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Nearly two years ago, Gov. Bruce Rauner, fed up with inaction by the General Assembly, bypassed the legislature and announced the formation of a not-for-profit foundation to raise money for repairs to the state fairgrounds in Springfield and Du Quoin.
No one thought the Illinois Fairgrounds Foundation would overnight raise the $185 million that is needed to pay for all of the deferred maintenance at the two fairgrounds. However, the foundation hasn't come close to hitting the $2 million to $3 million a year target that was thought feasible at the outset.
The latest financial report filed by the foundation with the attorney general's office shows income in 2017 was just over $32,000.
"We just keep churning and we'll keep asking and having fundraising events, but it's a slower process than what I envisioned," said the foundation's chairman, John Slayton.
Slayton said he takes heart from states like Iowa, Indiana and Minnesota, which have successful foundations that raise money to support their state fairs. All of them have been in operation a lot longer than Illinois' foundation.
There were repeated efforts in the General Assembly to create a fair foundation which would raise money privately to support the state fair. However, the legislature never voted to create one. That's when Rauner stepped in to create the foundation without a vote by the legislature.
While the foundation isn't raising millions of dollars a year, it has had some success stories. In 2017, the foundation had a kick-off event that Slayton estimated raised about $10,000.
Slayton also said an anonymous donor is making regular contributions of $2,500 a month.
"That helps a lot," he said. "I wish I had a thousand of those people."
George Obernagel of Waterloo, a member of the foundation board, also donated $10,000 to pay for improvements to the livestock center.
"I love the state fair very much," Obernagel said. "I grew up in agriculture. I was a 4-Her. You just want to see things continue and to educate people about agriculture."
Obernagel said people should understand they don't have to make a large contribution to help out. At the same time, he said he thinks if the foundation can secure a big donation it could spur others to follow suit. He also said it may be necessary for the foundation to "hire an individual to go out and raise funds who has the knowledge of this." He said Indiana does this. Members of the Illinois foundation include a mix of people who have full-time jobs and retirees.
Slayton said there is an education process involved in trying to secure donations. He said people have raised concerns about whether the money could be diverted to other uses. Lawmakers have regularly taken money out of special state funds to balance the budget. However, the foundation money is separate from those state accounts and cannot be swept by lawmakers.
"I think it's an education process," he said. "You have to walk them through the process."
There also may be an issue of donor fatigue.
"A lot of ag companies like ADM and CME Group and John Deere and Caterpillar and State Farm all contributed to the mansion," Slayton said. "So the well's kind of dry there for a few years. I think we'll have to wait. That's fine because they both had to be renovated."
ADM, Caterpillar and CME Group all donated at least $1 million to the Governor's Mansion repair project. Deere and State Farm each contributed between $250,000 and $500,000.
Slayton said the foundation stills sees naming rights as a potential revenue producer. However, a potential deal to secure naming rights to the Coliseum has fallen through.
"We've talked to a large ag association in Illinois for 18 months," Slayton said. "I kind of assumed, wrongly, that they were going to agree to naming rights on one of the most prominent buildings. I went before the board of directors, made a presentation and a few days later was notified they'd voted it down. I think the fact the state got $30 million affected that decision. We'll find somebody else, so no big deal."
The $30 million was included in the state budget to start making repairs to the fairgrounds. Despite what happened with the naming rights, Slayton called the influx of money "a huge game changer." He said talks continue with other corporations about naming rights to fair buildings.
Holly Spangler, a foundation member and editor of the Prairie Farmer newspaper, said the state money this year could make a difference for donations.
"I think the companies and individuals who would be willing to donate kind of wanted to see some sort of effort from the state," she said. "We really didn't see that until this summer. It's a good start, I would say."
Rep. Tim Butler, R-Springfield, said he thinks a financial commitment from the governor would help.
"The governor obviously made this a big deal. I think the thinking was the governor was going to make some personal investments, too," Butler said. "I don't think that's happened. I don't think there's been the buy-in as much as it should be to move the foundation forward."
"The governor has made some personal outreach efforts to help the foundation and will continue those," Rauner spokeswoman Patty Schuh said. "He does intend to make a personal contribution at the appropriate time."
Butler said it also may be time to look at other ways of running the fairgrounds.
"I don't want to privatize the fairgrounds, but are there other ways we can manage it," he said, citing both McCormick Place and the authority that runs Guaranteed Rate Field, the Chicago White Sox's stadium. "They do a pretty good job of running similar organizations. Can we look at a model like that to run the fairgrounds? That's something I think I'm going to explore."
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For over a decade, the issue of same-sex marriage has been a flashpoint political issue in the United States, setting off waves of competing legislation and ballot initiatives attempting either to legalize or ban the practice. Rifts have also opened among religious groups over the decision to recognize same-sex marriage or condemn it.
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Minister for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto will visit New York on 23 August 2019.
Minister Pekka Haavisto will meet UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed and Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Natalia Kanem. Haavisto will also have meetings with UN senior management to discuss peacebuilding and peacekeeping matters and certain topical regional questions, including the Middle East and Ukraine. The Minister will also meet the President of the Intergovernmental Conference, who is in charge of the ongoing negotiations on a legally binding instrument on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity in open seas and deep seabeds.
The visit paves the way for the United Nations' high-level week (UNGA 74) to be held in September. The main events of the week will be the Secretary-General's Climate Summit and a meeting of the UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF).
"I appreciate Secretary-General Guterres' strong leadership in matters relating to the strengthening of the multilateral system, the UN's reform and the fight of climate change. The goals of Finland's new Government Programme are well in line with the UN's goals. Finland contributes actively to actions aimed at bolstering the UN's position and ability to operate effectively, as well as at the implementation of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda.
The topics of discussion will include the Secretary-General's Climate Summit, the strengthening of mediation and prevention of conflicts, the implementation of the SDGs, and human rights. Minister Haavisto will also express Finland's wish to get more Finnish experts to posts in the UN system. Topical regional matters, such as the situation in the Middle East and the Persian Gulf and Africa, will also be on the agenda.
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Last Day!
Finally, we've made it!
Here's our final scene. We hope you enjoy it. We have been working like crazy in the last couple of days and we actually managed to get the look we wanted. There are a lot of things we didn't have the time to do, and others that we're still learning, like Lighting settings and the Post Processing Stack. Other things we tried using, like Volumetric Fog and Lights, we didn't manage to get them to work.
