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WASHINGTON, D.C. � WASHINGTON, D.C. � NAB Show is introducing the �Esports Experience,� a new exhibit floor destination located in the North Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center. The interactive area features exhibits, a theater and educational programming that showcase the latest online gaming trends and content delivery technologies. The 2019 NAB Show will be held April 6-11, with exhibits April 8-11.
Sessions will examine the overall landscape of the increasingly popular live gaming industry. Examples of topics include branding, media rights, in-game camera systems, streaming, monetization, consumer engagement and game development, among others. The Esports Experience will include a live gaming component, in which attendees can observe professional teams and also have the opportunity to play themselves.
The Esports Experience houses a built-in recording studio, in which popular gaming radio show CheckPoint XP will conduct live interviews with NAB Show speakers, industry leaders and influencers.
Additionally, NAB Show will feature a Main Stage session titled �The Esports Evolution: What�s Next in Gaming� on Wednesday, April 10. Panelists will discuss trends and technologies impacting both players and content creators. Participants include professional gamer and founder of ReadyUp Johnathan �Fatal1ty� Wendel; Detroit Renegades Co-owner Chris Roumayeh; Ari Segal, CEO, Immortals, LA Valiant & MIBR; and compLexity Gaming Chief Media Officer Cam Kelly.
Esports professionals and fans will also have the opportunity to network during an industry meet-up held in the Esports Experience on Wednesday, April 10 at 4:30 P.M.
Current Esports Experience sponsors include Akamai, Beasley Broadcast Group, eBlue, Grass Valley, IHSEusa, LLC and The Switch.
Additional esports-focused sessions are listed here.


David Konstant, British Roman Catholic prelate, Died at 86
David Every Konstant was born on June 16, 1930, and died on October 9, 2016.
He was an English prelate and the Bishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Leeds, England.
He had served as the eighth Roman Catholic Bishop of Leeds, being succeeded by Arthur Roche and, before that, as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Westminster, England's principal Catholic diocese and as Titular Bishop of Betagbarar.
He was an accomplished author, releasing several books on the topics such as Yorkshire, the Rosary and religious education to name a few.
David Konstant passed away at 86 years old.
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3K Caraga families affected by 'Amang': NDRRMC
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The number of families affected by Tropical Depression Amang but has since weakened into a low-pressure area has now climbed to 2,983 which is equivalent to 13,160 persons residing in 55 barangays in the Caraga region.
In an update released 6 a.m. Thursday, National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council update, signed and released by NDRRMC executive director Ricardo Jalad, said this is slightly higher than the 1,501 families recorded in Wednesday's update.
However, only five families or 37 individuals still remain in evacuation centers.
Also, a total of 5,256 families or 21,006 persons were preemptively evacuated in Albay, Camarines Sur, Masbate, Sorsogon, Eastern Samar, Northern Samar, Southern Leyte, Biliran, Compostela Valley, Agusan Del Norte, Dinagat Islands, Surigao del Norte and Surigao del Sur at the height of the weather disturbance. (PNA)
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Japan's Mos Burger has a robot cashier operated by employees who are stuck at home
MOS Burger's Osaki outlet in Tokyo, Japan rolled out a remote-controlled robot cashier OriHime so that employees who cannot leave their homes can continue to work and earn an income.
In recent years, we have seen machines and robots gradually taking over jobs to either cut down on manpower, save some costs or simply improve efficiency. For Japan's Mos Burger, at their Osaki branch in Tokyo, they have employed a robot cashier called OriHime. However, it is not to replace their human staff; rather, it is to help employees who are unable to leave the house due to sickness.
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2020/7/27~8月下旬までの平日14時~18時、モスバーガー大崎店にて、株式会社オリィ研究所と協力し分身ロボット「OriHime (オリヒメ)」を活用した「ゆっくりレジ」を実験導入します
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— モスバーガー (@mos_burger) July 21, 2020
Despite OriHime being a robot, she is still dressed with an apron, a cap and a "wakaba mark" — literally young leaf — which helps identify trainees. By remote controlling OriHime, the employees who cannot commute can continue to work and earn an income. According to the Tokyo-based manufacturer Ory Lab, OriHime will be operated in shifts by a worker in Osaka prefecture and another in Hyogo prefecture.
Although the two employees were said to be "unable to leave their homes due to illness", the specific natures of their illnesses were not revealed. Regardless, an initiative like this, especially during the coronavirus period, is a plausible attempt to help the service industry. Be it because the employees are required to be quarantined at home or simply because it helps to minimise human contact, this programme seems to offer a win-win situation. Furthermore, employers can resume business and need not hire and re-train staff — it is a quadruple win!
To top it off, operating OriHime is easily done using a smartphone. After setting up the robot and connecting it to the WiFi, users can login to the app and perform the necessary tasks. OriHime is very flexible with a set of standard movements like nodding, raising its hand, clapping and waving. Her head, where the camera sits in, is also able to pan around either using the on-screen controllers or just moving your smart device!
Regarding this one-month pilot programme, which will last till the end of August, some found it to be a wonderful initiative and hoped this can help promote employment of people with disabilities too. Others said there is no need to worry about the coronavirus if the shop staff is a robot.
One of them teased, "I want to try asking 'Which ones on the menu do not have mayonnaise in them?' It would be fun to see how OriHime answers with gestures. Please come to an outlet near my place."
While most found OriHime to be cute, some actually found her to be scary-looking or even looking like an alien! Nonetheless, as OriHime is currently only working at the Osaki branch, many were hoping she can be employed in other Mos Burger outlets as well.
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Quixey today announced its next-generation Functional Search technology, which promises better, richer content.
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Quixey, the search engine for apps, today announced its next-generation Functional Search technology, which promises better, richer content.
The feature goes beyond typical search results to connect users with the right apps based on their content, not just keywords. You can search what's inside an app, not just the app itself, for services like Yelp, Facebook, or Open Table.
"It's all the same information, but we just access it differently," the company said in a blog post.
