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Nguyễn Quốc Hùng, director general of the State Bank of Việt Nam's Credit Department speaks to the Thời báo Kinh tế Việt Nam (Việt Nam Economic Times) newspaper on the need to extend credit to fishing households to help them stay at sea.
Will you further explain Government Decree 67 on lending credits to fishing households, either to buy or build new fishing boats or to refurbish their old ones?
In the first eight months of 2017, commercial banks committed to lending over VNĐ10.353 trillion (US$455.53 million) to fishing households which are beneficiaries of Government Decree 67. Of this amount, VNĐ 9.153 trillion ($402.73 million) has been disbursed, an increase of 19.3 per cent compared to 2016.
Under Government Decree 67 issued in July, 2014, 28 coastal localities had successfully processed 2,057 fishermen's dossiers for making new fishing boats. But until now, only 1,236 have been submitted to banks, of which 106 have either been withdrawn or rejected by the banks due to their failure to meet bank requirement.
By now, some debts are overdue and some have become bad debts. The debts are worth hundreds of billions of đồng. Do you have any comments on the serious outstanding problem?
Risks have been incurred by the banks. In my opinion, this problem should be attributed to the Government Decree and the poor co-ordination between concerned agencies, particularly boat owners - the borrowers. When the due date came, many didn't have money to pay back their debts. This is the key reason leading to overdue and bad debts. Bad debts have been reported in 12 of the 28 coastal provinces and cities. A total of almost VNĐ636 billion ($28,000), including the 12 overdue debts, have been turned into bad debts totalling almost VNĐ174 billion ($7,650). The key reasons leading to these problems include the low quality of some new fishing boats, including inappropriate designs coupled with some owners lacking the appropriate skills to operate them.
All lending banks have lamented that insurance for the new vessels is for only three years, while the operating cycle of the boats is between 11-16 years. How should we solve this problem?
If there is no insurance, fishermen will not go to the high sea for fishing. This will make the banks worry they might lose their investment.
More recently, the Ministry of Finance issued an instruction asking insurance companies to extend their insurance scheme under Decree 67 until December 31 this year. The Government Decree states clearly that boat owners will receive annual financial support for insurance of the vessels. It also states clearly that if any damage occur to the boat, if the boat is insured, the settlement will be based on the boat insurance agreement.
That means that fishing boats insurance must be extended from three to 11 years for steel boat hulls and 16 years for composite hulls. This will become a big problems for the banks!
According to the development plan for offshore fishing fleets, the number of fishing boats has already surpassed the targets. Does the Credit Department have any comments on this issue?
In my opinion, the Government should reconsider whether the banks should continue to extend the credit policy to build new vessels or not; or to up grade the existing fleet.
It is suggested that we should focus on investment in fishing logistics, including fish processing, to improve the quality of processing. In addition, we should also invest in improving the skills of fishermen, particularly their skills.
The Government and concerned agencies have seen eye to eye on the need to revise Decree 67. In your opinion, what contents in the document should be given attention?
There are four points that should be considered. They are:
First, the number of the fishing boats and their power;
Second, we need to have specific rules on how to settle debts when vessels are of low quality or the manufactures do not follow the design models.
Third, the Government should have a special article on the finding new boat owners if one dies or is too ill to continue work.
And finally, the Government should agree to financial support for boat owners to buy insurance.— VNS


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N.C. Elections Board Knew About 2016 Ballot Fraud and Reported to Feds
'I'm scared and I don't remember half of what we are supposed to say. I've never been investigated for anything…'
(Brian Murphy, Ely Portillo and Will Doran, McClatchy Washington Bureau) McCrae Dowless, a Bladen County, N.C., elected official and political operative, paid workers to collect absentee ballots and return them to him before the 2016 election, witnesses told state board of election investigators, according to documents released Wednesday.
The State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement released the documents as part of its investigation into mail-in absentee ballot and voting irregularities during the 2018 election in Bladen and Robeson counties. The board has declined to certify the Republican winner of North Carolina's 9th Congressional District race as a result.
However, some on the GOP side have decried the systemic fraud in the counties, which they say authorities — including current Gov. Roy Cooper and elections board chair Joshua Malcolm — deliberately turned a blind eye to when the outcome favored Democrats.
During the 2018 race, Republican Mark Harris—the apparent winner of the 9th District election by 905 votes over Democrat Dan McCready—hired Dowless to work on absentee ballots and get-out-the-vote operations in Bladen County.
In an interview last week, Harris said he was introduced to Dowless, whom many respected local officials vouched for, after losing a 2016 primary race because of the absentee ballots.
Harris has emphatically stated that the get-out-the-vote program he understood Dowless to be running was fully legal and above-board, though he does not know if the independent contractor broke the law.
Dowless himself issued a statement through an attorney recently in which he denied violating the law.
Despite the national focus on Dowless's activities, numerous other allegations of elections shenanigans—both those involving absentee ballots and other types of fraud—have also arisen, prompting calls from members of the state legislature—among others—to pursue a bipartisan task force that would focus on reforming and cleaning up corruption in the state's elections.
The 2016 investigation found "information strongly suggesting" that Dowless "was paying certain individuals to solicit absentee request forms and to collect absentee ballots from Bladen County voters. In doing so, workers employed by Dowless were required to hand-carry the ballots to Dowless in order to be paid."
It is illegal, outside of very specific circumstances, to collect someone else's absentee ballot.
The state board turned over three cases—two involving Dowless and one involving the Democrat-funded Bladen County Improvement Association—to the United States Attorney's Office.
Similar allegations have surfaced during the 2018 election.
Handwritten affidavits from several people involved in the 2016 operation and subsequent investigation show people said they were paid by Dowless to collect ballots.
Caitlyn Croom wrote that she met someone named "Kelly" at a bar where they both worked. Kelly asked her if she wanted to work with her, and they met Dowless the next day in Dublin.
He offered them $225, in two installments, to collect absentee ballot requests from voters. That's legal.
What allegedly happened next is not.
"We would then start to go out and collect ballots," Croom wrote.
If they got 20, they'd get the other half of the $225.
"After we had all 20 of them witness and were signed we would take them back to McCrae. He would then take them and tell us he would handel (sic) mailing them off."
"He told us not to let anyone know that we were being paid based on how many req. (request) forms and ballots we got for him," Croom wrote.
Matthew Mathis wrote that he also met someone named "Kelly" two months before the 2016 election, and she asked if he wanted a job.
"Being broke I said 'yes I would,'" Mathis wrote.
He met Dowless in Dublin the next day. Dowless told him that he would collect 20 absentee ballot requests and then go back and get the ballots from voters, Mathis wrote, and he'd get $225.
If anyone asked what the money was for, Dowless said to tell them it was for time and gas, not ballots.
"Once I went and got the ballots I, along with my girlfriend Caitlyn, were to witness the ballot's signature and then return them to McCrae," he said.
Once investigators contacted him, Mathis wrote that he turned to Dowless.
Mathis wrote that Dowless instructed him to say he'd taken three ballots to Dowless "because we had watched Ms. Baldwin sign all three of those ballots and we wanted to show him the wrongdoing."
Mathis wrote Dowless told him to tell investigators that Dowless had instructed him to take the ballots "straight back and not mess with them."
"Just say that and you will be alright," Dowless said, according to Mathis.
The documents show texts sent to Dowless from a cellphone shared by both Croom and Mathis—whom Dowless testified, in a 2016 elections board hearing, had done "Get Out the Vote" work for him.
In one exchange, they text Dowless asking for more money since two of the candidates he was working for won their elections.
"Hey mccrae, u said if ray and ashley both won we would get a bonus lol," the wrote in one message, followed a minute later by: "I'm just asking if u were serious … we're broke as a bad joke."
He doesn't respond.
Later, they text him back, expressing concern about a state investigator who was asking questions about their operation.
"Hey mccrae that weird number was the investigators," they wrote. "They called me again today. They want to meet with me in the morning, im scared and I don't remember half of what we are supposed to say. I've never been investigated for anything."
It's unclear if that was Croom or Mathis who texted that message.
In a transcript of the 2016 elections board hearing, Dowless at one point said that he had passed on Croom's phone number to state investigators who wanted to talk to her.
At another point, he testified that Mathis at one point contacted him and asked to meet in the parking lot of an Elizabethtown fast-food restaurant, after investigators had spoken with Mathis.
"I believe his words was, 'I'm scared,'" Croom told the board in that 2016 hearing.
"I said, 'Well, Mr. Mathis, I didn't hire you.' I said, 'I hired Catie.' I says, 'Now, what you've done you've done on your own and if you've done something wrong, you need to tell the people.' That was my exact words to that gentleman. I said, 'If you have done something wrong, you need to tell the investigators.'"
Portillo reports for The Charlotte Observer, and Doran reports for The (Raleigh, N.C.) News & Observer.
Liberty Headlines' Ben Sellers also contributed to this report.
(c)2018 McClatchy Washington Bureau. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