But, all in all, we hope we have managed to convey our original idea: A world that is a bright and a bit optimistic. Clean but, at the same time, a bit strange and quirky.
We hope you enjoy it.
Thanks a lot to Unity for the opportunity, for the brilliant products and for the countless tutorials, videos, keynotes that teach so much. This has been quite an experience. We have enjoyed ourselves a lot and, above all, we learned more than we had imagined.
And now, a final update on our workflow.
Asset Store
We used a lot of packages from the Asset Store. All of them were free assets, and it's quite amazing how many good quality things you can find absolutely for free. Some of them, we used as they were, some we tweaked a bit. Amanda Frost, by 3D Maesen. Animated character used in the scene.
Cyber Soldier, by Will Morillas. Another animated character in our scene.
Destructor Spaceship, by Eldanu Games Studio. Modified the scale a bit, and it became a hovering car.
Free Space Ships , by PM Assets. Same as before, we turned them into cars.
Futuristic Robot MK-1 , by AndreaDev. Another character in our scene.
Idle MoCap , from Morro Motion, a set of idle animations, which we used for some of our characters
Kitchen Creation Set , from Studio Krokidana. Used some of the set for the outside of the Diner.
Low Poly Street Pack , from Dynamic Art. We used the park ground and some of the trees and bushes for the Nature-Sim building.
Man In A Suit, by Studio New Punch. Very nice character, with Mecanim animations.
MCS Female, MCS Female Sci-Fi Bundle and MCS Male , by Morph 3D. An awesome package of fully customizable human characters, which we used in our scene.
Modular Spaceship 1: Star Sparrow , from Ebal Studios. We used one of the spaceships as is. It was part of a timeline that didn't make it. We also converted the body of the spaceships into cars, and used the textures applied to primitives to make the Power Station behind the Diner.
Natural Tiling Textures , from Terramorph Workshop. While these textures are very natural looking, and not the most adequate for a futuristic setting, we used them in the Museum building.
Radio Tower - Low Poly , from Markarma.
Sci-Fi Music Pack 1, by pdkmusic. We used one of their songs as soundtrack for the video.
Sci-Fi Platforms, by Coostvenay. Used some of their textures. Particularly, we used the hexagonal platform to make the floor of our bridge
Sci-fi Styled Modular Pack , from karboosx. This is a very cool pack. We used one of their floors to make our landing strip. We also took one of their transparent panels, and together with a cube with the texture mentioned above, we created our bridge. We also used some of their sculptures, lights and a projector with particles for the front of the museum.
sFuture Modules Core Pack , from Sami Lehtonen. We mostly used the textures from this pack. These are top quality textures, with amazing normal and height maps and a very sleek look. We used them in primitives to make the road and the train tracks, and also in the big building platform.
Taichi Character Pack , from Game Asset Studio. Used some of their animations for our characters.
Vast Outer Space, by Prodigious Creations. This is a beautiful package whose purpose is to create outer space environments. But after seeing it, we thought it would be a cool idea to have a "Planetarium" and used the environments as floating orbs.
WarZone Environment Pack , by VD Games. Used their radar, and also one of their vehicles.
White City, by ALIyerEdon. Used some of the buildings to fill up our scene.
Yughues Free Concrete Materials , by Nobiax / Yughues. Used some of their textures and, in particular, we used one of their normal maps for our sidewalks.
From Unity Technologies: Recorder . Used to make the videos.
RobotLab. This is a 4.x version package, but we always liked some of the models. Ended up using the Hover Pad (which I had been wanting to use since I saw the physics tutorial). One of our Robots seems to enjoy it !
Standard Assets. Used assorted items (some materials, textures), some sounds, particles and the Ethan animations for the characters.
Also, the Skybox came from the 18 FREE Skyboxes UnityPackage, found here , in the Unity forums.
And, of course, Timeline, Cinemachine and the Post Processing Stack. Some of our textures came from textures.com, particularly the ones for building windows.
Putting it all together
Creating the dynamic part of the scene was, at the same time, challenging and fun.
For animating characters and vehicles we used scripting and Timeline. The cars have a simple script attached that spawns them and destroys them when they're out of view. The humanoid characters have Animator Controllers, some of which are simple series of animations running in a loop. For others we used scripting to trigger the animations. The futuristic helicopter-based aircraft and the train were animated via their own timelines. The ease of use of Cinemachine cams and Timeline offsets made it quite simple to coordinate both. Using Timeline was amazing. Having the freedom of changing any parameter of an object gives way to countless possibilities. We were aware of changing values, transforms, etc. But being able to use activation tracks, or changing the material of a building as you run the Timeline, is simply brilliant.
As far as Cinemachine goes, we decided to use Dolly Tracks for our cameras, because we were running out of time and they're very easy to set up. But also, it seemed like the most adequate setup for this type of project. Some of them, we set up to follow a character as they walked, for some others we created an empty GameObject and used it to change the Aim of the cameras. It is a fascinating asset and there is so much still to explore.
With respect to the Post Processing Stack, we used v2. We actually loved the possibility of using Volumes to change the look and feel of the scene, but unfortunately didn't manage our time well enough. So we used a global profile. We added some Bloom and changed the Color Grading and some Motion Blur.
We worked in Linear color space, with HDR and using the Deferred Rendering Path.
One day to go, and so much to do...
We have been working quite a lot in the past few days trying to make it in time. Hope we do. We have played a lot with lighting, added some buildings, moved a few others, added some props, some color, some characters, sound and music. We have also been working with Timeline and Cinemachine, creating a couple of clips for the final submission. No time to make a full blown video today, so I'll leave a couple of screenshots:
But well, as I said, too much to be done yet, so I guess we'll do most of the writing tomorrow. But we did want to mention some of the modelling process with Blender.
Modelling with Blender
While we have used the Asset Store a lot for this project, we made all the buildings ourselves in Blender. As we mentioned before, we were already working in a project and we had recently discovered that the way we built our models was less than efficient. Too many materials, which caused way too many draw calls and increased the vertex count to insane levels. So we had to re-think all our modelling.