"Unfortunately, mobile devices and the apps on them are a series of walled gardens, making it difficult for users to immediately access information within the little boxes arranged neatly on their home screens," the Quixey team wrote.
Similarly, developers have yet to find a simple way to express their apps more deeply outside of search engines.
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Born Giovanni Alfredo de Simone in Detroit 1919, Johnny Desmond was one of the substantial cohort of Italian-American crooners, most notably Frank Sinatra, who were such an important part of the popular music of the post-war era. He studied music before turning to night-club singing, and in 1939 formed a vocal trio called The Downbeats, changing their name to the Bob-O-Links when they joined Bob Crosby's Orchestra, with whom he had two hits before joining Gene Krupa as featured vocalist, and had another hit with Krupa. He was with Glenn Miller's military orchestra during WWII, returning to showbiz as a solo singer after the war, and forged a successful career, having hits through into the rock 'n' roll era, although he never attempted to compete in that musical metier. This 50-track 2-CD set comprises a few recordings with the bands of Bob Crosby and Gene Krupa, along with selected A & B sides of his singles on the RCA-Victor, MGM and Coral labels during this era, including recordings with Don Cornell, Alan Dale, Buddy Greco, Eileen Barton, The McGuire Sisters, Jane Russell and Monica Lewis. It features all his 20 and more career chart entries, including the Top 10 hits "Woman", "Play Me Hearts And Flowers", "The Yellow Rose Of Texas" and "The Gang That Sang Heart Of My Heart". It's a varied showcase for his talents as a big band vocalist, top class ballad singer, novelty pop singer, and skilled interpreter of the repertoire typical of the era, and an entertaining introduction to an artist who has not had the attention which his success merits
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Singles Collection 1939-58
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1. You Forgot About Me
2. Do You Care
3. Two In Love
4. All Those Wonderful Years
5. Don't You Remember Me?
6. Do You Love Me?
7. I Don't Know Enough About You
8. Guilty
9. P.S I Love You
10. While The Angelus Was Ringing (Los Trois Cloches)
11. Four Winds And The Seven Seas
12. Don't Cry Joe (Let Her Go)
13. C'est Si Bon
14. Picnic Song
15. Just Say I Love Her
16. A Bushel And A Peck
17. Too Young
18. Because Of You
19. Mr And Mississippi
20. I'm Glad I Gave It Up For You
21. I Want To Be Near You
22. Hands Across The Table
23. Festival
24. Trying
25. Nina Never Knew
26. Stay Where You Are
27. Woman
28. The Gang That Sang "Heart Of My Heart"
29. Pine Tree, Pine Over Me
30. Cling To Me
31. The Zoo
32. East Side, West Side
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35. A Wife
36. My Own True Love
37. The Song From Desiree
38. Play Me Hearts And Flowers
39. Togetherness
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Tucson economic growth expected to be strong through 2019
David Wichner
Chase chief economist Anthony Chan says China trade tensions and interest-rate increases are risks for the economy.
The crowd at the economic luncheon heard the UA's George Hammond predict "significant job growth" for Tucson.
Director of the Economic Business Research Center, George Hammond speaking at the 2018 Economic Outlook Luncheon at the Westin La Paloma Resort and Spa, Friday, Dec. 7, 2018, in Tucson, Ariz.
Tucson's economy has recovered from the Great Recession and is growing again, posting solid gains in jobs, population and income, University of Arizona economists said Friday.
Barring a national recession, those healthy gains should continue at least through 2019, according to the latest economic outlook by the Economic and Business Research Center at the UA's Eller College of management.
"Job growth has been much faster this year than it has in previous years, and during the third quarter both Phoenix and Tucson, and the state as a whole, saw significant acceleration in job growth," said George Hammond, director of the Eller research center.
The Tucson metro area saw a 1.5 percent increase in jobs in 2017 and is on pace this year to post the fastest job growth since 2006, before the Great Recession, Hammond said.
Other economic indicators are pointing upwards as well, Hammond told a crowd of more than 500 people at the annual UA outlook luncheon.
Tucson-area business growth and median household income posted healthy gains in 2017, while home prices continue to rise but still remain below those of peer Western metro areas, helping to attract migrants from California and other states, Hammond said.
The outlook for Tucson as well as Phoenix is strong through 2019, as job growth is expected to continue, but that growth could slow starting in 2020, he said.
By 2020, the national economy is expected to slow, along with it growth in Tucson's job market, personal income and retail sales.
"The federal stimulus that in part has been driving our growth will be dissipating by then," Hammond said.
Last year, Tucson saw 2.9 percent growth in real gross domestic product (GDP), which measures total economic output adjusted for inflation, topping the national GDP growth of 2.1 percent.
"We've been building up momentum in Tucson over the last couple of years," he said, adding that the Tucson economy tends to grow slower than its peer Western metro areas.
According to preliminary figures, Tucson added nearly 9,000 net jobs from the third quarter of 2017 to the same quarter of this year, translating to a 2.4 percent increase and beating the national growth rate of 2.1 percent, Hammond said.
Most of the jobs during that period were added in the education and health-services sector — mainly in health care — followed by leisure and hospitality and professional and business services.
But construction is also showing signs of life, with more than 1,000 jobs added in the sector, the UA found.
"Construction in Tucson has really started to rebound," Hammond said, adding that all sectors contributed to the job growth.
The UA economist cautioned that the job numbers are based on preliminary data from October 2017 onward and will be adjusted, as usual, in March by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics based on new U.S. Census data.
Hammond says he believes the local job data through March will be revised upward, while an unusually strong spike in jobs in the third quarter may be trimmed in the final analysis.
"Overall, I think Tucson is really on track to generate significant job growth in 2018 — some of the fastest we've seen in a decade," he said.
Tucson also has seen a rebound in federal government procurement spending, which forms a bigger part of the local economy than Phoenix and its other metro peers.
After plunging from 2013 to 2015 because of budget sequestration, federal procurement spending is back near its peak of more than $14 billion in 2012.