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|Back in Business
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Back in Business is the first mission of Modern Combat: Sandstorm. Giving the player control of Lieutenant Warrens, the level sees Warrens reunite with his squad after an injury-related absence, and is primarily designed to teach new players how to play the game.
After an injury-related absence, Chief Warrent Officer Warrens retuns to his squad at the front lines. After a brief chat with his squadmates, Captain Jones takes Warrens on a training session in weapons and movement, before Warrens boards a Huey for transport to the squad's next assignment.
Since this level is designed to teach new players the mechanics of the game, it's all very simple and linear.
As soon as the player exits the Huey, follow Vendette's instructions to learn how how look around. Follow him as he moves toward Khris, then continue on through the building and around the corner to meet your squad. After a little introduction to each of the players squadmates, Jones wants to do a "quick practice run", so follow his lead. The next few areas teach the player about mantling, as well as crouching and how damage works.
Now for the fun part, the shooting range. First, grab some ammo for the MN106 and grab the Benelli M4 as a secondary weapon. Jones will teach the player how to shoot, use the iron sights for increased accuracy, how to throw grenades, and how to perform a melee hit.
Lastly, as Jones says, it's time for the player to put it all together. The final area is basically a shooting range. Targets pop up, and the player must eliminate them while moving through the course. The targets can be ignored if the player chooses to do so. After the drop down, move towards the end to board another Huey and complete the mission.
Starting LoadoutEdit
Found in LevelEdit
- Warrens (Playable)
- Khris
- Vendette
- Fox
- Ryan
- Dozer
- Jones
- Maurice
- Bonnard
- Nazair
- Coupal
- Drouin
- Francoeur
- LeBlond
- Zero Hour: Hit every target during boot camp.
Trivia Edit
- All the random soldiers around the camp are named after Gameloft employees.
- Despite the warning in the briefing, you cannot shoot your allies.
- If Warrens is killed, the mission will automatically restart from the beginning.
- If the files of the Android version are inspected, it is revealed in an audio file that Jones would have taught the player how to throw back grenades. This line is never heard in the game
See also Edit
|Campaign of Modern Combat: Sandstorm
|Back In Business • Operation Sandstorm • Sand Hits the Fan • Extraction • Death on Wheels • Subterranean Blackout • Medical Emergency • A Nuke Too Far • Underground Compound • The Last Stretch
|Lieutenant Warrens • Abu Bahaa • Khris • Vendette • Fox • Ryan • Dozer • Jones • Maurice • Bonnard • Nazair • Coupal • Drouin • Francoeur • LeBlond • Baz • Jackson • Franky
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text: Building Effective Public Health Participation in Environmental Assessments Register Today What: Webinar When: December 11, 2018 Time: 12:00 PM Where: Online Public Health and Environmental Assessments 101 The Environmental Assessment process is an opportunity for Public Health to influence infrastructure projects for positive health outcomes. However, in a survey conducted by the OPHA Built Environment Workgroup in 2017, many health units in Ontario identified low levels of knowledge about how the EA process works and how to effectively contribute, while also expressing interest in increasing their involvement. This 4-part webinar series is intended to provide public health professionals with an introduction to the function of EAs, how the process works, why public health should contribute, and how to provide effective input. The content will speak to both Class and Individual EAs and will provide case studies that illustrate successful public health participation in the EA process. Time for questions and answers will be included in each webinar. Webinar #2 – Building Effective Public Health Participation in Environmental Assessments December 11, 2018, 12 – 1 pm This webinar will be focusing on the legislative structure of EAs and will identify areas for public health engagement in the process as well as describing the steps for making public health input most useful. Health Impact Assessments as a framework will also be discussed. Identify steps for public health to engage in the EA process Build an understanding of how to effectively frame/position public health input Introduce Health Impact Assessments as a framework for public health input Presenters: Sabbir Saiyed, Ph.D., P.Eng., Manager, Transportation System Planning, Transportation Division, Region of Peel Faiza Waheed, Ph.D., Environmental Risk Analyst and Health Impact Assessment (HIA) Specialist Webinar #1 – Introduction to Environmental Assessments and Role for Public Health October 24, 2018, 12 – 1 pm Build awareness and understanding of why public health should be participating in the EA process and what we can contribute Provide orientation to EAs and EA process (both Individual and Class) Presenters: Lorenzo Mele, Advisor – Healthy Design, Peel Region Health Services Greg Jenish, Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks Presentations can be downloaded here. Webinar #3 – Case Studies – Transportation February 28, 2019 Examples of Public Health contributions to transportation-related EAs In this session we'll explore the Region of Peel – Public Health approach for participating in EA's through a road improvement project – case study – to illustrate how collaboration with Public Works and Traffic Engineering is setting a new standard for incorporating health priorities into the planning and design of the built environment. This webinar will enable you to: Appreciate the merits of public health's participation with the review of terms of reference for the EA, providing input to the scope of the work at the beginning and during key stages of the study Learn how conducting a physical walk route with members of the community enhances public engagement Understand how the use of a Walking Audit (assessment tool) developed by Peel Public Health is helping with decision-making by identifying areas of concern and opportunities from a public health perspective Webinar #4 – Case Studies – Other June 13, 2019 This short presentation will focus on the steps of how to conduct or participate in a health assessment as part of an EA (or as a standalone). The aim is to highlight some of the questions that should be asked when deciding whether to get involved in an EA, and how to effectively participate once health is at the table.


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Pasifika filmmakers Vea Mafile'o and Jeremiah Tauamiti direct this intimate, clear-eyed documentary centred on the faith, love and fatherhood of Saia Mafile'o, and his four children.
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Helen Kelly – Together
An intimate, inspirational portrait of Helen Kelly in the last year of her life, Together tells the story of a woman whose advocacy and generosity changed the lives of countless New Zealanders.
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Check out the year's best New Zealand short films as chosen by this year's guest selector Jane Campion, from a shortlist drawn up by NZIFF programmers from a total of 91 entries.


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Our Business Management program was higher than the provincial average in 2014 with a rating of 95% in student satisfaction.
This eight-month program, unique in the province of Ontario, is designed for those who dont have a business-related background or education, but recognize the importance of having key knowledge of business to enhance job prospects and for advancement in their careers. In only a few months, you will develop the skills in the key areas of management, marketing, accounting, finance, human resource management and other critical business-related functions, while earning a graduate certificate from a recognized post-secondary program. Most other college programs take two years to give you the level of study you will gain at Sault College in less than one. Business knowledge is recognized as a necessary piece of ones portfolio when actively seeking exciting opportunities in the domestic and global marketplace. In today`s economy, employers seek what this program will provide you: the skills required to solve problems, make decisions, and perform a multitude of tasks, all with a strong foundation of what it takes to lead and succeed.
A graduate of the Business Management Graduate Certificate Program at Sault College will reliably demonstrate the ability to:
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Jennifer Dulos case: GPS issues could signal sanctions for Fotis Dulos
STAMFORD — Fotis Dulos could face sanctions, including an increase in bond, when he appears before Superior Court Judge John Blawie to address repeated problems with his court-ordered electronic monitoring device, according to criminal defense attorneys.
Fotis Dulos was summoned by Blawie to appear in court Monday after probation officials filed a report, citing four instances in August and September when the battery on his monitoring system ran low.
Fotis Dulos, 52, and Michelle Troconis, 44, have each been ordered to wear the electronic monitoring devices while out on bond on two counts of tampering with evidence and hindering prosecution in connection with Jennifer Dulos' disappearance.
"This is a routine maintenance call of an unnecessary surveillance device," Fotis Dulos' defense attorney Norm Pattis said Thursday. "I wish they would just take the damn thing off. Fotis Dulos is not going anywhere, he's eager to face the charges."
But defense attorneys not involved the case said Pattis' client could have a problem if it's determined that he's not following procedures to keep the device running properly.
The underlying charges and the circumstances of the case — his wife has been missing since May 24 and he's twice been charged with trying to hide evidence stained with her blood — is likely triggering increased scrutiny, some attorneys said.
"I've had clients be placed on enhanced conditions because they weren't listening to what they were told to do," said attorney Audrey Felson, who handles state and federal criminal cases. "They would be put on further restrictions. This is his responsibility to follow procedures unless the device doesn't work."
As part of the conditions of his release, Fotis Dulos is not allowed to travel out of state. He was alerted in late June by Sentinel, the vendor for the state's electronic monitoring program, that he had crossed into New York while driving around an accident in New Canaan.
Sources said he was on Silver Spring Road, which travels into Westchester County while connecting Wilton and New Canaan. The road is near one of the properties owned by Fotis Dulos' real estate development company on Sturbridge Hill Road in New Canaan.
Blawie did not consider the incident a problem and there were no repercussions other than a brief frenzy of news articles.
The unit he's wearing on his ankle tracks the movements of defendants 24/7, sending signals through cellphone towers to an outside vendor, which alerts probation officials of any problems, including when the battery runs low.
The units must be recharged at the same time each day, requiring the defendant to be tethered to an electrical socket for a minimum of two hours a day.
It's up to the defendant to be in compliance, Felson said.
"The onus is on him to use it properly," she said. "It's not rocket science. If it goes off, which happens often with my clients, they proactively contact counsel before it becomes a problem."
About 600 defendants statewide are on some form of court-ordered electronic monitoring at any given time, Judicial Branch officials said in July.
Problems are not uncommon, Michael Aiello, the Judicial Branch Court Support Services Division project manager who runs the electronic monitoring program, told Hearst Connecticut Media in July.
"Normally, if there is an issue with the equipment, it's the monitoring company who can see that and will reach out to either the defendant or the probation officer," Aiello said. "They can do a service call. The issues can even be identified by the offender."
That was the case in late June when Troconis received permission to travel out of state from June 30 to July 17, but returned to Connecticut after just one day because her GPS unit had poor reception where she was staying in New York. The only glitch came when court staff didn't notify State's Attorney Richard Colangelo about the problem until Troconis next appeared in court on July. 18.
"I refer to them as electronic shackles," said criminal defense attorney Matthew Maddox, who also is not involved in the case. "Like it or not, it's an impediment to a busy life, and like it or not, you have to keep it charged properly."
Maddox has never seen one of his clients face an increase in bond solely because of an electronic monitoring issue, he said.
"But the reality is they could face a violation of conditions of release," Maddox said.
The units are subject to the same idiosyncrasies as any other electronic device, he said.
"There are issues with connectivity, with charging, anything you would see with your phone or any electronic device," Maddox said.
His clients have had problems with the units, but they aren't normally called into court to address monitoring issues, Maddox said.
"Usually, they call the client and make sure they are connected to a reliable unit," he said. "There may be one or two hiccups before it's fixed."
Last month, Blawie also denied Fotis Dulos' request to have his GPS device moved from his ankle to his wrist. Fotis Dulos had complained the device was irritating the skin on his ankle.
While authorities have been tracking Fotis Dulos since his arrest, police said they have also traced his movements — based on video surveillance — on May 24 when his wife vanished.
Jennifer Dulos, 50, was last seen on a neighbor's security camera returning home around 8:05 a.m. that day after dropping off her five children at a nearby school.
Police believe Fotis Dulos was "lying in wait" when she arrived at her Welles Lane home, where they found evidence that she was the victim of a "serious physical assault" based on blood stains and spatter in the garage, according to arrest warrants.
Fotis Dulos and Troconis pleaded not guilty to the original tampering with evidence and hindering prosecution charges. The charges are related to video surveillance in Hartford that showed two people resembling Fotis Dulos and Troconis the night of the disappearance, according to arrest warrants.
The videos show them making a series of stops in a 4-mile stretch with Fotis Dulos tossing garbage bags that were later determined to contain his wife's blood and clothing, arrest warrants state.
Fotis Dulos pleaded not guilty last week to the latest tampering with evidence charge. The charge is related to he and Troconis cleaning up a pickup truck — owned by a former Fore Group employee — that police say was involved in the disappearance, according to the arrest warrant.
Under the direction of Fotis Dulos, the employee later removed the seats from his truck, but he kept them and turned them over to investigators who found Jennifer Dulos' blood on one of them, the arrest warrants state.
Troconis was arraigned Wednesday on the charge during a brief appearance in state Superior Court in Norwalk. Troconis will be back in court on Oct. 10.
After Monday's hearing, Fotis Dulos is next scheduled to appear on Oct. 4.


