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AVADEM is the fashion label by Anouk van der Meij, a fashion design graduate from the School of Arts in Utrecht. With AVADEM she stands for more spirituality and comfort in the (fashion) world. It gives you the option to wear something comfortable and look edgy and fashionable. She encourages dressing in more lounge and oversized clothing, with wide shapes and lots of layering. This way she tries to make people wearing her clothes feel more happy in their own skin.'
What inspires you in general?
I am obsessed with natural objects like gems, feathers, rocks and shells. Nature is the best designer really. Besides that I always work with a spiritual theme, something that I want to dive into and let people get to know better. The previous theme was enlightenment, this time it's cleansing. For this I research rituals, different religions, lifestyles and New Age stuff . I think there is more to this world than you can see, energy is so important.
Where are you based?
My studio is in my own home, in Utrecht.
What is it like to be a young designer in your city?
Challenging. You have to keep promoting yourself everywhere at any time. There are a lot of designers here, and more and more graduating every year. You have to leave a good impression, show yourself and keep busy. But there are a lot of good things here too. There are a few shops for young designers and a new fashion event called In Fashion is now taking place in Utrecht. So I do feel that Utrecht is trying to show itself more fashion-wise. Hopefully it will keel developing like this.
What place do you find inspiring?
Thailand has been on my 'to visit' list for a while now. The nature must be beautiful and I get inspired by Buddhism. So I would love to go there, see the culture, meditate and do some yoga. But the Plitvice Lake in Croatia is the number one most beautiful place I have been so far. I had never seen such blue water and the forest so green, it was enchanting.
What is the concept behind your latest collection?
The collection is called Immersion, it's about spiritual cleansing. Or better, the feeling afterwards. There are many different rituals and rites of cleansing in religions and lifestyles. All involve water and serve one goal, purifying. These days going to a spa is a form of spiritual cleansing, you feel stress-free and brand new afterwards. This feeling, the 'after cleansing' feeling, I wanted to capture in a collection. Your mind clear and quiet, your clean body wrapped in a comfortable piece of clothing. Wearing Immersion, you should feel like this all day, every day. The prints of Anna Badur, made by rain and wind, give the collection a new dimension.
Describe your collection in three words:
Spiritual, comfortable and edgy.
Do you have a favorite piece in the collection?
The collection is still in process, so I can't decide yet. But I'm loving the wrap skirt at the moment.
You are currently doing research about spiritual cleansing in different religions. What have you found out so far and how do the results of your research influence your designs?
I've been doing research on cleansing rituals in different religions, lifestyles and New Age theories. I initially got inspired by an old mikvah that is placed in the historical museum I work in. It had such serenity. In Judaism the mikvah is used for cleansing rituals. It is a pool build in the ground with only rainwater or water from a natural source, where immersions for purifying take place. In the Christian religion immersing in holy water is baptism and in the shape of a cross on the forehead, it's used as a cleansing ritual for sins. I found out that abalone shells, of course objects created in water, are used for recharging energies in New Age rites. You can find many of these rituals in the world, but all for the same goal, cleansing or purifying. And all of them involve water. Maybe going to the spa is also a form of spiritual cleansing nowadays. You relief from stress, clear the mind and feel brand new afterwards. This I wanted to capture, not one ritual or religion, but the feeling all humans have afterwards. You know, mind still, body clean, new-start feeling, wrapping your body in a bathrobe or towel. So this resulted in shapes of bathrobes and wrapping techniques in the collection. And maybe I will use abalone shells for my jewelry.
Does the research about religions influence you as a personality? Are you religious?
I'm not a religious person, but I am easily inspired by it. I love anything that brings a deeper meaning to this world. Some rituals, food habits or inspirational ways of thinking I try to implement in my own life. For example meditating exercises or wearing gems. Just small things.
Did you always wanted to work in the field of fashion?
Honestly, no. I wanted to study Biomedical Sciences a few years ago. Microbiology intrigues me and I wanted to cure cancer. I was a bit too ambitious back then. Still am sometimes. I was about 17 when I first walked into an Art Academy and it caught me. Of course I was familiar with art, my dad is a painter. But for me, fashion is the best of all art worlds or forms. You draw, create things, research, use the human body, do photography and, in my case, do business. It's everything combined, so perfect for a multitasker like me. The spiritual interest came later.
Do you have a muse? If yes, who is it and why?
Not really. Or does Mother Nature count? I don't have just one person that inspires me, there are so many.
Who is your favorite fashion designer?
I have a few I admire. Ann Demeulemeester, Haider Ackermann and Ilaria Nistri. They know how to layer, work with comfort and still make women look edgy and mysterious.
What is so far your greatest experience in your 'fashion' career?
Without a doubt the launch of the AVADEM webshop. I started in September 2012 and in December the collection Illuminate was online and for sale. That was a happy - butterflies in my stomach -moment. After that FashionClash is a biggie!
What is on your music list while you're making your collection?
I usually listen to my favorite playlist I call 'Liquid'. It's all chillstep, lounge, liquid drum 'n bass, deep house, that sort of thing. It gets me in a sort of working-trance and focus. Plus it's very easy listening.
What made you smile today?
I wish I could say the beautiful morning sun when I woke up, but the weather is incredibly bad in The Netherlands right now. Misty even. So this question would be it for now.
What is the latest thing you bought for yourself?
A coconut. I'm really into healthy food lately, trying to make everything myself. Not having to deal with all the artificial crap. So I bought the real deal, a tough coconut, and cracked it with a hammer. It was delicious!
What can we expect from you in the future?
I want to keep making collections in spiritual themes and convince people to dress more lounge and in layers. Besides that obtaining more selling points is a goal. So expect to see AVADEM more often!


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Congratulations to Black Dragon team paddlers for their selection into the Auroras 2015 Squad!
Five Black Dragon team members represented Australia at the IDBF
These paddlers represented Australia at the IDBF 12th World Nations Championships in Welland Canada in August 2015.
Black Dragons Dragon Boat Club are so proud of you!
Congratulations to:
Allison Burgess - Premier
Bryan Buttery - Senior A
Bob Fauser - Senior B
Karen Graetz - Senior B
Andrew Spurling - Senior C
Greg Penny - Senior C
More information:
IDBF 12th World Nations Championships
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UT Exclusive: Ukraine's Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko speaks to Ukraine Today (Video)
Natalie Jaresko, one of the team of foreign-born Ukrainians among Ukraine's top officials, has talked to Ukraine Today' Volodomyr Solohub about Ukraine's financial struggles, while a delegation of the International Monetary Fund has begun its two-week mission to the Ukrainian capital Kyiv.
According to Jaresko, international creditors have delayed the process of Ukraine's debt restructuring, Ukraine Today reports.
Another $1.7 billion dollar loan from the IMF is also expected soon.
Speanking of the older "typically commercial" debt, with a very high-interest rate, Jaresko stressed that "the IMF's money is less expensive" and it "lowers the amount of interest that we need to pay as a country on the outstanding debt."