Personal income in Tucson grew 5.4 percent in 2017, about double the growth rate in 2016, driven by job growth, tight labor markets and increases in the state's minimum wage, Hammond said.
Tucson stands to gain 19,000 net new jobs over the next two years with the biggest gains in health care, tourism, services and construction, but all sectors are expected to gain, Hammond said.
The job growth will help drive population growth and the housing market, he added.
Another speaker at Friday's event, JP Morgan Chase chief economist Anthony Chan, said the U.S. economy faces risks including trade tensions with China that have caused the stock markets to plunge recently, as well as interest-rate increases by the Federal Reserve.
More recently, Chan noted, the Trump administration agreed to forestall some planned tariffs on Chinese goods at the G20 meeting, while Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell said the panel might look at pausing its interest-rate increases in the face of a slowing economy and no signs of runaway inflation.
"I'm actually encouraged, and this isn't about being a Democrat or a Republican, it's about being an American," he said.
Economic pessimists also are ignoring falling energy prices, which Chan said will pump billions of dollars into other economic sectors.
Chan said the nation could slip into a recession — negative economic growth that tends to happen to varying degrees about once a decade — depending on what happens with tariffs, interest rates and other global economies.
But he doesn't see that happening until late 2019 or 2020 at the soonest, and Chan said the next recession is likely to be milder than the Great Recession of 2007-2009, which was fueled by a collapse of the housing and financial markets.
"The last recession was the mother and father of all recessions," he said.
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Strathpine, situated between the easterly-flowing North Pine and South Pine Rivers, is 20 km north of Brisbane. The name was derived from the Gaelic 'strath' (river valley). Strathpine is on the Brisbane-Gympie Road where it is crossed by Four Mile Creek (a tributary of the South Pine River), which made it a minor stopping place for coach runs.
In 1888 Strathpine was made the administrative centre of the Pine local-government divisional board (forerunner of the shire), adding to a bakery and a rum distillery in the village. The northern railway line was also opened in that year. The divisional board's hall (1889) has been superseded by larger buildings, but it has been preserved for theatre performances and public gatherings and is listed on the Queensland heritage register. In 1910 Strathpine had two stores, a hotel, artisans and the distillery.
During World War II Strathpine was the site for Australian and American military camps, with an airfield near the present State primary (1911) and high (1964) schools on Spitfire Avenue. Urbanisation was evident in the 1960s and within 20 years Strathpine's population went from under 2000 to over 10,000 people. It has two main shopping centres, including a Westfield shopping complex (1983) with a department store, discount department stores and over 100 other shops.
Adjoining Strathpine, on the north side of Four Mile Creek, is the suburb of Bray Park. Like Strathpine, it has State primary (1973) and high (1987) schools, together with a Catholic primary school. Bray Park was named after a dairying family which settled there in 1900, and John Bray, who retired as Pine Rivers Shire chairman in 1973. Census populations have been:
Bray Park
1996 10,021 8151
2011 9278 10,002
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Bases, Bats & goodByes
by Jacque Ballent | May 31, 2019 | Athletics, Life@Legacy | 0 comments
Every baseball season has its highs and lows. For this year's Varsity Eagles, the high came during the senior night game against Grapevine Faith. Talk about a nail-biter. The boys brought home a win in grand fashion in extra innings after scoring a whopping eight runs in the bottom of the seventh that brought the game to a tie. The team is graduating its largest and winningest senior class in the history of the program with 83 wins and 47 losses since 2016.
My favorite memory of this past season was our senior night comeback against Grapevine Faith. It was an all-around team effort and we couldn't have done it without everyone on board. I am really going to miss the team camaraderie and bus rides after games,
– Braxton Edrington '19
Unfortunately, the Legacy Baseball team was knocked out in the first round of playoffs with a one-game 2-0 loss to Austin Regents. "We just could not get that timely hit. We had the bases loaded twice with one out both times and just could not score;" stated Coach Lester. While it was an unexpected and abrupt end to the season, the Varsity Eagles can reflect on this season with pride and hope. "Twenty-five wins is a great season for any team and one in which we can build upon," stated Alex Smith '20. "We won the district, and our district had three teams advance in the playoffs, one played for the state championship, so we are in a highly competitive district," said Sam Yasilli '20.
Koby Ketcher at bat.
Prayer circle during senior night.
Sayers Collins commands the pitchers mound.
Legacy Christian Academy Graduating Seniors: #1 Braxton Edrington, #3 Adam Cobb, #4 Ryan Thompson, #6 Max Glenn, #8 Koby Ketcher, #10 Presto Knox Pittard, #12 Michael Walsh, #19 Matthew Scott , #20 Sayers Collins,
Braxton Edrington gives a smile on the way to the dugout.
Baseball was the only sport to have Freshmen, Junior Varsity, and Varsity teams this season. "It will be difficult to field another freshman team but we are looking forward to an influx of good talent next year," commented Coach Embry. Goodbyes are always tough, and Legacy will miss quite a few of our graduated players, but with rising seniors Alex Smith, Nathan Norris, Hunter Johnson, Alex Clark, and Sam Yasilli, the future remains bright. These young men will lead the baseball team into the summer, fall, and into 2020. The team looks forward to competing for another playoff berth next year.
My favorite memories were pitching against Fort Worth Christian in the district championship game and talking to coach McCollum about junior college baseball news in practice. Also talking to both the coaches about their playing careers and seeing what college baseball has in store for me. I am going to miss these coaches the most.
-Matthew Scott '19
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IIHR Models Sewer System for St. Louis
The IIHR team with the St. Louis model.
Researchers at IIHR—Hydroscience & Engineering are among the world's leaders when it comes to modeling and design of sewer and stormwater conveyance systems. Many of the world's largest cities have turned to IIHR for expertise in this area, including London, Abu Dhabi, and now St. Louis.
IIHR has extensive experience constructing physical models that help solve water issues, including the reduction of air in sewer systems with underground tunnels. A build-up of air in the tunnel can cause geysers that blow manhole covers into the sky—a rare but dangerous situation.
