so many years at Island with some good successes, spending a lot of a time changing all the members of the Sugababes, reminding people that Taio Cruz is dynamite and helping persuade the world that Amy’s Back To Black was not just a jazz record for old people. Good on you, Mr Beese, congratulations on your award – plenty of success still to come, no doubt.”
Ted Cockle, president, Virgin EMI/former co-president, Island Records UK
“Darcus Beese, what a prince of a man.”
Bono, U2
“Congratulations, Darcus, you truly deserve this award for everything that you do for all your artists. Island Records has been our spiritual home for a long time now, and as a lifer yourself we truly appreciate everything you’ve done and it’s great working with you.”
Adam Clayton, U2
“I’ve very quickly learned that Darcus not only has one of the biggest hearts, but he’s truly an inspirer and just an incredible mind and person all around. He is extremely deserving of this honour.”
Shawn Mendes, artist
“Well done Darcus, they’ve got to honour the big man, congratulations. Levels! You’re the fucking guy!”
Giggs, artist
“Congratulations, Darcus, on The Strat award, it is absolutely amazing and incredibly deserved.”
Hozier, artist
Without that faith that you placed in Amy and me, we never would have been able to have the freedom to make that record
“Congrats on the award, it’s so well deserved. I have a lot of fond memories of our friendship together and working relationship. When Amy and I were demoing some songs that would become Black To Black, we played the opening bars of the Rehab demo and six seconds in, you jumped up and were like, ‘Rewind!’ You did that three more times before we got past the first six seconds. That was the first time we’d played that music and to get ‘daddy’s grand approval’ was wonderful. Without that faith that you placed in Amy and me, we never would have been able to have the freedom to make that record.”
Mark Ronson, artist/producer
“You’re an inspiration to us all, Darcus, and a pleasure to work with. Congratulations, very well deserved.”
Winston Marshall, Mumford & Sons
“When I heard you were going to America, even I was upset. I’m proper happy that you’re over there and things are going well for you. From the bottom of my heart, I love you.”
Michael Dapaah (Big Shaq), artist
“You believed in me from the very beginning, and I have always believed in you. I am so proud of everything that you’ve achieved, all the boundaries I’ve seen you break, there’s no one that deserves it more. You’re not just a great businessman, you’re an amazing father, friend and husband.”
Jessie J, artist
“Congratulations on winning such a prestigious prize in the music industry. I feel so proud of you, I’m so happy for you and you’re so loved by everyone that you work with at Universal.”
Annie Lennox, artist
Click here for the full list of winners at the Music Week Awards.
florence + the machine,
Lucian Grainge,
Dizzee Rascal,
Mumford & Sons,
Island Records,
David Joseph,
Chris Blackwell,
mark ronson,
Ted Cockle,
Darcus Beese,
monte lipman,
U2,
Hozier,
Michele Anthony,
Louis Bloom
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'Albums matter to artists and fans': National Album Day returns in 2019
New edition of Music Week out now
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Koslosky places 5th at New England meet
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by Ken Morse, Citizen’s News
Naugatuck senior Zach Koslosky finished his high school track career in style by placing fifth in the pole vault at the New England championship June 8 in Saco, Maine.
Koslosky, who won the pole vault at the Naugatuck Valley League and Class L championships before placing third at the State Open, cleared 14 feet, 3 inches among a field of 32 competitors at New Englands.
“Obviously everyone that competed was very good,” Koslosky said. “I knew most of the kids that were there through competing against them the past few years, so it was a real fun meet to participate in.
“I feel I did pretty good. I just came up a little short of my best height of 14-6.”
“At the New England championship they adjust the height a little different than at the state meets,” Naugatuck head coach Ralph Roper said. “Instead of raising the distance by three-inch intervals they raised it by six inches once you reach a certain height. Once Zach cleared 14-3, the next attempt was at 14-9 and it was just out of his reach.”
Koslosky, who was also a playmaker for the Naugatuck football team at receiver, is keeping his options open as far as college goes. He’s looking to play football at Western New England University, but also visited Southern Connecticut State University for track.
“Zach is a very gifted athlete who is an extremely hard worker,” Roper said. “I know the coaches at Southern Connecticut are very interested in him. Zach has helped to shape and elevate our track program over the past few seasons. He is clearly and inspiration to our athletes on the track team. His parents have done an outstanding job in raising such a fine young man and he has a very bright future wherever he goes.”
Koslosky, Healy compete in decathlon: Koslosky and teammate Ben Healy competed in the state decathlon June 11 and 12 at Manchester High School.
Koslosky finished sixth in the boys decathlon with 5,387 points. He won the pole vault (13 feet, 11 1/ 4 inches) and placed sixth in the 110 hurdles and the javelin.
Healy, who is going to Sacred Heart University and will run track, took 11th with 5,187 points. He won the 100 meter dash, placed fifth in the long jump, eighth in the javelin and ninth in the 400 meters.
“It was a challenging two days for Ben and Zach,” Roper said. “The first day of the event was graduation day, so we had to rush back to the high school after competing all day. … I thought they both performed well under the circumstances.”
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The Eurozone Has a Fever…
And the only prescription is more stimulus
By Neal Freyman
@neal_freyman |
…and the only prescription is more stimulus. The European Central Bank announced plans to give the region’s lethargic economy the 5-hour Energy boost it may need.
That shot comes with:
Cheap, long-term loans for commercial banks to encourage lending to businesses and consumers
No more interest rate hikes through the end of the year (rates are currently at record lows)
What it means: U-turn. The central bank only recently wound down its gigantic bond-buying program, a strategy it used to stabilize the economy post-crisis. But ECB President Mario Draghi sees more trouble on the horizon.
Italy is in a recession, Germany came thiiiiis close to one, and trade tensions and Brexit continue to cause uncertainty.
“The risks surrounding the euro area growth outlook are still tilted to the downside,” Draghi said.
Zoom out, per the WSJ: “With a major policy reversal Thursday, the ECB became the first rich-country central bank to unveil new stimulus in response to the global economic slowdown.”
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Page 41, March 1980
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All in a year's work
In which the Deputy Editor reviews his 1979 motoring activities
It doesn't feel as if a year has passed since I last wrote this annual review, and looking back through my diary for this flash of time I wonder how I have managed to fit in the long list of cars driven, the countries and events visited, the production of 12 issues of this magazine and a semblance of relatively normal life as well. I confess to fighting shy of this regular feature, for much as D.S.J. feels that events of the '50s were too recent to be worth recounting, I'm more realistically inclined to that view about the last 12 months. However, no year is bereft of exciting experiences in this job, though some years are remembered as a better vintage than others; 1979 had its moments, but on the whole it was a so-so year, unenlivened by any serious competition activities and with few outstanding new cars to titillate my fancy.
Indeed, a major problem to motoring journalists today is that so many ordinary production cars are so good and do most things so well that outright criticism, let alone critical comparison, becomes extremely difficult. This fits in with D.S.J's theory of "Euro . . . boxes" mentioned elsewhere in this issue, all looking alike and performing alike. It is a cynic's view which doesn’t entirely hold true, but it is a fact that regulations force manufacturers to comply with certain common standards and their market research and computer calculations often come up with similar answers and similar products, at least for the mass market. On the whole the customer benefits because such competition ensures few bad eggs amongst the many. Standards of ride, comfort, equipment, economy and performance in bread-and-butter fussily cars have improved out of all recognition over the last few years, even if this has meant a loss of character us individual makes. Efficiency is the name of the car designing business today and because of this we have a phenomenon which most motoring critics declared impossible with the coming of more restrictive speed limits and the energy crisis; model for model most cars handle better and are both faster and more economical than their direct predecessors, a reversal of the trends we saw a few years ago.
All this is by way of leading up to my pet hobby horse for this year's review. In the light of these advances in design and engineering it is sad that BL, the backbone of the UK motor industry and a mainstay of our economy, seems to have fallen behind every manufacturer in Europe in terms of product planning, product development and consequently product desirability. Apart from Jaguars and Rovers at the top of the pyramid, the BL range is largely a mess of ageing, unsophisticated, almost antiquated products which aren't in the same ball park as most of the competition from Europe — including Ford UK — or Japan. It is no use bleating "Buy British" if the goods won't stand comparison.
BL's shortage of competitive new products and the dwindling market share has undoubtedly been compounded by lack of capital investment and continual industrial disruption. But in my opinion a large contributory factor has been a complete lack of management foresight and grasp of the market. Take for instance the gross over-estimate of demand for the SD1 Rovers. This two-box hatchback is an excellent car, but did it not strike anybody at BL that many people continue to prefer a three-box conventional vehicle in this so-called "executive" class? By ignoring directly-comparable replacements for the conventional P6 Rover and Triumph 2000/2500, complementary to the SD1, BL opened the floodgates to Volvo, Audi, Ford, BMW et al, and one doesn't have to know much about the motor industry to judge how successful they are.
I hope that the introduction this year of the Mini Metro will be the start of a new era for BL and that their product planners will be allowed to keep pace with the rest of the world's motor industry.
However, BL can take heart from the fact that product planners and designers backed by one of the largest and most successful motor manufacturers can still come up with rubbish. My Lemon Award for worst car tested during the year goes to the Ford Motor Co. in Detroit for their Ford Mustang Ghia Turbo, a car so lacking in performance, quality of manufacture, practicality and refinement that I can't understand how it passed the UK Type Approval tests, let alone why Ford spent a fortune in making sure it did.
Thank goodness that my year began on a much more inspiring note, with a BMW 635CSi, the satisfyingly brutish and fast, be-spoilered coupe which BMW delivered in place of the rather unsatisfactory 323i mentioned in last year's notes. This 218 b.h.p., 140 m.p.h. car marks a return to the taut, responsive, sporting motoring almost abandoned by BMW after the demise of the 3.0CSL. With the help of a close-ratio five-speed gearbox, its 3.5-litre engine boosts 1½ tons from 0-60 m.p.h. in 7.5 sec. and to 100 m.p.h. in 20 sec., sizzling performance which is matched by excellent and enjoyable handling, considerably improved over the 633CSi thanks to uprated suspension and a limited slip differential. Sheer performance is balanced by pleasing flexibility and the classical smoothness of a short-stroke "six". Higher gearing makes the 635 much less fussy than earlier big BMWs. Beautifully styled and finished and ergonomically excellent. the 635CSi is a most desirable, if very expensive, luxury sports coupe. Since the test, for the 1980 model year in fact, BMW GB, now wholly owned by the Munich factory, have revised the coupe range on the UK market, The 633CSi has been dropped and the 635CSi is offered in a variety of specifications: with a choice of close-ratio five-speed or overdrive ratio five-speed manual gearbox the latter with conventional selection pattern), or automatic, and with or without spoilers.
Almost from the sublime to the ridiculous, I stepped out of the 635CSi in the Standard House car park directly into a bright orange Fiat 127 Sport, a precocious little hatchback with a high-revving, Weberised, 1,049 c.c., s.o.h.c., 70 b.h.p. engine which will buzz this three-door hatchback up to 100 m.p.h. And buzz is the word, as the tachometer swings round
to 7,200 r.p.m., but great fun to drive, with kart-like handling, direct steering and good brakes. A fun rural run-about or commuting car, alas with nasty flat spots, poor cold starting and a rubbery gearchange.
Much more suited to my kind of motoring was the Fiat Mirafiori Sport which followed sometime later. The Sport tag is well deserved, for this two-door, 1,995 c.c., 115 b.h.p., four cylinder, twin-cam engined basis of the World Rally Championship 131 Abarths, is both quick and possessed of the most delightful handling. Taut, forgiving and almost roll-free, the 112 m.p.h. Mirafiori Sport can be chucked around like a good rally car, its mettle controlled by Pirelli P6 tyres. Nicely trimmed and with extraordinarily powerful Carello headlights, this Fiat is rather garish in appearance and noisy in operation, but will please any enthusiastic driver. The test car broke reverse gear.
Another Fiat to come my way during the year was the latest version of the brilliant mid-engined X1/9, which I had rated so highly, in my road test in 1977. I am disappointed to say that this 1,500 c.c., five-speed model did not appeal so much as that early, 1,300 c.c., four-speed car. Certainly it gets along a lot more quickly, with some 85 b.h.p. available from its longer stroke, Ritmo type engine, and is more relaxed at high speed, but the engine is not so sweet and the gearchange on the test car was pretty awful. Nor did that car feel to handle so well as the old model. The facia layout has been improved, but the revised seats seem less comfortable than the old. What has broken the spell for me is the adoption of American type bumpers. Not only do they ruin the pretty lines, they add five-inches to the length. Was it really necessary to spoil this Targa-topped little pearl in Europe for the sake of Transatlantic ideals? Still a desirable and brilliantly-designed sports car, however.
On the subject of mid-engined cars, before the month of January was out and in the most unsuitable conditions of snow and ice, Lotus at last gave me a crack at the Esprit S2. There were problems, like a "duff" starter motor which kept me all night at a party and almost made me miss a flight to the Renault 18 launch in St. Tropez, and criticisms like a lack of refinement in engine noise and harshness. But otherwise what a tremendously rewarding and exciting car to drive, with possibly the best balanced, most forgiving handling of any mid-engined car in current production, so responsive too to opposite lock correction in the snow and communicative through the seat of the pants. Roadholding in the dry is phenomenal, brakes impressive and performance from its all-aluminium, 1,973 c.c., d.o.h.c., 16-valve, 160 b.h.p, engine quite exceptional if the engine is revved to exacerbate the noise failings. The Esprit fits like a glove, goes like hell, is impracticable yet so enjoyable that all its failings can be forgiven.
It was nice to be able to heap praise on another British car too, this time a modified one, the Janspeed Rover 3500 Turbo, with a Rotomaster turbocharger and SU carburetter attached to each bank of its V8. Janos Odor had upped the Rover's power output by some 40 per cent, and mixed astonishing mid-range performance and a top speed of approaching 140 m.p.h. with uncanny flexibility and smoothness. A remarkably good, bolt-on conversion. There was refinement too from the elegant Peugeot 604Ti, in this five-speed guise a deceptively fast and long-legged performer, so flexible as to be almost a three-gear car, so probably best bought as an automatic. Bosch K-Jetronic injection fuels the gruff, 144 b.h.p. V6, which will spur this so-comfortable big saloon, with a ride and handling combination close to that of the XJ6, to 60 m.p.h. from rest in just over 9 sec. It is exceptionally economical for its size — I got 22¾ m.p.g. overall — and very well equipped, at a most realistic price.
I have always admired the good looks of the Lancia Beta Coupe and even more the HPE, but the latest revised 2000 HPE in which my wife and I gave that so very brave, modest and fascinating aviator Sheila Scott a lift to the opening of Paul Huxford's new Ferrari dealership in Fareham, was a disappointingly rough, yet almost brand-new, example. I sent it back for an engine mounting to be put in order and in the meantime ran a 1300 Beta Coupe, a most entertaining car, its shorter-stroke twin-cam engine so much sweeter and free-revving than the bigger engines and with remarkable performance from 82 b.h.p., The handling seemed livelier than the bigger Coupes and HPEs. The only external difference is the choice of 5J steel wheels in place of the other models 5½J alloy wheels.
Another advantage this sporty little coupe has over its bigger brothers is the lack of torque reaction through the front wheels, so noticeable when the 2000 HPE was returned to me. It is a great pity that the power steering offered on l.h.d. 2000 models will not fit the r.h.d. cars, because it damps out all that unfavourable reaction. Even after repair the 2000 HPE felt a little rough and inferior in the handling department to others I have driven. Possibly a Friday car? These latest coupes have revised facias with tidier instrumentation, except for an invisible digital clock, improved switchgear and very tasteful tweedy trim. Electronic ignition, a thermostatic control for the air cleaner and a so-called "vacuum controlled power valve" on the carburetter are among the under-bonnet changes. The 2000 Coupes and HPEs have steel sunroofs as standard.
I can't remember whether it was because of the Lancia's engine mounting or because the sun was shining, but I chose to take my Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider Veloce to visit the Jaguar factory at Browns Lane, Coventry, with W.B. Our purpose was to try the new Series III XJ 4.2 and 5.3, about which I can only reiterate that they are the smoothest, quietest and most refined cars in the world, the 4.2 vastly improved by its more powerful PI engine. The blame for the subsequent lack of a full road test lies entirely on my shoulders, for BL's ever helpful Jenni Raby has frequently offered a test car, but I have kept delaying on the basis that I would like to use it on a suitable long Continental trip, much as I did with the XJ-S a few years ago. Having acknowledged this, I must do something about it! As always we spent a fascinating day at the unique plant, lunched by MD Bob Knight and guided by the knowledgeable and enthusiastic Andrew Whyte, whose services at Jaguar will be sadly missed by we journalists now he has quit to join us on our side of the fence.
Later the same week I flew to Dijon to drive a variety of new Colts in shifts back to England, of which the most notable was the innovative 1400GLX Hatchback, with unique "Super Shift" two-range transmission giving eight forward gears. A normal gear lever controls the four forward speeds, while a separate control offers a choice of "power" or "economy" — low and high ratios. With deft movements of both levers it's possible to whizz up and down through all eight ratios, but that isn't the point. It sounds very complicated, but actually functions efficiently and simply. This chubby little hatchback gets along quite well thanks to an efficient, 1,410 c.c.. s.o.h.c., transversely mounted engine driving its front wheels, but its ride is choppy and the seat cushions too short. I tried too the 2-litre Sigma Estate, a good looking, well-appointed and nicely finished load carrier with five gears and Colt's smooth, four-cylinder, "Astron 80" Balancer engine, but Guild of Motoring Writers' Chairman and AMOC member Tom Leake and I had most fun and a remarkably fast, vintage style drive from south of Paris to the Channel coast in a Mitsubishi L200 "One Tonne" pick-up. I don't think Colt Director Jack Morris-Marshan will ever forget his fight to keep up with that swinging, bouncing tailgate in his sporting Colt Sapporo 2000 GSR Coupé!
An Alfasud 1.5 Super spent a week in my hands, but was later written up by W.B. after a spell with him in Wales. I can't miss this opportunity to say what an outstanding car the Sud has become with the torquey, crisp and full of character, 1½-litre flat four. The combination of outstanding chassis behaviour, subdued road and wind noise (better than many big, expensive cars), ride comfort, the nifty five-speed gearbox and the bigger engine makes this four-door Sud — or the two-door Ti — something of a bargain.
After many attempts Motor Sport at last obtained a Triumph TR7, one of the first in come off the new line at Canley, Coventry, and said to incorporate many improvements. I was unimpressed. The TR7 is very much a saloon dressed up as a sports car and to that end has a most comfortable and well-appointed two-seater cockpit and is quite pleasant and easy to drive when not pressing on. Show it a corner at any sort of speed, however, and it becomes flustered, wallowing and pitching and badly upset by bumps, yet with reasonable roadholding. The rear axle bottoms all too easily. Performance is good, with 0-60 in a little over 10 sec. and a 110 m.p.h. maximum, but what could be a good high-speed cruising ability in the fifth gear of its very pleasant Rover SD1 gearbox, is marred by mild vibration. The engine is rough and noisy when persuaded to work hard, there is some annoying transmission whine and sympathetic body boom periods occur above 4,000 r. p.m. All right around town maybe, but not a car for serious, press-on motoring. Far better to buy an RS2000 or Golf GTi at a similar price. The convertible model, due out in the UK within the next few weeks, should make more sense.
I used the TR7 to travel down to Bill Lake's beautiful home in rural Surrey, to keep a date with W.B. and Lake's glorious 1922 Grand Prix Sunbeam. It was more of a day out for me, at the behest of W.B., who was doing the work, and quite unexpectedly entertaining. Somehow I managed to squeeze into the tiny mechanic's-seat alongside W.B. for a memorable and windswept ride in the Sunbeam, whose history he chronicled so thoroughly in the June issue. That wasn't all. As the sun was still shining on this May day after W.B. and the photographer had left, Bill decided we should have ourselves a bit more motoring fun. "Would you like a run in the C-type?" followed by, "What shall we try next — the DB3S perhaps?" as we surveyed his enviable collection. What could I say? So the Surrey lanes, freshly whipped by the blast from the Grand Prix Sunbeam echoed to the deep boom of the Jaguar's exhausts as I had my first drive in a C-type. Not just any Jaguar C-type mind you, an ex-Ecurie Ecosse car impeccably restored in appropriate colours. The Aston Martin DB3S is an immaculate production model and made an interesting comparison with the Midland Motor Museum's ex-works car I tested in 1978: standard drum brakes against disc; single-plug cylinder head against twin. I was surprised how inferior the production car felt in performance, handling and especially braking to the works car, even on the road, though still a marvellously exciting and very beautiful sports car.
