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The Crazy Rhythms Of Mata Hari
STAG-O-LEE
STAGO 099LP STAGO 099LP
Rolling rockabilly, hot and cool hillbilly-country, wild western swing, sleazy-listening, surf-strip-popcorn-trash, sinuous soul and slinky r n' b deep in the Mississippi delta lie the roots of blues and soul. In Memphis, Tennessee - a mysterious place for all music lovers - the cradle of rock n´ roll is rocking to the rhythm of the "muddy old river". Right there in the south of "eerie America", in New Orleans and further upstream in Memphis you can find the legendary places where musical history was made, and where the genesis of rock n' roll and rockabilly (a combination of country and hillbilly) took place. The journey continues further north to Nashville, to Texas or to Chicago... The legendary pulp-country deejay-team and the Mata Hari-Bar (Nuremberg) melt into the Memphis Music Club: an exciting cooperation of two entities, passionate about and in love with these sounds. They aim to honor this kind of music and to inspire their guests. Welcome! Come on in! This angel heart jukebox is filled with tunes that carry the rhythm and spirit of the South! Features: Jimmy Spellman, Tommy Collins, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Hayden Thompson, Charlie Feathers, Ronnie Hayward, Hank Thomson, Johnny Horton, Bill Haley & His Saddlemen, The Swanks, Al Casey, Mad Man Jones, Jimmy Oliver Orchestra, Joe Johnson, Little Esther, Dave Bartholomew, The Delta Rhythm Boys, Buddy & Ella Johnson, Louis Jordan, Johnny Williams, Mike Robinson, Willie Jones, Bobby King, Bunker Hill, Big Mama Thornton, Billy Hamlin, Gus Jenkins Orchestra, Ernie Washington, Les Brown Jr., Jim Tyler, and Red Sovine.
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Nikon 300mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S Nikkor
nikon 300mm f/4
Editor's Note: this is an old review re-published from Bjørn's website.
I had eagerly awaited my review sample of the AFS 300 mm f/4 ED-IF Nikkor for some time now. This lens would replace the old AF version with its outdated AF system, and give Nikon users an "economy" alternative to the professional AFS long-focal Nikkors. However, during lens testing I encountered problems with this new lens that should not go unnoticed for others.
Basically, the AFS 300 mm f/4 Nikkor is a well-built, fairly compact medium telephoto design and nice workmanship, although by necessity it is somewhat fatter along the waist than its AF predecessor. However, filter thread size is slimmed from 82 mm to 77 mm to conform with most of the newer "pro" Nikkors. The lens shade is telescoping but can - at last - be screwed into a locked position (same principle as the 400 mm f/3.5 Nikkor). The focusing collar is moved further back to allow easy manual focusing, something that was nearly impossible on the AF 300/4. There is an M/A switch similar to that of other AFS lenses allowing easy and precise manual tuning of focus at any time, even when the lens is driven by the AFS system to a sharply focused setting. So far, so good.
Most people would, sometimes or even permanently, deploy their 300 mm lenses on tripods. So would I. However, the tripod collar on the AFS 300 mm f/4 is a textbook example of bad design. Probably in order to save a few yen, the designers opted for a very narrow collar, which rides on a soft dampening material. The tripod mount extends from the collar in a cantilevered fashion and is outrageously thin, and flexes easily. I had serious thoughts about the usefulness of this tripod attachment. Subsequent test shooting proved me, unfortunately, more than correct in my suspicion.
For the images shown here, both lenses were set to f/5.6 and exposures were identical at 1/15 sec. I used Provia 100 F in my Nikon F5 for the test shooting of brick walls (I must have at least a national record in brick wall photography) and all frames for both lenses were adjacent on the test roll. I examined and scored the processed film using my standard set-up with a Nikon stereo microscope at 40X magnification and halogen fibre-optical lighting. For illustrative purposes, I just publish two shots which show what the fuss is all about. The frames are scanned at 2700 dpi (16X oversampling) in a Nikon LS-2000 film scanner, with no exposure adjustment so the frames and details therein can be directly compared.
There is a small difference in colour rendition between these 300 mm lenses, with the older MF lens being slighly warmer, and the AFS 300 having subtly higher colour saturation. The difference is visible in side-by-side test shots, clearly indicated here, but I sincerely doubt the practical significance of this.
The details below represent an area of 3 by 4 mm in the centre of the test images. The images speak for themselves. While the image obtained with the MF 300 lens displays all the crispness and sharpness you would expect from a professional lens - even individual sand grains in the brick mortar are clearly visible, the AFS Nikkor turned in a disastrous result. No more and no less. Upon scrutinising this image, you can easily see tell-tale signs of vibrational movement. There is a blurred streaking slanted to the left showing the whole set-up did shake violently while the frame was exposed. In fact, the viewfinder image with the AFS 300 mounted had that "swimming" quality about it that I personally associate with the cheapest of cheap tripods.
Now, it could possibly be claimed that my set-up wasn't fair and biased in the disfavour of the AFS Nikkor lens, firstly because a heavy professional camera (F5, made even heavier with its attached "L" bracket) was employed. Secondly, I used a very light and extremely rigid tripod, my Sachtler S-14 (now designated DA-75) equipped with the substantial Foba Studioball head. Since this set-up is slightly less expensive (in Norway, at least) than the 300 Nikkor, it might be argued it was of insufficient quality to keep the lens and F5 steady. However, as evidenced by the concurrently taken test shots with the MF 300 Nikkor, the Sachtler tripod enabled that very lens to deliver images of the highest quality calibre, so why not with the AFS 300?
Admittedly, test exposures ranged from 1/60 to 1/2 sec and thus were squarely within the "danger" zone for camera-induced vibrations. However, why should this only be a problem with the AFS 300, and not apply to all other tested lenses? The answer is quite simply that none of the other lenses had this poorly designed tripod collar, and thus mounted securely on my tripod. Just take a look at the tripod collars of, say, a manual 300 or 400 mm Nikkor, and feel their massive solidity. These tripod collars do their task perfectly.
In fact, I have shot test sequences with all of my long Nikkors on this very Sachtler tripod, and they include the 300 mm f/4 and f/4.5 Nikkors which never gave any problems at all. Coming to think of it, this would be the first jarred pictures caused by a poor tripod collar amongst the more than 100.000 shots taken on my Sachtler tripods.
For some later test shots done with the D1, and using a heavy-duty Sachtler fluid-head on my tripod, much sharper images were obtained with the 300 AFS. Of course, at shutter speeds faster than 1/125 sec with a tripod-mounted lens you would expect sharp results and the AFS lens delivered the goods, this time. I was able to confirm the lack of colour fringing in these images, so essentially proving the potential high quality of the optics of the AFS 300 lens. What a pity this quality is so well hidden....
The really sad thing about the whole affair is that the forthcoming AF-VR 80-400 Nikkor has an identically designed tripod collar. Good grief. I won't say more - some people never learn, but possibly the VR technology needs a vibration-prone lens to work its magic? Time will tell.
Added note: Since this review first was published, I've been deluged with mails claiming I didn't perform the tests correctly, thus the end result should be blamed on me, my poor tripod and my inadequate testing set-up. In response to this I can only repeat that no other lens tested under similar conditions did produce such bad results. Draw your own conclusions.
And by the way, I now have received independent owner's statements to the effect that their experiences with the AFS 300/4 confirm my findings. This lens indeed is extremely prone to unsteadiness when mounted on a tripod, of any kind in fact.
Recently, I learnt from a review published on a not-so-critical website that the gripe about poor tripod support was BULL (literal quotation), and that sharp images were obtained at 2 second exposures. That statement doesn't prove a thing because all vibrations would dissipate at such long exposures anyway. Please note my observations refer to using exposures in the difficult range 1/2 to 1/60 sec.
Note 1 (6 Dec, 2000): I just learned today that Nikon has made an update of the tripod collar. The external look is quite similar, but the collar and in particular the cantilevered portion now make a much more solid impression, and the flexing is nearly vanished. Seems they have enforced a critical segment just below the locking screw, plus added a thicker and tighter inner felt clothing to the ring riding on the lens barrel. I examined several samples of this 300 and the 80-400 VR as well, and all had the new and improved collar. I will in due time re-test the AFS 300/4 to convince myself that Nikon finally got their act together.
Note 2 (15 Dec, 2000): Today I had opportunity of examining the two collars side by side. I did this on two 80-400 VR Nikkors with sn. 2025xx (old) and 2034xx (new), respectively. Externally they look virtually identical. However, when you rap them with the knuckles, the old version has a resonating "brittle" sound to it, whilst the new version sounds "dull". There are subtle differences in the cast too and they fit the lens barrel differently, the newer version being a much tighter fit. Presumably the material in the casting has been changed and this has lead to the increased rigidity of the collar. However, I still think the design basically is flawed and should be replaced by a much better collar. The optics deserve it and so do the buyers.
Note (20 January, 2001): Lots of people complain to me about the problems with AFS 300/4 - as if I should be held responsible for this predicament? However, I for one am always looking for solutions to any problem - be it small or big - so here are two alternatives that in fact work.
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Football | April 30, 2016
Leicester City can wrap up a historic and unprecedented first Premier League title with victory over Manchester United at Old Trafford on Sunday.
Kick-off: 13:05 GMT
Venue: Old Trafford
Referee: M. Oliver
Assistants: G. Beswick, L. Betts,
Fourth official: C. Pawson
Head-to-head summary:
TEAM MATCHES WIN DRAW LOSS
Manchester 83 40 21 22
Leicester 83 22 21 40
Previous encounter:
Leicester City 1 – Manchester United (Premier League)
Leicester City goalscorer: Vardy (24’)
Manchester United goalscorer: Schweinsteiger (45+1‘)
Players to watch:
With Foxes top scorer Jamie Vardy suspended for the match, Leicester will look to his partner in crime Riyad Mahrez for their cutting edge. The Algerian was recently voted PFA Players’ Player of the Year, and should be bursting with confidence.
For United, French winger Anthony Martial has been in decent scoring form of late, while United fans will hope to see more of young striker Marcus Rashford, whose rise to first-team fame has been one of the more exciting plots in an otherwise forgettable campaign for the Red Devils.
Team form and manager quotes:
The Foxes have now won six of their last seven matches, most recently a 4-0 demolition of Swansea City after dropping points in a 2-2 draw with West Ham.
The unlikely champions-elect need just three more points from their remaining three matches, but victory at the Theatre of Dreams will get the party started early.
PRESS CONFERENCE: #lcfc boss Claudio Ranieri looks ahead to Sunday’s trip to Old Trafford to face Man Utd. #MnuLeihttps://t.co/mmG27TZkIw
— Leicester City (@LCFC) April 29, 2016
“We are fighting to try to make this dream a reality, but not yet,” cautioned the ever-pragmatic Leicester boss Claudio Ranieri ahead of the game.
“I can understand all the happiness around the city – that is great – but that is the fans and we have to work. Sunday will be a very tough match, I have a lot of respect for [Louis] van Gaal, the players and Man United fans. I know very well it will be a very difficult match. But we go with the same mentality.”
That respect is mutual, with van Gaal saying that “it was never easy to beat his teams” when asked what he thinks of the experienced Italian, but the Dutchman doesn’t want to see the Foxes celebrating at their expense.
“We cannot allow them to become champions at Old Trafford,” van Gaal said. “We won’t spoil their party, just postpone it a little.”
CR: “This is unbelievable. This is history.” #MnuLei
In team news, Leicester will be without 22-goal striker Jamie Vardy, who is suspended following his red card against the Hammers, and subsequent reaction to lengthen the sentence.
For United, Adnan Januzaj (hamstring) is a doubt, while Bastian Schweinsteiger (medial collateral ligament) and Will Keane (groin/pelvis) join long-term absentee Luke Shaw (broken leg) on the sidelines.
Louis van Gaal tells #MUTV there are no new injuries. Schweinsteiger & Shaw are still out, with the defender progressing “very well”. #mufc
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) April 29, 2016
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A direct successor of the Nexuiz Project, Xonotic is a free, open source (GPL) shooter game that serves as the updated and much improved version of the former. After internal disagreements plagued the Nexuiz Project, several developers took a stand and vowed to remake the game from scratch. Creating one that’s even better and ensuring that it’ll remain free with an open source license.
The game was created by a team of “players, developers, and artists who enjoy learning and refining their skills through contribution and collaboration with other players from around the globe.” Thanks to this effort, this forked version features much of what gamers could hope for. With stunning graphics, engaging gameplay, great maps and a host of other features; Xonotic is slowly shaping up to becoming an excellent game.
Although the developers are still working on completing the entire game, their release of a 0.5 version is a great teaser for showcasing just how far the game has improved. Among the upgrades include a multi-language support which allows easy translation into languages such as German, Spanish, French, Italian and more.
It carries more maps, seven new ones to be specific. As for the older ones, these were tweaked and updated with more details added to ensure better gameplay. More vehicles and weapons are also incorporated to make the game more interesting. Player balance is also improved, ditching the dodgy and unstable Nexuiz gameplay. Plus, there’s a whole list of technical upgrades done to the game as well. You can check out more info right on their website. Judging from these improvements, they’re definitely looking to turn this into a standout affair that both hardcore gamers and developers will enjoy.
As of the moment, there are still a few bugs here and there but you can give it a try. It’s fast paced, free and works on all three major operating systems: Mac, Linux and Windows. Try it out.
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008: Jaymie Gerena
Jaymie Gerena is a mindset + biz branding coach for female entrepreneurs on a mission to turn her clients dreams into realities. She is the creator of Calling you Home Intensive Academy for those looking to take their mindset to the next level and leave with new insight and strategy for their businesses. Jaymie’s mission is to inspire women to live in their own confidence.
Jaymie has spent the last 5 years retraining her mind and empowering others to come to the realization that their past circumstances don't have to hinder their lives for the worse. She not only overcame mountains of adversity during her younger years but she made a promise to will help as many women possible to see their own true potential and self-worth.
Instagram: JaymieGerena
Facebook Jaymie-Lee Gerena
Website Jaymiegerena.com
In this episode We Need to Talk About
Being raised by a single mom with her father in and out of jail, she grew up with the idea that she needed to always have a man by her side to be fulfilled.
Physically, mentally, and emotionally abused growing up and how she created a new beginning through those struggles.
She found herself pregnant and married at 19 years old when it first dawned on her that finding her worth in a man wasn’t what she thought it was going to be. A single mom by the age of 22 she set out to redefine her worth and was determined to create a safe and happy home for herself and her children.
How to recognize the stories that keep us small
The new normal and stepping out of the cycle of chaos and abuse
How to be an advocate on the other side of trauma
How to rewrite the victim story
“I realized if I want a new life, I have to create a new story.”
grace presley November 28, 2018
007: Jillian Bolanz
Jillian Bolanz is a Life and Business Coach, writer, speaker, and facilitator. She is the host of True You Live- an inspirational, self-discovery, in-person event as well as the host of the Morning Sunshine with Jillian Bolanz podcast and the self-published author of "True You: A Self-Discovery Journal for the Curious Heart".
The founder of multiple coaching programs and the leader of many in-person retreats and experiences, Jillian helps motivated women loosen their grip on force and control, lean into trust, and create the lives and businesses they truly want.
Jillian's Mission is to help women feel empowered in their true selves. She guides them in spreading that truth in a way that feels life-giving and joyful to them - from within their own homes through building an incredible online presence - and allows them to make an enormous impact on the world.
She's helped thousands of women through this self-discovery and life/business building journey all while being home and present for her husband, her two sons, and her own true self.
www.jillianbolanz.com
IG @jillianbolanz (www.instagram.com/jillianbolanz)
FB fb.com/jillianbolanz
In this episode We Need To Talk About:
“I think it’s so important to recognize that we’ve got the ability to change things, and to step into our truth of who we are for the sake of who we are but also to teach our children who they are.”
Being a mama, soul sister, and “recovering Type A, must check off all the boxes, and fit into the things that people said I should do” person.
Finding the root of her body image issues and healing the trauma.
Figuring out that she was never going to be able to find happiness chasing after societies checklist.
How to stop dimming your light.
Letting go of the need for control, and how to flow.
Tapping into your masculine and feminine energies for creativity and abundance.
006: Stephanie Dawn Elizabeth
Stephanie Dawn Elizabeth is a Certified Inner Kindness Coach + Mentor for Girls, Host of The Girl Kind Podcast, and founder of The Girls Collective. She’s on a mission to help girls break through the stories the world has told them about what it means to be a girl in the world so that we can all show up as is, share our stories, and feel a little less alone.
Insta: https://www.instagram.com/stephaniedawnelizabeth/?hl=en
Website: stephaniedawnelizabeth.com
The Girl Kind Podcast is on iTunes, Apple Podcast, and Spotify.
Going to a private Catholic school and the distorted image it taught her about how to be a “girl.
Moving to another country for a partner and how that was actually an abandonment of herself
What lead to her finding herself in an abusive relationship and how she finally found the courage to leave.
How she found her voice and forgave her abuser.
How to take ownership of your story.
What letting go of shame and learning compassion actually looks like.
How finding a blog on kindness changed her life.
“We forgot to teach girls that we deserve the same kindness we give to others.”
005: Kelsey Abbott
Kelsey Abbott is a Confidence Coach & Instigator of Joy, writer, speaker and host of the Find Your Awesome podcast. She helps driven humans learn to really truly love themselves, shed the shoulds, embrace their own unique greatness and SPARKLE.
Kelsey studied at the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (IPEC) where she earned certifications as a Certified Professional Coach, Energy Leadership Master Practitioner and Cor.E Performance coach. She also studied at the Applied Neuroscience Institute, earning her NeuroPositive Certificate in using neuroscience to change how the brain processes challenges.
Before becoming a Confidence Coach, Kelsey was a nationally-recognized science writer and marine biologist, working in DC, Seattle, Hawaii and Barbados, training dolphins and studying killer whales in the process. A competitive swimmer for most of her life, Kelsey transitioned to triathlons where she now competes at the national and international level.
Website: https://www.kelseyabbott.com/
Insta: https://www.instagram.com/kelseyabbottcpc/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/findyourawesome/
Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/205312819975705/
Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-find-your-awesome-podcast/id1276217740?mt=2
https://www.kelseyabbott.com/podcast/
Growing up with a learning disability, and how sports propelled her through that.
As a “huge nerd” she took an alternate route that allowed her to do everything from studying dolphins in Hawaii to working for the government in DC, and how that brought her to becoming a Confidence Coach.
Feeling like an outsider most of her life and reframing it for happiness.
How sports and fitness are a constant source of inspiration
How saying “no” is liberating and a practice in self worth
Helping people fall in love with themselves and stop doing the “shoulds” of life
How to identity the inner critic and release it forever
“That trauma was like a really intense class. This is why you’re here, this is what you’re capable of. You’re here to share that with the world.”
grace presley November 7, 2018
004: Alli Owen
Alli’s conservative upbringing in a christian environment and believing she needed to save herself for marriage.
Being raped by a romantic partner and how that pushed her into overachievement overdrive, until she realized that she was never going to be able to achieve enough to fill that pain.
Leaving her high paying corporate engineering job to buy a van and travel the country with her husband, plus launching her own business.
How to reframe trauma to use that story for good
How travel was a practice in vulnerability
How to find the courage to share your story
How to decide that you are enough without climbing the corporate ladder
“Yes, it’s going to be so hard and so scary, but it’s going to be 100% worth it.”
“I’m going to empower myself to share my story and help other women, and use that for good.”
“You are never going to feel like your have enough until you decide you are enough.”
grace presley October 31, 2018 Comment
003: Tory Dube
Tory Dube is a retired dancer turned Holistic Nutrition Specialist, Certified Life Coach and Certified Hypnotherapist through Southwest Institute of Healing Arts. In Action, she’s a Transformational Coach coaching women to step into new levels of leadership, wealth & impact.
Tory is the host of the An Excellent Example of Being Human podcast, is a children's book author, hosts international wellness retreats, and works with clients around the world.
Her approach guides woman away from relying on pure logic and, instead, towards their inherently brilliant internal compass.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/torydubecoach/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/torydoobs/
Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/excellent-example-being-human-health-empowerment-self/id1340943341?mt=2
Freebie link for Morning Manifestation Kit: https://torydube.simplero.com/purchase/68265-Morning-Manifestation-Kit/freebie/a5e4cb276101f9f6
In this episode we talk:
Tory’s eating disorder and how she has reframed the stories to ones that empower her the most.
Dropping out of college, breaking up with her long time boyfriend, and moving back home to her parent’s house.
Her major wake up call and what she actions she took that she also preaches to her clients.
How the entrepreneurial journey is a fast track to dealing with our own bullshit.
How to trust that being human and yourself is enough to build a business.
Why you don’t need to follow the typical linear path
How being multi-passionate can be your biggest asset.
grace presley October 24, 2018
002: Karen Kenney
Karen Kenney is a writer, speaker, and the founder of Fearless Flow Spiritual Mentoring. She’s been a student & guide of A Course in Miracles for 25+ years and a certified yoga teacher since 2001. KK is known for her storytelling, her sense of humor and her “down-to-earth” approach to spirituality. Karen helps people let go of their old stories of suffering and victimization so they can write a new kick-ass story from that inner place of power, forgiveness and Spirit. She leads transformational retreats at the renowned Omega Institute in NY and in the New England area. Karen’s currently at work on her memoir and her Group Coaching Program - "Your Story to Your Glory"is about to kick-off!
KK Website: http://karenkenney.com
FB: https://www.facebook.com/karenkenneylive/
MF'N Peacocks FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1031627910351000/
InstaGram: https://www.instagram.com/karenkenneylive/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/karenkenneylive
Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karenkenneylive/
001: Welcome to The We Need To Talk Podcast
Join Grace and Kimberly as they walk you through the birth and creation of the We Need To Talk Podcast.
How they met
The power of your stories
The power of your story and the connection through social media
The difference between telling your story and letting your story tell you
What it means to identify with specific pieces of your story
Finding your voice and the power behind “I believe you”
The Inaugural Episode Of We Need to Talk
In this episode, Grace briefly describes the inspired intention of We Need To Talk.
She invites you to join her as this podcast grows and continues to dive deep into the truth and power our stories.
grace presley February 21, 2018
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Mannheim Steamroller actually began as an alias for record producer/composer Chip Davis. The name "Mannheim Steamroller" comes from an 18th-century German musical technique, Mannheim rocket or roller, an ascending arpeggio popularized by the Mannheim school of composition. Before the fame of Steamroller, Davis had been best known for creating the country music character "C. W. McCall" (of "Convoy" fame) for his friend Bill Fries. Even before Davis made McCall a star, he produced an unusual album of classical music performed entirely by Davis and musical collaborator Jackson Berkey, using electric bass and synthesizers. Since no major label would handle its distribution, Davis founded his own music label, American Gramaphone (a play on the classical record label Deutsche Grammophon), to release the album. The result, Fresh Aire, was released in 1975 under the pseudonym Mannheim Steamroller, in the hopes of the album being a best seller. Fresh Aire II was subsequently released in 1977 and Fresh Aire III was released in 1979.
In 1986, Mannheim Steamroller released music composed for a PBS special called Saving the Wildlife, which featured one track from Fresh Aire VI and twelve new tracks. In 1987, Davis collaborated with guitarist/composer Mason Williams for the album "Classical Gas". The music was composed entirely by Williams but produced and arranged by Davis. The album opens with a remake of Williams' 1968 instrumental "Classical Gas", which used the original arrangement.
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Researcher convinced he can replace honeybees
Ross Courtney
March 15th 2017 Issue
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WSU horticulturist secures three more years of funding for mechanical pollination research.
Ross Courtney // Mar 29, 2017 // News // Pollination // Research
Matt Whiting shows a netted cherry limb in early March 2015 during a mechanical pollination trial held in Prosser, Washington. The netting prevents natural pollination. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)
An ongoing project by Matt Whiting, a Washington State University horticulturist, to develop a system of mechanical pollination has received three more years of funding from the Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission.
Whiting’s idea is to use an electrostatic sprayer with tanks full of pollen stirred into a sticky suspension to pollinate tree fruit. His goal is to someday pollinate without all the uncertainty that comes with relying only on honeybees and other biological pollinators.
“It’s so simple,” he said. “It’s so fundamental.”
Whiting’s project is funded at $232,000 for 2017, 2018 and 2019 to pay for salaries, supplies and travel to trial plots in Washington, California and even Chile.
Whiting, based at the university’s Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center in Prosser, Washington, first received about $61,000 in funding in 2014 and 2015 from the Research Commission and determined that using his suspension and an electrostatic sprayer increased pollen dispersal and fruit set in several trial orchards throughout the state. He called that stage “proof of concept.”
He received no funding in 2016 but continued some unofficial work with enthused growers who wanted to try it themselves. Some even bought their own sprayers.
His upcoming three-year project has several goals:
—Refine the rate and timing of pollen application to improve precision.
—Improve the quality of the suspension. He and his collaborators are trying to fine-tune a solution that will keep pollen viable for about an hour, make it more adhesive to the blooms and improve circulation through equipment. Pollen lasts a long time when dry but degrades quickly when wet.
—Test the efficiency of his suspension in a non-electrostatic sprayer. Pollination involves an electrical charge in nature, so he has been using an electrostatic sprayer in his trials to boost efficiency. Some growers who already own conventional sprayers asked him to test the difference between the two.
—Test the DNA of fruit seeds to track parentage, so he knows which fruits were set by his sprayer and which were set from honeybees or other ambient routes.
—The final goal of his project involves pollen production. If Whiting’s machinery and suspension truly replace bees, the fruit industry will need a source of pollen, a scarce commodity. This spring, he and collaborators are planting three trial blocks of cherry trees and plan to cultivate them solely for pollen, not fruit, and evaluate the production of different horticultural systems.
One of the pollen blocks will be planted at the university’s Roza research orchard north of Prosser and another by a commercial fruit grower and one of Whiting’s collaborators, Whiting said. The other will be in the Yakima area, planted by Firman Pollen. The Yakima company and another research collaborator plan to plant about 9 acres of trees this year and another dozen or so the following year.
“It’s a little bit of an adventure,” said Ryan McClure, whose family owns Firman Pollen. “It’s a little risky.” But the company has trouble keeping up with the demand for pollen for dusting, , the most common current form of mechanical pollination.
In spite of the scientific and engineering challenges of the next three years, Whiting is convinced his method of precision pollination will become the new norm, replacing the fruit industry’s long reliance on honeybees. “I’m 100 percent convinced,” he said. •
By Ross Courtney|2017-04-03T08:39:25+00:00March 29th, 2017|March 15th 2017 Issue, News, Pollination, Research, Ross Courtney|
About the Author: Ross Courtney
Ross Courtney is an associate editor for Good Fruit Grower, writing articles and taking photos for the print magazine and website. He has a degree from Pacific Lutheran University. -- Follow the author -- Contact: 509-930-8798 or email.
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Amy Swan
Earlier this yr, the Institute on Taxation and Financial Coverage, a liberal assume tank, reported that Amazon, probably the most worthwhile firms on the earth, paid no federal taxes on a supposed $11.2 billion in income in 2018. Many People felt outraged, and shortly thereafter Senator Elizabeth Warren launched a plan to pressure corporations like Amazon to pay their “justifiable share” of taxes.
However on this case, the outrage was considerably misplaced. We shouldn’t be astonished that Amazon pays no taxes, for the straightforward cause that it doesn’t truly flip a revenue. Whereas the corporate used accounting methods to point out a constructive money move on paper, its zero-dollar tax invoice extra precisely displays the character of the enterprise.
As we speak, many companies, not simply Amazon, have adopted a progress technique based mostly on speedy enlargement and adverse money movement. They’re propped up by buyers and by low rates of interest that present low cost and quick access to capital. They will’t be unprofitable endlessly, the considering goes, they usually should have an exit technique, even when they don’t share it publicly. Till then, they proceed to hemorrhage money of their quest for an ever larger market share. The orthodox narrative on Wall Road is that these companies are reinvesting what would in any other case be income, as an alternative of sharing them with buyers and shareholders. This narrative means that we’re witnessing one of many biggest wealth transfers within the historical past of capitalism. By investing all their income again into the agency, these corporations are primarily transferring wealth from their buyers to us, the shoppers.
Nevertheless, it’s unclear how, and even whether or not, that’s truly occurring. Promoting under value is a basic means for aspiring monopolists to grab market share from smaller rivals who can’t afford to persistently lose cash. This system, referred to as predatory pricing, is dangerous for shoppers, and the financial system as an entire, as a result of it drives corporations out of the market not as a result of they’re much less aggressive or environment friendly, however as a result of they don’t have sufficient funds to outlive with out turning a revenue. That’s why predatory pricing is prohibited beneath federal antitrust regulation.
Immediately the U.S. financial system is rife with spectacularly useful firms that fail to show a revenue, counting on the persevering with religion of buyers. It’s not simply Amazon: Uber, Netflix, and WeWork are a number of the many different examples. To the typical individual, these corporations look like utilizing super-low costs to realize market share. But when predatory pricing is prohibited, how can this be occurring?
The reply is that what the typical individual thinks about Amazon’s enterprise technique doesn’t matter, as a result of the Supreme Courtroom has all however outlined predatory pricing out of existence. Taking cues from the conservative regulation and economics motion, the Courtroom has held that the technique is irrational as a matter of financial concept, as a result of for it to repay, the monopolist should recoup immediately’s losses by elevating costs dramatically sooner or later. However that gained’t work, the logic goes, as a result of once they do, rivals will swoop in and supply the identical service or product at decrease costs, irritating the complete scheme. Underneath that considering, the Courtroom has arrange guidelines making it almost inconceivable to show that predatory pricing is occurring.
However the Courtroom and most antitrust students have been making a scientific mistake. The prevailing doctrine assumes that there’s just one approach for a corporation to recoup its losses as soon as it has cornered the market: elevating costs. It ignores the opposite half of the revenue equation: prices. This can be a critical error, as a result of giants like Amazon have large energy to decrease prices by squeezing different events, like staff and suppliers. If you take each prices and costs under consideration, predatory pricing begins to look rather more rational, and subsequently extra widespread, than the courts have imagined.
To the typical individual, corporations like Amazon, Uber, Netflix, and WeWork look like utilizing super-low costs to realize market share. But when predatory pricing is prohibited, how can this be occurring?
In early June, the Federal Commerce Fee, Division of Justice, and Home Antitrust Subcommittee all introduced that they might be opening investigations into tech corporations. Thus far they haven’t stated something about whether or not they’ll look into predatory pricing. It will be a mistake to not. Amazon and the opposite “unicorns” on Wall Road declare to be closely investing in innovation now to reap the advantages sooner or later. However there’s purpose to consider that along with making these reliable investments, they’re spending closely to subsidize promoting under value. In different phrases, they could be getting away with predatory pricing in broad daylight. If federal regulators don’t begin asking the best questions, nevertheless, we might not know till it’s a lot too late.
Predatory pricing just isn’t a brand new phenomenon. It was one of many allegations introduced towards John D. Rockefeller’s Normal Oil in 1911, when the Supreme Courtroom determined to interrupt up the corporate. In subsequent selections, the Courtroom got here to carry that the follow was unlawful underneath federal antitrust legal guidelines. The rationale was easy. It’s good when an organization will get so environment friendly that it may well cost lower than its rivals. But when an organization reduces costs under its personal prices, then that doesn’t mirror effectivity, and should as an alternative be aimed toward cornering the market. That’s dangerous to shoppers in the long term, as a result of ultimately the corporate will begin charging larger costs than it might if it hadn’t crushed the competitors.
Via the late 1970s, instances involving predatory pricing have been widespread, however critics identified that the courts lacked a constant framework for deciding whether or not it was occurring in a given state of affairs. In 1975, a groundbreaking Harvard Regulation Evaluation article established an easy check: to show that an organization’s pricing scheme is predatory, a plaintiff should present each that the costs are under the price of producing a single services or products and that utilizing that technique to remove rivals is economically rational. The scheme counts as rational if the agency will have the ability to recoup its losses sooner or later “by way of larger income earned within the absence of competitors”—the entire level of getting a monopoly.
However just some years later, this method was subtly revised. In his 1978 magnum opus The Antitrust Paradox, which offered the blueprint for a conservative counterrevolution within the area, Robert Bork narrowed the definition of “recoupment” from turning a revenue to particularly charging larger costs. And any firm whose technique trusted elevating costs sooner or later, he reasoned, would run into the issue of latest rivals rising to undercut them. Predatory pricing, he concluded, was virtually all the time irrational, and courts must be extremely suspicious of events bringing ahead such claims.
That place, like most of Bork’s views on antitrust, made its means into the official doctrine of the Supreme Courtroom, which assumed that buyers and shareholders would refuse to permit corporations to lose cash on a scheme that was unlikely to work. And so, based on the judiciary and mainstream antitrust legal professionals, we’ve got little to worry from the practices of corporations that promote services for ridiculously low costs, yr after yr, with out making a revenue.
However the rise of platforms which might be each insanely beneficial and persistently unprofitable has made the Courtroom’s assumptions look more and more shaky. As Amazon, Netflix, and Uber have proven, buyers and shareholders could be greater than prepared to tolerate losses in the event that they anticipate the agency to ultimately translate these losses right into a money-making scheme. The query is: How?
As I argued in a paper lately revealed within the Oxford Journal of Antitrust Enforcement, students on each side of the antitrust debate have been overlooking the opposite aspect of the predatory pricing equation: decreasing prices with out passing these financial savings alongside to the buyer.
Take Amazon. Whereas the corporate publicly claims to be worthwhile, it has reported a money outflow in statements filed with the Securities and Change Fee as just lately as the top of 2017. That signifies that—as soon as numerous debt obligations have been taken under consideration—Amazon was dropping cash. For instance, for the 2017 calendar yr, it reported a internet money outflow of $1.5 billion. This raises the query: If Amazon is certainly dropping cash as a result of it’s pricing under value, what’s its technique for recouping these losses down the road?
In my paper, I argued that Amazon, which dominates almost 50 % of all e-commerce, may ultimately recoup its losses by rising so environment friendly that tomorrow’s prices drop far under at this time’s costs. Then, within the absence of competitors, it might face little strain to cross the financial savings onto clients.
Nevertheless, within the weeks that adopted the publication of the paper, a extra ominous speculation occurred to me. It begins with the truth that Amazon’s e-commerce enterprise is absolutely composed of two fundamental elements. Within the first, Amazon operates as a retailer, shopping for merchandise in bulk from distributors after which promoting on to shoppers. Beneath this mannequin Amazon bears all the prices related to storage, achievement, and delivery. This operation is just like a standard brick-and-mortar store. The second department is the Amazon Market: a digital mall during which sellers pay Amazon for the best to show and promote their items on its platform. The essential distinction is that within the Market, sellers shoulder the prices related to storage and achievement. In recent times the share of the Market has grown dramatically. In 2001, 6 % of merchandise gross sales on Amazon got here by way of the Market. Immediately, the determine is round 58 %.
Right here we see the potential for Amazon to recoup its losses in a method that Robert Bork by no means imagined. As an alternative of elevating shopper costs, Amazon can promote the identical merchandise, for a similar worth, however push increasingly distributors to turn into third-party sellers on the Market—offloading the prices of achievement and permitting Amazon to cost those self same entities larger charges.
This recoupment course of seems to be beneath means. Bloomberg just lately reported that Amazon was getting ready for a “provider purge”—ceasing to purchase from hundreds of wholesale distributors, and pushing them as an alternative to turn into sellers on the Market. On the similar time, there’s anecdotal proof that Amazon is making phrases much less beneficiant to sellers, in order that Amazon retains a much bigger minimize of the cash coming in. In early Might, I used to be contacted by the CEO of an organization that has generated over $65 million in income on the Market during the last 5 years. He spoke on the situation of anonymity, since he depends on Amazon for his livelihood, however agreed to let me take a look at his firm’s books. His story matched accounts I’ve heard from different sellers.
Till just lately, the CEO defined, Amazon handled his firm properly, as a result of sellers like him solved a key drawback: massive manufacturers have been refusing to promote on to Amazon, which means their merchandise have been unavailable on the location. Sellers on the Market crammed this significant void. They might purchase merchandise from the large manufacturers after which promote them on Amazon, thereby circumventing the embargo. Amazon handled sellers like royalty in change. For example, the CEO defined, the corporate charged unusually low charges for storing his firm’s merchandise, and if Amazon made a mistake within the achievement course of or misplaced merchandise shipped by sellers, it might shortly reimburse them, no questions requested. And most significantly, it provided its personal achievement providers, generally known as “Fulfilled by Amazon,” or FBA, at extraordinarily low costs—far decrease than what it will have value the CEO to satisfy orders on his personal. These have been the great days, he stated, when his enterprise grew from slightly below $1.5 million to greater than $6 million in annual income.
The Supreme Courtroom assumed that buyers and shareholders would refuse to permit corporations to lose cash yr after yr. However the rise of platforms which are each insanely worthwhile and persistently unprofitable has made the Courtroom’s assumptions look more and more shaky.
However now he fears that his firm’s days are numbered, as a consequence of ever shrinking revenue margins. What occurred? First, FBA turned far more costly. If again in 2014 achievement charges stood at 17 % of the vendor’s complete prices, they’re at present hovering at about 27 %. Second, Amazon now costs far more for stock storage: over the previous 4 years, the month-to-month fee per cubic foot that the CEO pays has elevated by over 40 %. (Add to this the truth that extra just lately, the CEO stated, he has needed to pay Amazon for promoting for his merchandise to have an opportunity of showing on the prime of search outcomes. Prior to now, a profitable product might prime the record with no increase from advert cash.) Amazon touts that it constantly invests in analysis and improvement and enhancing vertical integration (similar to shopping for its personal fleet of planes), ever striving towards higher value efficiencies. It’s onerous for the CEO to sq. that with the truth that achievement providers charges have grown by about 60 % as a proportion of his prices over the previous 5 years.
Why not depart Amazon achievement, then? It’s too dangerous, the CEO defined: even when he might increase sufficient capital to arrange an environment friendly achievement infrastructure, his firm would danger chapter within the occasion that Amazon suspended its account for any missed or delayed deliveries. And leaving Amazon solely can be suicide for many sellers.
All in all, it seems that if Amazon was certainly partaking in predatory pricing, it has now moved on to the recoupment part by shifting the prices of achievement onto third events and by squeezing greater commissions and costs from these sellers. By Amazon’s personal account, these symbolize one of many firm’s fastest-growing sources of income. In 2018, Amazon’s minimize of the income from third-party sellers totaled $42.7 billion, which translated to just about one out of each 5 dollars the corporate made.
The specter of predatory pricing goes far past Amazon. Uber, for example, has been up entrance in public bulletins, together with the paperwork for its IPO, about the truth that it’s operating its Uber Pool service at a loss as a way to achieve market share. And it has even mentioned the necessity to recoup its losses by decreasing the minimize of fares that drivers obtain. It’s removed from clear that Uber’s technique will work, as its lackluster IPO suggests—the ride-share business could also be unattainable to monopolize, because the limitations to entry for brand spanking new rivals are comparatively low. However Uber is only one high-profile instance. WeWork, one other cash-burning mammoth gearing up for an IPO, is one other. It might be leasing and shopping for workplace area around the globe so as to appeal to clients, solely to recoup its losses by squeezing landlords as soon as it snatches up a big sufficient market share of the world’s prime actual property.
