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As with all components on a model railroad, the stuff that goes under the tracks is highly important for the functionality and appearance of your layout. From the framework to the subroadbed to the ballast, each component serves an essential purpose toward making a realistic and effective railroad. This is especially true for the model railroad roadbed.
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Losani Homes is continuing with its big plans for burgeoning Hamilton's east end.
The award-winning builder is developing what is set to become the city's largest master-planned community, Central Park, and will be releasing Madison, the second neighbourhood, this spring.
Madison, which you can register for on the Losani website, comes on the heels of the successful launch of the first neighbourhood Park Avenue. This new community offers two- and three-storey urban townhomes located just off the eco-trail promenade.
The spacious townhomes at Madison at Central Park range from approximately 1,225 square feet up to over 2,000 square feet, and are affordably priced starting from the low $300,000s. The community will offer three-storey back-to-back towns, three-storey towns, and two-storey towns.
Named not merely as a nod to the iconic New York green space, Losani's Central Park lives up to its name as it boasts 15 acres of naturalized green space, including a five-acre park right in the middle of the community.
Central Park is adjacent to the future home of a Sobeys grocery store, as well as other retail shops and services. On the east boundary of the community is the beautiful Eramosa Karst Conservation Area. There are also numerous existing amenities in the area — just check out this map — including theatres, sports facilities and restaurants.
The family-run Losani Homes has been building homes in and around the Hamilton area for 40 years. Most recently, Losani Homes and the Losani Family Foundation, the builder's philanthropic organization, received the most prestigious international industry award from the National Association of Homes Builders (NAHB). Losani received the 2017 Gold Award for Building Community Spirit at the North American gala held in Orlando, Florida.
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Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Happy Halloween
Life on the Front Porch has been very slow and very quiet the past couple of days. My plans to spend a rainy Sunday in my recliner doing crafty stuff got sidetracked when I woke up Sunday morning with a very painful right foot. RA had reared her ugly head and attacked my foot with a flare. I got up only to go back to bed because of the pain. As the day progressed, the pain increased and I ended up not being able to walk on that foot at all. I spent the day in bed sleeping trying to avoid having to deal with the pain. Monday it was swollen and still painful but I was able to bear weight so I hobbled to the recliner and proceeded to do my Sunday thing on Monday.
Tuesday, I went for a desperately needed haircut since I hadn't had one in nearly 2 months. It was nice to get out even if the temps were cold but not nice to drive. My right foot is my gas and brake foot. OUCH! By the time I got back home, I was hobbling again and my foot has swollen out of my shoe.
The only good thing that has come from this is two whole days spent doing crafty things; crocheting, cross stitching and reading. Okay reading isn't crafty but I do enjoy it. And it was all guilt free because I couldn't do anything else. Now is that putting a silver lining on that cloud or what!
Anyway, it's late here and I'm off to bed. I'll leave you with a photo of my haircut. It feels sooooooo much better.
Thanks for dropping by. Have a great day and remember all the people on the East Coast of the US. This crazy storm has wreak havoc for lots and lots of people.
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I love the cut and you look beautiful! I hope you feel better soon :)ReplyDelete
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Hello Sharon, thank you for lovely comments on my blog - I'm still beaming!ReplyDelete
I think your grey hair looks fab, let's hear it for Silver Ladies! I feel better about my hair since I stopped colouring it, and my other half loves it!
Sorry to hear about your ill health, RA is a sneaky vicious condition, I hope the flare up hhas died down a bit by now. Reading back through a few posts I see you have recently been diagnosed with asthma - if you are religious about using your preventer inhaler every day and night you will find you have to use the reliever inhaler less and less. People become complacent about the preventer and exacrbate their condition. (Ah y'see, once a nurse always a bossy so-and-so!) Yes, Halloween here tonight, and it looks like rain and strong winds. Take care, and don't ever feel gulty for spending time reading!! Lx
- AnonymousOctober 31, 2012 at 6:01:00 AM EDT
What a lovely cheerful smiley face. I haven't been to a hairdresser in.... about twenty years almost. I cut it myself, layering it and so on, just have never liked going to the hairdressers so I don't. And no, I don't look like I've been attacked by a shortsighted scissor-wielding mad person, I always got complimented by work colleagues, when I worked that is. Don't do that either now! Only things I like, for the most part. Unfortunately this month is one of hospital and medical appointments every week, now THAT I don't like.ReplyDelete
You look great! It is always uplifting to get a haircut and style isn't it? Sorry you're not feeling well, my aunt has RA and she suffers terribly when it flares up. Take it easy, and enjoy your crafting!ReplyDelete
Your hair cute looks nice and I hope you are feeling better soon. Enjoy your craft (and reading) time. :-)ReplyDelete
I've missed out reading here as I was out of town. I am so glad the inhaling continues to help, but feel badly about the RA. That has to be so painful.ReplyDelete
Love your new "do". I am finally getting my hair cut tomorrow. It has looked dreadful lately.
Sending love and healing thoughts, E.
Sorry to hear about your health problems, I hope they resolve soon. Looking forward to seeing more of your crafty adventures (even if they are enabled by bad things!) Feel better!ReplyDelete
We had a very chilly Halloween too - but trick-or-treating in our village takes place in the late afternoon, so the kids were all home by dark.ReplyDelete
Very cute haircut! Hope that flare has been tamped down by now. At least you got some uninterrupted crafty-reading time out of it. :)
I hope your foot is better by now. When you are down for the count, at least you have crafty ways to entertain yourself and that's always a good thing. I've been in pjs all weekend. :) Best wishes, TammyReplyDelete
Oh ouch. Your foot sounds sooo very painful. Is it doing better now? At least you got to do some other things that you enjoy while you were immobile. Thanks for stopping by "Of Woods and Words." Very nice to "meet" you!ReplyDelete
Hope the foot is much better ... I've been doing okay since my last flare up, fingers crossed. Love the hair!ReplyDelete
Hello SharonReplyDelete
You're looking great in that photo with your new trendy haircut:-)
Very sorry to hear you're not feeling so good...hows the foot now?
I really hate going to the hairdressers but I do feel so much better afterwards. Its great therapy even if I do feel I am wasting my time....but the latter is all stress induced.
Look forward to seeing all your makes for the Christmas swap which I'm participating in as well but don't know my partner as yet. Fun Fun time again :-)
keep well
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'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' video puts you in the hero seat
Imagine this: It's early 1977, and director George Lucas is able to magically take curious would-be moviegoers on an immersive tour of the desert planet from his forthcoming movie — something called Star Wars — from the hot seat of Luke Skywalker's landspeeder.
Lucas couldn't do that, but J.J. Abrams and company can do something very similar. Industrial Light and Magic helped produce this interactive trip through the desert planet of Jakku. You might know it better as the place with the fallen Star Destroyers, one of the main locations from the forthcoming Episode VII in the Star Wars saga, The Force Awakens — now less than 100 days away from theaters.
Even cooler, says Lucasfilm, is the fact that this is supposed to be the speeder belonging to Rey — the movie's scavenger hero with a mystery past, played by Daisy Ridley.
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Speed across the Jakku desert from Star Wars: The Force Awakens with this immersive 360 experience created exclusively for Facebook.
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ILM is, of course, the special effects wing of the Lucasfilm empire, now itself part of the Disney empire. The company is consistently on the cutting edge of immersive experiences — and is currently a pioneer in the realm of virtual movie sets where CGI characters can be manipulated in real-time.
The ILM technology was developed for a now defunct game called Star Wars 1313, but has since become a prototype product for directors as well as game makers. "If you combine video games with film-making techniques, you can start to have these real deep, multi-user experiences," Lucasfilm's technology chief said during a demonstration of this technology in London.
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So it makes sense that Facebook tapped ILM to create one of its showcase 360-degree video experiences. It's the kind of thing you can watch over and over again, looking different ways each time, scouring the desert of Jakku for clues to the storyline of the new movie.
You'll no doubt spot what appears to be a flyer with what looks like an angry desert-dweller shaking its fist — while sounding distinctly like a Wookiee — and at least one native Jakku creature at the end of the trip.
This is just the latest tease from a puckish company that has spent the last year casually dropping details from the new movie in all sorts of unexpected locations, from Instagram videos to magazine photo captions to the voice boxes of plastic toys.
It's a strategy that has consistently surprised and delighted fans, and this video is no different:
This is like Google Street View Jakku. I totally expected to see someone sunbathing or taking their trash out. https://t.co/SDtRBB68cc
— Mediocre Jedi (@MediocreJedi) September 23, 2015
Goodbye world. If you need me, I'll be zooming through the sands of Jakku for the rest of the day.