On to less charismatic, though nonetheless entertaining machinery, I found myself the rather unwilling focal point of attention in the somewhat vulgarly ostentatious, velvet-trimmed, metalflake finished, Rapport Turbo Range-Rover. Ignoring this non-compulsory customising, this turbocharged, Fairey overdrive-fitted machine was splendid. I'm a great fan of Range-Rovers in any case and this single-turbo example was a revelation, with a top speed of 110-112 m.p.h., 0-60 in 11.3 sec., considerably improved mid-range acceleration and low speed punch and the ability to make full use of the overdrive top gear.
Later in the year the introduction of a face-lifted Range-Rover gave we the chance to try the full off-road capabilities of the Solihull marvel. I spent the day charging round BL's development course in the jungle-like terrain at Eastnor Castle and came away almost stunned with disbelief at the vehicle's ability to conquer slimy 1 in 2 slopes, deep, mud-filled craters, giant tree roots and other indescribable conditions. I tried my hand in both six-cylinder and V8 Land-Rovers too, but it was the performance of the Range-Rover, which tackled everything with quiet and unflustered disdain, which really impressed.
Since I discovered Ferraris I've endeavoured not to pass by any opportunities to sit behind their wheels and from that point of view 1979 was a good year. On a dull day at Silverstone last April I tried the comparative circuit merits of Vic Norman's 250GT SWB Lightweight Berlinetta, Nick Mason's ex-Ecurie Francorchamps 250GTO, and Mike Neilan's ex-Maranello Concessionaires and JCB Group 4 Daytona, an interesting exercise in progressive development of the competition Ferrari Berlinettas. Sometime later Vic Norman loaned me the 250GT SWB for a fortnight, involved in which was an exercise to collect Stirling Moss from his Mayfair home to take him across to a promotion in the East End. I passengered on the way across, whilst a bright-eyed Moss relished every minute of his re-acquaintance with a type of Ferrari in which he had so much success. He confessed that the model was one of his favourite cars and wished in retrospect that he had bought and kept one of his famous Rob Walker cars. By coincidence, Norman has since obtained and begun to rebuild to original specification the second of those two cars, Moss's 1961 TT winner, which was later rebodied by Drogo for Chris Kerrison. My Ferrari year ended in the splendour of a 400i Automatic, road tested in the December issue.
The year was one for making acquaintance with and acquiring enthusiasm for Bugattis, too, firstly with Mason's fine type 35B in that Silverstone test session, its eight cylinders gloriously on song, its behaviour on the GP circuit far less dated that I had expected. Incidentally, I did an injustice in the story at the time, crediting Gordon Allen with the production of this 35B's complex new roller-bearing crankshaft, when the Brineton Engineering Co. Ltd. of Walsall should have taken the credit. On that same Silverstone occasion I also tried Steve O'Rourke's 450 plus b.h.p., Modsports Jaguar V12 E-type, a very light car which Michael Cane has sorted extremely well, but to which I was unable to do justice thanks to a driving position made for a 6' plus O'Rourke and slick tyres in the rain.
Reverting to Bugattis, I went with W.B. to the Press Test Day in Hertfordshire, organised by the so trusting and generous members of the BOC as a prelude to the Amazing (as indeed it was) Bugattis Exhibition. W.B. described the day and the cars at the time and there is insufficient space to deal with them all again here. Suffice to say that I drove four straight-eights: Geoffrey St. John's 1933 Type 55, Barrie Price's 1936 Type 57 Roadster and 1925 Type 35 racer (the latter on Bovingdon Airfield), and Hugh Conway's 1928 Type 43, rounding off the day with a pretty little 1½-litre, 1924 Type 23 Brescia, down a little on compression on two of its four cylinders, which owner David Sewell had driven all the way from Derby for our benefit. Of the road cars I enjoyed the attractive Type 55 most of all, its Super Roadster body powered by a 145 b.h.p., d.o.h.c. Type 51 engine.
At a pleasant Press Day at Goodwood House, Mercedes-Benz introduced their T-series estate car to the UK market and subsequently Erik Johnson kindly loaned me the top model from this fine range, the 280 TE, for a few days, mainly to collect four fashion-conscious ladies and an unbelievable amount of luggage from Heathrow. It swallowed them all with consummate ease, while its so smooth luxury soothed these weary souls after their long-haul flight. As of this moment Mercedes' first production estate car is undoubtedly the best in the world and a good buy if you can afford it. If you can't, let me recommend the Renault 18TS Estate, so quiet, smooth and comfortable for its size, with good handling and ease of driving. I spoke so highly of the road test car in my "local" that a regular persuaded a relative to buy one without even a test drive!
From eminently practical to totally ludicrous road transport and a never to be forgotten drive around Hertfordshire roads in Rod Leach's road legalised, 1968 CanAm Lola T160. I thought it was going to be an experience I would wish to forget when a flashing blue light drew alongside, but this was to be a friendly conversation with simply curious — and who could blame them — boys in blue.
A month or two later I aired a much more sensible, though still very "hairy", racing cum road car on the Goodwood circuit and the surrounding roads. This was the very famous, ex-Jack Sears Willment Shelby American Cobra, registered 39 PH, which has been so very beautifully and accurately restored by Nigel Hulme. Its behaviour made nonsense of some of the "flak" the Cobra takes, a little vintage maybe, but so predictable and controllable and brutishly fast. A car I covet.
Two stunning projectiles came from the Talbot camp, the Sunbeam Lotus, powered by a 150 b.h.p., 2-litre, 16-valve, all-aluminium, in-line-four Lotus engine and a sort of poor man's Sunbeam Lotus, the 2-litre, push-rod Sunbeam Cheetah, developed and built as fast road car/weekend "eventer" by Dawson Auto Developments for Stag Hill Motors in Surrey. I drove the Lotus version only in France on the Press Launch, so will reserve the final judgement on what appeared to be a sensational sports saloon until a road test car materialises. The 145 b.h.p. Cheetah was a real flyer, offering 0-60 m.p.h. in 7 sec. and 112-118 m.p.h. depending on gearing, but had a bad ride.
One of the perks of the year was undoubtedly a trip to California to try two racing Mazda RX-7s at Sears Point Raceway, north of San Francisco. The RX-7 is selling like hot cakes in the States encouraged by success on the circuits in the IMSA GTU Challenge. I drove Bob Bergstrom's very fast Doell Racing RX-7, and rode with Japanese F2 driver Katayama in the Mazda Technical Centre, Los Angeles-prepared car with which he, Terada and Yorino finished fifth overall and first in class in the Daytona 24 hrs. These Wankel engined cars were superbly prepared and handled well. A standard, California specification RX-7 took me down the spectacular coast road from San Francisco to Los Angeles, where there was time for a quick trip round the magnificent Briggs Cunningham Museum, every car on show an historic gem. An Avis Ford Thunderbird served to teach me what real American motoring is about — it's not all as bad as that Mustang Turbo would suggest. Mazda RX-7s served me well in the UK, too, first the road test car, then a long term test car, which we shall be featuring soon.
To contrast with the American trip I also went to Russia, an adventurous, snow-bound drive from Helsinki to Leningrad in the jet-like Saab 900 Turbo, after a day spent on a frozen lake learning the rudiments of front-wheel-drive control on ice from the genial Erik Carlsson. But that's another story for another day, when I finally put together a long-planned Saab feature.
Many other cars have passed through my hands in the course of the year, some of which, like the Volvo 244GLE and Datsun 280ZX, still await road test. The Datsun will appear soon together with impressions of Janspeed's outstanding turbocharged version. Others appeared too recently to warrant further comment. I had brief excursions in Sid Beer's imposing MG 18/80 Mk II, hood down on a sunlit but chilly winter's day, the gearbox and slightly-Beer-tweaked steering particularly good, and in one of his more recent MG prototypes, this with a very pretty body, hydrolastic suspension and push-rod A-series engine. My Jaguar 3.8 Mk. 2 was used when opportunities allowed and the red Alfa Spider came into its own on a sun-drenched holiday in the South of France. Hexagon gave it a respray over the winter to put it back to mint condition, then third time out, last week, some b....d drove his bumper down the scalloped nearside in Cavendish Square car park, without leaving a name or address. I was heartbroken. — C.R.
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Annandale watches special session for broadband help
By Dave Peters
Annandale managed to get an earmark for broadband funding in legislation this year, but Gov. Mark Dayton vetoed the bill, asking for more money for rural broadband but objecting to the city's special treatment.
DNR pushes ahead with its groundwater planning
The DNR's new approach makes it clear the agency retains ultimate authority over groundwater pumping but promises that stakeholders will get all the information they need.
Broadband providers seek $44 million from state fund
All the money must go to projects that will provide high-speed Internet access to areas that have no or poor service.
Shifting rain could be lowering groundwater
New satellite data shows a decline in Minnesota's groundwater supplies and one scientist suggests a reason in addition to irrigation pumping might be that rain is falling at different times.
Satellite: A better way to measure groundwater levels?
By Elizabeth Dunbar
Researchers are using satellite data to measure groundwater use and how much is left. A key scientist will talk about the effort tonight in St. Paul.
Dayton panel seeks $200 million more for broadband
The state's task force advising Gov. Mark Dayton on high speed Internet access has told the administration it should seek another $200 million in next year's legislative session.
Judge won’t place blame for White Bear Lake water woes
Ramsey District Judge Margaret Marrinan refused to decide by summary judgment whether the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is at fault for the low water levels in White Bear Lake.
Who’s my neighbor? New Twin Cities maps tell the story
Wilder Research in St. Paul has revamped its demographic profiles of Minneapolis and St. Paul neighborhoods, making the information much easier to use.
U of M flushes toilets with rainwater
New student housing at the University of Minnesota includes a system for collecting stormwater from the roof and using it to flush the toilets for 600 students.
$50M pipe might not restore White Bear Lake levels
A draft of a report by the Metropolitan Council says shifting some suburbs' reliance from groundwater to Mississippi River water could cost hundreds of millions of dollars. It also says piping water from the river to raise levels in White Bear Lake would cost $50 million but leave officials uncertain of the impact.
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The latest news from around the South Bay
Jesse Eisenberg; Emily Deschanel; Kate Tempest performs; Raghav Mehrotra sits in with the 8G Band.
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BART Begins Construction of South Bay Extension
By Kiki Intarasuwan
Published Jan 22, 2019 at 12:28 PM
Courtesy of VTA
Construction of the VTA's BART Phase II Project won't be significantly visible in its early stage but the area of E. Santa Clara and N 3rd Streets will see trucks, drilling equipment and workers.
The Bay Area Rapid Transit is slowly including the South Bay into its service with the start of construction on Tuesday to prepare for three underground stations.
Construction of the VTA's BART Phase II Project won't be significantly visible in its early stage, but the area of E. Santa Clara and N 3rd Streets will see trucks, drilling equipment and workers operating adjacent to street curbs, in parking spaces, on the sidewalk and in the traffic lane, according to BART and VTA.
4.3 Magnitude Earthquake Hits East Bay, 3.2 Temblor Follows
The major bulk of the construction on BART extension from Berryessa/North San José through downtown San José to the city of Santa Clara won't begin until early 2020, officials said.
"The work we begin this week for the next seven weeks is preliminary work that will allow us to better understand the soil conditions and where the utilities are placed so that we can advance the design of the tunnel and underground stations," VTA spokesperson Brandi Childress said in a statement.
At least one lane of traffic in the area will be open at all times, Childress said, and the construction noise is described as an equivalent to a lawnmower.
Three new underground stations are planned for Alum Rock/28th Street, Downtown San Jose, Diridon and one ground-level station will be in the city of Santa Clara.
South Bay Residents Concerned With BART Security
In light of the recent increase of crimes on BART, South Bay residents worry some of that violence will come rolling into town when BART arrives in San Jose. Damian Trujillo reports.
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Woman in cot testifies to Congress on opioids, chronic pain management
"The opioid crisis has only underscored our failure to provide adequate, safe, accessible treatment options for pain relief," Cindy Steinberg said.
Cindy Steinberg testifies from a cot at Senate hearing on managing pain during the opioid crisis on Tuesday.Frank Thorp V / NBC News
Feb. 12, 2019, 5:41 PM UTC
By Frank Thorp V and Jane C. Timm
WASHINGTON — A woman with a severe chronic pain condition testified before Congress from a cot set up in the hearing room Tuesday, calling for more research and a smarter approach to pain management amid efforts to curb opioid abuse.
"The opioid crisis has only underscored our failure to provide adequate, safe, accessible treatment options for pain relief," Cindy Steinberg, the national director of policy and advocacy at the U.S. Pain Foundation, told members of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.
Steinberg was injured more than 18 years ago at her workplace, when a stack of unsecured filing cabinets and cubicle walls fell on her. The accident left her with a chronic condition that makes it difficult for her to be upright for more than a couple hours at a time without severe pain and muscle spasms.
Cindy Steinberg has a severe chronic pain condition. Frank Thorp V / NBC News
She launched a support group in the wake of her injury and advocates on behalf of those with chronic pain conditions.
Chronic pain affects 50 million Americans, and is the leading cause of long-term disability, a copy of her planned testimony notes, but efforts to contain the opioid epidemic have damaged care plans and punished chronic pain sufferers.
Woman in cot testifies to Congress on poor pain relief options
Feb. 12, 201901:21
“In the near term, we can and must restore balance to opioid prescribing with depoliticized, rational and cleareyed recognition of the risks and benefits of these medications," she said, according to her prepared remarks. "In the long term, we must invest in the discovery of new, effective, and safer options for people living with pain."
Frank Thorp V reported from Washington, and Jane C. Timm reported from New York.
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Frank Thorp V is a producer and off-air reporter covering Congress for NBC News, managing coverage of the Senate.
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Kim Kardashian West says she was on ecstasy for first wedding and sex tape
“I did ecstasy once and I got married,” she said. “I did it again, I made a sex tape. Like, everything bad would happen.”
Kim Kardashian arrives for the 2018 LACMA Art+Film Gala in Los Angeles on Nov. 3, 2018.Chris Delmas / AFP - Getty Images
Nov. 26, 2018, 4:35 PM UTC
By Janelle Griffith
Kim Kardashian West says she was high on ecstasy when she got married for the first time — and when she filmed a sex tape with Ray J.
The reality TV star made the admission on Sunday’s episode of “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” during a conversation with her sister Kendall Jenner and Scott Disick, the father of her sister Kourtney Kardashian's children, about rumors of her being high at a theme park.
“I got married on ecstasy -- the first time,” Kardashian West said of her wedding to music producer Damon Thomas in 2000.
“I did ecstasy once and I got married,” she continued. “I did it again, I made a sex tape. Like, everything bad would happen.”
The news apparently surprised Disick who asked: “You were high on ecstasy when you [made] that sex tape?”
“Absolutely. Everyone knows it,” Kardashian West responded. “Like, my jaw was shaking the whole time.”
The 2003 sex tape Kardashian West starred in with then-boyfriend Ray J went public in 2007 and launched her to fame.
Kardashian West and Thomas divorced in 2004. She wed basketball player Kris Humphries in front of E! cameras in 2011 and famously filed for divorce 72 days later.
Kardashian West married Kanye West on May 14, 2014. The couple has three children.
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Pension Sustainability: Alabama
2015 Pensions Policy
The state should ensure that excessive resources are not committed to funding teachers' pension systems.
Meets a small part
National Council on Teacher Quality. (2015). Pension Sustainability: Alabama results. State Teacher Policy Database. [Data set].
Retrieved from: https://www.nctq.org/yearbook/state/AL-Pension-Sustainability-74
Analysis of Alabama's policies
As of September 30, 2014, the most recent date for which an actuarial valuation is available, Alabama's pension system for teachers is 67.5 percent funded, an increase of one percentage point since 2012. Its pension debt exceeds $13,000 per pupil throughout the state. It also has an amortization period of 29.8 years, meaning that if the plan earns its assumed rate of return of 8.00 percent and makes its full actuarially determined contribution payments, it would take the state 29.8 years to pay off its unfunded liabilities. Alabama's funding ratio does not meet conventional standards, and the state's system is not financially sustainable according to actuarial benchmarks.
In addition, Alabama commits excessive resources toward its teachers' retirement system. The current employer contribution rate of 10.82 percent, while slightly lower than the rate reported in the FY14 valuation, remains too high, in light of the fact that local districts and teachers must also contribute 6.2 percent to Social Security. While this rate helps the state to pay off liabilities, it does so at great cost, precluding Alabama from spending those funds on other, more immediate means to retain talented teachers. The mandatory employee contribution rate to the defined benefit plan of 6 percent for Tier 2 members is reasonable.
Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama, Report of the Actuary on the Annual Valuation, Prepared as of September 30, 2014.
Recommendations for Alabama
Ensure that the pension system is financially sustainable.
The state would be better off if its system was over 95 percent funded and had an amortization period of less than 30 years to allow more protection during financial downturns. Alabama should consider ways to improve its funding level without raising the contributions of school districts and teachers. In fact, the state should work to decrease employer contributions. Committing excessive resources to pension benefits can negatively affect teacher recruitment and retention and crowd out funding for other areas in education. Improving funding levels necessitates, in part, systemic changes in the state's pension system. The goals on pension flexibility and pension neutrality provide suggestions for pension system structures that are both sustainable and fair.
Alabama did not respond to repeated requests to review this analysis.
Many states' pension systems are based on promises they cannot afford to keep.
Teacher salaries are just one part of the compensation package that teachers receive. Virtually all teachers are also entitled to a pension, which, upon vesting, provides compensation for the rest of their lives after retirement. In an era when retirement benefits have been shrinking across industries and professions, teachers' generous pensions remain fixed. In fact, nearly all states continue to provide teachers with a defined-benefit pension system, an expensive and inflexible model that neither reflects the realities of the modern workforce nor provides equitable benefits to all teachers.
Under defined benefit systems, states have made an obligation to fund fixed benefits for teachers at retirement. However, the financial health and sustainability of many states' systems are questionable at best. Some systems carry high levels of unfunded liabilities, with no strategy to pay these liabilities down in a reasonable period, as defined by standard accounting practices. Without reform, these systems are a house of cards, vulnerable to collapse as funding cannot keep up with promised benefits. And it is taxpayers who will have to pay if it all tumbles down.
Pension plans disadvantage teachers early in their careers by overcommitting employer resources to retirement benefits.
The contribution of employers to their workers' retirement benefits is a valuable benefit, important to ensuring that individuals have sufficient retirement savings. Compensation resources, however, are not unlimited, and they must fund both current salaries and future retirement benefits. Mandated employer contributions to many states' teacher pension systems are extremely high, leaving districts with little flexibility to be more innovative with their compensation strategies. This is further exacerbated for states in which teachers also participate in Social Security, requiring the district to pay even more toward teacher retirement. While retirement savings in addition to Social Security are necessary, states are mandating contributions to two inflexible plans rather than permitting options for teachers or their employing districts.
This approach to compensation disadvantages teachers early in their careers, as the commitment of resources to retirement benefits almost certainly depresses salaries and prevents incentives. Lower mandatory employer contribution rates (in states where they are too high; in some states they are shamefully low) would free up compensation resources to implement the kinds of strategies suggested elsewhere in the Yearbook. In addition, some states require high employee contributions; the impact this has on teachers' paychecks may affect retention, especially early in teachers' careers.
Pension Sustainability: Supporting Research
NCTQ's analysis of the financial sustainability of state pension system is based on actuarial benchmarks promulgated by government and private accounting standards boards. For more information see U.S. Government Accountability Office, 2007, 30 and Government Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 25.
For an overview of the current state of teacher pensions, the various incentives they create, and suggested solutions, see Robert Costrell and Michael Podgursky. " Reforming K-12 Educator Pensions: A Labor Market Perspective." TIAA-CREF Institute (2011).
For evidence that retirement incentives do have a statistically significant effect on retirement decisions, see Joshua Furgeson, Robert P. Strauss, and William B. Vogt. " The Effects of Defined Benefit Pension Incentives and Working Conditions on Teacher Retirement Decisions", Education Finance and Policy (Summer, 2006).
For examples of how teacher pension systems inhibit teacher mobility, see Robert Costrell and Michael Podgursky, " Golden Handcuffs," Education Next, (Winter, 2010).
For additional information on state pension systems, see Susanna Loeb, and Luke Miller. " State Teacher Policies: What Are They, What Are Their Effects, and What Are Their Implications for School Finance?" Stanford University: Institute for Research on Education Policy and Practice (2006); and Janet Hansen, "Teacher Pensions: A Background Paper", published through the Committee for Economic Development (May, 2008).
For further evidence supporting NCTQ's teacher pension standards, see " Public Employees' Retirement System of the State of Nevada: Analysis and Comparison of Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution Retirement Plans." The Segal Group (2010).
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Political Songs | Clandestino – Manu Chao
Twenty years on, Manu Chao’s gripping song on the perils of migrancy rings truer than ever, and still gets rumps shakin’.
