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Comerica (CMA) Q1 Earnings Beat Estimates, Revenues Up Y/Y
Comerica CMA has reported positive earnings surprise of 7.2% in first-quarter 2019 on high interest income. Adjusted earnings per share of $2.08 in the first quarter surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.94. Further, earnings were up from the prior-year quarter adjusted figure of $1.54. Including certain non-recurring items, earnings came in at $2.11.
Higher revenues, rise in interest as well as non-interest income, and improved credit metrics were recorded. Moreover, rise in loans was another tailwind. However, lower deposits and rise in expenses were undermining factors.
Adjusted net income came in at $334 million, up 23.2% year over year. This figure excludes securities repositioning charge of $6 million and other non-recurring items.
Furthermore, segment wise, on a year-over-year basis, net income increased 25.7% at Business Bank, more than doubled at Retail Bank and 3.1% at Wealth Management. The Finance segment reported net loss as against the income recorded in the prior-year quarter.
Revenues Up, Expenses Escalate
Comerica's first-quarter net revenues were $852 million, up 7.4% year over year.
However, the figure lagged the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $853.1 million.
Net interest income increased 11% on a year-over-year basis to $606 million. In addition, net interest margin expanded 38 basis points (bps) to 3.79%.
Total adjusted non-interest income came in at $246 million, slightly up on a year-over-year basis. Higher card fees and other non-interest income were mostly offset by decrease in mainly fiduciary income and service charges on deposit accounts.
Further, adjusted non-interest expenses totaled $433 million, slightly up year over year. The upswing resulted from higher salaries and benefits expense, outside processing fee expense and other non-interest expenses.
Adjusted efficiency ratio was 50.81% compared with 54.32% in the prior-year quarter. A fall in ratio indicates a rise in profitability.
Solid Balance Sheet
As of Mar 31, 2019, total assets and common shareholders' equity were $70.7 billion and $7.4 billion, respectively, compared with $72.3 billion and $8 billion as of Mar 31, 2018.
Total loans were up marginally on a sequential basis to $50.3 billion. However, total deposits decreased 2.7% from the prior quarter to $54.1 billion.
Credit Quality Improved
Total non-performing assets plunged 41.3% year over year to $199 million. Also, allowance for loan losses was $677million, down 8.3% from the prior-year period. Additionally, the allowance for loan losses to total loans ratio was 1.29% as of Mar 31, 2019, down from 1.42% as of Mar 31, 2018.
Furthermore, net loan charge-offs slumped 60.7% on a year-over-year basis to $11 million. In addition, provision for credit losses was a benefit of $13 million compared with provision of $12 million in the prior-year quarter.
Strong Capital Position
As of Mar 31, 2019, the company's tangible common equity ratio was 9.66%, down 60 bps year over year. Common equity Tier 1 capital ratio was 10.48%, down from 11.06% reported in the year-ago quarter. Total risk-based capital ratio was 12.80%, down from 14.12% in the prior-year quarter.
Capital Deployment Update
Comerica's capital-deployment initiatives highlight the company's capital strength. During the Jan-Mar quarter, Comerica repurchased 5.1 million shares for a total cost of $425 million under its existing equity repurchase program. This, combined with dividends, resulted in a total payout of $530 million to shareholders.
Impressive Outlook for 2019
Comerica has guided for full-year 2019, taking into consideration the current economic and rate environment.
Comerica expects average loans to be up 2-4%. The outlook reflects growth across most lines of business. However, deposits are likely to decline 1-2% due to lower non-interest bearing deposits.
The company anticipates 3-4% higher net interest income, including the benefit of short-term rate increase and growth in average loans. Notably, higher wholesale funding, as well as lower interest recoveries and change in deposit mix might partially offset the benefit.
Non-interest income is estimated to be 1-2% higher, resulting from growth in fiduciary income and card fees, partly mitigated by reduced derivative income and service charges on deposit accounts.
Non-interest expenses are predicted to be down 3%, indicating the end of restructuring charges from the GEAR Up initiatives, reduction in FDIC insurance expenses by $16 million from the discontinuance of the surcharge, lower compensation and pension expense. These are expected to be partly muted by elevated outside processing expenses, in line with improving revenues, technology costs and typical inflationary pressures.
Provision for credit losses is likely to be 10-15 bps and net charge-offs are anticipated to be low, with persistent solid credit quality.
Income tax expenses are expected to approximate 23% of pre-tax income, excluding further tax impact from employee-stock transactions.
Common equity Tier 1 capital ratio is targeted at 9.5-10% through continued return of excess capital.
Our Viewpoint
Consistent expansion of the company's margin will likely keep driving revenues to some extent. Further, Comerica will benefit from its ongoing strategic initiatives. Its robust capital position supports steady capital-deployment activities through share repurchases and dividend hikes, which seem impressive. However, decline in deposits and rise in expenses remain concerns.
Comerica Incorporated Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise
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Currently, Comerica carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.
Performance of Other Wall Street Biggies
Driven by prudent expense management, Wells Fargo WFC recorded a positive earnings surprise of 11.1% in first-quarter 2019. Earnings of $1.20 per share surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.08. Results also came in above the prior-year quarter adjusted earnings of $1.12. Higher net interest income and fall in expenses aided the company's performance. However, reduced fee income was an undermining factor. Moreover, provisions soared. Further, reduction in loans and deposits acted as headwinds.
PNC Financial PNC reported positive earnings surprise of 0.8% in first-quarter 2019. Earnings per share of $2.61 surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.59. Further, the bottom line reflected a 7.4% jump from the prior-year quarter. Higher revenues, driven by easing margin pressure and escalating fee income, aided the results. However, rise in costs and provisions were headwinds.
Higher rates and improved investment banking performance drove JPMorgan's JPM first-quarter 2019 earnings of $2.65 per share, which outpaced the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.32. Also, the figure was up 12% from the prior-year quarter. Investment banking fees recorded 9% growth with 12% rise in advisory fees and 21% increase in debt underwriting income, partially offset by 23% decline in equity underwriting fees. Decent loan growth (driven largely by rise in wholesale and credit card loans) and higher interest rates supported net interest income.
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17 "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18 For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished. 19 Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 20 For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. (ESV)
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The New Spin
My spindle and I are becoming fast friends. This is my mohair from my weekend of washing and carding. I have a ton of mohair now. The Louet Roving carder has that little wheel and the fiber that gathers on it is mixed and usually second cuts or something odd about it. I've decided that rather than throw it away, I would spin it and make rugs. Even if they felt they will be warm and toastie under my feet. I can bring my spindle to work and spin here and there and maybe make that rug sometime this year.


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Frozen Scythian stallions unravel mysteries of horse domestication. First tamed by humans about 6000 years ago, horses today bear distinct marks of their early domestication.
Thousands of years of inbreeding, for example, have littered horse genomes with detrimental DNA. And because modern stallions all share a similar Y chromosome, early equestrians must have studded their herds with just a few males. Or so researchers thought. Now, by sequencing the genomes of 11 frozen stallions buried 2300 years ago in a Scythian prince's tomb in the permafrost of Kazakhstan (above), researchers have discovered that the first horses came from plentiful male stock. What's more, detrimental DNA had not yet begun to accumulate by the time these Eurasian nomads harnessed horsepower to conquer neighboring peoples. Giraffe genes reveal they rely upon turbo-charged heart for distinctive body shape. It is a question that should have been answered by Rudyard Kipling, but now scientists have really solved the riddle of what is behind the giraffe's most iconic feature.
It turns out the long neck took a long time, up to 20 million years, to evolve. Scientists mapped the complete genome of the world's tallest creature for the first time, and found just a few well-known genes are responsible for the animal's unique features. Scroll down for videos It is a question that should have been answered in Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories, but now scientists have solved the riddle of what is behind the giraffe's most iconic feature. It turns out the long neck took a long time, up to 20 million years, to evolve The researchers wanted to identify genetic changes likely to be responsible for the giraffe's unique characteristics, including sprints that can reach 37 miles per hour (60 km/h). This formed thanks to dozens of mutations that allowed it to grow gradually over millions of years.
Conservationists hail 'extraordinary' discovery of African zebra herd migrating 300 miles to watering holes. The journey was made by about 2,000 zebra who travelled between Namibia and BotswanaIt encompasses a round trip journey of 500 kilometers (300 miles)Zebra migration reaches farther than any other documented in AfricaThe newfound migration is a rare bright spot at a time when mass movements of wildlife are disappearing By Travelmail Reporter Published: 09:37 GMT, 2 June 2014 | Updated: 10:24 GMT, 2 June 2014 At a time when mankind's encroachment on habitats is increasingly leading species to extinction, scientists have discovered a mass migration of animals in Africa that reaches farther than any other documented on the continent.
The journey made by about 2,000 zebra who travelled between Namibia and Botswana, two countries in a sparsely populated part of southern Africa, was discovered by wildlife experts only after some of the zebras were collared with tracking devices. 'This is the longest known land migration in Africa, in terms of distance between endpoints,' Naidoo said. Polar bear evolved to survive being a heart attack waiting to happen. If you ask what separates two species, a lot of people would tell you that an inability to produce fertile offspring is the key test.
But the polar bear provides a great example of how biology refuses to be pinned down by these simple binary distinctions. Despite a number of very obvious features that distinguish the polar bear from other bears, it readily produces fertile offspring with brown bears. And fossil evidence suggests that the two species separated about half a million years ago. Are these the cutest furry animals in the world? Flying squirrels of Siberia pop out to say hello. Siberian or Russian flying squirrels pictured on Japanese island HokkaidoPictures of them playing are unusual as they are shy animals and nocturnal By Suzannah Hills Published: 17:13 GMT, 18 February 2013 | Updated: 11:12 GMT, 19 February 2013 If a prize is being handed out for the world's cutest creature, the Siberian flying squirrel is certainly in with a chance of winning.
These large-eyed tree-dwellers could come from a Disney film with their large eyes and, seemingly, expressive features. Two squirrels in particular appear to be giving their cutest poses for the camera with one particularly adorable image showing a squirrel peering out from a nest hole. No esc-ape from the law: Chimpanzees have policemen, too. By Ted Thornhill Updated: 12:42 GMT, 8 March 2012 If you thought 'law of the jungle' was just an expression, think again.
New research has shown that there really are policemen in rainforests – and they're chimpanzees. They may not wear helmets and carry handcuffs, but chimpanzees engage in impartial 'policing' of conflict, according to anthropologists from the University of Zurich, led by Professor Carel van Schaik and Claudia Rudolf von Rohr. They reveal that chimpanzees mediate conflicts between other group members not for their own direct benefit, but to preserve the peace within the group. 'Ello, 'ello, 'ello: Chimpanzees deploy policemen to keep the peace, according to a new study The authors suggest that this behaviour can be regarded as an early evolutionary form of morality. Until now, this morally motivated behaviour in chimpanzees was only ever documented anecdotally. This policing activity was rare and generally limited to high-ranking individuals.