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Sometimes it's better late than never.
Over 50 years ago, Forbes magazine made a huge mistake, but it looks like they are finally making things right: The editors of Forbes have decided to retroactively add Frank Langella to their 30 Under 30 list for 1964.
It's about time!
There is no question that Forbes making the four-time Tony winner wait this long for his due is absolutely shameful, but at last this egregious oversight has been corrected. Earlier this week, the editorial staff at the magazine came to the unanimous decision that Frank Langella was indeed one of the biggest up-and-comers of 1964, and they have updated the issue to reflect that. The corrected feature, which is being sent to all Forbes subscribers from 1964, now reads:
This talented young Syracuse grad wowed off-Broadway audiences in a remount of The Immoralist at the Bouwerie Lane Theatre earlier this year. If the rave reviews are any indication, we'll be seeing this young man on Broadway soon—and perhaps even on the silver screen!
There's no making up for the last half century, but for Frank Langella, it looks like this frustrating chapter can finally come to a close. Now that Forbes has fixed this glaring omission, Frank can rest easy knowing that he is being recognized as one of 1964's rising stars. Being named on this list is a huge honor and career booster for any actor, and we can't think of anyone more deserving of accolades in the mid-'60s than Frank Langella.
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Network coverage has been steadily improving, but there are still many people around the world who can't get a decent phone signal in their homes. There are gaps in many networks, particularly in rural areas, as a quick glance at Open Signal's coverage maps reveals. Wi-Fi calling could be the answer.
What is Wi-Fi calling?
Wi-Fi calling allows you to seamlessly use any Wi-Fi connection to make or receive calls when your network signal is weak. If you're at home and there's a dead spot in the back bedroom, or the bars on your smartphone drop down to one when you go into the bathroom, then your phone can automatically switch to your home Wi-Fi network and use that to make and receive calls.
The beauty of Wi-Fi calling is that it should work seamlessly. Assuming your carrier supports it, you've activated the appropriate setting on your phone, and you're connected to a Wi-Fi network, then it should kick in automatically whenever you need it. All the calls you make and messages you send through Wi-Fi calling appear as normal in your usual messages app and call logs.
The icon in your notification bar might change to a small phone receiver with a Wi-Fi or VoLTE (short for voice over LTE) icon above it, but, apart from that, you shouldn't notice any difference between Wi-Fi calls and regular calls through your mobile network.
Bear in mind though, while Wi-Fi calling should be capable of handing over to the network if you move out of range of the Wi-Fi router, there's a chance it will pause or drop the call. It depends on your carrier, network, and device.
Checking with your carrier
Different carriers have different policies regarding Wi-Fi calling, so your first port of call in trying to set it up is your carrier. In some cases, you might need to pay extra or jump through some hoops to activate Wi-Fi calling. Below are some pages on Wi-Fi calling from the four major U.S. carriers to help you get started:
Make sure that you read the terms and conditions carefully — calls and messages made using Wi-Fi calling are not necessarily free. In fact, carriers may charge their usual rates or subtract them from your plan allowance. Make sure you check to avoid any nasty surprises on your phone bill. You may also find that the feature doesn't work overseas.
Carriers can also decide which devices they'll support, so even if your phone is capable of Wi-Fi calling, you should confirm that the carrier allows it on your device.
Once you've confirmed that your carrier supports Wi-Fi calling for your phone and you've activated it on your account, you'll need to make sure your phone has the right settings turned on.
How to turn on Wi-Fi calling on an iPhone
It's easy to activate Wi-Fi calling on an iPhone, but you will need to have an iPhone 5C or later.
- Go to Settings > Phone > Wi-Fi Calling and toggle it on.
How to turn on Wi-Fi calling on an Android phone
Activating Wi-Fi calling on an Android phone is just as easy, but the exact location of the setting may vary. For most Android phones:
- Open the Phone app and tap the menu icon (aka, the three vertical dots at the upper-right corner). Then, tap Settings and you should see a Wi-Fi calling option that you can toggle on.
For some Samsung Galaxy phones:
- Go to Settings > Connections > More connection settings and you should see a Wi-Fi calling option.
Just to complicate matters, some carriers put the setting elsewhere. For example, to activate the feature on Verizon:
- Go to Settings > Advanced Calling and you should find an Activate Wi-Fi Calling option.
If you're having trouble getting Wi-Fi calling to work on your Android device, then refer to your carrier's website for specific instructions.
You can test whether Wi-Fi calling is working by activating Airplane mode, then turning just Wi-Fi back on, and connecting to your home Wi-Fi network. The icon should appear in your notification bar and you'll be able to make or receive calls.
Alternatives to Wi-Fi calling
If you find that your device doesn't support Wi-Fi calling or there's a problem with your carrier, then you can always opt for an alternative. Check out the best video chat apps and the best messaging apps for some ideas. The only problem is that you and the person you want to call will both need to have the app installed and your messages and calls will be contained within that app, so they won't appear in the default messages app or call logs on your phone.
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Ian and Paul Jones of Welshpool Printing Group with their Komori LS 829P supplied by West Park Graphic Equipment and fitted with AMS LED UV Drying
The plan was to further improve productivity by adding Low-energy UV drying to the press to give them instant drying on both sides of the sheet.
After the installation of the press by West Park Graphic Equipment, the press was left to 'bed-in' as the operators got used to running the new machine and then the LED UV Drying was fitted. One lamp positioned in the interdeck after the first four units and one in the swan neck of the delivery.
The company now runs silk, gloss, offset and plastics on the machine, producing everything from magazines to stationary for its descerning customers.