In a way, it was a very cool thing to have happened. Before, we were trying to make the best possible buildings but trying to keep them as low poly as possible. Now we could design buildings and structures as heavy and as detailed as we wanted (within limits, of course) thanks to the usage of Normal Maps. Yes, we didn't know how to make them until just a few weeks ago.
Baking normal maps in Blender was not immediately intuitive or easy, but once we figured out how, it became second nature. But not only that, we figured out how to also bake multiple textures, detail maps, specular and emission maps. We're still learning, but we definitely know that Blender is yet another amazing tool with which you can really do anything you want to. After this project is done, we're going to write all we learned about baking different maps to be used in Unity.
Here's some examples of our models:
For the more seasoned 3D artists out there, all this is probably very well known, but this is part of all the things we learned during this project. We wouldn't want to finish this small overview of our work with Blender without thanking Alimayo Arango. He has a Youtube channel about Blender and he is truly a genius. He has the best tutorials out there, we think, and we have learned an awful lot from them.
Thanks for reading, see you all tomorrow!
The Story So Far
We are Irene and Andrej, a two-person team of indie developers from Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America, and Ljubljana, Slovenia, Europe, respectively.
We have been working on a game, taking place in the future, for a while now. We've recently switched to Unity and have been learning how to use it for the passed couple of months. We discovered The Neon Challenge while we were starting the process of redoing and expanding the assets and the scenery for our game. Given the challenge is to create a futuristic scene we decided it was a great opportunity to push ourselves to discover the various features on the game engine.
When moving to Unity we started building a new scene. As before, we've done all the 3D modeling work in Blender. At the beginning we had multiple materials in each of the assets, the idea being that we could tweak the materials, textures etc. separately. As the scene is kind of big and placed in the open it started becoming too heavy and unwieldly, so we adapted our workflow to add lower poly versions with a single texture, a normals map, emissions map etc. baked in, keeping both versions in the same Blender file, but only adding the low poly one to the scene and prefabs. This is when we discovered The Neon Challenge, for which we started building a new scene. We spent the first couple of weeks of working on the scene making new buildings and other assets in Blender. We also looked at a bunch of things in the Unity Assets Store, where we already found a few cool things. Some we used as they were, some we tweaked, and we also reused some assets we already found before. In the next couple of days, we will go in depth as to how we created our models in Blender, how we used the Assets Store assets, and how we used Cinemachine, Timeline and the Post Processing Stack in our project.
The idea behind the world of our game is that in the future artificial intelligence becomes prevalent and robots take over many of the currently human tasks. As humanity sleepwalks into an A.I. driven world the robots become more self-aware, but they do not have the same set of morals the humans have. This had not happened without warning and there were attempts at making more humane machines, however, unfortunately that was not the case for all of them. The main (playable) character will be an android with a more human-aligned moral compass (we intend to convey this message by giving our non-hostile android more human-like, kinder graphical features) that is trying to prevent the complete domination of the world by a completely utility-driven artificial intelligence and its robot army.
The concept of the scene presented here is going to be a city that is not yet fully inhabited or controlled by robots and serves almost as a prelude to our game's story (in which there will be few to no human characters appearing in the city), where humans are still there, coexisting with the robots. The idea behind it is not a dystopian scene, but rather an orderly future city with dystopian elements to the storyline. While our ideas were influenced by some dystopian stories, like Blade Runner, we opted for a less dystopian setting, at least visually. For the most part, we took inspiration in the real world, rather than in any piece of concept art. We found images of big cities like Shanghai, Dubai and even Buenos Aires very inspiring and created models speculating a bit on what things might look in the future. Also, trying to get out of the dystopian paradigm, we thought of a setup that would be more odd than pessimistic. A world where things would almost make sense. Think a bit like current AI making music: Yes, it's music, but sounds weird. We hope we can convey that in our scene.
Thanks everyone for watching, and a big thanks to Unity for the opportunity. We have learned a lot and have had lots of fun. There's still a lot we have to do with a scene, and we will be updating of our progress.
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Andrej Petelin
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2 years ago
Well, how would Batman in the same year be much keit
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is it a 1990 release game?
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2 years ago
All Rounder
Farrukh Abdur
Good start. Looking forward to see more on this. Better speed up as less time is left now. Good luck :)
@Farrukh Abdur
!! Yes, lots of work and very little sleep in these past couple of days. Hopefully, we'll finish it!!
Farrukh Abdur
2 years ago
3d Artist / Game Designer
Good start. Looking forward to see more on this. Better speed up as less time is left now. Good luck :)
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The party was great! Bobby and I played a show, I dominated at pool, and we rocked out to records and told jokes the whole night.
Obviously, the show is the main thing I want to talk about. Okkayyy, maybe it was more like us saying "Hey, we're playing a song, so shut up!" in the middle of a much larger and longer jam session. Five of the eight people there play guitar, and we were all making tons of noise and banging on the drums and what-not. Fortunately, my awesome bass amp totally overpowered everything else, so I could be star of the show whenever I wanted. Don't worry, I wasn't too much of an attention whore.
The songs we played were "Basement Song" and "I Don't Know", plus an as-of-yet unnamed acoustic song by Bobby. The first two, despite having lyrics, were sans-vocals. The third did, but they were almost impossible to hear if you didn't know they were there (Bobby sang them). "Basement Song", which Bobby wrote and I penned lyrics for, went OK-ish. We've never played it 100% perfectly, because we both seem to have slightly different mental concepts of how the rhythm should go.
"I Don't Know", which I wrote in its entirety, was a bit better. I was on guitar and Bobby was on drums, and we put on a good performance. We actually had to play it the whole way through twice, because during the first time through someone else had a guitar plugged in and they were standing right in front of their amp, causing terrible feedback towards the middle of the song. We were recording the show, otherwise I wouldn't have cared. The recording is our first "official" one, because we played the entire song through without stopping for mistakes and we were in front of real people.
The rest of the night was pretty chill. We sat around and told funny stories while listening to "Hunky Dory" by David Bowie, then a live album by the Dropkick Murphys. After all the funny stuff we could think of was exhausted, we employed George Carlin's "Class Clown" to keep us amused.
All in all, it was a great party. I had a ton of fun, and I think everyone else had a great time too. In fact - let's do it again real soon.