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Leak Detection Services: Leave It To The Experts For Best Result
Leaking toilets, leaky pipes, drippy faucets and slab leaks are common plumbing emergencies that waste lots of water. Water leak detection Melbourne saves a lot of water as well as high-priced repairs of defective ceilings, walls and floors.
Detection Technology – Detect Water Leaks in Enclosed Pipes
As the population is growing gradually, so the demand for the water commodity is also increasing. Leak detection Melbourne instruments are those electronic alarms that are used to discover water leaks.
Similarly, water leak detection technology is applied to identify water leakages in embedded pipes. Even the hole defined is small, and then we can repair it before it takes a considerable from causing a massive amount of damage.
Nowadays, leak detection service providers are using many advanced technologies, like leak detectors and infrared thermography, which detect the location and the cause of pipeline leaks with precision. In such cases, somebody understands the value of pressure leak classification and restoration assistance.
- While leaks can occur at the most inconvenient times, whether you are going to work, deal with a professional plumber who can fulfil emergency leak repairing requests.
A water leak is likely to occur in many areas of the property like the pool filters, sprinkler, faucets, and toilets. In the more accessible areas, so if they are experiencing difficulties in detecting a leak.
Make Use of Advanced Devices and Equipment
The success of leak detection Melbourne task depends on the skills of the worker.
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Modern water leak detection Melbourne makes use of their advanced devices and equipment to locate the leakage in sewer lines, water supply pipes and under slabs. The better option to prevent the home from a water leak is the early detection of such issues. This can be done by using a sound water leak detection system.
Water leaks can occur any warning anytime, and it may be too late before one gets to know about them. To identify such leaks, we can use liquid leak detector. It is an electronic device which is kept at a place whereas hole can take place. Use advanced water detectors which indicator and provide professional leak search and repair with fast response time and minimal cost.


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Ludwigsburg/Sprockhövel, 07. May 2020. MANN+HUMMEL is launching a new pocket filter, the Airpocket Eco ePM10 50%. This new filter which is tested according to ISO 16890, has been designed to provide long service life even with high dust loads. Thanks to a new fiber mixture of a synthetic material...
A well-known Indian automobile manufacturer was looking for a reliable air cleaner system with a long service interval for the 5.0 liter diesel engines used in one range of its trucks. MANN+HUMMEL met the requirements using a system solution with a standard air cleaner and customized dirty and clean...
The drivers of agricultural tractors and sprayers are frequently exposed to harmful substances in the air. The new ENTARON CA category 4 cabin air filter reliably protects vehicle occupants with an activated carbon layer. The first series application is the field sprayer of an US-American...
MANN+HUMMEL offers numerous solutions to provide reliable protection for the battery system. A battery cooling air duct is now in series production for a mild hybrid SUV of an US-American manufacturer.
The air filter supplements the range for gas turbines with an entry-level product with the best price/performance ratio. The company now offers a complete product range for gas turbines for all requirements.
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Ludwigsburg / Sprockhövel 04.07.2019 – MANN+HUMMEL now offers the Aircube Eco 4V ePM1 60% compact air filter for the filtration of indoor air in buildings and processes. The filter conforms to the ISO 16890 standard and has an A+ energy rating according to Eurovent. The filter has the lowest energy...
Ludwigsburg / Bologna 14th May, 2019 – at the Autopromotec trade fair in Bologna/Italy from May 22 to 26, 2019, MANN+HUMMEL will present the ProPaint NoGlass air filters for spray booths and other wet/dry industrial applications.
MANN+HUMMEL is the worldwide leader in filtration and advocate for solutions promoting clean air, clean water, and clean mobility. By combining 77 years of filtration expertise with strong partnerships and the latest technology, we understand how to separate the useful from the harmful. For clean...
The idea of common parts that fit perfectly in different installation spaces and engines sounds like trying to fit a round peg in a square hole. Nevertheless, the new air intake system from MANN+HUMMEL for the global compact car platform of an US-American car manufacturer does just that.
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This is the slogan used by VinFast, the new Vietnamese automobile manufacturer. The automotive division of the Vietnamese Vingroup has taken up the cause of changing mobility in Vietnam.
The development and series production of a complete air induction system for the premium SUV Harrier from Tata Motors enables MANN+HUMMEL to expand its activities in the Indian car market.
In the new cabin air filter system MANN+HUMMEL combines its extensive knowledge of air intake systems with its expertise in the area of cabin air quality. Here, the protection of the vehicle occupants is the first priority.
Using Flexline technology MANN+HUMMEL is able to offer solutions which take complex installation space into account. The latest application is also characterized by the small but important detail of using vortex generators to ensure an optimum air flow to the air mass sensor and a particularly...
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Ludwigsburg/Hanover, April 1, 2019 – Clean air, energy and resource efficiency, reduced operating costs and predictive maintainance through digital components. These are the benefits offered by the new technologies presented by the filtration specialist MANN+HUMMEL at the ComVac in Hanover, which...
MANN+HUMMEL further expands its successful air cleaner range for agricultural and construction machines with the ENTARON HD 13. This enables the two-stage air cleaners to now cover a nominal flow rate range from two to 13 cubic meters per minute.
The IQORON VP range from MANN+HUMMEL offers a uniquely flexible filtration concept which shows its strengths especially in extremely dusty environments.
The ENTARON CD expands the MANN+HUMMEL portfolio of single-stage air cleaners in the area of two to eight cubic meters per minute. The ENTARON HD 4 VAC is the right choice for operating conditions with high dust loads.
The latest air cleaner generation of MANN+HUMMEL for use in commercial vehicles from Daimler has a higher performance than ever before. The combination of its oval filter element and improved flow characteristics does not even require any more installation space.
The filtration expert MANN+HUMMEL has published its updated air filter catalog. The products in the catalog are according to DIN ISO EN 16890, the international standard for particle filtration in buildings, and now include information on the energy class according to the new Eurovent energy...
Nanofiber filter media from MANN+HUMMEL sets new standards for commercial vehicle air filters. It offers an extremely high dust separation efficiency of up to 99.99% for the separation of particles together with low flow restriction and a long service life.
WOLFF & MÜLLER, the Stuttgart construction company, and MANN+HUMMEL, the filtration specialist, are testing fine dust filters at the Bleyle complex in Ludwigsburg. The objective of the joint pilot project is to reduce fine dust pollution and improve the air quality.
Brilliance uses the systems competence of MANN+HUMMEL in its new
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According to the World Health Organization, allergic diseases are among the most common chronic diseases in the world. Biofunctional cabin air filters from MANN+HUMMEL ensure that the affected professional drivers can breathe in freely when they are behind the wheel.
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When the application is complex, it's time for Flexline. The air filter solution from MANN+HUMMEL even fits into very tight installation spaces. Mercedes-Benz is now the first vehicle manufacturer to use the innovative solution in a series application.
Senzit is a smart air cleaner monitor which measures the status of air cleaners in real time and transfers service-relevant information to users via an app. The optimal planning of maintenance saves time and brings many advantages to the customer.
The new air filters from MANN+HUMMEL, Aircube Pro Power S and Nanoclass Cube Pro Power S, were developed for gas turbines. Using a synthetic filter medium, the filters are also able to meet the requirements of the extreme operating conditions found on oil platforms at sea. The filters are robust,...
Ludwigsburg, July 18, 2018 - FreciousComfort is the name of the new filter series from MANN+HUMMEL for air conditioning and ventilation technology. It combines particle filtration with anti-allergenic and anti-microbial functions. The filters block fine dust and free allergens to restrict the growth...
New commercial vehicle models are aerodynamic, safe, economic and the result of intensive development work. With its extensive filter design and manufacturing expertise, MANN+HUMMEL was able to become a supplier of air cleaners for a new cabin generation.
Maximum filter performance and pleasant engine sound in the smallest installation space – these were the PSA requirements for the air cleaner system for its new 4-cylinder diesel engine. MANN+HUMMEL developed the right solution through the intelligent integration of different functions.
Senzit provides more uptime to our customers and manages fleet maintenance. It uses sensors to monitor the air filter status of agricultural, construction or mining machinery. In addition to the filter load status and remaining filter lifetime, Senzit also registers the number of machine hours...
The extended IQORON VP compact air cleaner series covers nominal flow rates in the range of 14 to 33 m3/min. MANN+HUMMEL developed the compact two-stage air cleaner with new VarioPleat element for heavy duty off-highway applications with an output up to 370 kW with very tight installation space. In...
Ludwigsburg, September 25, 2017 – The combustion of diesel fuel in the vehicle engine at high temperatures produces various pollutants such as particulate matter and nitrogen oxides, which are released into the outside air via the exhaust gases.
Ludwigsburg, Germany, September 08, 2017 – MANN+HUMMEL products ensure the air is clean inside the vehicle. Around the world people are suffering under the increasing air pollution. Against this background the solutions in the field of filtration have to be just as varied as the types of...
Commercial vehicle manufacturers always place high demands on the robust product quality of air cleaners for the Asian market. Pressure to lengthen the service intervals under high-dust operating conditions is also increasing. MANN+HUMMEL has developed two new air cleaners for this purpose. Both...
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The Audi Q5 has become one of the company's best-selling models. Therefore, Audi has built a new factory in Mexico to meet the globally growing demand of the SUV sector. The MANN+HUMMEL plant located close to the vehicle production facility is ideally placed to supply components for the Q5.
Dr. Martin Lehmann is Vice President Product Champion Air Filtration. In an interview, he provides an insight on how MANN+HUMMEL is driving the holistic development of air filtration and what the air cleaners of the future will look like.
FILTRON with its headquarters in Poland is the most-frequently chosen filter brand in Central and Eastern Europe, with a comprehensive product range, excellent market coverage and high-quality filters for motor cars and commercial vehicles.
MANN+HUMMEL USA has recently launched a new air cleaner system for a very important line of mid-sized SUVs of General Motors. This program is the first air induction system for General Motors, which is produced in the MANN+HUMMEL plant in Dunlap, Tennessee.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) and MANN+HUMMEL can look back on a development and supplier relationship spanning many years. Following on from the Jeep Renegade, the Jeep Compass (C-SUV) is the latest vehicle to be fitted with a compact and robust air cleaner system from MANN+HUMMEL.
Lower displacement, fewer cylinders – the downsizing of engines has led to the powerful engine sound being lost. Thanks to sound modules from MANN+HUMMEL, drivers are once again able to hear this sound.