By: Charles Leonard
@JCharlesLeonard
12 August 2016: Manu Chao performs on day three of the Sziget festival in Budapest, Hungary. (Photograph by Didier Messens/Redferns)
It was the music of politically progressive musician Manu Chao that did it for me the other night. I was deejaying at a function for an NGO that aims to improve the status of impoverished working people, especially women, in the informal economy. When I played one of Chao’s songs early in the evening, a ripple of smiles and nodding heads surged through the 130 delegates from 32 countries. He paved the dancefloor for a wild party later that evening.
I thought about it later on. The likes of Chao make it easy, but what is a lefty DJ to do when musicians, whose music you use in some of your dance sets, behave like reactionary jerks? My response is simple: those songs are scratched off my list.
I bid goodbye to R Kelly’s guaranteed floor filler, Ignition Remix, after the serious sexual misconduct allegations against him. Local isn’t that lekker in the case of Black Coffee, who defiantly, arrogantly and embarrassingly performed in Israel despite the cultural boycott against that country. Those are just two examples.
Why does a performer’s politics matter? A great post on the music blog Harold’s House argued that because humans are instinctively socialist, the DJ’s role in society is “to selflessly share something wonderful, that binds a group together and creates fleeting moments of pleasure, release, community and joy … Time spent dancing and laughing together is more vital than ever before, to bring us together and to remind us that it is ‘us’, not ‘I’, that is a truly important thing in society.”
Fortunately, there are musicians with progressive politics whose songs still get rumps shakin’. Chao was born in Spain 57 years ago, but he grew up in France because his radical parents were forced to flee the fascist Franco regime. Chao had huge success in his adopted country with his punk-roots band Mano Negra, but went solo in the mid-1990s. His brilliant 1998 debut album, Clandestino, meaning “illegal immigrant”, turned 20 in October.
Described by his biographer, Peter Culshaw, as a “musical magpie”, Chao created with Clandestino an original gumbo of ska, reggae, punk, rock en Español, chanson, salsa, Algerian raï, son and other Latin musical styles he picked up during busker-style tours across Central and South America. While there, he got to know communities and their struggles, and befriended Zapatista spokesperson Subcomandante Marcos in Mexico (Clandestino includes snippets of his speeches).
Chao has raised funds for a number of Latin American rebel groups, and championed progressive causes like environmental justice, tax reform, indigenous peoples’ rights, and rights for sex workers and women. In 2001, he played a free concert for protestors at the G8 summit in Genoa, Italy.
The title track of Clandestino starts with a brief crackle of static before Chao’s rhythmic strumming leads us through the compelling song. His keening voice takes us on the journey African clandestinos – the so-called illegal immigrants – undertake across the treacherous Mediterranean Sea to a supposedly better life in Europe.
I’m a just a rake on the sea
A ghost in the city
My life is prohibited
Says the authority
I come only with my punishment
There comes only my conviction
Running is my fate
’cause I don’t carry any identity papers.
Twenty years later, these journeys, with their mostly sad endings, are still as prevalent as ever, and Chao still belongs on any progressive party playlist. He doesn’t only make you think, he also makes you dance. And, heaven knows, we need both these days.
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Great rugby despite weather
PHOTO: martin ashworthSaints loose forward Brent Louwrens fights his way over the line for one of the Saints’ five tries.
THE weather was cold and the surface slippery, but that did not stop St Charles College and Clifton College from playing enterprising rugby for the crowd on Old Orchards recently.
Clifton College travelled to play against St Charles College.
The Saints played with the wind at their back in the first half and went into the half time break with a lead, 15 points to seven.
The Saints started the second half well, keeping ball in hand and scoring two tries to open up a commanding lead, 25-7. A mistake on attack by the Saints boys lead to a run through try for Clifton, duly converted to bring the score to 25-14. Saints then showed their interplay, backing themselves from deep in their own half, to go the length of the field to score a fantastic try, the scoreboard reading 30-14 with 15 minutes to play.
Once again on the attack, with holes showing in the Clifton defence, the Saints boys made a mistake and lead to another turnover and run through try, 30-21.
This got the tails of the visitors up and for the last ten minutes the Saints were pinned in their own 22 and forced to defend. Clifton threw everything at the home team but the defense stood tall and eventually the final whistle blew with the score 30-21 to St Charles College.
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Temperatures top 25C on warmest day of the year so far
Spring weather April 20th 2019
Easter Saturday has been the warmest day of the year so far, the Met Office said.
The temperature hit 25.5C in Gosport, Hampshire, at approximately 3.30pm, and the mercury could rise as high as 27C on Easter Monday, according to Met Office forecaster Helen Roberts.
People enjoy the hot weather on Scarborough beach (Danny Lawson/PA)
She said: “The very warm sunshine continues right through the bank holiday weekend. We could still see more record-breaking temperatures tomorrow and on Easter Monday too.
“It is the hottest day of the year so far.”
The Met Office also said that Scotland and Northern Ireland had experienced the warmest Saturday of any Easter weekend on record.
The temperatures reached 23.7C in Fyvie Castle in Aberdeenshire, and 22.3C in Armagh.
The highest temperature in Wales was the 23.7C recorded at Usk in Monmouthshire, just shy of the 24.4C figure enjoyed on Easter Saturday in 2011.
Yet again it's been the warmest day of the year so far – full roundup later ☀️️ #EasterWeekend #Sunshine pic.twitter.com/uzVwoUCkZO
— Met Office (@metoffice) April 20, 2019
The Met Office also said that Saturday’s temperatures are around 10C higher in many places compared with the average for this time of year.
London has enjoyed 25C on Saturday, up from the average of 14C for this time of year, Cardiff saw 24C against an average of 13C and both Glasgow and Belfast notched up 23C, up from the usual 12C average.
A field of rapeseed near Skirpenbeck, Yorkshire (Danny Lawson/PA)
Newcastle saw temperatures of 23C compared to an 11C average while Manchester and Birmingham both enjoyed 24C, up from 13C and 14C on average respectively.
Ms Roberts described the temperatures as “way above average” for the time of year and said that most Britons are enjoying dry, sunny and very warm conditions under fine clear skies. Some rain in north-west Scotland on Saturday was the exception.
There is a better picture for north-west Scotland on Easter Monday as the cloud and rain disappears, according to Ms Roberts.
It's another warm day in the sunshine for most of us ☀️ but how do today's temperatures compare to the average this time of year? pic.twitter.com/uC8zwr42UO
The Met Office also noted that it is “a different story” on the Iberian Peninsula where conditions are expected to be chilly and unsettled over the coming days.
Ms Roberts said that rain and possible flooding is expected in Spain and Portugal, adding: “This time of year is the Easter holidays so there are many people who are on their holidays. The temperature in Madrid on Monday and Tuesday is just 12C, which is a significant contrast to the UK.”
We might have warm #Sunshine in the forecast for much of the UK this #EasterWeekend ☀️ but it's a different story across the Iberian Peninsular – chilly and unsettled over the coming days ️ pic.twitter.com/FDCPloGTut
The UK’s warmest Easter temperature was the 29.4C recorded at Camden Square in London on Easter Saturday in 1949.
The other warmest Easter weekend days include the 26.9C recorded at London’s St James’s Park on Good Friday in 2011 – when the mercury also reached 25.3C on Easter Sunday and 24C on Easter Monday, both in the Solent.
Ms Roberts said that these last two temperatures are “the ones to keep an eye on, and could be broken” this weekend.
Cyclists make their way past the beach huts on Boscombe beach, Dorset (PA)
She said that the top temperature for this Good Friday was 24.5C at Wisley in Surrey, ahead of plenty of varied sunshine for the rest of the UK.
The 20.7C enjoyed in Aboyne, Scotland, in 2015, along with 21.6C in Brynamman, Wales, in 1984 and 19.4C in Armagh in Northern Ireland in 1924 are the top temperatures recorded on Easter Sunday for those countries.
Ivy Beckitt body surfing in the sea off Scarborough beach (Danny Lawson/PA)
The warmest Easter Mondays recorded in these countries were the 21.4C enjoyed in Culzean Castle, Scotland, in 2014, plus the 23.2C in Nantmor in Wales and 21.1C in Knockarevan in Northern Ireland, both in 1984.
Bookmaker Ladbrokes has cut odds from 5/6 to just 8/11 for this year to see the hottest Easter Sunday on record.
Alex Apati of Ladbrokes said: “Brits have been treated to a scorching start to the Easter weekend and things will only get hotter if the latest odds are anything to go by.”
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Felicia Sanders of Rocky Mount echoed the burden: “We’re all struggling to pay our electric bills here. It’s a huge part of community life. I had to decide whether to have insurance for my daughter or have my lights on.”
$240 million more
About 75 percent of the electricity sold in North Carolina is provided by investor-owned outfits like Duke Energy. Cooperatives and municipalities account for the rest. Thirty-two cities belong to the N.C. Eastern Municipal Power Agency (NCEMPA) – serving over 275,000 residential and commercial customers.
NCEMPA cities include Rocky Mount, Wilson, Smithfield, Lumberton, Scotland Neck, Laurinburg, Selma, Elizabeth City, Washington, Tarboro, Kinston and an array of towns, mostly east of I-95. A recent legislative study committee received testimony that NCEMPA customers pay $240 million more per year for electricity than they would if they were charged like the rest of the state.
NCEMPA residential customers, as a group, pay 40 percent higher rates than the state average and over 50 percent higher than Duke Energy ratepayers. In some member cities, the tab is even worse. Scotland Neck, Robersonville, Red Springs and Farmville residents pay “premiums” of 60 percent to 75 percent higher than the average.
Many of these communities are the least able to afford exorbitant costs: 24 percent of the residents of NCEMPA cities live in poverty, compared with 16 percent statewide. Their average median income is $33,502; North Carolina’s is $46,291.
Of the 32 NCEMPA towns, 11 have poverty rates of over 30 percent. Many are in North Carolina’s 10 federally designated “persistent poverty” counties. Robeson is the state’s poorest county and has among its highest electric bills.
Like everything else concerning poverty in North Carolina, the burden of NCEMPA’s jaw-dropping rates is also racially skewed. The aggregate population of the member counties is nearly 40 percent African-American. Our statewide figure is 21 percent.
The principal reasons for the bloated bills are two-fold.
First, and dominantly, over 30 years ago, NCEMPA gambled on nuclear power, buying significant ownership interests in the Shearon Harris and Brunswick plants. Construction and operation costs proved dramatically higher than projected. As a result, NCEMPA members are saddled with a debt in excess of $2 billion. Payments on the obligation constitute over a third of wholesale power costs. The stranglehold lasts until 2025.
Second, state law allows cities to sell electricity at rates that exceed costs and then to transfer the surplus to their general operating funds. These regressive “transfers” – shifting the cost of local government from more progressive taxes to a basic necessity of life – are employed by many NCEMPA cities. Wealthy constituents find the arrangement congenial. Low-income residents and renters are hit hard.
To add insult, NCEMPA communities sell electricity to customers outside their municipal boundaries but within mandated service areas. These customers can’t vote in city elections or run for office. But they involuntarily subsidize city services and reduced property tax rates. As McQueen, who lives just outside Red Springs’ boundary, explains: “It’s taxation without representation.”
Rep. Leo Daughtry, a veteran Republican legislator from Smithfield, has tried repeatedly to curb the wounds NCEMPA inflicts on Eastern North Carolina. “I could tell you story after story of businesses closing down and people having to leave Smithfield because of it,” he says. “Towns can’t prosper because no one wants to pay those bills.”
Daughtry says transfers should be banned. Former Scotland Neck mayor James Mills agrees.
“If you’re going to charge people taxes, make it straight up,” Mills says. “This is dishonest.”
‘Roll over you like a wave’
The gigantic debt burden, residents understand, is more complex – but the strain on ratepayers and their communities is too debilitating to be borne unaided. It’s difficult to believe that if such devastation were being visited on Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill, the legislature wouldn’t intervene.
“I don’t know why we have to spend so much of our lives paying this debt. It’s not ours,” Rev. John Henry Evans of Scotland Neck says.
“When the agreement was made,” Mills adds, “black people had no way to participate.”
Daughtry, speaking of both the transfers and debt, reports he has tried to do something, but “they’ve got big lobbyists and spread a lot of money around. They roll over you like a wave in the ocean.”
Still, if we seek a vibrant future for all of North Carolina, this crushing status quo cannot stand.
“These utilities challenges are like the civil rights issues of the ’60’s,” Renet McQueen says. “It’s not justice. We have no choice. We’re just stuck with it. What would Rosa Parks say about that?”
Gene Nichol is Boyd Tinsley distinguished professor at the UNC School of Law and director of the school’s Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity.
Connie Manning lives with her husband and four children, including Carnelius Manning, 7, in a cinder block home in Red Springs. The electric bill averages more than $500 per month. The family pays $350 per month in rent. tlong@newsobserver.com
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Seeing the Invisible
From silence to savagery, pain for the poor intensifies
By Gene Nichol
We face many challenges in North Carolina, but none approaches the scourge of wrenching poverty amid plenty. In one of the most vibrant and accomplished states, in the richest nation on earth, over 18 percent of us, some 1.7 million, are officially poor. And the standard is a daunting one. A family of four living in Charlotte, for example, on an annual income of $24,000 is not classified as impoverished – though one guesses that’s little consolation as they scratch to survive.
It’s worse still. Over 1 in 4 of our children is poor – 41 percent of our children of color. Think on that. Over 4 in 10 of our babies, our middle-schoolers, our teenagers of color are constrained by the intense challenges of poverty. And if you are born poor here rather than in another state, you’re more apt to stay that way.
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Bahrain condemns attack on UAE ship
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bahrain June 15, 2017
Manama : The Kingdom of Bahrain has condemned the missile attack which targeted a ship belonging to the brotherly United Arab Emirates while leaving Al Mokha Seaport in Yemen.
"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs affirms that such a cowardly terrorist act is a flagrant breach of all international laws and norms and a dangerous threat to international navigation in a vital and strategic place for world security and peace."
"While the ministry values the great efforts being exerted by the brotherly UAE to reinforce security and stability in the Republic of Yemen and the entire region, it calls on the international community to stand up together to the terrorist acts perpetrated by the Coup Militias, their supporters and funders," according to the ministry statement issued today.
"The ministry says such confrontation is prerequisite for the protection of international navigation and for the implementation of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 2216 which interdicts all these criminal practices that hinder the endeavors to restore security and peace in the Republic of Yemen."
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Ashton Whiteley - Russia Objects to OPEC's Extended Output Restrictions
Ashton Whiteley: Russian officials will oppose suggestions of additional supply cuts by OPEC member nations at a meeting later this month.
Press Release - updated: Jul 18, 2017
Shanghai, China, July 18, 2017 (Newswire.com) - Russian officials are said to be of the opinion that further cuts and any amendments to the current output restriction agreement would have a decidedly negative impact on the oil market.
According to several Russian government officials, Russia is in favor of adhering to the terms of the current OPEC arrangement and has stated that it would go against any plans for further output restrictions at the next meeting of OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) ministers, scheduled for July 24th in St. Petersburg.
“Although OPEC and its allies have agreed to limit production until the end of March 2018, the measure has not been effective in curbing the global surplus thus far,” said an Ashton Whiteley analyst.
One of the Russian officials stated that any additional output restrictions implemented so soon after the existing deal was extended would have a harmful impact on the oil market at a later stage.
The official, who asked not to be identified, stated that further restrictions would indicate a lack of confidence on the part of OPEC, their allies, and Russia. Such a move would imply that the agreement to cut oil production by a combined 1.8 million barrels per day till next year was not sufficient to support crude prices.
Russia will hold a ministerial meeting for several representatives of OPEC member states as well as a number of non-members in St. Petersburg towards the end of this month. On the agenda will be talks surrounding the development of a strategy aiming to eradicate worldwide production surplus. These talks will take place amidst concerns about the adequacy of the current cuts in the event of a resurgence in US shale production.
Although Russia’s private and state-owned publicly-traded oil producers have willingly trimmed production by a combined 300,000 barrels per day, analysts at Shanghai, China-based Ashton Whiteley feel that output restrictions should be stepped up if the strategy is to be successful.
Russian officials stated that parts of their government are opposed to any further extension of the existing deal, fearing greater market volatility when the restrictions are lifted after an extended period of time.
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Ashton Whiteley - UK Lawmakers Criticize May's Brexit Strategy
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Ashton Whiteley - Yen Could Weaken as Global Economy Recovers
Ashton Whiteley says Japan is unlikely to reach its inflation target of 2 percent by next year.
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Uncover Studios and We the Kings Premiere New Original Podcast Series, "WTK: Encore"
Podcast & influencer company, Uncover Studios, announces original podcast series starring platinum-selling rock band We The Kings.
WHITE PLAINS, NEW YORK, March 23, 2017 (Newswire.com) - Uncover Studios and the platinum-selling band We The Kings are thrilled to announce the premiere of WTK: Encore, an original podcast series giving fans and music lovers an exclusive, unscripted look at the rock star lifestyle.
WTK: Encore debuted its first episode on March 23, 2017; now available to stream and download on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play Music, and more. Fans are encouraged to subscribe using their favorite podcatcher so they don’t miss a single episode.
Click here to listen to the first episode of WTK: Encore.
We The Kings is currently on their ten year anniversary tour, with stops across North America, Canada, and Europe. The band is excited to take the huge fanbase they’ve created throughout the past decade on an exclusive audio journey. WTK: Encore will take listeners behind the scenes to discover the riveting, hilarious, and untold stories of the band.
WTK: Encore is the VIP ticket to the band members’ lives on the road, in the tour bus, backstage, and with family and friends. The episodes are honest, funny, insightful, and beautifully recorded. For long-time fans, newcomers, and anyone who loves music, this is as real as it gets.
We The Kings has one of the most loyal fanbases out there, with over 7 million social media followers worldwide. They are a dedicated and devoted group of guys who keep it real and genuine with their fans.
”We The Kings bring an electricity to everything they do and the love and respect they show for their fans is why they’ve grown such a large, loyal following," said Dave Keine, Uncover Studios' Managing Director. "We’re really excited to explore where that magic comes from as we go behind-the-scenes and get closer to the band in WTK: Encore."
Uncover Studios is giving brands a variety of unique opportunities to get involved in the excitement. From custom messages and content shaping, to viral promotions and once-in-a-lifetime experiences, Uncover Studios will customize a fully-integrated campaign with celebrity content at the core. Brands can partner with Uncover and We The Kings to deliver the right message to the right audience, and ensure their message is being heard.
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New York City Ice Skating Photo Gallery
Photos taken in previous years at various ice skating rinks throughout the New York City Metropolitan Area.
In NYC there are numerous ice skating rinks available for all to enjoy. Within Manhattan are the Lasker and Wollman Rinks in Central Park; the Sky Rink at at the Chelsea Sports Complex; the Bryant Park Rink, previously known as the Pond; ‘and of course the famous Rink at Rockefeller Center. In the borough of the Bronx would be the Van Cortlandt Rink and finally in Queens, the City Ice Pavilion and the World Ice Arena.
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Mind-Blowing Mini Cities at “Gulliver’s Gate” in NYC’s Times Square
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Home› Blog› News › Announcing a New Ebook, Docker for Java Developers
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Announcing a New Ebook, Docker for Java Developers
Docker, containers, application delivery platform, Java, ebook
Docker containers may be the hottest thing in software development. Containers make software development easier by combining an app and its environment into a single unit. Managing app dependencies becomes far easier.
In our recent survey of app developers, NGINX found that more than a third of developers are using containers in development and/or production – and nearly another third are investigating their use.
Now a new book, Docker for Java Developers, shows you how to get the most out of Docker containers when working in Java. According to a recent survey by New Relic, Java is “by far the most sought‑after programming skill in job ads – especially for enterprise positions”. Other measures of programming language popularity turn up the same result.
The ebook is written by Arun Gupta, a founding member of the Java EE team – first at Sun Microsystems, then at Oracle. Arun has served on the staff of JavaOne for 15 years, spoken at all major Java conferences, and inspired thousands to get the most out of Java and new technologies as well.
Along with Docker and Java, Arun highlights the use of NGINX and NGINX Plus, which bring strong advantages in “Dockerized” environments. Using these three technologies together delivers tremendous power – both for traditional development, and for taking advantage of the two hottest trends in computing:
Moving to the cloud. Moving to the cloud requires application portability, made far easier by Docker – and by the speed, flexibility, and power of NGINX.
Using microservices. Microservices multiply the number of software objects to be developed, deployed, and delivered, highlighting the importance of Docker for management and NGINX for delivery.