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Anthony Reynolds fronted and founded the band Jack in the early 1990s. He has released numerous albums under a variety of guises in subsequent years as well as writing books on Leonard Cohen, The Walker Brothers and, most recently, two critically acclaimed volumes on the band Japan. In addition to this he has published two volumes of poetry and starred in an award winning short film. His new album, A Painter's Life, is imminent on the Rocket Girl label. It's an album that harks back to the kitchen-sink symphonies of Jack and their pop-skewed spin-off band Jacques. Guests include Robert Dean (Japan), Carl Bevan (60ft Dolls), Richard Glover (Dub War), Fiona Brice (Midlake, John Grant), Gary Le Strange and Kirk Lake. Ahead of the release, and in recognition of the stunning title track, a mordantly witty examination of the artistic life, we asked Anthony to tell us about his favourite painters.
Caroline Walker
I love the voyeuristic aspect of her work among other things. The paintings depict innocent enough scenes but the perspective is as if from that of a sniper.
So you got a mix of the beautiful and the foreboding.
I know very little about her. Until recently I could only find one book on her, 'In every Dream home' although it seems there's a new one on her out...
I recently looked for prints of hers to buy but could only find some by another Caroline Walker who paints Cows. Artists should have different names as with Actors joining equity. The Cow artist could be called Ccaroline Walker...Caroline Walker: 'Sunset'
David Hockney
He and his work make me temporarily happy.
I love his attitude - I've been trying to interview him about Smoking for years - but I prefer his later paintings to his 'early' ones. I recently saw the 'classics'- the Pools etc in the flesh for the first time and I thought they worked better as posters than paintings. I love his Polaroids too. I've been waking up under a massive 'Pearblossom highway' for years.
Hockney: 'Garrowby Hill'
Frank Sinatra/Miles Davis/David Bowie/Paul McCartney
I love paintings by people who needn't paint.
It's interesting how one is perceived according to what one is best known for.
If Bowie hadn't made it as a singer..would he be more revered as a painter?
I know very little about painting and realise I'm coming to all this as an amateur- I'm no critic in this department- and that's how it should be.
I've got books of the paintings of all of the above. Sometimes you can see a connection between the music and the painting- as with Bowie and Miles - but Sinatra's paintings are intriguing. His landscapes are desolate and as for the Clown paintings...look for yourself.
Sinatra: Clown
I see a lot of his stuff as music in paint. You've even got the lyrics on there...
When I look at them they pulse.
In person they are massive and that made me think about the relationship between the medium and the work. As prints, his work can only be shrunk so far before they lose their potency. It's like they degrade from being a live performance to an MP3.
Astoundingly, soon after his death a number of 'Lost' Basquiat's were found 5 minutes from where I'm typing this in Cardiff. They were fakes of course but of all the places...
Basquiat: Red Rabbit
Art has to have a function for me. If I have a painting on the wall I need to be able to have a conversation with it. I've had this massive print of 'Dora and the minotaur' on my wall for 20 years and I'm never bored by it, I still 'see' it every day.
Of course Picasso is an ideal artist. He was always 'on'. His intoxication came from his work, there seemed to be no separation between his work and his life. It's like he surrendered totally to his creative impulse. I can't imagine him every worrying about anything but the work he was engaged in...an utterly enviable state to be in.
Picasso: Dora and the Minotaur
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Statistical analysis demonstrates that delinquent behavior and crimes are continuous; therefore, it becomes apparent that there is a persistent need to understand the causes of delinquency by exploring an individual's desire to engage in these unconventional behaviors along with the biological component of the developmental brain changes that an adolescent undergoes. The participants of this project were incarcerated youth convicted of a law violation and deemed delinquent. The hypothesis of this project was that the higher level of executive functioning an individual possesses then the higher levels of self-control he or she will possess. This hypothesis was supported. The level of participants' executive functioning demonstrated a significant relationship with self-control, meaning that as executive functioning increased so did the level of self-control.
An exploratory analysis was performed on the clinical scales that make up the BRI (Inhibit, Shift, Emotional Control, and Monitor) to determine the degree of impact that each has on self-control. The results revealed that Emotional Control is the most significant predictor of self-control.
A third analysis was performed to determine if the demographic variables significantly correlate with self-control; two demographic variables, age and education, significantly correlated with self-control. This means that age and level of education have a significant effect on an individual's level of self-control. For this reason a semipartial correlation was conducted in order to control for the effect that age and education have on self-control in order to verify the strength of self-control on executive functioning. Results of the semipartial correlation with age and education being held constant continued to yield a significant relationship between self-control and executive functioning.
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There are certain parts of the world that experience flooding on a near daily basis, but the United States is not one of these parts. Although flash floods and torrential rains do not happen as frequently in the U.S. as they do in other places, all it takes is one flood to wreak a ton of damage. It's with this reality in mind that many individuals purchase private flood insurance. Of course most individuals would prefer to do whatever is possible to protect their property, but sometimes damage is inevitable, and it's in such instances where having flood insurance proves valuable.
Below are three flood-causing events that lead individuals to purchase flood insurance in NJ.
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Floods can negatively affect many things, the structural integrity of your home being one of the most important. But no matter how hard you try to make your property impervious to floods, nature will find a way to get the best of you. Many don't know that rapid snowmelt can cause flooding, and unfortunately there aren't a lot of ways to prevent this natural part of winter from occurring. New Jersey residents typically purchase flood insurance in NJ to prevent snow melt-related damages, and many find their policies come in handy after a brutal winter.
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Flash floods generally affect individuals living near rivers, creeks, or other bodies of water. If recent weather patterns or other factors have caused water levels of the nearby river to rise, an unexpected torrential rainstorm may be enough to cause a flash flood, one that could devastate your property. Those who own waterside rental properties are especially wary of flash floods, and such is why many of these individuals purchase flood insurance for a rental property. There's nothing worse than visiting a vacation property only to find out it was damaged at some point by unexpected flooding.
Although it's been several years since hurricane Sandy ripped through New Jersey, many residents are still grappling with the devastation the storm caused. Current estimates indicate that as many as 50,000 homeowners and renters lost property in the hurricane, and many of these individuals did not have private flood insurance when the storm hit. Flood insurance may seem like a superfluous expense, but it may be the only thing that prevents you from losing everything in a devastating, unexpected natural disaster.