Working with Jacobs Engineering and the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, IIHR researchers and staff constructed a 1:16 physical model of a portion of the project. The IIHR model includes a vortex dropshaft that, when constructed, will be one of the largest in the world at 20 feet in diameter.
Dropshafts are just one important aspect of the project's complex network of tunnels, conduits, and interception chambers that transfers sewage and stormwater to the tunnels and onwards for treatment before it is eventually released to the river. Each structure is unique and presents its own design difficulties.
The vortex dropshaft is one strategy to help remove air from the water flow through the sewer
Troy Lyons, IIHR's director of engineering services, led a team that included Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Jacob Odgaard, Hydraulic Engineer Andy Craig, Shop Manager Brandon Barquist and his staff, and even students such as Kory Miller, an undergraduate student in civil engineering.
Lyons says it's been a very rewarding project and one that will positively impact the environment by preventing sewage overflows into the river during heavy rainfall. "Modeling a system like this provides an opportunity to optimize the design, analyze how the system deals with extreme flows, and reduce risk, all while meeting the larger environmental objectives."
Lyons says that many larger cities are adopting similar strategies to deal with combined sewer overflows. And IIHR is ready, with expertise and experience to help.
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Porsche's 911 GT2 RS record-hunting continues at Road America
Endurance racer David Donohue secures new production lap record in the GT2 RS at the famous American track
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Porsche's 919 Evo might steal the limelight with lap records at circuits like Spa and the Nurburgring, but the brand's road cars have enough performance to set records too – and the 911 GT2 RS has done just that at one of America's most spectacular venues.
Driven by 24 Hours of Daytona and Le Mans class winner David Donohue, the GT2 RS now holds the production lap record at Road America, near Elkhart Lake in Wisconsin. His time of 2:15.17 comes only a month after the GT2 RS also secured the lap record at Road Atlanta in Georgia, that time at the hands of American racer and journalist Randy Pobst.
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As well as being mightily fast – Donohue hit nearly 180mph down the pit straight in the RS, despite the first section being uphill, and achieved more than 150mph twice more around the four-mile lap – the choice of driver was quite appropriate. David's father, Mark Donohue, had previously set his own blistering lap time at Road America in another Porsche in 1973, managing 1:57.52 back in 1973 in the prodigiously fast Can-Am 917/30.
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While the latter record has long since fallen – Dario Franchitti is the race lap record holder with a 1:39.866, set in the CART series way back in 2000 – both currently represent the peak of their era.
It's unlikely, however, that the GT2 RS's record will stand for long. With a new breed of hypercar soon on the way, spearheaded by the Aston Martin Valkyrie, this could be the last time relatively conventional road cars like the GT2 RS can hold such lap records.
It's worth enjoying while it lasts though, as the thrill of seeing human beings extending road cars to their limits on some of the world's trickiest circuits is unlikely to ever get old. You can expect a few more road course records to tumble in the coming months.
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S.C. voter ID law takes some hits in court
By James Rosen and Rebecca Cohen, McClatchy Newspapers –
WASHINGTON — Inside and outside a federal courtroom a few blocks from the U.S. Capitol, it appeared to be a rough week for South Carolina's bid to protect its elections against fraud.
During five days of often dramatic testimony on a disputed voter ID law, a three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia repeatedly upheld objections that the state's lawyers were asking leading questions of their witnesses or prodding them to recount third-party conversations the judges struck down as hearsay.
In a case that, under the Voting Rights Act, hinges partly on whether the voter ID law was motivated by discriminatory intent, the law's chief architect, state Rep. Alan Clemmons, was compelled to admit he'd responded sympathetically to a racist e-mail sent to him about the measure as he was crafting it.
And Marci Andino, executive director of the State Election Commission, testified that her agency lacked the legal authority to impose on county election boards and poll workers a uniform standard on how to implement some of the disputed law's key provisions.
Her testimony troubled the judges, who noted that it was at odds with what she and other South Carolina officials had said earlier in documents and depositions for the trial about how the law would be handled.
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson signaled another potential shift by the state on Friday when he said voters without required photo IDs should not have to pay for completing "reasonable impediment" affidavits required by the law. Separate state law requires affidavits to be notarized, which normally carries a fee.
"We would consider it unconstitutional for notaries to charge," Wilson said.
That new stance may have been in response to courtroom claims by the voter ID law's opponents that notary fees would amount to a poll tax, among the most odious of the Jim Crow practices used for decades in Southern states to prevent blacks from voting.
Outside the courtroom, a different group of federal judges delivered disappointing news for advocates of voter ID laws.
On Thursday, a separate three-judge panel of the court ruled that Texas' voter ID law was illegal because it violated the Voting Rights Act, the landmark law Congress passed in 1965 to enforce the constitutional right of blacks and other minority voters to cast ballots and have them count.
Evidence and testimony in the South Carolina trial, some of which lawyers for the state tried unsuccessfully to strike from the record, could lead to similar conclusions. The state's law, which would require voters to present one of five forms of photo identification, was blocked by the Justice Department under the Voting Rights Act, prompting the lawsuit by South Carolina against U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder.
With the Texas ruling and a week of mixed trial results behind it, South Carolina's best hopes may lie with the U.S. Supreme Court.
Any appeals of federal district court rulings must, under the Voting Rights Act, bypass the federal appellate bench and go directly to the high court. If the district court judges reject the South Carolina voter ID law, the Supreme Court could consolidate it with the Texas law and rule on both together.
For now, lawyers trying to defeat South Carolina's law pronounced themselves quite satisfied.
"We believe that the evidence presented during the trial overwhelmingly establishes that if the law goes into effect, it will disenfranchise thousands of minority persons in South Carolina, and that the purpose of the law was indeed to accomplish precisely this effect," Beeney told McClatchy.
Wilson's assessment was more subdued.
"I am pleased we had the opportunity to present our case to the court," he said.