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LINCOLN, Nebraska, Oct. 28, 2019 – Nebraska Extension and USDA Farm Service Agency in Nebraska will host a series of Farm Bill education meetings over the next two months to assist producers as they begin to make farm-bill related program decisions. The 2018 Farm Bill, signed into law last December, reauthorized the existing Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) safety net programs that were in the 2014 Farm Bill, however producers will need to make new program enrollment decisions over the coming months.
While the ARC and PLC programs under the new farm bill remain very similar to the previous farm bill, a few program changes coupled with changes in market conditions and outlook could significantly impact producer decisions.
"These meetings will help producers understand the programs and recent changes, as well as the decisions to be made at sign-up now and in the coming years," said Nancy Johner, State Executive Director for the USDA Farm Service Agency in Nebraska. "There are some changes, such as an optional PLC program yield update, and other tweaks to the ARC and PLC programs that producers should consider as they make their selections."
"Producers face a familiar choice between ARC and PLC, but under very different circumstances now as compared to 2014," said Brad Lubben, Policy Specialist with Nebraska Extension. "Understanding the program mechanics, analysis and available decision tools will help producers make sound enrollment decisions with FSA."
The joint Nebraska Extension and Nebraska Farm Service Agency producer education meetings are scheduled at 28 locations across the state from late November to mid-December in advance of the coming ARC/PLC enrollment deadlines in early 2020.
The meetings are all free and open to the public. Advance registration is encouraged for planning purposes for materials and facilities. Attendees can register for any of the meetings conveniently on the web at farmbill.unl.edu or by calling or visiting their county FSA or Extension office. The educational programs are each set to run three hours in length, featuring information and insight from FSA specialists and Extension experts, as well as other relevant information from local agencies.
The meetings are available statewide with several locations in each region of the state. The tentative schedule is as follows:
Panhandle/North Central
Ainsworth – Ainsworth Lutheran Church – December 16, 2-5 PM
Bridgeport – Prairie Winds Community Center – November 22, 2-5 PM
Chadron – Chadron State College – December 17, 1:30-4:30 PM
Ogallala – Keith County Fairgrounds Exhibit Hall – December 12, 1-4 PM
Valentine – Mid Plains Community College – December 16, 9 AM-12 NOON
Broken Bow – Custer County Fairgrounds – December 16, 1-4 PM
Imperial – Chase County Fairgrounds 4-H Building – November 26, 1:30-4:30 PM
Kearney – Buffalo County Fairgrounds Antelope Meeting Room – December 17, 1-4 PM
Lexington – Dawson County Fairgrounds Extension Meeting Room – December 2, 1-4 PM
McCook – Red Willow County Fairgrounds Community Building – December 3, 1:30-4:30 PM
North Platte – UNL West Central Research and Extension Center – December 18, 1:30-4:30 PM
Ord – Valley County Fairgrounds Exhibit Hall – December 4, 1-4 PM
Bloomfield – Community Center – December 2, 1:30-4:30 PM
Columbus – Ag Park – December 4, 9 AM-12 NOON
O'Neill – Community Center – December 3, 9 AM-12 NOON
Norfolk – Northeast Community College Lifelong Learning Center – December 18, 1-4 PM
Wayne – Wayne Fire Hall – December 16, (2 meetings) 1-4 PM or 6-9 PM
West Point – Nielsen Center – December 9, 9 AM-12 NOON
East Central
Grand Island – College Park Fonner Park Room – December 5, 1-4 PM
Mead – UNL Eastern Nebraska Research and Extension Center – December 3, 9 AM-12 NOON
Scribner – Dodge County Fairgrounds Mohr Auditorium – December 11, 9 AM-12 NOON
York – York County Fairgrounds Cornerstone Building – December 6, 9 AM-12 NOON
Beatrice – Gage County Fairgrounds 4-H Building – December 17, 9 AM-12 NOON
Bruning – Bruning Opera House – December 5, 1:30-4:30 PM
Humboldt – Ag Building – December 12, 9 AM-12 NOON
*Lincoln – Lancaster County Extension Center – December 16, 9 AM-12 NOON
Red Cloud – Community Center – November 25, 1-4 PM
Weeping Water – Cass County Fairgrounds – December 3, 9 AM-12 NOON
Please check the website for updates on locations, dates and times. All times are local with registration beginning 30 minutes ahead of start. Several additional meetings also are being planned locally across the state in various locations. Keep alert to additional opportunities and details as they are developed by checking the website for information or by contacting your county Extension or FSA office. *Please note the date for the Lincoln meeting is Dec. 16, which is a correction from a previously published date for that meeting.
There also are resources available online that can educate producers in their ARC/PLC decision-making process. Links to these resources are available from FSA at www.fsa.usda.gov/ne under the Spotlights section or from Extension at farmbill.unl.edu.


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Getting Started With Your .NET App on AWS – Part 1 Setup
AWS has many services. AWS provides nearly 100 services: many types of virtual servers, several types of storage services, ways for you to build and deploy your application on virtual networks. machine learning.
For our simple web application, in this series I'll start with AWS Elastic Beanstalk. But you can also deploy .NET applications to AWS Lamdba for serverless apps or to Docker Containers on ECS. AWS supports the AWS Management Console or Git or Eclipse or Visual Studio to upload the application. This walkthrough will use Visual Studio.
Getting Started with Containers for ASP.NET Developers on Windows
Containers give you a way to run you application in a controlled environment, isolated from other applications running on the machine and from the underlying infrastructure.
It means that when you go to deploy, all the dependencies are published together. So you can finally say, "It worked on my machine" and mean it. All the dependencies with the same versions in your container will be there when you deploy to the cloud.
'Exited with code 9009' publishing .NET Core app to Azure Websites
I recently installed a fresh copy of Visual Studio 2017 on a new computer. And I am migrating some code from .NET 4.6 to .NET Core. After some hair pulling over changes in the libraries, it now compiles and runs great.
But when I go to deploy to Azure Websites I get errors that look like this:
The command "bower install" exited with code 9009.
The command "npm install" exited with code 9009.
So what is Bower, and Gulp and why are they interesting in a code migration?
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Snippet – Setting MIME Types (Font Awesome or Custom Fonts or Json File Extensions Doesn't Work When Deployed on Windows)
When using custom fonts on Windows Azure, users have reported issues. For example, Font Awesome icons would not display. Or even if the fonts do display, it might not display correctly on some devices, such as Windows Phones.
In other cases, you may have a file type that does not map to the right MIME type.
In fact, I exposed most of the JSON files with the .txt extension just to avoid the issue of IIS not serving up .JSON files as expected.
It turns out — the issue is that IIS 7 – 8.1 serves up the wrong MIME type for web font files. So you need to be sure the right MIME types are being served up for your font files, as shown here: Proper MIME type for fonts.
When deploying to an IIS servers you need to add MIME support.