The ebook, 80 pages in length, covers all the vital topics:
Introduction to Docker – concepts, comparisons to other platforms (Kubernetes)
How to get started with Docker – creating your first image, container, and deployment
Docker and Java tooling
Deploying Java Apps with Docker and NGINX
Every Java developer knows that containers are changing the way Java applications are developed, deployed, and managed. To learn how to get the most out of Docker containers in a Java development environment, download the ebook today.
Free O'Reilly Ebook: The Complete NGINX Cookbook
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NGINX, Inc., now part of F5, is the company behind the popular open source project. We offer a suite of technologies for developing and delivering modern applications. Together with F5, our combined solution bridges the gap between NetOps and DevOps, with multi-cloud application services that span from code to customer.
Learn more at nginx.com or join the conversation by following @nginx on Twitter.
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Helstorfer Moor is situated in the north of the “Hannoversche Moorgeest” peat bogs and covers some 415 hectares. It typically comprises a mosaic of low bogs, transition mire and raised bog vegetation. Numerous bodies of nutrient-poor stagnant water with well-developed water and river bank vegetation, and smaller bodies of water rich in humic substances and in some cases poor in nutrients at sites formerly used by farmers for manual peat extraction, give the area its character.
Former, re-wetted manual peat-cutting sites on Helstorfer Moor (picture taken by C. Stahl)
The area also comprises pine- and birch-dominated bog woodland as well as birch carr and moor heathland. The eastern fringes are characterised by species-poor grassland whose utilisation ranges from extensive to intensive.
This bog was placed under protection as a nature reserve in 1996 and forms part of the Helstorfer, Otternhagener and Schwarzes Moor FFH area.
Genesis, structure, utilisation
Helstorfer Moor came about some 4,000 years ago. Sedge- (Carex) rich birch carr peat makes up the bottom-most layer, which has a thickness of around 20 to 40 cm. With the exception of the area’s western fringe with its low bogs peat extending as far as the surface, the birch carr peat is covered by a peat layer comprising peat moss (Sphagnum), sedge (Carex) and rannoch-rush (Scheuchzeria palustris) some 60 cm in thickness. On top of this there is a layer of sapric and fibric peat. The sapric peat is greatly decomposed and less than 1 metre (< 1 m) in thickness. The fibric peat, by comparison, is weakly decomposed and present in greater thicknesses, reaching even as much as 3.4 metres thickness at the centre of Helstorfer Moor.
There is a watershed in the middle of the moor. The area had been drained via diverse ditches in southerly direction, as well as via the “Negenborner Moorgraben” toward the east, via a ditch adjacent to the moor towards the “Neue Auter” brook in the west, and via the “Ochsenbeeke” to the “Jürsenbach” brook in the north. Besides the aim of cultivating the area for agricultural purposes, farmers used to extract peat manually for fuel.
The situation today
Contrary to expectations, the drainage has hardly affected inner areas where former peat cutting sites are located. There the water level still extends as far as the surface, as is typical of a moor’s functioning hydrologic balance.
In the transition areas from raised bog to low bog, however, the drainage measures have had far-reaching adverse effects. The wet grasslands on the eastern side of the moor have extensively dried up and since been converted to arable land. The influence of cultivation is also evident in immigrant species, which are causing a shift in the fauna and flora typical of the moor.
In spite of the drainage, Helstorfer Moor continues to display a great abundance of typical vegetation and species.
Complex of hummocks with fenberries (Vaccinium oxycoccus) (picture taken by S. Brosch)
Extended peat moss/quaking bog communities have developed. Silted-up former peat-cutting sites contain groups of hummocks and bog hollows with flora typical of moorland areas, especially the entire variety of hummocky peat moss. And last but not least, the peat moss that has settled in many bodies of water reflects a raised bog that is alive and in a state of growth again.
Sundew (Drosera) and peat moss (Sphagnum) (picture taken by C. Stahl)
Worthy of special mention are occurrences of orchid species such as the bog orchid (Hammarbya paludosa), which has become a rarity on the North German Plain, and the equally rare lesser bladderwort (Utricularia minor), or the brown beak sedge (Rhynchospora fusca) at old aquiferous or silted-up peat cutting sites.
Cranes (Grus grus) have, for some years already, been using Helstorfer Moor as a breeding ground again and have extensive feeding habitats there. The rare common snipe (Gallinago gallinago), the nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus) and the European stonechat (Saxicola rubicola) also breed there.
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101 Things to See and Do in Nanaimo
China accuses detained Canadians of stealing state secrets
State news agency reports former diplomat Michael Kovrig was spying with businessman Michael Spavor
China accused two detained Canadians on Monday of acting together to steal state secrets, just days after Canada announced it will proceed with a U.S. extradition request for a senior Chinese tech executive.
China arrested the two Canadians on Dec. 10 in what was widely seen as an attempt to pressure Canada to release Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies, who was arrested in Vancouver on Dec. 1 at the request of U.S. authorities.
Meng’s arrest set off a diplomatic furor and has severely strained Canadian relations with China.
The U.S. is seeking the extradiction of Meng, who is also the daughter of Huawei’s founder, to face charges she misled banks about the company’s business with Iran.
China’s official Xinhua News Agency cited unidentified Chinese authorities as saying former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig violated Chinese laws by acting as a spy and stealing state secrets and intelligence with the help of Canadian businessman Michael Spavor. It was the first time the two men’s cases have been linked.
It said Kovrig often entered China using an ordinary passport and business visas, and acquired information from Spavor, his “main contact.”
“Authorities stressed that China is a country ruled by law and will firmly crack down on criminal acts that severely undermine national security,” Xinhua said.
The same information was posted on the official news blog of the ruling Communist Party’s Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission.
No other details were given and Xinhua said further judicial proceedings would “take place based on the case’s progress.”
Kovrig is a former diplomat who was working as an expert on Asia for the International Crisis Group think-tank . Spavor is an entrepreneur known for contacts with high-ranking North Korean officials, including leader Kim Jong Un.
“We are aware of the Xinhua report of 4 March but have heard nothing official about any charges being laid against our colleague, Michael Kovrig,” said Hugh Pope, a spokesman for the International Crisis Group.
“Michael’s work for Crisis Group has been entirely transparent and in the open as all who follow his work can attest. Vague and unsubstantiated accusations against him are unwarranted and unfair.”
After Meng’s arrest, a Chinese court also sentenced a Canadian to death in a sudden retrial, overturning a 15-year prison term handed down earlier. Kovrig and Spavor haven’t had access to a lawyer or to their families since being arrested.
Canada said Friday that it will allow court hearings for the U.S. extradition request for Meng to proceed.
David Mulroney, a former Canadian ambassador to China, said the new allegations against Kovrig and Spavor are a response to that action.
“Every step in the process will be matched by a step by China. The desire is to raise the raise the pressure to extent that we simply give in,” Mulroney said.
Meng is due in court on Wednesday to set a date for the extradition proceedings to start. It could be several months or even years before her case is resolved
Guy Saint-Jacques, also a former Canadian ambassador to China, said Beijing is clearly putting additional pressure on Canada.
“It’s a predicable escalation in the crisis,” he said. “They are probably hoping it will convince the prime minister to free Meng.”
Lawyers for Meng, who is staying at a property she owns in Vancouver after her release on bail, said Sunday she is suing the Canadian government, its border agency and the national police force, alleging she was detained, searched and interrogated before she was told she was under arrest.
Meng’s lawsuit alleges that instead of immediately arresting her, they interrogated her “under the guise of a routine customs” examination and used the opportunity to “compel her to provide evidence and information.”
Also Monday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang accused Canada and the U.S. of abusing their bilateral extradition treaty. He reiterated Beijing’s demand that Washington withdraw its accusations against Meng.
China urges Canada to “immediately release Ms. Meng Wanzhou and let her return to China in safety while ensuring her legitimate and justifiable rights and interests and not repeat (Canada’s) mistakes,” Lu said at a daily news briefing.
The U.S. has been lobbying its allies to shun Huawei’s products on national security grounds, saying Chinese law requires the company to provide the government with intelligence on its foreign clients whenever requested.
A Chinese government spokesman took issue Monday with the U.S. claims that Huawei poses a threat to other countries’ information security.
Spokesman Zhang Yesui said U.S. officials were taking China’s national security law out of context and “playing up the so-called security risks” associated with Chinese companies.
The 2017 law borrows from other countries’ experiences and is designed explicitly to “protect human rights and the lawful rights of individuals and organizations,” he said.
“This kind of behaviour is interference into economic activities by political means and is against World Trade Organization rules. It disrupts an international market order that is built on fair competition,” Zhang told reporters. “This is a typical case of double standards that is neither fair nor ethical.”
Christopher Bodeen And Rob Gillies, The Associated Press
Mayor asks province for $60M to pay for housing, costs for B.C. tent city
Liberals seek to change channel from SNC-Lavalin, focus on climate plan
Celeb adds star power to Green Party town hall in Nanaimo
Pamela Anderson attended with representatives from U.S.-based environmental group
Man involved in beating and tasering over a drug debt to be sentenced in Nanaimo
Colin Damen Gary Lamontagne pleaded guilty to charges, including aggravated assault
Nanaimo-Ladysmith MP to host series of community meetings
First meeting is scheduled for July 18 at the North Oyster Community Centre
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Appeal court decision on plastic bags misguided
Province should support municipalities’ efforts to take environmental action, says letter writer
Three vehicles collide behind Nanaimo’s Country Club Centre
No one hurt in accident Wednesday morning
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Tasha Brown says her estranged wife abducted their daughter Kaydance Etchells in 2016
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: People experiencing homelessness unlucky
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Nature in Flight
Birds and Bugs and Things with Wings
What Do Dragonflies Eat? (How To Attract These Beauties)
By Riley, last updated July 17, 2018 Leave a Comment
Believe it or not, dragonflies are an exceptional means in which to get rid of those bugs that keep bugging you.
However, experts believe that 15% of North America’s dragonflies are in danger of extinction.
So how do you help a bug that that helps you? Simple. You learn a little about them to determine what they eat and how to keep them safe.
Start with a little dragonfly trivia. The term dragon-fly was first put into use in 1626 in a published work by Francis Bacon.
Prior to that title, dragonflies had a vast array of names which included: adder bolt, snake doctor, and horse stinger.
That last label was quite misleading, as dragonflies do not bite or sting. And that’s true, unless of course they are feeding, at which point they use their strong mandibles to chew on their prey.
So just what do dragonflies eat? [Read more…]
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Home Cricket Betting Tips Adelaide Strikers vs Melbourne Renegades, BBL 2016-17 – Betting Tips
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Adelaide Strikers vs Melbourne Renegades, BBL 2016-17 – Betting Tips
Apart from Dunk and Hodge, no batsmen has extraordinarily well for Strikers
Spinners will play a vital role in Adelaide and Renegades have wide array of them
Renegades' batting has been superb in the tournament so far
Our Prediction: Melbourne Renegades, 1.81Bet on Melbourne Renegades for Real Money
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About the Match
The Strikers have had a mixed run so far and will try their best to win when they take on Melbourne Renegades, who are placed sixth on the table with 4 points, on 16th January at Adelaide. The Renegades have suffered three consecutive losses in their recent outings and will be eager to improve their standings with a much-needed victory here. The hosts are placed seventh on the table and with the home advantage to their side, will leave no stone unturned to go back to their winning ways. It needs to be seen which team can dominate here and emerge victorious on Monday.
Batting first against the Stars, Dunk and Tim Ludeman tried to build a good foundation by scoring 35 and 26 runs respectively; Hodge, Pollard and Jono Dean tried to keep the scoreboard ticking but they could muster only 152 runs in the end. Ben Laughlin put up a tremendous show with the ball, taking 3-19 with his fast-bowling while spinner Sodhi claimed 2-25 to stifle the opponents. Michael Neser and Dunk contributed with a wicket each but they couldn’t stop the Stars from winning. Against Hurricanes, the batting line-up successfully chased down 162 runs thanks to a power-packed performance by Ben Dunk, who posted an unbeaten 79 off just 49 balls, and good support by captain Brad Hodge, who scored 30 runs. Pollard and Chris Jordan also pitched in with useful knocks and helped them win the match by 5 wickets with 10 balls to spare. Earlier, Jordan claimed a superb 3-24 with his pace skills while Laughlin and Stanlake took 2 wickets each that restricted Hurricanes to 161. Spinners Travis Head, Andrews and Liam O’ Connor bring variety to the attack and can be effective. Overall, they have result oriented bowlers and in-form batsmen, who could pose a stiff challenge to the Renegades by leveraging the home advantage here.
Despite a stunning performance by the batsmen, who posted a gigantic 222 runs total against Hurricanes recently, they lost the match in the end after a dismal show by the bowlers. Spinners Sunil Narine and Cooper took 5 wickets between them in an economical manner while Brad Hogg contributed with 2 scalps. However, fast-bowlers like Perera, Doherty and Pattinson proved to be too expensive and they lost the match narrowly by 2 wickets. It was a heart-wrenching defeat that led to the good efforts of batsmen Aaron Finch, who scored 63 off 40, Cooper, who contributed with a well-made 53, and others go in vain; however, they will be determined to make a comeback here on Monday. Against Sixers too, the batsmen did well to post a challenging 170 batting first thanks to a splendid show by Finch, who posted a well-made 57, and good contributions by Ferguson and Cooper who scored 39 runs each. Although Narine and Perera provided useful breakthroughs, taking 2 wickets apiece, the others failed to impress and they lost the match by 6 wickets. They have done well previously to win two games but they need to pull up their socks here, especially with the ball, in order to keep their campaign going strong.
The Renegades have done very well with the bat and this could help them turn the tide in their favor; Strikers, too, did wonderfully well in their last game to claw their way to victory. We feel that Renegades with their superb batting lineup and spinning options are placed better to emerge victorious here on Monday.
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Ministry of Education accused of 'putting commercial interests first' in early childhood education
9 Apr, 2018 11:55am
Children from Wellington early childhood centres went to Parliament last year for a campaign called "I'm worth it", seeking more funding and higher quality in early childhood education. File photo
By: Simon Collins
Education reporter, NZ Herald
simon.collins@nzherald.co.nz
An early childhood advocacy group says the Ministry of Education is "putting commercial interests first" by delaying a report on complaints against early childhood services.
Child Forum chief executive Dr Sarah Alexander says the ministry's annual report on complaints in early childhood education (ECE), last published in December 2016 with 2015 data, was overdue.
"A fortnight ago the ministry stated it would release the information that week which should have been released over a year ago, but it is yet to do so," she said.
"It continues to put commercial interests first and deny parents their right to know and be informed of any serious incident or problem that has occurred at their child's service or one they may consider enrolling at."
But ministry deputy secretary Katrina Casey said the report on complaints in 2016 would be published this week with "additional information for the first time on how complaints have been actioned".
"We absolutely refute Ms Alexander's claim that we put commercial interests first," she said.
"We take our role in early childhood learning seriously and every day our staff do the very best they can in the interests of each child. Where we need to we make improvements."
Child Forum campaigned for information on complaints to be made public for years before the ministry published the first of what were promised to be annual summaries of complaints in June 2014, with data for 2013.
The ministry's second report, with 2014 data, appeared in October 2015, and the third, with 2015 data, came out in December 2016.
The reports recorded 246 complaints in 2013, 360 in 2014 and 342 in 2015.
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The numbers of complaints in various categories are reported, but the reports do not name any early childhood services or provide details of any individual complaints.
Sarah Alexander says the Education Ministry is putting commercial interests of childcare centres ahead of parents' right to know. File photo
"The highly summarised complaint information released by the ministry for the 2013, 2014, and 2015 years, masked details and did little to give parents and the early childhood sector confidence that it welcomed and was responsive to complaints and was transparent in its handling and reporting," Alexander said.
"The reports need to include details of each complaint, the actions the ministry took in response, and the names of services at which complaints of a serious nature were upheld."
Katrina Casey, pictured (right) with former Education Minister Hekia Parata in 2015, says this week's report will provide transparency on complaints against early childhood centres. File photo
However, Casey said this week's report on 2016 complaints "will provide parents with transparency around the number and nature of the complaints we have received".
"Each year we receive a number of complaints - every one of these is treated seriously," she said.
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Oakland → News → From Sidewalks to Services: Oakland Opens 5th Community Cabin Site
From Sidewalks to Services: Oakland Opens 5th Community Cabin Site
Post Date: Jul 3, 2019
Oakland, CA – Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf today joined with state and local government officials, private-sector partners, and service providers to announce the opening of the City’s fifth Community Cabin site located on Mandela Parkway in West Oakland at the Emeryville border.
Community Cabin sites are an emergency intervention designed to serve as a temporary bridge from the sidewalk to services, from the street to housing. The model has been an effective and compassionate intervention focused on increasing people’s health, stability, dignity, and safety while service providers intensively work with people to help end their unsheltered status.
This new site illustrates the power of regional collaboration and partnership:
The cities of Oakland and Emeryville have combined resources to address the encampments that straddle the border between the cities
Caltrans has made the site available to the City for a $1 per month lease. AB 3139 (Bonta) allows Caltrans to lease State highway property for emergency shelter to the City of Oakland for up to ten parcels for $1 per month. This is consistent with Governor Newsom’s directive that public lands be made available to address the homelessness crisis.
Corporate foundations—Target, Sutter Health, and the Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce—have provided funding for the site, and the Home Depot Foundation has provided funding, building supplies, and dozens of associates from local Home Depot stores who volunteered their time and talents building ADA-accessible ramps and decks for the cabins.
“The Mandela site represents an unprecedented collaboration between two neighboring cities and the state of California to address the homelessness crisis,” Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf said. “We all see, feel, and experience the suffering of homelessness in our communities and I’m proud our regional leaders have come together for the first time to provide emergency shelter in a compassionate manner.”
Emeryville Mayor Ally Medina said: “Regional problems require regional solutions. As part of our ongoing commitment to address homelessness, we are glad to partner with the City of Oakland on the Mandela Community Cabin site, where unsheltered residents will receive direct services. We are also pleased that the State’s budget will allocate more of the same funds that made this project possible, as the housing crisis is a statewide issue that we will need to work together to tackle.”
“Oakland is our Bay Area home and today we’re celebrating an important milestone in this collaborative effort to help develop innovative solutions to address homelessness,” said Caltrans Bay Area Director Tony Tavares. “We previously committed to providing opportunities for employment for individuals in transitional housing programs. Today, we’re committing 10 additional positions for our Oakland residents as they bridge into the next chapter of their lives.”
The Mandela location was chosen in response to the persistent public health and safety hazards at two large, nearby encampments along the Oakland/Emeryville border: 1) 35th & Magnolia and 2) Hollis & West MacArthur. Outreach teams have conducted a thorough census of the homeless population at these sites and there is space at the Mandela site to accommodate everyone from these encampments. Residents of these encampments will be offered space at the Mandela Community Cabins, and then the encampments will be closed.
The Mandela Community Cabins site will be twice as large as the other Community Cabins sites and will serve 76 people in two distinct sections, each serving 38 people. The Mandela site will be the first Community Cabin site to offer single cabin accommodations to a few people in each section, based on need. The site will open next week and is expected to fill up by mid-August.
Service providers will provide ongoing support at the site including: Operation Dignity and Lava Mae, a mobile shower provider.
This double-sized site will cost $1.7 million per year to operate ($850,000 per section). Funds to operate each site come from the California State Homeless Emergency Aid Program (HEAP).
At the back of the site there was enough space left for the City to also develop a small Safe RV Parking Area that will be opened at a later date, after the cabins have been launched. That space can accommodate up to 17 RVs and will be reserved for people already living in RVs in the area.
The five Community Cabin sites have been made possible through the generous support of local charitable partners and private funders who have collectively contributed nearly $1.3 million in monetary and in-kind support, including Kaiser Permanente, Sutter Health, Clorox, Oakland Builders Alliance, the Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, Jim Moore of Sustainable Urban Neighborhoods, Pyatok Architects, Target, Home Depot Foundation, Douglas Parking, and the Church of Latter Day Saints.
The Community Cabin sites provide residents with basic services as they work with on-site case managers to transition into temporary and permanent housing facilities. The sites afford a consistency not found in the encampments: a hard roof to sleep under every night; an already established community network of friends and consistent resources; a supportive staff of case managers to connect residents to vital needs such as acquiring California ID, securing benefits, seeking employment, and ultimately getting housed.
At the Mandela site, six cabins are single occupancy and the remainder are double occupancy. The sites also include:
Security and privacy (one or two people per unit with a lock on the door)
Basic sanitary services such as porta-potties and handwashing stations
On-site shower service through Lava Mae once per week
Secure storage for personal items
Low voltage electricity to each cabin
Community tent with television, microwave, and water
Ability for people to bring in their pets
Limited food service (breakfast and dinner)
The site has approximately $250,000 in flexible housing funds to assist clients in overcoming any barriers to housing, including security deposits and a few months of rent subsidy, clothing for job interviews or a new job, and transportation assistance related to employment or reunification with friends or family. These flex funds contribute to greater housing outcomes through the Community Cabin sites than would be possible for the general population of people living in encampments.