Ukraine's Finance Minister also said that 5% of the GDP had been put into Ukraine's budget this year for national defense and law enforcement.
See unian.info's video section for more of the latest news from Ukraine in video from Ukraine Today, Ukraine's 24-hour English-language news channel.


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How an Entrepreneurial Journey Builds Hard & Soft Skills to Empower Students
Learn how students use entrepreneurship to explore how a problem can be solved and potentially be developed into a business. Along students' entrepreneurship journey, they advance math, writing, and literacy skills while developing foundational business skills. We'll share examples of both student journeys/skills developed from 5th grade through high school.
Scheduled Speaker:
Margarita Geleske
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by Brian Thornton
How's this for an interesting literary character:
Half-Japanese, Half-American, born on Pearl Harbor Day. The result of a one-night stand between a married Japanese diplomat and an American naval officer. Adopted by American citizens teaching in Japan, moves to Washington state when he was three.
Blind in his left eye from the age of one, as a result of cancer discovered and removed from his optic nerve at that time. As a result, like David Bowie, has "two-tone" eyes: one brown, the other light green. Always self-conscious about it.
Full height in adulthood: 5 feet, 1 inches. Weight: 125 lbs. Resulting "Little Man, Big Gun" complex is a direct contributing factor to his eventual death. Being short, he is determined not to be "small" and is a gym rat for his entire young adult and adult life. Held several of his high-school's weight-lifting records for his weight class for decades after graduation. Bears a striking resemblance to the rockstar Prince, if Prince were three inches shorter and more muscular.
Gets saddled with the nickname "Flippy" because of his penchant for doing backflips at the drop of a hat (usually at parties, usually with girls present.).
Gives himself the nick-name "The Magician" in late elementary school. Incredibly imaginative: starts writing first fantasy novel in 6th grade, shortly after finishing "The Hobbit." Not surprisingly, this first novel closely resembles "The Hobbit." Goes on to be the most obsessive "Star Trek" fan in his immediate circle of friends. While these personality traits bode well for his prowess at all-night sessions playing "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons," they do little to help him with the opposite sex.
The irony? This is a shorter, more muscular Prince. Women LOVE him. He never really gets over being shy around them, unless they're dating his friends.
Kicked out of junior high school during his eighth grade year for telling his principal to "take a flying f*ck at the moon." The context: he had shown up at school drunk on beer consumed on the way to school, smoked pot with a couple of friends before first period, then went about his educational day, obviously both hammered and stoned. Gets grounded for a year by his parents (and they make it stick). Moves schools and never gets in trouble (at school) again.
In high school plays both sax and tuba in the band. Imagine a five foot tall tuba player in your marching band. Picture that. Also sings BASS in the choir (picture that!) and appears in several theatrical productions.
Favorite album: Pink Floyd's "The Wall," because "It's so nice and depressing."
Graduates high school at 19 (that lost eighth grade year, you know).
In college does all of the following:
Changes his major six times.
At a party held at a friend's lake cabin drinks so much that he demonstrates alcohol-induced psychosis, ranting about his remorse at killing a non-existent childhood friend "Raymond". When pressed as to why he'd done it, claims it was because his father, Satan, told him to do it. All this much to the amusement of friends in attendance at said party.
Hosts a party at his parents' place while they're out of town. Drinks so much that he passes out. Wakes up the next morning rolled up in a carpet (those friends, again), with a note taped to one of the beer bottles he'd emptied the night before, sitting right in front of his face, so the first thing he sees when he wakes up is the sentence: "Let this be a lesson to you: never pass out at your own party."
Bonds immediately and permanently with every child, dog or cat he ever meets.
Works at the public library stocking shelves for years while trying to figure what to major in. Eventually gives high education up for trade school, finds a job as a machinist, moves to the Portland, Oregon area to take it.
Almost immediately regrets his decision. Quits his job within the year. In a move laden with irony, takes a job as a custodian at a middle school. LOVES it. Sets in motion the process by which he changes his residency so he can go back to school, this time majoring in education.
This from the guy, a son of two teachers, who swears up and down that he will never, ever become a teacher.
Doesn't get the chance.
In June of his thirty-eighth year, goes target shooting with a friend. Afterward, while they're cleaning their guns, the friend warns him to watch where he's pointing his pistol. He laughs, tells his friend not to worry, puts the gun to his temple, says, "See? Not loaded."
Then, he pulls the trigger.
The bullet tears through his brain.
He dies later that day.
Okay, I have a confession to make. This isn't some made-up character. This was my friend Jeff. This post was originally intended for publication on December 8th, the day after his birthday.
He died sixteen years ago. There isn't a day goes by that I don't think of him and attempt to honor his friendship and his memory. To this day, I still miss him, and regret that my wife and my son will never get to experience his sunny bonhomie, his loyalty, his endearing wit, and his occasional bouts of charming awkwardness.
One of the ways in which we bonded as teenagers (aside from Dungeons & Dragons- yep, I didn't date much in high school, either!) was over our mutual love of literature; especially Shakespeare. So let me end with the same quote from Hamlet that I delivered at his funeral:
"He was a man. Take him for all in all. I shall not look upon his like again."
In pace requiescat, old friend.
15 December 2016
In Pace...
by DoolinDalton
Posted by DoolinDalton at 00:14
7 comments:
A terrific, touching piece. You have done your friend proud
- 15 December, 2016 08:17
- Eve Fisher said...
Wow. What a great tribute.
Losing a friend puts a hole in your life that never quite heals up.
- 15 December, 2016 10:03
- Dale Andrews said...
Wow, indeed.
- 15 December, 2016 11:52
- Unknown said...
This is a very moving tribute, Brian. If you've thought about basing a fictional character on your friend, I think it might be a way of honoring his memory and of giving him a new sort of life.
- 15 December, 2016 12:35
- Elizabeth said...
Beautiful tribute & I am sorry for your loss.
- 15 December, 2016 12:47
- Leigh Lundin said...
I was expecting something– maybe a real person– but I did not see that coming. Damn, lots of pepper stinging the eyes.
- 15 December, 2016 20:02
- R.T. Lawton said...
Well written, bud.
- 16 December, 2016 10:32
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I'm Asian American, and I'm tired of being used by white supremacists for their agenda
It's 2017. Why are we still being used in a war against other minorities?
The Justice Department has opened up an investigation into a discrimination suit brought up by a coalition of Asian American organizations against Harvard University. In an attempt to challenge its affirmative action policies, the coalition is claiming that the university discriminated against Asian American applicants in the admissions process.
Although the U.S. Supreme Court has time-and-time again affirmed that it is constitutional to consider race in the higher education admissions process, this investigation is conjuring up long-standing animosity against education policies that uplift communities of color, who are historically disadvantaged in American institutions.