Finally, nevertheless, we usually lack concrete proof that these corporations have been charging under value—the important thing approach to decide whether or not predatory pricing is happening—as a result of that info shouldn’t be a part of obligatory company disclosures. Equally, we will’t know for positive that the squeeze Amazon sellers are feeling today is a part of a recoupment plan. However the obtainable indicators must be triggering alarm bells in Washington. As a part of their upcoming investigations of the tech business, the Federal Commerce Fee, Division of Justice, and Home Antitrust Subcommittee ought to make corporations flip over the knowledge that might present whether or not they’re violating the prohibition on predatory pricing. For a extra forward-looking answer, regulators ought to create new guidelines requiring corporations that persistently lose cash to submit a confidential report displaying whether or not they’re pricing under value.
The excellent news is that at the very least one highly effective member of the judiciary, which wields disproportionate energy over how antitrust regulation is utilized, appears considerably attuned to the risks of firms that use their place as a dominant purchaser to impose unfair phrases on sellers—a phenomenon generally known as monopsony energy.
As an alternative of elevating shopper costs, Amazon can push increasingly more distributors to turn into third-party sellers on the Market—offloading the prices of achievement and permitting Amazon to cost those self same entities larger charges. This course of seems to be beneath means.
Because the decide put it in a 2017 determination of the U.S. Courtroom of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, “[T]he train of monopsony energy to briefly scale back shopper costs doesn’t qualify as an effectivity that may justify an in any other case anti-competitive [activity]. . . . Though each monopsony and bargaining energy end in decrease enter costs, strange bargaining energy often leads to decrease costs for shoppers, whereas monopsony energy often doesn’t, no less than over the long run.”
That was Brett Kavanaugh, now a member of the Supreme Courtroom and, maybe surprisingly, a possible swing justice on the subject of antitrust regulation. In Might, Kavanaugh joined the Courtroom’s 4 liberals to permit an antitrust case to proceed towards Apple based mostly on the phrases it imposes on third-party builders within the App Retailer. “A retailer who’s each a monopolist and a monopsonist could also be liable to totally different courses of plaintiffs—each to downstream shoppers and to upstream suppliers—when the retailer’s illegal conduct impacts each the downstream and upstream markets,” he wrote within the majority opinion.
There’s little question that damaging cash-flow juggernauts like Amazon have used technological improvements to offer shoppers with wonderful providers at a unbelievable discount. The query is whether or not they’re additionally utilizing unlawful techniques to push rivals—together with tomorrow’s would-be innovators—out of the market. If they’re, they usually aren’t stopped quickly, we’ll doubtless come to seek out that the discount wasn’t value it.
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Fast rising Afro beats RnB singer Sena Hukpati otherwise known as Sena Huks, has released his new album titled” WHEN IT’S DAY (Wednesday) “.
In an exclusive interview with GhBase Entertainment, the talented singer shared with us his journey in the music industry.
Sena Huks, in the interview stated that he started music at the early stage of 4 years. According to Sena he used to perform at talent shows in Elementary school where he formed a music group called PLOD. After senior high school however, he went solo and left the group in 2007.
He re-branded himself to SENA HUKS in 2011 after which he dropped his hit single “WONKOAA” which featured Guru in 2012.
He also dropped “LET IT GO” EP in 2014, a mixtape featuring GURU, LOUSIKA and BIG CHRIS (UK) on EP.
He further on added that he went on a music break and made a comeback with his another hit single “MARRY ME” in 2016. Sena also did a cover of OSIBISA’s “Woyaaya” which got featured at the VGMA’s in 2017 and 2018.
In 2017 he released “NO MORE” and “SEND ME YOUR LOVE”. He also in 2018 released “I NO DEY GET YOU” and “GOD DO AM”.
To put more icing on the cake, he has released a new album titled “WHEN IT’S DAY (Wednesday) out in 2019.
Sena Huks has performed on many platforms both local and international. He has had a good level of exposure by Performing in Japan, Europe and Ghana. Some of the events he performed in include; Glitz Africa launch, Miss Ghana 2017 Fashion week , Miss Ghana France 2016 , Bisa K’dei in France 2016 , Africa Day Concert in France 2016 , Private events (Weddings etc.) • Private Corporate events in Ghana, France, Japan, UK, Norway among others.
Sena Hukpati was born on 29th June 1988. He had his elementary school at Morning Star School, where he proceeded to Presbyterian Boys’ Senior High School, PRESEC.
He later on furthered his study at the premium University in Ghana, University of Ghana Legon, where he pursued a BSc in Geology. He also went to IFP School, France where he obtained MSc. in Petroleum Geoscience. He is currently a Petroleum Geoscientist.
His interests is mainly in CSR (Social business). He is the Vice-CEO and Coordinating officer for Tatas and Friends Foundation (NGO) organizers of Kenkey for the Needy charity event.
He also does private volunteering works with DBA Network and also supports UNHCR – Luquluqu Tribe.
When asked about his social media presence, he bemoaned that he has a fast growing online following on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat and YouTube.
His social media handles are; @senahuks, www.senahuks.com.
When asked where he wanted to see himself in the next five year, Sena Huks mentioned that he wants to be a renowned music brand in Ghana, Africa and across the globe. He also wants to be a part of a new generation of DREAM CHASERS and become a role model to a new growing generation.
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SBCT infantry companies and battalions use snipers extensively in all operations. Snipers can significantly increase the company's combat power if utilized correctly.
C-1. SNIPER CHARACTERISTICS AND PLANNING
The SBCT infantry company employs snipers in three-man teams, each consisting of a sniper, an observer, and one man who secures the team. The senior man in the team is the observer, the next most senior is the sniper, and the junior man secures the sniper team. Normally, the observer and the security man carry an M4 or M203, and the sniper carries the chosen sniper weapon. Sniper teams should avoid sustained battles. During long periods of observation, team members help each other with range estimation, round adjustment, and security.
a. Sniper teams should be centrally controlled by the commander but may be task-organized to platoons. Once deployed, sniper teams must be able to operate independently, as required. Therefore, they must understand the commander's intent, his concept of the operation, and the purpose for their assigned mission. This understanding allows the sniper teams to exercise responsible initiative within the framework of the commander's intent and to support the commander's concept and achievement of the unit's mission. To ensure clear fields of fire and observation, the teams must be able to choose their own positions once they are on the ground. Sniper teams are effective only in areas that offer good fields of fire and observation.
b. Sniper teams should move to a release point with a security element (squad or platoon) when possible. The sniper team moves on its own after reaching the release point, which allows the team to reach its area of operations faster and more safely than if it went alone from the start point. A security element can also protect the sniper section during operations. When moving with a security element, snipers follow these guidelines:
(1) The leader of the security element leads the sniper team.
(2) Snipers must appear to be an integral part of the security element. Thus, the sniper team should carry the sniper weapon system in line with and close to the body to hide its outline and barrel length and should conceal from view all sniper-unique equipment such as optics and ghillie suits. The team also should maintain proper intervals and positions in the element formation and wear the same uniform as that of element members.
c. History has proven that a commander who employs snipers intelligently, skillfully, and with originality gains a payoff far greater than expected. Therefore, it is essential that a company commander understand the proper employment of sniper teams. If a company commander knows the abilities and limitations of a sniper team, then the team can contribute significantly to the fight. A company commander should consider carefully all the factors of METT-TC to determine proper employment of sniper teams.
(1) Mission Analysis. The sniper team's primary concern is to support combat operations by delivering precise rifle fire from concealed positions. The mission assigned to a sniper team for a particular operation consists of the task(s) that the company commander wants the sniper team to accomplish and the purpose for each task. The commander must decide how he wants his sniper team to affect the battlefield; then he must assign missions to achieve this effect. The company commander must prioritize targets so the sniper team can avoid involvement in sustained engagements. Regardless of the method used, the sniper team must be free to exercise responsible initiative by changing targets to continue to support the commander's intent.
(a) The company commander may describe the effect or result he expects and allow the sniper team to select key targets. Whether he does this depends on the sniper team's skills and on how well he trusts them.
(b) He may assign specific types of targets. For example, if he wants to disrupt the defensive preparations of the enemy, he may want the sniper team to kill bulldozer and other engineer equipment operators. He may want them to disable vehicles carrying supplies, or he may want them to engage soldiers digging enemy defensive positions.
(c) He also may assign specific targets. These can include leaders, command and control operators, ATGM gunners, armored-vehicle commanders, or crew-served weapons crews.
(2) Enemy Analysis. The commander must consider the composition, disposition, strengths, capabilities, weaknesses, and characteristics of the enemy. Is the enemy force heavy or light, rested or tired, disciplined or not? Is it motorized infantry or towed artillery? Is it well-supplied or severely short of supplies? Is the enemy patrolling aggressively or does he have minimal security? Is he positioned in assembly areas or dug in? The answers to such questions help the company commander determine the enemy's susceptibility and reaction to effective sniper team employment. Naturally, a well-rested, well-led, well-supplied, and aggressive enemy with armored protection poses a greater threat to a sniper team than an enemy who is tired, poorly led, poorly supplied, lazy, and unprotected. The company commander Also needs to know if enemy snipers are present and if they are effective. Enemy snipers can pose a significant danger to the company sniper team. The sniper team can assist the commander in determining or countering the enemy sniper threat. A sniper has expert knowledge of sniping and likely enemy hiding places; he can normally engage enemy marksmen and irregulars at a greater range than the enemy sniper can engage the company.
(3) Terrain Analysis. The commander must evaluate the terrain in the sniper's area of operations, the terrain he must travel to reach it, and the time and effort snipers will expend getting into position. He must also consider the effect of weather on the sniper and on his visibility. The snipers will need good firing positions. They prefer positions at least 300 meters from their target area. Operating at this distance allows them to avoid effective fire from enemy rifles, yet they retain much of the 800- to 1,000-meter effective range of the sniper rifle. To be most effective, snipers need areas of operations with adequate observation and fields of fire.
(4) Troop Analysis. The company commander must decide how to employ all available assets. (Along with the company sniper section, each squad has a designated marksman). Much depends on soldier availability, the duration of the operation, the expected opposition, and the number and difficulty of tasks and targets assigned to the sniper team and the designated marksmen. Commanders also must consider the level of training and physical conditioning of the sniper team and the designated marksmen.
(5) Time Analysis. The company commander must consider how much time the sniper team will have to achieve the expected result. The sniper team needs time to plan, coordinate, prepare, rehearse, move, and establish positions. A company commander must know and accept the increased risk of sniper team employment when the team lacks adequate time for planning or for other preparations such as moving to the area of operations.
(a) The amount of time a sniper team can remain in a position without losing effectiveness due to eye fatigue, muscle strain, or cramps depends mostly on the type of position. A sniper team usually can remain in an expedient position for 6 hours before it must be relieved. It can remain in the belly position or the semi-permanent hide for up to 48 hours before the team must be relieved. Mission duration times average 24 hours. (FM 23-10 provides guidance on sniper position considerations, construction, preparation, and occupation.)
(b) Movement factors for a sniper team moving with a security element are the same as for any infantry force. When a sniper team moves alone in the area of operations, it moves slowly, with its movement measured in feet and inches. The sniper team is the best source for determining an accurate time estimate for a particular movement.
(6) Civilian Considerations. In cases where large crowds pose a threat to US forces, a sniper team can single out selected individuals. In populated areas where casualties should be kept to a minimum, the sniper team can be assigned to destroy enemy snipers.
C-2. EMPLOYMENT DURING OFFENSIVE OPERATIONS
Offensive operations carry the fight to the enemy to destroy his capability and will to fight. By destroying enemy targets that threaten the success of the attack, the sniper team can play a major role in offensive operations.
a. Offensive Operations. During offensive operations, a sniper team may perform the following:
Destroy enemy snipers.
Overwatch movement of friendly forces and suppress enemy targets that threaten the moving forces.
Place precision rifle fire on enemy crew-served weapons teams and into exposed bunker apertures.
Place precision rifle fire on enemy leaders, armored-vehicle drivers or commanders, forward observers, and other designated personnel.
Place precision rifle fire on small, isolated, or bypassed enemy forces.
Place precision rifle fire on enemy forces fleeing or threatening a counterattack.
Screen a flank.
Secure key terrain by controlling access to it with precision rifle fires.
b. Movement to Contact. During a movement to contact, a company commander has two sniper team employment options: the sniper team can move with the lead element, or the commander can employ the sniper team 24 to 48 hours prior to the company's movement to--
Select positions.
Gather information about the enemy.
Secure key terrain, preventing enemy surprise attacks.
c. Mounted Attack. During a mounted attack, the company's rapid movement limits the sniper team's role. However, when the company dismounts the infantry squads, the sniper team can be employed to support the dismounted assault.
d. Raid. During a raid, the sniper team can be employed with either the security element or the support element--
To cover avenues of approach and any escape routes that lead in to and out of the objective.
To cover friendly routes of withdrawal to the rally point.
To provide long-range rifle fires on the objective.
e. Consolidation. After consolidation, the sniper team may displace forward to new positions. These positions need not be on the objective. However, the sniper team must be able to place precision rifle fire on bypassed enemy positions, enemy counterattack forces, or other enemy positions that could degrade the company's ability to exploit the success of the attack.
C-3. EMPLOYMENT DURING DEFENSIVE OPERATIONS
A sniper team may effectively enhance or augment any company's defensive fire plan. After analyzing the terrain, the sniper team should recommend options to the company commander.
a. Defensive Operations. During defensive operations, a sniper team may perform the following:
Overwatch obstacles and demolitions.
Perform counterreconnaissance (destroy enemy reconnaissance elements).
Engage enemy observation posts, armored-vehicle commanders exposed in turrets, and ATGM teams.
Damage enemy vehicle optics to degrade movement.
Suppress enemy crew-served weapons.
Disrupt enemy follow-on units with long-range rifle fire.
b. Primary Positions. Sniper teams are generally positioned to observe or control one or more avenues of approach into the defensive position. The types of weapons systems available to the sniper team may lead the company commander to use his sniper team against secondary avenues of approach to increase all-round security and to allow him to concentrate his combat power against the most likely enemy avenue of approach. Sniper teams may support the company by providing precise extra optics for target acquisition and long-range rifle fires to complement those of the M249 machine gun. This arrangement best utilizes the company's weapons systems. Sniper teams may also be used in an economy-of-force role to cover dismounted enemy avenues of approach that the company cannot cover with other available assets.
c. Alternate and Supplementary Positions. A sniper team establishes alternate and supplementary positions for all-round security. Positions near the FEBA are vulnerable to concentrated enemy attacks, enemy artillery, and obscurants. The sniper team and designated marksmen can be positioned for surveillance and mutual fire support. If possible, they should establish positions in depth for continuous support during the fight. The sniper's rate of fire neither increases nor decreases as the enemy approaches. Specific targets are systematically and deliberately shot; accuracy is far more important than speed.
d. Overwatch. The sniper team can be placed to overwatch key obstacles or terrain such as river-crossing sites, bridges, and minefields that canalize the enemy directly into engagement areas. Sniper weapons are mainly used where other weapons systems are less effective due to security requirements or terrain. Even though the company commander has access to weapons systems with greater ranges and optical capabilities than those of the sniper weapons, he may be unable to use these for any of several reasons. Unlike sniper weapons, the other weapons systems may present too large a firing signature, be difficult to conceal, create too much noise, or be needed more in other areas. The sniper team can provide the company commander with greater observation capability and killing range than other subordinate units.
e. Counterreconnaissance. The sniper team can be used as an integral part of the counterreconnaissance effort. The team can help acquire and destroy targets. It can augment the counterreconnaissance element by occupying concealed positions for long periods. It also can observe direct and indirect fires (to maintain their security) and engage targets. Selective long-range rifle fires are difficult for the enemy to detect. A few well-placed shots can disrupt enemy reconnaissance efforts, force him to deploy into combat formations, and deceive him as to the location of the main battle area. The sniper team's stealth skills counter the skills of enemy reconnaissance elements. The sniper team can be used where infantry platoon mobility is unnecessary, freeing squad designated marksmen to cover other sectors. The sniper team also can be used to direct ground maneuver elements toward detected targets. This helps to maintain their security so they can be used against successive echelons of attacking enemy.
f. Strongpoint. The commander employs the sniper team to support any unit defending a strongpoint. The sniper team's characteristics enable it to independently harass and observe the enemy in support of the force in the strongpoint, either from inside or outside the strongpoint.
g. Reverse-Slope Defense. The sniper team can provide effective long-range rifle fires from positions forward of the topographical crest or on the counterslope if the company is occupying a reverse-slope defense.
C-4. EMPLOYMENT DURING STABILITY OPERATIONS
During stability operations, US troops are usually required to use a minimal amount of force to respond to threats. Even with well-understood ROE, it may be difficult for an SBCT infantry company to respond with minimum force rather than maximum force when confronted with certain situations. The sniper team is an important tool for the company commander during stability operations.
a. During stability operations, a sniper team may perform the following:
Conduct active or passive countersniper missions.
Overwatch a checkpoint.
Monitor a public gathering.
Identify critical people in a crowd.
Reinforce a base camp's security.
Conduct any offensive or defensive sniper mission.
b. The sniper team provides the company commander the required minimum force (or an equal or reasonable response to force used against the company) through its precision long-range rifle fires.
c. Sniper teams also provide the company commander with a ready source of information to counter a perceived sniper threat. Through the team's understanding of sniping and sniper hiding places, it can provide the commander with invaluable information. The company commander incorporates this information into his METT-TC analysis to develop a countersniper plan.
C-5. ACTIONS IN A BUILT-UP AREA
The unlimited use of firepower during urban operations may undermine the commander's intent. The sniper team is an incredible asset to the SBCT infantry company commander while operating in a built-up area.
a. Offensive Operations. Assaulting forces usually encounter fortified positions prepared by the defending force. These can range from field-expedient, hasty positions produced with locally available materials to elaborate steel and concrete emplacements complete with turrets, underground tunnels, and crew quarters. Field-expedient positions are those most often encountered. However, the company commander should expect elaborate positions when the enemy has significant time to prepare his defense. The enemy may have fortified weapons emplacements or bunkers, protected shelters, reinforced natural or constructed caves, entrenchments, and other obstacles.
(1) The enemy will try to locate these positions so they are mutually supporting and arrayed in depth across the width of his sector. The enemy also will try to increase his advantages by covering and concealing positions and by preparing direct fire plans and counterattack contingencies. Because of this, fortified areas should be bypassed and contained by a smaller force.
(2) Sniper precision fire and observation capabilities are invaluable in the assault of a built-up area. Precision rifle fire can readily detect and destroy pinpoint targets invisible to the naked eye. The sniper team's role during the assault of a fortified position is to deliver precision long-range rifle fire against the embrasures, air vents, and doorways of key enemy positions; against observation posts; and against exposed personnel. The company commander must plan the sequence in which the sniper team will destroy targets. This should systematically reduce the enemy's defenses by denying the ability of enemy positions to support each other. Once these positions are isolated, they can be more easily reduced. Therefore, the company commander must decide where he will try to penetrate the enemy's fortified positions and then employ his sniper team against those locations. The sniper team can provide continuous fire support for both assaulting and other nearby units when operating from positions near the breach point on the flanks. Its precision rifle fires add to the effectiveness of the entire company. Frequently, when various factors prevent the use of other precision weapons, such as Javelins, snipers are still useful.
(3) The sniper team plans based on information available. The enemy information needed by a sniper team includes the following:
Extent of and exact locations of individual and underground fortifications.
Fields of fire, directions of fire, number and locations of embrasures, and types of weapons systems in the fortifications.
Locations of entrances, exits, and air vents in each emplacement and building.
Locations and types of existing and reinforcing obstacles.
Locations of weak spots in the enemy's defense.
b. Defensive Operations. The sniper precision-fire and observation capabilities are equally invaluable in the defense of a built-up area. As in the offense, the sniper team detects and destroys targets that are invisible to the naked eye. The company commander generally positions the sniper team to observe or control one or more avenues of approach into the built-up area. This focus generally is on secondary avenues of approach. This employment option allows the commander to concentrate the majority of his combat power against the enemy's most likely avenue of approach while still having a formidable force on the secondary avenue of approach. The company commander can also position the sniper team and the squad designated marksmen to support or complement each other. Finally, the company commander can employ the sniper team to independently harass and observe the enemy in support of the company's mission.
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You are here: Gamma / Key Personel / Dr. Charles L. Werner
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Dr. Charles L. Werner.
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Curriculum Vitæ - Charles L. Werner
Name: Charles L. Werner
Profession: Engineer, Dr. phil. nat.
Responsibility: Vice-president of Executive Board and Senior Project Scientist
The main experience of C. Werner is in the design, construction, applications of SAR systems as well as the development of SAR processing and SAR interferometric software. Currently he is very active in SAR interferometric data processing and the development of applications of single-pass as well as repeat- pass SAR interferometry for topographic mapping, differential motion, land-use classification, and the retrieval of geophysical and biophysical parameters over land (including forestry, agricultural, and hydrological applications).
1987 Doctor of Philosophy, Systems Engineering from University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. for a dissertation on "Three-Dimensional Imaging of Coherent and Incoherent Sources Utilizing Wavevector Diversity"
1982 Master of Science, Systems Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
1980 Master of Science, Electrical Engineering from University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. for his thesis "An Automated Frequency Response and Radar Cross-Section Measurement Facility for Microwave Imaging
1977 Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering from Lafayette College, Easton, PA. Departmental Honors in Electrical Engineering
Employment Record
1999-data Vice-president of Gamma Remote Sensing Research and Consulting AG, a small company founded in January 1995 by Dr. C. Werner and Dr. U. Wegmüller, to conduct research studies in active and passive microwave remote sensing and support customers in the use and interpretation of such data. and Main tasks are the project management and acquisition as well as research activity.
1995-1999 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Member Technical Staff. Research and engineering activities in SAR, SAR interferometry and differential SAR interferometry using data of a variety of air- and space-borne sensors. Applications include the use of SAR interferometry for topographic and non- topographic applications. C. Werner is member of the ERS SAR fringe group and ERS-2 Principle Investigator of a project using differential interferometry to study tectonics. In addition C. Werner is vice-president of Gamma Remote Sensing Research and Consulting AG, a small company founded in January 1995 by U. Wegmüller and C. Werner, to conduct research studies in active and passive microwave remote sensing and support customers in the use and interpretation of such data. C. Werner supports Gamma with his advise and experience in the form of consulting.
1992-1995 Research scientist at the Remote Sensing Laboratories of the University of Zürich. Activities included: High accuracy automated calculation of ERS-1 interferograms, Geocoding of ERS-1 interferometric digital elevation model (DEM) data. Modeling of interferometric coherence signatures of forests for determination of biomass. Estimation of surface slopes directly from SAR interferometric phase data, correction of SAR backscatter and interferometric correlation for slope Designing and implementation of a SAR processor for airborne SAR of sub-meter resolution airborne and space-borne sensors
1982 - 1992 Member Technical Staff at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA. Activities included: Studied methods for absolute and relative radiometric and polarimetric calibration of aircraft and spacecraft SAR data. Developed a calibrated multi-polarization L- and C- band SAR processor for the JPL AIRSAR instrument. Proposed Huygens probe sounder/altimeter for the measurement of the ocean depth and stratigraphy of Titan. Designed the microwave radiometer for the Cassini mission to measure the dielectric constant and emissivity of the Titan surface. Co-investigator for the Shuttle Imaging Radar-C (SIR-C) mission involved with the interferometric, bistatic and external calibration experiments. Designed and implemented a bistatic SAR processor for ERS-1 with echo reception by the JPL DC-8. Developed improved algorithms for phase-unwrapping of SAR interferograms. Studying the use of multiple-pass SAR interferometry for detection of micro-topographic change associated with freezing and thawing of the permafrost using ERS-1 data and seismic displacements System engineer for the Cassini Radar, responsible for the multiple-beam burst-mode SAR system design. Performed the system design of the Cassini Radar Block Adaptive Quantizer (BAQ). Developed a system for generation of topographic maps from ERS-1 multiple pass interferometric SAR data including interferogram generation, phase unwrapping, height measurement and image rectification.
1977 - 1982 Technical Staff at University of Pennsylvania. Activities included: Developed a computer-controlled three-dimensional microwave imaging facility utilizing both frequency and polarization diversity. Studied and implemented optical reconstruction techniques for microwave holograms. Researched imaging using broadband temporally and spatially incoherent noise by measurement of the mutual coherence function. Developed an acoustic imaging system to demonstrate the concept.
English, some German and French.
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society
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Corey Tulaba November 09, 2018 bulls, celtics, boston, nba, tatum, brad stevens, kyrie, anthony davis
THE CELTICS: GOOD PROBLEMS?
Nobody would ever say that having too much talent on one NBA team is a problem. In the rarest of occasions, it can be. An NBA GM isn’t trying to build the best Daily Fantasy Roster. You need to build a team that fits together like a puzzle. A coach needs to clearly define roles so every player feels comfortable knowing what is expected of them. You need stars (ideally superstars) and role players. When you get too many stars on one squad the pecking order gets harder to define, roles become cloudy, and eventually, everyone starts looking for theirs (cough Washington wizards cough). Too many chiefs, not enough Indians as the saying goes.
It’s possible that is what we’re seeing with the Celtics this year. Before we hit the panic button on the C’s I’ll note that I think they’ll figure it out. They have a plethora of really good talent and they have the boy wonder Brad Stevens leading the charge.
Before the season kicked off, Vegas set the Celtics over/under at 57.5 wins. Lofty expectations that came in as the second highest over/under in the league with only Golden State ahead. Even after losing Kyrie for a quarter of the year and Gordon Hayward for the entire season, the C’s still managed to win 55 games and make the conference finals so it isn’t unreasonable to believe that they’re capable of winning two to three more games this year. But did we crown them the best team in the East too soon?
Perhaps we overreacted to a lot of Celtics related story lines. Like how the NBA world anointed Jayson Tatum as the NBA’s next superstar. Tatum had a brilliant rookie campaign and he was a killer in the playoffs. Over the course of the season we watched him evolve from a tentative rookie to a go to scorer going head to head with Lebron James in a game seven of the Eastern Finals. Early in the season Tatum looks more like a rookie than a go to guy. The sophomore slump is real. Some of Tatum’s percentages from last year were unsustainable. Tatum wasn’t known for his distance shooting coming out of college and he came out of the gate as a flamethrower. Tatum shot 43% from behind the arc last year after shooting 34% at Duke. This year he’s back to shooting the three ball at 34%. I’d wager that he finishes the year at around 37%, but his current percentage is closer to the kind of shooter that he truly is. One of the reasons for the drop is that he is creating more shots out of isolation for himself. According to Basketball Reference, Tatum’s assisted threes are down 6% from last year, while his two point attempts have been assisted nearly 20% less. Tatum is also receiving more defensive attention. There is a year worth of NBA video on him and he is getting the opposing teams best wing defender every night. He’s earned that attention but it has led to below average offensive efficiency. At some point Tatum will adapt. He has too much offensive skill in his bag and Stevens will find him higher percentage opportunities. We should still view him as one of the league’s future stars, but he isn’t playing like one right now.
The season hasn’t fared any better for the Celt’s other wings. Hayward is having his worst season as a pro where he’s sporting a sub 50 TS%. That’s a rough number. When you aren’t getting to the line and you aren’t hitting open shots, it’s tough to be a positive difference maker. This shouldn’t be surprising. He is coming off a tough injury and he clearly isn’t one hundred percent healthy. He should be coming off the bench to get his groove back but Stevens has stuck with him in the starting lineup. The most likely reasoning is to keep his confidence high, but if he keeps playing poorly it may have the inverse affect. If the Celts keep struggling, you have to wonder how long Stevens can keep Hayward in the line-up when it’s hurting his teammates.
Jaylen Brown spent the summer training with Tracy McGrady with his focus on becoming a more multi-faceted scorer. If you want to learn how to score from different spots on the floor, there aren’t many guys that were better at it than T-Mac. But Brown is the fourth option in the starting line-up and that doesn’t change much when Rozier enters the game. Brown has seen his usage rate decrease and he’s stuck playing the same glue guy role as last season. Brown is going to be due a big pay day soon and a player of his talent will want a bigger role going forward.
Rozier is another guy looking for a new contract, and he expects it to be big. The team just resigned Marcus Smart and Kyrie has verbally committed to resigning next year so it’s hard to believe the Celtics have Rozier in their long term plans. Rozier fancies himself a starter not a seventh man. Coming off the bench this season has caused a dip in his production and if he continues playing at a below average level teams may quickly forget that he started on an Eastern Conference Finals team. Teams can see that Boston has too many mouths to feed right now and have already started sniffing around on Rozier’s availability. He’d be a good fit on Phoenix or Orlando (I might be a good fit on those teams at this point), two teams starving for anyone competent at that position.
Even with the early season struggles, the Celtics are still the envy of most every front office in the league. A log jam of talent is good problems. After barely surviving the Phoenix Suns they find themselves at 7-4, good for third in the East. If the Celtics find their stride they can be scary good but eventually they’re going to have to consolidate some of their talent. Don’t think Danny Ainge doesn’t know this. We’ve already heard the Anthony Davis buzz and he may be saving his bullets for that target, but I’m skeptical that the Pelicans will be willing to deal Davis this year and maybe even next. Davis is a generational talent.
If the Celtics can’t land Davis, they need a backup plan. You can’t have five guys on max deals and two backups on large contracts. If you hold off on trading your talent for too long you become the mid-2000’s Chicago Bulls. Before Derrick Rose came along, the baby Bulls had a crop of cheap young talent and two lottery picks courtesy of Isiah Thomas’ tenure with the Knicks. The baby Bulls are what happens when you value your own guys too highly and wait too long to consolidate your assets. They famously missed out on Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett, and Memphis Pau Gasol because they wouldn’t include Luol Deng in any of the deals. Deng was a fantastic player in his prime and is an all-time Bull, but he never lived up to the expectations that were set for him after he lit up the defending champion Miami Heat in his second playoffs appearance. If you’re the Celtics and you have a shot at consolidating your talent into a star; and Davis isn’t on the table; you need to make sure you don’t miss out on it because you didn’t include Luol Deng.
This is the NBA. Good problems can become bad problems in a flash.
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Police appeal after alleged sexual assault in Harrogate supermarket
The incident is believed to have occurred at 6pm on Tuesday.
Alexander Beard
An alleged sexual assault in a Harrogate supermarket has sparked an appeal by police for other potential victims to come forward.
North Yorkshire Police received reports on Tuesday (July,31) that a man put his hand on a woman's leg as he bent to pick up money from the floor at the Harrogate branch of Asda on Bower Road. It is believed to have occurred at 6pm.
Other women may have been touched in a similar way at the supermarket, police believe, and are appealing for victims to come forward.
A man was arrested in connection with the incident but has since been released on bail while the investigation continues.
Officers are urging anyone affected to contact them on 101, select option 2 and ask for PC Stephen Peachman or email Stephen.peachman@northyorkshire.pnn.police.uk Quote ref 12180140773 when calling.
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Houda Echouafni Is a British Arab actress known for her work in Film, Television and Theatre including the BBC’s Waking the Dead and Hotel Babylon. She speaks English, French and Arabic (Moroccan, Egyptian, Gulf and classical dialects). Amongst her most notable roles is playing Shaherazad in Tim Supple's stage adaptation of 1001 nights, a theatre production that spanned 6 hours and was performed in three different languages.
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YNW Melly Doesn’t Think Double Murder Charge Will Stick
by Alexander Brice | May 15, 2019 | Epic Concerts, HipHop news |
Miramar, FL – YNW Melly was arrested on two counts of first-degree murder in February and is currently sitting behind bars at a Florida jail waiting for trial. On Wednesday (May 15), his family shared a jail phone call to his Instagram account.
During the call, Melly explains why he doesn’t believe he’ll be convicted.
Although the audio is difficult to decipher, Melly clearly states toward the end of the call he’s “coming home.” He also makes several references to God and cites the religious figure as the reason he will get out of this.
“God is real,” he says. “He has cleansed my soul, he has blessed me tremendously. He’s the reason I’m coming home.”
The caption reads, “Melly shared a message for his fans. he appreciates all of your prayers and positive energy being sent his way. #grateful #blessed.”
Melly shared a message for his fans 🙏🏾💚💙 he appreciates all of your prayers and positive energy being sent his way ✨🙌🏾🕊 #grateful #blessed @tonkwitthagift
A post shared by Free Melly & Melvin (@ynwmelly) on May 15, 2019 at 5:39am PDT
Melly stands accused of murdering his two friends — YNW Sakchaser and YNW Juvy — last October in Miramar, Florida. YNW Bortlen, who was with Melly at the time, was also arrested and hit with the same murder charges and two counts of accessory after the fact.
Melly pleaded not guilty in March. Based on the phone call, he doesn’t seem to think the charges will stick.
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HomeStoriesPress releasesHooray for Holyrood with a series of new PR business wins
Hooray for Holyrood with a series of new PR business wins
on behalf of Holyrood PR
Holyrood PR has announced a number of new contract wins to spearhead a business expansion strategy over the next 12 months.
The Edinburgh-based PRand media relations agency is being retained by Montpeliers (Edinburgh) to continue working on its group and Tigerlily accounts.
The agency handled the hugely successful opening and post-launch of Tigerlily, the award-winning hotel, bar and restaurant in Edinburgh’s George Street, securing media coverage from across the world.
In recent weeks, Holyrood PR has also picked up the PR accounts for Citylets, Scotland’s leading property letting site; Braemore Property Management, the Edinburgh-based residential letting agency and Treetops Development Company, who are behind the Axis housing development in Edinburgh’s Craigleith.
The PR work with Tigerlily – a £7m+ investment by the Montpeliers group, who also operate some of Edinburgh’s top bars such as Opal Lounge – included compiling a strategy for its opening, its launch party plus organising post-launch media visits, reviews and events.
The renewed contract will see Holyrood PR roll out a media strategy for the UK and Irish regional media as well as handling other key PR events.
Karen Calvert, Area Business Manager for Montpeliers, said: “Holyrood PR has been a key part of Tigerlily’s success, from getting fairly represented in the local press in difficult pre-opening days to negotiating reviews and visits with the more glamorous glossies and Europe-wide travel press once open.
“We’ve established an open, flexible and fun working relationship with them which ensures we stay ahead of the game in this highly competitive industry. The service we receive is second to none, so that’s why we’re continuing to use Holyrood PR to handle the ongoing PR support for Tigerlily and the rest of Montpeliers units.”
The new contract wins comes as the agency looks to focus on a business development strategy.
Co-founder/Director Raymond Notarangelo said: “We’ve continued to pick up a host of new business from word of mouth recommendations, we’re now got the business in the best possible shape to look to really catapult the company to new levels.
“Holyrood PR has been a sleeping giant for too long. We enjoy great relationships with our clients, who have no hesitation in recommending us and our portfolio includes large public sector organisations to niche one-man retailers.
“Our work for Tigerlily shows how we bring focus and passion – and more importantly hard results – to the challenge of demanding client. Ever-rising occupancy levels and the ultimate accolade of being named one of the world’s Coolest Hotels by Conde Nast Traveller shows the value of our work.”
Holyrood PR was co-founded by ex-journalists Raymond Notarangelo Scott Douglas in 2002 and since then it has enjoyed year-on-year growth, boasting clients such as the Care Commission, Scotland’s care regulator, and Warners, Edinburgh’s leading Solicitors-Estate Agents.
The company, based in its own modern offices, in Leith has three other employees, including junior director David Connor, the CIPR Young Communicator of the Year in 2005.
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Aureus / Yuengling's Ice Cream Updates Progress
ATLANTA, GA / ACCESSWIRE / July 10, 2019 / Aureus, Inc. (OTC PINK: ARSN), www.AureusNOW.com, a food brand development company is proud to announce that is has officially closed the acquisition of Yuengling's Ice Cream ("Yuengling's").
"While the acquisition was essentially complete two weeks ago, we wrapped up all the fine details as required by Yuengling's senior lender," commented Everett Dickson, President of Aureus. "We have already begun the process of working with our customers and vendors to transition them to the new company. While very little will actually change with the relationships, it is an important step in the acquisition to allow the new company to move forward. We also are in the process of changing the acquiring company's name so the name being used going forward will be Yuengling's Ice Cream. Dick Yuengling and his daughters have done an incredible job making a quality product and developing an unbelievable brand with the Yuengling Brewery. While Yuengling's Ice Cream is separate from the brewery, in keeping the Yuengling's name, we maintain our promise to the brewery to continue making a quality product, as well.
Yuengling's is continuing to move forward on the development of its new High Protein / Lite ice cream. It expects to have finished products ready by the end of the month so it can meet with retailers and distributors in the fall. Yuengling's also plans to offer its High Protein / Lite ice cream online as soon as it is available.
Our current share structure is broken down as follows:
Total Issued and Outstanding is 381,250,000. Of that total 250,000,000 is restricted and approximately 62,000,000. is held at Action Stock Transfer, as such our public float is approx. 70,000,000.
About Aureus, Inc.
Management and ownership recently changed hands. The new focus is on acquiring specific assets in and related to the food industry, with a focus on ice cream. Aureus recently completed the purchase of Yuengling Ice Cream. The goal of Aureus in the acquisition is to consolidate all factors that are positive for the Yuengling brand into a synergistic success for Aureus shareholders as well as the next generation of Yuengling consumers.
About Yuengling's Ice Cream
Developed by American businessman Frank D. Yuengling, as a dairy business to help support the Yuengling family brewery during the 1920s Prohibition period, Yuengling's Ice Cream has a strong tradition of making exceptional gourmet ice cream products in central Pennsylvania. The fan-favorite brand continues advancing its legacy and its renowned dairy quality, by using locally sourced dairy ingredients that contain no added hormones.
David Yuengling and Rob Bohorad revived the brand in 2014 and an American classic was re-born. In 2018, positioned for the brands next stage of development, Yuengling's Ice Cream forged a partnership with YIC - Online Distributors, to distribute the iconic ice cream brand online, now via Aureus. Today, Yuengling's Ice Cream is delivered directly to the doorsteps of its consumers across the nation.
The Yuengling's Ice Cream Corporation- as it has been since 1935- is stand alone, and separately owned and run companies from D. G. Yuengling and Sons, Inc Brewery
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Prospective investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties and that actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by such forward-looking statements. Important factors currently known to management that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-statements include fluctuation of operating results, the ability to compete successfully, and the ability to complete before-mentioned transactions.
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Zurich Insurance Group
Helping global communities enhance flood resiliency with a cloud-based framework
To help communities lessen the impact of major flood events, Zurich Insurance Group engaged IBM to develop a cloud-based tool for assessing and verifying the effectiveness of resilience-building measures. (Photo credit to M.Szoenyi)
To help communities around the world lessen the impact of major flood events, Zurich Insurance Group needed to demonstrate that proactive investments in resiliency truly pay off.
The insurer engaged IBM to develop a holistic framework for evaluating disaster readiness and verifying the effectiveness of resiliency-building measures, launching the tool in an IBM® Bluemix® environment.
Launched a dynamic tool
for analyzing and boosting flood resiliency, teaming with IBM for expertise at the concept stage
Accelerated beta release
and managed costs with IBM Cloud technology and IBM development capabilities
Improved assessments
and resiliency planning for communities deploying the tool in a testing phase
Encouraging proactive investments in flood resiliency
To help communities around the world lessen the impact of major flood events, Zurich Insurance Group needs to convince decision makers that investments in resiliency truly pay off. “Evidence suggests that for every dollar spent before a flood, a community saves USD 5 in costs afterward,” says David Nash, Foundation Manager at Z Zurich Foundation. “But to persuade people to shift priority from postevent funding to preevent funding, we have to demonstrate that there’s a measurable impact.”