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It's almost assuredly an issue with one of your background programs. For example, if I have Razer Synapse open, it crashes BnS at random within 30 minutes.
Thank you for that. I've missed amusing myself with Fox clips. :D
Couldn't an FM Gon have been the problem to start with? Maybe they froze the server D: SEND THE LYN, they're close enough to hamsters that you don't need any major server architecture alterations!
Best unintentional pun ever.
Nor can I. It was amusing the first time I saw it, then it just got creepy, then it got sad.
We have the constant "OMG ALIENWARE" spam, in addition to the teenage boy pretending to be a teenage girl, constant racism against the Lyn. We have things worse than what you said, but I'm not going to bring up what they are purely to prevent others from repeating the drivel. Let's just say most of them are inappropriate.
Reallllllly? Because CO Master Hong chat is...I don't even have words. We have a teenage boy pretending to be a 13 year old girl saying things I can't even repeat for fear of being given a warning.
Cerulean Order faction chat is cancerous.
One person on board, thousands to go. We're getting there! Who's up for a dance party ya'll?
Who said you have to dance? You can be the DJ! Or...a waiter? I don't know! DANCE PARTY GUISE
So who wants to host a super awesome dance party while we wait for the servers?
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Gear replied to Nekai's topic in General DiscussionSame here. If I had to guess, either the servers crashed or are getting DDoS'd. Bare minimum the login server crashed.
Gear replied to Tjaranis's topic in General DiscussionI fail to see how the difficulty is "arbitrary" by any means. Arbitrary difficulty is any of the following (For MMOs): Pure gear/math checks (IE: Can't kill a boss because it has more HP regen (Or an enrage timer) than you put out in optimized DPS, or tank checks). Ping difficulty (The lag is real) Overpopulated mob spawns Imbalanced repair costs/money gain/etc. Anti-grouping mechanics (Forced solo instancing, bad loot mechanics, bad boss-to-player stat scaling) NOT arbitrary: Difficult skill rotations. In-depth class and game mechanic knowledge. (Your complaint). Pacing AI complexity If you don't enjoy a challenge, don't play the game - but don't pretend it's some failing of the combat system, which is where this game clearly shines. If you want to blame BnS for anything, blame it for the overall bland feeling outside of combat, horrible loot system, and massively imbalanced sell/buy prices at vendors during early levels. The combat system is by far better than most MMOs.
Anyway to achieve full screen?
Gear replied to 893467_1452550593's topic in General DiscussionIt's actually a glitch, it's real full screen. To fix the glitch, simply alt-tab out and back in any time your mouse wanders outside of the screen.
Remove the bid system.
Gear replied to Militiaman's topic in General DiscussionI still think FFXIV:ARR did it best - random dice roll, need/greed/pass options, need only available to classes the item is for and takes priority over greed, and rare items you already have can not be rolled for. The bid system doesn't seem all that bad, minus the amount of time it can take on bosses with 4+ desirable rare drops.