Last week, the City Council adopted the two-year budget for fiscal years 2019-2021 which includes $32 million in funding for homeless services that will allow the City to expand existing homeless programs such as Community Cabins and safe parking; enhance the health, sanitation, and safety of unsheltered residents; and provide employment training and opportunities to hire unsheltered people to assist with litter removal at encampments. The funding will also support rapid-rehousing, services, and interventions for homeless residents, including a mobile homeless outreach team, and create a $2.7 million fund for anti-displacement services and housing security improvements. In addition to this budget allocation, Oakland’s partnership with the San Francisco Foundation—Keep Oakland Housed—augments the City’s budget with $8 million in rapid anti-displacement assistance.
BACKGROUND ON COMMUNITY CABINS
Community Cabin sites are an emergency intervention designed to serve as a temporary bridge from the sidewalk to services, from the street to housing.
This intervention addresses the significant safety and sanitation impacts to both unsheltered residents and their sheltered neighbors that arise from encampments.
The Mandela Community Cabins site is the 5th site to open since December 2017:
The first site at 6th & Castro opened in December 2017 (one-year pilot; closed in Dec. 2018)
The 27th & Northgate site opened in May 2018
The Lake Merritt site opened October 2018
The Miller Ave site opened January 2019
Each location was chosen in response to persistent public health and safety hazards at an existing large encampment.
Community Cabins are a Temporary Bridge to End Unsheltered Status
The sites provide a safer and healthier respite from the streets where unsheltered residents receive wrap-around services to help them end their unsheltered status, including onsite housing navigators (housing-focused case managers) who connect participants to vital needs:
Linkages to healthcare, mental health, and addiction recovery services
Linkages to the mainstream homeless services system
Assistance securing benefits, acquiring California ID, and seeking jobs
The goal is for people to move in, receive services, and move on to the next step on their path to housing. The program is 100% voluntary, and people can come and go 24/7. The sites are designed to be extremely low barrier, with minimal rules. Participants are asked to abide by a Code of Conduct that is designed to maintain a healthy and safe community.
Community Cabin Sites Prove to be Effective and Compassionate
The Community Cabin model has been an effective and compassionate intervention focused on increasing people’s health, stability, dignity, and safety while service providers intensively work with people to help end their unsheltered status.
As of the end of June 2019, the four Community Cabin sites (6th & Castro, 27th & Northgate, Lake Merritt, Miller Ave) have served 350 people (currently serving 104 individuals):
67% of all exits to-date are positive (167 of 250 exits), meaning program participants ended their unsheltered status by moving into permanent housing, shelter placement, or reunification with friends and family.
63 people found employment
The Homelessness Crisis
California accounts for 50 percent of the nation’s homeless population. The crisis is growing. According to the latest count in January 2019, the number of unsheltered residents in Alameda County has grown by 43% over the past two years.
The 2017 point-in-time count estimated that there are 2,761 homeless people in Oakland, of whom 1,902 are unsheltered. (2019 data for Oakland is not yet available).
The City is investing in a wide variety of critical efforts to shelter and house individuals. This includes establishing Community Cabin sites.
Karen Boyd
Citywide Communications Director
City Administrator’s Office
KBoyd@oaklandca.gov
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Members (MPPs)
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Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills
Committee Transcript 2011-Mar-02 (PDF)
T010 - Wed 2 Mar 2011 / Mer 2 mar 2011
COMITÉ PERMANENT DES RÈGLEMENTS ET DES PROJETS DE LOI D’INTÉRÊT PRIVÉ
Wednesday 2 March 2011 Mercredi 2 mars 2011
S.L. MCNALLY CONSULTING
SERVICES INC. ACT, 2011
URSULINE RELIGIOUS
OF LONDON ACT (TAX RELIEF), 2011
The committee met at 0900 in room 151.
The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): This meeting will be called to order. We have two items on the agenda today: Bill Pr40 and Bill Pr43.
Consideration of Bill Pr40, An Act to revive S.L. McNally Consulting Services Inc.
The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): The first bill, Pr40, is An Act to revive S.L. McNally Consulting Services Inc. Mr. Caplan, you have the floor. Would you please proceed?
Mr. David Caplan: Thank you very much. It’s actually a very straightforward matter. Ms. Sherry McNally is here to speak to it, so I’ll turn it over to Ms. McNally.
The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): The floor is yours.
Ms. Sherry McNally: Thank you. I opened up my company in 2003 to do IT consulting for Royal Bank of Canada. I consulted there as an independent contractor for approximately five or six years. Then I had a death in the family, so I moved back to Manitoba.
My sister, being my accountant, dissolved my corporation because even though there were no earnings in the corporation for a couple of years, she still had to file corporate tax returns and financial statements, so she decided to dissolve the business.
Then I decided to come back to Toronto and consult again with Royal Bank of Canada, so that is what this act is for, to reopen my corporation.
The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): Okay. I thank you very much. Any further comments from Mr. Caplan? None?
Mr. David Caplan: None.
The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): Are there any other interested parties to this application? Seeing none, parliamentary assistant, are there any comments from the government?
Mr. Dave Levac: No.
The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): No comments from the government. Are there any questions that the committee members have of the applicant? No questions—
Mr. Paul Miller: Just one. Is this a singular operation or are there partners?
Ms. Sherry McNally: No, there’s just myself. I’m the president of the company.
Mr. Paul Miller: So you’re a one-lady show.
Ms. Sherry McNally: That’s it.
Mr. Paul Miller: Okay.
The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): Any other questions? Seeing none, are the members ready to vote?
Interjection.
The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): You have a question?
Interjection: No.
The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): All right. Then we’ll proceed right to it.
Shall section 1 carry? Carried.
Shall the preamble carry? Carried.
Shall the title carry? Carried.
Shall the bill carry? Carried.
Shall I report the bill to the House? Agreed.
Thank you very much. Case finished.
Ms. Sherry McNally: Thank you so much.
The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): I bet you can’t believe how fast it was.
Consideration of Bill Pr43, An Act respecting the Ursuline Religious of the Diocese of London in Ontario.
The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): We now have Bill Pr43, An Act respecting the Ursuline Religious of the Diocese of London in Ontario. Mr. Hoy, the floor is yours.
Mr. Pat Hoy: Good morning, committee, and thank you for hearing about Bill Pr43. I’m joined by two guests who can explain what this is about and answer any questions. They’ll introduce themselves for Hansard.
The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): Okay. You have no other comments other than that? That’s it? Fine, thank you very much. If the applicants could introduce themselves for the purpose of Hansard by full name.
Mr. Jerry O’Brien: I’m Jerry O’Brien, a lawyer acting on behalf of the Ursuline Sisters, and this is Sister Joan Stafford, who is with me today.
The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): Terrific. The floor is yours.
Mr. Jerry O’Brien: Thank you. I believe the material in our compendium spells out the situation, and I think this is a problem that’s come to this committee on other occasions, involving Hamilton, Peterborough and London.
Basically, the sisters’ mother house has been a place of spiritual growth and education since 1860. It has always been tax-exempt, and when they sought to move they inquired of MPAC and the city of Chatham about whether their tax-exempt status would continue. They were actually told that it would. Then, after they completed the new construction of their smaller building, unfortunately, in ways that seem more mysterious than we can quite figure out, MPAC took a different position and the mother house became taxable. So this legislation is simply to restore to them the exemption they’ve had since 1860 so they can continue on with their good work.
We’d like to thank very much Mr. Hoy’s office and his staff for their assistance in dealing with this problem, the clerk’s office and staff, and Susan Klein for her efforts in helping us through this process. I can tell the Chair and the members that it has been a very confusing and complex situation for the sisters. They’ve tried to do the right thing all along, but this seems to be the only way that they can correct the situation.
Subject to any questions that you might have, that’s all we have to say.
The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): I just have to ask, though—I don’t see anyone in the room to do it, but it has to be asked: Are there any other interested parties to this item, anyone else to speak?
Seeing none, parliamentary assistant, are there any comments from the government?
Mr. Dave Levac: I’ll pass it over to you, Mr. Leal. I need to say something first, but I’ll pass it over. I’ll yield the floor once I make my comments.
The government does not have any objections to this. They note that the municipality is in favour. Working together, we believe that this is the appropriate direction to take to make sure that the sisters receive the work that they do, and we are thankful for the work that they do in the community.
I’ll pass it over to Jeff.
Mr. Jeff Leal: There is a pattern now across the province—I think this may have been number 4 or 5: A number of religious orders have built rather large convents at one time, and as things change, they get into building new, smaller quarters.
From an MPAC perspective, I wonder: Does this committee send a note through to the president of MPAC, Mr. Carl Isenburg, to suggest that a pattern has developed and maybe MPAC should be looking at this, perhaps in the light of: We come here and we get the change made, but maybe they should make the change from their perspective? There could be several down the road that would find themselves in the same position, and then the sisters have to engage distinguished lawyers to represent them. I wonder if there’s a way that we could resolve this through some notification to Mr. Isenburg, the president of MPAC. It’s just a thought, sir.
The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): I think so, but then we are usurping the rights of the municipality and of the school boards who have to comment on it first, so I don’t know how we get around that.
If you want to make such a motion to the committee, I’m sure, at the conclusion of this, we could consider that debate. But, again, I don’t know how we get around all of the legal niceties with the municipality, the school board, the interested parties—
Mr. Jeff Leal: I can’t speak for other municipalities, but I can speak for the city of Peterborough. When they saw that, they rubber-stamped a motion to get this approved, because they sensed that this was just the right thing to do. But I can’t speak for other communities on this.
The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): And we would not see those other communities that said no.
Mr. Jeff Leal: Fair enough.
The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): Mr. Caplan.
Mr. David Caplan: As I understand it, this special act allows the city of Chatham-Kent to pass a bylaw. Have they done so already, or are they intending to after this has passed?
Mr. Jerry O’Brien: They passed a motion unanimously that agreed that this legislation could go forward, and they’ve indicated their intention to us that they will pass such a bylaw.
Mr. David Caplan: So they’ll pass such a bylaw. Okay.
Mr. Jerry O’Brien: And the school boards have both agreed to it, as well.
The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): I have Mr. Martiniuk and then Mr. Miller.
Mr. Gerry Martiniuk: Perhaps Mr. O’Brien could refresh our memories in regard to the Assessment Act and the particular sections that MPAC seems to be caught up on.
Mr. Jerry O’Brien: It’s not actually clear to us, because they’ve told us different things. Originally, they told us that the tax exemption would continue with the move, and then, after the building took place and the move took place, they actually taxed the residential portion and left the mother house alone. When the sisters called and said, “No, we should be paying tax on the residential portion,” they said, “No, no, you’re tax-exempt there.” Then, all of a sudden, they got a bill—without any explanation whatsoever—for three years in arrears for the mother house. I can’t actually explain to you their conduct, because I don’t understand it.
Mr. Gerry Martiniuk: Let my position be clear: I support this bill, and hopefully it will pass today.
I would also support, however, a letter from this committee, if a motion might be made, requesting clarification from MPAC and their problem. Then, once we have that, perhaps we can do something fruitful.
The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): Mr. Miller.
Mr. Paul Miller: Imagine that—government getting confused, not knowing what the left hand and the right hand are doing. I can’t believe it.
Anyways, this is obviously a no-brainer. It’s been around for a hundred years or more, 200 almost, so I have no problem with this. I don’t know why they put people through aggravation like this, to have to come all the way to Toronto.
I’ve said this before on this committee. Some of the routine things are like, two seconds, boom, done. There must be something we can do to expedite these processes so that we don’t have to put people through time, aggravation and worry. They come here thinking, “Oh my God, I’m in big trouble,” and it turns out to be a routine situation.
I’m sure I agree with the other two parties that we should be able to do something to correct this imbalance.
The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): Okay. Understanding that Mr. Leal may have a motion, I think we should have the motion separate and apart from this bill.
Mr. Jeff Leal: Absolutely. I’m not trying to complicate—
The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): Are there any other questions on this bill? Seeing no other questions, are the members ready to vote?
Okay, I’ll just make sure I get everything that needs to happen here.
Mr. Gerry Martiniuk: Could I make a motion?
The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): Surely. Mr. Martiniuk.
Mr. Gerry Martiniuk: I move that the fees paid by the applicant be waived.
The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): Are you requesting—
Mr. Gerry Martiniuk: I think we’ve done that in—
The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): We have, but I meant that you have to request it first. Are you requesting that the fees be waived?
Mr. Gerry Martiniuk: Yes.
The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): Okay, there it is. I would be surprised if you said no.
If I can, Mr. Martiniuk, I’ll give you the wording for that. You’d have to move that the committee recommend that the fees and the actual cost of printing at all stages be remitted on Bill Pr43, An Act respecting the Ursuline Religious of the Diocese of London in Ontario. Do you so move that?
Mr. Gerry Martiniuk: I so move.
The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): All right.
Mr. Tony Ruprecht: I want to second that.
The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): We don’t need a seconder in committee.
Any discussion on the motion to waive the fees? No discussion.
All those in favour? Agreed. Fees are waived.
Mr. Gerry Martiniuk: Thank you very much.
The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): Further motions?
The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): We are now finished with this, so we will go on to other business. Mr. Leal, you have a motion.
Mr. Jeff Leal: Yes, Mr. Chair. I think it would be appropriate, to ask the present CEO of MPAC, Mr. Carl Isenburg, to look at these provisions that deal with—if I can get some assistance, maybe, from across the aisle; I’m trying to get the right word here—convent houses or—
The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): I think “religious orders.”
Mr. Jeff Leal: Religious orders. That’s it.
Just a bit of a background, and I’m sure there are people around here that have had municipal experience: In the past, prior to the creation of MPAC, when the assessment function was handled by the Ministry of Finance, you could go to your local assessment office in Peterborough. They had staff there, and they would go out and look at something and say, “Yes, this has had a historical thing. We will recommend to the powers that be that it continue.” It seems to me that when we moved into MPAC, how it was set up, a lot of the local folks left and took early retirement. The new corporation was created, and a lot of them came from other spots from across Ontario that didn’t have this historical knowledge and couldn’t give a field decision. When you look at particularly the four or five that have come forward related to religious orders, that certainly has been the situation.
If we could alert Mr. Isenburg to take a look at that, I think it would be particularly helpful.
The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): The motion is? We need a wording; we don’t need a speech. We need the wording so we can vote on it.
Mr. Jeff Leal: That we send a letter to the CEO of MPAC, Mr. Carl Isenburg, to look at situations related to religious orders in Ontario when they move from one home to another, often due to downsizing.
Sorry about the speech, sir.
The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): Have you got that? Just want to make sure.
The Clerk Pro Tem (Sylwia Przezdziecki): That the committee send a letter to the current CEO of MPAC to look at provisions that deal with religious orders when they move from one home to another, often due to downsizing?
Mr. Paul Miller: I don’t think that’s going to cover it.
Mr. Jeff Leal: Paul, maybe you can help me here?
Mr. Paul Miller: That’s confusing. I think you’re better to explain the situation, that we constantly have religious orders coming to this committee—
Mr. Jeff Leal: That’s better.
Mr. Paul Miller: —because of the disparity between the communication between MPAC and the community, and that we would like this situation looked at and rectified so that this committee does not have to deal with these common occurrences.
The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): I’m not sure we should do that. I know what is being asked here. How about if you just say that the Chair will write the letter on behalf of the committee?
Mr. Jeff Leal: For sure, that’s good.
Mr. Gerry Martiniuk: Yes, but subject to—I think it’s not enough. I get the feeling that the organization does not have the power to alleviate the problem. I would therefore suggest that we end it off by saying that we request that the Chair advise this committee as to any possible amendments to any statutes that may alleviate the problem.
Mr. Jeff Leal: Perfect.
Mr. Paul Miller: I’m seeing the old lawyer coming out in you again, Gerry.
The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): Okay. We have the motion and we have the general discussion. I will write the letter or the clerk will write the letter. I will sign it and we will—
Mr. Jeff Leal: That’s all I’m looking for, sir.
The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): Mr. Martiniuk, the clerk wants a little bit of clarification—
The Clerk Pro Tem (Sylwia Przezdziecki): Can you repeat the wording or the sense?
The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): I think we can get it later from the transcript.
Mr. Ruprecht?
Mr. Tony Ruprecht: I recall that last year, we made a similar motion to that effect. What happened to that?
Mr. Gerry Martiniuk: Not to MPAC.
Mr. Paul Miller: I believe I did that.
The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): I think similar statements were made, but I don’t believe there was a request to write to MPAC.
Mr. Tony Ruprecht: Not to MPAC, no. But I think either Paul or I made the motion that we should look at that in terms of cutting some of the red tape. There was no follow-up on it. We had a long discussion about this.
Mr. Gerry Martiniuk: It wasn’t about the religious aspects. That was about some lawyer charters—
Mr. Paul Miller: The thing that, yes—coming here all the time for two minutes.
The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): If I could, we do have a letter, and everyone has that letter on your desk today, from the minister, Harinder S. Takhar, dated December 23, in which he says they’re looking at the issue, Mr. Ruprecht, that you raised. But that issue was not on religious orders and we did not write to MPAC; we wrote to the minister, and the minister has responded that they’re looking at it.
Mr. Paul Miller: That was on notices of revival.
The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): Yes.
Mr. Dave Levac: When you reach the point where you’ve crafted the letter, would it be distributed to the committee members before we send it out?
The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): I can do that if that is the request. I can do that at our next meeting. Before it is sent out, would the committee like to see it?
Mr. Dave Levac: I think what’s happened is we’ve had a generalized discussion and we’re trying to capture the feel of what everyone is agreeing with, but until we see the end result, I think it would be appropriate to see it just before we send it out so that we’ve all agreed that it’s been captured the way in which Gerry mentioned, and I know that Paul and Jeff said some things that would be germane to this. If we can capture it and give it to you as the responsibility—capture what we’re saying and show us a draft, and then we send it out.
The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): All right. When is our next meeting? Any idea? Are we having one next Wednesday or no?
The Clerk Pro Tem (Sylwia Przezdziecki): Yes.
The Chair (Mr. Michael Prue): We’re having one next Wednesday, so hopefully we can have a draft on the desk for the meeting as well. We’ll include that as an additional item.
Everybody’s happy with that? Anything else? Meeting adjourned.
The committee adjourned at 0919.
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Mr. David Caplan (Don Valley East / Don Valley-Est L)
Mr. Kim Craitor (Niagara Falls L)
Mr. Jeff Leal (Peterborough L)
Mr. Gerry Martiniuk (Cambridge PC)
Mr. Bill Murdoch (Bruce–Grey–Owen Sound PC)
Mr. Lou Rinaldi (Northumberland–Quinte West L)
Mr. Tony Ruprecht (Davenport L)
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Mr. Dave Levac (Brant L)
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Sylwia Przezdziecki
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Classic comfort food -- minus the meat
Tempeh, soy and seitan: Veggie Grill brings vegan twist to Mountain View
by Ruth Schechter / Palo Alto Weekly
The portobello sandwich at Veggie Grill comes with skin-on Yukon Gold fries, Southwestern chili or coleslaw. Photo by Natalia Nazarova.
If the idea of veggie proteins gets your mouth watering, have I got the place for you. Tempeh, soy and seitan may not usually elicit cries of "Give me more!," but Veggie Grill is using these ingredients in fresh and creative ways that may change your mind about a vegan diet.
The menu features fish tacos, crab cakes, cheeseburgers, macaroni and cheese, sausage and Buffalo wings, but the catch is that all these options are plant-based and free of dairy, eggs, cholesterol, antibiotics and transfats. That means no butter, milk or cheese -- and definitely no meat. The "chicken" and "steak" are made of soybeans, wheat and peas; the nachos are composed of seitan, a vegetarian wheat protein. Seitan and tempeh, chewy patties of fermented soybeans and rice, absorb flavors when cooked, making them versatile inredients in vegetarian cooking.
The first Veggie Grill opened in 2006 and there are now more than 20 locations in California, Washington and Oregon, including Walnut Creek and Santana Row in San Jose. Based on the lunch crowds, it looks like there's plenty of room for more outposts in the Bay Area.
The latest version of the Santa Monica-based chain opened six months ago in the revamped Village at San Antonio shopping center in Mountain View. The decor is bright and modern, a distinct change from the casual hippie atmosphere often associated with alternative dining establishments. A stand by the door lets you peruse the menu before walking up to the counter to place your order and pay. Explanations and advice are offered by extremely friendly and helpful staff working at the registers. At one visit, we got a perky "Right on!" after we made our selections.