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Elan Freeline 125cm Skiblades w. Release Bindings are high performance skiblades. Quality construction featuring a tip-to-tail wood core, twin tips and premounted with Elan's full feature step-in release bindings. The Freeline top sheet is a rugged "snakeskin" for high durability against nicks and scratches along with tip protector. Bases are graphite – extra durable and fast. Construction is wood core monoblock and cap construction.
This season's entry though puts Elan right into the high performance market with an affordable, all-in-one package. These provide a smooth ride and quick edge-to-edge carving. Asymmetrical twin tips allow for forwards/backwards riding with ease.
For those who have ridden skiblades such as the Salomon snowblades/skiblades, you will find a noticeable difference with the elan freeline 125cm skiblades w. release bindings in terms of performance, speed (with no chatter) and a much smoother ride. You can also ride these harder and put your weight to the back tails in the deeper stuff.
Bindings: Pre-mounted with Elan factory mounted release bindings (made by Head/Tyrolia). These fit ski boot sizes 263-391mm sole length, approx. US boot size 5-14. DIN – 3-10.
Colors: Lime Green/Brown/Black
Note: Photo is of the 135, but 125 looks exactly the same.
Warranty: 1 year
Length: 125cm
Tip/Waist/Tail: 11.5/7.8/10.3cm
Tip/Tail Height: 5.5/3.5cm
Wood core cap construction.
Full wrap stainless steel edges.
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Peterson v. Murex Petroleum Corporation et al
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12 Practical How To Wire A Light Switch With Neutral Images
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One Light Switch Wiring Diagram, LoreStan.Info - In an try to lessen the risk of electrocution and fires, the country wide electrical code calls for unique styles of stores in certain locations. Tamper-resistant stores are required everywhere. They have got covers over the internal contacts. Before you install a brand new outlet, test the code or seek advice from someone who's familiar with code requirements to peer which sort of outlet you should use. Restore unfastened stores by shimming under the screws to create a decent connection to the field. You can purchase special spacers at domestic centers and hardware stores. Different alternatives consist of small washers or a coil of wire wrapped around the screw.
Gfci receptacle tester. Just plug it into any gfci outlet and the lighting fixtures will imply whether the opening is well stressed. Plug it into a gfci receptacle and press the test button to see if the gfci is running effectively. All of it comes down to aesthetics, so set up them something way looks satisfactory to you. Incidentally, the floor plug is generally down within the u.S.A., The alternative of ways it's commonly hooked up in canada.
Before you shop for a brand new transfer, do away with your antique one from the box—after ensuring the strength is off, of path—and search for a impartial white wire. Any wires linked to the existing transfer are not neutral wires. If a white cord is attached to the switch, it need to be marked as a hot cord with either a chunk of black tape or black marker as shown. If there's no impartial inside the field, save for a smart switch that doesn't require a neutral. Instead of going for walks upstairs, allow the rolling stones help you discover the right breaker. Locate circuit breakers by way of plugging a loud radio into the opening you're operating on. You'll understand you have the proper circuit breaker while the song dies. But don't count on the electricity is off in all of the other outlets or lighting in the room. Before doing any wiring, plug the radio into different retailers you propose to paintings on. A few duplex retailers could have distinct circuits running to adjoining outlets. To be secure, test each the pinnacle and bottom with the radio. For lights, turn the mild switch on and off to make sure.


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Hi Luc, I noticed that in two of your comments, you asked about uploading a copy of the provenance trace. I wanted to start a discussion about this idea (thus a new thread). I was modelling the implementation report after skos. Following there lead, they had a question asking for a url of where the skos was published. I think this would be a better question than having an upload for two reasons: 1) we don't have to manage these files, and 2) it promotes the spread of provenance information on the web what do you (and everyone else) think? thanks PaulReceived on Wednesday, 12 September 2012 14:38:20 UTC
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These Honeywell alarm system kits can monitor not only burglary events but can also provide the user with alerts about flooding, temperature change and, with the right add-ons, can provide the user with home automation control.
Source: http://www.alarmsystemstore.com/Ademco-Honeywell-Alarm-System-Kits-s/79.htm
The Lynx Plus is Honeywell's entry level basic no frills wireless alarm system. The Lynx Plus is smaller in size than the previous generation in this line and offers a number of improvements and additional features over the previous version Lynx R2.
The Lynx Touch 5200 is Honeywell Security's entry level touchscreen wireless alarm system. It replaces the Lynx Touch L5100 model. Known for it's ease of setup and day to day use, it also offers some very advanced capabilities such as Z wave home automation control of devices such as door locks and lighting.
The Ademco Honeywell Vista 21ip is a step up from the 20P model and has a built-in IP communicator.
The Ademco Honeywell Vista 20P is a step up from the 15P model and can handle more zones, more user codes, features 2 partition areas and has a larger event memory among numerous other upgrades.
The Ademco Honeywell Vista 15P is a hardwired / wireless capable hybrid that can do 6 hardwired zones out of the box, expandable up to 22 hardwired and 26 wireless.
The new Lynx Touch L7000 is Honeywell Security's top of the line wireless alarm system. It features a beautiful 7 inch color touch screen interface with easy to understand icons making choosing system functions a breeze.


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Some images that have been shared with me from doggie friends
Flickr Peak Rambler
It's good to see that our feathered friends haven't lost their business acumen
My Flickr Photostream
In reply to TeeJay:
I've got to ask, was that taken in East Looe?
Another from a doggie friend.
And I know at least one person will like this next piccie, snatched from Twitter. I had fav'd the tweet to give the person some acknowledgement, but it seems the tweet has been deleted!
In reply to Mike B:
Brilliant Mike Mines has a wee table under the kitchen window with its own wee peanut house but that is so much better.......it maybe my next project!
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Transportation: Ocean,Land,Air
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Port: Ningbo,Shanghai,Shenzhen
Stain Polyester promotional Lanyard with binding is 2.5*90cm. The material of promotional lanyard is stain polyester. The stain polyester lanyards is with safety buckle. This binding lanyards is with double layer.The stain lanyard can add ID card hold as per your request. Any customized lanyer, pls send me at any time.
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An experiment in using PikazoApp & Deep Style to create alien alphabets:
I have found the recent development of "Deep Style" to be an endlessly fascinating way to mix and match visual ideas. The algorithm used by the developers of PikazoApp is particularly useful, as it does the best job of emulating the style chosen by the end user.
After running a portrait through Deep Style using a page of illustration & text, I was struck with how the characters were transformed into a seemingly foreign script.
I decided to deepstyle a picture of clouds against a page of plain "greeking" in the Arial font, and was pleased to see that it resulted in a page of "pseudoscript" that, while resembling elements of the Thai, Georgian and Sanskrit alphabets, was completely unique.
I brought the image into illustrator, and traced the characters that were most consistent with Arial's proportions.
These characters were then imported into "Font Creator" to create an alien alphabet. I figured such fonts would come in handy for game development, or general design.
"Apocalypse currency" created using DeepStyle font.
I repeated the process using a Germanic "blackletter" font.
"Notgeld" note created using DeepStyle font
Personally, I believe DeepStyle has the potential to be one of the most significant advances in artificial intelligence "creativity" ever devised.
The fonts are available here:
DeepClassical (TTF)
(Upper and lower case, punctuation, and primitive numbers.)
DeepBlackletter (TTF)
(VERY simple, with 26 characters, and essential english punctuation- no numeric characters have been created, as of 1/27/16)
Pikazoapp is available at http://www.pikazoapp.com