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If You Held A Gun To My Head...
...or, if I could only see ten Fringe shows, what would they be and why?
First, Clearing The Decks
Then here's the full run-down, with write-ups on
#1 - Perpetual Motion Theater Company - The Depth of the Ocean
#2 - Dan Bernitt - Thanks for the Scabies, Jerkface
#3 - Jeffrey Barnes - Remember Who Made You
#4 - Noontime Theatre & Otsie Kerplotsie - I Want to be Musashi: A Clown Samurai Fantasy
#5 - Universal Dance Destiny - African Roads American Streets
#6 - The Donovan Ensemble - Don't Drop the Soap or Lutherans Gone Wild!
#7 - Shantz Theater - A Year in the Life of 25 Strangers Living in a City by the Lake
#8 - Four Humours Theatre - Deviled Eggs
#9 - Leaky Pen Inc. - Mittens for Fat Kids
#10 - Fresh Meat NYC - Fresh Meat
And here's a quick-and-dirty write-up for the time-challenged
And here's the low-down on returning favorites from pre-Fringe Top 10/Top 20 lists past...
Returning Top 10/20ers 2005 - the final version, with Tom Cassidy, Tenth Muse, Unbound, Live Action Set, Scrimshaw, Walking Shadow, Allegra, Three Sticks, and the Players of Notorious Temerity - plus an earlier version when the list was still fresh and the schedule not finalized
Returning Top 10ers 2004 - Chameleon Theater Circle, and Tim Uren - and an earlier post about that cadre of artists coming back
Returning Top 10ers 2003 - Kevin Kling, the Ministry of Cultural Warfare, and Kurt Hunter Marionettes - plus an earlier post on these folks
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Jugo, a healthy, grab-n-go destination from chef and restaurateur Shawn Cirkiel, will celebrate its grand opening on March 20 in Austin, Texas. The restaurant offers a wide selection of fresh-pressed juices and smoothies, as well as freshly made and packaged snacks, salads and hot items from its central downtown location. The restaurant will soft open March 11—19 to offer a limited preview menu with a selection of juices and smoothies. The full menu will debut on March 20.
Jugo adds a health and wellness destination to Parkside Projects' diverse culinary portfolio, which includes noteworthy local restaurants Parkside, The Backspace, Bullfight and Olive & June. As with all Parkside Projects concepts, the menu items are made in-house daily using only the most seasonal, organic and sustainable ingredients whenever possible.
"As my life has become busier with the continual expansion of Parkside Projects, raising a family and more, I find myself drawn to quick meals and snacks," says president of Parkside Projects Shawn Cirkiel. "Jugo is a natural extension of that transitional lifestyle and places an emphasis on cooking similarly to the way we eat at home."
An accessible neighborhood locale for healthy eating on the go, the restaurant designed by Michael Hsu Office of Architecture blends the historic brick building with custom tile, plaster and paneling in a palette of soft whites. Texas pecan woodwork and bright textiles add color as well as the warmth of a home kitchen. For added convenience, jugo's advanced operating system allows for guests to be able to place an order from their smartphone and pick up fresh items at the restaurant's full-service counter.
Guests can sip fresh-pressed juices with creative combinations like Pineapple, Beet, Jalapeño and Apple, Spinach, Ginger, whereas the smoothie section of the menu focuses on revitalizing blends such as Blueberry, Kale, Honey, Yogurt. Jugo will also offer Cold Brew Green Tea on tap, the first of its kind in Austin, along with local favorite Cuvee Coffee Cold Brew on tap.
Jugo's food menu provides a variety of light and fulfilling options broken down by snacks, vegetables, grain and noodle bowls, salads and entrees. Small bites and housemade snacks are available for quick pick up, in addition to salads such as the Cobb Salad with Avocado Dressing and the Spicy Greens Salad with Miso Dressing. For guests in need of a substantial lunch or dinner, a few of jugo's heartier entree options include Baked Wild Alaskan Salmon andGrilled Rosemary Chicken Breast. The grain and noodle bowl section of the menu boasts several choices like theCoconut Lentil Curry and Tomatillo Black Bean and Brown Rice.


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Black Desert, a new MMO that's still in closed beta, is a gorgeous-looking game that I've just had the privilege to discover. Developed by Korean company Pearl Abyss, Black Desert will deliver a variety of experiences inside of its sandbox atmosphere including open-world combat, castle sieges, and real estate opportunities that will allow a limited amount of houses to be bought by players. The game itself looks beautiful and definitely "next-gen," which becomes obvious in the latest character creation video.
The attention to detail is astonishing, especially to someone like me who revels in character customization. Unfortunately, the closed beta is only available to select players in Korea, however, it has apparently been stated that an English version will eventually become available. When that will actually happen is another story. For now, though, it's nice to be able to learn about a MMO that could eventually have the potential to overpower hyped MMO experiences such as the newly released Elder Scrolls Online.
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Raleigh Coin Club's 46th annual coin, currency and stamp show – the biggest money show in the Carolinas! Buy, sell and trade coins, paper money, stamps plus gold, silver and more. Free educational seminars on Friday and Saturday, plus educational exhibits all weekend! Special "Kid's Zone" with games and free coin and stamp prizes. More than 160 dealer tables offering US and World collectibles.
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This is so incredible--I am watching live coverage of what's going on in Egypt. Seventeen police stations were looted and all the weapons were stolen. So the police, who were attacking the demonstrators, are gone. The army arrived and was cheered by the protesters. What is amazing to me is that at this point the army has not attacked the protestors or the looters in the wealthy areas. The protestors are sitting on the tanks. Soldiers are talking and mingling with the protesters.
Two days ago, digital media and TV were cut off by Mubarek, but the protest goes on. A reporter said there are hundreds of thousands people in and around the main square. Some of them are camping out.
Mubarek refuses to leave and has appointed two of his old guard as Vice Presidents, which is to the protesters simply a reshuffling of the deck, so no one is leaving. And since the army has not attacked, there is a peaceful protest. In the sixties and seventies, I always said that when the police arrived, we knew there would be trouble. This seems to prove that.
The people want freedom of speech and free elections.