Here's what's alarming about the Harvard suit, advised by Edward Blum, a leading anti-affirmative action advocate and lead counsel for Abigail Fisher in her suit against the University of Texas – Austin: It isn't fronted by white plaintiffs—Asian Americans are the faces of it.
Even though affirmative action has benefited communities of color, including Asian Americans, the community is still divided over its stance on affirmative action. Jarringly, the amount of Asian Americans who said they supported affirmative action policies dropped from 63 percent in 2014 to 52 percent in 2016, according to an article from Above The Law.
Anti-affirmative action proponents argue that the race-conscious policies ultimately hurt Asian Americans. Cory Liu, executive director of Students for Fair Admissions, said in the Above The Law article that "antiquated racial categories should not be used to determine our destiny," asserting that all Americans have equal rights and "deserve an equal opportunity to attend the school of our dreams."
However, Asian Americans affirmative action advocates like Jenn Fang of Reappropriate contend that race-conscious education policies ensure that all students have "equal opportunity to receive quality higher education" and support racially diverse classrooms, which promote cognitive development, analytical problem-solving and teamwork.
We can't forget how Asian Americans have been historically used as pawns to uphold white supremacy. The idea of the "model minority" was constructed in the 1960s to uphold racial hierarchy, painting Asian Americans as the "good minorities" versus the supposedly "bad minorities" like Black Americans, who have a complex history of being disenfranchised in the U.S.
This suit painfully reinforces the model minority archetype. It paints the Asian American plaintiffs as stereotypically "model" students, who lost out on a spot at the university simply because of affirmative action policies.
Asian Americans—it's 2017. Why are we still playing into this racial dichotomy that we know is indisputably false? We need to remember to not look at Asian Americans a monolith. There are Asian American groups beyond East Asians who are grossly underrepresented in college admission and undoubtedly benefit from affirmative action, such as Hmong, Lao, Vietnamese, Cambodian, Burmese, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander students.
Let's not conflate white, anti-affirmative action advocates' supposed interest in the needs of the Asian American community as actual concern—we're simply pawns in an attempt to resist policies that actually benefit Asian Americans and communities of color. Asian Americans are shamelessly used to prove that affirmative action is discriminatory, but this is nothing more than a fallacy to erase the struggles of Black and Brown folks, and those of underserved Asian Americans.
Beyond our own community, we need to stand in solidarity with communities of color that benefit from affirmative action. Let's remember that the road to affirmative action, in which Asian Americans have undoubtedly benefited, was built off the backs of Black activists during the Civil Rights Movement. Although not the be-all and end-all to ensure racial justice, affirmative action is a step toward righting the wrongs imposed upon Black and Brown folks to disadvantage them throughout the fabrics of American society.
Ignoring affirmative action's history in opening doors for marginalized communities not only upholds racial hierarchies, but it also plays into the hands of white supremacy. The goal of affirmative action is to ensure that all Americans have an equal opportunity to institutions that were once out of reach for communities of color. If affirmative action measures were to end, acceptance of Black, Latinx and Asian American students would be gravely affected.


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Category Archives: SEC
Why aren't these guys in jail??
Because it's Bank of America, that's why. Sure, BofA ratted out it's own employees, but it appears said employees are not being charged with any crimes. From BLT:
Bank of America has agreed to pay $137.3 million to resolve allegations of bid rigging in the municipal bond industry, U.S. Justice Department officials said today.
The bank today entered a global agreement with 20 states and four federal agencies, including the Securities and Exchange Commission. DOJ officials said Bank of America employees conspired to rig bids in connection to the marketing and sale of tax-exempt municipal bond derivative contracts. SEC documents are here.
Under the Justice Department's leniency program, the bank will not be prosecuted for the conduct as long as there is continued cooperation, Varney said.
Wait, the DOJ has a leniency program for corporate criminals? Bank of America screwed people in 20 states and all they get is a lousy fine? Holy Fuckamoly…the bullshit never stops when it comes to corporate, financial criminals….except for this case that is actually being heard by SCOTUS. From the Jurist link:
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in Janus Capital Group v. First Derivative Traders, a securities fraud case. The question before the court is whether a service provider can be held primarily liable in a private securities fraud suit for aiding and participating in another company's misstatements. Section 10(b) of the Securities and Exchange Act prohibits any manipulation or deception in connection with the purchase or sale of securities, but it is unclear whether the liability associated with the act extends to service providers that aided in the selling of securities where misinformation was involved. The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit overturned the district court decision and allowed a class action against the petitioner to proceed, holding that a service provider may be liable for securities fraud. There is currently a circuit split on this issue.
Fraud is Fraud right? Stealing is Stealing, and a Derivative is a Derivative. Now, the only difference I can see is that BofA is too big to charge, whilst Janus is going after a derivative trader, which of course is a lot smaller fish in the big financial pond, all by their lonesome..without any help from the DOJ.
$137 million sounds like a big number, but when you consider BofA makes BILLIONS each quarter…it really ain't shit.
Countrywide founder in deep doo-doo with the SEC
Angelo Mozilo has been charged with fraud, leveled by the SEC with regard to Countrywide's subprime loans.From MSNBC:
Federal regulators on Thursday charged Angelo Mozilo, the former chief executive of mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp., and two other company executives with civil fraud.
The Securities and Exchange Commission's civil lawsuit, filed in federal district court in Los Angeles, also accuses Mozilo of illegal insider trading.
Civil fraud charges also were filed against Countrywide's former chief operating officer David Sambol, 49, and ex-chief financial officer Eric Sieracki, 52.
The trio "deliberately misled" Countrywide shareholders, SEC enforcement director Robert Khuzami said at a news conference at agency headquarters. While they painted a picture of robust performance, the real Countrywide was "buckling under the weight" of soured mortgage loans, he added.
Countrywide started our trip down the road to depression when they took the first dump.
I hope to hell Angelo does jail time..but I ain't holding my breath that the over tanned bag of shit does any time in jail. I would feel much better if the FBI charged this fuckwit. Angelo knew Countrywide was taking a shit but sold his shares for over $140 million dollars before they fell from grace. Again, from the MSNBC writeup:
The SEC is seeking injunctions and unspecified civil fines against Mozilo, Sambol and Sieracki and wants them to be barred from serving as officers or directors of any public company. The agency also is seeking unspecified restitution of allegedly ill-gotten profits from Mozilo and Sambol.
Fry those bastards..please.
Why are so many banks failing..is the government covering the wrong asses?
It's a legitimate question. I think the reasons are similar. Over at ProPublica, a great site btw, they have a good piece up entitled: Anatomy of a Bank Failure. In the writeup, they examine the failure of California's IndyMac, aka Independent National Mortgage Corporation. IndyMac was the first big bank to fail in this nightmare on wall street. They hit the skids in July.
The article is interesting in that it points a finger at the federal government office known as the Office of Thrift Supervision or OTS. John Reich, the head cheese at OTS has faced questioning before, and usually blames someone else it seems, namely a Senate banking committee member.