— Bria (@chaosbria) September 23, 2015
Only thing that would make the 360 degree ride around Jakku on Rey's speeder better. Having Daisey ride with you. https://t.co/gQz9Mp4Q0A
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Ellesmere Port school pupils get unique insight into life with dementia
Posted: 09/07/2019
Youngsters at The Oaks Primary School attended a workshop run by ForHousing which helps children aged between eight and 11 spot the signs of dementia and allows them to understand how it can change people's personality and behaviour.
ForHousing owns and manages 24,000 homes and provides housing management services on behalf of Cheshire West and Chester Council.
The organisation teamed up with the Alzheimer's Society to run the sessions as part of its work to improve wellbeing, allow people to live with dignity and have a positive and lasting impact in communities.
All of the children involved signed up to become Dementia Friends by pledging to take action to be supportive and kind to anyone in their community with dementia.
The workshop included topics such as brain and memory function, the role of carers and families and the difficulties people living with dementia face in their communities.
The lessons have already been a success in schools in Salford and Knowsley. Known as the 'Mr Alzheimer's and Me' educational project, the classes have now expanded to Ellesmere Port.
Around 850,000 people live with dementia in the UK according to the Alzheimer's Society, with nearly a third of young people knowing someone living with the condition.
Henry Terefenko, ForHousing CEO, said: "ForHousing is focused on working collaboratively and with care to deliver lasting change in communities and improve lives.
"We are passionate about promoting wellbeing and believe working with the next generation to create a more dementia-friendly society is a key part of that.
"It's great to mark the expansion of these workshops for school pupils in Ellesmere Port.
"Dementia is on the rise in our ageing society, so more young people are likely to come into contact with people living with the condition through family and friends.
"That's why the workshops focus on encouraging young people to become Dementia Friends."
ForHousing, which trains its staff to be Dementia Friends, is now planning to roll the classes out to more schools in Ellesmere Port.
It says its Community Impact Strategy involves working with partners to "invest in projects that give people a better quality of life, improving health and wellbeing and enabling them to feel safer".
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HAMMOND, Ind. — An Indiana man who pleaded guilty to distributing information about explosives in connection with terrorist groups has been sentenced.
Marlonn Hicks, 31, of Crown Point, Indiana, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for distributing information regarding the manufacture and use of explosives, with the intent that the information be used for and in furtherance of a crime of violence.
After his prison term, Hicks will serve three years of supervised release.
"The defendant plotted to conduct an attack on U.S. soil and, with today's sentence, he is being held accountable for his actions," said Assistant Attorney General Demers.
U.S. Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch says Hicks was inspired by the massacre in Orlando to try to commit a terror attack to kill innocent victims in the United States.
According to the documents in this case, Hicks rapidly transformed from a vocal online supporter of ISIS to someone planning a terrorist act.
Prosecutors alleged Hicks talked about carrying out an attack in the U.S. and said he wanted to travel to territory under control of the Islamic State.
On June 21, 2016, nine days after the Orlando Pulse massacre, Hicks discussed "getting busy" with an FBI source who he believed was an ISIS supporter. He sent this source two manuals on how to manufacture and use explosives and poisons and continued to discuss with this FBI source possible terror attacks.
Hicks made his motivation for the planned attacks clear, exclaiming that since the FBI and similar government personnel "have shut the door now [on his ability to travel to ISIS controlled territory and fight there] I'm gonna open the door to hell for them."
As he began to develop an attack plan, in addition to sending the above referenced manuals, he discussed coordinating attacks to create "more of an audience."
Hicks also discussed how to obtain firearms and practice with them. Hicks clearly communicated to multiple sources and during his post-arrest interview that he wanted everyone to know the attacks were carried out in the name of ISIS.
Hicks was arrested on federal charges without incident in July 2016 and has remained in federal custody since his arrest.
Before his sentencing, Hicks' attorney read a statement by Hicks in which he claimed he is "not a menace to society," adding he is "a big teddy bear that got emotional."


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Brooks Koepka made the most of his opportunity. An unsolicited invitation to the Frys.com event produced a T3 finish. Equally important he earned $240,000 for his efforts and a spot in this week's Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. In the 2013 season, which just ended, Peter Hanson finished 125th in earnings with $610,178. Koepka's payday last week represents nearly 40% of last year's number needed to keep a card on the PGA TOUR. If he has another successful week in Vegas, he could give his passport a rest. "You know, it's kind of funny. I didn't really win much growing up. I felt like I was always close, put myself in position, and never was able to come through," he remarked after the third round at the Frys.com. "You know ever since turned professional I feel like I've won more professional events," he continued. Koepka won three times on the European Challenge Tour in 2013. "I feel like learning how to win, that is a big deal." Maybe lady luck will be on his side in Sin City at the TPC Summerlin.
Koepka, who finished tied for third at the Frys.com Open on a Sponsor Exemption after holding the 36- and 54-hole leads, has one other angle to gaining membership on the PGA TOUR. He earned 134 non-member FedExCup points for his finish at the Frys.com tournament. A new change in the PGA TOUR Regulations for 2013-14, non-member FedExCup points equal to the previous year's No. 150 in the final FedExCup points list replaces official money for players to receive Special Temporary Membership. The former Florida State All-America needs a total of 278 non-member points (last year's No. 150) to earn Special Temporary Membership, which would allow him to receive unlimited Sponsor Exemptions through the Wyndham Championship as he attempts to earn his 2014-15 PGA TOUR card through the Non-member Money List or Non-member FedExCup Points List.


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King RANGE, Plaintiff–Appellant, v. BROADWAY, LLC, Madewell, Inc., and J. Crew Group, Inc., Defendants–Appellees.
Plaintiff-appellant King Range appeals from the September 24, 2014 order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Lewis A. Kaplan, Judge ) staying his action for, inter alia, injunctive relief under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA"), 42 U.S.C. § 12182 et seq. We conclude that we are without jurisdiction to hear the appeal. Accordingly, we DISMISS for want of appellate jurisdiction.
Range filed this lawsuit against defendants 480–486 Broadway, LLC ("Broadway"), Madewell, Inc. ("Madewell"), and J. Crew Group, Inc. ("J.Crew") on April 8, 2014. In his complaint, Range, who is confined to a wheelchair, alleged that a retail property in New York City owned by Broadway and leased by Madewell and J. Crew does not comply with the ADA's accessibility requirements. According to Range, the property fails to meet the ADA's standards in thirty-three different respects. Among other problems, there is no permanent ramp from the street to the entrance, some interior spaces are too narrow to permit navigation by a person in a wheelchair, and the International Symbol of Accessibility is not displayed as the law requires.
On June 19, 2014, the parties appeared for a status conference before the District Court. Counsel for defendants represented that defendants wished to bring the property into compliance, explaining that the property was located in a historic district and the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission ("LPC") had rejected an earlier application to build a permanent ramp in front of the property. Counsel also argued that discovery should not commence because discovery was not necessary: it was plain from Range's complaint that his attorney had visited the property and catalogued its alleged shortcomings. Instead, counsel submitted, discovery should be stayed and a settlement conference scheduled. The District Court agreed to stay discovery, and it referred the case for a settlement conference.
The parties failed to settle and appeared for another status conference on September 24, 2014. On that same day defendants filed a new application with the LPC seeking leave to construct a permanent ramp; they were scheduled to be heard on October 21. Before the District Court, counsel for defendants argued that the discovery stay should remain in place for two reasons: first, Range's complaint identified all of the property's alleged problems; second, defendants had begun the process of bringing the property into compliance. Accordingly, proceeding with discovery would serve only to saddle the parties with unnecessary costs.
The District Court agreed. In an order entered on September 24, 2014, the District Court noted that defendants had "assured the Court" that they were "in the process of correcting [any lack of compliance] to the extent it is within their power to do so," had filed a new application with the LPC, and would be heard before the LPC on October 21. S.A. 52. In consequence, wrote the Court, it made "very little sense to run up legal fees and expert fees ․ reasonably likely to be utterly without ultimate purpose." S.A. 53. The District Court therefore stayed the action, but not without this caveat: "If the plaintiff wishes in the interim to have me modify this order, they are, of course, at liberty to make an application." Id. The order was reflected in a docket entry made two days later, on September 26, 2014, stating that the action was stayed for two years.
Range appeals this order, arguing that the District Court abused its discretion by staying his action. As a threshold matter, he asserts that we have jurisdiction to decide this question either because the stay order is a final decision under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, because it is an appealable collateral order, or because he is entitled to a writ of mandamus. We reject each of these arguments and therefore dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.
I. Final Decision
Range first argues that the District Court's order is "final" within the meaning of 28 U.S.C. § 1291, which vests the courts of appeals with "jurisdiction of appeals from all final decisions of the district courts of the United States." A stay order ordinarily does not qualify as a final decision, but the Supreme Court has recognized an exception to this general rule. Moses H. Cone Mem'l Hosp. v. Mercury Constr. Corp., 460 U.S. 1, 10 & n. 11, 103 S.Ct. 927, 74 L.Ed.2d 765 (1983). When a stay puts a plaintiff "effectively out of court," the stay order is final and appealable. Id. (internal quotation marks omitted). Range argues that the District Court's order does just that by preventing him from pursuing his case for two years.