The company wanted to develop a holistic measurement framework to help communities evaluate and verify the effectiveness of investing in resiliency before flood events occur. “We needed to create a bespoke solution enabling us to design and roll out questionnaires, get answers fed back to a secure data environment, and access that environment from all over the world,” says Nash. “The project’s global reach was probably the biggest driver toward a cloud-based solution.”
“ IBM has been really engaged as a partner in our development process from the beginning as opposed to just acting as a service provider. ”
— David Nash, Foundation Manager, Z Zurich Foundation
Developing a cloud-based measurement framework
Based on a successful longstanding relationship, Zurich Insurance Group chose IBM to design, build and host its measurement tool. “When we identified the need for an IT solution, we discussed our requirements with an IBM team,” says Nash. “And it was really developing it from scratch.”
Although the insurer had considered using Microsoft Excel spreadsheets to gather and evaluate data from various communities, IBM proposed a more efficient solution. “We needed to have a smooth interface between data capture and data analysis, which led to the development of a web-based front-end application,” says Nash. “As we were talking to the IBM developers creating that, it was an obvious solution to go down the route of using Bluemix cloud as the delivery platform.”
Provisioning IBM Bluemix public cloud hosting resources in an IBM Cloud data center in the UK, IBM launched Zurich Insurance Group’s new platform for testing. “We have six different partners that are testing the tool at the moment,” says Nash. “These organizations are putting the tool in place in Mexico, Indonesia, Nepal, Haiti, Afghanistan and the US.”
Assessing flood preparedness more effectively
For Zurich Insurance Group, teaming with IBM was critical in transforming its rough vision for a measurement framework into a dynamic cloud-based tool. “IBM’s ability to incrementally evolve something that started off as an idea and build it into something that’s quite robust has been hugely beneficial,” says Nash. “IBM has been really engaged as a partner in our development process from the beginning as opposed to just acting as a service provider.”
Plus, IBM Cloud hosting technology and IBM development expertise helped the company launch its new tool more rapidly and cost-effectively than expected. “The project has not been expensive for us, and it’s been something that we can put into play very quickly,” says Nash.
When fully deployed, Zurich Insurance Group anticipates far-reaching impact for its platform. “Our tool is already enabling community organizations to really evaluate the situation on the ground, determine where the strengths and development areas are and, as a result, plan better interventions,” says Nash. “If this validation process stacks up and matches our anecdotal evidence, we’re onto a very powerful process for working with communities to assess and enhance flood resiliency.”
About Zurich Insurance Group
Founded in 1872 and headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich Insurance Group offers a comprehensive portfolio of property, casualty, and life insurance products and services. The company’s 54,000 employees serve individuals, small businesses, midsize organizations and large companies in more than 210 countries and territories globally. Zurich Insurance Group helps finance Z Zurich Foundation, a private organization focused on making a valuable contribution to sustainable social and economic development.
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P-CEP Winter Guard earns second in world
P-CEP finished just behind the first-place team, Park Vista High School from Lake Worth, Fla.
P-CEP Winter Guard earns second in world P-CEP finished just behind the first-place team, Park Vista High School from Lake Worth, Fla. Check out this story on HometownLife.com: https://www.hometownlife.com/story/news/local/canton/2018/04/22/cep-winter-guard-earns-second-world/33923857/
Published 12:04 a.m. ET April 22, 2018
The P-CEP Winter Guard placed second at the WGI Color Guard World Championships.(Photo: Julie Aldlhoch)
The Plymouth-Canton Educational Park Winter Guard placed second April 14 in the Scholastic Open division at the WGI Color Guard World Championships in Dayton, Ohio. The team, composed of 24 P-CEP students, presented three performances of its program, The Artist is Present.
In the preliminary round, the team had a first-place finish in its block with a score of 91. In the semifinal round, the team received a score of 92.7, qualifying it for the final round. P-CEP competed against the top 15 Scholastic Open teams in the world in the final round and received a score of 95.45 – just a couple of points behind the first-place team, Park Vista High School from Lake Worth, Fla.
“I’m very proud of the group this year,” coach Lucas Schmidt said. “All of the girls have worked really hard to tackle all the extremely difficult things we have thrown at them all season long. They’ve had great success and continue to inspire those around them, including me.”
The Plymouth-Canton Winter Guard team members include Lindsey Adlhoch, Sophia Aneshansel, Alyssa Aznavorian, Tatiana Battagin, Melanie Boudreau, Bella Buchart, Enya Chen, Grace Chinitwintz, Catherine Christenson, Alexandra Clemens, Hailey Deptula, Rori Kennedy, Avery, Matthews, Allison Mattson, Amanda Mykrantz, Prairna Pannu, Sami Parker, Hannah Passerman, Kaleigh Pyko, Elise Reed, Madison Rosol, Kiana VanNest, Elizabeth Varton and Allie Walter.
The coaching staff includes Schmidt, Seth Williams, Anna Berry and Katie Hopkins.
“The guard’s performance today was captivating,” said G. Jon Thomann, director of bands at P-CEP. “The crowd loved the show and it was so great to see all of their smiles after their final performance. It takes a lot of consistent effort in the journey to perform at their level. I offer my sincere congratulations to the students, their supportive parents and our outstanding guard leaders, Mr. Schmidt, Mr. Williams and the rest of the staff.”
In addition to its showing at the world competition, the P-CEP Winter Guard was ranked first in the state in the Scholastic Open division April 7 at the Michigan Color Guard Circuit Championships.
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Windsor man accused of starving horse accepts plea deal
Source: The Press Democrat, by Paul Payne
Skimtheexcess on the track.
A Windsor man accused of starving a former race horse to death won't serve jail time under a plea bargain with prosecutors Friday that angered animal rights activists.
Mark Ross, 49, was charged with felony animal cruelty in the death of Skimtheexcess, a six-year-old thoroughbred that died on his family's Jensen Lane ranch in 2010. Advocates said it was allowed to starve beside another horse that received regular feedings. An indentation of the gelding's rib cage was left behind when its emaciated body was pulled from the mud.
On the eve of trial, Ross accepted a prosecution offer that reduced his charge to a misdemeanor in exchange for a $500 donation to a horse rescue group and 200 hours of volunteer work. He also was ordered not to keep horses during his three-year informal probation.
Horse activists who attended his hearing criticized the punishment as a “wrist slap.” They heckled Ross as he left the courthouse with taunts of “You got off cheap” and “We'll be watching you.”
“What happened to that horse was an atrocity,” said Petaluma activist Siobhan Duff. Ross said he didn't intentionally
kill the horse, which was owned by his niece. He switched its food to alfalfa on the advice of an expert and allowed it to graze in an open pasture. When it collapsed one night, he said he was shocked. “It was like losing a family member to us,” Ross said after the hearing. We did try to help that horse. It's absurd to suggest we didn't.” His niece, Nicole Ross, 29, pleaded no contest last fall to felony animal cruelty and was ordered to serve 45 days
in jail.
District Attorney Jill Ravitch said Friday that Mark Ross' punishment was appropriate given his role in the case. He faced up to three years in jail if convicted of the original charge, she said. “This is about accountability,” Ravitch said. “It's also about sending a message to the community that if you can't care for an animal, call someone to assist you. Don't just leave them to die.”
Horse lovers said it was among the worst cases of animal neglect in Sonoma County in recent years. A veterinarian testified at a preliminary hearing that Skimthexcess, which was raced at Bay Area tracks, was about 500 pounds under weight when he died.
Katie Moore, executive director of CHANGE, Coins to Help Abandoned and Neglected Equines, said a necropsy revealed
the horse had depleted its fat reserves by not being adequately fed. Its bone marrow content — a common measure of horse nutrition — was found to be just 2 percent when it should have been closer to 90 percent, she said.
She said the horse died beside an Arabian horse that was boarded next to it.“The horse absolutely starved to death,” said Moore, whose organization will get the $500.
You can reach Staff Writer Paul Payne at 568-5312 or paul.payne@pressdemocrat.com.
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Hurricane Michael Update #2
We have now relocated our Hand Arendall Harrison Sale Panama City office to Panama City Beach Parkway, but all other HAHS offices remain where they were before the storm. Direct dial phone numbers have also been updated on each attorneys bio. To reach the main Panama City office, please call 850.769.3434 as you did before the storm.
Hurricane Michael Update
We have located temporary space for the Panama City office and hope to be reopen at that location soon. We will post more details as they are available.
In the meantime, our Destin and Santa Rosa Beach offices along with all of our Alabama offices, are open and able to help any clients in need. We now have phone service restored in our Destin office. New direct dial numbers are available on each attorney’s bio, and the main number to reach the Destin office is 850.460.3500. Please call the Destin main line to be directed to any Florida attorney you are trying to reach. Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone affected by Hurricane Michael. We will recover!
Hand Arendall Harrison Sale LLC Announces New Partner
Destin, FL—July 30, 2018 —Hand Arendall Harrison Sale (HAHS) is pleased to announce that Attorney Hayward Dykes, Jr has joined the firm as partner.
With over 16 years of practice in Northwest Florida, Dykes focuses his practice in the areas of Civil Litigation, Criminal Litigation, Real Estate Law, Local Government and Business Law.
The level and breadth of experience that Hayward brings to the firm, as we grow and expand along the Emerald Coast, is crucial to maintaining our highest levels of service for our clients. I have known Hayward for several years and he has consistently demonstrated dedication to his profession, his family, and his support of our community, which makes him a perfect fit for our firm. We are thrilled to have him join our team," states Dion Moniz, Managing Partner of Hand Arendall Harrison Sale LLC's Destin and Santa Rosa Beach offices.
He was recognized and voted by his peers as a Florida Elite Up and Comer in 2010, only one of 111 attorneys to be included in the State of Florida. He has continued to serve the community and his clients with the highest levels of service. He was admitted to serve in many areas including the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court.
“I have the desire to expand my practice and since the firm expanded into our marketplace about three years ago, I have had the opportunity to work with them on the other side of the table. I have been impressed with the Hand Arendall Harrison Sale team of attorneys, their work and their commitment to community and I’m excited to be a part of their continuing growth,” said Dykes.
His education and all sport loyalties lie with his alma maters of Florida State University, B.S. Criminology, 1998; University of Mississippi School of Law, J.D., 2001.
About Hand Arendall Harrison Sale LLC
Hand Arendall Harrison Sale LLC, HAHS LLC, was the result of a merger of two law firms in January 2018. The two firms, Hand Arendall LLC and Harrison Sale McCloy Attorneys at Law, merged which resulted in one of the largest regional law practices with offices along the coast of Northwest Florida and throughout the state of Alabama. Since the start, HAHS LLC has maintained a fundamental commitment to providing quality legal services. Cases and projects are staffed with the goal of achieving success for the client with maximum efficiency. With offices in Athens, Birmingham, Mobile, and Fairhope Alabama and Florida offices in Destin, Santa Rosa Beach and Panama City, the firm is uniquely situated among the Southeast's major law firms to provide legal direction to clients throughout Alabama, Florida and Mississippi. For more information, HSMcLaw.com
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A 'Free' Puppy Can Be Yours If You Lived In This D.C. Luxury Apartment Building
ByArin Greenwood
04/01/2014 08:49am EDT | Updated December 7, 2017
This is Emmy. She's an English bulldog puppy -- and an amenity at a luxury apartment building in Washington, D.C.
Pools, fancy gyms, even private dog parks -- these high-class perks have become normal in the spendier echelons of D.C.'s overheated rental market, reports the Washington Post.
2M, a building in the developing NoMa neighborhood, will have all those features when it opens for business this coming summer, plus an indoor basketball court, and Emmy -- who, when not playing or snuggling with building residents, will mostly nap in a dog house that looks like the building where she'll be mascot.
"[I] don't want to call her lazy," says Anne-Marie Bairstow, spokesperson for WC Smith, the company that is building 2M. "But she's kind of a typical English bulldog."
Who could object to that little face? Emmy's appearance is indisputably adorable, but has also raised two discrete sets of concerns.
On the development side, she represents worries about D.C.'s rental market, which some observers say is becoming flooded, with nearly 40,000 new apartments planned or being built while already-existing units go unfilled. She's also provoked the somewhat exasperated suggestion that instead of using puppies to lure renters, developers could just, like, lower rents.
And on the puppy-loving side, some have expressed a different unease. Should we fret that in belonging to everyone, Emmy in fact belongs to no one, and won't be properly looked after?
If no one can yet say whether Washington -- with, by one estimate, a median rent of $2,100 -- will be able to fill tens of thousands new apartments at the hoped-for prices, Bairstow assures HuffPost that Emmy's well-being, at least, is a sure thing.
Even spending her days among renters (fingers crossed!), the roly-poly pup has a permanent home of her own. She lives with WC Smith's vice president of marketing Holli Beckman, who is responsible for the dog's care, and who is the person who came up with the idea of 2M's canine mascot.
“I was sitting at a cafe one day, and we saw a puppy come in and everyone just stopped in their tracks and came alive,” Beckman told the Washington Post. “And it just dawned on me that everyone loves doggies and babies, right?”
For those who prefer their doggies to be of the adopted rather than the bought variety, Bairstow says the company is receptive to the idea of working with local animal rescue groups, so renters can do right by a furry friend of their own. And the Post notes that even in this most competitive of markets, there's no word on any developers offering up communal babies just yet.
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The Iranian 'moderate'
WASHINGTON - The search, now 30 years old, for Iranian "moderates" goes on. Amid the enthusiasm of the latest sighting, it's worth remembering that the highlight of the Iran-contra arms-for-hostages debacle was the secret trip to Tehran taken by Robert McFarlane, President Reagan's former national security adviser. He brought a key-shaped cake symbolizing the new relations he was opening with the "moderates."
We know how that ended.
Three decades later, the mirage reappears in the form of Hassan Rouhani. Strange resume for a moderate: 35 years of unswervingly loyal service to the Islamic Republic as a close aide to Ayatollahs Khomeini and Khamenei. Moreover, Rouhani was one of only six presidential candidates, another 678 having been disqualified by the regime as ideologically unsound. That puts him in the 99th percentile for fealty.
Rouhani is Khamenei's agent but, with a smile and style, he's now hailed as the face of Iranian moderation. Why? Because Rouhani wants better relations with the West.
Well, what leader would not want relief from Western sanctions that have sunk Iran's economy, devalued its currency and caused widespread hardship? The test of moderation is not what you want but what you're willing to give. After all, sanctions were not slapped on Iran for amusement. It was to enforce multiple Security Council resolutions demanding a halt to uranium enrichment.
Yet in his lovey-dovey Washington Post op-ed, his U.N. speech and various interviews, Rouhani gives not an inch on uranium enrichment. Indeed, he has repeatedly denied that Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons at all. Or ever has. Such a transparent falsehood - what country swimming in oil would sacrifice its economy just to produce nuclear electricity that advanced countries like Germany are already abandoning? - is hardly the basis for a successful negotiation.
But successful negotiation is not what the mullahs are seeking. They want sanctions relief. And more than anything, they want to buy time.
It takes about 250 kilograms of 20 percent enriched uranium to make a nuclear bomb. The International Atomic Energy Agency reported in August that Iran already has 186 kilograms. That leaves the Iranians on the threshold of going nuclear. They are adding 3,000 new high-speed centrifuges. They need just a bit more talking, stalling, smiling and stringing along a gullible West.
Rouhani is the man to do exactly that. As Iran's chief nuclear negotiator between 2003 and 2005, he boasted in a 2004 speech to the Supreme Cultural Revolution Council, "While we were talking with the Europeans in Tehran, we were installing equipment in parts of the [uranium conversion] facility in Isfahan. ... In fact, by creating a calm environment, we were able to complete the work in Isfahan."
Such is their contempt for us that they don't even hide their strategy: Spin the centrifuges while spinning the West.
And when the president of the world's sole superpower asks for a photo-op handshake with the president of a regime that, in President Obama's own words, kills and kidnaps and terrorizes Americans, the killer-kidnapper does not even deign to accept the homage. Rouhani rebuffed him.
Who can blame Rouhani? Offer a few pleasant words in an op-ed hailing a new era of non-zero-sum foreign relations, and watch the media and the administration immediately swoon with visions of detente.
But at least we have to talk, say the enthusiasts. As if we haven't been talking. For a decade. Strung along in negotiations of every manner - the EU3, the P5+1, then the final, very final, last-chance 2012 negotiations held in Istanbul, Baghdad and Moscow at which the Iranians refused to even consider the nuclear issue, declaring the dossier closed. Plus two more useless rounds this year.
I'm for negotiations. But only if it's to do something real, not to run out the clock as Iran goes nuclear. The administration says it wants actions not words. Fine. Demand one simple proof of good faith: Honor the U.N. resolutions. Suspend uranium enrichment and we will talk.
At least that stops the clock. Anything else amounts to being played.
And about the Khamenei agent who charms but declares enrichment an inalienable right, who smiles but refuses to shake the president's hand. When asked by NBC News whether the Holocaust was a myth, Rouhani replied: "I'm not a historian. I'm a politician."
Iranian moderation in action.
And, by the way, do you know who was one of the three Iranian "moderates" the cake-bearing McFarlane dealt with at that fateful arms-for-hostage meeting in Tehran 27 years ago? Hassan Rouhani.
We never learn.
Charles Krauthammer's email address is letters@charleskrauthammer.com.
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The Lion King teaser: Here's how Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan sounds as Simba
Aryan Khan, as Mufasa, absolutely impresses us in the Hindi teaser of The Lion King.
Ranjini Maitra July 11 2019, 11.33 am
Around a week back, the first Hindi trailer of The Lion King featuring Shah Rukh Khan's voice as Mufasa was released. The king of Bollywood voicing for a reel king is quite something! And if Shah Rukh is the prime attraction for the Hindi version of The Lion King, then the next thing we were waiting to check out is how his son Aryan Khan really sounds. Aryan is voicing for Mufasa's son Simba.
None of us have really heard Aryan before, but the first time is here! The second Hindi trailer wherein Aryan voices for Simba is out. One must admit that he has inherited a lot of similarities from SRK. Add to that the freshness and sharpness of a young guy, and you have Aryan! We are impressed.
Watch the Hindi trailer of The Lion King featuring Aryan Khan below:
Apart from the father-son duo, an array of versatile actors are also on board for the Hindi version. Actor Ashish Vidyarthi will be voicing for Scar while veteran actor Asrani will be heard as the character Zazu. Timon and Pumba have come alive through Shreyas Talpade and Sanjay Mishra respectively. Neha Gargavi has voiced for Nala, and Shernaz Patel will be lending her vocals for Mufasa's wife and Simba's mother Sarabi. Vocals for Simba and Nala will be donned by Armaan Malik and Sunidhi Chauhan.
On Wednesday, the film premiered in Hollywood and met with raving reviews. In India, it releases on July 19. Apart from Hindi, it will be also releasing in Tamil and Telugu.
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Bill Gates Says Steve Jobs 'Cast Spells' on His Audience During Presentations. Here Are 3 Ways the Apple Wizard Worked His Magic
These presentation techniques will mesmerize your audiences.
By Carmine GalloKeynote speaker and author, 'Five Stars: The Communication Secrets to Get From Good to Great'@carminegallo
In a recent CNN interview, Bill Gates explained Steve Jobs's appeal to his audience. He used a unique metaphor to capture Jobs's special magic. He said Jobs was a wizard who would be "casting spells" and "mesmerizing" his audience.
Gates had a smile on his face as he recalled Jobs's talent. He even joked, "Because I'm a minor wizard those spells don't work on me." Then, Gates turned serious and concluded that Jobs's communication skills--along with his ability to pick the best talent and his eye for design--saved Apple.
In one of my books, The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs, I captured the techniques that made Jobs such a mesmerizing speaker. These tips will help you turn on the magic.
1. He wasn't afraid to unleash his passion.
Jobs wore his passion on his black turtleneck sleeve.
In his now famous Stanford commencement speech, he said: "Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do." Jobs believed that people with passion can change the world, and he did.
Speak about topics you are genuinely passionate about. Enthusiasm is contagious.
2. He created "wow" moments.
Every Steve Jobs presentation had one moment that left people in awe. It's the section they were talking about around the water cooler the next day. In my book I called it the 'wow moment.' These emotionally charged events were often done with props, visually intriguing slides, or an unexpected surprise.
Jobs cast spells like a wizard because he had a magician's flair for drama. In 1984, Jobs pulled the first Macintosh from a black bag sitting on a table in the middle of a darkened stage. In 2008, he introduced "The world's thinnest notebook," the Macbook Air, by removing it from of a large office envelope.
Create moments in your presentation where the content jumps off the slide and comes to life.
3. He stuck to the rule of three.
The rule of three is a fundamental principle in writing, marketing, and in a Steve Jobs presentation. The rule simply means that people can recall about three pieces of information really well. Once you add more items, retention falls off considerably.
Steve Jobs used the rule of three in nearly every presentation. In his Stanford speech, he told three stories. If a new operating system had 200 features, he'd highlight three. In one of his most famous presentations, the introduction of the iPhone in 2007, Jobs even fooled the audience into thinking that he was going to launch three products: a new iPod, a phone, and an internet communication device. The audience was puzzled as Jobs repeated all three. Finally, Jobs revealed the punchline: "Aren't you getting it? These are not three separate devices. This is one device and we're calling it the iPhone."
Make your content easy to follow by breaking it up into thirds.
Above all, no technique will mesmerize your audience if you are not passionately committed to enriching the lives of your customers and your audience. Steve Jobs didn't sell products; he sold dreams. He helped people see a better life for themselves. He concluded one of his presentations by saying, "Some people think you've got to be crazy to buy a Mac, but in that craziness we see genius and those are the people we're making tools for."
Your audience doesn't care about your product, your brand or your company. They care about themselves, their goals, their hopes, their ambitions. Help them achieve their dreams and you'll mesmerize them.
Published on: Jul 10, 2019
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Sea views and garage space for two SUVs
Hollybrook at Robswall Malahide, Co Dublin
Asking price: €775k
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Hollybrook
The upper floors of the three-storey houses at Hollybrook at Robswall in Malahide command views of the sea and Ireland's Eye from their perch on the curve of the Coast Road to Portmarnock.
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UK-based Hollybrook Homes launched the scheme in early 2015 in its first foray into the Irish market. A slew of phases followed, including the final nine three-storey four-bed terraced houses that came on the market in March. There are four properties still available from that release; each measures 2,357 sq ft and costs from €775,000.
There is a hardwood entrance door to one side of the ground floor of the houses, as well as access to the interior from the integrated garage, which is large enough to park two SUV-style vehicles.
On the first floor, there is a dual-aspect living/dining space with a set of French doors that opens onto a Juliet balcony. On the other side of the first floor is a kitchen.
The second floor is home to a family bathroom, four double bedrooms, two of which are ensuite and come with their own balconies.
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motorola Moto G 16 GB version sold out in 15 minutes
Feb 10, 2014 317 Viewed Alka Anand Singh Comments Off on motorola Moto G 16 GB version sold out in 15 minutes
Enthused by the overwhelming response from shoppers to Moto G launch , e-commerce player Flipkart is looking at a long term relationship with handset maker Motorola Mobility.
The US-based firm launched its much-awaited budget phone Moto G in India through Flipkart on February 6. There has been tremendous response from online shoppers to the launch with the 16GB version being sold out in first 15 minutes.
“It is extremely overwhelming. We were surprised. We did not expect this kind of response. It was more than the traffic on peak Diwali rush. Our site also went down for a couple of minutes on February 6th, the day of launch, due to traffic,” Flipkart co-founder and CEO Sachin Bansal told PTI.
Moto G’s 16 GB version, priced at Rs 13,999, was sold out in the first 15 minutes of the launch and few units of the 8 GB version — costing Rs 12,499- were left, he added.
Asked whether Flipkart will continue selling Motorola products after the big-bang debut of Moto G, he said that both the firms believe online is the way forward.
“Definitely, I think both Motorola and Flipkart are seeking a long term relationship. Sure, I think we do see and actually hope that we do get to do more such things together,” Bansal said.
Like Flipkart, Motorola also believes that online is the way to go and as the world is moving to e-shopping, India will also follow, he added.
According to market experts, Moto G is getting very good response from online shoppers with some 20,000 units being sold out on Flipkart within hours of the launch on February 6.
“The price difference between 8 GB and 16 GB was not much and that could have also led to people going for the 16 GB one,” Bansal said on shoppers preferring the 16 GB version.
Besides, traffic to Flipkart was twice of what it sees on other days and 67 per cent of it was driven just by Moto G.
“Our page views increased by 100 per cent during the launch and Moto G page saw a million page views on February 6.
Also, inbound calls to customer support number doubled and we had close to 20,000 queries on Moto G alone during the day,” Bansal said.
On launching Moto X, he said presently both the companies are watching the response to Moto G.
“Right now, we are focusing on Moto G and we want to wait and see how it is and then take a call on other opportunities.
I don’t know how it will pan out, but we want to wait for a few days and then sit down to decide,” Bansal added.
Last week, Motorola launched its first handset, Moto G, in India after a nearly two-year hiatus. After being acquired by Google in May 2012, Motorola did not introduce new products in India. However, the firm continued with its operation unit in India.
In the US, Moto G is priced at around $179 (about Rs 11,200) with 8 GB of storage and $199 (about Rs 12,400) for the 16 GB version.
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A Twist of the Knife (Paperback)
A Novel (Brigid Quinn Series #3)
By Becky Masterman
Minotaur Books, 9781250160713, 448pp.
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Ex-FBI agent Brigid Quinn is back—staking family and friendship to save a man on death row.
“One of the most memorable FBI agents since Clarice Starling.”—Publishers Weekly
“A powerhouse series.”—The Boston Globe
Heroes and villains—they’ve all got family. That’s one lesson Brigid Quinn has learned during her three decades in the FBI, along with how to disarm a 250-pound man in under 10 seconds and single-handedly take down serial killers and drug cartels. And ex-FBI agents have family, too. Case in point: Brigid’s father, who’s just ended up in the hospital.
Going home to Florida is never a treat for Brigid, who greatly prefers her new life and husband in Tucson. At least doing so gives her a chance to look up Laura Coleman, a former colleague who was once nearly killed saving Brigid’s life. Today, Laura is working to try to exonerate Marcus Creighton, who is on death row for the murder of his family. It’s a famous—and dangerous—case. And Laura could use all the help she can get from Brigid.
As Brigid tries manage the drama of her father’s health, her vaguely accusatory mother, and her conveniently scarce brother, she can’t help but wonder about her own family secrets alongside of Laura’s client’s. Seeing is not always believing—and what if Creighton is innocent after all? Isn’t the truth always hardest to see when it’s close to home? The case is growing ever more convoluted as new evidence comes to light, and Brigid and Laura must race to find the truth…before it’s too late.
BECKY MASTERMAN, who was an acquisitions editor for a press specializing in medical textbooks for forensic examiners and law enforcement, received her M.A. in creative writing from Florida Atlantic University. Her debut thriller, Rage Against the Dying, was a finalist for the Edgar Award for Best First Novel, the CWA Gold Dagger Award for Best Crime Novel of 2013, as well as the Macavity, Barry, and Anthony awards. She won the Tony Hillerman Fiction Award for A Twist of the Knife. Becky lives in Tucson, Arizona, with her husband.
Praise For A Twist of the Knife: A Novel (Brigid Quinn Series #3)…
“A gripping third entry of this powerhouse series.” — The Boston Globe
“Masterman expertly builds both the family story and detective story to unexpected revelations and redemption.”
—Salem MacKnee, The News & Observer (Raleigh)
“Author Becky Masterman is as adept as her protagonist….Fantastic….A first sentence grabs you, a final sentence awes you, and most of the other sentences punch you in the face as well. The narrative is easy-reading, smooth and compelling.” —The Oklahoman
"Brigid Quinn is a force to be reckoned with. She’s smart, strong, refreshingly mature, witty as hell—and an absolute thrill to read."
—Linda Castillo
"What I love about these books is that they're page-turners, they're really thrilling novels."
—Nancy Pearl, NPR's "Morning Edition," on the Brigid Quinn series
“Edgar-finalist Masterman presents a compassionate, clear-eyed depiction of the painful foibles of human nature in her chilling, twist-filled third thriller….A compelling, complex lead, Brigid has no problem skirting the straight and narrow in her quest for justice.”
"Masterman deftly layers in Brigid’s family story....This page-turner, which tackles the rising tide of false death-row convictions and the long arm of family secrets, should be perfect for Lisa Gardner fans."
"A crime novel that transcends the genre—a twisting, high-stakes story with characters so real and so recognizably human, that it breaks your heart a little. Brilliant."
—Shari Lapena, author of the New York Times bestseller The Couple Next Door
"Brilliant, intricate, authentic and sometimes raw, this is a masterfully written story that'll quicken your pulse and challenge the grey matter too. Brigid Quinn is my new favourite female investigator."
—Gilly Macmillan
“The intrinsic intricacies of the case, coupled with the rising emotional tension stemming from Brigid’s family crisis…will compel both new readers and old fans to cheer Brigid on.”
Additional Praise for Becky Masterman and the Brigid Quinn Novels:
"The most original new female character to anchor a crime series in years."
—Janet Maslin, The New York Times on Fear the Darkness
“When the nominations are made for the best crime-novel debut of the year, we should be hearing [Masterman's] name again.”
—The Washington Post on Rage Against the Dying
“Pulse-quickening...scorching...invigorating.”
—Janet Maslin, The New York Times on Rage Against the Dying
“Wow. An absolute pleasure. Chilling, smart...and what a voice.”
—Gillian Flynn, author of Gone Girl on Rage Against the Dying
“One of the most memorable FBI agents since Clarice Starling.”
—Publishers Weekly (starred, Pick of the Week) on Rage Against the Dying
“Masterman lives up to her name in this masterly combination of compelling character and plot.”
—Library Journal (starred) on Rage Against the Dying
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11 July 2017 at 5:12am
Cosmic “dust factory” reveals clues to how stars are born
Artist's impression of a supernova. Red shows the dust. Photo: A. Angelich; NRAO/AUI/NSF
A group of scientists led by researchers at Cardiff University say they have discovered a rich inventory of molecules at the centre of an exploded star for the very first time.
Two previously undetected molecules were found in the cooling aftermath of Supernova 1987A, located 163,000 light years away in a nearby neighbour of our own Milky Way galaxy. The explosion was originally witnessed in February 1987, hence its name.
It was previously thought that the massive explosions of supernovae would completely destroy any molecules and dust that may have been already present.
But scientists say finding these unexpected molecules suggests the explosive death of stars could lead to clouds of molecules and dust at extremely cold temperatures, which are similar conditions to those seen in a stellar nursery where stars are born.
Our results have shown that as the leftover gas from a supernova begins to cool down to below ‑200°C, the many heavy elements that are synthesised can begin to harbour rich molecules, creating a dust factory.
What is most surprising is that this factory of rich molecules is usually found in conditions where stars are born. The deaths of massive stars may therefore lead to the birth of a new generation.
– Dr Mikako Matsuura, from Cardiff University’s School of Physics and Astronomy
The team arrived at their findings using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to probe the heart of Supernova 1987A in remarkably fine detail.
The findings have been published in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
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About the IWW
The IWW is a member-run union for all workers, a union dedicated to organizing on the job, in our industries and in our communities. IWW members are organizing to win better conditions today and build a world with economic democracy tomorrow. We want our workplaces run for the benefit of workers and communities rather than for a handful of bosses and executives.
We are the Industrial Workers of the World because we organize industrially.
This means we organize all workers producing the same goods or providing the same services into one union, rather than dividing workers by skill or trade, so we can pool our strength to win our demands together. Since the IWW was founded in 1905, we have made significant contributions to the labor struggles around the world and have a proud tradition of organizing across gender, ethnic and racial lines - a tradition begun long before such organizing was popular.
We invite you to become a member whether or not the IWW happens to have representation rights in your workplace. We organize the worker, not the job, and recognize that unions are not about government certification or employer recognition but about workers coming together to address common concerns.
Sometimes this means refusing to work with dangerous equipment and chemicals.
Sometimes it means striking or signing a contract. Other times it mean agitating around particular issues or grievances in a workplace or industry.
The IWW is a democratic, member-run union. That means members decide what issues to address, and which tactics to use and we directly vote on office holders, from stewards to national offices. Why wait? Join the IWW and organize for a better future.
The Preamble to the IWW Constitution - This is the IWW's mission statement and call to action.
Official IWW Literature - Official IWW literature is any literature, written by or about the IWW, that has been approved by the IWW's General Executive Board (who are elected to one-year terms by a democratic vote of the dues paying membership), or by a direct vote of the IWW's general membership.
Industrial Unionism - The IWW organizes industrially rather than by trade. These Industrial Unions are to be grouped together into six Departments. Our goal is to organize all industries into One Big Union. here we explain this concept.
Solidarity Unionism - is the term we use for the guiding strategic principles of the IWW as opposed to 'Business Unionism.' We strive to build unions based on the direct strength of workers on the job, without regard to government or employer 'recognition.' It also refers to a strategy that eschews traditional contracts as our end goal. Instead we seek to win gains and build power through direct action tactics, rejecting concessionary bargaining and the prevalent 'no-strike' and 'management rights' clauses most traditional trade unions are all too willing to accept. Here you can find out more about our the IWW's unique and innovative organizing strategy, Solidarity Unionism.
How the IWW Differs from Business Unions - The business unions foster a state of affairs which allows one set of workers to be pitted against another set of workers in the same industry, thereby helping defeat one another in wage wars. Moreover, the trade unions aid the employing class to mislead the workers into the belief that the working class have interests in common with their employers. The IWW offers a different vision
The IWW Stance on Political Parties and Anarchism - To the end of promoting industrial unity and of securing necessary discipline within the organisation, the IWW refuses all alliances, direct or indirect, with any political parties or anti-political sects, and disclaims responsibility for any individual opinion or act which may be at variance with the purposes herein expressed.
The IWW's Stance on Ecology - Between these two classes a struggle must go on until the workers of the world organize as a class, take possession of the means of production, abolish the wage system, and live in harmony with the Earth.
Preamble to the IWW Constitution
Official IWW Literature and Documents
Industrial Workers of the World - What Everyone Should Know
One Big Union
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Industrial Classification
How Employers Organize
All Trades--One Union
Other Practical Advantages
One Class--One Union
Industrial Departments
No "Checkoff"
No Clique Control
No Politics in This Union
Job Action and Legislation
Efficient Unionism
The ABC's of Revolutionary Unionism
Father Thomas J. Haggerty's Wheel
The IWW - its History, Structure and Methods
(1) The I.W.W. - A Brief History
(2) The Original I. W. W. Preamble
(3) Second Convention
(4) I.W.W. Preamble
(5) Structure of the I.W.W.
(6) General Outline
(7) Administration of the Organizations
(8) I.W.W. Tactics or Methods
(9) Education
(10) Struggles of the I.W.W.
(11) Some of the Strikes of 1912
(12) The I.W.W. at Present
(13) Manifesto On Organizing The Industrial Workers of the World
(14) Epilogue, by Mark Damron, added 2001
A New Union Vision
The IWW and The Industrial Union Movement in America
You are the Union - Membership in the IWW
Think it Over
Solidarity Unionism
The Origins of Solidarity Unionism
Open Source Unionism: A Proposal to American Labor
Minority Report #1
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Slowdowns
Working to Rule
Whistle Blowing (the Open Mouth)
Sick-Ins
"Good Work" Strikes
Sitdown Strikes
How the IWW Differs from Business Unions
Slaughterhouse Fight: A Look at the Hormel Strike
Strike by Any Other Name
Introducing the Employee Liberation Act - Unleashing the Power of Worker Self-Activity and Direct Action
SEIU and Antiglobalization Protesters
Flying Squads and the Crisis of Workers' Self-Organization
Reutherism Redux
A Wobbly Strategy for Fundamental Change
Josh DeVries Responds to Staughton Lynd
Organize From Below!
The IWW Stance on Political Parties and Anarchism
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Stolen cameras were hung on the Internet and sold cheaply to men. Police said they were inadmissible
2019-07-09 15:14:55 category:Hot
The companys Sport Camera disappeared for nearly a month, Xiao Chen suddenly found that the machine was hanging on idle fish and was sold cheaply. The shelf time was the second day of the disappearance. The photo on the purchase page has a sequence code that matches my missing motion camera. Xiao Chen said. To his surprise, after buying back the sports camera, he found that the T-shirts and hats supplied by the seller happened to be T-shirts and hats missing with the sports camera.
Sellers selling page on idle fish (later reduced to 1800 yuan)
The day after the disappearance, the sellers put up idle fish for sale.
Xiao Chen lodged a complaint with the idle fish and went to a police station in Wuhou District of Chengdu on the afternoon of July 9 to report the case, but the progress on both sides was not satisfactory: the idle fish decided that his complaint was unsuccessful, and the police station informed him that there was insufficient evidence and suggested a civil procedure.
The original price of the camera was 5,700 yuan and was sold at a discount of 1,800 yuan.
Xiao Chen works for a well-known sports camera brand. In late May last year, the company assigned him a sports camera with an original price of more than 5700 yuan. But usually not, Xiao Chen put it on the desk at home.
On June 14, a young man in his early 20s rented Xiao Chens house. After looking at the house, Xiao Chen found his sports camera missing, along with a T-shirt and a hat. Probably when I poured water for him, he walked along. Xiao Chen said, but at that time thought it was temporarily impossible to find, so he did not immediately call the police.
The clothes supplied by the seller, Xiao Chen said they were his own clothes.
On July 5, the company told Xiao Chen to compensate, so he logged on to the idle fish and prepared to buy one to the company. Wandering around, Xiao Chen suddenly found that the sport camera was being sold cheaply on idle fish: the original price of 5,700 yuan sport camera, at this time only 1,800 yuan. Xiao Chen carefully compared the sequence codes of the motion cameras on the purchase page and found that they were identical with his missing ones.
Red Star News reporter saw that more than a year ago, when the company allocated the sports camera to Xiao Chen, the chat page recorded its serial number: GP24505825. The same sequence code, which happens to appear on the photos of the idle fish page, is also watermarked with the sellers account name.
Xiao Chen provided a chat record with the company more than a year ago, showing the same serial number as the Sports Camera sold by the seller.
Xiao Chen said that in order not to frighten the snake, he did not directly seek the seller back, but first order payment, buy back the sports camera. Sale of the same city, Xiao Chen soon received the camera, and to his surprise, the missing T-shirt and hat were also accompanied back, That T-shirt and hat is my companys cultural shirt, ordinary people can not buy it.
The police also found the evidence insufficient when the platform complaint failed.
After getting the sports camera, Xiao Chen went to the seller and asked him if he had stolen or sold the stolen clothes. The clothes you sent are also mine. Its interesting. The seller replies to Xiao Chen: You cheated on things, and then you started to routine others. I am reselling. I dont know if its yours or not.
Xiao Chen asked again, As a reseller, you didnt even ask you how the machine came from your home. The seller replies, Of course I dont care. The seller believes that there is no defect in the item itself and refuses to refund it.
The process of consultation between the two sides
There will be no dispute between the two sides, and the seller will also be Xiao Chen Lahe. Subsequently, Xiao Chen appealed for a refund on the idle fish and provided chat records, serial numbers, T-shirt hats and other evidence. The seller responded, initially offering face-to-face transactions with the buyer, but was rejected. After the buyer got the goods, all the evidence had been possessed by the buyer and the buyer was in an advantage before making the request. The seller also responded that he was not obliged to refund for non-transaction. Then Xiao Chen proposed that the two sides meet again in front of the police and were refused by the seller.