We have seen these relatively peaceful (48 people have been killed) protests succeed. The whole world is watching and several governments have publicly supported peaceful protests and more freedom and free elections in Egypt. They have not said directly that Mubarek must leave--and politically they can't. The biggest unknown is who would replace Mubarek and would his government support the peace agreement with Israel.
Israel is appropriately silent. They have the most to lose if the peace agreement is not upheld by a new government. If the muslim brotherhood takes power--they are the largest organized political party in Egypt--the peace agreement probably goes. The other question is what would happen to access to the Suez Canal, through which 35,000 ships passed last year.
Despite those unknowns, I am so heartened by this. I thought the army would brutally repress the people, and they still might, but they haven't yet and that is so amazing.
Power to the people takes on meaning in this protest. All of it resonates so fully with the protests we had in the sixties. The issues are not the same. We wanted to stop a war. But we were also fighting for the right to peacefully protest. We were repressed by the police and the national guard, but we kept on. Yemen and Jordan also have protests, which no one is reporting in any depth. Tunisia has already succeeded in getting rid of their president. I hope these protests produce more freedom for people in all of the Middle East countries. As a woman, I identify fully with women's struggle for equal rights in the Middle East. Women fought for 100 years in our country to get where we are now. They deserve the same rights we have.
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Egypt -- a people's protest
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This is an article we published in Auto Restorer the month of January 2009. Since then, we have written the story we found out more information which is "Ed" is one out of approximately 750 4-door hard tops made that year. He is also equipped with one of the ORIGINAL Edsel engine blocks. There were approximately 800 Edsel blocks made before switching to the Mercury engine blocks. He was ordered special for his first owner who passed away before he could acquire Ed in Seattle, WA. We found Ed in a car port under a pile of boxes. We are the "3rd" owner of Ed. Ed will continue to make smiles everywhere he goes and we will make sure he is shinny and ready for the attention.
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The new Irish Ambassador to the United States, Anne Anderson, puts economic ties between Ireland and the US and immigration reform as being her major priorities as she takes over her new position. Anderson told the Irish Times that the relationship between Ireland and the United States has long been dynamic, vibrant and unique but that it also needs constant reinvigoration and renewal.
"I see two major priorities for my posting there," Anderson says. "Both are real bread and butter issues affecting families all over Ireland: economic relations and immigration reform. At this time of economic challenge in Ireland the economic relationship with the US is more important than ever. The US is the biggest source of foreign investment in Ireland."
Anderson adds that in trade terms the United States is the largest trade partner for Ireland for services, the second largest for trade in goods, and the second-biggest market for tourism. She notes that the market out there is extremely competitive in this day and age and that they, therefore, have to constantly be thinking about how to up their game. Anderson says that she intends to do everything that she possibly can to increase the chances of a bill for immigration reform getting through the US Congress.
Anderson notes that it is very important that undocumented Irish immigrants finally be allowed to come out of the shadows and have a legal path for immigration created for the future.


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Plenty of good balls into the box in this footage. I rest my case.
Probably not, but for argument's sake... I agree that the time to judge Adam Dawson is at the end of the season, but my expectations are not as high as other posters on here.Does it really matter? Let's just see how he does under MM and we can look at his contribution at the end of the season.
Are you his agent?Plenty of good balls into the box in this footage. I rest my case.
If I was, I could retire on the signing-on fees.Are you his agent?
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It is not uncommon for potentially life-saving research data to be published years after being generated. But the setback to progress caused by the delay in releasing data is troublesome for people who selflessly participate in trials and desperately await new therapies. Scientists need to feel greater urgency to share their findings quickly, and they need additional avenues to facilitate this process.
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Synergistic pro-apoptotic effects of both knockdown of IFIT3 and DV infection.
A549 cells transfected with control siRNA (si-Ctl) or IFIT3 siRNA (siIFIT3) for 24 h were infected with mock or DV at M.O.I. = 0.5 or 5 for an additional 48 h. Cell viability was determined by MTT assays. Mock-infected cells treated with control siRNA transfection were taken as 100%, and OD values from individual conditions were normalized by the value of the control (% of control; A). DNA content was determined by sub-G1 analysis (left panel in B), and the synergistic effects were calculated (right panel in B). Determination and visualization of cell apoptosis were also performed by TUNEL assays using flow cytometry and immunofluorescent staining (C). Data show representative results and analysis pooled from at least 3 independent experiments. The analysis was performed by ANOVA as described in Materials and Methods. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001. Ctl stands for control.


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Red Lobster has been sold and the future of the restaurant chain is uncertain at best. Last year, Guardian Liberty Voice published several stories about the possibility of Red Lobster closing its doors forever, and as a result, received numerous threats of lawsuits from people claiming to represent Red Lobster. Now, however, it is clear that the seafood chain's future is tenuous since no one knows exactly what new owner Golden Gate Capital plans to do with the brand. There had been talk of possibly spinning off the chain into a more casual "fast food" type of establishment, but so far, there's been no word on what, exactly, will happen. The possibility still remains that Red Lobster will close for good. This would actually be best for everyone, especially the public. In fact, Olive Garden should be next, because its food is even worse than the food at Red Lobster.
While shareholders for Red Lobster were busy wringing their hands and getting mad at newspaper reporters for giving opinions on the sub-par seafood restaurant, parent company Darden continued to ignore the real problem, which was always the food itself. Sure, they tried offering a variety of specials to lure back lost customers, but no one wants to eat cold, over-salted, microwaved food no matter how inexpensive it is. Unless company executives begin to understand that, there is no hope for Red Lobster or its sister company, Olive Garden.
The food at Olive Garden is an embarrassment to all people of Italian descent, and bears no resemblance whatsoever to the food in Italy. In fact, the Olive Garden commercials are downright hilarious as they portray Olive Garden chefs traveling to Italy for new recipe ideas. This is preposterous, to say the least. Red Lobster has been sold, and the new owners ought to just give up and close the chain permanently. Olive Garden should be next.
Before the sale of the beleaguered seafood chain earlier this week, profits had been on a downward spiral and were down 8.7% in one year. Darden shares overall were down 4% and this is because Darden execs are obviously not paying attention to food quality. Here's how Darden can recover from their financial downturn and avoid Olive Garden being the next victim of a sale.