On June 26th of this year, Chuckie Schumer wrote a letter to the OTS and the SEC asking wtf was going on with IndyMac. The letter was published in the media and immediately customers started pulling out their money. The ProPublica article paints a different picture of what was going down:
While Schumer's famously ill-timed letter clearly hastened IndyMac's end, a detailed review of filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Office of Thrift Supervision for December 2007 and March 2008 suggest that prospects for keeping the S&L afloat were all but nonexistent: The lender's demise was a matter of when, not if.
The filings raise the question of whether federal regulators felt it was more important to protect the bank's shareholders and executives than to safeguard the Federal Deposit Insurance Fund that would ultimately pay for the losses. The current cost of the IndyMac failure, according to the FDIC, is $8.9 billion – a number that would undoubtedly have been smaller had the OTS called in the FDIC six months earlier.
As was the case with WaMu IndyMac, also a Savings and Loan, was neck-deep in the subprime mortgage debacle. When it was known that IndyMac was struggling, the OTS didn't do what they could of to keep the taxpayers ass covered, in other words, they covered the banks ass. Again from the ProPublica writeup:
A conservative strategy by the OTS would have been to downgrade the S&L, and thereby limit the risk to the FDIC fund that protects insured deposits. Instead, to buy time in the hope that a new business plan would improve IndyMac's earnings, regulators let the firm take modest write-downs of 5 percent or so in some of its troubled mortgage assets. This helped IndyMac keep its risk-based capital ratio barely above the 10 percent floor and allowed it to qualify as "well-capitalized," thus avoiding being added to the FDIC's list of problem institutions.
As a result, IndyMac was able to keep borrowing from the Federal Home Loan Bank and pulling in insured deposits. The insured deposits rose to $16 billion as of March 31, compared with $8.8 billion on June 30, 2007. The result: much greater exposure for the FDIC when IndyMac finally collapsed.
That was wrong on every level. This is a nation of people, not corporations. Or its supposed to be. It's disgusting that time and time again, the OTS refused to turn IndyMac over to the control of the FDIC, buying their bullshit lines that things were getting better, when in reality they were lying their collective asses off.
In other words, they protected the CEO's and shareholders as long as they could…to the detriment of the American Taxpayer which was left holding the bag of toxic mortgages and covering all the checking and savings accounts insured by the FDIC. IndyMac was sucking wind in 2007 and the OTS knew it. As this article from the Boston Herald notes about the loans IndyMac was holding at the time they collapsed:
IndyMac had 742,000 mortgages in its portfolio at the time – 60,000 of which were 60 days delinquent or at some stage of foreclosure.
That is a lot of payments that were not being made. But remember, these loans were primarily crap loans known as "Alt-A loans, dubbed "stated income" or "liar" loans, because people who received them often couldn't demonstrate they could pay the interest on the loan, particularly if, after a period of time, the loan reset at a higher rate."~ProPublica.
The first thing the FDIC did when they took over IndyMac was to halt all foreclosure proceedings and reexamine the loans and the individuals that got them. Of the 60,000 non-paying mortgages, 40,000 will most likely qualify for the governments mortgage loan rewrite program. This was not only a good thing for the homeowners it is also a good thing for the folks holding those 'mortgage-backed securities'. As this Reuters article explains:
Restoring troubled loans into performing ones has yielded 87 cents on the dollar for a mortgage later sold, compared with 32 cents for nonperforming mortgages, Bair said, citing data over the past few years.
Of course Ms. Bair, the FDIC chairwoman could be full of shit too. The government is…cough..banking on older financial models for their optimistic data, plus they are praying to God that once the loans are rewritten, the individuals will continue to make the mortgage payments.
The truth is…no one friggin knows how this crap is going to turnout. No one..and its gonna take years to figure it the hell out because so many people got home loans they never would of gotten if rules, regulations and just common-fucking-sense had not been ignored.


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Presidential hopeful and king of "klass," Donald Trump, could be deposed in a lawsuit he filed against celebrity chef and LLNYC-cover-star Geoffrey Zakarian.
For almost a year, Zakarian has been embroiled in a legal battle with Trump, after pulling out of plans to bring a restaurant to the Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C., at the renovated Old Post Office.
Zakarian cited his opposition to Trump's racist comments on Mexican immigrants as the reason for backing out of the project.
"The recent statements surrounding Mexican immigrants… do not in any way align with my personal core values," Zakarian said in a statement at the time. "In light of this, I am unable to move forward with" the restaurant.
Trump responded with a lawsuit against the Food Network star. He filed a similar suit against chef José Andrés, who left the project for the same reason.
Trump's lawyers called the planned deposition "an effort to 'harass' Trump," and, "asked a judge in January to block the deposition, saying [Zakarian] still had other options to get the information he wanted," the National Law Journal reports.
Superior Court Judge Brian Holeman said last week that Trump's testimony was "necessary" and he had "personal knowledge of events and information relevant and material to the claims," according to the New York Post.
But the fight with Trump doesn't seem to be holding Zakarian back. The Lamb's Club partner recently opened a new bistro in Greenwich, Conn., and is planning restaurant and bar at the Montage Beverly Hills this June.


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Midwest Finale at Road AmericaOct 10, 2006
Tuesday, October 10, 2006 By all accounts, the Midwest finale weekend at Road America was one of the best ever. That includes the racing, the fun, the banquet – the whole kit-and-kaboodle. When the last race was checkered on Sunday, our champions were: Peter Ludwig, Championship Group; Mark Fee, Sportsman Group; Ludwig the Masters title-winner; and John Greist the Grand Masters champion.
Ludwig's Championship title was by a scant 15 points over Revere Greist (who, trust us, is not crying in his beer, after having had such a tremendous victory in the National the week before!). In the Saturday race, when Ludwig DNF'd and Greist won, that put the pressure on Ludwig to finish – and finish well – in Sunday's race. Which he did, getting P3 after climbing from DFL on the grid. Revere's Pop, John, was third in Championship, with John Peterson fourth and Tom Brown fifth.
The Sportsman king, Fee, beat out Mike Kolacki and Dirk Daems, with Kasey Kuhlman and Rick Balsley fourth and fifth, respectively. Fee's eighth on Saturday and fifth on Sunday easily secured the crown.
The Masters and Grand Masters sub-championships saw Ludwig (M) and John Greist (GM) on top. The 2006 Midwest Rookie of the Year went to Kasey Kuhlman, while the Most Improved Driver award was really a shout-out to when of the best people in the world, Dr. John Greist.
Thanks to all the Midwest Series drivers! From VIR in May, through The Glen, Road America and Mont-Tremblant, then finishing off at Mid-Ohio and Road America, you folks put on great racing and showed true sportsmanship. We saw 84 different people take Midwest Series green flags, and we very much appreciate you choosing to race with Skip Barber.