We disagree. "[A] decision is ordinarily considered final and appealable under § 1291 only if it ends the litigation on the merits and leaves nothing for the court to do but execute the judgment." Quackenbush v. Allstate Ins. Co., 517 U.S. 706, 712, 116 S.Ct. 1712, 135 L.Ed.2d 1 (1996) (internal quotation marks omitted). "[M]ost stays do not put the plaintiff 'effectively out of court' " and so are not reviewable final orders. Moses H. Cone, 460 U.S. at 11 n. 11; Steele v. L.F. Rothschild & Co., 864 F.2d 1, 2 (2d Cir.1988) (stay orders "ordinarily are not appealable ․ 'final orders' ").
While a stay order may be a final order if it effectively cedes federal jurisdiction "by refus[ing] to proceed to a disposition on the merits" or imposing "lengthy or indefinite delays," Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Ala. v. Unity Outpatient Surgery Ctr., Inc., 490 F.3d 718, 72324 (9th Cir.2007); see id. at 724 (reviewing stays that were "both indefinite and expected to be lengthy," as "[t]hey could easily last ․ five[ ] or six[ ] year[s] ․ or even longer," depending on the possible initiation and completion of criminal proceedings), the stay order here is "an ordinary delay in the interest of docket control" over which we lack jurisdiction, Moses H. Cone, 460 U.S. at 11 n. 11.
II. Collateral Order
Nor is the District Court's order appealable under the collateral-order exception to the rule of finality. Under this exception, an order that does not finally resolve a litigation may nevertheless be appealed if the order 1) "conclusively determine[s] the disputed question;" 2) "resolve [s] an important issue completely separate from the merits of the action;" and 3) is "effectively unreviewable on appeal from a final judgment." Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. v. Mayacamas Corp., 485 U.S. 271, 276, 108 S.Ct. 1133, 99 L.Ed.2d 296 (1988) (internal quotation marks omitted). A stay order can qualify as an appealable collateral order, see, e.g., Discon, Inc. v. NYNEX Corp., 4 F.3d 130, 13334 (2d Cir.1993) (reviewing an order that stayed a blameless plaintiff's lawsuit until its counsel, over whom plaintiff lacked control, complied with an order to pay sanctions), but this one does not: it founders on the first requirement, that the order "conclusively determine the disputed question." Gulfstream, 485 U.S. at 276 (internal quotation marks omitted).
A nonfinal order does not conclusively determine an issue unless, "although technically amendable, [it is] 'made with the expectation that [it] will be the final word on the subject addressed.' " Id . at 277 (quoting Moses H. Cone, 460 U.S. at 12 n. 14). If the order is of a kind that "a district court ordinarily would expect to reassess and revise ․ in response to events occurring in the ordinary course of litigation," it is not conclusive. Id. (internal quotation marks omitted). So too if the district court "contemplate[s]" that the order "may be modified or revised as the litigation proceeds." In re Repetitive Stress Injury Litig., 11 F.3d 368, 372 (2d Cir.1993).
Here, though the docket entry reflecting the District Court's order speaks in absolutes—"Action stayed for 2 years"—the Court's oral ruling quite plainly contemplates future revision. The stay was entered because "[t]he defendant has assured the Court that to whatever extent there is any lack of compliance on the subject premises, they are in the process of correcting it to the extent it is within their power to do so." S.A. 52. The District Court stated that Range could, "in the interim ․ make an application" to "modify [the] order." S.A. 53. We read the order to indicate that if defendants do not proceed in good faith as promised during the period of the stay and Range applies to the District Court for relief, the Court will revisit the stay. Moreover, in the event that plaintiff maintains that further remediation is necessary after defendants' promised work is complete, the District Court will address those claims. Because it is clear that the stay order is subject to modification in light of changing circumstances, it does not "conclusively determine the disputed question" and is therefore not an appealable collateral order. Gulfstream, 485 U.S. at 276 (internal quotation marks omitted).
III. Mandamus
Finally, we conclude that mandamus relief is not warranted in this case. A writ of mandamus is an "extraordinary remedy," available only in "exceptional circumstances amounting to a judicial usurpation of power or a clear abuse of discretion." In re City of New York, 607 F.3d 923, 932 (2d Cir.2010) (internal quotation marks omitted). The party seeking the writ must show that "its right to issuance of the writ is clear and undisputable." Gulfstream, 485 U.S. at 289 (internal quotation marks omitted). Though a district court possesses inherent authority to "control the disposition of the causes on its docket" and has power to stay an action as an incident of that authority, Landis v. N. Am. Co., 299 U.S. 248, 254, 57 S.Ct. 163, 81 L.Ed. 153 (1936), a stay order may warrant mandamus relief "in exceptional cases," Gulfstream, 485 U.S. at 288 n. 13.
This is not such a case. The decision whether to stay an action calls on a district court's "studied judgment," requiring the court to examine "the particular facts before it" and determine "the extent to which ․ a stay would work a hardship, inequity, or injustice to a party, the public or the court." Louis Vuitton Malletier S.A. v. LY USA, Inc., 676 F.3d 83, 99 (2d Cir.2012). The record shows that the District Court acted within its authority in deciding, based on the circumstances of the case and the interests of the litigants and the Court, that this action should be stayed. The Court took note of defendants' plans to address Range's concerns about the property and the lack of any apparent need for discovery, concluding that permitting the active litigation of the case at present would only waste the parties' resources and the Court's time.
In arguing that he is entitled to a writ of mandamus, Range ignores the fact that the District Court explicitly kept the door open to revisiting the stay in the event that defendants fail to proceed in good faith. To be sure, stay orders are not automatically sustainable or precluded from review merely "because conceivably the court that made it may be persuaded at a later time to undo what it has done." Landis, 299 U.S. at 257; see also Trujillo v. Conover & Co. Commc'ns, 221 F.3d 1262, 1264 n. 3 (11th Cir.2000). This is not such a case, however, as the District Court conditioned the stay on prompt remediation by defendants.
Range emphasizes that defendants' promise to remedy the property is not judicially enforceable and that these ADA violations should not be permitted to persist, immune from judicial challenge, for two years. Both points may be granted. But in view of the District Court's avowed willingness to modify its order should circumstances change, it is clear that the Court has not abdicated its role—and equally clear that Range is not entitled to the extraordinary relief he seeks.
In sum, we hold that the District Court's stay order is neither "final" within the meaning of 28 U.S.C. § 1291, nor an appealable collateral order, nor a clear abuse of discretion warranting mandamus relief. Accordingly, for the reasons set out above, we DISMISS the appeal for want of appellate jurisdiction.


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The September 17, 2016 Edition of WCWC on PDX-TV is the 121st episode of the television show of West Coast Wrestling Connection. It was taped on September 3, 2016 in the Jackson Armory in Portland, Oregon.
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National Backward Classes Finance and Development Corporation (NBCFDC), an organization under the aegis of Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has the following two women specific schemes for targeted women whose annual family income is less than Rs. 3.00 lakh per annum:
(i) Mahila Samriddhi Yojana:
To provide Micro Finance to women entrepreneurs of Backward Classes.
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Jim Harbaugh defends Colin Kaepernick: 'He's a special person and a hero'
Former San Francisco 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh said that, despite initial discomfort with Colin Kaepernick's national anthem protests last season, he has come to view his former quarterback as "a special person and a hero."
Kaepernick, who is currently an unsigned free agent, protested racial injustice in the United States first by sitting and then by kneeling during the pregame playing of the national anthem while on the 49ers last season.
Harbaugh told The MMQB's Michael Rosenberg that he first thought "I don't really like this," after Kapernick began his protest, but his views shifted when players on his team at Michigan supported Kapernick by raising their fists during the anthem.
"It wasn't a distraction because we were listening to what they were saying," Harbaugh said. "And they had a valid point. And they continue to have a valid point."
Former 49ers coach Chip Kelly, who led the team during the season, also said Kaepernick was not a distraction for his team.
"Colin was focused on football," Kelly told the MMQB. "He was all about the team and trying to help us win."
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Kaepernick, 29, started 11 games last season, throwing for 2,241 yards, 16 touchdowns and four interceptions on a 49ers team that finished 2-14. He signed a $114 million, six-year contract with the 49ers in 2014, but restructured the contract to a two-year deal. After opting out of his contract this month, he became a free agent.
ESPN's Adam Schefter recently reported that Kaepernick will stand for the anthem next season, given he finds a team, although Kaepernick has not commented publicly.