text: GoWomen: Life, Liberty, Happiness July 11 2018 FROM THE DESK OF THE PRESIDENT Life, Liberty, Happiness Many of us spent last week celebrating this nation's declaration of independence, a step taken in the name of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. These ideals are not limited by time, race, gender or borders. Our understanding of who these inalienable rights apply to, what life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness mean, have expanded since they were first set to paper. And, I believe, will continue to expand. What does true freedom, for all people, look like? What do we want it to look like? Freedom from violence; to live and have a family in a safe community, without fear of violence from the state or others. Freedom to make our own decisions; to control our own bodies; to decide if and when to have a family. Freedom to speak out, to tell our truths and have our voices heard. Freedom to dare to pursue our dreams. Across our communities, women and men are fighting to protect these freedoms: life for the domestic violence survivors seeking asylum in the U.S.; liberty for the children and parents detained at the southern border; safety and happiness for women and youth harassed and abused at work, at school or anywhere else. I am looking forward to celebrating some of our community's freedom fighters, those daring to take action and to speak truth to power, at Dare to Create on Thursday, July 19 at Harold Washington Library and the 33rd Annual Luncheon + Symposium, TRUTH+DARE, on Tuesday, September 18 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago. I hope you'll join us. With highest hopes, K. Sujata President/CEO Chicago Foundation for Women 33rd Annual Luncheon + Symposium: TRUTH+DARE Tickets are available for the 33rd Annual Luncheon + Symposium,TRUTH+DARE, to be held on Tuesday, September 18 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago, and featuring a conversation between Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman and Chicago Tribune columnist Heidi Stevens. When you purchase a ticket to the Annual Luncheon, you make an investment in programs, services and advocacy by and for women and girls in the Chicago region. This event regularly sells out – secure your spot today! YOUTH+DARE Across our communities, young people are daring to speak out and demand change to create safe, just and healthy communities for all. Join Chicago Foundation for Women to hear from a new generation of leaders at YOUTH+DARE, the free and public Morning Symposium before the Annual Luncheon on Tuesday, September 18. You'll also have the opportunity to connect with members of our community committed to ending gender bias, so that you leave informed and inspired to perform your own acts of daring. Please note that space is limited, and registration is required to attend. OUR NEWS Dare to Create Join CFW on Thursday, July 19, for Dare to Create, an evening of performances and presentations by local artists sharing how they use art to advocate for change and daring to create a better world for all women and girls. Dare to Create will feature performances by temp workers from Chicago Workers' Collaborative's Workers' Theater; 2nd Story, Chicago's longest running storytelling performance organization; The Viola Project, empowering girls through the works of Shakespeare; and more! Meet the performers and register here. Statements on Trump Administration's "Zero Tolerance" Policy Image courtsey of Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees. Chicago Foundation for Women joined women's funds across the world in a joint statement calling for the end of "zero tolerance" policies to detain and prosecute immigrant families at the border. "Chicago Foundation for Women believes in the right to parent your children in safe communities, without fear of violence from individuals or governments. Immigrant justice is reproductive justice, and immigrant rights are women's rights. We call on the Trump administration to end the 'zero tolerance' policy, to end the detention and deportation of immigrant families." Read the full statement here. CFW also joined more than 190 philanthropic institutions from across the country in signing onto a joint statement from Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees in support of children and families seeking refuge in the United States: "We, the undersigned, stand united in our belief that separating families, as well as detaining them together indefinitely, is morally unacceptable and traumatic for parents and children. We have a collective responsibility to act with compassion when responding to the needs of those who come to our country seeking protection. We urge our grantmaking colleagues to join us in speaking out, shifting the public discourse locally and nationally, boldly taking action, and responding generously and swiftly to on-the-ground needs." CFW Staff Announcements CFW is thrilled to announce the promotion of Maleia Scuefield-Ransom to Community Engagement Officer and Lora York to Senior Program Officer. Maleia joined CFW as the Foundation Assistant in 2017 and has quickly made herself an integral part of the team. As Community Engagement Officer, Maleia will facilitate and coordinate CFW grantee and community programs, as well as provide technical assistance and capacity building support to CFW grantees. Maleia previously worked in healthcare; she took her passion for helping others and directed her focus to foundational work. She is excited to connect and build with the vast communities in Chicago! Lora York joined CFW in 2012 as the Foundation Manager. She has served as the sole program officer for CFW for nearly four years, managing CFW's grantmaking program. Previously, Lora worked at the Eleanor Foundation and for more than 10 years assisted the organization through its strategic transition from direct service provider to public foundation. Lora has spent her whole career working on issues impacting women and girls and is proud to continue working with a community of women that envision a city that is a leader on gender equity. New Board Members CFW is pleased to announce the election of five new members to our Board of Directors: James L. Alexander, Joan Trueheart Bacon, Regina Cross, Kathleen McDonald and Michael Narciso, effective July 1. "Our new board members bring with them diverse backgrounds from across Chicago's business and nonprofit sectors, and are ready to put their expertise to work solving the most pressing issues facing women and girls in our region," CFW President/CEO K. Sujata said. "I would like to thank outgoing board members Nick Brunick, Ginny Holt, Jennifer Steans, Courtney VanLonkhuyzen Welton and past chair Wendy White Eagle for their service and leadership in helping guide Chicago Foundation for Women over the years, and their steadfast commitment to the women and girls of our region." Register for Fall Board Member Boot Camp! Registration for the fall session of Board Member Boot Camp is now open! Board Member Boot Camp is a comprehensive and interactive two-and-a-half day training for individuals interested in nonprofit board service. This training is designed for individuals with limited or no experience on nonprofit boards. Participants gain an understanding of board roles and responsibilities, nonprofit financials, fundraising, and diversity, equity and inclusion in board development. Participants will meet with local organizations to explore ways to begin their nonprofit board service at an evening networking event. Fall 2018 Boot Camp will take place on October 13 and October 20. Early bird registration closes on Friday, August 17 at 12:00 p.m. Need-based scholarships are available. Learn more and register here. IN THE NEWS Investing in Women + Communities In many of our communities most impacted by violence and policing, women are holding families and communities together. What if, to address community violence, we invested in safe, healthy and stable families and communities? What if we invested in women? In her latest for Chicago Woman Magazine, K. Sujata looks at how local groups are coming together to invest in women in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood. Read the full piece here. CFW on The Broad Cast CFW President/CEO K. Sujata joined Linda Tortolero, President and CEO of CFW grantee Mujeres Latinas en Acción, and WeWill Founder Alexandra Eidenberg on The Broad Cast podcast to discuss the surge of activism by women, how each of organization is working on the ground to build an inclusive movement for women's equity and how we can all get involved. Listen to the full episode here. GRANTEES IN THE NEWS – Sharmili Majmudar, interim CEO at Women Employed, wrote an Op Ed for Crain's Chicago Business advocating for the Chicago Fair Workweek Ordinance to support reliable schedules for hourly workers. – HEART Women and Girls was featured on NPR Weekend Edition Saturday sharing the years-long efforts to create a #MeToo moment within Muslim communities around the country and raise awareness of sexual abuse, while also challenging external Islamophobia that may prevent survivors from reporting abuse. – YWCA Evanston/North Shore is marking one year of service at their new 16-unit apartment community, providing domestic violence survivors and their children a safe place to heal and begin to make plans for the future. Read the feature in the Chicago Tribune. The State of Choice – The ACLU of Illinois defended the state's law ensuring women receive accurate information from health care providers in light of the Supreme Court decision overturning a California law requiring pregnancy crisis centers to tell clients about the availability of contraception, abortion and prenatal care at little or no cost. The Illinois law "ensures that if a patient goes to the doctor they can expect to be given the information they need to understand their medical circumstances and treatment options," said Lorie Chaiten, Director of the Reproductive Rights Project of the Roger Baldwin Foundation of ACLU. Adds Jennifer Welch, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Illinois, "Patients seeking health care or counseling during pregnancy require and deserve accurate information. Fake women's health centers are lying to women, withholding medical information and cutting off access to care." Read the full article here. – Harper's Bazaar wrote about the work of Midwest Access Coalition (MAC) to help women across the Midwest access safe abortion care by helping coordinate and pay for travel, housing and food during their trip. Demand for MAC's services has doubled to 165 women last year, and they expect to see further increases. Read the full piece here. – A new study found that the Midwest has fewer abortion clinics than any other region in the U.S. In Illinois there is roughly one clinic for every 120,135 women of reproductive age. Lorie Chaiten, Director of the Reproductive Rights Project of the Roger Baldwin Foundation of ACLU, called the Midwest "a very troubling place in the country," when it comes to reproductive health care. "It's quite clear that Illinois is kind of a hub in the middle of the country," said Chaiten. "And even here, people have access problems. You definitely see people coming from other parts of the Midwest and even farther to access care they can't get in their home state." Read the full article here. OUR COMMUNITY Join a Giving Council or Circle of CFW Increase your investments in women and girls and leverage your dollars by contributing them to a collective fund as a member of one of the Giving Councils or Circles of CFW. Giving Council and Circle members have the opportunity to review proposals from local nonprofits working to benefit women and girls in the Chicago region and recommend funding to groups of their choice. Bring fresh ideas, unique perspectives and new energy to philanthropic leadership and advocacy. Break barriers and expand Chicago Foundation for Women's grantmaking. Learn more about how you can get involved in the Giving Councils and Circles of CFW here. Free Virtual Leadership Series Every Thursday in July, join Affinity Community Services as they host The Blackprint. This webinar series will offer dynamic panel discussions that will feature proven leaders from across the country. This series is free and open to everyone! The Blackprint: Building Economic Power will be held tomorrow, July 12, at 12:00 pm CST. Learn more and reserve your spot today. The Impact of HB40 Illinois' HB40 law ensures that all women, wherever they work and however much money they make, have access to the full range of reproductive health care. A health center manager at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Chicago's South Suburbs recalls moments when patients learn that, thanks to HB40, their abortion care is covered by insurance. "When they find out that their Medicaid covers it, we've had some get emotional," she said. "They cry, they say thank you, they're very relieved. It's one less burden they have and they're very grateful for that." Read the full article here. Leave a Legacy of Purpose with CFW A former welder, and the daughter of farmers, Reverend Willie Taplin Barrow does not fit the stereotypical image of a philanthropist. But as a leader in Chicago's civil rights movement, Rev. Barrow believed in breaking barriers and challenging the status quo. Thanks to her estate, Rev. Barrow's legacy and fierce commitment to justice lives on through The Willie Taplin Barrow Fund for Black Women's Leadership at Chicago Foundation for Women. There are many ways to leave your legacy at Chicago Foundation for Women. To learn more about planned giving visit www.cfw.org/plannedgiving, or contact Katy Thomas at 312.577.2836 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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In the Shrink Rap Radio podcast, on a YouTube video, an episode delves into online counselling. Podcast host psychiatrist Roy interviews Clay Cockrell from the Online Counselling Directory and podcast.
The benefits and ethics of online counselling are established, and Cockrell, an expert in e-health, talks about the current status of the field and its future, and how more and more therapists are using the technology in their practices. Their clients are asking them to, for the convenience and access.
Watch more episodes of the Shrink Rap Radio podcast on their YouTube channel.


text: This is the most beautiful fall I can remember. We haven't had a frost yet, which is quite unusual. We typically see our first frost around September 25th in our cold valley. This fall we head right into the fields at 7:30 in the morning to begin harvest; most years we have to wait for the vegetables to thaw (literally). The vegetables we are delivering speak of fall, warm soups and hearty dishes. Fall crops are patient. We harvest them when it fits our schedule. Summer crops demand daily harvests or they over ripen. Fall crops wait in and on the ground. Squashes, beets, radishes, celeriac, kale, carrots, even lettuce. We gather all of our workers together for these large harvests. During the summer we usually have several harvest crews out at once, finishing one harvest and on to the next. This time of year we use large bins to carry the vegetables. They get stacked high in a large cooler and wait for us to come clean them. David and Jesse are busy tilling the ground and planting cover crops on gardens that only a few weeks ago were bursting with food. We are thankful for the great weather and plentiful crops we had this season. The frost will eventually come, it always does; but this warm weather is certainly out of character.


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Today is the feast of Bl. Robert Drury, a priest who was martyred at Tyburn in 1607.
Robert Drury was born in Buckinghamshire c.1567. He went to Rheims to study for the priesthood and then to Valladolid. In 1593, he was ordained and returned to England.
He ministered in secret in London for a number of years, often staying at a safe house where St. Anne Line (whose feast day is tomorrow) sheltered priests.
Anne Line was hanged at Tyburn in 1601: "I am sentenced to die for harbouring a Catholic priest, and so far I am from repenting for having so done, that I wish, with all my soul, that where I have entertained one, I could have entertained a thousand."
After the failure of the Gunpowder Plot in 1605, in which Robert Catesby, Guy Fawkes, and other Catholics planned to blow up the House of Lords on the 5th of November, the situation in England became even more desperate for priests.
In 1606, King James I imposed a new oath of allegiance which Robert Drury, in conscience, could not take. He was arrested and confined to Newgate prison. He was condemned for priesthood, and on February 26, 1607, he was dragged to Tyburn on a hurdle and hanged, drawn, and quartered.
Robert Drury was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1987.


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Perhaps 10 years is too long in this particular setting.
It has been awhile since I updated this blog. I have been busy, and the business is reaching a feverish pitch as annual reviews blend in with end of year checklists and tasks and re-evaluations and on top of that, my own campaign to find another job.
All of this adds up to more stress on top of a job that has been stressful all year long with all sorts of issues. But I have always met all of the challenges and dealt with them. Every year, I somehow make it through and marvel at how I ever did it.
Not everyone can handle the stress that is involved with serving individuals with severe disabilities. But most teachers I know do not cite the students as the biggest stressors. Lack of administrative support and the huge burden of paperwork rank among the top reasons educators leave the field of special education.
I have not talked about a former colleague of mine lately, although he does occasionally keep in touch. The stress on him was so heavy that he had a nervous breakdown and was carried out on a stretcher…more than once. I remember thinking those few years ago that I did not want things to get that bad. And maybe then it was that I began to look around at other options.
My first 6 years of teaching here, I drove the bus for our community outings, and so each year I had to get a bus physical. It wasn't much of a physical, but it was at least blood pressure, pulse and weight. And none of those numbers fluctuated very much. I was generally healthy. However I did smoke. Smoking, besides all the health and social costs is also expensive and addicting. It was the fact that I was tired of being an addict that I finally quit a couple years ago. And then my weight ballooned so badly it was impacting my knees. So I began a diet and exercise program and managed to get the weight under control. All of these measures helped buy me more time and hopefully extended my shelf life.
But the load and stress this year has finally taken its toll. I was feeling a bit dizzy the last couple of days and had the school nurse take my blood pressure. And sure enough it was high. Not ER high, but a source of major concern nonetheless. The paras got a bit worried and called the nurse to check me again in the afternoon, and by then I was back in my normal range. I half-joked that they were overly concerned because if something happened to me, they might actually have to do some work! Ha ha!
So I am wondering: Are there a number of other teachers out there stressing more than usual this year? Has it taken a toll health-wise? I know I have a number of areas where I can improve my life style, mainly getting more sleep and laying off the caffeine. Those two alone can probably get me back in the normal range if I can also reduce some stress. Hopefully I can survive the next couple of weeks when all my annual reviews are done and I have less overhead….hopefully. They always like to pile on more and more at the end and so much of it seems needless.
I do want to write more, and that is one way to vent off a bit. And I also want to do a little series about the past ten years "by the numbers."
But I need to make it through the next couple of weeks without having to be carted off in a gurney!