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Dennis and Phyllis Washington Native American Graduate Scholarship
I feel proud to represent my tribe as a scholar because I want children to know that education is important and possible, and that there are people who want to support them to get educated and believe that they can do it."
– Kimberly McKeehan, scholarship recipient
The Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation has created the only Native American Graduate Scholarship at Montana State University and the University of Montana. Inquiries should be made to the graduate school admissions office at Montana State University and the University of Montana.
The Scholarship upholds Dennis Washington's long time vision of promoting the betterment of society and the development of a highly diverse workforce through education.
Eligibility requirements:
The recipient must:
be accepted to a Master's or Doctoral degree program at Montana State University or University of Montana (no professional degrees such as law, business, or pharmacy may apply);
have a baccalaureate degree from a four-year regionally accredited institution of higher learning anywhere in the U.S. and have graduated with at least a 2.5 undergraduate cumulative GPA;
be enrolled at full-time status;
maintain a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale;
be a Montana resident;
be an enrolled member of a Montana tribe; and
be a U.S. citizen.
For information on the scholarship and how to apply, please contact the Graduate School at Montana State University or the University of Montana.
The Foundation has created the only Native American Graduate Scholarship at Montana State University and The University of Montana.
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Saab strengthens its Sea Giraffe naval radar offer by introducing the Hypersonic Detection Mode, a capability for detecting and tracking targets travelling at hypersonic speeds.
Due to the radar horizon, naval vessels face limited time to act against low flying missiles travelling at greater speeds. With the emergence of threats in the high supersonic and even hypersonic speed ranges, this threat is getting even worse. Saab is offering a solution to this emerging challenge by introducing a Hypersonic Detection Mode (HDM). It will give the ship more time to act against any target due to quick track formation time. The HDM capability builds on Saab's next generation track while scan technology, which enables track start within a fraction of a second for any number of targets, including stealthy ones, in all conditions.
"The hypersonic threat is credible and increasing. Navies around the world are asking for a capability to retain their dominant battlespace awareness and to give them crucial time to act. We are able to meet these requirements by using our existing technology, adapting it for the hypersonic challenge", says Anders Carp, head of Saab's business area Surveillance.
The HDM is optimised for the Sea Giraffe 4A Fixed Face, which is a fixed array configuration that belongs to Saab's multi-functional family of S-band AESA radar systems.
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Enjoy Purer Air with a Whole-House Air Filtration System in Central Florida
The air we inhale filters into your lungs and body. That's why it's critical that the air in your home is healthy. You may think routinely changing your residence's air filter and cleaning regularly is adequate to breathe easily. Depending on your house and the health and ages of your family members, it may not be. If you use a typical 1-inch air filter in your heating and cooling system, you're only getting the smallest amount of air filtration.
That's where having Patrick's Heating & Air Conditioning install a high-efficiency, whole-house air filtration system in Ocala enters. It traps more pollutants, keeping your indoor air healthy around the clock. Not only will you have cleaner air, but improved air filtration may keep your HVAC system in fantastic shape.
4 Reasons Why You Should Install a Whole-Home Air Filtration System
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The Family Tree of the American Gase, Moermond, Boes, Steigmeyer, Elchert, Nye and Yost families
The Family Tree of the Dutch Gase, Van Stein, Weder, Van der Fluit and Moermond families
Family Group Sheets
(compiled by Ronald A. Gase)
Tree currently contains 131.015 individuals and 55.494 families.
(site updated Sunday, June 9th, 2019)
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HUSBAND Thomas Nicholas BETTS
14 April 1882 Paulding County, Ohio, USA
8 December 1949 215 E. Crawford St., Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio, USA
11 December 1949 Maple Grove Cemetery, Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio, USA
Thomas died of coronary thrombosis (from death certificate);
15 October 1905 Paulding County, Ohio, USA
WIFE Susan May "Susie" BLAND
11 March 1886 Paulding County, Ohio, USA
25 September 1960 Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio, USA
Maple Grove Cemetery, Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio, USA
F Esther Aileen "Aileen" BETTS
19 November 1922 Hancock County, Ohio, USA
289-14-3869 (Ohio, bef. 1951). Last residence: Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona;
John William STAHL;
ronald@gase.nl
http://www.gase.nl/ronald/index.htm


What We're Listening to This Week (June 24th, 2019 Edition)
Another week, another group of songs that have wormed their way into our heads.
You know those songs that make you feel like you can run through a brick wall? They're awesome, and I think this is one of those songs that just lights that fire inside you. And it's also kind of cool that Mikasa is the artwork they used. 😛
Here I was just minding my own business on Spotify and then BAM! This song came on, and I instantly fell in love with it. For me, some songs require a few listens for me to determine if I really like it or not, but not this one. All it took was one listen~
This video was shot before Sergei Polunin nuked his career, but disregarding that, this was something. In addition to Hozier's powerful vocals, the video has plenty of symbolism, which makes it infinitely more interesting to watch.
I stumbled upon this song by chance, but I'm glad that I did, because I'm loving it. The original version was pretty good, but this edit takes the song to another level. Considering the disparity in the views between the original version (12k) and this version (557k), I think it's safe to say that I'm not the only person who believes that.
It's simple, if I see Irene, I like it. Just in time for summer, Red Velvet is back, and since they're currently my favorite Kpop group, it's very nice to see them again. "Zimzalabim" is a magical word similar to abracadabra, so watch them work their magic~
Me and love songs are like this *crosses fingers to show you*. Rita Ora is someone I've largely ignored, but this is one I can't help but like. What I don't like, however, is the creepy blinking in the video. I'd advise just doing something in another tab as it plays. 😛
I'd be lying if I said I regularly looked up the lyrics to these Kpop songs, so as long as they sound good to me, I just assume the lyrics are good as well. Fortunately, Thanks has some solid lyrics, so I consider this song a winner.