The menu is broken up into snacks, entree salads, bowls and plates and sandwiches, with separate listings for kids' meals and desserts. Beverages include lemonade and natural fruit teas free of high-fructose corn syrup (that means no soda), as well as beer and wine. Prices are extremely reasonable and portions are generous, with nothing on the menu costing more than $11.
We tried the Bombay bowl ($8.95), a mix of steamed kale, cannellini beans, vegetables and the restaurant's trademark "supergrains:" a blend of millet, buckwheat, quinoa and brown rice, topped with a coconut milk-based green curry sauce. This Asian-inspired dish was tasty, and the serving was large enough to bring half of it home for lunch the next day. The bowl is one of several gluten-free options, and the restaurant also highlights selections that are soy- and nut-free.
The Baja "fish" tacos ($9.95) featured three tortillas piled high with cabbage; too much cabbage, actually, making the tacos almost impossible to fold and eat without spilling greens all over. The "fish," made of seitan, were bland and needed a heavy hand with hot sauce to pull the plate together. The "Papa's Portobello" ($8.95) was more successful. It's a grilled portobello mushroom sandwich loaded with tomato, caramelized onion and lettuce, accented with herbs and soy chipotle ranch sauce, with a generous side of crispy French fries. All sandwiches -- many of which can be made as a wrap -- come with your choice of skin-on, seasoned Yukon Gold fries (also available as a snack for $3.50), Southwestern chili or coleslaw.
We also sampled several side dishes as a meal. The soup of the season ($3.25 for a cup) was a thick creamy asparagus base in a potato stock that was served with triangles of seeded pita. The char-grilled street corn ($3.95) was a winner: an ear of perfectly grilled sweet corn with the husks pulled back to use as a handle. Flavored with soy Parmesan cheese, cilantro and a squiggle of Southwestern mayo, it was lovely to look at and bursting with fresh flavor. Sweetheart fries ($4.50) were also delectable -- crispy, perfectly seasoned, addictive sweet potatoes with ranch dressing for dipping.
Crispy cauliflower ($5.95) is bites of cauliflower rolled in panko crumbs and then deep-fried. The texture of crunchy coating with a soft interior is enticing, though the dish needs its sweet-and-spicy orange sauce to carry much flavor. The same problem arises with the herb-roasted vegetables ($3.95): a small bowl of zucchini, carrots, onions and one sad-looking broccoli floret. The herbs were virtually undetectable, making for a bland combination that most people could probably make just as well (or better) at home.
Though nothing on the menu contains cholesterol or transfat and sugar is kept to a minimum, be aware that eating vegetarian does not necessarily mean it's diet food. Buffalo wings clock in at 460 calories -- half of those from fat -- and a whopping 1,590 mg of sodium. A bowl of quinoa power salad has 690 calories.
Overall, Veggie Grill does a great job of making vegan alternatives to traditional comfort food. Most dishes are tasty and accessible to those who may be skeptical about forgoing meat and dairy.
Veggie Grill
San Antonio Shopping Center
565 San Antonio Road
veggiegrill.com
Hours: Daily 11 a.m. - 10 p.m.
Credit cards: Yes
Reservations: No
Catering: Yes
Parking: Adjacent lot
Alcohol: Beer and wine
Wheelchair access: Yes
Highchairs: Yes
Noise level: Average
Bathroom cleanliness: Excellent
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on Nov 2, 2014 at 8:18 pm
Doug, you know I think you are right. One of the most astonishing things about this race is the belief on the part of the establishment that they can basically hand-pick people to run for city offices based almost solely on their social network ties and neighborhood proximity to Liz Kniss. In many ways this election is almost a perfect test of the extent to which the bulk of Palo Alto is willing to have its elected officials hand-selected from a very small group of highly-networked insiders. Will voters pass over highly qualified candidates such as Tom DuBois, Ken Dauber, Eric Filseth and Lydia Kou in favor of less-qualified but establishment selected nobodies like AC Johnston, Catherine Foster, and Cory Wolbach? It is interesting that both Johnston and Foster have the same story for how they came to be running: Liz Kniss asked them.
Yes, there is an "establishment" or a "400" or whatever you want to name it, centered in the Duveneck area. It is an insular group with social network ties within that group that rarely extend south of Oregon. It has resulted in south Palo Alto, including Gunn High School, receiving the super short straw for many years.
This group thinks that Palo Alto voters are dum-dums who will just keep voting for whomever Liz and Joe pick out for them, irrespective of whether their neighborhoods are filling up with condos while north Palo Alto stays "special" and irrespective of the thinness of the resume of whomever Liz sets up as a candidate. In this race, we have a guy who has never actually lived here endorsed by the entirety of the elite, along with a guy who lives with his mom and is 27, along with a woman who basically has never been involved in school board issues who is being run for school board. All seem nice. None seem qualified.
So is there one born every minute? Liz and Joe think so. I guess we'll find out on Tuesday.
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Rockefeller, Jay
CANDIDATE DETAILS
Affiliation Democratic
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Name Jay Rockefeller
Address 405 Capitol Street, Suite 308
Charleston, West Virginia 25301, United States
Email info@rockefeller.senate.gov
Website [Link]
Born June 18, 1937 (82 years)
Contributor Wishful Thinking
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Tags Liberal - Moderate-to-Liberal - Anti Alaska/Offshore Oil Drilling - Anti School Vouchers - Health Care Reform - Pro-Choice - Pro-Gay Marriage - Married - Presbyterian - Straight -
Info John Davison Rockefeller IV
Rockefeller was born on June 18, 1937. He graduated from Harvard University in 1961 with a B.A. in Far Eastern Languages and History, after having spent three years studying Japanese at International Christian University inThe Rockefeller Clan in 1970 Tokyo.
After college, Rockefeller worked for the Peace Corps in Washington, DC where he served as the operations director for their largest overseas program in the Philippines. He continued his public service in 1964-65 as a VISTA volunteer. He was then elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates in 1966, and to the office of West Virginia Secretary of State in 1968. Following his term as Secretary of State, he served as President of West Virginia Wesleyan College from 1973 to 1976.
The people of West Virginia then elected him to be Governor in1976 and re-elected him in 1980. In 1984, he was elected to the United States Senate, and re-elected in 1990 and 1996.
Since 1967, Rockefeller has been married to Sharon Percy with whom he has four children: John, Valerie, Charles, and Justin. He is also the proud grandfather of Laura Chandler Rockefeller and Sophia Percy Rockefeller, daughters to his son John. The Rockefellers reside in Charleston, West Virginia.
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09/19/2013-09/22/2013 Public Policy Polling 45.00% ( 0.0) 46.00% ( 4.0) 9.00% ( 3.0)
09/01/2011-09/04/2011 Public Policy Polling 45.00% ( 0.0) 42.00% ( 0.0) 12.00% ( 1.0)
08/27/2009-08/30/2009 Mark Blankenship Enterprises (MBE) 65.00% ( 0.0) 32.00% ( 0.0) 4.00% ( 0.0)
11/08/2006-11/11/2006 Survey USA 61.00% ( 3.0) 32.00% ( 1.0) 7.00% ( 2.0)
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Uncle Nelson A. Rockefeller 1908-1979
Uncle Laurance Spelman Rockefeller 1910-2004
Uncle Winthrop Rockefeller 1912-1973
1st Cousin Win Paul Rockefeller 1948-2006
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Grand Uncle Richard S. Aldrich 1884-1941
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01/03/2013 Commerce, Science and Transportation Chairperson Won 54.17% (+8.33%)
11/06/2012 Finance Committee Seat 1 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
01/03/2009 Commerce, Science and Transportation Chairperson Won 56.00% (+12.00%)
11/04/2008 WV US Senate Won 63.73% (+27.47%)
05/13/2008 WV US Senate - D Primary Won 77.06% (+62.56%)
05/14/2002 WV US Senate- D Primary Won 89.87% (+84.81%)
07/16/1992 US Vice President - D Convention Lost 0.00% (-100.00%)
11/06/1984 WV US Senate Won 51.82% (+4.09%)
11/04/1980 WV Governor Won 54.15% (+8.71%)
06/03/1980 WV Governor - D Primary Won 78.05% (+56.10%)
11/02/1976 WV Governor Won 66.15% (+32.33%)
11/07/1972 WV Governor Lost 45.26% (-9.47%)
11/05/1968 WV Secretary of State Won 60.92% (+21.84%)
05/14/1968 WV Secretary of State - D Primary Won 74.76% (+59.71%)
SPECULATIVE, DID NOT RUN
05/13/2014 WV US Senate - D Primary Lost 0.00% (-77.95%)
C.I.A. Director - Mar 07, 2013 N John O. Brennan
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Aug 06, 2009 I Sonia Sotomayor
US Attorney General - Feb 02, 2009 D Eric Holder
WV District 2- D Primary - May 13, 2008 D Anne Barth
WV US President - D Primary - May 13, 2008 D Barack Obama
US President - D Primaries - Jun 03, 2008 D Barack Obama
CT US Senate - Nov 07, 2006 D Ned Lamont
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Jan 31, 2006 NPA Reject
Supreme Court - Chief Justice - Sep 29, 2005 R John Glover Roberts Jr.
WV US President - D Primary - May 11, 2004 D John Kerry
US President - D Primaries - Jun 09, 2004 D John Kerry
EPA Administrator - Oct 28, 2003 NPA Reject
US Attorney General - Jan 20, 2001 NPA Reject
Second Circuit Court Judge - Oct 02, 1998 I Sonia Sotomayor
U.S. Surgeon General - Feb 10, 1998 D David M. Satcher
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Jul 29, 1994 D Stephen G. Breyer
U.S. Surgeon General - Sep 07, 1993 D M. Joycelyn Elders
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Aug 03, 1993 D Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Oct 15, 1991 NPA Reject
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Oct 02, 1990 R David Souter
US Ambassador to Bahamas - Jul 08, 1989 NPA Reject
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Feb 03, 1988 R Anthony M. Kennedy
Supreme Court - Chief Justice - Sep 17, 1986 NPA Reject
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Sep 17, 1986 R Antonin Scalia
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"Law & Crime" featured Pace Haub Law School Professor Mimi Rocah in "What Robert Mueller's questions mean for President Trump may signal the beginning of the end"
...Former federal prosecutor and Pace Law School Professor Mimi Rocah explained why Mueller is likely to remain content with Trump’s written answers–but only for the Russian interference aspect of his wide-ranging investigation, as the Reuters report suggests.
“It could be that they’re still having a dialogue,” Rocah said in October. “It could be that they have sort of split these [investigations] into two parts. They being the Mueller team–who really has the sort of final say on this. Meaning: ‘On obstruction, we’re still going to ask for you to come in for a live interview, and may take that to a subpoena fight if you refuse. But on collusion, we’re willing to accept these written answers.’”
Expect Trump’s written responses to be heavily lawyered and careful–those answers won’t sound anything like how President Trump actually talks or writes. And, to be clear, he won’t even be pretending to have authored those answers at all. They’ll be provided by way of his legal team.
Rocah also noted why Trump might not have much of an out here. She said:
[On] collusion, they don’t really need Trump to come in for an interview for that. That is going to be a case…based on documents, emails, electronic intercepts, other witnesses, insiders. So much other evidence. You don’t need Trump to explain that to them–or give his false denials, frankly. But he wants the opportunity and I think Mueller wants to give him an opportunity so [Trump] can’t say, ‘Well, I didn’t get to explain myself.’ So, doing it in written form is a way to do that…without dragging it out too much longer [and] without too much consequence.
In other words, Trump may feel vindicated by avoiding Mueller in person for the time being. While at the same time, Mueller is likely to have all he potentially needs on the 45th president from outside sources–if, of course, Mueller is actually even building a case against Trump at all.
“I think this just is a compromise,” Rocah said. “I think if he really needed the interview–the information from Trump on the collusion piece–he would either make him come in for an interview by subpoena and fight over a subpoena if he has to. I think he’s just not wasting his time with that.”
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Design Excellence: O-I : EXPRESSIONS
This year’s Design Excellence Award honors Owens-Illinois Inc. for O-I : EXPRESSIONS, a technique that uses direct-to-glass digital printing to decorate bottles. The O-I : EXPRESSIONS RELIEF version of the technology takes the concept a step further, creating tactile effects on glass packaging.
O-I : EXPRESSIONS, which is positioned as a late-stage packaging design option, offers the benefits of flexible production volumes and nimble response to market demands. The technology is also environmentally friendly, using organic inks that do not hinder the glass package’s recyclability. Packagers’ ability to maintain smaller inventories also helps reduce packaging waste.
“In my opinion, the premium version of O-I : EXPRESSIONS, called O-I : EXPRESSIONS RELIEF—named after the sculptural technique—is the most innovative feature of our personalization service offering,” says Yolanda Fernandez, marketing communication specialist, O-I Europe Sàrl.
She explains that the digital/relief technology “takes brands a step beyond what was previously thought possible in terms of customization and premiumization,” via customized three-dimensional printed effects such as embossing and colored embossing.
“This will enable brands to interact with consumers through the sense of touch. This is the feature that is generating the most ‘wow’ responses from customers, not only because of how it looks, but because it really opens up new opportunities for smaller volumes,” Fernandez adds. Those smaller runs may include limited-time package designs, seasonal packaging and promotional bottles.
“In our opinion, digital printing should not be seen as a solution that will replace existing offerings and solutions, but rather it offers new opportunities for personalizing glass packaging and transforming packaging design through late-stage differentiation,” Fernandez says. “Our O-I : EXPRESSIONS service transforms a bottle into a canvas with speed and ease and helps brands create consumer experiences.”
NEXT: Finally, Sherwin-Williams’ Sustainable Packaging Award
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Storm warning
Governor declares state of emergency for Putnam, 33 other Florida counties
Brandon D. Oliver
boliver@palatkadailynews.com
Tropical Storm Colin, the first tropical activity to occur since the beginning of this year’s hurricane season, made landfall Monday, threatening Putnam and nearby counties.
Prior to the storm making landfall along the Gulf Coast and traveling northeast over Putnam, Gov. Rick Scott declared a state of emergency for 34 counties – including Putnam, St. Johns, Alachua, Flagler and other surrounding counties.
Scott issued the executive order Monday morning and said he did so as a precautionary measure to protect lives and communities.
“Tropical Storm Colin poses a severe threat to the state of Florida and requires that timely precautions are taken to protect the communities, critical infrastructure and general welfare of this state,” Scott said in the executive order. “As governor, I am responsible to meet the dangers presented to this state and its people by this emergency.”
According to the National Hurricane Center, the tropical storm warning put Putnam and other counties at risk of heavy rainfall, storm surges, flooding, wind and tornadoes.
Ryan Simpson, Putnam’s emergency management preparedness coordinator, said local residents should have prepared for the tropical storm in the same manner they would prepare for a major hurricane.
The common misconception about tropical activity, Simpson said, is there is little need to worry or prepare if it’s only a tropical storm or hurricane with a low category number, which is determined by wind speed.
“While many people think of the hazard being the wind, one of the biggest hazards is flooding,” he said. “It doesn’t take much flooding at all to impact your life or your home.”
Simpson said the county’s Emergency Services Department encourages local residents to be ready for tropical storms, hurricanes and all types of hazards.
With hurricane season having started June 1, Simpson said, hurricane preparedness is more important than ever. The next tropical activity could be stronger and more adversely affect Putnam, so people should have a plan of action, he said.
“The biggest think is being aware,” Simpson said. “We were talking about this system last week. It’s important that people check the weather … so they have time to get prepared. Had this tropical storm been a hurricane, what things would (people) have wanted to do now that they should have done before the storm?”
The state of emergency was enacted to allow state officials to assist local communities prepare for the tropical storm, Simpson said.
Within the last 10 years, hurricane-related states of emergency for Putnam were issued only a handful of times: for Tropical Storms Fay and Debby in 2008 and 2012, and for an unnamed tropical system in 2011.
There were three hurricane-related states of emergency for Putnam in 2004 alone.
“While Florida collectively hasn’t had much in the way of hurricanes, Putnam County has been declared in a state of disaster three times since 2004.
To be better prepared for tropical activity and other hazards, Simpson encourages people to use the WeatherSTEM, CODERED and Putnam County Community Preparedness apps. Simpson also said people should visit des.putnam-fl.com and the websites for the National Hurricane Center and National Weather Service.
Day cares could soon pay for district transport
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Botched surgeries can lead to significant brain injuries
On behalf of Phillips, Phillips & Smith-Delcach, P.C. posted in Brain Injury on Friday, September 5, 2014.
While many brain injuries are the result of specific events that are out of most people's control -- such as car accidents -- some of them also spring from mistakes made during surgery. These mistakes, which could come about because of negligence on the part of the doctor, could have a lasting impact in a person's life.
Each case is different, of course, but there are a few big mistakes that can be made. It is important to know about each type of mistake to be better aware of what should have been done and what legal options there are when a documented mistake brings about these injuries.
For example, a mistake could be made with the anesthesia. The wrong amount could be administered to patients. If their medical history indicates that they are allergic to some types and these are used anyway, the allergic response could also cause an injury.
Another reason for injury could be if the surgery is done in the wrong place. A doctor could be asked to fix a brain injury from a car accident, for instance, but doing the surgery on the wrong part of the brain could both fail to correct the problem and cause more injuries that are completely unnecessary. This just compounds the issues that patients are already having and the impact of their injuries.
Do you want to learn more about how surgical mistakes can cause brain injuries and what rights you have if this has happened? If you do, you might want to take a moment to check out our page on medical malpractice for more details.
Source: Phillips & Faldowski, "Compensation for Victims of Surgical Errors" Sep. 04, 2014
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IN THE MOMENT with TINA KING (Photopix by Tina), who is an award winning photographer, and resides in the Durham Region of Ontario. Here's a recent interview with her: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1GntIpABPA PHOTOPIX BY TINA was created in 2005, from a hobby in 1988. Her appreciation of arts came from a background of artistic family talents of music and drawing, and her own creative environment and escapes. Tina's camera took her places, exploring and escaping life through her lens which created a pallet for her to express herself, as viewed through this compilation video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZju4lc22as&feature=related Tina enjoys her contributions to her local community; SNAP Whitby issue on the re-opening of Antony's Gallery in Whitby, Ontario, where her work was also featured http://www.snapwhitby.com/?option=com_sngevents&id%5B%5D=296086&photoId= Her work is currently in the Durham Area at Creative Math in Music in Pickering, Debbie's Cafe in Ajax, and Ink Culture Studios in Whitby. As of August 2011, she became a member of The Spoke Club in Toronto! PHOTOPIX BY TINA prefers to photograph in non-structured settings where candid interactions and the art of observation can take place, using existing lighting. So please contact her for a very creative "in the moment" experience. Quotes can only be made on an individual basis. Each project requires its own combination of services and deadlines. All images are copyright © Photopix by Tina. All rights are reserved. Any copying, altering, displaying, reproduction or redistribution of any of these images without written permission is strictly prohibited.
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BoxId: 544201 – RTX to exhibit at Smart Homes 2012
Press release BoxID: 544201 (RTX Telecom A/S)
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RTX to exhibit at Smart Homes 2012
(PresseBox) ( Aalborg, Denmark, 12-10-04 )
RTX, a leading provider of wireless communications solutions, has today announced that it will demonstrate the capabilities and use of its Wi-Fi and DECT ULE modules with several new cloud service partners at Smart Homes 2012 (www.smarthomes-europe.com), between 9-11 October at the RAI Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
RTX has designed and produced wireless modules for both Wi-Fi and DECT ULE, which, together with its five new cloud service partners, aid the connectivity of devices to data storage. This functionality creates an eco-system that is helping to build the Internet of Things.
Using RTX modules with their built-in cloud connectivity makes it very easy to connect a sensor or other device to web- or intranet-based services. Data can thus easily be stored and post-processed, including alarm actions through text messaging or similar. For sensitive data, encryption and authentication mechanisms are readily available. Within hours of powering up an RTX Development Kit, data from a sensor, for example, can be displayed graphically and accessed world-wide on any device that has a standard browser
At the Smart Homes exhibition, RTX will be demonstrating how wireless modules can link “things” to the internet via two of these cloud service partners: Nabto (www.nabto.com) and Sensinode (www.sensinode.com).
- With the patented communication platform from Nabto, a built-in function of the RTX4100, users are automatically able to create a secure connection through a firewall and reach Nabto-enabled devices. Once you have connected your Nabto device to the local Wi-Fi network, you can communicate with your device from all over the world. Nabto also provides a web-server as small as 1 KB, and provides IOS and Android Apps, ready to go.
- Sensinode Ltd. provides graphical web applications for system integrators, OEMs and web developers to rapidly deploy M2M services to the connected home. At Smart Homes RTX will be showing how IPv6 provides easy access, control and administration of a connected home with sensors and actuators, independent of gateways.