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02 August 2006 – Daily Star
The Billionaire Reuben brothers and their backers gazumped Barclays Capital yesterday in the battle for retirement homes builder McCarthy & Stone.
Their £1.1 billion offer, valuing the builder at £10.75 a share, was agreed by McCarthy chairman Keith Lovelock hours after being made.
He said he was recommending it to McCarthy shareholders "with no hesitation".
Management is withdrawing its recommendation for the earlier offer of £10.30 a share from a rival consortium led by Barclays and venture capital firm Permira.
It will have to pay the Barclays team a £10 million break fee.
David and Simon Reuben hold a third of the consortium, while Bank of Scotland has 58% and retail entrepreneur Sir Tom Hunter 8.4%.
Lovelock said: "The price proposed is a great endorsement of the quality of the McCarthy & Stone business".


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Poland is expected to relaunch a procedure to extradite Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski to the United States to face sentencing for a 1977 case of statutory rape.
In an announcement on Polish public radio today, Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro said he would appeal to the Polish Supreme Court to overturn a previous decision that Polanski should not face extradition.
"I've decided to file to the supreme court an appeal over the ruling... in which the... court decided not to extradite Mr Polanski to the US in a situation when he's accused of and wanted for... a rape of a child," Mr Ziobro said, state news agency PAP reports.
The original decision, made by a local court in the southern city of Krakow in October 2015, ruled that Polanski should not be sent to the US.
Prosecutors agreed at the time that the decision was "justified", with the court levelling fierce criticisms at the original US investigation into the filmmaker's case.
While one of Polanski's lawyers at the time said that the decision "ends the legal proceedings" against the 82-year French-Polish director, Mr Ziobro described the ruling as "surprising" and announced a review into the decision.
Polanski is still wanted by the US for sentencing over the 1977 statutory rape of Samantha Geimer after a photo shoot in Los Angeles.
She was 13 at the time, while Polanski was 43.
Polanski pleaded guilty to unlawful sex with a minor, or statutory rape, avoiding a trial, but then fled the country fearing a hefty sentence.
He was re-arrested in 2009 in Switzerland, but later released when Swiss authorities denied a US extradition request.


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Assistant Chief Engineer
Responsible to assist the Chief Engineer with the planning, implementation, coordination, and supervision of mechanical operations, maintenance, communications, energy management, and manpower development programs for assigned properties. The Assistant Chief Engineer will perform at the highest of ethical standards, reflecting the core values of Codina as defined in its Business Code of Conduct, Policies and Procedures Manual, and other related company policies. The position typically requires hands-on operational duties, maintenance work, and is not precluded from performing Watch Activity.
- Supervises maintenance staff in the absence of the Chief Engineer and assigns and monitors maintenance projects for them
- Assists with maintenance/engineering issues (plumbing, HVAC, electrical) as required
- Remains proficient in the Codina Engineering Standards and all operational aspects of building systems
- Provides for quality assurance by creating and implementing preventive maintenance programs and recommending improvements to existing programs on an ongoing basis
- Develops/maintains effective building-specific maintenance and safety procedure manuals
- Assist with the preparation of Annual Budgets and reporting requirements
Coordinates/Conducts staff training
- Completes all mandatory Codina Compliance Training, including the Annual Safety Training Program and directs staff subordinates to do so as well
- Coordinates maintenance efforts with outside contractors and technicians
- Conducts regular inspections of operating mechanical, electrical, and equipment systems; makes necessary adjustments to operating equipment and controls
- Conducts periodic inspections of mechanical equipment rooms and work areas to ensure clean and safe conditions are maintained
- Ensures all mechanical equipment, systems, and electrical distribution are properly identified, labeled, color-coded and/or tagged as required, and that mechanical rooms are painted
- Ensures all mechanical equipment rooms are painted and identified as required
- Responds quickly to emergency situations (i.e. fire, evacuation, equipment failure, etc.) and customer concerns
- Maintains ongoing communication with tenants, clients, property management, and vendors
- Assists with the administration of inventory control programs and systems
- Coordinates development of and/or maintain as-built drawings, equipment manuals
- Participates in and provide input for maintenance staff's year-end reviews conducted by the Chief Engineer
- Prepares and maintains engineering reports
- Ensures compliance with applicable codes, regulations, governmental agency, and company directives as it relates to building operations
High School Diploma or GED Equivalent
5+ years of related work experience in operating mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems in a commercial property setting
Interested applicants can send their resume to: email@example.com


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Crowdfunding Review – EquityNet
Business planning wasn't meant to be easy. That's why there are thousands of college degrees available to students of higher education to get the proper training that they need to succeed in the business world. Regardless of how much experience and knowledge you have however, you may often find yourself needing additional support to not only manage the success of your business, but find additional support to grow your offering to new heights. Our hunt for such support led us to hundreds of web sites, most of which had merely provided us with a dead end. However, when we reached EquityNet.com, we realized that we had stepped on a potential gold mine for business people and investors alike.
EquityNet.com's software is far more than just business planning. By providing a complete analysis of your plans, as well as incorporating your current funding and revenue streams, this platform can essentially tell you if you'll have the funding, customer base, and competitive edge to actually deliver on a pending plan. With professional reports and graphics, you can also deliver your business plan in a manner that's understandable to those who may not have the insight that you do when it comes to business tactics.
The business analysis software takes things a step further to help you develop your next business plan. By understanding costs and revenue of competitive companies in the same industry as you, the system can help uncover both strengths and weaknesses within your plan. Additionally, you can further make optimizations by creating "What If" scenarios, which may have very well been the feature that kept us busiest out of everything this in-depth tool has to offer the common business person.
Finally, the business funding network may just be one of the fastest ways of communication between investors and small business owners. No matter which role you play, EquityNet.com gives you full insight into the interest of each one, with full profiles that give you a heads up as to what an investor is looking for. You can then share your plan, or communicate your interests at your free will to help you find the funding that you need.
EquityNet is a premier service for your Equity Crowdfunding needs. If you're serious about getting funded by the crowd, this is support service to check out.
Review by Dustin
EquityNet was the first equity crowdfunding site I'd ever heard of here in the US. I used their software and support last year to get my business off the ground and have since raised over $350,000 in funding from angel investors.
Review by James K
Very glad I took a look at EquityNet, it really has made a huge increase in funding for my research projects.
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Hey! I'm so glad I found this article toihngt. Thanks for sharing your own experience with Kickstarter. I just recently made a big personal and business investment by purchasing (read: saving from becoming scrap metal!) an old letterpress printing machine. I've dreamed of having one since I was in art school 10 years ago, and while I love being a graphic designer in a digital age, I miss inky hands and messy aprons.I've been considering a Kickstarter (or similar) campaign to raise some funds to get my press into working order. It needs some fixing up, though each moment I get to spend doing it will still be a labor of love. As far as I know, I'll have the only press of its kind in my area and I'm hoping to open it up for educational purposes once I get it running and become familiar with it myself. I'd love to be able to share my passions with other people here in our growing arts community (and anyone else interested, of course).I totally feel the pangs of self-doubt and apprehension—are my passions worthy of someone elses' support especially financial support? Who am I to reveal my needs (even if they are backed closely by those same passions)?Ah, but Jane's response makes me smile so much. Growing personally (or professionally) and offering to grow others around you along the way is such a great perspective to take. Worthy cause, indeed. But Emma pretty much summed it up nicely with: "Hey, art is is important and we have to support each other!"Again, thanks so much for this. I have a lot to think about, but I'm really glad to know I'm not the only one asking these questions or wrestling these fears.
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I'm a one man army and I'm doing everything on my own, so every chance I can get something done faster is very important for my business. The last thing I want is to waste days if not weeks planning for a crowdfunding project, just to find out I planned it wrong from the get go. Having a solid planning software should help avoid that sort of problem, even though it won't eliminate it completely of course. Equitynet should become very popular to businessmen like me.
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Even though I have not yet tried EquityNet.com, I like what I am hearing about them, especially the fact that they are more business oriented. My husband and I are planning on starting up a carpenter business soon, and will definitely need all the help we can get!
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I like equitynet.com because if you are trying to gain funds for your business, they are the professional's choice. They have a more serious look which makes it easier to gain funding in larger amounts.