Idle Fish Judges Sellers Victory
On the afternoon of July 9, Xiao Chen came to a police station in Wuhou District of Chengdu to report the case. He was advised to take legal action by the police, and the public security organs could not accept it. The proof you have now is that the camera is in your hands, and the serial number is the same. So when the other party mails you, do you fix the camera? (Record, for example) When did I open the package and receive it? Can the serial number on it confirm that it was sent by the other party? Police stressed: This is factual evidence, is your loophole.
Later in the afternoon of July 9, Xiao Chen told reporters that the idle fish decided that his complaint had failed and had already called the seller with the money: I am speechless. The idle fish handled it like this and called the seller without giving evidence. The Red Star journalist contacted the idle fish customer service, asked the reasons for the decision, and was told that it would take one working day to reply.
Source: Red Star News Responsible Editor: Youyuan Garden_NO4712
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Confident. Exuberant. Raw. Innovative. These are just a few of the words industry insiders and fans have used to describe the talent behind one of America's favorite house DJs, Donald Glaude. He skyrocketed to 48 this year on DJ Mag's Top 100 List and his genius keeps on growing…
Born in Tacoma, Washington, Donald's love for music began at an early age. Originally a disciplined student of classical music, he was well-versed in the upright bass and violin. Any aspirations Donald had to continue in the classical vein vanished once he heard his first house record. With an ear for blending music already under his belt, and a love for the energy and soul of musical prodigies like George Clinton and Funkadelic, Donald began to amass a collection of house records which he taught himself to mix with a pair of mismatched turntables and a Radio Shack mixer.
Before Donald few DJs had attempted to spin house records. Donald's fine ear helped him give birth to a new style. After mastering his craft, Donald began DJing in various clubs around Tacoma and Seattle. During that time he made several important connections which would launch his music to the forefront of what was quickly becoming one of the largest underground movements since New Wave in the late-70s. Perhaps the greatest connection Donald made was with another aspiring DJ and friend, DJ Dan.
Together Donald & DJ Dan sparked the rave scene in Seattle and developed large followings. Knowing that Donald possessed an energy and ability to work the crowd that was unparalleled to anyone else on the circuit, Dan convinced San Francisco's legendary Funky Tekno Tribe to bring down his good friend Donald to play at one of their parties. Donald's talents quickly made him a permanent fixture on F.T.T.'s roster.
Some DJs seek commercial acceptance. Donald, on the other hand, has always preferred an emotional connection with his audience. For Donald, house music is not simply a mixed bag of sound, but rather an experience that provokes the soul. Apart from his mastery on the decks, Donald is best known for his dynamic showmanship. He enjoys his music as much as his audience does. Embracing their energy, it is not uncommon to find Donald pumping his hands in the air, jumping up and down and shouting back his love to the crowd. It is this powerful signature style which has led fellow DJ and musical producer, Dave Aude, to call Donald the "James Brown of DJs." Donald also caused some stir in 2005 and 2006 with his residency at ICE Nightclub in Las Vegas.
Donald's uncompromising style and innovation show no sign of slowing down any time soon. With the credit of 5 full-length CDs and numerous remixes under his belt, Donald has focused much of his time to production work. Producing such dance floor hits as "Get Up" and "Soul Cha Cha". As such, Donald has launched two record labels in which are causing rumblings in the industry. Eden Recordings, started with fellow DJ Rick V, and Durty Records, a collaboration with good friend Vince Lombardi.
Donald's 2005 release, "This is Me" (Moist Music), is a 35-track double CD that defines his creativity, sound and vibrant style. Since its release, Donald's fans have been eager to hear what's next from their favorite DJ. Fans will be pleased to know that Donald's hard at work on another double CD, "For the People" (Moist Music), a live recording and original tracks produced by Donald himself. With the completion of this latest project, the world should be prepared to experience all sides of Donald Glaude: DJ. Producer. ARTIST.
Continuing to be "The Hardest Working American Dj" Donald has many new projects planned for this upcoming year. He has a tour scheduled with "America's Most Beloved Dj" Dj Dan and he also has another new CD releasing in 2007. Also expect new release from both of his labels Eden Recordings and Durty Records. You have seen him use his musical talents from bring his experience in playing bass, percussion, violin and then moving on to the turntable just show us his grasp on music. To mastering the turntable and then on to recently turned Serato user always expect the unexpected when you come see Donald Glaude………
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Home News Angelina Jolie And Brad Pitt Might Not Get Divorced After All
Angelina Jolie And Brad Pitt Might Not Get Divorced After All
Brangelina might not get divorced after all. (Photo: Archive)
“The divorce is off. They haven’t done anything to move it forward in several months and no one thinks they are ever going to,” a source told Us Weekly. (Photo: Archive)
Brad Pitt told GQ he has stopped drinking, has been going to therapy, and has been turning to art for healing. (Photo: Archive)
Pitts determination to improve himself has “softened” Jolie’s heart “in a big way.” (Photo: Archive)
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie fell in love during the filming of Mr. and Mrs. Smith in 2005. (Photo: Archive)
Their family grew to include six children, three of whom were adopted, before they announced their engagement in 2012. (Photo: Archive)
The couple married on 2014, at their estate Château Miraval in Correns, France. (Photo: Archive)
The former power couple separated in September 2016, with Jolie filling for divorce and requesting physical custody of their children. (Photo: Archive)
It’s been a tough week for romance in Hollywood after the news of Chris Pratt and Anna Fari’s divorce. But this could potentially restore your faith in love.
Brangelina might resurrect from the fires of divorce hell! Neither Angelina Jolie nor Brad Pitt have moved forward trying to legally end their marriage after their unexpected split last year, or so major new report claims.
A new cover story published on Wednesday in Us Weekly sees multiple sources claiming the former power couple had not moved forward with proceedings to end their marriage because “she’s still so in love with him”. An insider said: “The divorce is off. They haven’t done anything to move it forward in several months and no one thinks they are ever going to.”
According to the magazine, Pitt’s commitment to self-improvement has struck a chord with Jolie. A friend of the actress claimed she had said she would consider taking Brad back “If he showed he was committed to raising a family”.
In GQ’s May issue, Brad, 53, confessed he had long lived with a drinking problem and hurt his relationship with Angelina, 42, and their six kids, Maddox, Pax, Shiloh, Zahara, and twins Vivienne and Knox. “It hit me smack in the face with our divorce: I gotta be more. I gotta be more for them. I have to show them. An I haven’t been great at it.” The movie star confessed he had completely stopped drinking, he had been going to therapy, and also that he had been turning to art for healing, all these with the desire to live a more healthy, positive lifestyle.
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie fell in love during the filming of Mr. and Mrs. Smith in 2005, but they publicly commented on their relationship until 2006, when she confirmed that she was pregnant with his child. Their family grew to include six children, three of whom were adopted, before they announced their engagement in 2012. The couple married on 2014, at their estate Château Miraval in Correns, France. Two years later, the former power couple separated in September 2016, with Jolie filling for divorce and requesting physical custody of their children.
Pitts determination to improve himself has “softened” Jolie’s heart “in a big way.” With the divorce now allegedly in limbo, “everyone thinks they are going to get back together.”
“It wouldn’t be surprising if they announced that they’re calling it off and trying to work things out,” the source added.
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This week: our new blog; contesting parking tickets via Skype; and finding money in Copenhagen's trashcans
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Long Beach, California, is “crowdsourcing” the position of Chief Data Officer prior to deciding whether it should appropriate scarce monies to hire a single individual. Under the experiment, the city will open up much of its municipal data to allow its engaged, data-driven citizens to act as a Chief Data Officer without the financial risk that actively hiring one entails. The goals of the experiment include identifying high-value data that benefits citizens, supporting the cleaning and formatting of open data, and presenting open data insights to citizens via mobile and web apps. While potential drawbacks may include the need to cultivate ongoing crowdsourcing, and speed and efficiency might suffer, officials note that the idea presents a low-stakes scalable option for small cities that allows them to test-drive the potential position.
City lets out-of-state drivers contest parking tickets via Skype
Boston has unveiled a new program that allows those who live outside of Massachusetts to contest their parking citations remotely. Using the video chat tool Skype, parking supervisors can speak online to out-of-state persons who have provided all relevant documentation beforehand. To qualify, the person and the vehicle must reside outside of Massachusetts. At least five ticket appeals using Skype have occurred so far. The city believes it is the first in the nation to provide this service.
Finding Money in Copenhagen's Trash Cans
To assist residents who sift through trash bins looking for cans and bottles to return for a deposit, Copenhagen, Denmark, is now testing out a trashcan model that works much like the receptacles many use to separate their own recyclables. Under the program, the city has installed trashcans with external shelves to make items eligible for a deposit refund easily accessible to those who want to retrieve them. Officials note that the program has the twin benefits of both making life easier for those who sort through receptacles and making the city cleaner.
In San Francisco, Poor Families Will Get Help Paying For Diapers
On November 1, San Francisco became the first in the nation to subsidize diapers for residents who receive benefits through the state's assistance program. Diapers are a valuable commodity for poor mothers, who sometimes have to keep babies in the same diaper until they get rashes, reuse dirty diapers, or decide not to leave the house because they do not have diapers. Families in the program bring in less than $13,000 a year, including food stamps, and officials estimate that about 1,300 of those families will qualify for the diaper subsidy.
Buffalo Entices Start-Ups to Relocate With $5 Million Contest
Buffalo has joined a growing number of regions that are using business competitions as economic development tools. The city has recently completed the largest business-idea contest in the nation, 43North, which is a public-private initiative that is awarding over $5 million in prize money to start-ups, helping to both retain and attract new ventures. In return, the company gives 43North a 5 percent equity stake and commits to keeping its doors open in Buffalo for at least one year. Organizations in Pittsburgh, Detroit, Nevada, Alaska, and Wisconsin are also using these competitions to increase local entrepreneurship.
Pilot program offers free air quality sensors to New York City nail salons
In January 2016, New York City will begin installing air quality sensors in some nail salons to monitor the environment where people work. Chemicals in nail salons can sometimes lead to eye and lung irritation, kidney damage, or birth defects. Officials state that volunteers can install small sensor chips in their lamps that test air quality and feed the information to health officials, and salon owners and workers, for monitoring. About 30 salons are expected to take part in the pilot.
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Cities across the United States are turning traditional summer jobs program into targeted interventions for disconnected youth. A new generation of summer jobs programs offers us lessons about how to use them strategically.
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76ers lab chooses a fantasy sport site as first startup
Jonathan Takiff, STAFF WRITER
While the Sixers Innovation Lab wasn't supposed to be up and running at the Philadelphia 76ers Training Complex in Camden until March, the lab's newly named managing director Seth Berger has already spotted a new venture he couldn't resist helping.
Combing through "the first 60 or so applications" from startups seeking funding from the Philadelphia 76ers spin-off, Berger was drawn to one called AND1Analytics. The name pays homage to the sports apparel company AND1 that made the Malvern-based Berger's rep and fortune in the 1990s and early 2000s.
"One of the young men behind it — Dylan Elder, a Georgetown University student taking time off from school — had no clue I would become the MD [managing director] here when he sent it in," Berger mused. "And honestly, for what it is — a daily fantasy sports (DFS) lineup recommender — I thought the name was awful. But the project itself, already up and running with terrific results, is amazing. It enables the casual sports fan to spend a minute or 30 minutes picking a fantasy player lineup that will perform as well as those from people who spend 40 to 60 hours at the mission."
Newly renamed and online as Monster Roster, the recommend service is targeted to the "hundreds of thousands of players" who make weekly investments in payoff pools at hosting sites like Draft Kings and Fanduel, which MR links to.
While many have argued that DFS is a form of gambling, at least three dozen states have come round to legalizing and taxing the pursuit; the Pennsylvania legislature is considering such a bill.
Berger argues that DFS is a game of skill and knowledge, not chance, though a casual participant's odds of picking the best performing fantasy squad are considerably improved by Monster Roster's "patented algorithm and lineup recommendation tools." While the rules of the game say the top performing half of all lineup submissions will win in the "50-50" entry category, "75 percent of our lineups are cashing in," he said.
"The daily fantasy market has exploded," noted Adam Caplan, a Philadelphia-based football maven heard Fridays on SiriusXM's Fantasy Sports Radio channel and seen often on ESPN as an NFL "Top Insider."
"In fantasy football, you pick your lineup for the season. In the daily fantasy derivative you pick whichever players you think will perform best on a specific game day — in football, basketball or baseball. I know guys who've quit their jobs to do nothing but play DFS as a vocation. If Monster Roster performs as well as they claim, it will be well worth the fee they're charging" — $20 a month, after a 30-day free trial.
Though initial promotion has been limited to "some Twitter buzz and word-of-mouth," nearly 5,000 customers are already poneying up that monthly fee, said Berger. "That's after just a couple months operating in Beta [test] mode, with no advertising and no pr."
With venture backing coming from a 76ers affiliate called "1776," the first startup at the Sixers Innovation Lab has a strong sports-tech connection.
"But in fact only a quarter of our applications have been in the sports space," said Berger. "And any smart, consumer-facing business we can help — with financing, branding and marketing to improve their visibility — we're interested in."
Elder encourages others to follow his path: "Seth challenges me to think bigger and is the perfect mentor for my situation."
Soon to occupy about 10,000 square feet of the 125,000 square foot 76ers Training Complex (the team is already there), the startup zone is also being supported by partners and advisors including office furniture maker Kimball (which actually gets "Crafted by Kimball" billing at the end of the Sixers Innovation Lab name) and The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, plus StubHub, Draft Kings, Rothman Institute, First Round Capital, Maven Creative (which coined the Monster Roster name) and others, including a major law firm, to be announced.
Startups can apply at sixersinnovationlab.com. Besides advice and counsel — and sometimes funding — incubator residents get three square meals a day and free housing in the Philadelphia area.
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Meadowvale Village of Yesterday
by Khaled Iwamura on March 22, 2019
The story of Meadowvale Village begins in 1819 when twenty-nine families emigrated from New York State and settled in this area. Due to the quiet pastoral beauty which greeted these early settlers, the area was appropriately dubbed "Meadowvale".
Early milling enterprises were established by James Crawford and John Simpson. Simpson quickly became an affluent member of the community and is considered by many as the founding father of the village. In 1836, Meadowvale had reached a sufficient size to be considered a village. Milling continued as the lifeblood of the community for many years, and the burgeoning village's prosperity was directly linked to the success of the mills.
Francis Silverthorn moved to Meadowvale in 1844, and, with his expansions to Crawford's mill complex, the community also acquired a grist mill. By the 1850s, there were two hotels, a wagon shop, foundry and a school to support the growing population.
Due to the well-preserved historic character of the area, Meadowvale Village earned the distinction of becoming Ontario's first Heritage Conservation District in 1980.
Derry Road and Pond Street, looking north, c1900
Derry Road, looking west, c1900
Derry Road, looking west, first sidewalk, c1910
Gooderham House, c1910
Meadowvale CPR Train Station, c1915
Meadowvale Mill, c1910
Millworkers’ Houses, Pond Street, Meadowvale, c1900
Pond Street, looking north, c1900
Commercial Hotel, Meadowvale, c1900
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Alix Pressley | 12 November, 2018
Alliance Chairman and CEO, Carlos Ghosn, has announced new van production for manufacturing facilities in Maubeuge and Sandouville, France. Maubeuge serves as Renault’s small van centre of excellence and Sandouville is the production centre for the Renault Trafic van.
By the end of the strategic plan, Alliance 2022, the Alliance aims to double annual synergies to €10 billion. To help achieve this target, Renault, Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors will accelerate collaboration on common platforms and common production facilities.
In the presence of French President, Emmanuel Macron, Alliance Chairman and CEO Carlos Ghosn announced these new investments in France. They toured the plant and met with employees and also visited the plant’s advanced training centre.
“Groupe Renault’s global van expertise is driving synergies across the Alliance to benefit all our customers. The Maubeuge and Sandouville plants provided the most attractive solution thanks to their competitiveness and ability to leverage Alliance common platforms. This year, Groupe Renault has announced a total investment in France of €1.4 billion to support two pillars of growth: pure electric and light commercial vehicles,” said Carlos Ghosn.
The Maubeuge plant, which ranks among the most efficient plants in France, will serve as the manufacturing hub for the next-generation Renault Kangoo family, which includes electric versions. Groupe Renault is investing €450 million for Kangoo production over five years. In 2019, 200 workers will be hired in order to support the van expansion.
The Nissan NV250, a new small van based on the current Renault Kangoo platform, will also be produced at Maubeuge, beginning in mid-2019.
Furthermore, as stated in their recent joint press conference in Paris, the Alliance and Daimler are reaffirming their partnership. Renault currently produces the Mercedes Citan van at the Maubeuge plant.
Mitsubishi Motors will also benefit from Renault’s van expertise, with the announcement that it will source a vehicle on the same platform as the Renault Trafic, built in Renault’s Sandouville plant, for markets in Australia and New Zealand.
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Proteas hunt The Lions
Opinion / 10 February 2019, 2:30pm / Lungani Zama
Dale Steyn will be key for the Proteas in their upcoming series'. Photo: Muzi Ntombela/BackpagePix
Durban will host the first of two Test matches between the Proteas and Sri Lanka, starting on Wednesday.
The tourists slipped into the country early, after a baptism of fire in Australia. They can expect more of the same when they run into the Proteas over the next three weeks because the South Africans still have a score to settle.
In the winter, South Africa had their colours lowered in Sri Lanka, as the spinning tracks of Galle and Colombo proved too much for them.
It was a meek surrender, given what they had accomplished in 2014 there, winning a series under the leadership of Hashim Amla.
On that occasion, the Proteas had leant heavily on the reverse-swing of Dale Steyn and the barrel-straight bowling of the supporting cast.
There were also crucial runs for the Proteas, and that key ingredient was missing in 2018. Temba Bavuma and Theunis de Bruyn tried, but it was all in vain. South Africa’s frailties against spin surfaced again, and the islanders twirled their way to a cherished series victory.
Now, on firmer tracks, against an attack that has already had the taste of blood, the Sri Lankans will be dreading what comes next. Duanne Olivier has become the Bone Collector, Dale Steyn is back to his best, and Kagiso Rabada has been given time off.
Their only respite will come from the fact that the grounds being used have lost much of their menace of old, and they may even encourage some spin. Kingsmead and St George’s Park are probably as friendly a pair of tracks as South Africa could have handed the Sri Lankans, but that is how the schedule has played out.
To be fair, South Africa ought to have too much fire-power for a Sri Lankan side wherever they play. The Lions are a team rebuilding, and their bite is not what it once was. They still have combative individuals in Niroshan Dickwella, for one, but the collective doesn’t appear to have the stomach for the fight.
South Africa, galvanised by a summer of happy hunting, will likely go for the jugular. They will look to make short work of a visiting team already hurting from Australia, and really emphasise the point that they were caught cold last winter.
The one area where South Africa will really be looking to beef up is the runs column. In the last three home series, against India, Australia and Pakistan, there has been a premium on survival. The opposition attacks have been that good, and the assistance from the surfaces has not helped the situation.
Now, on slower tracks, the top order of South Africa will be expected to come into their own. Centuries, and big ones at that, will be the order of the day. This is the last of the summer wine for them, because India away and then England at home are the next assignments.
That is not to disrespect the Sri Lankans, but even a rebuilding Australia feasted on their friendly-paced fare. South Africa need to pull out their ruthless streak with the bat, and then let their bowlers finish off the carcass.
In Durban, the Proteas will have to make some tough decisions on the make-up of their side. Keshav Maharaj would expect a game, after a summer of mixing drinks, but the Proteas may again feel compelled to go with their strength of pace bowling - especially against a Sri Lankan side who have shown recent weakness in that area.
The other debate will be in the middle order, where Faf du Plessis will return. He is a certainty, but whether Zubayr Hamza or Theunis de Bruyn are retained depends firmly on how many bowlers they reckon they need against the islanders.
The first Test between South Africa and Sri Lanka starts on Wednesday at Kingsmead.
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National Sport News
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Cameron McInnes wants to make one thing clear - he's a Dragon now despite a rich Souths past. All year while this classy hooker has been lighting up the NRL at St George Illawarra, the talk has been about how he was forced out of his junior club South Sydney by the recruitment of Robbie Farah two seasons ago. Then there was the ongoing head-to-head battle with close mate Damien Cook, that began at the Bunnies and transcended into a shootout for a NSW State of Origin jersey this year. McInnes admits five years ago, when he captained the Rabbitohs under-20s side, it was unthinkable he'd one day play against them in an NRL semi-final. But he couldn't be happier doing it. "I've played more games at St George Illawarra than I have at Souths," McInnes told AAP. "This will be my 50th game for St George Illawarra this week. I feel like I'm a Dragon through and through. "The turnover of staff and players at Souths has been huge since I left. It is a team I used to play for but it's more the colours not the team. "There's no heartache playing them, I love the Dragons and I love my life down here." A Sydney Roosters fan growing up because of Brad Fittler, McInnes only started getting behind Souths when he entered their junior club systems. But he's now very much an Illawarra boy. He's set up his whole life around it after trading the inner city for the south coast beaches since basing himself at Shellharbour at the end of last year with fiancee Rachel. "I couldn't be happier with where my football life is at and my life in general," he said. "My first kid was born down here, I got engaged down here and bought my first house down here. Everything is down here and I love it down here." Saturday's battle between McInnes and Cook will be crucial for both teams' finals fate, and while McInnes doesn't buy into the duel he knows the importance of stifling his opposite number. "It's a whole team thing. If we control their forwards it makes the game harder for him, if Souths control our forwards it makes it harder for me," McInnes said. "He's a big part of their team so if we can slow him down it would be a big part for us." Australian Associated Press
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Rabbitohs a distant memory for McInnes
St George Illawarra's Cameron McInnes says he feels no bond with his former NRL club South Sydney.
Cameron McInnes wants to make one thing clear - he's a Dragon now despite a rich Souths past.
All year while this classy hooker has been lighting up the NRL at St George Illawarra, the talk has been about how he was forced out of his junior club South Sydney by the recruitment of Robbie Farah two seasons ago.
Then there was the ongoing head-to-head battle with close mate Damien Cook, that began at the Bunnies and transcended into a shootout for a NSW State of Origin jersey this year.
McInnes admits five years ago, when he captained the Rabbitohs under-20s side, it was unthinkable he'd one day play against them in an NRL semi-final.
But he couldn't be happier doing it.
"I've played more games at St George Illawarra than I have at Souths," McInnes told AAP.
"This will be my 50th game for St George Illawarra this week. I feel like I'm a Dragon through and through.
"The turnover of staff and players at Souths has been huge since I left. It is a team I used to play for but it's more the colours not the team.
"There's no heartache playing them, I love the Dragons and I love my life down here."
A Sydney Roosters fan growing up because of Brad Fittler, McInnes only started getting behind Souths when he entered their junior club systems.
But he's now very much an Illawarra boy.
He's set up his whole life around it after trading the inner city for the south coast beaches since basing himself at Shellharbour at the end of last year with fiancee Rachel.
"I couldn't be happier with where my football life is at and my life in general," he said.
"My first kid was born down here, I got engaged down here and bought my first house down here. Everything is down here and I love it down here."
Saturday's battle between McInnes and Cook will be crucial for both teams' finals fate, and while McInnes doesn't buy into the duel he knows the importance of stifling his opposite number.
"It's a whole team thing. If we control their forwards it makes the game harder for him, if Souths control our forwards it makes it harder for me," McInnes said.
"He's a big part of their team so if we can slow him down it would be a big part for us."
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NZ fine dining salmon wins global award
New Zealand’s Ōra King salmon has been judged as ‘remarkable’ at the iTQi Superior Taste Awards in Belgium. The brand has been developed specifically for fine dining by Nelson-based New Zealand King Salmon and was launched only last year. Ōra King Fresh Whole Salmon achieved two stars in the awards and an overall mark of 83.1 per cent. The iTQi Superior Taste Awards are in their ninth year and are judged by more than 120 of the world’s opinion-leading chefs and sommeliers. Company CEO Grant Rosewarne says the accolade for Ōra King supports the company’s determination to be the world’s best producer of salmon for the demanding global food service trade.
“Ōra King represents the pinnacle standard from the NZ King Salmon fish selection programme founded on more than two decades of classical breeding and careful production management,” Mr Rosewarne says. “We have had wonderfully positive feedback from chefs around the world. This award – judged by their peers – clearly demonstrates we have a world-beating product on our hands,” he says. The company is awaiting full evaluation reports from the awards organisers complete with comments from the judges. The International Taste & Quality Institute (iTQi) is the leading independent chef and sommelier based organisation. Its aim is to test and promote “superior tasting food and drink from around the world”.
In the Superior Taste Award, products are blind tested solely on their own merit (not compared). The focus is on the intensity of gustatory pleasures. Criteria scored are first impression, appearance, aroma, texture, flavour and retro-olfaction and are commented on by each judge.
Judges are picked from a selection of 12 most prestigious culinary and sommeliers associations in Europe. The Superior Taste Award is licensed to the product for three years and Ōra King can use award labels on its products for that time.
The iTQi awards are now in their ninth year and in 2013 attracted 1,239 product entries from approx. 68 countries. No stars are awarded to products that don’t reach the 70 per cent threshold for one star.
iTQi: www.itqi.com/en
Ōra King Salmon: www.orakingsalmon.co.nz
About New Zealand King Salmon
New Zealand King Salmon (NZKS) sustainably farms King salmon from five sea farms in the cool, deep waters of the South Island’s Marlborough Sounds. NZKS invests heavily in research and development and is recognised worldwide for its best in class King salmon farming practises. It is firmly committed to the sustainability and viability of a renewable resource with its success centred on maintaining the quality of the waters in which the salmon are farmed. To this end, NZ King Salmon is independently certified by the Global Aquaculture Alliance as conforming to its Best Aquaculture Practices standards. Compared to other salmon and seafood species, King salmon consistently contains some of the highest levels per serving of healthy long-chain Omega-3 oils. The health benefits of Omega-3 oils are widely recognised by health professionals.
Grant Rosewarne, CEO, NZ King Salmon, Tel: 0-3-546 4860 Mob: 027 246 0980, email:Grant.Rosewarne@kingsalmon.co.nz
Deborah Pead, Pead PR, Tel: 0-9-918 5550, Mob: 021 612 919, email:deborah@peadpr.co.nz
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We've learned a lot over many years. Like how to present options without overwhelming. And how to meet the needs of many caring parties. People come to us in difficult times, and we respond kindness, calmness and expertise. Our goal is to create a beautiful occasion and make you feel welcome, always. We spend our days planning with families. We stay up to date with industry developments. And we make hard times a little easier.
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Our Mondovi Funeral Home
Our funeral home in Mondovi started in the late 1800’s with Erickson Funeral Home and continued throughout the years to Erickson-Trowbridge, Ede, Colby-Hemer, Strand, Kjentvet & Son and is currently Kjentvet-Smith Funeral Home.
Our Eleva Funeral Home
Our funeral home in Eleva began around 1918 as Kjentvet Funeral Home. It then became Kjentvet-Son and is currently Kjentvet-Smith Funeral Home.
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Joseph F. Smith
Joseph F. Smith, graduated from the University of Northern Iowa in 1969 with a BA in science and then from the Wisconsin Institute of Mortuary Science in 1970 as a funeral director. After graduation, he worked for Parrott and Wood Funeral Home in Waterloo, IA until he began his career at Kjentvet and Son Funeral Home in 1978. Joe has served families in western Wisconsin, particularly the Mondovi, Eleva, Strum and Gilmanton areas for over 30 years. He and his wife Pat, have owned and operated Kjentvet-Smith Funeral Home since January, 1993.
Patricia A. Smith
Patricia A. Smith, attended the University of Northern Iowa for three years, graduated from Chippewa Valley Technical College in Computer Science and later became a licensed insurance broker. Pat is a certified funeral consultant and insurance agent working with families to pre-arrange and pre-finance funerals at Kjentvet – Smith Funeral Home.
Bif (Elizabeth) Quisenberry
Bif graduated from the University of Minnesota, Mortuary Science program in 2013. She is a licensed funeral director in Wisconsin and Minnesota. Bif lives on a dairy farm in Plum City. She enjoys helping with animals on the farm, riding horses, and spending time with her family.
Richard Goodrich
A lifelong resident of Durand, Richard is the fifth generation to serve families in the area. Richard graduated from the University of Minnesota Mortuary Science Program in 1985. He and his wife, Laurie have five children; Kayla, Ashley, Joshua, Jessica, Jennifer and three grandsons, Nathan, Camden and Hudson. Richard enjoys fishing, camping and spending time with his family.
AnnMarie E. Goodrich
Funeral Associate / Pre-need Consultant
Ann has been assisting at the funeral home for many years, joining the firm full time in 2008. She is a Wisconsin licensed pre-need Consultant. Ann was born in Eau Claire, WI and moved to Durand in 1982. She and her husband, Jeff have four children; Ryan, Amy, Jenna and Corey and two granddaughters, Laila and Quinn. Ann enjoys spending time with family and friends.
Daniel Duffenbach
A life long resident of the Eau Claire-Chippewa Falls area, Daniel is a licensed funeral director who has been serving families for the past 35 years. Daniel is involved with several community organizations. Daniel is a Charter Member of the Chippewa County Grief Guidance Team, established in 1999. During his spare time Daniel enjoys hunting, fishing, and is a long distance runner. Daniel is married to Karolynne and they have four children and three grandchildren.
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Funeral Assistant
Richard Brion
Jody Shea
Pre-need Consultant
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History of Swords → 19th Century AD Swords
19th Century AD Swords
Swords History - 19th Century AD
European Brass Hilt Sabre - European Brass Hilt Sabre Sword circa: Early 1800's. The most common of all cavalry weapons of the 18th and 19th centuries was the sabre. A sword distinguishable by its single edge curved blade which was most effective in the hands of horse soldiers (cavalry) who could inflict serious injury to the necks and heads of ground troops with a swipe of the blade. Swords such as this were used by officers of the Imperial Guard and reputation follows this blade as the Russians in 1845.
Foot Officer's Civil War Sabre -
Pira Sword - Pira sword belongs to the Moro Swords from the Philippines. It is one of the rarest weapons. The sword features a single-edged, falchion-like, up-curving blade. The pommel of the sword as an up-curving horn that is very characteristic for this weapon. The Pira sword was the favorite fighting weapon among the peoples of Sulu Sultanate. The sword on average was about 33 inches in length with the blade measuring 20 inches in length. The scabbard was made of hardwood and bound with rattan fibers.
Pulwar Sword - The Pulwar sword design is based on the Indian Talwar sword. The Pulwar sword was manufactured in Afghanistan in the 19th century.
Ram Dao Sword - Ram-Dao was a kind of sacrificial sword used in Nepal. The sword featured a very wide and heavy blade that was sharply curved at the very end. The purpose of the sword was to behead an animal in just one blow. The sword was about 26 inches in length. The handle was 6 inch in length and it was straight, made of wood and mounted with brass. The sword often featured ornamental designs engraved on its blade.
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Sword History | Sword Origin Timeline
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Vernon Mayor Victor Cumming (left) congratulates city bylaw compliance officer Al Harrison on being named 2019 Bylaw Officer of the Year by the Licence Inspectors and Bylaw Officers Association of B.C. (Roger Knox - Morning Star)
Okanagan bylaw officer best in B.C.
Al Harrison named Bylaw Officer of the Year at annual association conference
Roger Knox
Arriving in the North Okanagan in 2008, Al Harrison skimmed The Morning Star wanted ads looking for something different to do.
The former member of the Canadian Armed Forces, and Alberta Corrections officer stationed in Fort Saskatchewan, saw an ad looking for bylaw officers.
Harrison applied, got the job and has been on the bylaw beat for 11 years.
At the annual general meeting and 49th annual Licence Inspectors and Bylaw Officers Association of B.C. (LIBOA) conference earlier this month in Salmon Arm, Harrison, 62, was named Bylaw Officer of the Year.
“It’s a very sobering award to win,” said Harrison, honoured during Monday’s regular meeting of Vernon council by Mayor Victor Cumming. “There’s several people out there that probably deserve it, but I’m honoured to win it.”
READ ALSO: Shelter bylaw enforced
Founded in 1970, LIBOA’s goal is to promote uniformed licensing regulations and bylaw enforcement throughout B.C. The provincial officers of the year are recognized for exhibiting leadership and vision, showcasing outstanding public civil service and demonstrates superior skills in bylaw investigation and enforcement.
“Al was selected because he exhibits kindness, compassion and generosity toward his co-workers and members of the public,” said Cumming. “He exhibits professionalism in the way he conducts himself and interacts with the public, and he’s a role model and mentor for his colleagues.”
The ad for bylaw officer, said Harrison, fit in with his military and corrections background, and there hasn’t been a day that he regretted applying for the job.
“There isn’t anything about my job I don’t like,” said Harrison. “Interacting with the public, learning everyday the bylaws and how to enforce and just going out and meeting people. I love it.”
roger@vernonmorningstar.com
Peachland residents worry about lug-nut thief
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“Clearly Anthony has been in prison for nine years,” he said. “We wanted a chance for him to get his day in court.”
Gray has been tried twice. A 2012 jury could not reach a unanimous verdict so a judge declared a mistrial.
Gray was tried again in 2013 and was found guilty on two counts of murder and one count of tampering with physical evidence. However, the Kentucky Supreme Court overturned the conviction because, it said, Gray’s confession to the Scott County Sheriff’s Office “was not the voluntary product of Gray’s free will.”
That led to his upcoming second retrial.
Hewlett, who feels optimistic that Gray will be found not guilty at his upcoming trial, said an investigator has interviewed an additional witness who “did time” with Peter Hafer, a man who the defense accused of being the real murderer of the Gray’s in a 2012 trial.
The witness reportedly has information that could possibly lead to Hafer being implicated as the murderer. Hafer previously pleaded guilty in 2010 to a federal weapons charge relating to pistols stolen from a Cynthiana pawn shop.
“There is a mountain of evidence against Peter Hafer and a molehill against Anthony Gray,” Hewlett said.
Trey Crumbie: 859-231-3261, @CrumbieHLeader
Deputy Morales returns home
Investigators work at rest area where deputy badly wounded, fugitive killed
‘A tragic accident.’ Pedestrian killed by driver merging onto I-75 in Scott County.
By Mike Stunson
A pedestrian was killed Thursday morning in Scott County when a driver was merging back onto Interstate 75. A Scott County Sheriff’s Office sergeant called it a tragic accident.
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Employee stole $250,000 in equipment from the Georgetown Toyota plant, grand jury charges
Updated: Kentucky deputy shot by police: ‘More afraid of inexperienced officers’ than ‘actual bad guys.’
Leak sends 100,000 gallons of sewage into Central Kentucky creek
More beer on the way: Georgetown brewery announces $1.8m expansion
Nearly nine months after Scott County deputy was shot, police still haven’t released records
Holy crap: Why would someone pay $200 for a Derby winner’s poo?
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Valve Issues Cease And Desist Letter To 23 Counter-Strike Gambling Sites
By Patrick Klepek on at
Counter-Strike gambling sites may not be long for this world, as Valve has sent a letter demanding they change practices in the next 10 days or the company will “pursue all available remedies including without limitation terminating your accounts.”
The letter in question first appeared last night, though its validity was questioned. Soon after, one of the most popular Counter-Strike gambling sites, CS:GO Big, uploaded a high-resolution version of the letter and announced it would be disabling deposits and temporarily shutting down.
Valve confirmed the letter’s legitimacy to Kotaku this morning.
“We are posting this as a PSA for everyone to be aware that other sites are affected too,” wrote the website CS:GO Big, “and anyone who has items on other sites SHOULD withdraw them if they claim they will continue to operate.”
CS:GO Big was one of 23 gambling sites listed by Valve.
Here’s Valve’s letter in full, written by general counsel Karl Quakenbash:
“We are aware that you are operating one of the gambling sites listed below. You are using Steam accounts to conduct this business. Your use of Steam is subject to the terms of the Steam Subscriber Agreement (“SSA”). Under the SSA Steam and Steam services are licensed for persona, non-commercial use only. Your commercial use of Steam accounts is unlicensed and in violation of the SSA. You should immediately cease and desist further use of your Steam accounts for any commercial purposes. If you fail to do this within ten (10) days Valve will pursue all available remedies including without limitation terminating your accounts.”
Around the same time the letter surfaced, another popular betting site, CS:GO Wild, pinned a tweet pointing towards a video titled “CS:GO gambling sites say goodbye,” cribbing a farewell scene from Furious 7.
Several gambling websites I’ve contacted for comment—most do not surface public information, besides social accounts—have not responded.
When Valve announced it was pushing back on gambling sites, however, a number of them announced they would be changing how they operated.
We will be making some changes over the next week, in light of the statement released by Valve, to comply with the issues they addressed.
— CSGO2x (@csgo2x) July 14, 2016
“Our main goal here at CSGO500 is to provide an enjoyable service for our users that is both legitimate and interactive,” said the website CSGO500. This will continue to be our goal, as we plan on adjusting to the upcoming limitations set by Valve. We assure our users that an alternative is already being worked on, one that will comply with Steam’s Terms of Service.
Neither CSGO500 nor CSGO2x have yet to say anything public today.
Just yesterday, Twitch banned one of the most popular Counter-Strike gambling streamers, PhantomL0rd. It’s unclear if that ban is permanent, as Twitch doesn’t comment on terms of service violations by its users, and the streamer hasn’t said anything publicly since the ban.
Given today’s news, however, it appears this story is far from over.
Patrick Klepek
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This is why a judge allowed the release of suspects in the New Mexico compound case
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<p>Eleven children were rescued from a compound in Taos County, New Mexico, after authorities say the search for a missing 3-year-old from Georgia led them to the site.</p>
A judge is coming under fire after allowing five adults to remain free on bail as they await trial for allegedly keeping 11 starving children in a filthy New Mexico compound, surrounded by weapons.
The decision, which has sparked community backlash and threats against the judge, comes two years after New Mexico voters overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment that revamped the state's bail laws and raised the legal threshold for detaining suspects before trial.
In this case, authorities have described the three women and two men as Muslim extremists who allegedly prepared the children to conduct school shootings. They argued that if the defendants were released from custody, there would be "a substantial likelihood" they could commit new crimes, court documents said.
But after four hours of testimony in a Taos County courtroom, state District Judge Sarah Backus on Monday said prosecutors did not provide enough evidence to show the suspects were a threat to the community, which would justify keeping them behind bars.
"The state alleges that there was a big plan afoot, but the state hasn't shown to my satisfaction, by clear and convincing evidence, what that plan was," Backus said, echoing the legal standard dictated by the amendment.
Backus allowed the suspects to be released pending trial under several conditions, including that each post a $20,000 bond, avoid alcohol consumption, not possess a weapon, wear a GPS tracker, stay in the county and maintain weekly contact with their attorneys.
The decision prompted outrage, with the courthouse evacuated Tuesday after the judge got more than 200 threats, said spokesman Barry Massey of the New Mexico Courts. Some callers threatened to slit her throat or slam her head, while others called her "an Islamic terrorist sympathizer" or "disgusting garbage human," he said.
The courthouse is due to reopen Wednesday.
New state law sets a high bar
Under New Mexico's new bail rules, pretrial detentions are determined by evidence of risk -- not ability to pay -- according to state judicial branch officials.
"In the past, judges had no authority to deny release to dangerous defendants who could buy a bond or make an installment payment deal with a bail bondsman," their fact sheet about the constitutional amendment states.
"The New Mexico Constitution now allows district judges to deny pretrial release to dangerous defendants, requiring that pretrial release and detention decisions be based on evidence of individual risk of danger or flight, not on how much an arrestee can pay to get out of jail," it states.