Peter Ludwig's hardware take was twofold: Overall champion of the 2006 Midwest Regional Race Series and Regional Masters honors. Way to go, Mr. Ludwig!
Mark Fee was the Midwest Sportsman champ — well done!
G1R1 (Championship)
The son (Revere) and the father (John) had the front row. Points leader Ludwig was P3, west coast leading light Tom Roberts fourth. At the green Revere G. led, but Ludwig had snuck around John G. and lap one saw Revere, Ludwig, John, Quentin Wahl and Roberts your top five. Not for long, as on lap two Wahl went from fourth to second. This new order was short-lived, because the next time around Ludwig went from third to second. (All the while, Revere G. is galloping off into the sunset.) On the fourth lap of the scheduled 10, John G. took third away from Wahl, but it was lap five that changed the tenor of the race; Wahl and Ludwig had a real estate dispute in Turn Five, one that ended Ludwig's race. The contact put John Greist into second, where he motored home about 8 seconds behind his son Revere. Officially scored third was Brett Fenske, after John Peterson was penalized for failing to pit following a Turn Eight four-off to avoid.
G1R2 (Championship)
Revere G. and Wahl were going at it hammer and tongs for the lead through most of the race, but their chances for the win went by the wayside when they touched in T1 on lap six. The error meant John Greist got – then kept – the lead for the final four laps, finishing 11 seconds up on Fenske. Despite a four-off at Billy Mitchell, Ludwig was quick enough (well, he did set fastest lap) to claw his way to third, enough to clinch the championship. Tom Brown was a steady-Eddie fourth and Revere fifth.
G3R1 (''Season(ed)'' Sportsman)
Julia Landauer is actually gunning for the Eastern Region title, but she surely loves this track. She led flag-to-flag on Saturday, after poleman Kasey Kuhlman and Mike Kolacki got together in One right after the green flag. That meant laps one and two were FCY, so the end of lap three, the first full lap of green, it was Landauer, Dale Kistler-Collins, James BoothMark Fee and Ryan Rutzinski (coming up from a fifth row starting spot). Landauer would never lose the lead, partly thanks to Booth and K-C working hard to make the fight for P2 exciting. When the checker flew, K-C crossed the line P2, but he got busted for passing under yellow, which cost him two spots. That meant Booth was second, Rutzinski third, then Kistler-Collins and Rick Balsley (from 11th). Fee, who had been as high as fourth, fell off the road in Three and eventually came home eighth, behind Faith Pellien and Dirk Daems.
G3R2 (''Season(ed)'' Sportsman)
This was a good one, as we saw a bunch of lead changes. Booth didn't let polesitter Landauer keep her spot and led the first three laps, with Kistler-Collins right behind, Rutzinski, Landauer and Balsley also in the mix. Booth was rockin' but his fifth gear was knocking; he came into the pits but we told him, "Hey, get back out there, you don't have to have fifth to finish!" (Booth would come home an admirable seventh.) That gave the lead to K-C, so he and Rutzinski went at it. This was fun to watch, and when Kistler-Collins went three and 7/8s off in T14, Double R took the lead and juuuuuuuuust held off K-C at the checker, a mere .041 ahead. Landauer was a solo P3, 4 seconds behind the leaders but more than 25 ticks up on fourth-place Balsley and fifth place Fee, good enough for Fee to win the Sportsman title.
G4R1 (''Seat Time'' Sportsman)
This was an enthralling battle between Tim George, Jr., and Ryan Booth. The last four laps never saw the same leader, as these two swapped it out till the end, with Jr. in front at the checker. Brent Borland was an unhassled third, Mark Repka an equally lonely fourth and Max Hyatt a solitary fifth.
G4R2 (''Seat Time'' Sportsman)
This race lost one of its contenders early on when Booth went agricultural in the Kink, leaving it to Borland and George, Jr., to produce the fireworks for the bulk of this race. Borland led the first two laps, but Jr. got a run out of 14 and got past him before the stripe to lead the third lap. They ran within inches of each other and during the seventh time around, Borland bored his way to the front. Jr. let him have it for two laps but then took the lead back again on the next-to-last lap. The race was Jr.'s to win, but Argh! George, Jr., spun it in Canada on the last lap! Borland would take his first-time win. Hyatt had been on the move and took over second place when Jr. spun (he rejoined and got third place). Repka got a fine fourth, while Booth recovered nicely from his excursions and took fifth.
G5R1 (''Newbie'' Sportsman)
Ryan Booth was doubling this weekend so he also ended up in this Newbie group. Rusty Ferguson was the poleman and duly led the first lap but he had Booth glued to his gearbox. Booth got around him on lap two, then Ferguson overcooked Canada and ended up beached. We had to go FCY on lap four to yank him out and following the re-start on lap five, Booth rocketed off into the distance. Even after the rain started around lap six, Booth was unfazed and eventually won – his first – by more than half-a-minute. The battle for P2 involved Jay Schuette, Zachary Ply and Gary Longo; it was Ply who got caught out by the rain (plus a bunch of others running behind this pack), so the last two laps saw Longo and Schuette in a mad scramble for second place, Longo prevailing by just a half-second. Patrick Dolberg and Gary DeWitt were impressive, coming from way back to come home fourth and fifth, respectively.
G5R2 (''Newbie'' Sportsman)
Although Booth won again, it was not as easy as Saturday's race. Ferguson, in fact, was awesome as he came shooting up through the field, getting up to third in only three laps. Schuette in the meantime was maintaining second behind Booth. When we went FCY for laps seven and eight to take care of a Dolberg crash, the field of course was bunched. Green to start lap nine, the top three held station but on the last lap, P2 Schuette got it wrong in Turn Seven. New second-place Ferguson couldn't do anything with leader Booth, nor could new P3 Tom Cochran make anything happen with Ferguson. Ply made up for his Saturday oof with a fine 10th-to-fourth effort, while Brett Liljegren rounded out the top five.
The Midwest Masters Finale
Tom Roberts led this whole damn thing, even after a re-start on lap seven following two laps of FCY. Well, all but the last one. Lap 10, Roberts and an on-fire James Booth – up from 11th, folks – heck, you could throw one Skippy car cover over the two of them from Canada onward. Through Billy Mitchell, down to 14, up the hill… up to the line, Booth bested Roberts. Good stuff! Tom Brown got third, Mike Kolacki garnered a fourth and Tom Cochran, from 10 th, was fifth.
The Great Un-Named Memorial
Big, big field of 18. Revere and HazMat must have had a blast with this one, taking turns at the front, with Revere having the last laugh with a last-lap pass for the win. Conrad Guardrail was third, trailed immediately by Lawrence Welk and Ryan Hall's Mentholyptus.
Final points standings are here
Results, lap charts, practice times, etc., are here
Take a look at the pix from Road America
Sorry about the delay with this story; our regular Midwest reporter, Reich Racine, suffered a detached rectum and was unable to complete the reportage until today…
The West Coast's Ricky Lusso


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Menominee's Hayden Buck runs alongside Negaunee's Emily Paupore in the 800-meter run at Saturday's U.P. Finals track meet in Kingsford.