In case you missed it, here's last week's installment~


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Owatonna Foundation Receives Donation from JC Press
Posted on February 24, 2016 by Laura Resler February 24, 2016
The Owatonna Foundation recently received an in-kind donation of $3,150.00 from JC Press. Owner and President, Patrick McDermott said: "We are very happy to support the Owatonna Foundation in their very worthy efforts to enhance the Owatonna community through the good work that they do."
JC Press is one of the longest running, locally owned businesses in Owatonna, starting as a newspaper, the Owatonna Journal in 1859 which was then owned and operated by Hiram Sheetz. Later, E.K Whiting had started his own newspaper, the Owatonna Chronicle in 1897 and in 1906 he acquired the Owatonna Journal, forming the Journal Chronicle Company. In 1938 the newspaper was sold to the Owatonna Peoples Press and Mr. Whiting shifted the company's focus to commercial printing and stationary supplies. The business continued under the family leadership of E.K.'s sons, James and William from 1940 till 1983 when William's daughter, Sabra Otteson took over. On January 1st , 2015, Sabra sold J-C Press to current owner and President, Patrick McDermott. A native of Owatonna, Patrick continues the 156 year legacy that the company has achieved. McDermott stated: "My initial attraction to J-C Press was its history and success along with its reputation as an engaged community member. My ongoing excitement is the dedication and skill of the employees who contribute daily towards our success and the way we are positioned to continue to be successful in growing the business in the future."
"We're so appreciative of this donation from JC Press. Their printing services are a tremendous resource for us, providing many of the supplies that are needed for daily operations. The company's ongoing support of the Foundation is a legacy from several generations of Owatonna families, first through the Whitings and now with Patrick McDermott's continued commitment. This support keeps the Foundation's mission of improving the quality of life for present and future generations by supporting Owatonna projects that focus on community, education, the arts and recreation a reality for all of us." said Foundation Executive Coordinator, Laura Resler.
The Owatonna Foundation, now in its 59th year of serving the Owatonna community, provides grants in Owatonna and its environs in four areas: Recreation, Education, Arts, and Community projects. The Foundation also provides both traditional and non-traditional scholarships for 2 year colleges and technical schools.
The Foundation was established in 1957 with the goal of improving the quality of life for present and future generations of Owatonna residents. Since then, the Owatonna Foundation has committed more than $11.5 million dollars in grants and scholarships to local organizations and students. For more information about the Owatonna Foundation, please visit our website at: www.owatonnafoundation.org, or call our office at 455-2995.
Pictured below left to right: Janine Whited of JC Press, Foundation Trustee Kent Kienholz, Heidi Klein of JC Press, Pat McDermott owner/President of JC Press, Foundation Trustees Sharon West, Dr. Carol Winter, and Matt Kottke
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untitled (la revolución es la solución!)
Kang Seung Lee
In Residence: May 15 – Jul 17, 2017
Exhibition: Jul 13 – Sep 3, 2017
untitled (la revolución es la solución!), 2017Source: NIKON D810
untitled (la revolución es la solución!)-3, 2017Source: NIKON D810
untitled (la revolución es la solución!)-15, 2017Source: NIKON D810
Latasha Harlins and Soon-ja Du
The show starts with five drawings that depict the killing of Latasha Harlins, a fifteen-year-old African-American girl who was shot in the head by Soon Ja Du, a Korean-American store owner at Du's store, Empire Liquor in South Los Angeles on March 16, 1991. On the morning of the shooting, Du observed Harlins putting a bottle of orange juice in her backpack and did not see the money she held in her hand, concluding Harlins was attempting to steal. Harlins' death came two weeks after the beating of Rodney King. Du was fined $500 and sentenced to five years of probation but no prison time. It is considered as one of the causes of the 1992 Los Angeles uprising.
I am particularly interested in the fact that the uprising, commonly understood as a white-black conflict, was also a boiling point for tensions in the Latino and Asian communities. The residents of disadvantaged and marginalized, mostly working/merchant class neighborhood, Koreatown and South Central in Los Angeles, didn't have much access to outside of this affordable area and the uprising became a cataclysm of growing discontent among them.
Drawing as thinking machine – removal of bodies and repetition
For the past year, I have been exploring the possibilities of drawing as a thinking machine and embodiment of histories. The project employs similar strategies of previous works—removal of the human body to re-render figureless tableaux in graphite prior to adopting various methods of display: framed drawings and photo light boxes on wall installations, tapestry, and neon works.
Images in the show co-opt the work of photojournalists taken during the LA uprising in 1992 and continue to implicate the subjectivities of human bodies through graphic depictions of violence, perpetuating the stereotypes of racialized figures. My removal of the bodies is aimed to challenge the popular representation and invite a movement towards the radical emancipation of otherness. At the same time I am hoping to instill a solemnity for the lives and memories lost and injured and communities destroyed in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the uprising.
Neon sign/text pieces/take away posters – la revolución es la solución!
The graffiti proclaimed on the lone wall standing after flames gutted during the uprising calls up alternative readings and meanings of the resistance. A neon piece traced from the graffiti along with other neon works – "revolution" in Korean and Arabic, is created as an invitation to a hopeful future with imaginative possibilities that may not come in the form we already know.
"We must all change the things that are fucked up and change cannot come in the form that we think of as "revolutionary" – not as a masculinist surge or an armed confrontation. Revolution will come in a form we cannot yet imagine."
Jack Halberstam in "The wild Beyond: With and for the Undercommons", foreword for The Undercommons by Stefano Harvey & Fred Moten
Kang Seung Lee is a multidisciplinary artist who was born in South Korea and now lives and works in Los Angeles. Kang has had solo exhibitions at Commonwealth and Council (Los Angeles, CA), PitzerCollege Art Galleries (Claremont, CA), Los Angeles Contemporary Archive (Los Angeles, CA), Centro Cultural Border (Mexico City), and group exhibitions at LAXART (Los Angeles, CA), Weatherspoon Art Museum at UNCG (NC), SOMArts (San Francisco, CA), Raymond Gallery at Art Center College of Design (Pasadena, CA), among many others. His work has been reviewed in Artforum, The New York Times, Artnet Magazine, LA Weekly, Hyperallergic, KCET Artbound. He received an MFA from the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts).