Meantime, arrestees who are "neither a danger nor a flight risk may not be jailed pending trial ... solely for lack of money to buy their way out," the fact sheet states.
Prosecutors seeking pretrial detention of a defendant must request it in district court and provide "clear and convincing evidence" that no release conditions will reasonably protect the safety of the community, the constitutional amendment requires. In this case, the judge said prosecutors did not hit that bar.
The amendment, state judicial officials said, aims to highlight that a suspect is innocent until proven guilty at a trial, bail is not pretrial punishment and suspects are entitled to equal protection, whether rich or poor.
Judge defends against criticism
Prosecutors have argued the accused adults trained children in the use of firearms at the rural compound and should remain in custody pending trial. In addition, a missing Georgia boy died during a religious ritual intended to cast out demonic spirits from his body, and his remains were kept on the compound, according to prosecutors.
But an attorney for one suspect said they were following religious rituals that might be viewed differently if they were white Christians rather than black Muslims.
Backus' office defended her decision Tuesday, saying it's her responsibility to "fairly and impartially apply the law and make a decision based on the evidence presented in court, not a popular sentiment."
But Gov. Susana Martinez, a Republican who appointed Backus to the bench, described the bail decision as a result of "liberal pretrial release rules put in place by the New Mexico Supreme Court."
"It's time to put a stop to the revolving door in our justice system and keep dangerous criminals in jail where they belong," Martinez said on her official Facebook page.
Legal analyst John Day told CNN affiliate KOAT that in pretrial detention motions, the burden of proof falls on prosecutors.
"Judges are not supposed to be swayed by public opinion," he said, "they're supposed to follow the law."
Defendant Siraj Wahhaj and his relatives -- sisters Hujrah Wahhaj and Subhannah Wahhaj, his partner Jany Leveille, and brother-in-law Lucas Morten -- each face 11 counts of child abuse. They have pleaded not guilty.
Leveille is no longer at the facility, and is in the custody of immigration officials, the Taos County sheriff said. The other four suspects had not posted bail by early Wednesday, according to the Taos County Adult Detention Center.
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Roadside blasts kills 2 in northern Sri Lanka
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Posted on January 23, 2007 | Politics
Jan 23, 2007 (AFP) – Two roadside bombs exploded in northern Sri Lanka Tuesday, killing two people and wounding 10, while suspected Tamil Tiger rebels hijacked a truck with six construction workers, police said. The blasts occurred in the besieged government-controlled Jaffna peninsula, while the workers were kidnapped by suspected Tiger rebels in the northern town of Vavuniya, police said.
A soldier was killed and two others wounded in one Claymore mine attack in Jaffna, while in the second attack a civilian was killed and eight others were wounded, police said.
The past month has seen a surge in violence in Vavuniya, situated 260 kilometres (160 miles) north of Colombo, with court records showing 34 civilians and 22 security personnel were killed there this month.
The killings were reported despite a heavy presence of police and troops.
In the island’s restive east, ground troops who captured the town of Vakarai from Tamil Tigers were clearing the area of mines and booby traps for a third straight day Tuesday, military officials said.
The military said security forces there had also captured a haul of weapons, including artillery guns, anti-aircraft cannons, mortars, suicide-bomb vests
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Judgment Search Results Home > Cases Phrase: mediation Sorted by: old Year: 1956 Page 1 of about 332 results (0.015 seconds)
Feb 27 1956 (FN)
Mastro Plastics Corp. Vs. Labor Board
..... modification;" "(2) offers to meet and confer with the other party for the purpose of negotiating a new contract or a contract containing the proposed modifications;" "(3) notifies the federal mediation and conciliation service within thirty days after such notice of the existence of a dispute, and simultaneously therewith notifies any state or territorial agency established to ..... mediate and conciliate disputes within the state or territory where the dispute occurred, provided no agreement has been reached by that time; and" "(4) continues in full force and effect, without .....
P. Murugayya Pillai and ors. Vs. S. Somasundaram Pillai and ors.
Reported in : AIR1957Mad100
..... that the lands of the family in narasingam-pettai and other lands taken on lease by them were not put in the possession of the mediators, in this mediation a strenuous attempt was made to draw up lists of the assets of the family. d. w. 3 krishnas-awmi ayyangar collected data with ..... the learned subordinate judge was constrained to agree. no doubt, the idea of settling matters by administering oaths appears to have been entertained at the mediation : see paragraph 34 of his judgment.in the face of the large volume of evidence about this taking of oaths which could not be a ..... 17 but i cannot say even approximately how long prior to ex. a-17 this arrangement took place. the arrangement was come to in the presence of mediator narayanaswami padayachi. he and krishnaswami ayyangar alone know about it'. .this narayanaswami padayachi referred to is not a witness. as reagrds krishnaswami ayyangar examined as ..... deed written in 1938 by d. w. 10. but this draft did not result in a partition deed being executed. in 1939 the parties sought a mediation by an influential ryot of tirukkodikaval by name narayanasami padayachi, krishnaswami ay-yangar, examined as d. w. 3, and one doraisami. padayachi. to these three ..... an extra share as the eldest son, which the other brothers were unwilling to concede.in the same year there was another attempt at partition by the mediation of panchapakesa ayyar, the karnam of tuhili, doraisami mudaliar and tuhili / muthiah pillai. exs. b-6 to rule 10 and a-8 relate to .....
Dec 20 1956 (SC)
H.H. Raja Harinder Singh Vs. S. Karnail Singh
Reported in : AIR1957SC271; [1957]1SCR208
venkatarama aiyar, j. 1. the appellant was one of the candidates who stood for election to the legislative assembly of the patiala and east punjab states union from the faridkot constituency in the general elections held in 1954. he secured the largest number of votes, and was declared duly elected. the result was notified in the official gazette on february 27, 1954, and the return of the election expenses was published therein on may, 2, 1954. on may 18, 1954, the first respondent filed a petition under s. 81 of the representation of the people act no. xliii of 1951, hereinafter referred to as the act, and therein he prayed that the election of the appellant might be declared void on the ground that he and his agents had committed various corrupt and illegal practices, of which particulars were given. the appellant filed a written statement denying these allegations. he therein raised the further contention that the election petition had not been presented within the time limited by law, and was, therefore, liable to be dismissed. rule 119, which prescribes the period within which election petitions have to be filed, runs, so far as it is material, as follows : 119. 'time within which an election petition shall be presented :- an election petition calling in question an election may, - (a) in the case where such petition is against a returned candidate, be presented under section 81 at any time after the date of publication of the name of such candidate under section 67 but .....
Jan 09 1956 (HC)
In Re: Boddu Sanyasi Patrudu and ors.
Reported in : 1957CriLJ939
..... inspector of police p. w. 22, the latter deposing that he had not seen either the chase or the apprehension or the recovery of a gold wristlet from him, the mediator's report ex. p-44 recites that it was the circle inspector that chased a-13 while running and caught him and brought him before some ..... mediators, and on searching his person, those two jewels were found. having regard to this contradiction which should be regarded as a vital one, it should be said that there is .....
In Re: Shaik Server
Reported in : 1957CriLJ1393
..... railway police sub-inspector, took up investigation and on 11-1-1955 searched the house of the petitioner who is a sundry shop keeper at guntakal, in the presence of mediators, one of whom was p.w. 5. he seized two gunny bags which were found in the petitioner's house. one of these gunny bags contained 4 pieces of cots ..... gist of the petitioner's defence is that he was not aware of the contents of the two gunny bags which were left with him by basigadu and buddodu. the mediator p.w. 5 himself admitted in his further cross-examination:p.w. 7 brought three madigas along with him to the house of the accused. they told us that they .....
Newspaper Ltd. Vs. State Industrial Tribunal and ors.
Reported in : AIR1956All597; (1957)ILLJ32All
..... the terms of employment or with the conditions of labour, of any person.' it authorises the central or the, state government to appoint conciliation officers charged with the duty of mediating in and promoting the settlement of industrial disuptes and also for the constitution of boards of conciliation for promoting the settlement of industrial disputes and courts of inquiry and industrial .....
Kiriti Bhushan Saha Mandal Vs. Tarubala Dasi
Reported in : AIR1957Cal511,61CWN572
..... a right. (3) 'under-tenant' means a person who has acquired a right to hold non-agricultural land for any of the purposes provided in this act either immediately or mediately under a tenant and includes also the successors in interest of persons who have acquired such a right.' 14. the definition in section 2(5) is very wide. literally read .....
Poona Mazoor Sabha Vs. G.K. Dhutia and anr.
Court : Mumbai
Reported in : AIR1956Bom743; (1956)58BOMLR817; ILR1957Bom6
chagla, c.j.1. this petition raises a rather important question with regard to conciliation proceedings under the industrial disputes act. it appears that there was a dispute between the second opponent company and its workers with regard to wages, dear-ness allowance, leave facilities etc. and on 30-1-1955 a meeting of the workers was called where one mahadik was authorised by his co-workers to make representations to the second opponent company with regard to their demands.the second opponent company wanted to negotiate with the workers who had a representative capacity and therefore the government labour officer was approached to hold a meeting at which representatives of the workers would be elected under his supervision. accordingly a meeting was-held on 17-3-1955 at which five workmen were elected by the workers present to be their representatives.on 7-4-1955 the second opponent company and the elected representatives of the workers wrote a letter to the conciliation officer to the effect that they had come to a negotiated agreement in regard to the demand relating to wages, dearness allowance and leave facilities and that they desired to sign a memorandum of settlement before him. accordingly on 11-4-1955 both the parties appeared before the conciliation officer, the first opponent, and produced before him a draft agreement. this draft agreement was considered by the conciliation officer and he explained to the elected representatives of the workers in marathi the .....
Rajamma Vs. Varadarajulu Chetti and ors.
..... chetti, the plaintiff's father is said to have settled the maintenance claim of his daughter by executing ex. b-3 in pursuance of the arbitration award ex. b-2 mediated under the muchalika ex, b-l. the plaintiff has always been residing with her lather, because she has not joined her husband, this being a pre-puberty marriage. in 1950 .....
Palwanna Nadar and ors. Vs. Annamalai Ammal
..... have up till now a female child by name annamalai ammal aged six years. as regarding to my promise given at the time of your marriage in the presence of mediators that i should give you immovable pioljerlies. i have by this deed given you the properties shown in schedule hereto valued at rs. 600 and now itself placed you in .....
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Jemele Hill Shrugs Off Tweets Calling Trump a White Supremacist
November 16, 2018 Michael Barnes 0
‘Show me the lie…’
(Michael Barnes, Liberty Headlines) Former ESPN commentator Jemele Hill stood by her history of controversial tweets on Thursday evening’s “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” where she reaffirmed that President Trump is a “white supremacist.”
Those tweets eventually got Hill fired from the ESPN sports media empire, although low viewership and her multi-million dollar contract had plenty to do with the dismissal.
Colbert opened with her most notorious tweet, reading, “Donald Trump is a white supremacist who has largely surrounded himself with other white supremacists.”
Donald Trump is a white supremacist who has largely surrounded himself w/ other white supremacists.
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) September 11, 2017
“Show me the lie,” Hill said.
Another past tweet claimed white people are complicit in Trump’s white supremacy.
“The height of white privilege is being able to ignore his white supremacy, because it’s of no threat to you. Well, it’s a threat to me,” she said.
The height of white privilege is being able to ✌🏾ignore✌🏾his white supremacy, because it’s of no threat to you. Well, it’s a threat to me.
Trump responded with a tweet of his own, “With Jemele Hill at the mike, it is no wonder ESPN ratings have ‘tanked,’ in fact, tanked so badly it is the talk of the industry!”
“As a journalist, you live for those moments,” Hill told Colbert.
“Most of us, we live for the day City Hall comes after us,” she said.
ESPN has lost millions of subscribers over what many former “SportsCenter” fans say has been a corrupting mix of left-leaning politics and sports entertainment, whereas sports used to be a forum to escape politics.
But Hill, who now works at The Atlantic magazine, told Colbert that sports and politics have always been connected.
She said Colin Kaepernick and LeBron James are only the latest examples of athletes who speak out on social justice.
“Some people look at it like food on a plate,” she said. “They don’t like the veggies and the potatoes touching. But in this case, they’ve always touched. The always mix together.”
Hill was on the show to promote “Shut Up and Dribble,” a three-part documentary series executive produced by NBA superstar LeBron James. Hill narrates the series.
The documentary’s title comes from Fox News host Laura Ingraham’s slam against James for talking politics in an interview.
Tags: ESPN, Jemele Hill, Late Show, liberal media, Mainstream Media, media bias, Stephen Colbert
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Home » News » MALAWI ANNOUNCES IVORY BURN
MALAWI ANNOUNCES IVORY BURN
March 28, 2015 9:05 am Comments Off on MALAWI ANNOUNCES IVORY BURN Lilongwe Wildlife Trust
PRESS RELEASE. Embargoed until Saturday 28th March 2015, 9am GMT
Today the Government of Malawi announced that they will destroy their ivory stockpiles on Thursday 2nd April. Head of State, His Excellency Prof. Arthur Peter Mutharika, President of the Republic of Malawi, will set light to 4 tonnes of ivory in a show of the highest possible political will and a demonstration to the world of Malawi’s commitment to combat illegal wildlife trade.
Malawi is known for its vibrant culture and friendly people, and the occasion is expected to reflect the warm heart of Africa, the nation’s love of wildlife and a renewed commitment to protect its natural heritage. Members of the public will join the Government and NGO’s in a solidarity walk to Parliament where the ceremony will take place. Just before the torching, the President will accept signatures from over 7000 people who recently joined the campaign to ‘Stop Wildlife Crime. Protect Malawi’s Wildlife’. This move will recognise both the public support galvanised through the campaign and the importance of engaging all sectors of society in the fight against wildlife crime moving forward.
Jonathan Vaughan, Director of Lilongwe Wildlife Trust, said “The 4 tonnes of ivory that will be destroyed equates to roughly 500 elephants*. Malawi’s current elephant populations stand at around 1500*, declining at such a rate at the hands of poachers that they may will be extinct within a decade. And it’s not just Malawi’s death toll that this stockpile represents. We know that the confiscated ivory comes from a variety of sources, including Tanzania, Zambia and Mozambique, showing that Malawi is being targeted as a transit route by traffickers moving over 500kg at a time. There have been 36 seizures of between 5 and 100kg at the country’s two international airports in the past 5 years. We hope the world stands up and gives Malawi the recognition it deserves for this symbolic act, a call to put ivory out of commercial use for the sake of Africa and its elephants.”
He added, “So much has been achieved here in the past year and the ‘Stop Wildlife Crime’ campaign is just one of these initiatives. We’re seeing stiffer sentences, better inter-agency collaboration and the re-writing of laws. Whilst next week we shall be taking a moment to celebrate Malawi’s accomplishments, these commemorations in reality signify the start of a long fight. For years few people have paid attention to this country and its wildlife. At the very least, Malawi is the first SADC country this century to destroy its ivory. There is now an opportunity for Malawi to become a role model for the region if the initiatives planned for the coming year can be carried out with equal vigour.”
Brighton Kumchedwa, Director of Parks & Wildlife, has said, “Whilst we have achieved some tremendous results in the last year, wildlife conservation is heading towards a crisis that requires collaboration, grit and determination. The fight has only just begun.”
The ‘Stop Wildlife Crime’ campaign has engaged a sweep of people including Ian Redmond, OBE, renowned conservationist, and Ambassador for the UNEP Convention of Migratory Species. Today he said, ‘Last year I watched the French Government grind over 3 tonnes of illegal ivory to dust, last month Kenya torched 15 tonnes of ivory, and now Malawi has followed suit with its stockpile of 4 tonnes. People say, ‘Why not sell it and use the money to protect elephants’ but that would be like throwing petrol on a fire! As long as there is a legal ivory trade, there will be criminals trying to launder illegal ivory into that trade. Elephants and people will be killed in the process. As elephant numbers plummet across Africa, this is no time to repeat the mistakes of the past – Malawi is to be congratulated for sending a clear signal to the world – the fashion for ivory is over! Wildlife crime will not be tolerated. Criminals will be prosecuted and their contraband destroyed. Elephants will be valued for the role they play in the ecology of Africa as super-keystone species – mega-gardeners of the forest and savannah.’
Please find the official Government press release and more information on the event here
*4 tonnes of ivory equates to ca. 500 elephants based on the average weight of 4kg per tusk so 8kg per elephant (recent published average weight ranges for tusks range from 3 to 5 kg per tusk).
**www.elephantdatabase.org
For further information please contact Kate Moore, Programmes Manager, Lilongwe Wildlife Trust. Tel: 00 265 993 800289/00265211951458. Email: kate@lilongwewildlife.org.
About the Campaign to “Stop Wildlife Crime. Protect Malawi’s Wildlife”
The ‘Stop Wildlife Crime. Protect Malawi’s Wildlife’ campaign was launched on World Wildlife Day in March 2014. As a joint initiative between Lilongwe Wildlife Trust and the Department of National Parks and Wildlife, it aims to:
Raise awareness about the seriousness of wildlife crime and the importance of protecting our natural heritage
Push wildlife conservation issues onto the agenda of decision makers and law enforcers.
Deter individuals from getting involved in wildlife crime
Encourage the public to take action if they see any suspicious activity
The campaign is currently highlighting elephant poaching and ivory trafficking as serious wildlife crimes. There are many other crimes that are impacting Malawi’s wildlife – such as the illegal logging which could soon lead to the extinction of the Mulanje cedar, Malawi’s national tree, and the pet and bushmeat trades which impact wildlife welfare – and we shall be tackling them in due course.
The campaign is currently funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Find out more at www.malawiwildlife.org.
About Lilongwe Wildlife Trust
Lilongwe Wildlife Trust works to protect the habitats and wildlife of Malawi. Their work spans wildlife rescue and rehabilitation, wildlife research, environmental education, community conservation and wildlife advocacy. In terms of work to combat wildlife crime, they have co-written Malawi’s assessment on illegal wildlife trade (funded by GIZ and due to be published shortly) and are one of the technical advisor for DNPW’s National Elephant Action Plan (alongside Stop Ivory, Wildlife Conservation Society and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals). For more go to www.lilongwewildlife.org.
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Our Supersubstantial Bread
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Literature and literary criticism, Poetry, 1900-1999, 1946-1999
Vol. 13 No. 23 · 5 December 1991
Part and Pasture
Collected Poems by Henry Reed, edited with an introduction by Jon Stallworthy
Oxford, 166 pp, £20.00, October 1991, ISBN 0 19 212298 3
Henry Reed was a sad man but a funny man, and his poems are funny or sad – often, as in the celebrated ‘Lessons of the War’, both at once. I first met him in 1965, in the office of Robert Heilman, then the benevolent but firm head of the English Department at the University of Washington in Seattle. Calling to present my credentials, I walked into a row; Heilman benevolently firm, Reed furious, licensed to be furious. He was in Seattle as a replacement for Theodore Roethke, the regular poet in residence, who had suddenly died. Whether Roethke had contributed to the routine work of the department I don’t know, but if he hadn’t Heilman did not regard his immunity as a precedent and was requiring Reed to give some lectures on the Brontës. Reed argued that he had been hired exclusively as a poet and declined to speak of these tiresome women. I came in when he was telling Heilman this, and also scolding him for referring to the novelists by the fancy name their father had affected in order to suggest a connection with Lord Nelson. ‘How can you ask me to lecture on the O’Pruntys?’ he shouted. But he did as he was asked. He and Heilman were, or became, great friends.
The secretary of the department had an affluent businessman husband, and they had taken Henry under their protection, driving him around in one or other of their Thunderbirds, labelled ‘His’ and ‘Hers’. Once we all four went to lunch in the revolving restaurant on top of the Space Needle, and when our hosts left to get on with their work they left us slowly spinning there, with plenty of champagne to get us through the December afternoon. Henry, having been funny, now grew sad, holding up a bottle and contemplating the label, Mumms Extra Dry: ‘Poor baby!’ he sighed. The conversation sinking into melancholia, I quoted the advice of Thoreau, ‘Do not be betrayed into a vulgar sadness,’ but he rejected it, pointing out that Thoreau’s crown of Thoreaus was remembering happier things. (He liked puns: Stallworthy points out that the epigraph to ‘Lessons of the War’ – vixi puellis nuper idoneuslet militavi non sine gloria – substitutes puellis, ‘girls’, for Horace’s duellis, ‘wars’. This is a better pun than the Seattle ones, especially as it subtly emphasises the heterosexuality of the implied author of ‘Lessons of the War’.) Later in that lost day we found ourselves in a deplorable bar, where we were set upon by resident puellae. ‘Surely they can tell I’m homosexual,’ he said as if puzzled, though quite how they could be expected to do so was obscure to me, and anyway there were ample other reasons for abstinence. The girls must have wondered what we were doing there, but so did we.
Back in London I would sometimes get back home after a hard day at the office and find him already there. He would invariably ask for Mozart and we would listen to one of the piano concertos. And he would invariably be moved as if coming upon a wonder for the first time: ‘Exquisite,’ he would murmur. ‘Who’s the pianist?’ ‘Still Ingrid Haebler, I’m afraid.’ Around eleven he would ask to be poured into a taxi, and so the evening would end with a long chilly wait at the rank in Rosslyn Hill.
I don’t remember much of his conversation on these occasions, except that he sometimes lamented his association with what had been the Third Programme. Much of his writing had been for radio: it included the successful series of comic programmes, seven in all, about the composeress Hilda Tablet and her associates; an adaptation of Moby Dick; and many translations, including some plays of Betti that were very well thought of at the time. The editor has exhumed good verse from Moby Dick and from some of the others, verse remarkable for its fertility and density, but in the Sixties it was hard to imagine a bright future for radio drama. Some of his translations reached the stage, but Reed was not cut out for television.
He was gentle, melancholy and funny, and without conscious effort gave one a strong sense of his unaffected dedication to poetry, not least to Italian poetry; and also tacitly but powerfully, a sense that his life, though marked by a good deal of idiosyncratic achievement, was radically disappointing. Stallworthy remarks on the frequency with which he laments that he has lost his way, or his way back, to the great good place that makes fairly frequent appearances in his verse; it is there, figured as Verona, in the first poem of his early collection. It is re-imagined in a remarkable poem called ‘The Changeling’, which appeared in the Listener early in 1950. After many vicissitudes a man at last reaches the destination he has always thought proper to him:
And comes, at last, to stand
On his scented evening lawn
Under his flowering limes,
Where dim in the dusk and high,
His mansion is proudly set,
And the single light burns
In the room where his sweet young wife
Waits in his ancient bed.
The stable clock chimes
And he to his house draws near,
And on the threshold turns,
With a silent glance to convey
Up to his summer sky,
Where his first pale stars appear:
‘All this is false. And I
Am an interloper here.’
In another fine poem, hitherto unpublished, ‘The Château’ (‘Yet will I fear no evil: not even here’), the theme recurs as it were in the major, and the excluded figure is imagined as finally entering his own domain and discovering that the time of exclusion, properly understood, was part of his total felicity. He approaches his ‘own and veritable door’:
I shall open it, enter it, and learn
That in all this hungry time I have never wanted,
But have, elsewhere, on honey and milk been fed.
Have in green pastures somewhere lain, and in
the mornings,
Somewhere beside still waters have
Mysteriously, ecstatically, been led.
A Map of Verona was published in 1946, when Reed was in his early thirties, and stood alone, though Douglas Cleverdon produced a fine limited edition of ‘Lessons of the War’, designed and printed by Will and Sebastian Carter in 1970. Another collection, to be called The Auction Room, and Other Poems, was promised in 1977 but never appeared. Reed left certain pencilled instructions on his manuscripts which suggest that he was expecting or hoping for a Collected Poems, and this we now have, thanks to Catherine Carver, who sorted out the heaps of drafts, clippings and corrections left by the poet, and Jon Stallworthy, who has made this a model edition of a modern poet, with adequate textual and bibliographical annotation, and a useful biographical introduction.
He can justly claim that the result dispels the ‘gross misperception’ of Reed, author of ‘The Naming of Parts’, as a one-poem poet. He is always refined, calculated, expert, and nearly always alive within his sadnesses. Stallworthy does him a slight injustice by prefixing as an epigraph some very gloomy verses by Leopardi (I’infinita vanita del tutto), quite rightly pointing out that Reed had a special attachment to Leopardi – he wrote two plays about him and translated several of his poems: but I find these poems the least impressive in the volume. Leopardi feeds too directly into Reed’s deep reservoir of gloom, and the translations, unlike the original poems, somehow sound rather inert. One of them, ‘The Broom’, reminds one a little of the Arnold of ‘Empedocles on Etna’, rejected by its author as altogether too glum.
There was always this danger. On lighter occasions he sometimes sounds more like a less dandyish Clough. But the strongest influence, hardly surprising in a younger poet of his time, was Eliot. Stallworthy reminds us that the celebrated parody of Eliot, ‘Chard Whitlow’, was written before ‘Little Gidding’, but the cadences of Eliot, the rhythms of the earlier Quartets, mimicked there with such absurd accuracy, were always in Reed’s head.
Waking to find the room not as I thought it was,
But the window further away, and the door in
another direction
is as close to Eliot, though unparodically, as ‘Chard Whitlow’. So, in another mode, is this, from one of Reed’s dramatic monologues, ‘Philoctetes’:
The noiseless chant has begun in the heart of the
wound,
The heavy procession of pain along the nerve.
It may be worth adding that the influence seems least assimilated when Reed must have been working fast, for the radio: in the verses from Pytheas (1947), here printed for the first time, the master too audibly presides over all. And somewhere behind Reed’s dream allegories lurk ‘Gerontion’ and The Waste Land. But he was also intimate with Hardy, and worked for a long time on a biography before giving it up; his narrative poem ‘The Auction Sale’, though very individual, and ending with the characteristic exclusion from delight, is in Hardy’s manner. Finally there are, no doubt inevitably, echoes of Auden, too.
Yet he holds his own note. ‘Outside and In’, a fine early poem, strikes it: intense apprehension at the prospect of a fate one would rather endure than continue to endure the apprehension of it. A fine late poem, ‘Three Words’ (too highly wrought for quotation except in its entirety), has the lexical agility of ‘The Naming of Parts’: it is as witty, but in a sense excluding laughter. ‘The Town Itself’ and ‘The Blissful Land’ revisit in terminal sadness the lost Verona – ‘I had not known that the weather, in what seemed, / At first, unchangeably sought out by the sun, / Could be so variable ... I have come to a place where I have nothing to give’ – and its counterpart, that lost blissful land which, once entered, would make all torments and losses the themes of a present delight (‘It was not you that we wanted! How dared you to come here alone?’). Finally there is the resigned, elegantly executed signing-off little allegory called ‘L’Envoi’ which was published recently in the London Review. Reed certainly earned his ‘Collected’. Stallworthy is right to claim distinction for these poems, and it can be seen the more clearly by his having brought them together.
Vol. 13 No. 23 · 5 December 1991 » Frank Kermode » Part and Pasture
Vol. 13 No. 24 · 19 December 1991
Henry Reed may have been fond of puns (LRB, 5 December) but his fondness is not illustrated by his epigraph to ‘Lessons of the War’. Vixi puellis nuper idoneus is in fact the unanimous reading of all manuscripts of Horace, duellis being nothing more than a 19th-century emendation by Franke.
Frank Walbank
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Photographer and Activist Taslima Akhter at Photoville
Taslima Akhter
We are pleased to be presenting the work of Bangladeshi photographer and garment worker activist Taslima Akhter at this year’s Photoville in an exhibition titled Stitching Together: Garment Workers in Solidarity. Taslima has been a witness to workers’ struggles for the last 11 years and has contributed to multiple books and projects as the Chair of Garment Sromik Samhoti (Bangladesh Garment Workers Solidarity). Taslima was a Magnum Foundation Photography and Social Justice fellow in 2011, the program’s second year, where she received intensive training on the use of photography to serve critical social justice issues. Taslima will be present in New York for the duration of the festival, and we are excited to have her participate in related events both at Photoville and at the Magnum Foundation.
Stitching Together: Garment Workers in Solidarity is on view at Photoville from September 13–23. The exhibition showcases Taslima’s intimate collaboration with a community of quiltmakers mourning the loss of loved ones in factory disasters.
On April 24, 2013, more than 1,000 lives were taken in the Rana Plaza Collapse. While history remembers this tragic event as the deadliest garment factory accident, Taslima reveals a story of dreams crushed by structural murder. Dedicating her career to the lives and struggles of garment workers in Bangladesh, she has continued to foster a community rallying together for safer working conditions.
In an act of remembrance, healing, and solidarity, volunteer quilters have produced commemorations for their friends and loved ones lost to the Rana Plaza Collapse. The quilts are made up of embroidered messages and photographs, and incorporate belongings donated by surviving relatives. The artists hope to develop awareness of the injustices that garment workers experience and are at risk of every day. Telling a counter-narrative of the disaster, these quilts provide families with the ability to memorialize their loved ones while also activating a conversation with the public.
Contributing to the history of the labor movement, this project takes inspiration from Robin Berson’s memorial quilt for the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of 1911 here in New York City, where 145 laborers—primarily women immigrants—perished in the deadliest industrial disaster in the city’s history. See details below on a public conversation between Robin and Taslima.
Special thanks to Public Works Collaborative Design Strategists, Amelia Blackwell & Mary Warren, for their contribution to the exhibition design.
In Conversation: Taslima Akhter and Robin Berson
Sunday, September 16 | 4:30–5:30 PM
60 Water Street, DUMBO (across from Photoville)
Taslima Akhter and Robin Berson will be speaking in conversation about their processes as artists and activists working in the labor movement, advocating for the rights of garment workers. The two have collaborated and communicated from across the world: Akhter in Bangladesh, and Benson in New York, on projects memorializing the lives of mostly female garment workers that have been lost in preventable factory tragedies.
Brown Bag Lunch with Taslima Akhter and Betty Yu
Tuesday, September 18 | 1–2:30 PM
59 East 4th Street, 7th Floor
Taslima Akhter and Betty Yu will present their work, each rooted in the garment industry and labor rights from two distinct visual approaches. They’ll be in dialogue together about collaborating with garment workers, personal ties to the issues they represent, and how their activism has been augmented by their artistic processes.
Simone Salvo August 20, 2018
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Q&A with Go Compare marketing director Nick Hall
By Lara O'Reilly 13 Apr 2011 3:12 pm
Go Compare, the comparison brand famous for its warbling opera singer ads, reported its 2010 full-year pre-tax profits increased 35%to £29.9m earlier this week.
The company’s head of marketing Nick Hall talks about last year’s success and how the campaign will be evolved to keep in tune with the fiercly competitive comparison market.
MW To what do you attribute last year’s substantial profits?
NH It is all down to the advertising. We launched our Gio Compario campaign in 2009, which saw our customer numbers increase by 60%. 2009 was the first year we posted profit [of £12.1m]. That growth continued into 2010 where we got a greater share of the price comparison market.
MW Has running a campaign that some consumers have described as “annoying” worked against you or in your favour?
We call it a bit of a “Marmite” campaign, some people love it, some hate it. The campaign itself has built up quite a big cult following. It has lead to Wynne Evans, the actor who plays Gio, getting a record deal with Warner Music. His new album went straight number one in the classical charts and has been there ever since.
It’s all down to the success of character based advertising and the love hate relationship with the audience is always part of our campaigns and has always worked well for our brand.
MW What other constituents play a part in your marketing strategy?
NH We run a full through-the-line marketing campaign. TV and radio is supported by active online campaigns through search, affiliate networks, online display, social and email. We also operate in the mobile space; our main site has traffic coming through mobile devices and we also have search campaigns active in the mobile arena.
MW How do you continue your marketing success without it plateauing?
NH We are really happy with the campaign itself, it works really well and creates so much brand awareness and longevity and we are currently leading the field in brand awareness. We are filming new ads as we speak, so you will be seeing more of Gio in 2011. We are looking for the campaign to grow year on year
MW Would Go Compare look at further product extensions beyond insurance and money comparison?
NH We already offer a wide range of services. We are looking to get to best in market, so we are constantly evolving our offer. Our core business is financial services, but we would never say no to further oppourtunities as we look to develop and expand the business over time. But we would make sure it is the right product or service for our brand to move in to.
MW Will the price comparison market remain as competitive a sector as it has been?
NH It is very competitive and will continue to be. From the start of this year we’ve already seen four campaigns launch from our competitors. We have a strong position and strong brand awareness but the market dictates that we can’t rest on our laurels.
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Selected Works in Progress
“The Contingency of Compassion: Media Depictions of Drug Addiction”
Previous work suggests that media coverage of policy issues is primarily driven by stereotypes of groups, which unconsciously inform editorial choices. While this work presents a compelling account of the role of group-level racial stereotypes on the content of news coverage, I argue that it underestimates the ways in which the spatial areas where people reside are also stereotyped and may lead to individuals from the same racial group being depicted in divergent ways. Through a content analysis of news coverage during two recent drug scares, I find support for the important role that racial-group stereotypes play on media depictions of policy issues. At the same time, results of the analysis indicate an important role of stereotypes of spatial areas. More specifically, I find that substantive boosts in compassionate depictions of drug use are primarily targeted toward (presumably White and affluent) drug users living in suburban areas as compared to drug users who reside in either rural areas (disproportionately White but presumably less affluent) or urban areas (disproportionately non-White). My findings suggest that future work on race and media should investigate group-level racial stereotypes as well as widely-shared perceptions of the areas where policy beneficiaries are thought to reside.
"Does Feminist Identification Prompt Racial Awareness? A Study of White American Respondents" (with Michele Margolis)
A long line of research finds that feminist identification correlates strongly with liberal values and policy preferences. This work suggests that this relationship is driven by feminists' stronger sense of egalitarianism, lack of symbolic racism, tendency to reject moral traditionalism, and adoption of modern conceptions of gender roles. However, for the most part, work in this area has focused on the relationship between feminist identification and attitudes about gender issues. In this paper, we extend this scholarship by asking: does identifying as a feminist increase White respondents' willingness to acknowledge inequities along racial lines? We argue that if feminist identification is an indicator of awareness of systemic inequities and a broader commitment to minimizing their harmful implications, there should be distinguishable differences in non, weak, and strong feminists' willingness to acknowledge racial discrimination. We conduct correlational and experimental analyses to test our hypotheses. Results of these analyses provide suggestive evidence that Whites who identify as strong feminists are more likely than their non and weak feminist counterparts to perceive racial discrimination. Thus, our study contributes to the existing literature by showing that Whites may adopt intersecting social identities that increase their willingness to acknowledge the role of racial bias in social situations.
Teaching Race, Racism, and Racial Justice: Pedagogical Principles and Strategies (with Amie Thurber and Joe Bandy)
Teaching on topics of race and racism presents unique challenges to leaders in the university classroom setting. Despite an increasing number of instructors bringing a critical analysis of racial in/justice to their curriculum, many report challenges in teaching this content effectively. In this article, we address these challenges. We begin by using resources collected during a year-long learning community on issues of race, power, and difference in the university classroom to define common challenges in teaching racial content and articulate four principles for course planning around topics of race, racism, and racial justice. Then, drawing on a systematic review of scholarship examining issues of difference within a diverse range of disciplinary settings, we introduce a set of five pedagogical strategies, and supporting classroom practices, that will help instructors effectively manage everyday classroom interactions. This article contributes to the vast literature on teaching race and anti-racist education by synthesizing guiding pedagogical principles for course planning and classroom management that are applicable in a wide array of disciplinary contexts and providing concrete strategies that committed instructors, at varying levels of experience, can implement in their courses.
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1311 MARYLAND AVENUE NE WASHINGTON, DC 20002
1311 MARYLAND AVENUE NE, WASHINGTON, DC 20002
Bring all offers! See the 4K video walkthru: https://youtu.be/5iM2mRmDtgw Beautiful Capitol Hill row home with classic touches. Spacious front porch, huge rooms with 9' ceilings, original hardwood floors and newly painted interior/exterior. Large dining room with pocket door entrance that opens to the light-filled living room. First floor includes large dinning area with classic pocket door, spacious living room, half bath, eat in kitchen with updated touches and sunroom with bar seating. Fenced-in backyard with newly remodeled 2 car garage and additional off-street parking for a total of 4 vehicles! Second floor includes high ceilings, huge master with walk in, spacious bedrooms and a hideaway laundry closet. Easy commute to The Capitol, Museums, Downtown, VA or Maryland. 2 block walk to H Street with bars, restaurants and grocery stores. Close to parks and remodeled elementary school, Maury. Income-producing open floor plan english basement. Front and rear entrance includes a full bath, living room, updated laundry room with full sized washer/dryer and baseboard heat.
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Before the hot air of bureaucracy settled over Capitol Hill in 1791, the area was rural farmland better known as Jenkins Hill. While Capitol Hill may not represent the “true center” of the District, it has been the center of the American political experience since 1791, when Pierre L’Enfant chose it as the site for the nation’s “Congress House.”
Capitol Hill is situated in both the NE and SE quadrants. It is one of the oldest residential communities in D.C. From its inception, the area surrounding the U.S. Capitol was a desirable location for Congressman and Senators to set up temporary residence. It is home to a number of American landmarks, including the Supreme Court and the Library of Congress, and luminaries like John Phillip Sousa, Frederick Douglass and J. Edgar Hoover. The Capitol Hill Historic District is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Capitol Hill is the largest residential historic district in the District. The street plan remains a testament to L’Enfant’s vision; wide avenues feature lines of well-maintained row houses reflecting a range of different styles, from stately, Federal townhomes to smaller frame residences.
While many of the Hill’s residents still seek temporary living accommodations, there are many who make Capitol Hill their permanent “headquarters.” Those who stake a claim have unprecedented access to an eclectic mix of contemporary restaurants and boutiques. The National Mall and the Smithsonian Museums are only a short walk away. Eastern Market, which features fresh food, craft stands and other artisanal booths, attracts a considerable crowd on the weekends, especially during the spring and summer months.
Democracy rules; Capitol Hill is a pedestrian-friendly community open to all. There are two metro stops on the Blue and Orange lines at Capitol South and Eastern Market. Like most D.C. neighborhoods, reliable buses ferry residents between different parts of the city.
Ronald Reagan National Airport: < 10 miles
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Murder or mutiny? Arguments begin in Navy SEAL's court martial in San Diego
By Reuters Top News
Published : June 18, 2019 Updated : June 18, 2019
By Marty Graham
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Did decorated U.S. Navy SEAL Chief Ed Gallagher murder a teenage Islamic State fighter or is he being framed by mutinying sailors he commanded and who are testifying against him?
That is the question a seven-sailor jury must decide in Gallagher's court martial, which began on Tuesday at the U.S. Naval Base in San Diego.
Prosecutors say Gallagher, 39, who began his 18-year career as a medic, briefly treated the young Islamic State fighter, then pulled out his knife and stabbed him in the neck several times.
Prosecutor Jeff Pietrzyk introduced a photo showing Gallagher holding the dead youth by the hair. "Then he celebrated that stabbing, celebrated the murder, when he took photos and performed his re-enlistment ceremony over that body," Pietrzyk said.
Defense attorney Timothy Parlatore told the jury in his opening statement the prosecution cannot present a body or a crime scene and therefore no case.
"This is about a group of mutinous sailors and a sham investigation."
Gallagher could face life in prison if convicted in the trial arising from his 2017 deployment to Mosul, Iraq.
The platoon leader is also charged with attempted murder in the wounding of two civilians - a schoolgirl and an elderly man - shot from a sniper's perch in Iraq.