Besides these web service partners, RTX has also formed partnerships with 2lemetry (www.2lemetry.com), Exosite (www.exosite.com) and Bug Labs (www.buglabs.net) from the USA. Altogether these partners contribute to a multifaceted global eco-system of cloud partners and services.
At the Smart Homes event RTX will be exhibiting on the CODICO stand #H02. CODICO, which has offices and distribution partners across Europe, is a key distribution partner of RTX.
About Nabto
Nabto offers a complete patented communication platform for end-users to achieve remote access to devices without firewall hassle. The footprint of the software can be as low as 1 Kb and can take form of a web-server. Nabto provides a simple way to address devices: serialnumber.vendor.com, even when the device is relocated or connected through different protocols such as LAN, Wi-Fi, etc. For more information see: www.nabto.com
About Sensinode Ltd.
Sensinode Ltd. is a pioneer in developing commercial 6LoWPAN and related IPv6 technologies for the embedded Internet. Sensinode’s NanoStack, NanoRouter and NanoService software are innovative, open-standard, end to end software products that realize the vision of IP-based networks of Smart Objects. Headquartered in Oulu, Finland, Sensinode draws on more than a decade of research and innovation in IP-based wireless embedded systems. For more information: www.sensinode.com
RTX A/S designs and produces advanced wireless solutions for global clients across a variety of markets, including industrial-grade communications, professional audio, consumer gaming, solutions for enterprise PBX and VoIP communications, home automation, and sensoring. RTX offers a range of wireless low power modules appropriate for these markets including cloud supported Internet of Things modules. In addition, RTX provides customizable ATE solutions for production testing of wireless devices. Since its founding in 1993, RTX has undertaken more than 800 projects incorporating technologies such as Bluetooth(tm), GSM, Wi-Fi, DECT, DECT ULE, and VoIP. RTX is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Nordic stock exchange, is headquartered in Denmark, and has offices in Hong Kong and the US. For more information, please visit www.rtx.dk.
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Yarmouth council considers ban on marijuana retail stores, social clubs
Town Manager Nat Tupper says the ban wouldn't affect medical marijuana distribution or possession in small, legal doses.
By Jocelyn Van SaunThe Forecaster
YARMOUTH — The Town Council will vote Dec. 21 on whether to permanently ban retail marijuana establishments and social clubs.
At a workshop on Dec. 7, councilors also discussed a “Solarize Yarmouth” program and slowed momentum on potential updates to the town’s solid waste management system.
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In August, the town approved a six-month moratorium on all retail marijuana establishments, which is set to expire in February. The proposed ordinance would make that moratorium permanent.
Town Manager Nat Tupper said the ban wouldn’t affect medical marijuana distribution or possession in small, legal doses.
Police Chief Michael Morrill said it was important the council implement a ban, calling it a legal and moral issue.
“By not imposing a ban, I believe our community is giving passive approval that it is OK to sell and use marijuana,” he said, adding that the topic could be revisited and reversed at any time in the future.
Councilor April Humphrey said she was torn because Mainers voted to legalize marijuana sales statewide in a referendum vote in November 2016.
‘SOLARIZE’ YARMOUTH
Humphrey introduced the idea of a “solarize project” at an Operations Committee meeting in August, which reflects what has been done in nearby towns such as Freeport and Bath.
In such a program, the town would provide a joint purchasing option for solar panels from a selected provider for residents and businesses, which would help reduce the cost of installation.
Economic Development Director Scott LaFlamme said it is not a new concept; he set up and administered a multi-town solarize project for the Midcoast when he worked for the city of Bath.
LaFlamme said the town would function as an organizing agency and intermediary between the public and selected solar installers but would have little to no liability and no financial obligations.
According to LaFlamme, the town would not have an active role in the program once a Request for Qualifications such as price, capacity, and timetable was crafted and installation was launched.
He added that timing is important because the state is considering regulatory changes to the way net metering is credited to the homeowner, which currently stands at 100 percent of the value of their energy. LaFlamme said this total is likely to decline.
“It’s a sense of urgency to get in while the getting is good,” he said, noting that residents who invest in solar panels now will be locked into their net metering rate.
Councilor Richard Plourde suggested the program be “taken off the Council’s plate” and turned into a volunteer effort.
The Council will vote on whether to endorse the program on Dec. 21 and plans to discuss during an Operations Committee meeting how to gauge the public’s interest in a program.
MANAGING SOLID WASTE
Councilors will also further discuss needed upgrades and repairs to the town’s 30-year-old transfer station and recycling center during upcoming Operations Committee meetings.
At a council meeting Nov. 2, Public Works Director Erik Street posed two potential options crafted by the town’s recycling committee.
Both options include a “pay-as-you-throw” component, in which residents would purchase bags for trash disposal and recycling would be free: the more recycling, the smaller the expense for trash bags.
Option one would implement “pay as you throw” with upgrades to the transfer station – such as the addition of a second compactor for recycling and eliminating the silver bullets.
The second option would implement “pay as you throw” and automated curbside collection.
However, on Thursday, Street suggested the council hold off on implementing either until after EcoMaine finishes pilot studies they’re conducting to explore potential regional waste collection.
“That’s all happening. It’s quickly coming,” he said. “I struggle with this a lot because I want to get going and move this stuff forward … but my recommendation is to wait for those studies to come out.”
Jocelyn Van Saun can be reached at 781-3661, ext. 183 or [email protected] Follow her on Twitter @JocelynVanSaun.
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Passware: The First to Recover Bitcoin Wallet Passwords
Passware Kit becomes the first commercially available forensic software to recover passwords for popular Bitcoin wallets
Passware, Inc.
Oct 03, 2018, 12:00 ET
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Oct. 3, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Passware, Inc., a provider of password recovery, decryption, and electronic evidence discovery software for computer forensics, announces Passware Kit recovers passwords for popular Bitcoin wallet services: Blockchain.com (known previously as Blockchain.info) and Bitcoin Core.
Bitcoin is the first and number one ranked decentralized peer-to-peer digital payment network that is powered by its users with no central authority or middlemen (Resources: https://bitcoin.org/en/faq#general and https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/bitcoin/).
When Bitcoin Wallet Passwords are Lost or Forgotten
According to Blockchain.com support, they cannot help their users regain access to their wallets if they have lost or forgotten their passwords. "This is because we don't have access to your wallet or your wallet password." When bitcoins are lost, unless the user recalls or recovers their password, they "remain dormant forever as there is no way to uncover the private key(s) that would allow them to be spent again."
"Law enforcement worldwide recognizes that cryptocurrency gives criminals nearly unlimited access to anonymous money movement," claims Dmitry Sumin, CEO of Passware. "For computer forensics investigating cases of contraband transactions, extortion, money laundering, and tax evasion these areas are the primary areas of criminal activity involved in cryptocurrency exchange. In addition, Bitcoin makes theft of the cryptocurrency easy for criminals. With no central customer hotline or way to force a password reset, recovering suspects' passwords was nearly impossible until the latest release of Passware Kit."
To recover the password, Passware Kit needs the wallet file, which typically is named wallet.aes.json (for Blockchain.com wallet) or wallet.dat (for Bitcoin Core wallet), and is normally stored on a suspect's computer or can be downloaded from the wallet site.
The software achieves the speed of 500,000 passwords per second on a single graphics processing unit (GPU). This speed is further accelerated with use of distributed computing (the Passware Kit Forensic license includes five Passware Kit Agents).
Other features of Passware Kit Forensic 2018 v2 include:
instant decryption of Apple File System (APFS) disks via analysis of iCloud or iTunes backups;
password removal for QuickBooks 2018 databases;
acquisition of iOS 12.0 backups from iCloud;
improvements to core Passware Kit modules: Encryption Analyzer and Dictionary attack.
Passware's solution is designed for computer forensics and crime investigators and is included exclusively in the Forensic edition of the Passware Kit. Although available for purchase by anyone, its pricing is expected to regulate the target audience.
Passware Kit Forensic is available directly from Passware and a network of resellers worldwide. The price is $995 with one year of free updates. Additional product information and screen shots are available at http://www.passware.com/pkf.
About Passware, Inc.
Founded in 1998, Passware, Inc. is the worldwide leading maker of password recovery, decryption, and electronic evidence discovery software. Law enforcement and government agencies, institutions, corporations and private investigators, help desk personnel, and thousands of private consumers rely on Passware software products to ensure data availability in the event of lost passwords. Passware customer include many Fortune 500 companies; worldwide police agencies; federal, state and local government agencies, such as the IRS, NASA, Boeing, US Department of Defense (DOD), US Department of Justice, US Department of Homeland Security. IT and forensic professionals and tens of thousands of businesses and private users turn to Passware for their password problems.
Passware is a privately held corporation with its headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. More information about Passware, Inc. is available at http://www.passware.com/.
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https://www.profitconfidential.com/stock-market/dow-jones-industrial-average/dow-jones-opens-lower-as-investors-eye-data-earnings/ Dow Jones Opens Lower as Investors Eye Data, Earnings Mourad Haroutunian, BA, MA Profit Confidential 2016-04-04T10:28:43Z 2017-06-15 05:29:08 Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA Dow Jones Dow Dow Jones index Virgin America Inc NASDAQ:VA Tesla Motors Inc NASDAQ:TSLA The Dow Jones Industrial Average opened lower on Monday as cautious investors awaited fresh economic data. Dow Jones Industrial Average https://www.profitconfidential.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Dow-Jones.jpg U.S. stocks opened in negative territory at the start of the week, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) shedding 0.1%, as cautious investors awaited fresh economic data. As of 9:34 a.m. in New York, the Dow Jones index was down 0.1% at 17,776.93. The S&P 500 was also down 0.1% at 2,071.89, while the tech heavy NASDAQ Composite fell less than 0.1% to 4,910.46. Although U.S. stocks have rallied for six of the last seven weeks, some investors are cautious about the second quarter as global growth remains slow, and many developed stock-market shares are trading at record highs. Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen added to that sentiment when she urged caution last week on hiking interest rates, given the risks from global economic conditions. Data last week indicated strength in the U.S. labor market and a recovery in the manufacturing did not help in changing that sentiment. Traders expect only one hike this year, Reuters reported, citing the CME Group's FedWatch program. Investors will closely assess the Fed minutes from the March meeting, due for release on Wednesday. Attention will also shift to corporate earnings, with Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA) kicking off the reporting season when it releases first-quarter results next Monday. Global stocks inched higher on Monday. The Stoxx Europe 600 was up 0.8% halfway through the session. Stocks in Asia ended little changed. Markets in China were closed for a holiday, while Japan’s Nikkei Stock Average slid 0.3% In commodities, oil futures swung between gains and losses. West Texas Intermediate for May delivery was last trading at $36.72, down 0.2%. Gold fell 0.1% to $1,222.20. Virgin America Inc (NASDAQ:VA) surged 40% to a record high of $54.65 after striking a deal to bought by Alaska Air Group, Inc. (NYSE:ALK). Alaska Air beat out JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ:JBLU). The transaction is expected to close by January 1. Shares of Alaska fell five percent to $77.95, while JetBlue dropped 3.4%. Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) advanced four percent to $247.39 as orders for the electric carmaker’s upcoming Model 3 topped 276,000. The $35,000 car is due out late in 2017. HP Inc. (NYSE:HPQ) was down 0.6% even as the computer maker is expected to roll out an ultra-thin laptop in Paris on Tuesday that will go head-to-head with Apple Inc. (Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL). SunEdison Inc (NYSE:SUNE) sank 42% to $0.25. The renewable-energy company is planning to file for bankruptcy protection within weeks, according to The Wall Street Journal. The Maryland Heights, Missouri-based company is in talks with creditors for a loan to fund operations during the bankruptcy filing process, the paper said. Brocade Communications Systems Inc (NASDAQ:BRCD) tumbled 13% after the network gear maker agreed to buy Ruckus Wireless Inc (NYSE:RKUS) in a cash and stock deal worth about $1.5 billion. RKUS stock soared 32% to $13.28. General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) slipped 1.3% to $31.52. Bernstein downgraded the conglomerate to "market perform" from "outperform" on a valuation basis after the GE stock soared 27% over the past year. The Dow Jones index stretched 2016 gains to 2.1% on Friday after reports showed the pace of job creation remained robust and manufacturing activity improved, fostering confidence in the economy. The index is now 3% from an all-time high reached on May 19.
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U.S. stocks opened in negative territory at the start of the week, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) shedding 0.1%, as cautious investors awaited fresh economic data.
As of 9:34 a.m. in New York, the Dow Jones index was down 0.1% at 17,776.93. The S&P 500 was also down 0.1% at 2,071.89, while the tech heavy NASDAQ Composite fell less than 0.1% to 4,910.46.
Although U.S. stocks have rallied for six of the last seven weeks, some investors are cautious about the second quarter as global growth remains slow, and many developed stock-market shares are trading at record highs.
Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen added to that sentiment when she urged caution last week on hiking interest rates, given the risks from global economic conditions.
Data last week indicated strength in the U.S. labor market and a recovery in the manufacturing did not help in changing that sentiment.
Traders expect only one hike this year, Reuters reported, citing the CME Group’s FedWatch program.
Investors will closely assess the Fed minutes from the March meeting, due for release on Wednesday. Attention will also shift to corporate earnings, with Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA) kicking off the reporting season when it releases first-quarter results next Monday.
Global stocks inched higher on Monday. The Stoxx Europe 600 was up 0.8% halfway through the session. Stocks in Asia ended little changed. Markets in China were closed for a holiday, while Japan’s Nikkei Stock Average slid 0.3%
In commodities, oil futures swung between gains and losses. West Texas Intermediate for May delivery was last trading at $36.72, down 0.2%. Gold fell 0.1% to $1,222.20.
Virgin America Inc (NASDAQ:VA) surged 40% to a record high of $54.65 after striking a deal to bought by Alaska Air Group, Inc. (NYSE:ALK). Alaska Air beat out JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ:JBLU). The transaction is expected to close by January 1. Shares of Alaska fell five percent to $77.95, while JetBlue dropped 3.4%.
Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) advanced four percent to $247.39 as orders for the electric carmaker’s upcoming Model 3 topped 276,000. The $35,000 car is due out late in 2017.
HP Inc. (NYSE:HPQ) was down 0.6% even as the computer maker is expected to roll out an ultra-thin laptop in Paris on Tuesday that will go head-to-head with Apple Inc. (Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL).
SunEdison Inc (NYSE:SUNE) sank 42% to $0.25. The renewable-energy company is planning to file for bankruptcy protection within weeks, according to The Wall Street Journal. The Maryland Heights, Missouri-based company is in talks with creditors for a loan to fund operations during the bankruptcy filing process, the paper said.
Brocade Communications Systems Inc (NASDAQ:BRCD) tumbled 13% after the network gear maker agreed to buy Ruckus Wireless Inc (NYSE:RKUS) in a cash and stock deal worth about $1.5 billion. RKUS stock soared 32% to $13.28.
General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) slipped 1.3% to $31.52. Bernstein downgraded the conglomerate to “market perform” from “outperform” on a valuation basis after the GE stock soared 27% over the past year.
The Dow Jones index stretched 2016 gains to 2.1% on Friday after reports showed the pace of job creation remained robust and manufacturing activity improved, fostering confidence in the economy. The index is now 3% from an all-time high reached on May 19.
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EU PSN Going Down For at Least Two Hours For More Maintenance Tomorrow [Update: US Too]
Sebastian MossWednesday, August 01, 2012
Sony has announced that tomorrow the PSN is going to do what it does best – go down for maintenance.
The platform holder revealed on the EU forums that “there is PSN Maintenance scheduled for Thursday 2nd August from 08:00 to 10:00 BST”.
For the duration of the maintenance Account Management and the PS Store will be unavailable. Some users will also be unable to log into the PlayStation Network. PlayStation Home will also be unavailable during the maintenance.
Sadly, they added that “there may be some additional downtime after the maintenance period for testing purposes”, so the PSN could be down for a longer time period as a result. So far, the downtime has only been confirmed for Europe, although the US Sony guys aren’t always as open about maintenance.
Last week, the PSN went down for maintenance worldwide on Thursday, and then went down again on Friday for a ton of people, despite not being scheduled maintenance.
Sony has declined to do an interview with PSLS about the numerous maintenance periods and crashes that have affected the PSN this year.
Just as we suspected, the downtime has spread to the US, with Matthew Harper, Sr. Manager, PlayStation Digital Platforms saying on the PS Blog:
To ensure that we can keep offering you the best online games experience, we will be performing routine maintenance on the PSN this evening (Thursday, August 2nd). This maintenance will start at approximately 12:00am midnight Pacific Time (1:00am MDT / 2:00am CDT /3:00 am EDT) and last for about two hours, ending around 2:00am PDT on Thursday, August 2nd (3:00am MDT / 4:00am CDT / 5:00am EDT). During this maintenance period you WILL be able to sign in to the Network if you have signed in at some point over the past few days. So please be sure to sign in now if you wish to access PSN during this maintenance window. Online play and apps will function as expected during this time. The PlayStation Store and Account Management will be unavailable for the duration of this maintenance.
Stick to PSLS to find out whether the downtime will bring any unforeseen bugs.
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Vegas victim: Crime spree was 'total terror'
Police later shot and killed Cody David Winters and arrested his accomplice, Natasha Galenn Jackson, on suspicion of murder, attempted murder, burglary, kidnapping and other charges
By Michelle Rindels
LAS VEGAS — A woman who was stabbed with a screwdriver while she unsuccessfully fought to save her husband from a pair of home invaders described Tuesday's deadly crime spree in Las Vegas as "total terror."
Julie Ramos escaped the attack with bruises and stab wounds, but her 59-year-old husband, Richard Ramos, was shot dead when he was unable to wrest a gun away from the intruders.
Julie Ramos, right, embraces neighbor Ana Kuhry outside of Ramos' home Wednesday, July 30, 2014, in Las Vegas. (AP Image)
2 dead, 2 hurt in Nev. crime spree
Police later shot and killed Cody David Winters, 27, and arrested his 35-year-old accomplice, Natasha Galenn Jackson, on suspicion of murder, attempted murder, burglary, kidnapping and other charges.
"I want everyone to know that Richard Ramos is the greatest guy in the world, and I don't want anyone to think he died in vain," Julie Ramos said at a news conference Wednesday. "He saved his family like the lion that he was."
Police said the crimes began at about 6:30 a.m. Tuesday, when Jackson and Winters — who's also known as "Havoc" — carjacked a freeway service vehicle that had stopped to help them on the side of the U.S. 95 freeway.
The driver of the roadside assistance vehicle thought the couple needed help. Instead, the duo pulled out a gun and knife and robbed the worker of personal items, including a cellphone, before forcing him to drive to a neighborhood about 3 miles east of the Las Vegas Strip, according to the police report. They let him leave, and he contacted police.
Meanwhile, Jackson told police she and Winters knocked on a door, asked the homeowner to use the phone and then pulled out a gun once they got inside. Jackson told police that she and Winters wanted to steal a car from the family.
Richard Ramos tried to grab the gun from Winters' hands, Jackson said, and Ramos' wife tried to help him in the struggle.
Jackson told police she stabbed Julie Ramos with a screwdriver and Winters got control of the gun, eventually shooting Richard Ramos, who died at a hospital.
Police said two of the Ramoses' children witnessed the attack.
The ordeal was "total terror, trauma, violation," Julie Ramos said. "I felt raped. I had to fight for my life. My husband fought for us to the bitter end. He was shot. He was stabbed. We saw it."
The invaders then scaled backyard walls and tried to break into two other homes. Police say Winters broke a window, entered another house and shot a woman there.
Police soon found the suspects and closed in on the area.
At one point in the standoff, Winters walked out of a house holding Jackson, pretending she was a hostage, according to police Capt. Matt McCarthy. But Jackson left his grasp and officers shot at Winters, who retreated into a house. Police arrested Jackson.
Officers said Winters came outside a second time, holding the woman who had been shot, McCarthy said. The woman fell to the ground, and officers shot Winters, who later died.
The woman shot in the second home was taken to the hospital in critical condition, McCarthy said.
Officer Larry Hadfield, a police spokesman, said the names of the officers involved in the shooting would be released in coming days.
Winters was convicted of driving under the influence in Idaho four times, and he's been in and out of prison several times since 2007. He also has battery and drug convictions, according to Idaho court records.
Ramos was a hard-working father of four who grew up in New York and worked as a salesman for a packaging company, according to his sister-in-law, Kim Johnston. The family has opened an account to accept donations for his survivors.
They also sounded a warning Wednesday.
"Please don't ever open your door for anybody," Julie Ramos said. "I sound so awful, but look what's happened. It happened to me."
Copyright 2014 The Associated Press
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Corsair crams a Core i9-9900K and RTX 2080 Ti into its compact desktop
By Paul Lilly 2019-01-07T20:01:03Z
A lot of power in the relatively little space of the Corsair One.