First: get rid of all the microwaves and freezers in all Darden restaurants; and that means all of them, no excuses. No one wants your re-heated food, Darden. If people wanted to eat previously frozen food heated in a microwave, they would stay home and eat a Lean Cuisine off of a TV tray. That's why Chipotle has been cited as edging out brands like Red Lobster. Chipotle does not have microwaves, freezers or can openers on the premises of any of their restaurants. Times have changed since 1968, Darden, but your company has failed to change with them. Back in the 70s and 80s when Red Lobster was booming, microwaves were still new things and thus, eating food heated in them was acceptable. Now, society has moved into this whole "farm fresh, sustainable" deal, so you need to get with the program. Hire real chefs who are committed to cooking real, fresh food from local sources. Throw in some organic items, too. People love the organic thing these days.
Second: lower the prices on the wine. Your wine prices were always, and still remain, outrageous for the cheapo brands you sell. Lower the prices on your wine, and people will start flowing in just for reasonable alcohol.
Third: Clean up your act. Some of your restaurants are dirty, run down and just plain awful. Renovate the worst and clean up the rest. Make sure your staff is on top of keeping the bathrooms clean, too. They are often disgraceful. If you make your restaurants nicer overall in terms of ambiance, it will go a long way in their possibly avoiding the same fate suffered by Red Lobster.
The most important of all these points, though, is by far the food issue. Normal citizens who aren't bigwig fat cat company executives often wonder what the corporate millionaires are doing at Darden, because those head honchos are definitely not paying any attention to the food. Maybe they are busy lolling about on yachts and driving overpriced cars. Instead of spending time being typical corporate d*****bags, improve the food, and everything will change.
Red Lobster has been sold, and Olive Garden should be next; that is, unless parent company Darden takes actual steps to improve the lousy cuisine they try to pass off as good casual dining. Otherwise, it won't be just the over-salted cheddar biscuits that are in jeopardy, but the unlimited bowls of watery and sometimes partially frozen piles of iceberg lettuce as well.
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THE WEEKEND'S newspapers had some of the most uplifting coverage for ages-and some of the most disgusting. On the one hand, there was extensive coverage of the mushrooming anti-war movement across the globe. On the other, there was a deluge of bile against asylum seekers, linking them with terrorism and whipping up a frenzy whereby every refugee could be a killer with a vat of ricin in their flat.
A moment's thought would suggest that any 'terrorist' organisation is very unlikely to place its operatives in Britain through getting them to seek asylum. It would simply be far too likely to end with detention and deportation. But when it comes to refugees the truth has never bothered sections of the media and some politicians. They do not mind if the result is hatred and violence. Every arrest of an alleged terrorist gets huge coverage. What gets completely buried is the eventual outcome of subsequent investigations.
Six Algerians arrested in November were accused of being Al Qaida terrorists plotting mass murder on the tube. They were eventually charged only with passport violations. A group of six people arrested on terrorism charges in London in December turned out to be five Turkish and one English supporter of a left wing Turkish group. These examples show how the authorities are rounding people up and in the process eroding civil liberties for all of us.
In December 2001 a series of police raids in London, Luton and Birmingham saw arrests of men labelled 'international terrorists' with links to extremist organisations. All were taken to high security prisons and classified as the highest risk. There they were refused access to lawyers or telephones. Their families were not informed where they had been taken.
It was not until three months later that the men heard the nature of some of the allegations against them. Even their own lawyers had been forbidden from knowing the contents of the files.
The men included an Algerian, a Moroccan, an Egyptian and a Tunisian. The majority had been rounded up on previous occasions. Some had cases against them dropped for lack of evidence but were then rearrested on that same evidence. The prisoners were called 'Bin men' by prison warders and their cells were dubbed 'Bin Laden's corner'.
One detainee was an Algerian who was arrested in 1997 and accused of supporting the Algerian GIA, an Islamic organisation heavily penetrated by Algerian government agents provocateurs. He had been acquitted. Since then, the Home Office later told an immigration tribunal, 'he has been maintaining a lower profile. MI5 assesses that this will in part reflect that he has become even more security conscious since his arrest.
'However, he has maintained contact with a range of Algerian extremists in the UK.' The man has done nothing, which just shows how devious he is! What could be more damning?
The detention of the men was finally ruled illegal by the courts. None of them was charged as a terrorist.
We should remember what happened when a Labour government rushed through the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) in 1974 after IRA bombings. According to official statistics, 97 percent of those held under the PTA were released without charge. The 1 percent who were convicted and imprisoned included some of the most notable miscarriages of justice.
The first person arrested under the PTA was Paul Hill, a member of the Guildford Four. He was wrongly jailed for 15 years, even though he was completely innocent. The PTA meant that every year tens of thousands of Irish people were stopped and questioned when travelling between Ireland and Britain. Every Irish person became a suspect. The PTA has now gone, but it has been replaced with even more brutal laws.
The Terrorism Act 2000 broadened the definition of terrorism to include 'the threat of serious damage to property', in ways 'designed to influence the government' for a 'political cause'. That could include organising a protest involving breaching the fence of a war base.
The Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 went even further. It meant non-UK citizens could be interned for an indefinite period without trial and that everyone has the duty to inform the police about anyone 'suspected' of committing or planning 'terrorist' activity.
The authorities are trying to extend the 'war on terror' to become a war on dissent. Civil liberties are being snatched away. And if they get away with doing it to refugees and immigrants, they will do the same in the longer term to other 'difficult' groups.
The British government interned innocent people during the war in Ireland and during the first Gulf War. They are doing the same again now. We all feel immensely strengthened by the global anti-war movement. It is a time of inspiration and hope.
At the same time as combating the drive to war we need to fight for justice for all those who are presently under the cosh of the British state and its 'anti-terror' laws.


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Industry 4.0
The integration of industrial production with modern information and communication technologies is essential for the optimization of the value chain. On the way to a self-organized and fully automated production, people, machines, plants, logistics and products must communicate and cooperate.
Our goal is to develop the automated production of the first phase of digitization into an intelligent and digitally networked system of Industry 4.0 (second phase of digitization). The steps to this process are:
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As a first step, a validated process simulation model is developed as a digital image of the plant. This is then connected to the existing process control system via the CHEMCAD internal OPC interface, through which the data exchange takes place.