He maintains fellow SEAL team members in his platoon, who turned him in and are testifying against him under grants of immunity, are disgruntled subordinates who fabricated allegations to force him from command.
POSSIBLE PARDON
The court martial has drawn national attention - including that of President Donald Trump who said last month that he is considering pardons for a number of military service members accused of war crimes, and Gallagher's case was believed to be one of those under review.
Gallagher, a career Navy officer, was on his eighth deployment, this time to Iraq where SEALs were training Iraqi military as they pushed Islamic State fighters out of Mosul in a fight that went block by block through the war ravaged city.
Iraqi forces came across the Islamic State fighter after he had been shot in the leg and was struggling to breathe during the fighting in Mosul. They tied him to the hood of a Humvee before driving two hours to their operating base, where he was placed on the ground and died 20 minutes later.
It was there, the prosecution says, that Gallagher stabbed the fighter to death. There's no video from the helmet-cameras troops in the field wear, but some video was deleted, according to testimony from one of the prosecution's witnesses, Lieutenant Thomas MacNeil. He was one of those in the group photo showing Gallagher holding the dead fighter up by hair.
"Is the photo (of the group with the dead youth) in
poor taste? Probably. Is it evidence of a murder? No," Parlatore said.
(Reporting by Marty Graham in San Diego; Additional reporting by Rich McKay; editing by Lisa Shumaker)
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BROMSGROVE CONCERTS by Christopher Morley
One of the many effects of the several snow white-outs the Midlands suffered last winter was the cancellation of a concert by the Eblana String Trio scheduled for performance as part of the Bromsgrove Concerts series on March 2.
In fact that cancellation happily proved to be merely a postponement, as the original programme has now been booked for Bromsgrove on March 22 2019. The menu is decidedly a British one, with works by Purcell, Finzi, David Matthews (who is currently celebrating his 75th birthday) and E.J.Moeran. The only interloper is a certain German composer going by the name of Beethoven.
The Eblana's violinist is Jonathan Martindale, assistant leader of the CBSO since 2016. Lucy Nolan is the violist, with her sister Peggy as cellist.
Bromsgrove Concerts' habitual home is the Artrix, where this event will take place. But the opening concert of the season will in fact be given in the splendid Routh Hall at Bromsgrove School, the venue where the featured soloist, violinist Emily Sun, won the prestigious Bromsgrove International Musicians Competition in 2017.
Accompanying Emily in this 28 September concert is pianist Gamal Khamis. Three of the works on the programme are mainstream repertoire, by Schubert, Grieg and Poulenc, but following Bromsgrove Concerts' enlightened policy of mixing the old with the new, we will also hear Torua, composed in 2013 by the New Zealand-born Dame Gillian Whitehead, and the Concert Fantasy on themes from Gershwin's Porgy and Bess by the Russian violinist Igor Frolov.
Settling back at Artrix, the concert on November 9 brings the Atea Wind Quintet (Associate Ensemble in Residence at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire) with a roster of pieces of which all but one originate well within the last century (Nielsen's Wind Quintet, Frank Bridge's Divertimenti, Bozza's Trois Pieces pour Une Musique de Nuit, Mike Mower's Jazz Suite of 2010).
The exception is an arrangement of excerpts from Bach's Goldberg Variations, a masterpiece of the keyboard canon which has of recent years undergone transcriptions for a range of chamber ensembles.
November 30 brings the Gould Piano Trio to Bromsgrove, together with clarinettist Robert Plane. The concert-opener is striking enough in itself, Ravel's haunting and gripping Piano Trio, but there are even more riches to follow. Huw Watkins' Quartet, commissioned by the Goulds and Plane, and premiered at the Three Choirs Festival in Hereford last July completes the first half.
After the interval there comes an aural revelation, Rimsky-Korsakov's sumptuous symphonic suite Scheherazade re-arranged for piano trio and clarinet by Florian Noack and Benjamin Engeli. We have already marvelled at a transcription of this dazzling piece for piano solo. Now we have the chance to assess how such a work of virtuosic, colourful and evocative orchestration can possibly transfer its timbres to a modest chamber ensemble.
The first event in the Bromsgrove Concerts series in the New Year of 2019 sees the Zelkova String Quartet, winners of the St Martin-in-the-Fields chamber music competition, and boasting a line-up containing even more siblings than that of the Eblana String Trio, bringing a programme of Haydn (his Opus 64. no 2 in the very rare key of B minor), Bartok and Beethoven (the second Razumovsky Quartet, that in E minor).
Bromsgrove Concerts' encouraging contemporary thread is here continued with the String Quartet (1990) by Judith Weir, Master of the Queen's Music and previously a much-loved Composer-in-Residence with the CBSO.
Endymion presents a fascinating programme on February 8, when violinist Krysia Osostowicz (whom devotees of Festive Classics' complete Shostakovich quartet cycle will have heard with the Dante Quartet), hornist Stephen Stirling and pianist Michael Dussek play a Beethoven violin sonata, followed by horn trios by Ligeti and Brahms.
February 22 brings the Lawson Piano Trio with a mouthwatering programme of Andrzej Panufnik (one-time principal conductor of the CBSO), Rachmaninov, Shostakovich and Dvorak. The wild card is the Suite for Piano Trio by Paul Juon, a Russian-born Swiss composer, certainly a novelty to me, and probably to many other listeners.
Next comes the Eblana String Trio, and Bromsgrove Concerts' season ends with a visit from the Piatti String Quartet on April 5. Works by Haydn and Schubert frame the String Quartet no.1 by the much-in-demand Joseph Phibbs, commissioned and premiered by the Piatti in 2014. Their recording is due to be released on the Champs Hill label around the time of this concert.
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Delhi Institute of Hotel Management & Catering Technology (DIHMCT), Lajpat Nagar was established in 1983 by the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India in association with the Government of Delhi for training in trades & crafts in hotel & catering operations. The Institute made a humble beginning from a portion of the Polytechnic building at Kashmere Gate; Delhiand has made a long journey till the shifting of the premise at Lajpat Nagar churning out trained manpower all through.
The growing need of manpower in hotel industry and growth of the hospitality and allied services necessitated up gradation of Food Crafts Institute to a full- fledged Institute of Hotel Management and Catering Technology in1999. The institute is affiliated to the National Council for Hotel Management, New Delhi, which is apex body to control and conduct examination.
Campus of Delhi Institute of Hotel Management & Catering Technology
The college would be soon shifting to its new sprawling campus coming up just opposite to the present building. The new campus will have a centrally air conditioned building, latest gadgets which are used in hotels to train the students and a hotel which would be coming up in the next phase of operations.
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Delhi Institute of Hotel Management has over the years built a good reputation in the Industry due to some good work done in the Industry by its ex-students who have passed out and are working at respectable positions in the Industry.
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Kevin Kramp Takes New York
Katie Dohman
When Kevin Kramp designs come down the runway, they are unmistakable. Big, looped avant-garde arrangements of knits that, whether you love them or are confounded by them, you’re watching them. I think Kramp always makes for a visually interesting show (I’ve reviewed him here). . . I think his designs as museum-worthy (and apparently so do other people.) And we’re seeing more daily-wear iterations even here in the Midwest; he designed a line of scarves for Roe Wolfe in Mendota Heights (read my shops profile and their MNMO Twitterview). Not to mention the proliferation of outsized infinity scarves and other knitted products. It’s perfect for our climate, yet Kramp has always gotten more love abroad.
Well, here’s his latest: He’s making his debut in New York next week at the White New York show, where he’ll be showcasing a collection inspired by “undulating plant forms, translucent layers, diamond caves by night, and the crash of the organic with the natural.” His outsized designs will be shown alongside more “discreet” knits and “sophisticated silhouettes,” with specialty stitches in a color palette of “black, gray and white, brown, eggplant, and streaks of bright color.”
Congratulations, Kevin! Seems like another big step in what’s sure to be a long, successful career.
By Katie Dohman
Katie Dohman is a St. Paul freelance writer and editor focused on lifestyle stories. Formerly the lifestyle editor for Minnesota Monthly, she’s also contributed to Zagat, the Star Tribune, Experience Life, Virgin Atlantic Airlines, and BloomaBlog, among others.
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Mission 21 besorgt: 78 Schülerinnen und Schüler der Partnerkirche in Kamerun entführt
Mission 21 worried: 78 students of partner church in Cameroon kidnapped
Students of a PCC school in Cameroon, symbolic picture. Photo: Heiner Heine/Mission 21
On Sunday evening, November 4, unknown armed men attacked the Presbyterian Secondary School in the city of Bamenda. They kidnapped 78 students as well as the principal and two employees.
The boarding school belongs to the Presbyterian Church (PCC). The chairman of the church, Samuel Fonki, explained that the kidnappers demanded the closure of the school. Already on October 31, eleven students had been kidnapped and were released for money.
The church reopened the school, which is attended by over 600 children, only two weeks ago. In doing so it opposed the demand of separatists to keep their schools closed as an expression of resistance against the central government in Yaoundé. The church thus insisted on the human right to education.
The church leadership published a statement the night of Monday. The statement condemns the act and demands that the perpetrators release the abductees immediately and unconditionally. The church appeals to the parties of the conflict in Cameroon to respect the integrity of students. It demands from the government to urgently resolve the crisis in the country. The church asks the international community to seek ways to help resolve the crisis.
The chairman of the church, Samuel Fonki Forba, told Mission 21 that the kidnappers' demand to close the school had already been accepted. They claim to be separatists, but their identity is still unclear. The kidnappers sent a five-minute video to the church leadership, which is also available to Mission 21. The video shows some of the intimidated students. Fonki explains that it has the purpose of increasing the pressure on the church.
The kidnapping is related to the conflict in Cameroon between the French-speaking central government and the two English-speaking regions in western Cameroon. The conflict worsened when the separatists declared the independence of the regions on October 1, 2017. According to aid organisations, over 400,000 people are on the run because of the conflict.
In the summer of 2018, Mission 21 responded to the misery of the displaced civilian population by launching an emergency aid and reconstruction project in Cameroon together with the PCC and the Baptist Church of Cameroon. The church is widely anchored and accepted in the population. The emergency aid project also includes measures to provide informal education to refugee children and young people. This gives them a chance for a future beyond poverty and violence.
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Connections in His Great Work
In Zambia
“Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house, and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward; for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, and the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at the south side of the altar. Then brought he me out of the gate northward, and led me about the way without unto the outer gate by the way that looketh eastward; and, behold, there ran out waters on the right side.”[Ezekiel 47:1, 2.]
These waters signify the gospel of Christ which went forth from Jerusalem and spread to all countries. The gifts and power of the Holy Spirit which accompanied the work caused it to yield great results.
“ ‘Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea; which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed. And it shall come to pass that everything that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the river shall come, shall live; and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come higher; for they shall be healed; and everything shall live whither the river cometh. . . And by the river upon the bank thereof, one this side and on that, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed; it shall bring forth new fruit according to its months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary, and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine.’” [Ezekiel 47: 8, 9, 12.] Spalding and Magan, 404, 405.
When we began our child evangelism endeavors, we had no idea where they would lead. We had no idea of all the people we would meet and the connections that we would make. We had no idea that the children would lead us to their parents and those parents would lead us to more children and the cycle would continue on and on. We had no idea that, just by doing child evangelism, we would get more requests for help than we could possibly answer.
It all started when we visited the Kabompo High School in northwestern Zambia. While we were there, we met some teenagers who were under demonic oppression. After praying earnestly for the devils to be cast out of them, they were freed from this terror. Their transformation amazed their classmates and everyone wanted to learn more about this Jesus who could change people like that. When word of this experience spread, we developed many more interesting connections with people needing help.
One of the most interesting connections that we made was with a woman who had. suffered for many years because of a tumor. She had been in and out of hospitals far too many times. Finally, a doctor recommended a hysterectomy. The woman agreed to the plan and the surgery was scheduled. The night before the surgery, after all the preoperative care had been completed, her son recommended that they call someone who could offer a prayer for her. They summoned me.
When I arrived in the patient’s room, I shared the seriousness of life and death with her, and told her how to accept Jesus as her Savior. After learning about our wonderful Savior Jesus, she said that she would like to give her heart and life entirely to Him. Once she accepted Him, I asked everyone to bow their heads while I prayed. I earnestly entreated the Lord to accept this woman as His child, to keep her safe through her surgery, and to ultimately make her ready for His kingdom.
While I prayed, the strangest things started happening. Suddenly, strange rumblings started coming from the woman’s abdomen and her belly began rolling around like the waves of the sea. After she let out a long and deep sigh, I realized I couldn’t hear her breathing anymore. I was afraid that she had died right there during my prayer. Everyone was completely speechless. Even the nurse and the other bystanders were silent. I didn’t know what else to do, but to kneel down by that woman’s bed and plead with the Lord on her behalf and ask the Lord to give her life. For ten long minutes, I poured out my soul to the Lord. And then the most miraculous thing happened. The woman sat up! She paused and looked around at all of us. Then she began praising the Lord. She announced that she had been healed. Her pain was completely gone. She poked and poked on her abdomen where the hard mass had been, but it was gone. She felt well. She was well! She had been healed! Had she been raised back to life?
When making his rounds the next morning, the doctor stopped by her room to review the operation that was to take place that day. Was he ever surprised when she was just bubbling over with this story of supernatural healing! He just could not believe the story. He insisted that she have appropriate medical tests run to see if such a thing really could have happened. The woman waited impatiently for the test results to come back so she could be released, as she was very convinced of her healing. Finally, all tests came back negative. The doctors, the nurses, the assistants, the administrators, the patients—everyone at the hospital was amazed by such a miracle. The administrators demanded that the man who had prayed such an effective prayer be called back in to the hospital and teach them all about the God who could heal a woman from a disease like she had. After I met with them and shared my faith, they asked that I come whenever I could and pray with their patients. So a connection that started out as child evangelism has now given us the connection of being hospital chaplains, as well.
We have made so many connections since that first visit in the Kabompo High School. We have prayed with and shared with over a thousand people because of these connections that just keep spreading. We have been able to work in more high schools and more hospitals. When the Seventh-day Adventist Church saw all of the interest that had developed in this area, they decided to hold a crusade. To date, more than 200 of these contacts have joined the church through baptism, and many more are preparing for baptism and already claim the name Seventh-day Adventist.
When we give ourselves unreservedly even to the most humble of callings, such as child evangelism, the Lord can start developing connections and His gospel can continue to travel and make its way to every nation, kindred, tongue, and people. Praise His name!
By Moses Muzeya. Email: threeangelschildeducationmission@yahoo.com. Three Angels Child Education Mission, Box 140095, Kabompo, Zambia, Africa. Phone: 260 977 267 898 or 260 965 267 898.
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Moran signs on as coach, GM with AJHL Canucks
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Canmore Eagle Owen Reith cheers after Nolan Steer's shot hits the net to score on the Calgary Canucks in the first period of their AJHL game at the Banff Fenlands Arena on Wednesday, January 23, 2019. The game was sold out with standing room only in Banff. The Canucks won the game 8-3. photo by Pam Doyle/pamdoylephoto.com PAM_DOYLE / SunMedia
Brad Moran will lead the charge of the Alberta Junior Hockey League’s Calgary Canucks for the next three years.
On Wednesday, the Junior A hockey club announced they have entered into a three-year agreement with Moran to serve as coach and general manager.
Moran took over the team as head coach in November 2018, replacing Darryl Olsen, and led the Canucks to triple the number of wins over the remaining portion of the season.
That momentum carried over to a strong first-round AJHL playoff showing against the Okotoks Oilers.
The club is calling the signing of Moran as a milestone in the Canucks off-season changes and investments, adding there is a renewed sense of stability which is driving more interest in the team overall and has manifested in additional player interest, increased inquiries about season tickets and more discussions about sponsor involvement.
“There are few matches that are as perfect as Brad and the Canucks,” said Canucks president/chairman Arthur Yasinski. “His hockey legacy in Calgary is well-known, and to have a coach and individual of his calibre is something that we are all very excited about. His commitment to our rebuilding efforts should send a very strong message about our future.”
Those sentiments are shared by Moran.
“Calgary is my home, and I have so many fond memories of my experiences here and with the fans,” said Moran, arguably the best-ever player of the Western Hockey League’s Calgary Hitmen. “I look forward to the challenges ahead of me and the team and share in the board’s excitement about what the future holds.
“I hope every person who has wondered about Junior A hockey makes the time to come out and see the talent that these young gentlemen bring to the ice every day.”
— Postmedia news services
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The Different Forms of Family Violence
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Home What is Family Violence?
Family violence isn't just fighting, or an occasional mean argument. The abuser may control the victim through threats, bullying, and physical violence.
The family is the basic unit of society. When violence takes place within the family, the impact is felt by everyone and there can be alarming consequences. Singapore takes a serious view of violence in any form – the community and the government will step in to provide protection to victims of violence and to address the offending behaviour.
Family violence is any violent, threatening or controlling behaviour that occurs within the family. This includes not only physical injury but direct threats, sexual assault, emotional and psychological distress, damage to property, forced restraint, being forced to avoid friends and family members and any behaviour which causes a person to live in fear. It occurs within a variety of close relationships, such as between spouses, parents and children, siblings and relatives.
Home Family Violence The Different Forms of Family Violence
Violence against/neglect of children
Violence against spouses and ex-spouses
Violence against/neglect of an elderly member of the family
Adult Abuse
Violence towards a person 18 years and above with mental or physical infirmity/disability/incapacity
Home Family Violence Physical Abuse
Physical Abuse is the use of violence to cause physical harm to a family member.
When physical violence occurs, victims of abuse may have visible injuries such as bruises, cuts and scars on lips and mouth, broken arms or fractures. If the abuse is serious, the injuries inflicted may result in death. Victims of abuse may feel ashamed to talk about the abuse and will give excuses about their injuries or may try to hide them.
While the following list is not an exhaustive one, you may be a victim of physical abuse if a family member has:
Slapped or bitten you
Kicked or choked you
Hit or punched you
Thrown objects at you
Locked you in the house
Threatened to hurt you with a weapon
Given you poison
Home Family Violence Emotional and Psychological Abuse
Emotional and psychological abuse consists of behaviour which damages a family member’s self-worth and/or puts a family member in fear.
The victims may suffer from low self-esteem, depression, anxiety and some may have suicidal thoughts. Abused victims may feel isolated and confused about their situations. They may feel a sense of helplessness and continue to live in fear. While it can occur on its own, it may also co-exist with other forms of abuse.
While the following list is not an exhaustive one, you may be a victim of emotional and psychological abuse if a family member has:
Continually criticised you, called you names or shouted at you
Insulted or driven away your friends or family
Humiliated you in private or public
Kept you from working, controlled your money or made all the decisions
Threatened to harm family members or pets which are close to you and which you love and care for, or keep them away from you when the abuser was angry with you
Destroyed personal items, especially items which hold a special meaning to you
Home Family Violence Sexual Abuse
Sexual abuse can be labelled as any behaviour of a sexual nature which takes place without permission or understanding. Anyone can be a victim of sexual abuse, no matter what age they are and regardless of whether they are male or female.
While the following list is not an exhaustive one, you may be a victim of sexual abuse if a family member has:
Insisted on unwanted or uncomfortable touching on private areas of your body
Raped you
Exposed you to sexual acts or pornographic material and you are under 16 years of age
Home Family Violence Neglect
Neglect is the intentional denial of a family member’s needs and/or the failure to provide said family member with enough food, shelter, clothing, medical care and supervision (when needed).
While the following list is not an exhaustive one, you may be a victim of neglect if a family member has:
Not attended to your medical needs
Denied medication or intentionally administered inappropriate medication
Denied you food over a period of time
Denied a child, elderly or mentally incapacitated person proper care and supervision
Denied social contact
Home Family Violence The Impact of Family Violence
Abuse is usually an attempt by a family member to apply control through threats, fear, verbal abuse or violence. Victims of family violence may be cut off from friends, family and neighbours and lose their network of social support. With time, the abuser may use more severe methods to maintain control. Eventually the violence may lead to serious injury and can result in hospitalisation, or even death.
Family violence robs victims of their right to maintain control over their own lives. Individuals who are abused live in fear in the one place they should always feel safe – their home. They are often lonely and so it is difficult for them to get outside help. They often depend on the abuser financially and emotionally. They tend to live in fear and dare not break away from the violence. As a result, they may feel helpless, confused, anxious and have low self-esteem. Sometimes, thoughts of suicide may cross their minds. In severe cases, victims get badly injured, and even end up dying. Children may be more aggressive or be affected by the violence they have observed at home. International research has found that boys who witness family violence are more likely to abuse their female partners as adults, and girls who witness their mother's abuse are more likely to enter into a relationship where they may be abused by their partners as adults.
What children see and hear leaves a strong impact on them. International research shows that they may suffer from undesirable emotional effects such as anxiety, fear, depression, guilt, low self esteem, and may develop criminal behaviour. They may be scarred by the experience and become withdrawn, timid and shy. Or, they may learn the violent behaviour and display aggression when relating with their siblings, friends and show cruelty to pets. They may also perform poorly in school. Children who witness violence were also found to show more anxiety, aggression, depression and tempermental problems, less empathy and self-esteem, and lower verbal, cognitive, and motor abilities than children who did not witness violence at home. There is also some support for the hypothesis that children from violent families of origin carry violent and violence-tolerant roles to their adult intimate relationships.
Home Family Violence Some Common Myths about Family Violence
MYTH: Fighting is part and parcel of family life.
FACT:Differences and conflicts happen amongst family members. However, in a healthy family relationship, members seek ways to overcome their differences. Violence is not a normal part of family life.
MYTH: Family violence is a private matter.
FACT: Family violence affects everyone, including the children. Violence is not a normal part of a marital relationship, and is unacceptable.
MYTH: Violence will eventually stop.
FACT: Family violence is often not a one-time act. Most victims are caught in a cycle of violence. After a violent episode, the abuser may feel sorry and promise to change for the better. However after some time, the tension will build up and the abuser resorts to violence again. The abuse can get more frequent and serious – it may even claim a life.
MYTH: Alcohol or drugs are to be blamed for the violence.
FACT: Alcohol may intensify violent behaviour but it is NOT the cause. There are people who drink or take drugs but do not become violent. Many of those who use violence do not drink or take drugs either. Alcohol or drugs is not an excuse for abusive behaviour.
MYTH: The victim is to be blamed for provoking violence.
FACT: Very often, the violence and anger is triggered by something which the victim has no control over. No one deserves to be abused, regardless of the behaviours of the victim. There are alternative ways of handling a situation without resorting to violence.
MYTH: Family violence only occurs among the poor and uneducated.
FACT: Statistics have shown that family violence happens to people of all ages, races, religions, occupational, educational and financial backgrounds.
MYTH: If the situation was really that bad, the victim could just leave.
FACT: The victim may have reasons for not leaving – love, fear, embarrassment, low self-esteem, financial restraints or consideration for the children. Staying in a violent relationship does not mean that the victim wants to be abused.
MYTH: Abusers are clearly violent in all their relationships.
FACT: An abuser may be extremely violent at home but may be reasonable and respectable outside the family. Abusers do not look any different from your neighbour, colleague, friend or boss.
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Italia Fiorano Standard
A cool, compact semi-acoustic is put to the test…
By Chris Vinnicombe 2012-11-21T11:31:00.325Z
Super-sized 60s sounds in a compact, affordable package.
Big, inspiring old-school semi sounds.
Cream control plate not to everyone's taste.
Also available in a more flamboyant cream finish, our Fiorano Standard is relatively demure in Tobacco Sunburst
The cream plastic control plate is height and angle adjustable
Italia Fiorano Standard (controls)
Since 2000, Italia Guitars has allowed British guitar design mainstay Trev Wilkinson to get creative and explore the more esoteric corners of 50s and 60s guitar manufacture for inspiration.
Launched earlier this year, the models we see before us is representative of the Italia brand at its most traditional in aesthetic terms. Also available in a more flamboyant cream finish, our Fiorano Standard is relatively demure in Tobacco Sunburst.
"Unlike a Gibson-style semi, the Fiorano's predominantly hollow body is fashioned from mahogany, but is carved to retain a supporting block beneath the bridge"
Unlike a Gibson-style semi, the Fiorano's predominantly hollow body is fashioned from mahogany, but is carved to retain a supporting block beneath the bridge, while the Wilkinson W90 pickups are screwed into the spruce laminate top, but are not height-adjustable other than via the individual pole pieces.
What is height and angle adjustable is the cream plastic control plate, which is held in place by four sprung screws, allowing you to angle it slightly if you so wish.
With a 635mm (25-inch) scale length - used by brands as disparate as Danelectro and PRS, sitting between traditional Gibson 628mm (24.75-inch) and Fender 648mm (25.5-inch) territory - the Fiorano has less of the banjo-like acoustic plonkiness of an ES-335, but there's clearly plenty of Epiphone Casino in its DNA, despite the guitar's more compact dimensions.
The guitar's maple neck is a nice, chunky palmful. The quality of the finish is decent, but close scrutiny reveals several areas in which the binding could have been scraped more cleanly around the fretboard and f-hole edges. Time to plug in...
Although P-90 pickups are most readily associated with a wiry snarl, in an Epiphone Casino the hollow construction tends to contribute to an amplified voice with much more warmth and midrange and a slightly attenuated high end. Much of this holds true with the Fiorano, and its more robust construction proves to be less of a feedback trap than a full-sized hollowbody played at volume.
"The middle setting is a great voice for retro rock 'n' roll and R&B rhythm guitar"
The middle setting is a great voice for retro rock 'n' roll and R&B rhythm guitar (think Lennon on Get Back or Come Together, or Brian Jones-era Stones), but add a little more crunch and lashings of spring reverb, and all three pickup selections excel for stinging, expressive blues-rock with a serious dose of 1960s authenticity. Wind up the wick even further, and raucous garage and indie-rock sounds are available in abundance. Highly enjoyable stuff.
Although it's obvious that the design process at Italia is imbued with a magpie-like spirit, this guitar has plenty of its own personality and an array of sounds that is excellent for the money.
The Fiorano is the kind of guitar that makes you want to plug into a 60s valve amp, turn up the reverb, dig in and grin. It's unapologetically retro, but then again, so are plenty of us...
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£40,000 in memory of Charlie
From Bohemian Rhapsody to a sponsored scooter ride – top fundraiser Katy Mann has raised an incredible £40,000 for Meningitis Now in memory of her son Charlie
Katy tragically lost her 15-week old son in 2010, six days after he was diagnosed. She threw herself into fundraising and started to blog about her experience of life after losing a child to meningitis. She raised £35,000 within just a few years – but in 2018 she wrote movingly about how she realised she had forgotten to grieve and how this led to her having a breakdown.
But despite having grief counselling, Katy didn’t stop her amazing fundraising work and has just announced that she’s hit the £40,000 mark. And some of her money-making efforts have certainly been innovative!
“I did a fundraising challenge at the end of last year which raised around £2,000,” she said.
“It was called ‘Walk A Day in My Shoes’ as I’m disabled and in a wheelchair, it was a bit of a play on the fact I can’t walk!"
“Friends and family sponsored me to borrow other people’s shoes and then sing a song to go with the footwear - for example - I wore snow boots and had to rap Ice Ice Baby!”
This particular challenge culminated with the grand finale with friends, family and some Meningitis Now staff members singing an excellent rendition of the iconic Queen tune Bohemian Rhapsody.
“This reached over 25,000 people and included a list of all the signs and symptoms of meningitis so we could raise awareness too,” said Katy.
Another fundraiser included a Championship Challenge held by a local pub to where her father lives in Huddersfield. The White Horse raised another few hundred pounds to add to the pot and Katy inched closer to her £40,000 target.
“Once we realised we were very close to hitting our goal, we wanted to get Charlie’s brother and sister involved,” she said. “They were very keen to do something themselves so decided on a sponsored mile."
“James is eleven and rode his bike for a mile, Emily is seven and did it on her scooter. Together they raised enough money to take us over £40,000 which seemed very fitting really, in memory of their brother."
“We’re very proud of them and everyone involved for what they have achieved.”
We’re proud of them too, Katy – and of you. It’s an amazing amount to reach and it’s a fitting tribute to your beautiful son Charlie.
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Chris' Marathon for Martha
We count our blessings every day for our gorgeous Martha but many people aren’t as lucky as us
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Turks and Caicos Islands Transport Stats
Airports: Total number of airports. Runways must be useable, but may be unpaved. May not have facilities for refuelling, maintenance, or air traffic control.
Airports > Per capita: Total number of airports. Runways must be useable, but may be unpaved. May not have facilities for refuelling, maintenance, or air traffic control. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Airports > With paved runways > Total: Total number of airports with paved runways (concrete or asphalt surfaces)
Airports > With unpaved runways > Total: Total number of airports with useable unpaved runways (grass, dirt, sand, or gravel surfaces)
Airports per million: Total number of airports. Runways must be useable, but may be unpaved. May not have facilities for refuelling, maintenance, or air traffic control. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Gross value added by transport, storage and communication: Gross Value Added by Kind of Economic Activity at current prices - US dollars.
Gross value added by transport, storage and communication per capita: Gross Value Added by Kind of Economic Activity at current prices - US dollars. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Highways > Paved: total length of the paved parts of the highway system
Highways > Total: total length of the highway system
Highways > Total per 1000: total length of the highway system. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Ports and harbors: The major ports and harbors selected on the basis of overall importance to each country. This is determined by evaluating a number of factors (e.g., dollar value of goods handled, gross tonnage, facilities, and military significance).
Ports and terminals: This entry lists major ports and terminals primarily on the basis of the amount of cargo tonnage shipped through the facilities on an annual basis. In some instances, the number of containers handled or ship visits were also considered.
Railways: This entry states the total route length of the railway network and of its component parts by gauge: broad, dual, narrow, standard, and other.
Road network length > Km: Length of road network in kilometers in European Union countries.
Roadways > Paved: This entry is derived from Transport > Roadways, which gives the total length of the road network and includes the length of the paved and unpaved portions.
Roadways > Paved per thousand people: This entry is derived from Transport > Roadways, which gives the total length of the road network and includes the length of the paved and unpaved portions. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
Roadways > Total: This entry gives the total length of the road network and includes the length of the paved and unpaved portions.
Roadways > Unpaved: This entry gives the total length of the road network and includes the length of the paved and unpaved portions.
Select year 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Airports 8 2013 164th out of 235
Airports > Per capita 198.23 per 1 million people 2010 6th out of 133
Airports > With paved runways > Total 6 2013 143th out of 233
Airports > With unpaved runways > Total 2 2013 178th out of 195
Airports per million 258.12 2010 4th out of 197
Gross value added by transport, storage and communication 52.28 million 2012 189th out of 204
Gross value added by transport, storage and communication per capita 1,612.33 2012 50th out of 201
Highways > Paved 24 km 2000 65th out of 65
Highways > Total 121 km 2000 69th out of 69
Highways > Total per 1000 6.41 km 2000 30th out of 61
Ports and harbors Grand Turk, Providenciales 2005
Ports and terminals Cockburn Harbour, Grand Turk, Providenciales 2013
Railways 0.0 2003 72nd out of 86
Road network length > Km 2014 210th out of 219
Roadways > Paved 24 km 2013 157th out of 159
Roadways > Paved per thousand people 0.503 km 2013 115th out of 157
Roadways > Total 121 km 2013 186th out of 195
Roadways > Unpaved 97 km 2003 52nd out of 54
SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; United Nations Statistics Division; United Nations Statistics Division. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; CIA World Factbooks 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013; CIA World Factbooks 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.
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Turks and Caicos Islands Transport Profiles (Subcategories)
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Ben Kesslen
141d ago / 11:30 PM UTC
Analysis: Cohen came off as 'credible,' testimony will shape committee's next step
After Cohen's hearing came to a close, legal experts — as well as a former adviser to Trump's campaign — said they found Cohen a "credible" witness despite his own admitted lies and crimes.
"I think Cohen came across as very credible," Mimi Rocah, a former prosecutor for the Southern District of New York and an NBC News and MSNBC legal analyst, said on "Meet the Press Daily."
Rocah emphasized that Cohen didn't "go too far" in his testimony. "He tells us when he knows something and he doesn't try to implicate people in something that he can't," she said.
Sam Nunberg, a former adviser to Trump's 2016 campaign, agreed, and added he thinks Trump "hated today more than losing the shutdown."
Ben Wittes, editor-in-chief of Lawfare and a legal analyst for NBC News and MSNBC, said his big takeaway is that Cohen's testimony will now aid in "creating an agenda" for the next Oversight hearing.
"The committee is getting a huge number of tips and leads of who else they should be talking to," Wittes said. "They emerged from this with a giant witness list."
Liz Johnstone
Thank you, and good night.
We're closing down our live blog for the evening. Thanks for staying with us today. If you missed any part of the action, catch up by scrolling down through the blog for key moments, fiery exchanges and real-time analysis.
Watch the highlights below, or check out the best lines from the hearing here. See you all next time.
Feb. 27, 201902:55
Lauren Egan
Which 2020 Democratic candidates weighed in?
A round-up of who in the 2020 Democratic presidential field chimed in, what they said, and who stayed quiet:
Kirsten Gillibrand: The New York senator wrote on Twitter that a presidential campaign “should never be in the business of scheming with foreign adversaries to tamper with our elections. I just thought that went without saying.”
She also tweeted screenshots of two articles, one of which was titled “Michael Cohen To Face Tough Questioning From House Oversight Committee.” Gillibrand added her own take: “Elections matter.”
Amy Klobuchar: Of the 2020 candidates, the Minnesota senator offered the most direct comments on the hearing, highlighting several articles on Cohen's testimony on Twitter: “This is a big deal: Michael Cohen says President Trump was involved in a hush money scheme. … This is even a bigger deal: Cohen has alleged that Trump knew in advance that the anti-secrecy organization WikiLeaks planned to publish hacked Democratic National Committee emails.” She also tweeted about Cohen acknowledging he "lied under oath to Congress" about talks on a proposed Trump Tower project in Moscow.
Elizabeth Warren: The Massachusetts senator did not address Cohen directly, but she did author a blog post on Medium as the hearing was underway in which she vowed, "If I’m elected President of the United States, there will be no pardons for anyone implicated in these investigations."
Cory Booker, Pete Buttigieg, Julián Castro, John Delaney, Tulsi Gabbard, Kamala Harris and Bernie Sanders were all active on Twitter, but they stayed quiet about Cohen's testimony.
Allan Smith and Kristen Welker
'Completely false': Trump attorney Jay Sekulow disputes point in Cohen testimony
Jay Sekulow, a member of Trump's legal team, pushed back on a part of Cohen's testimony after the hearing wrapped.
"Today’s testimony by Michael Cohen that attorneys for the president edited or changed his statement to Congress to alter the duration of the Trump Tower Moscow negotiations is completely false," Sekulow said in a statement.
During Wednesday's public hearing, Cohen testified that Sekulow was among the lawyers who reviewed his previous prepared remarks to Congress regarding the Trump Organization's negotiations to build a Trump Tower in Moscow and made changes and additions. Cohen later pleaded guilty to lying to Congress about those negotiations, saying he did so to align with Trump's preferred narrative.
"You said you lied to Congress about Trump's negotiations to build his Moscow Tower because he made it clear to you that he wanted you to lie," Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., said. "One of the reasons you knew this was because 'Mr. Trump's personal lawyers reviewed and edited my statement to Congress about the timing of the Moscow Tower negotiations before I gave it.'"
"So this is a pretty breathtaking claim and I just want to get to the facts here," Raskin continued. "Which specific lawyers reviewed and edited your statement to Congress on the Moscow Tower negotiations and did they make any changes to your statement?"
"There were changes made, additions," Cohen responded. "Jay Sekulow for one."
Cohen added that "several changes" were made, "including how we were going to handle that message, which was — the message of course being the length of time that the Trump Tower Moscow project stayed and remained alive."
7 hours later, the hearing is over. Watch the 3-minute recap.
Cohen made a brief statement to the assembled media on Capitol Hill after the hearing adjourned but did not take questions.
"Thank you all for being here today. I am humbled, I'm thankful to Chairman Cummings for giving me the opportunity today to tell my truth and I hope that as Chairman Cummings said, it helps in order to heal America," Cohen said.
Get caught up on seven hours of testimony in three minutes by watching the video below.
Dartunorro Clark
Cummings closes with a bang: 'We have got to get back to normal'
In a heated closing statement, Chairman Cummings made a sweeping call for normalcy and protecting America's democracy after a fiery hours-long hearing marked by partisan clashes and pointed attacks on Cohen's credibility.
“You made a lot of mistakes, Mr. Cohen, and you've admitted that. And you know what is the saddest part of this whole thing is? That some very innocent people are hurting too and you acknowledge that and that's your family,” Cummings said. "And you know if we as a nation did not give people an opportunity after they made mistakes to change their lives a whole lot of people would not do very well."
He added, "I want to say thank you. I know that this can be hard. I know that you are facing a lot. I know that you are worried about your family but this is part of destiny and, hopefully, this portion of your destiny will lead to a better Micheal Cohen, a better Donald Trump, a better United States of America and a better world."
He took a parting shot at Republican members of the committee who falsely claimed that this is the first hearing House Oversight has held since Democrats reclaimed the majority in the chamber. The first was one on prescription drug costs, he said, mentioning a person who died because she was unable to afford insulin. He noted his committee has also had hearings on a number of topics, including voting rights, before hearing from Cohen on Wednesday.
"We can do more than one thing," he said. "And we have got to get back to normal."
Cohen, in closing statement, lists everything he says is wrong with Trump
Cohen delivered a brief but emotional statement at the end of his public testimony, in which he summed up his objections to the president and his fears for the future.
"I fear that if he loses the election in 2020, that there will never be a peaceful transition of power," he said of Trump.
He then addressed the president directly, at times looking squarely into the TV cameras.
"We honor our veterans — even in the rain," Cohen said referring to a trip to France where Trump opted against attending a World War 1 memorial event. "You tell the truth, even when it doesn't aggrandize you."
"You don't attack the media and those who question what you don't like or what you don't want them to say and you take responsibility for your own dirty deeds. You don't use your power of your bully pulpit to destroy the credibility of those who speak out against you. You don't separate families from one another or demonize those looking to America for a better life. You don't vilify people based on the god they pray to and you don't cuddle up to our adversaries at the expense of our allies. Finally, you don't shut down the government before Christmas and New Year's just to simply appease your base. This behavior is churlish, it denigrates the office of the president and it's simply un-American. And it's not you," he said.
"So to those who support the president and his rhetoric as I once did, I pray the country doesn't make the same mistakes that I have made or pay the heavy price that my family and I are paying."
Cohen then thanked Chairman Cummings for his time.
Tlaib ignites racial dispute in final moments of hearing
Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., prompted a fiery exchange when she objected to the appearance of HUD official Lynne Patton in the audience earlier Wednesday.
"Just to make a note, Mr. Chairman, just because someone has a person of color, a black person working for them, doesn’t mean they aren't racist. And it is insensitive that some would even say — the fact that someone would actually use a prop, a black woman, in this chamber, in this committee, is alone racist in itself," Tlaib said.
Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., who had invited Patton to stand as he defended Trump against Cohen's charge that the president is a racist, erupted in anger, asking for the statement to be stricken from the record.
"I am not calling the gentleman, Mr. Meadows, a racist for doing so. I’m saying that in itself, it is a racist act," Tlaib responded.
Meadows asked Chairman Elijah Cummings to vouch for him as not being racist. The pair noted that they have a close relationship.