Menominee's Makenzie Wellner (back) prepares to hand off to her older sister, Ely, during a relay event at Saturday's MHSAA Division 1 U.P. Finals in Kingsford.
KINGSFORD — On a day that started out looking like it might rain and ended with the sun in the sky, the Menominee girls track team, led by a large crop of underclassmen, placed fourth in the MHSAA Division 1 U.P. Finals track meet in Kingsford on Saturday.
Of the 11 girls that qualified for events, nine of them are going to be back next season and will all have had a valuable learning experience being able to compete on the highest stage for U.P. track athletes.
"We have all but two qualifiers back next year and we'll be looking forward to getting back (to U.P.'s), especially because some of them were first-time competitors and I really thought everyone did a great job," Menominee coach Scott Melchoir said.
The girls were fourth with a team score of 59. Marquette took first overall with 106 points, Negaunee was second with 100 and Sault Ste. Marie was third with 74. For the boys, Gladstone took first with 127 points; Ishpeming/Westwood and Marquette tied for second (97) and Calumet was fourth with 41.5. Menominee took 11th with six total points.
The day began with the 3,200 relay race and Menominee freshman Marin Park and Hayden Buck along with juniors Jaida Lesperance and Katie Anderla came two seconds shy of getting some points for the Maroons as they finished seventh with their fastest time of the year in 10 minutes, 46 seconds. While the relay race was going on, Maroons freshman Kennedy Olson was making a name for herself in the shot put pit.
In her first ever U.P. finals, Olson's throw of 35 feet, 6 inches was good for second place behind Sault Ste. Marie sophomore Emily McLean, who set a new Division 1 record with a throw of 39-2.
"Kennedy's first U.P. Finals had a great performance by her in the shot," Melchoir said. "Her best throw this year was less than a foot away from the high school record, and she'll only get better as she gets older. Coach (Greg) Langlois has done a great job with her all year."
Buck performed well in the 800-meter run, taking fourth in 2:28.31 to improve on her regional qualifying time (2:31.67).
Also making her first appearance to U.P. Finals for Menominee was freshman Anna Nerat. Nerat tied for second in the high jump (4-8) with Westwood junior Tessa Leece and Calumet sophomore Emma Gariepy. Negaunee junior Chloe Norman cleared 5-0 to take home the gold.
Sophomore Makenzie Wellner caught a break in the 100 high hurdles to come in first place. In a race that saw Wellner and Escanaba senior Courtney Boyle break away from the pack early on, it all came down to the final 10 meters.
Boyle had a half-step advantage over Wellner after both cleared the last hurdle and it seemed as if Wellner wouldn't be able to defend her U.P. title, but Boyle tripped and fell just before the finish line and Wellner crossed the finish line with a winning time of 16.43 seconds. Negaunee's Norman took second with a time 14.96.
In the 300 hurdles, Wellner and Norman were neck and neck heading into the home stretch, and Norman was able to pull ahead in the end to win with a time of 45.56. Wellner clocked in at 45.82, and the next closest participant, Gladstone sophomore Ahna Larson, finished in 48.58.
"Makenzie had a great performance in both hurdles but especially in the 100 high hurdles," Melchoir said.
Wellner then teamed up with her sister, senior Ely Wellner, Nerat and sophomore Jenna Nolde in the 800 and 400 relays.
By the time the 800 relay got to the second handoff it was a three team race between Menominee, Marquette and Sault Ste. Marie. Each team's last baton pass came almost right at the same time and in the final 200 meters, Menominee fell just short. The Maroons took third in 1:50.73, a new personal-record; Sault Ste. Marie finished .03 seconds ahead for second and MQT won with a time of 1:49.55.
The 400 relay played out the same as the 800 did, with Marquette pulling away at the end to win (52.06), Negaunee coming in second (52.32) and Menominee in third (53.30), another personal-record for the Maroons.
The 1,600 relay was the final relay event of the day, and Menominee's team of Buck, Nerat, Park and Ely Wellner placed third with a time of 4:19.06. That time, Melchoir says, is the fastest mile relay time Menominee has had in a very long time.
"All of our relay teams ran their fastest times of the year," Melchoir said. "All of those girls went out and left everything they had on the track and that's all I can ask as a coach. I'm proud of all of them."
Anderla also participated in both the 3,200 and 1,600 runs, placing in the top five in both events. She took fifth in each of the runs, running the 1,600 in in 5:42.44 and the 3,200 in 12:50.53.
Senior Kansas Bailey gave the Maroons sixth-place points in the discus with her throw of 93-6 for the last of the Menominee points. Sophomore Alicia Nordquist just missed out on placing in the 100-meter dash, finishing in 13.71, .16 seconds behind Calumet sophomore Carli Jacques (13.55) and Nolde was seventh in the long jump (14-3.5), two inches behind snatching sixth-place points.
On the boys side, the Maroons qualified in the 3,200-meter relay, 400 relay, shot put and long jump.
The 3,200 relay team consisting of four sophomores (Cameron Buscher, Landen Clausen, Hunter Shepeck and Nick Sandahl) was the first to go and they lost to Ishpeming Westwood (8:59.00) by .53 seconds to just miss scoring Menominee some team points.
The 400 relay team of juniors Caden Bigger, John Boucher, Dylan Oudeans and senior Bryce Parrette also finished seventh (47.07), getting beat out by sixth-place Kingsford (46.64).
Parrette scratched on his long jump and therefor didn't have a length recorded in the event and Shawn Sandahl took eight in the shot put (36-11.5).
The only Maroon boy to score any team points was Oudeans in the shot put. In what was one of his better showings of the season, he threw the shot 41-11.2 to take third place. He finished behind Calumet junior Alex Studebaker (43-5.25) and Ishpeming/Westwood senior Blake Hewitt (44-4.5).


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I am sitting here writing this the morning after getting back from a week long trip to England. I woke up this morning confused as to why I was no longer in a tiny hostel room with one of my best friends quite literally MELTING due to the lack of air conditioning. Instead, I am home and feeling quite sappy and emotional about this last week. I have AC and my cozy bed, but I can't help but miss my busy days in London. Don't get me wrong, I am super stoked to be home with my family but I would be lying if I said I didn't miss it already.
As an introvert who loves to travel, I've always felt a weird push and pull between being home and being away. Though nothing compares to the comforts of home, part of me will always be too inquisitive about the world to not go exploring.
To put it simply, England (London, specifically) has been a dream trip of mine for as long as I can remember. I remember watching 101 Dalmations when I was a kid and thinking how lovely they had portrayed the city in cartoon form and wondered whether it was just as lovely in real life. Additionally, my parents got engaged in London which is perhaps one reason why I've always felt an inexplicable draw to the city. Essentially, my story begins at the moment when they committed themselves to one another in that restaurant in London. Next, enter the One Direction fangirl days which really solidified my love for the country. A little embarrassing? You bet, but I needed to add that to emphasize how long my admiration for England has gone on. There's no solid explanation as to why, just a collection of little reasons, I suppose.