"When you really stop and listen," Harbaugh said, "and know where Colin is coming from … he's trying to do this for his future kids, for my kids, for all of our kids. He's a special person and a hero, in my opinion."


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ASUS ZenFone Lite (L1) makes a global debut along with ZenFone Max (M1)KEY POINTS
# Made-for-India: ZenFone Lite (L1) and ZenFone Max (M1) are developed for Indian market taking in to account Indian consumer preferences
# Mobile performance: Octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 processor clubbed with Adreno 505 GPU.
# More screen: 5.45" Full View 18:9 display in a compact & pocket-friendly 5" size offers an immersive cinema-like entertainment experience
# More fun: Convenient face unlock; F2.0 13MP rear camera with PDAF2; triple-slot SIM tray with dual SIM slots and a microSD card slot for up to 256GB expansion
# More Power: ZenFone Max (M1) comes with 4000 mAh battery that lasts up to 2 days.
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ZenFone Lite (L1) and ZenFone Max (M1), smartphone will be co-marketed and distributed online under the recently announced partnership between ASUS and Flipkart, India's largest e-commerce marketplace.
ZenFone Lite (L1) – Whatte Performance!Powered by class leading Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 Octacore Processor, ZenFone Lite (L1) features a 5.45-inch Full View 18:9 display in an amazingly compact body that's as small as many 5-inch phones, offering an immersive cinema-like entertainment experience in a comfortable-to-hold form factor. The high-capacity 3000mAh battery now gives users more mobile freedom than ever, giving them all-day standby with extended talk times and the ability to enjoy their music or videos for longer. ZenFone Lite (L1) is equipped with up to a 13MP rear camera with phase-detection autofocus (PDAF) and a highquality five-element lens2, allowing users to capture amazing and memorable moments.
Offering class-leading convenience, ZenFone Lite (L1) features face-unlock capabilities for easy handsfree unlocking. It also includes two SIM slots and a microSD card slot for adding up to 256GB of extra storage.
More screen!
The pocket-friendly 5.45-inch ZenFone Lite (L1) is just as small and compact as many standard 5-inch phones, something made possibly by its big and bright ASUS Full View HD+ display. This has ultra-slim side bezels and an 18:9 aspect ratio that not only make it bigger, wider, clearer, and brighter, but also allow it to fit in a much smaller frame than a standard display. The result is more screen with less bulk, providing users with an immersive cinema-like experience in a lightweight body that's truly comfortable to hold.
More energy!
For non-stop entertainment, ZenFone Lite (L1) is comes with a 3000mAh battery. The high-capacity battery supports up to 28 hours of 3G talk time, up to 4 days of music playback, video playback of up to 9 movie-length videos, up to 37 days of 4G standby time and up to 17 hours of Wi-Fi web browsing.
Packed with Qualcomm's Snapdragon 430 is an octa-core processor that consists of 8 A53 cores, clocked at 1.4GHz; this along with the Adreno 505 GPU enables the ZenFone Lite (L1) to offer powerful performance that's available on-demand in your everyday smartphone scenarios. With twice the amount cores available compared to a Quad-Core processor, the SD430 though might offer powerful performance; it also offers the best in class power-efficiency.
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ZenFone Lite (L1) is designed for maximum convenience, with class-leading features including face unlock. This allows easy hands-free unlocking of the, a very useful feature when the user's hands are occupied, wet or when wearing gloves.
At the rear is up to a super-sharp f2.0 13MP main camera with a 0.3-second PDAF focusing system, so ZenFone Lite (L1) is always on hand to capture life's magic moments — even the fastest-moving ones. A high-quality five-element lens ensures bright, crisp and clear pictures in any situation.
With ZenFone Lite (L1), users don't need to carry two separate phones: its handy triple-slot tray takes two 4G LTE SIM cards1, and there's also a microSD card slot supporting up to 256GB of extra storage. With this great feature, users can have two different phone numbers, and add as much storage as they need for their music, photos, videos and other personal stuff.
With a choice of two vivid metallic colors — Black and Gold — ZenFone Lite (L1) lets users make their own bold style statement and let their individuality shine.
ZenFone Max (M1) – Whatte Powerhouse!In line with the hallmark of the ZenFone Max Series ZenFone Max (M1) offers a class-leading highcapacity 4000mAh battery With its expansive 5.45" full view display, compact size, convenient face and finger print unlock and high capacity RAM and Storage, ZenFone Max (M1) offers a class-leading combination of features designed to encompass all life's adventures. ZenFone Max (M1) has the stamina to go the distance, and lets users enjoy uninterrupted smartphone experience — all in a stylish metallicfinished design that's ergonomic and comfortable to hold.
The 5.45-inch full-view HD+ (720 x 1440) display in ZenFone Max (M1) has an ultrawide 18:9 aspect ratio and ultrathin bezels that give ZenFone Max (M1) a high screen-to-body ratio. This allowed our engineers to craft an amazingly compact and ergonomic body that's no larger than most standard 5-inch smartphones.
The greatly expanded viewing area makes viewing photos and watching widescreen videos incredibly immersive and when browsing the web there's less need for scrolling. Multitasking is also easier, as two apps fit comfortably side-by-side on the screen.
The slim and elegant size, premium metallic finish and 2.5D-curved front edges of ZenFone Max (M1) makes it exceptionally comfortable to hold, with significantly less bulk than a standard 5.5-inch phone. It's available in two gorgeous colors to match the user's style: Black and Gold.
Max photos
With ZenFone Max (M1), photo lovers can enjoy unrivaled creative possibilities. In addition to the front f/2.0 selfie camera with LED flash, ZenFone Max (M1) features an advanced rear-camera system designed to take mobile photography to new heights. Its 13MP PixelMaster main camera is equipped with LED flash, f/2.0 aperture lens to capture clearer photos, and a phase-detection autofocus (PDAF) system that can accurately focus on the subject in just 0.03 seconds even if the subject is moving.
Max stamina
The hallmark of the ZenFone Max Series is the huge battery capacity, designed for serious travelers and those who need maximum battery endurance. ZenFone Max (M1) has a high-capacity, high-density 4000mAh battery that not only gives it incredible staying power, but also contributes to its unbelievably compact dimensions.
ZenFone Max (M1), also sports the Snapdragon 430 is an octa-core A-53 processor clocked at 1.4GHz and is paired with the Adreno 505 GPU for exceptional visuals and best in class power-efficiency. ZenFone Max (M1) offers users up to 41 days on standby, 36 hours of 3G talk time, up to 23 hours of web browsing on Wi-Fi, or up to 16 hours of video playback. Its massive capacity also allows it to be used as a handy power bank to charge other devices.
The battery system in ZenFone Max (M1) features ASUS PowerMaster, a suite of intelligent powermanagement technologies that work in concert to optimize battery life, ensure safety and long-term performance, provide reverse-charging capability, and more. Twelve safety checkpoints — including temperature monitoring and overvoltage protection — combined with automatic maintenance settings keep ZenFone Max' (M1) battery running optimally, providing a 2X-longer average lifespan compared to other smartphone batteries.
Max convenience
In addition to Finger Print Sensor, ZenFone Max (M1) features face unlock, which gives users a quick and convenient alternative to the rear fingerprint sensor for unlocking the phone when fingers are wet, messy or glove-covered.
o ZenFone Lite (L1) will be available at an introductory price of ₹5999/-
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o ZenFone Max (M1: Complete Mobile Protection at the special price of ₹99 and 'No Cost EMI' upto 6 months, starting at ₹1250 per month on both credit and debit cards of leading banks
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Jio users recharging with ₹198 and ₹299 plans will get following leading offer.