Tlaib ultimately apologized to Meadows, saying that she did not intend for him to feel that she was attacking him personally as a racist.
Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., also referred to Meadows' bringing Patton out to rebut allegations of racism against Trump.
Ocasio-Cortez presses Cohen on whether Trump, his associates committed fraud
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., pressed Cohen on whether Trump committed bank, tax and insurance fraud during brief questioning Wednesday afternoon.
"To your knowledge, did the president ever provide inflated assets to an insurance company?" Ocasio-Cortez asked.
"Yes," Cohen replied.
"Who else knows that the president did this?" Ocasio-Cortez responded.
Cohen named several Trump Organization executives, including chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg.
"Do you think we need to review financial statements and tax returns in order to compare them?" Ocasio-Cortez asked.
"Yes," Cohen said.
Ocasio-Cortez wrapped up her questioning under her allotted time.
Cohen says he hasn't seen proof Trump's tax returns are under audit
Cohen said that he didn't actually think Trump's tax returns were under audit during the 2016 election, contrary to what Trump has long claimed.
"I asked for a copy of the audit so that I could use it in terms of my statements to the press. And I was never able to obtain one," he said in answer to a question about whether Trump's tax returns were, in fact, under audit by the IRS.
Trump refused to release his tax returns while running for office because he said they were under audit. He has never released them.
Trump is the only major party nominee of the past 40 years to not release his tax returns.
Dareh Gregorian
Programming note: Cohen will take questions from reporters following testimony
Cohen’s testimony may soon be coming to an end, but not his grilling. Cohen is planning to take questions from reporters after he’s done testifying under oath, according to his lawyer, Lanny Davis.
Cohen is facing questions from several more lawmakers before ending his day of testimony. Stay tuned.
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Am J Hum Genet. 1995 Jul;57(1):160-70.
Segregation analysis of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in Pima Indians: evidence for a major-gene effect.
Hanson RL1, Elston RC, Pettitt DJ, Bennett PH, Knowler WC.
Diabetes and Arthritis Epidemiology Section, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Phoenix, AZ 85014, USA.
Non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) has a high prevalence in Pima Indians. The disorder is familial, but the extent to which genetic factors are involved in its etiology is largely unknown. Segregation analysis was used to determine whether familial aggregation of NIDDM in this population could reflect the action of a single major gene. The analysis included 2,697 subjects from 653 nuclear families in which both parents and at least one offspring had been examined in the course of a longitudinal epidemiological study. The REGTL program of the SAGE package was used to fit models in which age at onset of NIDDM is transmitted from parent to offspring under the unified model for segregation analysis. Likelihood-ratio tests were used to test hypotheses related to genetic transmission. The hypothesis of no major effect was strongly rejected (P < .01), as was that of no transmission of the major effect (P < .01). Mendelian transmission was not rejected (P = .91). Similar results were obtained when covariates for obesity and birth cohort were added to the models and when a power transformation of age at onset was estimated. A strong effect of birth cohort with earlier age at onset in the later born cohorts was observed (P < .01). The findings are consistent with the hypothesis that a major gene influences the risk for NIDDM in Pima Indians by affecting age at onset. The expression of this gene may depend on environmental factors that have become more prevalent in recent-birth cohorts.
Age of Onset
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/genetics*
Indians, North American*
Models, Genetic*
Obesity/genetics
1 P41 RR03655/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States
Diabetes - Genetic Alliance
Native American Health - MedlinePlus Health Information
Diabetes Type 2 - MedlinePlus Health Information
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A Lot To Like So Far In 2018
Yes we admit it, we may have been sleeping on social media of late but that's not to say there hasn't been a lot going on for MX as we move into the second half of the year.
We've enjoyed the company, not to mention the coaching of new additions Lochie and Estelle who both have exciting campaigns coming up with New Zealand age group camps. They've brought their own style to MX and it's safe to say we're better for it.
Our MX Performance players now show up to training in their slick new gear courtesy of Adidas Field Hockey, a supporter of ours since day one.
The Wellington U15 teams have been named and we couldn't be happier with the MX representation in both the boys and the girls teams. A real validation for us that what we're doing has an impact.
With the Blacksticks women and men doing so well at the Commonwealth Games, what better time to get Steve Jenness along to a few MX sessions. Steve has long been a proud Capital player and has kindly given up his time in recent weeks to up skill our group in front of goal. As young aspiring players, what more could you want!
Make sure you keep an eye out for term three registrations which will be available within the week. We welcome all players, old and new but would encourage anyone who hasn't experienced what it's like to be part of the MX team to try us out.
The best part is we're not done yet, not even close. With terms three and four to come, we're excited about the constant evolution of Wellington's premier coaching academy. We're working harder than ever to deliver for our players and although the future is uncertain, we're full steam ahead as MX continues to grow.
Newer PostMX Players, Past & Present Enjoy Success at U18 National Tournament
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Dog Who Survived Cancer Helps 8 Year Old Autistic Boy
Home » Dog Who Survived Cancer Helps 8 Year Old Autistic Boy
By Nicole Bagliore
Michael Sears, an eight year old boy on the autism spectrum is finally sleeping in his bed at night. His parents are calling it a miracle. The magic behind this miracle? A service dog named Gigi.
Although Sears is high functioning, he seems to get into some dangerous situations. In an interview with NBC 10, Michael Sear’s mother shared the story of the new friendship of her son and Gigi. A few months back, Sears was found hanging out of the second floor window watching balloons fly in the sky. Elyse Kelly, Michael Sear’s mother, told NBC 10 “And that’s when we had been doing research on the service dog.”
Gigi and Michael Sears met by chance. Michael and his family traveled to North Carolina in May. They visited a kennel that specializes in breeding service dogs for individuals with autism just to see if the program would be a good fit. “We came around the corner and there was Miss Gigi,” Elyse Kelly said to NBC 10.
Similar to Sears, Gigi has her own obstacles she’s had to overcome. Gigi is a cancer survivor who happened to be at the kennel recovering. “When we met Gigi, there was just connection between the two of them,” Kelly said, NBC 10 “She came right up to him.”
Gigi and Sears are now attached at the hip. With the help of Gigi, Sears is safe. Sears would sometimes take off on his bike or run away. Gigi is trained to keep Sears out of trouble and away from the road. ”She will chase him, and mouth him- like his leg or his arm and literally follow him until he brings his bike home,” Kelly said.
The two are inseparable, and Sears is finally sleeping in his own bed at night. Gigi is healthy and found a forever home at the Kelly residence. Michael, similarly, has found a forever friend.
Service animals to support individuals with autism are on the rise. The Americans with Disability Act defines service dogs as “any guide dog, signal dog, or other animal individually trained to provide assistance to an individual with a disability.” These service animals play a significant role in an individuals with autism’s life. Service animals have an impact on sociability, sensory management, and increased ability to bond.
Learn about service dog scholarships available to individuals on the autism spectrum.
Nicole Bagliore
Nicole Bagliore is a senior at the College of Staten Island pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Corporate Communications with a minor in Business Marketing. She feels honored to be working as a Marketing intern at the American Autism Association.
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Environmental groups have filed a lawsuit to stop the regulatory weakening of a 100-year-old federal law that protects songbirds and others from electrical power lines, towers, buildings and other manmade hazards.
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The singer celebrated her foundation’s donation of 100 million books to children around the world with a reading at the Library of Congress.
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Plogging, Sweden’s latest fitness craze, is catching on in Europe and the U.S., as joggers not only clean up trash but also burn more calories in the process.
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A thaw over the tip of the planet this year warmed the surface of the North Pole as high as 35 degrees—a once-rare event that has occurred during four of the last five winters.
By factoring in the settling of artificial landfill as water aquifers empty, scientists now estimate that 166 square miles of land around the bay is in jeopardy of being underwater by 2100.
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Home News Gaming News Octopath Traveler Prequel Hits Mobile, New Game Incoming
Octopath Traveler Prequel Hits Mobile, New Game Incoming
Square Enix has unveiled a new Octopath Traveler title coming to mobile which acts as a prequel to the critically acclaimed Switch title.
Following Square Enix trademarking the term HD-2D, many suspected that the developer wasn’t done with Octopath Traveler’s unique art style, and they weren’t wrong. Square has announced that a new game will be coming to mobile, set on the continent of Orsetera, and will be a prequel to Octopath.
A Japanese trailer for the game has been unveiled too, which you can see below. There’s currently no word on whether the game is strictly for the Japanese market, or whether the prequel will be coming to the west:
In addition, Octopath Traveler fans will be pleased to know that Square is also working on another Octopath title, while details are thin, the official Twitter account followed up this prequel news saying:
“For those of you waiting for a new console game, we apologize, but we’ll need more time for production, so in the meantime we hope you’ll enjoy this.”
Whether or not this is the new Bravely game which has been teased or a new Octopath title, remains to be seen. I guess we’ll have to wait and see.
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01 . The Flame In All Of Us
02 . Falls Apart
03 . New Drug
04 . What Do We Know?
05 . Favorite Disease
06 . My Home
07 . My Own Enemy
08 . Learn To Breathe
09 . Inhuman
10 . Broken Wing
11 . The Safest Place
12 . Wish You Well
13 . The Last Song (Hidden Track)
"The Last Song (Hidden Track)" Lyrics [edit]
by Thousand Foot Krutch | from the album The Flame In All Of Us
You can throw away your expectations now,
And all the things you wouldn't say out loud,
There's nothing left to pick apart now, the cards are all down/
And now you know the sound of my heart, when it hits the paper,
There's no more mystery here.....this is the last song/
I remember when, we first became a band,
We'd drive all night and talk about the world,
I remember when, we used to, now and then,
Just sit and wonder where it all would go/
This is the last song,.....so everybody sing along,
This is the last song,...../(X2)
You can/ Throw away your expectations now,
There's nothing left to pick apart, now, the cards are all down/
We'd set up in the bedroom, practice all night long,
Keep the neighbourhood up, from the sound of our guitars/
I remember when, we'd all hop in the van,
Turn the radio on, we were off to see the world,
Wake up at ten, to do it all again,
Until the sun goes down, 'cause this is all we know/
...Just sit and wonder where it all would go/
Behind the Song:
"I wrote this song at the very end of the writing process, I was so beat, and remember just feeling very emotionally/mentally drained. It was intended to be more of a sarcastic "ok, here it is, it's done. There you go, critique it, love it or hate it, it's all out on the table." It's funny, as an artist, you sometimes feel like people are waiting in the helms for the record to release, so they can cut it up, tear it apart, give their quick effortless 2 cents, and most of the time miss the point of what you were trying to say anyway. Haha, I know that sounds a tad negative, or perhaps a little dramatic, but believe me it often feels that way. So after all, it ended up turning into a song. When we all first started this, there wasn't anyone (outside of a few friends here and there), constantly trying to compare, dissect, or look for flaws/faults in what we did. It was (as it is now) an honest form of artistic expression, with just way less pressure/responsibility for the results. I love music, I love what we do, and these things are all just a part of the growing process and privilege it is to write/play music for a living. I accept that, and am thankful for everyone who still loves music for music." - Trevor McNevan (Thousand Foot Krutch)
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Waitomo Group expects to open five to six new outlets annually as it builds out its national network. Photo: Lynn Grieveson.
BusinessDesk
Waitomo foresees steady expansion beyond 2019
Discount fuel retailer Waitomo Group expects to open five to six new outlets annually as it builds out its national network.
The Hamilton-based company yesterday opened its southern-most fuel stop in Upper Hutt. It will open an outlet in Wellington in July, and in Christchurch later this year. That adds to unstaffed fuel stops established this year in Hamilton Central, Papamoa, Rotorua and under construction in New Plymouth.
Director Jimmy Ormsby says openings this year follow a bit of a lull in 2018. But he says the company now has a more consistent pipeline of potential sites in development and should be able to deliver up to half a dozen new sites annually.
Refining its retail offering in recent years and taking a more disciplined approach to site selection has enabled the company to take a more “cookie-cutter” approach on new outlets.
“It’s taken quite a lot to get to this stage,” he told BusinessDesk.
“You’re never going to see a fuel stop on every corner” but there is still ample room for growth, he said.
Competition in the retail fuel market is currently being investigated by the Commerce Commission. The government ordered the market study after last year, accusing the major firms of “fleecing” consumers.
But more than 20 brands operate in New Zealand with smaller players, like Waitomo and Caltex Australia-backed Gull, adding 35 new sites nationally during the past year, Z Energy noted earlier this month. That added about 2 percent to retail capacity at a time petrol volumes fell.
Waitomo, started in 1947 to supply commercial customers, now has about 65 mostly upper North Island outlets including diesel-only truck stops. It sells more than 200 million litres of fuel annually, which continues to be supplied by former shareholder Mobil.
About half that volume is sold to commercial customers and that remains an important part of the business. Ormsby says the firm’s initial expansion outside its home region was due to demand from its business customers, which had also grown and needed wider coverage for their operations.
Providing broader coverage for the firm’s commercial fuel card holders remains a factor in its selection of new sites, as does a genuine desire to develop a nationwide offering.
Volume and margin remain key drivers of any fuel business and the firm will continue to expand its commercial sales as it offers cheaper fuel to householders, who like the convenience of self-service, lower prices and buying from a New Zealand firm, Ormsby said.
Maintaining a consistent North Island price – except places like Auckland where the regional fuel tax applies – also makes life easier for commercial customers.
“It’s important to retain a strong commercial offering,” Ormsby said.
Chief operations officer Simon Parham says the firm has five to 10 potential sites at various stages of investigation.
While the firm remains under-represented in the lower North Island, Parham says there is still room for growth in greater Auckland. The firm will open more outlets in the South Island, but the smaller population and longer travelling distances there mean it will likely focus on metropolitan areas first.
Well-located sites, with high traffic volumes and safe road access, are not easy to find and the firm is strict in selection and development to make sure new capacity doesn’t add to overheads, he said.
“That’s how we can offer a good consistent, sustainably competitive price to our customers.”
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Academic & Professional Books Environmental & Social Studies Natural Resource Use & Depletion Agriculture & Food
Series: Food, Health, and the Environment
By: Robert Gottlieb(Author), Anupama Joshi(Author)
304 pages, 19 b/w photos
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 9780262518666 Paperback Mar 2013 Usually dispatched within 4 days
ISBN: 9780262072915 Hardback Nov 2010 Out of Print #187985
In today's food system, farm workers face difficult and hazardous conditions, low-income neighborhoods lack supermarkets but abound in fast-food restaurants and liquor stores, food products emphasize convenience rather than wholesomeness, and the international reach of American fast-food franchises has been a major contributor to an epidemic of "globesity." To combat these inequities and excesses, a movement for food justice has emerged in recent years seeking to transform the food system from seed to table.
In Food Justice, Robert Gottlieb and Anupama Joshi tell the story of this emerging movement. A food justice framework ensures that the benefits and risks of how food is grown and processed, transported, distributed, and consumed are shared equitably. Gottlieb and Joshi recount the history of food injustices and describe current efforts to change the system, including community gardens and farmer training in Holyoke, Massachusetts, youth empowerment through the Rethinkers in New Orleans, farm-to-school programs across the country, and the Los Angeles school system's elimination of sugary soft drinks from its cafeterias. And they tell how food activism has succeeded at the highest level: advocates waged a grassroots campaign that convinced the Obama White House to plant a vegetable garden.
The first comprehensive inquiry into this emerging movement, Food Justice addresses the increasing disconnect between food and culture that has resulted from our highly industrialized food system.
Robert Gottlieb is Henry R. Luce Professor of Urban Environmental Studies at Occidental College in Los Angeles. He is the author of Environmentalism Unbound: Exploring New Pathways for Change (2001), and Reinventing Los Angeles: Nature and Community in the Global City (2007), both published by the MIT Press, and other books.
Anupama Joshi is the Executive Director and Cofounder of the National Farm to School Network, a project of Tides Center (formerly based at the Urban & Environmental Policy Institute at Occidental College).
"Gottlieb and Joshi name names and pull no punches. Their point of view, that the dominant agroindustrial food industry is inherently unjust to farm workers, consumers, and the communities that suffer from the external costs of food production comes through loud and clear."
– Nevin Cohen, Eugene Lang College, New School for Liberal Arts
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Island of Terror (20-Jun-1966)
Director: Terence Fisher
Writers: Edward Mann; Al Ramsen
Keywords: Horror
Eddie Byrne Actor 31-Jan-1911 21-Aug-1981 The Mummy
Peter Cushing Actor 26-May-1913 11-Aug-1994 Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars
Edward Judd Actor 4-Oct-1932 24-Feb-2009 First Men in the Moon
Niall MacGinnis Actor 29-Mar-1913 6-Jan-1977 49th Parallel
Review by Dr. Dick (posted on 27-May-2005)
Plot: English scientist creates silicon-based life form "Silicates" (and not Raquel Welch) in the lab. Beastie feeds on mammal bones, sucked from living carbon-based life forms like cows and English people. Peter Cushing, a less tasty scientist, discovers how the silicates reproduce, i.e. after dinner and asexually, just like the English. After giving himself a manicure with an axe, Peter Cushing finds that the silicates, just like all of the other life on earth, drops dead after eating radioactive stuff. After beasties feast on radioactive dog food, they die, and England is safe (until the victory of Margaret Thatcher.)
Effects: Good for the time, scared the urine out of me and my friends between ages 7 and our first felony arrests.
Goodness: Two stars, because this is just a rainy remake of Frankenstein, The Mummy, and The Thing. Peter Cushing makes the film interesting, although he does overplay the amputation scene.
Final Word: Award winning compared to modern marvels like Waterworld, Lost In Space (Duh Movie). Too coherent, fast moving, and scary to get the MST3K treatment. I couldn't wait to see this movie after reading about it, and it still gives me the creeps during some scenes.
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Aytekin Tank July 9th, 2019
Bootstrapping Guide: How to Start a Business with No Money
Startup advice can be seductive. From motivational quotes to magazine profiles, there’s a persistent narrative that if you follow your passion, log 80 hours a week, and “hustle hard,” you’ll create the next Amazon or Airbnb.
It is possible.
We all know that hard work can produce incredible results. But the prevailing rise-and-grind mythology often pushes founders into business before they’re ready.
Many smart, ambitious people feel pressured to quit their jobs and go all-in. They work around the clock, sacrificing their health and happiness to chase a startup dream.
For every founder who’s battling exhaustion and surviving on protein bars, I’d like to suggest a different path.
It’s the same path that enabled me to build JotForm in a wildly competitive industry, where even Google is vying for our market share. Since 2006, we’ve grown to serve 4.2 million users and create a team of 130 employees—and we’ve done it without taking a penny in outside funding.
JotForm isn’t an overnight success story, and I certainly don’t have a private jet. But, I’ve built a business I love, while maintaining my freedom and a rich personal life.
Bootstrapping can be a great path for entrepreneurs of every kind. Here’s what we’ve learned—and how it can help you to achieve success on your own terms.
Why small is the new big—the case for bootstrapping
Many founders think venture capital is a prerequisite for success. Reports of record-breaking funding rounds and billion-dollar valuations can certainly make it seem that way.
But investment isn’t the only way to fund a business.
A growing number of founders, or “bootstrappers” are building their companies with little or no outside funding. They don’t have to fuss over investment decks and most could care less about reaching the top of TechCrunch . Very few worry about creating personal brands on Instagram—especially in the early stages. They’re more concerned about serving real customers, who support their ideas with hard-earned cash.
They might not be as visible as entrepreneurs who spend a fortune on PR agencies, but in every industry, you’ll find independent, self-funded companies that are also wildly profitable. For example:
MailChimp co-founder and CEO Ben Chestnut needed to create email newsletters for his design consulting clients. He built a tool to streamline this tedious process, and created a business worth $4.2 billion , with $600 million in annual revenues.
Todoist is a market leader in productivity, used by over 10 million people and organizations including Apple, Starbucks, Google. Amir Salihefendic launched its parent company, Doist, in 2007 and says “we’re running a marathon, not a sprint.”
Basecamp started in 2004, when Jason Fried and his web design firm needed a project management app to keep them organized. They built an internal tool, started using it with clients, and now have nearly 2.2 million customers and employees in 30 cities worldwide.
These are just a few businesses that are racking up customers and profits to rival their VC-backed competitors. One key difference? They get to call the shots about when, where and how they work—and grow. Many of the founders also build their empires quietly, with more concern for creating great products than generating market buzz.
Clearly, bootstrapping isn’t for everyone. Not every business can be self-funded, and sometimes, outside investment is exactly the right choice. We all need to chart our own paths. But bootstrappers remind us to question the prevailing startup narratives and ask, “Do we really need to raise VC money?”
It’s well worth taking a breath, setting the pitch deck aside for a moment, and considering an alternative route.
Self-funding vs raising money: pros and cons
Starting a business isn’t easy. There are risks, challenges, and complications, whether you leverage your own cash or you pursue venture capital. Reading headline after headline about record-setting funding rounds, however, can make VC backing look glamorous—and perhaps even necessary.
Most of us can name the well-funded success stories: Facebook, Google, WhatsApp, Alibaba, Rent the Runway, Uber, and more. But for every famous brand, there are thousands of VC-funded firms that quietly grew and then fizzled. That’s why it’s good to take a clear-eyed look at the statistics.
Research by Harvard lecturer Shikhar Ghosh reveals that about 75% of VC-backed companies in the U.S. fail, meaning they don’t return the investors’ capital. If we define failure as not delivering the projected return on investment, however, then more than 95% of startups fail, says Ghosh.
Just like a bicycle, a startup requires some speed to stay upright. But once a founder accepts outside cash, the clock really starts ticking.
Here’s another way to think about it. If VC funding is the fabled hare, then bootstrapping is the tortoise. It’s slow and steady, but it keeps on going (and going and going).
We know that premature scaling is the number one cause of startup failure. Eager new founders often drain their cash on big offices, the latest technology, splashy PR and marketing campaigns, and hiring full teams—long before they’re ready or even need the support. Sometimes their investors push for these outward signs of accomplishment.
Bootstrappers rarely face the same pressures. They don’t have to meet arbitrary timelines or show hockey stick growth charts. Instead, they have the freedom to set their own targets. They make the rules, and, most importantly, they decide what “success” looks like—even if that definition is constantly evolving.
Clearly, bootstrapping doesn’t eliminate all problems. To grow a business without external funding, you have to swim, or you’ll sink fast. You have to be creative and strategic, but that can also make you a better entrepreneur. Here are three more advantages of taking the self-funded route.
You learn by wearing all the hats
It doesn’t matter if you’re a designer, product engineer, developer, or a UX specialist. As a bootstrapped founder, you’re probably also shipping packages, answering calls, and writing social media posts. That’s how it goes. And while spending precious time on the “other stuff” can be frustrating, it ensures you understand every corner of the business. Once it’s time to hire someone for that role, you know exactly what to look for and what to avoid.
*Quick tip: At JotForm, we hire and grow slowly. And we hire someone only when we have their entire first-year salary in the bank. It’s a simple rule of thumb that has helped to keep us on track.
Needs override wants
The classic (or clichéd) startup office is a former industrial space with exposed beams and high ceilings. It’s bright and it shows the company is Doing. Big. Things. Until a business truly needs that kind of space, however, it’s not a smart expense.
It’s easy to get distracted, but bootstrappers can make strategic choices, like using open-source software and upgrading later, if necessary. Or working from home, renting a desk in a co-working space, and doing the PR and accounting until you can afford to get help.
Remaining lean allows you to pivot
In the early stages of a startup, the business is still pliable. You can release a product, gather user feedback, and adapt to real market needs. That’s an advantage.
Entrepreneurs often chase perfection, but it’s not only impossible; it can put your company at risk.
New founders should release their products as soon as possible. Don’t even try to make it perfect. Hundreds of startups have adapted and pivoted their way to success:
Instagram started as a check-in app called Burbn, until founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger offered viral photo filters with a streamlined interface.
Slack was originally developed to support a now-defunct game called Glitch. Founder Stewart Butterfield soon realized that the internal messaging app, not the game, was the real opportunity.
YouTube was a dating site until founders Jawed Karim, Steve Chen, and Chad Hurley dropped the “singles” videos and opened the platform for all kinds of uploads.
When startups work obsessively to create the “ultimate” first release, they can also be tempted to argue with their customers—even when customers share honest feedback about what they want and need. That’s why staying lean and flexible can be a major business advantage.
How to get started with bootstrapping
5 Essential Stages You Have To Consider Before You Bootstrap a Business
Start a side project
Share what you create
Always pursue problems, not passion
Stay close to your product
After college, I spent five years working as a programmer for a New York-based media company. I learned so much there: how my mentors accomplished their goals and how to collaborate with team members. I also saw how micromanagement destroys staff motivation. Most importantly, that’s where I got the idea for JotForm.
Both startup press and social media often advise founders to leap blindly into business as soon as they have an idea. That approach can work, but it’s a tough slog that kills lots of promising companies. Instead, there are five steps you can take—right now—to lay the foundation for lasting success.
1. Keep your day job
Writing a manifesto and leaving your job with a flourish, Jerry Maguire-style, might seem like a badass entrepreneurial move. Unfortunately, it didn’t even work for Jerry.
Most bootstrappers test the waters with a side project while they hold down a full-time gig. They leave the safety of a regular paycheck only when that side hustle can provide viable, long-term income. SpaceX, Apple, Product Hunt, Trello, WeWork, Craigslist and Twitter all started this way.
Never underestimate how much you can learn and accomplish in a 9-to-5 job—and let’s all agree to stop saying “day job” like it’s a four-letter word. Getting paid to sharpen your skills at a healthy, productive company can provide a great foundation for whatever you’re building.
2. Start a side project
At Google, employees can spend 20% of their time exploring new ideas or creative projects. This 20% time policy is well known in tech circles, but it’s a concept we can all apply to our work lives.
We can build entire businesses by tinkering on the side, but most importantly, side projects boost creativity. When there’s no pressure to meet a revenue target (or make any money at all), we’re free to play, explore and learn. It’s a great way to decide whether the project truly captures your imagination, and to gauge outside interest.
In fact, side projects should be stupid, says ex-Spotify product designer Tobias van Schneider:
“The only way a side project will work is if people give themselves permission to think simple, to change their minds, to fail—basically, to not take them too seriously.
When you treat something like it’s stupid, you have fun with it, you don’t put too much structure around it. You can enjoy different types of success.”
We should never be afraid to invest time and energy into something that excites us; something that gets the blood pumping and our creativity flowing. Follow curiosity and see where it leads.
And if enabling “stupidity” doesn’t work, trying looking at the side project through a more scientific lens.
Don’t focus on the outcome or how the experiment will be received. Just start.
3. Share what you create
Even before it’s done, and long before it’s “ready,” we need to share our ideas. Show people what you’ve been working on—this was one of the strategies that helped us to land our first 1,000 users. Take them inside the experiments you’re running, no matter how early or unpolished.
Today, there are so many different and inexpensive ways to share. Pick your favorite platform—the one that feels natural, and where you spend time anyway. It could be a YouTube channel, an Instagram account, a podcast, or even a blog. I have my blog on Medium but it could be whatever other network that works for you.
The simple act of sharing can help you to:
Develop an engaged audience (even if it’s small) before you launch a startup or try to sell what you’re creating.
Refine your ideas. Explaining a concept to someone else is the quickest way to find invisible holes. Use that pre-launch time to get smarter and fill your own knowledge gaps.
Develop a solid track record. Business is more than a financial transaction; it’s built on trust. When you show the work and bring people along for the ride, they get to know you. They feel invested. They see that you’ve consistently shown up, provided valuable content, and followed through on what you started.
Keep learning. Stay hungry.
As we collect that paycheck and play with new ideas, it’s the perfect time to learn. Never before have there been so many expert voices and resources, right at our fingertips. We can take online courses, read blogs, watch videos, attend meetups, listen to interviews, and read books. Find mentors (both real and virtual) and soak up every bit of knowledge possible. Then, apply what you lean and keep experimenting.
4. Always pursue problems, not passion
Contrary to prevailing wisdom (and motivational quotes), the best startups aren’t driven by passion; they solve problems. We built JotForm to eliminate a friction point that I experienced firsthand, while working at the media company.
Back in the late ’90s, building custom web forms was tedious and time-consuming, so I envisioned a drag-and-drop tool that anyone could use. I knew people wanted the product, because it solved a problem we struggled with every day.
Investor and Y Combinator co-founder Paul Graham says the most successful business ideas share three common features: They’re something the founders themselves want, that they themselves can build, and that few others realize are worth doing.
“The verb you want to be using with respect to startup ideas is not ‘think up’ but ‘notice,’” writes Graham. “At YC we call ideas that grow naturally out of the founders’ own experiences ‘organic’ startup ideas. The most successful startups almost all begin this way.”
Ask yourself:
What problems have you experienced in the world?
What problems do you have with products, services, and even yourself?
Problems need smart solutions. Passion is just the icing on the cake.
Who needs this now?
The RXBar also came from a personal need. Company CEO and co-founder Peter Rahal wanted a deliciously simple protein bar free of chemicals or synthetic ingredients. So, he developed a nutritious bar that would satisfy the CrossFit-going, paleo-eating crowd—and himself.
Rahal and his business partner, Jared Smith, scratched their own itch. As Basecamp founders Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson write in their bestselling book, Rework, “the easiest, most straightforward way to create a great product or service is to make something you want to use.”
Once you have a prototype, it’s time to ensure you have an eager customer today , not sometime in the future.
If you can’t answer the question, “who needs this right now?” it might not be a viable business. For example, Rahal kept re-mixing his recipes until they tasted incredible. He didn’t stop until he knew people would pay for the product—and he tested that threshold by selling the bars, door to door, packaged only in Tupperware.
5. Stay close to your product
Using what you create can be a game-changer. And it sounds so simple; after all, who wouldn’t use the product they built? But a startup has so many moving parts that founders can quickly become detached from their original mission.
Once a product or service is shipping, it’s important to stay close to the heart of your offering. Use it, consume it, order it, and dig into the details. Engagement puts you back in the customer’s shoes, so you experience any problems firsthand. It also keeps the team (no matter how small) on its toes.
Additionally, If the startup was built to scratch your own itch, there are always more opportunities to extend the solution. Ask yourself:
How else could this product serve me, personally?
What would make this solution more valuable—both to current and potential customers?
Very few problems in life are tackled once and solved forever. Startups aren’t stagnant, either. They need to evolve with needs, culture and markets. When you keep mining the problem (and the solution), it can keep the business fresh and vibrant.
Should you commit to a co-founder?
Sonny and Cher. Bert and Ernie. Calvin and Hobbes. Thelma and Louise.
Pop culture loves a good duo. So does the startup world.
Investors like Paul Graham often want to back businesses run by partners with complementary skills. Apple, for example, paired the late, sales-savvy Steve Jobs with Steve Wozniak, who focused on technology.
But when co-founders don’t gel, the results can be disastrous. “Startups do to the relationship between the founders what a dog does to a sock,” says Graham. “If it can be pulled apart, it will be.”
According to Noam Wasserman, a professor at Harvard Business School, 65% of high-potential startups fail due to conflict among the founders. Wasserman studied 10,000 entrepreneurs for his book, The Founder’s Dilemma, and suggests that multiple founders bring more skills to the table, but they also have more potential for disputes over money, strategy, leadership, credit, and other issues.
It makes sense. Multiple founders can get behind the wheel, but they have to agree on the destination, plus everything from who’s in the back seat to the best driving route. Many founders also have a strong desire for freedom, which can quickly feel stifled when someone else weighs in on every detail.
Sign on all the dotted lines
“Picking a co-founder is your most important decision,” says Naval Ravikan, co-founder of the AngelList platform. “It’s more important than the product, market, and investors.”
Ravikan makes a bold statement. Not everyone would agree that the partnership matters more than the product—or the market. But starting a business is a massive commitment. You’re picking someone with whom to share your life’s work. You’ll also share money, space, risk, and a whole lot of time.
The right partnership is powerful. Working with the wrong person can feel heavy and frustrating (at the very least) and, in the worst case, it can destroy the business.
That’s why a founders’ agreement should be excruciatingly detailed. Hire an experienced lawyer, if you go this route, and plan for everything: equity breakdown, vesting schedules, intellectual property, termination clauses, and more. Ensure that everyone is clear on the terms and feels fully protected, should the partnership go south.
You can go it alone
If you’re not sure about a potential co-founder, there’s no reason to rush. As I explained in Why you don’t need a co-founder to start your own business , take your time and see how it feels to work on your own.
Forget what the VCs say—especially if you’re prepared to bootstrap. As Ravikan says, “if you’re compromising, keep looking. A company’s DNA is set by the founders, and its culture is an extension of the founders’ personalities.”
Entrepreneurs who do trust themselves to go solo are often rewarded with the ultimate freedom. Spanx founder Sara Blakely, for example, built a global company without a co-founder or any outside investment. At age 41, she became the youngest self-made female billionaire—and she still owns 100% of the company.
Entrepreneurs, of all people, should know that rules are meant to be broken. That’s half the fun. So, partner up or stay solo, but do it on your terms, with your eyes wide open.
Slow growth is the new hockey stick curve
4 Reasons to Grow Your Business Slowly
Focusing on profits creates freedom
You can build the right team, not a “right now” team
Moving slowly can make customers happy
There’s time and space for learning
Most startup experts worship at the altar of rapid expansion. They even have a pattern for it, called “hockey stick growth,” which occurs when revenues start out flat and then quickly shoot up to create that iconic curve.
“Aiming for hockey-stick growth, while being aware of the predictable stages of growth, is exactly what successful entrepreneurs should do,” writes entrepreneur Bobby Martin, author of The Hockey Stick Principles .
Investors dream about rapid growth, too. They want to recover their money fast, so they often pressure companies to expand quickly.
A hockey stick looks great on paper, but it typically requires the business to grow revenues first and figure out profits later. That can put the company at risk. Bootstrappers take the opposite approach. They sort out profits first and stay focused on that key goal.
Slow growth takes patience and a good dose of bravery. It’s normal to feel some FOMO as you watch other firms double, then triple their staff overnight. But slow growth can provide stability. It also enables founders to sleep well at night, spend time with the people they love, and create products that attract loyal, satisfied customers.
Here are four more reasons to take the slow road.
1. Focusing on profits creates freedom
Bootstrapping math is pretty simple: spend less than you earn and you can grow at your own pace. It’s simple, but it’s not effortless.
When we celebrate companies that raise millions and post huge vanity metrics, like user acquisitions, that math can seem almost too simple.
Glorifying hockey stick growth also implies that you can chase flashy numbers now and worry about profits later. In today’s market, it’s not uncommon to hear the question, “how, exactly, do they make money?”
But profits provide freedom—even when they’re modest. Make decisions that keep your company in the black, right from day one. After all, a bootstrapped business needs to work, because there are no hefty bank deposits to fall back on.
2. You can build the right team, not a “right now” team
Newly-funded companies often face pressure to fill every seat—immediately. “Hire fast, fire faster” has even become a startup mantra. There’s a sense that Christmas is coming, so Santa better hire as many elves as possible. It doesn’t matter if they’re out of work by February.
Building the right team is essential. These are the people who will build and nurture the product. They’ll implement new ideas and interact with customers. As Todoist founder Amir Salihefendic says, “Optimize on output. Don’t optimize on the number of people you hire.”
3. Moving slowly can make customers happy
Caring about customers is good for business. That’s not a tagline; it’s an effective way to bootstrap. VC-backed companies often start out with deep knowledge of their audience. Over time, though, it’s easy to confuse what customers want with what investors want.
If you believe that growth reigns supreme, then it will quickly become the primary focus.
“Traction and product development are of equal importance and should each get about half of your attention,” says Gabriel Weinberg, a successful CEO and the author of Traction. “This is what we call the 50 percent rule: spend 50 percent of your time on product and 50 percent on traction.”
4. There’s time and space for learning
Very few people are born knowing exactly how to lead—or to design, code, market, sell, and build. Aggressive growth can quickly highlight those knowledge gaps, which are totally okay. Most people launch businesses to create a smart solution, not because they want to run staff meetings.
Growingly slowly enables you to learn alongside your team. You can learn how to manage and motivate those people, too. Mistakes can also be smaller when you’re not feeling the heat from investors, or you suddenly see 50 new faces in the office, all eager for direction. Take your time and you can:
Create effective onboarding processes that set new employees up for success
Get to know people on a human level, not just as “employee #43”
Ensure new team members absorb important values, like openness, honesty, and a willingness to take risks
The power of customer-centric growth
Customers. As we focus on funding options, it’s easy to leave end users out of the conversation. Even the term “users” dehumanizes the people who will buy what we create. But bootstrapped companies ultimately answer to their customers, not to investors. We have an obligation to listen closely to customer needs , feedback , and ideas—and that’s a good thing.
Even criticism is great for business, because it pushes the team to stretch and innovate. Customer-funded growth keep us honest; they ensure we don’t stray off track. That’s a powerful advantage.
Test and change. Then test again.
Never assume you know what customers want; you have to look at the data. We’re lucky to live in an era where we can create a hypothesis and then test it without overt bias. Making a product change? Release it to a small group and establish a clear way to measure user reactions. Apply what you learn and test again.
Testing doesn’t mean you’re beholden to customer whims, either. You create the “what,” and customers help to show you “how.” For example, Airbnb’s mission is to create “a world where people can belong through healthy travel that is local, authentic, diverse, inclusive and sustainable.” How, exactly they do that is still up to the smart people running the company.
Get serious about customer support
According to surveys conducted for American Express:
More than half of Americans have scrapped a planned purchase or transaction because of bad service
33% of Americans say they’ll consider switching companies after just a single instance of poor service
U.S. companies lose more than $62 billion annually due to poor customer service
As a group, Millennials are willing to spend the most (an extra 21%) for great customer care
The numbers are clear: customer service matters deeply. Support teams do much more than resolve tickets and answer tedious questions; they have a massive effect on company growth.
Sexy customer acquisition stats usually get the spotlight, but it’s better to spend time, energy, and money on satisfying existing customers than winning over new ones. In fact, data shows that it’s anywhere from 5 to 25 times more expensive to acquire a new customer than to keep a current one.
Extraordinary customer support doesn’t even require extraordinary efforts; you just need to consistently exceed expectations:
Hire support staff as methodically as you hire for other roles. Talk to top support team members (even if that’s one person, for now) and create a formula. Identify key traits, must-have skills, and nice-to-have qualities. Use what you learn as a litmus test for hiring.
Put customer support at the center of product innovation. Encourage support teams to speak up and contribute to the innovation pipeline. Empower them to investigate the issues they encounter, instead of operating as script-reading robots.
Enable them to take initiative. Don’t make support team members ask permission to bend the rules, issue a refund, or send a replacement item. And give them the power and resources they need to delight customers.
Develop a reliable knowledge centre. In-depth FAQs allow customers to find simple answers fast, which reduces strain on support teams. Also, create loops that ensure the feedback that arrives through this channel is actionable.
Review processes on a regular basis. Update systems and processes as needed, especially during times of growth. Create rituals for staff to share updates, discuss issues, explore positive feedback, and simply check in.
Say thank you. Reward your support teams on a regular basis. Treat them well. These people are life-savers, and they deserve our gratitude.
Don’t let a startup compromise your sanity
Bootstrapping is not a great way to get PR. And most self-funded entrepreneurs are too busy refining their product to worry about landing on magazine covers.
A little publicity certainly never hurts but what does the attention really do—especially if it’s about the business, not the product itself? Most customers don’t read industry or tech publications anyway. Once the attention fades, you’re still left with the same mission and the same challenges.