What I'm feeling right now is a weird mix of nostalgia, sadness, and pure gratitude. When I get home from a trip, I tend to have a day or two of recharging that often leaves me feeling a little bit dejected. The nearly instant change of reality can leave me feeling quite drained. It's not so much that I'm unhappy with my life at home, but going from 24/7 fun and then back to real life with responsibilities can be a bit shocking. You know the morning after a concert when you wake up feeling out of sorts and a little bit sad because it's over? It's like that except you have a large pile of laundry to do and a suitcase to unpack.
As much as I am writing this for you, my audience, I am writing this as a reminder to myself. I want to remember the way I feel in this moment at 19, having just gotten home from one of the most life changing trips that I've been on thus far. It's not so much that anything miraculous happened that made it so amazing, but rather, the way that I felt. Sometimes, our emotions, though inexplicable to anyone else, are enough.
So, my message to you is to never underestimate the power of traveling. You will come across people who will try to convince you that security is worth more than wonder when in reality, nothing is more damaging to the human spirit than the never ending chase of security. Let yourself wander. Let yourself get a little lost every now and then.


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As a traditional industry, coal industry means a lot to China economy and people's life including the more and more serious air pollution problem in China. In 2016, due to the Chinese government policies on de-capacity, destocking and supply-side reform, the coal industry has witnessed a very stable increase on price, sales and profit. But limited to the slowing down economy development growth and over-capacity production, it's not easy to say that this industry will see a rapid recovery in short term.
The report data comes from first-hand data which is monitored for years, China Customs, National Statistics Bureau, etc.
It's good reference for anthracite manufacturers, traders with China anthracite market, upstream and downstream industries, investment companies and consulting agencies.


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S32 Design Studio (S32DS) for ARM supports IAR Eclipse plug-in that enables users to build and debug a S32DS project with IAR toolchain for ARM.
This document describes how to install this plugin and how to enable IAR in the new project wizard.
Current version of S32DS for ARM 2018.R1 supports IAR compilers v7.x and v8.x.
After the IAR eclipse plugin installation is finished you should be able to create, build and debug a new S32DS project (including SDKs) using IAR compiler/debugger interface directly under S32DS Eclipse environment.
Installation instructions
First of all make sure you have IAR Embedded Workbench installed with a valid license from IAR. Now let's proceed to eclipse plug-in installation.
1. Install IAR Plugin manager
- go to menu "Help" -> "Install New Software" and click on "Add..." button to add a new IAR repository located here: http://eclipse-update.iar.com/plugin-manager/1.0
- Tick " I Accept the terms of the license agreement" and click "OK" to accept unsigned content software
- Finally you proceed to the installation. When the plugin is installed you will be asked to restart S32DS
- Anytime you create a new workspace you will be asked to enter path to IAR Embedded Workbench IDE
2. Configure IAR plugins in IAR Embedded Workbench plugin manager
- Run IAR plugin manager (Menu "Help" -> "IAR Embedded Workbench plugin manager...")
- Select the ARM version (8.x) and click "Install" button.
- Select all the IAR components displayed and proceed to installation by clicking "Next" button.
3. New IAR project in the project wizard
- You can now create a new project in S32DS and select IAR toolchain for ARM instead of default GCC compiler.
- There should appear a new item it the Debugger selection - "IAR plugin Debugger". Please choose this option if you intend to debug using IAR supported probes (e.g. I-jet)
- IAR specific panels and settings are now displayed in the project properties for a new S32DS project with the IAR options enabled (see above).
- There is a new category "IAR C-SPY Application" in the debug configurations panel that contains all the debug configurations for projects with IAR debug plugin option selected.
- The Debugger perspective now offers several IAR specific Views and features.
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Personalized mobile marketing and big data: A marriage in better shopping experiences
Personalized mobile marketing changes the way consumers buy and retailers sell. Today's online shopping trends are throwing some serious competition at yesterday's in-store models. Tech-savvy millennials, with their impressive buying power, make up one of the most coveted demographics for brands both online and offline. With virtually every store accessible from their smartphones, millennials are drawn to the deep discounts and convenience online shopping offers. But how is mobile affecting brick-and-mortar setups?
Information-driven, online and in store
Many retailers shiver at the sight of a smartphone-wielding customer. Their fears are not unfounded. According to McKinsey & Company research featured in the Harvard Business Review, 44 percent of buyers use their smartphones while shopping, and more than a third of them do so to compare prices. A complete buying experience is what really drives today's consumers; it connects product research, queries, comparisons between options and the final moment of purchase.
Big data's big push
Big data and its insights are key tools for online businesses looking to predict future trends. Numerous studies and reports show how predictive capabilities, created and fueled by analytics, can help businesses improve customer intelligence. Last year, the TDWI Checklist Report outlined ways to apply big data to gain better customer intelligence.
Predictive customer intelligence solutions have emerged based on the idea that enhanced data analysis can provide a better understanding of customers. Businesses create strategies based on these insights to establish a more personalized experience for customers. Terms such as "engagement marketing," "one-to-one marketing" and "relationship marketing" are commonplace in the online business space.
But what about brick-and-mortar stores? Are they similarly enthusiastic about big data? Are they reaping its benefits? Truth be told, with the exception of large retailers such as Wal-Mart and Target, big data remains in the shadows for many businesses with physical locations. Only recently has the industry begun to understand what analytics can do. Fewer opportunities to track offline shopping behavior make it difficult for brick-and-mortar merchants to break into the big data game. This is no longer the case, however, as today's ubiquitous and hyperconnected devices make it possible to capture and utilize big data offline.
Connected in the offline world
Mobile-supported innovations open new ways for businesses to create better customer-focused experiences in store. Monitoring customer activity through Bluetooth and Wi-Fi signals is common among retailers. It is a low-risk way to gather anonymous data without being too invasive. Bluetooth-supported beacons and GPS-supported geofencing are two technologies that accurately draw location-based data. This information helps the retailer identify ways to enhance the shopping experience, such as increasing the number of employees in different departments during high-traffic times, opening more registers or changing the layout of merchandise.
When a customer voluntarily provides personal information, their relationship with the store becomes mutually beneficial. At that point, the retailer can begin building a detailed customer profile that records how many times the customer has visited that store, what products they've looked at online and their purchase history. Marketers can then send targeted messages and offers to the buyer's smartphone. Spontaneous and real-time marketing creates personalized in-store experiences for customers, provides two-way communication between the buyer and retailer and allows the business to reward buyer loyalty and make customer service improvements.