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Corporation: Weekly Reflection Essay
3.1 Differentiate types of expects issued by corporations.The team concluded that the different types of stocks issued by a corporation are common stock, preferred stock, and treasury stock. Every iodine is conscious(predicate) that common stock gives stockholders the right to vote on actions dealing with incorporated earnings through the acquisition of dividends, and keeping the same percentage of shares when sweet stocks are issued. Preferred stocks are additional class of stocks issued by corporations to collection to more investors. Treasury stock is stock that a play along has issued, and accordingly reacquires. Though everyone is aware of what types of stocks are issued by corporations, there are motionlessness some areas where team members show still being confused.One of those areas of annoying deals with authorized stock and why companies do not put a par time value on a stock to determine its value. some other area of confusion deals with treasury stock and gras ping the concept. In coitus to severally members brass instrument and the issuance of stock, everyone expect for one team member works for a non-profit organization or a company that does not issue stock. The one member, however, works for an airline and expressed that the company, unite Airlines, has common and treasury stocks (United Continental Holdings, Inc., 2010).3.2 Calculate stocks, dividends, and stock splits.For object 3.2, some team members seem to understand better than others, what is involved in the calculation of stocks, dividends, and stock splits. Stock is calculated by subtracting the dividends of a trusted stock from the companys net income, then dividing that number by the number of outstanding shares. To calculate dividends multiply the number of shares by the yearbook dividend to find out how much the dividend payment will be, find the dampen on coronation a dividend payment represents by multiplying the dividend by the numerate paid per share of stoc k, Calculate the dividend-payment ratio, and then figure out the dividend overlay (earnings per share divided by the dividend) (Adkins, 2009-2013).As expressed early, more than not, members had a problem grasping the premise to calculating stock. In relation to each members employer organization, three of five have not had relations with stock or they are not aware of the exact actions their company takes when it comes to calculating stocks, dividends, or stock splits. One member did however adduce investing in stock indexes not including the organization she works for. other member shared how he was able to actually view an investment split which helped him better understand.3.3 Record treasury stock transactions.This objective seems to be the most confusing for the team. It is understood by all members that treasury stock is stock that has been issued by an organization, and then reacquired. However, there is still confusion close to understanding the concept behind it. One me mber did express that her organization buys treasury stock to help cover them in situations such as the fluctuation of the economy. They would also try to sell the stock for equal value so more people would want to invest.ReferencesAdkins, W. D. (2009-2013). How to Calculate a Dividend Payment. Retrieved from http//www.ehow.com/how_4811547_calculate-dividend-payment.htmlixzz2Hl8TtOw4 United Continental Holdings, Inc. (2010). Annual Report. Retrieved from http//ir.unitedcontinentalholdings.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=83680&p=irol-SECText&TEXT=aHR0cDovL2FwaS50ZW5rd2l6YXJkLmNvbS9maWxpbmcueG1sP2lwYWdlPTgwODYzNjMmRFNFUT0wJlNFUT0wJlNRREVTQz1TRUNUSU9OX0VOVElSRSZzdWJzaWQ9NTc%3d Weygandt, J. J., Kimmel, P. D., & Kieso, D. E. (2010). pecuniary accounting (7th ed.). Hoboken, NJ John Wiley & Sons. Retrieved from University of Phoenix eBook database
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TTCombat Render Some Stunning Looking Carnevale Miniatures
November 17, 2016 by brennon
TTCombat has developed past the art stage and showed off some more renders of what's ahead for Carnevale as they resurrect it for the tabletop.
Two sets of renders have been shown off with the first being for the Plague Doctor. He looks fantastic and they've managed to stick so much detail into his cloak and the different accessories he's carrying.
Secondly, we have the Voice Of Dagon who looks equally as stunning, but with plenty of sinister mixed in there too.
The sculpting so far has been impressive, as has the artwork that's going into the collection. It will be fun seeing how the game has grown since its last outing when TTCombat finally releases it.
You can still pick up some of the classic Carnevale models HERE.
Will you be diving back into Carnevale?
"The sculpting so far has been impressive, as has the artwork that's going into the collection..."


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Background: Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is an important public health challenge. In recent years, there has been a greater awareness concerning this phenomenon, its causes and consequences. Due to the relational nature of IPV, attachment theory (Bowlby, 1988) appears a useful framework to read the phenomenon and to better understand its components and its dynamics to provide more precise and tailored interventions in the future.
Purpose: To summarize our knowledge of the research concerning IPV and attachment with an aim to better design and implement future research.
Methods: Computer database researches were conducted using the following databases: Psychinfo, Psycharticle, Medline, Scopus, Web of Science, and PubMed (all years to the 01/02/2018). Search terms were compiled into two concepts for all database namely Attachment and IPV.
Results: After removing the duplicates, a total of 3,598 records was screened, resulting in the identification of 319 full-text articles to be further scrutinized. Upon closer examination, there was consensus that 113 of those studies met the study inclusion criteria. Data was organized considering specifically studies concerning (1) IPV victimization and attachment, (2) IPV perpetration and attachment (both these sections were articulated in Physical, Psychological, and Sexual IPV), and (3) New research (comprising same-sex couples, IPV and attachment in couple contexts and IPV profiles and attachment among perpetrators).
Conclusion: A number of studies failed to find significant associations between insecure attachment and IPV victimization or perpetration. Additional research is needed to provide a greater understanding of different IPV forms and to aid in the development of prevention and treatment interventions.
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2015 Toyota Tacoma for Sale near Tacoma
2015 Toyota Tacoma for Sale near Tacoma
The Toyota Tacoma is perfect for those who enjoy the utility of a truck but also like the lower price and fuel-efficiency of a mid-size truck. These urban trucks have much to offer those who do not need high hauling and towing ratings. There are plenty ways to customize your 2015 Toyota Tacoma for Sale near Tacoma so that you can create the best truck for your needs. With different cab sizes, trim levels, colors, interiors and packages, it is simple to find a unique combination that is suited to you.
2015 Toyota Tacoma Powertrain
The 2015 Toyota Tacoma for Sale near Tacoma is powered by a 2.7L four-cylinder engine providing 159 horsepower and 180 lb-ft of torque. If choosing the Access Cab model, a five-speed manual transmission is standard. If choosing the rear-wheel drive model or Double Cab model, a four-speed automatic is standard. The four-speed automatic is also optional on all models.
An optional engine is also available. This engine is 4.0L V6 providing 236 horsepower and 266 lb-ft of torque. This engine is available with both a five-speed automatic transmission or a six-speed manual transmission.
Cabs of the 2015 Toyota Tacoma for Sale near Tacoma
The cab possibilities for the Tacoma are an Access Cab and Double Cab. The Access Cab Tacoma features a standard 6'1" bed and the Double Cab model allow for either the standard length bed or a 5' short bed.
Standard features on the 2015 Toyota Tacoma for Sale near Tacoma include 15-inch steel wheels, a limited-slip rear differential, air conditioning, power locks and windows, a composite bedliner, a bed utility rail system, fold-up rear seats with storage underneath, Bluetooth phone and audio connectivity, a 6.1-inch touchscreen display and an audio system with iPod/USB connectivity and an auxiliary audio jack.
When upgrading to the 4WD model, features include an increased ride height, 16-inch steel wheels, black fenders, an engine skid plate and front mud guards. Optional packages include the Convenience Package, SR5 Package and SR package.
At Doxon Toyota, we want to make sure you have a car-buying experience that you never thought possible. Customer satisfaction is our number one concern, so we keep our prices as low as possible and make sure to make the process of finding your next car as enjoyable as possible. For more information about the Toyota Tacoma or any other new Toyota or used vehicle in our online inventory, please give us a call at 253-833-4555. We welcome all those in the Tacoma area, including those in Kent, Des Moines, Renton, Bonney Lake, Puyallup, Covington, Maple Valley, Lakewood and more.
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Creating an edible forest garden: the start of a 20 year journey
The big plan for our rural property is to create something called an "edible forest garden", as described in the book by the same name by Dave Jacke and Eric Toensmeier.
This is like the "food forest" concept described in permaculture, but on steroids.
The overarching idea is to create a forest-like ecosystem, but with as many of the niches filled with food-producing plants. For example, this could consist of a:
- canopy of fruit or nut trees
- a middle layer of food-producing bushes (rainforest plants should be a good fit)
- ground layer of supporting plants, adding nutrients or attracting beneficial bugs
Contrast this to a typical orchard: the trees are carefully spaced to maximise production, but underneath there's nothing but grass that needs to be constantly mowed. The trees themselves need constant feeding and management.
The orchard produces the most fruit, but only the fruit. The edible forest garden has more competition between plants, so the canopy produces less. But when you add up all the food produced at all the layers, it wins hands-down. Better yet, by mimicking a normal forest, only a little management is needed, and hopefully no maintenance.
Has this been done in Australia?
The original ideas come out of North America and the UK, and this is where most of the real-life examples come from. I've heard of a few small-scale gardens in Australia, but I suspect there's not many in total.
So my goal is to fully explore this concept in temperate Australia, utilising native bushfoods and rainforest plants wherever possible.
The books are very heavy-weight, and the approach requires a huge amount of planning. It may be 6-12 months before even the first plant goes into the ground.
I'll write up our journey as it progresses, starting with our goals for the edible forest garden, and then working steadily down into design details.
Give us 10-20 years, and voila, there should be an edible forest! Lucky for us it's the journey we're looking forward to 🙂
PS. the pair of Edible Forest Gardens books are excellent, and I'd highly recommend you get a copy if you want to take food forests to the next step…
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Prof. Benedict Oramah, President of Afreximbank has cited the huge demand for infrastructure in Africa and said that the continent needs investments of $20 billion per annum in the rail sector in order to bring it up to required level.
Prof Oramah has also indicated that Afreximbank's role will be to find partners that would help it to deliver the necessary investment in Africa.
The President of Afreximbank made these known during a signing ceremony of an MoU with Russian Railways and the Russian Export Center (REC), in Moscow to agree to cooperate in implementing export and investment projects in the railway sector in Africa.