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do not like this home tour at all doesnt even look like christmas it does nothing for the holiday season . please dont repeat this design i;d rather have nothing then what i have seen.


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it's all good
observations on things that always make me smile and living life slightly 'out there'
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
coulrophobia be gone thanks to a clown from Wales
I admit to experiencing a wee bit of
that I might have contracted from my sister Rae
(I'd like to blame her for it anyway)
. Today I just faced my fear head-on when I went right up to the famed "Sausalito clown" of recent, Linzy Young who capped off my day perfectly. I boarded the 7:55pm ferry home after a long day at the office and Linzy sang songs and tied balloons for the 30 minute ride. Turns out he's been doing this all over the world for over ten years. For the past several weeks I've seen the results of his work as people are toting around gorgeous balloon art. He's quite a character and somehow I agreed I might take a stab at helping him write his story
(which I'm sure is interesting).
my friend Mike below happened to be part of the fun, he voted it
"one of his top five ferry rides ever"
the speed at which Linzy could tie these is amazing.
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Noonee Angus is a seedstock cattle business run by Netta Holmes Lee and family.
Our herd is based on a history of over 40 years of breeding excellence.
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are efficient converters of fodder to beef;
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pass stringent standards of fertility and performance to remain part of our breeding program.
The history of Noonee is steeped in legend that has been passed down within the Holmes family for generations along with the key breeding objectives which make the magnificent Noonee bulls.
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#86 – "Free To Be You And Me" (2006)
["Free To Be You And Me" starts at 4 minutes, 24 seconds into podcast.]
L.K.: I know TMBG has done a lot of covers, but I feel like we are getting a disproportionately large number of them relative to originals.
A.S.: I dunno, we haven't had any in a while.
A.S.: Oh yeah. Well. They do a fair number of covers!
L.K.: I guess I was wrong though, lately we haven't had too many, but earlier on I feel like we were getting a lot there for a while.
A.S.: Maybe slightly more than proportionate, but we can't trust the shuffle to run on proportions, eh?
L.K.: But yeah, this is a very short little podcast-exclusive cover.
A.S.: Yep, a 30-second little ditty. Takes the tempo of the original up a few notches.
L.K.: More pop-rocky and less mellow mid-70s hippie-y.
A.S.: Yep. The original, performed by Marlo Thomas is from a 1974 TV special for children featuring a whole buttload of famous people.
L.K.: I can only assume the Johns wouldn't have watched the special when it aired because a 14-year-old wouldn't want to watch some dorky children's thing. They were definitely at least aware of it though.
A.S.: Although the people in it could draw a lot of people outside of its target audience – Michael Jackson, Mel Brooks, Alan Alda, Harry Belafonte, Roberta Flack, Dionne Warwick, Tommy Smothers… Apparently Dustin Hoffman was in scenes that got deleted, too. I remember being aware of this special when I was really getting into Mel Brooks when I was younger, although I've never seen it, which isn't very helpful…
L.K.: You know, a few years before this song was released on a podcast, one of the Johns remarked that the song "Impossible" (from the "Bed Bed Bed" companion CD) was sort of their "low-rent version of 'Free To Be You And Me'", so the song seems to have been on their minds at least as of when they started doing children's music.
A.S.: I imagine they drew inspiration from this, much as they had from The Banana Splits – 60s and 70s kids songs that really any pop geek can enjoy on some level.
L.K.: Yep, I was just going to bring up The Banana Splits cover as another parallel. Lots of new covers of old songs in the glory days of the TMBG podcast. Interesting.
A.S.: Hopefully there will be at least one more in the new batch…
L.K.: Maybe they figured the podcast was just a good vehicle for that sort of thing. Stuff they wouldn't really have an excuse to do otherwise.
A.S.: Oh absolutely. Like most bands since the mid-60s, they tend to avoid putting covers on actual LPs, with a few exceptions. But they can't resist the urge to record other people's' songs anyway, so the podcast is the perfect outlet for that.
L.K.: I feel like TMBG has probably been bitten in the ass a bit every time they stick a cover on an album and it winds up eclipsing the songs they've written themselves in popularity, but that is a discussion better saved for "Istanbul" or "New York City".
A.S.: True, true. As for "Free To Be You And Me", here's a little cover that is very easy to ignore, given that it just comes and goes by on an early podcast, but it's still thirty seconds of fun (expert musicological analysis).


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Kid-run farmer's market, party for the planet, BSO Music Box fun, be a shipwreck detective… there are so many fun things happening in and around Charm City this weekend! Here are our best bets for kid-approved (and mom-and-dad-approved) fun!
Baltimore Family Events This Weekend
Saturday, April 26, 2014
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Music Box: Moo, Baa, Neigh
A clarinet quintet celebrates the barnyard noises of sheep, pigs, horses, cows with some sprightly music by Mozart; hosted by acclaimed actress, dancer and storyteller Maria Broom. The Music Box Series is a unique music program for young children ages 6 months to three years old and their families. Each performance features pre-concert activities hosted 30 minutes prior to the show by the BSO and partner organization Ready-at-Five. Saturday.
Party For the Planet
During Earth Week, The Maryland Zoo on-grounds Education programming will be themed as a "Party for the Planet." Visit during the week and celebrate Earth Day by learning how you can make the world a greener place. Seedling Giveaway: Take conservation home with our seedling giveaway. From 11:00am to 1:00pm, while supplies last, we will be giving away Bur Oak seedlings (Quercus macrocarpa) at the front gate. Saturday, 10 AM – 4 PM. Be sure to read this special advisory before going.
BUGS Farmer's Market (run by kids!)
This one-day, kid-run event offers hundreds of organically grown heirloom vegetable, flower and herb seedlings, student-made artwork, homemade dressings and granola. Throughout the course of the day, visitors will enjoy a dance performance, pony rides, samples and music. At Living Classroom, from 10 AM – 1 PM.
Dia del Nino at Patterson Park
Come celebrate the Day of the Child, based on the Mexican holiday. Say Ole with pinata bashing, face painting, and a book exchange! Dress up your bike at a Bikeadelic Workshop. At noon, a special artist will perform with audience participation from the children. 11 AM – 2 PM.
Green Works EcoFest
From scavenger hunts to tree plantings and main stage presentations EcoFest has something to keep every family member entertained. Join us in lovely Druid Hill Park to celebrate Earth Day! 11 AM – 5 PM.
Be a Shipwreck Detective at the Maryland Science Center
Come explore the ocean floor and uncover the history of sunken ships. Be a maritime archaeologist for the day: try on dive gear, learn about using sound to locate shipwrecks, and solve maritime mysteries. Part of the Get to Know NOAA —the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration— series that shows kids ages 5+ how NOAA takes the pulse of the planet every day and protects and manages ocean and coastal resources.
Sunday, April 27th
ROAR for Autism 2014
A bike ride, run, and family fun festival to raise awareness and money for Autism. Enjoy the spring weather on bike or foot and grab some healthy snacks from the Wegman's wellness village! 6:30 AM – 12 PM.
March for the Animals
The March for the Animals is the Maryland SPCA's largest annual fundraiser, raising over $365,000 for the animals. This 1.5 mile walkathon is a great way for animal-lovers to support the MD SPCA's mission of helping pets and people. The day is full of great activities including: pet contests, an agility course, training classes, pet demonstrations and entertainment. All of the money raised goes toward our adoption center, pet owner education, and the care of lost and homeless animals. 9 AM – 2 PM.
Baltimore Folk Music Society Spring Faire
Many of the performers welcome and encourage audience participation, so join right in! Dance the maypole, sing, and tell stories! Peruse the handcrafted items available for sale, bring a picnic, or buy food from vendors! On the front lawn of the Sherwood House. 12 PM – 5 PM at Cromwell Valley Park.
Beyond Dreidel: The Games We've Played
The die is cast. In preparing to host Project Mah Jongg, museum director and board game enthusiast, Marvin Pinkert has been investigating the bigger picture of Jewish involvement with games across at least four millennia. See some of the surprising facts he has discovered about the Jews who played chess, bridge, and other table games. Learn how Jewish promoters, packagers and salesmen created some of the most popular game trends of the last century. 1 PM. Free with paid admission.
Something to Croak About
Frogs will be singing and tadpoles will be swimming in the park's lake and streams. Hike the trails to the vernal pools to look for our amphibian friends. Ages 5+ at Robert E. Lee Park. Sunday from 2 PM – 4 PM.
Happening All Weekend Long
JHU Spring Fair 2014
Friends and neighbors, celebrate spring at America's largest student-run festival, organized by a passionate team of 45 undergraduates and two faculty advisors at Johns Hopkins University. Enjoy a fun weekend of funnel cakes, corn hole, carnival rides, and a cappella concerts at our Homewood Campus! This year the Kids Section will feature face painting, a petting zoo, ponies, inflatable rides, magicians, and many other attractions! Friday-Sunday.
Day Out with Thomas at the B & O Railroad Museum
Thomas the Tank Engine returns to the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore! Take a 25 minute train ride behind Thomas the Tank Engine, meet Sir Topham Hatt, and enjoy a full day of live entertainment, activities, and family fun! Saturday and Sunday.
USA Science & Engineering Festival
he USA Science & Engineering Festival is a national grassroots effort to advance STEM education and inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers. 3000 fun, hands-on activities for all ages (create your personal list of exhibits here) and over 150 stage shows, including music, magic, comedy and more (create your personal Stage Show Schedule here), a Career and College Fair for high-school students and a Book Fair with over 25 Featured Authors. Worth the drive to DC! Saturday and Sunday.
Pumpkin Theatre presents Jack and the Beanstalk
A mysterious man gives Jack magic beans that take him on a musical journey filled with gold and adventures! How will Jack and outsmart the Giant? Courage, luck, and hide-and-seek make all the difference in this Pumpkin Theatre performance! Shows at 1 PM and 3 PM, Saturday and Sunday.