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NEN-EN 1439 specifies the procedures to be adopted when checking transportable refillable LPG cylinders before, during and after filling. This document applies to transportable refillable LPG cylinders of water capacity not exceeding 150 l and deemed to be fitted with valves designed according to EN ISO 14245 [4] and EN ISO 15995 [5]. This document does not cover the requirements for filling LPG cylinders that are designed and equipped for filling by the user. This document does not cover the requirements for filling LPG containers on vehicles. This document is applicable to the following: - welded and brazed steel LPG cylinders with a specified minimum wall thickness (see EN 1442 and EN 12807 [1] or an equivalent standard); - welded steel LPG cylinders without specified minimum wall thickness (see EN 14140 or an equivalent standard); - welded aluminium LPG cylinders (see EN 13110 [2] or an equivalent standard); - composite LPG cylinders (see EN 14427 or an equivalent standard); and - over-moulded cylinders (OMC). Specific requirements for the different types of cylinders are detailed in Annex A, Annex B, Annex C, Annex D and Annex G. This draft standard is intended to be applied to cylinders complying with RID/ADR [6] [7] (including pi marked cylinders) and also to existing non RID/ADR cylinder populations.
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A-ROSA Flora
183 Passengers (183 with upper beds)
About A-ROSA
A-ROSA has been offering river cruises on a first-class level with a modern finish for 15 years. The cruise line welcomes you in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere, with spacious and bright cabins and with varied and fresh cuisine. The casual atmosphere is emphasised by the fact that no particular dress-codes or seating times are expected . Various activities and wellness on board as well as interesting country programs complete the range at A-ROSA. Please note that the onboard language is German. Menus, itineraries or other documents can not be provided in any other language.
The Ship
The A-ROSA Flora was built in 2014 on the German Neptun shipyard and can accommodate up to 183 passengers.
Life on Board
Atmosphere onboard is relaxed and quite casual. Thanks to the open dining times guests can flexibly organize their days. In average the guests are younger than on most other river cruises. Even families with children are very welcome. The language used on board is German and the accepted currency is the Euro. When not dining or exploring interesting sights guests may use the large sun-deck, the Spa, the beauty and massage parlour, the fitness room or the small pool. On board the A-ROSA Flora you will find bicycles which are used for special shore excursions or can be rented for your own tours. All shore excursions can be booked on board.
All staterooms are very well designed so that they combine the perfect utilization of space with elegant coziness. Standard staterooms provide 14.5 square metres of space while a few larger family staterooms with 18 sqm are also available. The Junior- and Balcony-Suites provide even more spacious 21 to 29 sqm. Cabins on deck 1 have small windows which cannot be opened while the staterooms on deck 2 and 3 have floor-to-ceiling windows that can be opened. Beds can always be arranged as twins or doubles. All staterooms have en-suite shower/WC, air-condition, TV and much more.
Food and Beverages
The food-concept is as modern as the rest of the ship: the buffets with a wide range of food will satisfy everyone's palate. Thanks to the open dining times guests may dine whenever it suites them best. In the additional restaurant "Weinwirtschaft" guests can enjoy regional specialties and wines for an additional fee. Mineral water is included at dining times and so are coffee and tea in the afternoon. Additional drinks are only included when booking the "Select Premium" rate. But those booking this rate will also enjoy free transfers from ship to train station as well as a selected guided city tour and W-LAN on board.
Entertainment, Sports and Wellness
There is a Finnish sauna aboard, with large windows overlooking the landscape as you take a sauna. For those who like to exercise, some modern fitness equipment can be found on board. A small relaxation area invites you to relax between the sauna sessions. In addition, there is a professionally trained spa and beauty team on board, which will spoil you with massage and spa treatments. (Applications for a fee). P>
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A-ROSA has developed an extensive land program. All excursions can be booked on board. So there are usually sightseeing tours, trips to castles, wineries and other attractions. There are also boat trips or strolls into town in the program. The bicycles of A-ROSA are used for trips to the environment (difficulty levels).
Our Summary
If you speak a bit of German and are searching for a modern river-cruise experience then you need to consider travelling with A-ROSA. The Flora is surely the new highlight in A-ROSA's fleet.
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The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced a formal investigation into the Nazi British National Party's (BNP) accounts.
The EC has already fined the BNP £1,000 for submitting its accounts nearly six months late.
It has also been told to provide more information about its income.
The EC launched a case review three months ago and has now moved on to a formal investigation.
This follows comments by the registered independent auditors, Silver & Co, who found that the financial statements submitted did not 'give a true and fair view of the state of the party's affairs at December 31 2008'.
They added, 'In our opinion it cannot be said that the accounts comply with the requirements of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000, as adequate records have not been made available.'
Just before the Euro elections BNP leader Nick Griffin claimed that his party stood opposed to gravy train politics.
But he has claimed £200,000 expenses as a Euro MP in 2009 on top of his £82,000 MEP salary, some £18,000 in "consultancy fees" and £10,000 in "agent fees".
After criticism for not being open about his expenses, Griffin published a version of his claims which included:
- £175,000 in "staff costs" for eight employees.
- £31,000 for "office management costs", including an office in his home. This included £2,800 on "furnishings" and over £4,000 on "repair, maintenance and security".
He is yet to reveal how much he has claimed of his £270-a-day MEP's subsistence allowance, worth £40,000 tax-free every year, or how much he has claimed for travel.
Fellow Nazi BNP MEP Andrew Brons has not published any details of his expenses.
Concerns were raised after an investigation by the Mirror newspaper which showed Griffin and Brons using their expenses to fund the BNPs UK operation.
Those on Griffin and Bron's Europe payroll include:
- John Walker: BNP Deputy press spokesman. Lives in Wales. Standing in Alyn & Deeside
- Martin Wingfield: BNP Communication officer for leaders. Standing in Workington, Cumbria.
- Tina Wingfield: Runs Griffin's office. Standing in Salford, Greater Manchester, against Hazel Blears.
- Chris Beverley: BNP Yorkshire organiser and candidate in Morley & Outwood, top target in Yorks.
- Clive Jefferson: BNP North West organiser. Standing in Copeland, Cumbria, in the election.
- Martin Reynolds: Griffin's personal minder.