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Commodities captured
The rising price of oil is not the only commodity-related issue stirring the thoughts of both asset managers and fund selectors.
As the price of oil moved above the $50 level recently, there was rightly renewed focus on energy related commodities and companies. For example, there are implications for default risk associated with US energy companies that make up a substantial part of the US high yield market – many borrowed heavily to invest in so-called fracking operations.
For investors in oil and gas support services companies there is also a lot at stake. For example, for Norwegian investors in Norwegian equities, the weighting of offshore oil services companies on the Oslo Børs, even without the weighting of Statoil, means oil price swings are a big deal.
These are, of course, merely illustrations of the story for both hard and soft commodities in recent years, which has tended to be one of declining prices, and investors trying to figure out who may be the winners (eg, oil importers) and losers (oil exporters) from the trend.
A key driver of this development has been China; perceived decline in the demand for commodities has hurt both hard and soft commodities alike. And the stronger dollar hurt the price of commodities, most of which trade in this key currency. And yet, there are now signs that the price deflation could be coming to an end and the commodities cycle ready to pick up once more.
Stefan Van Geyt, group chief investment officer at KBL European Private Bankers, wrote a note in early October titled Commodities: What goes down must come up. In it he argues that "following a five year decline, the commodity market is finally trending upward."
"Commodity markets are subject to the most fundamental law of economic activity: supply and demand."
"Today, following five years of steady commodity price declines and significant industry consolidation, there are now signs that the cycle is starting to turn."
Van Geyt cites the performance of the Bloomberg Commodity Index (BCOM), which measures returns from a weighted basket of energy, grains, industrial and precious metals, soft commodities and livestock.
From 2001 to mid-2009 it gained more than 160%. From mid-2011 to the end of 2015, it fell 55%.
"Commodities were the worst performing asset class globally last year – partly due to slowing Chinese expansion and the strong dollar – leading investors to withdraw a record $850m from US exchange-traded commodities over the 12-month period," Van Geyt notes.
"Since the start of 2016, prices have at last begun to recover, up 14% since hitting rock bottom in mid-January and 6% for the first eight months of the year. Over the same period and of particular importance, Brent crude oil prices recovered strongly, up more than 30%."
Chris Beer, senior portfolio manager, RBC Global Asset Management, is another who sees positive tailwinds.
Additional quantitative easing in the form of fiscal stimulus could impact on demand. On the supply side, the multiyear bear market means supply has been falling.
"While not universal across all commodities we are seeing the beginnings of a supply shortfall – in metallurgical coal and zinc in particular – while copper remains in modest oversupply of only 200,000 tonnes in a 24 million tonnes per year market."
"North American unconventional oil production is still down approximately 1 million barrels from the peak in 2015 and we anticipate weak additional non-Opec growth in 2017 to 2020."
Gold may be set to particularly benefit from broader geopolitical risk trends in addition to basic supply/demand balances, Beer adds.
"I don't think the gold rush is over but it may be over for now – at least until we see what happens into year-end if and when the Fed begins to raise rates. Inflation has been nudging higher so even with higher rates, negative or near zero real rates will likely prevail which is positive for gold. Unfortunately, the deglobalisation of trade and potentially even society that appears to be happening would likely result in more protectionism, currency wars and potentially local inflation. Gold may benefit in this scenario as an alternative asset class."
Arnaud du Plessis (pictured left) and Stephane Soussan, respectively, senior portfolio manager Natural Resources & Gold and senior portfolio manager Natural Resources, Energy, Agriculture at CPR Asset Management, are likewise positive.
"The natural resources environment has significantly improved in recent months, resulting from the significant upward revisions of the consensus. The valuation remains reasonable at this point. Negative interest rate generalisation has been the main trigger for gold."
Robert Crayfourd and Keith Watson, co-fund Managers for City Natural Resources High Yield Trust, Geiger Counter, Golden Prospect Precious Metals and New City Energy at New City Investment Managers, suggest that despite some recovery already seen over the past 7-8 months, the recovery "has a significant way to go from here."
Duncan Lamont, head of Research and Analytics at Schroders, noted recently three key reasons for considering commodities, which would tend to make sense to investors: they can provide an inflation hedge, they can diversity equity risk, and they offer the potential for more attractive risk-adjusted returns.
However, Lamont also suggested that investors in commodities funds need to do their homework.
"Passive investors tracking well known benchmarks are exposed to a host of undesirable costs and consequences which active managers can avoid or even profit from. With prices low and many commodities poorly researched, this should be an excellent environment in which active managers could add value."
Local factors can affect demand for commodities investments, of course.
For example, Tortoise Capital Advisors, who attended InvestmentEurope's Autumn Pan-European Fund Selector Summit in Hamburg, noted in their presentation the differences in natural gas prices in June this year varied from $2.90 to $6.30 per standard order of British thermal units, BTUs, from the US (cheapest) through to Japan (most expensive).
Ethical demands also may curtail investor demands. Benoit Boru, CEO of Insti7, says: "We do not use commodity asset classes as we have signed the United Nations' PRI. We do not want our clients to speculate on commodities and our clients, of which most are engaged in SRI, do not wish to do so."
For Zurich-based Fabio Di Grezia, portfolio manager and fund analyst at Falcon Private Bank the recent fall in gold prices has made the asset class more interesting.
"Our Investment Committee decided to take advantage of the current weakness and increase the allocation to gold. From a strategic point of view, we are invested in gold and believe that it still shows long-term growth potential."
In Spain, Diego Fernández (pictured below), A&G Banca Privada's head of fund selection says it is important to distinguish between the pure commodity play from commodity linked equities.
"If we consider equity-related commodities, we have been more active in the gold miners but trimmed positions some months ago.
"In the pure commodity space, investing in funds, we cannot choose one single sector, because funds are always diversified. Anyhow, with such a heavy weight in energy that everyone has, you need to have a positive view on oil, which we have for the short run, but prefer only to play tactically."
The importance of US interest rates on the key commodity currency means that it is important to have a view on when US rates may change.
However, Fernández does not see this as the only driver of expectations.
"The Fed is extremely data dependent this time and thus, a hike of interest rates will be a sign of an improving economy and the process will be gradual. If we add to that an acceleration of the emerging economies, which tend to be more commodity intensive, the Fed should not be the main driver of commodity prices.
Dollar strength will always be a headwind for commodities and they will not be immune to it, but that strength is not our central scenario.
"Anyhow, the main beauty of commodities as an asset class is how different precious metals behave from industrial metals, energy or agricultural commodities. Each subsector has a different sensibility to the dollar."
Because of a view that commodities are in the "middle of a cyclical bull recommends caution, and bias towards passive products "for the time being".
Manuel-Yutaro Rubio, head of Alternative Ucits and Multi-Asset Strategies at Allfunds Investment Research says: "We already have a number of diversified commodity funds selected and are not looking for any commodity sector funds currently."
Rubio also notes a crucial technical reason why fund selectors may be limited in their use of commodities: "Owing to the Ucits rules, we cannot invest in direct commodities and we are only allowed to use rule-based indices, and so the funds that we recommend offer exposure to diversified baskets of commodities including energy, agriculture, livestock, precious metals and industrial metals.
"Nevertheless, being aware of the different compositions of the few investable commodity indices for Ucits funds is very important, as it is possible to tilt the allocations to certain commodities. A good example is the higher allocation to oil in RICI index compared to BCOM index or the higher weighting of industrial metals in Glencore indices."
Gisela Medina, head of Alternatives Analysis & Selection at BBVA QF, is another who cites the Ucits rules.
"In the Ucits framework only broad diversified commodity funds are possible, so we focus on the active fund managers that are more persistent in their performance but we couldn't say that we are looking at any commodity sector in particular. In the passive space we have a much more pragmatic approach and here we have been and we are still incorporating in our catalogue selected ETFs on individual commodities and on certain commodity sectors like precious metals or energy.
"Commodities have been one of the most profitable asset classes this year.
"However, results dispersion among sectors and specially among single commodities have been as wide as ever, with some agriculture commodities like sugar obtaining + 48% year to date and others like wheat obtaining -14%. This is why broad commodities funds are different from sector funds or individual commodity bets and knowing their different risk profiles is key for being able to take advantage of their benefits and to decide where and when each vehicle should be used."
COMMODITY ETFs
According to Danny Dolan, managing director of China Post Global, which owns the Market Access range of ETFs, demand for broad diversified commodity index ETFs which are Ucits compliant is strengthening, as investors see the opportunity for returns in addition to the diversification benefits.
But not all commodity ETFs are the same, Dolan points out.
"They are as different as their underlying indices. Several European commodity ETFs track production-weighted indices and/or indices that are based on commodity futures trading volumes. These indices do not reflect the global consumption pattern of commodities. As a result, they tend to be less broad and less diversified than indices that reflect these factors in their methodology," Dolan says.
"They also typically over-weight energy, and under-weight or not include commodities that are important in representing the asset class. Divergence of returns can be significant, for example the Rogers International Commodity Index outperformed the Bloomberg Commodity Index by 3.54% and the S&P GSCI by 15.2% over the last 5 years," he adds.


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James McAvoy in Talks to Star in M. Night Shyamalan Thriller (Exclusive)
James McAvoy is in negotiations to star in M. Night Shyamalan's latest supernatural thriller, an untitled project being produced by genre-loving Jason Blum.
The X-Men actor is stepping into the shoes that seemed initially earmarked for Joaquin Phoenix and would have marked a reunion between the filmmaker and one of the stars of his 2002 hit Signs.
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Reasons for Phoenix's exit were not revealed but sources said a deal was never made, with one source saying the process never got past the discussion stage.
Talking about secrets, the plot of Shyamalan's project is also under the veil but it is serving as his follow-up to The Visit, currently in theaters. The horror movie has grossed over $53 million on a budget of $5 million.
Marc Bienstock is also producing the new movie project. Ashwin Rajan and Steven Schneider are on board as exec producers.
McAvoy has become one of the key stars of Fox's X-Men franchise, along with Jennifer Lawrence and Michael Fassbender, and recently wrapped shooting his third entry, X-Men: Apocalypse.
He also has Victor Frankenstein, a revisionist take on the Frankenstein story that co-stars Daniel Radcliffe, awaiting a Nov. 25 release. McAvoy is repped by UTA and United Agents.
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A written report (PDF) covering:
- emotional needs and motivators that drive your child
- their strengths and life's necessary controls
- reasons to chill about some of their behaviours, and
- some direction in which to guide them.
Helping you make sense of some of the madness they've brought into your life.
You will need to know your child's time, date and place of birth. Once payment has been made I will send you a Booking Form to complete those and some other details.