The signing of the MoU according Prof Oramah would enable Russia to begin to participate in the opportunities that existed in Africa.
The parties will cooperate by undertaking mutual consultations on export and investment projects in the railway sector abroad and by jointly developing project financing schemes in the sector.
Prof. Benedict Oramah. President of Afreximbank, signed the document on behalf of the Bank while Oleg Belozyorov, Director General of Russian Railways, and Andrey Slepnev, Director General of REC, signed for their respective organisations.
Mr. Slepnev described the signing of the MoU a demonstration of practical collaboration among the institutions and expressed confidence that it would bear fruit.
Russian Railways is reputed for developing and advancing technologies and techniques for effectively managing railway systems.
Afreximbank President Prof. Benedict Oramah (right) exchanges documents with Oleg Belozyorov, Director General Russian Railways (centre), and Andrey Slepnev, Director General of the Russian Export Center, following the signing of the MoU in Moscow
Intra-African Trade Fair exhibitor registrations hits over 1000
Exhibitor registrations for the Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF 2018) taking place in Cairo tomorrow has reached 1,054, surpassing the target of 1,000 exhibitors set by the organisers.
The trade fair, which is being organized by Afreximbank in collaboration with the African Union Commission and hosted by Egypt, is scheduled to take place at the Egypt International Exhibition Center, Cairo, from 11 to 17 December 2018.
Information released by Afreximbank showed that the registered exhibitors come from 41 countries and represent diverse sectors and industries, including agriculture, automotive, information and communication technology, construction, logistics, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, clothing and textiles, energy and power and entertainment.
More than 70,000 visitors are expected at the IATF 2018, which will provide exhibitors a platform to showcase their goods and services to buyers and sellers and offer opportunities for business-to-business exchanges. The Trade Fair will also provide access to $25 billion in trade finance for deals concluded at the event.
"We are encouraged by this resounding response and support received for the inaugural IATF," said Prof. Benedict Oramah, President of Afreximbank. "We are expecting international exhibitors and visitors from as far afield as China, Russia and Indonesia".
"With the overwhelming response to the trade fair, buyers and sellers will be spoilt for choice of the goods and services that will be on show over the seven days," he stated, noting that exhibitors would be bringing the best that their countries had to offer.
Running alongside the trade fair will be the IATF 2018 Conference, which will address issues relating to trade facilitation, infrastructure and payments. The conference will identify key trade facilitation challenges, including standards, customs and transport-related non-tariff barriers that are affecting Intra-African trade and will explore practical ways of collaboration to address them. The conference will also showcase intra-African trade value-chains and opportunities for developing and deepening them.
As part of the trade fair implementation, Afreximbank has launched a Virtual Trade Fair (VTF) to provide continuity after the biennial IATF. Businesses that register on the VTF can exhibit their goods and services to a global audience of buyers and market players and to IATF participants. The VTF allows traders to conduct business-to-business deals, exchange market information and explore business relationships in African and global value chains during and after the IATF without necessarily being at the trade fair.
The Africa Trade Policy Centre; Afrochampions Initiative; International Trade Centre; and Pan-African Chamber of Commerce and Industry are partnering in the trade fair.


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The British Chambers of Commerce is the national body for a powerful and influential Network of Accredited Chambers of Commerce across the UK; a Network that directly serves not only its member businesses, but the wider business community. Representing over 100,000 businesses who together employ more than 5 million employees, the BCC is the Ultimate Business Network.
Consultation process
The British Chambers of Commerce has consulted its members extensively on this topic. We have both agencies and end users in membership and our response reflects this.
Summary It is imperative that implementation is delayed until the last possible common commencement date, October 2011.
1 in 4 businesses in the UK use agency workers, rising to 1 in 2 for the largest businesses; implementation of the Directive will clearly have a big financial impact. The Impact Assessment itself recognises that the cost to the private sector will be upwards of £1.5bn per year. Implementing earlier risks crippling the agency sector and hampering job creation and ultimately economic growth.
Allowing the hypothetical comparator will lead to uncertainty, confusion and a huge increase in vexatious claims. The BIS consultation document on implementation contains several aspects which are of grave concern to business. The use of the hypothetical comparator will allow disgruntled agency staff to compare themselves to an 'imaginary permanent employee.' The hypothetical comparator is not suitable for equal treatment legislation, as illustrated by the Equal Pay Act 1970 which does not allow their use.
Allowing people to compare themselves to those in similar, but not the same, jobs is outside the scope of the Directive and will again lead to uncertainty and dissuade employers from hiring agency workers.
The Directive expressly states that comparison should be made between people in the 'same job' yet the BIS document says that comparisons can be made between people in 'similar jobs.' UK implementation should follow the wording and spirit of the Directive and only apply to those doing the same job.
The definition of pay should be limited to basic pay
The BIS interpretation of pay to include all contractual entitlements will be incredibly burdensome to administer and may encourage 'levelling down' of benefits to permanent employees. Many employers do offer other benefits, such as bonuses, to their agency workers but they should not be compelled to do so
Agency working in the UK
Agency workers are vital to the UK economy. Our recent Workforce Survey[i]. 1 in 4 businesses said that they use temporary agency workers with this rising to over half for businesses with more than 250 employees. Over two thirds of firms who use agency workers do so to improve the flexibility of their workforce with 18% using temporary workers for short term cover.
Although agency workers are often characterised as 'vulnerable' our survey shows they are highly valued workers who are critical to the success of business. Only 3% said that they used agency workers because they are cheaper then permanent employees.
In the same survey we asked businesses how easy they found it to navigate employment law surrounding recruitment and 34% found it difficult. This rose to 46% for micro-businesses. For these employers, using agency workers is often a way of getting the skilled personnel they need without the risks and complications that they perceive to be inherent in direct employment.
It is clear that there is a real risk that, if this Directive is badly implemented, then vague and uncertain legislation will follow. This could severely impact on the economy and job creation in the UK, at a time when economic growth should be being nurtured. The Government's impact assessment places this regulation as the third most costly to the private sector since labour came to power in 1997[ii].
The proposed legislation is at best misguided and takes no account of an individuals choice to accept or decline work and in some ways discriminates against permanent employees whom are bound by their contract of employment which is inevitably different to any contract for services.
I feel very strongly that the UK economy and the labour market needs less rather than more regulation. John Farmer Jobseekers Recruitment Services Ltd
This is another example of EU legislation which is unsuited to the UK - which has a labour market with different characteristics to other EU countries. In the UK, this legislation is likely to have the opposite effect to that which was intended, and reduce the employment opportunities for temporary workers which has historically opened the door to permanent employment. Mid Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce
The Government's timeline
Given the impact that these regulations will have on business it is important that they are well thought through and carefully considered. They must give business enough certainty to be confident in using agency workers (and not leave all the detail to guidance) while also being flexible enough to be practical. This is a huge task and one that should not be rushed. The ambitious timetable to get these regulations laid before Parliament this year puts successful implementation at risk. After this consultation, the Government needs enough time to consider the responses they have received, draft regulations and then consult on these; we do not believe the current timeline allows sufficient time to do this.
Implementation date The BCC firmly believes that implementation should be delayed until October 2011, the last common commencement date allowed under this directive. This will give the sector time to prepare, reduce the risk of harming economic recovery and, crucially, give the Government sufficient time to write clear, business friendly guidance. Our Economic Forecast predicts that unemployment will peak at 3.2m in 2010. Although the economy is showing signs of recovery, poor, early implementation of this Directive will further damage job creation in the UK by dissuading businesses from taking on agency workers. This will impede economic growth and make economic recovery in 2010 less achievable.
Scope of the Directive The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) is pleased that limited company contractors and those working on a 'managed service contract' have been excluded from the scope of the directive. The definition of worker used in the Working Time Regulations is familiar to employers and should offer sufficient clarity.
Holiday and working time entitlements The BCC believes that agency workers should only be entitled to the basic statutory minimum holiday entitlement and that this would fulfil the requirements of the Directive. It would cause tremendous administrative problems for agencies and end users if different workers had to be given different holiday entitlements after 12 weeks in a given job. Businesses often hire agency workers to cover a busy period, such as Christmas time. These temporary workers are often expected to work bank holidays, and may, or may not, be offered the same rate for doing so as permanent employees. The Directive refers to 'public holidays[iii]', which does not equate to bank holidays. Therefore, we do no think that all agency workers should be given the same back holiday rights that permanent employees enjoy and we do not believe that the Directive prevents this interpretation.