Unnatural Urges
Heyd Fontenot
Curator: Michael Smith
BEYOND THE LAND OF MINIMAL POSSESSION
Lili Reynaud-Dewar
Grenoble, France / Geneva, Switzerland
Political Evolution
Martha Wilson


Klook Gears Up for Next Round of Global Expansion and Innovation with US$200 Million Series D Funding
One of the world's leading travel activities and services booking platforms on track to hit US$1 billion in bookings in 2018
HONG KONG, Aug. 7, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Klook, a world-leading full-service in-destination booking platform, today announced it has closed US$200 million in Series D funding, bringing its total financing to date to US$300 million. This makes Klook the most-funded company in the tours and activities sector globally. Investors in this round include Sequoia China, Matrix Partners, Goldman Sachs, Boyu Capital, TCV, an Asia-based sovereign wealth fund, OurCrowd, and some family offices. Sequoia China, Matrix Partners and Goldman Sachs also led the Series C in October 2017. The investment further strengthens Klook's position as a global player in the travel sector, and accelerates its expansion in the US and Europe, including product growth and technology innovation.
Founded in 2014, Klook is one of the world's fastest-growing booking platforms, covering attractions, tours, and local experiences as well as local transport and railway services around the globe. It offers travelers more than 50,000 activities and services provided by over 5,000 industry partners in 200+ destinations worldwide. Since closing its US$60 million Series C fund last year, the company has opened offices in London and Amsterdam, and now employs more than 600 people across 16 offices around the world. Its robust growth is driven by the rise of independent travelers and an increasing consumer appreciation for travel experiences. The company is on track to achieve US$1 billion annual bookings in 2018.
Klook will continue to expand its global footprint, with plans to open an office in the US by the end of 2018. The company will also be adding more US and Europe-based curated activities and services onto the platform to fulfill an increasing demand from Asian travelers for diverse and unique in-destination experiences . Simultaneously, Klook will look to bring more US and European travelers to Asia, supporting the company's long-term vision of serving travelers worldwide to easily discover destinations that are both popular and unique.
Klook has been a pioneer in driving travel innovation, developing travel operator solutions such as the Merchant App and QR-code based e-voucher redemption. Klook's technology solutions have been widely recognized and adopted by its merchant partners including world-renowned attractions, mass railway transit and other offline service operators. Klook will continue to collaborate with its merchant partners to further provide frictionless, real-time booking experiences for modern travelers.
"Our mission is to empower travelers to build their own unique journey," said Ethan Lin, CEO and Co-Founder of Klook, "This round of funding marks an important milestone for us. The funding and extensive experience from our new investors will let us to further solidify our merchant portfolio and provide travelers with even more activities and destinations to explore around the world."
"We are committed to using innovative technologies to help digitize the tours and activities industry," said Eric Gnock Fah, COO and Co-Founder of Klook. "The new funding will help us deepen our partnership with merchants through more technological solutions that bring new sources of customers and optimize operational efficiencies."
"By leveraging their strength in digitally transforming their suppliers of tours and activities and tapping into the new generation of mobile-first travelers, Klook is emerging as the clear leader in the online tours and activities sector," said Neil Shen, Founding and Managing Partner of Sequoia China. "We look forward to seeing Klook help more and more travelers connect to suppliers, and become a key source of inbound demand for Asia and beyond."
"TCV seeks to invest in companies with exceptional management teams that drive technological innovation," said David Yuan, General Partner at TCV. "Klook is at the forefront of transforming the travel industry and we've been impressed with the team and the company's growth. We are excited to help them advance their global strategy and expansion."
About Klook
Founded in 2014, Klook is one of the world's leading travel activities and services booking platforms. Klook gives travelers a seamless way to discover and book popular attractions, tours, local transportation, best foods and must-eats, and unique experiences around the world on its website and award-winning app ('Best of 2015' & 'Best of 2017' by Google Play and Apple App Store). With Klook's innovative technologies, travelers can book after arriving in their destinations and redeem the services by using QR codes or e-vouchers. Each day, Klook empowers countless travelers to indulge in their wanderlust and spontaneity through over 50,000 offerings in more than 200 destinations.
With a team of over 600 across 16 offices worldwide, Klook's services are available in eight languages and 36 currencies. It has raised a total of US$300 million investment from world-renowned investors including Sequoia Capital, Matrix Partners, Goldman Sachs, Boyu Capital, and TCV. Get inspired by Klook at www.klook.com, the company blog or @Klook.
About Sequoia China
The Sequoia team helps daring founders build legendary companies. In partnering with Sequoia, companies benefit from our unmatched community and the lessons we've learned over 46 years. As "The Entrepreneurs Behind The Entrepreneurs", Sequoia China focuses on four sectors: TMT, healthcare, consumer/service, and industrial technology. Over the past 13 years we've had the privilege of working with more than 500 companies in China. For more information, visit www.sequoiacap.com/china/en.
About Matrix Partners
With over US$3 billion under management and nearly 100 investment professionals in China, Matrix Partners specializes in early- and mid-stage investments, and has invested in more than 430 companies, among which 25 have been listed, 9 have reached valuation of over US$5 billion, 25 over US$1 billion. Matrix Partners invests mainly in mobile internet, transaction platform, SaaS, AI, FinTech, mobile healthcare, consumption upgrade, new media and social network, and star portfolios include Didi, Momo, ele.me, ofo, Kingnet, Cheetah Mobile, 21Vianet, Bona Films, Guazi, Baofeng, Edan, tubatu, Zhaogang, Yuantiku, VIPKID, PINTEC, 36Kr, etc. Matrix Partners has offices in Cambridge and Waltham, MA; Palo Alto, CA; Mumbai, India; and Beijing and Shanghai, China.