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HighSky Brokers
Website: www.highsky.com
Founded: 2010
Headquarter: Vodickova 710/31, 110 00 Prague, Czech Republic
International Offices: Czech Republic
Hirose Financial UK
Website: hiroseuk.com
Founded: 2010
Headquarter: 27 Austin Friars London, EC2N 2QP, United Kingdom
Regulation: FCA registration number 540244.
International Offices: Japan
Website: https://my.hiwayfx.com/partner/links/go/1191
Founded: 2014
Headquarter: 152, Franklin Roosevelt Avenue, 3045, Limassol, Cyprus
Regulation: CySEC, SVGFSA
International Offices: Cyprus
HY Markets
Website: www.hymarkets.com
Founded: 2007
Headquarter: Hong Kong, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Cyprus
Regulation: FCA (UK)
International Offices: United Kingdom
Website: www.ibcfx.com
Founded: 2011
Headquarter: C/o Acura Administration, 20-22 Munroe Street, P.O. Box 4110 Napier , New Zealand
Regulation: No
International Offices: New Zealand
Website: www.ibfx.com
Founded: 2001
Headquarter: 3165 Millrock Drive, Suite 200, Salt Lake City, UT 84121, United States
Regulation: Nevis Financial Services
International Offices: United States
IC Markets
Website: www.icmarkets.com.au
Founded: 2007
Headquarter: International Capital Markets Pty Ltd Level 2, 2 Bligh Street, Sydney, New South Wales, 2000 Australia
Regulation: Australian Securities and Investments Commission
International Offices: Australia
IC Vector
Website: www.icvector.com
Founded: 2001
Headquarter: 58 Ballycasey Crescent, Shannon, Co. Clare, Ireland
Regulation: no
ICM Capital
Website: www.icmcapital.co.uk
Headquarter: 61 Cheapside, London, United Kingdom
Regulation: Financial Services Authority
International Offices: United Arab Emirates
IFC Markets
Website: www.ifcmarkets.com
Founded: 2006
Headquarter: AGP Chambers 84 Spyrou Kyprianou Avenue,4004 Limassol, Cyprus
Regulation: FSC (British Virgin Islands), CySEC (Cyprus)
International Offices: Cyprus
Website: www.iforex.com
Founded: 2006
Headquarter: British Virgin Islands
International Offices: British Virgin Islands
IG markets.
Website: www.igmarkets.com
Founded: 1974
Headquarter: Cannon Bridge House, 25 Dowgate Hill, London, EC4R 2YA, United Kingdom
Regulation: Financial Services Authority
International Offices: United Kingdom
IKON Capital
Website: www.ikoncapital.co.uk
Founded: 2008
Headquarter: 43-45 Portman Square, London W1H 6HN, United Kingdom
Regulation: Financial Services Authority (FSA UK)
International Offices: United Kingdom
IKON Global Markets
Website: www.ikongm.com
Founded: 2009
Headquarter: IKON Global Markets, New York Office, Wall Street Plaza, 88 Pine Street, 5th Floor, New York, NY -10005, United States
Regulation: Nevis Financial Services
International Offices: United States
IKON Markets
Website: www.ikonmarkets.com
Founded: 2012
Headquarter: 27 Gloucester Place, London W1U 8HU, United Kingdom
Regulation: Financial and Capital Market Commission
International Offices: United Kingdom
Website: www.immfx.com
Founded: April. 2014
Headquarter: Saint Vincent & the Grendines.
Regulation: FSPC, SVGFSA, VFSC
International Offices: Kingstown, London, Toronto, Vancouver, New York, Istanbul, Dubia, Hong Kong.
Website: www.immfx.com
Founded: April 2nd, 2014.
Headquarter: Saint Vincent & the Grenadines
Regulation: Saint Vincent & the Grenadines (SVGFSA), (FSPC), Vanuatu (VFSC).
International Offices: Kingstown, London, Toronto, New York, Vancouver, Istanbul, Cairo, Lisbon, Prague, Frankfurt, Sydney, Dubai, Port Villa.
Website: www.intertrader.com
Founded: 2010
Headquarter: 2nd Floor, 6 Devonshire Square, London, EC2M 4AB, United Kingdom
Regulation: FSA, UK
International Offices: United Kingdom
Website: www.itcfx.com
Founded: 2010
Headquarter: British Anguilla
Regulation: No
International Offices: British Anguilla
IV Brokers
Website: www.ivbrokers.com
Founded: 2014
Headquarter: 35, New Road, Road Town P.O. BOX 1708 Belize City, Belize
Regulation: Regulated by the International Financial Services Commission ("IFSCâ€) with license number IFSC/60/324/TS/14.
International Offices: Belize
Website: www.jcmfx.com
Founded: 2013
Headquarter: Saint Vincent
Regulation: SVG
International Offices: Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia
JFD Brokers
Website: https://www.jfdbrokers.com
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Recently I've been contemplating reconsidering my future. It's not that I'm having a break through in life, or that I've had something spectacular life changing happen to me, like someone close to me dying, or me nearly dying etc, but that's not the point. I'm slowly edging closer to a point in my life when I'm going to have to make the decision, who am I going to be and well as much as I wish I could just be everything, do everything and go everywhere, that's not going to happen, but I can be someone, do something and go somewhere, which is better than nothing, isn't it?
But then I feel like I'm growing old to fast and I still want to be young, naive and utterly insane. Not care what happens and just be spontaneous. I know you can do all that and be all that when you're older as well, but somehow I had this idea of my life being a party and then me just slotting into that job that I love and me just settling down, but then there was that other fantasy, where I never grew older than 29. But I know that's just the fantasy – for now!
So any ways I've decided – sort of – what I'm going to do for my birthday this time around. Now last time it was a small house party, but I thinking this year something bigger would be better, although I was just going to have a massive party. I'm now thinking I might just go to Ireland instead, but then I still want to have a massive party and invite all those people that I won't normally invite to a party at my place, due to one reason or another.
On a darker side, I'm breaking it off with my guy. I've decided I'm not really getting anything out of the relationship and I'm not really that into him, plus he's a little bit creepy, but I stayed with him because he was sweet and nice, so I thought I'd try going for a 'nice guy', but he was just creepy nice. Like I could imagine him standing outside my window at night – if he knew where I lived.


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Shillong: The Meghalaya cabinet Friday approved a proposal to increase the upper age limit for appointment of teachers in schools and colleges from 27 to 32, state education minister said. Candidates of ST category five years relaxation, Education Minister L Rymbui told reporters. "We need to have quality teachers. The more qualified teachers we have the more quality education will be provided to our children," he said.
The cabinet also approved a proposal to hike the merit scholarship for lower primary school and upper primary school students from Rs 100 per month to Rs 600 and Rs 40 per month to Rs 600 respectively.
Rymbui also said that the cabinet had also approved filling up of 16 lecturer posts in two colleges in the Garo Hills - 13 posts in Tura government college and 3 in Williamnagar government college.
Home Minister James K Sangma said that the cabinet approved recommendations of the high powered expert committee on implementation of 5th Meghalaya pay commission.
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Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Interesting New Art Book
Two months after publication,
James Gurney's book is
#1 on Amazon for books about Realism and Neo-Classical Painting and
#2 in books about Painting
Imaginative Realism: How to Paint What Doesn't Exist
Synopsis: This book has been described as the ultimate reference for fans of science fiction and fantasy illustration. Imaginative Realism links traditional techniques with contemporary visualisation.
Award-winning fantasy artist and the creator of Dinotopia, James Gurney systematically examines and details practical methods for creating believable pictures of imaginary subjects.
This is NOT a book about the use of digital tools. Instead the focus is on the use of plein-air studies, models photographed in costume, maquettes, models and tableaus.
He also demonstrates the use of thumbnail sketches, storyboards, charcoal comprehensive drawings, tone paper studies and a variety of approaches and techniques relevant to composition.
The bias is towards Gurney's normal fantasy art subject matter but the principles are applicable to all painters who create works which involve some element of imagined realism.
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It is not unusual for the plots of episodes of CW's Riverdale to take a turn into darkness, but in the March 28 episode titled "Chapter Thirty: The Noose Tightens," the random inclusion of evil Catholics practicing gay conversion therapy was unexpected.
Penelope Blossom (Nathalie Boltt) is trying to gain control of the Blossom family fortune, now that she is widowed, but her daughter, Cheryl (Madelaine Petsch), and mother-in-law, Nana Rose, stand in the way. Cheryl has a preference for girls and currently has a crush on Toni Topaz (Vanessa Morgan). In order to dispose of Cheryl long enough to do whatever she is scheming for the money, she sends Cheryl off for gay conversion therapy at the Sisters of Quiet Mercy Home for Troubled Youth, which is portrayed as a dark, depressing place.
The therapy includes watching black and white cautionary films – remember Reefer Madness? – about homosexuality and Cheryl is made to do manual physical labor, like moving around heavy burlap sacks from one corner of the basement to another. Sister Livingston tells Cheryl she blames the simple act of dressing as a boy at the hands of her grandmother caused her to be confused and now gay. No, really.
Sister Livingston: I believe I've deduced what's caused this imbalance in you, Cheryl.
Cheryl: And what would that be, Sister Livingston?
Sister Livingston: I've spoken to your mother about your brother Jason. And how close you were. So close, in fact, that your Nana would sometimes mix you up, isn't that right? She would dress you in Jason's clothes and he in yours?
Cheryl: Nana's always been half-blind, Sister. Cataracts. But if there's anything that's affected my psyche, it's the fire hose of abuse directed at me by my mother and my father.
Sister Livingston: You've suffered many traumas, it's true. But that does not excuse your willful behavior. Now, you will report to the undercroft immediately, where you will undergo physical therapy until you're ready to listen.
Cheryl's friends are not buying Penelope's story that she has sent Cheryl off to a Swiss boarding school so they confront her. Toni, Veronica (Camila Mendes) and Josie (Ashleigh Murray) are then told by Penelope that she sent Cheryl away because she was afraid that Cheryl was obsessed with Josie and may even hurt her or herself. Then Penelope hands over a drawing Cheryl did of herself and Josie.
Not long after this meeting, Penelope leaves the house long enough for Nana Rose to get the idea of calling Cheryl's friends to help get her out. She manages to fling herself from her wheelchair and pull herself across the room to the telephone to call Toni and let her know that Cheryl is nearby with the sisters. Cheryl's Uncle Claudius, who is in cahoots with Penelope for the money, walks in and cuts the phone line so that Nana Rose can't say anything more to Toni.
When they figure out that Cheryl is being kept at Sisters of Quiet Mercy, the sheriff's son, Kevin (Casey Cott), who is gay, tells the girls about an underground tunnel that leads from the facility to the woods, which he knows about from gay boys sneaking out to hook up down there.
So they all go to rescue Cheryl from the evil nuns, culminating in a dramatic scene where Toni bursts into the film room to save a crying Cheryl and the girls kiss in front of the screen in front of everyone, then an angry group of priests and nuns chase them down the dark tunnel. Yes, it really was that ridiculous.
Toni: Cheryl!
Cheryl, are you in here?
Cheryl: Toni?
Toni: We came to rescue you.
Cheryl: You did?
Veronica: Cheryl, Toni, there are a bunch of nuns coming. We have to go, come on!
Of all the story plots that could have been used to get rid of Cheryl, I don't really understand why this prime-time show had to go to gay conversion therapy run by evil nuns. Maybe it was just for shock value but mostly it came off as random and just silly. Usually, this show is better than that. I hope this is just a temporary lapse in judgment and not a preview of what is to come.