Pay The BCC believes that pay should be defined as basic hourly pay. We do not agree that this definition would be invalid for the purposes of implementing the Directive, nor do we agree with the contention that this would not reflect the true value of the work done by the agency worker. Many end users will choose to give additional benefits to their temporary worker. However, the agency worker is free to choose to work, or not, on that assignment. If they do not believe that their pay package reflects their true worth then they do not have to take the job. Pay and benefits for agency workers are not only determined by the end user organisation's benefit structure, but also by the supply and demand of labour in the economy. It is not reasonable to ask businesses to pay more than the market rate for agency workers when there is oversupply in the labour market.
BCC believes that implementation of this Directive should require end users to pay agency workers the same basic pay as permanent counterparts but that legislation should not force them to go further than this. To do so would be to ignore the way demand and supply works in our flexible labour market. The consultation document refers to, 'contractual entitlements that are directly linked to the work undertaken by the agency worker while on assignment.'
This attempts to draw two distinctions; one between contractual and non-contractual entitlements and one between benefits directly linked to work undertaken as opposed to indirectly linked.
Most entitlements are contractual in nature, although many, such as bonuses may have a discretionary element. Therefore, in reality, most benefits will be covered by this legislation. In the case of bonuses, even pro-rata bonuses may be paid after the temporary workers have finished the assignment, or even after they have left the agency. The factors in the good performance of the worker which led to the bonus are unlikely to be very short term. Even in the case of sales, teamwork, marketing, product selection and an endless list of other factors will also have played a part. Therefore, to say that if a temporary worker is not given a bonus payment then this does not reflect the true value of their work misses the point of why bonuses are paid to permanent employees. Very few, if any projects, will be so self-contained that only the workers involved in it at a specific point in time made any contribution.
Many benefits and conditions in a contract of service as distinct from a contract for service will reflect the long term nature and career path offered by the employer in order to attract and retain its employees. These benefits will often be user specific and would probably not appeal to a short term temporary worker. Simon Garbett Personnel Selection
Agency workers are included in the 2012 pensions reforms which will mean that they will be entitled to a minimum 3% contribution by the agency. This does not mean that they will have equal pension rights to the permanent workers in an end user organisation which is what the consultation document infers. On the contrary, their pension rights will be managed by the agency, without reference to the end user.
12 week qualifying period
BCC supports the view that 12 weeks should be interpreted as 12 calendar weeks. This is the fairest, and also the most administratively simple, method of implementation.
The consultation document does not make clear when a new qualifying period has begun with the same employer. Both the phrases 'substantially and 'substantively' different are used, which do not mean the same thing. The question then refers to, 'a change in responsibilities'. Although for the sake of expediency it may be attractive for the Government to leave the detail to guidance, we think that this uncertainty would be very dangerous for employers and agencies and leave both parties open to unnecessary and costly tribunal claims.
Our preferred term would be 'materially' different. This is a recognisable and clear legal term. There should be a rebuttable presumption that if the end user informed the agency that the worker was undertaking a materially different role that they were indeed doing so. From our consultation, it is clear that this does not happen very often. It would also encourage employers who do materially change an agency worker's assignment to inform the agency so that they can be aware of what, where and when their temporary worker is working. The 'material' difference could be drawn from a list including a different location, different shift time or different work. If this difference is deemed to be material then the qualifying period would start again. For example, in the case of location, it would not be materially different if a commercial driver began their journey in location A for the first 12 weeks and location B for the following. However, if an agency worker worked on a production line in location A for the first 12 weeks and then transferred to location B to do the packing of the product, this would be a material difference, as it would be an entirely different work environment.
Guidance here will be crucial. For some end users it may be legitimately attractive for them to place workers in different areas of their business for 12 weeks at a time and they should able to do this with some degree of legal certainty. This should not be seen as circumvention; if the roles are materially different then the 12 week qualifying period should restart.
Break between assignments
The break should be four weeks; this is long enough to constitute a true break and should be acceptable to all parties.
Workplace agreements
Businesses should be able to make use of this derogation if they wish. The BCC does not believe that the tripartite relationship makes this complex; the agency will not be involved in the workplace agreement, it will be a matter for employees and employers. The same level of protection given in other types of workplace agreements will apply here.
Pregnant women
The agency should have an obligation to find the pregnant worker alternative work if a risk assessment means that suitable alternative work cannot be found within the end user's organisation. However, it should clearly state in the regulations that if a pregnant worker refuses an offer of suitable alternative work proposed by the agency then the agency will not be liable to suspend the worker on full pay. We agree with the Government view that this obligation should only be for the length of the original assignment that the worker was unable to carry out.
Access to employment vacancies
This right does not mean that all agency workers should be told about all employment vacancies in the end users businesses. Many workplaces will not tell all employees about all vacancies, particularly if they require special skills that only a small percentage of the workforce will have. This needs to be borne in mind when interpreting the Directive. Our concern is that the current interpretation may be too broad and that it would require all agency workers to be informed of a vacancy that only a few permanent employees were given access to. Therefore, we would like the regulations to better reflect current internal recruitment law and practices.
Access to on-site facilities
As the consultation document states, many benefits, such as crèche facilities, are offered on a first come first served basis. Therefore, they are benefits which an agency worker, quite legitimately, may miss out on, as will permanent employees. The allowance for objective grounds here is crucial; if there is a bus which takes call centre workers to an out of town location with a spare seat on it, then it is right that the agency worker can take that seat. If there is not a seat, an end user should not have to hire a new bus. Childcare vouchers are not mentioned in the consultation document and it would be useful to know how these will be treated under the UK implementation of the Directive.
Establishing Equal Treatment
The BCC believes that the Government's proposals here 'goldplate' the Directive by allowing the use of the hypothetical comparator and by 'muddying the waters' regarding the actual comparator. This could increase the number of vexatious claims at tribunal and also make agency workers in the UK les attractive to hirers. The comparator should not be, as stated in the consultation document, an employee doing 'broadly similar work.' This is too wide. The directive talks about the 'same job', a much stronger test then 'broadly similar work.' The Government definition would allow for an agency worker who is a cook to compare themselves to a permanent employed painter or for agency worker who is a cleaner to compare themselves to clerical staff. These examples are taken from equal pay claims where such a broad interpretation of the comparator is allowed. If the same interpretation is made here, this risks making the law so uncertain that hiring agency workers becomes too risky for many businesses to consider. This will have a big, negative impact on the labour market at a time when job creation should be being encouraged. The BCC believes that f there is an actual comparator then this should be the reference point for the case. The Government plans would allow 'other factors' to be taken into consideration but this uncertainty risks allowing vexatious claimants to hold employers to ransom and force them to settle, or else risk a costly tribunal battle. If an employer can point to an actual comparator, and this comparator is accepted by the tribunal as the right one, then there should be no other admissible information. If there is no comparator then there can be no claim. This is an equal treatment directive and so by definition, there must be someone to whom the agency worker is equal to for there to be a claim. The Equal Pay Act 1970 should be used as the model here and this legislation demands that the comparator must be a real person. If a woman works in an all female workforce then she can have no equal pay claim. This is still the case if she works for a contractor where all the staff are women and if the employer has male staff. It does not make a difference that had she been directly employed, one of the male employees could have been an actual comparator.
BCC agrees with the basic model that the agency should have primary liability with the option available to the Tribunal to join an end user to the claim. However, we believe that the agency should also be able to join the end user to the claim if they wish. Commercial realities mean that in many cases this is unlikely and should act as a filter so that only end users with a case to answer are brought to tribunal. However, this would make liability fairer and make tribunal cases more efficient.
The defence that an agency would have is not made clear by the consultation document. Furthermore, the defence only refers to the obtaining of the information. We believe that an agency should have to make reasonable steps to obtain the information and there should be an 'irrationality' in the processing of that information. This would be a high threshold; in public law terms, irrationality refers to a decision 'outrageous in its defiance of logic.' The reason for wanting this extra test is to protect, particularly smaller businesses, which may have little knowledge of the law and no knowledge of the agency sector. Currently, if this situation arises, then it is the agency (the party with the specialist knowledge of the temporary worker market) who will be advising the business. We do not want these roles to be removed or hampered by implementation of this Directive.
It is also unclear in the document how the 'information flow' would work in practice. This first obstacle is the hypothetical comparator; if the Government does decide to allow the use of the hypothetical comparator here then there won't be any information that can pass from the hirer to the agency as they have no actual person to compare to.
It is also unclear what the necessary information would be. Again, this depends very much on the interpretation of equal treatment and the use of the comparator. However, the plans in the consultation document mean that the definition of pay and the comparator are so broad that an end user would have to provide a huge amount of information for an agency to sift through. This would probably include the pay rates of different people in the organisation (as it may not be clear who the comparator would be) and also all the benefits these employees are receiving, whether based on length of service or purely contractual. Many businesses will not want to give all this information and even for those that do, they may find it too time consuming and costly and therefore prefer to directly employ, if at all.