Mobile spurs in-store behavior
There is a new relationship between mobile ads and in-store shopping. According to a new report from San Francisco-based mobile intelligence firm NinthDecimal, mobile ads on smartphones and tablets can boost in-store visits by 80 percent on the very first day they are seen.
As smartphone ad targeting becomes more specific and accurate, a new set of privacy concerns emerges. Recent data from Ipsos, reported by PR Newswire, shows that over 60 percent of U.S. smartphone users are concerned about being tracked for targeted ads. But at the same time, today's buyers willingly give up personal information to receive better deals through promotions, offers and coupons. eDigitalResearch found that nearly half of smartphone users accept retailers' messages on their smartphones.
Now that personalized mobile marketing has become relevant for offline merchants, they should harness its benefits to compete successfully in an online-dominated world. Incentives draw customers to stores, and mobile helps deliver on this goal.
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Date: Tuesday, 31 March
Time: 8pm
Venue: AsiaWorld-Expo
After setting attendance records around the world and completing THE biggest comedy shows ever in Hong Kong with his Notorious World Tour in 2013, comedian RUSSELL PETERS brings his new ALMOST FAMOUS WORLD TOUR to Hong Kong on March 31, 2015, 8pm at AsiaWorld-Expo Hall 10.
"The Russell Peters Almost Famous World Tour" features ALL NEW MATERIAL, plus Peters' lightning fast improv with the audience. "I like to interact with the front rows," says Peters of his signature back and forth with the audience. "I use the interaction to take me from bit to bit. Some guys go on-stage with a script and don't deviate from it. That's not my style. I have my set and know what I want to cover; I just use the audience to move me in certain directions. It's very collaborative and each show is unique."
In 2013, the global comedy superstar set a new attendance record for the fastest selling and biggest comedy shows in Hong Kong's history over 2 nights at the AsiaWorld-Expo to an attendance of 11,000 fans.
Peters recently sold-out New York City's Madison Square Garden as well as Los Angeles' Nokia Theatre. In February and March 2015 before coming to Hong Kong, Peters will take the tour to Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Kenya, India and Sri Lanka. His last tour took Peters to 26 countries and over 200 performances, with over than 300,000 fans attending his shows globally.
Tickets: HK$488, HK$688, HK$888, HK$1088 and HK$1288 (HK Ticketing Customer service fee not included.)
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AABP: COVID-19 Recommendations and Resources for Cattle Veterinarians
Mar 26, 2020 by AABP
The association worked with allied organizations to develop the materials.
Cattle Production Veterinarian Hall of Fame Inducts Miles, Allenstein
Sep 14, 2018 by AABP
At the 2018 51st AABP Annual Conference in Phoenix, Ariz., two outstanding and long-time cattle veterinarians were inducted into the Cattle Production Veterinarian Hall of Fame (CPVHOF).
AABP-HTA Announce Hoof-Health Research Funding Opportunity
Apr 16, 2018 by AABP
The American Association of Bovine Practitioners (AABP) and the Hoof Trimmers Association (HTA) announce a co-sponsored funding opportunity to support applied research in bovine lameness and hoof health.
AABP Creates Position Statement on Raised-Without-Antibiotics Programs
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Raised-without-antibiotics (RWA) programs for cattle production have become increasingly popular. However, when an animal needs antibiotic treatment, they typically cannot stay in this type of marketing program.


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Bowling - Wednesdays (Holiday) (Archived)
Program Description
BOWLING IS BACK! Now at Malibu Jack's in Lexington!
It's 10-pin bowling, using handicaps designed for social play! 3 games per night for 7 weeks! We'll be playing at the new Malibu Jack's on Nicholasville Rd. in Lexington on Wednesday nights at 7:00pm. 6 weeks will be regular season play, week 7 will have modified-format playoff tournament for the top 8 teams and consolation games for the remaining teams.
No Games on Thanksgiving-Eve (Nov. 21) or on Fayette County Public School Christmas vacation dates (Dec. 19, 26, Jan 2).
Format: Teams must have 6 players on the roster; however 4 players will bowl each of the 3 games, with remaining players sitting out for a game.
Program Details
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Nov 2, '18 — Nov 21, '18 Late
|Max Teams:
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|First Game Date:
|Wednesday, November 14, 2018
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Mesh netting covering the eyes for that ooh-la-la seductive Miss Scarlet charm.
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I have four fairly new diamond sharpening plates (3" x 8") and they just tore up the sole of my planes. What is happening is (1) the ends of the plates seem high or extra rough, but not consistently. I started with a 300 grit and my 5 1/4 Stanley plane and all was well for a few seconds. Then, a nasty grind was heard and I had deep gouges in the sole of the plane. Each end of the plate did this. I tried to take out the gouges with the 600 grit plate; same thing. I put 1/4 sheets of sandpaper on the plates and fixed the sole of the 5 1/4. This was with a set of 3 cheaper plates ($110 for 3). I then tried to polish the Stanley with a 4000 grit plate from one of the big companies ($100/plate) and the same thing happened, so I fixed it with sandpaper. Next, I took my little low angle block plane and ran it on all the cheaper plates, avoiding the ends. All was well up through 1200 grit. (2) When I got to the spendy 4000 grit plate, it periodically seemed to lose a diamond or two in one spot and scratched the sole pretty badly. I fixed that with the cheaper 1200 grip plate. My questions are: Is this typical until the plates get used a bit? If not normal, how do I fix the plates? Grind the ends off a bit? (I tried that a bit; no-go.) Should I forget using the plates on planes and use sandpaper atop the plates? Then too, at what grit should one quit on the sole of a plane? 1200 seemed awfully flat and polished. Thanks for any feedback. john


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Account/leads manager
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Cutwork is seeking an accounts or leads manager in Amsterdam or Paris, France.
We are an award-winning architecture and design studio specialising in co-working and co-living spaces.
Our core team is just five people, so you'll have first-hand opportunity to foster our client relationships and make an impact on how we grow. We're expanding our team with several full-time positions, so this is a great opportunity to get involved on the ground floor. We work hard, play hard, love to travel, and absolutely believe in the holy power of a good rice bowl.
- maintaining and nurturing a rapidly growing pipeline of new client projects
- experienced in a task-managing/CRM software (we use Pipedrive)
- an operational ninja who is super organised, efficient, and autonomous
- excellent, personable communicator
- fluent French/English bilingual language necessary
- freelance position starting immediately
- minimum 20 hours/week
If you feel that you are a good match, please submit the following documents using the 'apply' link below.
- your CV
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Since 2002, Seedsman has been a market leader in the field of cannabis and hemp.
We are passionate about the therapeutic properties of the plant and excited by its growing reputation in the health and wellbeing industries; for this reason we launched Seedsman CBD in 2018.
Seedsman intends to bring clarity to the CBD market by offering customers high-grade, high quality, laboratory- tested products from the most reputable brands within the industry.
Every product that we sell has detailed information attached, including a comprehensive breakdown of ingredients, ingestion methods and instructions of use.


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