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Small business owners, entrepreneurs and aspiring business owners are invited to attend Business Plan Basics on Monday, February 10, 2020. The class will run from 5:30-8:30 pm. at Western Dairyland Business Center, 418 Wisconsin St., Eau Claire. Class participants will learn how to create an effective and engaging business plan that can be presented to lenders and used to guide the launch and growth of a new business. Tuition is $29. Class materials are included. Scholarships are available for income-eligible individuals. After the class, attendees may request free, one-on-one assistance from Western Dairyland's Business Development Specialists at https://www.successfulbusiness.org/request_for_counseling.phtml to delve deeper into their individual small business concepts, including the preparation of a business plan with financial forecasting to present to lenders. A formal business plan is a required document for anyone in search of funding to start a new business, expand an existing business, or launch a new product. Fundamentally, a business plan will include a mission statement, business description, product description, market analysis, marketing plan, operations plan, management plan and financial projections. However, more than just a document, the process involved with putting the components of a business plan together will help the entrepreneur identify and mitigate risk.
Fee: $ 29.00
Pay online here or in person at the Western Dairyland office in Eau Claire. Because space is limited, pre-registration and payment is requested.
A program of Western Dairyland. Funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration. Agreements for persons with disabilities will be made at all times in accordance with the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 and associated amendments. Arrangements for persons with special needs will be made if requested at least two weeks in advance. This Institution is an Equal Opportunity Provider. Language assistance services are available for limited English proficient individuals. Member of the Association of Women's Business Centers.


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For a Good Time, Call… Zack & Miri
In this episode Michelle takes the gang on a journey through the sex industry as depicted in contemporary romantic comedies where gender roles have been switched in For A Good Time, Call (2012) and Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2009) challenges our conceptions of sex and love.
Throughout this episode we discuss Justin Long recycling gay characters that he has a reputation for, how Sweetly profane Kevin Smith can be, the highs and lows of Seth Rogan's career and the need for genuine afection as depicted in these films. This is followed by a movie round up that morphs into an in depth discussion of Cloud Atlas which we may return to in the future.
Seth Rogan, Elizabeth Banks, Justin Long
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We have much to learn from our oceans and the creatures that live within them. Not only are we discovering new fish and animals every year, but it is what's within them that's the real surprise. It turns out that some species of mollusks actually create toxins that can help scientists to come up with new medicines to treat some of our most dangerous diseases.
Recently, one of the most frequently researched mollusks is the cone snail, which is most often found throughout the Florida coast. As it turns out, scientists are on the cusp of using the toxins with these creatures to cure some pretty serious illnesses.
Advances in Treating Epilepsy
One of the many cures that we could obtain through cone mollusks is a future solution for those suffering from epilepsy, according to a Harvard Library report.
Like most living things, mollusks have their own way of trapping prey to get a meal. With these snails, it is a highly toxic venom. This dangerous toxin can be lethal to humans as well, but when scientists worked with it, they were able to use the paralyzing factors of the venom to help quell the effects of epilepsy.
Of course, not just any toxin or venom can be used for medications; it is the fact that this snail venom is loaded with hundreds of proteins that makes it so special. There is still much testing to do, but it looks to be promising research.
New Painkillers
The unique venom provided by these mollusks could also be developed into an extreme pain reliever for those suffering from back pain and more severe illnesses such as cancer, AIDS and other neurological disorders.
Prialt or Ziconotide are the latest medicines derived from the snail toxin. The medications taken from this substance is said to be 1,000 times more potent than morphine, according to Scienceline. The medication, which is mixed with several different conotoxins, is administered through the spine and is said to minimize these pains like few other medications can.
Some species of mollusks, such as the Conus regius, have alpha conotoxins in their venom which work to target the receptors that are directly linked to terrible diseases such as schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease, lung cancer and more.
Better Diabetes Treatments
Researchers in Australia have their own magnificent findings from mollusk research, including a potential treatment for diabetes. There, scientists took the venom of cone snails and discovered that it contains proteins called Con-Ins G1 which have been found to work faster than the insulin we have today, according to ScienceDaily. It is a momentous step and is a sure path to creating better treatments for diabetes.
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At Ocean Oracle, we offer a wide selection of incredible courses that are designed to instruct those who want to learn about the wonders of our ocean. Our Ocean Speake Online Seashell Reading Class series is a multi-module course that teaches you about the many wondrous shells of the ocean and the animals that create them.
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Goan taxi drivers are known for their rough behavior across the world, and despite all the efforts the Government did not manage to tackle the Taxi Mafia in the state. There are several stories of Taxi drivers threatening the passengers landing on Goa Airport in the past, but this time the issue blew out of proportion when the taxi drivers threatened the passengers come to Goa on a Mumbai – Goa Cruise Liner Angriya.
According to the report published by the Times of India, the local taxi drivers threatened around 30 passengers who arrived in Goa on Thursday on board the Mumbai – Goa Cruise Liner Angriya.
According to the sources, the local cruise liner Angriya arrived at Mormugao Port Trust cruise terminal on Thursday with the 30 corporate passengers on board who were then boarded on the Coach waiting for them at the terminal, but a group of agitated taxi drivers forced the tourists to use their services, forcing them out of the coach arranged for them by their travel agency.
This incident sent a very wrong message about the taxi service in Goa and the TTAG (Travel and Tourism Association of Goa) president Savio Messias had condemned the act of taxi drivers.
"This incident is going to land Angriya's operations in trouble. The passengers have said they will never return," adding that this "goondagiri" will not stop here and "even international tourists will be affected," he said.
According to the sources, the police machinery on Goa was informed by the travel agency in advance about the possible problem few days before the arrival of the passengers, but police did not take any precautionary measures to stop the unwanted incident from happening.
"In fact, some days ago, the travel agency had approached Mormugao police with a request to look into the matter. They told them about the trouble faced at the cruise terminal for some time now. On the contrary, the police refused to accept the letter," Messias told TOI.
The sources said that when the cruise liner arrived the group of taxi drivers waited for the business to come to them, but when they saw the passengers climbing on the coach allotted to them by their travel agent, the taximen became angry, and started threatening the passengers to not enter the coach and instead use their taxis. They even pulled out some passengers from the coach, said the sources.
Sources said that six taxis approached the coach and the frightened passengers were left with no option but to get into the vehicles. The visitors have come to the state to attend a corporate event and are booked at a star hotel in Cavelossim. "They threatened the passengers against using the coach," said Savio Messias, adding that this behavior was totally unacceptable.
Meanwhile, as usual, the Goa Police washed their hands off the incident saying nothing of that sort took place. DySP Sunita Sawant said that "Nothing of that sort has been reported to us. In fact, when the cruise liner Angriya arrived, two policemen from Mormugao police station were present at the site for around half an hour. Passengers were seen alighting and hiring taxis. No untoward incident was witnessed by the police."
When asked about the letter by the travel agency being rejected by Mormugao police, Sawant said, "I inquired with my staff at the police station, and I have been told that no such letter was ever received by them."
There is no doubt that Taxi Mafia in Goa is getting more ruthless by the day, and the Government and Local police are hardly doing anything about it. According to the sources, the taxi operators in Goa work like the mafia and are a law unto themselves.
The Goa's Taxi operators are infamous world over for right from fleecing to cheating customers by not installing the meters and by not following any fair chart issued by the government.
In already falling numbers of the tourists in the state due to various reasons may go dry if the taxi operators start treating them in such a manner. Which business in this world survives by use of the force? None! then how the taxi business in Goa will flourish when the taxi operators themselves start threatening the passengers and force and force them to come in the taxi? What are your views on this serious issue?


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- Tuesday - 4 miles, with Elizabeth. I tried out a new route, which I like. I'd also like the chance to run it without pushing Elizabeth.
- Thursday - 5.25 miles, at the gym. It was so humid that the windows at the gym were completely fogged over. I was able to push hard on the last mile, which felt good.
- Saturday - 5 miles, Windsor Loop. The Windsor Loop is one of my favorites - it's got a challenging number of hills in it. I had to walk a few times because I was wheezing, but I still finished strong. The humidity was terrible. I sweated so much that my shoes are still damp.
Sunday, July 04, 2010
NYC Marathon Training - 18 weeks to go
Last week I wrote that I had my running mojo back, and I'm still feeling that way. I can now call myself a "runner" and not feel like a poser. Running at the gym really has reinforced that I am in decent running shape and that my problems really are all humidity related.
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