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While it's true that fruit, vegetables, seeds and nuts help balance and oxygenate the bodily systems and should take up the majority of space on your plate. I don't believe in a one-size-fits all diet model. We are all uniquely different. I have seen many people consuming vegan alone whoread full article


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November 5, 2015
Average National Undergraduate Loan Debt Continues To Rise
Undergraduates who graduated with student loan debt from four-year colleges in 2014 owed an average of $28,950, according to a recently released report by The Institute for College Access and Success (TICAS).[1][2] 69 percent of graduates have loan debt, the same figure as last year and slightly higher than it was in 2004 (65 percent). The average amount of debt per borrower is up 56 percent from 2004 – more than double the inflation rate over the same period – but only up 2 percent from 2013.
A number of factors have contributed to the rising student debt load over the past decade. States have decreased their investment in public higher education over the last ten years, causing students at public institutions to bear a higher percentage of the funding burden. Since 2004, the share of public higher education funding provided by states has dropped (from 62 percent to 51 percent) and the share paid by students and their families (in the form of tuition) has increased (from 32 percent to 43 percent).
In addition, the growth of Pell Grants has not kept up with rising costs. The TICAS report shows that between 2004 and 2012—the last year in which data is available—recipients of Pell Grants at public four-year colleges saw average cost of attendance rise by $7,400 and grant aid rise by just $2,900. At private, non-profit colleges the gap is even wider; costs rose by $14,400 and grants increased by $8,700.
Washington state is performing well with regard to student loans: only 58 percent of Washington bachelor's degree recipients who graduated in 2014 had loans, and those who did had an average of $24,804, more than $4,000 below the national average. The University of Washington also looks good by these metrics: thanks in large part to the University's commitment to institutional aid through programs such as Husky Promise, less than half of all UW undergraduates who graduated in 2014 had student debt and the average debt burden was $21,558, well below the state and national averages.
While Washington's performance relative to its peers is laudable, student debt is still a major issue for many students. The TICAS report offers a series of proposals to mitigate the student debt load, among them doubling the size of Pell Grants, simplifying income-driven repayment plans, and improving student loan servicing to make it easier for students to pay back their loans. It is important that policymakers remain focused on reducing the student debt burden and continue working with institutions to make higher education accessible and affordable for all students during and after graduation.
[1] It's important to note that borrowing rates and debt levels vary widely by state, college and sector.
[2] Because the federal government does not require colleges to report debt levels for their graduates, data in the TICAS report is based on voluntary reporting by institutions. Hardly any for-profit colleges voluntarily report their graduates' average debt, so this year's debt figures are for public and nonprofit colleges only.


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My Top Anthology Reads
Hey Guys! How are you today? I feel like I haven't asked that in ages! Today I am doing another Top Reads post and this time it is all about my Top Anthologies. As you all probably know, I love a good anthology. I really enjoy them. I find that they are a really good… Continue reading My Top Anthology Reads


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Consultant Psychiatrist in Child & Adolescent Learning Disability Psychiatry
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Informal enquiries and arrangements to visit the Trust are welcomed by Dr Corrine Reid, Clinical Director in CYPS (Durham & Darlington) on (0191) 5945807 or Dr Ahmad Khouja, Medical Director on (01325) 552304.
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Foreign revenues for Saudi Telecom Co hit 21% last year which is way above the 10% target.
Saudi Telecom Co (STC) is planning to explore more expansion opportunities after revenues generated by its acquisitions abroad exceeded initial targets, it was reported on Saturday.
"STC has exceeded the initially announced target of making 10 percent of its revenues from foreign expansions as we have up to now generated 21 percent," chief executive Saud al-Duweish was quoted as saying by Al Riyadh newspaper.
"The company will work to foster the gains of the acquisitions it has already made ... and will continue to search and examine acquisition opportunities in the region," he added, but gave no more details.
STC, the Arab world's largest telecom company by market value, spent around $3.5 billion in 2008 on a 35 percent stake in Oger Telecom and a 26 percent stake in a consortium that won Kuwait's third mobile phone licence.
In 2007, STC paid $3 billion for a stake in Malaysia's Maxis.
More recently, STC won Bahrain's third mobile licence after bidding $230 million.
STC is under intense pressure to improve profitability as a regional telecom war heats up, with rivals like Kuwait's Zain and Emirates Telecommunications competing within Saudi Arabia.
STC will also lose in 2009 its monopoly on Saudi Arabia's fixed-line services with the entry of three new operators at once.
The company posted a worse-than-expected 62 percent fall in fourth-quarter profit after losing 2 billion riyals ($533.3 million) to foreign currency fluctuations on acquisitions it made in 2008.
Duweish said the number of STC's customers increased 10 percent in 2008, with mobile phone clients rising by 15 percent.
"We expect this growth to continue this year," he said. (Reuters)
I for one, cannot wait until STC's landline monopoly is broken. Their customer service (at least for their English speaking patrons) is absolutely abysmal.