Indemnity clauses are often found in standard form contracts now, on both the side for the agency worker and the end user. This issues is not mentioned in the consultation document and whilst we would like to prevent changes to legislation (especially regarding such an important issue as freedom oF contract), indemnity clauses risk undermining the legislation.
Workers do need to be able to request information to help build a tribunal claim but a refusal by the agency to give the information cannot infer anything about whether or not their treatment was equal. An agency may not have passed on the request to an end user and in this case, it would be unreasonable to infer anything on about the treatment that an agency worker was given. For more information please contact email@example.com


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Pocket Rocket
- Since his early teens Paul has always been into writing and performing his own music and songs
- For the last 6/7 years he has been performing around the country at clubs, pubs, weddings and holiday parks
- Based in Doncaster he brings his show to you which features songs from the 50s up to current, backed by a full light show
- Paul loves to interact with the crowd and have a bit of fun
- He tailor makes each show so you don't hear the same show each time
Reviews of Pocket Rocket
Sid Cresswell Arms Swinton-13/07/2020
Thank you Paul. Everyone had a great time tonight. We look forward to seeing you again soon. A great entertainer and a very nice person who can actually sing for a change.
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Absolutely fantastic! A top show man, as well as versatile. He had a room full of complements - everyone would like to see him again.
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Brilliant night.
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Title: Wait for Me
Author: Caroline Leech
Publisher: HarperTeen (January 2017)
"I am German, yes, but I am not a Nazi. There is a difference, and one day I hope you understand that."
It's 1945, and Lorna Anderson's life on her father's farm in Scotland consists of endless chores and rationing, knitting Red Cross scarves, and praying for an Allied victory. So when Paul Vogel, a German prisoner of war, is assigned as the new farmhand, Lorna is appalled. How can she possibly work alongside the enemy when her own brothers are risking their lives for their country?
But as Lorna reluctantly spends time with Paul, she feels herself changing. The more she learns about him—from his time in the war to his life back home in Germany—the more she sees the boy behind the soldier. Soon Lorna is battling her own warring heart. Loving Paul could mean losing her family and the life she's always known. With tensions rising all around them, Lorna must decide how much she's willing to sacrifice before the end of the war determines their fate.
Wait for Me is one of those random second-hand buys that intrigued me because it is set during WWII. This period has inspired some excellent YA books that are both inspirational and educational (A blog post for another day, maybe?).
I binged this one in an afternoon and really enjoyed what it had to offer. Wait for Me is a romance at its heart, set in rural Scotland away from the frontlines. Lorna is an interesting character, who is at first very influenced by what she has been told about the Germans and the War. When Paul, a German prisoner of war, arrives at the farm to work, she is at first disgusted that they have a German on their doorstep.
Obviously, her boundaries and perceptions are pushed by Paul, who is an amazing, well-rounded character to learn about.
I absolutely loved this novel. I feel that it deals with life on the edge of war well. Loved ones who might not return home and the threat of being drafted are part of Lorna's friends and family's lives.
The romance is tender and develops well with the progression of the story and Lorna's own maturity.
You will feel all the emotions reading this and I cannot fathom why it is not more talked about as it's a stunning debut that is wonderfully written. Leech is a very competent writer who never over- or under tells her story.
Obviously, it is not the gritty war tale that is like Rose Under Fire, as an example. I did see a review which commented that this romance makes light of war. This completely untrue and, in fact, I feel that this is a story that shows hope blooms in the unlikeliest of settings.
Recommended for YA romance fans and anyone who enjoys character-driven stories set against the backdrop of war.


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Door Knobs - Forged Brass
This range of door knobs is made from solid cast brass and then polished and lacquered or plated into in up to four finishes: antique brass, antique copper, chrome and satin chrome.
The Milton range offers a round stepped knob or glass knob long back plate 200 x 50mm D54mm P73mm, this backplate can be punched for a skeleton or euro key or converted to a privacy set. The same knob options are also available on a shorter 125 x 50mm backplate or on a round rose of 54mm diameter.
Our Victorian simple round knob is available on a 142 x 42mm backplate, a round rose 57mm diameter. A slightly smaller knob is set up on a 60mm backplate which has been set up to cover pre-existing 54mm holes. The knobs are sheet brass (with threaded spindles) and backplates are for forged brass. Matching connector bolts are supplied.
Also available are reeded door knobs (or bee-hive) on a round rose and fancy knobs to match our door knockers and centre door pulls.


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Greene And Greene Lounge Chair
The Greene and Greene Lounge chair reclines in four positions. It is shown in mahogany with ebony accents, hand carved corbels and through tenon joinery on the arms and has very comfortable down and feather blend cushions. I just shipped four of these chairs to Disneyland for a renovation of some suites at the Grand Californian Hotel.
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A Winter Chill in Vancouver
Vancouver offers any winter lover a wonderful combination of mild climate coupled with breath-taking scenic views of alpine mountains. Whether you're looking for a snowy adventure or a chilled winter break, Vancouver will have you covered.
For the Adventurers
If you like a slice of adventure, the Grouse Mountain's Snowshoe Fondue experience is an absolute must. Head from the Vancouver Hotel to downtown Vancouver where you can take the SeaBus to Lonsdale Quay; from here jump on the #236 up to Grouse Mountain. Once you have arrived, take the Scenic Gondola and drink in the stunning views as you make your way up to the peak of the mountain. At the top your snowshoe guide will be waiting to lead you across the striking winter scenes that only serve to emphasise how beautiful nature is. After an hour you will find yourself at the warm chalet of Altitudes Bistro where you will be able to rest and tuck into a delicious three-course dinner which consists of broth, cheese and chocolate fondues. Once you are full and content, you will make your way back to Vancouver for a night cap.
For the Foodies
If eating is your thing then you're in luck because the winter brings out the very best in Vancouver's food scene. Not only can you indulge on the L'hermitage Vancouver breakfast, but you have a fine selection of eateries spread all across the city such as a range of Asian restaurants in Chinatown, the famous Public Market at Granville Market which has been described as a food lover's paradise and the café's situated in the seawall at Coal Harbour. One place that should be at the top of your list, especially if you are an avid chocolate connoisseur, is Cacao, a chocolate restaurant situated in the West End neighbourhood. It serves everything chocolatey that you could ever dream of, from hot chocolate to fondue, from chocolate pancakes to thick, warm chocolate brownies. It is the perfect stop on a cold winter's day.
For the Winter Chillers
A short ride from L'hermitage will take you up the Whistler to the Scandinave Spa where a day of sheer relaxation awaits. There are so many incredible things to enjoy in this spa such as the amazing treatments that are guaranteed to take your stresses away; the beautiful facilities which include Eucalyptus Steam Baths, Nordic Waterfall and Solariums and several outside pools that allows you to relax and take in the magnificent views of Whistler itself. The spruce and cedar trees surrounding the spa provide a naturally invigorating backdrop which allows you to drink in the silence of the mountain. Scandinave Spa believes that embracing the silence wholeheartedly allows every visitor to find their inner stillness which, in turn, leads to complete relaxation of the mind and body. Once you feel at peace, you can head to the bistro to dine on a fine selection light meals, salads, sandwiches and desserts to refuel before you head back to downtown Vancouver.
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Since I'm a huge homebody (typical Cancer…), I very much need my home to be aesthetically pleasing. I love collecting furniture pieces that are unique – I especially love when items have that vintage-y feel to it. Don't get me wrong, I love shopping in places like Home Goods, but I often ask myself, "I can make that, am I really going to pay $150 for it?" Not likely.
I have so many potions and powders for my recipes, so I wanted to make a shelf in my kitchen where everything could go, since my windowsill was no longer cutting it. Along with these 'recipe staples' were some balanced bella dishes I use for photographing my meals which I wanted to store separately from my everyday dishes.
Hurricane Sandy took a lot from many people, including our beloved boardwalk. This winter, however, the boardwalk began washing up on our shores here on Rockaway Beach. I had given Justin a visual of what I wanted my shelf to look like, so when he spotted boardwalk wood resting on the sand after a tumultuous year and a half journey, he picked it up and brought it home. Luckily for me, he's a high school teacher with a wood shop in his building and was able to take the wood to work, let it dry out for weeks, and then begin playing with it. So I suppose this is more of a DIY by Justin project, because truthfully all I did was order the shelf racks from Etsy! But shh. My point is, you may not have a wood shop, but any kind of base will do – my next shelf project is going to be a bunch of twigs tied with twine, resting on shelf racks. It's all about thinking outside the box 😉
After some research, the types of wood used were ipe, Cumaru and greenheart. I couldn't believe how gorgeous these planks were once they were restored to their original state. As you'll see in these pictures, the wood was dried out, glued together, planed down, given a plate groove, coated twice, and hung on specialty shelf racks ordered from etsy.com. It was quite the process and I smile every time I walk passed it… ❤