Highly-publicized funding rounds can also put you under a microscope. For example, Nasty Gal founder Sophia Amoruso made headlines in 2016 when her fashion brand filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, after raising $65 million over 10 years.
Now that she’s launched a new venture, called Girlboss, both critics and fans are tracking her every move. Many other founders have been in Amoruso’s shoes, too. Well-funded startups that crash and burn often make headlines. With serious money often comes serious scrutiny.
Big-time investments can supercharge the startup (for better or worse), but slow growth can ensure you have a sane, happy personal life—even as you build a thriving business. Here’s why.
More downtime = better results
Most people think success requires 16-hour days. Typically, the opposite is true. Busy and effective are not the same thing—even though “busyness” has become a modern-day status symbol.
“Hustle might move you forward, but it doesn’t set you up for sustainable success,” says Kyle Young, author of QuitterProof. “Good habits are formed through consistency and repetition, not mindless effort.”
Many of the world’s greatest innovators (past and present) dedicated large amounts of time to simply thinking. Reflecting. Strategizing and planning. Bill Gates originally made the Think Week famous. Now, other founders, like Skillshare’s Mike Karnjanaprakorn, have adopted this practice. Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg and Tim Ferrriss have also followed suit.
Taking a digital sabbath can also keep you feeling rested and ready to play the long game. On Saturday, Sunday or another day of your choice, avoid technology in all forms. For example, power down your laptop and place it safely out of sight. Shut off your smartphone and hide it in a drawer. Change your Netflix password—and then try to forget it. Give your brain the gift of peace, and the time to reflect and generate new ideas.
Remember that “overnight success” is a myth
51: That’s how many games Mikael and Niklas Hed created before they launched Angry Birds , which saved their company, Rovio, from bankruptcy.
25: That’s how many publishers rejected Tim Ferriss’ The Four-Hour Workweek before Harmony Books offered him a contract. The 2007 title has now sold over 1.3 million copies to date.
9: That’s how many months Anna Wintour spent at Harper’s Bazaar before she was fired, apparently for producing photo shoots that were “too edgy.” Wintour went on to become one of the most powerful women in fashion, serving as Vogue magazine’s editor-in-chief for over 40 years.
Founders are often hungry for success, but it takes time. Often, lots of time. A sustainable business model gives you the freedom to enjoy the ride. You can focus on building something you love, and that truly serves your customers, instead of racing toward empty growth targets.
How to play (and love) the long game
“So, what’s your exit strategy?”
Entrepreneurs often hear this question before they’ve earned a single dollar?—?and it can be disorienting. When you’re still building a business you love, why would you think about selling it?
Just as there are marked differences between bootstrapped and VC-backed founders, “exit strategies” often divide entrepreneurs into two camps: those building to sell, and those who are in it for the long run.
Either scenario has merit. Business is personal, and we all need to make our own choices. Although some bootstrappers will eventually sell their firms, they rarely begin with this goal in mind.
“What’s better than an exit strategy?” says Todoist founder Amir Salihefendic. “It’s a long-term mission that your company truly cares about. It’s focusing on building a company that can outlast you and creating something of true value.”
Create value first and valuation will follow. Bootstrapping forces you to develop a product that’s worth paying for instead of trying to reach the top of TechCrunch or building a house of cards on a shaky foundation.
As I mentioned in Building my startup for 12 years: how to win the long game , you can retain your values, freedom and flexibility. You can learn from a slow-burning journey. You can focus on the long-term rather than the short.
Sustainable growth = survival
A study from the National Bureau of Economic Research found that unicorns (private companies valued above $1 billion) are roughly 50% overvalued. They’re not generating billions of dollars in revenue, but thanks to deep-pocketed investments, paper valuations swell to reach that 10-figure sum.
Relying purely on estimates can be risky, because a sky-high valuation demands rapid scaling. And if the sky suddenly falls, VC-backed startups are often left in a vulnerable position. As Warren Buffet once said, “It’s only when the tide goes out that you can see who’s been swimming naked.”
The media may glorify fast movers and big wins, but playing the long game is another type of victory. In fact, slow growth doesn’t have to be a mere consequence of bootstrapping; it can be a smart, deliberate choice.
If you measure success against lofty goals, it’s easy to feel discouraged along the way and devastated if you don’t reach them at all. Instead, each new milestone can be something to celebrate.
“There is power in small wins and slow gains,” says James Clear. “This is why average speed yields above average results. This is why the system is greater than the goal.”
It’s worth exploring asking yourself:
Where am I trying to go?
What do I gain by getting there quickly?
What am I prepared to sacrifice by making speed part of my strategy?
For many bootstrappers, a harmonious work culture, plus total creative and financial freedom is the ultimate compensation.
Nurturing a healthy culture
In the hard-driving startup world, “culture” can be a cliché topic. Tech companies became infamous for installing foosball tables and offering craft beer on tap in exchange for gruelling work schedules. Superficial perks don’t foster culture—or a healthy work-life balance.
At JotForm, we aim to work in a way that’s sane, friendly and open. We keep normal hours and try to treat each other with deep respect. We also believe actions speak louder than words.
Enron Corporation—the American energy, commodities and services company—had four stated values: respect, integrity, communication and excellence. But those “official” values didn’t save the company from a high-profile bankruptcy and auditing scandal that sent several top executives to prison.
Culture grows through big choices, like team structure, transparency, and product-focused goals. It also emerges through smaller actions, like when the founder preaches balance and leaves the office by 6 pm every night.
As you begin to grow and hire a team, here are five ways to encourage a rich, healthy startup culture:
Give employees the tools they need to thrive. From big monitors to space for sketching and computer work, it rarely makes sense to skimp on the resources that allow people to do their best work.
Study the qualities of standout employees. From personal traits to education and skills, what kind of people move the organization forward? Try to capture both the intangible and concrete qualities you hope to foster, and then use them to inform recruiting, hiring, and promotion.
Set the tone you seek. “If you are lucky enough to be someone’s employer,” says Whole Foods CEO John Mackey, “then you have a moral obligation to make sure people do look forward to coming to work in the morning.” Culture is a major asset that helps organizations to attract top-notch people and encourage them to stay .
Don’t enable incongruent behavior. All JotForm interns, regardless of their position, spend their first week answering customer support questions. We rate their skills and how they treat our customers. Do they listen? Are they patient and encouraging? If someone thinks support work is beneath them, that attitude is incongruent with our company. It doesn’t matter how skilled or talented they might be; they won’t receive a job offer from us.
Remember that culture is constantly changing. Which comes first: great people who establish a healthy culture, or a healthy culture that attracts great people? It doesn’t matter. Startup culture has its own equilibrium, and small changes can have big effects. Keep tabs on how employees are feeling. Watch how they treat each other—and your customers. Encourage healthy behavior and choose positive, collaborative people.
A few final words
Bootstrapping is just one way to build a business. Capital-intensive industries such as energy, transportation, telecommunications, and brick-and-mortar stores and restaurants often require funding. VC backing might also be the best way to achieve your business goals and personal ambitions.
For anyone who’s eager to control their entrepreneurial destiny, bootstrapping can be an excellent choice. It worked for me, and I hope it can work for you, too.
Yes, it takes patience, drive, and determination. But the payoffs can include freedom (both financial and personal) and a better sense of work-life balance. You can grow at a sane pace and maintain a healthy personal life.
A self-funded business can also achieve great financial success. It might take more time, but the journey is often far more enjoyable. You can develop a product that improves people’s lives and build a top-notch team to help you along the way. You don’t have to feel like an imposter, either, because there’s time to learn and evolve with your business, not in spite of it.
Slow, sustainable growth is possible.
Stay focused on your product, trust in your abilities, and ask for help when you need it.
Originally published at https://www.jotform.com on July 8, 2019.
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Joe Johnson led the way for Brooklyn in this one, totaling up 18 points on six-of-14 shooting. Jerry Stackhouse and Andray Blatche each chipped in 17 points off the bench, too. Deron Williams had an off night, racking up eight points on three-of-12 shooting.
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Grassy Mountain Loop via Emery Creek
Southern Blue Ridge Mountains, Georgia
Erik Jarvi
Adventure Guides » United States » Georgia » Hiking + Backpacking
4,127.00 ft (1,257.91 m)
Trail type
19.50 mi (31.38 km)
Looking for a solid hike with elevation gain and a rewarding panoramic vista at the top? Grassy Mountian provides all of that and more when climbing from the Emery Creek Trail. This loop meanders along Holly and Emery Creeks, then spirals around and up to the fire-tower summit of Grassy for a 4,000-foot adventure.
The trailhead begins off Old CCC Road. Look for an established dirt parking lot and a sign board marking the area. Within the first mile the trail crosses the creek six times! Green blazes mark the other side of water crossings where the trail goes. In winter and dry periods, all of these crossings can be carefully rock-hopped. However, be prepared for wet feet in the spring, summer, and after any rain. This rocky creek area has dozens of beautiful cascades and miniature waterfalls to watch.
Stay in-tune with the trail map because there are several side trails along the way that lead to the middle of nowhere and can be mistaken for the loop route. Along the way there will be many forest service gates that may be locked on the winter and spring. Parts of this trail are shared with off-highway vehicle routes, and while they close seasonally to vehicles, hikers are welcome any time of the year.
The trail weaves around the middle of the mountain, dipping into and back out of gulleys with small streams. It eventually turns up and climbs a rocky ridgeline up to the top. The official trail dumps out on Forest Service Road 49 to get to the summit, although just after the boulder field is the trail crest, and a bit of bushwhacking can cut off some unnecessary distance to the top. Just keep an uphill direction to run into the road to the fire tower.
Upon reaching the firetower on top, enjoy a spectacular vista at the trail's highest elevation. Although the top deck is locked, a climb up the steps reveals views of the Cohutta Mountains to the east and the town of Chatsworth to the west. It's literally all downhill from here.
To return, follow the tower road back down the mountain. Several established campgrounds are along the way, and a short distance away is Lake Conosagua with many more recreation opportunities. The return trail for this loop is an abandoned and overgrown forest road. Look for it on the right hand side; it is NOT the gated road, but rather it has several large trenches dug across the entrance. Small trails follow the sides of the old road bed to avoid rock and fallen tree obstacles, but stay within it's sight so as not to get lost. An unmarked intersection is just before reaching the loop return point, and you can follow it to the right over another series of man-made trenches (there to keep vehicles out). Upon making it back to the loop point, return the same way to Emery Creek and the parking area.
While this trail is short enough to hike in a single day, it also makes for a good overnight trip. Plenty of camping is available at both backcountry and established campgrounds.
360-degree view at the top. Solitary. Plenty of water.
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OLD VICTORIANS’ ASSOCIATION
VICTORIA 6-A-SIDE FOOTBALL FIESTA 2018
VICTORIA JUNIOR COLLEGE
0730HRS TO 1500HRS
Football is part of the DNA of Victorians. It is a proud association irrespective of capability or competency. Most if not all Victorians enjoy playing football. At the very least, appreciate it.
As one of the football powerhouses in zonal and at national levels, Victoria has never failed to shine whenever our boys or girls team take on their opponents.
It is with this in mind that the Old Victorians’ Association has decided to bring back once again, the Victoria Football Fiesta 2018, after a hiatus of a few years.
Victoria Football Fiesta 2018 aims to bring Victorians from all walks of life together for a day of football fun and bonding.
For the first time we are also introducing the Women’s Open. We welcome our Victorian sisters and hope to have their support as well as see them in action.
So do gather your fellow Victorians and sign up to bond, play and relive your glory years.
Sign up now…..hope to see you there!
Nil Sine Labore
For here we’ve learnt and striven too.
And played the sportsman’s game.
(1) Youth: Below 35 years old (those born in 1984 onwards)
(2) Open: Above 35 (those born before 1984)
(3) Women’s Open: 18 years old and above
Date: 8th September 2018 (Saturday)
Venue: Victoria Junior College School Field
Registration Time: 0730hrs – 0800hrs
Starting Time: 0815hrs
Ending Time: 1500hrs(tentative)
Cost per team: $100 per team with fruits and mineral water provided.
Minimum of 8 and a maximum of 10 registered players. There can be a maximum of only 3 non-Victorians in the team.
Inter Bank Transfer to :
DBS ACCOUNT 070-002358-0
PLEASE STATE NAME OF TEAM, NAME OF CAPTAIN AND CONTACT NUMBER WHEN MAKING PAYMENT
A maximum of 10 teams per category will be accepted.
Composition of Team
Duration of Matches
Yellow and Red cards
Player Attire and Gear
Matches will be officiated by official referees licensed by the Football Association of Singapore.
6 – a- side match with the following:-
1 Goalkeeper
5 Outfield Players
2 – 4 Reserves
A minimum of 8 and maximum of 10 registered players is allowed per team. There can be a maximum of only 3 non-Victorians in the team
All matches will be played for a total of 15 minutes without switching of sides.
Teams are to assemble at their designated pitches at least 3 minutes before the commencement of their games.
Smoking within the school compound is strictly prohibited. Players found smoking in the school compound will be reported to the authorities and ask to leave the tournament.
Do not litter. Please clean up your respective areas before leaving the school.
A player is allowed to attempt a direct shot at goal upon kick-off.
There will be no half-court rule played in the tournament.
All players will be allowed to enter the penalty box.
The goalkeeper is allowed to come out of the penalty box; however, the use of hands is not permitted.
A back pass cannot be handled by the goalkeeper.
The goalkeeper is permitted to handle the ball in the penalty box for a maximum of 6 seconds.
Throw-ins and corner kicks, where applicable, will be awarded when the ball goes out of play.
There will be 2 types of free kicks awarded; a direct free kick and an indirect free kick.
The penalty kick will be a direct shot that will be taken from the centre spot marked outside the penalty box.
There is no offside in the game.
The cards issued during the game will only last for the game and will not be carried forward.
The collection of 2 yellow cards during a game will result in an immediate red card and the player will have to leave the field.
Upon the dismissal of a player, the team will carry on with the remaining players. The dismissed player cannot be substituted.
Team captains are to ensure that their players uphold the spirit of fair-play and sportsmanship in their play.
Rolling substitutions can be made at any time during the match.
The match will be considered a walkover under the following circumstances:
A team fails to show up within 3 minutes of the stipulated kick-off.
A team has 3 players or fewer remaining in a match.
Decisions of the walkover will be taken by the organisers and will be evaluated on a case by case basis.
Players are to be dressed in proper attire as follows:
Appropriate top. Teams are to wear the same colour.
Soccer boots or suitable shoes
Suitable socks
Shin pads (recommended)
Goalkeeper gloves and elbow pads (recommended)
Strictly no jewellery, body and head accessories
Players must be properly attired for all matches. In the event where there is a clash of colours of jersey, the team that loses the coin toss will wear coloured bibs.
The Competition shall consist of the following rounds:
Group Stage (2 groups of single round-robin league system) Top 2 teams will qualify for the semi-finals while the best 3rd placed teams in each group will play for 5th position.
Semi-Finals (Single leg knockout system)
Final (Single leg knockout system)
All matches in a group are played under the league system whereby each team will play once against each of the other clubs in its group (single round-robin).
Three (3) points will be awarded for a win, one (1) point for a draw, and zero (0) point for a loss. The ranking of teams in each group shall be determined as follows:
Greater number of points obtained in all group matches.
Greater goal difference in all the group matches.
Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches.
If two or more teams are equal based on previous criterion, their place shall be determined as follows:
Goal difference resulting from the group matches.
Greater number of goals scored in the group matches.
Fewer number of points according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches (Yellow Card = 1 point. Red Card because of two yellow cards = 3 points. Direct Red Card = 3 points. Yellow Card followed by a direct Red Card = 4 points).
In the event of a tie,sudden death penalty kicks
will be conducted for the teams involved.
In the event the scores are tied after regulation time, the winner shall be determined by sudden death kicks from the penalty mark.
Do take note that the organisers are entitled to make adjustments to the competition format depending on the number of participating teams.
All decisions made by the referee and tournament committee are final and binding. No protests are allowed
The Old Victorians’ Association, Victoria Junior College and its affiliates will not be responsible for any expenses incurred by any team if the tournament is cancelled in whole or in part. Any team that disregards any decision made by the tournament committee will be removed from the tournament and forfeit all of its games. No refunds will be made if the tournament is cancelled in whole or in part due to inclement weather or any other reason.
The Victoria Junior College Stadium operates a weather alert system, and will warn all users in the event dangerous weather is approaching. All individuals must seek safe refuge when the warning alert is activated.
If inclement weather forces cancellation after at least half of a regulation game has been played, the game shall be considered official and the score at the point of cancellation shall be recorded as the final score. The decision on whether a game will be “cancelled or recommenced” (if the referee agrees to resume play) will be made by the Tournament Director.
All teams are responsible for their own insurance. The Old Victorians’ Association, Victoria Junior College and its Tournament Director(s) will not be liable for an injury incurred at any time during the tournament including during games or warm-up, nor in travel to or from the tournament
There will be an Ambulance with licensed and trained medics in attendance during the duration of the tournament.
Tournament Director Contact:
Mr. Ashiq Hashim
Sports Secretary
Mobile: 9643 3547
For more information, email info@ova.org.sg
Step 1: Click here to download the registration form
Step 2: Fill up the registration form and drop an email to Mr. Ashiq Hashim at mohamed_ashiq_mohamed_hashim@moe.edu.sg with the following email subject – “OVA Football Fiesta 2018 – Registration”
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Free Lambeau-downtown bus route begins
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Packers president Mark Murphy talks after announcing the new free G-Line bus route connecting Lambeau Field with downtown Green Bay on July 22, 2015.(Photo: Jim Matthews/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin)
GREEN BAY –The G-Line, a Green Bay Metro Transit bus line that provides free rides between Lambeau Field/Cabela's and downtown Green Bay began its second year of operation Wednesday. It will be available through the Wisconsin-LSU game at Lambeau Field on Labor Day Weekend.
Stops from downtown to Cabela's include Dousman Street at Donald Driver Way; Broadway at Walnut Street; Broadway at Ninth Street; Lombardi Avenue at 10th Avenue; Brett Favre Pass at Holmgren Way; Lombardi Avenue at South Ridge Road (Lambeau Field) and Cabela's.
Stops from Cabela's to downtown include Lombardi Avenue at South Ridge Road; Brett Favre Pass at Holmgren Way; Bart Starr Drive at Lombardi Avenue; Broadway at Ninth Street; Broadway at Walnut Street; Washington Street at Cherry Street, and the transit center.
On Wednesdays, the route detours around the Farmers' Market on Broadway.
Hours are 10:15 a.m. to 6:45 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and 11:15 a.m. to 6:45 p.m. Saturdays.
A bus leaves every half hour.
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Richard Gillis QC
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Richard Gillis QC has a broad commercial practice, with a particular expertise in complex commercial cases where corporate issues arise in a litigation context. He particularly enjoys cases with a high expert evidence content and being involved in the early stage planning of litigation strategy. Richard was appointed a Bencher of Lincoln’s Inn in 2014 and a Legal Chair to the Financial Reporting Council in 2016.
Recent high profile cases include; Primeo Fund (in official liquidation) -v- (1) Bank of Bermuda (Cayman) Limited (2) HSBC Securities Services (Luxembourg) SA (Cayman Grand Court and Court of Appeal), for HSBC in the successful defence of US$2bn professional negligence claim arising out of the Madoff securities fraud. Claim dismissed following four-month trial in the Cayman Islands between November 2016 and February 2017. Most recently appearing at the 10 day Appeal hearing in Cayman which took place in November/December 2018.This is the Leading case on function and duties of independent administrators and custodians to offshore hedge funds and one of few final judgments on claims against professional service providers to Madoff feeder funds.
He has extensive recent experience of defending multi-million dollar claims under syndicated finance agreements, on behalf of both alleged debtors and guarantors, including defending over a 3 year period a summary judgment application brought under an LMA loan agreement. On two occasions the claims were only resolved on appeal to the Court of Appeal.
His litigation experience extends over many sectors: from standard form NHS contracts, to logistical agreements for a major high street chain, to long- term LNG supply contracts.
He has been heavily involved in many of the large scale disputes arising from the privatisation of state assets in Russia and other CIS countries. He acted for the Part 20 Defendants in the long running TadAZ litigation (relating to an aluminium smelter in Tajikistan), represented joint-venturers in a Russian oil and gas investment, and acted for Boris Berezovsky in his high profile multi-billion dollar claim against Roman Abramovich regarding Sibneft and Rusal. As a consequence he has frequently litigated claims under foreign laws – including Russian, Tajik and Kazakh.
Following the near-collapse of the Icelandic banking system, he has acted for the liquidators of Glitnir Bank and for creditors of Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander. He is a veteran of the Barings litigation, where he acted for the liquidators on their professional negligence claims against the bank’s former auditors. He also acted for the liquidators of Barlow Clowes on a substantial accessory liability claim, culminating in a successful appeal to the Privy Council.
In addition, Richard has substantial experience of financial services investigations and disciplinary proceedings.
As well as appearing in the Senior Courts in England and Wales, he has wide experience of litigating before many other tribunals, having appeared in the European Court of First Instance, the Courts of Gibraltar, Cayman and the Isle of Man, and LCIA and Stockholm Chamber of Commerce arbitrations.
Consistently recommended by both the Legal 500 (Civil Fraud, Insolvency and International Arbitration) and Chambers & Partners directories (Chancery: Commercial and Civil Fraud), Richard Gillis QC ‘covers the full spectrum of commercial litigation and chancery matters’.
"An exceptionally user-friendly barrister who has the ear of the court." "Careful and precise, he adopts a civilised and determined approach to litigation and builds a great rapport with the judge." Commercial Dispute Resolution, Chambers UK 2019
‘Highly experienced in multi-jurisdictional fraud cases.’ Civil Fraud, Legal 500 2018-2019
"Has good experience of leading teams in large-scale litigation. He's very well prepared and has the patience of a saint when conducting cross-examination." Chambers UK 2018 - Commercial Dispute Resolution
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Bidkhori2012 - normal EGFR signalling
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ABSTRACT: Bidkhori2012 - normal EGFR signalling The paper describes and compares two models on EGFR signalling between normal and NSCLC cells. Moreover, it is shown that ERK (MAPK), STAT and Akt factor's activation pattern are different between normal and NSCLA models. This model corresponds to EGFR signalling in normal cells. Created by The MathWorks, Inc. SimBiology tool, Version 3.3 This model is described in the article: Modeling of tumor progression in NSCLC and intrinsic resistance to TKI in loss of PTEN expression. Bidkhori G, Moeini A, Masoudi-Nejad A PloS one [2012, 7(10):e48004] Abstract: EGFR signaling plays a very important role in NSCLC. It activates Ras/ERK, PI3K/Akt and STAT activation pathways. These are the main pathways for cell proliferation and survival. We have developed two mathematical models to relate to the different EGFR signaling in NSCLC and normal cells in the presence or absence of EGFR and PTEN mutations. The dynamics of downstream signaling pathways vary in the disease state and activation of some factors can be indicative of drug resistance. Our simulation denotes the effect of EGFR mutations and increased expression of certain factors in NSCLC EGFR signaling on each of the three pathways where levels of pERK, pSTAT and pAkt are increased. Over activation of ERK, Akt and STAT3 which are the main cell proliferation and survival factors act as promoting factors for tumor progression in NSCLC. In case of loss of PTEN, Akt activity level is considerably increased. Our simulation results show that in the presence of erlotinib, downstream factors i.e. pAkt, pSTAT3 and pERK are inhibited. However, in case of loss of PTEN expression in the presence of erlotinib, pAkt level would not decrease which demonstrates that these cells are resistant to erlotinib. This model is hosted on BioModels Database and identified by: MODEL1304020000 . To cite BioModels Database, please use: BioModels Database: An enhanced, curated and annotated resource for published quantitative kinetic models . To the extent possible under law, all copyright and related or neighbouring rights to this encoded model have been dedicated to the public domain worldwide. Please refer to CC0 Public Domain Dedication for more information.
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Modeling of tumor progression in NSCLC and intrinsic resistance to TKI in loss of PTEN expression.
Bidkhori Gholamreza G Moeini Ali A Masoudi-Nejad Ali A
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EGFR signaling plays a very important role in NSCLC. It activates Ras/ERK, PI3K/Akt and STAT activation pathways. These are the main pathways for cell proliferation and survival. We have developed two mathematical models to relate to the different EGFR signaling in NSCLC and normal cells in the presence or absence of EGFR and PTEN mutations. The dynamics of downstream signaling pathways vary in the disease state and activation of some factors can be indicative of drug resistance. Our simulation ...[more]
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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with Kim on Sunday morning for around two hours of talks followed by a lunch in the North's capital, before flying to Seoul on a whirlwind diplomatic visit to the region.
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After Seoul, Pompeo ends his trip Monday in China, North Korea's political and economic lifeline. The Beijing stop could be tense as it comes days after Vice President Mike Pence delivered a blistering speech accusing China of military aggression, commercial theft, rising human rights violations and electoral intervention against Trump.
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Yesterday's Perfect MLB DFS Lineups: Tuesday 4/10/18
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Stephen Strasburg (WSH) P $9800 0 0 0 8.0 0 8 58
Mookie Betts (BOS) OF $4300 5 4 1 0 0 0 60
Andrew Benintendi (BOS) OF $3600 5 2 0 0 0 0 34.4
Jean Segura (SEA) SS $3500 5 3 0 0 0 0 31.4
Matt Carpenter (STL) 3B $3400 6 2 1 0 0 0 34.4
Asdrubal Cabrera (NYM) 2B $3300 4 2 2 0 0 0 37.4
Hunter Renfroe (SD) OF $2600 4 1 1 0 0 0 25.7
Justin Bour (MIA) 1B $2300 5 2 2 0 0 0 44.4
Wilmer Flores (NYM) 1B $2200 5 2 1 0 0 0 28.2
Total Salary $35000 Total FP 353.9
Stephen Strasburg (WSH) SP $10800 0 0 0 8.0 0 8 35
Hyun-jin Ryu (LAD) SP $6800 0 0 0 6.0 0 8 32.3
Mike Trout (LAA) OF $5500 5 2 1 0 0 0 21
Andrew Benintendi (BOS) OF $3900 5 2 0 0 0 0 25
Jean Segura (SEA) SS $3700 5 3 0 0 0 0 24
Asdrubal Cabrera (NYM) 2B $3300 4 2 2 0 0 0 28
Wilmer Flores (NYM) 2B/3B $2900 5 2 1 0 0 0 21
Justin Bour (MIA) 1B $2900 5 2 2 0 0 0 32
Martin Maldonado (LAA) C $2900 5 3 0 0 0 0 17
Stephen Strasburg (WSH) P $56 0 0 0 8.0 0 8 39
Hyun-jin Ryu (LAD) P $34 0 0 0 6.0 0 8 36
Mookie Betts (BOS) OF $23 5 4 1 0 0 0 38
Dee Gordon (SEA) 2B $20 5 1 0 0 0 0 16
Andrew Benintendi (BOS) OF $17 5 2 0 0 0 0 22
Asdrubal Cabrera (NYM) SS $14 4 2 2 0 0 0 24
Martin Maldonado (LAA) C $10 5 3 0 0 0 0 14
Justin Bour (MIA) 1B $9 5 2 2 0 0 0 28
Matt Kemp (LAD) OF $8 4 2 1 0 0 0 16
Wilmer Flores (NYM) 3B $7 5 2 1 0 0 0 18
Total Salary $198 Total FP 251
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From the cul-de-sac, proceed ahead on a path which soon turns left and reaches a junction with the Yorktown Trailway – a wide path that parallels the Taconic State Parkway, with occasional green blazes. Turn right onto the Yorktown Trailway. At first, the Trailway follows a boardwalk below the level of the Parkway, but it soon climbs to the level of the Parkway, then again descends. After moving some distance away from the Parkway, it again approaches it – this time, overlooking the road.
About a mile from the start, the Yorktown Trailway again curves to the right, away from the parkway and reaches a junction where the lavendar-blazed Dynamite Run comes in from the left. Turn to follow the lavendar blazes uphill and pass yellow blazed Arthur's Ramble. Dynamite Run ends just before the top of the rise at the pink-blazed Taconic Bridge Trail. Take the pink trail and which, almost immediately,reaches the white-blazed Circolara Trail which joins from the right. Continue straight ahead on the co-aligned trails on a footpath. In a short distance at a woods road, the yellow-blazed Arthur's Ramble is to the right and the white-blazed trail continues straight. Turn left onto the woods road which descends and then turn right.
Pass a huge fallen tree where the yellow-blazed Pond Trail begins to the left. Bear right and just before reaching stone gateposts, turn right at the beginning of the blue-blazed Giant Boulder Trail. Follow this footpath through an area strune with boulders of various sizes. When you reach a woods road, turn left to join the white-blazed Circolara Trail. Soon the co-aligned trails turn sharply right. After passing a small quarry to the right, the two trails split at a fork in the road. Turn right to follow the blue blazed Giant Boulder Trail as it heads up hill to reach a huge glacial erratic. Even though pieces of the Giant Boulder that had been removed are scattered at one end, it is still impressive. Check out the drill marks that are still visible at the edges of the boulder.
When you’re ready to continue, backtrack for about 100 feet to the green-blazed Granite Knolls Trail and turn right (north) to follows a winding footpath around many smaller boulders. Be alert for three red blazes on the left, which mark the start of Bruno’s Run. Turn sharply left and follow this red-blazed trail, which descends steadily. It switchbacks to the right just before reaching a stone wall and bears left at a fork with an unmarked trail. After crossing several stone walls, the red-blazed trail crosses the white-blazed Circolara Trail and continues its descent. Mountain bikers designed the narrow trails in the park which accounts for their many twists and turns.
Bruno’s Run reaches orange-blazed Happy Ending, so named because it was a great way to end your ride in Granite Knolls. Turn left and continue downhill. When Happy Ending ends at the Yorktown Trailway turn left and follow it back to the end of Buckhorn Street, where the hike began.
Granite Knolls Easy Loop
Granite Knolls Park
This hike loops around this park, passing many interesting boulders.
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From the cul-de-sac, proceed ahead on a path which soon turns left and reaches a junction with the Yorktown Trailway – a wide path that parallels the Taconic State Parkway, with occasional green blazes. Turn right onto the Yorktown Trailway. At first, the Trailway follows a boardwalk below the level of the Parkway, but it soon climbs to the level of the Parkway, then again descends. After...
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North bound on the Taconic State Parkway: Take the exit for Route 132 (Shrub Oak). At the top of the ramp, turn left onto NY 132 (Old Yorktown Road). Bear left a fork in 0.2 mile to continue on Old Yorktown Road, and make the next left onto Buckhorn Street. Continue for about 0.3 mile to a cul-de-sac at the end of the street, where parking is available.
South bound on the Taconic State Parkway: Take Route 6 exit and turn right. Make an immediate left onto Route 132. At a triangle intersection, turn right. Turn left onto Buckhorn Street. Continue for about 0.3 mile to a cul-de-sac at the end of the street, where parking is available..
I am sure that hikers who
I am sure that hikers who take this particular hike will find a lot of great boulders to photograph to remind of them of this incredible experience. Thank you for letting us know about this.
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Opinion|Wasilla Watch: Sarah Palin and the Rape Kits
Wasilla Watch: Sarah Palin and the Rape Kits
Editorial Observer
DOROTHY SAMUELS SEPT. 25, 2008
Even in tough budget times, there are lines that cannot be crossed. So I was startled by this tidbit reported recently by The Associated Press: When Sarah Palin was mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, the small town began billing sexual-assault victims for the cost of rape kits and forensic exams.
Ms. Palin owes voters an explanation. What was the thinking behind cutting the measly few thousand dollars needed to cover the yearly cost of swabs, specimen containers and medical tests? Whose dumb idea was it to make assault victims and their insurance companies pay instead? Unfortunately, her campaign is shielding the candidate from the press, so Americans may still be waiting for answers on Election Day.
The rape-kit controversy is a troubling matter. The insult to rape victims is obvious. So is the sexism inherent in singling them out to foot the bill for investigating their own case. And the main result of billing rape victims is to protect their attackers by discouraging women from reporting sexual assaults.
That’s why when Senator Joseph Biden, the Democratic vice-presidential nominee, drafted the 1994 Violence Against Women Act, he included provisions to make states ineligible for federal grant money if they charged rape victims for exams and the kits containing the medical supplies needed to conduct them. (Senator John McCain, Ms. Palin’s running mate, voted against Mr. Biden’s initiative, and his name has not been among the long list of co-sponsors each time the act has been renewed.)
That’s also why, when news of Wasilla’s practice of billing rape victims got around, Alaska’s State Legislature approved a bill in 2000 to stop it.
“We would never bill the victim of a burglary for fingerprinting and photographing the crime scene, or for the cost of gathering other evidence,” said Alaska’s then-governor, Tony Knowles. “Nor should we bill rape victims just because the crime scene happens to be their bodies.”
If Ms. Palin ever spoke out about the issue, one way or another, no record has surfaced. Her campaign would not answer questions about when she learned of the policy, strongly supported by the police chief: whether she saw it in the budget and if not, whether she learned of it before or after the State Legislature outlawed the practice.
All the campaign would do was provide a press release pronouncing: “Prevention of domestic violence and sexual assault is a priority for Gov. Palin.”
Eric Croft, a former Democratic state lawmaker who sponsored the corrective legislation, believes that Wasilla’s mayor knew what was going on. (She does seem to have paid heed to every other detail of town life, including what books were on the library’s shelves.)
The local hospital did the billing, but it was the town that set the policy, Mr. Croft noted. That policy was reflected in budget documents that Ms. Palin signed.
Mr. Croft further noted that right after his measure became law, Wasilla’s local paper reported that Ms. Palin’s handpicked police chief, Charlie Fannon, acknowledged the practice of billing to collect evidence for sexual-assault cases. He complained that the state was requiring the town to spend $5,000 to $14,000 a year to cover the costs. “I just don’t want to see any more burden put on the taxpayer,” the chief explained.
“I can’t imagine any police chief, big city or small, who would take on the entire State Legislature on a bill that passed unanimously and not mention to their mayor that they’re doing this,” Mr. Croft said. Even if he didn’t inform her, the newspaper article would have been hard for her to miss.
In the absence of answers, speculation is bubbling in the blogosphere that Wasilla’s policy of billing rape victims may have something to do with Ms. Palin’s extreme opposition to abortion, even in cases of rape. Sexual-assault victims are typically offered an emergency contraception pill, which some people in the anti-choice camp wrongly equate with abortion.
My hunch is that it was the result of outmoded attitudes and boneheaded budget cutting. Still, Ms. Palin has been governor for under two years, and she’s running for vice president largely on her experience as mayor of tiny Wasilla — a far superior credential, she’s told us, to being a community organizer. On the rape kits, as on other issues, she owes voters a direct answer.
A version of this editorial appears in print on , on Page A24 of the New York edition with the headline: Wasilla Watch: Sarah Palin and the Rape Kits. Today's Paper|Subscribe
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Defiant Time Warner Adds 19 Channels to iPad App
By Tom Dunlap
Time Warner Cable Friday added 19 TV channels to its iPad app offerings just a day after Fox Cable, Viacom, and Discovery Networks forced the cable company to pull from its iPad app the channels MTV, Comedy Central, and Nickelodeon. New channels include CNN, Bravo, ESPNnews, and A&E, to name a few.
The moves underscore tensions between cable companies and broadcasters as they move into the digital era of making content available to their customers on mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones. Does Time Warner Cable (TWC) have the rights to beam the TV shows it buys from Fox, Viacom, and Discover over the Internet to its customers? There is no clear answer to that question.
Analyst Rob Enderle, with the Enderle Group, called this fight a collision of old technology and new. "While this battle rages the consumer is caught in the middle," he said.
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In the interim, companies such as TWC, are boldly testing the limits of broadcasting and offering consumers new choices they have never had before from their cable company. TWC is unique in that it allows you to watch live feeds of television shows letting you to watch live CNN programming, for example, on your iPad the same way you would watch on your TV.
TWC is Winning the Live-TV-on-the-iPad Race
Friday's move is an impressive rebound for TWC from Thursday's retreat. It also solidifies the TWC app as the one to watch in live-TV-on-the-iPad race.
It should be noted the service has its limits. It only works if you're a TWC cable customer as well as have TWC for your Internet connection. It then only streams when you're on your home network. In other words, if you are at your friend's house who uses Comcast, your TWC app won't work.
There are other limitations: TWC doesn't appear to have any on-demand content (as its cable provider competitors do on their iPad apps), so it really isn't any different than plugging a TV into the wall. This is the argument TWC is using when it says the contracts it has with Fox, Viacom, and Discover allow it to deliver the content to all screens in a customer's home.
Consumer Lose in Fight
I'm hoping that TWC pushes this and gets some sort of concession from the networks or has this go to court, as it will set a precedent for other companies. If TWC can get the networks on board to allow it to stream all its channels, that could be a must-have app - even if limited to your home.
How will things shake out? Enderle says:
"In a few years we'll likely look back and wonder what all the fuss is. But until then we'll live with a lot of drama as all of these entities fight to see who is the most redundant and the Internet content providers move to producing content, making both the cable providers and (broadcast) networks increasingly obsolete."
For a complete list of channels Time Warner Cable added Friday, check the company's blog.
Will the additions be enough to get you to add the app? Let us know in the comments section.
Tom Dunlap's email is tomdunlap222@gmail.com
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Summer heat sent a chill through Lancashire's NHS
The summer heat caused hospital discharge delays to increase
The summer heatwave had a “winter effect” on the NHS in Lancashire and probably accounts for a recent increase in delays to hospital discharges, a committee of councillors has heard.
Lancashire County Council’s health scrutiny committee was told that the scorching temperatures had put hospitals under unseasonal pressure, resulting in a slight reversal in an overall trend for a reduction in so-called delayed transfers of care (DTOCs).
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In the 12 months to August 2018, the DTOC rate - which measures the number of unnecessary days spent in hospital by patients who are medically fit to leave - fell by almost 32 per cent across Lancashire, excluding the standalone council areas in Blackpool and Blackburn.
But the figures have steadily increased since the beginning of the summer and were more than seven per cent higher by the end of August than they were in June. Although the position for individual NHS trusts varies, all five acute providers in the county have recorded an increase since April.
Sue Lott, a manager in the adult social care department at Lancashire County Council, told members that services were still recovering from a difficult winter when summer hit.
“Hospitals experienced particular challenges in August - so there's been no let up in the pressures, with high attendances and real complexity of needs for people in hospital,” she said.
Ailsa Brotherton, director of Continuous Improvement at the Royal Preston and Chorley and South Ribble hospitals, said that the summer months are usually a quieter time on the wards, meaning staff holidays do not have such an impact.
“Because we don’t often have such a long, hot summer, demand is not normally the same as in winter - but on some days it was just as [busy],” she said.
The meeting also heard that new national guidance designed to identify patients who had been in hospital for more than three weeks could have had an impact on the DTOC figures. Meanwhile, members were told that early indications suggested that the data due to be released for September would show an improvement.
But a row broke out between the current Conservative chair of the committee, Peter Britcliffe, and his Labour predecessor Steve Holgate.
County Coun Holgate, who recently described Tory committee members as “nodding dogs”, put forward a recommendation that the "deterioration" in delays over the summer be noted.
But County Coun Britcliffe said he was choosing not to look on the “downside” - and instead welcomed what he described as “a very positive set of statistics”.
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“I would have thought the important thing was the comparison with last year,” he added.
County Coun Holgate’s motion was defeated, while County Coun Britcliffe’s proposal - which praised the “commitment and contribution” of NHS and county council staff, was passed.
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