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Don't give a person a reason to cheat on you and give them every good reason to remain faithful. There are a few men who are inclined to cheating. They undermined past lady friends and discuss it rather straightforwardly. They accuse the exes for their own behavior. There is no aiding these folks and they will most likely keep cheating for whatever is left of their lives.
The regular good guy, however, will not go into a romantic relationship wanting to cheat. In fact, he wants a great relationship just as much just as you do. So, put away the negative titles and find the romantic relationship moving in a great direction with a profitable future.
So, here are 8 ways to prevent your man from cheating:
Be open to experimentation. Be willing to try new things
It can be easy to get comfortable and fear of the unknown can stop you from being open to different sexual experiences.
Allow your man to try new things with you. If you won't, there will be someone else who will. I'm not saying to engage in sexual activity you find repulsive but allow yourself to experience new things with the man you love.
Don't over accommodate.
Sometimes in a relationship, a woman can become too accommodating.
Men get into relationships with a very clear picture of what a lifetime partner looks like and this is often in stark contrast to whom he may have dated casually. Women work to become the person their partner wants them to be and in doing so, they lose themselves. One day, their man realizes this is what he asked for but he isn't sure it's what he really wants.
Maintain a healthy sense of self in your relationship.
Don't become too controlling.
Often without realizing it, when we get into relationships we attempt to control the other person to do what works best for us.
We engage in destructive relationship habits such as complaining, blaming, criticizing, nagging, threatening, punishing and bribing or rewarding to control.
Be willing to initiate sex.
Doing the same old thing each and everyday is boring, especially when it comes to the bedroom. If you really want to get your man's attention and prevent him from cheating on you, start getting creative. Men equate sex with desirability. Help your man to feel desired by expressing your love in a physical way.
Make sure he knows how much you appreciate him.
Sometimes when women "get" the guy and get married, they begin to get a false sense of security. Remember, all relationships are voluntary.
A person can leave at any time. With an over 50% divorce rate in this country, we need to remember how important it is to maintain a positive relationship, not simply to acquire one.
Let him have time to himself.
Learn to trust him enough to let him do his own thing, some men cheat because they begin to feel hemmed-in by the relationship.
Engaging in an affair can provide them the sense of freedom they lose in a relationship. Allow your man time for himself without you. Don't try to monopolize all your guy's time. Be open to time apart for him to spend with friends, pursue hobbies, etc. so he does not feel he has no freedom.
Be aware of your emotions.
Whether or not we are aware of it, women are masters at using their emotions to communicate volumes without speaking any words. We communicate anger, rage, sadness, and disappointment that is received by our partners.
Instead of taking that as a cue to do something different, some men begin to look for another partner who idolizes them the way you used to. Don't forget, your man wants to know he lights you up — not that he is constantly disappointing you.
Prioritize your relationship.
Often, when a man cheats, you will find the woman is also having an "affair" that's not sexual. It's more socially appropriate.
This "affair" takes the form of prioritizing something, anything, over the relationship. This could be a job, children, a sick relative, a charity or anything that puts her man lower on her totem pole than the first position.
Prioritize your relationship over everything else. This is the relationship you want to last for all your life. Other things will fade away and the relationship will still be there if you tend to it carefully.
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Nebbi Municipality MP, Hashim Suleiman was Thursday kicked out of Parliament following a ruling by Arua High Court Judge, Anthony Ojok over lack of minimum academic qualifications. Court ordered the Electoral Commission to organize fresh elections.
Suleiman was last year dragged to Court by FDC's flag bearer, Robert Onega, who argued that the 2016 Parliamentary election in the constituency had been rigged by his opponent (Suleiman).
Hashim was announced winner in the newly created Nebbi Municipality race after beating his closest competitor, Onega with a margin of 124 votes.
In his petition through his lawyer, Elias Lukwago, Onega said Suleiman used another person's academic documents during the nominations, and indeed, court on Thursday proved that he lacked an Advanced Level (A' level) certificate.
After scrutinizing the respondent's academic documents Court noted various variations in his names.
The judge ruled that: "There is room for fresh election according to electoral law, if any one doesn't have supportive document for his or her elective position. I so order for fresh elections".
Speaking to the journalists after the ruling, Lukwago said it was now up to the Electoral Commission to respect the Court ruling and conduct a by-election henceforth.


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Violin Studio of Amanda Hockenberger
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Favorite Quotes
- "Music is the divine way to tell beautiful, poetic things to the heart." - Pablo Casals
- "When love is deep, much can be accomplished" - Shinichi Suzuki
- "Beautiful tone, Beautiful heart." - Shinichi Suzuki
- "After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." - Aldous Huxley
Interesting Facts - Benefits of Music Education
- Researches found that students who report high levels of involvement in instrumental music over the middle and high school years show significantly higher levels of mathematics proficiency by grade 12. - Catterall, James S., Richard Chapleau, and John Iwanaga. Involvement in the Arts and Human Development: General Involvement and Intensive Involvement in Music and Theater Arts. Los Angeles, CA: The Imagination Project at UCLA Graduate School of Ed. and Info. Studies, 1999.
- The musician is constantly adjusting decisions on tempo, tone, style, rhythm, phrasing, and feeling--training the brain to become incredibly good at organizing and conducting numerous activities at once. Dedicated practice of this orchestration can have a great payoff for lifelong attentional skills, intelligence, and an ability for self-knowledge and expression. -Ratev John J., MD. A User's Guide to the Brain. New York: Pantheon Books. 2001.
- A research team exploring the link between music and intelligence reported that music training is far superior to computer instruction in dramatically enhancing children's abstract reasoning skills, the skills necessary for learning math and science. -Shaw, Rauscher, Levine, Wright, Dennis, and Newcomb, "Music training causes long-term enhancement of preschool children's spatial-temporal reasoning, "Neurological Research, Vol.19, February 1997.


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Frank Lampedusa in November 2008 was ousted as a tenured teacher the dean of students at Farb Middle School in San Diego when administrators learned of a Craigslist ad he posted in the men-for-men section. He's been battling his termination in court ever since and even won the last round before the Commission on Professional Competence. But the Fourth District Court of Appeal this week overturned the decision and decided Lampedusa's firing was completely kosher, because men who cruise for sex online clearly prove they are "unfit" to teach children.
Lampedusa, who was hired by the San Diego Unified School District in 1999, did not post his name or affiliation with the school on his Craigslist ads, which he acknowledged to the commission he had placed four or five times. The ads did feature photos of his stomach, butt, penis, torso — and yes, his face. (There were also "graphic descriptions" of the type of sex he liked.) I'm guessing it was that face photo that got him caught: In June 2008 a San Diego police dispatcher received an anonymous call from a man who said a friend had told him Farb Middle School's dean was cruising Craiglist. (Don't guys cruising Craigslist, who have something to lose, know to only send face pics in private emails, if at all?) A district supervisor, reports KSWB-TV, asked Lampedusa to pull the ads, which he did, but by November Lampedusa was served with a termination notice by the school.
His defense in all of this is that merely by posting M4M sex ads online, he is not unfit for his teaching job — even if his own students could possibly happen upon the listings. The school disagreed. The competence omission did not. But the Fourth Circuit Court did, and for now it's that ruling that sticks. The court writes:
The Commission erred in finding there was "no evidence of aggravating circumstances surrounding [Lampedusa's] conduct." This finding ignores the fact Lampedusa posted graphic, pornographic photos, and obscene written material, on a Web site open to the public. Lampedusa admitted that he had posted similar ads in the past and did not believe he had done anything immoral. Moreover, rather than taking complete responsibility for his conduct, he shifted responsibility to parents and students to not access his site.
Further, while it is true that he promptly removed the ad after being directed to do so, it does not mitigate his conduct that would have likely continued had a parent not viewed and complained about the ad. This factor also does not support the Commission's decision.
[…] While Lampedusa's conduct may not have been blameworthy in the sense he was seeking a date, it was extremely blameworthy in the pornographic, obscene manner that he did so. This factor also does not support the Commission's decision.
[…] A teacher may also be dismissed for "[i]mmoral or unprofessional conduct." (§ 44932, subd. (a)(1).) " 'The term "immoral" has been defined generally as that which is hostile to the welfare of the general public and contrary to good morals. Immorality has not been confined to sexual matters, but includes conduct inconsistent with rectitude, or indicative of corruption, indecency, depravity, dissoluteness; or as wilful, flagrant, or shameless conduct showing moral indifference to the opinions of respectable members of the community, and as an inconsiderate attitude toward good order and the public welfare.' " (Board of Education v. Weiland (1960) 179 Cal.App.2d 808, 811.) Moreover, the definition of immoral or unprofessional conduct must be considered in conjunction with the unique position of public school teachers, upon whom are imposed "responsibilities and limitations on freedom of action which do not exist in regard to other callings." (Board of Trustees v. Stubblefield, supra, 16 Cal.App.3d at p. 824.)
The public posting on a Web site of pornographic photos and obscene text constitute immoral conduct in that it evidences "indecency" and "moral indifference." Thus, the District's decision to terminate Lampedusa was also supported on this ground.
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If I live another 60 years, I will never see another October 9th as nice as what we experienced this year. As everyone in the Northeast knows, we have been blessed with record-breaking temperatures for the last several days. It made for a magnificent day for racing giant pumpkins in Damariscotta (off the Maine coast). Last week, I shared a photo of Moby Dick — my 535 lb giant pumpkin boat.
We had two heats of four paddlers each. While I led in the first heat, I took a wider turn around the buoy to avoid a collision. The buoy moved in 20 feet and when I got around, I had to catch up to everyone else. So, I finished second in the first heat. The finals were all about paddling my heart out. I started in front and never looked back. Here is a write-up from Reuters' news wire, followed by a few photos.
DAMARISCOTTA, Maine (Reuters) – Farmers Almanac editor Peter Geiger splashed his way to first place in a giant pumpkin fashioned to look like a whale in the annual Pumpkin Regatta on Sunday, besting four other boats.
Geiger, who said he has raced pumpkins in Maine and Canada, started with a 535-pound giant gourd for the race at the annual Pumpkinfest in the small coastal village of Damariscotta, Maine.
"After taking the guts out and carving it down, it was about 70 pounds less," said Geiger, who lives in Lewiston, Maine.
First-time racer Christian Rioux of Brunswick, Maine, finished first in the powered-pumpkin class. He strapped a 15 horsepower outboard motor to a shell fashioned from an 800-pound pumpkin.
About 1,000 people lined the shore of Damariscotta Harbor to watch the pumpkin boats painted to look like a pig, a peacock, and an old schooner.
The 10-day festival celebrates all-things pumpkin from elaborately carved giants of 600 pounds or more lining the streets to a derby, catapults and a 220-foot drop.
(Reporting by Sarah Mahoney; Editing by David Bailey)
The Travel Network was also covering the event, and when I learn when it will be posted, I will let you know. Meanwhile, if anyone ever asks you to paddle in a pumpkin regatta, say yes! It is like no other competition!