About Goldman Sachs
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm that provides a wide range of financial services to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and individuals. Founded in 1869, the firm is headquartered in New York and maintains offices in all major financial centers around the world. Since 1986, the Principal Investment Area of Goldman Sachs has raised over $140 billion of capital in equity, credit and real estate funds to invest in a variety of geographies, industries and transaction types. With Principal Investment Area representatives in six countries around the world, Goldman Sachs is one of the largest managers of private capital globally, offering deep expertise and longstanding relationships with companies, investors, entrepreneurs and financial intermediaries.
About Boyu Capital
Boyu Capital is a leading Greater China-focused private investment firm with offices in Hong Kong and Beijing. Comprised of a team of experienced investors and business operators, Boyu Capital provides growth capital and strategic support through long-term partnerships with leading entrepreneurs and enterprises, and its portfolio includes some of the largest, best-managed and most innovative companies across the media/technology, consumer/retail, financial services, and healthcare industries in the Greater China region.
About TCV
Founded in 1995, TCV provides capital to growth-stage private and public companies in the technology industry. Since inception, TCV has invested over $10 billion in leading technology companies and has helped guide CEOs through more than 115 IPOs and strategic acquisitions. TCV's investments include Airbnb, Altiris, AxiomSL, Dollar Shave Club, EmbanetCompass, EtQ, ExactTarget, Expedia, Facebook, Fandango, GoDaddy, HomeAway, LinkedIn, Netflix, OSIsoft, Rent the Runway, Sitecore, SiteMinder, Splunk, Spotify, Varsity Tutors, and Zillow. TCV is headquartered in Menlo Park, California, with offices in New York and London. For more information about TCV, including a complete list of TCV investments, visit https://www.tcv.com/.
About OurCrowd
OurCrowd is the leading global hybrid venture capital platform for accredited investors. Managed by a team of seasoned investment professionals and led by serial entrepreneur Jon Medved, OurCrowd vets and selects opportunities, invests its own capital, and brings companies to its accredited membership of global investors. OurCrowd provides post-investment support to its portfolio companies, assigns industry experts as mentors, and takes board seats. The OurCrowd community consists of almost 25,000 accredited investors from over 150 countries. OurCrowd has raised over $750M and invested in 160 portfolio companies and funds.
To download photos and other press materials: https://goo.gl/fN1Bz6
To learn more about our investors, please visit:
Sequoia China: www.sequoiacap.com/china/en/
Matrix Partners: www.matrixpartners.com.cn
Goldman Sachs: www.goldmansachs.com
Boyu Capital: http://www.boyucapital.com/
TCV: https://www.tcv.com/
OurCrowd: www.ourcrowd.com/
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PM security breach: SC probe panel to be headed by Justice (retd) Indu Malhotra
Exclusive Author - January 12, 2022
New Delhi: Days after agreeing to set up a committee to probe the matter of breach of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's security, the Supreme Court set up a panel headed by Justice (retired) Indu Malhotra in this regard. The matter of PM security breach relates to the January 5 incident when his convoy was stuck...
EC announces Assembly elections in 5 states from Feb 10 to March 7; counting on March 10
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Supreme Court to hear PM Modi's security breach matter on Friday
PM Modi's convoy was stranded on a flyover on way to Ferozepur in Punjab on Wednesday New Delhi: The matter of lapses in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's security in Punjab on Wednesday will come up for hearing in the Supreme Court on Friday. A petition was filed by an organisation called Lawyer's Voice in the...
Stranded on flyover for 15-20 minutes, PM Modi cancels rally in Punjab's Ferozepur
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Punjab MLA Balwinder Singh Laddi returns to Congress, days after leaving it for BJP
Chandigarh: Punjab MLA Balwinder Singh Laddi who had resigned from Congress to join BJP a few days ago quit the Saffron party to return to the former. The Congress MLA from Shri Hargobindpur, had left the party and joined BJP in New Delhi on December 28 along with another MLA, Fatehjang Singh Bajwa. On...
Powerful blast in Ludhiana court complex leaves 2 dead, at least 4 injured
Exclusive Author - December 23, 2021
Ludhiana: A blast inside the District and Sessions Court Complex in Ludhiana in Punjab on Thursday left two persons dead. Four others have been reportedly injured in the incident. According to reports, the high-intensity blast occurred at around 12.22 pm in a bathroom. The walls of the bathroom were damaged and the glass panes of...
Drone from Pak side caught in Punjab; Amarinder asks CM to 'stop doing bhangra all day'
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Amarinder Singh joins hands with BJP for Punjab polls
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No other party knows how to improve govt schools: Kejriwal says in Punjab
Exclusive Author - November 23, 2021
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Grenade blast near Army camp in Pathankot in Punjab; no injuries reported
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After over a year of protests, PM finally gives in: 3 controversial farm laws to be repealed
New Delhi: In a major victory for all the farmers protesting against the three controversial farm laws, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday morning announced that the laws would be repealed. He said the process for the same would begin by month-end. After making the announcement, PM Modi urged the protesting farmers camping outside Delhi...
Special 2-day Punjab Assembly begins; to discuss farm laws, extended BSF jurisdiction
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Five Farms Irish Cream Liqueur has been awarded the Chairman's Trophy at the 2018 Ultimate Spirits Challenge, the premier spirits competition in the world. The 97 score awarded to Five Farms is the highest that an Irish Cream Liqueur has ever received in this prestigious competition, signaling the arrival of a brand that is poised to elevate the category.
Five Farms is exclusively sourced and produced in County Cork, Ireland. County Cork is Ireland's largest and southernmost county, home to family-owned farms that dot the coastline where the land meets the sea. It seems to sit on the edge of the world, a rugged backdrop for the farmers who have toiled this land for generations.
Five Farms is a true farm-to-table product, crafted from single batches of fresh cream that are combined with premium Irish Whiskey within 48 hours of collection to become authentic Irish Cream Liqueur. The cream is sourced entirely from five family-owned farms in County Cork, run by families that have a deep connection to the land and a passion for their craft.
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