Companies are bringing out their big guns at CES, including Corsair, though its upgraded One desktops are only big in hardware specs—these are comparatively compact desktops that now ship with Intel's 9th generation Core processors and the latest RTX graphics from Nvidia. Even before the new hardware, the Corsair One was our compact choice among the best gaming PCs.
At the very top of the totem pole, the new Corsair One Pro i180 packs a Core i9-9920X processor with 12 cores and 24 threads of computing muscle. It's paired with a GeForce RTX 2080 Ti graphics card, 32GB of DDR4-2666 memory, and a capacious 960GB NVMe solid state drive. There's also a 2TB hard drive inside.
This particular configuration is not aimed at gamers, though obviously it would play games just fine. Instead, Corsair is billing its top end model as a compact workstation PC, noting that it "puts the power and performance of a full-fledged workstation into a small form factor that occupies less than a third of the space of its larger, more traditional counterparts."
Fair enough, though it doesn't come cheap—it's priced a penny below $5,000. A lot of that cost obviously goes to the high-end hardware, though you're also paying a premium for the design. It's a 12-liter case, compared to a traditional 35-liter (or bigger) workstation tower.
"Smaller than a backpack, the Corsair One Pro i180 is at home right on top of your desk— not under it. Integrated RGB light pipes incorporated into the chassis round out the system’s distinct style, and also work in tandem with Corsair iCue software for fully customizable real-time system monitoring," Corsair says.
More than just a hardware upgrade, Corsair says it completely redesigned the interior layout with a patented convection-assisted liquid cooling system for both the CPU and GPU. Hot air is ultimately expelled out the top of the case. We can't say how well the cooling works with the new layout and hardware, though when we reviewed the previous Corsair One last year, cooling was not an issue.
Corsair also rolled out two other models that do take aim at gaming, the Corsair One i160 and i140. The Corsair One i160 is slightly tamer than the workstation config, with a Core i9-9900K processor, GeForce RTX 2080 Ti graphics card, 32GB of DDR4-2666 RAM, and a 480GB NVMe SSD paired with a 2TB HDD. It's priced at $3,599.99.
The least expensive of the three is the Corsair One i140. It's still pricey though, at $2,999.99. For that you get a Core i7-9700K processor and GeForce RTX 2080 graphics card, along with same RAM and storage allotment as the i160.
The i140 configuration is available now in North America. Corsair's other two models will be available soon.
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IBM breaks silence over Census
Host of the 2016 Census expresses regret over inconvenience
Rohan Pearce (Computerworld) on 12 August, 2016 08:41
IBM has responded to the Census debacle after a conspicuous silence in the wake of Tuesday night’s website meltdown.
“We genuinely regret the inconvenience that has occurred,” a spokesperson for the company said in a statement issued yesterday evening.
“We want to thank the ABS, the Australian Signal Directorate and [the Prime Minister’s Special Advisor on Cyber Security] Alastair MacGibbon for their continued support.”
IBM is hosting the Census under a contract announced in late 2014.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull yesterday lashed out over the Census website failure, saying in a radio interview that “there has clearly been a failure in the work that was done” by IBM. “My prediction is that there will be some very serious consequences to this,” Turnbull said.
The denial of services attacks on the Census site “should have been repelled readily... they weren’t because of failures in the system that had been put in place for ABS by IBM.”
“IBM’s priority over the last two days was to work with the ABS to restore the Census site,” IBM’s spokesperson said.
“We are committed to our role in the delivery of this project. Continuing to maintain the privacy and security of personal information is paramount.
“The Australian Signals Directorate has confirmed no data was compromised. Our cyber-security experts are partnering with national intelligence agencies to ensure the ongoing integrity of the site.”
Read more Turnbull takes aim at IBM, ABS over Census
“The secure online Census form was put back up at 2.30 pm, Thursday 11th August, following advice from the Australian Signals Directorate,” the Australian Bureau of Statistics said in a statement yesterday afternoon.
“The ABS again apologises for the inconvenience and thanks everyone affected for their patience and helping shape Australia’s future.”
This morning the official Census Twitter account said: “We're experiencing some delays with emails being sent. Please ensure you record your password manually if you wish to save & come back later”.
The issue may be related to ABS blocking resolution of census.abs.gov.au when using Google's DNS servers (or other overseas DNS servers), with some reports indicating Gmail accounts are unable to receive Census emails. An nslookup of census.abs.gov.au using one of Google's public DNS servers failed at time of publication.
Read more Did the Census really suffer a denial-of-service 'attack'?
The ABS previously indicated it implemented geoblocking of overseas IP addresses in an attempt to stave off a series of denial of service attacks.
The government has announced a review into the Census. The review will be led by MacGibbon.
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What Happened to Goodbye
By Sarah Dessen
Read by Meredith Hagner
Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Social Issues
Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Social Issues | Audiobooks
Apr 09, 2013 | 432 Pages | Young Adult
May 10, 2011 | 432 Pages | Young Adult
May 10, 2011 | 608 Minutes | Young Adult
May 10, 2011 | 432 Pages
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About What Happened to Goodbye
From the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of Once and for All
A new day. A new place. A new life.
In the past few years, Mclean has pretended to be so many different people that she hardly remembers who she really is anymore.
The adorable guy next door might be able to help her figure it out.
But is she ready for it?
“A cut above” —People
Sarah Dessen is the winner of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for her contributions to YA literature, as well as the Romantic Times Career Achievement Award.
Books by Sarah Dessen:
Keeping the Moon
This Lullaby
The Truth About Forever
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The Moon and More
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Once and for All
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Since her parents’ bitter divorce, Mclean and her dad, a restaurant consultant, have been on the move – four towns in two years. Estranged from her mother and her mother’s new family, Mclean has followed her dad in leaving the unhappy past behind. And each new place gives her a chance to try out a new persona: from cheerleader to drama diva. But now, for the first time, Mclean discovers a desire to stay in one place and just be herself – whoever that is. Perhaps her neighbor Dave, an academic superstar trying to be just a regular guy, can help her find out. Combining Sarah Dessen’s trademark graceful writing, great characters, and compelling storytelling, What Happened to Goodbye is irresistible reading.
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Sarah Dessen is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of over a dozen novels for teens, which have received numerous awards and rave reviews, and have sold millions of copies worldwide. She is the recipient of the 2017 Margaret A. Edwards Award from the American Library Association. … More about Sarah Dessen
Published by Speak
Apr 09, 2013 | 432 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | Young Adult | ISBN 9780142423837
May 10, 2011 | 432 Pages | Young Adult | ISBN 9781101528648
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May 10, 2011 | 608 Minutes | Young Adult | ISBN 9781101526248
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"Dessen’s talent is creating just that comfortable space for young adults struggling with identity, relationships, and all that messy family stuff. Her quirky characters reach out to one another to forge genuine friendships and gentle first loves." — The Horn Book
"Dessen’s fans will be happy to devour this latest offering." — SLJ
"Dessen once again offers a substantive, well-crafted exploration of a teen’s life that will deeply satisfy her legions of fans." — Booklist
"Dessen’s prose is clean and focused, the characters are developed and real, and the plot is believable. Mclean’s journey through the healing process after her parents’ divorce provides bibliotherapy for any teen dealing with family issues, and the secondary plot of tentative steps toward trust and friendship is beautiful. This is a must-have for any young adult collection." — VOYA
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MoD criticised for failing to reveal workers potentially exposed to asbestos
By Ashleigh Webber on 2 May 2019 in Health surveillance, Occupational Health, Sickness absence management
A union has criticised the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for refusing to provide information about workers who might have come into contact with asbestos while working on its helicopters.
Unite said it had been urging the MoD for the past year to contact the estimated 1,000 workers who undertook maintenance on its Sea King helicopters, which used components containing asbestos.
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However, the MoD said it does not have a central record of the staff who had worked on the fleet since 1969, because many had been external contractors.
The union also requested information on how the MoD was contacting the workers to inform them that they could have come into contact with the substance, but it said it received no response.
Jim Kennedy, Unite national officer, said: “The MoD is more interested in covering up its failings then ensuring that workers who may have been exposed to asbestos are notified about their contamination.
“Workers could have been handed a death sentence by the MoD and it is not even prepared to warn them of what has occurred.”
The union urged the MoD to identify all current employees who may have been exposed to asbestos; offer counselling or medical checks for conditions like mesothelioma for all current and former workers; and notify all former MoD employees who may have had contact with the Sea King helicopters.
The MoD discovered asbestos in the helicopters last year, when maintenance on a retired aircraft revealed the presence of the material in an exhaust panel seal. It then emerged that components that contained asbestos had not been removed from the MoD’s supply chain.
In December the government urged military veterans and civilian maintenance workers who had worked on the Sea King fleet to report the possible exposure to the MoD, which would consider an award for compensation if they had developed an asbestos-related condition.
An MoD spokesperson told military publication Forces News: “We have been completely transparent throughout this process and have published comprehensive information for those who may have been exposed in the past, detailing the actions they should take.”
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Rove At The Park Opens Doors to a Thrilling Lifestyle Experience in Dubai Parks and Resorts
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DUBAI, UAE, June 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Rove Hotels, a contemporary midscale hotel brand, has opened its sixth hotel in Dubai - Rove At The Park - in Dubai Parks and Resorts, the largest integrated theme park destination in the region. As the opening offer, guests can stay at Rove At The Park for only AED 199 per night with the added incentive of two tickets to Dubai Parks and Resorts.
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Rove At The Park has 579 comfortably sized rooms and interconnecting family rooms. Guests at Dubai Parks and Resorts can access more than 100 fun and adrenaline-packed rides and attractions spread across MOTIONGATE(TM) Dubai, BOLLYWOOD PARKS(TM) Dubai, LEGOLAND® Dubai and LEGOLAND® Water Park as well as free access to themed zones at Riverland(TM) Dubai.
Paul Bridger, Corporate Director of Operations, Rove Hotels, said: "Guests love Rove Hotels for their central location, amenities, convenience and assured value, which have made the brand one of the most popular in the city. We are delighted to open Rove At The Park that offers a great getaway for Rovers."
"Dubai Parks and Resorts is a dynamic leisure destination that appeal to families, couples, and theme-park enthusiasts. Opening a second hotel is part of our strategy to have more than 1,300 keys at the destination by the second half of 2020," said Ahmed AlRayyes, Chief Retail & Hospitality Officer, DXB Entertainments, the company that owns Dubai Parks and Resorts.
Rove At The Park is only a half hour drive from Dubai International Airport and Al Maktoum International Airport. Guests can easily access several shopping and entertainment centres as well as the Expo 2020 Dubai site.
All rooms are designed to delight guests with a 48-inch interactive TV screen with a smart media hub and free wi-fi. The rooms have designer mattresses, pull-out beds for extra guests and a modern bathroom with power rain showers. The hotel offers smart services such as late check-out at 2pm, 24-hour gym, a pool and sun deck. The hotel has a 24-hour boutique convenience store, self-service laundromat and luggage store rooms. The Daily is an all-day hangout where guests can eat in or grab and go.
There are five other hotels under the brand in Dubai including Rove Downtown, Rove City Centre, Rove Healthcare City, Rove Trade Centre and Rove Dubai Marina.
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Report: AEW expected to announce major U.S. TV deal with TNT next week at WarnerMedia’s upfront event
By Sean Radican, PWTorch Columnist
AEW is expected to announce a TV deal with Turner next week, first reported by The Wrap. The deal is expected to be announced at Turner parent company WarnerMedia’s upfront event next Wednesday. Turner is expected to air weekly AEW episodes on TNT beginning in the fall, with Tuesday nights being a likely but not confirmed time slot.
AEW is the upstart company running it’s first official event “Double of Nothing” Memorial Day weekend on May 25 in Las Vegas, Nev. at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. The event will air on PPV and streaming services internationally including ITV in the UK. Top AEW names include Kenny Omega, Cody, The Young Bucks, Chris Jericho, Pac (a/k/a Neville), “Hangman” Adam Page, and Jim Ross. Cody, The Bucks, and Omega are executive vice presidents. Tony Khan, the son of owner Shahid Khan, is the leader of the promotion.
AEW is by far the most well funded and ambitious start-up company to create competition for WWE since WCW went out of business 18 years ago when its assets were acquired by WWE. WCW was owned by Turner, which is now reportedly the U.S. TV landing place for AEW. AEW will attempt to provide a legitimate alternative version of pro wrestling to the style WWE has promoted, and has the funding to compete for at least a handful of pro wrestling’s top star contracts to appear on relatively equal footing with WWE in terms of star power and production values.
Radican’s Analysis: This news isn’t a shocker to me. I had been told the deal wasn’t done recently. The article from The Wrap stated the deal was “virtually done.” The article also referenced that negotiations had been complex between both parties, which put the upfront announcement in jeopardy. It had been reported previously by The Wrap that AEW might be a time buy on Turner. This article didn’t mention that and only stated that financial terms of the deal likely won’t be disclosed since AEW is not a publicly traded company. When PWTorch reached out to sources about AEW being a time buy, sources strongly denied that was the case. The next news to break is what streaming component there might be to AEW’s TV deal.
RELATED: AEW’s “Double or Nothing” event from Las Vegas to be available on ITV Box Office in the U.K.
If you had to choose to between watching only #AEW on TNT (with all the unknowns) or #WWE on USA/Fox starting next October, and had to watch one and not the other for a full year, what brand would you commit to today?
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2 Comments on Report: AEW expected to announce major U.S. TV deal with TNT next week at WarnerMedia’s upfront event
1MatthewWilson May 10, 2019 at 7:48 am
To answer your Twitter question, since I’ve almost never watched WWE since 2014, I’ll take AEW on TNT of course!
Ben May 13, 2019 at 12:04 pm
This is a no brainer. It’s AEW. They should not go to Mondays just yet in order to establish an audience. It is a shame Ted Turner isn’t in charge anymore because then they could have some financial security like when WCW was losing money in the early 90s.
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Hudson Valley Psychological launches website
POUGHKEEPSIE — The Hudson Valley Psychological Association has launched a website, www.HVPA.org.
A feature called "Find a Psychologist" allows site visitors to locate psychologists in Orange, Ulster and Dutchess counties. The search parameters include the psychologist's location, types of insurance accepted and areas of expertise.
Founded in 1984, the HVPA seeks to advance the profession of psychology, serving the Hudson Valley.
For more information, call Dr. Lorinda R. Arella, communications chair, at 452-0274.
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Ichiro walks off to loud cheers, Mariners beat A’s in Japan (in game that counts)
Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki waves to spectators while leaving the field for defensive substitution in the eighth inning of Game 2 of the Major League baseball opening series against the Oakland Athletics at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Thursday, March 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Toru Takahashi)
TOKYO (AP) – Ichiro Suzuki was showered with cheers and chants while taking what appeared to be his final bow in a magnificent career that lasted nearly three decades Thursday night when the Seattle Mariners beat the Oakland Athletics 5-4 in 12 innings.
The 45-year-old Ichiro went 0 for 4 in the second game of the Major League Baseball season. He got a chance at a storybook ending at the jammed Tokyo Dome when he came up with two outs, a runner on second base and a tie score in the eighth inning, but grounded out.
Ichiro drew a huge ovation from fans and teammates when he was pulled from right field in the bottom of the eighth. The buzz from the sellout crowd of 45,000 diminished after his exit.
Domingo Santana, who hit a grand slam in Seattle’s 9-7 win in the opener Wednesday, beat out a double-play relay with the bases loaded to drive in the go-ahead run in the 12th.
Ryon Healy and Mitch Haniger homered for the Mariners, off to their first 2-0 start since opening 3-0 in 2014.
Khris Davis hit a two-out, two-run single with the bases loaded in the Oakland seventh to make it 4-all. Davis led the majors with 48 home runs last year and homered Wednesday. Davis struck out with the bases loaded to end the 11th.
Dee Gordon singled off losing pitcher Ryan Buchter to begin the Seattle 12th. He later scored on Santana’s one-out grounder when A’s shortstop Marcus Semien and second baseman Jurickson Profar were slow on the turn.
Zac Rosscup got the win and Hunter Strickland closed for his second save.
Ichiro was all smiles as he greeted his teammates after the final out.
The 10-time All-Star, whose pro career began in his homeland in 1992 when he was 18, took his spot in right field to begin the bottom of the eighth. He was then pulled to one more ovation, punctuating his walk with waves, tips of the hat and hugs as cameras flashed all around the park.
Ichiro’s teammates met him outside the dugout for a proper send-off in a three-minute tribute. Yusei Kikuchi, who pitched into the fifth inning of his major league debut, bowed to Ichiro – the Mariners rookie was tearing up as he buried his head into Ichiro’s shoulder.
Kikuchi became the first Japanese-born player to make his major league debut in Japan. Showing a firm fastball and sharp slider, the 27-year-old lefty gave up four hits in 4 2/3 innings.
In a fitting scene – a passing of the torch, possibly – Ichiro caught a flyball to end the fourth inning and Kikuchi waited for him outside the dugout for a fist bump. Kikuchi could be the next big star from Japan, having signed a contact in January that could be worth $109 million over seven years.
Kikuchi, who went to the same high school as Los Angeles Angels two-way phenom Shohei Ohtani, made his second pro start at the Tokyo Dome. He won with Seibu last June. Hiding the ball in his delivery, he often kept Oakland batters off-balance while striking out three and walking one.
Semien hit an RBI single on Kikuchi’s 91st and final pitch, making it 3-1. Roenis Elias relieved and got Matt Chapman to hit a comebacker, but first baseman Jay Bruce dropped the throw, allowing a run to score.
A’s starter Marco Estrada allowed three runs in five innings. The 35-year-old righty made his Oakland debut after going 7-14 with a career-worst 5.64 ERA last season for Toronto while hampered by hip and back problems.
Mariners: Back to spring training for the M’s. For the players who didn’t make the trip to Japan, there are exhibition games Thursday night in Arizona against the split-squad Reds and Friday night with the split-squad Angels. Seattle opens the regular season at home March 28 against the World Series champion Boston Red Sox.
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Car Refrigerator Market : Global Demand Analysis & Opportunity Outlook 2024
Car Refrigerator Market Overview
Car refrigerator is defined as a portable refrigerator which is designed to fit in any vehicle. It is optimized to fit on the floor in front of the smaller middle seat located in maximum cars. It is designed to run off the rechargeable battery or by the car AC port. Car refrigerator is more convenient and more efficient in storing supplies and food, rather than using an insulated food and beverage box with ice packs because as the ice packs melt, the box will begin to heat up. Therefore, the car refrigerators provide convenience and versatility in a simple form.
The global car refrigerator market is expected to grow at a robust growth rate over the forecast period i.e. 2017-2024. The global car refrigerator market is driven by the rapid growth of automobile industry and rising purchasing power of the consumer for innovative and technologically advanced luxury items.
The most prominent regional markets include North America and Asia-Pacific. The global car refrigerator market has been dominated by North America, owing to favorable market conditions and increase in adoption for new advanced technologies. Asia–Pacific region is expected to capture significant share during the forecast period aided by China and India, the fastest developing countries. Further, the growing indigenous demand for car refrigerator in India is a result of rising disposable income among the growing middle and affluent class. One of the key factors raising the demand for car refrigerator in this region is need for cold storage in commercial vehicles by cab drivers. In Europe, the car refrigerator market is estimated to attain maturity as most of the vehicles are equipped with high end electronics and safety features. In Western Europe, Germany is estimated to dominate the car refrigerator market. However, Eastern Europe and North American countries such as Mexico and Canada still have the potential market due to increasing vehicle production capacity and commissioning of new vehicle assembly plants. CLICK TO DOWNLOAD FREE SAMPLE REPORT
Our in-depth analysis segmented the car refrigerator market in the following segments:
By Distribution Channel
Physical Store
Global car refrigerator market is further classified on the basis of region as follows:
Rising disposable income coupled with changing lifestyle of the people is the one of the key growth drivers for car refrigerator market. Further, rising sale of luxury cars is believed to be the dynamic factor behind the growth of the car refrigerator market. Also, increasing demand for car equipped refrigerator from the consumers is expected to drive the market over the forecast period. Rapid urbanization has led to the growth of global car refrigerator market. Furthermore, increase in demand for high-end electronics, mainly in commercial cars is anticipated to be the significant factor behind the rapid growth of car refrigerator market. However, incorporation of refrigerators has resulted in increased price of the car. This factor is anticipated to restrain the growth of global car refrigerator market. Moreover, maintenance issue associated with the car refrigerator is hindering the development of car refrigerator market which is further likely to dampen the market growth in future.
The major key players for car refrigerator market are as follows
PNDA
IndelB
Kingcool
Fiyilian
Congbao
Aotuotai
The global car refrigerator market is segmented as follows:
By Price Range Market Size & Y-O-Y Growth Analysis
By Distribution Channel Market Size & Y-O-Y Growth Analysis
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